Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Rising to the Top: Career Progression of Women Senior-level Student Affairs Administrators

Women account for over half of the populations of enrolled students and employed staff and administrators in higher education. In student affairs, women current accounts for over 60% of employees at the entry and mid-levels of administration, but less than half of all senior-level executive positions are filled by women. Furthermore, the majority of the women in senior-level student affairs administrative roles work at two-year institutions; doctoral granting research intensive universities have the lowest numbers of women student affairs professionals in seniorlevel positions. The career pathway to advance from entry-level to senior-level positions is unclear, and as a result, many women are remaining stagnant at the mid-level without a clear understanding of how to advance. The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of how women professionals entering the field of student affairs in public research universities can chart a career pathway from their entry point to senior-level student affairs administrator positions. Because the numbers of female students and women in student affairs administration is continuing to grow, it is important that women are equally represented at the senior-levels at the top institutions in the U.S. Five current senior-level student affairs administrators, holding jobs at public four-year doctoral granting research universities in two states in the south central region of the U.S. were the participants for this study. Through purposeful sampling, the participants were identified to engage in this qualitative comparative case study inquiry. Various methods of data collection were used including: face-to-face semi-structured interviews (the primary source of data), document collection, and journaling. The research questions for this inquiry encompassed three broad inquiries including: (a) the reason female senior-level student affairs administrators choose to enter and remain in the field of student affairs, while attempting to chart a career pathway to senior-level positions at public four-year doctoral granting research institutions; (b) the experiences of women senior-level student affairs administrators, and how these experiences impacted their successful advancement to their current roles; and (c) advice for aspiring women senior-level student affairs administrators. The findings suggested that women can expect to experience both positive and negative encounters that will affect their career progression. The participants provided insight and advice for women in student affairs who aspire to become senior-level administrators that incorporated the importance of building a strong professional network of colleagues, embracing and leading change, and continuing education and professional development. Women must be intentional in creating a meaningful and rewarding career in student affairs and play a major part in developing their pathway to the top.
Health Shocks and Permanent Income Loss: the Household Business Channel

This study uses an original Vietnamese panel data to provide strong evidence that microenterprises are vulnerable to health shocks affecting their operators and/or other household members. Although intra-household labour reallocation mitigates the direct labour supply decrease, large out-of- pocket health expenditures have the potential of crowding out business-related expenditure, and to significantly decrease investment. The costs associated with illness thus affect directly the household businesses that generate income for countless individuals around the developing world. These results have important implications, among which the underestimation of the positive externalities of health insurance schemes.
A cost and delay estimation of a suite of low-cost adaptive routers for hierarchical torus network

A Hierarchical Torus Network (HTN) is a 2D-torus network of multiple basic modules, in which the basic modules are 3D-torus networks that are hierarchically interconnected for higher-level networks. Three deadlock-free adaptive routing algorithms called link-selection, channel-selection, and a combination of link-selection and channel-selection was proposed for the efficient use of physical links and virtual channels of an HTN to improve dynamic communication performance. However, the cost and delay of those routers is not evaluated yet. In this paper, We present a conservative estimation of hardware cost and router delay for the proposed routing algorithms and compare it with the dimension order routing. The hardware costs for the proposed adaptive routing algorithms are exactly equal to those for dimension order routing. The only overhead imposed is nominal router delay for header selection.
A holistic approach to interpreting human states in smart environments providing high quality of life

We formulate a concept of a future smart environment for high quality of life (SEQUAL) that would empower humans to compensate for physical and cognitive disabilities associated with sickness and aging. In SEQUAL the assessment of the state of ‘well-being’ — from behaviors and biological signals — is holistic, meaning that the estimation of individual's health, emotional condition, activity and wishes, are from the beginning determined in relation to each other and in (individual's own) context, with superior results compared to when estimated independent from each other, as in common practice. Similarly, the prediction of a person's future condition, intentions, future needs, and actions/treatment/interventions are determined holistically. SEQUAL includes robots, mobility systems and assistive devices for physical intervention, as well as remote professional caregivers, family and friends, to provide intelligent assistance and support network, aiming for higher quality of life for both patient and caregiver.
Drinking game play among first-year college student drinkers: An event-specific analysis of the risk for alcohol use and problems

Abstract Background: College students who play drinking games (DGs) more frequently report higher levels of alcohol use and experience more alcohol-related harm. However, the extent to which they are at risk for increased consumption and harm as a result of DG play on a given event after accounting for their typical DG participation, and typical and event drinking, is unclear. Objectives: We examined whether first-year students consumed more alcohol and were more likely to experience consequences on drinking occasions when they played DGs. Methods: Participants (n = 336) completed up to six web-based surveys following weekend drinking events in their first semester. Alcohol use, DG play, and consequences were reported for the Friday and Saturday prior to each survey. Typical DG tendencies were controlled in all models. Typical and event alcohol use were controlled in models predicting risk for consequences. Results: Participants consumed more alcohol on DG versus non-DG events. All students were more likely to experience blackout drinking consequences when they played DGs. Women were more likely to experience social-interpersonal consequences when they played DGs. Conclusion: DG play is an event-specific risk factor for increased alcohol use among first-year students, regardless of individual DG play tendencies. Further, event DG play signals increased risk for blackout drinking consequences for all students, and social-interpersonal consequences for women, aside from the amount of alcohol consumed on those occasions as well as typical drinking behaviors. Prevention efforts to reduce high-risk drinking may be strengthened by highlighting both event- and person-specific risks of DG play.
Phylogeography and the geographic cline in the armament of a seed‐predatory weevil: effects of historical events vs. natural selection from the host plant

Japanese camellia (Camellia japonica) and its seed predator, the camellia weevil (Curculio camelliae), provide a notable example of a geographic mosaic of coevolution. In the species interaction, the offensive trait of the weevil (rostrum length) and the defensive trait of the plant (pericarp thickness) are involved in a geographically‐structured arms race, and these traits and selective pressures acting on the plant defence vary greatly across a geographical landscape. To further explore the geographical structure of this interspecific interaction, we tested whether the geographical variation in the weevil rostrum over an 800‐km range along latitude is attributed to local natural selection or constrained by historical (phylogeographical) events of local populations. Phylogeographical analyses of the mitochondrial DNA sequences of the camellia weevil revealed that this species has experienced differentiation into two regions, with a population bottleneck and subsequent range and/or population expansion within each region. Although these phylogeographical factors have affected the variation in rostrum length, analyses of competing factors for the geographical variation revealed that this pattern is primarily determined by the defensive trait of the host plant rather than by the effects of historical events of populations and a climatic factor (annual mean temperature). Thus, our study suggests the overwhelming strength of coevolutionary selection against the effect of historical events, which may have limited local adaptation.
Helical Resonator Filters With Improved Power Handling Capabilities for Space Applications

The power-handling capabilities of helical resonator filters for space applications are discussed. Emerging difficulties due to the multipaction effects are highlighted. A method is proposed to increase specified power handling without significantly sacrificing the size/quality factor. Experimental verification is attained by means of a fabricated prototype for which measured filter response and multipaction test results are obtained and presented.
Positive diversifying selection on Plasmodium vivax RON2 protein

SUMMARY Plasmodium rhoptry neck protein 2 (RON2), which is released from the neck portion of the merozoite rhoptries and interacts with the microneme protein Apical Membrane Antigen 1 (AMA1), plays a crucial role in erythrocyte invasion. In this study, we sequenced the Plasmodium vivax RON2 gene from 19 P. vivax isolates collected in central China in order to establish whether this protein is under positive diversifying selection, which may occur as a result of protective host immune pressure†. In comparison with the P. vivax Sal-1 reference line, we found 10 amino acid substitutions dispersed throughout the open reading frame as well as indels caused by polymorphism in a repeat unit (21–23 repeats of (Q/E/K/N/H)(G/D)G(H/L/Y/P)G) in the second tandem repeat region located at amino acid positions 541–650. A McDonald-Kreitman test with RON2 sequences from the primate malaria parasite Plasmodium knowlesi, detected significant departure from neutrality in the PvRON2 3′ region (nucleotide positions 2668–6609). These results suggest that the PvRON2 gene has evolved under positive diversifying selection.
Long-term stabled non-enzymatic glucose sensor for continuously monitoring system applications

In this paper, two different non-enzymatic glucose sensors with Ag/AgCl and Pt reference electrodes (RE) are fabricated, characterized, and compared for continuously monitoring system applications. The fabricated non-enzymatic sensors are comprised of three electrodes, nanoporous platinum working electrode (WE), platinum count electrode (CE), and Ag/AgCl or Pt REs, respectively. An optimum applied potential for the detection of glucose was determined as 0.4 V by using glucose cyclic voltammetry graph. Although the sensor with Pt RE has larger response current in glucose solution than the other, it has too much noise and no repeatability. On the other hand, the sensor with Ag/AgCl RE has good repeatability and improved selectivity over interfering species such as ascorbic acid (AA) and acetaminophen (AP). In addition, it has excellent long-term stability. These results indicate that fabricated non-enzymatic glucose sensor with Ag/AgCl RE is strongly applicable for continuously monitoring systems.
Concurrent Dual-Band Class-F Load Coupling Network for Applications at 1.7 and 2.14 GHz

Highly efficient multiband power amplifiers (PAs) are key elements for the development of future multistandard multiband communication terminals and cognitive radios. This paper reports the design of a multiharmonic dual-band Class-F power amplifier for applications at wireless communication frequencies based on a switchless multiharmonic multiband load coupling network topology. The proposed output network topology is able to precisely synthesize Class-F impedance conditions with up to three harmonics at two distinct nonharmonic frequencies without the need of switches or electronically tunable elements. The proposed topology was used to design a Class-F PA in hybrid technology for the frequency bands at 1.7 and 2.14 GHz. Optimum impedances for maximum efficiency of the used GaAs MESFET for the two bands were determined by multiharmonic load-pull measurements and synthesized by the proposed switchless dual-band Class-F network. With a dual-band input matching network, the fabricated PA achieves 44.0% and 61.3% drain efficiency for an output power of more than 32.8 dbm and 34.4 dbm at 1.7 and 2.14 GHz, respectively. To the best knowledge of the authors, this is the first concurrent multiharmonic dual-band PA reported in open literature.
Human health control monitor system using smart mobiles: Context changes dependent human behavior

A Human health control monitor system (HHCMSes) is a mobile medical application is used to detect continuous monitoring and manage the human body blood glucoses levels. HHCMS promises to give to extend the life period of human being. HHCMSes is a testing device very efficient to monitor the glucoses levels. Sensor can wear anywhere in our human body as like as wrist watches. A sensor connects to smart phones using HHCMSes software. Once connected this software continuously to monitor the blood glucoses levels in our body. In our body, when change the glucose levels is to intimate through smart mobile phones. HHCMS is easily to monitor the indoor and outdoor physical movement of blood levels changing often in our body. Existing approaches uses moment generate function (MGF) is support only statistical method of gathering the value, reviewing the value, survey the value, and give an interpreting the variable of numerical data, cannot identifying the transfer function between sensor and mobiles. In this paper, we can propose robust compatible, so we can uses Mason's gain formula (MGF) is a process to detect the transfer function by using linear signal-flow graph (SFG) and cyebyshev's theorem and Markov theorem uses to find out the desired result of HHCMSes.
Pricing of Bonds and Equity when the Zero Lower Bound is Relevant

This paper investigates the joint dynamics of nominal bond yields, real bond yields and dividend yields from the 80s up to the aftermath of the financial crisis by mapping them on a set of macro factors. It builds on an existing discrete time affine Gaussian model of the term structure model of nominal bonds, real bonds and equity and extends it by three important innovations. Firstly, allowing for structural shifts in inflation expectations. Secondly, accounting for the relevance of the zero lower bound in the period after 2008 by modelling a so-called shadow rate and deriving asset prices by explicitly considering the zero lower bound. Finally, calculating the standard errors to correctly capture the multi-step nature of the estimation process, which results in substantially larger standard errors than previously reported for the model. We achieve statistically signicant risk premia by imposing restrictions on the matrix of risk premia. Taken together, these modifications allow to better model asset prices also during the financial crisis and the ensuing economic environment of sluggish growth, low inflation rates, interest rates close to zero and quantitative easing. JEL Classification: C13, E43, G12
Cellular and molecular mechanics by atomic force microscopy: capturing the exocytotic fusion pore in vivo?

The atomic force microscope (AFM) is a remarkably simple instrument that can measure forces down to piconewtons and can resolve force changes caused by the displacement of its probe by a fraction of a nanometer. Furthermore, these measurementscanbedoneunderwater,allowingforthestudy of biological material under conditions that resemble thosein vivo.TheAFMfunctionslikeaminiaturephonograph. Asharp tip,mountedonacantilever,interactswiththesample,causing minutedeflectionsthatcanbecalibratedasaforce.TheAFM, in its force-measuring mode, has been applied to the study of molecular mechanics. For example, the laboratory of Hermann Gaub in Munich succeeded in the remarkable feat of measuring the adhesion force between single avidin‐biotin pairs (’160 pN; ref. 1). These measurements were independently confirmed by molecular dynamic simulations of the avidin‐biotininteractionthatrevealedtheatomictrajectoryof a rupture and predicted the associated forces (2). Hence, the techniquesofmolecularmechanicsnowrivalthecapabilitiesof patch-clamp techniques (3) in describing the activity of single proteins. The patch-clamp technique seals a lipid membrane, containingionchannelproteins,ontoaglasspipetteelectrode. Ioniccurrentsflowingthroughasingleionchannelproteinare then easily measured, reporting on the conformational states of the transmembrane protein. In contrast to the patch-clamp technique, useful mainly for the characterization of ion channels, molecular mechanics studies can be done on single proteins or more complex structures that do not carry an associated electrical activity. ThemostfamiliaruseoftheAFMisincreatingtopographic imagesofasample.ThisisdonebyscanningtheAFMtipover the sample and recording the z axis displacement required to maintain a constant contact force. The nanometer resolution of the AFM imaging technique has been used to examine the structural features of proteins, producing data that is comparable to that obtained by x-ray crystallography (4). However, the biggest promise of the AFM technique is in the measurement of the activity of single protein structuresin vivoduring signaling events or during other types of cellular activities. Indeed, we may be getting close. A recent example demonstratedthatitispossibletoobserveconformationalchangesin the structure of a single nuclear pore in Xenopus oocyte nuclear envelopes (5). However, these measurements were doneinfixedtissue.RecentworkfromthelaboratoryofBhanu
Improving multi-stream classification by mapping sequence-embedding in a high dimensional space

Most of the Natural and Spoken Language Processing tasks now employ Neural Networks (NN), allowing them to reach impressive performances. Embedding features allow the NLP systems to represent input vectors in a latent space and to improve the observed performances. In this context, Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) based architectures such as Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) are well known for their capacity to encode sequential data into a non-sequential hidden vector representation, called sequence embedding. In this paper, we propose an LSTM-based multi-stream sequence embedding in order to encode parallel sequences by a single non-sequential latent representation vector. We then propose to map this embedding representation in a high-dimensional space using a Support Vector Machine (SVM) in order to classify the multi-stream sequences by finding out an optimal hyperplane. Multi-stream sequence embedding allowed the SVM classifier to more efficiently profit from information carried by both parallel streams and longer sequences. The system achieved the best performance, in a multi-stream sequence classification task, with a gain of 9 points in error rate compared to an SVM trained on the original input sequences.
TrkA Receptor Activation by Nerve Growth Factor Induces Shedding of the p75 Neurotrophin Receptor Followed by Endosomal γ-Secretase-mediated Release of the p75 Intracellular Domain*

Neurotrophins are trophic factors that regulate important neuronal functions. They bind two unrelated receptors, the Trk family of receptor-tyrosine kinases and the p75 neurotrophin receptor (p75). p75 was recently identified as a new substrate for γ-secretase-mediated intramembrane proteolysis, generating a p75-derived intracellular domain (p75-ICD) with signaling capabilities. Using PC12 cells as a model, we studied how neurotrophins activate p75 processing and where these events occur in the cell. We demonstrate that activation of the TrkA receptor upon binding of nerve growth factor (NGF) regulates the metalloprotease-mediated shedding of p75 leaving a membrane-bound p75 C-terminal fragment (p75-CTF). Using subcellular fractionation to isolate a highly purified endosomal fraction, we demonstrate that p75-CTF ends up in endosomes where γ-secretase-mediated p75-CTF cleavage occurs, resulting in the release of a p75-ICD. Moreover, we show similar structural requirements for γ-secretase processing of p75 and amyloid precursor protein-derived CTFs. Thus, NGF-induced endocytosis regulates both signaling and proteolytic processing of p75.
Clinical application of percutaneous drainage in treating hepatocellular carcinoma with bile duct tumor thrombus

Aim of the study This study aimed to evaluate the effect of percutaneous interventional treatment on obstructive jaundice caused by hepatocellular carcinoma with bile duct tumor thrombus. Material and methods A total of 16 patients with bile duct tumor thrombus were included in the current retrospective study. All the patients were subjected to percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD). Treatment included permanent external drainage, internal drainage and routine tube adjustment, and covered stents according to the patients’ clinical manifestations. Results The success rate of PTBD was 100%. Among all the patients, two were treated with permanent external drainage, seven were treated with internal drainage and routine tube adjustment, and seven were treated with detaining covered stents. All the drainage tubes were successfully pulled out from the patients receiving covered stents. Among all the 16 patients, the clinical symptoms and life quality of 12 patients (12/16, 75%) were improved. The average survival time of all the patients was 203.7 days (ranging from 30 days to 391 days) with the median survival time of 199.5 days. Conclusions Percutaneous interventional therapy for obstructive jaundice caused by hepatocellular carcinoma with bile duct tumor thrombus is a good choice. It improves patients’ life quality. Permanent external drainage, internal drainage, and covered stents are alternative methods which should be chosen according to the patient's condition.
Do Venture Capitalists Function the Same: The Evidence from the Chinese Newest Stock Market, ChiNext

We examine the role of venture capitals (VC) in Chinese entrepreneurial firms surrounding their initial public offerings (IPOs) on ChiNext. We find VCs are more likely to invest in entrepreneurial firms close to their registered location. Unlike developed countries, Chinese VCs cannot significantly improve firms' corporate governance and operating performance on ChiNext. These results indicate these VCs are more free-riders rather than value-added investors. The empirical findings suggest Chinese government should restructure ChiNext or reform primary market regulations to encourage VCs to make more value-added activities and improve the financing environment of small to medium-sized enterprises. VCs are still new on the ChiNext.