Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Qualitative Expectational Data as Predictors of Income and Consumption Growth: Micro Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey

The putative ability of consumer sentiment or expectational data to predict movements in consumption and income growth data is exploited widely by policy-makers. But the informational content of these data has been little studied at the micro-level since they are often collected by cross-sectional rather than panel surveys and moreover are often published in aggregated form. This paper establishes at a micro-economic level whether expectational data are predictors of income and consumption growth, and whether they contain information additional to that already contained in past income and consumption data. This is conducted using panel structural vector autoregressive models, and exploits hitherto largely uninvestigated individual-level expectational data from the BHPS. Thereby we also shed light on whether consumers set their consumption patterns consistent with the rational expectations permanent income hypothesis. We conclude that the predictive power of the expectational data are quite weak when one controls for lagged income and consumption movements.
Improvement Legal Aspects and Completeness of Documentation using Electronic Nursing Record: A Report Study

Background: Completeness of documentation as a legal aspect and proof a nursing activity. Nothing documentation means nothing activity.Objective: The Purpose of research to identify the legal aspect and completeness of nursing documentation after applying electronic nursing documentation. Methods: Report study approach and using pre and post-test with the control group. Thirty Four documentation collected using consecutive sampling on one-week observation before and after using electronic nursing information. The research compared the legal aspect and completeness of data conducted before and after the implementation of the new system.Results: The study showed improvement of the legal aspects increased by 50% (4,40 to 8,00) and completeness documentation by 10.39% (43,00 to 49,00) after used of a system. Conclusion: Nursing Electronic Documentation improved legal aspect, completeness nursing and enhance the quality of nursing care. Recommendation: Electronic nursing documentation can be done to support and increase the quality of nursing.
Residue-Specific Side-Chain Polymorphisms via Particle Belief Propagation

Protein side chains populate diverse conformational ensembles in crystals. Despite much evidence that there is widespread conformational polymorphism in protein side chains, most of the X-ray crystallography data are modeled by single conformations in the Protein Data Bank. The ability to extract or to predict these conformational polymorphisms is of crucial importance, as it facilitates deeper understanding of protein dynamics and functionality. In this paper, we describe a computational strategy capable of predicting side-chain polymorphisms. Our approach extends a particular class of algorithms for side-chain prediction by modeling the side-chain dihedral angles more appropriately as continuous rather than discrete variables. Employing a new inferential technique known as particle belief propagation, we predict residue-specific distributions that encode information about side-chain polymorphisms. Our predicted polymorphisms are in relatively close agreement with results from a state-of-the-art approach based on X-ray crystallography data, which characterizes the conformational polymorphisms of side chains using electron density information, and has successfully discovered previously unmodeled conformations.
Evaluating Software Project Control Centers in Industrial Environments

Many software development organizations still lack support for detecting and reacting to critical project states in order to achieve planned goals. One means to institutionalize project control, systematic quality assurance, and management support on the basis of measurement and explicit models is the establishment of so-called software project control centers. However, there is only little experience reported in the literature with respect to setting up and applying such control centers in industrial environments. One possible reason is the lack of appropriate evaluation instruments (such as validated questionnaires and appropriate analysis procedures). Therefore, we developed an initial measurement instrument to systematically collect experience with respect to the deployment and use of control centers. Our main research goal was to develop and evaluate the measurement instrument. The instrument is based on the technology acceptance model (TAM) and customized to project controlling. This article illustrates the application and evaluation of this measurement instrument in the context of industrial case studies and provides lessons learned for further improvement. In addition, related work and conclusions for future work are given.
Immune Responses Induced in Cattle by Virulent and AttenuatedMycobacterium bovis Strains: Correlation of Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity with Ability of Strains To Grow in Macrophages

ABSTRACT Comparison of immune responses induced in cattle by virulent and attenuated strains of Mycobacterium bovis will assist in identifying responses associated with resistance or susceptibility to disease. Four strains of M. bovis, one which is virulent in guinea pigs (WAg201) and three which are attenuated in guinea pigs (an isoniazid-resistant strain [WAg405], ATCC 35721, and BCG) were compared for their abilities to induce immune responses in cattle and to grow in bovine lung alveolar macrophage cultures. Extensive macroscopic lesions were found only in cattle inoculated with the virulent M. bovis strain. Strong antibody responses toM. bovis culture filtrate, as well as persistently high levels of gamma interferon and interleukin-2 released from purified protein derivative (PPD)-stimulated peripheral blood lymphocyte cultures, were observed in the cattle inoculated with the virulent strain compared to those inoculated with the attenuated strains. All cattle inoculated with the virulent strain or two of the attenuated strains (WAg405 and ATCC 35721) elicited strong delayed-type hypersensitivity responses to PPD in skin tests, while animals inoculated with BCG induced only a weak response. The three strains which produced strong skin test responses proliferated well in bovine alveolar macrophages and induced high levels of proinflammatory cytokine mRNAs compared to BCG. Our study showed that skin test responsiveness to PPD correlated with the ability of the strains to grow in alveolar macrophages rather than to their pathogenicity in cattle.
Role of ventrolateral medulla catecholamine cells in hypothalamic neuroendocrine cell responses to systemic hypoxia

Systemic hypoxia stimulates the release of vasopressin (VP) and adrenocorticotropin hormone (ACTH). To examine the involvement of catecholamine cell groups of the ventrolateral medulla (VLM) in the neuroendocrine responses, we have used the c-fos activity mapping technique to compare the effects of hypoxia on VLM catecholamine cells to those on neurosecretory VP and putative corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) containing cells. A limited degree of catecholamine cell activation was evident at predominantly mid-VLM levels at 12% oxygen in the inspired air. Further reduction in inpsirate oxygen levels enhanced recruitment of caudally located VLM catecholamine cells considered to form part of the A1 noradrenergic cell group. Threshold for activation of VP and putative CRF cells occurred at the 10% oxygen level. Unexpectedly, this stimulus also activated neurosecretory oxytocin (OT) cells. With increasing hypoxic severity the number of activated supraoptic VP and OT cells was not significantly different to that observed at the 10% level. However, paraventricular neuroendocrine responses continued to increase with putative CRF containing cells of the medial parvocellular zone having nearly double the level of activity (as measured by the number of cells within this region displaying Fos-like immunoreactivity; FLI) at 6% compared to that apparent to the 10% level of hypoxia. Paraventricular VP cells displaying FLI were also increased at the most severe levels of hypoxia but this effect was much less marked than the medial parvocellular response. Consistent with a role for VLM catecholamine cells in generation of neuroendocrine cell responses to hypoxia, unilateral VLM lesions, restricted to the caudal two thirds of the catecholamine cell column, resulted in significant reductions in the responses of all three cell types. These results, in addition to establishing a role for VLM catecholamine cells in neuroendocrine cell responses to systemic hypoxia, have important general implications for catecholamine cell group involvement in neuroendocrine regulation.
The Relationship between Educational Ideologies and Technology Acceptance in Pre-service Teachers

After the evaluation of numerous technology integration programs in school districts and universities, it is recognized that the existence of technology does not guarantee its utilization in the classroom environment. Although many models and theories have tried to explain the contributing factors in technology acceptance, most of the models and theories have focused on technology-related factors. This study focused on educational ideology, a factor not related to technology that also affects decisions in terms of educational applications. Based on the literature review, we hypothesized a new model of technology acceptance which includes educational ideology as an external factor. We attempted to create a model that was compatible with our hypothesized model by collecting data from surveys completed by 320 pre-service teachers. Structural Equation Modeling was employed to create the path analytic model. The variables used in the path analytic model were the components of the original Technology Acceptance Model and six different educational ideologies. The results showed that the new model was consistent with the hypothesized model. Therefore, the results illustrate that different educational ideologies may have different effects on teachers’ technology acceptance.
A MULTIWAVELENGTH VIEW OF STAR FORMATION IN INTERACTING GALAXIES IN THE PAVO GROUP

We combine Spitzer Infrared Array Camera mid-infrared and Chandra X-ray observations of the dominant galaxies NGC 6872 and NGC 6876 in the Pavo group with archival optical and H i data to study interaction-induced star formation. In the spiral galaxy NGC 6872, 8.0 μm and 5.8 μm nonstellar emission having colors consistent with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) is concentrated primarily in clumps in three regions: in a 5 kpc radius outer ring about the center of the spiral galaxy, in a bridge of emission connecting NGC 6872's northern spiral arm to IC 4970, and along the full extent of both NGC 6872's tidal arms. PAH emission is correlated with young star clusters and dense H i regions. We find no strong differences in the mid-infrared colors of the star-forming regions in the spiral galaxy NGC 6872 as a function of position relative to the tidally interacting companion galaxy IC 4970. We find 11 very luminous X-ray sources (≳ (0.5–5) ×1039 erg s−1 ) clustered to the southwest in NGC 6872, near bright star-forming regions. In NGC 6872's tidal features, young star clusters form at the boundaries of diffuse X-ray gas, suggesting that stars form as gas stripped by the interactions cools. The nucleus of NGC 6872 is a weak X-ray point source with 0.5–8 keV luminosity of 8.5 × 1039 erg s−1 , but there is little evidence in the inner 1 kpc of NGC 6872 for PAH emission from recent star formation or nuclear activity. However, a 4 kpc “stream,” leading from the outer ring of NGC 6872 to the nucleus, may signal the transport of interstellar matter into NGC 6872's nuclear region. Nonstellar emission, consistent with PAH emission, is also found in the central region of elliptical galaxy NGC 6877, companion to the dominant Pavo group elliptical galaxy NGC 6876. However, in the central region of NGC 6876, the dust emission is more likely due to silicate emission from old asymptotic giant branch stars.
Static laboratory compaction method

Laboratory concept produced by Proctor (1933) has a few shortcoming in determining the value of maximum dry density (MDD) and optimum moisture content (OMC). It also has some shortcoming in application where we need to determine the OMC and MDD in the soil laboratory using the dynamic method to decide for the MDD and OMC of subgrade in which we use static compaction method. Thus, a new method has been invented to determine the MDD and shear strength values by using static compaction efforts in order to close the gap between laboratory and field data. Based on the laboratory results, it was found that the static pressure method is more practical and sensible than the dynamic compaction. Static compaction gives higher value in density and the shear strength event has used lesser energy during compaction process. The static compaction onto Soil A specimen has given the value of MDD = 1.84 Mg/m, the amount of energy input of E = 538.96 kJ/m, and shear strength value of cu= 366.5 kPa. Whereas, the dynamic compaction applied onto Soil A specimen has given the value of MDD = 1.79 Mg/m, the amount of energy input of E = 597 kJ/m, and the shear strength value of cu = 327 kPa. The static compaction has reached the higher degree of compaction and shear strength, although obtained lesser amount of energy as compared to the dynamic method. An equivalent amount of energy input (E) is levied to all kinds of soil through dynamic compaction method, while the energy input by static compaction is different for each type of soil. This type of research is developed to improve engineering parameter, especially for road construction design. The static compaction is introduced as a new laboratory compaction method, and is found suitable to measure the degree of compaction on Malaysian cohesive soils.
Analysis of deep venous thrombosis after Gynecological surgery: A clinical study of 498 cases

Objectives: To find out the clinical characteristics and risk factors for deep venous thrombosis (DVT) after gynecological surgery. Methods: Four hundred and ninety-eight patients treated surgically in the department of gynecology of our hospital from July 2012 to May 2014 were reviewed retrospectively. The data including patient age, gender, medical history, hospital stay, anesthesia type, operation time, occupation type, operative or postoperative medicine, perioperative bleeding, postoperative activity time, mortality rate and so on, were collected. Results: Among 498 patients, 58 were included in the thrombosis group, 423 patients in the non-thrombosis group and 17 patients were excluded. The incidence of deep venous thrombosis was 11.6%. In 58 cases with deep venous thrombosis, 6 cases developed pulmonary embolism and two patients died, the mortality rate for pulmonary embolism is 33.3%. In multivariate analysis, age, malignant tumor, cardiovascular comorbidity and postoperative hemostatics dose are independent risk factors, physical labour and minimally invasive surgery are protective factors for DVT. Conclusion: The patients with elder age, malignant tumor, cardiovascular comorbidity or large postoperative hemostatics dose should be paid high attention to and the minimally invasive surgery are optimal treatment in preventing DVT.
Moving toward a Better Future? Migration and Children’s Health and Education

Do the returns to migration extend beyond migrants themselves and accrue to the children of migrants? Drawing on data from a unique 19-year longitudinal survey from Tanzania, this paper empirically investigates this question by exploiting the variation in the outcomes of the children of migrants and the children of the migrants’ siblings who stayed behind, conditional on a range of individual characteristics of their parents. Parental migration has important implications for child development, and this relation depends on the destination and the timing of the move. More specifically, children whose parents migrated from rural areas to cities are heavier, taller, and more educated for their age. The effects on height and schooling are strongest for children who were exposed to the city environment during their early childhood. In contrast, children whose parents moved to a different rural village do not appear to experience any health advantage, and those moving alongside their parents even start schooling at a later age. In addition to conferring a broader view of the returns to physical mobility, this analysis contributes to the debate on the origin of spatial inequalities in developing countries.
Maximum Entropy Production Principle for Stock Returns

In our previous studies we have investigated the structural complexity of time series describing stock returns on New York's and Warsaw's stock exchanges, by employing two estimators of Shannon's entropy rate based on Lempel-Ziv and Context Tree Weighting algorithms, which were originally used for data compression. Such structural complexity of the time series describing logarithmic stock returns can be used as a measure of the inherent (model-free) predictability of the underlying price formation processes, testing the Efficient -- Market Hypothesis in practice. We have also correlated the estimated predictability with the profitability of standard trading algorithms, and found that these do not use the structure inherent in the stock returns to any significant degree. To find a way to use the structural complexity of the stock returns for the purpose of predictions we propose the Maximum Entropy Production Principle as applied to stock returns, and test it on the two mentioned markets, inquiring into whether it is possible to enhance prediction of stock returns based on the structural complexity of these and the mentioned principle.
The influence of status on satisfaction with relative rewards

This study investigates how induced relative status affects satisfaction with different relative payoffs. We find that participants with lower status are more satisfied with disadvantageous payoff inequalities than equal or higher status participants. In contrast, when receiving an advantageous payoff, status does not affect satisfaction. Our findings suggest that relative social status has important implications for the acceptance of income inequalities.
Effect of temperature in perceiving tactile stimulus using a thermo-tactile display

In this paper, thermo-tactile interaction is investigated using a tactile display. The tactile display device can provide both normal vibrotactile stimulus and temperature together, using piezo-actuating pin-array and a thermo electric module. The main experiment of this research is about the effect of temperature, especially cold temperature, in perceived magnitude of vibrotactile stimuli. Three different conditions of vibrotactile amplitude and frequency were selected for tactile stimuli. Two different conditions were applied for each vibrotactile stimulus. Experimental result shows the effect of temperature condition to the perception of vibrotactile stimuli.
PERIVENTRICULAR LESIONS IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: THEIR PERIVENOUS ORIGIN AND RELATIONSHIP TO GRANULAR EPENDYMITIS

The periventricular region was studied in the brains of 129 cases of multiple sclerosis, with the purpose of establishing the mechanism and order of events in the development of the periventricular plaque, and deciding whether there is any relationship between granular ependymitis and such plaques. Periventricular plaques were found in 82‐2% of cases. Observation and computerized morphology showed that the early stage of the periventricular plaque is the formation of a lesion around a subependymal vein and that adjacent lesions later coalesce. These plaques do not appear to arise from the ependyma, which is against any role for the CSF in their initial development. Chronic or burnt‐out periventricular lesions often show overlying granular ependymitis (10‐9% of cases) and subependymal gliosis (17‐8%), presumably as a result of the long‐continued low‐grade inflammatory process. This process, which is not specific for multiple sclerosis, is sometimes associated with transfer of IgG and C3, as shown with peroxidase methods, across the subependymal vein wall and the ependymal epithelium. Increased permeability of the inflamed ependyma constitutes a possible abnormal entry route from plaque to CSF or, in reverse, from CSF to brain.
The Shortest Path Problem on a Time-Dependent Network With Mixed Uncertainty of Randomness and Fuzziness

The uncertainty of travel times on a time-dependent network is conventionally considered as randomness or fuzziness. However, sometimes, randomness or fuzziness cannot describe the uncertainty of the travel times on the time-dependent network. In this paper, we introduce a random fuzzy time-dependent network (RFTDN), in which travel times of a time-dependent network are represented as mixed uncertainty of randomness and fuzziness. With these conditions, the resulting RFTDN is far more complex when compared with the known networks. The complexity stems from estimating the length of a path, which is a basic and core issue when analyzing a network. To address this problem, we propose an optimized method that is suitable to cope with the shortest path problem of the RFTDN. The proposed method is realized by means of random fuzzy simulation and a new repair-based genetic optimization. Random fuzzy simulation is used to estimate the random fuzzy functions that describe the length of arcs, whereas the repair-based genetic algorithm is presented for finding the shortest path on the network. Furthermore, the proposed repair-based genetic operators are demonstrated their effectiveness by analyzing running time. A numerical example is also provided to show the robustness of the proposed approach.
HDAC1 Regulates the Proliferation of Radial Glial Cells in the Developing Xenopus Tectum

In the developing central nervous system (CNS), progenitor cells differentiate into progeny to form functional neural circuits. Radial glial cells (RGs) are a transient progenitor cell type that is present during neurogenesis. It is thought that a combination of neural trophic factors, neurotransmitters and electrical activity regulates the proliferation and differentiation of RGs. However, it is less clear how epigenetic modulation changes RG proliferation. We sought to explore the effect of histone deacetylase (HDAC) activity on the proliferation of RGs in the visual optic tectum of Xenopus laevis. We found that the number of BrdU-labeled precursor cells along the ventricular layer of the tectum decrease developmentally from stage 46 to stage 49. The co-labeling of BrdU-positive cells with brain lipid-binding protein (BLBP), a radial glia marker, showed that the majority of BrdU-labeled cells along the tectal midline are RGs. BLBP-positive cells are also developmentally decreased with the maturation of the brain. Furthermore, HDAC1 expression is developmentally down-regulated in tectal cells, especially in the ventricular layer of the tectum. Pharmacological blockade of HDACs using Trichostatin A (TSA) or Valproic acid (VPA) decreased the number of BrdU-positive, BLBP-positive and co-labeling cells. Specific knockdown of HDAC1 by a morpholino (HDAC1-MO) decreased the number of BrdU- and BLBP-labeled cells and increased the acetylation level of histone H4 at lysine 12 (H4K12). The visual deprivation-induced increase in BrdU- and BLBP-positive cells was blocked by HDAC1 knockdown at stage 49 tadpoles. These data demonstrate that HDAC1 regulates radial glia cell proliferation in the developing optical tectum of Xenopus laevis.