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Research has identified that writing can help individuals find forgiveness for their romantic partners in the wake of relational transgressions, but little is known about the actual narrative components that bring about changes in forgiveness. The current study sought to investigate the narrative components that contribute to month-long changes in forgiveness for romantic partners who have recently experienced a relational transgression. It also sought to uncover emotional and biological mechanisms that can help account for the associations between narrative components and forgiveness outcomes. The results revealed components of narratives that may both contribute to an increase and decrease in forgiveness over the course of one-month. Additionally, emotional expression and testosterone were identified as potential mediators and moderators of the associations between narrative components and changes in forgiveness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: Ameloblastomas are a group of relatively common odontogenic tumors that frequently originate from the dental epithelium. These tumors are aggressive in nature and present as slow‐growing painless cortical expansion of the jaw. Histologically, the follicular and plexiform subtypes constitute two‐thirds of solid/multicystic ameloblastomas. The objective of this study was to understand the genetic architecture of follicular and plexiform ameloblastomas using deep whole‐exome sequencing. Methods: Archived formalin‐fixed paraffin‐embedded tissue blocks of follicular (n = 4) and plexiform (n = 6) ameloblastomas were retrieved and genomic DNAs were isolated from the tumor tissue dissected from the formalin‐fixed paraffin‐embedded block. The exomes were enriched using the Integrated DNA Technologies Exome Research Panel (IDT, Coralville, IA) and paired‐end sequencing was completed on an Illumina NovaSeq 6000 with an average output of 20 GB of data resulting in a mean coverage of 400×. Variant analysis was completed using custom‐developed software: Rapid Understanding of Nucleotide variant Effect Software and variant integration and knowledge interpretation in genomes. Results: Our analyses focused on examining somatic variants (gnomAD minor allele frequency ≤1%) in genes found on an Food and Drug Administration ‐approved clinical cancer sequencing panel (FoundationOne®CDx). In follicular tumors, variants (>20% of the reads) were identified in BRAF, KMT2D, and ABL1 genes. In plexiform tumors, variants (>20% of the reads) were identified in ALK, BRAF, KRAS, KMT2D, SMO, KMT2A, and BRCA2 genes. Enrichment analysis showed a significant role of DNA repair genes in the development of these tumors. Conclusion: The variants identified in follicular and plexiform ameloblastomas were enriched in DNA‐repair genes. The observed genetic heterogeneity in these ameloblastomas may contribute to the aggressive nature and recurrence risk of these tumors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We use generalized method of moments to estimate a rational expectations aggregate demand/aggregate supply macroeconomic model for five European economies and the United States. Our aim is to examine whether supply or demand shocks have predominated in these economies during the post-war era, and whether shocks of either type have been primarily temporary or permanent in nature. We find that permanent or temporary demand shocks have been the dominant source of variance in output growth in all six countries, but there is a less consistent pattern for inflation. Permanent supply shocks had the dominant influence on autocorrelations. JEL classification: E32; C32 Keywords: Generalized method of moments; Business cycles

A study was conducted to present empirical proof that nominal exchange rates are stationary and are not random walks. The study is opposed to other research which provide that unit roots are present in exchange rates and support the theory of random walk. A new statistical test for unit roots based on posterior odds ratios is applied. Results show that stationary exchange rates exhibit favorable response from several countries.

This study investigated the longitudinal effects of written disclosure on physiological and communicative health outcomes for victims of severe relational transgressions in dating relationships. Participants were assigned to a two-step writing condition, a benefit-finding condition, or a control condition to write once a day for three consecutive days on the same topic. Testosterone and forgiveness communication were assessed twice over the course of one-month. The results demonstrate that conditional forgiveness levels were higher for participants in both experimental conditions than in the control condition, whereas neither of the experimental conditions reduced testosterone levels. Across the writing conditions, testosterone levels were negatively associated with conditional forgiveness and positively associated with direct forgiveness. Finally, the results revealed that linguistic features in the writing predicted levels of testosterone and conditional forgiveness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present study extends previous work on communication after sexual activity by investigating the influence of “pillow talk” over time within relationships that have experienced a recent transgression. Thirty-six participants who had experienced a transgression committed by a current dating partner provided information about their levels of relational uncertainty, amount of pillow talk, and relational outcomes. Findings revealed that, over the course of a month, increased changes in pillow talk were negatively associated with uncertainty and positively associated with several relational outcomes. Self and relationship uncertainty also mediated the associations between pillow talk and several relational outcomes. These results provide insight into how pillow talk might play a protective function in helping dating partners manage uncertainty following a relational transgression. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]