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A New Ecological Paradigm for Post-Exuberant Sociology

paradigm which impedes recognition of the societal significance of current ecological realities. Thus, sociology stands in need of a fundamental alteration in its disciplinary paradigm. The objectives of this article are to make explicit the &dquo;Human Exemptionalism Paradigm&dquo; implicit in traditional sociological thought, and to develop an alternative &dquo;New Ecological Paradigm&dquo; which may better serve the field in a post-exuberant age.
The Proactivity of People Who Use Drugs as a Political and Ethical Imperative

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Co-Regression for Cross-Language Review Rating Prediction

The task of review rating prediction can be well addressed by using regression algorithms if there is a reliable training set of reviews with human ratings. In this paper, we aim to investigate a more challenging task of crosslanguage review rating prediction, which makes use of only rated reviews in a source language (e.g. English) to predict the rating scores of unrated reviews in a target language (e.g. German). We propose a new coregression algorithm to address this task by leveraging unlabeled reviews. Evaluation results on several datasets show that our proposed co-regression algorithm can consistently improve the prediction results.
Relevance Epistasis Network of Gastritis for Intra-chromosomes in the Korea Associated Resource (KARE) Cohort Study

Gastritis is a common but a serious disease with a potential risk of developing carcinoma. Helicobacter pylori infection is reported as the most common cause of gastritis, but other genetic and genomic factors exist, especially single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Association studies between SNPs and gastritis disease are important, but results on epistatic interactions from multiple SNPs are rarely found in previous genome-wide association (GWA) studies. In this study, we performed computational GWA case-control studies for gastritis in Korea Associated Resource (KARE) data. By transforming the resulting SNP epistasis network into a gene-gene epistasis network, we also identified potential gene-gene interaction factors that affect the susceptibility to gastritis.
Expression of Interferon Lambda 4 Is Associated with Reduced Proliferation and Increased Cell Death in Human Hepatic Cells

Interferon lambda 4 (IFN-λ4) is a novel type-III interferon that can be generated only in individuals carrying a ΔG frame-shift allele of an exonic genetic variant (rs368234815-ΔG/TT). The rs368234815-ΔG allele is strongly associated with decreased clearance of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Here, we further explored the biological function of IFN-λ4 expressed in human hepatic cells—a hepatoma cell line HepG2 and fresh primary human hepatocytes (PHHs). We performed live confocal imaging, cell death and proliferation assays, mRNA expression profiling, protein detection, and antibody blocking assays using transient and inducible stable in vitro systems. Not only did we observe significant intracellular retention of IFN-λ4 but also detected secreted IFN-λ4 in the culture media of expressing cells. Secreted IFN-λ4 induced strong activation of the interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs) in IFN-λ4-expressing and surrounding cells in transwell assays. Specifically, in PHHs, secreted IFN-λ4 induced expression of the CXCL10 transcript and a corresponding pro-inflammatory chemokine, IP-10. In IFN-λ4-expressing HepG2 cells, we also observed decreased proliferation and increased cell death. All IFN-λ4-induced phenotypes—activation of ISGs, decreased proliferation, and increased cell death—could be inhibited by an anti-IFN-λ4-specific antibody. Our study offers new insights into biology of IFN-λ4 and its possible role in HCV clearance.
Relay selection with threshold value for DF based cooperative systems

In this paper, a cooperative system structure that utilizes decode and forward (DF) method with relay selection based on the optimum relaying strategy have been proposed. The source-relay, relay-destination and source destination links are modeled as Nakagami-m distributed random variables. In order to decrease performance degradation due to error propagations in DF based wireless cooperative networks and increase the error performance of the system, virtual noise (VN), MRC and cooperative-MRC based detection techniques with the optimal threshold value are considered. Optimum threshold value functions of the considered techniques are derived theoretically.
Toward Agent-Based Microsimulation--Another Approach

This paper describes the use of agent-based modeling in large, generalized data systems for microsimulation studies. First, authors present the relevant characteristics of the microsimulation application field, where agent-based models can be developed, and examine some of the salient problems and opportunities. After a short analysis of a specific meta-database, Web-service technologies, agent-based modeling techniques are discussed. Authors show how selected technologies can be applied to support agent-based, dynamic microsimulation model development. Finally, references are made to the practical use and an example is presented. The paper concludes with a summary of research results and future plans
Centralized and Game Theoretical Solutions of Joint Source and Relay Power Allocation for AF Relay Based Network

Relaying is an emerging technique for 3G/4G high bandwidth networks in order to improve the capacity of edge nodes. As the deployment cost is high, there might be a few number of relay nodes in the cell which can help the edge nodes to transmit their data. From this perspective, one of the key problems in a relay equipped node is to make decision which edge nodes to be helped and how much power need to be disseminated among them in order to maximize the system capacity. This problem is formulated as an optimization problem given individual node and total available power constraints. The objective function of the formulated problem is non-convex, and we solve this using geometric programming (GP)-based method. Since the solution of this problem is computationally expensive, we propose a low complexity suboptimal solution. Having noticed the selfless nature of the sources in the centralized solution, we also provide a game theoretical solution. Two separate Stackelberg games are required to solve this power allocation problem. Moreover, given the total power constraint, a centralized entity is necessary to connect these two games. For assigning power among the sources, the centralized entity plays the buyer level game, whereas the sources act as power sellers. On the other hand, to disseminate relay power among the sources, roles of the players are just interchanged. Besides, before staring the game, the centralized entity determines, of total power, how much is for the transmit operation of the sources and how much is for their relay operation. We show that there is a unique Stackelberg Equilibrium (SE) for both games under certain convergence condition. Finally, the proposed game theoretical solution can achieve comparable performance in terms of resource allocation with the centralized optimal one.
Optimal array processing for non-stationary signals

The optimal array filtering problem consists mainly of implementing a complex linear and time invariant (TI) filter, optimizing a second order criterion at the output, under some possible constraints and assuming stationary signals. This approach is optimal for stationary signals, but becomes sub-optimal for non-stationary signals for which the optimal complex filters an time variant (TV) and, under some conditions of non-circularity, widely linear (WL). The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate these results, to touch lightly on the implementation problems of TV filters, to give a sense to the classical approach for non-stationary signals and to show, on a particular example borrowed from the radiocommunications field, the interest of WL structures with respect to linear ones in non-stationary environments.
Academic Autonomy in a Rapidly Changing Higher Education Framework: Academia on the Procrustean Bed?

The challenges for European universities in a steadily changing environment are manifold. Governance and management of universities are in particular affected, as they have to respond rapidly to a demanding environment. As states provide less of universities’ core funding and market pressures increase, the need for governance and management of institutions to ensure an effective and sustainable financial basis becomes even more apparent. New governance and management challenges are the result of both internal and external pressures. Internal pressures following a rapid growth in the volume of higher education activity—in terms of both student numbers and complexity of the student population—and research amounts are greater than ever. External pressures consist of scarce resources and a complex and highly competitive environment with demands for a quick response to a broad range of interests and stakeholders.
Neolocalism and Renascent Social Capital in Northeast Thailand

This paper presents a case study of neolocalist revivalism in a small cluster of communities in northeast Thailand, and uses this to support the notion of latent and renascent social capital. The case shows how communities have sought to confront some of the pernicious social, economic, and environmental effects of relentless modernisation and development by reviving a variety of social institutions and associational practices that underpinned social capital and the ‘moral community’ of the past. Catalytic in this process has been a local Buddhist abbot and ‘development monk’ who has drawn together Buddhist values and northeastern Thai traditional culture to rebuild social capital in order to construct an alternative, neolocalist model of development which these days can be found mirrored in a growing number of rural locations across Thailand.
Properties of Doublecortin-(DCX)-Expressing Cells in the Piriform Cortex Compared to the Neurogenic Dentate Gyrus of Adult Mice

The piriform cortex receives input from the olfactory bulb and (via the entorhinal cortex) sends efferents to the hippocampus, thereby connecting the two canonical neurogenic regions of the adult rodent brain. Doublecortin (DCX) is a cytoskeleton-associated protein that is expressed transiently in the course of adult neurogenesis. Interestingly, the adult piriform cortex, which is usually considered non-neurogenic (even though some reports exist that state otherwise), also contains an abundant population of DCX-positive cells. We asked how similar these cells would be to DCX-positive cells in the course of adult hippocampal neurogenesis. Using BAC-generated transgenic mice that express GFP under the DCX promoter, we studied DCX-expression and electrophysiological properties of DCX-positive cells in the mouse piriform cortex in comparison with the dentate gyrus. While one class of cells in the piriform cortex indeed showed features similar to newly generated immature granule neurons, the majority of DCX cells in the piriform cortex was mature and revealed large Na+ currents and multiple action potentials. Furthermore, when proliferative activity was assessed, we found that all DCX-expressing cells in the piriform cortex were strictly postmitotic, suggesting that no DCX-positive “neuroblasts” exist here as they do in the dentate gyrus. We conclude that DCX in the piriform cortex marks a unique population of postmitotic neurons with a subpopulation that retains immature characteristics associated with synaptic plasticity. DCX is thus, per se, no marker of neurogenesis but might be associated more broadly with plasticity.
Expressões faciais de emoção em bebês: importância e evidências

As expressoes emocionais de bebes tem despertado crescente interesse, refletindo a grande importância atribuida a suas habilidades para lidar com emocoes. Sua capacidade de produzir e reconhecer expressoes faciais de emocao parece central para se compreender o desenvolvimento infantil, seja cognitivo, afetivo ou social. Com o objetivo de favorecer futuros trabalhos, discutem-se as lacunas encontradas na literatura voltada para expressoes faciais de emocao em bebes, e a conveniencia de se adotar uma perspectiva sociocultural e evolucionista na formulacao de hipoteses e producao de novos estudos empiricos. Fica evidente a necessidade de mais investigacoes realizadas em ambiente natural e de estudos longitudinais.
Controlling the Immunological Crosstalk during Conception and Pregnancy: HLA-G in Reproduction

In several years after its discovery in the placenta, the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class Ib protein, HLA-G, was not given much attention, nor was it assigned great importance. As time has unraveled, HLA-G has proven to have distinctive functions and an unforeseen and possibly important role in reproduction. HLA-G is characterized mainly by its low polymorphism and restricted tissue distribution in non-pathological conditions. In fact, its expression pattern is primarily limited to extravillous cytotrophoblast cells at the maternal-fetal interface during pregnancy. Due to low polymorphism, almost the same protein is expressed by virtually all individuals. It is these unique features that make HLA-G differ from its highly polymorphic HLA class Ia counterparts, the HLA-A, -B, and -C molecules. Its function, seemingly diverse, is typically receptor-mediated, and involves interactions with a wide range of immune cells. As the expression of HLA-G primarily is limited to gestation, this has given rise to the hypothesis that HLA-G plays an important role in the immunological tolerance of the fetus by the mother. In keeping with this, it might not be surprising that polymorphisms in the HLA-G gene, and levels of HLA-G expression, have been linked to reproductive failure and pre-eclampsia. Based on recent studies, we speculate that HLA-G might be involved in mechanisms in reproductive immunology even before conception because HLA-G can be detected in the genital tract and in the blood of non-pregnant women, and is present in seminal fluid from men. In addition, HLA-G expression has been found in the pre-implanted embryo. Therefore, we propose that a combined contribution from the mother, the father, and the embryo/fetus is likely to be important. Furthermore, this review presents important aspects of HLA-G in relation to reproduction: from genetics to physiological effects, from pregnancy and pregnancy complications to a short discussion on future possible means of preventative measures and therapy.
Community College Governance, Funding, and Accountability: A Century of Issues and Trends

Community colleges in America are now very visible and highly respected institutions of higher education. More than 1,000 community colleges in all 50 states now comprise nearly 25% of all colleges and universities in the U.S., with over 6.5 million students, or about 45% of all college students. State and local governance and coordination of community colleges vary from single-state governing boards to minimal state control and strong local governing boards. The relative degrees of state and local control of community colleges generally “follow the money,” in that accountability to state and local governing board and state legislatures is generally about proportional to the funds provided by each level of government. Funding for operational support of community colleges comes primarily from state and local governments, with considerable federal support for grants and subsidized loans to students. In 2000–2001, the largest proportional funding sources for community colleges were: state governments (44.6%), local governments (19.5%), tuition and fees (19.5%) and the federal government (5.4%). State lotteries in at least 38 states represent a relatively new source of funds for community colleges, often in the form of student scholarships. Many of the earliest public junior colleges charged no tuition, especially in California in the early 1900s. Now many community college students pay $3,000 or more per year in tuition and fees, and recent annual tuition increases in many states have been in double digits. This is a troubling trend that threatens to reduce access to higher education for poor people.
Non‐verbal behaviour and the outcome of selection interviews

Non-verbal behaviour (NVB) is an important component of the selection interview, yet it has received limited attention in the literature. In particular, little published research has examined NVB in real-life interviews. A study is described in which 101 school-leavers were interviewed by a four-member panel for places on an engineering apprentice training scheme. The NVB of each candidate was categorized during the interview using a schedule of 10 classes of NVB divided into 30 components. When the interviews were grouped by outcome, i.e. accept, reserve, and reject, differences were found on several important classes of NVB. Alternative causal hypotheses are suggested for the observed relationship between NVB in the interview and the decision which was made.
The Learning Society, the Unfinished Cosmopolitan, and Governing Education, Public Health and Crime Prevention at the Beginning of the Twenty‐First Century

The ‘learning society’ expresses principles of a universal humanity and a promise of progress that seem to transcend the nation. The paper indicates how this society is governed in the name of a cosmopolitan ideal that despite its universal pretensions embodies particular inclusions and exclusions. These occur through inscribing distinctions and differentiations between the characteristics of those who embody a cosmopolitan reason that brings social progress and personal fulfilment and those who do not embody the cosmopolitan principles of civility and normalcy. Mapping the circulation of the notion of the ‘learning society’ in arenas of Swedish health and criminal justice, and Swedish and US school reforms is to examine the mode of life of the citizen of this society, the learner, as an ‘unfinished cosmopolitanism’ and also directs attention to its ‘other(s)’—those that are outside.
Risk Perception and Movies: A Study of Availability as a Factor in Risk Perception

Media effects on risk perception have often been explained by Tversky and Kahneman's availability principle, but research has not consistently supported it. What seem like media effects based on availability may be effects of new information. In an experimental study, entertainment movies depicting dramatic risk events were shown. They were found to produce no average effects on perceived risks in spite of large mood effects and being perceived as credible. We found, however, evidence of idiosyncratic effects of the movies, that is, people reacted immediately after the movies with enhanced or diminished risk beliefs. These reactions had faded after 10 days. Implications for the availability heuristic and risk perception are discussed.
Prevalence and risk factors of airflow obstruction in an elderly Chinese population

It is common practice to use a forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1)/ forced vital capacity (FVC) ratio of <70% as evidence of airflow obstruction. As the FEV1/FVC ratio falls with age, the lower limit of normal range (LLN), defined as the bottom 5% in a health reference population, of FEV1/FVC ratio has been suggested as a better index to reduce over-diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), particularly in the elderly. However, there are no large scale studies that focus on the diagnosis of COPD in the elderly based on these definitions. The present prospective epidemiological study involved 1,149 elderly subjects aged ≥60 yrs in the community. Detailed questionnaires, pre- and post-bronchodilator spirometry were performed. In total, 1,008 subjects (mean age 74.2±6.4 yrs; 271 males) completed satisfactory spirometry testing. Airflow obstruction was present in 25.9% as defined by the post-bronchodilator FEV1/FVC ratio of <70% and in 12.4% defined by the LLN of FEV1/FVC ratio. Moderate COPD, at least, was found in 14.0% of patients according to the post-bronchodilator FEV1/FVC ratio of <70% and in 8.5% of patients according to LLN of FEV1/FVC ratio. In the present elderly Chinese population (mostly females, with low education level and previous exposure to biomass during formative years), the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease varied markedly depending on definitions adopted. Further longitudinal studies are needed to determine the precise definition of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Developmental Behavior Modification for the Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Behavioral methods for the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), such as flooding and modeling plus response prevention, have been shown to be effective over the past 20 years or so (Opitz, 1980; Rachman & Hodgson, 1980; Reinecker & Zaudig, 1995; Roper, Rachman & Marks, 1975). However, those patients who do not benefit satisfactorily from treatment have challenged experienced therapists to search for ways to improve the available approaches or to find additional therapeutic strategies (Foa, Grayson, Steketee, Doppelt, Turner, & Larimer, 1983; Hand, 1988; Hiss, Foa, & Kozak, 1994; Salkovskis, 1991). Further, a growing number of OCD patients are being diagnosed as having an additional comorbid personality disorder. A wider framework may thus be called for. This report describes the introduction of an adjunctive developmental element to behavioral treatment of OCD. Two developmental avenues are outlined: one is the biographical route, while the other involves considering the patient's current developmental position. Developmental therapeutic elements provide a wider scope of action, and add leverage during critical phases of the treatment process. It is to be expected that this adjunct will extend our understanding of the disorder. Behavioral treatment methods remain the cornerstones of the developmental behavioral approach. The additional developmental elements are applied in separate treatment periods for a number of sessions at a time. While the behavioral treatment deals with the symptoms and consequent suffering, the developmental treatment components focus on the person and his or her development. The developmental perspective applied here in the treatment of OCD has its roots in the field of "clinical