Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
PENGARUH KEBIJAKAN DIVIDEN, LIKUIDITAS, PROFITABILITAS DAN UKURAN PERUSAHAAN TERHADAP NILAI PERUSAHAAN

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect divident policy, liquidity, profitability and firm size against firm value. Firm value is an indicator of financial performance for companies that go public. High firm value would indicate strong shareholder wealth. This study was performed on companies listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange 2010-2013. The number of samples taken is 20 companies. The sampling method on this study using purposive sampling and using multiple regression analysis techniques which includes the classic assumption test and partial test (t-test) with a significant level (? ) 5%. This study indicate that divident policy, liquidity, profitability and firm size partially positive effect on the firm value.
Interactive comment on “ Aging and hygroscopicity variation of black carbon particles in Beijing measured by a quasi-atmospheric aerosol evolution study ( QUALITY ) chamber ” by Jianfei

In the manuscript the authors measured several physicochemical properties, including size, density, chemical composition, hygroscopicity, and Cloud Condensation Nuclei (CCN) activity of coated Black Carbon (BC) particles as a function of aging (coating with condensable species from photo-oxidation of VOCs) in a quasi-atmospheric aerosol evolution study (QUALITY) chamber using a suite of instruments, such as differential mobility analyzer, aerosol particle mass analyzer, High Resolution – Time of Flight – Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (HR-ToF-AMS), Humidified Tandem Differential Mobility Analyzer (HTDMA), and a CCN Counter (CCNC). Their results show that under ambient condition in Beijing, the BC undergoes rapid growth to 77±33 nm coating
Relationship between Bank Innovations and Financial Performance of Commercial Banks in Kenya

The relationship between the growing investment in technology based bank innovations and bank financial performance in Kenya needs to be studied. There is need to establish whether bank innovations have contributed to the financial performance of commercial banks in Kenya. Using descriptive research design, the study sought to establish the relationship between bank innovations and financial performance of Commercial Banks in Kenya between 2009 and 2013. The study specifically sought to establish the effect of mobile phone banking, ATM banking, online banking and agency banking on the financial performance of commercial banks in Kenya. The target population of this study was all the 43 commercial banks in Kenya. The study was based on secondary data which was collected from the published annual reports for commercial banks spanning five years (2009-2013) during which technological innovations have been intensely invested in by banks. In analysing the quantitative data, the study used descriptive statistics using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS V 18.0). Multiple regression analysis was used to test the relationship between bank innovations and financial performance among commercial banks in Kenya. In addition, the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used to test the direction and magnitude of the relationship between the dependent and independent variables at 95% confidence level and 5% level of significance. The study established that the identified bank innovations, precisely, mobile phone banking, online banking, agency banking and ATM banking had positively impacted on the financial performance of commercial banks in Kenya over the 5 year period between 2009 and 2013. The study recommended that the management of the commercial banks in Kenya should partner with the Government of Kenya and telecommunication players to achieve synergy in broadening and accelerating the adoption of mobile, agency and online banking in Kenya for enhanced financial performance.
Firm Entry and Regional Growth Disparities: the Effect of SOEs in China

We study the effect of a large SOE (State-Owned Enterprises) sector on economic growth and document that localities (prefectures) in China with a large SOE sector in 1995 experienced a smaller economic growth than those with a small SOE sector in 1995. We show that one important mechanism through which the size of the SOE sector affects economic growth is the effect on firm entry in the non-SOE sector. In prefectures with a high SOE output share, non-SOE firm entry is small and the entrants have low TFP, labor productivity, and level of capital. We also infer the capital and output wedges that firms in the non-SOE and the SOE sector are facing in 1995 and 2004. We conclude that these wedges alone cannot account for the documented facts on non-SOE firm entry and that the analysis needs to incorporate a feature that would operate as a start-up cost (or an entry wedge). We build a heterogeneous firm model with endogenous entry to help understand the non-SOE entry patterns in the cross section in 1995. Then, we use the model to analyze the effect of a number of changes in the economic environment in China between 1995 and 2004.
Remission in first-episode psychosis: predictor variables and symptom improvement patterns.

BACKGROUND Previous attempts to identify clinically useful predictors of treatment outcome in schizophrenia have been hampered by methodological inconsistencies, including a lack of standardized outcome measures. Recently proposed operationally defined criteria for remission provide an opportunity to readdress this topic. METHOD We applied the remission criteria to a sample of 57 subjects with first-episode psychosis (DSM-IV schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or schizophreniform disorder), treated according to a fixed protocol in a prospective study. Subjects were recruited between April 1999 and January 2000 and were followed for 2 years. Various demographic, baseline clinical, and early-response variables were subjected to discriminant analysis for their ability to predict remission or nonremission. We also assessed the symptom improvement patterns over time and compared endpoint psychopathology in the remitters and nonremitters. RESULTS A model incorporating neurologic soft signs, 6-week treatment response, duration of untreated psychosis, marital status, and Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale excited factor baseline score was able to correctly predict 89% of the remitters and 86% of the nonremitters. Symptom reduction at 6 weeks, including core psychotic symptoms, was significant in both groups (remitters, p < .0001; nonremitters, p < .0001), although reduction was substantially greater in the remission group (p = .004). Thereafter, the remission group continued to improve (p < .01), while the nonremitting group failed to do so (p = .55). Considerable overlap of endpoint symptoms was observed, and depressive symptom scores were similar in remitters and nonremitters. CONCLUSION A combination of demographic, baseline clinical, and acute treatment response variables may accurately predict treatment outcome. Persistent noncore psychotic symptoms in subjects meeting proposed remission criteria require further investigation.
Credit Risk Management and Its Impact on Financial Performance of Listed Banks in Ghana

The study empirically examines the impact of credit risk on performance of banks in Ghana. In the study parameters covered were; default rate, cost per loan assets and capital adequacy ratio. We used 9 banks listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) as sample banks for a 10 year period (2005-2014). Comparing performance ratio to default rate, capital adequacy ratio and cost per loan assets which was presented in descriptive, correlation and regression was used to analyze the data. The study revealed that all these parameters have an inverse impact on banksâ€™ performance; however, the default rate is the most predictor of bank financial performance. The recommendation is that banks should design and formulate strategies that is needed for enhancing credit risk management to maintain the prevailing banks financial performance.
Definition of tissue-specific and general requirements for plant infection in a phytopathogenic fungus.

Although plant diseases are usually characterized by the part of the plant that is affected (e.g., leaf spots, root rots, wilts), surprisingly little is known about the factors that condition the ability of pathogens to colonize different plant tissues. Here we demonstrate that the leaf blast pathogen Magnaporthe grisea also can infect plant roots, and we exploit this finding to distinguish tissue-specific and general requirements for plant infection. Tests of a M. grisea mutant collection identified some mutants that were defective specifically in infection of either leaves or roots, and others such as the map kinase mutant pmk1 that were generally defective in pathogenicity. Conservation of a functional PMK1-related MAP kinase in the root pathogen Gaeumannomyces graminis was also demonstrated. Exploitation of the ability of M. grisea to infect distinct plant tissues thus represents a powerful tool for the comprehensive dissection of genetic determinants of tissue specificity and global requirements for plant infection.
Mechanism of Hypoglycorrhachia in Experimental Pneumococcal Meningitis.∗

Summary Pneumococcal meningitis was produced in normal and irradiated dogs. The latter became leukopenic and the pleocytosis occurring in the CSF in response to the infection was suppressed. The number of bacteria in the CSF was the same in both groups, but CSF sugars remained consistently normal in the irradiated animals while hypoglycorrhachia occurred in 50% of controls. These findings suggest that both cells and bacteria are necessary to lower the CSF sugar in bacterial meningitis.
Long–Term Follow–Up of the In–Flow™ Intraurethral Insert for the Treatment of Women with Voiding Dysfunction

Objective: The aim of the current study is to report the long–term follow–up of women treated with the In–Flow™ device for periods longer than 1 year.AbstractMethods: The efficacy of the intraurethral insert was evaluated in 92 women. Data regarding their urodynamic diagnosis, complications and satisfaction were collected.Results: Early and late discontinuation of the device use was recorded in 52 patients (56.5%) and 19 patients (20.6%), respectively. Twenty–one patients (22.8%) are now being followed for more than 1 year with a follow–up time of 12–44 months (mean 24.6). Complications include device migration into the bladder (4 patients), asymptomatic bacteriuria (15 patients), and symptomatic urinary tract infections (4 cases, 1 of them pyelonephritis). In the 3 women who were sexually active before treatment, the use of the device did not preclude sexual intercourse, although mild dyspareunia was reported in 1 patient. Two patients complained of episodic inconvenience between their legs during walking. All patients were satisfied with the device and preferred it to previous treatment modalities used. The reasons for early and late discontinuation of treatment are described and discussed.Conclusions: The In–Flow™ intraurethral insert can serve as a long–term treatment for the management of women with voiding difficulties. Women who continue treatment for a prolonged time are satisfied with the device use. Further studies comparing this treatment with other modalities are needed to support the role of the In–Flow™ device in the management of women with voiding dysfunction.
Long-term follow-up study of bilateral above-the-knee amputees from the Vietnam War.

BACKGROUND Because caring for patients who have combat-related amputations is a discontinuous practice, military surgeons must relearn treatment techniques during each conflict. METHODS The purpose of the present long-term study (average duration of follow-up, 27.5 years) was to document the status of patients who had sustained a bilateral above-the-knee amputation in Vietnam and had been managed by the only separate amputee service in the United States Army. A review of the records of 484 battle amputees identified thirty individuals (6 percent) who had a bilateral above-the-knee amputation. Twenty-six (87 percent) of the thirty patients had been injured by a land mine or a booby trap. Fifty-three (88 percent) of the sixty limbs were amputated because of trauma, and the other seven (12 percent) were amputated secondarily because of infection. Data regarding education, employment, marriage and family life, prosthetic use, and psychological care were collected by mail or telephone for twenty-three (85 percent) of the twenty-seven surviving patients. Respondents also completed the Short Form-36 (SF-36) Health Survey. RESULTS At the time of the study, five (22 percent) of the twenty-three respondents used prostheses for walking; the devices were used for an average of 7.7 hours per day. Sixteen respondents (70 percent) were or had been employed outside of the home since the time of discharge. The physical functioning score on the SF-36 questionnaire was significantly lower for the study group than it was for a group of age and gender-matched controls (p < 0.001; Student two-tailed t test). With the numbers available, no significant differences could be detected between the groups with regard to physical role functioning (p = 0.377), bodily pain (p = 0.603), general health (p = 0.407), vitality (p = 0.949), social functioning (p = 0.460), emotional role functioning (p = 0.029), or mental health (p = 0.102). CONCLUSIONS The patients in the present study have led relatively normal, productive lives within the context of their physical limitations.
A 25mW Highly Linear Continuous-Time FIR Equalizer for 25Gb/s Serial Links in 28-nm CMOS

Thanks to the high flexibility in matching the channel frequency response and the compatibility with simple adaptation techniques, Finite Impulse Response (FIR) filters enhance the equalization performances of high-speed wireline receivers. This paper presents a 25-Gb/s FIR equalizer in 28-nm CMOS. The impact of filter noise and distortion, crucial aspects for an analog implementation, is discussed. A thorough system analysis, aimed at deriving the specifications for circuits design, suggests four taps, with a tap-to-tap delay in the range 0.5–1 UI, as optimal compromise among complexity (hence power dissipation) and equalization performances. To keep high SNR, a new all-pass stage is proposed to realize a delay line suitable for high-speed operation while being able to accommodate large input signal amplitude. Measurements are shown at 25 Gb/s for both Non Return to Zero (NRZ) and Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM)-4 signals. With a core power dissipation of 25 mW from 1-V supply, the proposed FIR filter recovers 20- and 9-dB channel loss for NRZ and PAM-4, respectively, with horizontal eye openings of 50% and 30%. Compared with the previously reported FIR filters for wireline links at comparable speed, the proposed realization achieves excellent equalization performance with the best power efficiency of 1 mW/Gb/s.
Simple decision-making between a vitamin K antagonist and a non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulant: using the SAMe-TT2R2 score.

Stroke prevention with oral anticoagulation (OAC) is central to the modern management of atrial fibrillation (AF) patients.1 For many years, vitamin K antagonists (VKAs, e.g. warfarin) have been the default class of OAC, but we now recognize that it is not simply prescribing VKA but very close attention to quality of anticoagulation control is necessary, as reflected by the individual time in therapeutic range (TTR). 2 An average individual TTR of >70% is recommended to maximize efficacy and safety of the VKAs.2,3 Nonetheless, the VKAs have significant inter- and intra-patient variability, partly from diet and drug interactions, thus necessitating regular international normalised ratio (INR) monitoring.2 More recently, we have had the non-VKA oral anticoagulants (NOACs, previously referred to as new or novel OACs4) available, which offer efficacy, safety, and relative convenience compared with the VKAs, for stroke prevention in AF. Due to cost considerations, some healthcare systems mandate a ‘trial of warfarin’ (sometimes called a ‘warfarin stress test’) for the initial 6 months, to determine whether a patient can do well on a VKA—and only if the TTR is suboptimal (e.g. <60%) is an NOAC then ‘authorized’ to be prescribed. When … [↵][1]*Corresponding author. Tel: +44 121 507 5080, Fax: +44 121 554 4083, Email: g.y. h.lip{at}bham.ac. uk [1]: #xref-corresp-1-1
IT Adoption by Internal Auditors in Malaysian Public Sector: A Preliminary Finding

Information Technology (IT) offers various advantages in many fields including in the public sectors. However, it usages are varies not only among the government sectors but also among departments of the same organisation. With the remarkable growth of IT in public sectors specifically to support the National IT and transformation agenda, this paper aims to provide a better understanding of IT adoption within the internal audit department in public sector. This study focused on the factors that influence IT adoption among internal auditors. An online and mail survey has been conducted to gather perception from 98 respondents. Factor analysis was conducted to generate the validated components that influence IT adoption. Finding shows that there are eight factors that might influence IT adoption by internal auditors in Malaysian public sectors. Future research should also be done in private sector to enhance the richness about the knowledge of IT adoption among auditors in Malaysia. © 2016 Published by Future Academy www.FutureAcademy. org.uk
PRECLINICAL LESIONS AND THEIR PROGRESSION IN THE EXPERIMENTAL SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHIES (KURU AND CREUTZFELDT‐JAKOB DISEASE) IN PRIMATES

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and kuru were studied in experimental primates. Eight animals with clinical disease lasting from 1/2 to 12 1/2months were evaluated for histological evidence of progression of the pathological triad of neuronal vacuolation, neuronal loss and fibrous astrocytosis. The first change to appear was neuronal vacuolation, in both the body of neurones and in the neuropil. Fibrous astrocytosis was found subsequent to neuronal damage and necrosis. Neuronal loss was apparent when clinical signs were present. As the clinical disease progressed, so did the severity of neuronal loss and astrocytosis. Five animals, 11/2-101/2 months after intracerebral inoculation, before they had shown any signs of clinical disease, had histological evidence of neuronal vacuolation and astrocytosis.
Maternity blues and major endocrine changes: Cardiff puerperal mood and hormone study II

Abstract Objectives: To define relation between mood and concentrations of progesterone and cortisol during perinatal period to test hypothesis that rapid physiological withdrawal of steroid hormones after delivery is associated with depression. Design: Prospective study of primiparous women from two weeks before expected date of delivery to 35 days postpartum. Setting: Antenatal clinic in university hospital, obstetric inpatient unit, patients' homes. Subjects: 120 of 156 primiparous women interviewed. Remainder excluded because of major marital, socioeconomic, or medical problems or because caesarean section required. Main outcome measures: Concentrations of progesterone and cortisol in saliva samples; women's moods assessed by various scores for depression. Results - Changes in salivary progesterone and cortisol concentrations were similar to those already characterised for plasma. Peak mean score for maternity blues (5.3 on Stein scale) was on day five postpartum (P<0.02 compared with mean scores on other postpartum days). High postpartum scores for maternity blues were associated with high antenatal progesterone concentrations on day before delivery (P<0.05), with high rate of rise of antenatal progesterone concentrations (P<0.05), with decreasing progesterone concentrations from day of delivery to day of peak blues score (P>=0.01), and with low progesterone concentrations on day of peak blues score (P<0.01). Seventy eight women were designated as having maternity blues (peak score >=8 on Stein scale) while 39 had no blues. Women with blues had significantly higher antenatal progesterone concentrations and lower postnatal concentrations than women without blues (geometric mean progesterone concentrations: one day before delivery 3860 pmol/l v 3210 pmol/l respectively, P=0.03; ten days postpartum 88 pmol/l v 114 pmol/l, P=0.048). Cortisol concentrations were not significantly associated with mood. Conclusion: Maternal mood in the days immediately after delivery is related to withdrawal of naturally occurring progesterone.
Early patterning and specification of cardiac progenitors in gastrulating mesoderm

Mammalian heart development requires precise allocation of cardiac progenitors. The existence of a multipotent progenitor for all anatomic and cellular components of the heart has been predicted but its identity and contribution to the two cardiac progenitor ‘fields’ has remained undefined. Here we show, using clonal genetic fate mapping, that Mesp1+ cells in gastrulating mesoderm are rapidly specified into committed cardiac precursors fated for distinct anatomic regions of the heart. We identify Smarcd3 as a marker of early specified cardiac precursors and identify within these precursors a compartment boundary at the future junction of the left and right ventricles that arises prior to morphogenesis. Our studies define the timing and hierarchy of cardiac progenitor specification and demonstrate that the cellular and anatomical fate of mesoderm-derived cardiac cells is specified very early. These findings will be important to understand the basis of congenital heart defects and to derive cardiac regeneration strategies. DOI: http://dx.doi. org/10.7554/eLife.03848. 001
Do Labor Issues Matter in the Determination of U.S. Trade Policy? An Empirical Reevaluation

Some recent empirical studies, motivated by Grossman and Helpman’s (1994) well-known “Protection for Sale” model, suggest that very few factors (none of them laborrelated) determine trade protection. This paper reexamines the roles that labor issues play in the determination of trade policy. We introduce collective bargaining, differences in labor mobility across industries, and trade union lobbying into the protection for sale model and show that the equilibrium protection rate in our model depends upon these labor market variables. In particular, our model predicts that trade protection is structurally higher than in the original Grossman-Helpman model if the trade union of a sector lobbies but capital owners do not, because union workers collect part of the protection rents. On the other hand, equilibrium protection is lower if capital owners lobby but the trade union does not, because part of the protection rents is dissipated to workers. Using data from U.S. manufacturing, we find that collective bargaining, differences in labor mobility across industries, and trade union lobbying do indeed play important roles in the determination of U.S. trade policy.