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Notice of RetractionCritical success factors of enterprise resource planning implementation in China: Case study in Shanghai city, China

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) plays an important role in today's enterprise management and is beginning to be the backbone of organizations. This paper attempts to seek possible reasons for major international ERP vendors not being able to dominate the Chinese ERP market and discuss critical success factors affecting ERP systems implementation success in China. An experience survey using a questionnaire was conducted to verify whether these Critical Success Factors (CSFs) are also important and relevant for Chinese enterprises in Shanghai City.
Motivation-Adaptive Skills-Trauma Resolution (MASTR) Therapy for Adolescents with Conduct Problems

Summary Trauma is proposed as a key to understanding the development and persistence of adolescent conduct problems, in conjunction with other contributing factors. A trauma-focused individual therapy approach is presented as one example of how this population might be more effectively treated. This approach features motivational interviewing, self-control training (cognitive-behavioral therapy), and trauma resolution (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing). This paper reports on an open trial of six adolescents with school and conduct problems who received school-based Motivation-Adaptive Skills-Trauma Resolution (MASTR) treatment. Reductions in post-traumatic stress, related symptoms, and problem behaviors, along with improved school performance, indicate the value of further study of this treatment approach.
The Significance of Language and Cultural Education on Secondary Achievement: A Survey of Chinese-American and Korean-American Students

Abstract This study attempted to answer the question: What is the significance of language and cultural orientation on academic achievement? This study examined the relationship between the students’ level of interest in maintaining their heritage language and culture and their achievement in school. The subjects for this study were 105 U.S.-born, Chinese-American and Korean-American students attending public high schools in Southern California. The study found that those who valued the acculturation process, adapting to the mainstream culture while preserving their language and culture, had superior academic achievement levels to those who were most interested in the assimilation process and who adopted the values and lifestyles of the dominant culture. In light of the implementation of the “English Only” policy in California’s public schools, this study has important implications in public education—that curriculum and instruction should focus on helping language and cultural minority students to develop and maintain their heritage while exposing them to new ideas.
A measurement study on virtualization overhead for applications of industrial automation systems

In a remote building management system (BMS) that manages facilities of buildings or factories, there is an application called a crawler that collects statuses of facilities via a network. By running a crawler on a Virtual Machine (VM) for each building owner, operators of the remote BMS can limit influence of a failure of one crawler and can reduce the number of physical machines in the remote BMS. However, performance of the crawler running on a VM could be degraded owing to overhead of virtualization, inappropriate resource allocation, and interference among VMs coexisting on the same physical machine. In addition, the crawler needs to meet its performance requirements with high probability, 99.999%, and therefore it is important to clarify the characteristics of the performance degradation. In this paper, we evaluate performance of the crawler run on a VM with various resource allocation patterns and multiple VMs. From this evaluation, we find out that 1) CPU usage measurement with millisecond granularity is important for appropriate CPU allocation and 2) CPU contention among VMs is one of the main factors of the performance degradation.
Family-Based Analysis of Genetic Variation Underlying Psychosis-Inducing Effects of Cannabis: Sibling Analysis and Proband Follow-up

CONTEXT: Individual differences exist in sensitivity to the psychotomimetic effect of cannabis; the molecular genetic basis underlying differential sensitivity remains elusive. OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether selected schizophrenia candidate single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) moderate effects of cannabis use. DESIGN: Interactions between recent cannabis use, determined by urinalysis results, and 152 SNPs in 42 candidate genes were examined in 740 unaffected siblings of 801 patients with psychosis to examine genetic moderation of the association between Structured Interview for Schizotypy-Revised positive schizotypy and recent cannabis use (at-risk paradigm). The SNPs showing Bonferroni-adjusted association in the at-risk paradigm were used in a case-only analysis in the 801 patients, as well as in a case-sibling and case-control analysis (using 419 controls) focusing on genetic moderation of developmental effects of cannabis on later psychotic disorder. SETTING: The Netherlands and Flanders, Belgium. PARTICIPANTS: Eight hundred one patients with psychosis and their 740 unaffected siblings. Main Outcome Measure Significant interaction between any of the selected SNPs and cannabis in the at-risk paradigm, followed by selective case-only, case-sibling, and case-control analyses. RESULTS: In the unaffected siblings, 16 SNPs in 12 genes showed significant interaction at P Language: en
Natural Language Watermarking Based on Syntactic Displacement and Morphological Division

This paper explores a method for Korean text watermarking based on a linguistic analysis scheme using morphemic and syntactic analysis. In this scheme, a predicate nominal is separated into its nominal and its predicate, and syntactic adverbial is displaced. Korean, as an agglutinative language, provides a good basis for this morpheme-based natural language watermarking because a word consists of several morphemes. A Korean word usually consists of a content morpheme and a function morpheme. However, a predicate nominal is an exception, having two content morphemes—nominal and predicate--and one function morpheme. So, we can divide a predicate nominal into a nominal and a predicate. In addition, we also perform syntax-based watermarking. We displace syntactic adverbials using the characteristic that most languages permit displacement of syntactic adverbials within its clause. Combining these morphemic and syntactic characteristics, we propose a method of language watermarking based on syntactic displacement and morphological division. To make our system more secure, we also include a sentence weight value and encode the weight value with a watermark bit. Our watermarking method doesn’t change the meaning of the most marked sentences, and it also ensures the naturalness of the sentences. From the experimental results, we show that the rate of unnatural sentences of marked text is reasonable, and the watermarking capacity is better than previous systems. The coverage of marked sentences is also reasonable. Experimental results also show that the marked text retains the same style, and also has the same information without semantic distortion.
PETE MANDIK NEURAL ACCOMPLISHMENT OF OBJECTIVITY 1 Penultimate English language draft of Mandik , Pete . ( in press ) . L ' accomplissement Neural de L ' objectivité [ The Neural Accomplishment of Objectivity ]

Penultimate English language draft of Mandik, Pete. (in press). L'accomplissement Neural de L'objectivité [The Neural Accomplishment of Objectivity]. In: Elizabeth Ennen, Pierre Poirier, Luc Faucher, and Eric Racine (eds.) Des Neurones à la Philosophie: Neurophilosophie et philosophie des neurosciences [Neurons with philosophy: Neurophilosophy and philosophy of the neurosciences]. Paris: DeBoeck Université.
LTPI : A Spectral Clustering Method Based on Local Topology Preserving Indexing and Its Application for Document Clustering

In terms of machine learning theory, the intrinsic geometrical structure of the original data space is usually embedded in the low-dimensional manifold. The extraction of optimized manifold features could improve the performance of clustering. This paper presents a new spectral clustering method called local topology preserving indexing (LTPI). In this algorithm, the data are projected into a low-dimensional feature space in which the distances between the data points in the same local patches are minimized and the distances from the data points outside these patches are maximized simultaneously. The proposed LTPI method can effectively discover the intrinsic local topologies embedded in original high-dimensional space. The comparison experiments for document clustering demonstrate its effectiveness.
Peer-Based Interventions to Influence Health-Related Behaviors and Attitudes: A Meta-Analysis

The effects of 47 peer-based health education programs described in 36 published studies were examined. The over-all effect size was small: the mean d was . 190 when controls received no program and . 020 when controls received an alternative program. Programs were divided into those focusing on preventing or reducing smoking and programs on other health issues; the latter were further divided into primary prevention and secondary prevention programs. Differences among studies suggested several biases which were likely to have influenced the effect sizes. Preventive interventions that produce only small effects can be valuable because many participants would not have developed the problem even without the program. This review suggested that, when health education programs are studied, (a) detailed statistical information should be provided to facilitate using the research findings in meta-analyses and (b) the costs of innovative programs should be presented to judge whether the results are worth the cost.
High Data Output and Automated 3D Correlative Light–Electron Microscopy Method

Correlative light/electron microscopy (CLEM) allows the simultaneous observation of a given subcellular structure by fluorescence light microscopy (FLM) and electron microscopy. The use of this approach is becoming increasingly frequent in cell biology. In this study, we report on a new high data output CLEM method based on the use of cryosections. We successfully applied the method to analyze the structure of rough and smooth Russell bodies used as model systems. The major advantages of our method are (i) the possibility to correlate several hundreds of events at the same time, (ii) the possibility to perform three‐dimensional (3D) correlation, (iii) the possibility to immunolabel both endogenous and recombinantly expressed proteins at the same time and (iv) the possibility to combine the high data analysis capability of FLM with the high precision–accuracy of transmission electron microscopy in a CLEM hybrid morphometry analysis. We have identified and optimized critical steps in sample preparation, defined routines for sample analysis and retracing of regions of interest, developed software for semi/fully automatic 3D reconstruction and defined preliminary conditions for an hybrid light/electron microscopy morphometry approach.
Clinical Supervision Practices and Satisfaction Within the Public Vocational Rehabilitation Program

Rehabilitation counselors and supervisors affiliated with a state vocational rehabilitation program were surveyed to assess supervisor practices and satisfaction when providing or receiving supervision. Results indicated general satisfaction with both administrative and clinical supervision provided or received. Although counselors and supervisors were less satisfied with clinical supervision as compared with administrative supervision, they perceived both the degree to which supervisors provide support and encouragement to counselors and the emphasis on promoting counselors' understanding of their clients similarly. Supervision relies on counselor self-report of counseling sessions more so than any other supervisory method. Individual supervision is used almost exclusively and on average lasts 20 min each month. Supervisors tend to adopt a consultant role more than administrator, counselor, evaluator, or teacher roles. Multiple regression analysis indicated that gender, frequency of supervision, and a supervisory consultant role were predictors of satisfaction with clinical supervision. Implications for rehabilitation counseling practice and research are examined.
Contributions of Student Questioning and Prior Knowledge to Construction of Knowledge from Reading Information Text

This study investigated the relationship of student-generated questions and prior knowledge with reading comprehension. A questioning hierarchy was developed to describe the extent to which student-generated questions seek different levels of conceptual understanding. Third-and fourth-grade students (N = 360) posed questions that were related to their prior knowledge and reading comprehension, measured as conceptual knowledge built from text. The results indicated that student questioning accounted for a significant amount of variance in students' reading comprehension, after accounting for the contribution of prior knowledge. Furthermore, low-and high-level questions were differentially associated with low and high levels of conceptual knowledge gained from text, showing a clear alignment between questioning levels and reading comprehension levels.
Overexpression of Pectin Methylesterase Inhibitors in Arabidopsis Restricts Fungal Infection by Botrytis cinerea1[C][W]

Pectin, one of the main components of plant cell wall, is secreted in a highly methylesterified form and is demethylesterified in muro by pectin methylesterase (PME). The action of PME is important in plant development and defense and makes pectin susceptible to hydrolysis by enzymes such as endopolygalacturonases. Regulation of PME activity by specific protein inhibitors (PMEIs) can, therefore, play a role in plant development as well as in defense by influencing the susceptibility of the wall to microbial endopolygalacturonases. To test this hypothesis, we have constitutively expressed the genes AtPMEI-1 and AtPMEI-2 in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) and targeted the proteins into the apoplast. The overexpression of the inhibitors resulted in a decrease of PME activity in transgenic plants, and two PME isoforms were identified that interacted with both inhibitors. While the content of uronic acids in transformed plants was not significantly different from that of wild type, the degree of pectin methylesterification was increased by about 16%. Moreover, differences in the fine structure of pectins of transformed plants were observed by enzymatic fingerprinting. Transformed plants showed a slight but significant increase in root length and were more resistant to the necrotrophic fungus Botrytis cinerea. The reduced symptoms caused by the fungus on transgenic plants were related to its impaired ability to grow on methylesterified pectins.
Explorer Composing Security Protocols : From Confidentiality to Privacy

Security protocols are used in many of our daily-life applications, and our privacy largely depends on their design. Formal verification techniques have proved their usefulness to analyse these protocols, but they become so complex that modular techniques have to be developed. We propose several results to safely compose security protocols. We consider arbitrary primitives modeled using an equational theory, and a rich process algebra close to the applied pi calculus. Relying on these composition results, we derive some security properties on a protocol from the security analysis performed on each of its subprotocols individually. We consider parallel composition and the case of key-exchange protocols. Our results apply to deal with confidentiality but also privacy-type properties (e.g. anonymity) expressed using a notion of equivalence. We illustrate the usefulness of our composition results on protocols from the 3G phone application and electronic passport.
Generic Description and Synthesis of LDPC Decoders

Through a rapid survey of the architecture of low-density parity-check (LDPC) decoders, this paper proposes a general framework to describe and compare the LDPC decoder architectures. A set of parameters makes it possible to classify the scheduling of iterative decoders, memory organization, and type of check-node processors and variable-node processors. Using the proposed framework, an efficient generic architecture for nonflooding schedules is also given.
Identification of epitopes of trichosanthin by phage peptide library.

The phage displayed random peptide library has recently emerged as a powerful technique for analyzing Ab-Ag interactions. In this study, the method was employed to identify epitopes of trichosanthin. Two monoclonal Abs (4B5, 2E9) which recognized different epitopes of trichosanthin (TCS) were selected and a phage-peptide library with nine amino acids (9 aa) was used to screen the positive phage clones that have high affinity to the mAbs. Two groups of phage clones that carried peptide-specific binding to mAbs were identified by the screen. The identified phage clones carried peptide-specific binding to 4B5 and 2E9 mAbs were immunized in mice. To evaluate mimotope of selected phages, the specific binding activity to TCS was measured in the serum from phage-immunized mice. They all showed positive results. The conserved interaction motifs were deduced from the peptide sequences of each group of selected phage clones. When compared the motif sequence with the sequence of TCS, it was predicted that 4B5-corresponding epitope was located at 27-37 aa of TCS protein and 2E9-corresponding epitope was located at 41-48 aa of TCS. The predicted sequence of 4B5-corresponding epitope was further confirmed by site-directed mutation of TCS protein. The data showed that the expressed TCS protein mutated in 4B5-corresponding epitope was unable to bind 4B5 mAb. The results suggested that the phage display peptide library is useful to identify Ag epitopes and to raise Ab in disease diagnosis and treatment.
The Differentiation of Security Forces and the Onset of Genocidal Violence

Which factors drive the onset of genocidal violence? While the previous literature identified several important influences, states’ military capabilities for conducting mass-killings and the structure of their security forces have received surprisingly little attention so far. The authors take this shortcoming as a motivation for their research. A theoretical framework is developed, which argues that more differentiated security forces, that is, forces that are composed of a higher number of independent paramilitary and military organizations, are likely to act as a restraint factor in the process leading to state-sponsored mass-killings. Quantitative analyses support the argument for a sample of state-failure years for 1971–2003, and it is also shown that considering a state’s security force structure improves our ability to forecast genocides.
Silencing of the expression of pluripotent driven-reporter genes stably transfected into human pluripotent cells.

AIMS & METHODS Marking of human embryonic stem (ES) and embryonal carcinoma (EC) cells with pluripotent promoter-driven reporter gene cassettes provides an important tool for studies related to maintenance of pluripotency, cell differentiation and cell selection. OCT4, TERF1 and telomerase reverse transcriptase component (TERT) are considered as pluripotent marker genes since they are expressed in both human ES and EC cells and significantly downregulated during the differentiation process. Our aim was to use core promoter regions from such pluripotent genes to drive expression of reporter genes that would be suitable for human ES cell selection amongst differentiated cells. RESULTS Human ES and EC cells were stably transfected with a number of TERT, OCT4 and TERF1 promoter-driven EGFP or NTR gene cassettes. Gradual loss of reporter gene expression was observed from 24 h post-transfection during transient transfection studies, while almost complete loss of reporter expression was observed upon stable transfections. The loss of reporter gene expression was partly reversed by addition of a histone deacetylase inhibitor and a demethylating agent, suggesting that in vitro methylation of these exogenous constructs and the epigenetic architecture around the site of integration are likely to play a major role in their transcriptional activity. Inclusion of gene-regulatory elements in addition to the core promoters has been shown to minimize such effects and should be considered as an important strategy in such studies. CONCLUSIONS Together our data suggest that human ES and EC cells are able to silence pluripotent promoter-driven reporter genes with high efficiency. Whether differentiated cells derived from human ES and EC cells retain this activity is unknown and need to be investigated before large-scale comparative reporter-based transfection studies can be used as a tool in human embryonic stem cell biology.
Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma across Three Generations: A Preliminary Study

This qualitative study reports a preliminary investigation of the intergenerational transmission of trauma across three generations, and across three types of trauma. Representatives of three families in which the first generation had experienced a trauma were examined. Trauma included experiencing the Holocaust, being placed in a transit camp following immigration from Morocco, and being forced to dislocate as the result of a war. The representatives of successive generations were administered qualitative, open–ended interviews regarding their life as survivors or victims, or as the second/third generation of survivors/victims. A content analysis revealed that the intergenerational transmission of three types of trauma was perpetuated across three generations.
Can Comparison of MZ- and DZ-Twin Concordance Rates be Used Invariably to Estimate Heritability?

Abstract Proponents of the validity of the classical MZ-DZ twin comparison model for calculating heritability claim that the environments influencing MZ and DZ twin individuals are essentially identical. This ‘equal environments assumption’ may or may not be universally true when applied to the analysis of subjective traits. We examined the validity of this assumption as applied to the propensity for smoking cigarettes, reasoning that equality of environments should lead to equal smoking prevalences in MZ and DZ twin individuals. We identified 8 twin populations with data on smoking. We compiled odds ratios (ORs) for ever smoking in MZ and DZ twin individuals in these 8 studies and overall, using a fixed-effects meta-analytic method based on the Mantel-Haenszel procedure. The prevalence of smoking was less in MZ twin individuals than in DZ twin individuals in 7 of 8 studies. The overall OR was 0.86 (95% confidence interval 0.84, 0.89). ORs were virtually unchanged when the analyses were stratified for gender and age, and no differences were found in relation to the location of the study, the date of the study or the birth years of the cohorts. For cigarette smoking, the environments of MZ and DZ twins may not be co-equal. For subjective traits, heritability estimates may be influenced by these unequal environmental factors that differentially affect their development and characteristics in MZ and DZ twins.
Genetic list scheduling algorithm for scheduling and allocation on a loosely coupled heterogeneous multiprocessor system

Our problem consists of a partially ordered set of tasks communicating over a shared bus which are to be mapped to a heterogeneous multiprocessor system. The goal is to minimize the makespan, while satisfying constraints implied by data dependencies and exclusive resource usage. We present a new efficient heuristic approach based on list scheduling and genetic algorithms, which finds the optimum in few seconds on average even for large examples (up to 96 tasks). The superiority of our algorithm compared to some other algorithms is demonstrated.