Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Lower ratings of pain intensity in older adults lead to underestimation of disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Background: To investigate the influence of age on the components of the 28-joint Disease Activity Score (DAS28)-C-Reactive Protein (CRP) in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and whether DAS28-CRP can be equally interpreted in all age groups. Methods: The proportion of CRP and patient reported components of the DAS28 (DAS-P) were analyzed and compared between 2 age groups (younger RA <60, older RA ≥ 60) using Mann-Whitney U test. Inflammatory disease burden in the joint was calculated by modified DAS28 (MDAS28=0.49 x ln(C-Reactive Protein (CRP))+0.15 x swollen joint count 28+0.22 x physician global assessment (PhGA)+1). Multivariate analyses were used to design models best predicting the effect of age on CRP, the proportion of CRP, inflammation level calculated by MDAS28, DAS-P, and pain levels. Results: CRP and the proportion of CRP in DAS28-CRP were not influenced by age. MDAS28 did not increase with age but was associated with disease duration and anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) therapy. DAS-P and pain level had significant negative association with age. In subjects with moderate inflammation (defined by MDAS28 score above 50 percentile, N=370), older RA subjects (N=189) had lower pain level, tender joint count, patient and physician global assessment, DAS28-CRP than younger subjects (n=157). Conclusions: CRP, proportion of CRP in DAS28-CRP, and MDAS28 were not influenced by age but the proportion of subjective components of DAS28-CRP and pain level decreased with age. Therefore, disease activity could be underestimated by DAS28-CRP in older RA patients.
The Role of Corporate Governance as a Leverage Moderating and Free Cash Flow on Earnings Management

According to agency theory, there was a separation of function between principal and agent. This separation created different interest between principal and agent. This condition occurs because of the asymmetric information that the agent more knew company information than the principal. Therefore, it was interesting to study the actions of management. This research aimed to analyze the influence of leverage and free cash flow to earnings management and the ability to analyze the influence corporate governance consisting of managerial ownership, institutional ownership, independent commissioner, and audit committee in influencing earnings management on the listed manufacturing companies in Indonesia Stock Exchange during years 2010-2014. The results showed that leverage significantly influences to earnings management and free cash flow significantly influence to earnings management moderating variables that influence the relationship of leverage to earnings management is managerial ownership, independent commissioner, audit committee, and moderating variables that influence the relationship of free cash flow to earning management was managerial ownership and institutional ownership. DOI : https://doi.org/10.26905/jkdp.v21i3. 704
WHAT DRIVES IDEAS PRODUCTION ACROSS THE WORLD?

The ideas production function is at the heart of endogenous growth theory. Using data for Europe, its offshoots, and the Asian Tiger economies over the period from 1870 to 2010, this paper provides direct estimates of an ideas production function that explicitly distinguishes between the first- and second-generation endogenous growth models while allowing for human capital and international knowledge spillovers through various channels. The estimates show strong intertemporal and cross-country knowledge spillovers, provide robust support for Schumpeterian growth theory, and suggest that human capital and some channels of international knowledge spillover are influential for ideas production.
Table Tennis Motor Components and Analysis of Successful Trials Testing These Skills

Sports fields are many and varied all over the world. In Israel, there are only a few organizations training persons with disabilities such as ISCD (Israel Sport Center for the Disabled) and the IDF disabled Veterans Organization. Table Tennis developed in the end of the 19th Century in England. Only a few studies have been conducted about this sport branch in terms of the normative population (Sindik, 2013; Zhang, 2012) and the population of persons with intellectual disabilities (Van Biesen et. al., 2014; Van Biesen et. al., 2010). Moreover, there are only a few studies were conducted on people with moderate intellectual disability who train in professional sport teams. In this article we will review the components of the main movements underlying table tennis game, which were selected after analyzing table tennis games , and skill tests to check each of the selected skills: balance, eye & hand coordination, power regulation, coordination.
Development Of A Multilingual System To Improved Automated Teller Machine Functionalities In Uganda

This paper presented a new multilingual language for Automated Teller Machine (ATM) in Uganda which serves as an extension to the existing Languages. The existing ATMs have only English, Kiswahili and Luganda as the only available languages. Hence, findings revealed that there are still some prevalent languages e.g. Ateso language that are widely spoken among the people of Uganda which the present ATMs in the country have not captured. The objective of this paper was to propose the integration of the new language (Ateso language) to the existing languages. In this paper, a new language was adopted when it was realized that some people especially in the Buganda region could not manage to interact with the ATMs because they were illiterate. The developed multilingual system prototype was tested using some empirical data and was found to successfully imitate ATM transactions in the local Uganda languages. The results of the study supported the positive impacts on customers that reside in the rural areas since its improved interaction of more users on the ATMs. This paper demonstrated the use of Ateso language for different transactions on the ATM system. The implementation by the banking institutions can aid the ATM users to make more flexible decisions on the usage of the ATM machines.
Opioid Sparing Anaesthesia for Living-Donor Renal Transplantation-A Case Report

Introduction: Opioids have been the mainstay for perioperative analgesia. Non-opioid drugs with analgesic properties improve intraoperative multimodal analgesia and lead to a decrease in analgesic consumption, reduction in pain scores, postoperative rescue analgesia and in postoperative nausea and vomiting. We report a case of a patient with Alport Syndrome and End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) proposed for elective Living-Donor Renal Transplantation, with reported allergies/intolerance to opioids. Case report: 30-year-old male patient, American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status IV, medical history of Alport Syndrome, ESRD treated with peritoneal dialysis, allergy to tramadol and morphine intolerance. A general intravenous anaesthesia and TAP block was performed. Remifentanil and propofol were used until loss of consciousness. Propofol infusion was then started for effect-site concentration. Maintenance of anaesthesia was achieved with remifentanil infusion to target effect-site, dexmedetomidine infusion and a bolus of ketamine. An ultrasound guided TAP block was performed, using ropivacaine. Analgesia was complemented with paracetamol. Surgical procedure lasted 2 h during which patient was stable, with no record of any adverse events. Emergence of anaesthesia was smooth and painless, and there were no analgesic needs during the time-spent in the recovery unit. Postoperative analgesia plan was PCA pump of morphine with ketamine, and paracetamol every 6 h. During the first 48 h, acute pain team reported no PCA pump requirements, no important discomfort and no complications. Patient improved uneventfully, with a total length of hospital stay of 8 days. Discussion and learning points: Patients proposed for renal transplantation surgery, with ESRD, present significant challenges for the anaesthesiologist and alternatives to use of opioids could be an option. An opioid sparing technique using regional anaesthesia combined with several drugs with analgesic properties was performed and good analgesic control was accomplished, with no adverse effects, providing a good and fast recovery after a renal transplantation.
Two procedures for training a novel second language phonetic contrast

Abstract Native speakers of Mandarin who learn English as a second language (L2) frequently misidentify unreleased tokens of /t/ and /d/ in the final position of English words. The purpose of this study was to evaluate two training methods that might be used to increase Mandarin adults’ accuracy in identifying such stops. Subjects were assigned to receive training using a two-alternative forced-choice procedure or a categorical same/different discrimination procedure. Small but significant increases in the percentage of correct identifications of /t/ and /d/ tokens were obtained for both groups of native Mandarin subjects, although their gains did not differ significantly. These gains were still evident for both groups 2 months after completing the training. The effect of training for both groups generalized to words that were not used in training. Contrary to the hypothesis that identification training promotes more robust long-term memory representations than same/different training, the magnitude of generalization observed for the two groups did not differ significantly. However, subjects seemed to maintain the effects of the same/different training better than the effects of the identification training. Taken together, the results obtained here challenge the view that identification training is superior to same/different training as a means for training novel phonetic contrasts.
The role of predicting the formation of workaholism based on personality factors and perfectionism in academics

Abstract Objective: This study aims to determine the role of personality factors and perfectionism in predicting workaholism among the faculty members. Methods: The design of the study was correlational and the statistical population included faculty members of Islamic Azad University of East Azarbaijan Province, where 278 persons were selected among them using multistage cluster sampling method. The data were collected using a questionnaire on demographic and occupational characteristics, NEO five-factor inventory, and workaholism risk inventory and were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficients and hierarchical regression analysis. Results: The results of regression analysis showed that by controlling demographic and occupational characteristics, personality factors of conscientiousness (β = 0.52), neurosis (β = −0.38), extraversion (β = 0.23), openness (β = 0.18) and perfectionism (β = 0.43) were able to predict 43% of the workaholism variance among the faculty members. Conclusions: According to the results of this study, personality factors can predict workaholism among university faculty members.
Laboratory assessment of hypoglycaemia due to malaria in children attending general hospital, Katsina

Early and accurate laboratory diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum parasitaemia as well as assessment of its severity which include among other parameters; blood glucose concentration are very important in the management of children with complicated malaria. In this study, the conventional thick blood film examination was used to detect malaria parasitaemia, while enzymatic colorimetric glucose-oxidae technique was used to estimate blood glucose level. A total of (450) chlidren were assessed for malaria and hypoglycaemia due to malaria over a period of five months in paediatrics ward of General Hospital Katsina, Nigeria. From the results obtained, 380 (84.4%) children had primary diagnosis of malaria and 113 (25.1%) of the malaria positive children were hypoglycaemic on the first day of admission. Highest incidence of malaria and hypoglycaemia due to malaria were recorded in children between the age of 2-5 years with 37.3% and 9.3% respectively. Lowest incidence of malaria and hypoglycaemia due to malaria were recorded in children between the age of 11-15years with 9.3% and 3.3% respectively. Although apparently there was difference in the number of males and females found to be malaria positive as well as hypoglycaemic, chi-square (χ2) test at P≤0.05 showed no significant difference. Questionnaire analysis in this study showed that high incidence of severe malaria leading to hypoglycaemia in children could be attributed to poverty, malnutrition, inadequate management of uncomplicated malaria in the health centres as well as late arrival at the hospital. Early laboratory and clinical diagnosis, correct treatment and improved quality management are key strategies for malaria control. Key words: Hypoglycaemia, Malaria, Children
Examining the Factors to Knowledge Sharing within an Organisational Context

In a global economy, knowledge may be a company’s greatest competitive advantage (Davenport & Prusak 2000). As such, competition for this resource has driven an increased demand for “a conscious strategy [by organisations] of getting the right knowledge to the right people at the right time and helping people share and put information into action in ways that strive to improve organisational performance” (O’Dell et al. 1998). Thus, it is the aim of this paper to provide an investigative look at the factors influencing the willingness of employees to knowledge share (KS) within an organisational context. Separated into two categories; Organisational Factors and Socio-behavioural Forces, this paper demonstrates critical factors which influence the willingness to KS. The factors include, but are not limited to, culture, leadership, reward, information and communication technology, perception, working communities, reciprocity and the psychological contract (Suppiah & Sandhu 2011; Lin & Lee 2004; Jahani et al. 2011; Huysman & Wulf 2006; Schauer et al. 2015; Cabrera & Cabrera 2005; Lin & Lo 2015; Sharkie 2005). Explicating that it is critical for organisations to develop programs which can manage and develop the willingness to knowledge share (KS) beyond the point of the employee work-cycle.
Monetary Policy, Banking and Heterogeneous Agents

The influence of heterogeneous expectations on monetary policy performance has gained a lot of attention in the recent years. It proved to be an important factor that, under some circumstances, may even destabilize the economy (Massaro, 2012). This paper investigates the phenomenon of heterogeneous expectations further, analyzing its role in the monetary policy conduct with an active banking sector. In our analysis we assume a constant fraction of boundedly rational agents who use simple heuristics to form their expectations. The impact of those biased beliefs is studied in the framework, originally developed by Goodfriend and McCallum (2007). We first show that the presence of the banking sector changes the determinacy structure of the system and, depending on the heuristics used, the presence of the boundedly rational agents might have either stabilizing or destabilizing effect. In particular, when boundedly rational agents extrapolate the past performance in forming their expectations, the range of the stable (determinate) monetary policy instruments is narrowed.
Calculation of a cow culling merit index including specific heterosis in a multibreed dairy population.

The objective of this study was to compare two models for the estimation of producing values (EPV) for lactation yields of milk, fat and protein, and calving interval (CI), which were combined in an index called the Cow Culling Merit Index (CMI), in Irish dairy cattle. Data comprised 188 927 records for production and 157 117 records for CI, collected on North American Holstein Friesian (HO), Friesian (FR), Jersey (JE), and Montbeliarde (MO) pure breeds, and some of their crosses. Cows calved from 2002 to 2006 and were from parities 1 to 5. Coefficients of specific heterosis for HO×FR, HO×JE, and HO×MO were calculated for each cow from parental breed information. The coefficient of general heterosis (GH) for each cow was obtained as the sum of the specific coefficients previously estimated. Model 1 included fixed effects of contemporary group, age at calving within parity, linear regression on gene proportions for FR, JE, and MO, and linear regression on the coefficient of expected GH. Additive genetic, permanent environmental, and error were random effects. Model 2 was based on Model 1 but GH was replaced by linear regressions on coefficients of expected specific heterosis for HO×FR, HO×JE, and HO×MO. Estimated producing values were calculated as the sum of estimated breeding value, permanent environmental and heterosis effects. The inclusion of coefficients of specific heterosis in the model did not produce re-ranking of animals but important differences in EPVs were observed in crossbred cows. These changes are important if EPVs are used to develop a culling merit index.
The Interaction of Bank Regulation and Taxation

Abstract: The tax-bene t of interest deductibility encourages debt nancing, but regulatory and market constraints create dependency between bank leverage and risk. Using a large international sample of banks this paper estimates the short and long run effects of corporate income taxes (CIT) on bank capital structure and portfolio risk accounting for their simultaneous determination. A 10 percentage point increase in the statutory CIT rate is associated with an increase of 0.8-1.4 percentage points in bank leverage and a 2-7-percentage point reduction in the average risk-weight of assets. While the estimated overall effect of taxation on bank risk is modest, it induces signi cant portfolio reallocation toward less lending. These results suggest that any elimination of the tax-bias of debt may not bring the expected benefi ts for bank stability.
An efficient thermotolerant and halophilic biosurfactant -producing bacterium isolated from Dagang oil field for MEOR application

Langping Wu, Jun Yao, A.K. Jain, Radhika Chandankere, Xudong Duan, and Hans H. Richnow School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 100083 Beijing, P.R. China State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology and Sino-Hungarian Joint Laboratory of Environmental Science and Health, University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, P.R. China Petroleum Microbiology, KDMIPE, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd, Dehradun-248195, India Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Permoserstra se 9 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany *Corresponding author
Equity Returns, Firm-Specific Characteristics and Sector Rotation: Evidence from Turkey

This paper examines the firm-spesific characteristics that affect on equity returns depending on sector rotation scheme throughout four financial cycle stages for an important emerging market, Turkey. For this purpose, using panel data for twenty-five non-financial equities selected from ISE-100 companies and twenty-six firm-specific characteristics in 2005Q1-2011Q1 it is analysed empirically whether firm-spesific factors that affect on equity returns differ among equity groups classified by sector rotation scheme throughout financial cycle stages. The firm-spesific characteristics have been reduced in five factor indexes which labelled liquidity, profitability, efficiency, growth, and valuation using factor analysis. We generated four dummy variables to classified equities using sector rotation scheme throughout financial cycle: “early expansion”, “late expansion”, “early recession”, and “late recession”. Panel regressions, with and without dummy variables, have been estimated using random coefficient model. In the full sample model, equity returns have been explained by only market return. In the with dummy variables model, equity returns of early and late recession equity groups explained by only market returns. Besides, in the early expansion and the late expansion groups, valuation factor is an important determinant of equity returns in addition to market return. Our finding shows that the factors that effect on equity returns differ among their belonging industries’ sensitivity to business cycle.
Modeling of Reinforcement Buckling in RC Columns Confined with FRP

A model of the buckling behavior of the longitudinal reinforcement in RC columns confined with fiber reinforced polymers (FRP) is proposed. The model includes three significant aspects: (i) the model takes into account the flexural stiffness of cracked cover concrete jacketed with FRP to estimate the buckling length and critical stress; (ii) the asymptotic compressive stress of the buckled longitudinal bars under a cyclic load is modified considering the restraining effect of the FRP; and (iii) it is assumed that at least one of the lateral reinforcing bars (made of mild steel) yield to allow the concerned longitudinal bars to buckle. The model was implemented in the form of a two-dimensional finite element algorithm to compute the hysteric response of the RC columns. The finite element analysis conducted herein considers spalling of the cover concrete due to the buckling along the longitudinal reinforcement. The analysis compared well overall with the test results of four RC columns.
On-line personalized feedback intervention for negative affect and cannabis: A pilot randomized controlled trial.

Cannabis is the most commonly used illicit substance and many users report difficulty quitting. Situations involving stress and negative affect are the most difficult in which to abstain during quit/reduction attempts. Further, cannabis users with elevated social anxiety experience greater cannabis-related impairment than individuals with more normative levels of social anxiety. Yet, although most persons with cannabis-related problems are interested in quitting and endorse negative emotional symptoms, the vast majority do not seek in-person treatment. Thus, the current study tested the utility of an online personalized feedback intervention (PFI) that integrates feedback regarding cannabis with strategies to manage negative affect (PFI-NAC). Current (past month) cannabis using undergraduates (who used cannabis weekly, on average) were randomly assigned to the 1-session PFI-NAC (n = 37) or an assessment-only control (n = 26) and completed a 2-week follow-up assessment. After controlling for baseline negative affect and cannabis use frequency, social anxiety interacted with condition to predict follow-up cannabis use frequency. Specifically, among those with moderate or high levels of social anxiety, those in PFI-NAC reported less use at follow up than controls; this was not the case among those with lower social anxiety. Results of this pilot study indicate a 1-session intervention that teaches simultaneously teaching skills to manage negative affect and cannabis may benefit some cannabis users with moderate to high social anxiety. Future work with larger samples and a wider range of cannabis users, with longer follow-up assessments, are important next steps. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).