Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
ADVERSE EFFECT OF LOW‐DOSE PROPHYLACTIC HUMAN RECOMBINANT LEUKOCYTE INTERFERON‐ALPHA TREATMENT IN RENAL TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS: Cytomegalovirus Infection Prophylaxis Leading to an Increased Incidence of Irreversible Rejections

Since infections with Herpetoviridae after kidney transplantation still remain a major clinical problem, we conducted a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial using low-dose recombinant interferon-alpha-2C (rIFNa2C) prophylaxis in 50 renal graft recipients im-munosupressed with cyclosporine and methylpredniso-lone. Ten patients were excluded from further analysis because of graft loss due to surgical complications, side effects of rIFNa2C, and because of lack of compliance. There was a significant difference in graft loss due to irreversible rejections between the verum and the placebo group (6 vs. 0; P< 0.05), whereas no difference was observed with regard to the occurrence of viral infections. We conclude, that low-dose rIFNa2C prophylaxis is harmful in renal allograft recipients treated with cyclosporine in view of the high incidence of irreversible transplant rejections without beneficial effects on the occurrence of viral infections.
[The comparison of patients' and nurses' attitudes to health education and nurses' participation in this process].

UNLABELLED The aim of the study is to evaluate and to compare patients' and nurses' opinion about information given to patients by nurses. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was performed during April-May 2007 in two regions of Lithuania. Eight hospitals were randomly selected for the study. The study included all patients and nurses who were in therapeutic and surgery departments on the day the survey was carried out. A total of 1030 questionnaires were distributed among patients (the response rate was 85.0%), and 436 questionnaires--among nurses (the response rate was 89.0%). RESULTS In most cases, patients about their disease are informed by a doctor; this was pointed out by 90.6% of nurses and 90.4% of patients. More than half of patients (65.9%) noted that they knew sufficiently enough about their disease, and 26.4% of nurses agreed. Nurses' and patients' opinion on the adequacy of information provided to patients by nurses differed: more patients than nurses indicated that they got enough information on their disease, health status, duration of intended operation and treatment, but nurses noted that they gave more information on nursing procedures, preparation for forthcoming tests, use of administered drugs, preparation for operation, and healthy lifestyle than was recognized by patients. The patients who were treated in the surgery departments received less information about preparation for forthcoming tests and healthy lifestyle. Patients up to 45 years, city residents, those with higher education, and females were more interested in the above-mentioned information. Nurses who had higher education were more self-critical and more often recognized that they did not provide enough information for patients. CONCLUSIONS More than half of patients reported that they knew enough about their disease; their awareness depended on their age, sex, place of residence, and education. Physicians were indicated to be the main source of health information in most cases. Nurses more often than patients noted that information provided by them was adequate. The patients who were treated in the surgical departments received less information about healthy lifestyle.
Much Ado About Nothing?

Digitalisation has changed journalistic sourcing techniques and affected the way journalists approach sources. This study examines how new information channels change the relationship between journalists and their (potential) sources in this evolving environment and analyses the role of these channels. We are not only interested in the sources that make it into the news, but study the broader networks of people and institutions journalists rely on to help them monitor and gather information. We combine online Twitter network analysis with in-depth interviews to create a detailed mapping of the professional source networks of 33 economic journalists in Belgium. Our results identify that the Twitter networks of economic journalists to a large extent reflect their broader sourcing practices. Overall, the same actor groups are important in both the online and the offline source networks with the exception of the more prominent presence of other journalists and media organisations in the Twitter network of journalists. We conclude that Twitter is implemented within existing sourcing practices without fundamentally changing the news production process.
Drug-induced liver injury: results from the hospital-based Berlin Case-Control Surveillance Study.

AIM Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is often responsible for acute liver failure, drug withdrawal, boxed warnings or drug non-approval. Therefore, we conducted a case-control study to determine the hepatotoxic risk of a wide range of drugs. METHODS The Berlin Case-Control Surveillance Study FAKOS included all 51 Berlin hospitals in a hospital network. Between 2002 and 2011, 198 patients with acute idiopathic hepatitis, 377 inpatient controls and 708 outpatient controls were ascertained. Case patients were thoroughly validated using anamnestic, clinical, laboratory and histological data. Drug exposure was obtained in a face-to-face interview. A possible drug aetiology was assessed in individual patients by applying the updated Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS) scale. Drug risks were further quantified [odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI)] in a case-control design with unconditional logistic regression analysis. Drug intake in the last 28 days before index date was considered for the analysis. RESULTS The study corroborated hepatotoxic risks for a number of drugs, including phenprocoumon (OR 3.3, 95% CI 1.5, 6.7), amiodarone (OR 5.5, 95% CI 1.3, 21.2), clozapine (OR 34.6, 95% CI 2.8, 824.9) and flupirtine (OR 40.2, 95% CI 5.5, 856.9). Increased risks were also suggested for less commonly reported substances such as angiotensin II receptor blockers, atypical antipsychotics and for biperiden, a drug never before reported to be hepatotoxic. CONCLUSIONS Our study identified a large number of drugs as possible causes of hepatotoxicity. The observed risk for seldom reported substances highlights the need for further post-authorization safety studies not exclusively focusing on drugs already labelled as potentially hepatotoxic.
Laku pandai’s program and deposit funds: study at bank of bri sharia

Laku Pandai’s program is one of the policies that implemented by the financial service authority (OJK) to expand the banking service to the people. One of the Islamic banks that had implemented the program is Bank of BRI Sharia. This research is going to examine the effectiveness of Laku Pandai’s program to deposit funds in Bank of BRI Sharia. This study using regression with the dummy variable. The result shows that there is a difference between pre and post-Laku Pandai’s program in Bank of BRI Sharia. This result implies that the Laku Pandai’s implementation had an impact on increasing deposit funds in Bank of BRI Sharia. So, it is recommended to add more Islamic banks that implemented the Laku Pandai’s program
Demographic predictors of mammography and Pap smear screening in US women.

OBJECTIVES Proven screening technologies exist for both breast and cervical cancer, but they are underused by many women. We sought to evaluate the effect of demographic characteristics on the underuse of mammography and Pap smear screening. METHODS We analyzed responses from 12,252 women who participated in the 1987 National Health Interview Survey Cancer Control Supplement. Demographic profiles were produced to target severely underserved groups of women. RESULTS Low income was a strong predictor of mammography underuse, as was Hispanic ethnicity and other race, low educational attainment, age greater than 65, and residence in a rural area. A strong predictor of never having had a Pap smear was never having been married; however, the importance of this characteristic is difficult to interpret in the absence of data on sexual activity. Hispanic women and women of other races of all ages and all income levels underused Pap smear screening, as did older women, particularly older Black women. CONCLUSIONS The tendency of women to underuse screening technologies varies greatly across levels of basic demographic characteristics. The importance of these characteristics differs for mammography screening versus Pap smear screening.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FACETS: FARMLAND MARKET DEMAND ESTIMATION

Present research is developed in light of the farmland market establishment in Ukraine. Agriculture is one of the key sectors of national economy, which determine its development. Thus, the farmland users determine the transition of the national economy to sustainable development. The purpose of this paper is in developing a methodology for quantitative assessment demand quantity and price on farmland market in Ukraine. In the present research, we propose a methodology for estimating demand on agricultural land in Ukraine based on the operational data of the corporate agricultural producers and macroeconomic situation in the country. Using the discounted profit margins for the corporate agricultural producers, which operated in Ukraine in 2015, we estimate land price and demand quantity that is conditional on profitability of agricultural production towards to sustainability. As a result, we find that after establishing the land market in Ukraine, demand on the agricultural farmland is expected to be significant and is likely to generate substantial capital flows towards landowners. In addition, existence of the transferable land-property lights will make the land available for the collateral purposes. That is expected to enable Ukrainian corporate and private agricultural of any size to the improved access to capital. Specifically, this paper is amount the first one, where demand prices on the possible land market in Ukraine are estimated. Opening one third of the arable land area to the market (sample of the corporate agricultural producers covered by the research due to the data related limitations), agriculture may benefit with 30 to 50 billion euros of the capital investments.
THE IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT POLICIES ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AND STRUCTURE: PRELIMINARY RESULTS

Our paper begins with a consideration of the causal relationships among productivity, farm structure, government farm payments and public investments in research and extension. We then empirically test key relationships for a relatively recent period (1960-96) in the history of agricultural structural adjustment using a simultaneous equations econometric model. Future work will expand and refine the measurement of variables thought to explain the relationship between productivity and structure.
Effect of different feed programs on broiler breeder behavior and reproductive performance

Broiler breeders are commonly feed restricted using some variation of skip-a-day (SAD) feeding to prevent excessive body weight gains and poor flock uniformity that results in low egg production and hatchability. While these feeding programs have improved flock performance in the past, the level of feed restriction has increased with genetic selection for feed efficiency. This project examined pullets that were offered a high fiber diet of soybean hulls (alternate day feeding; ATD) on the off day of a traditional SAD feeding program in comparison to the standard SAD program. The two dietary feeding methods each with 3 replicate pens of 210 pullets were tested. A sample of pullets was weighed weekly to adjust feed intake and maintain body weights at those suggested by the primary breeder. Feed allocations for the ATD pullets were reduced from 10 to 20 wks to compensate for an improvement in gain in these pullets. Body weights at 20 wks were not different with SAD averaging 1838 g vs 1852 g for ATD. Bird behavior was monitored via high definition video cameras photo period began and ended, respectively, each day (8 am to 4 pm). There were significant differences comparing the birds behavior on the ON and OFF feed day for each respective feeding treatment. At 22 wks of age, pullets were moved to lay cages and fed on a daily basis. Egg production through 40 wks was significantly improved in the hens fed under the ATD treatment (70.7%) when compared to the hens fed SAD (69.3%; P=0.03) as pullets. Overall, ATD females had greater weight gain on a similar feed allocation, and were more productive hens, which suggests improved bird wellbeing.
Influence of Women's Work Status On the Well-Being of Indian Couples

Background. In urban India, working women are expected to continue to discharge their traditional domestic duties; the likely result is compromised well-being due to role strain. Husbands of working women may also experience pressures and hence poorer well-being. Well-being in working couples, particularly husbands, is little researched in developing countries. Method. The Subjective Well-Being Inventory was administered to 46 'one-working' (only husband employed) and 51 'both-working' (both spouses employed) randomly selected urban, middle-class couples. Results. In one-working as well as both-working families, wives experienced less well-being than their husbands. Working wives experienced more confidence in coping than non-working wives. Husbands in both-working families experienced better social support but less social contact, less mental mastery, and poorer perceived health than husbands in one-working families. Few or no sociodemographic variables were associated with well-being. Conclusions. Employment may benefit women but stress their husbands.
What price a welcome? Understanding structure-agency in the delivery of respectful midwifery care in Uganda

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the findings of research on mothers and midwives’ understanding of the concept of respectful care in the Ugandan public health settings. It focusses on one aspect of respect; namely communication that is perhaps least resource-dependent. The research found endemic levels of disrespect and tries to understand the reasons behind these organisational cultures and the role that governance could play in improving respect. Design/methodology/approach – The study involved a combination of in-depth qualitative interviews with mothers and midwives together with focus groups with a cohort of midwives registered for a degree. Findings – The findings highlight an alarming level of verbal abuse and poor communication that both deter women from attending public health facilities and, when they have to attend, reduces their willingness to disclose information about their health status. Respect is a major factor reducing the engagement of those women unable to afford private care, with health facilities in Uganda. Research limitations/implications – Access to quality care provided by skilled birth attendants (midwives) is known to be the major factor preventing improvements in maternal mortality and morbidity in low income settings. Although communication lies at the agency end of the structure-agency continuum, important aspects of governance contribute to high levels of disrespect. Originality/value – Whilst there is a lot of research on the concept of respectful care in high income settings applying this to the care environment in low resource settings is highly problematic. The findings presented here generate a more contextualised analysis generating important new insights which we hope will improve the quality of care in Uganda health facilities. Keywords: Leadership, Governance structures, Patient perspectives, Communication, Midwifery, Determinants of health Paper type Research paper
Do Firms Shave Capital Expenditures When Repurchasing Shares

Employing a matched sample constructed from firms across all but the financial and regulated industries during the 1998-2014 time period, this study compares capital expenditures by firms that repurchase shares to those that did not. Our results do not support the assertion that firms shave investments to repurchase shares; instead, these findings corroborate the notion that firms regularly return funds to shareholders because they generate more funds than they can use in light of the growth opportunities they face. i»?
Refinancing Risk and Cash Holdings

type="main"> We find that firms mitigate refinancing risk by increasing their cash holdings and saving cash from cash flows. The maturity of firms’ long-term debt has shortened markedly, and this shortening explains a large fraction of the increase in cash holdings over time. Consistent with the inference that cash reserves are particularly valuable for firms with refinancing risk, we document that the value of these reserves is higher for such firms and that they mitigate underinvestment problems. Our findings imply that refinancing risk is a key determinant of cash holdings and highlight the interdependence of a firm's financial policy decisions.
Perceived stress , emotional ill-being and psychosomatic symptoms in high school students : the moderating effect of self-regulation competences

Aim. Researchers have proved detrimental effect of stressful life events on physical and mental health. On the other hand psychologists have identified a number of personality variables that exert stress-buffering effect. According to Personality Systems Interactions (PSI) theory, stressful life events (differentiated into demands and threats) are expected to reduce subjective well-being when the ability to self-regulate affect is impaired. The aim of the present research was to verify a hypothesis that in the stressful demanding situation action oriented individuals, due to their high self-regulation competences, will display less mental health problems than state oriented individuals. Methods. The group of participants included 92 persons at the age of 18-19. The research had been carried out one month prior to the high school finals. The Action Control Scale (ACS-90) was used to measure self-regulation competences, perceived stress was assessed with the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS10), Goldberg’s General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) was administered to assess emotional ill-being and psychosomatic symptoms. results. Higher levels of perceived stress were associated with significantly higher indexes of emotionaill being and somatic symptoms. However, the influence of perceived stress on psychological well-being seems to be moderated by self-regulation competences. State-oriented individuals showed substantially more mental health problems than action-oriented individuals when perceived stress increased. Conclusions. The relation between perceived stress and mental health problems varied as a function of self-regulation competences. The findings suggest the importance of developing self-regulation competences to minimize the risk of harmful effect of stressful situation on mental and physical health.
Does Dividend Policy Affect Sales Growth in Product Markets?: Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment

Prior literature shows that firms are less likely to pay dividends to preserve financial flexibility when facing greater competitive threats from rival firms in product markets. However, the real effects of dividend policy on product market outcomes are not widely understood. This paper investigates the causal effects of dividend policy on sales growth in product markets. Exploiting the 2003 dividend tax cut as the exogenous shock to dividend policy and the cross-firm variation in the tax status of firms’ largest institutional shareholders, we find that firms’ dividend increases induced by the tax cut reduced their sales growth in product markets in years following the tax cut. Further, those firms exhibited slower growth in investment activities after the tax cut. A battery of robustness checks supports our causal interpretation that dividends reduce firms’ financial flexibility to deploy funds for investing activities, resulting in slower sales growth in product markets.
EVALUATION OF THE SYSMEX POCH-100I HAEMATOLOGY ANALYSER IN AN OUTDOOR ONCOLOGY SERVICE

Abstract Since rapid blood count analysis as near patient testing is expanding, we evaluated the use of a Sysmex pocH-100i compact haematology analyser in an outdoor oncology setting according to the recently published International Council for Standardization in Haematology (ICSH) guidelines. In total, 838 blood samples from oncology patients were analysed by pocH-100i and re-analysed by a high-throughput haematology analyser for comparison (Abbott CD-4000 or Sysmex XE-2100) to evaluate in use imprecision, comparability and vote-outs. Imprecision was less than 5%, except for platelet enumeration in the low range (within-run imprecision 7%). Good comparability was found even for platelet enumeration in the low range (r2=0.82). Vote-outs were found in 10.6% of examined samples. In conclusion, the Sysmex pocH-100i demonstrates good imprecision conform with former publications, produces reliable results in normal and in lower ranges comparable to the results of high throughput haematology analysers. In a well controlled management plan the Sysmex pocH-100i is suitable for near patient testing in oncology.
Better than independent: the role of minority directors on bank boards

Using a panel of controlled European banks, we examine whether board structures that include directors that are related to minority shareholders can be an effective corporate governance mechanism to limit expropriation by controlling shareholders, without exacerbating risk. We find that the inclusion of such minority directors does indeed increase the effectiveness of bank boards, as it results in higher market valuations whereas the presence of independent directors does not, without increasing risk. Our results depend crucially on whether or not minority directors are related to "active" institutional investors, the extent of holdings of related shareholders, as well as the strength of the supervisory regime. To identify the relationship, we use as instrumental variable for the presence of minority directors the distance of minority shareholders from the headquarters of the bank.
A national strategy for housing in an ageing society

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