Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Gendered Boundary-work within the Finnish Skepticism Movement

As a worldwide social movement, skepticism aims to promote science and critical thinking. However, by analyzing texts published in the magazine of the Finnish skepticism movement between 1988 and 2017, we find that the movement carries out its mission in a way that maintains and produces gendered hierarchies. We identify six forms of gendered boundary-work in the data: (1) science as masculine, (2) questioning women, (3) complementary and alternative medicine as feminine, (4) debating the status of gender studies, (5) gender within the skepticism movement, and (6) supporting equality. Gender is an important aspect of the boundary-work undertaken by the movement to establish boundaries between science and nonscience. The forms of gendered boundary-work contribute to the idea of “true” science as a masculine and male-dominated domain, excluding women from both science and the skepticism movement. Even when the exclusions are subtle, hidden, or humorous, they nevertheless produce gendered inequalities by excluding women, belittling women’s knowledge production, or granting women-only dismissive recognition. Indeed, our analysis indicates that there is a need to look deeply into science-based social movements: exclusive structural tactics are part and parcel of such movements’ mundane activities, as our examples from Skepsis ry’s popular magazine demonstrate.
Throughput maximization in discrete rate based full duplex wireless powered communication networks†

In this study, we consider a discrete rate full‐duplex wireless powered communication network. We characterize a novel optimization framework for sum throughput maximization to determine the rate adaptation and transmission schedule subject to energy causality and user transmit power. We first formulate the problem as a mixed integer nonlinear programming problem, which is hard to solve for a global optimum in polynomial‐time. Then, we investigate the characteristics of the solution and propose a polynomial time heuristic algorithm for rate adaptation and scheduling problem. Through numerical analysis, we illustrate that the proposed scheduling algorithm outperforms the conventional schemes such as equal time allocation half‐duplex and on‐off transmission schemes for different initial battery levels, hybrid access point transmit power and network densities.
Pdtdb an integrative structural database and prediction server for plant metabolites and therapeutic drug targets

Understanding the biological phenomena of sequence, structure, function, metabolism, and molecular interactions of species Integration of all data facilitates unified access to the key problem. PDTDB (Phytochemical and Drug Target DataBase) is anintegrative structural database, which contains informati (secondary metabolites, plant anatomy, side effects, and medicinal properties), ligands (3D molecular structure, SMILES string, side effects, and medicinal properties), molecular structure, sequence, mechani molecular dockings (target results), phytochemicals. The database provides keyword or accession number search, similar phytochemical structures search using SMILES string or by sketching the structure in the chemical structure editor, phytochemical structures with similar molecular formula sear and/or search database entries from the sortable table. It supports predicting physicochemical properties of sequence and structures, and interactive visualization of structures in various models. PDTDB is freely ac
Development of the School Mental Health Self-Efficacy Teacher Survey Using Rasch Analysis

Given the important role that teachers play in supporting student mental health, it is critical teachers feel confident in their ability to fill such roles. To inform strategies intended to improve teacher confidence in supporting student mental health, a psychometrically sound tool assessing teacher school mental health self-efficacy is needed. The current article details the initial development and psychometric functioning of the school mental health self-efficacy teacher survey (SMH-SETS). A component of the development included Rasch analysis of pilot data to provide a psychometric appraisal of the SMH-SETS functioning and initial psychometric evidence. Results suggest the SMH-SETS exhibits strong psychometric properties and can be used to measure school mental health self-efficacy, track self-efficacy over time, and inform training and professional development.
Review of existing studies on maritime clusters

ABSTRACT Maritime clusters benefit both business operations and the national economy. They have existed for a long time, and have contributed significantly to both global and regional economic development, yet only in recent decades has research into the effects of clustering gained much attention. Most of such research is similar to studies of general industry clustering, with little consideration given to the unique nature of the shipping industry. This study analyzes the key elements of maritime cluster studies during the past 20 years, including conceptual development, industry sectors included, research methods, factors for clustering, studies of specific clusters, and the relationships among maritime service businesses. Misunderstandings about the difference between International Maritime Centers and a maritime cluster are also clarified. Such analysis allows us to identify possible issues and deficiencies in the existing studies, and to point out directions for future research on maritime clusters.
Survival, growth and detection of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae in Actinidia in vitro cultures

ABSTRACT Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae (Psa) causes bacterial canker of kiwifruit, currently the most important disease of Actinidia species worldwide. Due to the risk of Psa being associated with plant material moved from Psa-affected regions, there is a need to understand the behaviour and survival of Psa within tissue cultured plants, and identify detection or intervention points within the propagation process. In this study, we evaluate the ability of Psa to grow on plant culture media, assess the movement of Psa within in vitro growing plants, investigate the detection threshold of Psa and model the likelihood of false negatives when screening for Psa. Following inoculation of in vitro growing plants, even of genotypes considered Psa resistant, the bacteria spread rapidly through growing shoots. Standard plant tissue culture media did not support easily visible growth of Psa, however, supplementing these with peptone promoted Psa growth, providing a rapid, non-destructive visual indicator of its presence.
An Examination of the Interaction Effects of Hospitality Employees’ Motivational and Cultural Factors in the Workplace

ABSTRACT This study examines the unique effects of hospitality employees’ perceptions of two types of motivation factors (intrinsic and extrinsic-hygiene) on their turnover intention and service-oriented organizational citizenship behavior (SOCB). Further, the study investigates the moderating role of power distance on the impacts of these two types of employee motivation factors. A series of hierarchical multiple regression analyses were performed to test the research hypotheses using the responses to a structured survey of 203 hospitality employees in New Zealand. The findings demonstrate that hospitality employees’ perception of extrinsic-hygiene motivation factors has a stronger influence on their turnover intention while their perception of intrinsic motivation factors has a more salient impact on the exhibition of SOCB. The moderating role of power distance was found in the effect of hygiene factors on turnover intention (stronger in low power distance), that of intrinsic factors on turnover intention (stronger in low power distance), and that of intrinsic factors on SOCB (stronger in high power distance). The implications of the findings for researchers and practitioners and recommendations for future research are elucidated.
Classification of Sustainable Activities: EU Taxonomy and Scientific Literature

In March 2020, the European Commission published the EU Taxonomy, a classification system of economic activities that can be considered environmentally sustainable. Motivated by this policy initiative, we propose a bibliometric analysis, based on the Web of Science database for the period January 1990–March 2020, regarding the extant scientific production related to the EU Taxonomy environmental objectives and macro-sectors. We find that a considerable number of scientific works—161,595 publications—have investigated Taxonomy-related areas, showing that the EU Taxonomy defined a working method, based on the cooperation among regulators, academics, and industry, representing a valuable example of evidence-based policy making. Furthermore, topic modelling analysis shows that extracted papers focused on improvements in production processes, innovation, and environmental performance. Thus, exploiting time and geographic patterns of the scientific publications, we perform a multivariate analysis to investigate its relationship with subsequent levels of pollution. Our evidence shows that, for the past, a higher level of EU Taxonomy-related publications is associated with a lower level of CO2 emissions, supporting the view that scientific production has a societal impact in terms of environmental sustainability. Accordingly, now that EU Taxonomy-related topics have been incorporated into policy measures, further positive environmental effects are expected from here on out.
Pantomime as the original human-specific communicative system

We propose reframing one of the key questions in the field of language evolution as what was the original human-specific communicative system? With the help of cognitive semiotics, first we clarify the difference between signals, which characterize animal communication, and signs, which do not replace but complement signals in human communication. We claim that the evolution of bodily mimesis allowed for the use of signs, and the social-cognitive skills needed to support them to emerge in hominin evolution. Neither signs nor signals operate single-handedly, but as part of semiotic systems. Communicative systems can be either monosemiotic or polysemiotic—the former consisting of a single semiotic system and the latter, of several. Our proposal is that pantomime, as the original human-specific communicative system, should be characterized as polysemiotic: dominated by gesture but also including vocalization, facial expression, and possibly the rudiments of depiction. Given that pantomimic gestures must have been maximally similar to bodily actions, we characterize them as typically (1) dominated by iconicity, (2) of the primary kind, (3) involving the whole body, (4) performed from a first-person perspective, (5) concerning peripersonal space, and (6) using the Enacting mode of representation.
A Clustering Refinement Approach for Revealing Urban Spatial Structure from Smart Card Data

Liyang Tang 1,2 , Yang Zhao 3,4,* , Kwok Leung Tsui 4,5, Yuxin He 4 and Liwei Pan 1,2 1 China Electronics Technology Group Corporation 38th Research Institute, Hefei 230088, China; tangliyang921@gmail.com (L.T.); panliwei0813@163.com (L.P.) 2 Anhui Province Key Laboratory for Emergency Information Technology of Public Safety, Hefei 230088, China 3 Centre for Systems Informatics Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, Hong Kong 4 School of Data Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, Hong Kong; kltsui@vt.edu (K.L.T.); yuxinhe2-c@my.cityu. edu.hk (Y.H.) 5 Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 225 Durham Hall, 1145 Perry Street, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA * Correspondence: yang.zhao@my.cityu. edu.hk
A new double EWMA-t chart for process mean

Abstract The EWMA-t chart is used to monitor the process mean as it is robust against errors in estimating the process standard deviation or changing standard deviation. In this paper, we propose a double EWMA-t (DEWMA-t) chart for monitoring the process mean, which is a natural extension of the EWMA-t chart. The idea is to first construct the t chart using the EWMA statistic, and then put it into another EWMA statistic to devise the DEWMA-t chart. The DEWMA-t chart encompasses the EWMA-t chart. The Monte Carlo simulation method is used to compute the run length properties of the DEWMA-t chart. Based on detailed run length comparisons, it turns out that, with some reasonable assumptions, the DEWMA-t chart performs uniformly and substantially better than the EWMA-t chart when detecting different kinds of shift in the process mean. A similar trend is observed when these control charts are compared with their counterparts based on the variable sampling interval feature. In addition, real datasets are also used to support the theory.
Sınıflandırıcı Performanslarının Gauss Karışım Modeline Uygulanan Beklenti-Maksimizasyon Algoritmasına Göre Analiz Edilmesi

Maksimum olabilirlik, karisim modeli, bayes sonucu ve maksimum entropi gibi parametric yogunluk kestirimleri dagilimin cesidi bilindiginde veya tahmin edilebilir oldugunda siklikla kullanilmaktadir. Beklenti maksimizasyonu veya degisken adim ogrenme algoritmasi dagilim parametrelerinin maksimum olabilirligini elde etmenin en basarili yollaridir. Bu makalede, uc farkli dagilim iceren cok boyutlu Gauss karisim modeline EM algoritmasinin uygulanmasi amaclanmistir. Bu calismada istatistiksel dagilim, Gauss dagilimindan elde edilmistir ve her dagilim icin ortalama ve kovaryans matrisi olan parametreler tahmin sureci icin kullanilmistir. Orijinal ozellik vektorleri ve onlarin tahminleri benzerlik acisindan karsilastirilmis ayni zamanda elde edilen sonuclar sunulmus ve detayli bir sekilde tartisilmistir. Ek olarak, catalli veri kumesi icin her bir dagilim belirtilmistir. Son olarak, Bayes, k-NN ve diskriminant siniflandirma metotlari GMM’ ye uygulanmis ve bu metotlarin performanslari analiz edilmistir.
Organizational Culture for Cooperation in Technological Innovation Between Research Institutes and Firms

This article aims to construct and validate an instrument for measuring the factors of organizational culture that influence cooperation in technological innovation between research institutes and firms, nominated “Evaluation of Organizational Culture for Cooperation in Technological Innovation (EOC-CTI)”, applied to the reality of Brazilian organizations. The sample was composed of 324 respondents from 58 large and medium firms and 41 public and private research institutes, from various locations in Brazil. The method adopted was the Exploratory Factor Analysis. Among the main contributions, an instrument that expands the discussions about the values and management practices for cooperation in technological innovation based on organizational culture is proposed. For firms and research institutes, there is the proposition of values and systematic management practices that contribute to the achievement of results through cooperation in technological innovation.
Effects of secrecy in consumer behavior

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Internet Usage May Improve Quality of Life (QoL) in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Patients

Objective: To delineate the effect of self-gained information through internet on glycemic control and overall QoL in type 1 diabetes patient. Methodology: 35 type 1 diabetes patients, who had reasonably good glycemic control were classified by a single clinician into net- savvy and ordinary based on their behaviour towards use of internet to gather information regarding health queries and their glycemic control and QoL analysed.WHO-5 questionnaire which is used in clinical practise was applied. Result: Of net savvy group (n=18), 14 (82%) had WHO-5 score greater than 13 while among ordinary (n=17) only 7 had WHO5 of same range. Thus, those who surfed internet were in general likely to have better QoL. Among net savvy group all had individual smart phones and used google as search engine. Among ordinary, 40% (9/17) had smart phones. The mean HbA1c of net savvy group was 7.2 which was lower than that of ordinary group mean HbA1c of 7.6. Those of net savvy group were more likely to agree to increase in number of s.c. insulin injections (12/18) as compared to ordinary group (4/17). The self-reported hypoglycemia episodes were also more in net savvy group (6/ person-week) as compared to ordinary (2/ person- week). Conclusion: Use of smart search engines like google (with strong in-built Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems), even if unsupervised, should be encouraged as part of DSME in type 1 Diabetes patients for optimizing glycemic control and detecting hypoglycemic episodes.
Effectiveness of anxiety reduction interventions on test anxiety: A comparison of four techniques incorporating sensory modulation

Introduction Anxiety is one of the most commonly diagnosed mental health disorders on post-secondary campuses, often brought on by stressors unique to the college environment. Traditional psychological approaches to manage anxiety might focus on breathing techniques and progressive muscle relaxation. However, additional techniques that use specific sensory input to reduce anxiety have not received the same attention in the literature. Method This longitudinal study compared four interventions for state anxiety (deep breathing, progressive muscle relaxation, an adapted dive reflex, and use of a weighted lap object) in a cohort of professional occupational therapy students. Results This study found that all four interventions significantly reduced state anxiety. The sensory-based interventions of adapted dive reflex and weighted lap object appeared to have a longer duration of impact than the traditional interventions of deep breathing and PMR. Conclusion These results suggest that both traditional and sensory-based approaches may be effective in reducing anxiety before a testing situation.
Protected areas buffer the Brazilian semi‐arid biome from climate change

The Caatinga is a botanically unique semi‐arid ecosystem in northeast Brazil whose vegetation is adapted to the periodic droughts that characterize this region. However, recent extreme droughts events caused by anthropogenic climate change have challenged its ecological resilience. Here, we evaluate how deforestation and protection status affect the response of the Caatinga vegetation to drought. Specifically, we compared vegetation responses to drought in natural and deforested areas as well as inside and outside protected areas, using a time‐series of satellite‐derived Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and climatic data for 2008–2013. We observed a strong effect of deforestation and land protection on overall vegetation productivity and in productivity dynamics in response to precipitation. Overall, deforested areas had significantly lower NDVI and delayed greening in response to precipitation. By contrast, strictly protected areas had higher productivity and considerable resilience to low levels of precipitation, when compared to sustainable use or unprotected areas. These results highlight the importance of protected areas in protecting ecosystem processes and native vegetation in the Caatinga against the negative effects of climate change and deforestation. Given the extremely small area of the Caatinga currently under strict protection, the creation of new conservation areas must be a priority to ensure the sustainability of ecological processes and to avoid further desertification.
Challenges and facilitators of new teachers’ professional socialization in international schools in Saudi Arabia

ABSTRACT This study examines the professional socialization of new teachers in Saudi Arabia’s international schools. Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with 14 teachers of diverse nationalities. The study highlighted teachers’ recognition, integration, and collaboration in the workplace as prominent facilitating factors, while lack of support, unmet expectations, and language barriers were highlighted as prominent challenges. The study identified some coping strategies developed by teachers to overcome these challenges, which have implications for further research and practice. Apart from developing an empirical picture of teachers’ professional socialization in international schools, the study also provides further insight into cross-cultural socialization processes.
Catholic Family Ties: Sustaining and Supporting HIV-Positive Canadian Gay Men’s Faith, Mental Health, and Wellbeing

Research has documented that sexual minorities and people living with HIV/AIDS have successfully used religious coping to help them overcome life challenges related to their sexual orientation and HIV status, including religious struggles surrounding their faith brought about by stigma and discrimination that have historically been promoted by organized religion. Research has also documented how sexual minorities and people living with HIV/AIDS have utilized family support as a vital resource for effectively coping with life challenges associated with homophobia, heterosexism, and HIV stigma, which have historically been perpetuated in certain family and faith dynamics. The aim of the community-engaged, qualitative study described in this article was to examine the synergistic effects of religious coping and family support, particularly in the context of Catholic family ties, as a unified mechanism for supporting HIV-positive gay men in the face of religious struggles and other life challenges. Confidential, semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine HIV-positive, gay men from the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada, to obtain their perspectives on how and why their Catholic family ties have helped support them through their religious struggles and other life challenges. Utilizing a modified Grounded Theory approach, interview data were collected and analyzed until data saturation was achieved. The findings and lessons learned from the study’s analysis are discussed in this article, which elaborates on the unique synergy of religious coping and family support as interconnected mechanisms that could be of significant value for supporting HIV-positive gay men experiencing religious struggles and other life challenges.
Nutrient load and epiphytes are drivers of increased herbivory in seagrass communities

Table S1. Results of univariate ANOVA test examining the effects of nutrient enrichment (N) on morphological traits of Cymodocea nodosa leaves, and multivariate ANOVA analyses examining the effects of nutrient enrichment (N) and epiphyte presence (E) in biochemical and biomechanical leaf traits. Length (cm); Width (mm); Thickness (mm); Nitrogen content (%); Carbon content (%); NDF (Fiber content, %); FTA (Absolute force-to-cut, N); FTS (Specific force-to-cut, N·mm). Bold values indicate significant differecnes (α = 0.05).