Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
How marriages based on bride capture differ: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan

BACKGROUND A significant proportion of women in the Kyrgyz Republic marry via ala kachuu, generally translated as bride capture or kidnapping. Many regard this practice as harmless elopement or a tradition; others perceive it as a form of forced marriage. OBJECTIVE This paper contributes to the understanding of ala kachuu by exploring the extent to which couples in these marriages differ from those in arranged or love marriages. METHODS We use the 2013 wave of the Life in Kyrgyzstan survey to compute profile similarity indices for the personality of couples. We then regress marriage type on the profile similarity index, controlling for sociodemographic variables. RESULTS Couples in marriages resulting from bride capture are far less assortatively matched on personality traits than other couples, especially those who have only recently married. CONCLUSIONS This greater dissimilarity is consistent with ala kachuu being forced marriage rather than merely staged or ritualized elopement. CONTRIBUTION This paper provides a novel source of evidence on the possible nonconsensual nature of bride capture in Kyrgyzstan, adding further weight to those arguing that it is forced. 1 Center for Evaluation and Development (C4ED), Mannheim, Germany and Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany. Email: steiner@c4ed.org. 2 Duke University, Durham, USA. Email: cbecker@duke.edu. Steiner & Becker: How marriages based on bride capture differ: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan 580 http://www.demographic-research.org
Computer assisted total knee arthroplasty

Artroza koljena je najcesca degenerativna bolest zglobova cija se incidencija povecava starenjem populacije. U uznapredovaloj fazi bolesti lijecenje artroze koljena obuhvaca ugradnju totalne endoproteze koljena. Dugotrajnost preživljenja totalne endoproteze koljena ovisi o ispravnoj pozicioniranosti komponenata endoproteze u sve tri ravnine, odnosno o rekonstrukciji biomehanickih odnosa donjeg ekstremiteta. Pogreske u kirurskoj tehnici najcesci su razlog nepreciznosti ugradnje komponenti totalne endoproteze koljena. Razvojem instrumentarija poboljsavaju se rezultati ugradnje endoproteze koljena, a znacajan napredak postiže se uvođenjem racunalne navigacije u kirurgiju koljena 1997. godine. Virtualnim povezivanjem anatomskih struktura, prvenstveno kostane anatomije pacijenta, s racunalnom slikom istoga, koristeci podatke slikovnih pretraga ili anatomske intraoperativne podatke, svaka je kirurska akcija prikazana na ekranu u realnom vremenu na racunalno oblikovanom modelu. Virtualna trodimenzionalna reprodukcija koljena uz pomoc racunala omogucava preciznije reseciranje zglobnih povrsina i ugradnju komponenti endoproteze koljena. Precizna pozicioniranost dijelova endoproteze i rekonstrukcija biomehanickih odnosa omogucava brži oporavak, agresivniju fizioterapiju, a i sam vijek endoproteze je produljen, cime se smanjuju troskovi zdravstvenog sustava i povecava zadovoljstvo pacijenta.
Trade Openness, Tax Reform and Tax Revenue in Developing Countries

This article investigates empirically whether the effect of tax reform (involving the progressive replacement of trade tax revenue with domestic tax revenue) in developing countries' tax revenue performance (measured by tax revenue‐to‐GDP ratio) depends on the degree of trade openness of these countries. The analysis has used an unbalanced panel data set of 95 developing countries over the period 1981–2015 and the two‐system GMM approach. Results suggest that tax reform is positively and significantly associated with tax revenue performance in developing countries, with the magnitude of this positive effect increasing as countries experience a higher development level. Additionally, and more importantly, countries that further open up their economies to international trade enjoy a higher positive effect of tax reform on tax revenue than countries that experience a lower degree of trade openness. Therefore, these findings should help dissipate the concerns of policymakers in developing countries that greater openness to international trade would further erode their tax revenue, including by lowering their international trade tax revenue. In fact, the implementation of an appropriate tax reform in the context of greater trade openness would generate higher tax revenue, while concurrently allowing countries to reap the well‐known benefits of international trade.
Determinants of Islamic Social Reporting in Indonesia and Malaysia

—This paper aims to examine the determinants of Islamic Social Reporting (ISR) disclosure levels and examine whether legal origins affect ISR disclosure levels. This study examined samples from Islamic banks in Indonesia and Malaysia between 2013 and 2015 using regression analysis. The result shows that a bank’s size and age positively affect ISR disclosure level. Profitability negatively affects ISR disclosure level, and the number of Sharia Supervisory Boards did not affect ISR disclosure level. Legal origin affects ISR disclosure levels. It was also observed that banks in common law countries have a higher disclosure level than banks in civil law countries.
Analysis of Cross Cultural Training Efforts, Competencies and Implications, and how Cross Cultural Competency Affects the Success of Construction Projects on Air Force Installations Overseas

US Air Force (AF) Civil Engineer (CE) Officers stationed at overseas bases lead and manage construction and engineering efforts for projects totaling billions of dollars annually. Budget overruns in the Department of Defense (DoD) and specifically the AF, have been under stringent investigation by government officials in recent years. 92% of CE Officers overseas work with local nationals (LN) and the host nation weekly or daily, but most receive less than 2 hours of formal cross-cultural training prior to arrival overseas. Host nation partners include foreign military, local contractors, LN workforce and local government agencies. Based on a previous Delphi study, 60% of officers received some sort of cultural training, the majority of which was administered via Computer Based Training (CBT) or on the job training (OJT). Of those that received training, 40% felt it was inadequate to prepare them for their job duties. This second iteration, two survey study aims to better understand where cross cultural competence (3C) gaps lie for AF CE Officers. The first study is given to CE Officers with recent overseas experience and the second given to host nation partners at overseas bases. This research investigates the negative impacts on construction project success in overseas base locations due to a lack in 3C. The study also includes a thorough investigation of current practices and available resources. The goal is to inform the AF Language, Reginal Expertise and Culture (LREC) training implementation process, an initiative set out by the AF Chief of Staff in 2012. The implications of this study will not only help better prepare CE Officers, and the alike, to perform duties overseas, but also promote a healthy environment when working with host nation partners around the world furthering the AF mission. Dedication This was by far the most difficult page to write. Mom, I could never have asked for a better mother, best friend, mentor and now, guardian angel. Thank you for supporting me, teaching me, preparing me.you’ve inspired me to never quit and to know that no matter what, “it’s going to be okay”.
Drug Class Review: Nasal Corticosteroids

The purpose of this report is to make available information regarding the comparative effectiveness and safety profiles of different drugs within pharmaceutical classes. Reports are not usage guidelines, nor should they be read as an endorsement of, or recommendation for, any particular drug, use or approach. Oregon Health & Science University does not recommend or endorse any guideline or recommendation developed by users of these reports.
Poor versus rich countries: a gap in public attitudes towards fiscal solidarity in the EU

Abstract Existing research has primarily focused on the role of utility and identity in shaping individuals’ European Union (EU) preferences. This article argues that macroeconomic context is a crucial predictor of attitudes towards transnational financial assistance, which has been omitted from previous analyses. Using data from the 2014 European Election Studies (EES) Voter Study for 28 EU member states, this article demonstrates that citizens living in poorer EU countries are less willing to support fiscal solidarity than their counterparts in more affluent countries. Country affluence serves as a heuristic, moderating the relationship between individual-level utility and identity considerations and willingness to show solidarity to member states with economic difficulties. When a country does not fare well economically, citizens’ views on providing help to others remain negative, irrespective of individual-level utilitarian and identity considerations. Our findings have implications for understanding the decision-making calculus underlying preference formation.
The Monday effect on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange

The efficient market hypothesis submits that the expected returns on shares and other financial assets are identical for all the days of the week. Studies of share returns on the New York Stock Exchange have revealed that the expected returns are not identical for the various days of the week. This article examines two hypotheses that have attempted to explain the distribution of returns over different days of the week. The calendar-time hypothesis states that the expected return for Monday is three times the expected return for the other days of the week. The trading-time hypothesis states that the expected return is the same for each day of the week. During the period 1978-1983, the daily returns on shares traded on the JSE were inconsistent with both hypotheses. The average return for Monday was significantly negative while the average return for the other trading days was positive with Wednesday showing the highest return. Evidence is presented to show that Treasury Bills have the same weekend effect as share transactions. An investment strategy based on the observed pattern of share returns over different days of the week is suggested. The implications of the effect of day of the week for tests of market efficiency are examined.
Caring for orphans and vulnerable children in institutional care facilities in sub-Saharan Africa: A social development intervention.

Although several studies have shown that children raised in institutional care facilities experience greater mental health symptoms than those raised in noninstitutionalized settings, children across sub-Saharan Africa are continually being placed in institutional care facilities. However, prior to the establishment of institutional care facilities, Africans relied on traditional cultural practices such as kinship fostering and shared child rearing to care for children, especially orphaned children. As traditional cultural practices continue to weaken, due partly to urbanization, institutional care facilities operated mostly by nonprofit organizations have become the primary alternative response to the care of orphans and vulnerable children. Traditional ways of intervening in cases of orphans and vulnerable children have been replaced with institutional care facilities, relegating the role of the extended family system. This paper examines institutional care facilities in the context of sub-Saharan Africa; in addition social development is suggested as a conceptual framework to finding alternative strategies to institutionalizing orphans and vulnerable children.
The Benefits of Diversification Between Bitcoin, Bonds, Equities and the US Dollar: A Matter of Portfolio Construction

This paper investigates the potential portfolio diversification between Bitcoin, bonds, equities, and the US dollar. We make use of two approaches for constructing the portfolio. The first is the standard minimum variance approach, and the alternative is based on combining risk and return when the portfolio is constructed. The portfolio based on the minimum variance approach does not result in increasing the return per unit of risk compared to the corresponding value for the best single asset, in this case, Bitcoin. However, the portfolio based on the approach that combines risk and return in the optimization problem does show a return per unit risk higher than the corresponding value for any of the four assets. Thus, the portfolio diversification benefit with respect to these four assets, in terms of return per unit risk, exists only if the portfolio is constructed via the new approach.
Effects of Educational Interventions on Self-Esteem of Multiple Sclerosis Patients

Aims: Multiple sclerosis affects the patients' self-esteem by changing body imaging. This study aimed to investigate the effect of educational interventions on patients’ self-esteem with multiple sclerosis. Materials & Methods: The present study was a quasi-experimental study with control group which was done on patients with multiple sclerosis of Mashhad in 2012-13. Participants were 75 patients referred to the Mashhad Multiple Sclerosis Society who were selected using continuous sampling and were assigned into two experimental (37 cases) and control (38 cases) groups. The tools including demographic and Rosenberg self-esteem questionnaires were used. Educational intervention was presented in three (each 45min) sessions to the experimental group. Then the participants were carried out learned items during four weeks. At the end, both groups were completed the Rosenberg self-esteem questionnaire again. Data was analyzed by SPSS 11.5 software using paired T, T-independent and Chi-square tests. Findings: 47 participants were female and their mean age was 34.2±3.7. No significant differences was observed between the experimental and control groups in any of demographic variables (p>0.05). A significant difference was observed between self-esteem and demographic variables (p<0.05). No significant difference was observed between the scores of self-esteem before intervention. Whereas, a significant increase was observed in the scores of experimental group compared with control group after intervention. Conclusion: Educational interventions are effective on patients' self-esteem with multiple sclerosis.
How Far Up the River? Criminal Justice Contact and Health Outcomes

Research has shown negative health outcomes from felony imprisonment. The conditions that create and exacerbate physical and mental health outcomes on the felony side—exposure to disease, lack of health care, and stress—are reflected in other less severe forms of criminal justice contact. Given that the low-level contact has grown along with prison incarceration, the health effects of less severe forms of criminal justice contact should be investigated. Using 10 waves from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 ([NLSY97), this project explores the impact on self-reported physical and mental health from the continuum of contact, namely, an arrest, conviction, and jail sentence. The results show that low-level forms of contact negatively affect both physical and mental health throughout the continuum of contact. The role of the type of conviction is investigated, providing a more nuanced understanding of how points of contact operate on essential outcomes such as physical and mental health.
The Effects of the Critical Success Factors for Erp Implementation on the Comprehensive Achievement of the Crucial Roles of Information Systems in the Higher Education Sector

Aim/Purpose The aim of this study is to examine empirically the effects of certain key Critical Success Factors (CSFs) for the implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems on the comprehensive achievement of the crucial roles of Computer-Based Information Systems (CBISs). Background The effects of the CSFSs were examined in the higher education sector in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) using a case study of the ERP adoption in Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University. Methodology A theoretical model was proposed based on the literature written on the CSFs and the roles of CBISs in business. The model encompasses six key CSFs and their associations with the realization of the crucial roles of CBISs. To test the proposed model, a questionnaire was developed by considering the most frequently used measurements items in the ERP’s literature. The data were collected from 219 key stakeholders. Contribution This study acts as one of the few empirical studies in assessing the effects of the important CSFs for ERP implementation upon its successful implementation. Its outcomes provide more insights and clarifications about the effects of six key CSFs on the comprehensive achievement of the crucial CBIS’s roles. Particularly, the uniqueness of this study lies in addressing the effects of these CSFs on the achievement of the vital CBIS’s roles collectively rather than the achievement of each role individually. Moreover, the study examined these effects in the higher education environment, which is characterized by its own special business processes and services. The Effects of the CSFs for ERP Implementation on the CBIS’s Roles 22 Findings The results reveal that the six key CSFs have a positive relationship with the comprehensive achievement of the crucial roles of CBISs. These findings are consistent with many previous studies on the effects of the CSFs on the realization of the expected benefits of the enterprise systems. Recommendations for Practitioners The managers and other key stakeholders should carefully manage the vital aspects of the CSFs in order to realize the promised ERP’s benefits, including the CBIS’s roles. Future Research Additional empirical examinations are needed to investigate the effects of the rest of the CSFs on realizing the roles of information systems.
The Hope Fulfilled? Measuring Research Performance of Universities in the Economic Crisis

The economic and financial crisis of 2008–2013 caused most universities to revisit their traditional funding allocations. In a time of budget constraints, some universities have been able to enjoy an increasing level of research expenditure, while other aspects of their budgets have been cut. This article analyzes changes in research funding and output at three research universities in Atlanta, Georgia, between 2002 and 2015, covering periods both before and after the crisis. Although the amount of research expenditure has continued to increase in the three universities after the crisis, the efficiency of research funding has declined. The results argue that the approach undertaken by governments and universities after the crisis has been partial and too narrowly focused on the financial terms of research to take into consideration many relevant factors constraining research performance of academics.
Willingness to Pay for Rose Attributes: Helping Provide Consumer Orientation to Breeding Programs

Abstract Floriculture value exceeds $5.8 billion in the United States. Environmental challenges, market trends, and diseases complicate breeding priorities. To inform breeders’ and geneticists’ research efforts, we set out to gather consumers’ preferences in the form of willingness to pay (WTP) for different rose attributes in a discrete choice experiment. The responses are modeled in WTP space, using polynomials to account for heterogeneity. Consumer preferences indicate that heat and disease tolerance were the most important aspects for subjects in the sample, followed by drought resistance. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to identify breeding priorities in rosaceous plants from a consumer perspective.
Resource-Oriented Partitioning for Multiprocessor Systems with Shared Resources

Predictable scheduling and resource sharing primitives are fundamental aspects of real-time systems. To prevent race conditions, access to shared resources must ensure mutual exclusion, e.g., using semaphores. Further, real-time locking protocols are required to avoid un-controlled priority inversions. For uniprocessor systems, the Priority Ceiling Protocol (PCP) has been widely accepted and supported in real-time operating systems. However, it remains arguable as to whether there exists a preferable approach for resource sharing in multiprocessor systems. In this paper, we show that the proposed Resource-Oriented Partitioned (ROP) scheduling with a distributed resource sharing policy, originating from the concept of the Distributed Priority Ceiling Protocol (DPCP), can achieve a non-trivial speedup factor guarantee. Specifically, we prove that the proposed R-PCP-rm-rm algorithm achieves a speedup factor of $11-6/(m+1)$11-6/(m+1) on a platform consisting of $m$m processors, where each job of a task may request at most one shared resource at most one time. Our empirical evaluations show that the proposed algorithm is highly effective in terms of task sets deemed schedulable.
Significance of serum antibodies to Histoplasma capsulatum in endemic areas.

: To evaluate the specificity of serologic tests for histoplasmosis in an endemic area, we studied sera from 104 consecutive healthy blood donors, testing for antibodies to either histoplasmin or Histoplasma yeast antigen, using complement fixation (CF), radioimmunoassay (RIA), and radial immunodiffusion (ID). Twenty-five subjects (24%) had CF antibody titers of 1:8 or 1:16 to one or both antigens; none had titers above 1:16. Nine subjects (9%) had RIA antibody titers of 1:8 or higher. No titers above 1:8 were found using the yeast antigen; five subjects had titers of greater than 1:16 to histoplasmin using RIA. No precipitin bands were found in any of these subjects. The results of four previous studies in endemic populations yielded similar or lower incidences of positive tests. CF antibody titers to either antigen, RIA antibody titers to yeast antigen of 1:32 or greater, or precipitin bands are rare in persons who live where histoplasmosis is endemic.
Economic policy uncertainty and grain futures price volatility: evidence from China

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) on China’s grain futures prices. Related literature has discussed several factors contributing to the dramatic boom and bust in China’s grain futures prices, but has overlooked the influence of EPU. Design/methodology/approach The study employs a newly developed time-varying parameter vector autoregressive model to study and contrast the impact of different types of uncertainty on China’s grain futures prices. The directional volatility spillover index is used to measure the impact of EPU on China’s grain futures prices and compare the differences among commodities. Findings The results show that EPU affects China’s grain futures prices significantly. The 2008 global financial crisis had stronger influence on China’s grain futures prices than other types of uncertainty. Furthermore, EPU has smaller influence on wheat futures price than on maize and soybean. The Chinese Government interventions may be the reason for this difference. Originality/value This study addresses the lack of empirical investigation on the influence of EPU on China’s grain futures price volatility.