Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Asian Indian Immigration Patterns: The Origins of the Sikh Community in California

This article outlines the immigration and settlement patterns of Asian Indians in the United States from the turn of the century to the present decade. The focus is on the efforts of the Sikh pioneers to succeed in what can only be viewed as a hostile social environment, marked primarily by racial discrimination and legal restrictions on their entry into this country. With modifications in the U.S. immigration laws of 1965 an educated professional class of Asian Indians have monopolized the flow of immigrants from India, with the result that the Sikhs presently constitute a small proportion of the total number of Asian Indians in the U.S. However, the recent political crisis in India has served to galvanize the American Sikh community into political action. This has resulted in a political split between the Sikhs and other Asian Indians in this country. This article concludes with an analysis of the demographic composition of the “third wave” Asian Indian immigrants in the United States and their potential impact on political conditions in India.
Social Dominance Orientation and the Legitimization of Inequality Across Cultures

The authors tested three hypotheses from social dominance theory in four cultures: (a) that individual differences in social dominance orientation (SDO), or the preference for group-based inequality, can be reliably measured in societies that are group-based hegemonies; (b) that SDO correlates positively with attitudes supporting hegemonic groups and correlates negatively with attitudes supporting oppressed groups; and (c) that men are higher on SDO than women. For the most part, the results confirmed the hypotheses. SDO scales were internally reliable and were administered in English, Chinese, and Hebrew. SDO scores correlated with sexism, measured in culturally appropriate ways, in every culture, and with ethnic prejudice and other attitudes concerning the local hegemony except in China. Men were higher on SDO than women in most samples. Findings are discussed in terms of ideological and psychological facilitators of group dominance.
Oil palm vegetation liquor: a new source of phenolic bioactives

Waste from agricultural products represents a disposal liability, which needs to be addressed. Palm oil is the most widely traded edible oil globally, and its production generates 85 million tons of aqueous by-products annually. This aqueous stream is rich in phenolic antioxidants, which were investigated for their composition and potential in vitro biological activity. We have identified three isomers of caffeoylshikimic acid as major components of oil palm phenolics (OPP). The 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl assay confirmed potent free radical scavenging activity. To test for possible cardioprotective effects of OPP, we carried out in vitro LDL oxidation studies as well as ex vivo aortic ring and mesenteric vascular bed relaxation measurements. We found that OPP inhibited the Cu-mediated oxidation of human LDL. OPP also promoted vascular relaxation in both isolated aortic rings and perfused mesenteric vascular beds pre-contracted with noradrenaline. To rule out developmental toxicity, we performed teratological studies on rats up to the third generation and did not find any congenital anomalies. Thus, these initial studies suggest that OPP is safe and may have a protective role against free radical damage, LDL oxidation and its attendant negative effects, as well as vascular constriction in mitigating atherosclerosis. Oil palm vegetation liquor thus represents a new source of phenolic bioactives.
LTE4V2X: LTE for a Centralized VANET Organization

Vehicular networks face a number of new challenges, particularly due to the extremely dynamic network topology and the large variable number of mobile nodes. To overcome these problems, an effective solution is to organize the network in a way which will facilitate the management tasks and permit to deploy a wide panoply of applications such as urban sensing applications. This paper presents LTE4V2X, a novel framework for a centralized vehicular network organization using LTE. It takes advantage of a centralized architecture around the eNodeB in order to optimize the clusters management and provide better performances. We studied its performances against a decentralized organization protocol for a well known urban sensing application, FCD application. We analyze the performances of LTE4V2X using NS-3 simulation environment and a realistic urban mobility model. We show that it permits performance improvement by lowering the overhead induced by control messages, reducing the FCD packet losses, as well as enhancing the goodput.
Kazakh Ziziphora Species as Sources of Bioactive Substances

Ziziphora species represent the prototypical example of the Lamiaceae family. The phytochemicals present in Ziziphora include monoterpenic essential oils, triterpenes and phenolic substances belonging to the flavonoids. In Kazakh traditional medicine, Ziziphora species possess several medicinal uses. In particular, Z. bungeana Lam. and Z. clinopodioides Lam. are used for the treatment of illnesses related to the cardiovascular system or to combat different infections. Unfortunately, the majority of the information about the complex Ziziphora species is only available in Russian and Chinese language, therefore, we decided gather all available information on Kazakhstan Ziziphora, namely its content compounds, medicinal uses and published patents, to draw the attention of scientists to this very interesting plant with high medicinal potential.
Asymmetric Coplanar Waveguide (ACPW) Zeroth-Order Resonant (ZOR) Antenna With High Efficiency and Bandwidth Enhancement

A novel low-profile zeroth-order (ZOR) antenna is presented. The feature of ZOR based on periodic structures is employed to reduce the antenna size, while these antennas generally suffer from narrow bandwidth. A single-layer asymmetric coplanar waveguide (ACPW) structure is proposed to realize a bandwidth-extended ZOR antenna, where the antenna bandwidth is characterized by an equivalent circuit model. The ACPW structure not only provides the design freedom, but also overcomes the design constraint of the traditional CPW. The ACPW ZOR antenna is verified by both full-wave simulations and experiments. As an advantage of the proposed method, the size of antenna is reduced, and the resonant frequency of zeroth-order mode is 1.94 GHz with radiation efficiency of 85%, measured 10-dB fractional bandwidth up to 10.3%, and omnidirectional peak gain of 2.3 dBi.
Supply Chain Management and Genetic Algorithm : introducing a new hybrid genetic crossover operator

The increase in the Brazilian consumer market in recent years has allowed the opening of new stores, increasing price competition and diversifying the product offering. However, finding the best combination of price, quality and services, considering the cost of transport between stores is a very hard task. The complexity of the problem increases when more products and stores were involved. This is a classical problem in supply chain network design. The effective management of the supply chain is recognised as one of the most important factors in modern business management. In this paper, we propose a new hybrid operator for genetic algorithm used to optimize the purchase of products in stores geographically separated in order to obtain solutions that combine the purchase of products with the lowest possible total cost, considering the route between each store.
MicroRNA-200c Modulates the Expression of MUC4 and MUC16 by Directly Targeting Their Coding Sequences in Human Pancreatic Cancer

Transmembrane mucins, MUC4 and MUC16 are associated with tumor progression and metastatic potential in human pancreatic adenocarcinoma. We discovered that miR-200c interacts with specific sequences within the coding sequence of MUC4 and MUC16 mRNAs, and evaluated the regulatory nature of this association. Pancreatic cancer cell lines S2.028 and T3M-4 transfected with miR-200c showed a 4.18 and 8.50 fold down regulation of MUC4 mRNA, and 4.68 and 4.82 fold down regulation of MUC16 mRNA compared to mock-transfected cells, respectively. A significant reduction of glycoprotein expression was also observed. These results indicate that miR-200c overexpression regulates MUC4 and MUC16 mucins in pancreatic cancer cells by directly targeting the mRNA coding sequence of each, resulting in reduced levels of MUC4 and MUC16 mRNA and protein. These data suggest that, in addition to regulating proteins that modulate EMT, miR-200c influences expression of cell surface mucins in pancreatic cancer.
Broad-band ATM network architecture based on virtual paths

Broadband transport techniques and network architectures based on the virtual path concept are examined. ATM (asynchronous transfer mode) techniques, when coupled with recent technological innovations, are expected to pave the way for future universal transport networks. The virtual path concept, which exploits the ATM's capabilities, is proposed to construct an efficient and economic network. The concept matches current and anticipated technological trends well. Characteristics and implementation techniques of virtual paths are discussed. Advantages of the virtual path concept and its impact on the transport network architecture are demonstrated. The virtual path strategy is also shown to provide efficiently for networks with dynamic reconfiguration capability which will enhance network performance. Some basic analytical results on the dynamic control effects of virtual paths are provided. >
Dynamic receive aperture downsampling for ultrasound imaging

We propose a simple method for reducing the number of sampled array elements during ultrasound signal reception. Our approach involves dynamic data-driven switching between various downsampling factors applied to the receive aperture in real time. Our simulation results show that one can achieve approximately 70-85% savings in the total number of sampled array elements per image (thus reducing the total number of expensive analog-to-digital conversions during image acquisition), without significant image quality losses.
Are Japanese More Collectivistic Than Americans?

This study examines whether the common view that Japanese are more collectivistic than Americans is valid or not in three respects: First, the authors point out that those empirical studies that were directly related to the commonly accepted definition of individualism and collectivism (I/C) did not support the common view and that those studies whose relations to I/C were merely inferred were inappropriate in judging its validity. Second, the authors show that the reference-group effect (Heine, Lehman, Peng, & Greenholtz, 2002) cannot entirely explain the past questionnaire studies' failure to support the common view. Finally, by replicating Asch's (1956) conformity experiment with 40 groups of 140 Japanese college students belonging to the same college clubs, the authors demonstrate that Japanese conform no more than Americans even in in-groups.
Growing Pains in the Sociology of Aging and the Life Course

Harold G. Cox. Later Life: The Realities of Aging. 6th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. 2006. 423 pp. Diana K. Harris. The Sociology of Aging. 3rd ed. Lanham, MD: Rowan & Littlefield. 2007. 292 pp. Jaber F. Gubrium and James A. Holstein, Editors. Aging and Everyday Life. Malden, MA: Blackwell. 2000. 483 pp. Susan M. Hillier and Georgia M. Barrow. Aging, the Individual and Society. 8th ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. 2007. 465 pp. Nancy R. Hooyman and H. Asuman Kiyak. Social Gerontology: A Multidisciplinary Perspective. 8th ed. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon. 2008. 776 pp. Leslie A. Morgan and Suzanne R. Kunkel. Aging, Society, and the Life Course. 3rd ed. New York: Springer. 2007. 388 pp. Harry R. Moody. Aging: Concepts and Controversies. 6th ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge. 2010. 503 pp. Jill Quadagno. Aging and the Life Course. 4th ed. Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill. 2008. 521 pp. Robert S. Weiss and Scott Bass. Challenges of the Third Age: Meaning and Purpose in Later Life. New York: Oxford University Press. 2002. 206 pp.
Maternal suicidality and risk of suicidality in offspring: findings from a community study

Objective: This study evaluated the associations between suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in mothers and various aspects of suicidality in their offspring in a representative community sample. Method: Baseline and 4-year follow-up data were used from the Early Developmental Stages of Psychopathology study, a prospective, longitudinal community study of adolescents and young adults. Results are based on 933 adolescents who completed follow-up and for whom direct diagnostic information for the biological mother was available. Suicidal ideation and suicide attempts were assessed in adolescents and mothers with the Munich-Composite International Diagnostic Interview. Results: Compared to offspring of mothers without suicidality, offspring of mothers reporting suicide attempts showed a remarkably higher risk for suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts and a tendency toward suicide attempts at an earlier age. Associations were comparable for male and female offspring. Transmission of maternal suicidality was roughly stable with control for maternal comorbid psychopathology. Conclusions: The offspring of mothers with suicide attempts are at a markedly increased risk for suicidality themselves and tend to manifest suicide attempts earlier than offspring of mothers without suicidality. Suicidality seems to run in families, independent of depression and other psychopathology.
Predictors of Good Outcome After Stent-Retriever Thrombectomy in Acute Basilar Artery Occlusion

Background and Purpose— Factors related to prognosis after a modern mechanical thrombectomy in patients with acute basilar artery occlusion remain unclear. This study investigated the prognostic factors for patients with acute basilar artery occlusion who underwent a stent-retriever thrombectomy. Methods— We analyzed clinical and pretreatment diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) data in 50 consecutive patients with acute basilar artery occlusion treated with stent-retriever thrombectomy. A good outcome was defined as a modified Rankin Scale score of 0 to 2 at 3 months. The association between clinical and DWI parameters and functional outcome was evaluated with logistic regression analysis. Results— In a univariate analysis, the following variables were significantly associated with outcome: age, hypertension, baseline National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, posterior circulation Acute Stroke Prognosis Early CT Score on a pretreatment DWI, posterior circulation Acute Stroke Prognosis Early CT Score of ≥7 (versus <7), thalamic infarction, and bilateral thalamic infarction. In a multivariate model, only a low initial National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score (odds ratio, 0.82; 95% confidence interval, 0.709–0.949; P=0.008) and high DWI posterior circulation Acute Stroke Prognosis Early CT Score (odds ratio, 1.854; 95% confidence interval 1.012–3.397; P=0.045) were significant independent predictors of good outcome. In a univariate analysis, bilateral thalamic infarction was associated with a poor outcome (odds ratio, 1.993; 95% confidence interval, 1.187–3.346; P=0.035) but not with a unilateral thalamic infarction (P=0.525). Conclusions— This study suggested that initial infarction severity and posterior circulation Acute Stroke Prognosis Early CT Score on a pretreatment DWI are independent predictors of clinical outcome after stent-retriever thrombectomy in patients with acute basilar artery occlusion.
Mixed reduced-order H2/H∞ controllers based on improved adaptive genetic algorithm

The problem of mixed reduced-order H<sub>2</sub>/H<sub>infin</sub> controllers design is discussed that a general approach is proposed to design mixed reduced-order H<sub>2</sub>/H<sub>infin</sub> controllers by genetic algorithms. The mixed reduced-order H<sub>2</sub>/H<sub>infin</sub> controllers are designed which have robustness and better system performance through H<sub>infin</sub> controllers were H<sub>2</sub> optimization by GA. GA is used twice in reduced-order H<sub>infin</sub> control and H<sub>2</sub> optimization. The code is float, the selection operator is rank-based fitness assignment and elitist model, the crossover operator is real valued recombination, the mutation operator is real mutation, the fitness have penalty constrain. The simulation results show that mixed reduced-order H<sub>2</sub>/H<sub>infin</sub> controllers have not only better H<sub>infin</sub> performance but also better H<sub>2</sub> performance.
Early Childhood Predictors of Adult Psychopathology

&NA; This paper considers the relationship between experience and behavioral profiles during the first 4 years of life and later psychopathology by examining the results of prospective longitudinal studies. The review revealed modest associations. The most consistent findings imply that an extreme degree of impulsivity in preschool children predicts adolescent delinquency, and that severe neuromotor anomalies in infants are a possible sign of vulnerability to adult schizophrenia.
Nucleus accumbens neurons encode Pavlovian approach behaviors: evidence from an autoshaping paradigm

Environmental stimuli predictive of appetitive events can elicit Pavlovian approach responses that enhance an organism's ability to track and secure natural rewards, but may also contribute to the compulsive nature of drug addiction. Here, we examined the activity of individual nucleus accumbens (NAc) neurons during an autoshaping paradigm. One conditioned stimulus (CS+, a retractable lever presented for 10 s) was immediately followed by the delivery of a 45‐mg sucrose pellet to a food receptacle, while another stimulus (CS–, a separate retractable lever presented for 10 s) was never followed by sucrose. Approach responses directed at the CS+ and CS– were recorded as lever presses and had no experimental consequence. Rats (n = 9) selectively approached the CS+ on more than 80% of trials and were surgically prepared for electrophysiological recording. Of 76 NAc neurons, 57 cells (75%) exhibited increases and/or decreases in firing rate (i.e. termed ‘phasically active’) during the CS+ presentation and corresponding approach response. Forty‐seven percent of phasically active cells (27 out of 57) were characterized by time‐locked but transient increases in cell firing, while 53% (30 out of 57) showed a significant reduction in firing for the duration of the CS+. In contrast, the same excitatory subpopulation exhibited smaller increases in activity relative to CS– onset, while the inhibitory subpopulation showed no change in firing during the CS– period. The magnitude and prevalence of cue‐related neural responses reported here indicates that the NAc encodes biologically significant, repetitive approach responses that may model the compulsive nature of drug addiction in humans.
The Safety in Unsafe Teams

Starting with the premise that subteam psychological safety (PS) microclimates are vitally important to team behavior yet invisible to team-level PS concepts and measures, we introduce a multilevel theory and model of PS within work teams. We first demonstrate the inevitability and influence of distinct PS microclimates in teams and highlight the limits of current team PS approaches, and then develop a multilevel PS theory using social network methods. We introduce multilevel PS measures and theorize their influence on specific aspects of team and subteam learning and performance outcomes. These include new applications of traditional network metrics (e.g., team PS density, member-only PS density, subteam PS density, and leader PS centrality) and a newly developed multilevel team PS index (mPSi). The mPSi measure synthesizes multilevel leader and member PS influences in a single number to better predict outcomes in teams that engage in multilevel (subteam and intact-team) activity to meet work demands. We employ the new metrics to examine four archetypal team PS structures, contrasting new and current approaches and illuminating the implications of incongruity between subteam and intact-team safety climates. We propose that this multilevel theory extends the team PS literature, effecting far greater understanding and prediction of team outcomes and development, while increasing the number of team PS studies that reach publication.
Incremental Criterion Validity of the WJ-III COG Clinical Clusters

The current study examined the incremental validity of the clinical clusters from the Woodcock–Johnson III Tests of Cognitive Abilities (WJ-III COG) for predicting scores on the Woodcock–Johnson III Tests of Achievement (WJ-III ACH). All participants were children and adolescents (N = 4,722) drawn from the nationally representative WJ-III standardization sample. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses were used to assess for cluster-level effects after controlling for the variance accounted for by the General Intellectual Ability (GIA) composite score. Consistent with previous studies, the GIA accounted for clinically significant portions of WJ-III ACH score variance in all of the regression models with R2 values ranging from . 33 to . 63. The clinical cluster scores collectively accounted for small to moderate incremental effects with no meaningful effects observed for individual indicators. Potential implications of these results for empirically supported interpretation of the WJ-III COG are discussed.
Simplest Chaotic Circuit

A chaotic attractor has been observed with an autonomous circuit that uses only two energy-storage elements: a linear passive inductor and a linear passive capacitor. The other element is a nonlinear active memristor. Hence, the circuit has only three circuit elements in series. We discuss this circuit topology, show several attractors and illustrate local activity via the memristor's DC vM - iM characteristic.