Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
To appear in Gender and Language – please do not cite or circulate without permission Language, Indexicality and Gendered Ideologies: Contextual Effects on the Perceived Credibility of Women

It is well established that listeners’ attitudes to variability in language are affected by context. One speaker’s use of a particular form will not necessarily be evaluated in the same way as another’s use of that same form, and the pragmatic meanings listeners associate with speech depend on the specific social setting in which that speech occurs. In this paper, we explore how this contextual sensitivity of sociolinguistic perception interacts with broader ideologies about gender. Specifically, we examine how the use of “uptalk”, or rising final intonation on declarative utterances, impacts on the perceived credibility of women versus men in different legal contexts, including those characterized by strong ideologies of gender (e.g., a rape trial) and those in which that ideological framing is less pronounced (e.g., a medical malpractice trial). Our goal is to identify how social ideologies about gender affect listeners’ perceptions of uptalk, and to explore the ramifications that these perceptions have on women’s ability to be believed in a courtroom.
Running title: Groundwater Inrush Source Identification in a Coal Mine Hydrogeochemical Characteristics and Groundwater Inrush Source Identification for a Multi-aquifer System in a Coal Mine

Correct identification of water inrush sources is particularly important to prevent and control mine water disasters. Hydrochemical analysis, Fisher discriminant analysis, and geothermal verification analysis were used to identify and verify the water sources of the multi-aquifer groundwater system in Gubei coal mine, Anhui Province, North China. Results showed that hydrochemical water types of the Cenozoic top aquifer included HCO3−Na+K−Ca, HCO3−Na+K−Mg and HCO3−Na+K, and this aquifer was easily distinguishable from other aquifers because of its low concentration of Na +K and Cl. The Cenozoic middle and bottom aquifers, the Permian fissure aquifer, and the Taiyuan and Ordovician limestone aquifers were mainly characterized by the Cl−Na+K and SO4−Cl−Na+K or HCO3−Cl−Na+K water types, and their hydrogeochemistries were similar. Therefore, water sources could not be identified via hydrochemical analysis. Fisher model was established based on the hydrogeochemical characteristics, and its discrimination rate was 89.19%. Fisher discrimination results were improved by combining them with the geothermal analysis results, and this combination increased the identification rate to 97.3 % and reasonably explained the reasons behind two water samples misjudgments. The methods described herein are also applicable to other mines with similar geological and hydrogeological conditions in
Study on apolipoprotein E polymorphism in patients with end stage renal failure

Objective To confirm the tendency of heredity in end stage renal failure(ESRF),and to find out the related genes.Methods The association of ApoE genetic polymolphism and lipid abnormalities was investigated in 94 ESRF patients(those patients had chronic glomemlonephritis) with technique of PCR-RFLP.Results(1)The frequencies of ApoE2/3 genotype and e2 allele were significantly higher in ESRF patients than those in normal control(ApoE2/3:31.91%VS 13.89%,P0.05;e2:23.94%VS 10.65%,P0.05),while the frequency of ApoE 3/3 genotype and e3 allele were much lower in ESRF compared with normal control(ApoE3/3:50%VS 70.37%,P0.05;e3:69.15%VS 82.41%,P0.05). (2)ESRF patients with e2 had significantly higher level of plasma trigceride(TG),higher level of plasma very low density lipoprotein-cholesterol(VLDL-C)and higher level of plasma ApoE compared with that with e3 and e4(P0.05). ESRF patients with e3 had significantly later of prevalence age when those patients had chronic glomerulonephritis than that with e2 and e4(P0.05). Conelusion The ApoE polymorphism is related to the occurrence of ESRF.ApoE2 allele is one of the most important hereditary factor for lipid abnormalities and the occurrence of renal failure in those patients with chronic glomerulonephritis.
Inventaire des Parasitoïdes de Mouches synanthropes recensés en France par

A study of synanthropic flies parasitoids was carried out in the Brittany and Paris regions in various agrobiocenoses. Approximately 33 species of Diptera belonging to 25 genera and 10 families were caught and identified. Parasitic Coleoptera and Hymenoptera represent 41 species divided into 24 genera and 6 families (Staphylinidae, Figitidae, Pteromalidae, Diapriidae, Ichneumonidae and Braconidae). The biogeographical distribution of the parasitoids, the way of which they develop, the sites and conditions under which they were collected and the hosts-parasites relationships are presented in table form.
Evaluating the Regression Discontinuity Design Using Experimental Data

The regression discontinuity (RD) design has recently become a standard method for identifying causal effects for policy interventions. We use an unusual “tie breaking” experiment, the Kentucky Working Profiling and Reemployment Services, to investigate the performance of widely used RD estimators. Two features characterize this program. First, the treatment (reemployment services) is assigned as a discontinuous function of a profiling variable (expected benefit receipt duration), which allows the identification of both experimental and nonexperimental samples. Second, we deal with a discontinuity frontier rather than a discontinuity point, which allows the identification of local average treatment effects over a wide range of the support of the discontinuous variable. Using a variety of multivariate parametric and nonparametric kernel estimators, we estimate the bias with respect to the benchmark experimental estimates. In general, we find that local linear kernel estimates show the least bias, but parametric estimates perform reasonably well. We also examine two alternative discontinuities – geography and time – and find that they provide credible estimates as well.
Retailing Performance Evaluation Scale for Indian Brick-and-Mortar Lifestyle Retailers (LSRS-b)

A majority of brick-and-mortar lifestyle retailers in India have adapted firm-level and output-driven measures to evaluate their overall retailing performance in addition to not apportioning the central office expenses incurred merely to run stores on to store’s profit and loss account. This output-driven approach is distracting them from focussing on input variables and efficiency that is inevitably imperative if sustainable retail profit and returns on investment are expected. In this exhaustive empirical study, we have studied a few select organized brick-and-mortar lifestyle retailers to identify 64 variables that directly or indirectly determine the returns on investment of a lifestyle retailer, of which we have chosen 16 input-driven variables to design the LSRS-b instrument in addition to ensuring integration of variables that have a significantly positive association and determination with consumer repeat visit rate, sales personnel consumer orientation, cash flow efficiency, revenue generation, profitability, returns on investment, and consumer-level performance evaluation. Based on 24 months of data evaluated, we have found that these 16 input-driven variables have a significant determination of about 86.90 percent concerning the final output i.e., returns on investment (ROI) which is a strong indicator of the reliability of LSRS-b instrument in evaluating the overall retailing performance of organized brick-and-mortar lifestyle retailers in India.
GROUND MOTION PREDICTION EQUATIONS FOR CUMULATIVE ABSOLUTE VELOCITY (CAV) USING THE PEER-NGA STRONG MOTION DATABASE

Cumulative absolute velocity (CAV), defined as the sum of the absolute acceleration time series, has been shown to be a better predictor of damage than peak ground motion and response spectra parameters. The nuclear industry uses the value of CAV in consecutive one-second intervals in which the acceleration exceeds 0.025g (CAVSTD) as a check on whether to shut down a nuclear power plant when the response spectra exceed the Operating Basis Earthquake (OBE). The value of CAV exceeding an acceleration threshold of 0.005g (CAV5) has been found to be a better parameter than Arias Intensity or peak ground acceleration (PGA) and magnitude for evaluating liquefaction potential of saturated sands. Most recently, CAVSTD has been used to exclude non-damaging ground motions from contributing to the probabilistic seismic hazard analyses (PSHA) of nuclear power plant sites in the central and eastern United States. However, there are very few CAV ground motion prediction equations (GMPEs). To help fill this void, we developed new GMPEs for the geometric mean horizontal component of CAV (CAVGM) based on the strong motion database and functional forms used to develop GMPEs for peak ground motion and response spectra parameters for the PEER-NGA Project. We also developed a prediction equation between a modified version of CAVSTD (CAVS), which includes all of the USNRC ground motion criteria for shutting down a nuclear power plant, and CAVGM using the PEER-NGA database. We consider our CAV relationships to be valid for magnitudes ranging from 5.0 up to 7.5–8.5 (depending on fault mechanism) and distances ranging from 0 up to 100–200 km (depending on magnitude) for shallow crustal earthquakes in active tectonic regions. We found the standard deviation of both of the CAV parameters to be equal to or smaller than those of any ground motion parameter we have studied thus far. Introduction Cumulative absolute velocity (CAV), which is defined as the integral of the absolute value of the acceleration time series, is calculated from the equation (EPRI 1988): Vice President, EQECAT, Inc., Beaverton, OR, USA, kcampbell@eqecat.com Executive Director, PEER, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA, yousef@berkeley.edu Proceedings of the 9th U.S. National and 10th Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering Compte Rendu de la 9ième Conférence Nationale Américaine et 10ième Conférence Canadienne de Génie Parasismique July 25-29, 2010, Toronto, Ontario, Canada • Paper No 1004
One and One half Ventricular Repair with Pulsatile Bi-directional Glenn: Concept, Concerns and Future Directions

The present perspective is a synthesis of 98 published investigations in the setting of one and one half ventricular repair with pulsatile bidirectional Glenn. In this article, we have attempted to address several concerning issues and controversies with reference to morphologic and physiologic criterions for candidate selection, creation of atrial septal fenestration, long-term fate of an unligated azygos vein and free pulmonary regurgitation, the concerns of a pulsatile bi-directional Glenn on superior vena caval blood flow, the growth potential of the pulmonary ventricle and subsequent eligibility for conversion to bi-ventricular repair and long-term functional results. Additionally, this review attempts to address the guidelines for candidate selection for one and one half ventricular repair, bi-ventricular repair and univentricular type of repairs.
Managers and Productivity in the Public Sector

This paper studies the impacts of managers in the administrative public sector using novel Italian administrative data containing an output‐based measure of productivity. Exploiting the rotation of managers across sites, I find that a one standard deviation increase in managerial talent raises office productivity by 10%. These gains are driven primarily by the exit of older workers who retire when more productive managers take over. I use these estimates to evaluate the optimal allocation of managers to offices. I find that assigning better managers to the largest and most productive offices would increase output by at least 6.9%.
Firm Specific Trade Policy: Evidence on Effectiveness and Mechanisms∗

Most countries engage in a variety of firm-specific trade policies. In this paper we examine the effectiveness and the mechanisms behind a firm-specific trade policy, export promotion. We use detailed data from the Danish Trade Council to solve measurement problems, and we exploit randomness in the targeting of the policy across firms to solve selection problems. We first find that the firm-specific trade policy boost exports of firms along the intensive margin. Next, we show that this is due to increasing sales, while marginal costs, export prices and quality remain roughly constant. This suggests that firms use the firm-specific trade policy to increase demand for their products on foreign markets consistent with a trade expansion theory such as Arkolakis
1 ‘ Belt and Road ’ : The ‘ China Dream ’ ?

China is committed to a very ambitious infrastructure development project, referred to as the ‘Belt and Road Initiative’. This involves the implementation of massive infrastructure investments that, among other things, will reduce transportation costs. This paper employs a structural gravity approach to analyze how the reduction in transportation costs between China and the EU would change trade flows and consumer welfare in China, EU and the rest of the World. We also look at how these welfare improvements compare to the gains from signing shallow and deep free trade agreements with the EU, as well as analyzing how the BRI interplays with the US-led mega trade deals: TTIP and TPP. We evaluate the dynamics of the welfare changes. Finally, we estimate the impact of Chinese investment in BRI countries on global trade and welfare. Our results indicate substantial gains from the BRI for China and the EU. A 30 percent reduction in transportation costs between China and the EU would increase the welfare of a representative consumer in China by 1.51 percent and the EU by 0.97 percent. Combining the BRI with a deep FTA would increase welfare by 4.90 and 2.94 percent respectively. Furthermore, the potential negative effect of the TPP on China is more than compensated by the BRI initiative. Chinese investment would further increase welfare of the countries along participating in this project.
Nanostructured materials for particle detectors

This paper discusses the opportunities and the challenges related to the use of nanostructured material for particle detectors. These materials are subject of intense research and application works since the nineties. Nevertheless, a direct application in technology related to particle detection in accelerator or underground experiments can not yet be found. Despite of this, several R&Ds based on these advanced materials are pursued by few INFN research groups and in the world. Nanotechnology is advancing rapidly and it is worthwhile to be aware of its potentiality with the ambition to improve the performance of existing detectors or conceive new ones as required in future generation of experiments. Here the discussion is limited to nanostructured materials where detector applications are envisaged and some INFN groups are involved: colloidal quantum dots, metal nanowires, carbon nanotubes and graphene sheets, which are examples of materials with dimensionality 0, 1 and 2.
Hybrid chick adoption by local broody hens

Local broody hens (2) were each offered day-old, broiler chicks (10) Ibr adopiion, They adopted, brooded and reared thce chicks under free range. The growth rate, survivability and profitability of the adopted chicks were compared with a set of 20 intensively reared broiler chicks, and a set of 16 local chicks hatched and reared under free range, by their own mother, hens. The intensively reared broilers (IRB) attained 2.22kg live weight in 10 weeks, with no mortalities and they yielded a profit of N233/bird. The adopted, extensively reared broilers (ERB) took 20 weeks to attain 2.25kg, only 20% of the birds survived to this age and a loss of N3 was incurred for every chick stocked. The local chicks (LOC) weighed only 0.98Kg at 20 weeks, only 25% survived to this age and they yielded a profit of Nl33 per chick hatched. Results from this study demonstrate the possibility of using local broody hens to brood and rear hybrid chicks, and suggest protective restriction in the first few weeks at life. and a vaccination/medication regime as intervention measures that could improve the survivability and profitatbility, of hybrid chickens reared under free range conditions.
Existence results for some quasi-linear parabolic problems with a quadratic gradient term and source

In this article we deal with a Cauchy-Dirichlet quasilinear parabolic problem containing a gradient term with quadratic growth and source; namely,    ut −∆u + |u|2γ−2u|∇u|2 = |u|p−2u in Q := Ω×]0, +∞[; u(x, t) = 0 on S := ∂Ω×]0, +∞[; u(x, 0) = u0(x) in Ω; with Ω a bounded open set of IR . We prove that if p ≥ 1, γ ≥ 1/2 and p < 2γ + 2, then there exists a global weak solution for all u0 ∈ L(Ω). We also see that there exists a nonnegative solution if u0 ≥ 0.
27. Seeking to optimise care for HIV positive women and extending the gendered rights’ discourse —conceptualising the dilemmas, with illustrations from fieldwork in rural South Africa

It seems important in an encounter of this kind, where we have the rare opportunity as social scientists to take stock, not simply to report in a seamless fashion on recent work, as is customary in medically dominated conferences, but, instead, to emphasise the very different discursive frameworks and intellectual agendas that we as social scientists bring to the field of STDs and HIV/AIDS (Schoepf 1991) —and in which our potential contribution has been marginalised (Seidel 1994); and, against this backdrop, to identify and articulate certain dilemmas which hitherto have remained largely unreflected, partially silenced, or remained semi-digested experiences. The competing discourses and their various effects have been discussed in more detail elsewhere (Seidel and Vidal 1997; Seidel 1993a, b; 1996c). The dilemmas are theoretical, discursive, political, methodological and ethical. These are not only abstract intellectual concerns: they have material and practical implications (Seidel and Vidal 1997); and impact on women in particular ways. Many interventions and policy decisions have not been well informed. In the place of ‘quick, ugly fixes’ (Obbo 1994), what is needed is a reflection on the origin and status of what passes for knowledge, and on our ‘ways of knowing’ (Schrijvers 1992), and an analysis of the social relations of power, to include gender relations. Much of the emphasis of health promotion has been on the ‘health consumer’ as an individual. This neo-liberal discourse is deeply problematic in that it ignores the crucial importance of social actors and new social forces in bringing about change (Escobar 1992). It also ignores the different experiences of women and men, and hence of the historical and social construction of gender.
Multi-Layer Profit Sharing and Innovation

In this paper, we measure whether contractual profit sharing (PS) influences firm innovation and, if yes, how. We disentangle PS effects for different and possibly conflicting interest groups within the firm. We exploit the fact that PS schemes rarely cover the workers all together, but more often than not are used at some layer in the corporate hierarchy and not at others. Based on the analysis of a representative sample of Italian firms, the key contribution of the study is to show that the structure of PS plans matters significantly for innovation. While PS for managers is associated with little or no improvement in innovation activity, PS for non-managers spurs the probability of observing innovation by about 5% to 15%. This may reflect different discount factors of employees at different firm layers. We also document how PS effects, particularly for non-managers, change depending on other firm level variables, such as size, unionization, the span of managerial control and some characteristics of the workforce. Policy implications are discussed.
Impact of Human Disturbance on Fiddler Crab (Uca tangeri) Burrow Morphology, Distribution and Chemistry at Eagle Island, Niger Delta, Nigeria

Fiddler crabs are described as ecosystem engineers because of their burrow constructing ability. It was hypothesized that human activity will impact crab burrows. The study area was delineated into lowly, medium and highly impacted plots. Crab holes were randomly counted and their width, length and surface area estimated. Burrow soils were collected and analyzed for Cadmium (Cd), Lead (Pb) and Zinc (Zn) using spectrophotometric method (HACH DR 890 colorimeter). The result indicates that burrow width was significantly different between impacted plots (P 0.05), but highly impacted plot has the longest length while lowly impacted plot has the shortest length. Again, the surface area of crab burrow varies significantly (P 2) followed by medium (390.30 ± 57.65 cm2) and high (265.16 ± 30.85 cm2) impacted plots. Similarly, lowly impacted area has more number of burrows (n = 55) followed by medium (n = 30) and highly (n = 23) impacted plots. Highly impacted plot had the highest Cd and Pb concentration whereas lowly impacted plot had the highest Zn concentration. This implies that burrow morphology and chemistry exemplify the level of anthropogenic impact.
THE INVESTIGATION OF VOLATILITY SPILLOVER EFFECT BETWEEN STOCK MARKETS OF TURKEY, ITALY, GREECE AND RUSSIA

In this study, the volatility spillover effects in stock markets of various countries are examined. Volatility spillover effect occurs in two forms as heat wave and meteor shower in literature. From this point to these two effects were investigated in stock markets of Turkey, Italy, Russia and Greece. In the research, cointegration, ARCH-LM, VAR, and finally VAR-MGARCH analyzes were used. According to the results of the analysis, it was concluded that the volatility spillover effect is effective in all stock markets. Also, it was determined that more meteor shower hypothesis is more effective when the time was extended, although heat wave hypothesis is effective in the short term.
Trade, Growth and Inequality: Evidence from China (Preliminary), by Bin Grace Li, Prakash Loungani, and Jonathan D. Ostry

This paper studies the impact of trade on growth and income inequality using disaggregated data for Chinese urban areas. To complement the cross-country analyses typically conducted in the macroeconomic literature, we explore the effects of trade for about 162 Chinese cities and 60,000 urban households over the period 2002-2009. Our analysis shows that in the period since China joined the WTO in 2001, Chinese urban areas that experienced greater degree of openness in trade also experienced greater increases in both output and income inequality. Using the household-level data we also document how these effects differ by income group, education, and gender. JEL Classification Numbers: F16, F43, J16, O40.