Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Impact of Organizational Culture and Structure on Knowledge Sharing

The aim of this paper is to examine how organizational culture, structure influence knowledge sharing in Malaysian MNCs. We pointed out that knowledge is shared through the organizational culture and structural systems which involve some key factors, i.e., support and collaboration, learning and development, leadership and commitment, formalization and centralization. As support and collaboration encourage learning and development within knowledge worker where leadership roles can be exercised with its full potential in the circumference of the organizational culture. On the other hand structure can be an essential factor that constrains knowledge sharing practice in the organization. The approach of this research is quantitative in nature. The research findings indicate that out of the five independent variables, learning and development, leadership commitment and formalization are positively related to knowledge sharing. MNC’s operating in Malaysia may use these findings to improve the practice of knowledge sharing among their employees. The findings of this research are limited to MNC’s only. Furthermore, most respondents are from electrical and electronics companies. The conclusions of this study are based on the interpretation of survey results administered to 90 managerial staff in Multinational Corporation in Penang, Malaysia. Further studies are required to draw a more generalized conclusion. The paper contributes to the body of knowledge relating to knowledge sharing in high-tech semiconductor industry.
A structural equation model of TQM, market orientation and service quality

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between total quality management (TQM), market orientation and service quality in the Malaysian service industry.Design/methodology/approach – Data from 150 service firms were collected. Structural equation modeling was employed in this study to examine the associations between TQM, market orientation and service quality.Findings – This study provides empirical evidence and confirms findings obtained from previous studies that TQM has a positive and significant relationship with both market orientation and service quality. Moreover, it was discovered that market orientation is also significantly related to service quality.Research limitations/implications – This research study implies that if firms are not able to comprehend the importance of TQM dimensions, by which the different dimensions of it can influence a firm's performance, they may not succeed in harvesting the full value of market orientation and service quality. Meanwhile, the .
City with forward and backward linkages

This paper considers the spatial structure of a city subject to final demand and vertical linkages. Individuals consume differentiated goods (or services) and firms purchase differentiated inputs (or services) in product (or service) markets where forms compete under monopolistic competition. Workers rent their residential lots in an urban land market and contribute to the production of differentiated goods and inputs. We show that firms and workers co-agglomerate and endogenously form a city. We characterize and discuss the spatial distribution of firms and consumers in such cities on one- and two-dimensional spaces (linear city and planar city). We show that final demand and vertical linkages raise the urban density and reduce the city spread. We finally show that a city is too much dispersed compared to the social optimum.
Psychological and Physical Interventions for  the Management of Cancer-Related Pain in Pediatric and Young Adult Patients: An Integrative Review.

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To identify and appraise current evidence related to the effectiveness of psychological and physical (nonpharmacologic) pain management modalities for children and young adults with cancer . DATA SOURCES Electronic searches in MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and Web of Science (from database inception to June 2013) for clinical trials. DATA SYNTHESIS A total of 32 unique studies were identified. Substantial heterogeneity existed across identified studies, precluding meta-analysis. Therefore, a narrative review of included studies is presented. Studies featured psychological and/or physical pain interventions for children and young adults (N = 1,171) aged 1-21 years with a variety of cancer diagnoses. Interventions included aromatherapy, art therapy, distraction, hypnosis, physical activity, physical positioning, touch therapy, and multimodal cognitive-behavior therapy. Twenty-two studies (69%) reported success in preventing or reducing pain intensity. The level of evidence and methodologic quality of studies were generally low . CONCLUSIONS Current nonpharmacologic pain interventions for pediatric and young adult patients with cancer are diverse. Several modalities significantly decreased pain intensity, suggesting that these strategies may be effective methods of pain treatment, particularly in the case of painful medical procedures. Future well-designed, multicenter, randomized, controlled trials are needed to further discern treatment effects on pain and other health outcomes in this population and to compare the relative effectiveness of different modalities. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING Nurses play a key role in pain assessment and management in pediatric and young adult patients with cancer. The studies included in this review constitute the beginnings of an evidence base that supports the need to implement psychological and physical interventions to improve pain outcomes in pediatric and young adult patients with cancer.
Criteria for Selecting Restructuring Strategies for Distressed or Declining Enterprises

This paper seeks to determine the criteria for choosing restructuring strategies for declining or distressed enterprises. First, the paper differentiates between different stages of decline and different levels of distress, of which bankruptcy is an application. Second, it reviews the different forms of restructuring appearing in the academic literature. Third, it formalizes a descriptive model of determining restructuring applicable to distressed and declining enterprises. Specifically, the selection of a restructuring strategy is influenced not only be general restructuring criteria (firm-specific factors, the environment and characteristics of different restructuring) but also by the decline or distress (the fact of decline, the level of distress, the causes of distress). Finally, it presents the findings of other researchers and indicates where it would fit in this model. Recent well-reported cases of enterprises facing decline and distress have been reviewed to apply the model. Future directions for research are indicated.
‘Out of Pocket Expenditure’ of Health Care Services in India: Factors, Consequences and Solution

Financing is the most crucial part of the of the health care service delivery system and health care finance is one of the most critical factor contributing in the poverty scenario of any country. In developing countries like India where the health system should be more equitable and cost effective, the soaring problem of ‘out of pocket expenditure’ on Health System has shown a gloomy face and raises question on health equity. Evidences from several studies In India show that out of pocket expenditures on health care services intensify poverty. In the World Health Survey of 2011, India was ranked 42nd in the list of countries with highest average of out of pocket expenditure. The survey found that 74.4 per cent of private expenditure on health was paid out of pocket. The article discusses the triggering factors which lead to the inequitable out of pocket health expenditure. Secondary Data from World Health Statistics 2010, NSSO 52nd and 60th round have been used here as evidence.
Body weight, leg volume, leg weight and leg density as determiners of short duration work performance on the bicycle ergometer.

ABSTRACT.The role of body weight, leg volume, and leg weight as determiners of the ability to produce work output during constant load (97 rpm at 34 kpm/rev) cycling of short duration (2 min) was studied. Body weight, leg volume, and leg weight accounted for approximately 41, 36, and 26 percent comm
Double-spanning Plant Viral Movement Protein Integration into the Endoplasmic Reticulum Membrane Is Signal Recognition Particle-dependent, Translocon-mediated, and Concerted*

The current model for cell-to-cell movement of plant viruses holds that transport requires virus-encoded movement proteins that intimately associate with endoplasmic reticulum membranes. We have examined the early stages of the integration into endoplasmic reticulum membranes of a double-spanning viral movement protein using photocross-linking. We have discovered that this process is cotranslational and proceeds in a signal recognition particle-dependent manner. In addition, nascent chain photocross-linking to Sec61α and translocating chain-associated membrane protein reveal that viral membrane protein insertion takes place via the translocon, as with most eukaryotic membrane proteins, but that the two transmembrane segments of the viral protein leave the translocon and enter the lipid bilayer together.
From Health Logistics to Health Supply Chain Management

Today’s multiple, complex health systems are organized in networks. Often these networks are underutilized due to a lack of coordination and consistency among the partners. The optimization of care quality and cost control is carried out locally by each establishment or even by sector or service. This local focus usually results in general under-optimization, which could be improved by a systematic global approach. The concepts, methods, and tools used in industry make it possible to improve the situation in health care organizations and move from local care logistics to an approach based on health supply chain management.
HCV-Associated Renal Diseases after Liver Transplantation

Over the last decade, evidence has accumulated that hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is associated with glomerular diseases in native kidneys, with or without mixed cryoglobulinemia (1-2). Similar extrahepatic syndromes associated with HCV can occur after organ transplantation (3-4). It appears that HCV-infected renal transplant (RT) recipients may be prone to develop a spectrum of renal manifestations associated directly or indirectly with HCV infection. Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis with or without mixed cryoglobulinemia (5-7), membranous nephropathy (8), acute or chronic transplant glomerulopathy (9-10), and acute renal thrombotic microangiopathy (11) have been reported in HCV-infected RT recipients. HCV infection has been causally or circumstantially associated with these pathologic entities (12) and work is in progress to identify the potential strategies to prevent some of these renal syndromes after RT. The association of HCV infection with renal disease in liver transplant (LT) recipients has been less fully characterized. A number of studies have reported HCVassociated glomerular diseases with nephrotic syndrome and cryoglobulinemia after LT (13-22). Successful LT can be associated with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in up to 5% of recipients who are followed beyond 5 years (23). The number of patients described is small but the exact prevalence and clinical characteristics of these complications have not been well defined. The aim of this report is to review the available information regarding HCV-associated glomerular diseases and treatment approaches after LT. Hepatitis C infection and LT
The Dmp1‐SOST Transgene Interacts With and Downregulates the Dmp1‐Cre Transgene and the RosaNotch Allele

Activation of Notch1 in osteocytes of RosaNotch mice, where a loxP‐flanked STOP cassette and the Nicd coding sequence were targeted to the reverse orientation splice acceptor (Rosa)26 locus, causes osteopetrosis associated with suppressed Sost expression and enhanced Wnt signaling. To determine whether Sost downregulation mediates the effects of Notch activation in osteocytes, RosaNotch mice were crossed with transgenics expressing Cre recombinase or SOST under the control of the dentin matrix protein (Dmp)1 promoter. Dmp1‐SOST transgenics displayed vertebral osteopenia and a modest femoral cancellous and cortical bone phenotype, whereas hemizygous Dmp1‐Cre transgenics heterozygous for the RosaNotch allele (Dmp1‐Cre;RosaNotch) exhibited osteopetrosis. The phenotype of Notch activation in osteocytes was prevented in Dmp1‐Cre;RosaNotch mice hemizygous for the Dmp1‐SOST transgene. The effect was associated with downregulated Notch signaling and suppressed Dmp1 and Rosa26 expression. To test whether SOST regulates Notch expression in osteocytes, cortical bone cultures from Dmp1‐Cre;RosaNotch mice or from RosaNotch control littermates were exposed to recombinant human SOST. The addition of SOST had only modest effects on Notch target gene mRNA levels and suppressed Dmp1, but not Cre or Rosa26, expression. These findings suggest that prevention of the Dmp1‐Cre;RosaNotch skeletal phenotype by Dmp1‐SOST is not secondary to SOST expression but to interactions among the Dmp1‐SOST and Dmp1‐Cre transgenes and the Rosa26 locus. In conclusion, the Dmp1‐SOST transgene suppresses the expression of the Dmp1‐Cre transgene and of Rosa26. J. Cell. Biochem. 117: 1222–1232, 2016. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
The Influence of Typeface on Students’ Perceptions of Online Instructors

At its base, advertising is the process of using visual images and words to attract and convince consumers that a certain product has certain attributes. The same effect exists in electronic communication, strongly so in online courses where most if not all interaction between instructor and student is in writing. Arguably, if consumers make certain assumptions about a product based on the typeface used on a package, then online students are poised to do the same when they read emails from an online instructor. This pilot study looked at the specific medium of e-mail and how an email’s recipient (student) might transfer his or her perceptions of attributes of three typefaces to attributes of the sender (instructor) of the email. One was a commonly used typeface, and the other two were selected for their dramatic differences from the common typeface. The findings revealed that the participants’ opinions of the sender were highly influenced by the typeface used. In the arena of online education, attention should be given to typeface selection in instructors’ emails to students.
The Political Dynamics of Corporate Tax Avoidance: The Chinese Experience

In China's political selection system, officials capable of growing local economies are reward-ed with promotions. Eager to demonstrate economic achievements, newly appointed local lead-ers may raise tax revenues to expand fiscal expenditures on infrastructure projects. Against this backdrop, we study how political appointments influence local firms' tax planning. Based on a sample of locally administered state-owned enterprises (SOEs), we find firms decrease their tax avoidance after new leaders take office. The political-turnover effect on these firms' tax positions is more evident when the incoming leaders have more political clout over SOE managers, the incentives to divert resources are stronger, or politician-manager networks are present, and subsides following the launch of the anticorruption campaign. Furthermore, firms with higher post-turnover tax payments subsequently receive more government contracts or subsidies. Overall, our findings suggest political incentives shape the tax-planning activities of SOE managers in a "two-way favor exchange" manner.
Effects of the Parenteral Administration of Cobalt, Copper and Iron in Late Pregnancy on Ewe Hematology and Lamb Vigour

The present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of parenteral supplementation of cobalt, copper and iron in late pregnancy on ewe hematology parameters and lamb vigour. Twenty ewes were allocated to one of two groups (n=10). In the test group, on day 120 of pregnancy, cobalt, copper and iron were injected at a dose of 0.1 mL/kg BW (Fercobsang, France, cobalt gluconate 5 mg/100 mL, copper gluconate 0.5 mg/100 mL and ferrous citrate 1000 mg/100 mL). Ewes in the control group received equal amounts of normal saline as placebo. Group had no significant effect on ewe hematological parameters (P>0.05). There were no significant effects of parenteral mineral supplementation on lamb birth weight, rectal temperature and weaning weight after birth. Lamb viabilities are reported as scores as these gave a true representation of the effects of treatment on underlying measurements. However, there were no differences between groups in lamb vigour and sucking assistance score. It seems that using of additional trace elements in late pregnancy could be effective only in deficiency situations.
Detection of differentially expressed wound-healing-related glycogenes in galectin-3-deficient mice.

PURPOSE A prior study showed that exogenous galectin-3 (Gal-3) stimulates re-epithelialization of corneal wounds in wild-type (Gal-3(+/+)) mice but, surprisingly, not in galectin-3-deficient (Gal-3(-/-)) mice. In an effort to understand why the injured corneas of Gal-3(-/-) mice are unresponsive to exogenous Gal-3, the present study was designed to determine whether genes encoding the enzymes that regulate the synthesis of glycan ligands of Gal-3 are differentially expressed in Gal-3(-/-) corneas compared with the Gal-3(+/+) corneas. METHODS Glycogene microarray technology was used to identify differentially expressed glycosyltransferases in healing Gal-3(+/+) and Gal-3(-/-) corneas. RESULTS Of approximately 2000 glycogenes on the array, the expression of 8 was upregulated and that of 14 was downregulated more than 1.3-fold in healing Gal-3(-/-) corneas. A galactosyltransferase, beta3GalT5, which has the ability to synthesize Gal-3 ligands was markedly downregulated in healing Gal-3(-/-) corneas. The genes for polypeptide galactosaminyltransferases (ppGalNAcT-3 and -7) that are known to initiate O-linked glycosylation and N-aspartyl-beta-glucosaminidase, which participates in the removal of N-glycans, were found to be upregulated in healing Gal-3(-/-) corneas. Microarray data were validated by qRT-PCR. CONCLUSIONS Based on the known functions of the differentially expressed glycogenes, it appears that the glycan structures on glycoproteins and glycolipids, synthesized as a result of the differential glycogene expression pattern in healing Gal-3(-/-) corneas may lead to the downregulation of specific counterreceptors for Gal-3. This may explain, at least in part, why, unlike healing Gal-3(+/+) corneas, the healing Gal-3(-/-) corneas are unresponsive to the stimulatory effect of exogenous Gal-3 on re-epithelialization of corneal wounds.
Transgenic expression of human neutrophil peptide‐1 enhances hepatic fibrosis in mice fed a choline‐deficient, L‐amino acid–defined diet

Neutrophils infiltrate the livers of patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Human neutrophil peptides (HNPs) induce cytokine and chemokine production under inflammatory conditions, which may contribute to the progression of NASH. In this study, we focused on the effects of HNP‐1 on hepatic steatosis and fibrosis in a mouse model of NASH induced by a choline‐deficient, L‐amino acid–defined (CDAA) diet.
Apolipoprotein E Polymorphism in Multiple Sclerosis

Apolipoprotein E (apo E) is a polymorphic plasma protein involved in cholesterol transport. Apo E is produced and secreted in the central nervous system by astrocytes. Following peripheral nerve injury in rats, the synthesis of apo E increases 250to 350-fold. A similar increase is observed in the central nervous system when the optic nerve and spinal cord are injured. It was suggested that apo E redistributes lipid, participates in cholesterol homeostasis in the brain and is implicated in the growth and repair of the nervous system. I Three common variants of apo E are present in the general human population, c2, d and fA coding for three isoforms (apo E2, apo E3, apo E4). These isoforms differ from each other by a single aminoacid substitution. The most frequent phenotype in the normal population is apo E3/ apo E3 and the two minor isoforms are associated with altered recognition of specific receptors. Recent genetic evidence suggests that inheritance of the c4 allele is associated with increased risk for sporadic and earlier onset of Alzheimer's disease (AD). 2 In contrast, Rubinsztein found no influence of the apo E phenotype in a small group of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). ' MS is the major demyelinating disease. The increased higher incidence in women, the racial and familial clustering of MS cases and the high concordance rate in monozygotic twins (26%) compared with dizygotic twins (2'3%) and non twin siblings (1'9%), suggest that a genetic component influences susceptibility to MS. 4 We recently demonstrated that apo E concentrations in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and apo E intrathecal synthesis are decreased in MS patients. The reduction of CSF apo E levels may impair myelin repair and influence disease progression in MS patients.
Women in Fisheries in the Philippines

Fishing has been identified as an occupation dominated by men because of the image that only men go out to sea in their fishing boats. For this reason, industry studies and statistical data are about men. Women who are also fisherfolk because they are engaged in pre- and post- catch activities are rendered invisible. This paper presents women's situation in and contribution to the fishing industry which has ranked the Philippines as the 11th amongst fish-producing countries.
Financial Characteristics of Companies Audited by Large Audit Firms

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how financial characteristics associated with the choice of a big audit firm with further investigation on the agency costs of free cash flows.Design/methodology/approach – The sample used for this work includes industrial listed companies from Germany and France. To test our hypothesis, we used a number of logit models, extending the standard model selection audit firm, to include the variables of interest. Following previous work, our dependent dummy variable is Big4 or non-Big4.Findings – We observed that most independent variables in the German companies show similar results to previous work, but we did not have the same results for the French industry. Moreover, our findings suggest that the total debt and dividends can be an important reason for determining the choice of a large audit firm, reducing agency costs of free cash flows.Research limitations/implications – This study has some limitations on the measurements of the cost of the audit fees and also generates opportunities for additional searching.Originality/value – The paper provides only one aspect to explain the relationship between the problems of agency costs of free cash flow and influence in choosing a large auditing firm, which stems from investors’ demand for higher quality audits.