Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Effect of Earnings Aggressiveness, Earnings Smoothing on Return of Stock

This study aims to examine the moderating role of trading volume activity and cost of equity between earnings aggressiveness and earnings smoothing on return of stock. It includes the analysis of earnings persistent in strengthening the relationship between earnings aggressiveness, earnings smoothing, the cost of equity and trading volume activity as well as their effect on return of stock. The sample of study is 32 banking companies which pay dividends and which shares actively traded at the Indonesian Stock Exchange (BEI) whereby the period of observation took place from 2007 to 2011. The method uses a multiple linear regression analysis using SPSS as the data processing tools. The results of this study establish that the earnings aggressiveness and earnings smoothing simultaneously and significantly affect the trading volume activity. The earnings smoothing has a negative effect and is significant on the trading volume activity, while earnings aggressiveness has a positive effect and is significant on the trading volume activity. Meanwhile, the trading volume activity has positive effect and is significant on return of stock and the earnings persistence is moderating the relationship between earnings aggressiveness and earnings smoothing on the trading volume activity.
Polymorphisms and expression of IL-32: impact on genetic susceptibility and clinical outcome of lung cancer

Abstract Context: Polymorphisms of IL-32 related closely to tumoregenesis. Materials and methods: Two IL-32 polymorphisms (rs12934561 and rs28372698) and mRNA expression were conducted by SNP genotype assay and real-time PCR in 423 lung cancer patients and 437 controls. Results: T allele of rs28372698 associated significantly with poor prognosis in moderate and well-differentiated lung cancer patients. TT genotype of rs12934561 related closely to poor survival status in squamous carcinoma. IL-32 mRNA expression decreased in lung cancer. Discussion and conclusion: Our study indicates the importance of IL-32 polymorphism and mRNA expression in susceptibility and influence of survival status in lung cancer.
Comparison of Various Scoring Systems and Biochemical Markers in Predicting the Outcome in Acute Pancreatitis

Objective Early risk assessment is important in acute pancreatitis (AP). The primary objective of this study was to compare various scores and biochemical markers done on the day of admission in predicting the outcome. Methods Demographic, clinical, and laboratory data of patients presenting within 2 weeks of onset were collected. Various scores were calculated and biochemical markers were measured on the day of admission. Optimum cutoffs were identified through receiver operating curve analysis. Multivariate analysis was used to identify predictors of outcome. Results Of 343 patients included, 202 (59%) were male; mean (SD) age was 38.7 (15.5) years. Acute pancreatitis was severe in 170 (49.6%) patients. Twenty-eight percent of the patients developed infected pancreatic necrosis and 18% died. An Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE II) score of at least 7, bedside index for severity of AP (BISAP) of at least 2, systemic inflammatory response syndrome score of at least 3, and C-reactive protein of at least 82 ng/mL predicted severity. Predictors of infected pancreatic necrosis were as follows: PANC 3 score of at least 1, BISAP score of at least 2, and Marshall score of at least 2, whereas C-reactive protein of greater than 98, BISAP score of at least 2, APACHE score of at least 10, and a blood urea nitrogen of at least 17 predicted mortality. Conclusions Both BISAP and APACHE II are comparable in predicting outcome, but BISAP predicted all 3 outcomes with the same cutoff and hence is a robust scoring system.
A navigational guidance system in the human brain

Finding your way in large‐scale space requires knowing where you currently are and how to get to your goal destination. While much is understood about the neural basis of one's current position during navigation, surprisingly little is known about how the human brain guides navigation to goals. Computational accounts argue that specific brain regions support navigational guidance by coding the proximity and direction to the goal, but empirical evidence for such mechanisms is lacking. Here, we scanned subjects with functional magnetic resonance imaging as they navigated to goal destinations in a highly accurate virtual simulation of a real city. Brain activity was then analyzed in combination with metric measures of proximity and direction to goal destinations that were derived from each individual subject's coordinates at every second of navigation. We found that activity in the medial prefrontal cortex was positively correlated, and activity in a right subicular/entorhinal region was negatively correlated with goal proximity. By contrast, activity in bilateral posterior parietal cortex was correlated with egocentric direction to goals. Our results provide empirical evidence for a navigational guidance system in the human brain, and define more precisely the contribution of these three brain regions to human navigation. In addition, these findings may also have wider implications for how the brain monitors and integrates different types of information in the service of goal‐directed behavior in general. © 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Cancer risk among chernobyl cleanup workers in Estonia and Latvia, 1986–1998

Two cohorts of Chernobyl cleanup workers from Estonia (4,786 men) and Latvia (5,546 men) were followed from 1986 to 1998 to investigate cancer incidence among persons exposed to ionizing radiation from the Chernobyl accident. Each cohort was identified from various independent sources and followed using nationwide population and mortality registries. Cancers were ascertained by linkage with nationwide cancer registries. Overall, 75 incident cancers were identified in the Estonian cohort and 80 in the Latvian cohort. The combined‐cohort standardized incidence ratio (SIR) for all cancers was 1.15 (95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.98–1.34) and for leukemia, 1.53 (95% CI = 0.62–3.17; n = 7). Statistically significant excess cases of thyroid (SIR = 7.06, 95% CI = 2.84–14.55; n = 7) and brain cancer (SIR = 2.14, 95% CI = 1.07–3.83; n = 11) were found, mainly based on Latvian data. However, there was no evidence of a dose response for any of these sites, and the relationship to radiation exposure remains to be established. Excess of thyroid cancer cases observed may have been due to screening, the leukemia cases included 2 unconfirmed diagnoses, and the excess cases of brain tumors may have been a chance finding. There was an indication of increased risk associated with early entry to the Chernobyl area and late follow‐up, though not statistically significant. Further follow‐up of Chernobyl cleanup workers is warranted to clarify the possible health effects of radiation exposure. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Corneal Endothelial Alterations in Chronic Renal Failure

Purpose: To evaluate the corneal endothelial changes in patients with chronic renal failure. Methods: A total of 128 corneas of 128 subjects were studied, and 3 groups were formed. The first, the dialyzed group, composed of 32 corneas of 32 patients; the second, the nondialyzed group, composed of 34 corneas of 34 patients; and the third, the age-matched control group, composed of 64 corneas of 64 healthy subjects were examined by a specular microscope and the endothelial parameters were compared. The dialyzed group (enhanced level of toxins in the blood) was further analyzed to assess the influence of blood urea, serum creatinine, serum calcium, and serum phosphorus including the duration of dialysis on corneal endothelium. Results: On comparing the 3 groups using analysis of variance and posthoc tests, a significant difference was found in the central corneal thickness (CCT) and endothelial cell density (CD) between the control (CCT: 506 ± 29 &mgr;m, CD: 2760 ± 304 cells/mm2) and dialyzed groups (CCT: 549 ± 30 &mgr;m, CD: 2337 ± 324 cells/mm2) [P < 0.001 (CCT); P < 0.001 (CD)]; control and nondialyzed groups (CCT: 524 ± 27 &mgr;m, CD: 2574 ± 260 cells/mm2) [P = 0.023 (CCT); P = 0.016 (CD)]; and dialyzed and nondialyzed groups [P = 0.002 (CCT); P = 0.007 (CD)]. Using the linear generalized model, a significant correlation was found between the endothelial parameters and blood urea only [P = 0.006 (CCT), 0.002 (coefficient of variation), 0.022 (CD), and 0.026 (percentage of hexagonality)], although the correlation was poorly positive for CCT but poorly negative for the remaining endothelial parameters. Conclusions: Corneal endothelial alteration is present in patients with chronic renal failure, more marked in patients undergoing hemodialysis and with raised blood urea level.
Too Much Television? Prospective Associations Between Early Childhood Televiewing and Later Self-reports of Victimization by Sixth Grade Classmates

Background: Using a birth cohort, this study aimed to verify whether televiewing at 29 months, a common early childhood pastime, is prospectively associated with self-reported victimization at age 12. Methods: Participants are 991 girls and 1006 boys from the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Development. The main predictor comprised parent-reported daily televiewing by their children at 29 months. In the sixth grade, children reported how often they experienced victimization by classmates in the past year. The authors conducted multivariate linear regression, in which child self-reports of victimization were linearly regressed on early televiewing and potential confounders. Results: Every SD unit increase (0.88 hours) in daily televiewing at 29 months predicted an 11% SD unit increase in self-reported peer victimization by sixth grade classmates (unstandardized B = .031, p < .001, 95% confidence interval = 0.014–0.042). This relationship was adjusted for child characteristics (gender, preexisting externalizing behaviors, baseline cognitive abilities, and televiewing at age 12) and family characteristics (family configuration, income, and functioning, and maternal education). Conclusions: Daily televiewing time at 29 months was associated with a subsequent increased risk of victimization by classmates at the end of sixth grade, a period which represents a critical developmental transition to middle school. Youth who experience peer victimization are at an increased risk of long-term mental health issues, such as depression, underachievement, and low self-esteem. This prospective association, across a 10-year period, suggests the need for better parental awareness, acknowledgement, and compliance with existing recommendations put forth by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Correlation of ankle eversion to inversion strength ratio and static balance in dominant and non-dominant limbs of basketball players.

BACKGROUND To compare ankle eversion to inversion strength ratio (E/I R) and static balance control between the dominant and non-dominant limbs of basketball players and to correlate ankle E/I R and static balance control in the dominant and non-dominant limbs of basketball players. METHODS Twenty-one healthy basketball players in the age-group of 18-25 years participated in this study. Isokinetic ankle eversion and inversion muscle strength was assessed at 30°/s and 120°/s in both dominant and non-dominant limbs using the Biodex isokinetic dynamometer. Similarly balance was assessed on a force platform with eyes open and eyes closed in both dominant and non-dominant limbs. RESULTS Repeated measure ANOVA for strength measurement, found that there was significant main effect of speed, P=0.001 (P<0.05). However, there was no significant main effect in the sides P=0.099 (P<0.05). There was significant main effect of sides with respect to balance. Balance was affected more in non-dominant limb P=0.000 as compared to dominant limb. However, there was not much of a significant difference with eyes open and eyes closed position. CONCLUSIONS The E/I ratio was >1.0 at the angular velocity of 120°/s increasing the chances of ankle injuries in basketball players. There was no correlation between ankle strength and balance in both dominant and non-dominant limbs.
Resilience of Vietnamese Refugees: Resources to Cope with Natural Disasters in Their Resettled Country

Abstract Objective Study findings suggest that refugees are more vulnerable than the general population to mental disorders from disasters. This pilot study explored the nature of Vietnamese refugees’ resilience to a potential natural disaster as a first step toward improving their disaster mental health. Methods Interviews were conducted with 20 ethnic Vietnamese and Montagnard adult refugees using a semistructured interview guide. Factors in resilience at both individual and family levels were examined. Results Our results indicated that these refugees had positive personalities and strong family cohesion. However, although a majority of the participants had experienced natural disasters, they lacked knowledge and specific strategies to cope with these events. The individual participants and their families lacked sufficient information, financial resources, emergency supplies, or social support for a natural disaster. Conclusions Enhancing refugees’ current strengths in responding to disasters, delivering them tailored emergency training, strengthening relationships between refugee service providers and refugee communities, and advocating for refugees’ socioeconomic capacity building should be considered. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2013;0:1–8)
Growth hormone in mares and stallions: pulsatile secretion, response to growth hormone-releasing hormone, and effects of exercise, sexual stimulation, and pharmacological agents.

Short-term patterns of growth hormone (GH) secretion and factors affecting it were studied in mares and stallions. In Exp. 1, hourly blood samples were collected from three mares and three stallions in summer and winter. Although GH concentrations varied in a pulsatile manner in all horses, there was no effect of sex or season (P greater than .1) on plasma GH concentrations and no indication of a diurnal pattern of GH secretion. In Exp. 2, 10-min blood samples were drawn for 8 h from 12 mares; after 6 h, porcine GH-releasing hormone (GHRH) was administered i.v. at 0, 45, 90, or 180 micrograms/mare (three mares per dose). Pulsatile secretion of GH occurred in all mares and averaged 2.4 +/- . 3 peaks/6 h; amplitudes were variable and ranged from 2.6 to 74.4 ng/mL. Eight of nine mares responded within 20 min to GHRH injection, but there was no difference (P greater than .1) among the three doses tested. In Exp. 3, plasma GH concentrations in stallions increased (P less than .05) 8- to 10-fold after 5 min of acute physical exercise or exposure to an estrual mare. Restraint via a twitch (5 min) and epinephrine administration (3 mg i.v.) also increased (P less than .05) plasma GH concentrations by approximately fourfold. In Exp. 4 and 5, administration of either . 4, 2, or 10 mg of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) or 100 or 500 mg of sulpiride (a dopamine receptor antagonist) increased (P less than .01) plasma prolactin concentrations but had no effect (P greater than .1) on GH concentrations during the same period of time. (ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
The Old Boys' Network

Abstract Division I athletic programs have very few women athletic directors (Acosta & Carpenter, 2008). Homologous reproduction and the old boys network provide an explanation for why so few women become athletic directors. This study demonstrates these influences in the athletic director search process among Division I athletic programs. Women leaders in the senior level athletic administration at Far West institutions were interviewed. Data analysis reveals how candidate criteria, the search committee, and search firm involvement contribute to the old boys network and disadvantage women candidates in the athletic director hiring process.
Dating and Perspectives of Attractiveness amongst Hangzhou Dianzi University Students

The People’s Republic of China has grown tremendously as a country along with its economy. Yet some may be surprised to learn that the industries of dating, marriage, and beauty are growing as well. The purpose of this study is to find what university students find attractive, what influences these opinions, and if these things affect the students' dating habits. Through random sampling, 578 students (N = 578) from Hangzhou Dianzi University (HDU) were surveyed regarding what students find attractive, what influences their perspectives of attractiveness, and how these things relate to dating. This research concludes that personality and career are two factors that influence perspectives of attractiveness most amongst students at HDU. Other findings show a lack of correlation between certain factors and dating.
Aproveitamento do resíduo madeireiro na produção de energia termoelétrica no município de Marcelândia-MT

A expansao das atividades humanas na busca de desenvolvimento provoca o aumento da geracao de residuos que, na maioria dos casos, podem ser reaproveitados como insumos de outras atividades economicas, tornando-as mais sustentaveis. Neste sentido, a pesquisa teve como objetivo analisar as condicoes ambientais e economicas que favorecem a producao de energia eletrica a partir do aproveitamento do residuo madeireiro gerado no municipio de Marcelândia-MT. Para tanto, foram quantificados os estoques de residuos existentes neste municipio a partir de dados fornecidos pela Secretaria de Estado do Meio Ambiente. Em seguida, pelo metodo estatistico, estimou-se o tempo de extracao da area total coberta por vegetacao no municipio. Por fim, os custos e as receitas foram confrontados com a finalidade de demonstrar a rentabilidade da implantacao de uma usina termoeletrica. Constatou-se que, em Marcelândia-MT, os residuos madeireiros gerados entre maio de 2007 e junho de 2012 somam 8.914. 743,13 m 3 . Neste municipio, existem 18 manejos florestais, correspondentes a 15.935. 080,97 m 3 , com potencial de exploracao manejada por, pelo menos, 189 anos. Considerando, neste cenario, o aproveitamento medio do volume total de tora (58,54%), ter-se-ia uma geracao total de 6.606. 684,57 m 3 de residuos madeireiros, quantidade suficiente para sustentar uma usina termoeletrica por aproximadamente 43 anos, isso sem considerar os residuos gerados na continuidade da producao madeireira e aqueles gerados por floresta, que seriam suficientes para abastecer uma usina pelo periodo de 32 anos. O aproveitamento dos residuos madeireiros gerados em Marcelândia-MT como insumo da usina termoeletrica apresenta-se como uma proposta viavel, com taxa interna de retorno proxima a taxa minima de atratividade esperada, valor presente liquido positivo e retorno do investimento a partir do sexto ano, com lucro de R$ 13.240. 654,00. Desta forma, a demanda de energia do municipio (1.382.268 kWh) poderia ser suprida pela usina termoeletrica e o excedente de energia gerado poderia ser comercializado.
Cardiac Performance in Turner’s Syndrome Patients on Growth Hormone Therapy

Objectives: To investigate possible cardiac morphofunctional alterations observed in 26 Turner’s syndrome (TS) patients on prolonged high-dose growth hormone (GH) therapy. Study Design: We examined 26 TS subjects treated with rhGH (1 U/kg/week) for a mean period of 4.9 years (range 1–7.8) and 37 age-, weight- and height-matched healthy girls. Left ventricular volume, mass, systolic function, cardiac index, systemic vascular resistance and diastolic function were evaluated by two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography. Results: Heart rate and systolic blood pressure (BP) were higher in TS patients than in controls, while diastolic BP was lower. Left ventricular volumes, ejection fraction, mass index, M/V ratio and cardiac index did not differ significantly; systemic vascular resistance was slightly decreased. Left ventricular fractional shortening and mean velocity of circumferential shortening were slightly increased while end-systolic meridional stress was decreased in TS. Contractile state was normal in TS. Diastolic function assessment showed a shortening of isovolumetric relaxation and diastolic filling times with an increased atrial contribution and a normal pulmonary venous flow. Conclusion: Cardiac morphology in TS patients on GH therapy is similar to controls. The observed changes in left ventricular systolic and diastolic function should be interpreted as an adaptation to the higher heart rate and reduced peripheral vascular resistance induced by GH therapy.
Sustained granule cell activity disinhibits juvenile mouse cerebellar stellate cells through presynaptic mechanisms

GABA release from cerebellar molecular layer interneurons can be modulated by presynaptic glutamate and/or GABAB receptors upon perfusing the respective agonists. However, it is unclear how release and potential spillover of endogenous transmitter lead to activation of presynaptic receptors. High frequency firing of granule cells, as observed in vivo upon sensory stimulation, could lead to glutamate and/or GABA spillover. Here, we established sustained glutamatergic activity in the granule cell layer of acute mouse cerebellar slices and performed 190 paired recordings from connected stellate cells. Train stimulation at 50 Hz reduced by about 30% the peak amplitude of IPSCs evoked by brief depolarization of the presynaptic cell in 2‐week‐old mice. A presynaptic mechanism was indicated by changes in failure rate, paired‐pulse ratio and coefficient of variation of evoked IPSCs. Furthermore, two‐photon Ca2+ imaging in identified Ca2+ hot spots of stellate cell axons confirmed reduced presynaptic Ca2+ influx after train stimulation within the granular layer. Pharmacological experiments indicated that glutamate released from parallel fibres activated AMPARs in stellate cells, evoking GABA release from surrounding cells. Consequential GABA spillover activated presynaptic GABABRs, which reduced the amplitude of eIPSCs. Two‐thirds of the total disinhibitory effect were mediated by GABABRs, one‐third being attributable to presynaptic AMPARs. This estimation was confirmed by the observation that bath applied baclofen induced a more pronounced reduction of evoked IPSCs than kainate. Granule cell‐mediated disinhibition persisted at near‐physiological temperature but was strongly diminished in 3‐week‐old mice. At this age, GABA release probability was not reduced and presynaptic GABABRs were still detectable, but GABA uptake appeared to be advanced, attenuating GABA spillover. Thus, sustained granule cell activity modulates stellate cell‐to‐stellate cell synapses, involving transmitter spillover during a developmentally restricted period.
Transient Neonatal Diabetes Mellitus in a Pair of Twins

ABSTRACT. The occurrence of transient neonatal diabetes mellitus in male twins with almost identical courses of illness is reported. A trial with chlorpropamide treatment of twin A had no obvious influence on the insulin consumption or on duration of treatment. Very low values of plasma C‐peptide and serum proinsulin with no detectable insulin antibodies supports the theory of delayed maturation of the beta‐cell.