Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Impact of Catering Incentives on Dividend Payment Decisions: Evidence from Indian Firms

Manuscript type: Research paper Research aims: The present study examines whether the catering incentives of dividends can influence firms’ dividend payment decision for 781 sample firms listed on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) of India during the period of 1995-2015. Design/Methodology/Approach: This study uses dividend premiums to measure the catering incentives of the dividends. The firms’ dividend payment decision is measured by the propensity to pay dividends, and the decision to change dividend payments. Research findings: The empirical results indicate that the catering incentives of dividends have a significant positive impact on the changes in the propensity to pay dividends. The findings suggest that the higher dividend premiums indicating the investors’ higher demand for dividends can induce managers to increase the amount of dividends paid. Firm managers are less likely to cut or omit dividends when the investors’ demand for dividends is high as reflected by the higher dividend premiums. Theoretical contribution/Originality: The catering theory of dividend which is based on investor sentiment is new, and the empirical evidence supporting this theory is limited. This study aims to contribute to existing literature by examining whether the catering incentives of dividends can influence firms’ dividend payment decision, in the context of India, during the period of liberalisation. Practitioner/Policy implication: This study has an implication for the management team. The investors in the Indian capital market show a preference for dividend payment. Firm managers could use these catering incentives for deciding dividend payments to investors. Research limitation/Implications: As the study has not used the primary survey approach to collect data, it could not examine the corporate managers’ and the investors’ views about the determinants of the dividend policy. New insights could thus be provided by analysing the behaviour of other forms of dividends like bonus shares, stock splits and the share buybacks. Keywords: Catering Incentives, Dividends, Dividend Policy, Dividend Premium, Propensity to Pay JEL Classification: G30, G35
Population Data Centre Profile: The Manitoba Centre for Health Policy

Abstract Objective To profile the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy (MCHP), a population health data centre located at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada. Approach We describe how MCHP was established and funded, and how it continues to operate based on a foundation of trust and respect between researchers at the University of Manitoba and stakeholders in the Manitoba Government’s Department of Health. MCHP’s research priorities are jointly determined by its scientists’ own research interests and by questions put forward from Manitoba government ministries. Data governance, data privacy, data linkage processes and data access are discussed in detail. We also provide three illustrative examples of the MCHP Data Repository in action, demonstrating how studies using a variety of Repository datasets have had an impact on health and social policies and programs in Manitoba. Discussion MCHP has experienced tremendous growth over the last three decades. We discuss emerging research directions as the capacity for innovation at MCHP continues to expand, including a focus on natural language processing and other applications of artificial intelligence techniques, a leadership role in the new SPOR Canadian Data Platform, and a foray into social policy evaluation and analysis. With these and other exciting opportunities on the horizon, the future at MCHP looks exceptionally bright.
Site C0017

Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Site C0017 is located 1.6 km east of the hydrothermal vent sites in the central valley of Iheya North Knoll (see Fig. F3 in Expedition 331 Scientists, 2011a). Based on the multichannel seismic (MCS) survey (see Figs. F5 and F6 in Expedition 331 Scientists, 2011a), the uppermost 100 meters below seafloor (mbsf) probably consists of hemipelagic sediment. At ~100 mbsf, a strong seismic reflection is continuous from the hydrothermal vent sites at Site C0016 eastward through Sites C0013 and C0014. This reflection represents a potential interface between hemipelagic sediments and pyroclastic flow deposits. Below this reflection the subseafloor structure becomes obscure. Potential volcanic basement, however, may be identifiable at ~450 mbsf at Site C0017.
Invited review Supercritical CO2 fracking for enhanced shale gas recovery and CO2 sequestration: Results, status and future challenges

Junping Zhou *, Nan Hu, Xuefu Xian, Lei Zhou, Jiren Tang, Yong Kang, Haizhu Wang State Key Laboratory of Coal Mine Disaster Dynamics and Control, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, P. R. China College of Resources and Environmental Science, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, P. R. China Key Laboratory of Hubei Province for Water Jet Theory & New Technology, Wuhan 430072, P. R. China State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Prospecting, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, P. R. China
Changing dimensions in human–animal relationships: Animal Assisted Therapy for children with Cerebral Palsy

Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) or Pet Therapy is an emerging trend in the management and rehabilitation of many conditions. It has become an area of dedicated research recently, even though tradition has always affirmed the significance of animals in promoting the health and well-being of people. In AAT, animals are involved in the therapy as a Co-Therapist. Main goal, the health professionals are not really convinced about the usefulness of this kind of therapy and the evidenced based practice in this area is extremely minimal. Hence we felt it would be beneficial to discuss various researches conducted on Animal Assisted Therapy in children with cerebral palsy (CP) and the issues and challenges associated with it. We focused on original research conducted among children with cerebral palsy. Horses (Hippo Therapy or Equine Assisted Therapy) are the most widely used animals among children with CP. Most of the studies were aimed to assess the effect of AAT in neuro rehabilitation of children with CP. Results indicated improvement in motor areas such as Gross Motor Functioning, re-establishing muscle symmetry, improving trunk stability, postural control, balance, gait, range of motion, functional skills, ADL, strength, co-ordination, and muscle tone. It also revealed significant improvement in psychological variables such as cognition, attention, concentration, memory, self-esteem, emotional well-being and social interaction, but we noticed a scarcity of literature in the paediatric population and most of the articles are anecdotal in nature. Nevertheless, in the United States and Northern Europe, this kind of therapy has begun to be implemented in a regulated and systematic way to deliver concrete results.
Reliability and Validity of the Turkish Version of the Daily Experiences Questionnaire (Turkish DEQ)

Objective: The aim of this study was to test the validity and reliability of the Daily Experiences Questionnaire (DEQ) to evaluate women’s experience of postpartum blues. Methods: The study sample consisted of 238 mothers. The data were collected using an Introductory Information Form (IIF), the DEQ and the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), which were completed by the mothers through self-reports on the postpartum first, fifth and tenth days and through a question and answer session over the phone on the third day. Data were evaluated with content validity index, Pearson's correlation analysis, Cronbach's Alpha coefficient, Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis and t-test. The EPDS was used as a criterion to determine the cutoff point of the scale. Results: The content validity index was found to be between 0.86 and 0.99 for the items and 0.93 for the entire scale. The exploratory factor analysis showed the factor loads to be between 0.34 and 0.72 for the negative affect (NA) subscale and between 0.39 and 0.71 for the positive affect (PA) subscale. The scale explains 35.5% of the total variance. The Cronbach's alpha value was between 0.85 and 0.88 for the entire scale, according to days, and between 0.91 and 0.94 for the NA subscale, and between 0.81 and . 86 for the PA subscale. The confirmatory factor analysis showed that GFI= 0.76, CFI= 0.92, IFI= 0.92, and RMSEA= 0.068. Conclusion: The DEQ is a valid and reliable measurement tool, which can be used to assess postpartum blues in Turkish
Tiny ImageNet Challenge

We present image classiﬁcation systems using Residual Network(ResNet), Inception-Resnet and Very Deep Convolutional Networks(VGGNet) architectures. We apply data augmentation, dropout and other regularization techniques to prevent over-ﬁtting of our models. What’s more, we present error analysis based on per-class accuracy. We also explore impact of initialization methods, weight decay and network depth on system performance. Moreover, visualization of intermediate outputs and convolutional ﬁlters are shown. Besides, we complete an extra object localization system base upon a combination of Recurrent Neural Network(RNN) and Long Short Term Memroy(LSTM) units. Our best classiﬁcation model achieves a top-1 test error rate of 43.10% on the Tiny ImageNet dataset, and our best localization model can localize with high accuracy more than 1 objects, given training images with 1 object labeled.
Ocular Presentations of Sickle Cell Disease Patients in a Nigerian Hospital

Introduction: Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is an inherited haemolytic disorder that affects virtually all body systems including the eye. Ocular complications of SCD could have dire consequences if not detected early. Objectives: We aimed at determining the prevalence of ocular complications of SCD in our patients. Methods: This study was carried out on patients attending both the adult and Paediatric Sickle cell disease clinic at Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Teaching Hospital, Akwa, Anambra State, Short Research Article Efobi et al.; JAMMR, 32(1): 95-102, 2020; Article no.JAMMR. 54420 96 Nigeria, over an 8 month period. A structured questionnaire was administered to consenting patients to determine their sociodemographic variables and other characteristics. Visual acuity was determined with multiple optotype Snellen’s chart at 6 metres in natural daylight. Using pen-torch, the face, external eye examination, anterior segment examination and pupillary reaction to light were assessed. Magnified anterior segment examination was performed with slit-lamp biomicroscope. All subjects underwent dilated fundoscopy (after instillation of tropicamide 0.5% eye drop) using Welch Allyn indirect ophthalmoscope. Results were analysed using SPSS version 22.0 Inc Chicago Illinois and represented in tables. Statistically significant P value was set at < 0.05. Results: A total of 28 patients with age range of 6-42 years were seen. 17 (60.7%) were males, while 11 (39.3%) were females. 8 (28.6%) had at least one ocular anomaly comprising of refractory errors 3 (10.8%), sickle cell retinopathy 4 (14.3%) and glaucoma 2 (7.1%). Only 2 (7.1%) routinely visit eye clinic. SCD retinopathy was found to increase with age (P value= 0.005). Conclusion: SCD retinopathy was found more in the older age group despite the small sample size at a prevalence rate of 14.3%. Early initiation of routine ocular examination for SCD patients will be beneficial to avert these complications. More efforts should be made at educating the patients. Larger studies will be required to determine the actual prevalence of ocular anomaly in SCD patients in Anambra State.
Novice and habitual entrepreneurs: entrepreneurial motivations and exploitation of opportunities as a part of entrepreneurial process

Entrepreneurship, treated as a certain attitude towards management, which leads to the exploitation of opportunities thanks to widely understood existing resources, is currently an important stream of considerations undertaken in the literature on the subject. There have been many studies on the emergence of new business opportunities, arguing that some people better identify and use such opportunities than others [Shane, 2003]. Entrepreneurship is not limited to creating a new company [Ucbasaran et al., 2001], and it is also not a one-off event [Carter, Ram, 2003]. The exploitation of entrepreneurial opportunities can also take the form of acquisition or inheritance of an existing business [Shane, Venkataraman, 2000; Ucbasaran et al., 2001]. In addition, entrepreneurs may not limit themselves to having one company and can run several businesses simultaneously. Persons systematically undertaking business activity, one at a time or several activities concurrently, have been the subject of research in many countries with developed economies in the last 20 years [Ucbasaran et al., 2008; Ucbasaran et al., 2003; Westhead, Wright, 1998; Wiklund, Shepherd, 2008]. Habitual entrepreneurs constitute a large and important segment in the population of entrepreneurs [Westhead et al., 2005]. According to MacMillan [MacMillan, 1986], entrepre-neurial experience and research concerning habitual entrepreneurs should form the basis for studying the essence of entrepreneurship. Experienced entrepreneurs have had many opportunities to “try their hand” at running a business, analyse these attempts, identify errors and correct them in subsequent ventures. This is a departure from the search for
Factors Related to Affective Occupational Commitment among Japanese Nurses

We identified the factors related to affective occupational commitment among nurses in Japan by conducting a cross-sectional survey in 12 hospitals in the Tohoku and Kanto districts of Japan in 2013. Of the 4046 nurses in these hospitals, 1330 completed the self-report questionnaire (valid response rate: 32.9%). High job satisfaction, high professional autonomy, having a scholarship loan, and being married were strongly related to affective occupational commitment. Conversely, having a high effort-reward imbalance and fewer overtime work hours indicated a low level of such commitment. The findings suggest that professional autonomy and job satisfaction are key factors for developing affective occupational commitment. Programs that promote professional autonomy and make people feel more appreciated for their work should be created to improve such commitment, and it would be important to provide adequate organizational resources to increase job satisfaction and reduce effort-reward imbalance. The fact that longer working hours are related to affective occupational commitment suggests that excessive emotional commitment to one’s occupation can lead to overtime work. Therefore, nurse managers should consider the staff’s working situations more thoroughly.
The Effects of Participation in a Grief Choir on Perceived Grief, Coping, Energy, Social Support, and Health Among Bereaved Adults: A Mixed Methods Randomized Control Study

The purpose of this study was to test the effects of participation in a grief choir vs. verbal grief group on bereaved persons’ perceived grief, coping, energy, social support and health and to examine the experiences of those participating in both groups. In this mixed-methods study, the results from qualitative phenomenological focus groups were used to explain and interpret the findings of the Randomized Control Trial (RCT). Findings demonstrated that the grief choir may have been as effective as the verbal grief group when impacting the participants’ experience of grief. Music and Health Institute Terms Mental Health; Music Therapy; Recreative Music Methods; Singing a Song; Wellness and Well-Being Disciplines Mental and Social Health | Music Therapy This white paper is available at Research Media and Information Exchange: https://remix.berklee. edu/mh-exchangemusic-wellness/2 The Effects of Participation in a Grief Choir on Perceived Grief, Coping, Energy, Social Support, and Health Among Bereaved Adults: A Mixed Methods Randomized Control Study Lauren DiMaio PhD, MT-BC Radford University There is a Brokenness by Rashani Réa There is a brokenness out of which comes the unbroken. A shattered-ness out of which blooms the unshatterable. There is a sorrow beyond all grief Which leads to joy. And a fragility out of which depth emerges strength. There is a hollow space Too vast for words Through which we pass with each loss, Out of whose darkness We are sanctified into being. There is a cry deeper than all sound Whose serrated edges cut the heart As we break open to the place Which is unbreakable and whole, While learning to sing
INFLUENCE OF PARTIAL SPUR LEAVES REMOVAL ON FRUITLET SHEDDING, FRUIT QUALITY AND SHOOT GROWTH IN APPLE TREES AS A BASIS FOR MECHANICAL THINNING

Knowledge of the physiology of natural fruitlet shedding is especially important to insure thinning efficiency in apple production. The effect of partial spur leaf removal on shedding, as well as on fruit quality and bourse shoot growth, was investigated. Removing spur leaves increased shedding, while there was no effect of partial leaf removal on mature fruit quality in terms of weight, firmness and sum of sugars, detected by HPLC-RI and resulted in lower contents of citric, fumaric and shikimic acids, detected by HPLC-UV. Growth of bourse shoots was poorer in treatments with leaf removal. To summarize, a decreased number of spur leaves caused more intensive fruitlet abscission and poorer bourse shoot growth but had no negative influence on fruit size. These results show the potential use of decreasing spur leaf area to stimulate more intensive natural shedding to support fruitlet thinning, which could be used in combination with prospective mechanical thinning.
Nutrient status of soils and capsicum foliage under protected cultivation in some vegetable growing areas of Himachal Pradesh

The present investigations were carried out in four districts of Himachal Pradesh i.e. Shimla, Solan, Sirmaur and Bilaspur to estimate the nutrient status of polyhouse soils and capsicum growing inside and to work out their relationships. The pH of the soils ranged from 5.39 – 7.46, whereas, the Electrical conductivity was found to be in a normal range (0.17 to3.32 dS m−1). The organic carbon content of the studied soils varied from 2.20 to 28.50 g kg−1. The available N, P and K content in the surface soils of the polyhouses in the four districts varied from 112.80 – 570.70, 33.60 – 229.60 and 103.04 – 2430 kg ha−1, respectively. The available nitrogen content was found to be low to medium in its status, whereas the phosphorus and potassium were found to be high in the polyhouse soils. The DTPA extractable Fe, Mn, Cu and Zn content in the surface soils of the polyhouses in the four districts varied from 5.97 – 44.06, 0.36 – 20.54, 0.51 – 14.32 and 0.83 – 4.18 mg kg−1, respectively. All the four micronutrients were found to be high in status, in the polyhouse soils. The leaf N, P and K contents in the Capsicum grown under polyhouse conditions, varied from 2.80 – 6.44, 0.20 – 0.90 and 2.06 – 6.23 percent, respectively. The majority of plant samples were found sufficient in N, P and K content. The soil pH showed a significant negative correlation with DTPA extractable Fe, while Organic carbon had positive and significant correlation with many of the soil nutrients, showing its importance in the availability of the nutrients in soil for growth of plants.
Tracheostomy in Adult Intensive Care Unit: An ISCCM Expert Panel Practice Recommendations

Background and Aim Critically ill patients on mechanical ventilation undergo tracheostomy to facilitate weaning. The practice in India may be different from the rest of the world and therefore, in order to understand this, ISCCM conducted a multicentric observational study “DIlatational percutaneous vs Surgical tracheoStomy in intEnsive Care uniT: A practice pattern observational multicenter study (DISSECT Study)” followed by an ISCCM Expert Panel committee meeting to formulate Practice recommendations pertinent to Indian ICUs. Materials and methods All existing International guidelines on the topic, various randomized controlled trials, meta-analysis, systematic reviews, retrospective studies were taken into account to formulate the guidelines. Wherever Indian data was not available, international data was analysed. A modified Grade system was followed for grading the recommendation. Results After analyzing the entire available data, the recommendations were made by the grading system agreed by the Expert Panel. The recommendations took into account the indications and contraindications of tracheostomy; effect of timing of tracheostomy on incidence of ventilator associated pneumonia, ICU length of stay, ventilator free days & Mortality; comparison of surgical and percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) in terms of incidence of complications and cost to the patient; Comparison of various techniques of PDT; Use of fiberoptic bronchoscope and ultrasound in PDT; experience of the operator and qualification; certain special conditions like coagulopathy and morbid obesity. Conclusion This document presents the first Indian recommendations on tracheostomy in adult critically ill patients based on the practices of the country. These guidelines are expected to improve the safety and extend the indications of tracheostomy in critically ill patients. How to cite this article Gupta S, Dixit S, Choudhry D, Govil D, Mishra RC, Samavedam S, Tracheostomy in Adult Intensive Care Unit: An ISCCM Expert Panel Practice Recommendations. Indian J Crit Care Med 2020;24(Suppl 1):S31–S42.
Disputing space-based biases in unilateral complex regional pain syndrome

There is some evidence that people with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) show reduced attention to the affected relative to unaffected limb and its surrounding space, resembling hemispatial neglect after brain injury. These neuropsychological symptoms could be related to central mechanisms of pathological pain and contribute to its clinical manifestation. However, the existing evidence of changes in spatial cognition is limited and often inconsistent. We examined visuospatial attention, the mental representation of space, and spatially-defined motor function in 54 people with unilateral upper-limb CRPS and 22 pain-free controls. Contrary to our hypotheses and previous evidence, individuals with CRPS did not show any systematic spatial biases in visuospatial attention to or representation of the side of space corresponding to their affected limb (relative to the unaffected side). We found very little evidence of directional slowing of movements towards the affected relative to unaffected side that would be consistent with motor neglect. People with CRPS were, however, slower than controls to initiate and execute movements with both their affected and unaffected hands, which suggests disrupted central motor networks. Finally, we found no evidence of any clinical relevance of changes in spatial cognition because there were no relationships between the magnitude of spatial biases and the severity of pain or other CRPS symptoms. The results did reveal potential relationships between CRPS pain and symptom severity, subjective body perception disturbance, and extent of motor impairment, which would support treatments focused on normalizing body representation and improving motor function. Our findings suggest that previously reported spatial biases in CRPS might have been overstated.