Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
CSR@ 2%: A New Model of Corporate Social Responsibility in India

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) earlier applied as corporate philanthropy and has been in practice in India since ages. However, philanthropy in globalised and modern India does not solve the purpose in quantity and quality. Clause 135 of Company Act 2013 created huge hue and cry among the business community in India. As per clause 135 of the Companies Act, 2013, Every company with an annual turnover of 1,000 crore INR ($161 million) and more, or a net worth of 500 crore INR ($80 million) and more, or a net profit as low as five crore INR ($800,000) and more have to spend at least 2% of their average net profit over the previous three years on CSR activities. With the introduction of new Company act 2013 India became the first country in the world to have legislation for compulsory CSR spending. The paper aims at analyzing the motive of making CSR spending mandatory and it also attempts to explain the concept of CSR in the present Indian scenario, the social issues addressed by the Indian corporations, and methodologies adopted by them to address those issues.
Turnaround in East Asian firms: evidence from ethnic Overseas Chinese communities

Research done primarily in the United States has shown that firms in decline enjoy better odds of returning to health when strong measures are taken. The culture of the Overseas Chinese of East Asia has helped to shape the region's prior commercial success but it also impacts responses to firm decline and turnaround. This research provides the first empirical investigation of the turnaround strategies of Overseas Chinese firms in East Asia. The evidence gathered shows that the utility of the predominantly U.S. model of firm turnaround has limits in East Asia. In particular, the role of strong owner‐managers and the importance of relationships among business people constrain the applicability of prior U.S. research to East Asia. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Haematuria and Acute Kidney Injury Associated with Warfarin Anticoagulation

Bleeding is a common complication of warfarin anticoagulation and not uncommonly affects the kidney and urinary tract. This review explores the potential causes of haematuria and acute kidney injury in patients receiving warfarin treatment. It covers urological aspects as well as the recently described warfarin-related nephropathy and other less common causes of kidney injury related to warfarin treatment.
Consumer‐based brand equity and status‐seeking motivation for a global versus local brand

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to explore how a successful global and a local brand may compete side by side in an existing market place based on consumer‐based brand equity and consumers' status‐seeking motivation for purchasing a global versus local brand.Design/methodology/approach – The data for this research were collected through a self‐administered survey from students in a large Western Australian university.Findings – The results show that a global brand is generally preferred in terms of all the dimensions of consumer‐based brand equity over a local brand. However, a significant interaction emerged between the type of brand and high versus low status‐seeking motivation consumers. A global brand is strongly favoured in terms of awareness, perceived quality and overall brand equity by high status seekers while a local brand seems to enjoy loyalty and overall brand equity among low status seekers. A global brand is also clearly preferred over a local brand along all dimensions of consume.
Value Destruction Inside or Outside the Firm -- Are Conglomerates Better Acquirers?

We empirically investigate the impact of diversification on a special form of corporate investment -- corporate acquisitions. Our analysis is based on more than 30,000 firm years in a worldwide sample from 2001 to 2008. We find that conglomerates make significantly less acquisitions than stand alone firms. This difference is particularly significant for cash rich firms. Moreover, conglomerates do not pay higher bid premia and do not perform worse in acquisitions than focused companies. Furthermore, we do not find a significant relationship between conglomerate excess value and transaction performance, suggesting that inefficient internal investment in diversified firms is not complementary to inefficient external investment.
Cauda Equina Dysfunction: The Significance of Two‐Level Pathology

The pathophysiology of neurogenic claudication is not well understood. It is generally believed that stenosis of the central vertebral canal is significant, but some believe that it is root canal stenosis or stenosis of the foramen that is important, not pathology in the central canal. There are, however, clinical anomalies incompatible with either view. In this article, 49 patients with neurogenic claudication were examined with myelography and computed tomography, recording the frequency of multilevel central canal stenosis and the presence of coexistent root canal stenosis. Of the 49 patients, 46 had either multilevel central canal stenosis or stenosis of both central and root canals. It was concluded that neurogenic claudication is generally associated with at least two levels of stenosis. A hypothesis of two-level venous compression, with venous pooling of one or several nerve roots, explains some of the pathophysiology of neurogenic claudication. This hypothesis is compatible with clinical and experimental observations, but it has yet to be confirmed.
The effects of introducing and terminating loyalty programs

Purpose – The goal of this paper is to empirically investigate the effects of an loyalty program (LP) introduction and termination, accounting for simultaneous effects of LP designs, cross-customer effects and competition effects. Despite firms across the globe spend billions of dollars on LPs, it is not clear: whether these programs enhance customer loyalty, what happens if a program is terminated and which LP design elements enhance effectiveness of LPs. Design/methodology/approach – The authors empirically investigate to what extent the effects of introducing and terminating a LP depend on: its monetary and non-monetary design elements, customer characteristics and competition. The empirical evidence is based on a bivariate hierarchical linear model, using a large-scale dataset involving 9,783 consumers rating 24 different LPs across eight industries. Findings – While the characteristics of LP are more important in influencing customer behavior when they join the LP, the competitive environment and the.
Variants of renin-angiotensin system genes and echocardiographic left ventricular mass.

AIMS Variants of renin-angiotensin system genes are shown to be associated with cardiovascular pathology. The association between renin-angiotensin system genes and left ventricular mass was investigated in a population-based case-control study. METHODS AND RESULTS The association between echocardiographic left ventricular mass and both insertion/deletion polymorphism of the angiotensin-converting enzyme gene and the methionine-threonine variant at position 235 of the angiotensinogen gene was studied in a random cohort of 430 hypertensive and 426 control subjects. No differences in the adjusted left ventricular mass values between the different genotypes were seen among either the hypertensive or the control subjects, whether men or women, or in the subgroups of normotensive or physically active subjects. Gene variation had no statistically significant synergistic effect on left ventricular mass values. In control women, the deletion allele of the angiotensin-converting enzyme gene was associated with an increased risk of left ventricular hypertrophy. However, this finding was based on a small number of women with left ventricular hypertrophy and should be interpreted with caution. CONCLUSION Variations in renin-angiotensin system genes had no major effect on left ventricular mass in this middle-aged population-based cohort of hypertensives and control subjects.
The Virtual Corporation: An IT Challenge

Discusses the idea that the potential for change which machines represent for organizations allows people to change themselves – with reference to a recent MIT study emphasizing that managers rather than technology must be the agent of change. Reviews in brief possible IT advances. Outlines a strategy for pan‐European and international marketing transformed by these advances.
Episodic and semantic remote autobiographical memory in ageing

Many laboratory studies have demonstrated an age effect on episodic memory which is in contrast with the preservation of semantic memory. The aim of this study was the assessment of age effects on autobiographical memory according to the length of the retention interval, taking into account the episodic and semantic components. A total of 52 subjects, aged between 40 and 79, were divided into four age groups. They were tested with a sophisticated autobiographical questionnaire consisting of two tasks, one involving the recall of semantic information and another the recall of episodic events. Results revealed that episodic recall deteriorated more with age and retention interval than semantic recall. These data, gathered using an ecological test, confirm age differences demonstrated by laboratory tests on the episodic-semantic distinction. Furthermore, the profile of results obtained for the recall of specific detailed events, and analysed according to age of encoding, confirms the distribution of episodic memories across the lifespan, as modelled by Rubin, Wetzler, and Nebes (1986) with the cue-word technique.
Plasma from patients with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura induces activation of human monocytes and polymorphonuclear neutrophils

Summary. Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a rare but severe disorder characterized by microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia, consumptive thrombocytopenia, neurological involvement and formation of platelet thrombi in the small vessels. The aetiopathology of TTP and the mechanism behind the beneficial effect of plasma exchange with plasma infusion have not yet been fully elucidated. We have studied the effect of plasma from four patients with TTP on human blood phagocyte activation, as measured by reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and CD11b expression. TTP plasma obtained in the acute phase of the disease induced ROS production by human monocytes and enhanced CD11b expression on neutrophils. This activation effect remained in the cryosupernatant but not in the cryoprecipitate made from TTP plasma, and disappeared when a complete response was achieved by plasma exchange. These findings suggest that activated blood phagocytes may be involved in the pathophysiology of TTP.
Linked-color imaging combined with the NICE classification system for optical diagnosis of colon polyps: new image-enhanced endoscopic technology for pathological prediction

Introduction Linked-color imaging (LCI) is a recently developed system used in endoscopy. It creates clear and bright endoscopic images using short-wavelength, narrow-band laser light combined with white laser light. The illuminating light and signal processing emphasize slight color differences in abnormal regions that approximate the normal color of the mucosa. As a result, regions initially appearing red become a deeper shade of red, while regions originally appearing white become brighter, yet with natural tones. This process facilitates recognition of slight differences in the color of the mucosa and clarifies the boundaries of the mucosal pit. Aim To determine whether LCI of the colon can improve the correlation between endoscopic findings and pathological diagnosis. Methods Consecutive patients who underwent colonoscopy requiring polypectomy or removal by biopsy forceps if possible were recruited. Probable polyp histology was assessed by two endoscopists using the Narrow-band imaging International Colorectal Endoscopic (NICE) classification and LCI data. All detected polyps were sent to the pathology department for pathological diagnosis by two pathologists. Results In total, 94 polyps were found in 43 patients. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value for neoplastic lesion prediction (NICE type2/3) were 96.5%, 83.8%, 90.2%, and 93.9%, respectively. Conclusion LCI combined with the NICE classification system is a powerful tool for predicting probable histology of colon polyps.
In vitro regeneration of ginger using leaf, shoot tip and root explants.

MS medium supplemented with different combinations and concentrations of hormone were studied to obtain a suitable protocol of plantlet regeneration of ginger from calli. Three explants of two varieties of ginger viz., Suruchi and BARI ada-1 were cultured on MS medium supplemented with 0.5 mg/l Dicamba, 0.75 mg/l Dicamba and 1 mg/l 2,4 D. Assessments on callus induction were studied through five quantitative traits such as days required for callus initiation, size of callus, color of callus, nature of callus and percentage of callus induction. Suruchi showed 62.64% callus induction, 63.98% shoot induction and 68.76% root induction. Leaf explant gave best result over shoot tip and root explant. Leaf explant produced 67.07% callus, 67.77% shoot and 66.93% root. MS medium supplemented with 0.5 mg/l Dicamba was the best (70.20%) for callusing, MS + 1.0 mg/l Kn + 1.0 mg/l BAP best (72.03%) for shooting and Ms + 1 mg/l IBA gave best (66.43%) result for rooting over other treatments. The highest (73.60%) callus induction was found from the leaf x Suruchi interaction. Leaf x Suruchi gave 74% shooting and 74.13% rooting. Percent callus induction was maximum (76.47%) with Suruchi x 0.5 mg/l Dicamba interaction and it was significantly different from all other values. Percent shoot induction were highest (76.33%) by the interaction of Suruchi x 1.0 mg/l Kn +1.0 mg/l BAP. Highest (76.87%) percentage of root was produced by 1 mg/l IBA x Suruchi interaction. Highest percentage of callus induction (87.60%) was obtained from leaf explants of Suruchi and 0.5 Dicamba interactions. The interaction of Suruchi x leaf x 1.0 mg/l Kn + 1.0 mg/l BAP produced highest (87.60%) percentage of shoot. Root induction was best (85.40%) from Suruchi x leaf x MS + 1 mg/l IBA interaction. The regenerated plantlets were successfully established into pot after proper hardening.
THE IMPACT OF NEWS ON STOCK MARKET: QUANTIFYING THE CONTENT OF INTERNET-BASED FINANCIAL NEWS

In this article, we propose an approach to quantify the content of financial news and investigate its impact on the Chinese stock market. Our three main findings are: (1) Internet -based financial news tends to have a negative impact on the movements of Chinese stock market; (2) Firms with Shenzhen Stock Exchange are more affected by the Internet-based financial news than those of Shanghai Stock Exchange; (3) The impact of news on stock market is essentially determined by their contents. With these findings, we believe that Internet-based financial news contains hard-to-quantify information of firms, which investors could incorporate into stock prices timely.
Understanding consumers’ intention and behaviour towards functionalised food: The role of knowledge and food technology neophobia

Purpose – In recent years, the food industry has developed and brought to the market a number of “functional food” with healthy characteristics. The purpose of this paper is to study and compare the effects of knowledge and food technology neophobia on individuals’ willingness to pay (WTP) for functionalized healthy food. Design/methodology/approach – In order to explore these effects in hypothetical vs real settings, an experiment defined by a within-subject design with two treatments (functionalized vs conventional food) on two auction payment conditions (hypothetical vs real) has been conducted. The products chosen for the experiment were two different types of crushed tomatoes: conventional crushed tomatoes (control product) and a crushed tomatoes enriched with lycopene (functionalized product). Findings – Results showed that participants stated, on average, a higher WTP for tomatoes enriched with lycopene than for conventional. This positive premium price was not affected by socio-demographic variabl.
Orthotic devices with out-toeing wedge as treatment for in-toed gait in children.

BACKGROUND Orthotic devices are used to help children progressively acquire a more physiologic walking pattern. METHODS To determine the effect of an orthotic device with an out-toeing wedge along with a physiologic shoe as treatment for in-toed gait, angle of gait was measured in 48 children aged 3 to 14 years with in-toed gait. The following comparisons were made: angle of gait in children unshod versus children shod without treatment, angle of gait in children shod without treatment versus children shod plus orthoses, and angle of gait in children unshod versus children shod plus orthoses. RESULTS Using a correctly fitting shoe increased the angle of gait in a nonsignificant manner, but a significant increase was revealed in the comparison of the angle of gait in children unshod versus children under treatment. The results showed that the behavior in boys and girls was similar to that in the total sample. Regarding side, the corrective effect of the orthotic device was similar in the two feet. However, the data showed a greater corrective effect of the shoe in the right foot. CONCLUSIONS Orthotic devices with out-toeing wedge combined with correctly fitting shoes, as well as shoes alone, are useful tools in the treatment of in-toed gait in children.
Avoidable morbidity in a patient with pseudoaneurysm of the uterine artery after cesarean section

We report the case of a 25‐year‐old female who presented to the emergency department with vaginal bleeding after a cesarean section. A diagnosis of pseudoaneurysm of the uterine artery was established radiologically; however, failure to consider this potentially life‐threatening complication of cesarean section resulted in unnecessary morbidity. Doppler sonography and CT have been shown to be excellent tools for accurate diagnosis of uterine artery pseudoaneurysms, and selective arterial embolization remains the intervention of choice. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 34:407–411, 2006
An exploration of the factors influencing social CRM adoption: Evidence from Australian firms

Businesses around the world are placing increasing emphasis on effectively improving relationships with customers by using social media. This idea is called social customer relationship management (Social CRM) – an emerging concept that includes strategies, processes and technologies to link social media with traditional CRM processes. Despite growing attention being paid to this concept, there is very limited empirical evidence on what determines the adoption of Social CRM by private firms. Using a large-scale sample of 1,025 Australian firms, we explore several factors (firm size, industry sector, type of market served, and the perception of barriers) that may affect Social CRM adoption. We find that the uptake of Social CRM increases with firm size, and service firms are more likely than manufacturing firms to adopt Social CRM. Firms that sell to individual customers tend to adopt Social CRM more than those that sell to other companies or other divisions of their firm. Three types of barriers negatively associated with Social CRM adoption include costs outweighing benefits, rigid organisational culture and lack of management support, whilst a positive association observed for the barriers related to high financial cost and employee misuse of social media tools.
Spatial Distribution and Residency of Green and Loggerhead Sea Turtles Using Coastal Reef Habitats in Southern Mozambique

Sea turtles spend the majority of their immature and adult lives in foraging grounds, yet few studies have examined their abundance and condition in these areas when compared to more accessible nesting beach habitats. Here, a five-year dive log, photo-identification (photo-ID) and surface encounter datasets were used to investigate the abundance, individual movements and distribution of sea turtles along 40 km of coastal reefs in southern Mozambique. A generalised linear model was constructed with turtle sightings as the response variable. Habitat type, year and day of the year, as well as underwater visibility, were significant predictors of turtle sightings. However, only 8% of the total variance was explained by the model, indicating that other variables have a significant influence on turtle movement and distribution. Photo-ID differentiated 22 individual green turtles Chelonia mydas and 42 loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta from 323 photo-ID encounters. A majority (64%) of the photos could be used to identify the individual. Although residency times of up to 1152 days were calculated for juvenile green turtles, a low overall resighting rate indicates that individual turtles either had large home ranges or were transient to the area. Surface encounter data revealed a preference for nearshore shallow waters and an increased abundance close to reef systems. Sea turtles’ preferences for shallow, nearshore habitats are likely to increase the encounter risk with opportunistic and targeted artisanal fishers who catch sea turtles.
Disordered eating attitudes in relation to body image and emotional intelligence in young women.

BACKGROUND A number of different psychological factors have been implicated in the multifactorial aetiology of disordered eating (DE) attitudes and behaviours; however, the possible role of emotional intelligence in DE symptomatology has not been thoroughly investigated in the past. The present study aimed to explore the possible differences in emotional intelligence, body image and anxiety levels in young females with DE attitudes and healthy controls. METHODS A total of 92 Greek female university students, 18-30 years old, were recruited. Subjects completed the following questionnaires: the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26), the Multidimensional Body-Self Questionnaire (MBRSQ), the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and the BarOn Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire (BarOn EQ-I). RESULTS The EAT-26 revealed that 23% of the subjects presented DE attitudes. Women in the DE attitudes group had lower levels of Emotional Intelligence (EI) in comparison to the control group, particularly in factors such as emotional self-awareness (P < 0.05), empathy (P < 0.05), interpersonal relationships (P < 0.001), stress management (P < 0.05) and happiness (P < 0.05). The MBRSQ has revealed significant differences between the two groups in terms of overweight preoccupation (P < 0.001) and illness orientation (P < 0.01). The DE attitudes group had higher anxiety scores (STAI), although the differences were not significant. Finally, anxiety levels (STAI) were significantly correlated with levels of EI (BarOn EQ-I) (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS The young women enrolled in the present study with DE attitudes, a potential precursor to eating disorders, appear to have significant differences in many psychometrical parameters of emotional intelligence, such as emotional self-awareness and interpersonal relationships, which is an important finding in terms of the prevention and management of DE, and warrants further investigation.