Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Collaborative Entrepreneurship: A Smart Solution For Small Business To Survive

Entrepreneurship is also a key factor that enables a country to grow economically and determine sustainable business activity. The concept of entrepreneurship is collaborative although interesting but not yet widely understood by business people in developing countries. The paper aims is to answer the research questions what determines collaborative entrepreneurship among small business in the Watu Wungkuk and Mranggon Lawang villages. This research uses a field research approach (qualitative research) in which researchers directly observe and participate in a small-scale social condition. Researchers also interact directly face to face with "real people" in a natural social order. The results showed that individual, community and institutional need to be incorporated in order to understand the concept among small business. When doing business individually, the small business gets less beneficial than doing business collaborative. The role of the government to support collaborative entrepreneurship is needed especially related to licensing, capital and improving human resource competencies
Price premiums for providing eco-labelled seafood – A case study of the Swedish MSC-certified cod fishery in the Eastern Baltic Sea

Eco-labelled seafood is an important tool to promote sustainable development in fisheries. A price premium on eco-labelled seafood signals a return on investment in sustainable fishing methods, providing an incentive for fishers to adapt such methods. This paper addresses whether Swedish fishermen gain a price premium from participating in the MSC-certified Swedish Eastern Baltic cod fishery in the period 2011-2012. Using a detailed dataset of landing tickets and log books, we apply a quasi-experimental identification strategy to estimate the MSC price premium.
MALOCCLUSION TRAITS IN SAUDI FEMALES SEEKING ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT

The objective of the present study was to assess the distribution of malocclusion traits in a selected sample of Saudi adolescent and adult females seeking orthodontic treatment in the Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia. The sample consisted of 330 females divided into two age groups; adolescents (12-17 years) and adults (18-35 years). Each patient was clinically examined and the type of malocclusion was recorded including Angle’s classification, overjet, over bite, open bite, crossbite, scissors bite, crowding and spacing. The collected data were statistically analyzed for percentage distribution of different malocclusion traits for both the age groups. The study revealed that adolescents constituted the larger proportion of subjects seeking orthodontic treatment in the Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia. Angle’s Class I malocclusion was the most prevalent type, followed by Class III and Class II malocclusion. Crowding and spacing were the most frequent space discrepancies in all malocclusion traits.
Pattern of Fingerprints in Different ABO and Rh Blood Groups

Identification is a vital of crime investigation and practice of forensic medicine. Many characters are used for identification. To establish the absolute identity among the many characters finger print is one of the most important tool easily available. It is one of the oldest and reliable methods of identification. Many studies conducted worldwide have proved the correlation between fingerprints and different ABO blood groups along with certain diseases. The present study was conducted on 400 Indian medical students having different ABO blood groups. Their fingerprinting and blood grouping was done, tabulated and analyzed. The study revealed that there is an association between distribution of fingerprint patterns, blood group and gender. Loop was most frequently seen fingerprint followed by whorl and arch. O positive is most common blood group and AB negative is rarest. Loops are predominant in blood group O followed by B and AB in both Rh positive and Rh negative.
Continued Proficiency Monitoring Of Monoclonal Antibody Cocktail-Based Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Detection of Allergen Specific Immunoglobulin E in Dogs-2016

The purpose of this study was to document the continued reproducibility of results yielded in different laboratories that perform a monoclonal antibody cocktail-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (macELISA) for detection of allergen specific immunoglobulin IgE in companion animals. Replicate samples of 21 different sera pools were independently evaluated in a single blinded fashion by each of 10 different technicians functioning in 8 different laboratories. For evaluations completed by multiple operators, the average inter-operator variance was calculated to be 7.1% (range = 3.4-10.7%). The average intra-assay variance among reactive assay calibrators in all laboratories was 4.6% (range = 1.6-11.5%). The overall inter-assay inter-laboratory variance evident with reactive calibrators was consistent among laboratories and averaged 12.1% (range 11.2-13.4%). All laboratories yielded similar profiles and magnitudes of responses for replicate unknown samples; dose response profiles observed in each of the laboratories were indistinguishable. Correlation of optical density values observed for individual allergens between and among all laboratories was strong (r > 0.90, p < 0.001) and concordance of results across the entire spectrum of responses exceeded 95%. Collectively, the results demonstrate that the macELISA for measuring allergen specific canine IgE is robust and continues to yield reproducible and consistent results among different operators and between laboratories using the assay.
Aftercare for survivors of human trafficking

This article examines aftercare services needed for victims of human trafficking, including the importance of mental health services. Aftercare services must be provided in a trauma-sensitive way which encourages all involved in service provision to understand complex trauma--symptoms and behaviors, possible outcomes, reasons for silence as well as victim thoughts, beliefs and feelings. Therefore, both breadth of knowledge and sensitivity are needed in the provision of aftercare services for those exiting a life of victimization. Trauma-specific therapy, the key role of the social worker, and scriptural mandates are also presented. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2015 APA, all rights reserved). (journal abstract) Language: en
Influence of Emotion Processing and Affect Intensity on the Engagement of Inhibitory Control in Young Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

How individuals process different affective cues, as well as how intensely they experience different emotions, may influence how efficient they are at engaging inhibitory control. To date, it is unclear if these influences differ among young adults with and without ADHD. The current study tested the variation in young adults’ inhibitory control to three affective cues (i.e., fear, happy, and neutral) in an Emotion Go/Nogo task. Results suggest better inhibitory control in response to more distinct cues (i.e., fear Nogo/happy Go). The order in which cues were presented also mattered, such that participants displayed enhanced inhibitory control when first presented with expressions that had similar valence. This task order was particularly helpful for inhibitory control engagement among young adults with ADHD. Furthermore, self-report measures suggest that young adults with ADHD were associated with higher levels of affect intensity. However, no additional relations were found in the processing of affective cues, affect intensity, and inhibitory control between young adults with and without ADHD. Results provide evidence for how affective cues and contexts differentially influence behavioral responses in young adults. Individuals with and without ADHD also appear to differ in the intensity with which they experience different emotions. Overall, the current study provides a framework for how to further explore how emotional cues and affect intensity influence inhibitory control.
MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF CELLULOSE-HYDROLYZING BACTERIA ISOLATES FROM THE GUT OF PHILIPPINE MILK TERMITE (Coptotermes gestroi)

Cellulases have attracted much interest because of the diversity of their application in various agricultural and industrial processes. Some microorganisms have been found to possess cellulases and these have been found to be symbionts of certain animals like ruminants and insects such as termites. Due to vast number of uses of cellulases, this study was conducted. Termite species was identified in the University of the Philippines Los Baños. Subsequently, microbiological studies were performed in Department of Science and Technology R02 laboratory for isolation and University of the Philippines Diliman for characterization. 16S rDNA sequence analysis was carried out in the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) GenBank nucleotide database using Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST). Findings of the study show that identified cellulose-hydrolyzing bacteria strains belong to three different genera, namely: Bacillus, Enterobacter, and Pseudomonas. These construe that effective cellulose-hydrolyzing bacteria are present in the gut of Philippine milk termite with variable cellulolytic potential, distinct colony and morphological characteristics and genetic make-up. Moreover, a novel cellulolytic strain of Bacillus megaterium is isolated from a termite and is first reported in this study. Accordingly, these cellulolytic bacterial strains could be cultured and utilized for microbiological, genetic, agricultural, and industrial applications.
Lifecycle funds and wealth accumulation for retirement: Evidence for a more conservative asset allocation as retirement approaches

This study uses the 2007 Survey of Consumer Finances to empirically explore Black-White differences in saving behavior. The impact of the explanatory variables in the model is allowed to differ between Black and White households to understand Black-White differences in saving. The results indicate that Black-White differences in saving are explained by racial differences in the individual determinants of saving, not by race in and of itself. The individual variables that significantly differ for Black and White households in their effect on saving are receiving government assistance, feeling that credit use is bad, being turned down for credit in the past 5 years, and having a saving horizon of the next few years. © 2010 Academy of Financial Services. All rights reserved.
The effect of bio-slurry fertilization on growth, dry matter yield and quality of hybrid sudangrass and sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) Samurai-2 variety

Nohong, B. , & Islamiyati, R. (2018). The effect of bio-slurry fertilization on growth, dry matter yield and quality of hybrid sudangrass and sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) Samurai-2 variety. Bulgarian Journal of Agricultural Science, 24(4), 592–598 The objectives of this research were to evaluate the growth, production and quality characteristics of the hybrid sudangrass and sorghum Samurai-2 variety treated by different doses of liquid bio-slurry. This experiment was conducted using a complete randomized design with 2 factors in which the fi rst factor was the type of plants (hybrid sudangrass and sorghum Samurai-2 variety) and the second factor included bio-slurry liquid fertilizer: P0 = no fertilizer (control), P1 = 5.750 kg bioslurry/ha and P2 = 11.500 kg bio-slurry/ha. The data were analyzed using the variance analysis and DMRT test. There was no interaction between the types of plants and fertilization. Plant height, long of internode, number of leaves, dry matter production, crude protein content and dry matter digestibility of hybrid sudangrass (P < 0.05) were signifi cantly higher and the NDF, ADF and ADL content were signifi cantly lower (P < 0.05) than those of the sorghum Samurai-2 variety. On the other hand, the weights of panicles and seeds of the sorghum Samurai-2 variety (P < 0.05) were higher than those of hybrid sudangrass. The fertilization with bio-slurry signifi cantly increased (P < 0.05) the weights of panicles, seeds and crude protein content, but also signifi cantly decreased (P < 0.05) the NDF content. It can be concluded that the hybrid sudangrass has the potential to be developed as a forage-producing crop because its production and quality are higher, while the sorghum Samurai-2 variety can be developed as a seed producer or forage.
Technology Learning for Fuel Cells: an assessment of past and potential cost reductions

Fuel cells have gained considerable interest as a means to efficiently convert the energy stored in gases like hydrogen and methane into electricity. Further developing fuel cells in order to reach cost, safety and reliability levels at which their widespread use becomes feasible is an essential prerequisite for the potential establishment of a ‘hydrogen economy’. A major factor currently obviating the extensive use of fuel cells is their relatively high costs. At present we estimate these at about 1100 €/kW for an 80 kW fuel cell system. We analyse past fuel cell cost reductions for both individual manufacturers and the global market. We determine learning curves, with fairly high uncertainty ranges, for three different types of fuel cell technology – AFC, PAFC and PEMFC – each manufactured by a different producer. For PEMFC technology we also calculate a global learning curve, characterised by a learning rate of 21% with an error margin of 4%. Given their respective uncertainties, this global learning rate value is in agreement with those we find for different manufacturers. In contrast to some other new energy technologies, R&D still plays a major role in today’s fuel cell improvement process and hence probably explains a substantial part of our observed cost reductions. The remaining share of these cost reductions derives from learningby-doing proper. Since learning-by-doing usually involves a learning rate of typically 20%, the residual value for pure learning we find for fuel cells is relatively low. In an ideal scenario for fuel cell technology we estimate a bottom-line for specific (80 kW system) manufacturing costs of 95 €/kW. Although learning curves observed in the past constitute no guarantee for sustained cost reductions in the future, when we assume global total learning at the pace calculated here as the only cost reduction mechanism, this ultimate cost figure is reached after a large-scale deployment about 10 times doubled (1340 times multiplied) with respect to the cumulative installed fuel cell capacity to date.
Patient Selection and Perioperative Outcomes are Similar Between Targeted and Non-Targeted Hospitals (in the NSQIP) for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Repair

Introduction—The targeted vascular module in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) consists of self-selected hospitals that chose to collect extra clinical details for better risk adjustment and improved procedure-specific outcomes. The purpose of this study is to compare patient selection and outcomes between targeted and nontargeted hospitals in the NSQIP regarding the operative management of AAA.
Promoting employee wellbeing and quality service outcomes: the role of HRM practices [Paper in special issue: Healthcare management: progress, problems and solutions. Shacklock, Kate; Brunetto, Yvonne; Farr-Wharton, Rod and Cooper, Cary L. (eds).]

As a transformative service, aged care has the capacity to create uplifting changes and improvements to the quality of life for individuals and communities. Recent studies have, however, highlighted the pressures faced by aged care workers and the impact that these pressures have on employee wellbeing and quality of care. This paper explores the relationship between employee wellbeing and service quality. We present a model for the aged care sector which suggests that by identifying and implementing appropriate HRM strategies both employee wellbeing and service quality will be enhanced thus ensuring that this transformative service meets the needs of its many stakeholders. Essentially, we argue that employee wellbeing is directly linked to service delivery outcomes and overall business performance and that HR practices that address issues such as learning and development, employee voice and involvement and workplace health and safety play a significant role in enhancing and maintaining employee wellbeing.
E-book design preferences: A case study

The purpose of this study is to investigate the students’ preferences on page and content design of e-books. Three e-books in portable document format, which differ in contents, appearance and layout, are selected as study materials. An online survey is conducted, and 99 questionnaires are returned. Results of the study show that navigation design greatly affects overall ease of use of e-books; and appearance and content design have a great impact on the users’ overall impression on the e-books. The findings of this study are especially beneficial for e-book designers and academicians who are interested to venture into e-books.
Release of Highly Active Ice Nucleating Biological Particles Associated with Rain

Biological particles may play an important role in the climate system by efficiently acting as ice nucleating particles (INPs) at a higher temperature range (e.g., above −20 °C where representative INPs such as mineral dust remain inactive), but there is an obvious lack of direct evidence that these particles serve in this manner. Here, we collected ambient particles under different weather conditions for identifying INPs that are active above −22 °C. The abundance of such efficient INPs increased during or following rainfall events. The extensive characterization of individual particles by three different analyses (particle morphology and composition, heat sensitivity of ice nucleation activities, and biological fingerprinting by DNA staining) revealed that efficient INPs have distinctly biological characteristics, which differ significantly from more abundant, representative, and relatively less active INPs, such as mineral dust. Additionally, by combining the heat-sensitivity experiments and DNA staining techniques, efficient INPs were found to contain heat-sensitive biomaterials and biological cells. Our findings provide direct evidence that biological particles are preferentially released into the atmosphere during rainfall events and act as important atmospheric INPs at higher temperature ranges (warmer than −22 °C), where typical INPs remain inactive.
Design and Perception of a Social Robot to Promote Hand Washing among Children in a Rural Indian School

We introduce “Pepe”, a social robot for encouraging proper handwashing behaviour among children. We discuss the motivation, the robot design and a pilot study conducted at a primary school located in the Western Ghats mountain ranges of Southern India with a significant presence of indigenous tribes. The study included individual & group interviews with a randomly selected sample of 45 children to gauge their perception of the Pepe robot across various dimensions including gender, animacy & technology acceptance. We also discuss some HRI implications for running user studies with rural children.
Event-Triggered Consensus for Multi-Agent Systems with Guaranteed Robust Positive Minimum Inter-Event Times

We study consensus seeking single-integrator multi-agent systems equipped with packet-based communication channels. As the communication bandwidth of such channels is typically limited, it is essential to consider control schemes that lead to the desired performance while not overusing the communication resources. For this purpose, we propose a distributed dynamic event-triggered control scheme that results in aperiodic information exchange between agents, asymptotic consensus, strictly positive lower bounds on the inter-event times (strong Zeno-freeness) and robustness to unknown, non-uniform, and time-varying transmission delays. The proposed framework is such that the local control laws and event-triggering mechanisms can be directly obtained from the number of connected agents and local tuning parameters. The proposed design framework is therefore applicable to large-scale multi-agent systems.
OPTH_A_215322 2063..2069

Point your SmartPhone at the code above. If you have a QR code reader the video abstract will appear. Or use: https://youtu.be/aE1L-k0Lrvw Purpose: Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A) has emerged as a novel tool for the non-invasive imaging and evaluation of the retinal microvasculature. There is little existing literature that compares OCT-A microvasculature metrics across different OCT-A devices in chorioretinal diseases. Herein, we examined these metrics on three available OCTA platforms. Patients and methods: All subjects were scanned on each of three OCT-A devices: Optovue Avanti Angiovue, Topcon DRI-OCT Triton Swept-Source OCT, and Zeiss Cirrus 5000-HD-OCT Angioplex. Two investigators independently measured foveal avascular zone (FAZ) area. Superficial capillary plexus (SCP) and deep capillary plexus (DCP) vessel densities (VD) were calculated from binarized images with ImageJ software. Image quality across devices was qualitatively compared. Interclass correlation coefficient (ICC), BlandAltman analysis, repeated measures ANOVA, and post-hoc tests were performed for statistical analysis. Results: Thirteen eyes of seven patients with chorioretinal diagnoses were reviewed. ICC for FAZ measurement was 0.95. There was no significant difference in FAZ area across the three devices (p= 0.792). There was a significant difference in the SCP VD between the OCT-A devices (Triton 0.344 ± 0.013, Angiovue 0.323 ± 0.013, Angioplex 0.367 ± 0.014, p < 0.05). Significantly greater DCP VD was observed with Angioplex (0.385 ± 0.010) in comparison to both Triton (0.331 ± 0.009) and Angiovue (0.341 ± 0.020). A comparison of image quality revealed that Angiovue gives the highest quality, followed by Angioplex and Triton. Conclusion: Core macular microvasculature metrics are now readily accessible on a variety of available OCT-A devices. While the FAZ can be reliably measured across all three devices in this study, there were significant differences for the vessel density in both the SCP and DCP. As a result, clinicians should be careful when comparing microvasculature metrics across different devices when using patient data in multicenter research investigations and clinical trials.