Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Differentiating leader hubris and narcissism on the basis of power

Hubris and narcissism overlap, and although extant research explores relationships between them in terms of characteristics, attributes, and behaviours, we take a different view by analysing their differences in relation to power and leadership. Drawing on a psychology of power perspective, we argue that narcissistic and hubristic leaders relate to and are covetous of power for fundamentally different reasons. Using the metaphor of intoxication, hubrists are intoxicated with positional power and prior success, but for narcissists, power facilitates self-intoxication and represents a means of maintaining a grandiose self-view. Unbridled hubris and narcissism (i.e. searching for and facilitated by unfettered power) have important ramifications for leadership research and practice. Leadership discourse, preoccupied with and predicated on positive aspects of leadership, should assess these two potent aspects of leadership because misuse of power by hubristic and narcissistic leaders can create conditions for, or directly bring about, destructive and sometimes catastrophic unintended outcomes for organizations and society.
Comparative population genetic structure of two ixodid tick species (Ixodes ovatus and Haemaphysalis flava) in Niigata Prefecture, Japan

Ixodid tick species such as Ixodes ovatus and Haemaphysalis flava are essential vectors of tick-borne diseases in Japan. In this study, we investigated the population genetic structures and gene flow of I. ovatus and H. flava as affected by the tick host mobility. We hypothesized that I. ovatus and H. flava may have differences in their genetic structure due to the low mobility of small rodent hosts of I. ovatus at the immature stage in contrast to the mediated dispersal of avian hosts for immature H. flava. We collected 307 adult I. ovatus and 220 adult H. flava from 29 and 17 locations across Niigata Prefecture, Japan. We investigated the genetic structure at two mitochondrial loci (cox1, 16S rRNA gene). For I. ovatus, pairwise FST and analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) analyses of cox1 sequences indicated significant genetic variation among populations. Both cox1 and 16S rRNA markers showed non-significant genetic variation among locations for H. flava. The Bayesian tree and haplotype network of cox1 marker for I. ovatus samples in Niigata Prefecture found 3 genetic groups wherein most haplotypes in group 2 were distributed in low altitudinal areas. When we added cox1 sequences of I. ovatus from China to the phylogenetic analysis, three genetic groups (China 1, China 2, and Niigata and Hokkaido, Japan) were formed in the tree suggesting the potential for cryptic species in the genetic group in Japan. Our results support our hypothesis and suggest that the host preference of ticks at the immature stage may influence the genetic structure and gene flow of the ticks. This information is vital in understanding the tick-host interactions in the field to better understand the tick-borne disease transmission and in designing an effective tick control program.
Exploring perceptions on medical app use in clinical communication among Austrian physicians: Results of a validation study

Physicians increasingly use medical applications to facilitate clinical information management. The respective effect on clinical communication and quality of healthcare provision has not been studied in the Austrian context so far. Thus, the current cross-sectional online study analyzed prevalent medical applications use and views on clinical communication competence in everyday medical practice among Austrian physicians (n = 151) and validated the survey tool. More than half of the participants used medical applications in daily clinical practice. The top three benefits of medical applications use were higher quality of healthcare, location-independent health service access, and higher efficiency in healthcare resource allocation. Moreover, study participants felt that communication competence acquired during medical studies inadequately prepared them for daily clinical practices. Medical applications use certainly affects the therapeutic alliance between patients and physician. This study supports the importance of initiating an open, constructive discussion among healthcare stakeholders and developing according to evidence-based guidelines.
The Impact of Digital Storytelling on Academic Achievement of Sixth Grade Students in English Language and Their Motivation towards it in Jordan

This study aims to identify the impact of digital storytelling (DST) on academic achievement of sixth grade students in English language and their motivation towards it in Jordan.DST plays an important role in the maintenance and progress of English language.The research uses a quasi- experimental method. The sample of the study consists of (50) male students were purposefully chosen from public schools at Jerash governorate. They were distributed into two groups: Experimental group which has (25) students learning English language through DST, and control group which has (25) students. They are taught the same content in traditional way. The findings of the study showed that there are statistically significant differences in students’ academic achievement and students’ motivation towards learning English language due to teaching method in favor of experimental group which DST strategy is the main method used in English language. Statistically significant differences were also found in students’ motivation towards learning English language due to teaching method in favor of experimental group. In the light of the results, some recommendations were set like integrating DST in the teaching and learning English language.
Numerical analysis of a modified shell and tube heat exchanger model

In present day shell and tube heat exchanger is the most common type heat exchanger widely used in industries, because it suites high pressure applications. The process involving stimulation consists of modeling existing and newly designed geometry and meshing the new geometry of shell and tube heat exchanger using CFD package 14.0. The objective of the project is to modify the existing heat exchanger in order to reduce the preheating time. We focus on numerical comparison of the existing design with the newly constructed geometry. Analytical data obtained for the new design is compared with the existing one. The actual design consisting of 49 U Tubes with 10mm diameter, length 1225mm and shell diameter 168mm is converted in to 18 tubes with 25.4m diameter, length 2050mm and shell diameter 273.1mm.
Professional Quality of Life in Emergency and Critical Care Nursing: A Literature Review

Objective: To analyze factors associated with professional quality of life of nurses in the emergency and critical care area. Methods: A systematic literature review was conducted using the thematic analysis. The search strategies for this study were conducted on the database namely EBSCO and ProQuest that was carried out from June to July 2016 with a number of inclusion criteria. The retrieved articles were appraised using a critical appraisal tools by The Joanna Briggs Institute. Results: Six of 426.968 articles identified publications met inclusion criteria. These factors: environment, worked shift, workplace environment, the amount of working staff and social support were found to be linked with the professional quality of life in six articles. Four articles discuss about demographic factors that include are working period, educational level, and age. Conclusion: The results showed that there are two main factors related to the professional quality of life in the emergency and critical care nursing including demographic factors and environmental factors. Keywords: Critical Care Nurses, Emergency Nurses, Profesional Quality Of Life
Using Teaching Rehearsals to Prepare Preservice Teachers for Explanation-Driven Science Instruction

ABSTRACT Within two sections of science methods for elementary and middle-school teachers, an embedded, multi-case study design was employed to explore whether teaching rehearsals would better prepare preservice teachers (PSTs) to implement explanation-driven science instruction. A teaching rehearsal allows PSTs to practice teaching a segment of their lesson and receive in the moment feedback and an opportunity to redo instruction before implementing a lesson with children. One section (or case) engaged in a teaching rehearsal before implementing their first science lesson in their field experience classroom. They practiced how to support children with organizing, analyzing, and interpreting data, introduce the Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning (CER) framework, and guide students through the process of constructing a scientific explanation. The other section (or case) did not engage in a teaching rehearsal. All PSTs in the teaching rehearsal group were able to successfully engage students in a sense-making discussion to identify patterns in the data, introduce the CER framework, and support students in collaboratively forming a claim as well as multiple pieces of evidence. These findings are contrary to the non-teaching rehearsal group where an in-depth discussion of the data occurred when providing evidence to support a claim. As a result, some inaccurate or incomplete claims were constructed and supported by vague evidence. Both groups struggled to support students through the process of constructing a reasoning statement that fully justified the claim and evidence. These results demonstrate that teaching rehearsals help prepare PSTs to implement several aspects of an explanation-driven science lesson.
Generation and Characterization of a Polyclonal Antibody Against NS1 Protein for Detection of Zika Virus

Background: Zika Virus (ZIKV) is a new type of flaviviruses transmitted by mosquitoes to cause severe diseases including Guillain-Barre syndrome and congenital malformations during recent outbreaks. The early diagnosis of ZIKV infection and efficient vaccines would be effective in controlling epidemics and timely treatment. However, the native nonstructural protein 1 (NS1) mainly acquired from cells infected with ZIKV, which largely limits its application. Objectives: This study aimed to express and purify the recombinant NS1 protein and prepare its antibody that efficiently reacted with the native NS1 protein secreted in the supernatant of ZIKV infected host-cells. Methods: We constructed a prokaryotic expression vector containing the full length of the NS1 gene. Thus, the recombinant NS1 protein was efficiently expressed and purified. The purified NS1 protein was used to prepare an antibody. The Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA), Western blot, and Indirect Immunofluorescent Assay (IFA) were used to assess the reactivity and specificity of the antibody. Results: The recombinant NS1 protein from a prokaryotic expression vector had good immunogenicity and the prepared antibody could specifically react with the native NS1 produced in Vero, BHK-21 cells infected with ZIKV. Besides, the ELISA and Western blot showed that the native ZIKV-NS1 protein was secreted extracellularly and could play the role of an early diagnostic biomarker for ZIKV infection. Conclusions: The prepared antibody against the recombinant NS1 protein is a reliable biological tool that enables the rapid and sensitive detection of secreted NS1 from host cells infected with ZIKV. The recombinant NS1 protein and its antibody can contribute to developing vaccines and antibodies targeting the NS1 protein to prevent flavivirus disease progression.
Creating Apprenticeship Simulations for Teaching Enterprise Modelling – Principles and Lessons Learned

ABSTRACT Teaching enterprise modelling is a complex task, as it requires both teaching modelling syntax as well as how to select and extract information from several sources, such as IT systems, employees, and existing documents. To aid teaching enterprise modelling Apprenticeship Simulation (AS) may be used. AS is a form of case-based learning where the students examine a case by following a virtual expert who gives them information sources with which they should work. A case as presented to the students can be quite complex, consisting of numerous types of diverse sources, including recorded interviews and links to real-world dynamic sources such as web pages. In this paper, we present a set of principles for the design of AS case presentations. The principles are based on our experiences in applying AS in four courses in the area of enterprise modelling.
Contrasting adaptations to synaptic physiology of prefrontal cortex interneuron subtypes in a mouse model of binge drinking

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) affects all sexes, however women who develop AUD may be particularly susceptible to cravings and other components of the disease. While many brain regions are involved in AUD etiology, proper function of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) is particularly important for top-down craving management and the moderation of drinking behaviors. Essential regulation of PFC output is provided by local inhibitory interneurons, yet the effects of chronic drinking on interneuron physiology remain poorly understood, particularly in female individuals. To address this gap, we generated fluorescent reporter transgenic mice to label the two major classes of interneuron in deep layer prelimbic PFC, based on expression of parvalbumin (PV-IN) or somatostatin (SST-IN). We then interrogated PV-IN and SST-IN membrane and synaptic physiology in a rodent model of binge drinking. Beginning in late adolescence, mice received 3-4 weeks of intermittent access (IA) ethanol. One day after the last drinking session, adaptations to PV-IN and SST-IN intrinsic physiology were observed in male mice but not in female mice. Furthermore, IA ethanol precipitated diametrically opposing changes to PV-IN synaptic physiology based on sex. IA ethanol decreased excitatory synaptic strength onto PV-INs from female mice and potentiated excitatory transmission onto PV-INs male mice. In contrast, decreased synaptic strength onto SST-INs was observed following IA ethanol in all groups of mice. Together, these findings illustrate novel sex differences in drinking-related PFC pathophysiology. Discovering means to restore PV-IN and SST-IN dysfunction following extended drinking provides opportunities for developing new treatments for all AUD patients.
COMPANY CREDIBILITY: A TOOL TO TRIGGER POSITIVE CSR IMAGE IN THE CAUSE-BRAND ALLIANCE CONTEXT IN INDONESIA

Purpose of study: This research aims to analyze the mediating effect of corporate social responsibility (CSR) image in the effect of company credibility dimensions (trustworthiness and expertise) on participation intention, in the cause–brand alliance (CBA) context. Methodology: The sample design which is used is purposive sampling with the sample criteria as the stakeholders of the University of Lampung, Indonesia. Data were collected by direct interview. Multiple regression analysis is used to test the hypotheses with 160 university’s stakeholders, using purposive sampling. Result: The results show that trustworthiness and expertise have a directly positive significant effect on CSR image. However, expertise statistically has a greater positive significant effect on consumer participation intention toward the CBA than trustworthiness. This finding is contrary to the contrast-effect theoretical framework (Dean, 2003) and balance theory (Heider, 1958). Newly finding is that CSR image considered a mediating role in the effect of trustworthiness and expertise credibility on participation intention. Implications: This implies that in the context of CBA, the company’s trustworthiness and expertise can be a more useful tool to trigger the positive CSR image in encouraging the stakeholders’ perception to buy the products and services or brand of the company implementing CSR, because CBA practices are considered as a genuine social cause, not as a promotion tool. Novelty/Originality of this study: In this study, the collected data uses the cross-sectional design and the CBA context uses CBA practices implemented by agriculture, education service, beverage industry, and a bank stated-owned enterprise.
AB0008 The association of the PTPN22 RS2476601 gene polymorphism with juvenile idiopathic arthritis in children from russia

Background Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common chronic rheumatic disease in children. The exact cause of the disease is still unknown, but seems to be related to both genetic and environmental factors [1]. The protein tyrosine phosphatase non-receptor type 22 (PTPN22) gene single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs2476601 was shown to be associated with JIA in different populations, but according to resent reports this association is restricted only to females [2,3]. Objectives The aim of the study was to determine whether the PTPN22 rs2476601 SNP is associated with the development of JIA and its subtypes in children from Russia. Methods The study included 330 patients with JIA and 346 healthy controls from Russia. Genotyping was performed using real-time PCR method and statistical analysis - using two-tailed Fisher's exact test (p), odds ratio (OR), 95% confidence interval (95% CI). Results The frequencies of the genotype AG and the allele A were significantly higher and the frequencies of the genotype GG and the allele G were significantly lower in patients with JIA than in controls (p=0.016, OR=1.65, 95% CI 1.10–2.48; p=0.028, OR=1.48, 95% CI 1.05–2.08; p=0.016, OR=0.62, 95% CI 0.43–0.91; p=0.028, OR=0.68, 95% CI 0.48–0.95, correspondingly). The same analysis was then performed separately for patients with two the most frequent ILAR subtypes: persistent oligoarthritis (n=106) and RF-negative polyarthritis (n=85). Significant associations similar to those in the whole JIA group were found only for persistent oligoarthritis (p=0.018 for the genotype AG; p=0.037 for the allele A; p=0.022 for the genotype GG; p=0.037 for the allele G). No significant differences were found for patients with RF-negative polyarthritis (p>0.6). Sex-stratified analysis showed that for the whole JIA group and for persistent oligoarthritis the association with the PTPN22 rs2476601 SNP is restricted only for girls (for girls with the genotype AG: p=0.024 and p=0.0098; with the allele A: p=0.016 and p=0.0061; with the genotype GG: p=0.015 and p=0.0047; with the allele G: p=0.016 and p=0.0061, correspondingly; for boys: p>0.2 for all comparisons). Conclusions In this study we revealed the association of the PTPN22 rs2476601 SNP with the development of JIA and its persistent oligoarticular subtype in girls from Russia. References Ravelli A, Martini A. Juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Lancet. 2007;369:767–778. Chiaroni-Clarke RC, Li YR, Munro JE, Chavez RA, Scurrah KJ, Pezic A, et al. The association of PTPN22 rs2476601 with juvenile idiopathic arthritis is specific to females. Genes Immun. 2015;16:495–498. Goulielmos GN, Chiaroni-Clarke RC, Dimopoulou DG, Zervou MI, Trachana M, Pratsidou-Gertsi P, Garyfallos A, Ellis JA. Association of juvenile idiopathic arthritis with PTPN22 rs2476601 is specific to females in a Greek population. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2016 Apr 23;14(1):25. Disclosure of Interest None declared
Revisiting Measure Of Absorptive Capacity: Applying The Scales In Spanish Wine Industry

The purpose of this study is to investigate aspects of absorptive capacity (ACAP) as a driver for innovation among Spanish wine industry. We use Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) followed by Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) to review the existing theories related to ACAP. From the research we conducted out of 111 wine companies in Spain, three factors are empirically proven to be in accordance with the theory, knowledge acquisition, assimilation and transformation. One other factor, knowledge exploitation, does not correspond with our empirical result. We have come to the conclusion that using other indicators related to knowledge exploitation capabilities might lead to more fit research model.
Complexity, interdisciplinarity and design literacy

In today’s complex world, a variety of perspectives are needed to better understand and solve challenges. For decades, global organisations and researchers have pointed to interdisciplinarity as a way forward for educational systems. Educational research offers great possibilities and gains for students involved in interdisciplinary teaching and learning processes, and the interdisciplinary nature of design thinking and practice can play a vital role in interdisciplinary general education. This paper explores how future scenariobuilding, as part of general design education, can serve as a framework for interdisciplinarity in general education and contribute to a better understanding of complex problems, challenges and design literacy.
Hybridization capture of larch (Larix Mill) chloroplast genomes from sedimentary ancient DNA reveals past changes of Siberian forests

Siberian larch (Larix Mill.) forests dominate vast areas of northern Russia and contribute important ecosystem services to the world. It is important to understand the past dynamics of larches, in order to predict their likely response to a changing climate in the future. Sedimentary ancient DNA extracted from lake sediment cores can serve as archives to study past vegetation. However, the traditional method of studying sedimentary ancient DNA – metabarcoding – focuses on small fragments which cannot resolve Larix to species level nor allow the detailed study of population dynamics. Here we use shotgun sequencing and hybridization capture with long-range PCR-generated baits covering the complete Larix chloroplast genome to study Larix populations from a sediment core reaching back up to 6700 years in age from the Taymyr region in northern Siberia. In comparison to shotgun sequencing, hybridization capture results in an increase of taxonomically classified reads by several orders of magnitude and the recovery of near-complete chloroplast genomes of Larix. Variation in the chloroplast reads corroborate an invasion of Larix gmelinii into the range of Larix sibirica before 6700 years ago. Since then, both species have been present at the site, although larch populations have decreased with only a few trees remaining in what was once a forested area. This study demonstrates for the first time that hybridization capture applied to ancient DNA from lake sediments can provide genome-scale information and is a viable tool for studying past changes of a specific taxon.
Mean-Variance Portfolio Selection with Dynamic Targets for Expected Terminal Wealth

In a market that consists of multiple stocks and one risk-free asset whose mean return rates and volatility are deterministic, we study a continuous-time mean-variance portfolio selection problem in which an agent is subject to a constraint that the expectation of the agent’s terminal wealth must exceed a target and minimize the variance of the agent’s terminal wealth. The agent can revise the expected terminal wealth target dynamically to adapt to the change of the agent’s current wealth, and we consider the following three targets: (i) the agent’s current wealth multiplied by a target expected gross return rate, (ii) the risk-free payoff of the agent’s current wealth plus a premium, and (iii) a weighted average of the risk-free payoff of the agent’s current wealth and a preset aspiration level. We derive the so-called equilibrium strategy in closed form for each of the three targets and find that the agent effectively minimizes the variance of the instantaneous change of the agent’s wealth subject to a certain constraint on the expectation of the instantaneous change of the agent’s wealth.