Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
PENGARUH GOOD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE TERHADAP KINERJA KEUANGAN PADA PERBANKAN SYARI’AH INDONESIA

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk membuktikan secara empiris pengaruh good corporate governance terhadap kinerja keuangan perbankan syariah. Variabel dependen dalam penelitian ini adalah kinerja keuangan yang diukur dengan Return On Asset (ROA). Variabel independen dalam penelitian ini adalah Good Corporate Governance (GCG) yang diukur dengan dewan direksi, dewan komisaris independen, dewan pengawas syariah dan komite audit.Populasi pada penelitian ini adalah Bank Umum Syariah (BUS) yang terdaftar di Bank Indonesia sebanyak 11 bank. Berdasarkan metode purposive sampling, sampel yang diperoleh sebanyak 8 bank syari’ah yang memenuhi kriteria. Data penelitian diperoleh dari annual report selama periode 2011-2014. Metode analisis yang digunakan adalah analisis regresi data panel dengan software Eviews for windows versi 9.0. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa dewan direksi berpengaruh terhadap kinerja keuangan, sedangkan komisaris independen, dewan pengawas syariah dan komite audit tidak berpengaruh terhadap kinerja keuangan. Secara bersama-sama dewan direksi, komisaris independen, dewan pengawas syari’ah dan komite audit berpengaruh terhadap ROA. Kata Kunci: Kinerja Keuangan, Good Corporate Governance
Xenotransplantation Literature Update October–December, 2003

In vitro T cell proliferative responses against alloand xeno-geneic antigens were tested in HLAsensitized and non-sensitized patients [2]. Results showed strong proliferative responses against allo and xeno antigens in all groups of responders [2]. In HLA-sensitized patients, anti-xeno responses were significantly inhibited by cyclosporine, whereas anti-allo responses were not, indicating that sensitization to HLA antigens is not predictive of an increased T cell response to swine leukocyte antigens [2]. Biochemical and hematologic parameters indicative of acute humoral xenograft rejection were identified for pig kidney and heart transplantation (Tx) in baboons [3]. Among various parameters studied, a plasma fibrinogen of <80 mg/dl on two consecutive days, a serum lactate dehydrogenase of >600 U/l, and an aspartate transaminase of >300 U/l were associated with the development of acute humoral xenograft rejection in both heart and kidney xenografts [3]. Furthermore, a decrease in platelet count of >150 000/ll within 3 days, or an absolute count of <50 000/ll, were associated with rejection of xenokidneys, and a creatine phosphokinase of >500 U/l was associated with xenoheart failure [3]. The effect of non-specific immunoglobulin IgG and IgA immunoadsorption on delayed xenograft rejection of human CD55 transgenic pig kidneys was tested in baboons [4]; non-specific immunoadsorption of IgG and IgA did not allow prolongation of xenograft survival. Methotrexate was tested as immunosuppressive agent in a life-supporting model of hDAF transgenic pigto-cynomolgus monkey kidney Tx in combination with cyclosporine, mycophenolate sodium and steroids [5]; in vitro, methotrexate showed immunosuppressive properties at clinically-relevant levels, but in vivo revealed a very narrow therapeutic window, with development of acute diarrhea in several monkeys, and resulted in modest xenograft survival. Continuous infusion of Gala1-3Gal oligosaccharides conjugated to bovine albumin was used in a model of pig-to-baboon kidney Tx in combination with a cyclophosphamide-based immunosuppressive regimen [6]; this agent achieved effective depletion of anti-Gal antibodies and delayed acute humoral rejection, but induced a high frequency of hepatic failure of uncertain origin.
Can we nudge farmers into saving water? Evidence from a randomized experiment

Improving water efficiency is a growing challenge for the Common Agricultural Policy. In this article, we test whether social comparison nudges can promote water-saving behavior among farmers. We report on a pilot Randomized Controlled Trial, in which information on individual and group water consumption were sent every week to farmers equipped with smartmeters. We do not detect an effect of nudges on average water consumption. We however find that the nudge decreases water consumption at the top of the distribution while it increases consumption at the bottom. This study highlights the potential of nudges as an agricultural policy tool.
Evaluation of mesenchymal stem cell migration after equine tendonitis therapy.

REASONS FOR PERFORMING STUDY Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been used to treat equine tendonitis with promising results; however, little is known about the potential migration of these cells. OBJECTIVES To assess the possible migration of MSCs from an implantation site in the superficial digital flexor tendon (SDFT) to a lesion in the SDFT of the contralateral limb. STUDY DESIGN In vivo experimental study. METHODS Adipose-derived MSCs were isolated from 4 healthy horses. Lesions were induced in the SDFTs of both forelimbs, followed by intralesional implantation of autologous adipose-derived MSCs labelled with nanocrystals into one of the limbs. Flow cytometry of the peripheral blood mononuclear cells and fluorescence microscopy of biopsies of the SDFT lesions were used to search for the labelled cells. RESULTS Labelled cells were detected among the peripheral blood mononuclear cells in all animals, but labelled cells were present only in the SDFTs that were treated with the intralesional implants. CONCLUSION Nanocrystals were a valuable in vivo marker of MSCs to be used for tendonitis treatment. Although migration of MSCs to the bloodstream was observed, it was not possible to identify the labelled cells in the untreated tendons.
Lack of a co‐promotion effect of 60 Hz circularly polarized magnetic fields on spontaneous development of lymphoma in AKR mice

The present study was conducted to investigate the possible effect of 60 Hz circularly polarized magnetic fields (MFs) as promoters of genetically initiated lymphoma in AKR mice. One hundred sixty female animals were divided into four different groups. They were exposed to four different intensities of circularly polarized MFs. Animals received exposure to 60 Hz circularly polarized MF at field strengths (rms‐value) of 0 µT (sham control, T1, Group I), 5 µT(T2, Group II), 83.3 µT (T3, Group III), or 500 µT(T4, Group IV), for 21 h/day from the age of 4–6 weeks to the age of 44–46 weeks. There were no exposure‐related changes in mean survival time, clinical signs, body weights, hematological values, micronucleus assay, gene expression arrays, analysis of apoptosis, and necropsy findings. At histopathological examination, lymphoma was seen in all the groups. The tumor incidence was 31/40(78%), 30/40(75%), 32/40(80%), and 31/40(78%) in sham control, 5, 83.3, and 500 µT groups, respectively. However, there were no differences in the tumor incidence between the sham control (T1) and circularly polarized MF exposure groups (T2–T4). In conclusion, there was no evidence that exposure to 60 Hz circularly polarized MF strengths up to 500 µT promoted lymphoma in AKR mice. Bioelectromagnetics 31:130–139, 2010. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Highly Spin-Polarized Tunneling in Fully Epitaxial Magnetic Tunnel Junctions Using Full-Heusler Alloy Co$_2$Cr$_0.6$Fe$_0.4$Al Thin Film and MgO Tunnel Barrier

Highly spin-polarized tunneling with tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) ratios of 90% at room temperature and 240% at 4.2 K was demonstrated for fully epitaxial magnetic tunnel junctions fabricated using a cobalt-based full-Heusler alloy Co2Cr0.6Fe 0.4Al (CCFA) thin film having a composition close to the stoichiometric one and a MgO tunnel barrier. A high tunneling spin polarization of 0.79 at 4.2 K was obtained for the epitaxial CCFA films from the TMR ratios. This adds to the promise of the fully epitaxial MTJ as a key device structure for utilizing the intrinsically high spin polarizations of Co-based full-Heusler alloy thin films
The Creation of an Online Travel Social Networking: The Case Study of I Roam Alone

The Internet is the sixth basic needs of human beings. It plays an important roles of information exchange and relationship building and unsurprisingly, social networking can be created. Little was known about this issue. The content from “I Roam Alone” was analysed. It was found that the social network was created and expanded by the blogger generating the content including travel experiences, inspiration, natural conservation, and love on the fanpage. Then, the people who were interested in the content gave likes and conversations, tags other friends to read and chat. The relationships appeared to happen between the blogger and readers, readers and their friends, and readers and those whom they were not familiar with. Furthermore, sharing the content on their timelines was another option. This allowed the expansion of social networks from one node to the others. That can later on affect changes from offline to online marketing. This can contribute to building effective and sustainable travel social networking. To draw the audience’s attention, the blogger shared her travel experiences most. It was followed by making readers inspired, encouraging them to conserve the nature, and sharing love stories. Keywords: Social Networking, Content Marketing, Tourism
Autoimmune cytopaenia after paediatric intestinal transplantation: a case series

Autoimmune cytopaenia is a rare, but severe complication after solid organ transplantation. We retrospectively analysed 57 paediatric intestinal transplants performed in 49 patients between 1999 and 2009. Autoimmune cytopaenia was observed in six patients; it appeared after an average of 10 months post‐transplant. Warm autoimmune haemolytic anaemia was developed in three patients, cold autoimmune haemolytic anaemia in one and two presented a mixed type. Incidence and causes for haematological cytopaenia such as the following were investigated: immunosuppression, major blood mismatch, viral infection, malignancy, passenger lymphocyte syndrome and lymphoproliferative disorders. Initial treatment included high‐dose steroids, intravenous immunoglobulin, plasmapheresis and maintenance of body temperature above 37 °C in those with cold autoantibodies. Inclusion of the spleen in multivisceral transplants seems to be an important risk factor. All patients, except one, relapsed after classic therapy, requiring additional treatments. Sirolimus conversion was performed in four patients. One died after infection. The immunosuppressive therapies associated with other concomitant factors, such as viral infections, lymphoproliferative disorders, graft‐versus‐host disease, passenger lymphocyte syndrome and the inclusion of the spleen as part of multivisceral graft seem to play an important part in the development of autoimmune processes after intestinal transplantation. Therapy is not well established, especially in those resistant to first‐line treatment.
Importance of small (< or = 20-mm) enhancing lesions seen only during the hepatic arterial phase at MR imaging of the cirrhotic liver: evaluation and comparison with whole explanted liver.

PURPOSE To retrospectively assess the importance and imaging appearance of small (< or = 20 mm in diameter) hepatic arterial phase-enhancing (HAPE) lesions that are occult during portal and/or equilibrium phases and at unenhanced T1- and T2-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and to determine the gross pathologic diagnosis with whole-liver explant comparison. MATERIALS AND METHODS This retrospective study was approved by the institutional review board and compliant with HIPPA. Forty-six patients with cirrhosis who underwent MR imaging and transplantation within 90 days were evaluated with breath-hold T2-weighted and volumetric three-dimensional gadolinium-enhanced gradient-echo MR imaging in the hepatic arterial, portal venous, and equilibrium phases at 1.5 T. Three readers, who were blinded to the pathologic results, retrospectively reviewed the MR images in consensus for small HAPE nodules that were occult at T2-weighted and portal and/or equilibrium phase MR imaging. Only patients with nodules that enhanced during the arterial phase were included in the final study group, which included 16 patients (12 men and four women) aged 18-66 years (median age, 51.5 years). Explanted livers were serially sliced into 5-8-mm-thick sections to evaluate dysplastic nodules and hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs). The Fisher exact test was performed to determine whether there was a relationship between HCC and the presence of a neoplastic HAPE-only lesion. The Mann-Whitney test was used to determine if patients with at least one neoplastic HAPE-only lesion had a larger number of non-HAPE-only lesions. RESULTS The 16 patients had 45 HAPE-only lesions; three (7%) of which were neoplastic, including one overt HCC, one HCC arising in a dysplastic nodule, and one dysplastic nodule. None of the remaining 42 HAPE-only lesions (93%) had correlative pathologic findings. All three neoplastic lesions seen only during the arterial phase were found in eight patients with concomitant HCC, who also had an additional 13 pathologically proved nonneoplastic HAPE-only lesions. In eight patients without HCC, none of the HAPE-only lesions were neoplastic. A concomitant non-HAPE-only neoplastic lesion was not a significant (P = .2) predictor for the presence of at least one neoplastic HAPE-only lesion. There was a preliminary but insignificant (P = .13) indication that the number of non-HAPE-only lesions tends to be higher in patients with neoplastic HAPE-only lesions. CONCLUSION The majority (93%) of HAPE-only lesions that are occult at T2-weighted and portal and/or equilibrium phase MR imaging are nonneoplastic, even in patients with pathologically proved HCC.
Human Herpesvirus 8 Load in Matched Serum and Plasma Samples of Patients with AIDS-Associated Kaposi's Sarcoma

ABSTRACT Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) (or Kaposi's sarcoma [KS]-associated herpesvirus) is associated with all forms of KS. HHV-8 DNA load in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of KS patients has been shown to correlate with the clinical stage of the disease. Studies have been done to assess the HHV-8 viral load in different sample types from KS patients and its clinical relevance. This paper describes the design and evaluation of a quantitative real-time (TaqMan) PCR assay for routine diagnosis of HHV-8 infection. The linear dynamic range was 5 to 5 × 106 copies of HHV-8 DNA (r2 > 0.99). The assay is very sensitive, specific, and easily reproducible (less than 2% variability) and can be used for different clinical samples, such as serum, plasma, and PBMCs. The question of which clinical sample, serum or plasma, is preferable for HHV8 DNA testing was addressed, using this newly developed real-time PCR assay. From 85 patients with diagnosed AIDS-KS, matched plasma and serum samples were collected. Of the 85 patients tested, 35 were positive for HHV-8 DNA in both plasma and serum (41%), 8 were positive in serum but not plasma, and 7 had detectable HHV-8 DNA only in plasma. The HHV-8 load was similar in both plasma and serum, and no significant difference was found. However, more inhibition was seen in the plasma samples with the use of a system quality control, seal herpesvirus type 1. Therefore, our results suggest that serum is the preferred material for HHV-8 load testing, since there is less possible hindrance in the amplification than with plasma.
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor 165b Protein Expression in the Placenta of Women with Uncomplicated Pregnancy

Introduction: Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a potent mediator of angiogenesis. VEGF-A gene produces 6 proteins of varying length from 121-206 amino acids, with VEGF165 as the dominant form in human placenta. Recently a VEGF165b has been identified that competitively inhibits VEGF165 action by binding to VEGF receptor KDR, and inhibit receptor phosphorylation and downstream intracellular signaling. Objective: In this study, we have examined the placental expression of VEGF165b in normal women throughout gestation. Methods: In an IRB approved study, placentas were obtained from normal pregnant women who underwent elective abortion or term delivery. Tissues were collected and dissected in saline to identify chorionic villi without associated decidua. Cytotrophoblast VEGF165b expression was assayed using ELISA kit DY3045 (R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MN). Non-parametric tests considered p<0.05 as significant. Results: VEGF165b protein was detected throughout gestation. VEGF165b protein expression differed significantly among the trimester groups (p<0.0001), with median VEGF165b protein expression peaking in the second trimester. A significant positive correlation between VEGF165b protein expression and gestational age (GA) in days was noted in the first trimester (rho=0.327, p<0.001) and a negative but insignificant correlation thereafter. Conclusions: Our findings of VEGF165b in all 231 placentas analyzed suggest that VEGF165b may have a regulatory role in human pregnancy. VEGF165 is overexpressed in many cancers while VEGF165b is down-regulated in renal cell carcinoma. We speculate that VEGF165b protein expression in placental tissues could be a physiological phenomenon during placental development to restrain overexpression of VEGF that could lead to pregnancy complications.
Phormocokinetics of Subconjunctivol Liposome-Encopsuloted Gentomicin in Normoi Robbit Eyes

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Disparities in Breast Cancer Treatment among American Indian, Hispanic and Non-Hispanic White Women Enrolled in Medicare

Because racial/ethnic disparities in breast cancer survival have persisted, we investigated differences in breast cancer treatment among American Indian, Hispanic, and non-Hispanic White (NHW) women. Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results data linked to Medicare claims in New Mexico and Arizona (1987–1997) among enrollees aged 65 and older were used to identify treatment, treatment interval, and mortality risk associated with delays in care. We identified 2,031 women (67 American Indian, 333 Hispanic and 1,631 NHW women with time to treatment information. Treatment intervals from diagnosis to surgery (all stages, 18 versus 4 days, p
Is CSR performance related to disclosure tone in earnings announcements?

Purpose This study aims to examine whether the disclosure tone in earnings announcements is related to a firm’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance. Design/methodology/approach Considering the lower likelihood of earnings management conducted by CSR-conscious firms, and the significant market impact of the tone of disclosure in the earnings announcements, the study investigates whether firms with good CSR performance attempt to influence investors’ judgements through “soft information” and, thus, produce earnings announcements with more positive tone. Specifically, it examines whether CSR performance is positively related to the optimistic disclosure tone in earnings announcements. Findings The study finds that more socially responsible firms exhibit a more optimistic tone in earnings announcements. The findings are robust to a variety of sensitivity tests and data from different years. Furthermore, the study finds that the positive association between CSR performance and disclosure tone in the earnings announcement is particularly apparent in the manufacturing industry. Research limitations/implications This study contributes to the literature in multiple ways. Practical implications These findings should assist regulators in better understanding the verbal components in earnings announcements. Social implications It is possible that firms might opportunistically engage in CSR activities to enhance their social image to exaggerate financial performance and influence investors’ 2019 decisions. Originality/value These results show that CSR performance is positively associated with the optimistic tone in earnings announcements. The findings are consistent with two alternative interpretations. First, even though CSR-conscious firms are unlikely to engage in earnings management, they may engage a more subtle form of impressions/tone management. Second, firms with better CSR performance may have better financial performance, and thus are more confident and optimistic, resulting in a more positive tone in their earnings announcements. As the study controls for financial performance and find a positive relation between CSR concerns and optimism in earnings announcements, it favors the previous explanation.
Who Governs Producer Controlled Research Organizations in the Agricultural sector, and Why?

Producer controlled research organizations (PCR)s) are charged with the task of investing hundreds of millions of dollars into research and development and promotion projects. In a series of interviews with the managers and directors of some of the key PCROs in Australia, the US, and Canada we observed that PCROs do not tend to separate management and oversight tasks. The producers elected directors of these organizations are involved in management decisions. This observed practice is in contrast with most of the theories and empirical studies focusing on the governance structure of non-profit (NP) and for-profit (FP) organizations (Brown & Guo, 2010; Fama & Jensen, 1983; LeRoux & Langer, 2016 ). Based on information gained from the interviews, observable characteristics of PCROs explained in the literature, and agency theory this paper develops a theoretical model to describe the unusual task assignment in the PCROs. The theoretical model suggests that because of the long investment horizons in the PCROs, the compensation of management teams based on their contributions to return on investments is not feasible. Therefore, the PCROs have to reward their executives on the basis of a measure of efforts exerted. Hence, the directors involvement reduces the volatility of managers compensation. Acknowledgement : we would like to thank Bill Kerr, Eric Micheels, Joel Bruneau, Murray Fulton and Brian Olsen for their comments and thoughts. We would also like to thank Saskatchewan Pulse Growers and Saskatchewan wheat development commission for their financial support.