Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Shifting grounds: how industry emergence changes the effectiveness of knowledge creation strategies – the case of the US automotive airbag industry

This paper investigates the effect industry life cycle phase shifts have on the effectiveness of firms’ knowledge creation strategies. Building on literature streams on strategic knowledge management and industry life cycles, we develop theoretical arguments for why the best knowledge search strategy should be different before the emergence of an industry compared to afterwards. Testing our hypotheses empirically in the emerging US automotive airbag industry confirms the powerful forces of industry emergence: the best knowledge search strategy is initially one that looks inward into the organisation but outside of the technology area, and later shifts to one that is looking outward from the organisation and the technology. As practical implication we derive that R&D managers should (i) adjust their teams’ knowledge search strategies depending on the industry life cycle phase in which they find themselves, and (ii) especially look for new applications of their firm's existing knowledge in related fields.
Lymphogranuloma Venereum Proctitis in Men Who Have Sex With Men Is Associated With Anal Enema Use and High-Risk Behavior

Objectives: In the industrialized world, lymphogranuloma venereum proctitis (LGVP) has been reported only in men who have sex with men. Factors responsible for the outbreak remain to be elucidated. GOAL: The goal of the present work was to elucidate risk factors associated with LGVP. Study Design: The study design comprised a cross-sectional study including 32 men with LGVP and 93 men without LGVP (22 with gonorrheal proctitis, 30 with a non-LGV chlamydial proctitis, and 41 with proctitis of unknown etiology). Factors associated with LGVP were analyzed by (multinomial) logistic regression. Results: Comparing men with LGVP with men without LGVP, factors significantly associated with higher risk of LGVP in multivariate analyses were as follows: anal enema use [odds ratio (OR): 7.8, 95% confidence interval (CI): 2.6–23.2], having sex on sex parties (OR: 5.7, 95% CI: 1.5–21.8), and having sex with human immunodeficiency virus-positive partners (OR: 3.2, 95% CI: 1.1–9.3). Evaluating the 4 proctitis groups separately in a multinomial logistic regression model, similar associations between anal enema use and LGVP were found. Men with non-LGV chlamydial proctitis showed less risk behavior than men with LGVP. No substantial difference in risk behavior was found, except for attending sex parties, between men with LGVP, and gonorrheal proctitis or proctitis of unknown etiology. Conclusions: Apart from men with LGVP, men with gonorrheal proctitis or proctitis of unknown etiology exhibit high risk behavior. Enema use seems to play a key role in transmission of LGVP, and needs further investigation.
Psychometric properties of the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems Circumplex Scales short form: a reliability and validity study -

Objective: Considering the lack of an instrument in Turkish to measure individuals’ interpersonal difficulties, our aim was to adapt a short version of the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems Circumplex Scales (IIP-C) for Turkish culture, and we studied the psychometric properties of the scale. Method: Our study included 1298 adult participants from the normal population (411 females and 887 males) between the ages of 18 and 68. In order to establish reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the IIP-C, internal consistency, test-retest reliability, split-half reliability coefficients, and concurrent and criterion validity studies were conducted. The validity study analyzed correlations with the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, the Brief Symptom Inventory, the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support and the Basic Personality Traits Inventory. Results: The results of the study indicated good internal consistency, test-retest and split-half reliability coefficients of the IIP-C, assessing overall level of interpersonal difficulty and distress due to various interpersonal problems. Moreover, findings supported concurrent and criterion validity of the inventory, in addition to the two-factor structures consistent with the original inventory. Conclusion: The psychometric properties of IIP-C seem to be acceptable; therefore, the instrument can be utilized for research and clinical purposes in Turkey.
Capitalizing on Globalization

This paper reviews the challenges facing Asia as it seeks to cope with and capitalize on globalization. It asks how the Asian model of economic development needs to be modified in order for the region’s economies to grow and prosper in an increasingly integrated and intensely competitive global environment. Doing so, it argues, will entail modifying institutions for managing innovation, for managing poverty, and for managing volatility. The paper concludes by asking whether the capacity to adapt existing institutions is best developed at the national, regional, or global level and whether initiatives to address the challenge at these three levels are properly regarded as substitutes or complements.
n° 2011-34 Migrant Networks as a Basis for Social Control : Remittance Incentive among Senegalese in France and Italy

The economic literature provides much evidence of the positive impact of social capital on migrants’ economic outcomes, in particular through assistance upon arrival and insurance in times of hardship. Yet, although much less documented, migrant networks may well have a great inﬂuence on remittances to their home country and particularly to their origin households. Given all the services provided by the network, the fear of being ostracized by network members and being left with no support could provide incentives for migrants to commit to prevailing redistribution norms. In this perspective, remittances may be a fee that migrants pay to get access to network services. In this paper, we thus analyze to what extent migrant networks in the destination country inﬂuence the degree to which migrants meet the claims of those left behind. We ﬁrst review existing models of remitting behavior and investigate how way the potential role of networks could aﬀect their main predictions. We then provide a simple illustrative theoretical framework to account for the double impact networks may have on remitting behavior, through the provision of services to migrants and the spread of information ﬂows between home and host countries. We ﬁnally use an original dataset of 602 Senegalese migrants residing in France and Italy to explore the main predictions of our model.
Jurnal Ilmiah Peuradeun

This study investigated the effectiveness of psycho-education methods on college students’ attitudes toward post traumatic stress disorder. Analysis of results indicated that lecturing was the most effective psycho-educational method to obtain attitudinal changes. The effects of psycho-education methods of a shortduration intervention for college students' positive attitudes toward PTSD. Findings from the study led to the results that a short-duration of psychoeducation intervention on PTSD effectively increases college students' attitudes toward post traumatic stress disorder, reduces negative attitudes towards PTSD.
Outcomes of Enterobacter cloacae-Associated Periprosthetic Joint Infection Following Hip Arthroplasties

Background Periprosthetic joint infections (PJIs) represent a serious complication following total hip arthroplasty (THA) and are associated with significant morbidity. While recent data suggest that Enterobacter cloacae is an emerging source of PJI, characteristics and outcomes of E. cloacae-associated infections are rarely described. The study aimed to present and describe the findings and outcomes of E. cloacae-associated PJI in our department. Methods This is a retrospective descriptive study of patients who underwent revision THA for E. cloacae-associated PJI between 2011 and 2020 and has a minimum follow-up of 2 years. Outcomes included organism characteristics as well as clinical outcomes, represented by the number of reoperations needed for PJI eradication and the Musculoskeletal Infection Society (MSIS) outcome reporting tool score. Of 108 revision THAs, 12 patients (11.1%) were diagnosed with E. cloacae-associated PJI. Results The majority of cases had a polymicrobial PJI (n=8, 66.7%). Five E. cloacae strains (41.7%) were gentamicin-resistant. Six patients (50.0%) underwent 2 or more revisions, while 3 of them (25.0%) required 4 or more revisions until their PJI was resolved. When utilizing the MSIS outcome score, the first surgical intervention was considered successful (MSIS score tiers 1 and 2) for 5 patients (41.7%) and failed (tiers 3 and 4) for 7 patients (58.3%). Conclusions E. cloacae is emerging as a common source of PJI following hip arthroplasty procedures. The findings of our study suggest that this pathogen is primarily of polymicrobial nature and represents high virulence and poor postoperative outcomes, as represented by both an increased number of required revision procedures and high rates of patients with MSIS outcome scores of 3 and 4. When managing patients with E. cloacae-associated PJI, surgeons should consider these characteristics and inform patients regarding predicted outcomes.
Association between allergic diseases and risks of Henoch – Schönlein purpura ( HSP ) and HSP nephritis : a population-based study Short title : HSP in allergic diseases

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Education Attainment of Children of Economic and Refugee Immigrants in the United States

This paper analyzes the educational attainment of second-generation economic and refugee immigrants. Data from the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study (CILS) survey are used to estimate two measures of educational outcomes: securing a college degree, and years of schooling completed. Results show that, on average, children of refugees have educational attainment outcomes that are on par with those of the children of economic immigrants. They have similar odds of college degree achievement and are also as likely to acquire similar years of schooling as the children of economic immigrants. Accounting for important controls such as parents’ socio-economic status index do not affect the results.
Describing talk : a taxonomy of verbal response modes

Development of the Taxonomy Overview of the Taxonomy Comparison with Other Approaches Guide to the VRM Literature and Illustrative Results Conceptualization and Principles of Classification Verbal Response Mode Intents Mode Forms and Mixed Modes Unitizing Discriminating among Mode Intents Brief Utterances and Other Difficult Forms Preparation and Analysis of VRM Data
Pollen study of five bogs in Price and Sawyer Counties, Wisconsin

The bogs included here constitute the second unit of a transect westward of Vilas county. The first unit of 4 bogs was discussed by Potzger and Keller (8) in a previous study. The problem was to trace vegetational succession in Wisconsin along a given latitude, and specifically to discover whether Quercus became more important in the forest associations towards the western part of Wisconsin than it was in Vilas county and in adjacent Gogebic county, Michigan. The bogs selected are all close to highway 70 as the most suitable westward line from the Trout lake area. Four are located in Price and one in
A NOVEL APPROACH TO INTRALESIONAL AUTOLOGOUS SERUM THERAPY IN MELASMA: AN OPEN-LABEL, PROSPECTIVE STUDY

Objective: The study aimed to assess the effectiveness of intralesional autologous serum therapy in Melasma. Methods: A total of 30 patients over 18 years of age were enrolled in the study with prior approval from the institute’s ethical committee. Serum was injected intradermally into the melasma lesions of the patient every 2 weeks with a 30G insulin syringe. Patients were called for follow-up every 15 days until 90 days. On each visit, clinical response to treatment was calculated using the modified Melasma Area and Severity Index (mMASI) score, and side effects were also noted, if any. Results: The reduction in mean mMASI score from baseline was not significant till the second visit (day 15) (p=0.317), while it was statistically significant from the third visit onwards (day 30) (p=0.024). The reduction in mean mMASI score from baseline 3.95±3.23 to 2.31±2.16 (41.51% improvement) is suggestive of a good response, which was also statistically significant (p≤0.001). Conclusion: Study patients perceived a significant improvement in pigmentation during the therapy period without any considerable side effects. Thus, autologous serum therapy may be a viable alternative to the existing treatment modalities for Melasma.
Quantile regression: an alternative approach to modelling forest area burned by individual fires

Components of a fire regime have long been estimated using mean-value-based ordinary least-squares regression. But, forest and fire managers require predictions beyond the mean because impacts of small and large fires on forest ecosystems and wildland–urban interfaces are different. Therefore, different action plans are required to manage potential fires of varying sizes that demand size-based modelling tools. The objective of this study was to compare two model-fitting techniques, namely quantile mixed-effects (QME) model and ordinary linear mixed-effects (LME) model for constructing distributions of model-predicted small and large fires. I examined these techniques by modelling the fire size of individual escaped wildfires. Results showed that the LME-predicted fire size approximately coincided to the 0.75 quantile. The LME model produced more biased predictions at the two extremes, both of which manifest great importance in forest ecosystems and fire management. Modelling the distributions for small and large fires using quantile regression can reduce such biases along with giving unbiased mean estimates. This study concludes that quantile modelling is an effective approach to complement ordinary regression that helps predict the size-based risks of individual fires more precisely, and that could allow managers to better plan resources when managing fires.
Variability of exposure to fine particulates while cycling

Over the last year, an approach has been developed and tested for assessing the risk of exposure to PM2.5 at fine levels of spatial and temporal disaggregation while traveling by various modes of transport. The approach combines the capabilities of new personal Global Positioning System (GPS) devices and portable particle monitors to shed new light on the inherent variability in pollution levels in different travel microenvironments and more importantly identify the location and magnitude of hotspots of PM2.5. The focus of the current paper is cyclist exposure to PM2.5, something which has become highly topical given the strong recent push for this mode on health grounds, primarily in response to the growing obesity epidemic. Specifically, we report on the results of a monitoring campaign conducted during May and June of 2005. The aim was to study exposure while cycling in a range of microenvironments typically experienced by cyclists, including main arterials, back streets, off-road bike-paths, and parks. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E214666.
Comparaison du régime alimentaire d'une population marine et d'une population lagunaire d'Atherina boyeri des côtes tunisiennes

En Tunisie, les proies planctoniques constituent l'apport nutritif le plus important des Atherines marines (Copepodes) alors que les proies benthiques sont plus frequentes chez les specimens lagunaires (Amphipodes). La diversite alimentaire est plus elevee en lagune qu'en mer; en revanche, le nombre moyen de proies consommees par les Atherines marines depasse celui des specimens lagunaires
Reciprocal expression of interferon gamma or interleukin 4 during the resolution or progression of murine leishmaniasis. Evidence for expansion of distinct helper T cell subsets

We purified poly(A)+ mRNA from the spleen and lymph nodes at designated times after infection with Leishmania major in genetically susceptible BALB/c and resistant C57BL/6 mice. The steady-state levels of IL-2, IFN- gamma, IL-4, and IL-1 beta mRNA were determined using Northern hybridizations. IL-2 mRNA levels in the infected organs of BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice were comparable after infection, but IFN-gamma and IL-4 mRNA levels were reciprocally expressed. Levels of IFN-gamma mRNA in C57BL/6 draining nodes and spleen were significantly greater than in BALB/c mice except at 4 and 6 wk of infection, when splenic IFN-gamma mRNA levels were transiently comparable. In contrast, IL-4 mRNA was apparent only in BALB/c and not in C57BL/6 nodes and spleen. Tissue levels of IL-1 beta mRNA were 10-20-fold greater in BALB/c mice. BALB/c mice were pretreated with GK1.5 mAb, a manipulation that promotes healing of subsequent infection by transiently depleting L3T4+ cells. At 8 wk of infection, by which time lymphoid organs were repopulated with L3T4+ cells, GK1.5-pretreated BALB/c mice produced IFN-gamma, but not IL-4 message. Serum levels of IgE were markedly elevated in infected BALB/c, but not in infected C57BL/6 or GK1.5-pretreated BALB/c mice, consistent with in vivo biologic activity of IL-4 in nonhealing mice. Treatment of infected BALB/c mice with neutralizing anti-IL-4 antibody abolished the elevation of serum IgE and significantly attenuated the progression of disease as assessed by size and ulceration of the lesion, and by reduction in the number of tissue parasites. Both protective and deleterious responses to Leishmania infection have previously been shown to be L3T4+ cell dependent. Our findings are consistent with the differential expansion of protective, IFN-gamma-producing Th1 cells in healing mice, and the expansion of deleterious, IL-4-producing Th2 cells in nonhealing mice. The inverse relationship of IFN-gamma and IL-4 gene expression during leishmaniasis may underlie the divergence of cellular and humoral immunity that occurs during chronic infection with Leishmania and possibly other intracellular parasites.
Measuring of C-reactive protein titer in patients with acute hepatitis-C Virus infection

Objective(s): To measure serum C-reactive protein (CRP) titer as a predictive diagnosis of acute hepatitis C virus (HCV)infection.Methodology: Two hundred and ten patients with acute HCV infection and 234 apparently healthy individuals ascontrol group were enrolled in this study in Baghdad medical city (Teaching Laboratories). The patents include74(35.2%) females and 136 (64.8%) males with mean age (27±16.5) years. The control group includes 114 (48.7%)females and 120 (51.3%) males with mean age (26±5.8) years. Blood samples were collected from out patients fromAlfadul in Baghdad city. Sera were separated and stored at 20 0C. The diagnosis of acute HCV infection was based ondetection of HC Ag and anti- HCV IgM and standard liver function tests. Determination of CRP titer was assessed bysemi-quantitative tube agglutination test. All data were statistically analyzed.Results: Based on 95% percentile, the baseline CRP titer in healthy individuals was 1:8 (16mg/l) and for patients 1:512(1024mg/l). There was a statistically significant increase in the mean CRP titer in patients with acute HCV infectioncompared to healthy individuals (P< 0.001) . The validly of CRP titer 1: 64 as a cut –off value to predict HCV infectionprovide a sensitivity and specificity of 100 % and 96% respectively. Furthermore, there was a significant correlationbetween CRP titer and liver function test values.Recommendation:Therefore, in further studies, we recommends the evaluation of C- reactive protein titer in patients with acutehepatitis B Virus infection and patients with non–infectious diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitusand hyperlipidemia infection, and compare between them.
ADEMU WORKING PAPER SERIES Step away from the zero lower bound: small open economies in a world of secular stagnation*

We study how small open economies can escape from deation and unemployment in a situation where the world economy is permanently depressed. Building on the framework of Eggertsson et al. (2016), we show that the transition to full employment and at-target inflation requires real and nominal depreciation of the exchange rate. However, because of adverse income and valuation effects from real depreciation, the escape can be beggar thy self, raising employment but actually lowering welfare. We show that as long as the economy remains financially open, domestic asset supply policies or reducing the effective lower bound on policy rates may be inffective or even counterproductive. However, closing domestic capital markets does not necessarily enhance the monetary authorities' ability to rescue the economy from stagnation.
Changes in the technological landscape over time: Relevance and difficulty levels of everyday technologies as perceived by older adults with and without cognitive impairment

BACKGROUND: Everyday technology, ET (e.g. computers, TV’s and vending machines) perceived as relevant and used in everyday activities change continuously. Not being able to keep up with these changes may hinder participation in activities. OBJECTIVE: To investigate stability and change in perceived relevance of ET, and in levels of perceived ET difficulty across two different occasions in time and between two similar samples of older adults with and without cognitive impairment. METHODS: Data of perceived relevance and difficulty in ET use in the samples (n = 157/118), collected with the Everyday Technology Use Questionnaire (ETUQ) was investigated. RESULTS: Thirty-three (70%) of the ETs in the ETUQ significantly increased in relevance, while the perceived levels of difficulty were statistically similar in 40/47 ETs (85%) across the two time occasions. CONCLUSIONS: The perceived relevance of ET among older adults with and without cognitive impairment was indicated to increase over time, but the levels of perceived levels of difficulty of ETs did not change as much. This knowledge could be used to support and facilitate ET use in the aging population, and in general to influence society’s view of older people as active users of ET in activities at home and in public spaces.