Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Platinum Priority – Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

Background: Photoselective vaporization (PVP) with the GreenLight HPS 120-W laser (GLL) was recently introduced for treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Objective: To compare results of GLL PVP and transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) for treatment of BPH. Design, setting, and participants: A total of 120 patients with BPH were randomly assigned to two equal groups: TURP or PVP. Measurements: Both groups were compared regarding all relevant preoperative, operative, and postoperative parameters. Functional results in terms of improvement of International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS), maximum flow rate (Qmax), and postvoid residual (PVR) urine were assessed at 1, 3, 6, 12, 24, and 36 mo. A total of 55 and 54 patients completed 36 mo of follow-up in the TURP and PVP groups, respectively. Results and limitations: Baseline characteristics were comparable. Mean operative time was significantly shorter for TURP. Compared to preoperative values, there was significant reduction in hemoglobin and serum sodium levels at the end of TURP only. A significant difference in favor of PVP was achieved regarding the duration of catheterization and hospital stay. In the PVP, no major intraoperative complications were recorded and none of the patients required blood transfusion. Among TURP patients, 12 (20%) required transfusion, 3 (5%) developed TUR syndrome, and capsule perforation was observed in 10 patients. There was dramatic improvement in Qmax, IPSS, and PVP compared with preoperative values and the degree of improvement was comparable in both groups at all time points of follow-up. Storage bladder symptoms were significantly higher in PVP. By the end of 36 mo, five patients in TURP and six in PVP were lost to follow-up. A redo procedure was required in one TURP patient and six PVP patients ( p < 0.05). Two TURP patients and four PVP patients developed bladder neck contracture ( p > 0.05) treated by bladder neck incision; none in either group experienced urethral stricture or urinary incontinence. Conclusions: Compared with TURP, 120-W GLL PVP is safe and effective in treatment of BPH. Crown Copyright # 2010 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of European
The Lactation Performances and Some Reproductive Traits of Heifers Raised in Different Growth Conditions

In dairy cattle, the success of the heifer rearing is to have great importance in terms of return of investment. Heifers for breeding purpose are to ensure that profitability has given birth to her first calf at age of 22-24 months. However, for this purpose controlled conditions and some special requirements must be provided. Many literature reported that the different growth pattern for optimal heifer raising performances. But it must be quite technical critical threshold value for the get optimum performances in the future. The ideal value of the first calving of Holstein heifer is to 22-24 months of age. But in the practical result did not show these ideal. Many study results showed big variation from 18 months to 36 months of age. This high first calving age affected the animal future performances. Dairy farms must be considering the critical threshold value for the optimum heifer raising program. For this purpose 2010-2013 year are born between 118 head heifer were monitored and recorded during the 3 year study and status from birth to first lactation were evaluated depending on the growth performances. In this study the results of 118 heifer lactations and reproductive performances werw determined.
Atlantic Cod Stock Structure in the Gulf of Maine

Abstract Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in the Gulf of Maine provide an important but depleted fishery that needs to be made sustainable. However, restoring and maintaining robust population components to achieve sustainability is made difficult when their distribution and character is unknown. This study clarifies the structure of the Gulf of Maine cod grouping by deriving the distribution, movements, and behavior of population components from 1920s data and surveys of retired fishermen. These derivations are consistent with current cod populations and with the existence of localized spawning components. Nearly half the coastal spawning grounds of 50 to 70 years ago are abandoned today and their spawning components have disappeared, suggesting depletion, undetected by system-wide assessments, may have been well advanced by the 1980s.
What behavior predicts banner effectiveness?:a mouse and eye tracking study

The click through rate (CTR) is the number one metric of online advertising effectiveness, even though a large body of research has indicated that the CTR underestimates advertising effectiveness. These studies indicate that there are also cognitive and affective responses to banners. The current study used an eye and mouse tracker to relate these responses to their accompanying (goal-directed or exploratory) search behavior, such that it would be possible to infer responses based on search behavior and thereby construct a richer measure of online advertising effectiveness. Eighty-one participants were randomly assigned to one of four conditions (exposed or not exposed to banner ads and immediate or delayed questionnaire) and visited a regional news website for 20 minutes (10 minutes fulfilling tasks and 10 minutes of free surfing). During the website visit the participants’ eye and mouse behavior was tracked. The results show that banner effectiveness goes beyond CTR. Banners received more fixations and were more often recognized than clicked upon. The most fixations and the highest recognition scores were achieved in the exploratory search mode. On the contrary to prior research, affective responses did not significantly differ between the exposed and control condition or between the exploratory and the goal-directed search mode. The search mode the user is in could be inferred by eye fixations; by looking at the number of unique AOIs visited, and by the time spent on the webpage. Mouse movements, on the other hand, could not predict the mode the user is in and neither can they predict to what area the user is paying attention to. Therefore a mouse tracker alone is insufficient to infer cognitive and affective responses. Making it impossible for now to record these responses unobtrusively in practice.
Airborne Spacing in the Terminal Area: A Study of Non-Nominal Situations

This paper reports on small-scale experiments conducted with air traffic controllers. The objective was to investigate non-nominal situations when using airborne spacing in the terminal area. The following situations were considered: mixed equipage, holding patterns and typical unexpected events (go-around, emergency, radio failure, spacing instructions not correctly executed). In applying the airborne spacing procedure for non equipped aircraft, handling mixed equipage was found to be entirely feasible. Initial trends suggest that 50% equipped aircraft already brings some benefits compared to 0% although not as much as with 100%. Receiving aircraft from the holding patterns and then using airborne spacing for final integration was found feasible and comfortable. Recovering from the unexpected events was found less difficult than initially anticipated and was evaluated as similar to today’s operations.
Exploring the use of red fox ( Vulpes vulpes ) counts during deer censuses as a tool to evaluate the fox population trend in the framework of disease surveillance

Acknowledgements This work was partially funded by the research project RC IZSVe 19-2010, granted by the Italian Ministry of Health. The Authors are grateful to the Belluno Provincial Police, the Carabinieri Forestali of Belluno and to all the Hunting Preserves who collaborated in the field. The Authors are also grateful to the Partners of the research projects RC IZSVe 19-2010, RC IZSVe 08-2012 and RC IZSVe 01-2013 for their valuable suggestions, to Claudia Casarotto for editing support and to Isabella and Philip McGuinness for English supervision. Abstract
Urban Housing Politics: Dynamics, Challenges and Coping Mechanisms of Urban Housing Problems in Sebeta Town

Urban housing demand is increasing with alarming rate in urban centers due to various factors instigate the demand. However, urban housing problems are not adequately emphasized by local urban administration and social thinkers in accordance with the seriousness and urgency of urban housing problems. This scenario produces multiple predicaments which complicates urban residents living condition mainly in terms of housing. In fact, urban residents tend to use different means to access their housing needs. The most predominantly prevalent housing option is housing rental which is not well investigated and incorporated into urban policy. Housing rental for residential purpose is highly neglected issue. Nevertheless, urban housing rental issue is demanding issue that requires proper attention. Furthermore, the most important point is the nature, patterns and degree of relationship between rentors and renters which need to be considered in critical manner. There are dynamics, challenges and controversies in relation to housing rental particularly for residential purpose. Sometimes residents who are offended by housing rental and shortage of urban housing supply enforced to engage in squatter settlement in order to meet housing demand in illegal or informal way. But, all squatter settlements are not initiated by urban poors rather urban capitalists or speculators can inevitably involve in squatter settlements which complicate the urban housing supply, demand and management. This study dedicated to investigate urban housing problems such as shortage, supply and management, dynamics of urban housing demands, challenges of urban housing rental, coping mechanisms of urban housing problems and associated squatter settlements.
Ethics and performance: Understanding the psychological contract of the taxation from the view of the employee tax

There is a phenomenon related to the dysfunctional behavior of unscrupulous tax officials and the reluctant of taxpayers to pay the tax. This study aims to explore the evidence of psychological tax contract in a tax official perspective. It proposes modeling the effect of Indonesia tax reform process for determining the ethics as the important variable that affects the tax officials’ performance. It also examines the effect of organizational commitment, culture, and tax reform on tax ethics. There were 128 tax officials working in three cities of East Java that were selected as the respondents. The questionnaires were distributed directly to the respondents. Partial Least Square was used to test the hypotheses. It was found that organizational commitment, organizational culture, and tax reform have a direct contribution to tax official ethics. However, understanding the ethics of taxation was not proved to be the moderating variable for the relationship between the organizational commitment and organizational change and the policies of rotation system explain why ethics failed as moderating variable.
Grainyhead-like-2 Controlled by a Reciprocal Feedback Loop between ZEB 1 and Mesenchymal Transition and Tumor Suppression Are − Epithelial

Epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) in carcinoma cells enhances malignant progression by promoting invasion and survival. EMT is induced by microenvironmental factors, including TGF-b and Wnt agonists, and by the E–box-binding transcription factors Twist, Snail, and ZEB. Grainyhead-like-2 (GRHL2), a member of the mammalian Grainyhead family of wound-healing regulatory transcription factors, suppresses EMT and restores sensitivity to anoikis by repressing ZEB1 expression and inhibiting TGF-b signaling. In this study, we elucidate the functional relationship between GRHL2 and ZEB1 in EMT/MET and tumor biology. At least three homeodomain proteins, Six1, LBX1, and HoxA5, transactivated the ZEB1 promoter, in the case of Six1, through direct protein–promoter interaction. GRHL2 altered the Six1–DNA complex, inhibiting this transactivation. Correspondingly, GRHL2 expression prevented tumor initiation in xenograft assays, sensitized breast cancer cells to paclitaxel, and suppressed the emergence of CD44CD24 cells (defining the cancer stem cell phenotype in the cell type studied). GRHL2 was downregulated in recurrent mouse tumors that had evolved to an oncogene-independent, EMT-like state, supporting a role for GRHL2 downregulation in this phenotypic transition, modeling disease recurrence. The combination of TGF-b and Wnt activation repressed GRHL2 expression by direct interaction of ZEB1 with the GRHL2 promoter, inducing EMT. Together, our observations indicate that a reciprocal feedback loop between GRHL2 and ZEB1 controls epithelial versus mesenchymal phenotypes and EMT-driven tumor progression. Cancer Res; 73(20); 6299–309. 2013 AACR.
Analyzing Macroeconomic Indicators of Economic Growth Using Panel Data

During last 10 years some EU countries had economical instability. They have short and long term challenges such as unemployment, population ageing, globalization etc. In this study it is aimed to analyze macroeconomic indicators of EU countriesâ€™ economic growth using panel data approach. Static linear panel data models were used for determining the effects of independent macro economic variables on gross domestic product (GDP) of EU member countries including Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom; acceding country: Croatia; and candidate countries: Iceland, Serbia and Turkey. While dependent variable of analyze is gross domestic product (volume), the independent variables are current account balance, general government gross debt, general government revenue, general government total expenditure, gross national savings, inflation (average consumer prices), population, total investment, unemployment rate, volume of exports of goods and services, volume of imports of goods and services. The analysis proposed is based on a panel data (cross sectional time series data) approach. The dataset of this research involves 31 EU member and EU candidate countries (cross sectional units). The effects of 11 macroeconomic indicators on gross domestic product volume were examined. The findings of this research are especially useful for EU candidate countries such as Iceland, Serbia and Turkey for developing convenient economical strategies.
Comparative Study on The Effect of Some Nutritional Fertilizers on Growth and Yield of Lettuce Plants

Two field experiments were conducted for two successive seasons under sandy soil conditions to study the response of lettuce plants to the foliar spraying of four nutrient fertilizers. Four mineral nutrient fertilizers: Greenzite,Vitaforte, Folifertile and Wxal, were used alone at two concentrations (0.75% and 1.5%). The obtained results indicated that all nutrient fertilizer treatments gained the highest plant growth of lettuce expressed by length of plant, number of leaves, leaves fresh and dry weight and total yield per feddan compared to control plants.The results revealed that the best plant height and stem diameter, stem length, stem weight measurements of lettuce plants were recorded when plants sprayed with Greenzit especially with the lower level. The same trtend was observed concerning leaves number, leaves fresh and dry weight and total yield per feddan. Chemical analysis of leaves showed that the highest potassium level was noticed with Wxal treatments.
Endocrine and Metabolic Dysfunction during Aging and Senescence Healthy glucocorticoid receptor N 363 S carriers dysregulate gene expression associated with metabolic syndrome

Christine M. Jewell, Kevin S. Katen, Lisa M. Barber, Crystal Cannon, Stavros Garantziotis, and John A. Cidlowski Signal Transduction Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina; and Clinical Research Unit, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina; and SRA International Inc., Durham, North Carolina
An empirical approach

Purpose – The entrepreneurial capability (EC) environment refers to the general social and economic settings of a given local/regional entrepreneurship environment. The primary purpose of this study is to uncover key indicators of the EC milieu and test these components empirically within the context of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)-5 economies to elucidate the current state of their EC environments, at the regional and national levels. To this end, the aim of this study is twofold. First, this work endeavors to explicate the determinants of EC, with aims of elucidating its association to commercial opportunities in (ASEAN)-5 economies, namely, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Next, this study applies the developed theory, including the identified determinants of EC to empirically test the efficiency and imperative coefficients of variables that have an impact on perceived entrepreneurial capabilities within a given environment. Design/methodology/approach – This research applies two frontier models, namely, the consistent estimation of fixed-effects and linear transformation stochastic frontier models, to assess the coefficients of significant EC variables for the panel sample. Data corresponding to the assessed variables were retrieved from the databases of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) – 2016 and the World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY) – 2016, for the period, 2010-2016. Findings – The attained results suggest that factors corresponding to the variables “Entrepreneurship as a good career choice” and “perceived opportunities” have played a significantly positive role on the EC environment of ASEAN 05, although findings suggest both factors may still be improved upon. Conversely, the “fear of failure rate” factor was shown to have exerted a negative impact on the efficiency of the EC environment of ASEAN 05. Other important variables – such as intellectual property rights, university education and knowledge transfer rate – were shown to generate a positive impact on the EC environment of these economies. Originality/value – This study makes an important contribution to the entrepreneurship literature and can stimulate policymakers to rethink the EC settings of ASEAN-05 in their pursuit of an innovation-driven region.
Lessons in passive treatment : Towards efficient operation of a sulphate reduction – sulphide oxidation system

Passive or managed passive treatment systems are an attractive alternative to conventional systems for AMD treatment, particularly for persistent, low-volume flows. The integrated managed passive (IMPI) process was developed in South Africa and has been implemented at demonstration scale. The paper describes parallel laboratory studies aimed at improved understanding of particularly the sulphide oxidation component. The data illustrate the importance of hydrodynamics, maintaining the correct balance between sulphide and oxygen and the importance of organic carbon in floating sulphur biofilm formation. Lessons from this study will improve performance of the demonstration plant.
Factors Analysis of Self-Efficacy Outcome Expectations In Influencing The Commitment And Performance Of Information Technology End Users

Abstract: Research proceeds with the background that the acceptance and utilization of information technology will facilitate increasing work achievement’s effectiveness and efficiency. Other than computer, end user’s attitude and behavior also becomes important factor contributing to information technology’s acceptance and utilization. The objective of research aims to explain that: (1) knowledge, technical support, and usage facilitation, affect computer self-efficacy; (2) knowledge, technical support, and usage facilitation provide prominence effect; (3) computer self-efficacy affects output expectation, commitment, and end user performance; (4) output expectation affects commitment and end user performance; and (5) commitment affects end user performance. Research examines the relationship between variables such that may be called as explanatory research. Research locates at Makassar City as targeted population of public and private higher education where information technology seems used. Twelve (12) higher educations in Makassar City have applied information technology. Research population includes the employee having direct interaction with information technology at twelve higher educations, as much as 684 persons. The sample used reaches about 423 persons by three (3) strata: University, Institution, and Polytechnic. Statistic Analysis used to test hypotheses considers Structural Equation Model, SEM. Results of research indicate that there remain twelve (12) direct and indirect relationship channels, nine (9) significant relationship channels and three (3) insignificant relationship channels. Nine (9) significant relationship channels show that: (1) knowledge affects computer self-efficacy; (2) technical support affects computer self-efficacy; (3) information technology usage facilitation affects computer self-efficacy; (4) technical support affects output expectation; (5) computer self-efficacy affects output expectation; (6) computer selfefficacy affects end user performance; (7) output expectation affects end user commitment; (8) output expectation affects end user performance; and (9) commitment affects end user performance. Meanwhile, three (3) insignificant relationship channels display that: (1) knowledge affects output expectation; (2) computer selfefficacy affects end user commitment, and (3) commitment affects end user performance.
Exercise of obese mice induces cardioprotection and oxygen-sparing in hearts 2 exposed to high fat-load 3 4 5 Running Head : Exercise-induced protection of obese heart during a fat-load 6 7 8

N.T. B. , A.D.H. and E.A. conception and design of research 17 N.T. B. , A.D.H. , J.L. , and L.R. performed experiments 18 N.T. B. , A.D.H. , L.R. and E.A analyzed data 19 N.T. B. , A.D.H. , and E.A. interpreted results of experiments 20 E.A. and N.T. B. prepared figures 21 E.A. and N.T. B. drafted manuscript 22 N.T. B. , E.A and A.D.H. edited and revised manuscript 23 N.T. B. , A.D.H. , J.L. , L.R. and E.A. approved final version of manuscript 24 25