Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Role of Parent Communication and Connectedness in Dating Violence Victimization among Latino Adolescents

Dating violence among U.S. adolescents is a substantial concern. Previous research indicates that Latino youth are at increased risk of dating violence victimization. This secondary data analysis examined the prevalence of physical and sexual dating violence victimization among subgroups of Latino adolescents and associations of parent communication, parent caring, and dating violence victimization using data from the 2010 Minnesota Student Survey (N = 4,814). Parallel analyses were conducted for Latino-only and multiple-race Latino adolescents, stratified by gender. Multivariate logistic regression models tested associations between race/ethnicity, parent communication, perceived parent caring, and adolescent dating violence experiences. Overall, 7.2% to 16.2% of Latinos reported physical or sexual dating violence. Both types of dating violence were more prevalent among multiple-race Latinos than among Latino-only adolescents, with prevalence rates highest among multiple-race Latino females (19.8% and 19.7% for physical and sexual dating violence victimization, respectively). In multivariate models, perceived parent caring was the most important protective factor against physical and sexual dating violence among males and females. High levels of mother and father communication were associated with less physical violence victimization among males and females and with less sexual violence victimization among females. Results highlight the importance of parent communication and parent caring as buffers against dating violence victimization for Latino youth. These findings indicate potential for preventive interventions with Latino adolescents targeting family connectedness to address dating violence victimization.
Asia's Sovereign Wealth Funds and Reform of the Global Reserve System

This paper explores the potential contribution of Asia’s sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) to the reform of the global foreign exchange reserve system. By diversifying the investment of Asia’s huge reserves into non-dollar denominated assets, Asian SWFs can help to dilute the dominant role of the US dollar as the global reserve currency. At the same time, by exposing reserve managers to a more diverse mix of currencies and asset classes, SWFs will better prepare them for the less dollar-centric global reserve system of the future. In addition to SWFs, other innovative policy options for more active reserve management include transferring some surplus reserves into national pension funds or into exchange traded funds which are distributed among local investors. Regardless of the exact form of more profit-oriented reserve management, it will require that countries build up a critical mass of skills and expertise in wealth preservation and management.
Eva: The Right Measure of Managerial Performance?

One of the major problems the limited companies face is the conflict of interest between managers and owners - generally known as 'the agency problem'. It is very essential to align the interests of the mangers and shareholders or at least reduce the difference in interests. In this regard Economic Value Added has been seen as better alternative to the traditional performance measures - Profits, EPS, ROCE and ROE etc. While successful EVA stories in the west are quite encouraging, empirical research is not sufficient to establish the claim of EVA as a better measure. However there is also not much research to prove it otherwise. In case of India either way research is very inadequate. Although not a panacea, EVA based compensation plans will drive managers employ a firm's assets more productively and EVA should help reduce the difference in the interests of the managers and shareholders, if not perfectly align them.
Adhesion evaluation of the heat resistant pressure sensitive adhesives at elevated temperatures for MEMS gyroscope testing

Due to the requirement of high throughput, functional testing of MEMS gyroscopes should be performed on wafer level while the wafers are still on the carrier tape. In addition, it is often required that the functional characterization is carried out also at elevated temperatures, up to 150°C. The fact that comprehensive characterization of gyroscopes can take tens of minutes sets stringent requirements for the tapes where they are mounted. In this work the applicability of five different commercial back-grinding tapes of Si wafers were evaluated based on the following criteria: thermal stability, change in adhesion with increase in temperature, and the amount of residues on peeled surfaces. The adhesion on three surfaces (polished silicon, polymer, and brushed steel) was measured and evaluated in terms of adhesion strength and adhesion work. The adhesive polymer on all five base films was modified acrylic with different compositions of additives and the base film was ethylene vinyl acetate, polyethylene terephthalate, or polyolefin. Two of the tapes were UV curable. Four of five tapes passed the thermal stability test without noticeable changes in appearance. The adhesion strength was measured by employing the tensile test (T: 80, 100, 125 and 150°C; t: 0.5, 1, and 1.5 h) and the adhesion work was determined based on the stress-strain measurements. The results were analysed by the Analysis of Variance and Bonferroni all-pairwise mean comparison test. The following conclusions were made: i) the surface material affects adhesion significantly, ii) the non-UV tapes can sustain elevated temperatures better than the UV tapes, iii) as the temperature was increased the adhesion of all tapes increased until about 100 °C, after which it decreased notably with further increase in temperature, iv) the adhesion remained stable for about 60 minutes after which a decrease in adhesion was recorded. The detachment work and the amount of residue showed strong correlation as they are both dependent on the amount of adhesive fibrillations formed during detachment.
Strategic Procurement and Competitive Advantage

Since the mid-1970s there has been a growing, if sporadic, interest in strategic approaches to the procurement process, with an emphasis on the scope for proactivity. However, there has been little consideration of the contribution that may be made to the overall competitive efforts of the organization. This article begins to address this missing link by going back to the fundamental objectives of the purchasing activity and by outlining a framework for the development of a competitive purchasing strategy. The main thrust of such a program centers on the integration of purchasing and procurement operations to satisfy the needs of direct and indirect customers, necessitating constructive management of both inter-company and intra-company relationships. The conclusion reached is that purchasing and marketing are not merely interdependent, but that making the “right” procurement decisions is a necessary ingredient in competitive success.
Leukemia Inhibitory Factor Expression and Regulation within the Testis.

Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) is a pleiotropic cytokine known to control the proliferation and survival of stem cells including primordial germ cells and gonocytes. This led us to study the origin and regulation of testicular LIF. The LIF transcript was detected in the rat testis by RT-PCR from 13.5 days postcoitum until adulthood. LIF expression was investigated further in vitro in seven different highly purified testicular cell populations using RT-PCR and bioassays combined with neutralization experiments. LIF was found to be produced by peritubular cells and, to a much lesser extent, by the other testicular somatic cell types. No LIF was detected in meiotic and postmeiotic germ cell-conditioned medium, and only low levels of LIF were detected in spermatogonia-conditioned medium. Large amounts of bioactive LIF were measured in testicular lymph. While LIF production was greatly enhanced in presence of serum, lipopolysaccharide, and TNFalpha further increased this production in peritubular and Sertoli cells, and human CG enhanced Leydig cell LIF production. In conclusion, peritubular cells are the principal source of testicular LIF, probably accounting for its high concentration in the lymph. Given the proliferative effect of LIF on immature germ cells, we suggest that peritubular LIF plays an important role in the regulation of testicular function.
Property Market Analysis in the Valuation Process: A Survey of Australian Practice

Abstract The nature of property valuation/analysis is examined in respect of the property market and, in particular, the extent of property market analysis undertaken by practitioners when carrying out property valuations. An empirical survey is described of a sample of 240 valuers throughout Australia and their practices in valuing investment grade property. It is shown that, although the valuers are fully aware of the need for property market analysis, and collect appropriate data to do the analysis, the analysis itself is seldom conducted in other than a cursory manner.
Optimized patient-trajectory for patients undergoing treatment with high-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplantation

Abstract Purpose. Before, during and after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HD-ASCT) patients suffer from significant loss of physical function, and experience multiple complications during and after hospitalization. Studies regarding safety and feasibility of physical exercise interventions for patients undergoing treatment with HD-ASCT are missing. Methods. Forty patients referred to HD-ASCT treatment, suffering from multiple myeloma, lymphoma or amyloidosis aged 23–70 years were enrolled in a prospective longitudinal study. The study consisted of a home-based exercise program for use in the ambulatory setting and supervised exercise sessions Monday to Friday for 30–40 minutes during admission. Safety of the exercise program and physical tests were assessed by using a weekly questionnaire and report of inadvertent incidences. Adherence to the home-based exercise program was reported by using a patient diary, weekly questionnaire and count of daily attendance in supervised sessions during hospital stay. Data collection was scheduled shortly after diagnosis, admission, discharge and eight weeks after discharge. Success criteria were: no severe adverse events in relation to exercise program and assessments; performance of three days of physical exercises during ambulatory period and hospital stay and 150 minutes of weekly physical activity. Results. Of the 25 patients who completed the exercise program during the ambulatory period prior to HD-ASCT a mean weekly attendance to home exercises of 5.3 (± 2.8) days and a median weekly physical activity of 240 (± 153.8) minutes was found. During hospital stay the median attendance was 9 (± 3.9) days of 10 (± 6.9) possible. Two months after discharge the patients reported a median weekly physical activity of 360 (2745.5) minutes. No severe adverse events in relation to the exercise program or assessments were reported. Conclusion. Based on the enrolled number of patients the physical exercise intervention for patients undergoing HD-ASCT seems promising regarding feasibility and safety.
Cloning and characterization of the tomato karyopherin α1 gene promoter

The karyopherin α1 (LeKAPα 1) gene of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) encodes a receptor involved in nuclear import. To analyze the expression pattern of this gene, a genomic clone containing its upstream region was isolated and sequenced. To study the promoter functionality, a 2170 bp fragment (LM1), was fused to glucuronidase (GUS) and introduced into petunia cells by particle bombardment. For further characterization of the promoter, one inverse and three deletion constructs were studied in cell suspension. To follow its expression in tobacco leaves, transgenic plants expressing GUS under the control of the LM1 promoter were made. Expression of LM1–GUS was largely restricted to actively growing leaf regions, suggesting possible involvement of active cell division and plant growth regulators in LeKAPα 1 expression.
Comparative study of two diagnosis methods induction machine

Intensive research efforts have been focused on the signature analysis (SA) to detect electrical and mechanical fault condition of induction machines. Different signals can be used: voltage, current, flux and power. This paper is a comparative analysis of two different diagnosis methods that are used to detect and localize failures in induction motors. The first one is based on leakage flux measurement and the second one is a diagnosis method based on current, electrical power measurement and pattern recognition. A synthesis of two methods will be developed. It mainly concerns rotor faults.
What Advertisers Need to Know about the iYGeneration: An Australian Perspective

A great challenge exists today: how to reach youth (a.k.a. the iYGeneration) who consume multiple media concurrently, who can access information on demand, and who have intertwined virtual social media networks in their lives. Our research finds that Australian youth multi-task and rarely use traditional media, although significant differences between males and females, as well as late tweens and 20-somethings, exist. Technology convergence facilitates two-way dialogue, allowing growing social interactions to occur in their technological environments. Our findings show that in order for marketing communication professionals to effectively communicate with this market, it is crucial to know exactly how the iYGeneration use media, which media they use, and when they use it.
2 . MODELING THE DECISION TO QUIT SMOKING

We investigate the effectiveness of different smoking policies on the decision to quit smoking using a choice experiment on a sample of habitual smokers. Our results indicate that restricted availability, increased cigarette prices, cessation subsidies and regulations at restaurants, bars and cafés increase the probability of smoking cessation. Regulations at work places do not seem to have any effect. The results also show the significant role of limited self-control; smokers who have the intent to quit smoking are more likely to quit smoking if a stricter regulation is implemented. Furthermore, smokers who have received advice from their children to quit smoking or who perceive the health risks as considerable, are more likely to quit smoking.
EEP N EURAL N ETWORKS AND THE T REE OF L IFE

In Evolutionary Biology, species close in the tree of evolution are identified by similar visual features. In computer vision, deep neural networks perform image classification by learning to identify similar visual features. This leads to an interesting question: is it possible to leverage the advantage of deep networks to construct a tree of life? In this paper, we make the first attempt at building the phylogenetic tree diagram by leveraging the high-level features learned by deep neural networks. Our method is based on the intuition that if two species share similar features, then their cross activations in the softmax layer should be high. Based on the deep representation of convolutional neural networks trained for image classification, we build a tree of life for species in the image categories of ImageNet. Further, for species not in the ImageNet categories that are visually similar to some category, the cosine similarity of their activation vectors in the same layer should be high. By applying the inner product similarity of the activation vectors at the last fully connected layer for different species, we can roughly build their tree of life. Our work provides a new perspective to the deep representation and sheds light on possible novel applications of deep representation to other areas like Bioinformatics.
Cognitive Connected Vehicle Information System Design Requirement for Safety: Role of Bayesian Artificial Intelligence

Intelligent transportation systems (ITS) are gaining acceptance around the world and the connected vehicle component of ITS is recognized as a high priority research and development area in many technologically advanced countries. Connected vehicles are expected to have the capability of safe, efficient and eco-driving operations whether these are under human control or in the adaptive machine control mode of operations. The race is on to design the capability to operate in connected traffic environment. The operational requirements can be met with cognitive vehicle design features made possible by advances in artificial intelligence-supported methodology, improved understanding of human factors, and advances in communication technology. This paper describes cognitive features and their information system requirements. The architecture of an information system is presented that supports the features of the cognitive connected vehicle. For better focus, information processing capabilities are specified and the role of Bayesian artificial intelligence is defined for data fusion. Example applications illustrate the role of information systems in integrating intelligent technology, Bayesian artificial intelligence, and abstracted human factors. Concluding remarks highlight the role of the information system and Bayesian artificial intelligence in the design of a new generation of cognitive connected vehicle.
How long do unemployed older workers search for a job

The labor force participation of older workers has been rising since the mid-1990s, an encouraging development since working longer is the most effective way that older individuals can secure an adequate retirement income. Labor force participation, however, includes both workers with jobs and those out of work who are seeking employment. Since the onset of the Great Recession, many more older people are out of work and seeking employment. Whether they find a job, continue to look, or stop searching before finding work, has thus emerged as an important retirement policy concern. This brief, based on a recent study, examines how long unemployed older workers search for a job and identifies the factors – health and demographics, financial resources, and labor market conditions – that could extend or cut short their job search. The discussion proceeds as follows. The first section introduces the issue of older workers and job search. The second section presents the study’s data and methodology. The third section reports general patterns of job search. The fourth section summarizes regression results that relate the probability of ceasing job search to health and demographics, financial resources, and labor market conditions. The final section concludes that job seeking by unemployed older workers declines fairly quickly, with few actively searching for work after a year of unemployment. The availability of financial resources shortens the search period, while, surprisingly, labor market conditions have little effect.
Klebsiella pneumoniae-Associated Vertebral Osteomyelitis After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Abstract We report a case of a patient who underwent elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy and subsequently developed Klebsiella pneumoniae-associated vertebral osteomyelitis after 2 months. Development of vertebral osteomyelitis after laparoscopic cholecystectomy has never been reported previously. Diagnosis was made via magnetic resonance imaging. The patient was successfully treated with intravenous antibiotics and had a complete recovery with no neurologic sequelae.
Factitious thyrotoxicosis and herbal dietary supplement for weight reduction

This article describes three patients who developed factitious thyrotoxicosis, as well as other adverse effects, after taking herbal dietary supplements for weight reduction. All products were found to contain undeclared animal thyroid tissue and western pharmaceuticals causing the adverse effects. Adulteration is concealed addition of undeclared drugs, or other substances with therapeutic effects, to a health product. Consumption of such products, and the concealed components unwittingly, is obviously dangerous. Multiple adulterants in one product are often seen. Untoward adverse effect or drug interaction could occur. Overdose subsequent to poor standardization of the adulterants is another concern. Health care professionals must therefore be aware of the potential dangers posed by adulterated dietary supplements.
Applying best‐worst scaling to wine marketing

Purpose – Most marketing researchers use rating scales to understand consumer preferences. These have a range of problems, which can be greatly ameliorated by the use of a new technique, best‐worst scaling (BWS). The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the BWS method by an empirical example, which demonstrates the steps to design and analyze a BW study.Design/methodology/approach – A brief critique of ratings and rankings is presented. Then the basic concept of BWS is described, followed by how to use the BW method to explore how Australian and Israeli consumers choose wine in a retail store. The paper demonstrates the design of the questionnaire as well as the steps to analyze and present the results.Findings – The BWS approach can be easily implemented for research in wine business especially for multicultural comparisons as it avoids scale confounds. After transformation of the best and worst scores of each respondent for each attribute, the data can be analyzed directly using various statistical m.
Ultra High Video Data Compression for Android Devices Using OpenCV and other Open-Source Tools

We describe in this paper how to use open-source resources, in particular OpenCV, to design and implement an Android application that achieves ultra-high video compression for special videos, which consist of mainly a human face and speech, such as the scene of a news announcement or a teleconference. Google Voice Recognition[30], which is a free and open Android tool, is utilized to convert the speech of the video to text. Human face images are classified by OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision) [32] into a predefined number of common face features. Rather than saving the audio and image data of the video directly, we save the class of the image as metadata along with the speech text, which are compressed losslessly and transmitted to the receiver. The receiver decompresses the encoded data to recover the speech text and the image metadata. The text is converted to speech by the Android Text-To-Speech (TTS) engine[1]. It renders a three-dimensional model of a human face, which is composed of polygon meshes[24] to animate the lip movements of human speech from the input text. Blender[8, 36], a popular open-source graphics suite, is employed to create 3D models and to save their mesh data in the COLLAborative Design Activity (COLLADA) format[26], which is also an open graphics format. The image metadata are used to determine which 3D model will be loaded for animation and instruct the renderer to switch to another model when the emotion of the original image changes. Java language is used to develop a parser[29, 49] to extract coordinates of polygons from a COLLADA file and organize the data into a format that can be rendered effectively by OpenGL ES, the graphics rendering library used by Android. The producer-consumer paradigm is employed to synchronize the animated lip movements and the speech generated by the TTS[40, 43, 46]. Semaphores[40, 43] are used to ensure that the right thread of the image model is running.