Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Job matching across occupational labour markets

"This paper refers to an analysis of matching processes in occupational labour markets in terms of classes of jobs that share extensive commonalities in their required qualifications and tasks. To date, all studies in this field have been based on the assumption of separate occupational labour markets. This assumption suggests that job search and matching processes only transpire within distinct occupational labour markets and that no occupational changes occur. I present theoretical and empirical arguments that undermine the validity of this assumption. Moreover, I construct an 'occupational' typology based on information about the ways in which occupational groups may be seen as alternatives in searches for jobs or workers respectively. I then use pooled ordinary least squares, fixed effects, and pooled mean-group models that consider cross-sectional dependency lags for regressors to test the hypothesis that job search and matching occur across occupational labour markets. In particular, I find significant and positive matching elasticities with respect to the averaged numbers of unemployed workers and vacancies in similar occupational groups; these results clearly support my hypothesis. Furthermore, there are indications that returns to scale that are derived from the results of the pooled mean-group model are constant. The findings of this study strongly suggest the use of an augmented matching function that considers job and worker searches across occupational labour markets. " (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI AUDIT DELAY PADA PERUSAHAAN MANUFAKTUR TAHUN 2010-2014

Time difference between financial statement date and audit opinion date in the financial statement indicates the length of completion time which is needed by the auditor to finish the audit. The time difference in audit is known as Audit Delay. This research is meant to test the influence of firm size, solvability, profitability, Public Accountant Firm reputation, audit opinion, audit tenure to the audit delay. The population is all manufacturing companies which are listed in the IDX in 2010-2014 periods. The sample collection technique has been carried out by using purposive sampling. Purposive sampling is the sample determination technique with a certain consideration. The amount of samples in one year is 83 companies. The secondary data has been applied in this research in the form of annual financial statement of the company from the IDX. The data analysis technique has been carried out by using multiple linear regressions analysis with significance level 5%. The result of the research shows that variables firm size, profitability, and public accountant firm reputation have negative influence to the audit delay, solvability has positive influence to the audit delay. Audit opinion and audit tenure does not have any influence to the audit delay. Keywords: Audit delay, firm size, solvability, profitability, audit tenure.
Job-related factors that predict the psychological health and well-being of urban taxi drivers

A vast body of research conducted over several decades has established that (a) psychological stress is a major occupational health problem, and (b) drivers in the transport industry are one of several occupational groups who report disproportionately high levels of work-induced stress and psychological ill health. Although the psychological health of truck, coach and urban bus drivers has been studied extensively over the past three decades, the taxi industry has not received the same level of research scrutiny. Only two studies have investigated the effects that driving a taxi has on drivers’ psychological health and wellbeing. These studies identified potential job-related factors that may influence drivers’ health. The present research aimed to further contribute to knowledge by investigating job-related environmental, organisational and individual factors and their effects on the levels of depression, anxiety, stress and well-being of a sample of taxi drivers in the Brisbane metropolitan area. The theoretical framework for this research utilised Karasek’s (1979) job demandcontrol model of job strain. In essence, jobs in which demands are high and control is low create an increased level of job strain, which can manifest as psychological illness and a diminished sense of job-related well-being. In addition to the job demands and job control environmental factors, the individual factors of driver aggression, risk-taking and coping strategies, and the organisational factor of safety climate, were incorporated into a proposed ‘extended Karasek model’ in order to more accurately predict the psychological health and well-being of the taxi drivers. One criticism of Karasek’s (1979) job strain model is that it has limited validity in different cultural societies. Since the number of ethnic minority taxi drivers in the Brisbane area approaches 30%, the proposed extended model was tested against ethnic majority (English is first language) and ethnic minority (English is not first language) subsamples of taxi drivers to investigate this cultural criticism. In order to examine the ability of the proposed extended Karasek model to predict levels of depression, anxiety, stress and job-related well-being in the taxi drivers, two studies were reported. The first study was quantitative in nature and involved 383 drivers answering a self-report questionnaire. This questionnaire investigated: drivers’ level of aggression; perceptions of risk-taking; coping strategies; perceived level of job demands; perceived level of job control; safety climate perceptions; symptoms of depression, stress and anxiety; and the overall level of job-related well-being. Correlation, MANOVA and multiple regression
Inhibition of COX-2 counteracts the effects of diuretics in rats.

BACKGROUND It is well established that the diuretic- and renin-stimulated effects of loop diuretics can be attenuated by nonselective cyclooxygenase inhibitors. Since it is yet unclear which of the isoforms of cyclooxygenases, COX-1 and COX-2, is relevant in this context, our study aimed to determine the effects of selective COX-2 inhibition on the renal effects of the loop diuretic furosemide, as well as the diuretic hydrochlorothiazide, which acts on the distal tubule. METHOD Male Sprague-Dawley rats were treated with furosemide (12 mg/day subcutaneously by osmotic pump) or hydrochlorothiazide (30 mg/kg body weight/day orally by gavage). In addition, parallel groups received rofecoxib (1 to 10 mg/kg body weight/day) for selective inhibition of COX-2. Controls were treated with vehicle. RESULTS Induction of COX-2 mRNA expression due to furosemide was paralleled by increased renal excretion of prostanoids. Also, hydrochlorothiazide led to a rise in prostanoid excretion. Rofecoxib blunted the diuretic-induced increase in prostanoid excretion, thus confirming an effective blockade of COX-2. Moreover, the COX-2 inhibitor rofecoxib dose-dependently attenuated diuresis and saluresis, as well as the stimulation of the renin system induced by furosemide. Furthermore, rofecoxib completely reversed diuresis and saluresis and prevented the increase of plasma renin activity induced by hydrochlorothiazide. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that COX-2-derived prostanoids are of major relevance in modulating the renal effects of diuretics. COX-2 inhibitors might be valuable drugs to treat salt and water wasting during Bartter and Gitelman diseases.
The microsatellites of Escherichia coli: rapidly evolving repetitive DNAs in a non‐pathogenic prokaryote

We have demonstrated hypervariability of native short‐motif repeats (microsatellites) in Escherichia coli. Twenty‐five of the longest microsatellites in the E. coli genome were identified. These were analysed for length variability among 22 wild‐type (non‐mutator) isolates from the E. coli collection of reference (ECOR). Non‐coding mononucleotide repeats are consistently polymorphic among these genetically diverse E. coli. Length differences in variable microsatellites allowed all E. coli strains examined to be uniquely differentiated. Phylogenetic analysis of the variable repeats shows ubiquitous homoplasy at the level of divergence represented by the sample set, suggesting that these markers are hypermutable and should prove valuable for the discrimination of closely related strains that are not otherwise genetically differentiable. Genomic analyses suggest that similar markers are also likely to be found in all other prokaryotes.
Flight-To-Earnings: The Role of Earnings in Periods of Capital Scarcity

We examine the link between the scarcity of arbitrage capital and investors’ response to firms’ earnings information. The cost of financing levered investment strategies (i.e., investing with borrowed funds) increases in the risk profile of the securities being traded. As a result, when capital is scarce, levered traders face heightened incentives to tilt their portfolios in the direction of firms’ earnings information as an indicator of lesser risk because doing so mitigates financing constraints. Our results suggest that these investors become more responsive to firms’ earnings announcements when capital is scarce. Moreover, market prices display a stronger reaction to firms’ announcements and less postearnings announcement drift. Together, our findings suggest the scarcity of arbitrage capital spurs both the use of and responsiveness of market prices to firms’ earnings news. This paper was accepted by Brian Bushee, accounting.
Insomnia as a risk for depression: a longitudinal epidemiologic study on a Japanese rural cohort.

OBJECTIVES To determine (1) whether insomnia is a factor related to the presence or persistence of depression for 2 years in the Japanese population and (2) which component of insomnia is associated with the presence of depression for 2 years in a rural cohort. METHOD This is a community-based longitudinal study. Two thousand eight hundred twenty-five people aged 20 years or older were evaluated at baseline, and of those participants, 1,577 (56%) were reevaluated after 2 years. During both surveys, the participants were asked to describe demographic variables and to fill out self-rating scales of insomnia (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index [PSQI]) and depressive symptoms (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale). RESULTS The results of a multiple logistic regression analysis showed that depression (OR = 6.0; 95% CI, 4.4-8.0) and insomnia (OR = 2.1; 95% CI, 1.5-2.8) at baseline were significantly associated with the presence of depression at the follow-up. Most of the PSQI subscales, except for sleep duration and habitual sleep efficiency, were significantly associated (P < .01) with the presence of depression at the follow-up. In addition, the new appearance and repeated existence of depression at the follow-up were related to persistent insomnia (adjusted ORs = 7.0 and 3.3 [P < .001], respectively). A result of the receiver operating characteristic curve showed that persons with insomnia whose PSQI scores exceeded 8 points at the baseline were most likely to still have insomnia at the follow-up (cutoff point = 7.5). CONCLUSIONS On the basis of our results in a Japanese population, insomnia with high severity level could be a risk factor for the presence/persistence of depression in the long-term prognosis.
Detection of the Non-SMC Condensin I Complex Subunit G Gene Polymorphism (NCAPG c.1326 T>G) in Different Breeds of Cattle

The non-synonymous mutation c.1326 T>G in the non-SMC condesin I complex subunit G (NCAPG) gene is asociate with the prenatal growth and carcass weight or growth-associated traits in cattle. The aim of this study was to analyse the population of 50 sires of four breeds (Holstein – 2 bulls, Pinzgau – 3 bulls, Charolais – 3 bulls, Simmental – 42 bulls) for SNP polymorphism causing an exchange from isoleucine to methionine at position 422 of the amino acid chain. Bovine genomic DNA was isolated from sperm by commercial kit. The SNP c.1326 T>G was detected by PCR-RFLP method with restriction endonuclease Tsp 509I. The wild allele T was detected by two restriction fragments 66 bp and 63 bp and the mutant allele G with 129 bp fragment. In the samples of Pinzgau sires, Charolais sires and Simmental sires were detected homozygous genotypes GG (0.3333; 0.3333 and 0.7143) and heterozygous genotype GT (0.6667; 0.6667 and 0.2857). In the sample of Holstein sires were detected homozygous genotype GG (0.5) and homozygous genotype TT (0.5).
Schizotypy, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and dopamine genes

Abstract Previous research has suggested that there may be overlap between schizophrenia and attention‐deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The relationship between schizotypal personality traits, ADHD features and polymorphisms was evaluated in dopamine‐related genes. Thirty‐one healthy, Caucasian men completed the Rust Inventory of Schizotypal Cognitions (RISC) and the ADHD Self‐Report Scale (ASRS). Catechol‐O‐methyltransferase (COMT) Val158Met, dopamine receptors of the D3 type (DRD3) Ser9Gly, DRD4 variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR), and SLC6A3 VNTR polymorphisms were analyzed. RISC score was correlated with ASRS score (r = 0.54, P = 0.003). COMT Met homozygotes had higher ASRS scores than Val homozygotes (P = 0.005). These findings are consistent with evidence of overlap between schizophrenia and ADHD and support an involvement of COMT genotype in ADHD features.
Automatic detection of a prefrontal cortical response to emotionally rated music using multi-channel near-infrared spectroscopy

Emotional responses can be induced by external sensory stimuli. For severely disabled nonverbal individuals who have no means of communication, the decoding of emotion may offer insight into an individual’s state of mind and his/her response to events taking place in the surrounding environment. Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) provides an opportunity for bed-side monitoring of emotions via measurement of hemodynamic activity in the prefrontal cortex, a brain region known to be involved in emotion processing. In this paper, prefrontal cortex activity of ten able-bodied participants was monitored using NIRS as they listened to 78 music excerpts with different emotional content and a control acoustic stimuli consisting of the Brown noise. The participants rated their emotional state after listening to each excerpt along the dimensions of valence (positive versus negative) and arousal (intense versus neutral). These ratings were used to label the NIRS trial data. Using a linear discriminant analysis-based classifier and a two-dimensional time-domain feature set, trials with positive and negative emotions were discriminated with an average accuracy of 71.94% ± 8.19%. Trials with audible Brown noise representing a neutral response were differentiated from high arousal trials with an average accuracy of 71.93% ± 9.09% using a two-dimensional feature set. In nine out of the ten participants, response to the neutral Brown noise was differentiated from high arousal trials with accuracies exceeding chance level, and positive versus negative emotional differentiation accuracies exceeded the chance level in seven out of the ten participants. These results illustrate that NIRS recordings of the prefrontal cortex during presentation of music with emotional content can be automatically decoded in terms of both valence and arousal encouraging future investigation of NIRS-based emotion detection in individuals with severe disabilities.
Equity Market Valuation and Corporate Investments

The relationship between equity market valuation and corporate investment is not clear with one research stream supporting the significant influence of equity valuation on investment while another stream deeming it a sideshow. However, unlike this study, prior literature does not account for the endogeneity between equity market returns and corporate investment for US firms. Using a simultaneous equations framework this study documents a strong and significant relationship between equity returns and corporate investment with equity prices showing a much higher impact on corporate investment than fundamental variables. The results are robust to variations in firm size, sign of firm cash flows, firm equity-dependence, and measures of equity market valuation.
Endocannabinoid system modulator use in everyday clinical practice in the UK and Spain

Spasticity is a disabling complication of multiple sclerosis. Some commonly used oral medications include baclofen, tizanidine, anticonvulsants and benzodiazepines, but their benefits are modest. Sativex® (GW Pharmaceuticals PLC, Porton Down, UK; Laboratorios Almirall, SA, Barcelona, Spain) is a unique cannabinoid-based medicine with two main active ingredients; 9-δ-tetrahydrocannabinol, which acts mainly on cannabinoid 1 receptors in the CNS and plays a key role in the modulation of spasticity and spasms, and cannabidiol, which has different properties, including minimization of the psychoactivity associated with 9-δ-tetrahydrocannabinol. Sativex is indicated for symptomatic improvement in adult patients with moderate-to-severe multiple sclerosis-related spasticity who have not responded adequately to other first- or second-line antispasticity medications, and who demonstrate clinically significant improvement in spasticity-related symptoms during an initial trial of therapy. Over the past couple of years, Sativex has been approved for use in a number of European countries and ongoing postmarketing studies are evaluating the possible risks associated with Sativex treatment by systematically collecting all suspected adverse reactions that occur in patients from the start of treatment. Interim data from the UK as well as Spanish Sativex safety registries confirm that clinical benefit is maintained over the longer term despite the expected trend for deterioration owing to disease progression. Even after more than 2 years of use, no new safety/tolerability signals have emerged with Sativex, including no evidence of driving impairment and no relevant incidence of falls or other adverse events of concern, such as psychiatric or nervous system events. Sativex appears to be a well-tolerated and useful add-on therapy in patients who have not achieved an adequate response with traditional antispastic agents.
Risk of endophthalmitis after intravitreal drug injection when topical antibiotics are not required: the diabetic retinopathy clinical research network laser-ranibizumab-triamcinolone clinical trials.

OBJECTIVE To report the incidence of endophthalmitis after intravitreal drug injection by means of a standardized procedure that does not require topical antibiotics, sterile gloves, or a sterile drape. METHODS Intravitreal injections of preservative-free triamcinolone acetonide or ranibizumab were administered in 2 prospective randomized clinical trials performed by the Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research Network. The standardized procedure for these trials requires the use of a topical combination product of povidone-iodine, a sterile lid speculum, and topical anesthetic, but does not require the use of topical antibiotics before, on the day of, or after injection. RESULTS As of February 23, 2009, a total of 3226 intravitreal injections of ranibizumab and 612 injections of preservative-free triamcinolone had been administered. Topical antibiotics were given on the day of injection in 361 (9.4%) of the 3838 cases, for several days after injection in 813 cases (21.2%), on the day of injection and after injection in 1388 cases (36.2%), and neither on the day of injection nor after injection in 1276 cases (33.3%). Three cases of culture-positive endophthalmitis occurred after ranibizumab injections (0.09%), and no cases occurred after triamcinolone injections. In all 3 cases of endophthalmitis, topical antibiotics were given for several days after the injection but not before injection. CONCLUSIONS The results suggest that a low rate of endophthalmitis can be achieved by means of a protocol that includes use of topical povidone-iodine, a sterile lid speculum, and topical anesthetic, but does not require topical antibiotics, sterile gloves, or a sterile drape. Trial Registration clinicaltrials.gov Identifiers: NCT00444600 and NCT00445003.
The past and future of supply chain collaboration: a literature synthesis and call for research

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide scholarly and practical benefits by detailing the past and suggesting a future research agenda for supply chain (SC) collaboration. A literature review is utilized to examine what has been investigated prior, and what remains to be analyzed, in order to assist today’s managers and researchers. The research expands the understanding of SC collaboration from a focal firm perspective while providing boundaries for future investigation and at the same time detailing the current state of collaboration to practitioners. Design/methodology/approach The current research utilizes a systematic review of the literature to shape a proposed research agenda on the topic of SC collaboration. Findings The paper provides insights into gaps in the literature as it pertains to SC collaboration. Specifically, the paper suggests investigating SC collaboration as it relates to perceived and real performance, understanding what know-how and commitment a focal firm must make to SC collaboration, and how to successfully navigate collaboration termination. Research limitations/implications This manuscript makes four specific contributions to the literature. First, it provides the first holistic graphic depiction of the central constructs employed in extant SC collaboration research. Next it examines three specific factor areas influencing collaboration. Overlooked issues are then revealed as suggestions for future research in SC collaboration. Finally, the method employed to conduct the systematic literature review can be used as a blueprint for future researchers in performing a similar exercise. Practical implications The current research seeks to provide a research agenda which meets the needs of today’s business managers. Originality/value The paper provides a suggested research agenda for SC collaboration.
Genetic Analysis of a Sicilian Population Using 15 Short Tandem Repeats

The genetic structure of the population of Alia (Sicily, Italy) was analyzed using 15 short tandem repeats: TPOX, D2S1338, D3S1358, FIBRA, D5S818, CSF1PO, D7S820, D8S1179, TH01, VWA, D13S317, D16S539, D18S51, D19S433, and D21S11. Two of these markers, D2S1338 and D19S433, have never before been used in research on population genetics and only recently have they been put to use in forensic medicine. Results of the analysis underline the genetic isolation of the Alia population and show it to be a recent bottleneck as a consequence of a cholera epidemic in 1837. While comparing the Alia population with other populations from Sicily, a genetic heterogeneity within Sicily was uncovered, thus confirming previous results obtained from the analysis of classical markers. This heterogeneity underlines the existence of genetic boundaries within the island. Comparisons with other Italian, Mediterranean, and European populations highlight the differentiation of the Sicilian population, reflecting the presence of a genetic boundary that separates Sicily from northern and central Italy and from the western Mediterranean basin.
Living standards in the UK

The overall aim of the PSE UK study is improve the measurement of poverty, deprivation, social exclusion and standard of living in the United Kingdom. While the main focus of the study is on the poor, impoverished, deprived and socially excluded, one specific objective is to expand our understanding of the living standards of the whole of the UK population. This conceptual note will provide a theoretically as well as methodologically well-grounded selection of measurement dimensions and indicators which can be used as an instrument to operationalise and analyse living standards in the UK using PSE UK survey data.