Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Bis(hinokitiolato)copper(II): modification (III).

Bis(hinokitiolato)copper(II), Cu(hino)(2), exhibits both antibacterial and antiviral properties, and has been previously shown to exist in two modifications. A third modification has now been confirmed, namely tetrakis(mu(2)-3-isopropyl-7-oxocyclohepta-1,3,5-trien-1-olato)bis(3-isopropyl-7-oxocyclohepta-1,3,5-trien-1-olato)tricopper(II)-bis(mu(2)-3-isopropyl-7-oxocyclohepta-1,3,5-trien-1-olato)bis[(3-isopropyl-7-oxocyclohepta-1,3,5-trien-1-olato)copper(II)] (1/1), [Cu(C(10)H(11)O(2))(2)](3). [Cu(C(10)H(11)O(2))(2)](2), where 3-isopropyl-7-oxocyclohepta-1,3,5-trien-1-olate is the systematic name for the hinokitiolate anion. This new modification is composed of discrete [cis-Cu(hino)(2)](2)[trans-Cu(hino)(2)] trimers and [cis-Cu(hino)(2)](2) dimers. The Cu atoms are bridged by mu(2)-O atoms from the hinokitiolate ligands to give distorted square-pyramidal and distorted octahedral Cu(II) coordination environments. Hence, the Cu(II) environments are CuO(5)/CuO(6)/CuO(5) for the trimer and CuO(5)/CuO(5) for the dimer. Each trimer and dimer has crystallographically imposed inversion symmetry. The trimer has never been observed before, the dimer has been seen only once before, and the combination of the two together in the same lattice is unprecedented. The CuO(5) cores exhibit four strong basal Cu-O bonds [1.915 (2)-1.931 (2) A] and one weak apical Cu-O bond [2.652 (2)-2.658 (2) A]. The CuO(6) core exhibits four strong equatorial Cu-O bonds [1.922 (2)-1.929 (2) A] and two very weak axial Cu-O bonds [2.911 (3) A]. The bite angles for the chelating hinokitiolate ligands range from 83.13 (11) to 83.90 (10) degrees .
A Study on the Reaction of Real Estate Market by the Change of the Acquisition Tax Rate in South Korea

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effects of changing of acquisition tax on investment intentions of investors, how they react to policy of acquisition tax in a real estate market in South Korea through a Cumulated Abnormal Return(CAR) method and BHARst (Buy-Hold Abnormal Returns at Sales Time) method. In this study, we measured the results along the reference of each analysis due to the reduction and impression of the acquisition tax rate that occurred during the period up to August 31, 2014 from January 3, 2005. The conclusion is that according to the CAR model, Hypothesis 2 and Hypothesis 1 are partially accepted. And Hypothesis 2 was adopted in the BHARst model. These findings suggest that the real estate market investors have a Certainty Effect.
Promoting Vegetarianism through Moralization and Knowledge Calibration

ABSTRACT This research extends the theories of moralization and knowledge calibration to vegetarianism. In two studies involving interviews with vegetarians, and meat-eaters; we investigated consumer attitudes toward vegetarianism. Our text analysis results revealed that emotionally calibrated consumers are ‘moral vegetarians’ who find meat repulsive, and make ethical food choices. In contrast, cognitively calibrated consumers are ‘health vegetarians’ who scan the nutrition information, avoid meat due to health restrictions, and embrace vegetarianism for healthy life. Finally, we provided insights into how faux meat companies can promote their products and transform consumer behavior toward vegetarianism by advertising ethical and environmentally friendly foods, and healthy and anti-obesity foods to moral and health vegetarians, respectively.
CALL FOR PAPERS NextGen Sequencing Technology-based Dissection of Physiological Systems Gonadal transcriptomic analysis of yellow catfish (Pelteobagrus fulvidraco): identification of sex-related genes and genetic markers

Jianguo Lu, Peixian Luan, Xiaofeng Zhang, Shuqun Xue, Lina Peng, Shahid Mahbooband, and Xiaowen Sun Heilongjiang River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Harbin, Peoples Republic of China; School of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China; National and Local United Engineering Lab for Freshwater Fish Breeding, Harbin, Peoples Republic of China; Harbin Normal University, Harbin, Peoples Republic of China; and Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Virtual reality in the rehabilitation of the upper limb after stroke: the user's perspective

Virtual reality provides a three-dimensional computer representation of a real world or imaginary space through which a person can navigate and interact with objects to carry out specific tasks. One novel application of VR technology is in rehabilitation following stroke, particularly of the upper limb. Our research group has built a system for use in this field, which gives the user the ability to interact with objects by touching, grasping and moving their upper limb. A range of user perspectives has been tested with healthy individuals and with people following stroke.
The consequences of internal marketing activities on emotional labor in tourism industry

In today`s globalized business environments the road to survival and success is through customer satisfaction. Particularly for the service companies, employees are also required to show emotional labor in the service delivery in addition to their physical performance based on the fact that customer satisfaction is directly related to the emotions displayed by employees. Canalizing employees to perform emotional labor is an important issue. Here, the internal marketing practices emerge as a managerial tool. Accordingly employees perceptions towards internal marketing practices that are considered to have important consequences on companies, and the way internal marketing practices affect employees ‘emotional labor behavior are the matters of concern. The purpose of this study is to examine how internal marketing activities in tourism enterprises affect the behavior of emotional labor of the staff working in tourism enterprises. In this study, the effects of internal marketing activities on to the behavior of emotional labor of employees were examined. The survey was conducted on 136 employees working in hotel businesses operating in the Kocaeli province tourism sector and the hypotheses developed to investigate whether the internal marketing policies applied by hotel operators affect the behavior of emotional labor and the hypotheses developed for this purpose were tested with structural equation model as the SmartPLS 2.0. The literature of the study as conceptually has been extensively reviewed and after the analysis the findings of the research have been interpreted according to the literature. Findings show that internal marketing practices are positively and significantly related to surface acting and deep acting. Moreover, findings do not provide any empirical evidence to support the direct relationship between internal marketing practices and emotional mismatch. In addition to that, in the study some issues such as the importance of emotional labor for tourism enterprises and the relationship between the practices of internal marketing and emotional labor are discussed and suggested
Morphologic Effects of Ammonia on Primary Astrocyte Cultures. II. Electron Microscopic Studies

Light microscopic studies of primary astrocyte cultures following exposure to ammonia have shown several alterations. To determine the nature and significance of these changes, electron microscopic studies were performed. Ultrastructural changes consisted of proliferation, pleomorphism and swelling of mitochondria, condensation of the mitochondrial matrix, cytoplasmic lucency and vacuolization, disaggregation of polyribosomal clusters, an initial increase followed by degranulation of rough endoplasmic reticulum, proliferation of smooth endoplasmic reticulum, an accumulation of dense bodies and a loss of intermediate glial filaments. The early alterations appeared reactive and perhaps reflected ammonia detoxification. Some changes were degenerative and support the view that ammonia exerts a direct toxic effect on astrocytes. It is postulated that these changes may interfere with critical astroglial functions and thereby play a key role in the neurologic dysfunction seen in hyperammonemia.
Efficient Time Integration of Maxwell's Equations with Generalized Finite Differences

We consider the computationally efficient time integration of Maxwell's equations using discrete exterior calculus (DEC) as the computational framework. With the theory of DEC, we associate the degrees of freedom of the electric and magnetic fields with primal and dual mesh structures, respectively. We concentrate on mesh constructions that imitate the geometry of the close packing in crystal lattices that is typical of elemental metals and intermetallic compounds. This class of computational grids has not been used previously in electromagnetics. For the simulation of wave propagation driven by time-harmonic source terms, we provide an optimized Hodge operator and a novel time discretization scheme with nonuniform time step size. The numerical experiments show a significant improvement in accuracy and a decrease in computing time compared to simulations with well-known variants of the finite difference time domain method.
Alfred Chandler and the Sociology of Organizations

Alfred Chandler and the Sociology of Organizations* Neil Fligstein Department of Sociology University of California Berkeley, Ca. 94720 October 2007 * This paper was prepared for a special issue of Business History Review on the legacy of Alfred Chandler. I would like to thank Frank Dobbin for his comments on an earlier draft.
Influence of Involvement, Institutional Affiliation, and Geographic Location on Membership Retention in Voluntary Professional Organizations

The reasons people join voluntary professional organizations and continue membership is largely an unexplored area of research. This study sought to find some answers in membership data from the Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences (ACE) from 1991 to 2004. Descriptive statistics, bivariate correlations, and, in some cases, simple linear regression were calculated for a variety of variables for 1,441 valid records. The findings suggest that a relationship exists between organization involvement and members’ identification with and sense of commitment to ACE, leading to continued membership. Findings also suggest that geography makes no difference in member retention. Results were unclear concerning the impact of employer affiliation on continued membership. Further research into individual member characteristics and the collection of more data are recommended. Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License. This research is available in Journal of Applied Communications: http://newprairiepress.org/jac/vol89/iss3/4
An Analysis of Astrictive Prehension

Astrictive robot grippers are one of the most common methods of prehension used in automation, which include vacuum suc tion, magnetoadhesion and electroadhesion. The most important parameters when considering the implementation of any grip per, including astrictive devices, are retention pressure, energy efficiency, and response time. The actual gripping techniques evaluated qualitatively and quantitatively in this article are not new. What is new is the comparative theoretical analysis and its applicability to the evaluation of response times and relative energy efficiencies of astrictive robot grippers. Coupled with the material- and surface geometry-dependent factors, this provides the basic essentials required in research, development, and design. It is the intention of this article to present the ba sic theory and examples of typical parameters in order to assist in the selection of appropriate gripping techniques and to aid in the design process.
The NLS-based Grey Bass Model for Simulating New Product Diffusion

To solve the problems inherent in the existing Bass model, this paper develops a grey Bass model using a non-linear least squares method (NLS) and provides the whitenisation solution of differential equations. A Bass model exploits the specific advantage in simulating and predicting new product diffusion. Unfortunately, the existing Bass model has two problems: one lies in the conflict between the small sample support in new product diffusion and the large sample requirement in Bass model estimations; the other is over-reliance on the subjective experience in estimating potential market capacity. Although Wang et al. (2011) proposed the grey Bass model to solve the first problem, the second problem remains untouched. Based on this work by Wang and colleagues, the improved method described in this paper is not only suitable for the small sample situation, but also directly estimates potential market capacity. Using the WeChat case, the authors test the improved method's estimation and prediction effects. The results show that the estimations for internal coefficient, external coefficient and potential market capacity are all significant at the 1% level, and the prediction effect in grey theory critical level reaches level 1. Additionally, internal and external sample prediction are both consistent with the raw data and company report.
Randomized controlled trial of cognitive-behavioural therapy for coexisting depression and alcohol problems: short-term outcome.

AIMS Alcohol use disorders and depression co-occur frequently and are associated with poorer outcomes than when either condition occurs alone. The present study (Depression and Alcohol Integrated and Single-focused Interventions; DAISI) aimed to compare the effectiveness of brief intervention, single-focused and integrated psychological interventions for treatment of coexisting depression and alcohol use problems. METHODS Participants (n = 284) with current depressive symptoms and hazardous alcohol use were assessed and randomly allocated to one of four individually delivered interventions: (i) a brief intervention only (single 90-minute session) with an integrated focus on depression and alcohol, or followed by a further nine 1-hour sessions with (ii) an alcohol focus; (iii) a depression focus; or (iv) an integrated focus. Follow-up assessments occurred 18 weeks after baseline. RESULTS Compared with the brief intervention, 10 sessions were associated with greater reductions in average drinks per week, average drinking days per week and maximum consumption on 1 day. No difference in duration of treatment was found for depression outcomes. Compared with single-focused interventions, integrated treatment was associated with a greater reduction in drinking days and level of depression. For men, the alcohol-focused rather than depression-focused intervention was associated with a greater reduction in average drinks per day and drinks per week and an increased level of general functioning. Women showed greater improvements on each of these variables when they received depression-focused rather than alcohol-focused treatment. CONCLUSIONS Integrated treatment may be superior to single-focused treatment for coexisting depression and alcohol problems, at least in the short term. Gender differences between single-focused depression and alcohol treatments warrant further study.
Stability Analysis of LASSO and Dantzig Selector via Constrained Minimal Singular Value of Gaussian Sensing Matrices

In this paper, we introduce a new framework for interpreting the existing theoretical stability results of sparse signal recovery algorithms in practical terms. Our framework is built on the theory of constrained minimal singular values of Gaussian sensing matrices. Adopting our framework, we study the stability of two algorithms, namely LASSO and Dantzig selector. We demonstrate that for a given stability parameter (noise sensitivity), there exits a minimum undersampling ratio above which the recovery algorithms are guaranteed to be stable.
Advances and challenges in developing a therapy for spinal muscular atrophy

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a debilitating and incurable childhood onset disease characterized by the degeneration of motor neurons in the spinal cord resulting in muscular atrophy and paralysis. Over the past 20 years, there has been significant progress in understanding the molecular basis of the disease, allowing researchers to identify the main causative gene and successfully model SMA in various animals. Despite an improved understanding of the disease, there is still no effective treatment for SMA patients. Here, we discuss the current knowledge surrounding the pathogenesis of SMA, and outline recent advances toward the development of a successful therapy for this devastating disease.
Effect of Packaging Design in the Purchase Decision Process: A Comparison of Generations

The tangible aspects of a determined product can be essential to communicating the positioning of the brand, since these aspects are projected as recognized elements of the product. Therefore, the aim of this research is to assess the relationship between the process of consumer purchases at the moment of acquiring personal care products and the tangible aspects of packaging according to their generational cohort. These tangible aspects of packaging are the visual aspects that a product contains, identified as graphic elements and informational elements. The study looks at consumer decision-making of participants from three generational cohorts: Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Generation Y. The research provides evidence about existing relationships between graphic elements and the generational cohorts, as well as statistical differences between these cohorts in terms of informational elements. The article exposes theoretical and empirical evidence, with the objective to support companiesâ€™ managers to explore and combine elements to achieve and project positioning and equity at the moment of choosing or transforming their package designs according to their target market
Building a Reference Model and an Evaluation Method for cities of the Brazilian Network of Smart and Human Cities

Smart Cities theme has evolved in the last years, leading the cities to implement initiatives related to technical aspects to improve quality of life. Another focus on this theme is how to measure the added value of these initiatives to the population. The Brazilian Network of Smart and Human Cities (RBCIH) was created in order to join both approaches in Brazil, putting together members from academy, private initiative and local (municipality) government. Nowadays, RBCIH is composed by 350 Brazilian cities (in a universe of 5570 cities), indicating that a long-term work has to be executed by RBCIH in Brazil. Two purposes of RBCIH are presenting good practices and evaluating how smart and human a city is. In this work, a methodology is presented for constructing a Brazilian reference model and an evaluation method for smart cities, adherent to the Brazilian reality.
The use of digital image processing for IC reverse engineering

IC Reverse engineering is the process to analyze an integrated circuit to obtain information about its design, materials, logic circuitry, functionality, performance and other relevant features. The increasingly complexity of microchips using a greater number of layers and logic gates makes this process unaffordable when using traditional methods that rely on human inspection and analysis. Therefore, digital image processing is presented as a fruitful field for automation. In this paper a system for the circuitry extraction, analysis and presentation is described. It is divided in three blocks: 2D Image Tiling, Logic Gates Localization & Recognition and Microchip Navigator. The paper presents an overview of the complete system and is mainly based on the description of the image processing algorithms that are applied to the different blocks such as image stitching, customized Scale Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT) and logic gate localization & recognition.
Ownership and Control of Widely and Closely Held Firms in India

The fundamental dichotomy between dispersed and focused ownership system has been a critical issue in the field of corporate governance. The concentrated ownership mainly controlled by families or state give more supremacy to firms over cash-flow rights. This study investigates the ownership structure of Indian corporates primarily vested in the hands of promoter and promoter groups. Using ordinary least square estimates, the study identifies the determinants of concentrated ownership structure. Further, the study attempts to provide evidence on the convergence of the controls in Indian firms, and thereby assess the wealth concentrated amidst few. The findings of the study reveal contrasting evidence against widely affirmed notion in finance literature by Berle and Means (1932) that widely held firm is the organizational framework of large enterprises. In contrast, our findings reveal that concentrated ownership holds large corporations. Moreover, in addition to the constituents such as firm size, the number of stock markets and geographic ownership also contribute towards a significant impact on concentrated ownership.
The Employee Outcomes of Workplace Favoritism in Turkish Public Sector

This paper investigates the effect of workplace favoritism on job satisfaction and intent to quit, and mediating the role of job frustration in these relationships. Data was collected from a sample of 267 public hospital employees in Turkey. Structural equation modeling analyses indicated that workplace favoritism was directly and indirectly effect on intent to quit and this relation was partially mediated through job frustration. Surprisingly, authors didn’t not find support for hypothesis that the direct relationship between workplace favoritism and job satisfaction, but we found that workplace favoritism indirectly affect job satisfaction and job frustration fully mediate this relationship.
DNN senone MAP multinomial i-vectors for phonotactic language recognition

Deep neural networks have recently shown great promise for language recognition. In particular, the expected counts of clustered context-dependent phone states (senones) can serve as a simple but effective phonotactic system. This paper introduces multinomial i-vectors applied to senone counts and shows that they work better than current PCA approaches. In addition, we show that a new approach using a standard normal prior and MAP multinomial i-vector estimation further improves performance, particularly for shorter test durations. Finally, we present a reduced-complexity version of Newton’s method to greatly accelerate multinomial i-vector extraction. Experimental results on the NIST LRE11 task show that this approach performs signiﬁcantly better than top-performing acoustic and phonotactic systems from that evaluation.
Sensor integration in airborne mapping

The rapid technological developments of the 90s have completely redefined the mapping practice. In less than a decade, digital techniques have come to outnumber traditional analog data acquisition and processing methods. Supported by unprecedented demand for large-volume, accurate spatial data, these new digital techniques emerged as dominant mapping technologies by the end of the decade. Two key components of this emerging technology are the electronic sensor-based digital camera and GPS/INS-based direct platform orientation. In fact, these new platform orientation systems are rapidly becoming a core component of modern airborne mapping and remote sensing systems.