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Agomelatine reduces circulating triacylglycerides and hepatic steatosis in fructose-treated subjects.

Broadband dielectric spectroscopic diagnosis associated with volatile organic compounds along with ZnO nanorod fuel detectors.

Implications include the use of a mobile based virtual reality simulation for intervening in social anxiety for student veterans.Ten years ago, Stahl et al. (J Int Bus Stud 41690-709, 2010) performed a meta-analysis of the literature on cultural diversity and team performance, aiming to improve our understanding of "the mechanisms and contextual conditions under which cultural diversity affects team processes" (p. 691). State-of-the-art studies still echo the article's conclusion about the 'double-edged sword' of cultural diversity, referring to the trade-off between process losses and gains. In this commentary, we assess progress within the past decade on our understanding of this double-edged sword. We argue that in terms of adding new insights, IB, as a field, has made substantial progress with respect to understanding diversity within teams, moderate progress with respect to input-process-output logic, and minimal progress with respect to definitions of cultural diversity. Our recommendations for moving beyond the double-edged sword metaphor in the next decade include shifting focus from cultural diversity per se to how it is managed, moving away from simplicity towards unfolding complexity, and expanding diversity categories beyond culture, and mechanisms beyond knowledge or information.Our 2010 Journal of International Business Studies article, "Unraveling the Effects of Cultural Diversity in Teams A Meta-analysis of Research on Multicultural Work Groups," attempted to take stock of existing research on cultural diversity in teams, to reconcile conflicting perspectives and past results, and provide a better understanding of the mechanisms and boundary conditions under which diversity affects team outcomes. To guide our analysis, we developed a theoretical framework outlining how cultural diversity leads to both process gains and losses in teams, and specifying the contextual conditions under which diversity contributes to effective team outcomes. We tested our hypotheses in a meta-analysis of research on cultural diversity in teams, encompassing 108 primary studies with a combined sample size of 10,632 work groups. The results suggested that cultural diversity does not have a direct impact on team performance but rather that the effect is indirect, mediated by process variables such as creativity, cohesion, and conflict; and is moderated by contextual influences such as team tenure, the complexity of the task, and whether the team is co-located or geographically dispersed. Unexpected findings raised important questions about the dynamics of diverse teams and underscored the need for further examination. In this Retrospective, we reflect on progress made in research on culturally diverse teams over the last decade, highlight remaining gaps and open questions, and propose an agenda for future research.This article argues that how the United Nations (UN) conceptualizes legitimacy is not only a matter of legalism or power politics. The UN's conception of legitimacy also utilizes concepts, language and symbolism from the religious realm. Understanding the entanglement between political and religious concepts and the ways of their verbalization at the agential level sheds light on how legitimacy became to be acknowledged as an integral part of the UN and how it changes. At the constitutional level, the article examines phrases and 'verbal symbols', enshrined in the Charter of the 'secular church' UN. CDK inhibitor They evoke intrinsic legitimacy claims based on religious concepts and discourse such as hope and salvation. At the agential level, the article illustrates how the Secretary-General verbalizes those abstract constitutional principles of legitimacy. Religious language and symbolism in the constitutional framework and agential practice of the UN does not necessarily produce an exclusive form of legitimacy. link= CDK inhibitor This article shows, however, that legitimacy as nested in the UN's constitutional setting cannot exist without religious templates because they remain a matter of a 'cultural frame'.Over the last few years, the role of municipal loans for financing investment in Germany has been quite stable. Major changes have not been observed on either the demand or the supply side. link2 The economic consequences of the Coronavirus pandemic could now create unexpected stress for both sides of the market. Even if the consequences of the crisis cannot yet be fully assessed, debt sustainability of municipalities has improved in the pre-crisis period creating financial leeway. Thus, municipal loans are likely to continue to play an important role in the financing of municipal investments in the years to come.Regional economic patterns affect the resiliency of geographic regions with regards to business cycle shocks. In particular, the literature has not sufficiently investigated the role of smaller companies. Do they serve as stabilisers or enhancers of business cycle fluctuations? Our results show that rural regions, as well as regions with a larger share of small companies - e. g. crafts companies - exhibit less severe labour market impacts as a result of the ongoing coronavirus crisis. link3 Overall, our research points to the higher degree of resilience in regions with small scale firm structure.The aim of the paper is to examine the areas in which there is a potential for hydrogen use in Germany. The race to the top has already started. Green hydrogen's potential is immense. The long road to development has already been undertaken, and now a rapid implementation is required to prepare this technological and structural transformation for international competition. The paper considers from an administrative perspective how the production and application potentials are distributed in Germany, from which recommendations for further actions are derived.The Coronavirus crisis has had a distinct impact on the labour market. The lockdown has led to job losses, especially in the catering and tourism industries. Certain sectors have also been affected by shortterm work. This also has consequences for the income situation of affected households. It is evident that households with incomes that were already lower before the crisis are more affected by income losses during the crisis. However, the federal government's economic stimulus and crisis management aid package is certainly effective at stabilising jobs and averting social hardship. However, men benefit from this comparatively more than women.The ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission to Mercury will provide simultaneous measurements from two spacecraft, offering an unprecedented opportunity to investigate magnetospheric and exospheric particle dynamics at Mercury as well as their interactions with solar wind, solar radiation, and interplanetary dust. The particle instrument suite SERENA (Search for Exospheric Refilling and Emitted Natural Abundances) is flying in space on-board the BepiColombo Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) and is the only instrument for ion and neutral particle detection aboard the MPO. It comprises four independent sensors ELENA for neutral particle flow detection, Strofio for neutral gas detection, PICAM for planetary ions observations, and MIPA, mostly for solar wind ion measurements. SERENA is managed by a System Control Unit located inside the ELENA box. In the present paper the scientific goals of this suite are described, and then the four units are detailed, as well as their major features and calibration results. Finally, the SERENA operational activities are shown during the orbital path around Mercury, with also some reference to the activities planned during the long cruise phase.The government's rapid response to the spread of Covid-19 in British Columbia has resulted in drastic and unprecedented changes to the delivery of K-12 education. Using qualitative research methods, including remote in-depth interviews, this article addresses the question What is the educational impact of the Covid-19 rapid response on teachers, students, and families in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada? Six themes are discussed, including teacher and family responses to change, vulnerability, transitions, work/home life balance, holistic teaching practices and communication. The article ends with recommendations relating to the communication and implementation of health, care, and educational practices that better attend to vulnerable populations and address social emotional wellness.Covid-19 has put education in a challenging place. With millions of children out of school, education needs to reinvent itself. During the pandemic, communities have used this opportunity to support children's education in various ways, including the launching of new online classes. This article takes the social capital theoretical model as its framework and applies it to help communities strengthen their education support systems. It also looks at models from the literature as best practices to operationalize social capital. The article highlights various models for community participation that could continue after the Covid-19 pandemic. It urges the school system to be flexible and incorporate community-driven parental engagement with project-based and experiential learning. These community-driven educational programs must be supported to provide much-needed place-based supplementary education opportunities to students.Have we reached a tipping point in digitalization dynamics through global lockdowns and the ongoing COVID-19 crisis? Have the lack of movement and the lack of prioritization of physical activity design destabilized our current global health-care system beyond the point of no return? To counteract the dramatic consequences for general health that can be assumed based on data analysis, the author outlines the foundations for a sustainable solution for the best possible integration of physical activity into work, everyday life, and education. The article shows that integrating neuromuscular awareness and neuroplastic movement practice is a necessity and a competitive advantage for the future.A new method for determination of selected heavy metals (Cd, Pb, Cu, Zn, and Ni) in honey bee venom was developed. CDK inhibitor Heavy metals are metabolized and incorporated into bee products, including honey and honey bee venom (apitoxin). link2 Their composition reflects contamination of "bee environment", providing information about heavy metal contamination in the neighborhood of human dwellings. Moreover, assessment of bee products contamination is relevant for medicine, as they are a tool for promising therapeutic and chemoprophylactic strategies against COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2). Owing to the complicated matrix, the developed method consists of wet mineralization with sulfuric acid, nitric acid, under increased temperature, and pressure and subsequent repeated boiling with concentrated nitric acid. Determination of the selected metals was carried out by anodic or cathodic stripping voltammetry on two types of electrodes pen-type hanging mercury drop electrode (HMDE) and PLA filament with carbon conductive admixture (PLA-C) for 3D printer. link3 Contents of lead and cadmium in all analyzed bee venom samples were on the level of mg kg-1, of nickel and copper about ten times higher, and of zinc on the level of g kg-1. The results achieved using HMDE were recorded with average relative standard deviation (RSD) 5.4% (from 3.2% to 8.6%) and using PLA-C 11.8% (from 6.5% to 18.0%). The results achieved using both electrodes proved to be equivalent with statistical probability higher than 95%.