Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Circuits of capital and industrial restructuring: adjustment in the australian clothing industry

SUMMARY Patterns and processes of industrial restructuring in the Australian clothing industry are examined, utilising a ‘circuits of capital’ approach in which the interrelationships between labour markets, labour processes and product markets are emphasised. Changes in product markets (where import competition is intensifying under the trade liberalisation policies of the Hawke government and where an increasingly concentrated retail sector has accrued enormous bargaining power in its dealings with clothing manufacturers) and changes in labour markets (where competition for the industry's traditional inner urban labour supply has intensified considerably) are argued to have provided the driving force behind the process of clothing industry adjustment. This process of adjustment has been characterised by: (i) increased use of outworking, which enables clothing manufacturers to reduce production costs and provides a means for new sources of home‐based labour within the urban labour market to be tapped; an.
ECONOMIC IMPACT OF FOREIGN EXPORTS ON THE WISCONSIN ECONOMY

Increasingly discussions of what can be done to improve Wisconsin's economy look to international markets as a potential source of growth for Wisconsin goods and services. For the most recent available data Wisconsin's exports amount to almost $22 billion annually, with the majority of that originating in manufacturing, especially from the production of industrial machinery. This level of foreign exports generates about 115,000 jobs and about $10.5 billion of total income for Wisconsin, with those figures capturing only the "direct" effects of exports and not the potential multiplier effects once the products are sold. In ten years' time from 1996-97 to 2007-08 foreign exports from Wisconsin nearly doubled.
Dynamic Price Discrimination with Customer Recognition

Abstract This paper studies a general two-period model of product line pricing with customer recognition. Specifically, we consider a monopolist who can sell vertically differentiated products over two periods to heterogeneous consumers. Each consumer demands one unit of the product in each period. In the second period, the monopolist can condition the price–quality offers on the observed purchasing behavior in the first period. In this setup, the monopolist can price discriminate consumers in two dimensions: by quality as well as by purchase history. We fully characterize the monopolist’s optimal pricing strategy when there are two types of consumers. When the type space is a continuum, we show that there is no fully separating equilibrium, and some properties of the optimal contracts (price–quality pairs) are characterized within the class of partitional perfect Bayesian equilibria.
Overcoming the Limits to Change and Adapting to Future Challenges

This article presents a study that investigates the organizational transformation of regional tourism in Western Australia in order to make it fit for future. In principle, it explores how the past influences adaptation to upcoming challenges in the Asia-Pacific region (and beyond), such as for example reorganizing territorial dimensions in destination management. Specifically, the article considers how an imposed merger of two previously separate tourism regions affects the established communication and collaboration structures among stakeholders. To analyze the inhibiting force of historically grown destination network structures and the potential for changing these networks, the article combines the concepts of path dependence/path creation and stasis-based/change-based momentum with a quantitative social network analysis. The study provides evidence of remarkable persistence of destination networks. However, the study exhibits also path-creating processes: A transformation of destination networks to meet future challenges in tourism seems to depend largely on an effective governance of informal communication.
Middle-ear endoscopy and trans-tympanic drug delivery using an interventional sialendoscope: feasibility study in human cadaveric temporal bones

Abstract Objective: This study aimed to assess the feasibility of using a 1.3 mm, semi-rigid, interventional salivary endoscope for middle-ear endoscopy, and as a trans-tympanic route for delivery of medication, in human cadaveric temporal bones. Study design: Human cadaveric study. Methods: Five temporal bones harvested from human cadavers were examined. A 1.3 mm, interventional sialendoscope was used to make endoscopy-assisted myringotomy incisions in the postero-inferior quadrant (n = 5) and the antero-inferior quadrant (n = 3). Results: Middle-ear examination was successful in all specimens (n = 5). Access to the round window niche and adequate visualisation of the round window were achieved in all five temporal bones (100 per cent). A guide wire could be navigated to the round window niche without difficulty. Other structures identified in all specimens included the incudostapedial joint, stapedius tendon, pyramidal eminence and facial nerve via an extended myringotomy incision. The anterior middle-ear space was also successfully examined through an endoscope-guided anterior myringotomy. The opening to the eustachian tube was visualised and cannulated with a guide wire in all preparations in which this was attempted (n = 3). Conclusions: The 1.3 mm, interventional sialendoscope allowed adequate visualisation of the eustachian tube, middle-ear space and round window niche, with interventional capabilities, in a cadaveric model. Our result validates the feasibility of its use for trans-tympanic drug delivery.
Adult T-Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma and Cluster of HTLV-I Associated Diseases in Brazilian Settings

We studied the transmission routes of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) within families of 82 Brazilian patients diagnosed with adult T-cell leukaemia/lymphoma (ATL). Diagnosis of ATL in 43 male and 39 female patients was based on clinical and laboratory criteria of T-cell malignancy and detection of HTLV-I monoclonal integration. Samples were tested for HTLV antibodies and infection was confirmed as HTLV-I by Western Blot and/or polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays. Overall 26/37 (70%) of mothers, 24/37 (65%) of wives, 8/22 (36%) of husbands, 34/112 (30%) of siblings and 10/82 (12%) offspring were HTLV-I infected. In 11 ATL patients, mothers were repeatedly HTLV-I seronegative, but HTLV-I pol or tax sequences were detected in 2 out of 6 cases tested by PCR. ATL patients with seronegative mothers related the following risk factors for HTLV-I infection: 6 were breast-fed by surrogate mothers with unknown HTLV-I status, 4 had a sexually promiscuous behaviour and 1 had multiple blood transfusions at a young age. Familial aggregation of ATL and other HTLV-I associated diseases such as HTLV-I myelopathy (HAM/TSP) and or uveitis, ATL in sibling pairs or in multiple generations was seen in 9 families. There were 6 families with ATL and TSP sibling pairs. In 3 families at least one parent had died with lymphoma or presenting neurological diseases and 2 offspring with ATL. Further to the extent of vertical and horizontal transmission of HTLV-I infection within ATL families, our results demonstrate that mothers who provide surrogate breast-milk appear to be an important source of HTLV-I transmission and ATL development in Brazil.
Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors in Vascular Ischemia: A Case Report and Review of Their Use in Ischemic Conditions

The treatment of digital ischemia remains difficult. Sildenafil (Viagra, Pfizer UK), a selective phosphodiesterase inhibitor, increases blood flow and is currently marketed for the treatment of erectile dysfunction. A case of a 57-year-old man with progressive episodic ischemia and pain of the fingertips resulting in finger tip ulceration is presented. After failure of medical and surgical management, a trial of oral sildenafil resulted in marked symptomatic improvement of his bilateral digital ischemia. Review of the literature shows that, particularly in patients with an underlying disease such as scleroderma with a vasospastic component, a marked improvement in digital blood flow may be observed with sildenafil use. Overall, based on a number of case reports and preliminary animal studies in the literature, sildenafil appears to have a growing significance in the treatment of hand ischemia. Similarly, there is evidence that phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors may be used as an adjunct to improving skin flap survival.
Cell Type- and Promoter-specific Roles of Ser18 Phosphorylation in Regulating p53 Responses*

Phosphorylation of mouse p53 at Ser18 occurs after DNA damage. To determine the physiological roles of this phosphorylation event in p53-dependent DNA damage responses, a Ser18 to Ala missense mutation was introduced into the germline of mice. Thymocytes and fibroblasts from the knock-in mice show reduced transactivation of many p53 target genes following DNA damage. p53 protein stabilization and DNA binding are similar in knock-in and wild type mice, but C-terminal acetylation was defective, consistent with a role for Ser18 in the recruitment of transcriptional co-activators. The apoptotic response of knock-in thymocytes to ionizing radiation is intermediate between that of wild type and p53 null thymocytes. Despite impaired transcriptional and apoptotic responses, the knock-in mice are not prone to spontaneous tumorigenesis. This indicates that neither phosphorylation of p53 on Ser18 by ATM nor a full transcriptional response is essential to prevent spontaneous tumor formation in mice.
Community Biodiversity Inventories as Entry Points for Local Ecosystem Stewardship in a South African Communal Area

We facilitated the development of a co-designed and locally led community biodiversity inventory (CBI) in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, using nine design principles for participatory action research that promoted inclusivity. A questionnaire survey toward the end of the process found significant differences between people who were engaged and disengaged in the CBI. Engaged people valued biodiversity and ecosystem services, envisioned employment through ecotourism, and held a community-led view of governance. Disengaged people valued human-made and abiotic resources, overlooked threats to ecosystems, envisioned development through agriculture, and held a government-led view of governance. We postulate that CBIs attract actors interested in cultural biodiversity conservation. The process reinforces their beliefs and may affect others, forming the nucleus for local ecosystem stewardship. Community biodiversity inventories are, however, no panacea for local empowerment. Processes beyond local people's and facilitators' control and unrealized expectations may negate the impacts of well-intended efforts and good practices.
Correlation between adenosine triphosphate content and apoptosis in liver of rats treated with alcohol.

BACKGROUND Chronic alcohol consumption depresses adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthesis and induces mitochondrial DNA (Mt-DNA) deletion. ATP content in cells may play a critical role in inducing cell death, apoptosis, or necrosis. However, it is unknown which type of cell death occurs in alcoholic liver disease. In this study, the deletions of hepatic Mt-DNA, hepatic ATP content, and the number of single-stranded DNA (ss-DNA) of hepatocytes in rats treated with ethanol were determined to elucidate the relationship among Mt-DNA deletion, ATP synthesis, and/or hepatic apoptosis. METHODS Sixteen male Wistar rats were fed with a liquid diet containing 36% ethanol (E group) or liquid diet without ethanol (C group) for 5 weeks. Hepatic ATP content was measured and the deletions of Mt-DNA encoding complexes I, IV, and V were determined in fresh liver tissue, and ss-DNA was stained in paraffin sections. RESULTS Fatty change was observed in the E group, but not in the C group. Hepatic ATP content in the E group was 0.44 micromol/g of liver, which was significantly lower than that in the C group (0.84 micromol/g of liver). However, no deletion of Mt-DNA encoding complexes I, IV, and V was detected in either the E or the C group. ss-DNA staining was clearly observed in the nuclei of hepatocytes in both groups. The number of ss-DNA-positive hepatocytes in the E group was 5.6 +/- 1.8/10,000 hepatocytes, which was significantly less than that in the C group: 20.6 +/- 4.8/10,000 hepatocytes. There was a positive correlation between hepatic ATP contents and the number of ss-DNA-positive cells. CONCLUSIONS The results suggest that mitochondrial function, at least in part ATP synthesis, was depressed before the damage of Mt-DNA by chronic ethanol consumption. Chronic ethanol consumption may not be responsible for the apoptosis of hepatocytes.
Work and integrity : the crisis and promise of professionalism in America

Foreword. About the Author. Introduction: The Crisis and Promise of Professionalism. 1. Professionalism. 2. The Evolution of the Professions: From Professions of Office to the Organizational Professions. 3. A Metropolitan Maturity: The Progressives' Struggle for a Civic Professionalism. 4. No Center to Hold: The Era of Expertise . 5. Reinventing Professionalism. 6. Renewing Professional Education. 7. What Is Professional Knowledge? Expertise and the University. 8. Confronting Moral Ambiguity: The Struggle for Professional Ethics. Conclusion: Experts and Citizens. Notes. Index.
Staying Put! A Housing Pathway Analysis of Residential Stability in Belgium

Governments all over the world try to influence in one way or another the residential mobility of their citizens. This article takes the vantage point of why Belgians do not want to change residence a lot and how they actually succeed in doing this. We claim that the framework of a housing pathways approach helps to get to grips with the historically built-up archive of normalizing discourses and practices related to housing and diverse other domains of life. Our in-depth interviews with 67 residents reveal that normalizing discourses and practices on becoming and remaining a stable home-owner mainly support the two pillars of Belgian housing policy (home ownership and commuting) even when these practices and discourses further endorse ecological and accessibility problems. Policies that successfully want to change the relocation practices of people do have to take this archive seriously.
Pesquisa sobre Ensino de IHC no Brasil em 2012: Desafios e Oportunidades

The purpose of this presentation is to share with the interested audience some reflections after 14 years of teaching HCI in undergraduate programs in Computer Engineering, Information Systems and Computer Science at the Department of Informatics of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. In particular, I will discuss the positioning of HCI in Informatics and the challenges of teaching it in such context. As an interdisciplinary area it must be learned, taught, researched and applied keeping in mind not only this positioning but also its relations with various other disciplines such as Ergonomics and Design, Psychology, Social Communication and many others. RESUMO O objetivo desta apresentação é compartilhar com os interessados reflexões sobre 14 anos de ensino de IHC em cursos de Graduação de Engenharia de Computação, Sistemas de Informação e Ciência da Computação no Departamento de Informática da PUC-Rio. Em particular, discuto a posição de IHC na Computação e os desafios de ensiná-la neste contexto. Como área interdisciplinar ela deve ser aprendida, ensinada, pesquisada e aplicada a partir não somente deste posicionamento, mas de suas relações com várias outras disciplinas tais como a Ergonomia e Design, a Psicologia, a Comunicação Social e muitas outras. Palavras-Chave Educação em IHC; Interdisciplinaridade ACM Classification
Perceptions About Community Applications of RE-AIM in the Promotion of Evidence-Based Programs for Older Adults

Despite the growing literature about the RE-AIM framework as a planning, implementation, and evaluation tool, little is known about practitioners’ adoption of the framework, confidence to utilize framework elements, or perceptions of its usefulness. To assess how RE-AIM was implemented by state aging service providers and public health partners, data were collected using an Internet-delivered, cross-sectional survey from 40 stakeholders in 27 funded states in an evidence-based disease prevention initiative for older adults. Most participants agreed the framework was useful for planning, implementation, and evaluation and relevant for evaluators, providers, community leaders, and policy makers. Yet nearly half felt monitoring RE-AIM requirements requires special expertise, and one third felt the different RE-AIM elements were difficult to measure. Findings indicate the RE-AIM’s appropriateness and utility for planning and evaluating the dissemination of evidence-based programs to older adults; however, additional trainings, resources, and technical assistance are warranted to enhance uptake in community-wide intervention efforts.
Malliavin's Calculus in Insider Models: Additional Utility and Free Lunches

We consider simple models of financial markets with regular traders and insiders possessing some extra information hidden in a random variable that is accessible to the regular trader only at the end of the trading interval. The problems we focus on are the calculation of the additional utility of the insider and a study of his free lunch possibilities. The information drift—that is, the drift to eliminate in order to preserve the martingale property in the insider's filtration—turns out to be the crucial quantity needed to answer these questions. It is most elegantly described by the logarithmic Malliavin trace of the conditional laws of the insider information with respect to the filtration of the regular trader. Several examples are given to illustrate additional utility and free lunch possibilities. In particular, if the insider has advance knowledge of the maximal stock price process, given by a regular diffusion, arbitrage opportunities exist.
Trigger Values of Non-Residential Structures and Equipment Investment

Trigger values are derived for investment projects that are affected by uncertainty and construction periods. The importance of both aspects on the decision to invest is shown by simulation results and empirically corroborated by estimation results obtained with national (non-)residential structures and equipment data. The main conclusion is that time-to-build projects faced with uncertainty, like non-residential structures, are disproportionally more affected than projects that do not have either of these aspects.
Learning to rank audience for behavioral targeting

Behavioral Targeting (BT) is a recent trend of online advertising market. However, some classical BT solutions, which predefine the user segments for BT ads delivery, are sometimes too large to numerous long-tail advertisers, who cannot afford to buy any large user segments due to budget consideration. In this extend abstract, we propose to rank users according to their probability of interest in an advertisement in a learning to rank framework. We propose to extract three types of features between user behaviors such as search queries, ad click history etc and the ad content provided by advertisers. Through this way, a long-tail advertiser can select a certain number of top ranked users as needed from the user segments for ads delivery. In the experiments, we use a 30-days' ad click-through log from a commercial search engine. The results show that using our proposed features under a learning to rank framework, we can well rank users who potentially interest in an advertisement.
Parent teaching focus and toddlers' learning from an infant DVD

This study examined parents' and toddlers' talk and viewing behaviour while co-viewing an educational infant DVD focused on teaching language. Sixty-four 12- to 25-month-old infants viewed a DVD in a laboratory with their parents. A cluster analysis on parent talk revealed three groups: High, Moderate, and Low Teaching Focus parents. The High Teaching Focus parents presented the greatest variety of words highlighted in the DVD, were most likely to label or describe what was on screen, and had the least amount of non-DVD related talk. Children of High Teaching Focus parents had the highest degree of engagement with the DVD. These children also said the greatest number and variety of target words and were most likely to say new words during the co-viewing session. Furthermore, parent talk significantly mediated the relationship between children's engagement with the DVD and their use of new words while co-viewing. The findings are discussed in terms of implications for how parents use educational infant DVDs to teach their children. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Effect of previous exhaustive exercise on metabolism and fatigue development during intense exercise in humans

The present study examined how metabolic response and work capacity are affected by previous exhaustive exercise. Seven subjects performed an exhaustive cycle exercise (∼130%‐max; EX2) after warm‐up (CON) and 2 min after an exhaustive bout at a very high (VH; ∼30 s), high (HI; ∼3 min) or low (LO; ∼2 h) intensity. Compared with CON, performance during EX2 was reduced (P<0.05) more in HI and LO than in VH (61±4% and 68±3% vs 35±4%). The muscle glycogen before EX2 was lower (P<0.05) in LO than in HI and VH, but the muscle glycogen utilization rates during EX2 were not different. Muscle glycogen concentration before EX2 was related (P<0.05) to the mean rate of muscle glycogen utilization during EX2 in HI and VH, and the mean rate of muscle lactate accumulation in LO. In HI, muscle pH before EX2 was lower (P<0.05) compared with VH and LO, but the same in HI and VH at the end of EX2. In HI, muscle pH before and after EX2 was inversely related (P<0.05) to the decrease in EX2 performance. Thus, muscle glycogen availability and low muscle pH do not per se control but appear to affect the rate of glycogenolysis/glycolysis and fatigue development during a repeated high‐intensity exercise lasting 1/2–2 min.