Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Predictors for Returning to Paid Work after Transient Ischemic Attack and Minor Ischemic Stroke

This study aims to determine which factors within the first week after a first-ever transient ischemic attack (TIA) or minor ischemic stroke (MIS) are associated with stroke survivors’ ability to return to either partial or full time paid external work (RTpW). In this single-center prospective cohort study, we recruited 88 patients with first-ever TIA or MIS (NIHSS ≤ 5). Bivariate analyses were conducted between patients that did (RTpW) or did not return to paid work (noRTpW) within 7 days after stroke onset and at 3-months follow-up. Then, we conducted multivariate logistic and negative binomial regression analyses assessing (i) which factors are associated with RTpW at 3 months (ii) the likelihood that patients would RTpW at 3 months and (iii) the number of months necessary to RTpW. Overall, 43.2% of the patients did not RTpW at 3 months. At 3-months follow-up, higher anxiety/depression and fatigue-related disabilities were associated with noRTpW. Multivariate analysis showed that higher NIHSS scores at onset and hyperlipidemia (LDL cholesterol > 2.6 mmol/L or statins at stroke onset) were associated with noRTpW at 3 months. Stroke severity and/or newly diagnosed hypercholesterolemia at stroke onset in TIA or MIS patients were associated with not returning to paid work at 3 months.
The Value Circle: Assessing Value Creation in Circular Business Models

This thesis aims to create a simple evaluation tool suited for assessment of value creation in Circular Business Models (CBMs). Transitioning from a linear business model to adapting the Circular Economy principles, brings in a range of new challenges, for both a company and its consumers. However, it is also important to note the different opportunities of value creation that arise due to such a shift. A strong agreement is found in the existing business model literature, in favour of understanding relevance of value creation within organisations. An extensive literature analysis unveils a relative abundance of frameworks available for business model development, planning and visualisation, pointing out a relative dearth of tools available to evaluate value generation, especially in CBMs. The intent of this research is to first identify a range of possible metrics to assess value generated in CBMs. Five different dimensions (economic environmental, customer, network and information) of value generation and suitable metrics are identified by the researcher through analysis of literature. The value metric checklist is tested for its applicability on selected case companies which are operating a CBM. Three companies which enable reuse of waste material as primary input are taken as cases for the empirical study. Finally, the evaluation tool “Value- Circle” is developed, consisting of ‘value metric checklist’ and ‘pie chart based visual representation’. The thesis provides an insight into need for evaluation of value in CBMs and identifies future opportunities for creating evaluation tools customised to CBMs. (Less)
Prediction of Vaccine Response and Development of a Personalized Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination Strategy in Kidney Transplant Recipients: Results from a Large Single-Center Study

Kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) displays marked inter-individual variations in magnitude of immune responses to anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccination. The aim of this large single-center study was to identify the predictive factors for serological response to the mRNA-1273 vaccine in KTRs. We also devised a score to optimize prediction with the goal of implementing a personalized vaccination strategy. The study population consisted of 564 KTRs who received at least two doses of the mRNA-1273 vaccine. Anti-RBD IgG titers were quantified one month after each vaccine dose and until six months thereafter. A third dose vaccine was given when the antibody titer after the second dose was <143 BAU/mL. A score to optimize prediction of vaccine response was devised using the independent predictors identified in multivariate analysis. The seropositivity rate after the second dose was 46.6% and 22.2% of participants were classified as good responders (titers ≥ 143 BAU/mL). On analyzing the 477 patients for whom serology testing was available after the second or third dose, the global seropositivity rate was 69% (good responders: 46.3%). Immunosuppressive drugs, graft function, age, interval from transplantation, body mass index, and sex were associated with vaccine response. The devised score was strongly associated with the seropositivity rate (AUC = 0.752, p < 0.0001) and the occurrence of a good antibody response (AUC = 0.785, p < 0.0001). Notably, antibody titers declined over time both after the second and third vaccine doses. In summary, a high burden of comorbidities and immunosuppression was correlated with a weaker antibody response. A fourth vaccine dose and/or pre-exposure prophylaxis with monoclonal antibodies should be considered for KTRs who remain unprotected.
Tirzepatide, a New Era of Dual-Targeted Treatment for Diabetes and Obesity: A Mini-Review

The prevalence of obesity and diabetes is an increasing global problem, especially in developed countries, and is referred to as the twin epidemics. As such, advanced treatment approaches are needed. Tirzepatide, known as a ‘twincretin’, is a ‘first-in-class’ and the only dual glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) and glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide (GIP) receptor agonist, that can significantly reduce glycemic levels and improve insulin sensitivity, as well as reducing body weight by more than 20% and improving lipid metabolism. This novel anti-diabetic drug is a synthetic peptide analog of the human GIP hormone with a C20 fatty-diacid portion attached which, via acylation technology, can bind to albumin in order to provide a dose of the drug, by means of subcutaneous injection, once a week, which is appropriate to its a half-life of about five days. Tirzepatide, developed by Eli Lilly, was approved, under the brand name Mounjaro, by the United States Food and Drug Administration in May 2022. This started the ‘twincretin’ era of enormously important and appealing dual therapeutic options for diabetes and obesity, as well as advanced management of closely related cardiometabolic settings, which constitute the leading cause of morbidity, disability, and mortality worldwide. Herein, we present the key characteristics of tirzepatide in terms of synthesis, structure, and activity, bearing in mind its advantages and shortcomings. Furthermore, we briefly trace the evolution of this kind of medical agent and discuss the development of clinical studies.
Assessment of knowledge and attitudes among pregnant women’s towards folic acid intake during pregnancy in a sample of women attending primary health care centers in Babylon province

Background: Folic acid (vitamin B9) is one of the important vitamins required for embryonic growth and development, as well as preventing the occurrence of congenital malformations, which are a major health concern in developing countries and around the world because they have a direct impact on the affected babies, their families, and the community. Objectives: To assess the knowledge and attitudes of pregnant women toward folic acid intake throughout pregnancy in a sample of women in Babylon Governorate and to assess the association of knowledge, attitude of folic acid with certain sociodemographic and obstetric characteristics. Methods: A cross-sectional interview-based study targeting a convenient sample of 265 pregnant women who attended antenatal care unit of five PHCCs in Babylon Governorate/Iraq during a period of three months (from April 1 to July 1, 2021). The respondents were interviewed with a pretested questionnaire, that includes data related to sociodemographic and obstetric history, seven questions related to pregnants’ knowledge, and five questions related to pregnant attitudes toward the importance of folic acid intake during pregnancy. Data were analyzed by SPSS, version 26. Results: 265 pregnant women were enrolled in this study. The result found that the mean (±standard deviation) age was 26.5 (±5.7) years where 58.1% (154) of women were in the age group of 20–29 years and two-third of participants were a resident in urban areas. In addition, 54.5% (144) of women had college and postgraduate education, housewives consisted 51% (134) of the sample, and 45 were employed; only 26 (9.8%) pregnant women were not hearing about folic acid intake during pregnancy. The major source of hearing was doctors. 44.8% (107) of participants had fair level of knowledge; knowledge score was significantly associated with age, residency, and occupation of pregnant women (P ≤ 0.05); knowledge score had no significant association with educational level, parity, history of abortion and stillbirth, or having children with congenital anomalies. 75 (31.4%) mothers had negative attitude toward using folic acid during pregnancy. Pregnant attitude toward folic acid supplements had no association with sociodemographic and obstetrical history. There was a positive moderate linear correlation between the mother’s knowledge and attitude (r = 0.36, P < 0.001). Conclusions: The study found that pregnant women had a fair and good knowledge about using folic acid during pregnancy. In addition, most pregnant women have a positive attitude.
DECO: A Deadline-Aware and Energy-Efficient Algorithm for Task Offloading in Mobile Edge Computing

With the rapid development in the area of Internet of Things (IoT), the number of delay-sensitive and power-hungry IoT applications has drastically increased over the past few years. Mobile edge computing (MEC) has become an effective computing model for meeting the IoT applications’ requirements. However, the resource-constrained nature of the IoT devices, different characteristics of IoT tasks such as delay sensitivity, and heterogeneity of the edge cloud servers (ECSs) make the task offloading problem a fundamental challenge in the MEC systems. Motivated by this, in this article, we propose a deadline-aware and energy-efficient computation offloading algorithm, DECO, for scheduling and processing the generated tasks from the IoT devices. The proposed algorithm jointly takes into account the deadline requirement of the tasks and the energy consumption of the IoT devices in the local decision-making process. Also, it considers the priority of the tasks and heterogeneity of ECSs for the task-node mapping process. The extensive simulation results confirm that the proposed algorithm improves the deadline satisfaction ratio of delay-sensitive tasks about 85.4% and reduces their average response time up to 62.9% compared to the state-of-the-art method while the amount of increase in the total energy consumption of IoT devices is less than 13.4%.
Beyond Virality: A Study of Indonesia's Viral Video Ads

Abstract. Customers' and companies' strong interest in dynamic advertisements makes brands focus on creating video advertisements that will be viewed and shared by many consumers. However, being “viral” is not the complete picture of a brand's objective. Brands need to find a more valuable virality that focuses not only on the number of shares but also on brand evaluation and sales. Using collections of Indonesia's most popular ads from YouTube Indonesia, the study aims to understand how emotional combinations in ads can affect valuable virality. Results indicate two emotional combinations in the ads, one that focuses strongly on the emotions of joy and surprise (positive ads) and another with the more complex and contrasting emotions of sadness and joy (mixed ads). An experiment showing different types of ads to two groups of a single population further demonstrates how different types of ads can create different effects on valuable virality. Mixed ads outperform positive ads in brand-related outcomes. No difference is found between the effects of positive and mixed ads on sharing intention. The findings shed light on Indonesia's viral ads and how companies can create emotional combinations in video ads to maximize their objectives. Keywords: Viral marketing, advertising, online content, social transmission, video sharing
Predictability of Stock Returns in Central and Eastern European Countries

Stock return predictability in highly developed countries has both empirical and theoretical justification in financial literature. The article aims to answer the question if market valuation ratios that relate share prices to various accounting quantities have any predictive power for long-term stock index returns on investments in capital markets of some Central and Eastern European countries, namely the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Russia. Heteroskedasticity and autocorrelation-consistent estimators with a small-sample degrees of freedom adjustment were used in regressions to track the overlapping data problem and small sample bias. The results of an investigation show that some of these ratios, such as price to a ten-year moving average of real earnings, commonly known as the cyclically adjusted price earnings (CAPE) ratio, price to estimated profits, market to book value and price to sales revenues have a strong predictive power for cumulative returns mainly over long horizons. On the other hand, price to one-year earnings, dividend yield or price to cash flow ratios prove to be quite poor predictors. Following the arguments of behavioural finance, we conclude that the evidence obtained in the study proving a fairly significant link between current values of market ratios and future cumulative returns indicates a certain degree of ineffectiveness of the analysed markets during the examined period.
The Effect of Debt on Earnings Per Share Using Manufacturing Companies in Nigeria from 2011 to 2021

This research work analyzed the effect of debt on earnings per share using manufacturing companies in Nigeria from 2011 to 2021. The data for the study were obtained from the financial statements of these listed firms using purposive and stratified sampling procedures. Before conducting the analysis of the effect of debt on earnings per share using SPSS 28, the data used were examined to comply with basic assumptions of linearity, homogenity and outliners. The result obtained indicated that short term debt has no significant effect on earnings per share (p = 0.651, DW = 1.008, R=0.108). This outcome of this study is in disagreement with Sriyono & Fatmasari [1] which opined that short term debt enhances earning per share. Also the study found out that long term debt exert significant positive effect on earnings per share (p=0.025, DW=1.234, R=0.498). The findings is in line with Efuntade, Efuntade, & Akintola, [2]. Siyanbola, Olaoye, & Olurin [3] and Sriyono & Fatmasari [1] as they all suggest that long term debt increase earnings per share. Further findings from this research indicated that there is a significant effect of total debt on earnings per share (p=0.0194, DW= 1.064, R=0.303). This result is in tandem with Badruzaman [4], Efuntade, Efuntade, & Akintola, [2]. Siyanbola, Olaoye, & Olurin [3], Sriyono & Fatmasari [1] among others. This study concluded that while short term debt exert insignificant effect on earnings per share, long term debt and a mix of short term debt and long term debt do. This study further supports the Perking Order Theory which helps in explaining that management elects to finance their investment in the cheapest means available using options that better their lots.
Prevalence of HIV Infection in Pulmonary Tuberculosis Suspects; Assessing the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Nigeria

After decades of decline, TB made a dramatic comeb ack, a situation largely fuelled by the emergence o f the HIV pandemic, amongst other factors, including over crowding, poverty and weak health care system. HIV/ TB co-infection, presently poses serious public health challenges especially in the African region, inclu ding Nigeria. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalen ce of HIV amongst PTB suspects in Nnewi, Nigeria. A total of 1544 pulmonary TB suspects assessing the Nnamdi Azik we University Teaching Hospital Nnewi who were screened for TB using Ziehl Neelsen Sputum smear m ic oscopy were also subjected to HIV counseling and testing (HCT). Of the 1544 PTB suspects 184 (11.9%) reacted to HIV antibodies with a higher frequency in the females (13.3%) than the males (10.4%). Total of 23 7 (15.4%) of the 1544 suspects had pulmonary TB inf ection with the prevalence being higher in the males (19.9 %) than in the females (11.2%). A total of 22 (1.42 %) were HIV/TB co-infected, with the males (1.6%) having a slightly higher frequency than the females (1.2%). The age distributions showed that the age groups of 31-40 a nd 41-50 years had the highest frequencies for HIV and TB infections in this study. The infection rate was lo wer among participants below 20 and above 60 years of age. More accurate method of detecting TB may be applied in future work to help understand the real burden of TB amongst HIV patients.
Determinants of Saving in Rural Saving and credit cooperatives in Sodo ZuriaWoreda ,Wolaita Zone , Southern Ethiopia

- It is undisputable fact that savings is of great value to a nation’s growth and development. Mobilizing both domestic and international savings is necessary society can proceed into ‘self-sustaining economic growth The primary purpose of this study is to investigate the determinants of saving SACCOs members in sodozuriaworeda ,wolaita zone in Ethiopia. The data for the study was obtained in the woredaSACCOs using purposive and randomly sampling selected 398SACCOs members seven SACCOs.The empirical analysis, using multiple regression model shows that age, training ,family size ,income, market distance and expenditureof SACCOsmembership statically significant at 1% and 5% raise SACCOs member savings. Therefore, these factors have to be considered in designing strategies aimed at improving the saving pattern of SACCOs member Linear regression analysis result indicates that amount of loan utilization has a positive relationship with saving Since in case of SACCO's, all members have to save some amount of money in advance to get loan The loan has significant influence on the improvement of SACCO's, all members.Thus unplanned expenditures tend to take the bulk of people savings than the planned expenditures. The study therefore recommended for government policies to be geared towards
RELATIONSHIPS AMONG MINDFUL EATING AND WEIGHT-RELATED BEHAVIORS OF YOUNG ADULT COLLEGE STUDENTS BY MELISSA

OF THE THESIS . ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . iv CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION . 1 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW . 4 CHAPTER 3: METHODS . 13 STUDY DESIGN.13 SAMPLE AND RECRUITMENT . 13 INSTRUMENTS.14 Sociodemographic Characteristics . 14 Height and Weight . 15 Eating Behaviors . 15 Dietary Intake.19 Other Health Behaviors.21 Health Status . 22 Psychographic Characteristics . 22 DATA ANALYSIS . 25 CHAPTER 4: RESULTS . 27 SAMPLE . 27 SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS AND BMI BY MINDFUL EATING LEVEL . 27
Factors affecting the efficacy of feedback use during source Factors affecting the efficacy of feedback use during source monitoring monitoring

The current study considers how individual differences in working memory capacity (WMC) affect feedback effectiveness. Participants, selected to have high and low WMC, first watched a video of a crime. Subsequently, a post-test questionnaire was administered concerning events taken from the video and additional information suggested to have occurred in the video. After a 10 minute filler task, participants were given a two-part memory test requiring them to identify the source of the information presented in the test statements. During the training portion of the test, half of the participants received feedback as to the accuracy of their source decisions. On the second (assessment) portion of the test, participants did not receive any feedback. Both high and low WMC participants benefited equally from the presentation of feedback; both groups significantly reduced their misattributions of suggested items to the video. There was also a trend toward better source monitoring performance on suggested items in high WMC than low WMC participants, regardless of whether they received feedback. These findings suggest that feedback may be used to improve memory accuracy without requiring substantial executive resources.
Exploring the importance of collaborative assets to hospital-supplier integration in healthcare supply chains

Research has established the dominant influence of collaboration and integration in manufacturing supply chains. However, the role of these characteristics in healthcare supply chain operations and performance has not yet been investigated. The current research proposes three assets under collaboration as dominant enablers of hospital-supplier integration: collaborative planning, collaborative execution and collaborative decision-making. Considering the advances in technology in healthcare, we propose that technology orientation moderates the above linkages. Survey-based responses were collected from hospitals, chemistry and pharmaceuticals, and medical equipment and surgical suppliers that are key entities in healthcare supply chains. In total, 239 completed responses were collected and analysed using structural equation modelling. The findings suggest all three as dominant enablers of hospital-supplier integration. Furthermore, technology orientation was found to positively moderate the impact of planning and execution on hospital-supplier integration. This orientation also suggested that hospital-supplier integration results in positive operational performance.