Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Reliability and factor structure of a trait emotional intelligence measure in four Arab countries

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the reliability and factor structure of the Arabic translation of the Emotional Intelligence Scale (EIS‐41‐A), a popular trait‐based emotional intelligence test in Arab countries.Design/methodology/approach – A sample of 453 professionals from Egypt, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the UAE completed the EIS‐41‐A.Findings – Findings show that the Arabic scale did have acceptable reliability and demonstrated the same factor structure as the original English language scale.Research limitations/implications – Limitations of the study include the small sample size from some of the countries included.Originality/value – This is the first paper to investigate the characteristics of an Arabic language emotional intelligence scale and opens the door to further research on emotional intelligence in the Arab world.
On declassification and the non-disclosure policy

We address the issue of declassification in a language-based security approach. We introduce, in a Core ML-like language with concurrent threads, a declassification mechanism that takes the form of a local flow policy declaration. The computation in the scope of such a declaration is allowed to implement information flow according to the local policy. This dynamic view of information flow policies is supported by a concrete presentation of the security lattice, where the confidentiality levels are sets of principals, similar to access control lists. To take into account declassification, and more generally dynamic flow policies, we introduce a generalization of non-interference, that we call the non-disclosure policy, and we design a type and effect system for our language that enforces this policy.
Coping with occupational stress among urban bus and tram drivers

The purpose of this study was twofold: first, to identify the ways public transport drivers cope with stressful events of daily working life. One hypothesis is that stress-induced problems at work are resistant to direct actions and that this may be even more the case among blue-collar workers who typically have less control than managerial and professional staff. Emotion-focused rather than problem-focused forms of coping may therefore be the more prevalent. The second aim was to examine the relationships between coping processes and adaptational outcomes such as work strain and somatic complaints. The discussion about the effectiveness of different coping strategies shows a positive bias toward problem-focused approaches. Yet there is little empitical evidence confirming either the superiority of problem-solving attempts or the ineffectiveness of efforts to manage the stress-related emotions (Menaghan & Merves, 1984).
From fishing and factories to cultural tourism: The role of social entrepreneurs in the construction of a new institutional field

Starting from the premise that cultural tourism is a new institutional field, this paper explores the construction of cultural tourism in regional Ireland. This paper proposes an institutional framework which consists of three main drivers of change: ‘government policy’, ‘resource-mobilization opportunities’ and ‘social entrepreneurship’. It is argued that the development of cultural tourism was made possible by the unique networks of relationships and associations that underpin music, festival and language fields. This study is situated in the literature on neo-institutional theory, and it draws on a model of change [Seo, M. , and Creed-Douglas, W. 2002. Institutional contradictions, praxis and institutional change: A dialectical perspective. Academy of Management Review 27, no. 2: 222–47. ] to explore how cultural tourism was shaped by powerful historical, political and cultural forces over time.
Prime Ministerial Popularity in the UK: 1960–81

The past decade has seen the growth of a considerable literature upon the link between government popularity, as measured by the public opinion polls, and the state of the economy, as measured by certain key variables. This work had its roots in work done in the early 1970s by Goodhart and Bhansali,’ Mueller* and Kramer-’ and developed steadily throughout the decade, culminating in an excellent set of readings edited by Hibbs and Fa~sbender. ~ In this paper I shall be looking at an aspect within this general area that has received relatively little attention, that of the personal popularity of the prime minister. A brief discussion of this, together with some statistical analysis, can be found in the excellent early study by Goodhart and Bhan~ali . ~ In this they find, not too surprisingly, that both the popularity of the government and prime minister are swayed by the same factors. More interestingly they go on to conclude that if the leader of a party became significantly more popular then his party would benefit marginally. More specifically, for every 10 point surge in a leader’s popularity, his own party might pick up a 1.5 per cent increase in popularity. However, they then go on to qualify this with a warning of the difficulties involved in isolating the independent influence of the leader on his party and the hope that improved statistical techniques might reduce these difficulties. In this present paper these conclusions will be re-examined. The first task will be to look more closely at the measure of prime ministerial popularity used. The measure they employ tends to follow the performance of a government rather closely. When evaluations of that performance are high, so is prime ministerial popularity. This makes it rather difficult, as Goodhart and Bhansali pointed out, to determine the independent influence that the personality of an individual prime minister might have upon hidher government’s popularity. Thus, an attempt will be made to extract from this measure of popularity one which relates more specifically to the inherent qualities and
DRUG TARGETING BY RETROMETABOLIC DESIGN: SOFT DRUGS AND CHEMICAL DELIVERY SYSTEMS

One of the most important goals of pharmaceutical research and development is targeted drug delivery, defined as optimization of the therapeutic index by localizing the pharmacological activity of the drug to the site of action. It is important to distinguish this broad definition as the ability to achieve a desired pharmacological response at a selected site without undesired interaction at other sites from a narrower definition of the basic targeting concept. Within this narrower definition, a specific drug receptor is considered as target, and the objective is to improve fit, affinity, and binding to this receptor that ultimately will trigger the pharmacological activity. Ever since the development of the receptor theory, attempts have been directed toward developing new therapeutic agents that have a singular target, that is, agents that bind only to a specific receptor. It was hoped that this way any aberrant toxicity would be avoided, and only the desired therapeutic gain would be produced. Unfortunately, the situation is not so simple. Most highly active new therapeutic agents designed to bind to a specific receptor ultimately had to be discarded when unacceptable toxicity or unavoidable side effects were encountered in later stages of the development. There are a number of reasons for this. First, side effects are usually related to the intrinsic receptor affinity responsible for the J. OF RECEPTOR & SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION RESEARCH, 21(2&3), 287–310 (2001)
Review of Modern Cryptanalysis: Techniques for Advanced Code Breaking by Christopher Swenson

while there are several good books on cryptography, there are no books, good or bad, on cryptanalysis. It is a void that I don’t see being filled anytime soon; cryptanalysis is such a fast-moving field that any book of techniques would be obsolete before it was printed. And even if the book could somehow remain current, it would do little to teach cryptanalysis. The only way to learn cryptanalysis is through practice. A student simply has to break algorithm after algorithm, inventing new techniques and modifying existing ones. Reading others’ cryptanalysis results helps, but there is no substitute for experience [4, p. 18].
Sphere: multi-touch interactions on a spherical display

Sphere is a multi-user, multi-touch-sensitive spherical display in which an infrared camera used for touch sensing shares the same optical path with the projector used for the display. This novel configuration permits: (1) the enclosure of both the projection and the sensing mechanism in the base of the device, and (2) easy 360-degree access for multiple users, with a high degree of interactivity without shadowing or occlusion. In addition to the hardware and software solution, we present a set of multi-touch interaction techniques and interface concepts that facilitate collaborative interactions around Sphere. We designed four spherical application concepts and report on several important observations of collaborative activity from our initial Sphere installation in three high-traffic locations.
Application of Double Clustering to Gene Expression Data for Class Prediction

Extracting significant features from gene expression data is a hot subject that continues to receive great attention. Many methods have been proposed in the literature to deal with this issue, but all of these methods deal with features obtained directly from the data. Since microarray data exhibit a high degree of noise, in this paper we try to reduce the noise by using double clustering approach to identify reduced set of features capable of distinguishing between two classes. Also, we showed that the transformation of the data plays a significant role in classification. We have used two forms of data, and we have used k-means and self organizing map for clustering. Support vector machine and binary decision trees are used for classification. As a result of the conducted experiments on AML/ALL data, we have observed that CSVM is able to correctly classify the whole training and testing data when the data is log2 transformed using only few features.
Preparation and clinical evaluation of nano-transferosomes for treatment of erectile dysfunction

Objective The goal of the present study was to formulate topical nanocarriers of the low-cost vasodilator, papaverine hydrochloride (PH), as an alternative to the painful penile injections. The injections are used for both diagnosis and treatment of erectile dysfunction. Transdermal nano-transferosome (T), the ultraflexible nanoliposome, was used as a nanocarrier to enhance the penetration of the papaverine to the penis. Methods Different nano formulas were prepared and characterized for their encapsulation efficiency, particle size, zeta potential, and cumulative drug release. The formula acquired the best characteristics was incorporated into 2% (w/v) hydroxypropyl methylcellulose hydrogel base. The gel containing transferosomal papaverine hydrochloride (PH) and that containing free PH were clinically compared using color flow Doppler measurements. Results The results revealed that transferosome 3 (T3) had the highest entrapment efficiency approaching 72%, low particle size of 220 nm, and zeta potential of −33.4 mV. The formula released 73% of its initial drug content within 2 hours. The clinical evaluation showed the increase in the cavernous artery diameter from 0.53 mm to 0.78 mm and the increase in the peak systolic flow velocity from 5.95 cm/second to 12.2 cm/second, both of which were found to be significant at P<0.05. Conclusion It is evident from the study that the transferosomes can be used as a carrier of papaverine hydrochloride for both diagnosis and treatment of the erectile dysfunction. This new strategy could be used successfully in the treatment of erectile dysfunction and in male impotency.
Structural and functional characterisation of partner-switching regulating the environmental stress response in B . subtilis

The general stress response of Bacillus subtilis and close relatives provides the cell with protection from a variety of stresses. The upstream component of the environmental stress signal transduction cascade is activated by the RsbT kinase that switches binding partner from a 25S macromolecular complex, the stressosome, to the RsbU phosphatase. Once the RsbU phosphatase is activated by interacting with RsbT the alternative sigma factor, σ, directs transcription of the general stress regulon. Previously, we demonstrated that the N-terminal domain of RsbU mediates the binding of RsbT. We now describe residues in N-RsbU that are crucial to this interaction by experimentation both in vitro and in vivo. Furthermore, crystal structures of the N-RsbU mutants provide a molecular explanation for the loss of interaction. Finally we also characterise mutants in RsbT that affect binding to both RsbU and a simplified, binary model of the stressosome and thus identify overlapping binding surfaces on the RsbT ‘switch’. In Gram positive bacteria such as Bacillus subtilis, and the human pathogens Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus, exposure to physical or energy stress results in the transcription of the general stress regulon (1,2). In B. subtilis the general stress regulon comprises approximately 150 genes, (3,4), the protein products of which confer multiple resistances onto the cell. The general stress regulon is controlled by the alternative sigma factor, σ (5-9). The availability of σ for forming transcriptionally-competent complexes with RNA polymerase is regulated by a set of signal transduction proteins termed Regulators of Sigma B (Rsb). In unstressed cells σ is held in a complex with its antisigma factor RsbW and is unable to direct RNA polymerase to the promoters of the general stress genes. RsbV is the anti-anti sigma factor specific to RsbW, and the RsbVdriven release of σ from the RsbW:σ complex allows σ to displace the housekeeping sigma factor, σ, from RNA polymerase holoenzyme (10). RsbW is also a protein kinase that is specific for RsbV, and phosphorylated RsbV (RsbV-P), which cannot
Wilderness Therapy, Interpersonal Skills and Accomplishment Motivation: Impact Analysis on Antisocial Behavior and Socio-Professional Status

Wilderness therapy is an alternative to more traditional interventions for antisocial youth. It has the potential to broaden their existing, and often poor, repertoire of personal and social skills, heightening the possibilities of desistence from an antisocial path. In this study, the impact of participation in a wilderness therapy program for adjudicated youth was observed. An experimental and prospective design, with pre-test and post-tests at three and six months, was used to evaluate the influence of the length of the program on the antisocial behavior and socio-professional status of young offenders. The potential impact of interpersonal skills and accomplishment motivation as mediators was also observed. A sample of 220 young offenders was used, which was divided at random into two conditions; a program lasting between 8 to 10 days or one lasting between 17 and 20 days. Length of program had no direct and significant influence on participants’ antisocial behavior or socio-professional status. However, length had a positive indirect effect on lowering the level of participants’ antisociality, through the development of some interpersonal skills and accomplishment motivation.
Genetic architecture distinguishes systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis from other forms of juvenile idiopathic arthritis: clinical and therapeutic implications

Objectives Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a heterogeneous group of conditions unified by the presence of chronic childhood arthritis without an identifiable cause. Systemic JIA (sJIA) is a rare form of JIA characterised by systemic inflammation. sJIA is distinguished from other forms of JIA by unique clinical features and treatment responses that are similar to autoinflammatory diseases. However, approximately half of children with sJIA develop destructive, long-standing arthritis that appears similar to other forms of JIA. Using genomic approaches, we sought to gain novel insights into the pathophysiology of sJIA and its relationship with other forms of JIA. Methods We performed a genome-wide association study of 770 children with sJIA collected in nine countries by the International Childhood Arthritis Genetics Consortium. Single nucleotide polymorphisms were tested for association with sJIA. Weighted genetic risk scores were used to compare the genetic architecture of sJIA with other JIA subtypes. Results The major histocompatibility complex locus and a locus on chromosome 1 each showed association with sJIA exceeding the threshold for genome-wide significance, while 23 other novel loci were suggestive of association with sJIA. Using a combination of genetic and statistical approaches, we found no evidence of shared genetic architecture between sJIA and other common JIA subtypes. Conclusions The lack of shared genetic risk factors between sJIA and other JIA subtypes supports the hypothesis that sJIA is a unique disease process and argues for a different classification framework. Research to improve sJIA therapy should target its unique genetics and specific pathophysiological pathways.
Performance analysis of multicarrier frequency-hopping (MC-FH) code-division multiple-access systems: uncoded and coded schemes

In this paper, we provide multiuser performance analysis of a multicarrier frequency-hopping (MC-FH) code-division multiple-access system as first introduced in the work of Lance and Kaleh. We propose to use a practical low-rate convolutional error-correcting code in this system, which does not require any additional bandwidth than what is needed by the frequency-hopping spread-spectrum modulation. We provide multiuser exact performance analysis of the system for both uncoded and coded schemes in additive white Gaussian noise and fading channels for a single-user correlator receiver. We also derive the performance analysis of the system based on a Gaussian distribution assumption for multiuser interference at the receiver output. Our numerical results first indicate that the coded scheme significantly increases the number of users supported by the system at a fixed bit error rate, in comparison with the uncoded MC-FH scheme. Moreover, it shows that the Gaussian analysis in some cases does not accurately predict the number of users supported by the system.
Dietary cholesterol: from physiology to cardiovascular risk

Dietary cholesterol comes exclusively from animal sources, thus it is naturally present in our diet and tissues. It is an important component of cell membranes and a precursor of bile acids, steroid hormones and vitamin D. Contrary to phytosterols (originated from plants), cholesterol is synthesised in the human body in order to maintain a stable pool when dietary intake is low. Given the necessity for cholesterol, very effective intestinal uptake mechanisms and enterohepatic bile acid and cholesterol reabsorption cycles exist; conversely, phytosterols are poorly absorbed and, indeed, rapidly excreted. Dietary cholesterol content does not significantly influence plasma cholesterol values, which are regulated by different genetic and nutritional factors that influence cholesterol absorption or synthesis. Some subjects are hyper-absorbers and others are hyper-responders, which implies new therapeutic issues. Epidemiological data do not support a link between dietary cholesterol and CVD. Recent biological data concerning the effect of dietary cholesterol on LDL receptor-related protein may explain the complexity of the effect of cholesterol on CVD risk.
Preoccupation with Failure Affects Number of Study Hours—Not Academic Achievement

It has been claimed that perceived academic control (AC) in combination with preoccupation with failure (PWF) produces a strong motivation for success, and the interaction (AC × PWF) has been shown to predict academic achievement. In a prospective study, 442 first year psychology students completed a questionnaire about their background, study habits, AC, and PWF. The results showed a positive main effect of AC on academic achievement, but no main effect of PWF was found on academic achievement. The interaction (AC × PWF) was not related to academic achievement. There were no main effects of AC or PWF on study hours. However, the interaction effect (AC × PWF) indicated that among students scoring low on AC, those with high PWF worked more (24.4 hours per week) than those with low PWF (20.9 hours per week). Among those with high AC, no difference on study hours was found between those scoring low and high on PWF.
A novel single switch high gain DC-DC converter employing coupled inductor and diode capacitor

This paper presents a novel single switch high step-up DC-DC converter with high efficiency feature. Due to using coupled inductors and switched capacitor techniques the proposed converter achieves high voltage gain without large duty cycle. In spite of the fact that voltage gain is high, voltage stress across all elements has been reduced. Moreover the input current of the proposed converter is continues and the stored energy in leakage inductance is recycled to the output. These characteristics with low voltage rating components make the proposed converter very suitable for renewable applications. All the operational modes and steady state analysis in CCM are discussed in detail. Finally, some simulations have been done to verify the performance of the proposed converter in Pspice/Orcad.
A screening procedure for estimating premorbid intelligence in the elderly

Abstract WAIS-R IQs were estimated using the National Adult Reading Test (NART) in a sample of 126 normal elderly. Linear regression equations to predict WAIS-R IQs from NART error scores were generated for a development sample of 85 subjects. Correlations between reading errors and Verbal, Performance, and Full Scale IQs were -. 78, -. 56, and -. 74, respectively. Cross-validation on 41 elderly subjects yielded significant correlations between earned IQ and the NART that ranged from -. 40 to - . 83. Mean earned and estimated IQs for the normal elderly cross-validation sample were the same. Additional cross-validation on a sample of 20 neurologically impaired subjects revealed significant overestimation of the actual WAIS-R IQs by the NART estimated IQs. Thus, the NART estimated IQs adequately demonstrated intellectual deterioration in a brain-damaged sample.
Maternal transmission of cytoplasmic DNA in interspecific hybrids of peat mosses, Sphagnum (Bryophyta)

The progeny of spontaneous interspecific hybrid sporophytes of Sphagnum were used to analyse the inheritance of cytoplasmic DNA. The analysis showed that only the female parent donated chloroplasts and mitochondria in Sphagnum hybrids. Thus, this is the first study demonstrating maternal cytoplasmic inheritance in a nonvascular land plant. This finding has important implications for phylogenetic reconstructions utilizing chloroplast and mitochondrial DNA sequences as well as for the evolution of cytoplasmic inheritance in relation to the life cycle of land plants.
Generalized Anti-Waring Numbers

The anti-Waring problem considers the smallest positive integer such that it and every subsequent integer can be expressed as the sum of the k th powers of r or more distinct natural numbers. We give a generalization that allows elements from any nondecreasing sequence, rather than only the natural numbers. This generalization is an extension of the anti-Waring problem, as well as the idea of complete sequences. We present new anti-Waring and generalized anti-Waring numbers, as well as a result to verify computationally when a generalized anti-Waring number has been found.