Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Understanding Newborn Behavior and Early Relationships: The Newborn Behavioral Observations (NBO) System Handbook

The Newborn Behavioral Observations (NBO) System and the Theoretical and Clinical Principles Underlying Its Use The Newborn Parent: Promoting the Parent-Infant Relationship through the NBO The NBO Manual: Administration, Recording, Interpretation, Developmental Course and Implications for Caregiving Communication for Relationship: Working with Parents and Their Infants in the Newborn Period Incorporating the NBO into the Newborn Nursery Setting Uses of the NBO with Preterm or Medically Fragile Infants. The NBO in Clinical Settings: Nursing Perspectives Cultural Considerations in the Use of the NBO.
Drug Resistance Patterns of Tuberculosis Among Re-Treatment Cases in St Peter’s Tb Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa

A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN BIOLOGY%%%%Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem worldwide. About 3.8 million TB cases were reported to WHO in the year 2001 from the 8.5 million estimated new cases. In Ethiopia the estimated incidence of all cases of tuberculosis has reached 292 per 100000 populations. This figure placed the country to rank 10th among the 22 high burden countries. The resurgence of tuberculosis has been accompanied by high frequency of drug resistant strains from all over the world. In most TB patients drug resistance predominantly arises as a result of multiple interruptions of treatment. To avoid this problem fixed-dose combinations (FDCs) tablets are now recommended by WHO and IUATLD. However, in FDC formulations the bioavailability of the component drugs, and especially of rifampicin, may be reduced. Simple, rapid and inexpensive methods of detecting drug resistant tuberculosis are also essential for effective treatment. This study has the objectives of assessing the prevalence of drug resistance among re-treatment cases after introduction of Three Fixed Dose Combination (3FDC) therapy for tuberculosis; evaluation of MTT assay for direct detection of rifampicin resistance and analysis of the RFLP pattern of the different TB strains. Single sputum samples were collected from 100 smear positive re-treatment TB cases who attended St Peter’s TB specialized Hospital between 21 December 2001 and 15 October 2002. The sputum samples were cultured on Lowenstein- Jensen (LJ) media and 7H9 broth. Drug sensitivity was done on 7H10 agar using the proportion method. Broth media (7H9) supplemented with PANTA and Oleic acid Dextrose Catalase (OADC) were used for MTT assay. Formazan production was quantified by measuring the optical density (OD) at 570nm. Relative optical density unit (RODU) was calculated and resistance was defined as RODU> 0.5 and susceptibility as RODU< 0.2. Among the 89 culture positive isolates, 75 were tested for drug sensitivity pattern. Totally 58.7% of the isolates were resistant to one or more drugs. Isolates resistant and partially resistant to isoniazid were found to be 42.7% and 6.7% respectively. Resistance to rifampicin was 33.3%. Isolates resistant and partially resistant to streptomycin were found to be 21.3% and 12% respectively. The percentage of isolates resistant to ethambutol was 9.3% while 25.3% were partially resistant. Multidrug resistant isolates (MDR) were observed in 29.3% of the patients. Patients who had a history of treatment with 3FDC had a statistically significant higher rate of resistance to isoniazid (P< 0.05) and rifampicin (P< 0.05) compared to those treated with loose drugs. Direct MTT assay identified 30.7% isolates as rifampicin resistant and 69.3% as susceptible within three weeks of time. Comparing MTT assay to the proportion method resulted in 97.3% matching. RFLP analysis of ten isolates showed the presence of eight…
Place branding and moderating role of social media

ABSTRACT This study investigates how social networks impact place branding of a tourism destination and encourage prospect tourists to visit that place. By adapting an existing model, a survey conducted in a sample of 135 users of 2 social networks of telegram and Instagram who travelled at least once to Gilan Province in north of Iran. This analytical study empirically tests the hypotheses for SEM, using PLS 3 and R. The assessment of the outer model and the inner model was conducted. The importance-performance map analysis matrix indicates that the place image had the highest importance, but the lowest performance. When social media enters as a moderator, the significance of its effect is not sufficient to impact the results. It can be interpreted that merely sharing photos and videos from the beauty of Gilan province or its food is not sufficient to create a distinguished image in the minds of prospect visitors; but it must be used as a supplementary of activities from the administration of the province to promote the place image and attractions for tourists. Also it is suggested that social media can be used to promote pro-environmental behaviours in tourists.
Group-Affiliated Analysts and Future Stock Price Crash Risk: Evidence from Korea

Based on the governance role of analysts and bad news hoarding theory of stock crash risk, this study examines the effect of group-affiliated analyst following on subsequent stock price crash risk using non-financial firms listed in the Korea Stock Exchange market, by focusing governance role of analysts as one of the main cause of the crash risk. In particular, we explore if subsequent stock price crash risk is affected when analysts are hired by a securities firm within a business group (chaebol) and the earnings forecast is for an affiliate of that business group. It is meaningful to investigate determinants of the crash risk which has significant influence on going concern and sustainable growth of the firm, specifically in emerging countries such as Korea. The regression results show that group-affiliated analysts help a firm lower its stock price crash risk by utilizing their sufficient source of internal information to effectively monitor managers and discourage them from hiding bad news.
What Residents Want to Know About Geriatrics

Abstract Focus group analysis, a qualitative research method involving group interviews, was used to explore resident physicians' experiences with older patients. Content analyses of three groups of resident physicians from five residency programs in an urban community identified several important themes in regard to caring for older patients and revealed strong emotional responses to caring for older patients. Implications for designing improved geriatrics curricula are presented. Residents emphasized the need for additional training in communication skills as well as broadening the scope of settings where geriatric education takes place. It is recommended that similar studies be conducted at other medical centers in order to better inform revisions in geriatric education.
Efficiency of Working Capital Management and Firm Value: Evidence From Chinese Listed Firms

This paper examines the relationship between the efficiency of working capital management (WCM) and the firm value, focusing on a large panel of Chinese listed companies. WCM which involves a trade-off between profitability and risk is a very important element of the financial management of the firm. The net trade cycle (NTC) and its components are used to measure efficiency of WCM, while the firm value is measured by the Tobin’s Q ratio. The study makes use of the panel data methodology to estimate the regression models. This study reports that the net trade cycle is negatively associated with firm value. More specially, the study finds that firm value is adversely affected by the number of days accounts receivable and inventories, indicating that working capital provides a real opportunity for financial executives to release cash and improve firms’ value. The findings of this study are consistent with the idea that managers can enhance firm value by efficiently managing the investment in working capital.
“In vitro” Studies Linking Atherosclerosis and Periodontitis

Background : Atherosclerosis and periodontitis are chronic inflammatory diseases that share risk factors and have been linked in several studies, but mechanisms of this association remain controversial. This review aimed to ascertain the current status of the relationship between atherosclerosis and periodontitis, based on studies designed to detect bacterial DNA on cardiovascular specimens. Methods: An electronic and manual literature search in MEDLINE via PubMed, Biosis via Ovid, Lilacs and the Cochrane Library databases between January 1995 and December 2013 was conducted. Only studies analyzing periodontal bacteria detection in cardiovascular specimens and/or in periodontal pockets were included. Descriptive analysis was used to calculate the absolute frequency of each group of articles (Group A and B), in vitro detection methods and number of analysed bacterial species. Results: Thirty-two out of 378 epidemiological studies were included in this review and classified into two groups: papers analysing periodontopathogens from oral biofilm and cardiovascular specimens (n=17; Group A), and papers analysing periodontopathogens only in cardiovascular specimens (n=15; Group B). The most relevant relative frequency of bacterial detection in cardiovascular samples in Group A was 26% P.g , 14% F.n, 12% A.a, 8% Pi , 6% T.f , and in Oral samples was 78% P.g , 68% F.n , 65% P.i , 65% T.f , 27% A.a . In Group B the relative frequency was 30% P.i , 20.1% P.g , 17% F.n, 16.53% A.a , 13.17% T.f . Conclusions: Although the present data show a trend to the presence of some periodontopathogens in atheromatous plaque, supporting the possible hypotheses that might explain the association between periodontitis and atherosclerosis, further investigations are needed considering the high number of common risk factors in order to clarify the association between both diseases.
Securing Chinese mass market visitation to Cotai’s integrated resorts (IRs): Determinants of gaming and non-gaming attributes that influence IR selection

For the past two decades, Macao’s casino industry has become increasingly competitive, with patronage and the city’s extraordinary casino revenue secured by Mainland Chinese visitation. Over 60% of Macao’s gaming revenues are now generated from The Cotai Strip’s integrated resorts (IRs) where the presentation of products and services to best create and grow IR Chinese patronage is increasingly critical. The findings of this servicescape study conducted at Cotai’s IRs on Chinese mass market visitors revealed that IR layout and ambience conditions, as well as food and beverage elements, could be used to encourage IR patronage. Casino operations, rewards and luck were components that could induce a repeat visit to the IR or even a competing IR on the respondent’s return visit to Macao. The implications are significant for casino operators and destination marketing given the limited insight in the servicescape literature on the IR environment including specific attributes to focus on to secure Chinese visitation to the casino complex and Cotai Strip IR cluster.
The HBSC Ireland trends report 1998–2010: Child health behaviours, outcomes and contexts.

The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) trends report presents findings on indicators of children’s health and well-being between 1998 and 2010. The report is divided into three main sections: health behaviours; health outcomes and contexts of children’s lives. In general, this report presents findings that highlight positive changes to children’s lives across each of these three areas. Health Behaviours Overall, there are encouraging trends in relation to both health risk behaviours and positive health behaviours. There is an overall significant decrease in the percentage of young people who are engaging in risky health behaviours, specifically substance use. However, particular attention should be given to girls and those from lower social classes who are consistently more likely to report engagement in these behaviours.
Optimizing Canada's addiction treatment workforce: results of a national survey of service providers.

A confidential mail survey of executive directors or agency heads, and staff of specialized substance abuse treatment agencies and services was conducted during May–November 2004. The objectives were to explore issues related to workforce development: 1) Staff training, recruitment and retention; 2) Professional development; and 3) Support for service enhancement mechanisms.
Organizational Change

Este estudo tem por objetivo analisar o processo de mudança organizacional em uma indústria de médio porte, por meio da percepção de atores envolvidos com o processo, a luz da teoria das tipologias – defensor, prospector, analyzer e reactor – de estratégia, estrutura e processo de Miles et al. (1978). A revisão de literatura apoiou-se nas perspectivas teóricas do processo de mudança organizacional, descrevendo os facilitadores e dificultadores deste fenômeno, e nas tipologias estratégicas, baseando-se no modelo proposto por Miles et al. (1978). Este estudo classifica-se como exploratório, com emprego de abordagem metodológica qualitativa. Para coleta de dados, realizou-se oito entrevistas semiestruturadas com colaboradores que perpassaram pelo processo de mudança organizacional na referida indústria. A análise de dados foi realizada com a utilização da técnica de análise de conteúdo. Os resultados demostraram um alinhamento estratégico entre a proposta da nova gestão, o comportamento dos líderes e as expectativas dos colaboradores. Ainda, verificou-se uma migração de tipologia estratégica, durante o fenômeno da mudança organizacional. Sendo que, em uma fase inicial percebeu-se um predomínio da estratégia reactor e em uma fase final, a tipologia predominante foi a analyzer.
Living on instalments : credit and the moral economy of post-industrial working-class households in Chile

Credit is ubiquitous in the life of Chilean households. It is a key feature in the budgeting, shopping, and consuming practices of families. Consequently, to be indebted is a normal expectation in Chile. Families engage with the â€˜necessary evilâ€™ of credit in different ways, showing a massive, regular use of credit as short, medium and long-term leverage tool, with store cards being the main source of credit for families of the Post-industrial Working-class, and for the lower and moderate-income families in general. The normalisation of credit is also enacted in the experiences of the debt careers of the families, and the meanings they attribute to their persistent encounters with credit and their debt disasters. Moral obligations, conventional and unconventional financial knowledge accompany the everyday situated economic practices of families. This thesis addresses the processes of moral legitimation and strategic adaptation that households employ to operate and justify their economic rationality, looking at credit in a context of ordinary and everyday consumption. Quantitative structural data, semi-structured interviewees with 44 heads of households and research on the financial education landscape in Chile uncover the material practices and meanings which underpin narratives of economic struggle and moderate social aspirations. Their rationalities usually clash with those deployed by state and market agents that are aimed to educate those in a â€˜healthy indebtednessâ€™. Households produce a re-signification of debt where debt has been â€˜de-moralisedâ€™, and credit moralised, making the impression that eventually â€˜credit is not debtâ€™. This research contributes to the discussion about the meaning of debt, to understand the financialisation of everyday life by looking at situated economic practices, and to the social, moral, and relational foundations of the economic practices.
On the financial interpretation of risk contributions: An analysis using Quantile Simulation

ABSTRACT This paper tests whether the financial interpretation of risk contributions (Qian, 2006), as measured by marginal change in volatility, holds when accounting for fat tails in the asset return distributions. This important result is the theoretical foundation of risk-based portfolios, but relies on the assumption of normality. If the result does not hold, more sophisticated techniques are required to estimate risk-based portfolios. A simulation study is conducted to replicate the stressed environment required by Qian (2006). The Quantile Simulation method (Alexander, 2013) is used to simulate asset return distributions that are reasonable replicates of the empirical samples. Given the relative novelty of the simulation method, this paper also reports the extent to which the simulated samples can approximate the empirical sample of each asset.
Developing, testing and refining a physiotherapy model of care for acute low back pain

This thesis is concerned with the physiotherapy management of acute low back pain. Various national guidelines contain conflicting views regarding the role of physiotherapy in the management of acute low back pain. The discrepancies involve primarily the content and timing of physiotherapy intervention. There is a need to place the physiotherapy management of acute low back pain on a more firm research base. A comprehensive literature review was undertaken to develop a best practice model of care for acute low back pain. This model was tested in a randomised controlled trial. Subjects involved in the treatment model demonstrated significantly better short-term outcomes than subjects given advice only. Furthermore, subjects treated early demonstrated significantly better long-term outcome than subjects who waited six weeks for their treatment. Changes in pain and physical function were found to be the factors most closely associated with good outcome in the short-term. Good outcome in the long term was associated with improvement in a number of physical and psychological variables. It is recommended that changes be made to the treatment model to facilitate improvement in pain relief and maintenance of physical and social function to further enhance treatment effectiveness.
DETERMINATION OF CAPITAL STRUCTURE FACTORS: EVIDENCE FROM BUILDING CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES IN INDONESIA

Research has contributed to testing the Determinants of Capital Structure: Evidence from the Building Construction Industry in Indonesia, in the period 2008-2015.Secondary data used is based on time series data and cross section. Through the purposive sampling method, the total sample selected are 6 construction construction companies and used panel data regression analysis techniques that are processed with programEVIEWS 9. From the Chow test and Hausman test results show that as a data estimation technique used is the Fixed Effect model.Five independent variables in this study, which resulted in an analysis that partially profitability and liquidity had a significant effect on leverage. The results of this empirical study indicate that there is strong evidence to support the pecking order theory by building construction companies based on variable liquidity determinants of capital structure, and profitability variables are also very supportive for the trade-off theory relationship. Firm size, tangibility and non-debt tax shield have no significant effect on leverage.Together, firmsize factors, profitability, tangibility, non-debt tax shields and liquidity significantly influence the leverage of building construction companies. So, based on the trade-off theory, optimal leverage is a balance between tax benefits from debt and bankruptcy costs and agency costs incurred by the company.The sample in this study is only building construction companies so that they only have specifications in the type of business of the sample company, so the influence of the independent variables (only) only describes the specific influence in the building construction sector.
Management of physical illness in mental health services

Summary There is excess morbidity and mortality from physical illness in people with mental disorders. Problems of somatic care in this patient group comprise difficulties of access to care, problems of equity and adequate use of diagnostic procedures and interventions. There are deficits in routine screening and monitoring, e.g. of metabolic and cardiovascular risks. Measures to ensure adequate physical health care include practical steps to increase service uptake and screening, service-level change such as integrated care models, preventive health interventions and optimisation of psychotropic drug treatment to reduce risk profiles. Issues of stigma and discrimination are important, and the level of staff training and quality of professionals are likely to be pivotal in bringing about change.
Patient-Centered Cancer Treatment Planning: Improving the Quality of Oncology Care: Workshop Summary

Each year approximately 1.5 million people are diagnosed with cancer in the United States, most of whom inevitably face difficult decisions concerning their course of care. Recognizing challenges associated with cancer treatment, the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) and the National Cancer Policy Forum (NCPF) of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) hosted a public workshop in Washington, DC on February 28 and March 1, 2011, entitled Patient-Centered Cancer Treatment Planning: Improving the Quality of Oncology Care. This workshop summary includes an overview of patient-centered care and cancer treatment planning, as well as subject areas on shared decision making, communication in the cancer care setting, and patient experiences with cancer treatment. Best practices, models of treatment planning, and tools to facilitate their use are also discussed, along with policy changes that may promote patient-centeredness by enhancing patient's understanding of and commitment to the goals of treatment through shared decision-making process with their healthcare team from the moment of diagnosis onward. Moreover, Patient-Centered Cancer Treatment Planning emphasizes treatment planning for patients with cancer at the time diagnosis.
Adoption of New Sorghum Varieties in Mali Through a Participatory Approach

Although it is commonly accepted that farmers’ participation in the process of technology development can improve adoption rates, few studies have tested this relationship. We tested the role of farmers’ participation in the decision to adopt new sorghum varieties in the Sudan Savanna of Mali. We applied a conditional mixed-process method to data collected from 496 households in 58 villages the national agricultural research program (Institut d’Economie Rurale) and International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) worked through farmer organizations to test varieties in farmer-managed trials and implement seed production activities. We found that the intensity of participation positively affects adoption rates on household plots. Intensity of participation was measured as the ratio of participants in the household to the total number of participants in the village. Several plot manager and household characteristics influence adoption, including education and proximity of the plot manager with head of household, household assets, and labor availability. This study draws attention to the importance of farmers’ participation as a sustainable practice that can stimulate the adoption of new technology and, in doing so, enhance food security. Future research should explore the intrahousehold dynamics of farm input adoption, and the role of different forms of participation in the innovation process.