Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Firm Performance and Readability of the Annual Report

This research aims to examine and prove empirically the association of the firm performance and the readability of annual reports, especially in the directors' report section . The population in this study are companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2013 to 2017. Through the process of selecting samples using certain criteria, this yields a sample of 1222 firm-years. The results of the study show that the director’s reports with higher firm performance from sales or return on sales (ROS) are more readable. Conversely, firms with director’s reports that are harder to read have lower ROS.
Regulation of the Bacillus subtilis GlcT Antiterminator Protein by Components of the Phosphotransferase System

ABSTRACT Bacillus subtilis utilizes glucose as the preferred source of carbon and energy. The sugar is transported into the cell by a specific permease of the phosphoenolpyruvate:sugar phosphotransferase system (PTS) encoded by the ptsGHI operon. Expression of this operon is induced by glucose and requires the action of a positive transcription factor, the GlcT antiterminator protein. Glucose availability is sensed by glucose-specific enzyme II (EIIGlc), the product of ptsG. In the absence of inducer, the glucose permease negatively controls the activity of the antiterminator. The GlcT antiterminator has a modular structure. The isolated N-terminal part contains the RNA-binding protein and acts as a constitutively acting antiterminator. GlcT contains two PTS regulation domains (PRDs) at the C terminus. One (PRD-I) is the target of negative control exerted by EIIGlc. A conserved His residue (His-104 in GlcT) is involved in inactivation of GlcT in the absence of glucose. It was previously proposed that PRD-containing transcriptional antiterminators are phosphorylated and concomitantly inactivated in the absence of the substrate by their corresponding PTS permeases. The results obtained with B. subtilis glucose permease with site-specific mutations suggest, however, that the permease might modulate the phosphorylation reaction without being the phosphate donor.
ANALISIS PENERIMAAN APLIKASI SISKEUDES Di LINGKUNGAN PEMERINTAH DAERAH KABUPATEN SAMBAS

The Research of SISKEUDES Application Acceptance Analysis in local government environment of Sambas district is to know the extent of acceptance of SISKUEDES application in Sambas district. Total respondents were 50 village apparatus from ten districts in Sambas district. The sub-districts are Selakau, Selakau Timur, Salatiga, Pemangkat, Semparuk, Tebas, Sebawi, Sambas, Sejangkung, Sajad and Subah sub-districts. The study was conducted using Theory Acceptance Model (TAM) with seven pure constructs (seven hypotheses). Actual Use (AU) as the dependent variable, while perceived ease of use (PEOU), perceived usefulness (PU), attitude (ATT), behavioral intention (BI) as independent variables. Based on multiple regresilinear regression analysis with SPSS 17 application it can be seen that H1, H2, H3, and H5 are accepted because the significance value in Anova table is smaller than 0.05. While H4, H6, and H7 rejected. Based on this it can be concluded that perceived usefulness perceptions and perceived ease of use perceptions become the benchmark of rural apparatus to accept an application.
Machine-Learning Research Four Current Directions

Machine-learning research has been making great progress in many directions. This article summarizes four of these directions and discusses some current open problems. The four directions are (1) the improvement of classification accuracy by learning ensembles of classifiers, (2) methods for scaling up supervised learning algorithms, (3) reinforcement learning, and (4) the learning of complex stochastic models.
All-polyethylene vs. metal-backed tibial component in total knee arthroplasty—a randomized RSA study comparing early fixation of horizontally and completely cemented tibial components: Part 2. Completely cemented components: MB not superior to AP components

Background Uncertainty exists as to whether metal backing (MB) of the tibial component is better than an all-polyethylene component (AP). This is valid for both horizontally and completely cemented components. We evaluated completely cemented MB vs. AP (Part 2). Patients and methods In a randomized study, 39 patients (40 knees) with knee arthrosis were operated with cemented low-conforming total knee arthroplasty (AGC, Biomet) with a tibial component of uniform thickness (8 mm), cemented both beneath the tibial tray and around the stem. 20 patients had an all-polyethylene (AP) tibial component and 20 patients had an identical but metal-backed (MB) tibial component. We used clinical examination and radiostereometric analysis (RSA) to evaluate the hypothesis that MB improves component fixation. Fixation was evaluated using RSA up to 2 years after surgery. Clinical assessment was performed preoperatively and after 2 years using the Hospital for Special Surgeons (HSS) score. Results We found no differences in micromotion, and no differences in clinical scores could be detected between the groups at any time point. Interpretation Our findings indicate that there was equal initial fixation of the AP and MB stemmed monobloc components when they were cemented beneath the tibial plateau and around the stem. ▪
Barriers and dangers of traceability

Traceability is currently often used to follow-up goods, including when the good in question is subject to forgery. In itself, traceability is considered as a useful tool for business management. However, one may ask whether the utilisation or non-utilisation of traceability leads to risks. The objective of this paper is to formulate positioning regarding this question.
Prenatal Factors in the Pathogenesis of Schizophrenia

The excess of winter–spring births among individuals suffering from schizophrenia provides strong evidence for the existence of some prenatally occurring factors in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia. Recent epidemiological findings suggest that maternal viral infections during the second trimester of pregnancy may play a crucial role in the aetiology of adult schizophrenia. A ‘two-hit window’ hypothesis of the mechanism of action of prenatal factors in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia suggests at least two time-specific prenatal aetiological events. The observed association between prenatal viral infection and increased incidence of adult schizophrenia need not be a direct cytotoxic result of the viral infection, but may be caused indirectly, for example from foetal minor cerebral haemorrhages produced by the anticoagulant effects of aspirin.
Sensitive detection of small cell lung carcinoma cells by reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction for prepro–gastrin‐releasing peptide mRNA

Gastrin‐releasing peptide (GRP) is an autocrine growth factor in patients with small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC). The authors developed a reverse transcriptase‐polymerase chain reaction (RT‐PCR) assay for the detection of SCLC cells in the peripheral blood and the pleural effusion using preproGRP mRNA as a target.
The Role of the Self in Physical Health

Obesity is a major risk factor for chronic disease (World Health Organization, WHO, 2000). Maintaining a healthy body mass index (BMI) requires two things: the ability to cope with stress, which increases caloric consumption (Dallman, 2009), and the ability to maintain self-control, which is needed to avoid overeating in a society with an abundance of caloriedense food. Given these requirements, an intervention that bolsters psychological resources for well-being and selfcontrol could promote healthful weight loss. One such intervention is a values affirmation. Participants write about self-defining values, such as relationships or religious beliefs. This affirms their sense of personal worth or self-integrity (Sherman & Cohen, 2006; Steele, 1988). Affirmations can bolster self-control by focusing people on higher values rather than on immediate impulses (Schmeichel & Vohs, 2009; Sherman & Cohen, 2006). By reminding people of what is really important, affirmation also buffers people against mundane stressors that might otherwise sap mental resources, which are needed for self-regulation and effective coping (Creswell et al., 2005; Koole, Smeets, Van Knippenberg, & Dijksterhuis, 1999). Even when brief, affirmations can have lasting effects if they interrupt ruminative cycles that worsen outcomes over time (Cohen, Garcia, Purdie-Vaughns, Apfel, & Brzustoski, 2009). Because women are likely to be especially vulnerable to weight-related stress (Miller & Downey, 1999), this study focused on females. Participants completed either an affirmation or a control exercise, and BMI was assessed at baseline and 2.5 months later. Working memory, a critical component of self-control (Hofmann, Friese, Schmeichel, & Baddeley, 2010), was also assessed, on the assumption that an affirmation of a person’s values should free his or her working memory from stressful preoccupations (Klein & Boals, 2001).
Analisis Strategi Marketing Produk Ice Cream Walls Melalui Keunggulan Bersaing Terhadap Kinerja Pemasaran Pada CV. Jaya Sentosa Di Sulawesi Selatan

Suksesnya suatu Perusahaan dalam era globalisasi tergantung pula pada formulasi dan implementasi strategi yang dilakukan oleh Perusahaan. Manajer ataupun pemilik Perusahaan membuat strategi untuk membawa Perusahaan semakin dekat dengan tujuan kinerjanya. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk Strategi marketing selain mempengaruhi keunggulan bersaing juga dapat meningkatkan kinerja pemasaran produk ice cream walls melalui keunggulan bersaing terhadap kinerja pemasaran pada cv. Jaya Sentosa Di Sulawesi Selatan. Metode penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode kuantitatif dengan pendekatan eksplanatori, yakni suatu penelitian yang akan digunakan untuk menganalisis strategi marketing produk ice cream merek Walls melalui keunggulan bersaing terhadap kinerja pemasaran. Dari hasil olahan data PLS 2.0 maka dapat disimpulkan bahwa bauran pemasaran (produk, harga, promosi dan sistribusi) berpengaruh signifikan terhadap kinerja pemasaran sehingga dapat diartikan bahwa bauran pemasaran memiliki pengaruh langsung terhadap kinerja pemasaran. Sedangkan keuanggulan bersaing yang memediasi hubungan bauran pemasaran terhadap kinerja pemasaran juga memberi pengaruh signifikan.
Renewable Energy Sources and Responsive Demand. Do We Need Congestion Management in the Distribution Grid?

Possible congestion management mechanisms for price-responsive electric vehicle demand in electricity distribution networks are investigated. Because a high penetration of renewable energy sources weakens the correlation between wholesale electricity prices and network demand, cost-minimizing electric vehicles may cause high peaks in network load. Managing congestion is not costly in theory but difficult to implement efficiently. Grid tariffs that are fixed ex ante, based on network load, were found to make the problem worse compared to the base-case scenario of flat tariffs. An optimal dynamic grid tariff yields desirable outcomes but is difficult to determine in case of realistic forecasting uncertainties. An iterative approach of a distribution grid capacity market has practical barriers related to IT infrastructure and computational requirements. Advance capacity allocation is more straightforward to implement, but the inter-temporal constraints of the electric vehicles continue to pose a challenge.
[Macular area in glaucoma patients].

PURPOSE To evaluate the possible use of HRT II and OCT 3 for detection and monitoring of glaucoma changes in the macular area. METHODS In the retrospective study 65 eyes (13 healthy and 52 with primary open angle glaucoma) of 36 patients have been monitored. All patients underwent complete ophthalmologic examination including visual acuity testing, biomicroscopy of fundus, computer perimetry, HRT II and eleven patients were examined using OCT 3. The visual field has been tested on HFA (Humphrey Field Analyzer) using the full threshold test 30-2. Foveolar sensitivity and foveolar sensitivity compared to the age have been evaluated. The optic nerve head has been examined and subsequently evaluated using HRT II. The retinal nerve fiber layer (t-RNFL) and Cup Shape Measurement (t-CSM) in the temporal area have been monitored. The macula has been examined on OCT 3. Foveolar thickness, inner and outer macular thickness, average macular thickness and aggregate macular volume have been monitored. RESULTS Decrease of the visual acuity and foveolar sensitivity have been registered with the deterioration of the visual field. Further general decrease of the value of t-RNFL and increase of the t-CSM index have been registered from the results of the HRT II examinations. This corresponds to decrease of the nerve fibers and excavation deepening in the temporal area. Average macular thickness and total macular volume examined on OCT 3 demonstrate aggregate decrease of values with the progressive changes in the visual field. CONCLUSION With the progressive visual field changes with the open angle glaucoma patients occurs also deterioration of finding in the macular area. Changes discovered using the subjective examination and expressed as a slight decrease of the visual acuity as well as decrease of the foveolar sensitivity on HFA can be objectively proved using HRT II and OCT 3.
Proactive Financial Reporting Enforcement and Shareholder Wealth

Within the UK's proactive financial-reporting enforcement regime, we examine the effect of increased regulatory scrutiny on equity values. We find that a fourfold increase in the likelihood of regulator-initiated reviews of financial reports reduces equity values by 1.3% on average. Reductions in equity values are largest for firms with strong private oversight that likely ensures that they are closer to their equity-value-maximizing level of transparency. Additional evidence suggests that competition increases and that managers' investment horizons decrease in industries selected for increased regulatory scrutiny, consistent with direct compliance costs not fully explaining the reduction in equity values.
RESEARCH ARTICLE INTRODUCTIONS IN CULTURAL STUDIES: A GENRE ANALYSIS EXPLORATION OF RHETORICAL STRUCTURE

Academic writing has been recently conceptualized as “collective social practices” (Hyland 2004, 1) constructed through particular genre types and discipline-specific discourses. A significant body of the literature examining genre and disciplinarity has focused on the research article (RA) as a central type of academic writing practice. However, the RA genre has been principally investigated in Science-based disciplines and comparatively overlooked in the Humanities. This paper is an exploratory textual genre analysis study of the rhetorical structure of RA Introductions (RAIs) in Cultural Studies (CS). It considers whether Swales’ (1990) widely accepted Create a Research Space model (CARS) can be applied to the RAIs of this relatively little studied Humanities area. The findings show that while the examined RAIs can be considered to generally conform to the CARS model, they display noteworthy variation in relation to the obligatory status of moves; the occurrence and realization of the steps used; and the means of referring to the literature. The paper argues that the observed variation may be interpreted as embodying the languages of legitimation of CS (Maton 2000a, b) as produced in the writing of its experts; and discusses the results according to their implications on English for Specific/Academic Purposes pedagogy. The study thus reiterates the critical interplay between genre and disciplinarity in the social construction of written knowledge.
A prospective study of autistic-like traits in unaffected siblings of probands with autism spectrum disorder.

CONTEXT The presence of autistic-like traits in relatives of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is well recognized, but, to our knowledge, the emergence of these traits early in development has not been studied. OBJECTIVE To prospectively investigate the emergence of autistic-like traits in unaffected (no ASD diagnosis) infant siblings of probands diagnosed as having ASD. DESIGN Two groups of children unaffected with ASD were assessed prospectively-siblings of probands diagnosed as having ASD (high risk [HR]) and control subjects with no family history of ASD (low risk [LR]). Scores on a measure of autistic-like traits at 12 months of age were used in a cluster analysis of the entire sample. SETTING A prospective study of infant siblings of probands with ASD from 3 diagnostic centers in Canada. PARTICIPANTS The study included 170 HR and 90 LR children, none of whom was diagnosed as having ASD at age 3 years. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The Autism Observation Scale for Infants was used to measure autistic-like traits and derive clusters at 12 months of age. Clusters were compared on ASD symptoms, cognitive abilities, and social-emotional difficulties at age 3 years. RESULTS Two clusters were identified. Cluster 1 (n = 37; 14.2% of total sample) had significantly higher levels of autistic-like traits compared with cluster 2. Within cluster 1, 33 children came from the siblings (19.4% of HR group) and only 4 came from the control subjects (4.5% of LR group). At age 3 years, children from cluster 1 had more social-communication impairment (effect size > 0.70; P < .001), lower cognitive abilities (effect size = -0.59; P < .005), and more internalizing problems (effect size = 0.55; P = .01). Compared with control subjects, HR siblings had a relative risk of 4.3 (95% CI,1.6-11.9) for membership in cluster 1. CONCLUSIONS Study findings suggest the emergence of autistic-like traits resembling a broader autism phenotype by 12 months of age in approximately 19% of HR siblings who did not meet ASD diagnostic criteria at age 3 years.
Productivity and Performance of IT Sector in Bangladesh: Evidence from the Firm Level Data

This paper analyses productivity and performance of the IT sector in Bangladesh based on a survey of 202 firms of various sizes. It also makes an assessment of the impact of recent global financial crisis on the sector. The negative impact of the global financial crisis appeared in the performance in 2007 but most IT firms seemed to have recovered in 2008. This indicates the inherent strength of the sector in terms of productivity and efficiency. It is observed that e-governance activities contribute to total productivity of the firms that are more than five years old. Infrastructure development, tax exemption, export promotion and training of engineers, among others, are major concerns in IT business operations, which can be tackled by appropriate policies to support further development of the sector
A Design of U-Shaped Slot Antenna With Broadband Dual Circularly Polarized Radiation

In this communication, a novel broadband dual circularly polarized (CP) antenna is presented. This antenna consists of an U-shaped slot to achieve broadband CP radiation and two 50-<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\Omega $ </tex-math></inline-formula> microstrip-fed ports to realize both right-hand circular polarization and left-hand circular polarization at the same frequency band. The axial ratio bandwidth (ARBW) is greatly broadened by moving the feeding ports to upper portion of the U-shaped slot. To verify this design, the proposed antenna is fabricated and measured. The measured −10 dB reflection coefficient bandwidth is about 114.4% (1.80–6.61 GHz) and the 3-dB ARBW is approximately 110.5% (1.83–6.35 GHz). The isolation between two ports is better than 14.8 dB within the ARBW.
Spitz nevus or malignant melanoma?

A 6-year-old girl was seen for a mole that had been present for 2 years on the extensor surface of her left knee. It had darkened in color and increased in size during the preceding 6 months. Physical examination revealeda symmetrical 4-mm brown-black nodule with slight variegation of color (figure I ) . The lesion was excised. Histopathologic examination showed an acanthotic epidermis with epithelioid melanocytes forming nests of various sizes and minor variation in nuclear size and chromatin pattern. Focal Kamino bodies, rare mitoses, telangiectasias, and scattered melanophages were also identified in the specimen (figures 2 and 3). The lesion appeared to be completely excised with a narrow lateral margin. Initially, both malignant melanoma and Spitz nevus were considered by the pathologist. After a second opinion was obtained, a diagnosis of pigmented Spitz nevus was made.
The impact of parental cancer on children

The purpose of the study is to investigate the psychosocial consequences for children who have a parent with cancer. The study comprises a retrospective (one measurement; eligible families are those with a parent diagnosed with cancer between 1 and 5 years prior to study entrance) and a prospective, longitudinal (eligible families are those with a parent newly diagnosed with cancer) part. For the prospective study assessments will take place shortly after diagosis, and 6 and 12 months later. Multiple informants will be asked to provide information (children aged 11-18 years, the ill and healthy parent, and the teacher). Main aims of the study are: 1. to examine the prevalence of childrens and adolescents internalizing and externalizing, emotional and behavioral problems; 2. to study if the prevalence changes over time; 3. to investigate if childrens or adolescents emotional and behavioral problems vary as a function of illness related variables, parent and/or child sociodemographic characteristics, parental psychological functioning, parent/child personality, family functioning, marital satisfaction, social support; 4. to examine if changes in the above mentioned variables accompany changes in childrens problems.