Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Anti-IIa for monitoring unfractionated heparin in children : results of the HEARTCAT study Short title : Anti-IIa for UFH in children

Background: Unfractionated heparin (UFH) is used for prophylaxis and treatment of thrombosis in children. Laboratory monitoring of UFH is needed to prevent overor under-anticoagulation. Objectives: Study objectives were to investigate i) the association between UFH dose and UFH effect as monitored by anti-IIa, ii) the relationship of anti-IIa and anti-Xa effects, and iii) the influence of patients’ age and other factors on UFH effect. Patients and methods: Randomized controlled trial in children during cardiac catheterization, comparing high-dose UFH (100 units/kg bolus) versus low-dose UFH (50 units/kg bolus). Blood samples were drawn at baseline, after 30, 60 and 90 minutes. For the purpose of this study, 49 children and 117 blood samples were evaluated. Results: The anti-IIa assay discriminated well between high and low-dose UFH. Multiple regression demonstrated a significant influence of UFH dose and age on anti-IIa levels. A cc ep te d A rt ic le This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. Younger children had lower anti-IIa levels than older children, an effect more pronounced at low-dose UFH. Anti-Xa/anti-IIa ratios were equal at low-dose UFH. However, anti-Xa levels were relatively increased over anti-IIa in infants and after high-dose UFH bolus. Conclusion: The UFH effect on anti-IIa levels is lower in infants compared to older children. This influence of age appears to be dose-dependent, more pronounced at low-dose UFH. Anti-Xa versus anti-IIa levels are not equal, particularly in infants and after high dose UFH. Monitoring UFH using solely anti-Xa assays may not be sufficient in children and the anti-IIa assay may provide important complementary information.
Pictograms for conveying medicine instructions: comprehension in various South African language groups

†The comprehension of medicine instructions is essential for the safe and effective use of medicines. In cases where low literacy constitutes a possible barrier to understanding written medicine information fully, the inclusion of pictograms may facilitate comprehension. Twenty-three internationally available pictograms and 23 corresponding locally developed images were evaluated in 304 low-literate respondents from eight different South African language groups. Demographic data were collected and an English literacy test was administered to those respondents who had stated that they could read English. Interviewees were shown the 46 pictograms in random order and were asked for their interpretation. Preference for either the international or local version was assessed. Correct interpretation of individual pictograms ranged from 14% to 97%. Images which had been developed locally were more successful in eliciting correct interpretations than those obtained from an international source (USP pictograms). Only 2 of the 23 USP pictograms achieved the 85% criterion of the American National Standards Institute compared with 12 of 23 locally developed counterparts. Local pictograms were preferred over the American ones in all cases. Standard of education had a significant influence on interpretation, whereas no significant differences in interpretation could be attributed to cultural diversity between the African language groups. Almost all respondents (98%) reacted positively to the idea of having pictograms on their medicine labels. The success of the local pictograms highlighted the value of a rigorous and consultative design and test process. Results from one African language group can reliably be extrapolated to other groups in South Africa.
Employer branding and employee attitudes: mediating role of person-organization fit

Purpose - The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between employer branding, organizational citizenship behavior, organizational identification, intention to stay in consideration of perceived person-organization fit. Methodology - The empirical data were gathered from 300 respondents working at banking sector in Turkey and analyzed through SPSS 21.1 and PROCESS macro for testing mediating effect. Findings- The findings underpin that application value and development value and socialization provided as a part of the employer branding activities affects the organizational identification, organizational citizenship behavior and intention to stay. Meanwhile perceived person-organization fit partially mediates the relationship between employer branding, intention to stay, organizational identification, courtesy and civic virtue while fully mediates the relationship between application value, development value and socialization and altruism. Conclusion- Comprehension of employer branding’s role on the organizational outcomes contributes to the competitiveness of organizations in today’s competitive labor market holding talent shortages and difficulty in finding and retaining committed employees in virtue of attracting and retaining the best talents.
The Political Economy of Clean Development in India: CDM and Beyond

Global policies and instruments to tackle climate change look very different once translated into domestic programmes of action, reflecting varied institutional capacity, competing priorities, and diverse political cultures and political economies. In light of these variations, this article analyses how clean energy is governed in India, both through and beyond the Clean Development Mechanism. Governance processes are assessed across a number of scales, including various actors involved in mobilising finance and providing political and institutional support for clean energy. The nature of these relationships ultimately determines the nature of the relationship between policy goals such as energy security, alleviation of energy poverty and greenhouse gas emission reductions. Understanding these governance dimensions is therefore critical to assessing prospects for low carbon energy transitions in rapidly industrialising countries such as India.
Globalization, Endogenous Growth and Unemployment: How to Remove Scale Eects? { Preliminary and Incomplete {

Eliminating scale effects from a Schumpeterian endogenous growth model by the rent protection approach (Dinopoulos & Syropoulos, 2007) leads to ambiguous results concerning the comparative statics of steady state variables with respect to globalisation variables, if labor markets are not competitive. For one case, I show the existence of a steady state numerically. By contrast, using a simpler approach as in Dinopoulos & Segerstrom (1999) leads to unambiguous results, but opposite to those with the rent protection approach. I also show the existence of a steady state numerically. If labor markets are competitive, the results do not differ.
Revealing potential functions of VBNC bacteria in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons ( PAHs ) biodegradation Running title : VBNC bacteria in PAH-contaminated sites

The bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-contaminated sites is not running smoothly, because of the lower activity of PAH-degrading bacteria in actual bioremediation applications. The phenomenon of “viable but non culturable” (VBNC) state may be a main limiting factor for their poor biodegradation capabilities of PAHs. Due to their abilities of entering into the VBNC state, most of bacterial populations with PAH-degradation potential remain unculturable. Resuscitation of VBNC bacteria will enhance the degradation capability of indigenous bacteria which will eventually obtain their better capabilities in environmental bioremediation. Although evidences have been presented indicating that resuscitation of VBNC bacteria in polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)-contaminated environments not only significantly enhanced PCB degradation, but also obtained novel highly efficient PCB-degrading bacteria, scanty information is available on the VBNC bacteria in PAH-contaminated sites. VBNC bacteria, as a vast majority of potential microbial resource could be the repository of novel highly efficient PAH-biodegraders. Therefore, studies need to be done on resuscitation of VBNC bacteria to overcome key bottlenecks in bioremediation of PAH-contaminated sites. This mini-review provides a new insight into the potential functions of VBNC bacteria in PAHs biodegradation.
Understanding the Islamic Consumer perception of Service Quality : Establishing the Case for Culture

The purpose of this research is to explore Service Quality from the perspective of the Muslim consumer. There is growing evidence that culture influences buying-habits and behaviours’ of customers in a service context. The fact that most cross-cultural consumer research in Asia has focused on the dimension of Chinese-Confucian beliefs provides this research opportunity to investigate other religious-cultural aspects in an Asian context and service quality. In this study, the key attributes/factors of quality of services according to Muslim customers are explored using the verbal protocol method. The verbal protocol is followed by in-depth probing of respondents. Interviews were conducted in Indonesia with a sample of Javanese-Muslim customers of airline, retail, hotel and restaurant industries. Preliminary analysis suggests some distinct outcomes which will be presented and position culture as a fertile field for future research in service quality. The research provides important insights for service providers who will target the Muslim consumers. This research also has potential to enrich SQ conceptualization, theory, and measurement.
The contribution of vacancies to carbon out-diffusion in silicon

Diffusion of carbon is mostly assumed to be governed by carbon interstitials via the kick-out mechanism. Carbon in-diffusion experiments are associated with thermal equilibrium concentrations of point defects, whereas in the case of carbon out-diffusion a remarkable undersaturation of Si self-interstitials may develop provided the carbon concentration is several orders of magnitude over its solubility value. New carbon out-diffusion experiments demonstrate that this model qualitatively describes the observed carbon diffusion profiles. However, we demonstrate that an accurate description of the experimental profiles is only possible if the Frank–Turnbull mechanism, involving vacancies, is additionally taken into account. Detailed investigations of carbon and boron profiles in the same sample can be used to determine the splitting of the known vacancy component of the silicon self-diffusion coefficient into the vacancy diffusion coefficient and the vacancy thermal equilibrium concentration at 900 °C.
Advanced epoxy composites of improved impact tolerance

The materials aspects of improved low velocity impact tolerance have been reviewed. These include: tougher matrix systems, controlling fibre/matrix interfacial bond strength, using woven and mixed woven fibre fabrics, protective layers, stitching, Z-pinning, hybrid reinforcement, 3D structures, non-crimp fabrics NCF. For current structures, Z pinning shows the most promise, although the cost associated with this concept is currently high. For future structures, 3D woven materials show significant promise for impact tolerant design. As an illustration to the problem selected experimental results from the authors’ work on low velocity impact (rebound) behaviour were presented for hybrid glass/carbon/epoxy and glass/epoxy toughened with phenolic microspheres as well as aramid-glass with three different matrix types. The results showed that toughening epoxy matrix with phenolic microspheres had positive effect on absorbed impact energy (Figs 3, 4). The second phase acts to absorb significant amount of energy during fracture through mechanisms of crack front bowing and crack splitting. Changing to a tougher resin system has a number of advantages, most notably an increase in delamination resistance. However, other mechanical properties of tougher materials tend to be reduced, particularly compression dominated properties, which may suffer due to increased matrix compliance. Protective layer of aramid-glass fabric had minor effect on impact characteristics but was found promi-sing in terms of perforation resistance. Interlayer woven carbon/glass-fibre/epoxy composites are used in practice in the construction of composite marine crafts at critical points of the glass/epoxy structure where improved stiffness is needed. The results obtained in this study for glass/carbon composites and in the previous work show (Figs 3, 4) that interlayer woven carbon/glass-fibre/epoxy composites exhibit high impact energy absorption combined with high strength. Impact damage resistance and impact damage tolerance of glass/carbon/epoxy composites depends on the stacking sequence of the laminate.
The Impact of Payment System Design on Tiering Incentives

Tiering occurs when an institution does not participate directly in the central payment system but instead settles its payments through an agent. A high level of tiering can be a significant issue for payment system regulators because of the increased credit and concentration risk. This paper explores the impact of payment system design on institutions' incentives to tier using simulation analysis. Some evidence is found to support the hypothesis that the liquidity-saving mechanisms in Australia's real-time gross settlement (RTGS) system – the Reserve Bank Information and Transfer System (RITS) – reduce the liquidity cost of direct participation. This may have contributed to the low level of tiering in RITS relative to RTGS systems in other countries. We find no clear relationship between system design and the size of the substantial two-way exposures tiering creates between clients and their settlement banks. Our data suggest that more tiering would result in only small increases to the level of concentration in RITS.
Electrochemical Reduction of Quinones in Different Media: A Review

The electron transfer reactions involving quinones, hydroquinones, and catechols are very important in many areas of chemistry, especially in biological systems. The therapeutic efficiency as well as toxicity of anthracycline anticancer drugs, a class of anthraquinones, is governed by their electrochemical properties. Other quinones serve as important functional moiety in various biological systems like electron-proton carriers in the respiratory chain and their involvement in photosynthetic electron flow systems. The present paper summarizes literatures on the reduction of quinones in different solvents under various conditions using different electrochemical methods. The influence of different reaction conditions including pH of the media, nature of supporting electrolytes, nature of other additives, intramolecular or intermolecular hydrogen bonding, ion pair formation, polarity of the solvents, stabilization of the semiquinone and quinone dianion, catalytic property, and adsorption at the electrode surface, are discussed and relationships between reaction conditions and products formed have been presented.
Asymptotic domino statistics in the Aztec diamond

We study random domino tilings of the Aztec diamond with different weights for horizontal and vertical dominoes. A domino tiling of an Aztec diamond can also be described by a particle system which is a determinantal process. We give a relation between the correlation kernel for this process and the inverse Kasteleyn matrix of the Aztec diamond. This gives a formula for the inverse Kasteleyn matrix which generalizes a result of Helfgott. As an application, we investigate the asymptotics of the process formed by the southern dominoes close to the frozen boundary. We find that at the northern boundary, the southern domino process converges to a thinned Airy point process. At the southern boundary, the process of holes of the southern domino process converges to a multiple point process that we call the thickened Airy point process. We also study the convergence of the domino process in the unfrozen region to the limiting Gibbs measure.
Teaching Practicum Current Practices: Challenges and Opportunity

The aims of this study is to explore the practicum implementation in order to see barrier occurs and to suggest off possible solution to issues occur into the below specific objectives: (a) to explore form of PPL implementation from several points of view: school partners, supervisor-lecturer, and teacher-student, (b) to overview the actual work of the students in the school, viewing from workload and timing, (c) to describe supervision from school partner teacher, types of supervision and partnership pattern in the classroom. The approaches employed samples from four schools, a university and related research participants all of whom are probed for detail individual and group interview. There is also a look for document review applied for better comprehension of the practice. The selected schools are; two SMPs and two SMAs, all of which lie in Pekanbaru. Then, the university reviewed at was Universitas Islam Riau. The research sees that the currect practice is running well, however, there are few wrong doing happening on the ground that school management and PPL unit need to review about, such as workload of the students, supervision, and illegal request from schools that related to financial or non-financial. The timing of the practicum variation need some unified approached and the university need to delegate supervisor-lecturer for initial talk with schools regarding the timing, at about 2 months period. On the other hand, the preparation of the students is in need of revision in term of their self awarenes for experience-based learning. And post practicum reflection process is strongly suggested for better practice and indivdual strengthening learning process.
Retrieval of planetary and stellar properties in transmission spectroscopy with Aura

Transmission spectroscopy provides a powerful probe of the atmospheric properties of transiting exoplanets. To date, studies of exoplanets in transit have focused on inferring their atmospheric properties such as chemical compositions, cloud/haze properties, and temperature structures. However, surface inhomogeneities in the host stars of exoplanets in the form of cool spots and hot faculae can in principle imprint signatures on the observed planetary transit spectrum. Here we present Aura, a new retrieval paradigm for inferring both planetary and stellar properties from a transmission spectrum. We apply our retrieval framework to a sample of hot giant exoplanets to determine the significance of stellar heterogeneity and clouds/hazes in their spectra. The retrieval analyses distinguish four groups of planets. First, the spectra of WASP-6b and WASP-39b are best characterised by imprints of stellar heterogeneity and hazes and/or clouds. HD 209458b and HAT-P-12b comprise the second group for which there is weak evidence for stellar heterogeneity and a high significance of hazes and/or clouds. The third group constitutes HAT-P-1b and WASP-31b and shows weak evidence against stellar heterogeneity but weak to substantial indications of clouds/hazes. The fourth group -- WASP-19b, WASP-17b, and WASP-12b -- is fit best by molecular and alkali absorbers with H$_2$ scattering without evidence for stellar heterogeneity and weak to no evidence for clouds/hazes. Our retrieval methodology paves the way to simultaneous information on the star and planet from higher resolution spectra using future facilities such as the James Webb Space Telescope and large ground-based facilities.
Microsurgical Anatomy of the Terminal Hypoglossal Nerve Relevant for Neurostimulation in Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Neurostimulation of the hypoglossal nerve has shown promising results in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea. This anatomic study describes the detailed topography of the hypoglossal nerve's motor points as a premise for super‐selective neurostimulation in order to optimize results and minimize the risk of complications related to main nerve trunk manipulation.
Non-linear MHD Simulations of Pellet Triggered ELMs in JET and ASDEX Upgrade tokamaks

ITER operation in its high fusion performance DT scenarios relies on the achievement of the H-mode confinement regime, which is expected to lead to the quasi-periodic triggering of ELMs (Edge Localized Modes). The energy fluxes associated with natural ELMs will produce excessive erosion and/or superficial surface damage on the plasma facing components. Controlled triggering of ELMs by the injection of small p ellets (small deuterium ice bodies) at frequencies significantly exceeding those of uncontrolled ELMs is one of the foreseen schemes to control ELM energy losses and divertor power fluxes in ITER. Although the technique has been demonstrated to decrease ELM size successfully in ASDEX Upgrade [1], JET [2], and DIII-D [3], uncertainties still remain regarding the physics understanding as well as of the consequence of its application, such as localised power loads associated with this technique [4]. Moreover, pellets may fail to trigger ELM for plasma scenarios in all metal wall ASDEX Upgrade which also requires better understanding of the underlying physical processes of the ELM triggering [8] Modelling of ELM triggering by pellet injection for JET (#84690) and ASDEX Upgrade (#29178) discharges has been carried out with the non- linear MHD code JOREK [5, 6]. JOREK allows to determine the energy and particle losses by the pellet triggered ELM. Regarding the JET discharge simulation, the pellet is injected after the natural ELM simulation which allows to compare the power deposition profiles of natural and pellet triggered ELM.
The taxonomical status and diversity of Balkan sironids (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi) with descriptions of twelve new species

The resurrected genus Cyphophthalmus is defined morphoanatomically and its relationship with the genus Siro, from which it has been separated, is discussed. The genus Tranteeva is synonymized with Cyphophthalmus. Twelve new species are here described: Cyphophthalmus paragamiani, Cyphophthalmus thracicus, Cyphophthalmus gordani, Cyphophthalmus neretvanus, Cyphophthalmus kratochvili, Cyphophthalmus conocephalus, Cyphophthalmus trebinjanus, Cyphophthalmus ognjenovici, Cyphophthalmus martensi, Cyphophthalmus rumijae, Cyphophthalmus zetae, Cyphophthalmus hlavaci, two re-described: Cyphophthalmus minutus and Cyphophthalmus corfuanus, and for C. corfuanus, Cyphophthalmus bithynicus, and Cyphophthalmus yalovensis a new status is given. Relevant taxonomic characters are reviewed to illustrate the diversity of Balkan sironids. Phyletic relationships amongst species are reviewed and discussed. The results provide the basis for discussion on the relevance of minute morphological differences in the taxonomy of Cyphophthalmi. © 2009 The Linnean Society of London, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2009, 156, 260–318.