Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Changes in perceived stress and recovery in overreached young elite soccer players

The aim of this study was to prospectively monitor sport‐specific performance and assess the stress–recovery balance in overreached (OR) soccer players and controls. During two competitive seasons, 94 players participated in the study. The stress–recovery balance (RESTQ‐Sport) and sport‐specific performance (Interval Shuttle Run Test) were assessed monthly. Seven players with performance decrement of at least a month were classified as OR. Stress and recovery measures were assessed between groups (OR vs healthy players) and at different times within the OR group. An unfavorable total recovery score appeared 2 months before diagnosis when compared with the reference values of the healthy group established at the start of the season (P=0.009) and also over the two seasons (P=0.028). The scales Emotional Stress (P=0.044), Physical Recovery (P=0.009), General Well‐being (P=0.001) and Sleep Quality (P=0.045) were sensitive to OR compared with the average of the healthy group over the two seasons. Finally, Fatigue and Being in Shape demonstrated the largest changes in stress and recovery within the OR players (effect size=1.14 and 1.50). The longitudinal monitoring of performance and changes in stress and recovery may be useful for the detection of OR in its earliest stage. The information obtained from these tests can be used to optimize individual training and recovery programs.
Adolescent Attributes and Young Adult Smoking Cessation Behavior

This study collected data five times between 1983 and 2002 from 400 participants who originally came from upstate New York. These participants completed structured interviews as did their mothers three times. LISREL analysis generally supported the hypothesized model. The results indicated that having parents who smoked and having low educational aspirations and expectations were associated with being unconventional, which, in turn, was related to having low emotional control and reporting more internalizing behaviors. Internalizing behaviors were directly associated with a lower likelihood of smoking cessation, as was parental smoking. Research and clinical implications are discussed and the limitations noted.
Internatıonal Fınancıal Reportıng Standards X For Small And Medıum Sızed Entıtıes And The Turkısh Case

Bu calismada Turkiye’de kucuk ve orta buyuklukteki isletmeler tarafindan uluslararasi finansal raporlama standartlarinin benimsenmesi incelenmektedir. Uluslararasi finansal raporlama standarlarinin uyumlastirilmasi global sermaye piyasalarinin ihtiyaclarina cevap vermek icin bir zorunluluk halini almistir. Turkiye’de uluslararasi finansal raporlama standartlarina uyum sureci halka acik sirketler icin 2003 yilinda baslamistir. Halen halka acik sirketler uluslararasi finansal raporlama standartlari ile uyumlu finansal raporlama yapmaktadirlar. Ancak Turkiye’de uluslararasi finansal raporlama standartlarinin KOBI ler tarafindan uygulanmasi daha karmasik bir surec olacaktir. Calismada, Turkiye’de KOBI muhasebe standartlarinin benimsenmesi ile ilgili olarak Guclu Yonler-Zayif Yonler-Firsatlar-Tehditler (SWOT) analizi yapilmistir. Yapilan SWOT analizine dayali olarak hazirlanan anket cevaplayicilara uygulanmis ve Turkiye’de KOBI muhasebe standartlarinin benimsenmesinin guclu yonleri, zayif yonleri, firsatlari ve tehditlerini onem sirasina gore siralamalari istenmistir.
Are religious people more caring? Exploring the impact of religiosity on charitable organizations in a developing country

The purpose of this study is to explore the impact of religiosity on reasons that individuals volunteer. Additionally, this study will investigate the pro-social attitudes towards helping others and charitable organizations. This study focuses on Indonesia where religion plays an important role in daily life. The data were derived from a convenience sampling at a large private university in Surabaya, Indonesia (N = 258). The results showed that individuals with high intrinsic and extrinsic personal religiosity were more likely to have ‘other-oriented’ reasons when performing philanthropic activities. Nonetheless, religiosity did not influence attitudes of individuals towards helping others. This study contributes to the debate regarding the effect of religious values on pro-social attitudes in the context of a developing country. Furthermore, the study provides social implications for researchers, policy makers and practitioners operating in a developing country. This is one of the first few studies exploring the impact of religion on attitude towards charitable organization in Indonesia. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
The effects of IT capabilities on firm performance – evidence from the healthcare industry

The Productivity Paradox initiated a heated debate in the IS scientific community in the early 1980s. Many theories followed to address the paradox. Resource-Based Theory (RBT), drawn from the strategy field, provided the foundations for a stream of scientific papers that elucidated the contributions of IT to firms’ performance. However, the primary focus of RBT in explaining the relationship between IT and firm performance was found to be static. Therefore, RBT was unable to provide convincing arguments to explain the IT-firm performance linkage in turbulent environments. The Dynamic Capabilities (DC) perspective extended RBT. Scholars in the DC tradition stated that continuously refreshing its bundle of resources, any firm could produce synergetic effects. These synergetic effects enabled the firm to create and sustain competitive advantage. Another element highlighted by the DC perspective is the need to account for the web of intermediate processes where the first order effects of IT are created. Despite extensive Information Systems (IS) literature drawing on the RBT and DC frameworks to explain the business value of IT, there are still gaps to be addressed. Most of the IS literature does not account for the aggregated effect of IT at the business process level. Rather, most research has examined the direct effects of IT. Much of the IS research has also limited the definition of firm performance to consider only a firm’s financial performance. Hence, the aggregated effect of IT at the organisational level is not well understood. This research seeks to address these knowledge gaps. This research is based on the argument that examining the direct and indirect effects of IT, and thereby accounting for the collective effects of IT at both the process level and the organisational level, informs a deeper understanding of the contribution of IT to a firm’s performance. In considering this argument, this research draws heavily on prior work about RBT, DC and the process-oriented approach. The key research questions addressed in this research project are: (1) Do capabilities of IT influence organisational performance? (2) Do capabilities of IT affect performance at the business process level? and (3) Does performance at the business process level affect organisational performance? Table of
The ingestion of sow's faeces by suckling piglets

1. Six sows were housed in solid-floored farrowing pens and fed daily with approximately 200 μCi 198Au, three of them from 3 d before farrowing until their piglets were 10 d old and three from 10 d after farrowing until their piglets were weaned at 21 d. 2. The sows' faeces and sawdust bedding became radioactive but their milk remained free of radioactivity. The piglets' radioactivity was measured daily in a whole-body counter after they had been washed to remove external contamination. 3. The piglets' mean whole-body radioactivity was equivalent to 20·9 ± 2·5 g (range 5·7–85 g) of faeces and bedding. If the average passage time of the digesta through the gastrointestinal tract is assumed to be 24 h these values are equal to the average daily intake of faeces and bedding by the piglets. 4. This intake of faeces could possibly prevent the piglets becoming anaemic if the sow's diet were supplemented with iron to increase the Fe concentration of her faeces to approximately 2 mg Fe/g fresh faeces.
On the Growth of Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Firms in Central and Eastern Europe: A Dynamic Panel Analysis

The purpose of this paper is to explore the main determinants of growth in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Central and Eastern Europe. The empirical research has suggested that firm growth is determined not only by the traditional characteristics of size and age but also by other firm specific factors such as indebtedness, internal financing, future growth opportunities, process and product innovation, and organizational changes. Limited empirical evidence has been provided as to which of these determining factors is associated with SMEs growth and performance in transition economies. Using a panel dataset of 4,561 small and medium-sized enterprises from seven transition economies we find evidence that firm size and age can explain to a large extent the growth in SMEs in these countries. When we control for other firm specific characteristics and macroeconomic factors, the size-age-growth relation remains stable and significant. We also find evidence that high-growth firms rely more on external sources of capital to support their growth in sales as compared to low-growth firms where the opposite holds. Firms growing faster during the observed period show a significantly larger sensitivity to cash flows.
Identification of the von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) gene. Its role in renal cancer.

RENAL carcinoma, the most common cancer of the kidney, occurs in over 27000 individuals in the United States each year and is responsible for over 11000 deaths annually. 1 The incidence of renal carcinoma worldwide has been increasing at an annual rate of approximately 2%. 1 Although renal carcinoma has been reported in children as young as 3 years, it most commonly occurs in adults between the ages of 50 and 70 years. 2 Renal carcinoma affects males twice as frequently as females and accounts for approximately 3% of adult cancers. Although a number of hormonal, environmental, cellular, and genetic factors have been evaluated, little is known about the etiology of renal cancer. 3 There is an increased incidence of renal cancer among workers exposed to asbestos and among leather workers, 4,5 and a strong correlation has been found with cigarette smoking. 6,7 In patients with end-stage renal disease, particularly
To Confirm or to Conform? Performance Goals as a Regulator of Conflict with More Competent Others

Despite the fact that most competence-relevant settings are socially relevant settings, the interpersonal effects of achievement goals have been understudied. This is all the more surprising in the case of performance goals, for which self-competence is assessed using an other-referenced standard. In the present research, performance goals are conceived as a social tool for regulating interpersonal behaviors with more-competent others. In the confrontation with a more- (vs. equally) competent disagreeing partner, performance-approach goals (focus on approaching normative competence) should be associated with more-dominant behavior (i.e., competitive conflict regulation), whereas performance-avoidance goals (focus on avoiding normative incompetence) should be associated with more-submissive behavior (i.e., protective conflict regulation). Four studies give support to these predictions with self-reported conflict regulation measures (Studies 1 and 3) and evaluation of models associated with self-confirmation and compliance (Study 2) and conflict regulation behaviors (Study 4). Theoretical contributions to both the literature on achievement goals and that on socio-cognitive conflict, as well as practical implications for the issue of competence asymmetry in educational settings, are discussed.
Perioperative red cell, plasma, and blood volume change in patients undergoing cardiac surgery

BACKGROUND: Current blood prescription in cardiac surgery is based largely on hemoglobin (Hb) concentration. Hb may not provide a reliable guide to the patient's red cell (RBC) volume (RCV) during cardiac surgery as a consequence of the high fluid loads infused. This study provides estimates of the perioperative changes in RCV, plasma volume (PV), and blood volume (BV) with a view to developing a more accurate way of assessing a patient's need for transfusion.
Multiple NF-κB Sites in HIV-1 Subtype C Long Terminal Repeat Confer Superior Magnitude of Transcription and Thereby the Enhanced Viral Predominance*

Background: Viral evolution of HIV-1 is dynamic and moving towards a higher order of replicative fitness. Results: HIV-1 subtype C acquires an extra (4th) NF-κB site to achieve a higher degree of transcription and in turn enhances its replicative fitness and preponderance. Conclusion: Subtype C with an extra NF-κB site adopts a novel strategy of strengthening its promoter to gain fitness. Significance: Learning how the new strains could impact viral prevalence, pathogenesis, and disease management strategies is critical. We demonstrate that at least three different promoter variant strains of HIV-1 subtype C have been gradually expanding and replacing the standard subtype C viruses in India, and possibly in South Africa and other global regions, over the past decade. The new viral strains contain an additional NF-κB, NF-κB-like, or RBEIII site in the viral promoter. Although the acquisition of an additional RBEIII site is a property shared by all the HIV-1 subtypes, acquiring an additional NF-κB site remains an exclusive property of subtype C. The acquired κB site is genetically distinct, binds the p50-p65 heterodimer, and strengthens the viral promoter at the levels of transcription initiation and elongation. The 4-κB viruses dominate the 3-κB “isogenic” viral strains in pairwise competition assays in T-cell lines, primary cells, and the ecotropic human immunodeficiency virus mouse model. The dominance of the 4-κB viral strains is also evident in the natural context when the subjects are coinfected with κB-variant viral strains. The mean plasma viral loads, but not CD4 counts, are significantly different in 4-κB infection suggesting that these newly emerging strains are probably more infectious. It is possible that higher plasma viral loads underlie selective transmission of the 4-κB viral strains. Several publications previously reported duplication or deletion of diverse transcription factor-binding sites in the viral promoter. Unlike previous reports, our study provides experimental evidence that the new viral strains gained a potential selective advantage as a consequence of the acquired transcription factor-binding sites and importantly that these strains have been expanding at the population level.
Effect of Microbial and Chemical Combo Additives on Nutritive Value and Fermentation Characteristic of Whole Crop Barley Silage

This study was conducted to assess the effects of microbial and chemical combo additives on nutritive values, fermentation indices and aerobic stability of whole crop barley silage. Barley forage (Youngyang) was harvested at about 30% dry matter (DM) by treatments, chopped to 5 cm length and treated with distilled water only (CON), Lactobacillus plantarum (INO), propionic acid (PRO) or an equal mixture of INO and PRO (MIX). Barley forages were ensiled in 4 replications for 0, 2, 7, and 100 days. On 100 days of ensiling, MIX silage had higher (p<0.05) in vitro DM digestibility than CON silage, but lower (p<0.05) acid detergent fiber concentration. The pH in all treated silages was lower (p<0.05) than CON silage. The MIX silage had higher (p<0.05) lactate concentration and lactate to acetate ratio than in CON, but lower (p<0.05) yeast count. Aerobic stability in CON, PRO, and MIX silages were higher (p<0.05) than in INO silage. It is concluded that microbial and chemical combo additives using L. plantarum and propionic acid could efficiently improve nutritive values of barley silage in terms of increased in vitro DM digestibility compared to other treatments. In addition, all treatments except CON reduced yeast count which is the initiate microorganism of aerobic spoilage.
Alcohol increases homocysteine and reduces B vitamin concentration in healthy male volunteers--a randomized, crossover intervention study.

BACKGROUND Few studies have examined the effect of alcohol consumption on total homocysteine (tHcy) concentrations. AIM To assess the effect of an 8-week intervention with vodka or red wine on plasma tHcy and B vitamin concentrations in healthy male volunteers. To assess the effect on tHcy according to methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) 677C>T genotype. DESIGN AND METHODS A randomized controlled crossover intervention study measuring tHcy and serum folate and vitamin B(12) concentrations was conducted in 78 male subjects (21-70 years). Following a 2-week washout period during which no alcohol was consumed, all subjects consumed 24 g alcohol (either 240 ml red wine or 80 ml vodka)/day for a 2-week period. Following a further 2-week washout, participants consumed the alternate intervention for 2 weeks. RESULTS A significant increase in plasma tHcy was observed after the 2-week red wine intervention (5%, P = 0.03), and a non-significant increase in tHcy with vodka intervention (3%, P = 0.09). When the two interventions were compared, the change in tHcy did not differ between the vodka and red wine interventions (P = 0.57). There were significant decreases in serum vitamin B(12) and folate concentrations, and this decrease did not differ between interventions. The increase in tHcy observed in both interventions did not vary by MTHFR 677C>T genotype. CONCLUSION A 2-week alcohol intervention resulted in a decrease in folate and vitamin B(12) status and an increase in plasma tHcy. The effect of alcohol intervention on tHcy, folate and vitamin B(12) concentrations did not differ between the red wine and vodka intervention groups.
Antecedents to the Internationalization of Service Firms: An Empirical Analysis

The goal of this research is to identify antecedents that significantly contribute to U.S service firms' levels of global intensity. Six possible antecedents of global intensity are proposed and the relationships between the antecedents and global intensity are examined. The antecedents are firm size, management attitudes, barriers to entry, international scope, strategic motivation to internationalize, and market entry modes. The empirical results provide insight into the influence of each antecedent in predicting the global intensity of service firms. Management attitudes towards operating internationally are found to be the most important exogenous factor for predicting a service firm's global intensity.
Relationship Banking: An Old Solution for the Present Crisis

The future of banking will be a return to the origin: increased lending activity, focus on SMEs and the importance of Relationship banking. A review of the literature of the last thirty years shows the success elements to develop the Rb even in the large banks operating internationally: the depth of the relation with the customers, both in terms of intensity of lending and scope, the ability to transform soft information in hard information; the attention to organizational aspects.
Improved assembly of bispecific antibodies from knob and hole half‐antibodies

A process was developed for large‐scale assembly of IgG1 and IgG4 bispecific antibodies from knob and hole half‐antibodies. We optimized assembly conditions such as pH, temperature, stabilizers, and reducing agent. We also identified and exploited structural changes unique to knob and hole half‐antibodies with the result of improving assembly outcome, specifically storing half‐antibodies at higher pH will condition them to assemble more rapidly and produce fewer high molecular‐weight species (HMWS). Application of heat to the assemblies resulted in an acceleration of assembly rate, with optimal formation of bispecific achieved at 37°C. IgG4 half‐antibodies were unusually sensitive to temperature‐dependent formation of HMWS in pre‐assembly conditioning as well as during assembly. We selected l‐histidine and Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) as stabilizers to prevent HMWS formation in IgG4, and achieved rapid and high‐efficiency assemblies. Using optimized assembly conditions, we developed and scaled up a method for assembling bispecific antibody with 90% assembly efficiency over 6 h with minimal impact to product quality, generating a pool with bispecific antibody for downstream processing. © 2015 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Biotechnol. Prog. , 31:1315–1322, 2015
The health status of the silver generation in Fiji

The proportion of the population aged 55 years and over in Fiji has increased over the years as progress in social and economic conditions extends. The best possible health of the elderly population is of obvious importance to their families, the community and the nation as a whole. This paper examines the demographic, social and economic factors that determine the health status of our elderly people. The importance of this study lies in the dearth of current knowledge on the health status of elderly persons in Fiji. It will contribute to the literature on elderly issues in Fiji and the wider Pacific. Given that ageing issues do not gain much attention in Fiji's national policies, our hope is that with ample knowledge of their health status, we can help government and other stakeholders work towards upholding the standard of living of the elderly in Fiji. The study used a structured questionnaire to interview 815 elderly in both rural and urban areas of Fiji. The application of the proportional odds model showed that marital status, ethnicity, area of residence age and household size are significant determinants of the health status of the elderly. The poor economic status of the elderly is also an important determinant because it affects their use of health services, ability to purchase western medicine and their ability to have a healthy life in general.