Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Influence of managers' demographic characteristics on CSR practices in the restaurant industry: the case of Slovenia

Purpose – The objective of this study is to investigate how restaurant managers’ demographic characteristics influence Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) practices in the restaurant industry. Design/Methodology/Approach – In order to analyze the influence of managers’ demographic characteristics on CSR practices, industry specific practices relevant to the Slovenian restaurant industry were identified: regular financial assistance to activities and projects of the local community, employment of local staff, cooperation with local producers, active separation of all types of waste, active recyclement, active energy savement, and payment of liabilities towards suppliers on time. The quantitative research focuses on the correlation between managers' demographics and CSR practices. Data were collected through quantitative field research by applying a structured self administerred questionnaire. Findings – Research results show that the main reason for acting responsibly is related to managers’ years of age, experience, and level of education. The most obvious finding to emerge from this study is that all demographic variables included in the research have a statistically significant influence in explaining restaurants’ CSR behaviour. The most strongly influenced CSR practice is “Payment of liabilities”. This practice is driven by managers’ age, years of experience, and level of education. By understanding both, managers’ demographic characteristics and their influence on CSR practices, it is now possible to more successfully implement CSR policies in the restaurant industry. It is suggested that future studies focuse on the analysis of CSR practices and managers’ psychographic characteristics. Originality – This is the very first study to analyse the influence of managers’ demographic characteristics on CSR engagement in the restaurant industry.
Mercury Poisoning at a Home Day Care Center — Hillsborough County, Florida, 2015

On November 12, 2015, the Florida Poison Information Center Tampa notified the Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County of a boy aged 3 years with a urine mercury level of 79 μg/L (normal <10 μg/L). The patient had been admitted to the hospital on October 9, 2015 after a 3-4 week history of anorexia, weight loss, and lethargy. In the hospital, he developed a maculopapular rash, acrodynia (painful, pink discoloration of the hands and feet), tachycardia, hypertension, weakness, sweating, excessive salivation, and altered mental status. Subsequent investigation identified the source of the mercury exposure to be a broken sphygmomanometer (blood pressure monitor) at the home day care center attended by the child.
On-line testing in digital neural networks

On-line testing is a basic issue of any concurrent fault-tolerance policy. Error localisation within the neural network is necessary to provide information for hardware reconfiguration in order to achieve the system survival. In this paper, a concurrent approach for error localisation in digital neural networks is discussed and evaluated. Two techniques are applied: concurrent diagnosis with the use of data coding for error detection at neuron level and on-line localisation of the faulty neuron within the network.
Attachment Injury Resolution in Couples When One Partner is Trans-identified

Trans-identified (TI) couples are a marginalized, under-served population. Extant literature concerning the treatment of relational distress with this group is sparse. Information that is available is more concerned with the transition support of the TI partner, usually male, than it is with the partner experiencing the attachment injury or the couple as a separate entity. These couples experience significant relational upheaval. This paper explores the literature on the partners and couple relationships of TI persons, and proposes the use of the Emotionally Focused Therapy attachment injury resolution model for couples experiencing this upheaval. The model, which has been supported in studies of attachment injury treatment in distressed heterosexual couples, would require minimal adaptation for use with TI couples. For example, the goal of therapy using this model with married TI couples must be repairing the relationship, not necessarily repairing the marriage. A case example is used to demonstrate the .
Autographa californica Multiple Nucleopolyhedrovirus ORF11 Is Essential for Budded-Virus Production and Occlusion-Derived-Virus Envelopment

ABSTRACT ORF11 (ac11) of Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV) is a highly conserved gene with unknown function. To determine the role of ac11 in the baculovirus life cycle, an ac11 knockout mutant of AcMNPV, Ac11KO, was constructed. Northern blot and 5′ rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) analyses revealed that ac11 is an early gene in the life cycle. Microscopy, titration assays, and Western blot analysis revealed that budded viruses (BVs) were not produced in Ac11KO-transfected Sf9 cells. However, quantitative PCR (qPCR) analysis demonstrated that the deletion of ac11 did not affect viral DNA replication. Furthermore, electron microscopy revealed that there was no nucleocapsid in the cytoplasm or plasma membrane of Ac11KO-transfected cells, which demonstrates that the defect in BV production in Ac11KO-transfected cells is due to the inefficient egress of nucleocapsids from the nucleus to the cytoplasm. In addition, electron microscopy observations showed that the nucleocapsids in the nucleus were not enveloped to form occlusion-derived viruses (ODVs) and that their subsequent embedding into occlusion bodies (OBs) was also blocked in Ac11KO-transfected cells, demonstrating that ac11 is required for ODV envelopment. These results therefore demonstrate that ac11 is an early gene that is essential for BV production and ODV envelopment. IMPORTANCE Baculoviruses have been extensively used not only as specific, environmentally benign insecticides but also as helper-independent protein expression vectors. Although the function of baculovirus genes in viral replication has been studied by using gene knockout technology, the functions of more than one-third of viral genes, which include some highly conserved genes, are still unknown. In this study, ac11 was proven to play a crucial role in BV production and ODV envelopment. These results will lead to a better understanding of baculovirus infection cycles.
Cell-Specific PKM Isoforms Contribute to the Maintenance of Different Forms of Persistent Long-Term Synaptic Plasticity

Multiple kinase activations contribute to long-term synaptic plasticity, a cellular mechanism mediating long-term memory. The sensorimotor synapse of Aplysia expresses different forms of long-term facilitation (LTF)—nonassociative and associative LTF—that require the timely activation of kinases, including protein kinase C (PKC). It is not known which PKC isoforms in the sensory neuron or motor neuron L7 are required to sustain each form of LTF. We show that different PKMs, the constitutively active isoforms of PKCs generated by calpain cleavage, in the sensory neuron and L7 are required to maintain each form of LTF. Different PKMs or calpain isoforms were blocked by overexpressing specific dominant-negative constructs in either presynaptic or postsynaptic neurons. Blocking either PKM Apl I in L7, or PKM Apl II or PKM Apl III in the sensory neuron 2 d after 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) treatment reversed persistent nonassociative LTF. In contrast, blocking either PKM Apl II or PKM Apl III in L7, or PKM Apl II in the sensory neuron 2 d after paired stimuli reversed persistent associative LTF. Blocking either classical calpain or atypical small optic lobe (SOL) calpain 2 d after 5-HT treatment or paired stimuli did not disrupt the maintenance of persistent LTF. Soon after 5-HT treatment or paired stimuli, however, blocking classical calpain inhibited the expression of persistent associative LTF, while blocking SOL calpain inhibited the expression of persistent nonassociative LTF. Our data suggest that different stimuli activate different calpains that generate specific sets of PKMs in each neuron whose constitutive activities sustain long-term synaptic plasticity. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Persistent synaptic plasticity contributes to the maintenance of long-term memory. Although various kinases such as protein kinase C (PKC) contribute to the expression of long-term plasticity, little is known about how constitutive activation of specific kinase isoforms sustains long-term plasticity. This study provides evidence that the cell-specific activities of different PKM isoforms generated from PKCs by calpain-mediated cleavage maintain two forms of persistent synaptic plasticity, which are the cellular analogs of two forms of long-term memory. Moreover, we found that the activation of specific calpains depends on the features of the stimuli evoking the different forms of synaptic plasticity. Given the recent controversy over the role of PKMζ maintaining memory, these findings are significant in identifying roles of multiple PKMs in the retention of memory.
Dimensions of perceived product quality - understanding the consumer's view

Objectives. We identify core product quality components from the consumers’ perspective and construct a psychometrically sound instrument for their assessment within different purchasing contexts. Methods. Study 1 (N = 34) used a qualitative approach to reveal core components of perceived product quality in the context of apparel evaluations. Study 2 (N = 305) was designed to construct and quantitatively validate the quality scale in a retail store setting. In Study 3 (N = 180) using a second purchasing context the scale’s dimensionality was cross-validated in a mail-order context. Results. Six components of product quality emerged (material, workmanship, design, care, color, fit) and explained approximately 75% of the variance in consumers’ product evaluations. Their dimensional structure was validated using confirmatory factor analysis. Differences concerning the quality dimensions’ relative importance were found for the two purchasing situations. Conclusion. The quality scale proved to be reliable and valid in two important purchasing contexts.
Resveratrol derivatives as promising chemopreventive agents with improved potency and selectivity.

SCOPE Despite scores of investigations, the actual impact of resveratrol (3,5,4'-trihydroxy-trans-stilbene) on human health, as a dietary component or supplement, remains moot. This is due to many factors, such as relatively low potency, pleiotropic mechanisms, and rapid metabolism. Nonetheless, as a promiscuous molecule that interacts with numerous targets, resveratrol can be viewed as a scaffold for designing structural relatives potentially capable of mediating more intense responses with greater mechanistic stringency. METHODS AND RESULTS We currently report the synthesis and biological evaluation of 92 stilbene analogs. The compounds were tested with in vitro assays for activation of quinone reductase 1, inhibition of quinone reductase 2, nitric oxide production, aromatase, NFκB, 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA)-induced ornithine decarboxylase, or cyclooxygenase-1 and -2, quenching of 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl free radical, interaction with estrogen receptors, and as antiproliferative agents. Several compounds were found to mediate responses with much greater potency than resveratrol; some mediated pleiotropic responses, as is the case with the parent molecule, but others were highly specific or totally inactive. When administered to rats, higher serum concentrations and greater stability was demonstrated with prototype lead molecules. CONCLUSION Owing to structural simplicity, facile syntheses are available for large-scale production. These data support the promise of more advanced development of novel resveratrol derivatives as drug entities.
Flowering time plasticity in Arabidopsis thaliana: a reanalysis of Westerman & Lawrence (1970)

Environmental variation in temperature can have dramatic effects on plant morphology, phenology, and fitness, and for this reason it is important to understand the evolutionary dynamics of phenotypic plasticity in response to temperature. We investigated constraints on the evolution of phenotypic plasticity in response to a temperature gradient in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana by applying modern analytical tools to the classic data of Westerman & Lawrence (1970) . We found significant evidence for two types of constraints. First, we detected numerous significant genetic correlations between plastic responses to temperature and the mean value of a trait across all environments, which differed qualitatively in pattern between the set of ecotypes and the set of mutant lines in the original sample. Secondly, we detected significant costs of flowering time plasticity in two of the three experimental environments, and a net pattern of selection against flowering time plasticity in the experiment overall. Thus, when explored with contemporary methods, the prescient work of Westerman & Lawrence (1970) provides new insights about evolutionary constraints on the evolution of plasticity.
Factors Affecting Speech Perception Improvement Post Implantation in Congenitally Deaf Adults

Objectives: To identify factors preimplantation associated with postimplantation speech perception improvement in the adult congenitally deaf population. Design: Forty-four adult cochlear implant (CI) patients who had a severe to profound hearing loss from birth were identified from this centre’s database. Eight preimplantation factors, speech intelligibility, preimplantation hearing levels, communication mode, preimplantation speech perception scores, progression of hearing loss, age at implantation, hearing aid use preimplantation, and gender, were recorded during the CI assessment process. These factors were investigated to determine their effect on speech perception improvement postimplantation. The outcome measures were the improvement in scores for the BKB Sentence test and CUNY Sentence test with lipreading after implantation. In the final analysis, 26 patients were included in the CUNY analysis, and 30 patients were included in the BKB analysis. Results: Speech intelligibility rating, preimplantation hearing levels, and communication mode were shown to be significantly associated with improvements in speech perception postimplantation. Conclusion: Three factors were identified that affected speech perception improvement postimplantation: speech intelligibility, preimplantation hearing levels, and communication mode. These factors can be used to counsel CI patients regarding potential speech perception improvements from cochlear implantation, although these are based on average data and may not reflect individual performance.
Identification and Characterization of an Exercise-sensitive Pool of Glucose Transporters in Skeletal Muscle (*)

Augmentation of glucose transport into skeletal muscle by GLUT4 translocation to the plasma and T-tubule membranes can be mediated independently by insulin and by contraction/exercise. Available data suggest that separable pools of intracellular GLUT4 respond to these two stimuli. To identify and characterize these pools, we fractionated skeletal muscle membranes in a discontinuous sucrose density gradient. Fractions of 32 and 36% sucrose exhibited the highest enrichment of GLUT4 and were independently responsive to insulin and exercise, respectively. The combination of the two stimuli depleted both GLUT4 fractions simultaneously. Both vesicle populations contained the gp160 aminopeptidase, whose expression had previously been shown to be specific to muscle and fat and restricted to GLUT4 vesicles in the latter tissue. In muscle, gp160 translocates exactly as does GLUT4 in response to insulin and exercise. The contraction- and insulin-sensitive GLUT4 pools also contained secretory component-associated membrane protein/glucose transporter vesicle triplet but not GLUT1 and caveolin. Immunoadsorption of the two pools followed by silver staining did not reveal any obvious difference in their major protein components. On the other hand, sedimentational analysis in sucrose velocity gradients revealed that the insulin-sensitive GLUT4 vesicles had a larger sedimentation coefficient than the exercise-sensitive vesicles. Thus, the separation of the two intracellular GLUT4 pools should be useful in dissecting what are likely to be different signal transduction pathways that mediate their translocation to the cell surface.
Finite Element Analysis of the Proximal Femur and Hip Fracture Risk in Older Men

Low areal BMD (aBMD) is associated with increased risk of hip fracture, but many hip fractures occur in persons without low aBMD. Finite element (FE) analysis of QCT scans provides a measure of hip strength. We studied the association of FE measures with risk of hip fracture in older men. A prospective case‐cohort study of all first hip fractures (n = 40) and a random sample (n = 210) of nonfracture cases from 3549 community‐dwelling men ≥65 yr of age used baseline QCT scans of the hip (mean follow‐up, 5.6 yr). Analyses included FE measures of strength and load‐to‐strength ratio and BMD by DXA. Hazard ratios (HRs) for hip fracture were estimated with proportional hazards regression. Both femoral strength (HR per SD change = 13.1; 95% CI: 3.9–43.5) and the load‐to‐strength ratio (HR = 4.0; 95% CI: 2.7–6.0) were strongly associated with hip fracture risk, as was aBMD as measured by DXA (HR = 5.1; 95% CI: 2.8–9.2). After adjusting for age, BMI, and study site, the associations remained significant (femoral strength HR = 6.5, 95% CI: 2.3–18.3; load‐to‐strength ratio HR = 4.3, 95% CI: 2.5–7.4; aBMD HR = 4.4, 95% CI: 2.1–9.1). When adjusted additionally for aBMD, the load‐to‐strength ratio remained significantly associated with fracture (HR = 3.1, 95% CI: 1.6–6.1). These results provide insight into hip fracture etiology and demonstrate the ability of FE‐based biomechanical analysis of QCT scans to prospectively predict hip fractures in men.
A Compressive Superresolution Display KAUST Repository

In this paper, we introduce a new compressive display architecture for superresolution image presentation that exploits co-design of the optical device configuration and compressive computation. Our display allows for superresolution, HDR, or glasses-free 3D presentation. OCIS codes: 120.2040, 080.1753.
An Experience Report Regarding the Performance of the IBIS™ Correlator

ABSTRACT: The majority of published experimental evaluations of the performance of the IBIS™ system are based on very specific conditions, mainly considering IBIS™ as a tool to create a “ballistic database. ” No recent reports were found covering the performance of the IBIS™ system to search an open case file of realistic structure. In this paper, the performance of the IBIS™ correlator will be evaluated, based on four different data sources that predominantly concern the operation of the central collection of evidence ammunition of the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), Germany. The results allow a conclusion on the success and error rates to be expected of the IBIS™ correlator in a realistic OCFDB (“open case file database”) environment, given certain conditions. It was found that success rates of 75–95% for cartridge case comparisons and 50–75% for bullet comparisons can be achieved in practice. Recommendations for a most efficient way to operate the IBIS™ electronic comparison system will be presented based on the results of the evaluations. The terms and definitions in this report completely correspond with the definitions in an earlier article. Familiarity with this article is therefore absolutely necessary to fully understand many of the statements presented here.
Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorder Symptoms in College Students

Abstract Objective: This study investigated the occurrence of obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders (OCSDs) and associated symptomology in college students. Participants: Participants included 358 undergraduate students. Results: Results suggest that clinically significant levels of OCSD symptoms are relatively common. Additionally, OCSD symptoms co-occurred with each other and anxiety symptoms in general, yet not significantly with impulsivity symptoms. Conclusions: Given their prevalence in college students and potentially debilitating nature, it is important to increase awareness of OCSDs so that health professionals can better identify and treat symptoms of these disorders.
Comment: On Estimating Elasticities Of Substition

The literature that attempts to measure the labor market impact of immigration grew explosively in the past decade. This growth was accompanied by a noticeable methodological shift. The more recent studies no longer represent atheoretic attempts to measure the correlation between wages and immigration-induced supply shocks. Beginning with the introduction of the nested CES framework into the immigration context by Borjas (2003), the recent literature explicitly strives to estimate the various elasticities of substitution that are mainly responsible for the presence (or absence) of an impact of immigration on the native wage structure. The papers by Ottaviano and Peri (2011) and Manacorda, Manning, and Wadsworth (2011) in this issue represent additional efforts to estimate the relevant elasticities in the American and British contexts, respectively. Despite the closer link between the empirical work and the underlying factor demand theory in recent work, there is still a great deal of disagreement on whether immigration has an impact on the earnings of native-born workers. As an example, Card (2009) argues that the effects of immigrants on US wages are small, whereas Borjas (2003) and Aydemir and Borjas (2007) suggest the opposite, that recent immigration has reduced US wages, particularly for low-skilled natives. Card (2009) notes that there are two elasticities of substitution whose magnitudes are at the core of the debate. The first is the elasticity of substitution between similarly skilled immigrants and natives: “If immigrants and natives in the same skill group are imperfect substitutes, the competitive effects of additional immigrant inflows are concentrated among immigrants themselves, lessening the impacts on natives” (Card 2009, p. 2). The impact on natives could be further weakened if the elasticity