Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
GBE kompakt

In Germany and worldwide, annual influenza epidemics often cause a large number of lost working hours, severe infections and also fatalities (RKI 2010a, 2011). Seasonal influenza is caused by influenza viruses. The influenza season usually begins in January or February and lasts for about eight to ten weeks. Annual immunization against the influenza virus strains that are currently circulating is an effective, inexpensive and safe method of protection against infection. To reduce the number of severe and fatal infections caused by influenza, the Standing Committee on Vaccination (STIKO) recommends seasonal influenza vaccinations for people aged 60 and over and for specific risk groups. These include people with underlying chronic diseases, people in old people's or nursing homes, people with a high occupational risk (e. g. health care workers) and pregnant women (RKI 2010b). Health care workers are one of the target groups because due to their contact to infected patients they can transmit an influenza infection. Unlike several other European countries, Germany does not have a central vaccination register. Up to now, telephone surveys, health insurance data and household surveys (e.g. the 2003 microcensus) have been primarily used to determine rates of vaccination coverage (Blank et al 2009; Blank et al 2008; Wiese-Posselt 2006; Reuss et al 2010; Rehmet et al 2002; Statistisches Bundesamt 2004). The data show that influenza vaccination rates have been stagnating since 2005/06 following a slight rise at the beginning of the millennium; indeed, even a slight decline in vaccination coverage can be observed among the target groups in Germany (Blank et al 2009). A systematic monitoring of vaccination coverage is necessary to measure the success of annual immunization campaigns (BZgA 2011) and, where necessary, to optimize these campaigns. The telephone health survey »German Health Update« (GEDA) conducted by the Robert Koch Institute's Department of Epidemiology and Health Reporting (www.rki.de/geda), makes it possible to continuously measure vaccination coverage both in the general population and in target groups. The results are representative of the resident, adult, Germanspeaking population. A particular advantage of the GEDA study compared to other telephone surveys on influenza vaccination (e. g. Blank et al 2009; Blank et al 2008; Wiese-Posselt 2006) is the high sample size of approximately 21,000 respondents. This allows a detailed evaluation of influenza vaccination data according to target group, and an analysis of the correlations between influenza vaccine uptake and socio-demographic and socio-economic factors. Furthermore, the GEDA study can be seen in the context of the Robert Koch Institute's previous representative health surveys (GSTel03 – GSTel07, RKI 2008), which allow the analysis of the development of vaccination coverage in Germany over Key messages
Dynamics and transport in the vicinity of a quantum phase transition in dimension two

We study the relativistic O (N) model, a quantum generalization of the φ⁴ theory used in statistical physics to study some phase transitions. This model describes quantum phase transitions such as the Mott insulator-superluid transition in boson gases trapped in optical latices or the paramagnetic-antiferromagnetic transition in magnets. In two space dimensions, these systems exhibit strong correlations near the transition. We study them using the nonperturbative renormalization group, an implementation of Wilson’s renormalization group. We focus on the universal properties in the vicinity of the zero-temperature quantum phase transition. We determine the universal scaling functions which define the thermodynamics and we show that these functions are related to those describing the critical Casimir forces in a three-dimensional system. Then, we study the excitation spectrum in the zero-temperature ordered phase. For N = 2 and 3, we establish the existence of an amplitude mode, also called “Higgs mode” by analogy with the Higgs mechanism in high-energy physics. For N = 1, we show the existence of a bound state at dimensions close to three. Finally, we compute the frequency-dependent conductivity at zero temperature and confirm its universal character, in particular at the transition. We prove that one of the components of the conductivity tensor in the ordered phase is a “superuniversal” quantity depending neither on the distance to the critical point nor on N.
Multi species Cropping System in Coconut Garden

Field experiment was conducted in Coconut Research Station, Veppankulam from 1994 to 2003 with the objective of developing a suitable multispecies cropping system in adult coconut garden with age of 25 years old. The results revealed that coconut yield increased year after year by intercropping. Based on the coconut yield, net income and B: C ratio, coconut + banana + Sirukizhangu (Coleus parviflorus) + Bhendi combination was found to be the best. This model registered the highest mean net income (Rs. 54,000/ha) and B:C ratio (2.77).
MIR31HG, a potential lncRNA in human cancers and non-cancers

Long non-coding RNAs have recently attracted considerable attention due to their aberrant expression in human diseases. LncMIR31HG is a novel lncRNA that is abnormally expressed in multiple diseases and implicated in various stages of disease progression. A large proportion of recent studies have indicated that MIR31HG has biological functions by triggering various signalling pathways in the pathogenesis of human diseases, especially cancers. More importantly, the abnormal expression of MIR31HG makes it a potential biomarker in diagnosis and prognosis, as well as a promising target for treatments. This review aims to systematically summarize the gene polymorphism, expression profiles, biological roles, underlying mechanisms, and clinical applications of MIR31HG in human diseases.
Environmental Management Accounting System Adoption and Sustainability Performance: Triple Bottom Line Approach

Sustainability development is an ongoing issue facing corporations. With the rapid development of industry, environmental pollution is becoming more prominent globally. Therefore, environmental accountability has become a crucial aspect of corporate social responsibility in the effort to mitigate harm to the environment. The evolving global economy has pressured Malaysian companies to improve their sustainability performance and be accountable towards the environment and society. The Environmental Management Accounting System (EMAS) can enhance sustainability by evaluating financial and physical environment-related information. This research examined the level of EMAS adoption based on the social issue life cycle theory and its impact on sustainability performance, based on a triple bottom line approach. A total of 205 questionnaires were collected from public listed companies (PLCs) in Malaysia. Data were analysed through partial least squares structural equation modelling. The finding indicated EMAS adoption in Malaysia are in the learning phases reflecting that the extent of adoption is moderate. Specifically, this research found that EMAS adoption significantly impacted the economic, environmental and social performance. This research is noteworthy to companies, policymakers and environmental regulatory bodies in understanding the level of EMAS adoption in Malaysia. The research concluded that EMAS is essential in promoting the dimensions of sustainable competitive advantage within organizations.
Multidisciplinary Approach to two Chatelperronian Series: Lower IX Layer of Labeko Koba and X Level of Ekain (Basque Country, Spain)

Lower IX level from Labeko Koba and X level of Ekain have been considered relevant because their archaeological attribution to the Chatelperronian. Nevertheless the association of these archaeological evidences with complex faunal assemblages, characterized by the high presence of carnivores, requires a detailed archaeozoological analysis in order to understand the real nature of human interaction in the site and thus asses the function of these occupations. The Labeko Koba IX lower layer is an occupation of cave hyenas (Crocuta crocuta spelaea), where we can identify, through a taphonomic analysis that a part of the assemblage had anthropic origin. On the other hand, the level X of Ekain is an accumulation of remains of cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) associated with a small assemblage of lithic artifacts. The particularities of cave bear ethology during hibernation suggest that ursids were not the main accumulator of other species bones. In this paper, we wish to contribute to a better understanding of human presence in these sites during the Chatelperronian, by comparing the results produced by the Archaeozoology and the Lithic Techno-tipology. Grace to this interdisciplinary study it has been possible to identify, in both levels, the role played by carnivores and humans in faunal remain accumulation and thus characterize the impact and nature of human presence in both sites. This paper could be a contribution for understanding the coevolution of humans and carnivores in caves of the southwestern Europe during the early Upper Palaeolithic.
Breakfast consumption trends among young Australian children aged up to 5 years: results from InFANT program

Breakfast is considered a healthy dietary habit which can track over time from childhood to adulthood. The breakfast meal has the potential to improve daily dietary quality, particularly if it includes a range of food groups and adequate nutrient intakes. However, research on breakfast consumption trends among young Australian children aged up to 5 years is currently limited. This study assessed children’s usual breakfast food group and nutrient intakes at ages 1.5 (n = 369), 3.5 (n = 242), and 5.0 (n =240) years using three 24-hour dietary recalls from the Melbourne InFANT program. Tracking of food groups at breakfast across the three ages was assessed by Pearson correlation of energy-adjusted food intake residuals. The main food groups consumed at breakfast were grains, milk/alternatives and discretionary items, with vegetables rarely consumed at any age. Our study found that while breakfast contributed about 20% of total daily energy, this provided 20%-29.1% of total daily intake across all ages for carbohydrates, total sugars, calcium and potassium. For the contribution to daily recommendations, breakfast contributed more than about a third of daily recommended intakes for some micronutrients (e.g., iron, calcium and zinc), and a large proportion (over 40%) of sodium intake. Children consumed 11.9% -15.2% of their energy at breakfast from saturated fat, which is higher than the recommended total energy contribution of saturated fat (no more than 10% from saturated fat). For tracking of most food groups and nutrients, tracking was found to be low or moderate over time. Given the contribution that breakfast can make to ensure children achieve their daily dietary intakes, early interventions for young Australian children should focus on practical strategies to increase vegetable intake while reducing sodium and saturated fat intake at breakfast.
Energy Access, Poverty, and Development: The Governance of Small-Scale Renewable Energy in Developing Asia

This book showcases how small-scale renewable energy technologies such as solar panels, cookstoves, biogas digesters, microhydro units, and wind turbines are helping Asia respond to a daunting set of energy governance challenges. Using extensive original research this book offers a compendium of the most interesting renewable energy case studies over the last ten years from one of the most diverse regions in the world. Through an in-depth exploration of case studies in Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, and Sri Lanka, the authors highlight the applicability of different approaches and technologies and illuminates how household and commercial innovations occur (or fail to occur) within particular energy governance regimes. It also, uniquely, explores successful case studies alongside failures or "worst practice" examples that are often just as revealing as those that met their targets. Based on these successes and failures, the book presents twelve salient lessons for policymakers and practitioners wishing to expand energy access and raise standards of living in some of the world's poorest communities. It also develops an innovative framework consisting of 42 distinct factors that explain why some energy development interventions accomplish all of their goals while others languish to achieve any.
Target revaluation after failed takeover attempts : Cash versus stock I

Cashand stock-financed takeover bids induce strikingly different target revaluations. We exploit detailed data on unsuccessful takeover bids between 1980 and 2008, and we show that targets of cash offers are revalued on average by +15% after deal failure, whereas stock targets return to their pre-announcement levels. The differences in revaluation do not revert over longer horizons. We find no evidence that future takeover activities or operational changes explain these differences. While the targets of failed cash and stock offers are both more likely to be acquired over the following eight years than matched control firms, no differences exist between cash and stock targets, neither in the timing nor in the value of future offers. Similarly, we cannot detect differential operational policies following the failed bid. Our results are most consistent with cash bids revealing prior undervaluation of the target. We reconcile our findings with the opposite conclusion in earlier literature (Bradley, Desai, and Kim, 1983) by identifying a look-ahead bias built into their sample construction. This paper benefited significantly from the comments of Harry DeAngelo, our referee, and discussions by Nihat Aktas, Audra Boone, Matthew Rhodes-Kropf, and Pavel Savor, as well as the detailed input from Javed Ahmed, Dirk Jenter, and Marlena Lee. We also acknowledge helpful comments by Yakov Amihud, Malcolm Baker, Xavier Gabaix, Boyan Jovanovic, Steven Kaplan, Alessandro Lizzeri, Atif Mian, Adair Morse, Stewart Myers, Terrance Odean, Andrei Shleifer, Jeremy Stein, Michael Weber, Jeffrey Wurgler, and David Yermack, as well as seminar participants at University of California at Berkeley, Princeton University, London School of Economics, New York University, Ohio State University, Harvard University, MIT, European School of Management and Technology, Columbia Business School, University of Houston, the Kellogg Junior Finance conference, the 2011 National Bureau of Economic Research Summer Institute, the 2012 European Finance Association Meeting, and the 2012 Western Finance Association Meeting. ∗Corresponding author. Tel. : +1-510-642-5038; fax: +1-510-642-6615. Email addresses: ulrike@econ.berkeley. edu (Ulrike Malmendier), mopp@haas.berkeley. edu (Marcus M. Opp), f.saidi@jbs.cam. ac.uk (Farzad Saidi) JEL classification: G14, G34, D03, D82
Parents’ Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs Regarding Fever in Children: A Cross-Sectional Study In Qatar

Background: Fever phobia remains extremely widespread which significantly affect home management and antipyretics use. We aimed to explore the knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of parents in Qatar about fever in children. Methods: Survey-based, cross-sectional study including parents accompanying their children to Pediatric Emergency Center Al-Sadd; the most populated pediatric emergency centre in Qatar. The survey developed from previously validated similar studies in addition to the recent guidelines. The Surveys were collected over six months (October 2019 till March 2020). Results: Most of the participants are mothers (71.8%), and more than half of them have one or two children (57.8%). Two-third of the parents (65.8%) defined fever correctly as core temperature ≥38 °C. Eighty parents (20%) reported not having a thermometer, and they depend on touching the child by hand to determine the presence of fever. Almost all parents (95.7%) believed that under treatment of fever could cause harm, where seizure was the most commonly predicted fever’s complication (66.5%). Majority of parents (71%) believed that every child with fever needs antipyretic even if doing-well. Parents used to give antipyretics as syrups in 62.5% while 30% preferred giving both syrups and suppositories together. In addition to antipyretics administration, 48.5% use home remedies (i.e. cold sponges) while 42.5% they seek physician assistance. Conclusion: Parental knowledge of fever and its management were found to be deficient, which concur with existing literature in other regions. Clinicians should play a significant role to instruct parents with accurate information about childhood fever and its home management whenever possible.
Input Management in Maize

Field experiments were conducted from 1997-2001 at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore on sandy loam soil to study the effect of graded doses of NPK (100, 125 and 150 per cent of the recommended dose) under two population levels on the productivity of maize (Zea mays L.) under irrigated condition. The highest productivity was obtained with 150 per cent of recommended NPK with FYM @ 12.5 t ha in all the years and the effect of plant population was not significant. The interaction effect was found to be significant. The highest BC ratio of 1.66 was recorded in the treatment which received 125 per cent of recommended dose of fertilizer under recommended population.
Interleaved Split-Switched-Capacitor Boost Converter With Continuous Output Current for Electric Vehicle Standalone Photovoltaic Charging Systems

This article presents an interleaved high-gain boost converter for standalone photovoltaic-based electric vehicle charging. The proposed converter is an improvement on the conventional switched-capacitor boost converter, which is achieved by splitting the step-up network and introducing an additional input inductor and switch. The proposed converter features continuous input and output currents while significantly reducing the filter capacitance requirement. As a result, the need for an electrolytic capacitor is eliminated, leading to improved overall system reliability. In continuous conduction mode (CCM), when the driving signals of the two switches have a phase difference of 180<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$^{\circ }$</tex-math></inline-formula> and their duty cycles satisfy the constraint relationship of <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$d_\mathrm{2}$</tex-math></inline-formula> = 1/(2-<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$d_\mathrm{1}$</tex-math></inline-formula>), the proposed converter automatically achieves current sharing between the two input inductors throughout the entire duty cycle range. This feature eliminates the need for inductor current detection, reduces current stress, and lowers costs. Furthermore, the proposed converter offers twice the voltage gain of a conventional boost converter, with the voltage stresses of all power components equal to or close to half of the output voltage. The working principle, steady-state characteristics, small signal models, and control method of the proposed converter in CCM are thoroughly analyzed. The operation of the proposed converter is validated through a comprehensive 500-W/50-kHz prototype experiment, which demonstrates the correctness of the theoretical analysis. The measured efficiencies are 97.1% and 97.7% at an output voltage of 300 V under full load, with input voltages of 48 and 90 V, respectively.
Comparison of outcomes after open versus robotic kidney transplantation: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Introduction: This meta-analysis compares the clinical outcomes of robot-assisted kidney transplant (RAKT) to open kidney transplant (OKT). Methods: A systematic search of Scopus and MEDLINE databases was carried out using a combination of keywords to identify studies comparing RAKT to OKT. Baseline characteristics and preoperative and postoperative data were collected along with data on the short- and long-term outcomes. The study was registered in PROSPERO and Assessing the Methodological Quality of Systematic Reviews and Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines were followed. Results: A total of 16 studies were included with a total of 2555 patients, of which 677 underwent RAKT and 1878 underwent OKT. This meta-analysis shows a significant benefit of RAKT over OKT in terms of less intra-operative blood loss, smaller incision length, less postoperative pain scores at 24 and 48 hours, and a lower incidence of surgical site infections (SSIs), especially in obese patients. In addition, the incidence of postoperative lymphoceles was lower in the RAKT group compared to the OKT group, although not statistically significant. There was no difference between the two groups in terms of short-term graft functional outcomes and overall survival. The number of deceased donor recipients undergoing RAKT was very small. At the time of reporting this meta-analysis, no randomized controlled trials (RCTs) had been published. Conclusion: This meta-analysis showed that RAKT is a safe and feasible alternative to OKT, especially in obese individuals. Further trials are needed to confirm the safety, efficacy, and cost-effectiveness of RAKT.
CENTRAL ASIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HISTORY

Human relations in the workplace are a major part of what makes a business work. Employees must frequently work together on projects, communicate ideas and provide motivation to get things done. Without a stable and inviting workplace culture, difficult challenges can arise both in the logistics of managing employees and in the bottom line. This study examined human relations and workers’ productivity in Rivers State Civil Service. The study adopted McGregor X and Y Theories as to its theoretical framework. A survey design was used to carry out the study, while pprimary and secondary data were collected and analysed with the use of tables and Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. The sample size for this study consisted of five hundred (500) with self-administered questionnaires distributed to civil servants from five (5) selected ministries in Rivers State Civil Service; Ministry of Finance, Information, Sports, Education and Works and their responses were analysed to test the validity of the hypotheses formulated. The result obtained indicated that human relations have a huge impact on workers’ productivity in Rivers State Civil Service. Consequently, the researcher recommended among others that the management of the Rivers State Civil Service should try as much as possible to provide a conducive human relations culture that encourages workers’ productivity. A R T I C L E I N F O Article history: Received 27-Oct-21 Received in revised form 10-Dec-21 Accepted 29-Dec-21 Available online 30-Dec-2021