Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Affect, Behaviour, Cognition and Desire in the Big Five: An Analysis of Item Content and Structure

Personality psychology is concerned with affect (A), behaviour (B), cognition (C) and desire (D), and personality traits have been defined conceptually as abstractions used to either explain or summarise coherent ABC (and sometimes D) patterns over time and space. However, this conceptual definition of traits has not been reflected in their operationalisation, possibly resulting in theoretical and practical limitations to current trait inventories. Thus, the goal of this project was to determine the affective, behavioural, cognitive and desire (ABCD) components of Big–Five personality traits. The first study assessed the ABCD content of items measuring Big–Five traits in order to determine the ABCD composition of traits and identify items measuring relatively high amounts of only one ABCD content. The second study examined the correlational structure of scales constructed from items assessing ABCD content via a large, web–based study. An assessment of Big–Five traits that delineates ABCD components of each trait is presented, and the discussion focuses on how this assessment builds upon current approaches of assessing personality. Copyright © 2015 European Association of Personality Psychology
Network Analysis: A New Addition to an Old Bag of Tricks

This paper reviews the development of Network analysis and provides data on several characteristics of personal networks. Using two interrelated data sets of (1) 347 respondents and (2) 71 multi-person networks comprised of these respondents, we report on such measure as durability, content, intensity and the density of the networks. In one of the few attempts to venture into second order networks, we interviewed people named to the networks of our respondents and were therefore able to investigate the reciprocal nature of personal ties. For cases in which reciprocity occurred, the congruence of views held by the two parties about their relationship was investigated. Reciprocation occurred in a minority of the cases and while most of these relationships showed congruent views, all cases of discrepancies resulted from self-enhancing reports. Several network characteristics were found to be interrelated.
Over-the-air manipulation: An intuitive control system for smart home

In this paper, we design and implement an intuitive manipulation method for smart home system, called “over-the-Air Manipulation System. ” It is used to improve the operation inconvenience of smart home system. We exploit the two components of smart glasses, display screen and camera, to capture the user's control gestures and display the information of smart home appliance. Moreover, the system will convert the control gestures to manipulation information and transmit it to the smart home appliance via wireless network. In the experimental results, we successfully use gestures to control the air conditioner and to turn on/off the light.
The Parent-Adolescent Relationship at Puberty: Hispanic Ethnicity and Parent Alcoholism as Moderators.

This study tested Hispanic ethnicity and parent alcoholism as moderators of pubertal status effects on the parent-child relationship in a community sample of 421 boys and girls 11.5-16.5 years old. Ethnicity was a significant moderator: The direction of the puberty effect on parent support and parent-adolescent conflict differed for Hispanic (primarily Mexican American) and non-Hispanic White boys. Parent alcoholism did not moderate the effect of puberty, but there was more conflict and less support between children of alcoholics and their parents than between controls and their parents. Puberty effects on the parent-adolescent relationship were also found above and beyond the effects of chronological age. Future directions for research in this area are discussed.
Breakdowns to breakthroughs: an ontological approach to thought loops and growth edges

Purpose – This paper aims to focus on an ontological approach to executive coaching and transformational learning.Design/methodology/approach – The paper is largely drawn from the methodology for ontological coaching designed by Newfield Network. Concepts are applied in actual coaching examples.Findings – The paper finds that through a transformational process of reflection and deliberate change, we can create a new coherence of self to meet and transcend challenging circumstances. This is consistent with double‐loop learning.Originality/value – This work explains in concrete terms and examples how the ontological approach can be applied to expand knowledge and engage in transformational learning.
RATES OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION IN BACTERIA ARE RELATIVELY CONSTANT DESPITE SPORE DORMANCY

Abstract Rates of molecular evolution are known to vary considerably among lineages, partially due to differences in life-history traits such as generation time. The generation-time effect has been well documented in some eukaryotes, but its prevalence in prokaryotes is unknown. “Because many species of Firmicute bacteria spend long periods of time as metabolically dormant spores, which could result in fewer DNA substitutions per unit time, they present an excellent system for testing predictions of the molecular clock hypothesis. ” To test whether spore-forming bacteria evolve more slowly than their non-spore-forming relatives, I used phylogenetic methods to determine if there were differences in rates of amino acid substitution between spore-forming and non-spore-forming lineages of Firmicute bacteria. Although rates of evolution do vary among lineages, I find no evidence for an effect of spore-formation on evolutionary rate and, furthermore, evolutionary rates are similar to those calculated for enteric bacteria. These results support the notion that variation in generation time does not affect evolutionary rates in bacterial lineages.
A genetically sensitive investigation of the effects of the school environment and socio‐economic status on academic achievement in seven‐year‐olds

Although it is well established that school characteristics (SCH) and socio‐economic status (SES) are associated with academic achievement (ACH), these correlations are not necessarily causal. Because academic achievement shows substantial genetic influence, it is useful to embed such investigations in genetically sensitive designs in order to examine environmental influences more precisely by controlling genetic influence on ACH. In the first study of this kind for academic achievement, data were collected for 1,063 same‐sex pairs of seven‐year‐old MZ and DZ twins for teacher‐assessed ACH, UK statistics on SCH, and parent‐reported SES. Exclusive of genetic influence on school achievement, shared environment (environmental influences that make siblings similar) accounts for 12% of the variance in academic achievement. SCH accounts for 17% and SES accounts for 83% of this shared environmental variance. Exclusive of genetic and shared environmental influence including SCH and SES, nonshared environment (environmental influences that do not make siblings similar) accounts for 19% of the variance in academic achievement. The importance of nonshared environmental influences on academic achievement leads to the question of what these child‐specific experiences might be that are not shared by children in the same family, school, and classroom.
Antibody-directed enzyme prodrug therapy: efficacy and mechanism of action in colorectal carcinoma.

In antibody-directed enzyme prodrug therapy, an enzyme conjugated to an antitumor antibody is given i.v. and localizes in the tumor. A prodrug is then given, which is converted to a cytotoxic drug selectively in the tumor. Ten patients with colorectal carcinoma expressing carcinoembryonic antigen received antibody-directed enzyme prodrug therapy with A5B7 F(ab')2 antibody to carcinoembryonic antigen conjugated to carboxypeptidase G2 (CPG2). A galactosylated antibody directed against the active site of CPG2 (SB43-gal) was given to clear and inactivate circulating enzyme. A benzoic acid mustard-glutamate prodrug was given when plasma enzyme levels had fallen to a predetermined safe level, and this was converted by CPG2 in the tumor into a cytotoxic form. Enzyme levels derived from quantitative gamma camera imaging and from direct measurements in plasma and tumor biopsies showed that the median tumor:plasma ratio of enzyme exceeded 10000:1 at the time of prodrug administration. Enzyme concentrations in the tumor (median, 0.47 units g(-1)) were sufficient to generate cytotoxic levels of active drug. The concentration of prodrug needed for optimal conversion (Km) of 3 microM was achieved. Prodrug conversion to drug was shown by finding detectable levels of drug in plasma. There was evidence of tumor response; one patient had a partial response, and six patients had stable disease for a median of 4 months after previous tumor progression (one of these six had a tumor marker response). Manageable neutropenia and thrombocytopenia occurred. Conditions for effective antitumor therapy were met, and there was evidence of tumor response in colorectal cancer.
Development of On-Board Space Computer Systems

This paper describes the functions, characteristics, requirements, and design approaches of the on-board computers for seven space vehicles-Saturn I, Orbiting Astronomical Observatory, Gemini, Saturn IB, Saturn V, Skylab, and Space Shuttle. The data contained in this paper represent an encapsulation of sixteen years of space-borne-computer development. In addition, the evolution of computer characteristics such as size, weight, power consumption, computing speed, memory capacity, technology, architectural features, software, and fault-tolerant capabilities, is summarized and analyzed to point out the design trends and the motivating causes. The evolution in utilization of the on-board computers; their interface with sensors, displays, and controls; and their interaction with operators are summarized and analyzed to show the increasing role played by computers in the overall space-vehicle system.
Effects of Mixed Isoenergetic Meals on Fat and Carbohydrate Metabolism during Exercise in Older Men

The present study was designed to investigate the effects of four different meals on fat and CHO metabolism during subsequent exercise in elderly males. Eight healthy males (age: 63.3 ± 5.2 years) reported to the physiology laboratory on four separate occasions, each of which was allocated for the performance of a 30-minute exercise on a cycle ergometer at 60% V˙O2max after having normal (N), high fat (HF), high carbohydrate high glycaemic index (HGI) and high carbohydrate low glycaemic index (LGI) meals. Fat oxidation during exercise after the meals (HF = 0.26 ± 0.04 g/min; N = 0.21 ± 0.04 g/min; HGI = 0.22 ± 0.03 g/min; LGI = 0.19 ± 0.03 g/min) was not significant (P > .05), and neither were the rates of carbohydrate oxidation (N = 1.79 ± 0.28, HF = 1.58 ± 0.22, HGI = 1.68 ± 0.22, and LGI = 1.77 ± 0.21 g/m). NEFA concentration increased after HF (P < .05) but decreased after HGI and LGI (P < .05). Glucose concentration decreased as a result of exercise after HF, and LGI (P < .05) whereas insulin concentration decreased significantly during exercise after N, HF, and HGI (P < .05). It can be concluded that, in elderly males, feeding isoenergetic meals containing different proportions of carbohydrate and fat do not significantly alter oxidation of fat and CHO during exercise in spite of changes in some circulating metabolites.
Poetic rigor for a toughminded psychology

As the public#shsocial life of the culture has come to be founded on paradigmatic images from the social sciences, especially psychology, poetic images have been cast into disrepute. However, a presentation of poems by the contemporary American poet, A.R. Ammons, reveals that fine poetry deserves to be called “rigorous. ” His work exemplifies a willingness to face up to the terms of existence and to use language to mean what one says and to mean well. Mainstream psychology strategically opposes that kind of rigor, a point underscored by education students’ psychologized analyses of a teaching problem. It is concluded that a psychology not founded on romanticism is too impractical and too cynical to function authoritatively.
Marketing Products and Services of Academic Libraries in Ghana

This paper discusses the important variables involved in marketing the products and services of academic libraries. The importance of the quality of service and a focus on the customer is emphasised. Though inadequate funding may affect delivery of services, the academic librarian should be motivated by this challenge to plan and implement a marketing strategy to ensure heavy patronage. Heavy use determines the worth and survival of the library in the face of stiff competition from new and aggressive entrants into the information marketplace.
A silent Finn, a silent Finno–Ugric, or a silent Nordic? A comparative study of Estonian, Finnish, and Swedish mother–adolescent interactions

The aim of this study was to compare some verbal characteristics of family interaction in the stereotypically tongue-tied Nordic region of the Western world. To this end we compared mothers' and early adolescents' talkativeness and monologuing and mothers' conversational dominance emerging in real-life video recordings in Estonian, Finnish, and Swedish mono- and bilingual families. All these nations have been characterized by previous research as “silent” and less talkative than other nations. The present study found that the Swedish mothers living in Sweden were talkative, as were the adolescents from Swedish monolingual and Swedish–Estonian bilingual families. In all measures of the amount of speech the mothers and adolescents from monolingual Estonian and Finnish families did not differ. According to our results, little talk seems to be characteristic of Finno–Ugric people, and the rate may be decreasing over time under the influence of a more talk-oriented cultural context.
An energy-efficient random number generator for stochastic circuits

Stochastic circuits provide very high efficiency in terms of gate area and power consumption compared with conventional binary logic. However, they require random bit streams generated by stochastic number generators (SNGs), which account for a significant portion of area and energy offsetting their merits. In this paper, we propose a new SNG that significantly reduces area and energy while improving accuracy in progressive precision. Experimental results show that the proposed SNG reduces energy by more than 72% compared to the state-of-the-art designs.
DBTSS: database of transcription start sites, progress report 2008

DBTSS is a database of transcriptional start sites, based on our unique collection of precise, experimentally determined 5′-end sequences of full-length cDNAs. Since its first release in 2002, several major updates have been made. In this update, we expanded the human transcriptional start site dataset by 19 million uniquely mapped, and RefSeq-associated, 5′-end sequences, which were generated by a newly introduced Solexa sequencer. Moreover, in order to provide means for interpreting those massive TSS data, we implemented two new analytical tools: one for connecting expression information with predicted transcription factor binding sites; the other for examining evolutionary conservation or species-specificity of promoters and transcripts, which can be browsed by our own comparative genome viewer. With the expanded dataset and the enhanced functionalities, DBTSS provides a unique platform that enables in-depth transcriptome analyses. DBTSS is accessible at http://dbtss.hgc. jp/.
Expression of alpha 7 integrin cytoplasmic domains during skeletal muscle development: alternate forms, conformational change, and homologies with serine/threonine kinases and tyrosine phosphatases.

We recently reported the cloning and sequencing of the alpha 7 integrin chain and its regulated expression during the development of skeletal muscle (Song et al. (1992) J. Cell Biol. 117, 643-657). The alpha 7 chain is expressed during the development of the myogenic lineage and on adult muscle fibers and this suggests that it participates in multiple and diverse functions at different times during muscle development. One interesting portion of this isoform is its cytoplasmic domain; comprised of 77 amino acids it is the largest in the alpha chains thus reported. In these experiments we begin to study the potential functions of the alpha 7 cytoplasmic domain by analyzing homologies between the rat and human sequences, by immunologic studies using an anti-cytoplasmic domain antiserum, and by identifying two alternate forms. In keeping with the nomenclature used to describe the alpha 3 and alpha 6 alternate cytoplasmic domains, we refer to the originally reported species as alpha 7B and the two additional forms as alpha 7A and alpha 7C. These three cytoplasmic domains likely arise as a consequence of alternate splicing. A splice site at the junctions of the transmembrane and cytoplasmic domains is used to generate the alpha 3, alpha 6 and alpha 7 A and B forms. The alpha 7A form RNA contains an additional 113 nucleotides compared to the B form, and a common coding region in the A and B form RNAs is used in alternate reading frames. Part of the coding region of alpha 7B appears to be used as the 3'-untranslated region of the alpha 7A form. The alpha 7C mRNA is 595 nucleotides smaller than the alpha 7B RNA and part of the 3'-untranslated region of the alpha 7B isoform is used as coding sequence in alpha 7C. There is developmental specificity in expression of these alternate mRNAs: alpha 7A and alpha 7C transcripts are found upon terminal myogenic differentiation whereas alpha 7B is present earlier in replicating cells and diminishes upon differentiation. We suggest this selective expression of the alpha 7 cytoplasmic domains underlies the diversity in function of the alpha 7 beta 1 integrin at different stages of muscle development. Immunochemical analyses indicate that the alpha 7B cytoplasmic domain undergoes a change in conformation in response to binding laminin or upon crosslinking initiated with antibody reactive with the integrin extracellular domain. Crosslinking also promotes association of the integrin with the cell cytoskeleton. (ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
Automatic Integrity Checks for Remote Web Resources

Existing tools for automatically detecting Web site defacement compare monitored Web resources with uncorrupted copies of the content kept in a safe place. This can be an expensive and difficult task, especially when working with dynamic resources. In contrast, the Goldrake tool uses sensors and alarms to automatically monitor remote Web resources' integrity. Such a framework could help designers build services to inexpensively monitor multiple Web sites, which could be very attractive for small, budget-limited organizations that depend on the Web for their operation
Distributed On Demand Channel Selection in Multi Channel, Multi Interface Wireless Mesh Networks

In this paper we present a protocol performing on demand distributed channel selection in multi channel, multi interface wireless mesh networks, based on the exchange of control messages. The link based channel reservation happens almost instantly when data traffic is sent through the network, and does not require long-term traffic profiles or measurements. The protocol is both simulated and implemented using the IEEE 802.11 b/g protocol. We show that in a raster topology, the protocol successfully optimizes the local spectrum usage at 87% of the nodes, and that globally, an equal amount of links is allocated to each of the channels used for the transport of data packets.
The content and disclosure of Australian corporate environmental policies

Studies of environmental disclosure levels in companies’ annual reports have shown an increasing interest in the environment. A major part of this interest has become the development of a corporate environmental policy (CEP). This study considers the relationship between CEPs of Australian public companies and subsequent reporting and disclosure related to that policy found in their annual reports. The results show that Australian companies are surprisingly behind other countries in environmental reporting trends, and there are some major differences between the content of their environmental policies and their disclosures. Of particular importance is the finding that while companies appear to be reporting on the environment internally, they place a low priority on providing environmental performance data to external parties.
Reasoning with Fuzzy-EL+ Ontologies Using MapReduce

Fuzzy extension of Description Logics (DLs) allows the formal representation and handling of fuzzy knowledge. In this paper, we consider fuzzy-ℇL+, which is a fuzzy extension of ℇL+. We first present revised completion rules for fuzzy-ℇL+ that can be handled by MapReduce programs. We then propose an algorithm for scale reasoning with fuzzy-ℇL+ ontologies based on MapReduce.
Effects of Presence of a Familiar Pet Dog on Regional Cerebral Activity in Healthy Volunteers: A Positron Emission Tomography Study

ABSTRACT This study investigated the effects of the presence of a familiar pet dog on brain activity and psychophysiology in human volunteers. Fourteen participants (2 men, 12 women; mean age ± SD = 43.0 ± 10.8 years) were enrolled in the study. Uptake of 18F-2-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose ([18F]FDG) on whole-brain positron emission tomography (PET) scans in the presence (but without interaction) and absence of their own pet dog was analyzed. In addition, an electrocardiograph was recorded to assess heart rate variability. Psychological condition was determined using the Stress Response Scale-18 (SRS-18). PET brain images were analyzed and compared between the two conditions (t-tests; p < 0.001) using a statistical parametric mapping program (SPM-5). Deactivated brain areas were detected in the left middle frontal gyrus (Brodmann area: BA 8), the right fusiform gyrus (BA 20), the left putamen, and the thalamus in the presence of the pet dog, indicating reduced regional brain activities associated with stress perception and sympathetic arousal. Similarly, SRS-18 scores were significantly lower (p < 0.05) in the presence of the pet dog, indicating a lowered stress response. However, autonomic function was not found to differ significantly between the two conditions. Overall, these results suggest that the participants were “relaxed” in the psychological sense. PET with [18F]FDG appears to be a useful tool for examining the brain mechanisms underlying the psychophysiological well-being associated with the human–animal bond in terms of regional brain responses.