Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Corporate stewardship in public relations here and lÁ and/e aqui and there

AND/E AQUI AND THERE: HOW TOP COMPANIES IN THE U.S. AND BRAZIL USE THEIR WEBSITES TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN RELATIONSHIPS by MARTINA VANISSE KLOSS (Under the Direction of Lynne M. Sallot) ABSTRACT This thesis examines the application of stewardship strategies on multinational corporations’ websites of the 23 Fortune and 22 Exame largest-revenue-earning companies conducting business in both the U.S. and Brazil. An extension of Waters’ (2011) study, this analysis further explores whether home and host countries’ corporate websites employ those strategies differently because of cultural differences. An overall question this study asks is: given top corporations’ apparent interests in global expansion, are they becoming more culturally sensitive in their online stewardship strategies to engage target stakeholders? While mixed, results suggest the answer to this question leans toward no. Common practices of stewardship strategies were found among U.S. and Brazil corporate websites, demonstrating that online organization-public relationship cultivation does not seek to distinguish cultural aspects, but rather to overlook them.
The Symptomatic and Histologic Response to a Gluten-Free Diet in Patients With Borderline Enteropathy

Goals A clinical problem is posed by patients with symptoms suggestive of gluten sensitivity (diarrhea, weight loss, unresponsive iron-deficiency anemia, etc.); however, small intestinal biopsies reveal only minor abnormalities, such as lymphocytosis with or without crypt hyperplasia (Marsh I-II). Our aim was to assess the benefit of a gluten-free diet (GFD) in patients with these small bowel mucosal abnormalities. Study We studied 35 patients (11 men, 24 women; mean age, 28 years; range, 22–51 years) referred to us for gastrointestinal symptoms or unexplained or unresponsive diseases. Because celiac disease was suspected to be the underlying pathology, small intestinal biopsies were taken. These revealed only minor abnormalities: 11 patients showed Marsh I type lesions, whereas 24 patients demonstrated Marsh II type lesions. Although the histologic lesions were inconsistent for celiac disease and a suspicion of a borderline celiac disease persisted, all patients were motivated to adhere to GFD. Results Only 23 patients adhered to our advice and followed a GFD; follow-up biopsies were taken after 8 to 12 months. In the Marsh I lesion group (seven patients), five patients showed mucosal normalization to Marsh 0 and two showed persistence of Marsh I lesions. In the Marsh II lesion group (16 patients), 9 patients revealed mucosal normalization, 5 improved to a Marsh I lesion, and 3 revealed persistence of Marsh II lesions. A dramatic clinical improvement in symptoms was noted in all patients who were on a GFD, with symptoms virtually disappearing in all patients. Seven patients who refused GFD were reevaluated 8 to 12 months later. Symptoms and histologic lesions were unchanged in six, all of whom refused again to adhere to a GFD. One of the seven with Marsh I lesions had a worsening of symptoms and of histologic lesions (from Marsh I to Marsh IIIa); so, this last patient adhered to a GFD. Conclusions Symptoms disappeared after GFD in patients suspected to have celiac disease but with slight histologic lesions. Although Marsh I-II lesions cannot be classified as celiac lesions (ESPGAN criteria), the patients' symptoms at presentation and the clear improvement of symptoms when on GFD, with or without improvement of histologic lesions, supports the assumption that these patients are sensitive to gluten and may justify treatment with a GFD.
A comparison of generalized linear mixed model procedures with estimating equations for variance and covariance parameter estimation in longitudinal studies and group randomized trials

Response data in longitudinal studies and group randomized trials are gathered on units that belong to clusters, within which data are usually positively correlated. Therefore, estimates and confidence intervals for intraclass correlation or variance components are helpful when designing a longitudinal study or group randomized trial. Data simulated from both study designs are used to investigate the estimation of variance and covariance parameters from the following procedures: for continuous outcomes, restricted maximum likelihood (REML) and estimating equations (EE); for binary outcomes, restricted pseudo‐likelihood (REPL) and estimating equations (EE). We evaluate these procedures to see which provide valid and precise estimates as well as correct standard errors for the intraclass correlation coefficient or variance components. REML seems the better choice for estimating terms related to correlation for models with normal outcomes, especially in group randomized trial situations. Results for REML and EE are mixed when outcomes are continuous and non‐normal. With binary outcomes neither REPL nor EE provides satisfactory estimation or inference in longitudinal study situations, while REPL is preferable for group randomized trials. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
‘Theory of mind’ skills during an acute episode of psychosis and following recovery

Background. A neuropsychological formulation of schizophrenia has suggested that problems with meta-representation underpin both positive and negative symptoms. This study tested Frith's account by asking patients experiencing an acute episode of psychosis to complete a set of tasks that involved Theory of Mind (ToM) skills. Methods. Fourteen patients who fulfilled criteria for schizophrenia, 10 deluded patients who were suffering from psychotic disorders other than schizophrenia and 12 depressed patients completed second-order false belief tasks, a test which involved substitution of a co-referential term in a linguistic description of an event, and metaphor and irony tasks. The battery of tests was completed during the acute phase and following recovery. Selection of these patient groups allowed comparisons to be made between schizophrenia patients and non-schizophrenia patients and between patients with and without persecutory delusions. Results. Schizophrenia patients, who had a multiplicity of positive and negative symptoms, performed significantly worse than non-schizophrenia patients on some of the ToM tasks during an acute episode. Patients with delusions of persecution and reference did not perform significantly worse than non-deluded patients on ToM tasks. There was no significant difference between groups in performance on any of the tasks at recovery. Conclusions. The results provide at best weak support for Frith's account and it remains unclear whether the ToM deficits demonstrated are genuine deficits or are a result of information-processing overload. However, it is clear that difficulties interpreting interpersonal contexts, as shown by some schizophrenia patients, are state rather than trait characteristics.
The use of high-density polyethylene implants in facial deformities.

OBJECTIVE To determine the usefulness of porous high-density polyethylene implants (Medpor) in a variety of facial skeletal deformities and subcutaneous defects, excluding those associated with acute maxillofacial trauma. DESIGN Case series. SETTING Academic tertiary care referral center in Baltimore, Md. PATIENTS Thirty-four patients (age range, 20-74 years) with facial deformities requiring skeletal defect reconstruction or augmentation (38 cases), treated between January 1, 1992, and January 1, 1997. Follow-up ranged from 6 months to 40 months. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Age, type and origin of the deformity treated, type of treatment, and complications. RESULTS Types of deformities and defects treated include 7 patients with orbital defects (secondary traumatic or oncologic deformities), 8 with temporal fossa defects, 8 with frontocranial defects, 4 with maxillary or malar defects, 7 with calvarial bone graft donor site defects, 2 with microtia, and 2 with chin deficiency. Forty implants were placed. Complications included implant exposure in 4 patients and inappropriate augmentation in 1 patient (chin implantation). CONCLUSIONS High-density polyethylene implants offer an excellent alternative to autogenous and other alloplastic materials in reconstruction of many facial defects and deformities. Advantages include its versatility and relatively ideal pore size that allows for excellent soft tissue ingrowth and coverage. Disadvantages include its rigid nature and difficulty in contouring to the surface of complex skeletal structures.
Attenuated Expression and Gelsolin in Association with Induction of Aquaporin-1 and Nitric Oxide Synthase in Dysfunctional Hearts of Aging Mice Exposed to Endotoxin

Sepsis triggered by endotoxinemia may impair cardiac function. A decline in tolerance to septic shock occurs with aging. This study addressed the hypothesis that aging negatively impairs expression of gelsolin, and axerts the regulatory effects on the water channel protein aquaporin-1 (AQP-1) and endotoxin-inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS). We explored whether the age-related gene changes are associated with the cardiac dysfunction induced by endotoxic stress exposure. Male mice at young (∼ 3-month) and old (∼ 12-month) ages received intraperitoneal injections of saline or lipopolysaccharide (LPS, 30mg/Kg). Cardiac performance and morphology were analyzed by echocardiography at baseline and 2 and 24 h after injection. At the end of treatment, the animals were sacrificed, and cardiac tissues were collected for assessing expression of gelsolin, AQP-1, iNOS, and transcription-3 (STAT3). LPS administration led to a decreased contractility while increasing cardiac dimensions in both young and old mice. LPS also markedly induced expression of gelsolin in both animal groups. However, compared to young mice, old mice showed compromised induction of gelsolin and cardiac performance in response to endotoxin. Meanwhile, the LPS-exposed old animals exhibited higher levels of AQP-1, iNOS, and phosphorylated STAT3. Gelsolin-null mice had increased expression of glycosylated AQP-1 and STAT3 phosphorylation as well as cardiac dysfunction. Thus, endotoxin administration induces expression of gelsolin, AQP-1 and pro-inflammatory genes, such as iNOS. Our data suggest that changed expression of gelsolin, AQP-1 and iNOS may contribute to dysfunction of hearts in aged subjects with septic endotoxinemia.
Independent evaluation of a multidisciplinary rehabilitation program for chronic low back pain.

Severe chronic low back pain was diagnosed in 236 patients by one physician and they were referred to the University of Miami Comprehensive Pain and Rehabilitation Center (UMCPRC) over a 5-year period for an intensive 4-week inpatient treatment program. Of these 143 (61%) were able to be contacted by telephone and given a structured interview designed for the study. The average time elapsed at follow-up from referral for all patients was 22.5 months. Outcome was measured in the following terms: current levels of pain, percent decrease in pain, subsequent health care utilization, activities of daily living, and attitudes toward treatment. After completion of the interview, the McGill Pain Questionnaire and the Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire were sent to the patients. The patients fell into five groupings: Group 1--participants in the UMCPRC program (n = 39); Group 2--those whose participation was not approved by insurance (n = 30); Group 3--those who declined participation (n = 46); Group 4--participants in other programs (n = 14); Group 5--dropouts (n = 14). The five groups were not meaningfully different with regard to prereferral demographics. Interestingly, Group 1 patients exhibited significantly greater prereferral pain and unemployment levels. Despite this, at follow-up significantly more Group 1 members were employed and they exhibited a greater percent decrease in pain as compared to the nonparticipant groups. Returned McGill and Oswestry Questionnaires mirrored these findings. Group 1 members also demonstrated significantly lower rates of subsequent health care utilization, i.e., physician visits, hospitalizations, and surgery than the nonparticipant groups. (ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Combining 3D joints Moving Trend and Geometry property for human action recognition

Depth image based human action recognition has attracted many attentions due to the popularity of the depth sensors. However, accurate recognition still remains a challenge because of various object appearances, poses and video sequences. In this paper, a novel skeleton joints descriptor based on 3D Moving Trend and Geometry (3DMTG) property is proposed for human action recognition. Specifically, a histogram of 3D moving directions between consecutive frames for each joint is constructed to represent the 3D moving trend feature in spatial domain. The geometry information of joints in each frame is modelled by the relative motion with the initial status. The proposed feature descriptor is evaluated on two popular datasets. The experimental results demonstrate the superior performance of our method over the state-of-the-art methods, especially the higher recognition rates for complex actions.
Influence of Jet-Sploding and extrusion on ruminal and intestinal disappearance of canola and soybeans.

In situ rumen degradation and intestinal digestibility of DM and CP of Jet-Sploded and extruded protein sources were estimated, using two ruminally and duodenally cannulated lactating Holstein cows, in two experiments. One-gram samples of ground (1 mm) whole canola seed, canola meal, extruded canola meal, Jet-Sploded whole canola seed, Protec, soybean meal and extruded soybean meal (Experiment 1), and whole canola seed Jet-Sploded at temperatures ranging from 116 to 177 degrees C (Experiment 2) were heat sealed into small nylon bags for incubation in the rumen and insertion into the duodenum. Extrusion had no effect on DM or CP disappearance in the rumen nor on effective degradability. Jet-Sploding of whole canola seed dramatically reduced effective degradability (%) of DM (80.5 vs 35.9 at .08 h-1 rumen outflow rate) and CP (83.5 vs. 43.2 at .08 h-1). Total tract disappearance of DM and CP exceeded 90% for all protein sources, except Protec and Jet-Sploded material. Jet-Sploding appears to have potential for decreasing ruminal degradation of canola protein or DM without markedly decreasing intestinal digestibility.
ANALISIS PENGARUH TRANSACTION COST TERHADAP HOLDING PERIOD SAHAM-SAHAM LQ45 DI BURSA EFEK INDONESIA (BEI)

This research aim to analysis whether/what there are influence from bid- ask spread, market value, variance return, dividend yield and earning per share to holding period. This research test holding period at shares LQ45 in exchange of Indonesia ( BEI) period 2007-2012. Sample from this research use 12 company which always be enlisted in LQ45. This researching use daily , with calculation of holding period use daily mean during one semester. Used by analysis test t, and doubled regration. Used in this research closing price, sum up share circulate, volume of share commerce, and also bid and ask price. From of result of research of Adjusted R2 obtained value 36,4% variation of explainable holding period by third the variable that is bid-ask spread, market value, variance return, dividend yield and earning per share while 63,6% explained by other;dissimilar variable outside model. While from result test t obtained evidence that variable of market value, and dividend yield have an effect on positive and signification to holding period. That which variable of bid-ask spread, variance return, and earning per share have an effect on negativity and signification n to holding period. Fifth the result have been tested with signification = 5% and most have an effect on to holding period dividend yield. Dari result of test F obtained evidence that bid-ask spread, market value, variance return, dividend yield and earning per share in together have an effect on to holding period share Keyword: bid-ask spread, market value, variance return, dividend yield, earning per share and holding period.
Domains required for assembly of adenovirus type 2 fiber trimers

Entry of human adenovirus into cells is a two-step process, mediated in the first step by a specific interaction between the trimeric fiber protein and a specific receptor on the surface of susceptible cells. Because of the interest in human adenovirus as a vector for gene therapy, we have mapped domains in the fiber protein that are important for proper assembly of this trimeric structure and for proper addition of O-linked N-acetylglucosamine (0-GlcNAc). Mutants of adenovirus type 2 fiber in this study were expressed in human cells by use of a recombinant vaccinia virus expression system that yielded protein indistinguishable from the fiber produced during adenovirus infection. The N-terminal half of the protein did not appear to influence fiber trimer formation, since deletions up to 260 amino acids (aa) from the N-terminal end as well as in-frame deletions within the shaft of the molecule still allowed trimerization; internal deletions in the shaft between aa 61 and 260 appeared to alter addition of 0-GlcNAc, as judged by loss of reactivity to a monoclonal antibody specific for this carbohydrate addition. Deletions from the C terminus of the molecule (as small as 2 aa) appeared to prevent trimer formation. Additions of amino acids to the C-terminal end of the fiber showed variable results: a 6-aa addition allowed trimer formation, while a 27-aa addition did not. These trimer-defective mutants were also relatively less stable, as judged kV pulse-chase experiments. Taken together, our results indicate that trimerization of the fiber requires at least two domains, the entire head (aa 400 to 582), and at least the C-terminal-most 15 aa of the shaft.
In Vivo Imaging Reveals Selective Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor Modulator Activity of the Synthetic Ligand 3-(1-(4-Chlorobenzyl)-3-t-butylthio-5-isopropylindol-2-yl)-2,2-dimethylpropanoic acid (MK-886)

We report here the finding of a new pharmacological activity of a well known antagonist of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs). PPARs belong to the family of nuclear receptors playing a relevant role in mammalian physiology and are currently believed to represent a major target for the development of innovative drugs for metabolic and inflammatory diseases. In the present study, the application of reporter animal technology was instrumental to obtain the global pharmacological profiling indispensable to unraveling 3-(1-(4-chlorobenzyl)-3-t-butylthio-5-isopropylindol-2-yl)-2,2-dimethylpropanoic acid (MK-886)-selective PPAR modulator (SPPARM) activity not underlined by previous traditional, cell-based studies. The results of this study, demonstrating the usefulness of reporter mice, may open new avenues for the development of innovative drugs for cardiovascular, endocrine, neural, and skeletal systems characterized by limited side effects.
An Explanation for the Neutral Effect of DR2 on IDDM Susceptibility in Central Italy

Susceptibility to IDDM is strongly associated with HLA. Some HLA allelic combinations (haplotypes) can be found in most patients, whereas other haplotypes are encountered only rarely. It has been proposed that this difference in susceptibility depends on the absence (in the DR3 and DR4 haplotypes) or the presence (in the DR2 haplotype) of Asp57 in the DQ β-chain. Data on southern European populations challenge this hypothesis because the DR2 haplotype has not been associated negatively with IDDM, as reported in northern European populations. This study on a selected panel of DR2-positive Italian IDDM patients shows that 19 of 21 (90.5%) DR2 haplotypes possess a non-Asp57 DQB allele. Moreover, the same non-Asp57 subtype has a comparatively high frequency (9/28, or 32.1%, DR2 haplotypes) also in the DR2-positive healthy Italian population. The difference between patients and control subjects is significant (xP < 0.0001). This is the largest series of DR2-positive patients analyzed so far. Comparison with cumulated data in various white populations shows a distinct northern European-to-southern European gradient. Toward southern Europe, the relative frequency of the non-Asp57 DR2 subtype increases. Concomitantly, the apparent protective effect of the DR2 haplotype disappears. Therefore, the observed differences in DR2-IDDM association in white populations can be explained adequately by the Asp57 hypothesis, which this study's data strongly support.
Graham & Dodd theory in stock portfolio performance in LQ 45 index at Indonesia stock exchange

The measurement of the performance of the overvalued stock portfolio and undervalued stock portfolio aims to find out whether its performance is in accordance with Graham & Dodd's Theory. This study uses the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) in forming a portfolio in the Indonesia Stock Exchange LQ45 Index (IDX). In evaluating the performance of the stock portfolio, the method applied in the research is Sharpe index due to the fact that it meets the international performance measurement standards. The results of different tests of performance obtained is expected to become guidelines for investors in determining the investment portfolio stock strategy. The population of this study are all shares listed on the IDX LQ45 Index for the period February 2016-July 2016. The sample selection was done by purposive sampling method through determining 8 stocks classified as overvalued and 8 stocks classified as undervalued. The statistical method used is the data analysis technique in the form of the Wilcoxon test. The results showed that there was a decrease in the performance of the overvalued stock portfolio after 6 months and 12 months and there was an increase in the performance of the undervalued stock portfolio after 6 months and 12 months. the performance of the stock portfolio was undervalued after 6 months amounting to 7, 3160 and an increase in undervalued portfolio performance after 12 months is 3, 5430. The results of this research indicate that H2 is accepted, there was an increase in the performance of undervalued stock portfolios after the period of portfolio formation after 6 months and 12 months in accordance with the theory of Graham & Dodd.
The Disappearing Aggregate Ratchet Effect

This study investigates the effect of SEC Rule 10b-18 on long-run aggregate payout ratios and the information content hypothesis. Prior to 1984, long-run aggregate positive payout ratios are mean reverting and signal higher future earnings growth. The subsequent significant rise in repurchase activity in 1984 eliminates the pre-1984 mean reversion and information content of aggregate payout ratios. After 1984, payout ratios are not mean reverting and do not signal aggregate future earnings growth. Therefore, it appears that the expansion of firm choice regarding the form of payout has resulted in a disappearing or significantly weaker ratchet effect.