Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The changing occurrences of tetralogy of Fallot and simple transposition of the great arteries in Southern Nevada

Abstract We analysed the occurrence of tetralogy of Fallot and simple transposition in the Hispanic and non-Hispanic populations of Clark County, Nevada, in the United States of America over a 30-year period from 1980 to 2009. We found a downward trend in the incidence of simple transposition of the great arteries in the non-Hispanic population but an upward trend in the incidence in the Hispanic population. For tetralogy of Fallot, we found an upward trend in the incidence in both populations; the trend, however, was more dramatic in the Hispanic population. We also noted differences in the male to female ratios in the different groups. Even though we make no definitive conclusions regarding the causes of these incidence curves or the differences in occurrence between males or females, the data suggest an interplay of genetics and the environment.
The Impact of Working Relationship Quality on Job Satisfaction and Sales Person Performance: An Adaptive Selling Behaviour

Working relationships have been the main area of substantial devotion in practice and research comparable over the previous period of time. Although, there have some work in this area in the Pakistani context. Increasing a superior tolerant of the directorial society in which an excellence development method is implemented that can present imminent into what approaches association valour commence to recover willingness for completion. Motivation of working relationships creates personal responsibility and person’s management skills foremost to greater coolness. This increases attitude of organisation and consequence on working interactions. The previous concepts of uncertain relationships are now replaced with the increased working relationships between salespersons and the customer. This study will evaluate the impacts of working relationships on the job contentment of the workers of these organisations. Objective of the Study: The objective of this article is to show the association between job satisfaction and sales person performance with adaptive selling behaviour of Organisations. In this study, we explored the effects of the organisational environment on the employee’s performance. Research Questions: RQ 1: What is the impact of organisational effectiveness on employee’s performance? RQ 2: Is the quality can change the sales performance? RQ 3: How we can understand the adaptive selling behaviour of new employees? Research methodology: Data were collected from the employees of PIZZA huts in Rawalpindi and Islamabad. The survey was completed by 105 employees, 98 per cent response was observed. Results were made using Correlation, regression and ANOVA with the available data. Findings: We gathered data from sellers, customer and retailers to examine the impact of sales behaviour. Analysis reveals that there is strong +ve association of sales person performance and job satisfaction. Research limitations/implications: The survey was conducted in the randomly selected PIZZA organisations of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Significance of the study: This article shows the working relationship quality on job satisfaction and sales person performance. This study is helpful for private organisations of Pakistan to manage the selling behaviour and engagement of employees. Organisations can arrange training programmes to modify employee’s empowerment for getting positive results.
Examining consumers’ acceptance of social commerce in clothing e-retail

Social commerce is an emerging phenomenon and consumers’ acceptance of it has set a challenge for marketing today. The proliferation of Web 2.O technologies has brought consumers to spend most of the time online at different platforms of social media to connect with their family and friends. These mere connectivity, entertainment, and socialization platforms possess a huge potential to drive businesses. The main premise here is that social networking sites have been tremendously popular, especially Facebook, which has led to more integration of consumers and retailers. Consumers, unintentionally or subconsciously, are coming across information about their preferred brands at Facebook and their decision making is influenced through this. In this regard, a study is required that examines consumers’ acceptance behavior in social commerce settings. This dissertation contributes to the existing knowledge of the new phenomenon of social commerce in marketing literature. It highlights the consumers’ aspects of the acceptance of social commerce and contributes to the theoretical discussions on three levels: (i) it provides a general framework for engaging consumers online through traditional means (ecommerce) and new means (social commerce); (ii) it identifies the various consumer segments present at the most popular social networking site, Facebook; and finally (iii) it extends the recently devised model—the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT2)—with constructs such as trust, perceived security, and perceived privacy in order to identify consumers’ trust in the new stream of social commerce. The main aim of this study is to understand consumers’ acceptance of social commerce empirically, in a way that enlightens the theoretical implications and enables managers to devise strategies accordingly in this new age of social commerce. To this end, data has been collected from three countries—Italy, Pakistan, and Australia—in order to have a diverse perspective on consumers around the world. The data comes from consumers who participate in social commerce and whose shopping decisions are influenced by Facebook. As social commerce is a rather new and unstructured phenomenon, this dissertation focused on the consumers’ perspective and the most popular social networking site, Facebook, thus providing a baseline theoretical model of further research with different categories, target audiences, and constructs.
Influence of Benefits Realization Management on Business Strategies and Project Success in Pakistan's Construction Projects

Benefits realization management (BRM) practices are supposed to be the one of the key promising solution for developing business strategies and for project success. This concept is evaluated in the perspective of Pakistan’s construction industry where the project managers keen to develop the business strategies in order to reduce the gap between effective planning and project executions. The objective of the study is to examine the impact of BRM practices on business strategies and project success in the Pakistan’s construction industry. The project success measured by the project output, project goals and the project customer, while BRM practices measured by the project planning, project review, project realization and project strategy. The results of Model-1 show the influence of success dimension factors on project success which reveals that, out of four dimension factors, 3 success factors positively associated with the project success, while schedule goals have a negative relationship with the project success. The results of Model-11 show the influence of BRM practices on project success in three different regression paths. In the first regression path, 7 BRM item shows their significant relationship with the project success, out of which 2 of them having a negative relationship with the project success while remaining 5 of them having a positive relationship with the project success. In the second regression path, out of four BRM factors, three have a positive relationship with the project success, while the remaining BRM factor shows a negative association with the project success. Finally, in the third regression path, the aggregated value of BRM practices tends to show the positive relationship with the project success in the Pakistan’s construction projects. The results of Model-111 indicate BRM practices have a positive relationship with the business strategy in the construction industry; however, the intensity of BRM practices is comparatively low to influence business strategy as compared to larger influence of BRM practices on project success. The study conclude that BRM practices deem desirable for project success i.e., there is required a strong policy vista to device policies in order to strengthen the capabilities of project managers to fore see the future challenges across the construction industry.
Firm Size, Corporate Governance and Disclosure Practices: Inter-Relations

Corporate governance and disclosure practices of firms are influenced by various internal and external variables. Among these, firm characteristics such as size, age, leverage, origin and types of firms viz. public sector, private sector and foreign firms. Also have major impact on disclosure practices of firms. As there is no much research from Indian context regarding impact of specific firm characteristics such as firm size on corporate governance and disclosure practices of firms, this study aims to contribute to the understanding of this relationship. This study focuses on corporate governance practices of sample firms listed in Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). The sample comprises 9 sectors selected from S&P BSE sectoral indices to study impact of firm size (both in terms of fixed assets as well as gross sales) on corporate governance practices of firms. By analyzing the impact of firm size on corporate governance and disclosure practices of firms, this research identifies and tests the empirical evidence for such relationship.
Cycad (Zamia Puertoriquensis) Toxicosis in a Group of Dairy Heifers in Puerto Rico

tory parenchymal necrosis and lysis associated with groups of bacteria (probably secondary infection), with focal hemorrhages. Structurally distinct types of schizonts with slender merozoites (Fig. 14) or short stubby merozoites (Fig. 15) were seen. Intestinal coccidiosis was seen in echidna nos. 2, 4, and 5 (Figs. 16-20). Lesions were more severe in the small intestines of echidna nos. 2 and 5 and consisted of desquamation of epithelial cells of glands of Lieberkiihn and surface epithelium, hypertrophy of villous epithelium, and mononuclear cell infiltration in lamina propria. Gamonts and oocysts The intravascular schizonts in the lungs of the echidnas were structurally similar to schizonts of Sarcocystis, particularly of the Sarcocystis species in cattle, sheep, and goats. Some of the schizonts in the liver, lungs, and spleen were difficult to distinguish from tachyzoites of T. gondii. However, T. gondii tachyzoites always divide into 2 by endodyogeny, whereas the extraintestinal protozoa of the echidnas divided into many organisms by schizogony. Acknowledgements. We thank the staff of the Veterinary Research Institute in Melbourne who made 3 of the cases available for examination. were seen in all 3 echidnas. Oocysts were approximately 25 x 20 μm and were unsporulated (Figs. 18-20). Few schizonts were seen only in 1. echidna no. 2. A 45x 25-μm schizont with numerous tiny merozoites in the lamina propria of the small intestine is shown in Fig. 17. Protozoa in the lung and liver of echidna no. 1 did not 2. react to T. gondii, N, caninum, or S. cruzi antisera. Protozoa in extraintestinal tissues of echidnas were un3= identified. Protozoa in the intestines of echidnas in the present study appeared to be structurally similar to the intestinal 4.
IL-15Rα expression on CD8+ T cells is dispensable for T cell memory

The generation and maintenance of immunological memory requires the activation, expansion, and persistent proliferation of antigen-specific T cells. Recent work suggests that IL-15 may be important for this process. Surprisingly, we now find that expression of the high-affinity receptor for IL-15, IL-15Rα, on T cells is dispensable for the generation or maintenance of memory CD8+ T cells. By contrast, IL-15Rα expression on cells other than T cells is absolutely critical for this function. These findings may be related to IL-15Rα's ability to present IL-15 in trans to low-affinity IL-15Rβ/γc receptors on memory CD8+ T cells. These unexpected results provide insights into how IL-15Rα supports memory CD8+ T cells.
Fish consumption and the risk of Alzheimer disease: is it time to make dietary recommendations?

I N THIS ISSUE of the ARCHIVES, Morris and colleagues report data from a remarkable prospective study of Alzheimer disease (AD) in a biracial community in Chicago, Ill (815 people, aged 65-94 years). They found that subjects who ate fish once a week or more had a 60% lower risk for developing AD than those who consumed fish less frequently. The data were statistically adjusted to correct for the effects of age, sex, ethnicity, education, stroke, hypertension, heart disease, apolipoprotein E (apo E) genotype, total caloric intake, and consumption of other fats or vitamin E. Intake of long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) and docosahexaenoic acid (omega-3) was associated with a reduced risk of developing AD over the 4 years of the study. Intake of -linolenic acid or eicosapentaenpoic acid was not associated with disease after adjustment. Intake of -linolenic acid, found in vegetable oils and nuts, was protective only in people with the apoE 4 allele, and total n-3 fatty acid intake was protective only in women. These data and other work in the area suggest that consumption of PUFAs found in fish, vegetable oils, and nuts may reduce AD risk.
Compact ultra-wideband microstrip-to-coplanar stripline transitions

A compact planar configuration is presented for an ultra-wideband (UWB) transition between a microstrip line and a coplanar strip line (CPS). A single metallic via and a slot in the ground plane of a microstrip line are used to transform the microstrip mode into the CPS mode. Three prototype back-to-back transitions are fabricated on a 0.813 mm thick RO4003 substrate. The measured insertion losses of the back-to-back transitions are lower than 2.5 dB from 1.7 GHz to at least up to 15.3 GHz. Over this frequency range, the return loss is less than 10 dB and the group delay variation is less than 0.12 nS. The transition lengths are about 0.1 λg in the microstrip line direction, where λg is the microstrip line guided wavelength at the lowest frequency having an insertion loss of 2.5 dB. Design guidelines are also presented for other substrate parameters. The transition is most suitable for UWB communication systems.
Vertical versus shared leadership as predictors of the effectiveness of change management teams: An examination of aversive, directive, transactional, transformational, and empowering leader behaviors.

This study investigated vertical versus shared leadership as predictors of the effectiveness of 71 change management teams. Vertical leadership stems from an appointed or formal leader of a team, whereas shared leadership (C. L. Pearce, 1997; C. L. Pearce & J. A. Conger, in press; C. L. Pearce & H. P. Sims, 2000) is a group process in which leadership is distributed among, and stems from, team members. Team effectiveness was measured approximately 6 months after the assessment of leadership and was also measured from the viewpoints of managers, internal customers, and team members. Using multiple regression, the authors found both vertical and shared leadership to be significantly related to team effectiveness ( p .05), although shared leadership appears to be a more useful predictor of team effectiveness than vertical leadership. The increasing use of empowered teams and concomitant flattening of organizational structures (Mohrman, Cohen, & Mohrman, 1995) brings into question the more traditional models of leadership. What kind of leadership is more appropriate for this new team-based environment? Pearce (1997), Yukl (1998), Pearce and Sims (2000), and Pearce and Conger (in press) have suggested that shared leadership—leadership that emanates from the members of teams, and not simply from the appointed team leader— may provide the answer to this question. Thus, we investigated this issue within the context of change management teams (CMTs). The CMTs in this study are teams that, while not fully self-managing, have a very high degree of decision-making latitude for improving the operations in their respective areas of responsibility. Thus, our results are most applicable to highautonomy teams that engage in complex tasks, and they may not generalize to traditional work groups. The teams in this study are also all drawn from one organization, which helps to control for situational variables that might influence team effectiveness (e.g., organizational culture) but may limit the generalizability to alternate organizational contexts. More specifically, we explored how the behavior of the appointed team leaders (vertical leadership) versus distributed influence from within the team (shared leadership) accounted for the effectiveness of the CMTs. In this article, we briefly review the behavioral model of leadership that forms the basis of this study and then review literature related to the shared leadership process. We offer several hypotheses regarding the potential role of team leadership in team effectiveness. Subsequently, we describe our methods, present our results, and offer a discussion and conclusion.
’ s Note : Modulation of dorsal root ganglion development by ErbB signaling and the scaffold protein Sorbs 3 by Malmquist et al . Development

References Malmquist, S. J., Abramsson, A. , McGraw, H. F. , Linbo, T. H. and Raible, D. W. (2013). Modulation of dorsal root ganglion development by ErbB signaling and the scaffold protein Sorbs3. Development 140, 3986-3996. Bostaille, N. , Gauquier, A. , Stainier, D. Y. R. , Raible, D. W. and Vanhollebeke, B. (2017). Defective adgra2 (gpr124) splicing and function in zebrafish ouchlessmutants. Development 144, 8-11.
Experiments in logic optimization

A number of experiments have been conducted to answer several important questions about logic optimization and its application to high-level synthesis. The experiments are summarised and show that: logic optimization is competitive with manual design; stronger optimization methods give somewhat better average results (10%-30%) at much greater computational cost (8* and more); fast logic optimization methods can be used to estimate the average results of the more powerful, costly methods; and literal count is a good estimator of area before routing for standard cell designs. <<ETX>>
Determinants of Insurance Companies' Profitability In Croatia

The aim of this paper is to investigate the determinants of the insurance companies’ performance in the Republic of Croatia during the period from 2003 to 2009. Although performance of other financial institutions i.e. banks are widely investigated, the empirical framework that at the same time analyzes the effect of insurance-specific, industry-specific and macroeconomic determinants on the insurance profitability are not so exhaustively analyzed. This is especially true for the Croatian insurance industry. So, the purpose of this paper is to fill this gap by performing (to the best of authors’ knowledge) the first such research for the Croatian non-life insurance market. Furthermore, this analysis also contribute to the field of empirical performance researches in a way that it provides additional insight into the impact of different variables such as: past profitability, size, ownership, expense ratio, industry concentration, market growth and inflation ; on the insurance companies’ performance in a developing country. The model was estimated by using the GMM estimator and the findings indicate negative and significant influence of expense ratio and inflation on profitability ; and significant positive influence of past performance on current profitability. Additionally, results reveal higher level of profitability of domestically owned firms than of foreign owned.
Service Design for Business: A Practical Guide to Optimizing the Customer Experience

DESCRIPTION A practical approach to better customer experience through service design Service Design for Business helps you transform your customer's experience and keep them engaged through the art of intentional service design. Written by the experts at Livework, this practical guide offers a tangible, effective approach for better responding to customers' needs and demands, and provides concrete strategy that can be implemented immediately. You'll learn how taking a design approach to problem solving helps foster creativity, and how to apply it to the real issues that move businesses forward. Highly visual and organized for easy navigation, this quick read is a handbook for connecting market factors to the organizational challenge of customer experience by seeing your company through the customers' eyes.
Antimicrobial Activity of Orange Oil on Selected Pathogens

The antimicrobial activity of orange oil extracted by steam distillation from peels of orange fruits (Citrus sinensis) was screened against some medically important microorganisms. Gram-positive bacteria (Staphyloccocus aureus 001, S. aureus ATCC 25923, Enteroccocus feacalis 002, E. feacalis ATCC 295212); Gram-negative bacteria (Pseudomonas aeruginosa 003, Escherichia. Coli 004, E. coli ATCC 29522) and fungi (Candida albicans 010, C. albicans ATCC 90028) were used. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of orange oil was estimated using disc diffusion method at concentrations ranging from (1.65-422 mg/ml). Orange oil exhibited inhibitory effects against all the organisms. The MICs observed for the isolates were: S. aureus 001 (1.65 mg/ml), S. aureus ATCC 25923 (0.69 mg/ml), Enterococcus feacalis 002 (0.09 mg/ml), E. feacalis ATCC 295212 (0.05 mg/ml), P. aeruginosa 003 (1.85 mg/ml), E. coli 004 (1.37 mg/ml), E. coli ATCC 29522 (0.82 mg/ml), C. albicans 010 (0.02 mg/ml), C. albicans ATCC 90028 (0.01 mg/ml). The GC-MS revealed that orange oil contained mainly cyclohexane, 1-methylene-4-(1-methylethenyl; bicyclo [4.1.0] hept-2-ene, 3,7,7-trimethyl; D-limonene; 1, 6-octadien-3-ol, 3,7-dimethy-l,2-aminobenzoate; 3-cyclohexen-1-ol, 4-methyl-1-(1-methylethyl); 2-cyclohexen-1-ol, 2-methyl-5-(1-methylethenyl); 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol; 3- furanacetic acid, 4-hexyl-2, 5-dihydro-2,5-dioxo; naphthalene, 1,2,3,5,6, 8a-hexahydro-4,7-dimethyl- 1-(1-methylethyl) -, (1S-cis) and n-hexadecanoic acid. The result indicated that orange oils have antimicrobial properties and may be applied in local therapies in the treatment of diseases caused by the microorganisms tested. Further research is needed to achieve appropriate formulation.
Regional convergence in Greece in the 1980s: an econometric investigation

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate empirically regional convergence in Greece during the 1981–1991 period of participation in the European Economic Community (EEC). Census data at NUTS III level of regional disaggregation are used. A number of structural policies undertaken in the 1980s, motivated by membership in the EEC, were conducive to regional convergence among the 51 NUTS III regions of Greece. Four different dependent variables and three model specifications are used to test the hypothesis of regional convergence. The overall evidence does not reject the idea of regional convergence. The estimated convergence coefficients are relatively similar across the three model specifications but they vary with the dependent variable used to measure convergence.