Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Outcome of second trimester amniocentesis in twin pregnancies at Songklanagarind Hospital.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the outcome of genetic amniocentesis in twin gestations at Songklanagarind Hospital. MATERIAL AND METHOD This was a descriptive study that included all women with twin pregnancies who had a second trimester amniocentesis for chromosome study at the Maternal Fetal Medicine Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Songklanagarind Hospital from January 1998 through June 2006 to assess the outcome including risk of fetal loss in such cases. RESULTS Advanced maternal age was the most common indication for amniocentesis. The success rate of cell culture was 100%. The fetal loss within 14 days after the procedure was 1.4%. CONCLUSION The tendency of fetal loss after amniocentesis in twin pregnancies was higher than in singletons. Pre-procedure counseling personnel should be aware of this potential outcome, and be sure to inform the involved parents prior to the procedure.
Mitochondrial DNA analysis of Phialophora verrucosa

Summary. Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) was examined in 32 isolates of Phialophora verrucosa (eight isolates from Japan, 10 from China, four from the USA, six from Venezuela and four from Colombia) and in three of Phialophora americana using five restriction enzymes. P. verrucosa isolates were divided into 10 mtDNA types based on RFLP patterns. Phylogeny constructed on sequence divergence of mtDNA indicated that P. verrucosa is a single species and isolates are clustered into three groups. Japan and the USA contained Group A and Group B isolates, China Group B isolates and South America Group B and Group C isolates. RFLP patterns of P. americana mtDNA were identical to those of Type 1 or Type 4 of P. verrucosa mtDNA, suggesting that both are identical. RFLP patterns of P. verrucosa were distinct from those of other dematiaceous fungi including Exophiala jeanselmei, E. moniliae, E. dermatitidis, E. spinifera, Cladophia‐lophora (Cladosporium) carrionii, Fonsecaea pedrosoi, and Hortaea werneckii. These results indicate that RFLP analysis of mtDNA is a useful method for the identification, taxonomy, typing, epidemiology and phylogeny of P. verrucosa.
Simulation of ferrites by SPICE

The text concisely shows the algorithm for computation of parameters of soft ferrite to simulate it with the model implemented in the mixed-signal simulator from Cadence. The model of nonlinear magnetic material implemented in the simulator is based on Jiles and Atherton model of hysteresis and can be easy implemented outside the simulator. The presented algorithm is so simple that it can be used even with a spreadsheet.
"When experience matters": building and measuring hotel brand equity: the customers' perspective.

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide hotel brand managers with a robust measure to evaluate brand equity as an outcome of brand strategies, as well as to gain insight into what contributes to hotel brand equity.Design/methodology/approach – A quantitative methodology was adopted including the development of a survey questionnaire that allows for the measurement of the six constructs contained within Berry's service‐branding model. The development of the survey instrument followed a two‐stage process. In the initial stage, pretested items were generated from the research literature. The second stage involved conducting focus groups to identify and eliminate deficiencies of the questionnaire. Data were collected using a self‐administered survey via central location intercept across multiple tourist attractions in a major tourist destination in Australia. The sample of the present study consisted of 288 respondents who have previously stayed in a hotel organisation.Findings – Using Berry's servi.
Effect of β-Adrenergic Receptor Blockade on Responses to Acute Hypoxemia in Lambs

ABSTRACT: We studied the effects of β-adrenergic receptor blockade on general circulatory and metabolic responses to moderate (FIO2 = 0.09) acute hypoxemia in newborn (protocol 1) and 3-wk-old (protocol 2) lambs, and on regional blood flow distribution in newborn lambs (protocol 1). Via a left thoracotomy we placed an electromagnetic flow transducer around the ascending aorta and inserted various vascular catheters. After 2 days of recovery, the lambs were studied. In protocol 1, we measured cardiovascular variables and regional blood flow distribution during control conditions, after 45 min of acute hypoxemia, and after 0.5 mg/kg of propranolol during acute hypoxemia. In protocol 2, we measured cardiovascular variables during control conditions and after 45 min of acute hypoxemia with and without propranolol pretreatment. In both groups, propranolol limited the increase in cardiac output and heart rate caused by hypoxemia, and thus decreased oxygen delivery. However, propranolol also decreased oxygen consumption so that pulmonary arterial pO2 was either higher (protocol 1) or the same (protocol 2) as during acute hypoxemia alone. Neither metabolic acidosis nor hypothermia ensued. In protocol 1, propranolol decreased renal, carcass, and most importantly, myocardial blood flows. However, myocardial O2 consumption also fell, coronary sinus pO2 increased, and blood was redistributed toward the subendocardium, suggesting that myocardial perfusion improved. Thus, β-adrenergic receptor blockade during acute moderate hypoxemia may have a beneficial effect by reducing total body and myocardial oxygen demand in excess of the reduction in oxygen delivery.
American Cancer Society guidelines on nutrition and physical activity for cancer prevention

The American Cancer Society (ACS) publishes Nutrition and Physical Activity Guidelines to serve as a foundation for its communication, policy, and community strategies and, ultimately, to affect dietary and physical activity patterns among Americans. These Guidelines, published approximately every 5 years, are developed by a national panel of experts in cancer research, prevention, epidemiology, public health, and policy, and they reflect the most current scientific evidence related to dietary and activity patterns and cancer risk. The ACS Guidelines focus on recommendations for individual choices regarding diet and physical activity patterns, but those choices occur within a community context that either facilitates or creates barriers to healthy behaviors. Therefore, this committee presents recommendations for community action to accompany the 4 recommendations for individual choices to reduce cancer risk. These recommendations for community action recognize that a supportive social and physical environment is indispensable if individuals at all levels of society are to have genuine opportunities to choose healthy behaviors. The ACS Guidelines are consistent with guidelines from the American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association for the prevention of coronary heart disease and diabetes, as well as for general health promotion, as defined by the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. CA Cancer J Clin 2012. © 2012 American Cancer Society.
TARP‐associated AMPA receptors display an increased maximum channel conductance and multiple kinetically distinct open states

• Signalling of information in the nervous system relies on the activation of specific neurotransmitter receptors. • Here we characterise some of the properties of GluA1 AMPA receptors, whose ion‐permeable channel is opened by the neurotransmitter glutamate. • We found that the individual single‐channel openings exhibit several discrete conductance levels that persist in the presence of saturating glutamate concentrations, and that the presence of modulatory accessory subunits differentially influences the durations of these channel openings. • Our data also indicate that there are at least two kinetically distinguishable stable open states for each conductance level. • These observations place constraints on models of GluA1 function that can be used to relate receptor properties to synaptic function.
Management accounting practices in selected Asian countries:A review of the literature

Traditional management accounting techniques such as standard costing and variance analysis, traditional budgeting and cost volume profit analysis are said to be less useful in the present manufacturing environment. To succeed in the present dynamic business environment, tools or strategies such as JIT, ABC, TQM, process re‐engineering, life cycle assessment and target costing would greatly enhance the ability of corporations to meet global competition. Through a literature review, this study examines the extent to which traditional and contemporary management accounting tools are being used in four Asian countries: Singapore, Malaysia, China and India. Overall, the evidence reviewed suggests that the use of contemporary management accounting tools is lacking in the four countries. The use of traditional management accounting techniques remains strong. The paper concludes with various recommendations for future research, the most important of which is the need for future studies to be grounded in theory.
“This is what I call home”: reflections of public housing residents awaiting relocation

Public housing communities often provide residents the opportunity to build a network of support and strong social ties, something that is disrupted when residents are relocated as a result of HOPE VI and similar redevelopment efforts. While the outcome of these relocation efforts is a frequent source of inquiry, little is known about the ways in which residents view the relocation and redevelopment process prior to their displacement. This qualitative study fills a gap in the literature by examining the experiences of 33 residents, ages 11–58, who were living in a 125-unit public housing community slated for demolition and redevelopment. The study explored the questions: (1) What are public housing residents’ experiences living in their public housing community before relocation? and (2) How do their experiences shape how they feel about leaving the community and their plans for relocation? Study findings suggested that long-term residents, both adults and children, struggled with feelings of loss of home and community as well as uncertainty over the future. Residents with shorter-term tenancy tended to view the redevelopment as needed and the opportunity to relocate with a voucher as an opportunity to improve their housing.
Asynchronous early output section-carry based carry lookahead adder with alias carry logic

A new asynchronous early output section-carry based carry lookahead adder (SCBCLA) with alias carry output logic is presented in this paper. To evaluate the proposed SCBCLA with alias carry logic and to make a comparison with other CLAs, a 32-bit addition operation is considered. Compared to the weak-indication SCBCLA with alias logic, the proposed early output SCBCLA with alias logic reports a 13% reduction in area without any increases in latency and power dissipation. On the other hand, in comparison with the early output recursive CLA (RCLA), the proposed early output SCBCLA with alias logic reports a 16% reduction in latency while occupying almost the same area and dissipating almost the same average power. All the asynchronous CLAs are quasi-delay-insensitive designs which incorporate the delay-insensitive dual-rail data encoding and adhere to the 4-phase return-to-zero handshaking. The adders were realized and the simulations were performed based on a 32/28nm CMOS process.
MULTI-PERIOD MEAN-VARIANCE ANALYSIS: TOWARD A GENERAL THEORY OF PORTFOLIO CHOICE*

IN EXTENDING the standard portfolio selection model to the multi-period case, we found in [14] that the mean-variance approach applied to total or average returns developed by Tobin [37] encounters difficulties even more severe than those confronting the single-period model. The mean-variance approach was then applied to the average compound return in the stationary two-asset case with encouraging results: the set of efficient portfolios in any one period was found to decrease as the horizon N increases and to converge to a single efficient sequence with attractive long-run properties. These results will now be generalized and extended in the present article. After developing some preliminary results in Section III, it is shown in Section IV that if an investor simply wishes to maximize the expected average compound return over N periods, N > 2, then there exists a unique, singleperiod von Neumann-Morgenstern utility function defined on wealth which is consistent with this objective. In addition, this utility function implies risk aversion and is monotone increasing; it does not in general produce a portfolio which is mean-variance efficient in the usual (single-period) sense. Moreover, when N is large, the set of average compound returns which are mean-variance efficient are shown, in Section VI, to be exactly or approximately obtainable only with a subset of those terminal wealth functions which induce myopic single-period utility functions [30], [15]. In the limit, only the so-called growth-optimal portfolio is efficient, as demonstrated in Section V. Thus, the mean-variance model presented in this paper has a direct tie to the geometric mean/capital growth model developed by Williams [38], Kelly [22], Latane [23], Breiman [5], [6], and Brown [7]. In Section VII, it is found that only the riskless portfolio sequence will in general be efficient with respect to both single-period and total return as well as long-run average compound return; rapid convergence of the long-run efficient portfolios to N-period efficient portfolios is also indicated. The implications of graphic analysis by use of indifference curves are then considered in Section VIII; a space is identified in which, with a given risk attitude, 1) decisions can be made (approximately or exactly) optimally one period at a time, 2) the long-run implications of each decision are clearly identified, and 3) the indifference curves are linear.
Further Evidence on Compensation Committee Composition as a Determinant of CEO Compensation

I use more than 1,500 firm-year observations for 271 US firms between 1991-1997 to examine the relation between insider membership in compensation committees and CEO pay. I find a steady decline in the number of committees with insider participation during the sample period, and uncover some opportunism by insiders in setting pay prior to the compensation disclosure and tax reforms. Finally, I document changes in pay practices that would be consistent with the intent of these reforms. Based on this evidence, however, I cannot definitively conclude whether the reforms were efficient.
Effect of quercetin supplementation on maximal oxygen uptake in men and women

Abstract Quercetin is a naturally occurring flavonoid with anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. The effect of quercetin supplementation on maximal oxygen uptake ([Vdot]O2max) is unknown. The purpose of this investigation was to test the effects of quercetin supplementation on [Vdot]O2max in untrained, sedentary individuals. After baseline treadmill [Vdot]O2max testing, 11 participants (5 males, 6 females) ingested either placebo or quercetin-supplemented (1000 mg · day−1) food bars in a randomized, double-blind, counterbalanced, crossover research design. The participants ingested food bars for six consecutive mornings (5 days). On the sixth morning, participants underwent repeat [Vdot]O2max testing. After a 22 day wash-out, the participants repeated baseline [Vdot]O2max testing, daily consumption of the opposite food bars, and post-supplementation [Vdot]O2max testing. The condition × time interaction for [Vdot]O2max was non-significant when expressed in absolute (litres · min−1; P = 0.929) and relative (ml · kg−1 · min−1; P = 0.778) terms. These findings were similar when taking sex into account (P > 0.05). The mean difference in [Vdot]O2max change from pre to post between groups (quercetin vs. placebo) was 0.139 ml · kg−1 · min−1 (P = 0.780). Other physiological measures also were similar between conditions (P > 0.05). In conclusion, 5 days of quercetin supplementation did not influence [Vdot]O2max or related variables in sedentary men and women.
Returns to Education During the Reform of State-Owned Enterprises in Hunan, People's Republic of China

The objective of this paper is to analyse the impact of education on personal earnings during the reform of state-owned enterprises, comparing 1995 with 1998 in Hunan, China, using the Mincerian earnings equation method. The results show that the rates of return to education increased, indicating that human capital has been better rewarded as the reforms of the Chinese economic structure have progressed. Moreover, the findings show that primary education receives the highest returns, followed by tertiary education. Middle school education obtains the lowest rewards, reflecting the effects of the reform of state-owned enterprises on middle school graduates on whom the unemployment impact of this change has been the greatest.
PENGARUH KEADILAN, TARIF PAJAK, KETEPATAN PENGALOKASIAN, KECURANGAN, TEKNOLOGI DAN INFORMASI PERPAJAKAN TERHADAP TAX EVASION

Pajak merupakan pendapatan tertinggi negara yang berasal dari dalam negeri. Namun pada kenyataannya ada banyak wajib pajak yang melanggar kewajiban perpajakannya dengan melakukan penggelapan pajak. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pengaruh keadilan sistem perpajakan, tarif pajak, ketepatan pengalokasian pengeluaran, kemungkinan terdeteksinya kecurangan, teknologi dan informasi perpajakan terhadap tindakan penggelapan pajak. Populasi dari penelitian ini wajib pajak orang pribadi yang terdaftar di KPP Pratama Pati dan berdomisili di Kabupaten Pati. Teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan purposive sampling sebanyak 104 kuisoner. Pengolahan data menggunakan program SPSS versi 21 dengan analisis statistik deskriptif dan regresi linier . Berdasarkan hasil dan simpulan penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ketepatan pengalokasian pengeluaran, dan teknologi informasi perpajakan secara parsial berpengaruh negatif terhadap penggelapan pajak. Keadilan sistem perpajakan, tarif pajak, dan kemungkinan terdeteksinya kecurangan secara parsial tidak berpengaruh terhadap penggelapan pajak. Secara keseluruhan kelima variabel berpengaruh secara simultan terhadap penggelapan pajak. Penelitian selanjutnya diharapkan dapat menggunakan variabel-variabel lain diluar model penelitian ini agar memperkaya ilmu pengetahuan khususnya di bidang perpajakan. Tax is the highest income of a country that is derived from domestic revenue. But in fact there are many taxpayers who violate their tax obligations by doing tax evasion. The aim of this study is to analyze the effect of justice taxation system, tax rate, accuracy of expenditure allocation, possible detection of fraud, technology and tax information toward the act of tax evasion. The population of this study is an individual taxpayer who enrolled in KPP Pratama Pati and domiciled in Pati Regency. Technique used in taking samples in this study is purposive sampling with 104 questionnaire. The data processing used SPSS version 21 with descriptive analysis and linear regression. Based on the results and conclusion of this study, it indicates that the accuracy of expenditure allocation, and tax information technology partially give negative effect on tax evasion. Overall, the five variables simultaneously influence the tax evasion. Future studies are expected to use other variables outside the model in order to enrich the study of science, especially in the field of taxation.
Managing Financial Distress and Valuing Distressed Securities: A Survey and a Research Agenda

The role of high leverage in corporate restructuring, popularity of junk bonds (original-issue, high-yield bonds) and the savings & loan crisis have been important aspects of the finance scene in the 1980s. A very active academic literature has developed in recent years on dealing with financial distress and the private and court-supervised mechanisms of resolving default. The purpose of this article is to survey the empirical and theoretical research on (i) managing financial distress, and (ii) valuing corporate securities incorporating payouts in troubled reorganizations. New research on both topics is contained in the nine papers presented in this Financial Distress Special Issue of Financial Management. These papers are also surveyed in the context of related past research.
World Gastroenterology Organisation global guidelines: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.

Review Team, Douglas R. LaBrecque, MD, FACP (chair, USA), Zaigham Abbas, MD, MBBS, FCPS, FRCP, FRCPI, FACP, FACG, AGAF (Pakistan), Frank Anania, MD, FACP, AGAF (USA), Peter Ferenci, MD (Austria), Aamir G. Khan, MD (Pakistan), Khean-Lee Goh, MBBS, FRCP (Glasgow, London), MD, FACG, FASGE (Malaysia), Saeed S. Hamid, MD (Pakistan), Vasily Isakov, MD, PhD, AGAF (Russia), Maribel Lizarzabal, MD, PhD (Venezuela), Manuel M. Peñaranda, MD (Colombia), Juan F.R. Ramos, MD (Mexico), Shiv Sarin, MD, DM (India), Davor Stimac, MD (Croatia), Alan B.R. Thomson, MD (Canada), Muhammed Umar, MD, MBBS, MCPS, FCPS (PAK), FACG (USA), FRCP (L), FRCP (G), ASGE-M (USA), AGAF (USA) (Pakistan), Justus Krabshuis, (France), and Anton LeMair, MD (Netherlands)
Temporal Causal Relationship between Stock Market Capitalization, Trade Openness and Real GDP: Evidence from Thailand

This study examines both short-run and long-run causal relationship between stock market capitalization, trade openness and economic growth in Thailand. Quarterly data over the period from the first quarter of 1993 to the fourth quarter of 2013 are used in the analysis. The results from this study show that there exists a unidirectional long-run causality running from stock market capitalization and trade openness to real GDP. In the short run, an increase in stock market capitalization causes economic growth while an increase in trade openness decreases it and vice versa. Furthermore, there exist short-run bidirectional negative causations between economic growth and trade openness. However, the short-run phenomena are temporary. Based upon the results from this study, policymakers should pay attention to measures that are able to enhance stock market capitalization and trade openness if the long-run target is to achieve high economic growth rate.