Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Optimal capital allocation using RAROC TM and EVA ® ✩

Equity capital allocation plays a particularly important role for financial institutions such as banks, who issue equity infrequently but have continuous access to debt capital. In such a context this paper shows that EVA and RAROC based capital budgeting mechanisms have economic foundations. We derive optimal capital allocation under asymmetric information and in the presence of outside managerial opportunities for an institution with a risky and a riskless division. It is shown that the results extend in a consistent manner to the multidivisional case of decentralized investment decisions with a suitable redefinition of economic capital. The decentralization leads to a charge for economic capital based on the division’s own realized risk. Outside managerial opportunities increase the usage of capital and lead to overinvestment in risky projects; at the same time more capital is raised but risk limits are binding in more states. An institution with a single risky division should base its hurdle rate for capital allocated on the cost of debt. In contrast, the hurdle rate tends to the cost of equity for a diversified multidivisional firm. The analysis shows that hurdle rates have a common component in contrast to the standard perfect markets result with division-specific hurdle rates. © 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Lexical phonology

The question which raises about these examples is: why are the final obstruents of heb and had devoiced? We know by now that Dutch has a process of syllable-final devoicing: the feature [voice] is not allowed to appear in the syllable coda. But the strange thing is that in cases such as this, the obstruents in question do not appear in the coda: they are in the onset of the next syllable, since Dutch syllables cannot begin with a schwa. The point about these forms of course is that the obstruents are at the end of a syllable if we syllabify these words disregarding their syntactic context. One of the ideas of the theory of Lexical Phonology is that this idea is essentially correct: there are (at least) two phonologies — each an Optimality Theoretic system — which are serialised: first we apply phonology to words (lexical phonology) and the output of this is then, after the operation of syntax, applied to phrases (postlexical phonology):
Study of Associated Psychosocial Factors in Attempted Suicide Patients

DOI: 10.21276/sjams.2018. 6.10. 8 Abstract: India accounts for about one-tenth of suicides in the world statistically, with its youth at the highest risk. To study the demographic profile and other related details of attempted suicides, the present study carried out in the department of psychiatry of Govt general hospital, Vijayawada during the period December, 2017 to July, 2018. Total 60 subject included in the study. Suicides are more common in young and below 35 years of age. Women (73%) outnumbered Men in the study. More number (53%) of the subjects had education below or up to 10th std. Most of the suicide attempters were married (75%), (55%) constituted unskilled labour by occupation and (26%) belong to low-middle socioeconomic status. The most common method of self-harm was consumption of organ phosphorous compounds (41patients) followed by drug over dose (10 patients). 73.3% of the suicide attempters suffered from stressful life events in the past only 26.7% suffering from stress in life presently.
REINFORCEMENT OF COMPOSITE PIPELINES FOR MULTIPURPOSE TRANSPORTATION Summary

The problem of monolithic behavior of a metal pipe and fiberglass safety cage has been considered in the article. The prestressed case does not only decrease the deformability of a pipe on-load but it also protects metal from corrosion. The ability to withstand the arising stresses has been investigated for both strip fiberglass reinforcement and the whole construction. It has been shown that the deformability of fiberglass depends on the kind of binder. The maximum strength value has been obtained while gluing glass fibers with butvar-phenolic glue. The calculated rupture strength coefficient of strip fiberglass reinforcement and the analysis of monolithic behaviour of metal and reinforcement proved the precondition as to the plasticity of a developed material. The process of force transmission between a steel pipe and fiberglass at ductile stage has been analyzed in the article. While forecasting the work of a pipe on-load, it is necessary to take into account nonlinearity of metal-fiberglass pipe properties.
Commentary Interspecific variation of olfactory preferences in flies , mice , and humans

Aiming to unravel interspecific differences in olfactory preferences, we performed comparative studies of odor valence in flies, mice, and humans. Our analysis suggests a model where flies and mice share similar olfactory preferences, but neither species share odor preferences with humans. This model contrasts with a previous study by Mandairon et al., which suggested that the olfactory preferences of mice and humans are similar. A probabilistic examination revealed that underpowered studies can result in spurious significant correlations, which can account for the differences between both studies. Future analyses aimed at dissecting the olfactory preferences across species need to test large numbers of odorants to stress-test the model proposed here and identify robust associations.
Investigating health and nutrition messages given to pregnant women at Bwaila hospital in Lilongwe

1 1.0 INTRODUCTION . 2 1.1 Maternal mortality problem in Malawi . 2 1.2 General objective . 7 1.3 Specific Objectives . 7 1.4 About the researcher . 7 2.0 THEORY . 8 2.1 Health Promotion Model . 8 2.2 Model Development . 10 3.0 METHODOLOGY . 12 3.1 Study Design . 12 3.2 Study Questionnaires . 12 3.3 Variables Measured . 12 3.3.1 Demographic characteristics . 12 3.3.2 Personal Medical History . 13 3.3.3 Current Obstetric History . 13 3.3.4 Nutrition Knowledge . 13 3.3. 5 Information provision and use . 14 3.4 Nurses perspectives . 15 3.4. 1 Demographics . 15 3.4. 2 Service delivery . 15
The Impact of Attestation on Deniable Communications

Deniable protocols allow their participants to plausibly deny their participation or what was being said. A variety of Internet and messaging protocols are designed with the goal of providing deniability as a means of enhancing privacy. At the same time, commodity hardware often has the ability to provide Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) with remote attestation capabilities, which can provide credible proof to an external verifier of some state or property existing or having existed on a device. We show that the potential availability of remote attestation implies that unconditionally deniable protocols are impossible if they also provide message authentication. We then present an practical attack that can be used to compromise deniability in the Signal messaging protocol, and introduce some possible countermeasures that restore deniability.
A ug 2 01 4 A new SATIRES spectral solar irradiance reconstruction for solar cycles 21 – 23 and its implications for stratospheric ozone

We present a revised and extended total and spectral solar irradiance (SSI) reconstruction, which includes a wavelength-dependent uncertainty estimate, spanning the last three solar cycles using the SATIRE-S model. The SSI reconstruction covers wavelengths between 115 and 160 000 nm and all dates between August 1974 and October 2009. This represents the first full-wavelength SATIRE-S reconstruction to cover the last three solar cycles without data gaps and with an uncertainty estimate. SATIRE-S is compared with the NRLSSI model and SORCE/SOLSTICE ultraviolet (UV) observations. SATIRE-S displays similar cycle behaviour to NRLSSI for wavelengths below 242 nm and almost twice the variability between 242 and 310 nm. During the decline of last solar cycle, between 2003 and 2008, SSI from SORCE/SOLSTICE version 12 and 10 typically displays more than three times the variability of SATIRE-S between 200 and 300 nm. All three datasets are used to model changes in stratospheric ozone within a 2D atmospheric model for a decline from high solar activity to solar minimum. The different flux changes result in different modelled ozone trends. Using NRLSSI leads to a decline in mesospheric ozone, while SATIRE-S and SORCE/SOLSTICE result in an increase. Recent publications have highlighted increases in mesospheric ozone when considering version 10 SORCE/SOLSTICE irradiances. The recalibrated SORCE/SOLSTICE version 12 irradiances result in a much smaller mesospheric ozone response than when using version 10 and now similar in magnitude to SATIRE-S. This shows that current knowledge of variations in spectral irradiance is not sufficient to warrant robust conclusions concerning the impact of solar variability on the atmosphere and climate.
Title Comparison of behavioural development between Japanese flounder ( Paralichthys olivaceus ) and spotted halibut ( Verasper variegatus ) during early life stages

Title Comparison of behavioural development between Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) and spotted halibut (Verasper variegatus) during early life stages Author(s) Sabate, Francisco de la Serna; Sakakura, Yoshitaka; Hagiwara, Atsushi Citation Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 24(3), pp.248-255; 2008 Issue Date 2008-06 URL http://hdl.handle. net/10069/22023 Right NAOSITE: Nagasaki University's Academic Output SITE
Comparative results of RAPD and ISSR markers for genetic diversity assessment in Melocanna baccifera Roxb . growing in Mizoram State of India

The genetic similarity among 12 accessions of Melocanna baccifera from Mizoram in India was tested using RAPD and ISSR markers. RAPD and ISSR DNA profile shows high polymorphism of DNA fragments. Genetic similarity among accessions was calculated according to Dice similarity coefficient; the mean level of genetic similarity with populations of M. baccifera by using RAPD and ISSR markers were 0.600 and 0.650, respectively. The similarity coefficients were then used to construct a dendrogram using the UPGMA cluster analysis. Cluster analysis base on Dice coefficient shows two major groups. Mantel test revealed the different distribution pattern of the polymorphism between RAPD and ISSR markers and the correlation coefficient (r) was found as r = 0.1902.
Economies of Scale and Industrial Policy : A View from Trade ∗

When sector size goes up, does productivity go up as well? If it does, are productivity gains larger in some sectors than others? And if they are, what are the gains from industrial policies that subsidize these sectors at the expense of others? In this paper we develop a new empirical strategy to estimate economies of scale using trade data and provide answers to these questions. Across 2-digit manufacturing sectors, our baseline estimates of scale elasticities range from 0.07 to 0.25 and average 0.13. Viewed through the lens of a Ricardian model with external economies of scale, these estimates imply gains from optimal industrial policy that are around 0.61% on average across countries, a bit smaller than the gains from optimal trade policy. ∗Contact: dbartelm@umich.edu, costinot@mit.edu, ddonald@mit.edu, andres@econ.berkeley. edu. We are grateful to Susantu Basu, Jonathan Eaton and David Weinstein for comments, and to Daniel Haanwinckel and Walker Ray for outstanding research assistance.
N ov 2 01 5 Novel dissipative properties for the master equation

Recent studies have shown that the entropy production rate f or the master equation consists of two nonnegative terms: the adiabatic and non-adiabatic par ts, where the non-adiabatic part is also known as the dissipation rate of a Boltzmann-Shannon relati v entropy. In this paper, we provide some nonzero lower bounds for the relative entropy, the entr opy production rate, and its adiabatic and non-adiabatic parts. These nonzero lower bounds not only re veal some novel dissipative properties for general nonequilibrium processes which are much strong er than the second law of thermodynamics, but also impose some new constraints on thermodynam ic constitutive relations. Moreover, we also provide a mathematical application of these nonzero lower bounds by studying the long-time behavior of the master equation. Extensions to the Tsallis s tatistics are also discussed, including the nonzero lower bounds for the Tsallis-type relative entropy and its dissipation rate.
Appendix ةرامتسالاا اايتس بببم ا عبببيتومما مببب ةتببب ا ببب وبببيبت مبببتما عببب تمعمما بببات عبببالا عببباماتما لاببب تمعمما لبببترى ت مبببتما لبببث ، عبببيتومما مببب ابببها عاناثما , عثماثما عيتومما م اها ت متما لث

The present study aimed at exploring the predominant learning styles within researchers in National Research Center of Egypt (NRC), in order to improve their learning and enhance their career. A convenient sample of 72 from different specialties in the NRC comprised the study sample. A questionnaire modeled after Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and based on Jung's theoretical functional types was used. Statistical computation included percentage distribution for interesting variables using Chi square test for significance. Thinking and Feeling types predominated with 40% each. The Sensing personality represented 14.3%, with 5.7% for the Intuitive. Predominant learning styles within population of academic researchers matched reported distribution of types in normal population. Functional types appeared to be more related to guiding tendencies rather than improving achievement. Dual brained types after Katherine Benziger -as introduced in this studycould add to individual learning characterization in light of Jung typological functions and hemispheric dominance. Keywords— Learning Style, Academic achievement, Hemispheric dominance, Dual brained, Jung Typology _________________________________________________________________________________
INTRODUCTION: MARKETING PRACTICE AND CRITICAL INQUIRY In thinking about marketing practice, what frequently comes to mind are the acknowledged

In thinking about marketing practice, what frequently comes to mind are the acknowledged figures of authority that inhabit the discipline. Often, for students, academics and indeed for practitioners, their bookshelves, or e equivalents, are populated with the works of traditional masters, like Kotler, et al (2009) and McDonald (2007). These types of works and the style of academic articles they generate represent the repository of wisdom and are a major source of authority in marketing (Brown 1998). Arguably, marketing’s dominant conceptual framework is embedded in these texts, where the rhetoric that is deployed is about systems and overarching models of marketing thought. It is not unreasonable to suggest that what we have in much current marketing theory is a dominant discourse that orders perceptions, ‘‘where there exists an invariable and privileged structure of predetermined categories’’ (Brownlie and Saren 2004, p2). It is this type of all embracing, axiomatic marketing theory that this paper seeks to contest, where paradoxically, the study of practice often gets neglected. Debates along similar lines have emerged in the pages of Marketing Intelligence and Planning before, see for example Brennan and Ankers (2004); McCole (2004); Saren (2007). Other work that is also critical of aspects of mainstream marketing can also be found in the marketing management literature, reflecting a degree of unease in the academic and practitioner community with regard to the efficacy of traditional theory. The research of Hills et al (2008) for example, found that successful entrepreneurs held cognitive models of marketing that did not come anywhere near those offered in leading textbooks and that practitioners were found to be successful in unconventional ways. Notable other critical examples include the work of O’Driscoll and Murray (1998); Brownlie and Saren (1997; 2004) and Hackley (2000; 2001), all of whom take issue with traditional marketing management theory in one way or another.
Some Interfaces between Noncommutative Ring Theory and Operator Algebras

In this talk, I will present a unified approach to several constructions in operator algebras that are related to the algebraic theory of rings of quotients, thus showing deep relations between algebraic and analytic concepts. These constructions include the algebra of unbounded operators affiliated to a finite von Neumann algebra, defined by Murray and von Neumann in 1936, and the C*-algebra of essential multipliers of a C*-algebra, defined by Elliott in 1976. In both cases, the algebras were defined without any explicit reference to localisation theory, but the fact that they can be obtained as algebras of quotients has played a very important role in several applications.
enetic differentiation in populations of Aedes aegypti ( Diptera , ulicidae ) dengue vector from the Brazilian state of Maranhão ndrelina

Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti is the vector responsible for the transmission of the viruses that cause zika, yellow and chikungunya fevers, the four dengue fever serotypes (DENV – 1, 2, 3, 4), and hemorrhagic dengue fever in tropical and subtropical regions around the world. The present study investigated the genetic differentiation of the 15 populations of this vector in the Brazilian state of Maranhão, based on the mitochondrial ND4 marker. A total of 177 sequences were obtained for Aedes aegypti, with a fragment of 337 bps, 15 haplotypes, 15 polymorphics sites, haplotype diversity of h = 0.6938, and nucleotide diversity of = 0.01486. The neutrality tests (D and Fs) were not significant. The AMOVA revealed that most of the variation (58.47%) was found within populations, with FST = 0.41533 (p < 0.05). Possible isolation by distance was tested and a significant correlation coefficient (r = 0.3486; p = 0.0040) was found using the D4 Mantel test. The phylogenetic relationships among the 15 haplotypes indicated the existence of two distinct clades. This finding, together with the population parameters, was consistent with a pattern of genetic structuring that underpinned the genetic differentiation of the study populations in Maranhão, and was characterized by the presence of distinct lineages of Aedes aegypti. © 2016 Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia. Published by Elsevier Editora Ltda. This is an open he CC access article under t
Quantitative Evaluation of Crack Resistance Mechanism of Blast Furnace Slag Blended Cement Concrete via Restrained Shrinkage Stress Analysis

Application of blast-furnace slag blended cement is an important option to reduce carbon dioxide emission peculiar to concrete materials in construction, and concrete structures using the blended cement concrete (hereafter denoted as BFS concrete) is in great demand. However, shrinkage cracking resistance of BFS concrete decreases at high temperatures. In this study, mechanisms of the reduction of cracking resistance at high temperatures were investigated aiming at the control of shrinkage cracking of BFS concrete as the final goal. Constitutive material properties necessary for restrained shrinkage stress analysis were derived through experiments including such as restrained cracking test under a temperature of 30, 20 and 10°C, free shrinkage test, and compressive creep test. On the basis of the constitutive material properties obtained with the above tests, applicability of existing restrained shrinkage stress analysis to BSF concrete was examined. Analytical results indicate that the stress analysis was found to reproduce the cracking behavior at an ambient temperature from 10 to 20°C. However, at an ambient temperature of 30°C, the analysis overestimates restrained shrinkage stress, which is considered due to underestimating creep effects. This underestimation may occur due to surface micro-cracks eminently generated on surface.
Effect of pre-sowing treatment on seed germination and seedlings growth of Sapindus mukorossi Gaertn .-an important medicinal plants in Bangladesh

Germination behavior of Sapindus mukorossi Gaertn. under six different pre-sowing treatments and seedling growth performance in nursery and field conditions were investigated. The treatments were i) soaked in hot water (1000C) for 10 second, ii) soaked in cold water for 12 hours, iii) soaked in cold water for 24 hours, iv) soaked in cold water for 36 hours, v) seeds scratched on the cemented floor and vi) control. Growth performances were determined by transferring the young seedling having 4-6 leaves at the age of 25-30 days, from germination bed to polybag filled with soil-cow dung mixture and followed by outplanting in the field at one year age. Germination percentage was significantly (p ≤ 0.05) enhance by pre-sowing treatment in hot water (1000C) for 10 seconds in comparison to other treatments. The survival percentage of seedling was highest (89%) in the field after one year at 2.0 m x 2.0 m spacing and average height was 94.32 cm after 2 years of outplanting. Pre-sowing treatment of seeds in hot water (1000C) for 10 second for nursery raising and one year old seedlings for outplanting at 2.0 m x 2.0 m spacing in the field were found suitable for successful plantation for the species.
Effect of body development from first insemination to first weaning on performance and culling until the third farrowing of Landrace x Large White swine females

The aim of this study was to verify the association of sow body weight development until the 1 st weaning with reproductive performance, piglet production and culling rate until the 3 rd farrowing in 196 primiparous sows using logistic regression models. Each 10kg increase in weight gain in the 1 st pregnancy (OR= 0.63), weight at 1 st farrowing (OR= 0.70), weight at the 1 st weaning (OR= 0.73) or weight gain from the 1 st artificial insemination (AI) to the 1 st weaning (OR= 0.67) decreased the percentage of primiparous sows with long weaning-to-oestrus interval WOI (>5 days). An increasing lactation length and an increase in the number of weaned piglets were responsible for respectively decreasing (OR= 0.77-0.80, per day of lactation) and increasing (OR= 1.52-1.59, per piglet weaned) the percentage of sows with long WOI. Sows with <159.5kg at weaning had higher odds of non-farrowing (NFR) compared to sows with >170kg (OR= 4.73). Sows with <17.5kg of gain from the 1 st AI to the 1 st weaning had higher odds (OR= 4.88) of NFR than sows gaining >30kg. Each additional lactation day decreased the NFR (OR= 0.74). Females weighing <139kg at the 1 st AI had higher percentages of small numbers of total born in the second parity (STB2, OR= 2.00) and over three parities (OR= 3.28) compared to those weighing ≥139kg. Sows with weight gain <25kg at the 1 st pregnancy had higher odds of STB2 (OR= 3.01) compared to sows gaining >35kg. Each 10kg of increase in weight at the 1 st weaning or in weight gain from the 1 st AI to the 1 st weaning decreased the total culling rate (OR= 0.71 and 0.73, respectively) and culling for reproductive reasons (OR= 0.57 and 0.61, respectively). The culling rate until the 3 rd farrowing was also increased in sows with a smaller first litter size. The results show that not only reaching a minimum weight at the 1 st AI but also having an adequate body weight gain until the 1 st weaning is important for the reproductive performance, productivity and retention of Landrace x Large White Danbred sows in the herd.
Genetic Testing for Breast Cancer Gene Expression Prognosis Assay

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