Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Discontinuous-GalerkinDiscretizationof aNewClass of Green-Naghdi Equations

We describe in this work a discontinuous-Galerkin Finite-Element method to approximate the solutions of a new family of 1d Green-Naghdi models. These new models are shown to be more computationally efficient, while being asymptotically equivalent to the initial formulation with regard to the shallowness parameter. Using the free surface instead of the water height as a conservative variable, the models are recasted under a pre-balanced formulation and discretized using a nodal expansion ba- sis. Independently from the polynomial degree in the approximation space, the preser- vation of the motionless steady-states is automatically ensured, and the water height positivity is enforced. A simple numerical procedure devoted to stabilize the compu- tations in the vicinity of broken waves is also described. The validity of the resulting model is assessed through extensive numerical validations. AMS subject classifications: 76M10, 65M10
Role of Diffusion Weighted MRI in Evaluation of Urinary Bladder Cancer in Iraqi Patient in Correlation with Histopathological Grade.

Background: Bladder cancer is a common urologic cancer that has the highest recurrence rate of any malignancy. MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) is a vital complementary diagnostic device in the diagnosis, staging, and follow up of bladder cancer. Objectives: The main purpose of this study was to explore the diagnostic effectiveness of pelvic MRI including ADC (apparent diffusion coefficient) and DWI (diffusion weighted imaging) in the assessment of bladder cancer grade and thus helping in patients' management. Methods: A cross sectional study comprised forty preoperative patients complaining of hematuria referred to the urology consulting clinic in martyr Ghazi Al-Hariri hospital in Baghdad during the period from January 2015 to September 2016. Their age ranged from 43 to 74 years. Their MRI findings were reviewed and correlated with the corresponding histopathology results. Results:By reviewing the MRI finding in forty patients ,we see that 60% show low grade tumor ,while 40% had high grade tumor this is classified according to their ADC map which revealed that all patients with high grade tumor had their tumor is above 9x10 -3 mm 2 /second while those with low grade tumor had value greater than above value, wall invasion on T2WI ( T2 weighted imaging) is seen in 33% of low grade tumor and 81% of high grade tumor, in contrary to DWI that identify wall invasion in 21% and 43% of the tumors respectively. Conclusion: ADC map and DWI using b-value of 0 and 1000 respectively are of greater value in localization, evaluation and prediction of histological grade of bladder cancer.
Does Financial Inclusion Improve the Banks’ Performance? Evidence from Jordan

This study investigates the relationship between financial inclusion (FI) and banks’ performance in the economy of Jordan using annual data of 13 commercial banks from 2009 to 2014. Performance is measured by gross income and return on assets (ROA) of these banks. To ensure the robustness of our results, we used six different measures of FI. These include credits for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), deposits for SMEs, number of ATMs, number of ATM services, number of credit cards, and new services. We found a significant impact of FI on ‘ performance when measured by gross income, and ROA, although our study displays different results when considering the effect of FI variables separately. Thus, FI contributes to enhance the banks’ performance. Therefore, the banks should devote more resources to increase FI as it benefits their profitability.
Culture and Somatization: Clinical, Epidemiological, and Ethnographic Perspectives

Objectives The cross-cultural prevalence of somatization and the limitations of current nosology and psychiatric theory for interpreting cultural variations in somatization are reviewed. Method Selective review was conducted of recent research literature and research findings from an epidemiological survey and ethnographic study of help-seeking and health care utilization of a random sample of 2246 residents in a Canadian urban multicultural milieu. Results Somatization is common in all ethnocultural groups and societies studied to date. However, significant differences in somatization across ethnocultural groups persist even where there is relatively equitable access to health care services. Analysis of illness narratives collected from diverse ethnocultural groups suggests that somatic symptoms are located in multiple systems of meaning that serve diverse psychological and social functions. Depending on circumstances, these symptoms can be seen as an index of disease or disorder, an indication of psychopathology, a symbolic condensation of intrapsychic conflict, a culturally coded expression of distress, a medium for expressing social discontent, and a mechanism through which patients attempt to reposition themselves within their local worlds. Conclusion Major sources of differences in somatization among ethnocultural groups include styles of expressing distress ("idioms of distress"), the ethnomedical belief systems in which these styles are rooted, and each group's relative familiarity with the health care system and pathways to care. Psychological theories of somatization focused on individual characteristics must be expanded to recognize the fundamental social meanings of bodily distress.
A systematic review of consumer satisfaction studies in hospitality journals: conceptual development, research approaches and future prospects

ABSTRACT This review paper has the aim of systematically analysing studies published in five hospitality journals over the period 2000 to 2016. The review was organized around four broad themes (conceptual developments, measurement of consumer satisfaction, methods used to research consumer satisfaction, and antecedents and outcomes of consumer satisfaction). The findings show that more than half (110 studies) of studies published across all five journals do not provide a specific definition of consumer satisfaction. Research on this topic is biased toward quantitative methods at the expense of qualitative and mixed methods in all five journals. Researchers have investigated various determinants of customer satisfaction such as equity and fairness perceptions, emotions, corporate social responsibility, and employee satisfaction. The positive consequences of satisfaction on loyalty, behavioural intentions and switching costs are well established. However, several gaps in the current literature are evident and these are highlighted in this review.
Emergence of KPC-2-Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa Sequence Type 463 Isolates in Hangzhou, China

ABSTRACT Thirty-nine Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates, all exhibiting high-level resistance to carbapenems and other β-lactam antibiotics, were isolated in Hangzhou, China. Molecular epidemiology analysis indicated the presence of two dominant clones, namely, clones A and B, both of which belong to sequence type 463 (ST463). A genetic environment analysis demonstrated that both clones harbor an ISKpn8 transposase, blaKPC-2, and an ISKpn6-like transposase. These findings depict the features of clonal expansion and transmission of KPC-2-producing P. aeruginosa strains in Hangzhou, China.
Diagnosis and treatment of umbilical cord-derived tetanus in neonatal calves

Nuri ALTUĞ, Nazmi YÜKSEK*, Abdullah KARASU, Fatma İLHAN, Ebubekir CEYLAN, İsmail Hakkı EKİN, Sezai ARSLAN Department of Internal Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Namık Kemal University, Tekirdağ, Turkey Department of Internal Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yüzüncü Yıl University, Van, Turkey Department of Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yüzüncü Yıl University, Van, Turkey Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Balıkesir University, Balıkesir, Turkey Department of Internal Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yüzüncü Yıl University, Van, Turkey
Effect of hyperventilation and mental stress on coronary blood flow in syndrome X.

OBJECTIVES--To assess the effect of hyperventilation and mental stress on coronary blood flow and symptom production in patients with syndrome X. DESIGN--A prospective study. Hyperventilation and mental stress tests were performed on the ward and were repeated in the cardiac catheter laboratory where coronary blood flow velocity was also measured with an intracoronary Doppler catheter in the left anterior descending coronary artery. Oesophageal manometry studies were also performed. PATIENTS--29 patients with syndrome X (typical anginal chest pain, a positive exercise test, and normal coronary angiogram). SETTING--A regional cardiothoracic centre. RESULTS--Hyperventilation produced typical chest pain in 16 patients on the ward. 13 patients experienced their typical chest pain with mental stress test 5. Ten patients experienced chest pain with both hyperventilation and mental stress tests. This pattern was reproduced exactly when the tests were repeated in the cardiac catheter laboratory. Hyperventilation produced a significant increase in the rate-pressure product during ward and laboratory testing. There was, however, no significant change in the rate-pressure product on mental stress tests. The mean (SEM) coronary flow velocity decreased significantly on hyperventilation in the catheter laboratory from 10.0 (0.92) cm/s to 5.9 (0.72) cm/s (p < 0.001). There was also a significant reduction in the mean (SEM) coronary blood flow velocity on mental stress tests from 9.8 (0.86) cm/s to 7.4 (0.6) cm/s (p < 0.001). This reduction in flow velocity occurred in the absence of any changes in diameter of the left anterior descending artery. Further analysis showed that the coronary flow velocity was reduced significantly in only that group of patients in which hyperventilation and mental stress provoked chest pain. There was a significant increase in the arterial concentrations of noradrenaline on both hyperventilation and mental stress testing. Oesophageal manometry showed abnormalities in 17% of patients. CONCLUSIONS--Both hyperventilation and mental stress can produce chest pain in patients with syndrome X and this is associated with a reduction in coronary blood flow velocity. The results of this study suggests that this reduction in coronary flow occurs as a result of increased microvascular resistance.
Online financial disclosure and firms’ performance

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the association between online financial disclosure (OFD) and firms’ performance in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Design/methodology/approach Extensive literature review was carried out and a checklist of 90 items (71 for content and 19 for presentation) was developed to measure the level of OFD by the firms that are listed in financial sectors of the GCC Bourses. Findings The findings show that the overall OFD in GCC is 77 percent. The results indicate a positive association between OFD and firms’ performance. Practical implications The study recommends that regulatory bodies should develop a guideline of disclosing information through the internet in order to enhance the corporate transparency and performance among the GCC listed companies leading to reasonable economic decision making. Originality/value Additionally, the study contributes to financial reporting and performance literature relating to the GCC countries.
Control of mitochondrial integrity in ageing and disease

Various molecular and cellular pathways are active in eukaryotes to control the quality and integrity of mitochondria. These pathways are involved in keeping a ‘healthy’ population of this essential organelle during the lifetime of the organism. Quality control (QC) systems counteract processes that lead to organellar dysfunction manifesting as degenerative diseases and ageing. We discuss disease- and ageing-related pathways involved in mitochondrial QC: mtDNA repair and reorganization, regeneration of oxidized amino acids, refolding and degradation of severely damaged proteins, degradation of whole mitochondria by mitophagy and finally programmed cell death. The control of the integrity of mtDNA and regulation of its expression is essential to remodel single proteins as well as mitochondrial complexes that determine mitochondrial functions. The redundancy of components, such as proteases, and the hierarchies of the QC raise questions about crosstalk between systems and their precise regulation. The understanding of the underlying mechanisms on the genomic, proteomic, organellar and cellular levels holds the key for the development of interventions for mitochondrial dysfunctions, degenerative processes, ageing and age-related diseases resulting from impairments of mitochondria.
The Financial Burden of Cancer on Families in the United States

This study examined the relationship between a diagnosis of cancer and the likelihood of having any out-of-pocket costs (OOPC) and medical debt, and the amounts of OOPC and medical debt, at the household level. We used the 2013 Panel Study of Income Dynamics, a continuous, representative panel survey that collects demographic, economic, and social data in the United States. The analytic sample included head of households and their spouse (if married), 18–64 years old. Two-part models were used. The first part consisted of logistic regression models and the second part consisted of generalized linear models with logarithmic link and a gamma distribution. Logistic regression results showed odds of 2.13 (CI: 1.27, 3.57, p < 0.01) for any OOPC and odds of 1.55 (CI: 0.93, 2.58, p < 0.1) for any medical debt for households in which either the head or spouse (if married) reported a diagnosis of cancer compared to those that did not report a diagnosis of cancer. Likewise, results from the second part of the model for households with a positive amount of OOPC showed an exponentiated coefficient of 1.73 (CI: 1.33, 2.25, p < 0.01) for households in which either the head or spouse (if married) reported a diagnosis of cancer compared to households without a diagnosis of cancer. This study shows that a diagnosis of cancer places a financial burden on families, particularly with all types of debt, in the United States even after controlling for differences between households with a diagnosis of cancer and those without a diagnosis of cancer.
Are Banks Opaque? Evidence from Insider Trading

We use trades by US corporate insiders to investigate bank opacity, both in absolute terms and relative to other firms. On average, bank insider sales do not earn an abnormal return and do not predict stock returns. By contrast, bank insider purchases do, even though less than other firms. Our within-banking sector and over-time analyses also fail to provide evidence of greater opacity of banks vis-a-vis other firms. These results challenge conventional wisdom and suggest that, to assess bank opacity, the type of benchmark (transparency vs. other firms) and transaction/information (purchase/positive vs. sale/negative) are crucial.
Neutralization of mitogenic lectins by intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) prevents T cell activation: does IVIg really have a direct effect on T cells?

Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) is used for the treatment of an increasing number of autoimmune diseases. Clinical observations on IVIg‐treated patients have revealed a modulation of T cell populations and functions in these patients. In vitro studies aimed at understanding the mechanisms underlying the effects of IVIg on T cells led to the conclusion that IVIg directly affected lectin‐activated T cell functions. However, more recent studies have suggested the absence of a direct effect of IVIg on T cells. In the present work, we revisited the effect of IVIg on T cells using lectin‐stimulated human T cells and showed that IVIg inhibited T cell functions only when added simultaneously with the activating lectin. Further, we showed that IVIg depleted from lectin‐reactive IgG was no longer inhibitory, suggesting that the effect of IVIg on T cells was the consequence of lectin neutralization, possibly by interaction with glycans present in F(ab′)2 portion of IgG molecules. Our results challenge the previously widely accepted notion that IVIg exerts its anti‐inflammatory effects by acting directly on T cells and suggest that effects of IVIg observed in treated patients are rather a consequence of the recently reported inhibitory effect of IVIg on antigen presentation.
Purchase Unwillingness and Willingness of Indonesian Consumers towards Israeli Products

This research aimed to measure factors influencing purchase willingness and purchase unwillingness on Israeli products. Four predictor variables including consumer animosity, product judgment, boycott participation, and boycott motivation were used. Data were collected by an online survey, and it attracted 337 participants. Three stages of data analysis were applied, those were exploratory analyses, confirmatory factor analyses, and Structural Equation Model (SEM). In total, there were seven hypotheses tested. This research finds a significant impact of animosity on product judgment, boycott participation, and boycott motivation. Furthermore, product judgment and boycott participation significantly affect purchase willingness. Meanwhile, boycott participation and boycott motivation significantly affect purchase unwillingness.
Linear Phase Lead Compensation Repetitive Control of a CVCF PWM Inverter

This paper presents a simple and efficient linear phase lead compensation repetitive control scheme for engineers to develop high-performance power converter systems. The linear phase lead compensation helps a repetitive controller to achieve faster convergence rate, higher tracking accuracy, and wider stability region. In the proposed scheme, the phase lead compensation repetitive controller is plugged into generic state-feedback-controlled converter systems. Its comprehensive synthesis, which involves principle, analysis, design, modeling, implementation, and experiments, is systematically and completely presented in great detail. A complete series of experiments is successfully carried out to verify the solution.
Essays on Markets for CEOs and Financial Analysts

This thesis contains three essays study markets for two types of agents in the financial market, CEOs and financial analysts. The first essay focuses on a particular kind of CEO succession that involving a lame duck CEO. We evaluate the firm's performance around the succession period and provide possible explanations for the observed performance pattern. The second essay tries to understand the positive correlation between new CEOs' incentive pay and firms' performance change. More specifically, it distinguishes (i) the selection effect that better CEOs are matched with firms provide higher incentive pay and (ii) the incentive effect that CEOs receive higher incentive pay are better motivated. The third essay investigates the positive impact of brokerage houses’ reputation on financial analysts' forecasting accuracy. By using a matching model and a Markov Chain Monte Carlo method, it distinguishes the relative importance of (i) the influence effect that more reputable brokerage houses provide more resources to help their analysts make better forecasts and (ii) the selection effect that more reputable brokerage houses attract better analysts.
Nigerian 3C-Index Rating of Corporate Social Responsibility and the Profitability of Some Companies Listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange

This study sought to ascertain the link between Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) rating and the profitability of companies listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), following the release of the first ever country rating of Corporate Citizenship Index (3C-Index) in 2013. The study further sought to ascertain whether significant differences exist between the performances of companies that received high CSR ratings as compared to those that received low ratings. Secondary data were extracted from the 2013 to 2017 annual reports and accounts of companies that got different CSR ratings classified as high and low. The multiple regression and Mann-Whitney rank test (U-test) were used to test the propositions. The findings from the regression showed a positive but insignificant relationship between CSR rating and firm performance but a significantly positive relationship with the size of firms. The results of the U-tests were mixed, whereas the Return on Assets (ROA) of companies with high CSR ratings did not differ significantly from companies with low CSR ratings, the Return on Equity (ROE) of companies with high CSR ratings was significantly greater than that of companies with low CSR ratings. This finding suggests that CSR may be in its infancy among the study sample but is beginning to take roots as evident by the positive βs statistics and a significant difference in the ROE of the companies as captured by the non-parametric statistics. It is recommended that the period of the study be extended in the intermediate and long-run to determine if the relationship might become significant.
Echocardiographic and Clinical Evaluation of Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis in Younger and Elderly Patients

Background: Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is common form of heart disease among population, especially in developing countries like India. Mitral stenosis (MS) is majorly caused by rheumatic heart disease with mitral commissural adhesion, fibrosis and calcification of the chordae tendineae. The aim of present study was clinical and echocardiographic evaluation for mitral stenosis in RHD patients with different age group. Methods: This was a retrospective, nonrandomized, and single-centre study in which 203 consecutive patients presented rheumatic mitral stenosis. All the patients were divided into different age group viz. 65 years. Cardiovascular examination and echocardiography were done in each patient. Mitral valve area (MVA), mitral valve gradient (MVG) and left atrial (LA) diameter were assessed by echocardiography. Mitral valve score was recorded to analyse the degenerative changes in mitral valve structure. Results: A total of 203 patients (133 females) were enrolled and divided into three age groups. Patients with age above 65 years were considered as elderly and those patients with age below 40 years were considered as younger. Echocardiographic assessment showed mean 4.7 and 4.9 cm LA diameter, 0.92 and 0.86 cm2 MVA and 11.2 and 9.7 mm Hg MVG in younger and elderly patients respectively. Total mitral valve score has shown significant (p 2 had shown significant difference (p < 0.001) between younger and elderly patients. Conclusion: Present study provides unique contemporary data on characteristics and management of patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis. Majority of elderly patients are unsuitable for percutaneous commissurotomy due to degenerative changes in mitral valve structure.
In vitro susceptibilities of bloodstream isolates of Candida species to six antifungal agents: results from a population-based active surveillance programme, Barcelona, Spain, 2002-2003.

OBJECTIVES The antifungal drug susceptibilities of 351 isolates of Candida species, obtained through active laboratory-based surveillance in the period January 2002-December 2003, were determined (Candida albicans 51%, Candida parapsilosis 23%, Candida tropicalis 10%, Candida glabrata 9%, Candida krusei 4%). METHODS The MICs of amphotericin B, flucytosine, fluconazole, itraconazole, voriconazole and caspofungin were established by means of the broth microdilution reference procedure of the European Committee on Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS Amphotericin B and flucytosine were active in vitro against all strains. A total of 24 isolates (6.8%) showed decreased susceptibility to fluconazole (MIC > or = 16 mg/L) and 43 (12.3%) showed decreased susceptibility to itraconazole (MIC > or = 0.25 mg/L). Voriconazole and caspofungin were active in vitro against the majority of isolates, even those that were resistant to fluconazole.