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How Do the Human Capital Characteristics of Entrepreneurial Team Influence Corporate Financial Performance?

Researches on the direct impact of the characteristics of top management team on corporate financial performance have obtained many achievements for a long time. Little literatures studied the relationship between human capital characteristics of entrepreneurial team and corporate financial performance. Based on the Upper Echelons theory, this paper empirically tests the relationship among the characteristics of entrepreneurial team, debt financing scale and corporate financial performance. It collects 1221 valid data from the datasets of listed companies on ChiNext in 2014-2016. Using multiple regression analysis, this paper finds that human capital characteristics of entrepreneurial team have a significant impact on corporate financial performance as well as debt financing scale. Besides, the debt financing scale plays a partial mediating role. This paper enriches Upper Echelons theory by focusing on human capital characteristics of entrepreneurial team in new ventures. Previous studies usually pay their attention to the human capital characteristics of top management team in main board listed companies. Besides, by verifying the mediating effect of debt financing scale, this paper inspires to explore the indirect relationship between human capital characteristics of entrepreneurial team and corporate financial performance.
The Financing of Investment: Firm Size, Asset Tangibility and the Size of Investment

How do firms finance their investment? To what extent does the financing mix depends on the nature or the size of investment? To what extent does the funding mix of investment vary along firm size? Relying on a unique database of firms covering 72% of the value added in France over three decades, this paper addresses those questions and provides a comprehensive picture of the financial resources used by firms to finance their investment. We uncover significant cross-sectional heterogeneity in the financing mix of investment along firm size, asset tangibility and investment size. In particular, we show that the commonly held view that "firms strongly rely on bank credit in a bank-based economy" weakens significantly as we consider larger firms or when it comes to finance intangible investments or relatively small investments.
THE ADAPTIVE SIGNIFICANCE OF VARIATION IN BREEDING AREA FIDELITY OF THE BLACKBIRD (TURD US MERULA L.)

In species which maintain breeding territories a conflict exists between selection favouring dispersal between breeding seasons and selection operating to prevent it. Individuals that disperse are more likely to avoid the deleterious effects of inbreeding depression (see Wilson 1975). Those which do not disperse will have the advantage of being familiar with spatial and temporal variation in the availability of resources (Hinde 1956). In addition, by establishing a breeding area close to related individuals, the territory defender may be at an advantage through kin selection (Maynard Smith 1964). A comparison of age and sex variation in dispersal patterns of territorial species should help towards understanding the factors that influence dispersal in natural populations. In this paper we examine the breeding dispersal of the blackbird (Turdus merula L.) using data collected in the British Isles by members of the British Trust for Ornithology (B.T.O.) over the last twenty years. The species is strongly sexually dimorphic; the male establishes and defends the breeding territory. It is generally extremely sedentary in
A REVIEW OF THE RESEARCH ON TAXONOMIC STATUS IN YAK (POEPHAGUS)

The taxonomic status of yak are always controversial,till now it has not been definitely conclusion about whether the yak belongs to the genus Bos or Poephagus of Bovinae. In this text,comparing the yak with other genus of Bovinae on paleontology evidence,morphologic character,blood protein polymorphism,microsatellite polymorphism,mtDNA sequence variance,rDNA RFLP data and sequence information of function gene, we find that the yak shows difference in Bos taurus,Bos indicus but close with Bison bison either in paleontology evidence, morphologic character or molecular biology character. So it was better to be considered as one independent genus Poephagus than to subgenus Poephagus or a species of Bos.
Calcium balance and bone density in immature horses fed a high protein diet

Calcium Balance and Bone Density in Immature Horses Fed a High Protein Diet. (August 2005) Holly Sue Spooner, B.S., Texas A&M University Co-Chairs of Advisory Committee: Dr. Gary Potter Dr. Pete Gibbs Studies in other species indicate high protein diets increase urinary calcium (Ca) excretion and may lead to negative calcium balance and reduced bone density. As overfeeding of protein is commonplace in the horse industry, this study was undertaken to determine the effects of excess dietary protein on growth, physiologic response, mineral balance, bone density, and bone geometry in immature horses. Sixteen 10-month-old American Quarter Horses were blocked by age and sex into two dietary treatments. The control diet was formulated to provide the NRC (1989) recommended concentration of crude protein, while the high protein diet provided 130% of NRC (1989) recommendations. All other nutrients were formulated at or slightly above NRC (1989) recommendations. Blood samples, feces, and urine were collected during the 116-day study to determine any diet effect on pH and mineral balance. Radiographs were made of the left third metacarpal (MCIII) to determine bone density via radiographic bone aluminum equivalence (RBAE), and bone geometry was determined metrically from the radiographs.
Effects of grazing on cryptogamic crusts in pinyon-juniper woodlands in Grand Canyon National Park

-Previously grazed pinyon-juniper woodlands in Grand Canyon National Park, northern Arizona, were studied to determine the effects of past and present grazing. The occurrence and biomass of cryptogamic crust were compared for five sites in and around the Park along a continuum from never grazed to recently grazed. All sites were similar in soil characteristics, elevation and overstory dominants. Cryptogamic crust was quantified using visible cover estimates and the chlorophyll a content of the crust as an indicator of biomass. Visible crust cover was reduced almost 80% on grazed (5.2%) as compared to ungrazed (23.3%) sites. Crust biomass, as estimated by chlorophyll a content, was reduced on grazed (3.1 ,tg cm-2) compared to ungrazed (9.9 ,tg cm-2) sites. There were no significant differences in species presence and absence data. Significant correlations existed between cryptogamic crust cover and the composition of the respective vascular plant communities, marked by a reduction of grasses and an increase of bare soil.
Theoretical study of the effects of rainfall on the population abundance of Diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella

Change in Diamondback moth (DBM) Plutella xylostella (L.), number on head cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) was monitored for 15 months before the release of its natural enemies Diadegma semiclausum (Hellén) and three years after in Werugha, Wundanyi Division in Taita Taveta District, coast province of Kenya. It has been reported that during the rainy season, the DBM abundance on plants significantly decreased. The present work attempted to theoretical study of the effect of rainfall on the population abundance of DBM. The Pearson’s correlation method was directly applied to the average rainfall and the DBM numbers in one hand and to the combined effect for the DBM population abundance reaction to rainfall added to the evapo-transpiration process and the DBM numbers on other hand. A multi layer perceptron artificial neural network (MLP-ANN) model was developed for nonlinear sensitivity analysis for measuring rainfall effects on DBM population abundance. The MLP-ANN was constructed using 68 data vectors divided as follows: 40 for training, 18 for validation and 10 for testing. Estimated Pearson’s correlation coefficient values helped in deducing that the relationship between rainfall and DBM abundance was nonlinear. The MLP-ANN sensitivity analysis showed the specific contribution of the predictor variables (DBM population abundance) to the rainfall volumes. The study provided insight knowledge on the relative effect of rainfall on DBM population abundance and helped determining the time scale at which it operates for a vital and proper understanding of the basic ecology of the pest management.
Evaluating the UN Global Policy Model

This paper summarises and synthesises the reports presented by invited experts at the technical workshop on the United Nations Global Policy Model (GPM) at the UNCTAD offices in Geneva on 15 December 2015. Reports were submitted by Michael Landesman, Marc Lavoie, Özlem Onaran and Servaas Storm. Each expert was asked to produce an assessment of a specific aspect of the GPM. This paper will draw out the main conclusions, observations and criticisms made in these reports. Conclusions will be drawn on the validity and applicability of the GPM for continued policy simulation work at UNCTAD. In the remainder of the paper, references to the above authors refer to the GPM reports, unless otherwise specified.
Mucuna pruriens (L.) Dc. (Var. Okeagbaloko) Can Bridge the Protein Gap in the Menu of the Rural Poor in South Eastern Nigeria

Acute shortage and high costs of protein-rich foods of animal origin in south Eastern Nigeria have resulted to the search for indigenous inexpensive and sustainable alternative sources of protein of plant origin. A usually avoided high yielding legume that grows wild in south eastern Nigeria is a variety of Mucuna pruriens, called; with highly itching pods. Proximate, amino acid, nutrient and anti-nutrient analyses, of both its seeds and leaves were carried out following standard analytical protocols. The results showed that both the leaves and seeds are rich in minerals such as, calcium, copper, zinc, iron and phosphorus; vitamins like A, B , B , B and B The amino acid profile and protein content of the seed were significantly 1 2 6 12. higher than those of the leaf and compares favourably with that of high protein crops like soya beans. The lysine content of the seed was higher than the FAO/WHO 1991 requirement pattern. It also contains anti-nutrients substances like tannins, phytic acid and hydrogen cyanide. The findings suggest that apart from the general use of the leaf extracts as blood tonic, the seed could bridge the yawning protein gap in the menu of the people of the region.
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Aims. Suicide attempt is an important indicator of suicide and potential future mortality. However, the prevalence of suicide attempts has been inconsistent across studies. This meta-analysis aimed to examine the prevalence of suicide attempts in individuals with schizophrenia and associated correlates. Methods. Relevant publications in Embase, PsycINFO, PubMed, Web of science and Cochrane were systematically searched. Data on the prevalence of suicide attempts in individuals with schizophrenia were pooled using a random-effects model. Results. Thirty-five studies with 16 747 individuals with schizophrenia were included. The pooled lifetime prevalence of suicide attempts was 26.8% (95% CI 22.1–31.9%; I = 97.0%), while the 1-year prevalence, 1-month prevalence and the prevalence of suicide attempts from illness onset were 3.0% (95% CI 2.3–3.7%; I = 95.6%), 2.7% (95% CI 2.1–3.4%; I = 78.5%) and 45.9% (95% CI 42.1–49.9%; I = 0), respectively. Earlier age of onset (Q = 4.38, p = 0.04), high-income countries (Q = 53.29, p < 0.001), North America and Europe and Central Asia (Q = 32.83, p < 0.001) were significantly associated with a higher prevalence of suicide attempts. Conclusions. Suicide attempts are common in individuals with schizophrenia, especially those with an early age of onset and living in high-income countries and regions. Regular screening and effective preventive measures should be implemented as part of the clinical care.
Replication: Why We Still Can't Browse in Peace: On the Uniqueness and Reidentifiability of Web Browsing Histories

We examine the threat to individuals’ privacy based on the feasibility of reidentifying users through distinctive proﬁles of their browsing history visible to websites and third parties. This work replicates and extends the 2012 paper Why Johnny Can’t Browse in Peace: On the Uniqueness of Web Browsing History Patterns [48]. The original work demonstrated that browsing proﬁles are highly distinctive and stable. We reproduce those results and extend the original work to detail the privacy risk posed by the aggregation of browsing histories. Our dataset consists of two weeks of browsing data from ~52,000 Firefox users. Our work replicates the original paper’s core ﬁndings by identifying 48,919 distinct browsing proﬁles, of which 99% are unique. High uniqueness holds even when histories are truncated to just 100 top sites. We then ﬁnd that for users who visited 50 or more distinct domains in the two-week data collection period, ~50% can be reidentiﬁed using the top 10k sites. Reidentiﬁability rose to over 80% for users that browsed 150 or more distinct domains. Finally, we observe numerous third parties pervasive enough to gather web histories sufﬁcient to leverage browsing history as an identiﬁer.
Rickettsia africae an Agent of African Tick Bite Fever in Ticks Collected from Domestic Animals in Eastern Cape, South Africa

Background: Ticks transmit a plethora of pathogens of zoonotic implications. Their distribution, diversity and the pathogens they transmit differ from one ecological location to another. Rickettsia africae is the agent of African tick bite fever found in South Africa, a zoonotic infection that is frequently reported among travelers who have visited many sub-Saharan African countries where the pathogen is prevalent. Methods: Ticks were collected from domestic animals in Raymond Nkandla Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa. The ticks were identified morphologically prior to DNA extraction followed by molecular identification of randomly selected ticks from the morphologically delineated groups. To assess for the presence of tick-borne pathogens belonging to Rickettsia spp. by PCR (polymerase chain reaction), we used specific primer pairs targeting the gltA, ompA and ompB genes. The selected amplified ticks, all positive ompB and forty three ompA amplicons were sequenced in a commercial sequencing facility. The obtained nucleotide sequences were edited and subjected to BLASTn for homology search and phylogenetic analyses were performed with MEGA 7 Version for genetic relationships with curated reference sequences in GenBank. Results: A total of 953 ticks collected in the study were delineated into three genera consisting of Amblyomma, Rhipicephalus and Hyalomma in decreasing order of abundance. The presence of rickettsial DNA was detected in 60/953 (6.3%) from the three genera of ticks screened. Genetic analyses of the DNA sequences obtained showed that they have phylogenetic relationship to members of the spotted fever group rickettsiae with R. africae, being the predominant SFGR (spotted fever group rickettsiae) detected in the screened ticks. Conclusion: This report shows that R. africae is the predominant spotted fever group rickettsiae in ticks collected from domestic animals in the study area and the human health impacts are not known.
Effect of fabricated of indigenous fruit fly traps for control of fruit flies in mango and guava orchard and to identify effect of colour of traps on fruit flies

Experiment was carried out in Insectary (Dept. of Entomology), College of Home Science and guava orchard (Dept. of Horticulture) located at Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur (U.P) during 2017-18. There were 4 treatments were used for attraction of fruit flies. These treatments were green, yellow, transparent and Rakshak traps and methyl eugenol was used as attractant. The Bactrocera species which were attracted on coloured traps were Bactrocera dorsalis, B. correcta, B. zonata, B. nigrotibialis. The most predominant spp. attracted in guava orchard was B. zonata followed by B. dorsalis, B. nigrotibialis and B. correcta in all the traps tested. Out of four traps green trap was more attractive to all the Bactrocera species in Insectary (Dept. of Entomology) with a mean number of 66.25 fruit flies, in guava orchard (Dept. of Horticulture) 75.50 fruit flies and in College of Home Science 78.0 fruit flies.
Identification of second primary tumors from lung metastases in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma using whole-exome sequencing

Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) patients with a synchronous or metachronous lung tumor can be diagnosed with lung metastasis (LM) or a second primary tumor (SPT), but the accurate discrimination between LM and SPT remains a clinical dilemma. This study aimed to investigate the feasibility of using the whole-exome sequencing (WES) technique to distinguish SPT from LM. Methods: We performed WES on 40 tumors from 14 patients, including 12 patients with double squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) of the esophagus and lung (lymph node metastases were sequenced as internal controls) diagnosed as LM according to pathological information and 2 patients with paired primary ESCC and non-lung metastases examined as external controls. Results: Shared genomic profiles between esophageal (T) and lung (D) tumors were observed in 7 patients, suggesting their clonal relatedness, thus indicating that the lung tumors of these patients should be LM. However, distinct genomic profiles between T and D tumors were observed in the other 5 patients, suggesting the possibility of SPTs that were likely formed through independent multifocal oncogenesis. Conclusions: Our data demonstrate the limitations and insufficiency of clinicopathological criteria and that WES could be useful in understanding the clonal relationships of multiple SCCs.
Effects of Light Intensity on Growth of Four Mosla Species

We compared the growth characteristics to four Mosla species occurred under three light conditions that simulated shaded forest understory, forest edge, and open land. Root mass (M(subscript root)), stem mass (M(subscript stem)), leaf mass (M(subscript leaf)), total mass (M(subscript total)), root mass ratio (RMR), and root shoot ratio (R/S) all decreased with decreasing light intensity while specific leaf area (SLA), leaf area ratio (LAR), and height ratio (HR) increased as growth light declined. At low light intensity, M. scabra, acclimating to a shade environment, had the highest biomass, RMR, R/S, SLA, and LAR, but its plasticity in response to light intensity was lower than that of the other three shade-intolerant species. The results supported the hypothesis that shade-intolerant species have greater plasticity than shade-tolerant species. Compared with M. scabra and M. dianthera, M. hangchowensis and M. chinensis had lower competitive ability for water, nutrients and light (indicated by lower RMR, R/S and HR values), which could cause their endangerment and rarity, respectively.
Validation of MODIS C6.1 and MERRA-2 AOD Using AERONET Observations: A Comparative Study over Turkey

This study validated MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) of the National Aeronautics and Space Agency, USA, Aqua and Terra Collection 6.1, and MERRA-2 (Modern-ERA Retrospective Analysis for Research and Application) Version 2 of aerosol optical depth (AOD) at 550 nm against AERONET (Aerosol Robotic Network) ground-based sunphotometer observations over Turkey. AERONET AOD data were collected from three sites during the period between 2013 and 2017. Regression analysis showed that overall, seasonally and daily statistics of MODIS are better than MERRA-2 by the mean of coefficient of determination (R2), mean absolute error (MAE), and relative root mean square deviation (RMSDrel). MODIS combined Terra/Aqua AOD and MERRA-2 AOD corresponding to morning and noon hours resulted in better results than individual sub datasets. A clear annual cycle in AOD was detected by the three platforms. However, overall, MODIS and MERRA-2 tend to overestimate and underestimate AOD, respectively, in comparison with AERONET. MODIS showed higher efficiency in detecting extreme events than MERRA-2. There was no clear relation found between the accuracy in MODIS/MERRA-2 AOD and surface relative humidity (RH).
Asymbiotic Seed Germination and Seedling Development of a Medicinally Important Epiphytic Orchid, Dendrobium crepidatum Lindl. & Paxton

Dendrobium crepidatum Lindl. & Paxton is an important medicinal orchid with high alkaloid content having pharmacological activities. The species has been threatened due to deforestation and overexploitation therefore, a conservation strategy was needed. Asymbiotic seed germination has been used for conservation and commercial production of different orchids. The current study evaluated the effects of capsule maturity and media composition for asymbiotic seed germination and seedling development using capsules collected 118 and 148 days after pollination (DAP) of D. crepidatum flowers. The seed germination was highest for half strength Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium in 70 days of culture with 41±0.76% protocorm development for late capsule group (148 DAP capsules) and 36.33±0.96% for early capsule group (118 DAP capsules). Also, 148 DAP capsules showed early germination in terms of all three seed germination stages in comparison to 118 DAP capsules. The seedling development was studied across 12 different combinations of half strength MS media, where half strength MS medium supplemented with 2 ìgmL 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP) and 1 ìgmL 1 naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA) showed highest growth on measuring leaf number per shoot (3.25±0.47, F 11,36 = 7.075 with p < 0.05) over 100 days of sub-culture period. Thus, relatively more mature seeds collected from 148 DAP capsules were found to be more suitable for asymbiotic seed germination with the use of half strength MS medium. The culture method thus established may facilitate conservation and large-scale cultivation of this medicinal orchid.
Herpetofaunal Comparisons between Two Climatic Zones in Panama

Qualitative and quantitative studies were made on reptiles and amphibians in forests of two climatic zones in Panama', des- ignated as the "Seasonally Humid Zone" and the "Perhumid Zone. " Distribution and abundance of the lizard, Gonatodes albogularis fuscus, seemed to be influenced more by the structural configuration of the environment than by microclimatic conditions. Densities of this species were closely related to density of trees with scaly bark. It also occupies similar geometric configurations (broad vertical surfaces with crevices) in nonforested areas. By contrast, densities of the lizard, Anolis limifrons, in different forests did not correlate with density of structural features with which they had been previously shown to be associated. Fenced quadrats indicated that the herpetofauna of the lower forest strata consisted of one of two extremely abundant species with a larger number of rare ones. These abundant species had densities comparable to those of common temperate ones. The breeding season of A. limifrons is less sharply defined in the Perhumid Zone than in the Seasonally Humid one, probably because of the more uniform distribution of rainfall in the former. The Seasonally Humid Zone contains fewer species than the Per- humid one, largely due to a reduction in number of frogs.