Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Block ownership and CEO compensation: does board gender diversity matter?

ABSTRACT This study investigates the effect of block ownership (institutions and state) on CEO compensation and the extent to which gender diversity in the corporate board moderates this nexus during the period from 2008 to 2016 in all Chinese A-share listed firms. The empirical findings of our study are twofold. First, our results indicate that institutional ownership has a positive and significant impact on CEO compensation, while state ownership has a negative and significant impact on CEO compensation. Second, by analysing the moderating role of gender diversity, our results show that gender diversity negatively (positively) moderates the relationship between institutional (state) ownership and CEO compensation. These findings are robust with the use of an alternative measure of CEO compensation and estimation techniques. Overall, our study supports the resource dependence perspective of the moderating role of board gender diversity.
E Expression of Borna disease virus messages in clinical samples from patients with brain malignant tumors.

Borna disease virus (BDV), a nonsegmented, negative-sense, single-stranded RNA virus with an envelope, was initially isolated from horses with poliomyeloencephalitis. BDV is also believed to be linked with psychiatric disorders in humans based on higher prevalences of serum antibodies against BDV and viral RNA footprints in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of psychiatric patients, compared with those of controls. Here, we show that BDV RNA was identified in total RNA extracted directly from clinical samples of brain tumors. We found that two and three samples were positive using primers for the p24 and p40 regions, respectively, among grade 4 malignant tumors (glioblastomas) from 16 patients. There were no positive samples among lower grades of tumors (pilocytic or anaplastic astrocytomas) from 21 patients at either region. Of particular note is the detection of either a p40 or a p24 RNA in each of the tumor samples. Thus, we detected BDV RNA for the first time in the brains of immunosuppressed patients.
National Survey of Fertility Barriers: Methodology Report for Wave 1

This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Bureau of Sociological Research (BOSR) at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska -Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in National Survey of Fertility Barriers -- Working Papers Series by an authorized administrator ofDigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln.
EU Policies and Populist Radical Right Parties' Programmatic Claims: Foreign Policy, Anti‐discrimination and the Single Market

In recent national elections and in those to the European Parliament, populist radical right parties (PRRPs) have gained many more votes than in previous decades. What could that mean, at least in the long run, for EU activities in such areas as for example, the internal market, defence and security and the fight against discrimination? Beyond these parties’ general eurosceptical attitude, little is known about their agreed plans for specific EU policies. Therefore, we have collected and analysed their programmatic statements. In this article we discuss how coherent or incoherent the demands of different PRRPs in the EU actually are, in terms of comparing their policies. How much do they agree or disagree when it comes to reforming EU policies?
Investigating Young Children's Home Technological Language and Experience.

Technology education as a key learning area can be viewed as the designing, making, and appraising of systems, materials, and information. This study examined young Australian children's technological experiences prior to beginning school in order to build on their learning base in curriculum planning. The purposes of the research were to: (1) investigate the range of home experiences young children have in planning, making, and appraising activities and products; (2) study whether and which home experiences influence children's approaches and abilities to plan technological activities; and (3) suggest ways of building on children's natural planning techniques to enhance, develop, and widen their planning strategies. Data were collected through interviews with 12 children (mean age of 4 years, 3 months) attending a preschool and child care center. Results indicated that children were able to outline how they spent their days and how decisions were made regarding the day's events. They showed varying levels of understanding regarding planning. Children participated in a range of home activities where they made things, mostly with materials rather than with information or systems, and usually focusing on people and home maintenance. Information technologies were most often associated with passive viewing or receiving; for example, children listened to tapes and did not construct their own audio tapes. Most planning activities occurred orally, with some two-dimensional activities such as writing a shopping list. Children did not understand the concept of appraisal so this area could not be assessed. (Contains 13 references.) (KDFB) *********************************************************************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ***********************************************************************
Extension of VIKOR Method for Multi-criteria Decision Making Problem with Triangular Fuzzy Numbers

The VIKOR method was developed for multi-criteria optimization of complex systems. The compromise solutions integrate group utility and individual regret of the opponent, so it has been applied widely into practice. In the past years, very few papers discussed the effect of defuzzification steps on the final decision results. The purpose of the paper is to analyze the information losses by using different defuzzification methods for the multi-criteria decision-making problem in which the criteria value and criteria weights are also triangular fuzzy numbers. Based on the requirement of the VIKOR method, we explain the necessity of defuzzifying triangular fuzzy numbers, then discuss the information losses generated in the process of four operations and compare them regarding two kinds of methods. An extension of VIKOR method is introduced to decrease the information losses. Finally, a numerical example is used to illustrate the applicability of the proposed method.
Omega-6/omega-3 essential fatty acid ratio: the scientific evidence

Importance of the Ratio of Omega 6/Omega 3 Essential Fatty Acids - Evolutionary Aspects, Simopoulos, A.P. The Importance of Omega 6/Omega 3 Fatty Acid Ratio in Cell Function - The Gene Transfer of Omega-3 Fatty Acid Desaturase, Kang, J.X. Omega 6/Omega 3 Ratio and Brain-Related Functions, Yehuda, S. Dietary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease - Focus on Omega 6/Omega 3 Essential Fatty Acid Balance, de Lorgeril, M. , Salen, P. Effects of an Indo-Mediterranean Diet on the Omega 6/Omega 3 Ratio in Patients at High Risk of Coronary Artery Disease - The Indian Paradox, Pella, D. , Dubnov, G. , Singh, R.B. , Sharma, R. Berry, E.M. Manor, O. Omega 6/Omega 3 Fatty Acid Ratio - The Israeli Paradox, Dubnov, G. , Berry, E.M. Linoleic Acid to Alpha-Linolenic Acid Ratio - From Clinical Trials to Inflammatory Markers of Coronary Artery Disease, Zampelas, A. , Paschos, G. , Rallidis, L. , Yiannakouris, N. The Japan Society for Lipid Nutrition Recommends to Reduce the Intake of Linoleic Acid. A Review and Critique of the Scientific Evidence, Hamazaki, T. , Okuyama, H. Omega 6/Omega 3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Ratio and Cancer, Chaj s, V. , Bougnoux, P. Omega 6/Omega 3 Fatty Acids and Arthritis, Cleland, L.G. , James, M.J., Proudman, S.M.
Predicting Factors of Preventive Behavior of Osteoporosis in Nurses

Purpose: To explore the osteoporosis preventive behavior, and factors predicting osteoporosis preventive behavior in nurses profession. Design: Explanatory cross-sectional predictive study. Methods: The sample included 122 nurses aged more than 35 year and working at the hospital in Bangkok. Data were collected using self-administered questionnaires during August through September which included 1) personal data from, 2) osteoporosis preventive behavior questionnaires with coefficient alpha . 77 3) predicting factors of osteoporosis preventive behavior including 3.1) perceived susceptibility to osteoporosis questionnaires, 3.2) perceived barriers of osteoporosis preventive behavior questionnaires, 3.3) self-efficacy in osteoporosis prevention questionnaires, with coefficient alpha . 83, . 71 and . 97 respectively. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics, Pearson’s product moment correlation coefficient and stepwise multiple regression. Main findings: The majority of nurses (81.1%) had moderate levels of osteoporosis preventive behavior; however the study revealed that 43.4% of nurses had exercise behavior at the low level. For the predicting factors of osteoporosis preventive behavior found that 63.1% of nurses had a moderate level of perceived susceptibility to osteoporosis 86.9% of nurses had perceived barrier of osteoporosis preventive behavior at low levels and 49.6% of nurses had self-efficacy in osteoporosis prevention at moderate level. Self-efficacy in osteoporosis prevention, susceptibility to osteoporosis, perceived barriers of osteoporosis preventive behavior and hormone replacement therapy were significant predictors of osteoporosis preventive behavior in nurses. They accounted for 47.5% of the variance in osteoporosis preventive behavior (p Conclusion and recommendations: Hospital administrators are encouraged to continually support staff exercise activities through provision of both space and equipment. Promote and support opportunities for nurses to participate in exercise activites with appropriate working conditions. Furthermore, group activities are recommended for nurses to enhance awareness and increase their skills to reduce barriers and modify behaviors to prevent osteoporosis are recommended.
EU Cohesion Policy can't buy me love? Exploring the regional determinants of EU image

By investing in the development of European territories, EU Cohesion Policy can be expected to have a positive impact on the citizens' views on the European Union. Whether and how the policy actually affects what people think about the EU remains unclear. This paper explores a range of regional determinants of EU image, from socio-economic to territorial factors and the intensity of EU Cohesion Policy funding, based on the data available for 2008–2015 period. It finds a positive relation between the size of the regional European Structural and Investment Funds' allocation and less negative EU image, while highlighting how a declining regional economic situation fuels more negative views on the EU. It also reveals that lower level of education and higher migration have a strong influence on negative EU image, albeit only in some European regions.
Pengembangan Video Pembelajaran Berbasis Aplikasi Video Scribe Pada Mata Pelajaran IPS di Sekolah Dasar

This study aims to develop learning video based videoscribe applications on Social Science with the topic of natural phenomena. The research method used is research and development method with stages: potential and problems, data collection, product design, design validation, design revision, and product testing (limited trial). To test the feasibility of this video learning then tested the validation of experts conducted by material experts, media experts, and pedagogical experts. After the validation test by the expert team, then the product test (limited trial) with the subject of the research is the 43 students of class VI A SDN Panancangan 2. The results of the material expert test show that this video learning obtained an average score of 82.85% with the a very feasible category. The result of the media expert test shows that this video learning obtained an average score of 88.34% with a very feasible category. The results of the pedagogical expert test show this video learning obtained an average score of 85.83% with a very feasible category. The product trial results (limited trial) obtained an average grade of 90.52% with a very good category. Based on the results of this study, it can be concluded that learning video based on the application of videoscibe very feasible for use in Social Science on the topic of natural phenomenon in Indonesia.
Here to Stay? Reversals of Structural Reforms in Southern Europe as the Crisis Wanes

ABSTRACT This article answers the fundamental question of whether structural reforms on labour market regulation and social protection in Italy, Portugal and Spain passed during the sovereign debt crisis endured or were reversed once external conditionality waned. The study defines categorises and illustrates structural policy reversals. It finds there have been significant structural policy reversals across the three cases, but the bulk of these reforms enacted under conditionality endures. It also finds that the waning of conditionality and harsh economic austerity alone is not enough to bring about full structural policy reversals. Rather, full reversals occur when this condition is combined with a change in government and its ideological orientation, or when the High Courts step in.
Maintenance Treatment With Topical Adapelene in Patients With Nodulo Cystic Acne After Systemic Isotretinoin Therapy Nodulokistik Akne İçin Sistemik İsotretinoin Kullanan Hastalarda Topikal Adapelene İle İdame Tedavisi Uygulanmasi

Bulgular ve Tartýþma: Otuz hastanın sadece onikisi %0.1 adapelene jel kullanımını tolere edebilmiştir. Bu 12 hastanın hiçbirinde 18 ay sonunda akneye ait rekkürens bulgusuna rastlanmamıştır. Sistemik isotretinoin tedavisi sonrası rekkürensları azaltmak amacıyla %0.1 adapelene jel kullanımının etkinliğinin değerlendirilmesi amacıyla daha büyük ve çeşitli hasta gruplarıyla yeni çalışmalara ihtiyaç vardır. Bununla beraber hasta uyumunun düşük olabileceği de akılda tutulmalıdır.
The Information Content of ITM-Options for Risk-Neutral Skewness and Informed Trading

While the standard to calculate model-free option-implied skewness (MFIS) relies on out-of-the-money (OTM) options, we examine the empirical implications of using in-the-money (ITM) options. First, we show that discarding ITM-options based on liquidity arguments appears unreasonable for individual stock options. Second, we show that the information content of ITM-options provides new economic insights. The positive short-term return predictability of OTM-based MFIS significantly reverses if ITM-options are used instead. This return pattern allows to better attribute the return predictability of MFIS to superior information of investors embedded in option prices rather than skewness preferences. Based on these findings, we introduce a new measure of sophisticated option trading called Delta-MFIS.
The Impact of the Regulation of LTV and DTI of Korean Policy Mortgage Loans on the Loans for Household in Commercial Banks

ABSTRACT This study examined the effects of reinforcing the regulation of policy mortgage loans on household loans provided by Korean commercial banks when the interest rate went up alongside the climbing U.S. federal rate. The main results of this study are as follows: First, regarding the soundness of the policy of tightly regulating loans, lowering the loan-to-value (LTV) and the debt-to-income (DTI) ratios may increase the supply of loans for households. The current study infers that the reduction of policy loans results in expanding the housing loan supply in commercial banks. Second, the tight regulation of mortgage policy led to a rapid increase in household loans. This evidence is related to the theoretical underpinning that adjustment of loan portfolios in commercial banks is made flexible according to external shocks. Third, an increase in the capital buffer in commercial banks has a negative effect on the expanding supply of housing loans. Therefore, activity above the capital buffer level is associated with the growth of risky loans. In conclusion, the tight regulation of policy mortgage loans may increase the supply of mortgage loans within the household credit segment of commercial banks.
How clients choose their psychotherapist: influences on selecting and staying with a therapist

This study considered how a client chooses a psychotherapist/psychologist working in private practice. This research emerged from a desire to enable clients to make more informed choices in relation to entering psychotherapy. It considered two research questions: How do clients choose their psychotherapist? What impact does the choice of therapist have over whether or not to stay in therapy? Ten male and female participants were interviewed in semi-structured interviews and transcripts were analysed using grounded theory. A three-stage model was developed, which emphasised the relational processes underlying the influences on client’s choice of therapist and decision to remain in therapy. At the initial stage of the process, prior to meeting a therapist, clients gathered information, formed expectations, and considered practical matters such as the therapist’s location and cost. At the stage of first meeting the therapist, clients took into account aspects of the therapy setting, the information provided by the therapist, as well as their own assessment of the quality of the relationship they experienced at this first meeting. Once clients had begun working with a psychotherapist, they appeared to continually balance the gains made against the cost and convenience of the therapy whilst also continuing to assess the quality of the relationship. This ultimately had an impact on whether or not they stayed in therapy. Findings highlighted the considerable lack of clarity for clients in locating reliable sources of information about therapy and how to make the best choice of therapist. Limitations of the research were discussed and some suggestions for areas of future research were suggested. Implications for therapeutic practice include the provision of more detailed information for clients prior to beginning therapy and also at first meeting in order to demystify therapy, to enable better informed consent, and to potentially reduce client dropout rates.
Immigrants, Occupations and Firm Export Performance

This paper investigates the export&#8208;enhancing effect of immigrant workers and how this effect varies across occupations. We use a dataset made of French manufacturing firms from 1997 to 2009 and address the problem of endogenous employment choice using an instrumental variable&#8208;two&#8208;stage least squares (IV&#8208;2SLS) strategy and a doubly robust estimator. Our results show that immigrants in both low&#8208; and high&#8208;skilled occupations foster exports at both the intensive and the extensive margins. In addition, we show that this effect is spread across all export destinations.
Making Critical Thinking Skills Training Explicit, Engaging, and Effective through Live Debates on Current Political Issues: A Pilot Pedagogical Experiment

ABSTRACT We piloted a pedagogical experiment to find out whether students can benefit from explicit demonstrations on critical thinking skills through live debates between two instructors on current political issues that are relevant to but not necessarily a specific part of the curriculum. The empirical results show that, through a series of interventions in the form of explicit demonstrations and debriefs on critical thinking skills in these issue-based live debates, students’ academic performance can significantly improve over a relatively short period of time. Training students’ critical skills through explicit, engaging pedagogy is not only economical in practical and pragmatic terms but also has significant and immediate short-term effects in a setting where there is a high proportion of first-generation undergraduate students of varying abilities and backgrounds.
Query Structure and Data Model Mapping Errors in Information Retrieval Tasks

SQL query writing is a challenging task for novices, even after considerable training. Query writing is a programming task and a translation task where the writer must translate a user’s request for information into code that conforms to the structure, constraints, and syntax of an SQL SELECT statement and that references specific tables and columns from a database. This paper investigates the impact of two instructional interventions on query errors under conditions of low and high query complexity. Data was collected from an experimental study of 63 undergraduate students nearing completion of a 15-week database course. Our analysis reveals specific areas of query writing where each of the interventions helped, and hindered, task performance. We discuss the implications of these findings for improving SQL training and for future research on SQL training effectiveness.
Understanding the pervasiveness of trauma within a housing facility for people living with HIV

Abstract Trauma exposure is highly prevalent among marginalized people living with HIV (PLHIV). Trauma influences experiences in environments where PLHIV reside and access support services, in addition to impacting mental and physical health. This qualitative study of 24 PLHIV examined how trauma and socio-structural inequities shaped participants’ experiences living in a supportive housing facility for PLHIV, impacted health-related outcomes, and affected engagement in services. Participant narratives highlighted the frequency of traumatic experiences, which were often related to participants’ social locations (e.g., gender, race, and ethnicity). These experiences complicated how participants engaged with other residents and accessed support services within the housing facility. Participants reported self-isolation as a mechanism to avoid re-traumatization through interactions within the building, and to work towards attainment of what they viewed to be a ‘normal’ life. Supportive housing facilities that incorporate trauma-informed practices have the potential to attenuate the negative impacts of social marginalization within housing environments.
Towards a Framework for Assessing IT Strategy Execution

In this paper, we explore a framework for assessing the implementation of IT Strategic planning, grounded in the combination and iteration of different methods. It is a part of an Action Design Research exercise being made up at a leading online European university. The assessment mixes three main dimensions (strategy, performance and governance), extracted from the professional and academic research. Its application to this context through a varied scaffolding of methods, tools and techniques seems robust and helpful to work out with the business and IT senior stakeholders. It allows a quick deployment, even in a complex institutional environment.