Pathogenesis of odontogenic tumors is not well known. It is important to identify genetic deregulations and molecular alterations. This study aimed to investigate, through bioinformatic analysis, the possible genes involved in the pathogenesis of ameloblastoma (AM) and keratocystic odontogenic tumor (KCOT). Genes involved in the pathogenesis of AM and KCOT were identified in GeneCards. Gene lis...

In recent years, much has been learned about the cis-elements controlling transcription of the kinetoplastid spliced leader (SL) RNA gene. The SL RNA gene contains the first 39 nucleotides that are trans-spliced on to all nuclear-derived mRNAs in these organisms. Transcription initiation is determined by two precisely spaced upstream elements and transcription termination is directed by the dow...

When providing social accounts (Sitkin & Bies, 1993) for the unethical conduct of subordinates, leaders may use language consistent with cognitive strategies described by Bandura (1991, 1999) in his work on moral disengagement. That is, leader's social accounts may reframe or reconstrue subordinates' unethical conduct such that it appears less reprehensible. We predict observers will respond ne...

This paper presents two randomized protocols for the problem of electing a \leader" among a set of nodes in an arbitrary multi-hop radio network. First, a variation of the leader election protocol by Bar-Yehuda et al. BGI87] is presented, in which the termination problem is addressed. Then, an eecient randomized leader election protocol in arbitrary multi-hop radio networks is presented. Our el...

This paper proposes a dynamic Stackelberg repeated game for decentralized Device-to-Device (D2D) communications overlaying cellular communications. The proposed game aims to jointly optimize D2D user behavior via a user-in-the-loop (UIL) approach; and minimize transmit power, while maximizing packet delivery ratio (PDR) for all D2D users. The Stackelberg game architecture consists of a single l...

“Behavior-based personalization” has gained popularity in recent years, whereby businesses offer personalized products based on consumers’ purchase histories. This paper highlights two perils of behavior-based personalization in competitive markets. First, although purchase histories reveal consumer preferences, competitive exploitation of such information damages differentiation, similar to th...

This study examined how leadership related to citizenship behavior within teams. Leadership was hypothesized to influence team organizational citizenship behavior (TOCB) either directly or indirectly through job satisfaction. Longitudinal data were collected in three waves. Leader behaviors were measured at time 1, follower job satisfaction at time 2, and TOCB at time 3. Results indicate that b...

The Impact of Company Grade Officer Self-Sacrificial Behavior on Subordinate Assessments of Leader Charisma by Danjel Bout M.A., University of California at Davis, 2006 B.A., California State Polytechnic University at Pomona, 1999 Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Industrial and Organizational Psychology

This paper analyses dynamic pricing strategies in the Italian wholesale gasoline market and highlights the importance of endogenous price commitment. Using daily firm level prices over 5 years I show how the commitment of the market leader to keep prices fix for a long time period while costs were rising led to a market outcome with sticky and leadership pricing. To show this I evaluate the con...