Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effect of Pillar and Mesh Structure of Tetrahedral Amorphous Carbon (ta-C) Coatings on the Wear Properties and Fracture Toughness of the Coating

Wear by fracture is among the factors associated with the DLC coating failures in the tribological application. The current study investigated the link between the wear and the fracture-toughness on the novel Pillar and Mesh structure ta-C coatings, in addition to conventional ta-C coatings. The tribological properties of these coatings were examined under base-oil lubrication via ball-on-disk tribo-tester and micro indentation technique was used to characterize the fracture toughness. The wear track and the indentation mark were analyzed using the optical microscope, 3D laser microscope and FE-SEM. The friction coefficient for ta-C, Pillar ta-C and Mesh ta-C are within the range of 0.071 to 0.106. Mesh ta-C indicated the highest wear resistance, followed by the Pillar ta-C and conventional ta-C. Also, Mesh ta-C demonstrated ‐ 1/2 ‐ 1/2 in contrast to ta-C. Greater resistance to wear for ta-C with Pillar and Mesh structure was detected with an increased fracture-toughness and improvement in crack propagation inhibition. Moreover, the Pillar and Mesh ta-C provides superior rate of crack-energy dissipation as compared to the ta-C.
Running head: BODY SELF-DISCREPANCIES AND AFFECT

We explored ideal, ought, and feared body image self-discrepancies as predictors of social physique anxiety within Carver, Lawrence and Scheier’s (1999) and Woodman and Hemmings’s (2008) interaction frameworks. One hundred women completed actual, ideal, ought, and feared body self-discrepancy visual analogue scales, the Social Physique Anxiety Scale and the Beck Depression Inventory-II. Moderated hierarchical regression analyses indicated that the relationship between ought body fat discrepancies and social physique anxiety was moderated by proximity to the feared fat self. Specifically, the positive relationship between ought fat discrepancies and social physique anxiety was stronger when women were far from their feared body self. The results highlight the importance of considering the feared self in order to more fully understand the relationship between body image and social physique anxiety.
Comparative Analysis of the Transcriptome of Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adult (LADA) Patients from Eastern China

Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) is characterized as a slow-progressing form of autoimmune diabetes. LADA resembles some phenotypes of type 1 diabetes (T1D) and type 2 diabetes (T2D), frequently leading to misdiagnosis and inappropriate therapeutic strategies. Understanding its transcriptome profiles aids in revealing the detailed molecular mechanisms of LADA and its therapy. In the present study, we performed RNA-seq analysis of LADA patients from Eastern China and showed that LADA exhibited 277 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) with 199 upregulated and 78 downregulated. Gene ontology and KEGG pathway enrichment analysis revealed that these DEGs were mainly related to immune function and cell death and growth. Furthermore, a comparison of DEGs in LADA with those in T1D and T2D identified from the online databases showed that there are very few overlapped genes between LADA and T1D or T2D, confirming LADA to be a distinct type of diabetes from T1D or T2D. In summary, our comprehensive analysis may aid in the understanding and treatment of LADA patients in Eastern China.
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Arman Sadatsharifi Mohammad-Ali Davarpanah Soha Namazi Shaghayegh Mottaghi Laleh Mahmoudi 1 1Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; 2Shiraz HIV/AIDS Research Centre, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; 3Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Introduction: Widespread inappropriate antibiotic prescribing by healthcare professionals in the hospital setting is a great concern that may cause many undesirable consequences. Adherences to antibiotic guidelines have proven to be a simple and effective intervention to guide the choice of appropriate empiric antibiotic regimens and reduce the unnecessary variations in the practice among practitioners. The objective of this study was to evaluate the prescription patterns of empiric antibiotic therapy in relation to treatment guidelines and the economic burden of discordance with guidelines in a major referral Iranian university hospital. Method: Hospital records of hospitalized patients with empiric antibiotic prescription, from September 2016 to February 2017 were reviewed. The process consisted of comparing empiric antimicrobial administration with institutional guidelines for each patient by a clinical pharmacist and an infectious disease specialist to evaluate the appropriate utilization of antibiotics. Adherence to guideline, the cost of antibiotics usage for each patient and the excess cost consequent from discordance with guideline was calculated. Results: The most inappropriate prescribed antibiotics were carbapenems and aminoglycosides. Overall guideline adherence was 27.8%. Frequency of antibiotic usage incompatibility with the guidelines on the basis of dosing interval, duration of therapy and drug indication were 31.46%, 29.44% and 19.36%, respectively. General surgery and internal medicine wards had the least and the most inappropriate antibiotic administration, respectively. Totally antibiotic usage cost was 578,959.39 USD (24,316,294,800 Iranian Rials, IRR) for 6 months, which the excess costs of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing, was 471,319.69 USD (19,795,427,225 IRR). The estimated annual excess cost is 942,639.38 USD (39,590,854,450 IRR). Conclusion: In this research, physicians’ adherence with guidelines for empiric antibiotic therapy was low which was led to 471,319.69 USD excess costs. These results urge institution policy makers to develop guidelines to ensure active dissemination and implementation of them to decrease inappropriate antibiotic usage.
Value relevance of Other Comprehensive income and its Available-For-Sale Financial Instruments (AFS) and Revaluation Surplus of Property, Plant and Equipment (REV) components

Studies on value relevance of Other Comprehensive Income (OCI) have thus far provided mixed evidences. Prior studies also found that fair value reporting has a significant impact on the value relevance of OCI. However, most studies on value relevance of OCI focused on developed countries where the capital market is more efficient. In these settings due to the existence of active market, fair valuation of assets may not pose a major problem. Therefore, more studies are needed to better understand the value relevance of such OCI especially in developing countries which have less efficient market. Thus, this study examined whether OCI and its components, Available-For-Sale Financial Instruments (AFS) andRevaluation Surplus of Property, Plant and Equipment (REV) are value relevant in Malaysia as a developing country. In order to fulfill these objectives, this study hypothesized that OCI and its components are associated with share price. These hypotheses were empirically tested using a sample of 1,419 firm years observations from 2011 to 2013, of firms listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia. The results of Panel Analysis indicates that OCI and its components are value relevant. These results remain robust after additional analyses. This study provides additional evidence of value relevance of other comprehensive income in a developing country. The results indicate that the move towards a more comprehensive income reporting through the preparation of the Statement of Comprehensive Income results in more informative financial reporting.
The relationship between intellectual capital information and firms’ market value: a study from an emerging economy

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between the intellectual capital (IC) information reported in the annual reports and market value of the companies listed on the Qatar Stock Exchange. Design/methodology/approach The study is based on a panel data collected from the annual reports and Bloomberg database for six years, specifically the periods 2010-2012 and 2016-2018. The total sample consists of 252 observations. The theoretical framework was developed in reference to the resource-based theory. The regression model is based on Ohlson’s model, which has been modified by including IC information. Findings The study found that there is a significant relationship between IC information and firm market value. This finding indicates that companies report their IC to help the stakeholders (e.g. shareholders, investors) to understand the real value of the company (which includes IC values). Practical implications The shift to a knowledge-based economy (KBE) has made knowledge a driver for economic growth, and it has become more important than capital, land and labour. This shift makes IC and resources vital for companies to create wealth, value and gain competitive advantage. The State of Qatar plans to transform its economy to a KBE in its “Qatar Vision 2030”. The findings of the study show that the companies have started to depend more on IC to contribute to transforming Qatar’s economy to a KBE. Originality/value This study could be considered a pioneer study to examine the association of IC disclosure and firm value in Qatar. Furthermore, prior literature has mixed findings, which justifies further investigation of IC’s effect on market value, particularly in the emerging economy of Qatar.
Sexual health during menopause – counselling with an approach to emotional regulation on sexual satisfaction

Background and objectives. One of the concerns of menopause is the decrease of sexual desire or satisfaction. Therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate the effect of group counselling with an approach to emotional regulation on sexual satisfaction of postmenopausal women. Material and methods. The present research was a randomised educational trial study and was conducted in 2017 in Khomein in the Markazi province Iran on postmenopausal women visiting a health centre specialising in physical health assessment for elderly women. The 200 participants who chose to participate, after obtaining written consent, completed questionnaires. Finally, 40 eligible participants were included in the study based on lower score 75 in sexual satisfaction questionnaire and lower score 270 in emotional quotient questionnaire. 20 individuals were allocated to the intervention group (emotional regulation), and 20 individuals in control group by by two arms block. The intervention group attended 8 emotional regulation counselling sessions, and the control group received the routine care. The sexual satisfaction of postmenopausal women was measured before and one month after the intervention using the Larson sexual satisfaction questionnaire and Bar-On’s emotional quotient questionnaire, respectively. The data was analysed through SPSS software version 23, as well as the Mann–Whitney U test, t-test, Wilcoxon Sign test and chi-square test. Results. The mean sexual satisfaction score (78.3 ± 14.8) increased after the intervention of emotional regulation in counselling group compared to the control group (p > 0.05), but this wasn’t significant. Conclusions. Although emotional regulation can be considered as an appropriate method to improve sexual satisfaction in these women, more study should be done in the future.
Abnormal Growth in Plants

One of the most characteristic features of higher plants and animals is the extraordinary way in which all their functional parts fall into a coherent, flexible but definitely limited pattern. In the normal organism, morphogenetic laws are strictly obeyed and processes concerned in metabolism, growth, cellular differentiation, and organogenesis are precisely regulated. These processes start and stop in harmony to give an organism certain proportions that remain constant from one generation to the next. Sometimes, however, this harmony of structure and function is brought to our attention by its sudden failure. Such divergence from the normal may represent only slight quantitative changes which are evidenced by harmonious but somewhat exaggerated manifestations of normal developmental processes. This sort of response is well illustrated in the bakanae disease of rice (Oryza sativa), which is caused by Gibbered fujikuroi, as well as in several other plant diseases that are caused by the rusts ( 1 5 ) . In those instances the host metabolism is affected by virtue of the fact that excessive amounts of the gibberellins are synthesized. Certain other plant diseases give indication that the process of infection interferes either with the synthesis or with the utilization of the gibberellins. Carrot (Daucus carota var. sativus) plants infected with the tomato big bud virus of California wTere shown by Kunkel (41) to bolt and flower prematurely. These findings suggest that virus infection may increase the synthesis of the gibberellins by the
The Effect of Quality Antecedents on the Acceptance of Learning Management Systems: A Case of Two Private Universities in Nigeria

Research has shown that the use of technology for teaching and learning can be beneficial to both learners and instructors. Unfortunately, there are only a few universities in Nigeria that have been able to implement the use of technology for learning purposes, resulting in too few studies that investigate the factors that contribute towards the acceptance of eLearning systems in Nigeria. In this study, we develop a conceptual model to examine the influence of three quality antecedents on the behavioral intention to use learning management systems (LMS) by Nigerian students. An online survey was used to capture the students’ perception of instructor quality, course quality, and system quality in regard to the use of the LMS in their respective institutions. 378 usable responses were received, and through use of the structural equation modeling (SEM) technique, the responses were analyzed. Our findings indicated that of the four hypotheses tested, all of the hypothesized relationships were supported. Our research model accounted for 33% of the variance in the students’ behavioral intention to use the LMS. The results of this study will be informative to administration and governing bodies that adopt an LMS and will be relevant and beneficial to students in Nigerian universities.
SEPSISCARE: EVALUATION OF A MOBILE APPLICATION IN NURSING CARE TO PATIENTS WITH SEPSIS*

Objective: Evaluate a mobile application for the prevention, identification and nursing care of septic patients. Method: Descriptive study that used the Product Development Process to develop the application. Six nurses from the Intensive Care Unit of a public hospital in Santa Catarina participated in the study. Data was collected through interviews from September 2016 to January 2017, and content analysis was used to analyze the data. Result: The SepsisCare application was developed at the Mobincube® platform, with 28 screens, which was considered a valuable resource in the care of patients with sepsis by the participants. Conclusion: It is believed that the development of this mobile application will facilitate the identification, prevention and management of sepsis care and will contribute to the updating of these professionals, thus enabling safer and better quality care.
Predictors of subjective sleep quality in midlife women

An overwhelming number of women report sleep difficulties in midlife. The purpose of the present research was to identify possible factors contributing to this. Menopausal status, vasomotor symptoms, psychological health, health behaviours and demographic characteristics were examined as predictors of sleep quality. A total of 292 women aged 40-60 years (M=51.01) completed an online questionnaire assessing: sleep quality (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index), menopausal status, vasomotor symptoms (Greene Climacteric Scale), depression (Patient Health Questionnaire-9), anxiety (General Anxiety Disorder Assessment-7), alcohol consumption, smoking status, physical activity level and demographic information. Results revealed that 80.3% of women were poor sleepers. A multiple regression analysis identified that vasomotor symptoms, anxiety and depression were unique predictors of poor sleep quality. Depression was found to make the largest contribution. Overall, findings propose specific factors which may play a significant role in the sleep difficulties reported by midlife women. In consideration of these findings, promising implications for future research and interventions are discussed.
Power and Citizen Deliberation: The Contingent Impacts of Interests, Ideology, and Status Differences

Both advocates and critics of deliberative theory have regarded power relations as problems for public deliberation. Three aspects—interests, ideology and status differences—have been thought to distort deliberative processes. This article discusses a growing body of case studies that indicate that these “problems” may actually, under certain conditions, help facilitate inclusion and equality in deliberation. The crucial task is to specify the mechanisms that explain such unexpected outcomes and the conditions under which they may appear in other cases. This article specifies three such mechanisms that help explain positive outcomes in a number of case studies. The argument for focusing on mechanisms and conditions serves as a correction both to critics who find the theory of deliberation naive and to advocates who have taken the critique against deliberative theory too lightly.
Impact of Family Ownership on the Firm's Abnormal Audit Fees

This study aims to examine empirical evidence of the effect of family ownership on negatives abnormal audit fee and positives abnormal audit fee. This study uses panel data of 733 observations of companies in Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) during the year 2012-2016, where 386 observations are companies that pay abnormal audit fee positives and 347 observations companies that pay abnormal audit fee negative. Regression results indicate that the family ownership level in the firm does not affect companies that pay negative abnormal audit fees but negatively affects the ownership of families who pay positives abnormal audit fee. Keywords— Family Ownership, Audit Fee, Abnormal Audit
AIDIC CONFERENCE SERIES

Aerosols are often used as vehicles of medicines and their most important application is related to inhalation of anti-asthmatic or anti-inflammatory drugs. Aerosols are also convenient in topical applications, i.e. applied on skin or mucous membranes (e.g. of nasal or oral cavity). Recently, it has been shown that use of a therapeutic bioaerosol can be beneficial in the speeding up of healing processes of the skin. In this context, cell suspensions are considered as the material for which the suitable spraying method must be established in order to assure that hydrodynamic stress related to liquid atomization will not destroy the living cells. The current work is focused on testing of the influence of selected spraying techniques on the integrity and the survival of different types of cells in the atomized bio-colloid. Medical nebulizers and similar spraying devices have been characterized in respect of the size distribution of emitted droplets, and used to aerosolize selected (i.e. model) cell colloids: suspensions of yeast, bacteria and murine fibroblasts. Cell viability after spraying has been determined via direct microscopic observations and specific microbiological assays. The results shows that droplets generated from the commonly used medical inhalers (nebulizers) are too fine to contain whole living cells (median diameter of drops is around 5 m). Because the generation of small droplets requires high hydrodynamic stresses, viability of cells in the atomized suspension is strongly reduced even if cells are mechanically resistant and small in size. Tested nasal atomizer (spray pump) and Microsprayer devices produce larger droplets (median diameter of drops 50-80 m) which can contain integral fibroblast cells. Owing to lower shear stresses during atomization in these two devices, the aerosolized cells remain viable and capable of proliferation. The studies allow to conclude that only selected techniques can be effective in the atomization of bio-colloid for medical applications. Moreover, the atomization method must be accompanied by proper techniques of aerosol transfer to the bronchial tree which will prevent droplets from deposition in the upper airways. Technical concepts of such cell delivery are proposed. This paper is an extended version of our recent work published in Chemical Engineering Transactions (Sosnowski et al., 2013).
THE INFLUENCES OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND AUDIT QUALITY ON EARNINGS MANAGEMENT: STUDY ON INDONESIAN PUBLIC BANKS

The practices of earnings management are carried out by management due to their opportunistic behavior to achieve certain goals. In mitigating credit risk, a bank is required to set aside a specific amount of funds to cover the expected losses which referred to Loan Loss Provision (LLP). It is one of the largest accruals for a bank because of its important role which connected with the main operating activity in all commercial banks that reflect the quality of earnings assets. LLP can be manipulated by management using smoothing income in order to make earnings looked relatively stable. This research aims to examine the influences of corporate governance, audit quality and company size as control variable on earnings management proxied by discretionary loan loss provisions. This research uses a population of public banks listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) on period 2014-2018. The number of sample in this study gathered using purposive sampling method were 26 companies. Statistical analysis method used in this research is multiple linear regressions. The results indicate that institutional ownership had a negative and significant effect on earnings management, while independent board of commissioners, audit committee and audit quality had no significant effect on earnings management.
Pattern of hypertensive target organ damage in Khartoum and Elshaab hospitals

Background: The development of any form of hypertensive Target Organ Damage (TOD) indicates that other major target organs have also been damaged and that there is increased risk for the overall morbidity and mortality. In this study, we looked at the pattern of TOD in Khartoum and El Shaab Teaching hospital. Methods: This is a cross sectional prospective study conducted in Khartoum and Elshaab teaching hospitals from February/2011 to May/2011. Study populations were 150 patients with hypertension and target organ damage. Data were collected by direct interview and chart abstraction using a structured questionnaire and was analyzed by computer software (SPSS). Results: The study populations were hundred and fifty patients with hypertension and target organ damage. Females (55.3%) were slightly higher than males. The frequency of diagnosing HTN for the first time presenting with TOD was 26.7%. The presence of TOD was 26.7%, 53%, 57.3%, 36.7% and 68.7% for cerebrovascular disease, ischemic heart disease, left ventricular hypertrophy, chronic kidney disease and retinopathy respectively. Half of the patients (52.7%) did not have regular follow-up. Compliance with life style modification was observed in less than 25%. Achieving target blood pressure was noted in only one third of the patients (36.7%). Sixty six percent of the study population did not know their target blood pressure. Conclusion: TOD was observed in those with long duration of hypertension, poor follow up, and uncontrolled blood pressure. Delayed diagnosis, lack of life style modification and poor awareness may have contributed to the development of TOD.