Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
EVALUATION AND COMPARISON OF RAPID CARD TEST WITH IgM ELISA FOR DIAGNOSIS OF SCRUB TYPHUS: A STUDY DONE IN PERIPHERAL ZONAL HOSPITAL OF HIMACHAL PRADESH (INDIA)

Background: Scrub typhus is a tropical febrile zoonotic disease caused by Orientiatsutsugamushi of the rickettsial family. Clinical diagnosis of scrub typhus is often difficult because of similarity of symptoms to other febrile illnesses such as dengue, leptospirosis, malaria and other viral hemorrhagic fevers. Accuracy and rapidity of a diagnostic test to Orientiatsutsugamushi is an important step to diagnose this disease. Method: The present study was performed to compare the results of recently introduced IgM ELISA, considered to be a reference standard and rapid card test Bioline SD tsutsugamushion 232 non-repeated serum serum samples of patients, suspected to be suffering from Scrub Typhus. Results: Out of 232 patients, 32 (13.8%) patients were found to be serologically positive for Scrub Typhus by IgM ELISA and 30 (12.9%) showed positive results by rapid card test Bioline SD tsutsugamushi. Maximum patients (75%) were between the age from 20-50 years. Majority i.e 17 (53.1%) of patients were females. Sensitivity and Specificity of Rapid card test in relation to IgM ELISA was found to be 93.75% and 100% respectively. Positive Predictive Value of Rapid Card test was found to be 100% and Negative Predictive Value was found to be 99.04%. Conclusion: The rapid Scrub Typhus IgM kit can be used as a Point-of-Care (PoC) test as it showed good sensitivity and specificity. The kit would be helpful in both urban and remote rural parts of Himachal Pradesh for the rapid diagnosis of Scrub typhus.
COMPARATIVE FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED AND X-RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS OF NATURALLY OCCURRED K-FELDSPARS

Natural K-feldspars from igneous rocks have been examined by means of X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD) and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy in the spectral range 400-1400 cm, where the Si-Al-O bonds exhibit the dominant vibrations. From the XRPD analysis three species have been distinguished, i.e. microclines (3 samples), orthoclases (4 samples) and sanidines (3 samples); their unit cell parameters were calculated. The FTIR transmittance spectra of all samples have common bands at 426, 463, 584, 604, 726 and 772 cm and someadditional features. The spectra of sanidine and orthoclase exhibit fewer and broader bands than the microclines’, especially in the area 1000-1200 cm. The differences in their spectra are located in four bands. The bands at around 536-538 and 646-648 cm in the spectrum of microcline, are shifted at around 542-544 and 640-642 cm in the spectrum of orthoclase and at around 546 and 636 cm in the spectrum of sanidine. Four bands at 1010, 1050, 1090 and 1136 cm in the spectra of microcline are substituted with two quite broad bands at about 1030 and 1125 cm in the spectra of orthoclase and sanidine. These differences are attributed to different degree of Al-Si ordering in the structure of K-feldspars.
The Effectiveness of Intense Monitors on Mutual Fund Boards

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INTENSE MONITORS ON MUTUAL FUND BOARDS BY MEHDI HAGHBAALI May 2019 Committee Chair: Dr. Vikas Agarwal Major Academic Unit: Finance Department Using a unique dataset of corporate directors with monitoring skills who serve on mutual fund boards, we find that the presence of intense monitors on a fund’s board has considerable influence on its governance. Mutual funds with intense monitors, defined as directors who have been involved in a corporate CEO turnover event; have served on a firm’s audit committee for at least three years; or have served on the board of a firm with high–quality governance, as measured by the GIM index, exhibit higher managerial turnover–performance sensitivity. Moreover, we find that the outflow from institutional investors becomes less sensitive to a mutual fund’s poor performance in the presence of an intense monitor, thereby suggesting a substitution effect between external and internal governance mechanisms. We find some evidence that mutual fund boards with intense monitors exhibit lower negative return gaps, lower window–dressing activity, and higher stock holding horizons compared to mutual funds without such directors. Finally, we find that mutual fund boards with intense monitors overemphasize recent performance and sub– optimally terminate their managers. The Effectiveness of Intense Monitors on Mutual Fund Boards
Evaluation of the effects of synchronising the availability of N and energy on rumen function and production responses of dairy cows – a review

Cabrita, A. R. J., Dewhurst, R. J., Abreu, J. M. F. , Fonseca, A. J. M. (2006). Evaluation of the effects of synchronising the availability of N and energy on rumen function and production responses of dairy cows - a review. Animal Research, 55, (1), 1-24.
Kaon Structure in the confining Nambu-Jona-Lasino Model

The elastic electromagnetic form factors in the space-like region and valence quark distribution functions for the K+ meson are calculated using the confining Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model with the help of the proper-time regularization scheme, which simulates quark confinement. In this model framework, the dynamics information on the nonperturbative aspects is obtained from quark propagators and bound state amplitudes via Bethe-Salpeter equations. We found that the results on the kaon form factors and valence quark distribution functions are qualitatively in excellent agreement with the existing kaon data as well as the perturbation QCD prediction at higher Q.
ANALYSIS OF CHANNEL FLOW USING IMPROVED POLYNOMIAL WAVELETS FOR THE INTERVAL

We discuss a discrete orthogonal wavelet basis which fulfills the requisites for the analysis of flow data in bounded domains. Definitions of the scale and position attributes are given for the modes which are not translationally invariant in this case. Visualization techniques are discussed and demonstrated for analytical data. As an application, wall-normal local wavelet spectra are computed from statistical data of turbulent plane channel flow at low Reynolds number. The results show a linear increase of the most energetic scales with wall-distance for all velocity components.
Diverse types of advertisement calls in the frogs Eupsophus calcaratus and E. roseus (Leptodactylidae) : A quantitative comparison

The variability of the advertisement calls of males from two Chilean populations of the leptodactylid frogs, Eupsophus calcaratus and E. roseus was studied and their calling behaviour further defined. Characteristic audiospectrograms and oscillograms for each species are presented. The spectral and temporal features of the calls were analysed, and intra-population and inter-specific differences in sound parameters were tested using correlation and discriminant function analysis. The calls of both species were tonal, had specific frequency modulation patterns (FM), and showed substantial inter-individual variation in several of their components. At least four discernible types of FM patterns were found in both species. Audio-spectrogram correlation and discriminant analysis showed that the quantitative characteristics of the calls of the species were clearly distinct; the most discriminating parameters were frequency, inter-call interval, and fundamental frequency.
Are Women More Loyal Customers than Men? Gender Differences in Loyalty to Firms and Individual Service Providers

Prevailing wisdom assumes that female consumers are more loyal than male consumers. The authors report conditions under which the reverse is found, depending on the object of customer loyalty. For example, whereas female consumers tend to be more loyal than male consumers to individuals, such as individual service providers, this difference is reversed when the object of loyalty is a group of people. The authors find a similar crossover interaction effect for loyalty to individual employees versus loyalty to companies. This effect is mediated by self-construal in terms of relational versus collective interdependence. The authors discuss the managerial and theoretical implications of these gender differences.
CARCASS CHARACTERISTICS OF MADRAS RED LAMBS FED WITH DIETS OF VARYING PROPORTIONS OF ROUGHAGE AND CONCENTRATE

Twenty four Madras red lambs were weaned at 60 days of age and divided in to high forage (HF), medium forage (MF), low forage (LF) and control groups and fed with complete ration containing roughage and concentrate in the ratios of 60:40, 50:50 and 40:60 respectively. The control group was reared by grazing with concentrate supplementation @100g per head. Carcass measurements were mainly dependent on the body weight at slaughter, rather than on energy levels and age. It was concluded that low forage feeding in lambs had significant influence on the primal cuts, meat and bone percentage and yield of offals, blood,liver,lungs and gut percentages. Similarly a high forage diet had significant influence on the bone percentage
A Suggested Analytical Solution for Vibration of Honeycombs Sandwich Combined Plate Structure

In this work, a suggested analytical solution for vibration analysis of honeycombs sandwich combined plate is presented. The differential equation of motion for the vibration analysis of honeycombs sandwich combined Plate is solved to evaluate the natural frequency of the plate with different design parameters . The analytical results are first calculated using the mechanical properties of honeycomb structure such as modulus of elasticity, modulus of rigidity, Poisson’s ratio, and density of honeycomb structure, then finding the effect of honeycomb structural properties on the natural frequency of combine sandwich plate. The results are the natural frequencies of combine sandwich plate with different honeycomb structural dimensions effect as, length, height, thickness, and angle of regular hexagonal honeycomb structural effect. In addition to, the effects of thickness of combined plate , thickness of honeycomb structural , aspect ratio of plate, and other parameters, on the natural frequency of the plate. A comparison between analytical results obtained theoretically by solving the general equation of motion for sandwich combine plate with honeycomb structure and those evaluated with other researchers gave a good agreement, where the largest discrepancy percentage was about (2 %). Index Term-Honeycombs Sandwich,Vibration, plate
Single nucleotide polymorphisms in ghrelin gene and the resulting genetic variants at ghrelin locus in different strains of indigenous Tswana chickens

Ghrelin is a growth hormone releasing peptide which also affects feed intake in chickens. Ghrelin is encoded by chicken ghrelin gene (cGHRL) found in chromosome 7. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been reported in cGHRL in Chinese native chickens, but such studies have not been carried out in chickens native to Africa. The aim of this study was therefore to identify SNPs in cGHRL in three strains of indigenous Tswana chickens. DNA was isolated from the blood of 60 indigenous Tswana chickens and three pairs of primers were used for amplification of cGHRL. The resultant plymerase chain reaction (PCR) products were sent to Inqaba Biotec (Pretoria, South Africa) for DNA sequencing. A total of 25 SNPs were found in cGHRL gene in different strains of Tswana chickens. Fourteen of the SNPs have been previously reported and the rest are novel SNPs, which might be unique to Tswana chickens. Two non-synonymous SNPs (A429G and A2355G) were found in the coding region of cGHRL gene in the normal strain and only the A2355G SNP was found in dwarf and naked neck strains. The SNPs in the coding region resulted in three alleles in the normal strains and two alleles in the dwarf and naked neck strains. Keywords: Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), ghrelin gene, Tswana chickens
The marine biodiscovery pipeline and ocean medicines of tomorrow

Marine organisms possess the capacity to produce a variety of unique and biologically potent natural products for treating human diseases, many of which are currently commercially available or are in advanced clinical trials. Here we provide a short review on progress in the field and discuss a case study of an EU-funded project, PharmaSea, which aims to discover novel products for the treatment of infections, inflammation and neurodegenerative diseases. Research in this sector is opening new doors for harnessing the potential of marine natural products with pharmaceutical properties.
TRANSIENT SOLUTIONS OF MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS BASED ON SUMUDU TRANSFORM

The Sumudu transform is derived from the classical Fourier integral. Based on the mathematical simplicity of the Sumudu transform and its fundamental properties, Maxwell’s equations are solved for transient electromagnetic waves propagating in lossy conducting media. The Sumudu transform of Maxwell’s differential equations yields a solution directly in the time domain, which neutralizes the need to perform inverse Sumudu transform. Two sets of computer plots are generated for the solution of Maxwell’s equations for transient electric field strength in lossy medium. A set of plots presents the Sumudu transform of the transient solution and another one presents inverse Sumudu transform. Both sets of plots reveal similar characteristics and convey equal information. Such property is referred to as the Sumudu reciprocity.
INFLUENCE OF DIETARY HABITS OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ON BODY MASS INDEX (BMI) (A COMPARATIVE STUDY AMONG EGYPT AND SAUDI ARABIA AND TURKEY)

Ergenlerde gorulen beslenme aliskanliklari ve uygulamalari veya yeme aliskanliklari onlarin sagligi uzerinde olumsuz sonuclar dogurabilmektedir. Alkolsuz icecekler, tatli icecekler, fast food tuketiminin asiri duzeylere varmasi alimi, meyve, sebze, tam tahilli gidalar, sut urunleri ve diger kalsiyum katkili gidalarin yetersiz alimi; dusuk duzeylerde egzersiz yapimi ile artan obezite oranlari ile ortaya cikan olumsuz saglik sonuclari; bu yas grubunun beslenme ve yasam tarzi ozelliklerini yeniden gozden gecirmelerinin bir ihtiyac oldugunu gostermektedir. Bu calisma Misir, Suudi Arabistan ve Turkiye arasinda karsilastirmali bir arastirma olarak farkli kulturlerde agirlik fazlaligi ya da eksikliginde (BMI) universite ogrencilerinin beslenme aliskanliklarinin etkisini belirlemeyi amaclamaktadir. Bu arastirma 450 ogrencinin (her bolgeden 150) beslenme aliskanliklarini ortaya cikaracak bir anket formu kullanilarak gerceklestirilmistir. BMI (agirlik / boy2 kg / m 2) olculmus (tum olcumler calisma bolgelerinde de ayni kosullar altinda alinmistir) ve goreceli agirlik endeksi olarak kullanilmistir. Sonuclar Suudi Arabistanli ogrencilerin yaklasik yarisinin (% 43.33) kilolu, Turkiye’deki numunelerin cogunlugunun (% 75.3) normal kilolu oldugunu, Misir'da ise ozellikle kadin katilimcilarin 50.67%’sinin kilolu oldugunu ortaya koymustur. Ote yandan sonuclar; butun faydalarina ragmen kahvaltinin en sik atlanan ogun olmasi gibi universite ogrencileri arasinda pek cok sagliksiz beslenme aliskanliklari oldugunu ortaya koymaktadir. Calisma, universite ogrencilerinin beslenme aliskanliklarini degistirecek, saglikli gida ve diyet cesitliligini tanitacak; egitim programlari onermektedir.
THE INFLUENCE OF NITROGEN FERTILIZATION AND PENTAKEEP V APPLICATION ON CONTENTS OF NITRATES IN CARROT

Two field experiments (experiment-1 in 2006 and experiment-2 in 2007) with carrot c.v. ‘Kazan F1’ were conducted at Trzciana (5006’ N, 2185’E) in south-eastern part of Poland. Both of the experiments comprised two sub-blocks with plants: 1. Not receiving foliar nutrition, 2. Receiving foliar nutrition with Pentakeep V in experiment-1 the plants were sprayed twice and experiment-1 the plants were sprayed once. Each sub-block consisted of the following treatments: 1. Control (without nitrogen fertilization), 2. 1⁄2 dose of N as pre-sowing fertilization, 3. Full rate of nitrogen 1⁄2 dose of N as a pre-sowing and 1⁄2 dose of N as a top dressing fertilization. In 2006 1⁄2 dose of N equaled 100 kg N·ha when in 2007 1⁄2 dose of N equaled 60 kg N·ha. The results of the experiment-1 showed that foliar nutrition with Pentakeep V allowed for a periodic decline in nitrates content in several days’ time after the application. The results of the experiment-2 demonstrate that one can expect effective decrease in nitrates content in carrot (depending on N-NO3 content in soil) after foliar application of Pentakeep V between 3 and 14 day after the use of the component.
INVESTIGATING ORGANIZATIONAL OPEN INNOVATION CLIMATE AND RELATIONSHIPS

Cosmetology industry is an emerging business in Taiwan. As the domestic income grows and the cultural level elevated, cosmetology businesses become an indispensable part of daily lives of people. This study intended to implement an open innovation climate measure (OICM) to survey the innovative climate of cosmetology businesses. The study provided knowledge of how well do companies develop open innovation climate and how it relates to job satisfaction. Questionnaires complied with OICM and JDI measurement were used to survey service personnel working in different cosmetology companies in Taiwan. Clustering analysis found two distinct groups within the sample. Correlation analysis is executed between open innovation climate and job satisfaction. Company decision makers should consider the relations between open innovation climate and job satisfaction to establish an open innovative organization and improve the competiveness of the company.Base on the clustering results, we have found a very interesting clustering among employees, and the managerial implications are given for managers in related businesses.
Why the CAPM is Half‐Right and Everything Else is Wrong

The global financial crisis has caused many academics to question the validity of market efficiency and the CAPM.A recent example of this is Dempsey (2013). We pick up on two central tenets of Dempsey’s paper—market efficiency and the status of the CAPM—and provide a critique.With respect to market efficiency, we argue that it is still very difficult to make abnormal returns from publicly available information and thus the basic tenet of market efficiency still holds.With respect to asset pricing models, we argue that the CAPM is still the reigning champion of asset pricing models and the belief that unless a model works 100% of the time that it should be rejected for an unspecified alternative is misplaced. In the spirit of a lively discussion we argue that the CAPM is half-right and everything else is wrong.
Ursodeoxycholic acid improves cholestasis in primary sclerosing cholangitis

Lay summary Effective medical therapy for primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is urgently needed. In this phase II clinical study in PSC patients, a side chain-shortened derivative of ursodeoxycholic acid, norursodeoxycholic acid (norUDCA), significantly reduced serum alkaline phosphatase levels in a dose-dependent manner during a 12-week treatment. Importantly, norUDCA showed a favorable safety profile, which was similar to placebo. The use of norUDCA in PSC patients is promising and will be further evaluated in a phase III clinical study.
Economic Development and the Spread of Diseases of Affluence in EU Regions

Diseases of affluence (diseases of the XXI c., Western diseases) by definition should have higher prevalence and/or mortality rates in richer and more developed countries than in poorer, underdeveloped states. Therefore, it has been indicated that it is the civilizational progress (directly or indirectly via changes in lifestyle, diet, physical activity, stress, etc.) that stimulates epidemic outbreaks of some illnesses (cancer, diseases of respiratory and cardiovascular systems, diabetes, mental disorders). On the other hand substantial financial resources, highly qualified medical personnel, and cutting-edge technology of richer states, should allow for effective preventions, diagnostics, and treatment of these diseases. The European Union as a whole, as well as all its member states and their regions, may be considered “highly developed” in economic sense. Does it, however, mean that EU can be perceived as homogeneous in the sense of diseases of affluence epidemiology? Are the relatively small differences in economic regional development (compared to worldwide inequalities) significant factor in the spatial distribution of diseases of affluence? To evaluate the possible dispersion in the epidemiology of some of potential Western diseases and their relation with regional development tools of spatial statistics have been incorporated. The research covers 261 EU NUTS 2 regions for the years 2003-2010. These research may provide some answers to the existence and epidemiology of hypothetical diseases of affluence as well as in recognizing spatial patterns of prevalence and mortality rates for these illnesses.
College wage premiums and skills: a cross-country analysis

Workers with a college degree earn substantially more than workers with no such degree. Using recent data from 22 OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) countries, we estimate this college wage premium at 28 per cent for male full-time working employees, on average, ranging from 18 per cent in Sweden to 50 per cent in the Slovak Republic. This premium is largely explained by the higher skill levels of graduates from higher education combined with their use of these skills at work, as well as the match with job requirements for this skill proficiency and skill use. We find no effect of labour market institutions (e.g. the employment protection legislation or the coverage rate) on cross-country differences in the college wage premium. However, we find that cross-country variation in this premium is related to the relative supply of higher educated workers. Moreover, we find evidence that cross-country differences in the college wage premium are related to the degree to which educational credentials signal skills.
Different perceptions of company leaders: Corporate social responsibility in Brazil and India

Double Blind Review System Scientific Editor: Felipe Mendes Borini This article evaluates corporate social responsibility strategies and efforts to implement them in a Brazilian oil and gas multinational and an Indian steel multinational. Qualitative research was conducted through interviews with executives of both companies, and a content analysis and comparison of approaches to corporate social responsibility and engagement with stakeholders were made. The evidence from this research shows that the type of corporate social responsibility adopted by each company depends on the ethical values, socio-economic environment, legal and institutional framework of the country in which the firm operates.
The Role of Personal Characteristics and School Characteristics in Explaining Teacher Job Satisfaction //Características personales y de los centros educativos en la explicación de la satisfacción laboral del profesorado

Recent studies show that teacher job satisfaction has declined in Spain over the last decade. Additionally, teacher job satisfaction is significantly lower in secondary education than in lower educational levels. In this paper, we identify variables that contribute to the prediction of teacher job satisfaction in secondary education. We use the Spanish sample (192 schools and 3,339 teachers) participating in the 2013 edition of the Teaching and Learning International Study (TALIS), sponsored by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Employing hierarchical linear models, we assess the importance of teacher variables and school variables as predictors of job satisfaction. Self-efficacy, control of classroom discipline, age, gender, years of work experience at the current school, and employment status are personal factors that explain teacher job satisfaction. Among the institutional factors, the important effect of teacher-student relations stands out.