Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
HIGH-RISK HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION AND P16 EXPRESSION IN MEN WITH ANOGENITAL LESIONS ATTENDING A DERMATOLOGY CLINIC

Our study comprises a cases series of 71 men attending a dermatology clinic in Brazil during an 18-month period with anogenital HPV infection. Clinical manifestations, laboratory findings and sociodemographic factors were evaluated. Biopsy samples were subjected to histopathological analysis, generic and type-specific viral identification, and p16 INK4a quantification. The average age at diagnosis was 33 years. We observed little variation in identified viral types (HPVs 6, 11, 16 and 53), despite the inclusion of 16 HIV+ patients. The presence of high-risk HPV was associated with receptive anal sex (p<0.05), lesion malignancy (p<0.01) and p16 INK4a expression (p<0.05). HIV+ was correlated with HPV16 infection, presence of perianal lesions and high-grade lesions (p<0.05) diagnosed at a younger mean age than HIV– patients (p<0.05). Our results demonstrate the unequivocal relationship between high-risk HPV infection and the presence of high-grade lesions, HPV 16 tropism in the anal epithelium, and the role of receptive anal sex as a risk factor for development of high-grade anal lesions, that present early in HIV+ men who have sex with men. As the 5 high-grade lesions (1 AINII and 4 AIN III) showed p16 INK4a negativity but were related to HPV 16 presence, we believe that p16 INK4a is a promising biomarker, but its use remains controversial requiring further research. DOI: http://dx.doi. org/10.17525/vrrjournal.v19i2. 96
Determination of transport CO2 emission using the General Method of Moments: Empirical evidence from 16 countries

This study investigated the influence of economic growth, trade openness, and urbanization on transport CO2 emission by using the General Method of Moments in 16 industrialized countries from 2000 to 2008. From the results of this study, trade openness has a negative impact on transport CO2 emission and is not consistent with current theories. While economic growth was found to have a positive impact on transport CO2 emission, urbanization has a negative one. The result of economic growth and urbanization is consistent with the theories and also many studies. Lastly, taxes and fees, eco-driving, and environmental zone policies are recommended in order to lower transport CO2 emission in these 16 countries.
Obama Healthcare Reform Plan for Americans: Challenges and Constraints

Healthcare reform is a set of criteria, employed for describing significant components of health policy development or changes but most cases, governmental policy that influences health care delivery in a place provided. In the United States, President Obama approved an inexpensive Health Care Act into law in March 2010, to capture adjustments in healthcare systems. Such changes, is to enhance the amount of people covered with insurance as well as to boost the quality of treatment while attempting to balance or decrease expenses. Under this legislation, everyone ought to have health insurance independently but majority of the employees in the United States depend on their companies’ healthcare coverage. In this issue, the accurate understanding of healthcare protection would appear to be essential for making clear decisions in selecting the finest plans that match the distinct requirements of a family. Various literatures revealed that most of the employees have little understanding of the scope and value of healthcare reform plans. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of Obama healthcare plans to American employees and discuss the significance, challenges and constraints of the policy to attract and maintain talented individuals. Generally, companies need to remain updated in the newest healthcare reform requirements and provide healthcare strategies to support employees make better choices in regards to the insurance coverage. Keywords: American employees, healthcare reform plan
Are the Major South Asian Equity Markets Co-Integrated?

Seemingly unrelated variables are quite often having relations with each other and this peculiar relation has always won the intentional and unintentional attention of many scientists and researchers. This paper is an attempt to investigate and interrogate the co-movements or the relations among the seemingly unrelated stock markets of South Asian countries, which includes Karachi Stock Exchange (Pakistan), Bombay Stock Exchange (India), Dhaka Stock Exchange (Bangladesh) and Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepal). The daily co-movement of the four well-known Indices comprising of KSE-100, BSE Sensex, DSE Composite Index, and NSE Index is examined by using the Johansen co-integration analysis for the period of May-1995 to May-2011. We found the linkage of stock prices of Karachi Stock Exchange with the stock prices of Dhaka stock exchange, while KSE is not co-integrated with the rest of outlined equity markets in terms of stock price indices.
Survey of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Yazd University of Medical Sciences Students about Solid Wastes Disposal and Recycling

The risk of unhealthy disposal of solid waste is one of the important problems in many societies, and recycling is considered as a solution for managing solid wastes. Environmental knowledge and attitude of young people (like students) appears to be crucial as their point of view ultimately plays an important role in providing solution to future environmental problems. In this study the knowledge, attitude and practice of Yazd University of Medical Sciences students in respect of disposal of solid wastes and the important factors were studied. Two hundred thirty seven students were included in this cross-sectional study, selected from 5 schools of this university. Data collected by a self administered questionnaire containing four sections, were analyzed using SPSS for Windows. The mean grade of knowledge of men and women was 13.53 and 12.38, of 20, respectively. The difference between the knowledge of males and females was significant (P< 0.016). On the whole the knowledge of the students was not appropriate. About 66% of students did not have any action in segregation and recycling of solid wastes. It is concluded that all students must take part in formal and informal education classes to promote their knowledge in this regard.
Dietary energy level for optimum productivity and carcass characteristics of indigenous Venda chickens raised in closed confinement

A study was conducted to determine dietary energy levels for optimum productivity and carcass characteristics of indigenous Venda chickens raised in closed confinement. Four dietary treatments were considered in the first phase (1 to 7 weeks) on two hundred day-old unsexed indigenous Venda chicks indicated as EVS1, EVS2, EVS3 and EVS4 (11, 12, 13 and 14 MJ ME/kg DM, respectively) and each treatment was replicated five times. In the second phase (8 - 13 weeks), 160 indigenous Venda female chickens, aged eight weeks, were randomly allocated to four dietary treatments and each treatment was replicated five times in a completely randomized design. The diets used in both trials were isonitrogenous but with different energy levels. A quadratic equation was used to determine dietary energy levels for optimum feed intake, growth rate, FCR and ME intake at both the starter and grower phases and the carcass characteristics of the birds at 91 days. Dietary energy levels of 12.91, 12.42, 12.34 and 12.62 MJ ME/kg DM feed supported optimum feed intake, growth rate, FCR and ME intake, respectively, for the starter phase. At the grower phase, dietary energy levels of 12.56, 12.66, 12.62 and 12.71 MJ ME/kg DM feed supported optimum feed intake, growth rate, FCR and ME intake, respectively. Carcass, drumstick, thigh and wing had optimum weights at dietary energy levels of 13.81, 13.23, 13.43 and 13.18 MJ ME/ kg DM, respectively. Thus, dietary energy level for optimization depended on the particular production parameter in question.
Access to and Use of Information Centres among Scientists at Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Crops Research Institute, Kumasi, Ghana

The study investigated the access to and use of information centres among scientists at Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Crops Research Institute (CSIR-CRI), Kumasi, Ghana. The study aimed at ascertaining the level of access to and use of information centres among scientists. The research design for the study was a study case. Questionnaire and interview schedule were used to collect data from 73 scientists and 3 library staff respectively. The study revealed that scientists used information centres but at a minimal rate, accessibility was unlimited. They would however use it more if the centre is well resourced with competent personnel, equipment and current and relevant materials. In addition, scientists use the centre for research purposes and prefer to use journals to other type of materials. The study recommended that scientific information centres should subscribe to current electronic journals, procure modern equipment and also train the staff of the information centres to encourage high patronages of the centres by the scientists. In addition, networking of information centres should be encouraged since no library or information centre can solely cater for the information needs of scientists.
Group Affiliation and Firms’ Export Intensity: A Cross-Country Study

The paper investigates whether the export intensity of business companies is greater for group-affiliated firms (GAFs) or for standalone firms (SAFs). The empirical analysis makes use of the World Bank Enterprise Survey for Latin American economies. The results show that GAFs have lower export intensity than SAFs. We also find that the difference between GAFs and SAFs’ export intensity is much stronger in the service sectors, industries in which Latin American business groups have actively been investing in recent years. These results provide support to the groups as parasites theoretical view, which emphasizes the negative consequences that groups have for economic development.
Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson’s Disease: Historical Review, Past, and Present

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder of unknown etiology, not only characterized by motor signs but also by non-motor symptoms, including neuropsychi‐ atric and cognitive dysfunction. The results obtained in the last decades show that the cognitive changes in PD are heterogeneous; impairment in different cognitive domains such as attention, executive, language, memory, and visuospatial functions can be present even in the early stages of the disease. Mild cognitive impairment is frequent in nondemented PD patients and is considered as a risk factor for the development of demen‐ tia. As a response to the heterogeneity of cognitive impairment associated with PD, the Movement Disorders Society has recently developed formal diagnostic criteria for mild cognitive impairment and dementia associated with PD. In the present chapter, the authors have conducted a revision of cognitive impairment in PD, describing the results obtained in numerous investigations, from the first studies in the1970s to the advances of the last few years.
Physico-mechanical properties of rough rice (Oryza sativa L.) grain as affected by variety and moisture content

M. Sadeghi , H. Ashtiani Araghi , A. Hemmat ( Department of Farm Machinery , College of Agriculture , Isfahan University of Technology , Isfahan 84156-83111, Iran ) Abstract: Rice varieties in Isfahan P rovince (central Iran) have high breakage losses during processing. In order to optimize the design of machinery used for milling of these varieties it is quite important to determine their engineering properties. In this study, physical and mechanical properties of Sorkheh and Sazandegi varieties were determined at three moisture content levels . To determine the mechanical properties, compression and three-point bending tests were conducted. It was observed that, by increasing moisture content, geometric mean diameter, sphericity , true density, and a ngle of repose were all increased, whereas bulk density decreased. In contrary to the moisture content at the tested range, variety had a significant effect on rough rice mechanical properties. For Sorkheh, the average fracture force, fracture energy, modulus of elasticity, and toughness obtained by compression test, were 169.1 N, 44. 2 J×10 -3 , 996.1 MPa, and 1.88 MJ / m 3 , respectively. The corresponding values for Sazandegi were 125.1 N, 24.4 J×10 -3 , 555.6 MPa, and 1.11 MJ / m 3 . In three-point bending test, the average fracture force, fracture energy, and bending strength of Sorkheh were 24.2 N, 5.1 J×10 -3 , and 23.4 MPa, respectively. For Sazandegi, these values were 19.1 N, 3.7 J×10 -3 , and 17.7 MPa, respectively. Comparison of obtained mechanical properties with the literature revealed that the high milling losses of Isfahan province rice varieties could be due to the methods and devices used for their processing operations. Keywords: m echanical characteristic, milling, moisture content, physical property, Iran Citation: Sadeghi M , H. Ashtiani Araghi, A. Hemmat . Physico-mechanical p roperties of r ough r ice ( Oryza sativa L.) g rain as a ffected by v ariety and m oisture c ontent . Agric Eng Int : CIGR Journal , 20 1 0 , 12 ( 3 ): 129 - 136 .
INELASTIC RESPONSE OF MASONRY INFILLED REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES

It is well known that masonry infill walls, although non-engineered and considered as non-structural, may provide most of the earthquake resistance and prevent collapse of relatively flexible and weak RC structures. The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of masonry infill walls with openings on the performance of reinforced concrete frames under lateral loads. Specifically, this study is concerned with the evaluation of inelastic parameters of masonry infilled reinforced concrete buildings. Buildings with various heights are selected and designed according to EC8. Inelastic pushover analyses are performed and local and global strength and inelastic deformation characteristics are evaluated. The influence of various parameters, such as the number of storeys, the distribution of infill walls, their strength and their opening percentage on the seismic response of the buildings is thoroughly examined. The results from nonlinear pushover analyses indicate that the overstrength and ductil ity of RC buildings can be higher than the values considered in the design. The presence of infill walls increases considerably the stiffness of the structures and their global resistance to lateral loads. However, the irregular distribution of infills (soft storey – case of pilotis) significantly reduces the capacity of the structure. 3312 Available online at www.eccomasproceedia. org Eccomas Proceedia COMPDYN (2017) 3312-3322 © 2017 The Authors. Published by Eccomas Proceedia. Peer-review under responsibility of the organizing committee of COMPDYN 2017. doi: 10.7712/120117.5647. 18544 Alkis Fotos, Filippos Foskolos, Athanasios K. Tsaris, Constantinos C. Repapis and Panagiotis G. Asteris
THE INFLUENCES OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING SYSTEM AND PROCESS QUALITY MANAGEMENT TO PRODUCT QUALITY PERFORMANCE (CASE STUDY ON MANUFACTURE COMPANIES IN INDONESIA)

The purpose of this study is to empirically examine the influences of Management Accounting System ( dimensions of Quality Objectives/QO , Quality Feedbacks/QF , and Quality Incentives/QI ) and Process Quality Management (PQM) to Products Quality Performance/PQP ( Internal Quality and External Quality) using regression analysis . This research was conducted at the manufacture companies listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange with the analysis unit employees who work associated with the production process. Simultaneously , the results of statistical tests indicate that the Management Accounting System (MAS ) and PQM positive and significant influence on PQP in both Internal and External Quality . It can be used as a reference of the manufacturing companies in running the management accounting systems in order to improve the quality of their products so the products can be well accepted by customers and exceeding customer expectations . The results indicate that the MAS - ( QO and QI) and PQM significant positive influences on the Internal Product Quality . However , MA S - (Q F) not significant and negative influences on the Internal Product Quality . The results also indicate that the MAS - ( QI) and PQM significant positive influences on External Products Quality . However , MAS - ( QO and QF) not significant and negative influence on the External Product Quality.
Analytical formulation for magnetic shields taking into account hysteresis effects in the Rayleigh region

Purpose – To study the magnetic shielding and the losses of non‐linear, hysteretic multilayered shields by using fast to evaluate analytical expressions.Design/methodology/approach – In order to evaluate the shield in the frequency domain, the non‐linear shield is divided into a sufficient number of piecewise linear sublayers. Each sublayer has a permeability that is constant (space independent) and complex (to model hysteresis). This expression for the permeability is found from the Preisach model by a Fourier transform. Once H is known in the entire shield, analytical expressions calculate the eddy current losses and hysteresis losses in the material. The validity of the analytical expressions is verified by numerical experiments.Findings – In the Rayleigh region, the shielding factor of perfectly linear material is better than the one of non‐linear metal sheets, but also the eddy current losses are higher. The results of the optimization show that steel is only a useful shielding material at low freque.
Synopsis: Household perception and demand for better protection of land rights in Ethiopia

This study assesses factors that explain households’ perceived land tenure insecurity and the demand for new formalization of land rights in Ethiopia. We use data from the 2013 Agricultural Growth Program survey of 7,500 households from high agricultural potential areas of Ethiopia. The results from a descriptive analysis and a logistic estimation reveal that demand for further land demarcation is positively associated with higher perception by households of tenure insecurity. Moreover, disaggregated results indicate that ownership and boundary-related disputes characterize periurban locations and economically vibrant communities, whereas perceived risk of government expropriation of land is mainly manifested in rural communities and areas where administrative land redistribution is a recent practice.
Consumption and Aggregate Constraints: Evidence from U.S. States and Canadian Provinces

State‐level consumption exhibits excess sensitivity to lagged income to the same extent as U.S. aggregate data, but state‐specific (idiosyncratic) consumption exhibits substantially less sensitivity to lagged state‐specific income—a result that also holds for Canadian provinces. We propose the following interpretation: borrowing and lending in response to changes in consumer demand are easier for individual U.S. states than for the United States as a whole, and therefore, the measured deviation from the benchmark permanent income hypothesis model is smaller. However, lagged state‐specific variables help predict state‐specific consumption, suggesting that the PIH model still requires qualification.
The genic view of the process of speciation

The unit of adaptation is usually thought to be a gene or set of interacting genes, rather than the whole genome, and this may be true of species differentiation. Defining species on the basis of reproductive isolation (RI), on the other hand, is a concept best applied to the entire genome. The biological species concept (BSC; Mayr, 1963 ) stresses the isolation aspect of speciation on the basis of two fundamental genetic assumptions – the number of loci underlying species differentiation is large and the whole genome behaves as a cohesive, or coadapted genetic unit. Under these tenets, the exchange of any part of the genomes between diverging groups is thought to destroy their integrity. Hence, the maintenance of each species’ genome cohesiveness by isolating mechanisms has become the central concept of species. In contrast, the Darwinian view of speciation is about differential adaptation to different natural or sexual environments. RI is viewed as an important by product of differential adaptation and complete RI across the whole genome need not be considered as the most central criterion of speciation. The emphasis on natural and sexual selection thus makes the Darwinian view compatible with the modern genic concept of evolution. Genetic and molecular analyses of speciation in the last decade have yielded surprisingly strong support for the neo‐Darwinian view of extensive genetic differentiation and epistasis during speciation. However, the extent falls short of what BSC requires in order to achieve whole‐genome ‘cohesiveness’. Empirical observations suggest that the gene is the unit of species differentiation. Significantly, the genetic architecture underlying RI, the patterns of species hybridization and the molecular signature of speciation genes all appear to support the view that RI is one of the manifestations of differential adaptation, as Darwin (1859 , Chap. 8) suggested. The nature of this adaptation may be as much the result of sexual selection as natural selection. In the light of studies since its early days, BSC may now need a major revision by shifting the emphasis from isolation at the level of whole genome to differential adaptation at the genic level. With this revision, BSC would in fact be close to Darwin’s original concept of speciation.
EVALUATION OF MUTUAL COUPLING BETWEEN SLOTS FROM DIPOLE EXPRESSIONS

Two closed form approximations are given for mutual cou- pling between arbitrarily oriented slots with cosinusoidal distribution, using the known results for dipoles along with a new correction fac- tor to account for the piecewise sinusoidal dipole current. Using these approximations, a scheme has been developed for calculating mutual coupling between practically used slots of arbitrary orientation and useful results are obtained from simple closed form expressions for slot separation of 1:2 £ slot length or more depending upon the approxi- mation chosen and the length of the slot. These approximations are found to be more accurate than those available in the literature, with a maximum error of less than 1.6% for slots shorter than 0.5 wavelength and separated by 0:85 £ wavelength or more. Simple yet accurate expressions for mutual coupling, like the point dipole approximation developed here, result in e-cient evaluation of mutual coupling for the design of large arrays of slots or for Electromagnetic Compatibility analysis.