Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Renewal of Fear Following Immediate Extinction in a Passive Avoidance Paradigm

Understanding the mechanisms of extinction, which is the foundation for exposurebased therapies used to treat anxiety disorders, is of theoretical and clinical importance. Recent research suggests that extinction occurring shortly after fear conditioning attenuates the renewal of fear. This experiment investigated whether extinction shortly after fear conditioning would prevent the renewal effect using a passive avoidance paradigm. Female rats received extinction either immediately (10 minutes) or one day (24 hours) after fear conditioning in either the same context as conditioning or in a different context. When testing for fear occurred in the same context as extinction, both the immediate and the delayed extinction groups showed a significant reduction of fear. However, those tested for fear in the context that differed from extinction demonstrated a significant amount of fear, i.e., the renewal of fear, regardless of extinction occurring immediately or after a delay. These results conflict with other findings that immediate extinction attenuates renewal, as well as show that the mechanisms of immediate and delayed extinction may be similar.
Global portfolio management under state dependent multiple risk premia

In this paper, we assess the benefits from international factor diversification under a regime based portfolio construction framework that takes into account the dynamic changes in stock markets. We show that there are significant costs to investors who fail to (a) pursue an international diversification strategy using sources of return other than the market premium and (b) take into account the existence of regimes in portfolio construction and asset allocation. Short sale and tracking error constraints reduce but do not eliminate the gains from a dynamic global factor portfolio. Implementation through commercially available, investable factor indices to provide efficient and low cost building blocks to construct a dynamic diversified factor portfolio in practice preserves most of the benefits from state dependent portfolio construction.
Cultural and reliable adaptation of the Reproductive Autonomy Scale for women in Brazil

Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil. Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, Petrolina, PE, Brazil. Universidade do Estado da Bahia, Guanambi, BA, Brazil. Confl icts of interest: nothing to declare. Abstract Objective: To translate and adapt the Reproductive Autonomy Scale to the Brazilian culture and evaluate the reliability of the adapted version. Methods: Methodological study, in which were followed the steps of translation, consensus among judges, back-translation, semantic validation and pre-test. Reliability was checked through internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha) and temporal stability by using the test-retest (intraclass correlation coeffi cient). The scale was applied to a sample of 140 women, of which 70 were rural workers of the São Francisco Valley and 70 were quilombola communities of the Identidade Sertão Produtivo Territory, in Brazil. Results: The Reproductive Autonomy Scale was appropriately adapted for the Brazilian culture. The overall Cronbach’s alpha of the scale was 0.76, which indicates adequate internal consistency. The reproducibility analysis showed no signifi cant difference in test-retest scores and the ICC value=0.93 for the whole scale indicated excellent reproducibility. Conclusion: The Reproductive Autonomy Scale is appropriate and reliable to evaluate the reproductive autonomy of Brazilian women.
Functional outcome of JESS fixation and bone grafting in distal tibial plafond-pilon fracture: a prospective study

Background: The Pilon fractures are one of the most difficult to treat. Fracture known as “orthopedicians nightmare”. The incidence of complications following ORIF of pilon ranges from 10-55% and other complication are infection, loss of reduction, secondary arthrosis. In these circumstances JESS and Bone grafting is cost effective and less hospitalization. Our aim was to evaluate in the functional outcome of JESS fixation and bone grafting in distal tibial plafond- pilon fracture using Olerud and Molander score.Methods: The JESS fixation and bone grafting was used for pilon fracture in 30 patients, 24 male and 6 female. Mean age 44 years range (18-60 years). Fractures caused by fall and RTA. All were treated with JESS fixation and bone grafting. the patients were assessed clinically and radiographically at regular interval of 1 month and later 2 months interval. Outcome was assessed using Olerud and Molander score. Complications were recorded.Results: 12 patients had Ruedi and Allgower type II fracture and 18 patients had type III fracture. After 9 month of follow up midterm OMAS score- 11.766 was achieved. Outcomes were good in 71.25% and fair results in 50.83% respectively. The complication seen was residual ankle pain in 6.66% patients and implant failure in 13.33%. Conclusions: Fixation of pilon fracture with JESS and bone grafting is associated with good functional outcome in type II and fair in type III pilon fracture. The incidence of complications high in type III pilon fracture.
Metallic Abundances in the Planet-Harboring G-Type Star HD 38529

The G8 dwarf star HD 217107 has been announced to have a planetary companion with an orbital period of 7.1 d. A detailed abundance analysis of this star was carried out using high-dispersion spectra in the visual and near IR regions, using a model atmosphere with Teff = 5500 ± 100 K, \ogg = 4.25 ± 0.1, and £t = 1-0 ± 0-3 km s _1 . We derived the abundances of 13 elements and found that 11 of these elements (except for C and O) are enhanced with respect to the Sun. The abundance of iron is [Fe/H] = +0.31 ±0.10. The mean abundance of lighter elements (Mg, Al, Si, and S) is systematically higher than that of iron peak elements (Cr, Fe, Co, and Ni) by about 0.2 dex. Combining with the published results, we found that all parent stars of planetary systems with a period shorter than 20 d are metal-rich.
ON THE DAMAGE OF INSULATING MATERIALS BELOW INCEPTION VOLTAGE

Although much work has already been done on the issue of partial discharges and their damaging consequences at and above inception level, the possibility of insulating material deterioration below the aforementioned level has not been investigated thoroughly yet. This paper indicates that there is evidence of partial discharge activity even below the inception voltage. This activity seems to be of intermittent pulsive nature. The present paper also points out possible directions for future research in this eld. K e y w o r d s: partial discharge, inception voltage, insulation lifetime
TCP and rock phosphate solubilization by mangrove fungi grown under different pH and temperature in liquid culture.

The objective of this work was to evaluate the efficiency of mangrove phyllosphere fungi in solubilization of tricalcium phosphate and rock phosphate in liquid culture. Total 14 fungi including Aspergillus, Penicillium and Alternaria were tested under different pH and temperature. Aspergillus PF 126 was solubilised and released 92.74 μg/ml P content where as Aspergillus PF 127 showed better efficiency of rock phosphate solubilization and produced 54.4 μg/ml P content into the liquid culture. Penicillium sp. was comparatively poor solubiliser of TCP and rock phosphate in liquid culture.
Subtidal Response of Scotian Shelf Circulation to Local and Remote Forcing. Part I: Observations

Abstract Data collected during the Canadian Atlantic Storms Program (CASP) suggest that two primary current regimes exist on the Scotian Shelf during winter. Moorings inside the 100-m isobath feature currents that are parallel to the general bathymetry and have small eastward mean velocities. The time-varying part of the flow is nearly rectilinear alongshelf at typical maximum velocities of 0.2–0.3 m s−1 and oscillates on 2–5-day periods in response to meteorological forcing. The current at locations beyond the 100-m isobath exhibits a persistent westward flow of about 0.3 m s−1, denoting the dominance of the Nova Scotian Current, although smaller magnitude along- and cross-shelf fluctuations occur at synoptic frequencies. Flow in both regions is largely uniform with depth at this time of year. The velocity response to local and remote sources of forcing was examined using a frequency (ω)-dependent multiple regression model. Flow is dominated by nonlocal forcing at ω < 0.2 cpd; alongshelf wind stress is t.
What Drives the Adoption of Smart Travel Planning Apps? The Relationship between Experiential Consumption and Mobile App Acceptance

The increased use of the smart travel planning apps as a new tool in hospitality and hotel industry has changed the way travelers make their travel plans. The apps users obtained their preferred tour itinerary and subsequently determine the choice of theirs tour destinations. Therefore, the objective of this study is to investigate the effects of itinerary plans developed by smart travel planning apps on the choiceof tour destination. The underpinning theories were uniﬁed theory of acceptance and use of technology model and experiential consumption(UTAUT). The study was conducted in Malaysia and the sample consisted of 307 travelers who are familiar with apps usage. Variance-based-PLS technique was used to analyze and test the hypotheses. The resultconﬁrmedthatUTAUTdimensionshavesigniﬁcantrelationshipwiththeintention to use the itinerary. Both hedonic and utilitarian values from personal consumption perspectivesigniﬁcantlymotivatetravelers’behavioralintentiontousethesmarttravel apps. This study contributes to the research on the intention and usage behavior of mobile apps technologies by developing an integrative model to explain the intentions and usage behavior of the tour itinerary.
Molecular Identification and Phylogenetic Assessment of Some Marine Catfishes of The Bay of Bengal

The present study was designed to analyze partial sequence of Cytochrome Oxidase subunit I (COI) gene for species identification and phylogenetic relationships among 6 species of catfish sampled from Cox’s Bazar. The nucleotide sequences of COI consisted of about 652 nucleotide base pairs. The mitochondrial COI region of all samples was successfully amplified using PCR. The comprehensive barcoding identification results were based on GenBank databases. Database revealed definitive identity in the range of 96%-98% for consensus sequences of six species namely Osteogeneiosus militaris, Netuma thalassinus, Plicofollis tenuispinis, Plicofollis polystaphylodon, Hemiarius sona, and Arius venosus. Multiple sequence alignment was done using examined sequences and phylogenetic tree was constructed where species in the present study were clustered independently within their corresponding genera. Among the 10 fish samples, morphologically 5 different species were identified while using DNA barcoding of 10 samples, 6 different species were found. Moreover, among the 10 samples which where sequenced using COI gene specific primer, 3 samples were different in morphological and molecular level. This research demonstrates that partial sequences of the COI gene can efficiently identify the six species of marine catfish in Bangladesh, indicating the usefulness of COI-based approach in species identification.
The Export-Magnification Effect of Offshoring

In this paper we argue that the surge in world trade over the two decades preceding the global downturn of 2008-09 can be partly explained by the export-magnification effect of offshoring. In a general equilibrium model with heterogeneous firms we show analytically that a fall in variable offshoring costs boosts trade in differentiated final goods through an intra-industry reallocation of resources towards the more productive firms. More specifically, lower barriers to offshoring reduce the input costs of incumbent offshoring firms and allow more firms to source cheap foreign intermediates, which improves firm-level price competitiveness. This, in turn, translates into higher export quantities of incumbent exporters (intensive margin) and entry of new exporters (extensive margin), thereby fostering trade in final goods. † University of Tübingen, ‡European Central Bank This paper should not be reported as representing the views of the European Central Bank(ECB). The project has benefited from financial support from the German Research Foundation (BU 1256/6-1). Corresponding author: Nico Zorell (nico.zorell@ecb.int). © 2010 by J. Kleinert and N. Zorell
Determinant Tax Avoidance

This study aims to analyze the effect of sales growth, proﬁtability, ﬁscal loss compensation, and the intensity of ﬁxed assets on tax avoidance, both partially and jointly. The research method is using panel data regression analysis, with a purposive sampling method obtained a sample of twenty-seven companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2015-2017 using secondary data in the form of annual ﬁnancial reports. The results show that partially sales growth has a signiﬁcant positive effect, proﬁtability has a signiﬁcant negative effect, compensation for ﬁscal losses has a signiﬁcant effect, and the intensity of ﬁxed assets has a signiﬁcant effect on tax avoidance.While the results of the studys simultaneously show that sales growth, proﬁtability, ﬁscal loss compensation, and the intensity of ﬁxed assets together have a positive effect on tax avoidance.
The role of contrastive intonation contours in the retrieval of contextual alternatives

Sentences with a contrastive intonation contour are usually produced when the speaker entertains alternatives to the accented words. However, such contrastive sentences are frequently produced without making the alternatives explicit for the listener. In two cross-modal associative priming experiments we tested in Dutch whether such contextual alternatives become available to listeners upon hearing a sentence with a contrastive intonation contour compared with a sentence with a non-contrastive one. The first experiment tested the recognition of contrastive associates (contextual alternatives to the sentence-final primes), the second one the recognition of non-contrastive associates (generic associates which are not alternatives). Results showed that contrastive associates were facilitated when the primes occurred in sentences with a contrastive intonation contour but not in sentences with a non-contrastive intonation. Non-contrastive associates were weakly facilitated independent of intonation. Possibly, contrastive contours trigger an accommodation mechanism by which listeners retrieve the contrast available for the speaker.
Inhibiting the Cannabinoid Catabolic Enzyme MAGL to Potentiate the Anti-Arthritic Properties of the Synthetic Glucocorticoid Dexamethasone

Inhibiting the Cannabinoid Catabolic Enzyme MAGL to Potentiate the Anti-Arthritic Properties of the Synthetic Glucocorticoid Dexamethasone Sara R. Nass Rheumatoid arthritis (RA, Table 1) is the most common type of inflammatory arthritis, and is characterized by swelling, inflammation, pain, and destruction of the synovial joints (i.e., knees, elbows, wrists, hips, and fingers). Glucocorticoid receptor agonists are a type of steroid hormone and are among the most common treatments for inflammatory arthritis because of their powerful anti-inflammatory effects. However, harmful side effects are associated with these glucocorticoids (GCs), including increasing patients’ vulnerability to infections. Cannabinoids (i.e., cannabis-like signaling molecules) exert anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects with limited side effects compared to traditional immunosuppressants making them excellent targets for the development of new arthritic therapeutics. For example, in mice, selective inhibition of the cannabinoid enzyme monoacylglycerol lipase (MAGL) reduces acute inflammatory pain and edema. Dual administration of drugs are promising novel treatments because it allows lower doses of drugs to attenuate pain and inflammation, while limiting side effects. Combined administration of an endocannabinoid enzyme inhibitor and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug reduces neuropathic and acute pain. Similarly, inflammatory arthritis is reduced by a GC administered with an anti-inflammatory cytokine (i.e., immune system signaling molecule) in mice. Given the anti-inflammatory properties of MAGL inhibition, it is plausible that MAGL inhibition will increase the analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects of a steroid treatment, perhaps reducing the negative side effects of the steroid. Therefore, the goals of the present studies were to determine the analgesic and anti-inflammatory efficacy of (1) the MAGL inhibitor JZL184; (2) the glucocorticoid steroid dexamethasone (DEX); and (3) the combined administration of both JZL184 and DEX. To these ends, we used the collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) mouse model. We found that, although both JZL184 and DEX significantly attenuated proinflammatory cytokine levels in the paws of CIA mice, only DEX decreased pain-related behaviors and paw swelling. Combined administration of a sub-effective dose both drugs was ineffective overall.
The Value of Iron Metabolism Dynamic Changes in Response to Direct Anti-Viral Agents among Egyptian Chronic HCV Patients

Background: Like other viruses, hepatitis C virus (HCV) needs constituents of host cells to proliferate and iron is considered as one of the most important constituents. So, chronic HCV often appears to be associated with disturbances in iron homeostasis. Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the iron metabolism dynamic changes in response to direct antiviral agents (DAAs) among Egyptian chronic HCV patients. Patients and Methods: This prospective cohort study was conducted on 180 subjects, 150 of them had chronic HCV whom received different DAAs regimens at one of the specialized HCV treatment facilities (Group A), as well as another 30 healthy volunteers (Group B), in the period from January 2017 to September 2018. The study was approved by the medical ethics committee of Al-Azhar University Hospitals and a written informed consent was obtained from all patients. Result: Before treatment, serum iron, ferritin, transferrin saturation and triglycerides were significantly higher among HCV patients when compared to controls (p<0.001), while serum TIBC, transferrin, hepcidin, hepcidin/Ferritin ration, cholesterol were significantly lower in HCV patients in comparison with controls (p<0.001). Following treatment with DAAs, serum iron, ferritin, transferrin saturation and triglycerides were significantly decreased. On the other hand, serum TIBC, transferrin, hepcidin, hepcidin/Ferritin ration and serum cholesterol were significantly increased. The improvement of HbA1c was associated with an improvement in iron overload parameters. Conclusion: Rapid decrease in serum ferritin during IFN/RBV free treatment may reflect a quick regression of inflammation after inhibition of viral replication. The improvement in the iron parameters associated with improvement in triglyceride and glucose metabolism may also suggest an improvement of metabolic functions of the liver following HCV eradication.
Evaluating dynamic treatment: The Swedish active labour market programmes

This paper assesses the impact of Swedish welfare-to-work programs on labour market performance including wages, labour market status, unemployment duration and future welfare-to-work participation. We develop a structural dynamic model of labour supply which includes detailed institutional features of these policies and allows for selection on observables and unobservables. We estimate the model from a rich administrative panel data set and show that training programs- which accounts for a large proportion of programs- have little efiect on future outcomes, whereas job experience programs have a beneflcial efiect.
A Mobile Social and Communication Tool for Autism

Autism is a complex neurobiological disorder that is prevalence worldwide. Most autistic children have weak communication and social skills. This re-searches aims to develop and test a mobile application, named MyVoice, which supports local autistic children. The proposed design and features are discussed, and a prototype is evaluated and tested by two therapists and an autistic child. Experimental results indicate positive feedback in terms of ease of use, aesthetic, and simplicity. Parents of the autistic child are satisfied with different features such as the alert notification. Results also indicate that autistic children need about one week to easily interact with MyVoice.
Extraction of Poloidal Velocity from Charge Exchange Recombination Spectroscopy Measurements

A novel approach has been implemented on DIII-D to allow the correct determination of the plasma poloidal velocity from charge exchange spectroscopy measurements. Unlike usual techniques, the need for detailed atomic physics calculations to properly interpret the results is alleviated. Instead, the needed atomic physics corrections are self-consistently determined directly from the measurements, by making use of specially chosen viewing chords. Modeling results are presented that were used to determine a set of views capable of measuring the correction terms. We present the analysis of a quiescent H-mode discharge, illustrating that significant modifications to the velocity profiles are required in these high ion temperature conditions. We also present preliminary measurements providing the first direct comparison of the standard cross-section correction to the atomic physics calculations.
Insights on CFOs’ Perceptions about Impairment Testing Under IAS 36

Abstract We survey CFOs of Italian listed companies and examine their views on the complexities involved in implementing IAS 36 requirements and the perceived usefulness of national guidelines aiming at assisting preparers in this respect. We find that IAS 36 is perceived as an atypical standard among IFRS, it demands subjective interpretation, its requirements can be made adaptable to managerial needs and do not limit creative accounting. Further, respondents do not see a strong link between IAS 36 disclosure requirements and market variables, except for stock returns. Moreover, the impairment testing process became more difficult during the recent financial crisis and guidelines issued by the Italian authorities do not appear to assist in implementing the recoverable amount estimation process or compliance with mandatory disclosure. The respondents explicitly call for a revision in IAS 36 and/or issuance of separate guidance. These findings inter alia respond directly to the IASB’s current quest on financial statements preparers’ concerns about the application of the IAS 36 requirements.