Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Exploration of Cash Flow Management for Enterprise’s Business Performance

The study explored cash flow management for enterprise’s business performance. The study specifically investigated SMEs’ fulfilment of financial obligations through cash flow management, and determines the influence of cash flow management strategy on their performance in FCT Abuja. Survey research design was used. Data were gathered and analysed using the descriptive method and regression analysis. Findings showed that cash flow management influences the fulfilment of financial obligations, and that cash flow management strategies influence the performance of enterprises in Abuja. The study concluded that cash flow is critical to the success of enterprises. The study recommended that owners and managers of enterprises in Abuja should improve on their cash flow management, and that policy makers should incorporate strategy in management of cash flow framework to enhance improved performance.
Intervention Model for Orphan’s Emotional and Behavioral Problems: A Scoping Review

BACKGROUND: As many as, 45% of orphaned children and adolescents living in orphanages experience behavioral and emotional problems. Several literature reviews on the intervention of emotional and behavioral problems in orphan children and adolescents have been widely conducted. However, there is paucity in the reviews of emotional and behavioral problem interventions in the orphan group based on the type of group approach used in published articles. AIM: This study aimed to synthesize the results on the interventions of emotional and behavioral problems in orphan children and adolescents aged 7–20 years who live in institutions or orphanages. METHODS: This research was a scoping review. This review used three databases comprising PubMed, Science Direct, and Wiley Library Online. The inclusion criteria were experimental research designs and cohort studies, published in the 2009–2019, discussed emotional and behavioral problem’s intervention in orphan, and written in English. The exclusion criteria were that the research subjects had severe mental and psychosocial disorders such as autism, mental retardation, and mental disorders. The authors used three categories of keywords; the first keyword and its synonym were “intervention, treatment. ” The second keyword focused on behavioral problems, which was “behavioral difficulties,” and the third keyword focuses on population and place, “orphan, institutions orphans, orphanages. ” The article selection stage is described in detail in the flow diagram of Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis. The critical appraisal stage used the checklist from Joanna Briggs Institute. RESULTS: Ten articles were found and selected for review. The main emotional and behavioral problems experienced by orphan children and adolescents include depression, anxiety, and low self-esteem, feelings of anger, and trauma. Other problems related, functional disorders, life satisfaction, the probability of suicide, and early (prodromal) symptoms of psychosis, also arise. There were six types of interventions given to overcome emotional and behavioral problems in orphan children and adolescents, but the interventions that are most often given are cognitive therapy, educational support, complementary, and alternative medicine. The approaches in groups that are often used in this review are the support group and the teaching-learning group. The combination of two or more approaches in one intervention can increase the success or effectiveness in overcoming emotional and behavioral problems. CONCLUSIONS: Depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, feeling anger, and trauma are main problems for orphans. To address these emotional and behavior problems, it is necessary to combine several interventions and a combination of group-based approaches.
The Pyrenean species of Chelidura (Dermaptera, Forficulidae)

The Pyrenees are inhabited by scattered populations of earwigs of the genus Chelidura Latreille, 1825. There is some controversy about the specific assignment of these populations: while most authors assign them to C. pyrenaica (Gené, 1832), other consider that C. aptera (Mégerlé, 1825) is also present in the Pyrenees. The main objective of this work was to revise the identity and synonyms of Pyrenean Chelidura. Specimens from recent fieldwork and collections (MNCN-CSIC) were used for morphological and molecular studies (cytochrome oxidase 1). All Pyrenean specimens shared similar cox1 sequences, very divergent from those of Alpine C. aptera. As a consequence, the variability observed in male cerci morphology from the Pyrenees, ranging from long and slightly curved to short and very curved, corresponded to C. pyrenaica, and the presence of C. aptera in the Pyrenees can be rejected. As previously suggested by Maccagno (1933) and Fontana et al. (2021), the revision of the synonymic list uncovered the misplacement of the name F. simplex Germar, 1825 under the synonymy of C. aptera, while it rather represents a synonym of C. pyrenaica (syn. nov.). Forficula simplex has nomenclatural priority over C. pyrenaica, however both names meet the requirements of the article 23.9. 1 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature to retain the prevailing usage of C. pyrenaica (nomen protectum) over F. simplex (nomen oblitum). Additionally, we discuss the taxonomic status of Chelidura arverna David & Van Herrewege, 1973 stat. nov. from the French Massif Central.
Fe-binding organic ligands in coastal and frontal regions of the western Antarctic Peninsula

Abstract. Organic ligands are a key factor determining the availability of dissolved iron (DFe) in the high-nutrient low-chlorophyll (HNLC) areas of the Southern Ocean. In this study, organic speciation of Fe is investigated along a natural gradient of the western Antarctic Peninsula, from an ice-covered shelf to the open ocean. An electrochemical approach, competitive ligand exchange – adsorptive cathodic stripping voltammetry (CLE-AdCSV), was applied. Our results indicated that organic ligands in the surface water on the shelf are associated with ice-algal exudates, possibly combined with melting of sea ice. Organic ligands in the deeper shelf water are supplied via the resuspension of slope or shelf sediments. Further offshore, organic ligands are most likely related to the development of phytoplankton blooms in open ocean waters. On the shelf, total ligand concentrations ([Lt]) were between 1.2 and 6.4 nM eq. Fe. The organic ligands offshore ranged between 1.0 and 3.0 nM eq. Fe. The southern boundary of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (SB ACC) separated the organic ligands on the shelf from bloom-associated ligands offshore. Overall, organic ligand concentrations always exceeded DFe concentrations (excess ligand concentration, [L′] = 0.8–5.0 nM eq. Fe). The [L′] made up to 80 % of [Lt], suggesting that any additional Fe input can be stabilized in the dissolved form via organic complexation. The denser modified Circumpolar Deep Water (mCDW) on the shelf showed the highest complexation capacity of Fe (αFe'L; the product of [L′] and conditional binding strength of ligands, KFe'Lcond). Since Fe is also supplied by shelf sediments and glacial discharge, the high complexation capacity over the shelf can keep Fe dissolved and available for local primary productivity later in the season upon sea-ice melting.
Moderation of Financial Constraints in Transfer Pricing Aggressiveness, Income Smoothing, and Managerial Ability to Avoid Taxation

This study examines the effect of transfer pricing aggressiveness, income smoothing, and managerial ability in tax avoidance with financial constraints as a moderating variable. The samples were manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2015 to 2018. The study analyzed a form of panel data with a fixed-effect model approach. The result was transfer pricing aggressiveness and income smoothing had positives effects on tax avoidance. Managerial ability reduces tax avoidance, while financial constraints did not. Furthermore, financial constraints did not moderate the effects of transfer pricing aggressiveness on tax avoidance. Financial constraints strengthened the positive effects of income smoothing and the negative effects of managerial ability on tax avoidance. This study provides input to the tax authorities in formulating policies, as well as input for risk analysis on tax potential. Keywords: transfer pricing aggressiveness, income smoothing, managerial ability, financial constraints, tax avoidance.
Ocean heat content during the last millennium

P. Ortega, M. Montoya, F. González-Rouco, H. Beltrami, and D. Swingedouw Dpto. Astrof́ısica y Ciencias de la Atmósfera, Facultad de Ciencias Fı́sicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain Instituto de Geociencias (UCM-CSIC), Madrid, Spain Climate and Atmospheric Sciences Institute/Department of Earth Sciences, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Canada LSCE/IPSL Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, UMR8212, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Gif sur Yvette, France now at: Laboratoire des sciences du climat et de l’environnement, UMR8212, CNRS – LSCE/IPSL, CEA Saclay, Gif sur Yvette, France
Geological map of Athens Metropolitan Area, Attica (Greece): A review based on Athens Metro ground investigation data

The ground investigations for the construction of Athens Metro –including over 60.000 m of sampling boreholes and geological mapping of the underground tunnel face–, planned and carried out under the supervision of ATTIKO METRO S.A. , offer important geological data that enrich and locally modify our knowledge for the geology of Athens Metropolitan Area (AMA). On the basis of these data, this paper presents the Geological Map of AMA as well as a revised tectonostratigraphic scheme for the area and geological profiles along several sections of the Athens Metro lines. The geological map is a synthesis of the geological data obtained from the ground investigations with the already published geological maps and includes a Mesozoic rock assemblage as well as the Neogene-Quaternary Athens Basin. The following basic conclusions can be drawn from the interpretation of these data: (a) The Athens Unit, the basement of AMA, is divided into four formations (from bottom to top), the Lower Athens Schist, the Upper Athens Schist, the Athens Sandstone-Marl Series and the Crest Limestone. (b) Ultrabasic rocks (serpentinite) constitute the basement of Athens Unit. (c) Serpentinite bodies at the eastern border of Athens Basin, have undergone almost complete metasomatism to listwanite along their tectonic contacts with Alepovouni Marble on top and Kessariani Dolomite at their base. (d) The limestone outcrops at the western border of Athens Basin (e.g., Karavas hill) form tectonic windows of Pelagonian Upper Cretaceous limestone underneath the Athens Schist and not klippen of Crest Limestone on top of it. The revised geological map also includes the Attica-Evia Fault, which is the dominant structure of the broader area, locally mapped by two sampling boreholes across the planned metro line 4.
A UDL-based large-scale study on the needs of students with disabilities in engineering courses

Among all college students, students with disabilities are particularly at risk due to a high percentage of underreporting. We conducted a survey across many undergraduate courses in engineering and computing at the University of Illinois to identify course components that engage students with and without disabilities. We were motivated to find not only opportunities for future course improvements for all students but also greater equity for students with disabilities. Therefore in the survey, we asked for both students’ disability and demographics info and their usability and satisfaction with more than ten types of course modalities including live Zoom lectures, recordings of lectures, small group discussions, instructor notes, transcripts of lecture videos, discussion boards, etc. The study spanned 13 different departments with a total enrollment of 1800 students during Fall 2020 and Spring 2021. Preliminary results from 303 responses from 49 different courses showed that students with disabilities preferred recorded lectures videos with transcripts, course textbook and instructor notes/slides that they could engage with offline, while students without disabilities were more satisfied with office hours and lecture videos in addition to lecture notes. In addition, female students appeared to be less satisfied with instructor Powerpoint slides, live Zoom lectures and discussion/lab sessions than male students. These results demonstrated the importance of multiple resources, supporting Universal Design Principles.
Using Visceral Adipose Tissue Measurements to build Classification Models for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

In gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), temporary glucose intolerance develops during pregnancy, and can cause a wide variety of adverse maternal and fetal outcomes, from morbidity to future obesity and diabetes in the mother or the child. The incidence of GDM is increasing, and early detection methods for GDM will help patients receive treatment sooner to avert some of these outcomes. This study used a variety of machine learning techniques to predict the risk of GDM in a cohort of 100 patients of varying gestational ages with clinical information. Notably, we used visceral adipose tissue (VAT) measurements as a risk factor, which have not to our knowledge previously been used in a machine learning predictive model for GDM. The classification techniques used included logistic regression, support vector machine, k-nearest neighbors, decision tree and multi-layer perceptron, as well as the ensemble techniques random forest, gradient boosting, and XGBoost. Of the machine learning models tested, gradient boosting performed the best, with a cross-validation recall of 71.4% and AUC-ROC score of 0.864. The results of this model outperformed existing literature. VAT was the most important feature for the gradient boosting algorithm, indicating its importance in gestational diabetes prediction. Future work could investigate other risk factors for gestational diabetes, such as diet, socioeconomic status, environmental factors, and lifestyle choices, which might add value to future models, and also analyze the changes in VAT and other predictive factors over different gestational ages to develop a model that accounts for these changes.
Time-varying Integration of Stock Markets from Global and Regional Perspective in Asia-Pacific

This study investigates the time-varying integration of stock markets from a global and regional perspective, the consequences of two major global financial crises, i.e., the Asian Financial Crisis and the subprime mortgage, and the Crisis triggered by COVID-19. We contribute to the growing amount of literature on market integration, especially on the role of regional to global market integration. Although regional integration encourages an acceleration of global integration, the effect of a regional factor is not uniform among regions. It is important to understand regional to global market integration and the consequences during the crises. This study employs time-series data from economic territories based on the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Asia-Pacific classification. It introduces an alternative measurement of time-varying integration by considering the correlation of regional and global markets using a simple international model, equivalent to the capital asset pricing model (CAPM). The result shows that the market integrations are time-varying both globally and regionally. The domestic markets are affected by the global market and its regional market, as the role of a regional market emerges during the financial crisis period. We find the different responses of stock markets during the Covid-19 period as a dominant factor to exacerbate the market return globally. In the long run, the upward trend for the regional market integration in both developed and emerging markets is inherent to the global market integration.DOI: 10.26905/jkdp.v25i3. 5822
The experiences of sex workers accessing HIV care services in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Background Although sub-Saharan African countries have rolled out massive HIV treatment and care programmes, there is little evidence of these having embraced key population groups particularly female sex workers. Due to the criminalisation of sex work in countries like Zimbabwe, research on HIV and its impact on this group is sparse. The absence of an enabling environment has hindered access to HIV care and treatment services for female sex workers. Objectives To gain an in-depth understanding of the experiences of female sex workers accessing HIV care and treatment services to enhance programming and planning for this key population group. Methods This study was qualitative and phenomenological. Data saturation determined the sample size of 20 participants. Data was collected using in-depth interviews that were audio recorded, transcribed, and subjected to thematic content analysis. Results Our findings demonstrate varying dynamics between the private and public sector HIV care services for sex workers, with facilitators and barriers to access to care. Conclusion Health workers need sensitization and training in the provision of differentiated care. For effective linkage to and retention in care an enabling environment is critical.
EFFECT OF FOLIAR APPLICATION OF ZINK AND SALICYLIC ACID ON VEGETATIVE GROWTH AND YIELD CHARACTERISTICS OF HALAWANI GRAPE CULTIVAR (Vitis vinifera L.)

THis investigation aimed to study the effect of foliar application with zinc alone or in combination with salicylic acid on vegetative growth, yield, physical and chemical properties of Halawani grapevine cultivar during two successive seasons (2017 and 2018). Zinc was used at concentration of 2 and 4 g.L-1 in a chelated form and salicylic acid at concentration of (50, 100 and 150 mg. L-1) in addition to control treatment for each of them. The result obtained proved that all parameters such as leaf area, total chlorophyll, number and weight of cluster, yield, berries size and weight, as soon as TSS, total sugar, juice percentage and density, β-carotenes, Zn, N. proline content of leaves were increased significantly as compared with control, while total acidity and total phenols were decreased by all treatments as compared with control. Furthermore, combination between high concentration of zinc and salicylic acid improved all parameters in comparison with the control.
Title : Haptoglobin phenotype and soluble transferrin receptor among 2 tuberculosis

4 Introduction: The antioxidant property of haptoglobin (Hp), variable according to the 5 phenotypes, is associated with the pathogenesis of various diseases. Phenotype of 6 haptoglobin is associated with iron metabolism, which is essential for the growth of 7 Mycobacterium tuberculosis. A potential link between Hp phenotype and blood soluble 8 transferrin receptor (sTfR) has not yet been established. This study aimed to determine the 9 association between Hp phenotype and blood sTfR during tuberculosis (TB). Materials and 10 Methods: With a case-control study involving 70 TB patients and 70 healthy subjects were 11 performed phenotyping of Hp by electrophoresis in polyacrylamide gel and determination of 12 blood sTfR by immunoturbidimetry. Results: The 3 major phenotypes of Hp were found: 13 Hp1-1, Hp2-1, Hp2-2. Hp2-2 phenotype was less common among TB patients (17.4% vs 14 82.6%, p < 0.001). The average rate of TB sTfR was lower than that of healthy subjects (27.5 15 % vs 5.7 %, p = 0,014). In this group, blood sTfR of Hp 2 subjects (Hp2-1 and Hp2-2) was 16 lower than those of Hp 1 subjects (p = 0.011). However, in healthy subjects, it appeared no 17 association between Hp phenotype and blood sTfR. Conclusion: the percentage of Hp2-2 18 was lower in patients with tuberculosis. Furthermore, Hp1-1 phenotype and Hp 1 genotype 19 were the most frequent among tuberculosis. In spite of M. tuberculosis infection, iron20 dependent, no association was found between Hp and iron deficiency. 21
Insulin-like growth factor 1 promotes neurological functional recovery after spinal cord injury through inhibition of autophagy via the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a serious trauma; however, the mechanisms underlying the role of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) in autophagy following SCI remain to be elucidated. The present study aimed to investigate the therapeutic effect of IGF-1 on SCI and to determine whether IGF-1 regulates autophagy via the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway. SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells were assigned to the H2O2, IGF-1 and control groups to investigate subsequent neuron injury in vitro. An MTT assay was performed to evaluate cell survival. In addition, Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly assigned to SCI, SCI + IGF-1 and sham groups, and Basso-Beatlie-Bresnahan scores were assessed to determine rat neurological function. Western blotting was used to analyze the autophagy level and the activation of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway. Cell survival was increased significantly in the IGF-1 group compared with the control group in vitro (P<0.05). Furthermore, neurological function was improved in the SCI + IGF-1 group compared with the control group in vivo (P<0.05). The western blotting results further demonstrated that LC3II/LC3I expression was increased in the IGF-1 group compared with the sham group in vivo and compared with the control group in vitro (both P<0.05). In the SCI + IGF-1 group, the expression levels of PI3K, phosphorylated (p)-Akt and p-mTOR were higher compared with those in the sham and SCI groups in vivo (P<0.05). Moreover, in the IGF-1 group, the expression levels of p-Akt and p-mTOR were higher compared with the control and the H2O2 groups in vitro (P<0.05). Collectively, the results of the present study suggested that IGF-1 promoted functional recovery in rats following SCI through neuroprotective effects. Furthermore, the underlying mechanism may involve activation of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway, followed by inhibition of autophagy. However, further investigation into the association between IGF-1-regulated autophagy and the activation of different subtypes of PI3K is required.
Risk factors for anemia after one year of kidney transplantation

Post renal transplant anemia (PTA) occurs in one out of every four patients and, by itself, increases mortality by six times at 10 years. The risk factors associated with its presence, during the first year, have been reported in some investigations with populations, generally different from Latin America. Therefore, a retrospective, longitudinal study was carried out that included 1,438 kidney transplant patients over six years in two public Medical Centers in Mexico. There were 39 deaths (2.7%) and 44 graft losses (3.1%) before one year of follow-up, who left the study. In the 1,355 cases that continued, a prevalence of anemia of 15.5% (n = 210) was found at 12 months. In the bivariate analysis with the PTA at one year, the cadaveric origin of the graft resulted in an OR of 2.24, 95% CI (1.65-3.05) and for creatinine (Cr)> 2.0mg / dL at 6 months, OR of 4.18, 95% CI (2.66-6.56). With Cr> 2.0mg / dL; At 12 months, an OR of 5.55 was obtained, 95% CI (3.66-8.42). Height, baseline Cr, as well as female sex, had a statistically significant relationship with the outcome. In the multivariate model performed, the cadaveric donor, the female sex, and the Cr> 2.0mg / dL at 6 and 12 months predicted anemia at one year. It is concluded that Cr> 2.0 mg / dL, the female sex and the cadaveric graft are the main risk factors for anemia, one year after kidney transplantation.