Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
KEBIJAKAN INVESTASI, PENDANAAN, DAN DIVIDEN SEBAGAI DETERMINAN NILAI PERUSAHAAN

Abstrak: Kebijakan Investasi, Pendanaan, dan Dividen sebagai Determinan Nilai Perusahaan. Penelitian ini berupaya untuk menelaah dampak kebijkan investasi, pendanaan, dan dividen terhadap nilai perusahaan. Metode analisis yang digunakan adalah SEM-PLS pada perusahaan LQ-45 periode 2015-2017. Penelitian ini menemukan bahwa investasi yang dilakukan dalam jangka waktu pendek belum memacu nilai perusahaan. Implikasinya, perusahaan harus memilih jenis investasi dengan memperhatikan kurun waktu. Pada sisi lainnya, kebijakan pendanaan mampu memicu pertumbuhan nilai perusahaan karena dapat meminimalisasi konflik keagenan. Adapun kebijakan dividen dipandang penting bagi investor karena dapat meningkatkan kesejahteraannya. Abstract: Investment, Funding, and Dividend Policies as Firm Value Determinant. This study seeks to examine the impact of investment policies, funding, and dividends on firm value. The analytical method used is SEM-PLS in the LQ-45 company for the 2015-2017 period. This research found that investments made in the short term have not spurred the value of the company. The implication, companies must choose the type of investment by paying attention to the period. On the other hand, funding policy can trigger the growth of company value because it can minimize agency conflict. The dividend policy is considered necessary for investors because it can improve their welfare.
Evaluation of the calculation formulas of the cardio-ankle vascular index used in the Japanese apparatus

Background Recently, coefficients in the equation of cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) used in VaSera® device were disclosed. This study aimed to simulate the influence of adjusting the coefficients in the equation of CAVI and also aimed to validate the equation. Methods The CAVI displayed by VaSera (CAVIvs) and the CAVI estimated (CAVIes) with fixing the coefficients of the middle range of the heart-ankle stiffness parameter β (haβ) in the equation were compared. Moreover, the heart-ankle pulse wave velocity (haPWV) which corresponds to the low cutoff haβ of 7.348 was estimated in various blood pressure patterns to validate the formula. Results The CAVIvs was clearly lower than CAVIes in the low and the high range of CAVIvs. Moreover, it was virtually impossible to obtain the low cutoff haβ of 7.348 by using typical values of haPWV. Conclusion The CAVIvs in the high-range of VaSera underestimates the original property of stiffness parameter β. Moreover, there will be also a missing information in the equations introduced in the corresponding article, especially in the calculation formula of CAVIvs from haβ. Therefore, in order to make the best use of the nature of the stiffness parameter β to be used in VaSera, fixing the coefficients or termination of its use should be considered.
When an FDA Drug Approval Makes Mainstream News: The Announcement of Zulresso, A Media Case Study

Media coverage following U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) drug approvals is generally found in two sectors: bioindustry news and the financial markets. The March 19, 2019 FDA announcement of its approval of the postpartum anti-depression biopharmaceutical Zulresso from Sage Therapeutics also elicited unusually high levels of media response in the mainstream media. This case study (1) details the total media news response following the FDA approval announcement regarding Zulresso, (2) compares that media response with the mainstream media coverage for Aimovig, a Novartis and Amgen treatment, which received the most mainstream coverage in the group of 2018 FDA novel drug approvals, and (3) compares the media coverage for three recent FDA drug approvals, Mayzent, Dovato and Evenity, to demonstrate a normative media response pattern. Findings include demonstration of Zulresso coverage across all major mainstream media outlets, well in excess of its mainstream media comparator, Aimovig. The three recently-announced comparators received the anticipated media coverage in the bioindustry and financial markets segments, while the two mainstream candidates, Zulresso and Aimovig, both received more and/or more timely media coverage in the bioindustry and financial markets media sectors three recent drug approval comparators. No determination could be made as to whether the mainstream media response to Zulresso was a singular incident, or the signaling of a sea change due to the maturation of the biotechnology industry.
Quantity and Functionality of Protein Fractions Isolated from 3 Ecotypes of Indigenous Chicken in Kenya

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the cluster ecotype and the part of chicken on nutritional composition, and functionality of sarcoplasmic and myofibrillar proteins that are most relevant to the technological features of chicken meat. Over 50 chickens from each ecotype cluster purchased, slaughtered and the meat stored under refrigeration at -20oC and later on transferred in cooler box on ice and flown to South Africa, at the Durban University of Technology. Protein fractions were extracted with a cocktail of Sodium Chloride buffer (50mM NaCl, 50mM Tris HCl; 75mM DTT and 1mM EDTA at pH 7) and quantified by Bradford method. One dimensional Sodium Dodecyl Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis (SDS PAGE) was applied to separate protein fractions. Emulsifying capacity, emulsifying stability, solubility, and in vitro digestibility were determined on the total protein isolates. Significant differences in band expressions were recorded for the myofibrillar and the sarcoplasmic proteins. The three ecotypes had high quality proteins with all the limiting and essential amino acids at concentrations higher than FAO/WHO recommended daily allowance for adults and children. Distinct protein bands at larger molecular weight proteins >100 kDa, corresponding to Myosin Heavy Chain, medium fractions 75 kDa and 45 kDa and even lower molecular weight fraction <25 kDa were present in the chicken breast and the thighs. It concludes that Indigenous chicken protein isolates’ nutritional and functional properties are affected by part of chicken and ecotype clusters.
Caring and uncaring encounters in nursing and health care Developing a theory

The general aim of the present thesis was to develop a theory on caring and uncaring encounters within nursing and health care from the patient's perspective.Results of an analysis of two phenomenological studies (paper I), as well as research findings from five other phenomenological studies (papers II-VI), were used to develop the theory.Caring and uncaring can be conceptualized on a continuum symbolizing five basic modes of being with another, which, for example, involves a neutral mode of being with another, where the individual is perceived as neither caring nor uncanng.There are two major metaphors in the theory, that of the bridge, symbolizing the openness in communication and the connectedness experienced by the recipient of care in an encounter perceived as caring. The other metaphor is the wall, which symbolizes negative or no communication, detachment and lack of a caring connection, experienced by the recipient in an encounter perceived as uncaring.In the theory the importance of professional caring within nursing and health care is proposed, essentially involving competence, caring, and connection. The above-mentioned 'bridge' is developed through mutual trust and the development of a connection between the professional and the recipient. This connection is a combination of professional intimacy and a comfortable distance of respect and compassion -- professional distance. On the other hand, uncaring involves perceived indifference and incompetence, creating distrust, disconnection and the above-mentioned 'wall' of negative or no communication.The recipient of professional caring is influenced positively. Theconsequences, which are an increased sense of well-being and health, can be summarized as empowerment. Uncaring, however, has the negative consequences of decreased sense of well-being and health, which can be summarized as discouragement. Empowerment and discouragement in this context are defined as subjective experiences of the recipients of care.The importance of seeing the recipient in his or her inner and outer contexts is emphasized in the theory. The inner context involves perceived needs, expectations, previous experiences and sense of self, which in the perspective of the recipient of nursing can be summarized as both a sense of vulnerability and the need for professional caring. The perceived hospital environment comprises the recipient's outer context.It is concluded that nurses and other health professionals can, by theirprofessional caring or lack of it, be powerful sources of empowerment ordiscouragement to those whom they are pledged to serve.
A study of promotion to major in the Marine Corps

Abstract : This study identifies factors related to a Marine Corps officer's selection for promotion to major. The focus is on differences in promotion between racial/ethnic groups and between men and women. In addition, data analyses seek to determine the relationship between selected variables-- including measures of performance and priority (precept-stated) occupational specialties--and an individual's probability of promotion. The thesis estimates the independent effects of demographic factors, performance, and precepts using multivariate regression models. The estimates are obtained using maximum likelihood techniques. The results of the analysis indicate that personal decorations and performance evaluations are the most important determinants of an individual's probability of promotion, and that being black or female does not statistically affect the promotion outcome.
Advanced Nursing Research: From Theory to Practice

Written by an active nurse researcher, this graduate-level text takes a practical approach to preparing research proposals and carrying out research studies. It moves the reader through the entire process of conducting a research study from selecting a topic to publishing the results and discusses both theoretical and practical considerations in conducting a study. Advanced Nursing Research: From Theory to Practice uses real life examples to address topics such as sampling, participant recruitment, data collection, presenting research, and a career in research.
Verification of ageing methods for the burrowing shrimp, Neotrypaea californiensis, using extractable lipofuscin and gastric mill cuticular features

Abstract The burrowing shrimp Neotrypaea californiensis is an important ecosystem engineer that inhabits estuaries along the US Pacific Northwest coast. This species plays an important role in the estuarine ecosystem but negatively impacts oyster aquaculture through its burrowing activities. Development of population models for burrowing shrimp management requires more detailed life history information and accurate estimates of age. Ageing studies have been limited for crustaceans because it is generally believed that they do not retain structures with annual deposits commonly used to age other marine organisms, when they moult their exoskeletons. A mesocosm growth experiment and field surveys were combined to compare the performance of two ageing techniques, quantification of autofluorescent lipofuscin and gastric mill ossicular lamellae, for estimating age in N. californiensis. Animals of known age were grown in outdoor mesocosms and sampled regularly to correlate age metrics with body size and true age. Lipofuscin concentration increased with time across multiple cohorts at the rate of 1.430 ± 0.060 ng µg−1 year−1. Lamellae counts also increased with time (4.922 ± 0.337 lamellae year−1). While age estimates based on lipofuscin concentration and lamellae counts generally agreed, carapace size did not correlate to either age metric. Lamellae counts from field collections suggest they are added sequentially with age but the relationship can vary by location. When used together, the application of both techniques may provide robust estimates of crustacean age especially when size-based measurements are imprecise.
PENGARUH RETURN ON EQUITY (ROE) DAN EARNING PER SHARE (EPS) TERHADAP UNDERPRICING PADA SAHAM PERDANA DI BURSA EFEK INDONESIA TAHUN 2016

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui secara parsial dan simultan pengaruh return on equity dan earning per share terhadap underpricing pada saham perdana di Bursa Efek Indonesia Tahun 2016. Jenis penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kuantitatif kausal. Data dikumpulkan dengan metode dokumentasi untuk memperoleh data sekunder berkaitan dengan laporan keuangan tahunan yang dimiliki oleh perusahaan berupa return on equity, earning per share dan underpricing. Teknik analisis data menggunakan analisis regresi linier berganda berbantuan program SPSS 24.0 for Windows. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa return on equity berpengaruh terhadap underpricing yang ditunjukkan dengan nilai uji t -3, 425 dengan tingkat signifikan 0,002 < dari α = 0,05, earning per share berpengaruh terhadap underpricing yang ditunjukkan dengan nilai uji t– 3,193 dengan tingkat signifikan 0,003 < α = 0,05; dan secara simultan return on equity dan earning per share berpengaruh terhadap underpricing yang ditunjukkan dengan nilai uji Fhitung sebesar 17,986 dengan tingkat signifikan 0,000 < α = 0,05.
Integrated management of diseases and insect pests of tree fruit

The book discusses integrated fruit disease management techniques such as surveillance, breeding disease-resistant varieties, improved fungicide application as well as the use of biocontrol agents. Other chapters review the ecology of major insect pests (aphids, tortricid moths, mites, mirids, fruit flies and apple maggot flies). Chapters also assess ways of improving integrated pest management (IPM) techniques for tree fruit, from monitoring and forecasting to agronomic practices and methods of biological control.
A Review of the Main Issues on the Loan Contracts: Asymmetric Information, Poor Transparency, and Hidden Costs

The well-known subprime mortgage crisis, which began to manifest in early 2007, since when the effects of the speculative bubble begin to become evident from the increase in default rates in residential mortgages, has triggered a global crisis that has pushed various legislations over time to implement a series of financial reforms with the specific objective of avoiding that similar phenomena could be repeated over time. The ability to repay a loan is strongly influenced by the amortization algorithm that the bank has decided to adopt. This appears even more evident in variable interest rate loans since, as the economic conditions of the indexation parameter change, the definition of the loan balance and the related portion of interest will be decisive in relation to the borrower’s ability to repay the loaned capital. A study of the main amortization algorithms and the related descriptions in the bank contracts will allow us to show which are the main issues due to an information asymmetry that, unfortunately, characterizes this type of contract and would seem to be one of the main reasons that lie at the root of the aforementioned crisis of subprime mortgages in the USA. Moreover, the authors will provide a clear analysis of the financial indicators usually reported in loan contracts and how often these indications are insufficient to characterize the actual cost of the loan. Furthermore, by highlighting the discretionary choice that banks often obtain following the contractual loan schemes commonly offered to retail and corporate clients, we will show how this often translates into greater cost to the borrower. Finally, we will propose two possible solutions to the problems highlighted, thus allowing us to reduce this information gap, which unfortunately translates into greater costs for customers with the associated increase in default rates, or the so-called nonperforming loan (NPLs) contracts. Therefore, the objective of this contribution is to show which are the most critical aspects of the bank contracts related to contractual transparency and to the presence or otherwise of hidden costs, i.e., not expressly shown in the contract. Specifically, we refer to the loan contracts issued in Italy both with reference to the local banking legislation and to the European one to which Italy must often refer.
Small Animal Reproduction and Infertility: A Clinical Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment

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Planting Densities and Forms of Potassium Fertilization in the Development of Edamame (Glycine max (L.) Merril) Cultivation

The edamame is the soybean harvested in the R6 phenological period when the seed in green. That is the reason of its name, Green Soybean. To evaluate the influence of different planting densities and two types of potassium fertilizer on the agronomic components of the edamame cultivar BR 9452273, an experiment was conducted in the municipality of Boa Vista-RR between early 2015 and March 2016. The experimental design was a complete randomized block design in a 4 × 2 factorial scheme with four plant densities (140, 160, 200 and 240 thousand plants ha-1) and two forms of potassium fertilization in the last split-application (potassium chloride-KCl (control) and a Leaf fertilizer-K-20) on the same concentration (30 kg ha-1) for both treatments, with three replicates. Plant cultivation variables were evaluated, as well aspod productivity and the reproductive and maturation periods of the plants. Based on the results obtained, the BR-9452273 edamame lineage showed early growth and maturation under local edaphoclimatic conditions, with reproductive and maturation periods of 24 and 73 days after planting, respectively. Plant height and the insertion of the first pod, the diameter of the stem, and pod number in a sample of 500 g were affected by the joint action of the evaluated factors. Green pod yield and total biomass were favored by both higher and lower density, which alongside the application of KCl, were the most effective treatments for production of edamame in the Cerrado of Roraima.
Clinical presentation and outcome of mastoidectomy in chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) at a tertiary care hospital Sukkur, Pakistan.

Objective To determine the clinical presentation and out come of Mastoidectomy in Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media (CSOM). Patients and Methods This prospective interventional descriptive study was conducted in the departments of Otolaryngology and Pediatrics, Ghulam Muhammad Mahar Medical College Hospital at Shaheed Mohtrama Benazir Bhutto Medical University, Sukkur, Pakistan from June 2007 to June 2011. Sixty consecutive patients of age 5-50 years included in the study presented with CSOM. Pertinent clinical history and examination, investigations, and outcome of mastoidectomy were noted. Results Out of 60 patients, the most affected age group was between 11-20 years and 36 (60%) were female. All patients had chronic discharging ears and conducting deafness. Six (10%) cases had severe degree of hearing impairment greater than 50 dB loss, 45(75%) cases had moderate degree of hearing impairment (31to 50 dB) while 9 (15%) had mild hearing impairment less than 30 dB loss. Subtotal tympanic membrane perforation was seen in 30 (50%) cases followed by central type of perforation in17 (28%) patients. Thick odorous discharge was present in 30 (50%) followed by purulent discharge in15 (25%) cases. In 45 (75%) cases, canal wall down mastoidectomy was carried out without tympanoplasty. In 15 patients, mastoidectomy with tympanoplasty was done and these were excluded from the study. The surgical approach was post aural in all cases. The granulation tissue (granuloma) was present in 38 (63.5%) and cholesteatoma in 22 (36.5%) cases in middle ear cavity. The dry ear was in 32 (80%) and 8 (20%) patients has discharging ear at the end of 2 month follow-up. Recurrence of granulation tissue was found in 7 (17.5%) patients and cholesteatoma in 3 (7.5%) patients at the end of follow up. Conclusion CSOM was in poor socio economic class and was associated with moderate degree of hearing loss in most of the patients. Mastoidectomy was effective in controlling the recurrence of granulation tissue, choesteatoma and otorrhea to a greater extent. (Rawal Med J 2012;37:50-53).
Special Collection: Insects as Food and Feed Adult Reproductive Tract Morphology and Spermatogenesis in the Black Soldier Fly (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)

Large-scale production of the black soldier fly [Hermetia illucens (L.) (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)] for use as aquaculture and poultry feed has developed into a global industry. Successful commercialization of the black soldier fly relies on optimizing the production of fecund adults. However, current mass-rearing protocols result in variable production of fertile eggs. To help lay a foundation for a better understanding of factors that may play a role in this variability, the morphology of the black soldier fly male reproductive tract and spermatozoa, associated spermatogenesis process, impact of age on the process, and the female spermatheca morphology were examined with various microscopic techniques (e.g., scanning electron microscope, transition electron microscope, and dissecting scope). The gross morphology of the male reproductive tract and female spermatheca appear to be similar to those found in other brachyceran flies. Male spermatozoa are long (~860 μm overall, ~8 μm head), apparently motile, and possess flagella with a typical 9 + 9 + 2 axoneme triplets. Germ cells go through incomplete mitotic divisions surrounded by somatic cyst cells in the testes. Spermatogenesis appears to be initiated during immature development (cryptocephalic pupa stage). From <24 h to 7 d post-emergence, male aging appeared to impact sperm production.
Influence of Planting Dates on the Population Density of the Main Insect Pests on Onion Crop in Kafr El-Shekh Region.

The current experiments were carried out at the Research Farm belonging to the Agricultural Research Station in Sakha, Kafr El Sheikh Governorate, where onion seedlings were planted on three different agricultural dates (December, January and February) during the 2013/14 and 2014/15 study seasons to study the effect of different planting dates on the population density of the main insect pests attacking onion crop. The onion thrips Thrips tabaci Lind showed the highest number and percentage in the third planting date during the first and second season which represented by 7605 individuals (52.57%) and 7950 individuals (59.41%), respectively. The highest number and percentage of the onion aphid, Aphis gossypii Glov, the cotton leaf hopper, Empoasca Lybica de Berg and the cotton whitefly Bemisia tabaci Genn the third planting date attractive during the two successive seasons. While, the onion Maggot Delia. Alliria Fonseca showed the highest number and percentage during the first and second planting dates during the first and second season, respectively. There were significant differences between planting dates in numbers of T. tabaci, A. gossypii, and E. lybica, whereas differences in numbers of D. alliria among planting dates were insignificant during the two study seasons.