Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Anti-inflammatory and analgesic activity of the methanol extract of Malva parviflora Linn (Malvaceae) in rats.

Malva parviflora Linn Malvaceae is a medicinal plant used for the treatment of wounds and other related ailments by the Xhosa people of South Africa. The anti-inflammatory activity of the stem extract of this plant was assessed using carrageenan-induced paw oedema and histamine-induced paw oedema. The analgesic effect was determined using the acetic acid writhing method as well as formalin test. The extract at 100 and 200 mgkg-1 body weight reduced significantly, the formation of oedema induced by carrageenan and histamine. In the acetic acid-induced writhing model, the extract showed a good analgesic effect characterized by reduction in the number of writhes when compared to the control. The extract caused dose-dependent decrease of licking time and licking frequency in rats injected with 2.5% formalin, signifying its analgesic effect. These results were also comparable to those of indomethacin, the reference drug used in this study. Since the plant extract reduced significantly the formation of oedema induced by carrageenan and histamine as well as reduced the number of writhes in acetic acidinduced writhing models and dose-dependent decrease of licking time and licking frequency in rats injected with 2.5% formalin, it is concluded that the use of M. parviflora for the treatment of inflammed purulent wounds, swellings, bruises and broken limbs may have been justified.
Haematological and Biochemical Changes in Chicks Fed with Aspergillus terreus Infested Feed

Influence of Aspergillus terreus infested feed on the growth and metabolism of chick was investigated. The relative weight gain of different organs and feed intake gradually decreased with the increased amount of intake of infested feed. Serum Glutamate Pyruvate Transaminase (SGPT) and Serum Glutamate Oxaloacetate Transaminase (SGOT) activities and bilirubins increased with increase of intake of A. terreus infested feed, indirectly with territrem B intake. However, proteins, iron, urea, calcium and albumins with increased exposure to A. terreus infested feed. Different biochemical components of blood also decreased with increased A. terreus infested feed intake by the chicks.
ANTECEDENTS OF EMPLOYEES’ TRUST IN SUPERVISORS, MANAGEMENT, AND ORGANIZATIONS

The benefits of trust for organizations have been emphasized in the academic literature. In the beginning of the last decade, empirical research revealed that referents of trust are important. Therefore, we investigated the empirical studies published in the same time period regarding the antecedents of the three referents of trust: direct supervisors, management, and organizations. The results indicate that the antecedents can be classified into five distinct groups or factors: socio-psychological, managerial, common, organizational, and encompassing factors. Accordingly, employees’ trust in management is affected by socio-psychological, managerial, and common factors, but not by organizational and encompassing factors. Managerial, common, and encompassing factors influence employees’ trust in direct supervisors. Employees’ trust in organizations is directly affected by common factors, organizational factors, and employees’ trust in their direct supervisors and is indirectly influenced by managerial factors, common factors, and encompassing factors through employees’ trust in their direct supervisors. Given these findings, we put forth a model of trust referents through mapping the antecedents with each particular trust referent that will guide future research efforts.
Progress in Understanding the Pathogenesis of Systemic Sclerosis with Lung Involvement: The Contribution of Proteomic Studies

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic inflammatory disease involving the skin and various internal organs. SSc is characterized by microvascular dysfunction, activation of the immune system and tissue fibrosis. Endothelial cell damage seems to be the initiating factor, but the precise triggering events that underlie the development of the disease remain unclear. Lung involvement is a frequent complication, which causes increased morbidity and mortality in patients with SSc. In particular, pulmonary arterial hypertension and interstitial lung disease are the two major clinical diseases that affect SSc patients, but the current treatments appear to have no satisfying effects on these pulmonary complications, until yet. Recently researches using innovative technologies have highlighted several peptides that might contribute to better understand the underlying pathogenic mechanisms of pulmonary injury and could promote more effective therapeutic strategies for SSc patients. Here, we focus on the major proteomic studies on biological fluid from patients with SSc.
X-Ray Imaging Spectrometer (XIS) on Board Suzaku

The XIS is an X-ray Imaging Spectrometer system, consisting of state-of-the-art charge-coupled devices (CCDs) optimized for X-ray detection, camera bodies, and control electronics. Four sets of XIS sensors are placed at the focal planes of the grazing-incidence, nested thin-foil mirrors (XRT: X-Ray Telescope) onboard the Suzaku satellite. Three of the XIS sensors have front-illuminated CCDs, while the other has a back-illuminated CCD. Coupled with the XRT, the energy range of 0.2–12keV with energy resolution of 130eV at 5.9keV, and a field of view of 18 � ×18 �
The Predictive Power of the Yield Spread Under the Veil of Time

I apply a multiresolution decomposition to the term spread and real-GDP growth in the U.S. Using the filtered data, I study whether the yield spread helps forecasting output. The results show that the predictive power of the yield spread varies largely across time scales both in-sample and out-of-sample at various forecast horizons. Contrarily to the existing literature, I find evidence of a strikingly negative long-run relationship between the spread and future GDP growth over a frequency that spans from 8 to 16 years per cycle. A linear combination among filtered yield spreads shows a sizable improvement in forecasting out-of-sample. The decomposed series are also used for proposing a solution to the breakdown in the in-sample predictive relationship documented by Dotsey (1998) that occurs after 1985.
Modelling the relationship between green marketing strategies and performance outcomes for business sustainability

This article presents an integrative model on how the commitment of a green industry can give impact to the economic, marketing and environmental performance. The issues become pertinent to the global as it influences the way business practice as it gives detrimental impact to the economy, environment and society. Since many firms are converting to green industry business, the challenge is to ensure the strategy adopted can contribute to the organizational performance. More firms are aligning their activities with the principles of sustainable development. While interest in, and proactive commitment to aligning their business activities to achieve sustainable development, this paper addresses several issues in the green marketing strategies. This article empirically examines on how green marketing strategies influence different dimensions on organizational performance among the ISO 14001 certified firms in Malaysia. This study uses a structured questionnaire derived from the literature and employing a mail survey and distributed to 100 respondents and it reports the empirical results of a survey. The results of testing the hypotheses that predicted that green product, green price, green promotion, green distribution, strategic competency and marketing resources significantly positively affects organizational performance. Management implications to re-orient their marketing strategies are discussed.
Interfacial Effects on the Spherulitic Morphology of Isotactic Polystyrene Thin Films on Liquid Substrates

The influence of interfaces on the morphology of flat spherulites of isotactic polystyrene (iPS) grown in thin films on liquid substrates was investigated. Amorphous iPS thin films spin-cast from a solution were annealed for cold crystallization on glycerol and silicone oil (nonsolvents for iPS). The number density of grown spherulites was revealed to be higher on the glycerol substrate than on the silicone oil substrate. This implies that the primary nucleation rate of crystallization is greater at the iPS/glycerol interface than at the iPS/silicone oil interface. The results may be consistent with the previous findings that concern the molecular interaction between atactic polystyrene and nonsolvents at the interface. In some cases, holes were formed in the thin films during the cold crystallization due to dewetting, which also significantly affect the spherulite morphology via, for example, transcrystallization.
An Analysis of the Needs of Korean EFL Learners in the Collegiate Level

This study aims to identify the learning needs and preferences of Korean EFL learners in the collegiate level studying at a university in Korea. The result of this study indicates that the respondents feel, among the four macro skills of English, speaking and writing are as equally difficult skills to master. These were followed by reading and listening, respectively. Also as the goal of English learning, the respondents answered getting a high score in such tests as TOEIC and TOEFL. As the effective strategies to learn English, the respondents consider immediate correction of mistakes in speaking and writing and using English as a method of instruction to be effective learning methods. On the other hand, the usage of the Korean language to teach English and the intensive grammar classes are considered as unhelpful in English learning .
Increasing the Fuel Economy and Safety of New Light-DutyVehicles

One impediment to increasing the fuel economy standards forlight-duty vehicles is the long-standing argument that reducing vehiclemass to improve fuel economy will inherently make vehicles less safe.This technical paper summarizes and examines the research that is citedin support of this argument, and presents more recent research thatchallenges it. We conclude that the research claiming that lightervehicles are inherently less safe than heavier vehicles is flawed, andthat other aspects of vehicle design are more important to the on-roadsafety record of vehicles. This paper was prepared for a workshop onexperts in vehicle safety and fuel economy, organized by the William andFlora Hewlett Foundation, to discuss technologies and designs that can betaken to simultaneously improve vehicle safety and fuel economy; theworkshop was held in Washington DC on October 3, 2006.
Modality And Encoding Strategy Effects On A Verification Task With Accelerated Speech, Visual Text, And Tones

An experiment examined performance on a speeded comparison verification task with accelerated speech (spearcons), visual text, and auditory tones (sonifications). ParticipantsÕ task was to encode the state (increasing or decreasing) of a stock depicted in the first (study) stimulus for comparison with the state depicted in the second (verification) stimulus. We also instructed participants to remember the study stimulus according to a prescribed encoding strategyÑeither as words (a verbal working memory processing code) or tones (a tonal, auditory imagery working memory processing code). Results generally offered evidence that the accelerated speech stimuli assumed the same verbal working memory code as the visual text stimuli. Interestingly, however, both speech and tones also exhibited lingering, stimulus-specific perceptual effects during verification despite recoding in working memory. Results are discussed in terms of auditory imagery in working memory, and the relevance of results to auditory interface design is discussed.
Dependence of Mesomorphism on meta Substituted Lateral Groups

Thermotropic LC substances of chalconyl derivatives consisting of two phenyl rings, one chalconyl central bridge and two flexible {-OR and -OC7H15(n)} terminal (para) / lateral (meta) functional groups i.e. RO-C6H4-CH=CH-CO-C6H4-OC7H15(n) (meta) have been synthesized and studied for the effect of molecular structure on thermotropicmesomorphism. The thermometric behaviours of novel homologue substances and their textures were determined by an optical polarizing microscopy (POM) equipped with a heating stage. Textures of a nematic phases are threaded or schlieren. The textures of monotropicsmectic phase are directly judged from the heating top as smectic-A. Analytical, thermal and spectral data supports and conforms the molecular structures of homologues. Transition curves as depicted in a phase diagram behaves in normal manner. Odd-even effect for N-I transition curve (very short) is observed. Total (C1 to C18) thirteen homologues are synthesized . Mesomorphism commences from C7 homologue. C7 to C8 homologues are enantiotropicnematic and C10 to C18 homologues are monotropicllynematogenic plus smectogenic. Thermal stability of smectic phase is about fraction of 1.0 °C or 1.0 °C and that of nematic phase is 66.0 °C with total mesophaselength minimum to maximum 7.0 °C to 15 °C. Group efficiency order for mesophases is derived on the basis of thermal stabilities from the comparative study of thermometric data determined from structurally analogous series. Hence present novel series behaves in normal manner with very short mesophaselengths, low thermal stabilities and low melting type and predominantly nematogenic and partly smectogenic.
INTERRELATIONSHIP OF CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL FEATURES OF BREAST CANCER AMONG DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS

Breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease that can be classified using a variety of clinical and pathological features. In Malaysia, breast cancer remains the most prevalence malignancy among women which vary substantially by racial/ ethnic group. A pilot study was conducted to determine clinical characteristics of breast cancer (BrCa) and the association with demographic factors from a set of data retrieved from Advanced Medical and Dental Institute (AMDI), Universiti Sains Malaysia (n = 236). In this study, 55.1% of the patients were Malay followed by Chinese (33.9%) and Indian (11.0%). By using Pearson Chi-Square test, it was reported that ethnicity was significantly associated with age at diagnosis (p = 0.001) and family history (p = 0.034). In addition, interrelationships (p value < 0.05) existed between: (1) ethnics with age at diagnosis (2) ER with PR, TNM staging and grading (3) PR with tumor grading. In summary, interrelationships status of BrCa clinicopathological features can be used to better understand BrCa in predicting prognosis for the patients.
Salary Caps and Competitive Balance in the NBA

Following the 1998-99 NBA lockout, the league instituted a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) that, among other things, set a cap on individual player salaries for the first time in a professional sports league. This paper examines how these changes affected competitive balance within the league. I find that, contrary to previous results, the 1999 CBA had no effect on parity within the NBA. Furthermore, I find evidence that as the NBA has opened its doors to international players, competition within the league has become more balanced.
Gráficos estadísticos en libros de texto chilenos de Ciencias Naturales

En el trabajo se presentan los resultados del analisis de las actividades en las que se trabaja con graficos estadisticos en libros de texto de Ciencias Naturales en Educacion Primaria chilena. La recogida de datos se ha realizado mediante analisis de contenidos en una muestra de dos series de textos con amplia difusion a nivel nacional. Tras el estudio se identifico un total de 70 actividades educativas, en las que se pudo observar el predominio de los graficos de barras y lineas; las actividades demandan mayoritariamente un nivel de lectura de “leer los datos”, el nivel semiotico de “representacion de un listado de datos”, y las actividades de explicar y comparar. Se concluye que el numero de actividades puede ser mayor y que su inclusion puede ser desde los primeros cursos, con actividades sencillas y basadas en la observacion del entorno. Los niveles de lectura y semioticos son considerados adecuados para su trabajo en el aula debido a que en esta asignatura los graficos estadisticos cumplen un rol de apoyo a los temas. Se recomienda que los profesores vigilen que el trabajo con graficos se centre con aquellas representaciones que se hayan estudiado previamente en matematica para evitar dificultades extras.
The Relationship between Radio and Higher-Frequency Emission in Active Galactic Nuclei

Active galactic nuclei emit radiation across the entire electromagnetic spectrum. This involves different regions with distinct physical characteristics and therefore a variety of emission mechanisms, each with a dominant frequency range. Here I review the observational tools we use to probe the various components of AGNs and the implications of some of the results. I discuss how the combination of radio imaging and multiwaveband monitoring in both total and polarized flux is a particularly powerful method for studying both the relativistic jets and their connection to the central engine.
First continuous ground-based observations of long period oscillations in the vertically resolved wind field of the stratosphere and mesosphere

Abstract. Direct measurements of middle-atmospheric wind oscillations with periods between 5 and 50 days in the altitude range between mid-stratosphere (5 hPa) and upper mesosphere (0.02 hPa) have been made using a novel ground-based Doppler wind radiometer. The oscillations were not inferred from tracer measurements, as the radiometer offers the unique capability of near-continuous horizontal wind profile measurements. Observations from four campaigns at high, middle and low latitudes with an average duration of 10 months have been analyzed. The dominant oscillation has mostly been found to lie in the extra-long period range (20–50 days), while the well-known atmospheric normal modes around 5, 10 and 16 days have also been observed. Comparisons of our results with ECMWF operational analysis data revealed remarkably good agreement below 0.3 hPa but discrepancies above.
Role of the Pharmacist in Identification of Medication Related Problems in the Icu: A Preliminary Screening Study in an Egyptian Teaching Hospital

Introduction Medication-related problems in the ICU are an important but poorly understood phenomenon. Many patients admitted to i ntensive care units consume long-term medi cation. N ew drugs may be co mmenced during i ntensive care intended for the short term or longer. Patients are often cared for by several teams during hospital admission and long-term medication may inadvertently be permanently discontinued. Aim: We sought to evaluate the frequency and incidence of medication- related problems in the ICU in one of t he largest tea ching hospitals in Egypt. Methodology: Prospective observational study was conducted to r eport and r ecord t he frequency of medication related problems in the ICUs. Patients: 220 patients were reviewed during a period of one year. Those patients were prescribed 2286 medications. Results: Medication review was done for 220 ICU patients. The average length of the period t he patients stayed in the hospital was around 10.396 days. The 220 recruited patients, using a total of 2286 medicines, were classified into six major categories according to the BNF 2009. Cardiovascular cond itions represented the p rincipal reason f or I CU admission. Cardiovascular a gents counted for t he majority of the medications co nsumed by t he participants; 2 anticoagulants a nd antiplatelets, nitrates a nd H -receptor a ntagonists were prescribed most fre quently. About 97% of monitored patients were reported with one or more drug related problems. The problems were ca tegorized into 13 different classes. Among t he d etected errors, incorrect dosing regimen represented the highest percentage (21.971%) followed by duplication and pr escribing unnecessary medication representing around 1 2% each. Equal incidence of drugs being prescribed either in a lower dose, higher dose or h ad s ome de gree of drug interaction ( 8.4 % each). Drugs that required therapeutic m onitoring that was no t done represented 7.27 % and antibiotic m isuse represented 5.331 % of the total medication errors detected.
Recourse to Non-Housing Assets and Mortgage Credit Supply

Because state anti-deficiency statutes rarely change over time, the opportunity to test the importance of recourse for the mortgage market is limited. I exploit the bankruptcy reform in 2005 (which effectively strengthens recourse) as a quasi-natural experiment to show that aggregate quantity of mortgage lending is increased after the reform is implemented. Lenders appear to adjust their underwriting through approval decision rather than interest rate. Overall, my study finds that strengthening recourse — while potentially useful as a tool to discourage strategic default and foreclosure — can also expand credit supply through increased collateral value.
Near-surface and path-averaged mixing ratios of NO2 derived from car DOAS zenith-sky and tower DOAS off-axis measurements in Vienna: a case study

Abstract. Nitrogen dioxide (NO2), produced as a result of fossil fuel combustion, biomass burning, lightning, and soil emissions, is a key urban and rural tropospheric pollutant. In this case study, ground-based remote sensing has been coupled with the in situ network in Vienna, Austria, to investigate NO2 distributions in the planetary boundary layer. Near-surface and path-averaged NO2 mixing ratios within the metropolitan area of Vienna are estimated from car DOAS (differential optical absorption spectroscopy) zenith-sky and tower DOAS horizon observations. The latter configuration is innovative in the sense that it obtains horizontal measurements at more than a hundred different azimuthal angles – within a 360∘ rotation taking less than half an hour. Spectral measurements were made with a DOAS instrument on nine days in April, September, October, and November 2015 in the zenith-sky mode and on five days in April and May 2016 in the off-axis mode. The analysis of tropospheric NO2 columns from the car measurements and O4 normalized NO2 path averages from the tower observations provide interesting insights into the spatial and temporal NO2 distribution over Vienna. Integrated column amounts of NO2 from both DOAS-type measurements are converted into mixing ratios by different methods. The estimation of near-surface NO2 mixing ratios from car DOAS tropospheric NO2 vertical columns is based on a linear regression analysis including mixing height and other meteorological parameters that affect the dilution and reactivity in the planetary boundary layer – a new approach for such conversion. Path-averaged NO2 mixing ratios are calculated from tower DOAS NO2 slant column densities by taking into account topography and geometry. Overall, lap averages of near-surface NO2 mixing ratios obtained from car DOAS zenith-sky measurements, around a circuit in Vienna, are in the range of 3.8 to 26.1 ppb and in good agreement with values obtained from in situ NO2 measurements for days with wind from the southeast. Path-averaged NO2 mixing ratios at 160 m above the ground as derived from the tower DOAS measurements are between 2.5 and 9 ppb on two selected days with different wind conditions and pollution levels and show similar spatial distribution as seen in the car DOAS zenith-sky observations. We conclude that the application of the two methods to obtain near-surface and path-averaged NO2 mixing ratios is promising for this case study.