Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Military spousal/partner employment : identifying the barriers and support required

At the Army Families Federation (AFF), we have long been aware of the challenges that military families face when attempting to maintain a career, or even just a job, alongside the typically very mobile life that comes with the territory. We are delighted to have been given LIBOR funding to further explore the employment situation that many partners find themselves in, and very grateful for the excellent job that the Warwick Institute for Employment Research have done, in giving this important area of work the impetus of academically driven evidence it needed to take it to the next level. Being a military family is unique and being the partner of a serving person is also unique; long distances from family support, intermittent support from the serving partner, and a highly mobile way of life creates unique challenges for non-serving partners, especially when it comes to looking for work and trying to maintain a career. This report gets to the heart of how these barriers affect the lives of military partners, and provides important information on what is needed to help improve the situation. The report also highlights the importance of differentiating between a job, and a career. 70 per cent of respondents interviewed for this research have changed career path since becoming a military partner. This is interesting to us and supports our belief that many non-serving partners are ‘underemployed’, but nevertheless choose to remain in work because of the need to maintain some sort of identity, as well as for any financial concerns. It’s extremely important that policy makers recognise the barriers to military partner employment that we’ve identified in this report, and work with us to implement some of the recommendations to improve the situation. We know from previous research and official surveys such as FAMCAS, that partner employment is crucial for the retention of our serving personnel. Our organisation is working hard to do what we can to enable military partners to maintain reasonable employment, so, as recommended in this report, we are currently in talks with stakeholders and a national recruitment agency to build a ‘one stop’ employment platform that will bring together jobs available with covenant signatories, and the support on offer from other organisations to help military partners to get back into work.
Kinetic and Pharmacological Properties of Cloned Human Equilibrative Nucleoside Transporters, ENT1 and ENT2, Stably Expressed in Nucleoside Transporter-deficient PK15 Cells

We stably transfected the cloned human equilibrative nucleoside transporters 1 and 2 (hENT1 and hENT2) into nucleoside transporter-deficient PK15NTD cells. Although hENT1 and hENT2 are predicted to be 50-kDa proteins, hENT1 runs as 40 kDa and hENT2 migrates as 50 and 47 kDa on SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Peptide N-glycosidase F and endoglycosidase H deglycosylate hENT1 to 37 kDa and hENT2 to 45 kDa. With hENT1 being more sensitive, there is a 7000-fold and 71-fold difference in sensitivity to nitrobenzylthioinosine (NBMPR) (IC50, 0.4 ± 0.1 nm versus2.8 ± 0.3 μm) and dipyridamole (IC50, 5.0 ± 0.9 nm versus 356 ± 13 nm), respectively. [3H]NBMPR binds to ENT1 cells with a high affinity K d of 0.377 ± 0.098 nm, and each ENT1 cell has 34,000 transporters with a turnover number of 46 molecules/s for uridine. Although both transporters are broadly selective, hENT2 is a generally low affinity nucleoside transporter with 2.6-, 2.8-, 7.7-, and 19.3-fold lower affinity than hENT1 for thymidine, adenosine, cytidine, and guanosine, respectively. In contrast, the affinity of hENT2 for inosine is 4-fold higher than hENT1. The nucleobase hypoxanthine inhibits [3H]uridine uptake by hENT2 but has minimal effect on hENT1. Taken together, these results suggest that hENT2 might be important in transporting adenosine and its metabolites (inosine and hypoxanthine) in tissues such as skeletal muscle where ENT2 is predominantly expressed.
Do Banks Take Excessive Risks When Interest Rates are “ Too Low for Too Long ” ?

The financial woes that initiated the current economic slump have been traced to excessive bank risk-taking. What induced this behavior? One explanation is persistently low interest rates during the mid-2000s. In a model of a bank facing heterogeneous borrowers, we show that this hypothesis arises from rational profit maximizing behavior and does not reflect malfeasance or naiveté. We then exploit an extensive panel of matched Austrian banks and firms during 2000–2008, to show that the ECB policy of persistently low interest rates during 2003–2005, despite benign economic conditions, induced these banks to take on substantially riskier asset portfolios. JEL: E44, E52, E59, G21
Morphometrical and morphological study of mental foramen in dry dentulous mandibles of South Andhra population of India.

BACKGROUND Mental foramen (MF) is an anatomical structure of particular importance in local anesthesia and surgical procedures in terms of achieving effective mandibular nerve blocks and avoiding injuries to the neurovascular bundles. AIM To determine the morphometry and morphology of MF in south Andhra population of India, hitherto unreported. MATERIALS AND METHODS Ninety dry dentulous mandibles of both sexes were examined for position, size, shape and number of MF. RESULTS Various parameters investigated are, the horizontal distance between (1) symphysis menti and MF was 27.2 mm on right and 27.7 mm on the left, (2) MF and posterior border of ramus was 70.7 mm on both sides, vertical distance between (3) MF and inferior border of mandible was 16.5 mm on right and 14.3 mm on left, (4) alveolar crest and MF was 13.7 mm on right and 16.4 on left, (5) distance between the MF and below the apex of premolar socket was +2.8 mm on right and +3.5 mm on left and above the socket was -2.8 mm on right and -2.7 mm on left. Occurrence of MF below the second premolar tooth was found to be highest (73.2%). Average size of MF was larger on left and its way of exit was in postero-superior direction. Shape of MF was round in 79% and oval in 21% and double MF was found in 8.9% of mandibles. CONCLUSIONS In the present study, most common position of MF was found below the apex of second premolar in 73.2% and between the second premolar and first molar in 19% of mandibles. The other morphometrical findings of this study may be implicated by dental practitioners and maxillofacial surgeons.
Pathogens in Water: Value and Limits of Correlation with Microbial Indicators

This article discusses the value and limitations of using microbial indicators to predict occurrence of enteric pathogens in water. Raw or treated sewage is a primary source of fecal contamination of the receiving surface water or groundwater; hence, understanding the relationship between pathogens and indicators in sewage is an important step in understanding the correlation in receiving waters. This article presents three different datasets representing different concentrations of pathogens and microbial indicators: sewage containing high concentrations of pathogens and indicators, surface water with variable concentrations, and groundwater with low concentrations. In sewage, even with very high levels of microorganisms, no mathematical correlation can predict the type or concentration of any pathogen. After discharge in the environment, direct correlation becomes biologically improbable as dilution, transport, and different inactivation rates occur in various environments. In surface waters, advanced statistical methods such as logistic regression have provided some level of predictability of the occurrence of pathogens but not specific counts. In groundwater, the continuous absence of indicators indicates an improbable occurrence of pathogen. In contrast, when these indicators are detected, pathogen occurrence probability increases significantly. In groundwater, given the nature and dissemination pattern of pathogenic microorganisms, a direct correlation with fecal microbial indicators is not observed and should not be expected. However, the indicators are still useful as a measure of risk. In summary, many pathogens of public health importance do not behave like fecal microbial indicators, and there is still no absolute indicator of their presence, only a probability of their co‐occurrence.
Flattening and Unpacking Human Genetic Variation in Mexico, Postwar to Present

Argument This paper analyzes the research strategies of three different cases in the study of human genetics in Mexico – the work of Rubén Lisker in the 1960s, INMEGEN's mapping of Mexican genomic diversity between 2004 and 2009, and the analysis of Native American variation by Andrés Moreno and his colleagues in contemporary research. We make a distinction between an approach that incorporates multiple disciplinary resources into sampling design and interpretation (unpacking), from one that privileges pragmatic considerations over more robust multidisciplinary analysis (flattening). These choices have consequences for social, demographic, and biomedical practices, and also for accounts of genetic variation in human populations. While the former strategy unpacks fine-grained genetic variation – favoring precision and realism, the latter tends to flatten individual differences and historical depth in lieu of generalization.
A multifacet typology of patient satisfaction with a hospital stay.

The author views patient satisfaction after a hospital visit as a combination of several different and distinct evaluations. Patients are posited to form satisfaction judgments concurrently for each of the individual "objects" (e.g., physician, insurance provider) comprising the health care system. With patient data from four geographic areas, the author examines this multifacet view empirically and uses it to derive a typology of patient satisfaction. The study results suggest two broad groups of patients, the "satisfieds" and the "dissatisfieds. " Finally, the author delineates the behavioral and demographic characteristics that discriminate between the two groups. Implications for health care researchers, practitioners, and public policy officials are presented.
Effect of intensity of eggshell pigment and illuminated incubation on hatchability of brown eggs

1. The effects of intensity of brown eggshell pigment (light (LBP), medium (MBP) and dark (DBP)) and light intensity during incubation (low and high, 900 to 1380 and 1430 to 2080 lux, respectively) on eggshell characteristics, embryonic growth, hatchability traits, chick hatching weight and hatching time were investigated using eggs from a meat-type breeder (Hybro) flock at 32, 36 and 41 weeks of age in three trials. 2. With eggs of similar weights the intensity of brown pigment was not associated with eggshell weight and thickness, and did not influence embryo weight and egg weight loss during incubation. 3. The shade of brown pigment of eggs laid by young hens influenced the percentage hatchability (HP) of eggs incubated under light. Illuminated incubation improved HP of LBP eggs (compared with MBP and DBP eggs) from 32- and 36-week-old hens, but had no significant effect on HP of eggs from 41-week-old hens. 4. Light intensity during incubation did not influence egg weight loss. High intensity of light during incubation reduced HP and increased early death percentage (EDP) in the LBP and MBP groups, and did not influence HP and EDP in the DBP group. 5. Brown eggshell pigment and intensity of light during incubation did not influence hatching time. 6. It is concluded that the shade of brown pigment, intensity of light during incubation and age of the breeder hens influenced the hatchability performance of embryos from brown eggs. Light during incubation improved the hatchability of embryos in light brown eggs laid by young hens and the shade of brown pigment of eggs laid by older hens did not influence hatchability under illuminated incubation. 7. High intensity of light during incubation reduced hatchability of light and medium brown eggs, but not the dark brown eggs.
Effect of corn hybrid and grain processing method on rate of starch disappearance and performance of finishing cattle.

Two trials evaluated the effects of different corn hybrids on in vitro rate of starch disappearance and finishing cattle performance. Hybrids were selected, based on in vitro rate of starch disappearance (A = fastest, B = intermediate, C = slowest). In Trial 1, hybrids A and B were fed as dry-rolled and early-harvested, high-moisture (28%) corn and hybrid C was fed as dry-rolled corn. Cattle fed dry-rolled hybrid A gained faster (P < .10) and more efficiently (P < .10) than cattle fed dry-rolled hybrids B and C. No differences were observed in DMI, quality grade, or fat thickness among hybrids fed dry-rolled. Dry matter intake was lower (P < .10) and feed efficiency was improved (P < .10) for cattle fed corn hybrids A and B as high-moisture corn compared with those same hybrids fed dry-rolled. In Trial 2, hybrids A, B, and C were fed as dry-rolled and early-harvested, high-moisture (29, 28, and 29% moisture, respectively) corn. Performance and carcass measurements were not affected by hybrid fed. Cattle fed high-moisture corn gained faster (P < .10), consumed less DM (P < .01), and were more efficient (P < .01) than cattle fed the same hybrids dry-rolled. Across trials, hybrids, and processing methods, in vitro rate of starch disappearance was correlated with feed efficiency (r2 = .58, P < .001). (ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Newly diagnosed seizures in adults.

OBJECTIVE To study the clinical, electroencephalographic (EEG) and computed tomography (CT) profile in a hospital population of over 18-years adult patients with newly diagnosed recurrent seizures. METHODS The clinical profiles obtained from history including detailed description of the seizures, examination, EEG and CT findings were recorded prospectively for all over-18 patients who were referred to the electrodiagnostic service at King Fahd Hospital of the University, Al-Khobar, Eastern Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from January 1, 1996 to December 31, 1997. The data was entered into a standard database file and analyzed using a personal computer. RESULTS Seventy-three patients (43 males, 30 females, mean age 32.3 years) with newly diagnosed recurrent seizures were studied. A positive family history of seizures was found in 12.3%. The main seizure types were partial in 27 (37%), partial with secondary generalization in 22 (30.1%) and generalized in 24 (32.9%). The types of epileptic syndromes included localization-related 34 (46.6%), generalized 24 (32.9%) and undetermined 15 (20.5%). The EEG was abnormal in 45 (61.6%) with epileptiform activity, focal in 22 (48.9%), generalized in 11 (24.4%) and non-epileptiform activity in 12 (26.7%). The cranial CT findings were normal in 44 patients (60.3%) and abnormal in 29 (39.7%) patients, with focal lesions in 19 (65.5%) and generalized cerebral atrophy in 10 (34.5%). CONCLUSION Our results showed that partial and partial with secondary generalization seizures are the most frequent seizure type and the most common epileptic syndrome was the localization-related type in this age group. These results are comparable to previous population- and hospital-based western reports.
The Function of Mental Health Review Tribunals under the Mental Health Act 1983

In November 1981 the European Court of Human Rights declared that the continued detention of a person on the grounds of mental ill-health must be subject to periodic review by a court capable of ordering his discharge, even if the initial reason to commit issued from criminal proceedings. As a result, the British Government was compelled to remove the exclusive right of the Home Secretary to discharge restricted patients by extending this power to mental health review tribunals. The present study of the practice of such tribunals was made possible by the willingness of an experienced tribunal representative to open his case files to scrutiny, and attention was focussed on those cases active since the implementation of the Mental Health Act 1983. The study period, dating from October 1983 to May 1984, yielded 35 completed case files. As the source of the material came from a region containing two special hospitals, 28 (73.7 per cent) of the 35 tribunal hearings studied related to patients previously involved in criminal proceedings.
Specialized palliative care in advanced cancer: What is the efficacy? A systematic review

ABSTRACT Objective: Due to the multiple physical, psychological, existential, and social symptoms involved, patients with advanced cancer often have a reduced quality of life (QoL), which requires specialized palliative care (SPC) interventions. The primary objective of the present systematic review was to review the existing literature about SPC and its effect on QoL, on physical and psychological symptoms, and on survival in adult patients with advanced cancer. Method: We utilized a search strategy based on the PICO (problem/population, intervention, comparison, and outcome) framework and employed terminology related to cancer, QoL, symptoms, mood, and palliative care. The search was performed in Embase, PubMed, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials. Selected studies were analyzed and categorized according to methods, results, quality of evidence, and strength of recommendation. Results: Six randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were selected for analysis (out of a total of 1,115 studies). Two other studies were found by hand search, one of which was only published in conference abstract form. The RCTs differed in terms of aims, interventions, control groups, and outcomes; however, the primary aim of all of them was to investigate the effect of SPC on patient QoL. Five studies found improved QoL in the intervention group. Physical symptom intensity decreased in two studies, and three studies found improved mood in the intervention group. However, physical and psychological symptoms were secondary outcomes in these studies. Survival was improved in two studies. All the studies offered generalizability, but the level of evidence validity varied among them. Significance of results: Due to several methodological limitations, the evidence offered in these studies ranged from low to high. The evidence in this field of study in general is still nascent, but there is growing support for the utilization of SPC to improve the quality of life of adult patients with advanced cancer. The evidence that SPC reduces physical and psychological symptoms is moderate, while the evidence that it prolongs survival is low.
Cognitive screening in the acute stroke setting

Background: current literature suggests that two-thirds of patients will have cognitive impairment at 3 months post-stroke. Post-stroke cognitive impairment is associated with impaired function and increased mortality. UK guidelines recommend all patients with stroke have a cognitive assessment within 6 weeks. There is no ‘gold standard’ cognitive screening tool. The Montreal cognitive assessment (MoCA) is more sensitive than the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) in mild cognitive impairment and for cognitive impairment in the non-acute post-stroke setting and in a Chinese-speaking acute stroke setting. Methods: a convenience sample of 50 patients, admitted with stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA), were screened within 14 days, using the MoCA and the MMSE. Results: the mean MoCA was 21.80 versus a mean MMSE of 26.98; 70% were impaired on the MoCA (cut-off <26) versus 26% on MMSE (cut-off <27). The MoCA could be completed in <10 min in 90% of cases. Conclusion: the MoCA is easy and quick to use in the acute stroke setting. Further work is required to determine whether a low score on the MoCA in the acute stroke setting will predict the cognitive and functional status and to explore what the best cut-off should be in an acute post-stroke setting.
Detection of immunoglobulin heavy‐chain gene rearrangement at the single‐cell level in malignant lymphomas: No rearrangement is found in hodgkin and reed‐sternberg cells

Hodgkin and Reed‐Sternberg (HRS) cells, the neoplastic cells of Hodgkin's disease (HD), represent only a minority of the cellular infiltrate in affected tissue. Therefore, rearrangements of the immunoglobulin heavy‐chain (IgH) gene detected in DNA extracted from an entire Hodgkin's lymph node cannot be attributed to the HRS cells and cannot be used as an argument for the B‐cell origin of HRS cells. We developed a new method for the amplification of rearranged DNA of the IgH gene from single cells. Using 6 “forward primers” which were constructed corresponding to consensus sequences of the 6 known families of the IgH variable (V) region (framework region I) and a mix of 2 “reverse primers” corresponding to consensus sequences of the different joining (J) segments, rearrangements of all 6 V‐families were detected in human peripheral blood lymphocytes. Rearranged IgH DNA could be amplified from single cells of B‐cell lymphoma‐cell lines and from 13 patients with B‐cell non‐Hodgkin's lymphomas. However, analysis of HRS cells isolated from lymph nodes of 13 patients with Hodgkin's disease did not show any rearrangement of the IgH gene locus. These findings, obtained by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) on isolated single HRS cells, contrast with previous studies that used Southern‐blot analysis of entire tissues affected by Hodgkin's disease. We conclude that the neoplastic HRS cells in Hodgkin's disease‐with the possible exception of the nodular paragranuloma subtype‐are probably not derived from B cells. © 1994 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
The Role of Networks in Internationalization of Operations at Africa Heritage Design Company in Kenya

iv LIST OF TABLES . viii LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS . ix CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION . 1 1.1 Background of the Study . 1 1.1.1 The Concept of Business Networks . 2 1.1.2 The Curios Industry . 3 1.1.3 African Heritage Design Company (AHDC) . 4 1.2 Research Problem . 5 1.3 Research Objective . 6 1.4 Value Of The Study . 7 CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW . 8 2.
How Reliably do Fiber Bragg Grating Patches Perform as Strain Sensors?

In Germany, the first guideline for the use of fiber Bragg grating strain sensors, “Optical Strain Sensor based on Fiber Bragg Grating” (Berlin, Germany: Beuth-Verlag, 2010), has been developed by the GESA guideline group of VDI, “The Association of German Engineers” and published by Beuth-Verlag. This guideline provides the basic specifications of this sensor type and the sensor characteristics, which have to be known for a reliable sensor performance. In conformity to this guideline, experimental investigations on the strain transfer characteristics of fiber Bragg grating patches have been carried out. A comparison between patches and resistance strain gauges during tensile tests and combined temperature and tensile loading was carried out. The evaluated strain gauge factor and the temperature sensitivity of the strain gauge factor have been compared to the manufacturer's data. The overall performance of the patches has been evaluated. The experimental investigations showed that there are considerable disagreements between the manufacturer's specifications and the observed characteristics.