Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effects of epidural dexmedetomidine on ropivacaine induced epidural anesthesia and post-operative analgesia in women undergoing vaginal hysterectomy: A randomized double-blind control trial

Original Research Article Objective: To find out the effects of addition of epidural dexmedetomidine to ropivacaine on post-operative analgesia, and sensory and motor block characteristics. Methods: Total 78 adult females belonging to ASA status I and II were divided in to two groups; group RS: received 20 ml of 0.75% injection ropivacaine and 1 ml of normal saline, and group RD: received 20 ml of 0.75% injection ropivacaine and 1ml dexmedetomidine through epidural route. Duration of post-operative analgesia, sensory and motor block characteristicswere compared between these two groups. Results: Duration of analgesia was longer in group RD in comparison to group RS (520.82±93.13 vs. 424.61±48.06 minutes, p< 0.0001). Total number of rescue analgesics required per patient was higher in group RS in comparison to group RD (2.76±0.48 vs. 1.61±0.49, p< 0.0001). For both sensory and motor block, onset was faster (for sensory 9.48±1.80 vs.16.48±2.76 minutes; for motor13.51±1.50 vs. 20.05±2.75 minutes respectively) and duration was longer (for sensory 478.46±92.86 vs. 396.66±49.54; for motor 393.33±85.69 vs. 341.79±44.35 minutes respectively) in group RD in comparison to group RS. Conclusion: Addition of dexmedetomidine to ropivacaine via epidural route improves post-operative analgesia.
Alteration of Growth and Temperature Tolerance of European Sea Bass ( Dicentrarchus labrax Linnaeus 1758) in Different Temperature and Salinity Combinations

This study was performed to assess the combined effects of three salinities (0, 20 and 38 ppt) and three acclimation temperatures (15, 20 and 25°C) on growth performance, proximate composition and thermal tolerance of European Sea Bass (32 g) inhabiting southern parts of the Mediterranean Sea. Highest fish final weight (83.8 g) was achieved at 25°C in freshwater (FW). Specific growth rate (SGR) at 25°C was about twice higher than that at 15°C, while 20°C promoted an intermediate growth. The fish cultured in FW at 25°C displayed consistently lower FCR and better SGR than those in full strength seawater (SW). Salinity had strong influence on fillet protein and lipid compositions. Highest lipid content (14.9%) was found in fish held in brackish water (20 ppt), and the fish held in SW had the lowest lipid content. CTMin and CTMax values ranged from 3.26°C to 7.33°C and from 31.81°C to 36.68°C, respectively. The thermal tolerance results indicated that European sea bass is more sensitive to high rather than low temperatures. These results suggested that this species can be farmed in stagnant SW deep ponds with high ambient temperatures during hot summer months in southern parts of the Mediterranean. During cold winter months, however, this fish can be successfully cultured in low salinities or even in FW.
GD 2 expression in breast cancer

Breast cancer (BC) is a heterogeneous disease, including different subtypes having diverse incidence, drug-sensitivity and survival rates. In particular, claudinlow and basal-like BC have mesenchymal features with a dismal prognosis. Disialoganglioside GD2 is a typical neuroectodermal antigen expressed in a variety of cancers. Despite its potential relevance in cancer diagnostics and therapeutics, the presence and role of GD2 require further investigation, especially in BC. Therefore, we evaluated GD2 expression in a cohort of BC patients and its correlation with clinicalpathological features. Sixty-three patients with BC who underwent surgery without prior chemoand/ or radiotherapy between 2001 and 2014 were considered. Cancer specimens were analyzed by immunohistochemistry and GD2-staining was expressed according to the percentage of positive cells and by a semi-quantitative scoring system. Patient characteristics were heterogeneous by age at diagnosis, histotype, grading, tumor size, Ki-67 and receptor-status. GD2 staining revealed positive cancer cells in 59% of patients. Among them, 26 cases (41%) were labeled with score 1+ and 11 (18%) with score 2+. Notably, the majority of metaplastic carcinoma specimens stained positive for GD2. The univariate regression logistic analysis revealed a significant association of GD2 with triple-receptor negative phenotype and older age (> 78) at diagnosis. We demonstrate for the first time that GD2 is highly prevalent in a cohort of BC patients clustering on very aggressive BC subtypes, such as triple-negative and metaplastic variants.
Circulating plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 activity: a biomarker for resectable non-small cell lung cancer?

PURPOSE Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) participates in thrombotic, fibrinolytic, inflammatory and metabolic cascades. Since previous studies have focused on tissue and blood level concentrations, our goal was to investigate for the first time the independent relationship between plasma PAI-1 activity in resectable non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) taking into consideration its several interfaces and study its diagnostic and prognostic potential. METHODS In an adequately powered case-control study, plasma PAI-1 activity, metabolic parameters, classic adipokines, hemostatic, inflammatory and tumor biomarkers were measured in 110 consecutive patients with resectable NSCLC and 110 healthy subjects matched on age, sex and date of blood draw. RESULTS NSCLC patients exhibited significantly higher PAI-1 activity compared to controls (p<0.001). In NSCLC cases, PAI-1 activity correlated with somatometric variables, insulin, WBC, antithrombin III, protein C, plasminogen, IL-6 and tumor size (p<0.05). Plasma PAI-1 activity was independently associated with NSCLC beyond risk factors associated with NSCLC (OR:6.9, 95%CI:2.9-16.6, p<0.001). Plasminogen activity and body mass index emerged as independent predictors of PAI-1 activity in cases. Due to its high specificity, PAI-1 activity could represent a potentially useful parameter in ruling out NSCLC, alone or in combination with serum tumor markers associated with NSCLC. CONCLUSIONS PAI-1 activity, reflecting PAI-1 functionality, may represent a potentially useful biomarker in NSCLC associated with thrombotic, tumor-promoting and metabolic networks. More clinical studies are needed to explore whether PAI-1 activity may be a practical biomarker in the risk assessment of NSCLC, at the crossroads of hemostasis and metabolism.
IFRS IN EMERGING ECONOMIES: THE GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND THE CASE OF ROMANIA

Creating a unitary set of financial reporting standards universally applicable became an area of focus for the users of the financial statements over the last decades. The importance given to this idea increased together with the efforts put in the process of harmonization, also accelerated by the growing interest shown by the international investors in the emerging countries as identifying these as areas for their potential investments. The purpose of this article is to highlight and present some evidence regarding the conception about the adoption of the International Financial Reporting Standards in the emerging countries and also to present some advantages and disadvantages identified in terms of applying IFRS in comparison with the application of the national legislation for financial reporting. A separate section is dedicated for the case of Romania in which the current status in terms of aligning with IFRS is analyzed. This article represents an additional contribution to the prior research performed regarding IFRS implementation in the emerging economies, which is still limited, and emphasizes the case of Romania which was lately subject to changes in terms of financial reporting standards and about which, to our knowledge, a significant analysis of the new status after the issuance of the new regulations is not yet available in publications.
Acute Intestinal Ischemia Due to Thrombosis of the Superior Mesenteric Artery in a Female Young Patient: A Clinical Case

Introduction: Acute mesenteric ischemia is deadly from 50% to 90% of cases due to poor understanding of the clinical picture of abdominal pain and the differential diagnosis when it is not suspected and partly because of an unacceptable delay in making the diagnosis. Clinical case: A 31-year-old female with generalized abdominal pain without peritoneal irritation accompanied by vomiting and loose bowel movements. Vital signs: BP 90/70 mmHg, HR 100/min, BF 20/min, Temperature 96.8°F. Laboratory test: Bh: Hto. 39.4, 42.6/103 leukocytes/uL, 89% neutrophils, 10% lymphocytes; QS: glucose 226 mg/dL. It is surgically intervenes finding intestinal ischemia to 10 cm from the ligament of Treitz to 1 m from the ileocecal valve, the root of the mesentery is explored and superior mesenteric artery is explored obtain feeling weak pulse. Thrombectomy is performed with infusion of 1000 IU of heparin in saline solution return to viability of ischemic bowel loops in 50% viable resulting 50 cm from the ligament of Treitz to 2 m from the ileocecal valve; in nonviable bowel segment resection is performed. Discussion: The clinical diagnosis of mesenteric ischemia is difficult, and in most cases the abdominal pain is the cardinal symptom. The basis of the proper treatment of this entity is: early diagnosis, resection of the damaged intestine, restoration surgical blood flows or nonsurgical, second-look laparotomy and support of the ICU, as handled case described here.
Keith Arundale

Objectives: To investigate whether differences in practice between the ways in which European and US venture capital (VC) funds go about originating, executing, monitoring and exiting from their investments might go some way to explaining the historical difference in performance between European and US VC funds. Prior work: There are only a relatively small number of studies that seek to explain the reasons for the relative underperformance of European VC funds compared to US funds. Differences in practices between European and US VC funds have been investigated but these are not necessarily linked to fund performance. There are few studies that have employed qualitative interview techniques to investigate VC firm investment practices. Approach: Semi-structured interviews with 65 VC practitioners across industry sectors were carried out (from 25 US, 27 UK and 12 continental European firms). Thematic analysis was used to identify emergent themes. Percentages of recurring themes were calculated.
Efecto de la prestación monetaria universal para el cuidado de hijos en la oferta de trabajo femenina en España RESUMEN

The aim of this paper is to measure the potential and real effect of universal child care cash benefit schemes on female labour supply. This subsidy, which was considered ground-breaking due to the fact that it was available to all, was introduced through the Spanish Government Act 35/2007 (BOE, 2007) and was in effect until 2010. Known as the “baby bonus”, this subsidy of €2,500 per child born aimed to increase the birth rate in Spain. The introduction of this family policy provides a unique setting for a quasi-experiment, using semi-parametric DiD analysis and individual panel data sourced from the EU-SILC dataset. The results provide evidence of the positive effect of a cashfor-care subsidy that reduces the costs of a new child and increases female labour supply.
Towards A Taxonomy of Dynamic Invariants in Software Behaviour

— The use of dynamic invariants to describe software behaviour has gained increasing popularity and various tools and techniques for mining and using these invariants have been published. Typically, these invariants are used to support various software engineering tasks, such as testing and debugging, which require one to understand and be able to reason about the system behaviour in terms of these invariants. However, the existing works are generally focused on a specific set of invariants for a specific purpose. In many cases it is also useful to view these in a wider context to enable a wider understanding of the invariants and to provide more extensive support across different domains. This paper presents work towards a general taxonomy describing the properties of dynamic invariants based on a review of existing work in their use, providing a basis for a wider adoption of different invariant features in different domains.
Effect of Brackish Water on Citrus ( Citrus Aurantifolia ) Growth and soil Chemical Properties in a Newly Established

A field experiment was conducted for evaluating the effect of brackish water on citrus growth and soil chemical properties during 2008-2009. For the study, one-year-old citrus seedlings were transplanted and were drip irrigated with two types of brackish (saline) water. One with high salinity (SW) having an electrical conductivity (ECi) of 7.16 dS/m. The other with low salinity (GW) having ECi of 1.36 dS/m. Results of the study revealed that, only 14% of the total transplanted seedlings were succeeded with limited growth under SW compared to 82% with increased growth parameters under GW. Results of soil properties revealed accumulation of salts at the fringe of the irrigated area under the emitter in both irrigation waters, but the phenomenon was largely accelerated under SW. Frequent irrigation with saline water increased the accumulation of Na and Cl which decline soil chemical propertied, cause nutrients imbalance and increase toxicity, consequently plant damage.
Efficiency Implications of Physician Integration: Behavioral vs Administrative

In recent years, the physician practice landscape has been characterized by a shift away from small, single specialty physician practices and towards larger, more integrated providers. Responses to this trend have been mixed, with some hailing it as a cost saving cure-all and others warning about the dangers of increased market power and the potential for anticompetitive behavior. This trade-off has been debated by health care professionals, economists and government agencies in boardrooms, academia and courts. The discussion of integration has been impeded by a failure to carefully define terms and distinguish between two distinct components of integration: administrative and behavioral. Administrative, or financial, integration happens when providers merge, or hospitals purchase physician practices. This type of integration is associated with increased bargaining power and higher reimbursements. Furthermore, through profit sharing, financial integration can create an incentive for providers to refer patients to other specialists for more tests or more care, some of which may be unnecessary. In contrasts, behavioral integration refers to doctors working together and coordinating care. It has been associated with decreased waste and more efficient care. Previous work has often used measures of administrative integration, such as the share of physician practices owned by hospitals, to proxy for behavioral integration. Those modeling decisions are understandable as, up to this point, a metric which separately captures behavioral integration in a systematic way has not existed. The lack of a metric has been a hurdle to evaluating these two components separately. In this paper, I use Medicare data on physician patient sharing patterns to develop metrics that capture physician practice integration at the behavioral level. I compare these behavioral integration metrics to a more standard organizational level integration metric. The low correlation, only 0.30, demonstrates that these metrics are distinct. Using all these metrics, I examine the impact of these two types of physician integration on the utilization of medical care. With national data over time, I use changes in integration and utilization within regions to estimate how the different types of integration impact the ability to provide quality care at a low cost, which I refer to as efficiency. As a model of physician behavior predicts, I find that behavioral integration reduces cost while improving quality. In contrasts, financial integration appears to increase cost without having an impact on quality. These results are robust to different measures of behavioral integration and different identification strategies.
75 IN VITRO PROPAGATION OF SEVERAL VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM L . AND VACCINIUM VITIS-IDAEA L . CULTIVARS VAIR Ā KU VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM L . UN VACCINIUM VITIS-IDAEA L . Š Ė IR ĥ U IN VITRO PAVAIROŠANA

In the paper the efficient in vitro regeneration an d propagation systems in several Vaccinium corymbosum L. and Vaccinium vitis-idaea L. cultivars are described. It was found that shoo t regeneration ability is highly dependent on the cul tivar and cytokinin applied. Zeatin showed itself to be efficient for axillary and adventitious shoot induction in both species. A zeatin concentration of 2 mg l was the best for axillary shoot regeneration in V. corymbosum, while zeatin in a concentration of 0.75 1.5 mg l -1 was suitable for V. vitis-idaea cultivars. Multiple adventitious shoot formation on leaf explants of V. corymbosum occurred on the medium with 0.5 mg l -1 zeatin. In V. vitis-idaea indirect shoot regeneration was observed in cv. ́R ed Pearl ́ after transfer of the calli on the medium with 0.5 mg l -1 zeatin. For long-term proliferation of in vitro re g nerated axillary or adventitious shoots an AN medium with 0 . 5 mg l zeatin was successfully used. Satisfactory rooting of isolated microshoots was ac hieved in vitro on an AN medium supplemented with 0.8 mg l -1 IBA and 0.8 g l -1 charcoal. Kopsavilkums Šajā rakstā ir apskat īta efekt īva in vitro reăenerācijas un pavairošanas sist ēma vairākām Vaccinium corymbosum L. un Vaccinium vitis-idaea L. šėirnēm. Dzinumu reăenerācijas spēja ir atkarīga no šėirnes un apstr ādes ar citokinīniem. Zeat īns bija efekt īvs, lai veicinātu sānu un advent īvo dzinumu augšanas veidošanu. V corymbosum sāndzinumu veidošanai piem ērotākā zeat īna koncentr ācija bija 2 mg l, bet V. vitis-idaea šėirnēm piemērotāka bija 0.75 1.5 mg l -1 zeatīna koncentr ācija. Barotnē ar 0.5 mg l -1 zeat īnu novērota masveid īga advent īvo dzinumu veidošan ās V. corymbosum lapu eksplantiem. Netieša dzinumu re ăenerācija tika novērota V. vitis-idaea šėirnei ‘Red Pearl’ pēc kallusa pārnešanas uz barotni ar 0.5 mg l -1 zeat īnu. Zeat īns 0.5 mg l -1 koncentr ācijā tika sekmīgi pielietots AN vidē, lai nodrošinātu ilgstošu in vitro reăenerēto sānu un advent īvo dzinumu proliferāciju. Apmierinoša izol ēto mikrodzinumu apsak Ħošanās tika sasniegta AN vid ē, kas papildināta ar 0.8 mg l -1 indolilsviestskābes un 0.8 g l -1 kokogĜu.
ANALYSIS OF E-GOVERNMENT ADOPTION AND ORGANIZATION PERFORMANCE IN THE JORDAN BUSINESSES SECTOR

This study investigates e-government adoption among businesses in Jordan. Specifically, the objectives of the study are twofold: (a) to determine the status of e-government adoption among businesses in Jordan. (b) To examine the impact of e-government adoption on firms’ performance. For purpose, an integrated theoretical framework for assessing e-government adoption, beyond initial adoption was developed. The responses of the 113 firms were used to determine the relationships organization performance and adoption of e-government. The result found the existence of significant relationship between the time and cost and efficiently the businesses egovernment adoption. It is found that higher explicitness and accumulation of technology can help the transfer of technological knowledge within the organization and can raise the capability to adopt innovative technologies.
Performance of Pimenta dioica L . leaf extract as an attractant for Bactrocera invadens Drew , Tsuruta & White ( Diptera : Tephritidae ) in Citrus sinensis ( Osbeck ) plantations in Ghana

This study was conducted with the primary objective of comparing the attractiveness of crude aqueous leaf extracts of an exotic spice plant Pimenta dioica L. with two commonly used attractants: methyl eugenol and sweet orange citrus (Citrus sinensis Osbeck) juice for the Africa invader fruit fly Bactrocera invadens Drew, Tsuruta & White (Diptera: Tephritidae) in a citrus plantation. No significant differences were observed among the tested concentrations (5, 10, 15 and 20% wt/vol) for most of the sampling days indicating that none of the concentrations was superior over the other in attracting B. invadens. The performance of the extracts was comparable with the synthetic methyl eugenol, particularly, during the first four days of placing the attractants in the field. Traps baited with synthetic methyl eugenol lure mixed with cypermethrin technical grade in a ratio of 4:1 v/v captured and killed significantly more adult B. invadens compared with traps baited with matured sweet orange citrus juice of about 10% brix. We have therefore shown for the first time that field populations of adult male B. invadens can be attracted to crude aqueous leaf extracts of P. dioica. These results suggest that leaf extracts of P. dioica can be used to detect and control B. invadens in citrus plantations.
Price to Earnings Multiple and Stock Selection : Evidence from Malaysian Listed Firms

Selection of appropriate portfolio for investment is an issue of great concern amongst investors across the globe. Investors have to choose between stocks that are highly price (growth stock) by the market and stocks undervalued by the market (value stocks). This research investigated the influence of price to earnings PE multiple in predicting the value of growth and value securities. The study utilized data of 233 randomly selected listed firms in Malaysia covering the period of 2008-2013. Pooled Ordinary Least Square OLS was used to estimate the regression however failed to satisfy the post estimation tests. Then random effect and fixed effect models are used to estimate the regression and selection test between the models favoured the random effect model. The results reveals a significant positive relationship between price to earnings multiple and the stock returns. The implication is that, growth stocks provide higher stock returns compared to the value stock. The low R2 suggests that prediction of stock returns is not only determined by price to earnings multiple, but, by combination of various factors. Copyright © 2016 Penerbit Akademia Baru All rights reserved.
New data on the domestication of the two subspecies indica and japonica of the Asian cultivated rice ( Oryza sativa ) during the Dvaravati Period in Thailand and Lao PDR

Rice hull imprints on bricks of the Dvaravati Period from four historical sites in Thailand and Lao PDR were measured and classified. In addition, a collection of traditional rice landraces from northern, central, northeastern regions of Thailand, Lao PDR, Vietnam and Cambodia were used to examine rice grain shapes and to test phenol reaction response of rice hulls. The results show that rice hulls in bricks from the Dvaravati Period may be classified into three types of cultivated rice grain shapes, i.e., round, large, and slender types. With the combined methods in archaeology, physiology and ecotype, the present domesticated rice landraces have been combined and by implication, can be possibly traced to types of rice in the Dvaravati Period. It is now suggested that the subspecies indica and japonica of Asian cultivated rice were domesticated at that time.
G 106 On the Influence of DC Railway Noise on Variation Data from Tangerang Geomagnetic Observatories

Geomagnetic variation data from the observatories in Tangerang (TNG, Indonesia) significantly suffer from disturbances caused by DC electric railways. The aim of this study is to quantify the impact of these disturbances on quantities derived from such data, as the K index of magnetic activity. Therefore, undisturbed data have been reconstructed by means of a moving average filter. The comparison of the K index derived from original and reconstructed data shows an decrease of quiet time segments by 25.92% for TNG. Furthermore, the distribution of the corrected K indices agrees well with the one from the Tuntungan observatory in Medan Indonesia. Keywords— Geomagnetic observations; DC railway noise; Moving Average; K index.