Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Management Compensation, Gender Diversification, and Executive Preferences on Tax Avoidance of IDX Manufacturing Companies

This study aims to analyse the effect of management compensation, gender diversification, and executive preferences on tax avoidance practices in Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX). Conceptually, this study uses mediating variables of executive gender diversification and executive preferences in the relationship between management compensation and tax avoidance. This study uses balanced panel data with a total of 404 observations from manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in the 2015-2018 period. The results showed a negative assessment of management compensation on tax avoidance. However, further examination revealed that management compensation will positively influence tax avoidance if compensation is given to the board of directors who have gender diversification characteristics in the composition of their members indicated by at least one female director on the board of directors. Lastly, the greater the management compensation given to executives who have risk taker characteristics will also make directors to do greater tax avoidance.
A Comparative Study of Health Related-Quality of Life Among HIV Patients onPre-HAART and HAART in Uyo South-South Nigeria

Assessing health related quality of life (HR-QOL) in people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) has the potential to give an insight into the patients' perception of the burden of the disease and assess the effect of management. The aim of this study was to assess the HR-QOL in HIV patients who present for treatment in Uyo. The study is a prospective longitudinal study of PLWHA attending HIV clinics. One hundred and sixty-one newly diagnosed HIV patients were recruited by systematic sampling technique proportionately to the two public hospitals in Uyo. The patients were classified into Pre-HAART and HAART groups based on their eligibility to commence HAART. WHOQOL-HIV Bref was the instrument used at recruitment and at four months. Data was analyzed using STATA 10 statistical package. At recruitment, the HR-QOL of the Pre-HAART respondents was better than the HAART respondents across the domains, except for spirituality. While at four months both groups became similar except at social and environmental domains where Pre HAART fared better. Both groups showed improvement after four months. Provision of appropriate HIV care to an infected person within a short term is associated with improvement in their HR-QOL.
Polypropylene Fiber Reinforced Concrete-A Review

Polypropylene Fiber Reinforced Concrete is an embryonic construction material which can be described as a concrete having high mechanical strength, Stiffness and durability. By utilization of Polypropylene fibers in concrete not only optimum utilization of materials is achieved but also the cost reduction is achieved. This paper presents a comprehensive review on various aspects Polypropylene Fiber Reinforced Concrete concerning the behaviour, applications and performance of Polypropylene Fiber Reinforced Concrete. Various issues related to the manufacture and strength of Polypropylene Fiber Reinforced are also discussed. Keywords—Fiber Reinforced Concrete, Polypropylene Fibers, Concrete, Ductility, Mechanical Properties, Durability.
Effects of L-carnitine on growth performance of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) fingerlings fed basal diet or diets containing decreasing protein levels

The effects of L-carnitine on growth rate, feed utilization efficiency and protein sparing of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.) fingerlings were investigated in two consecutive experiments. In experiment 1, triplicate groups of 10 fingerlings (4.16 ±0.07) each were stocked in 85 L glass aquaria, filled with 70 L dechlorinated tap water. Five levels of L-carnitine (0, 75, 150, 300, 450 mg/kg) were separately added to the basal diet (30% crude protein and 18.74 Mj GE/kg). The fish were fed the diets, at a daily rate of 5% BW, twice a day for 70 days. The results revealed that fish growth rates, feed utilization and whole body protein and lipid levels were increased with increasing L-carnitine levels. In experiment 2, Nile tilapia fingerlings (4.3±0.1 g) were fed diets containing decreasing levels of protein (30, 25, and 20%) and supplemented with 450 mg L-carnitine/kg diet, for 84 days. Fish performance was not significantly affected with decreasing dietary protein levels up to 20%. These results suggest that dietary inclusion of L-carnitine in Nile tilapia diets may significantly reduce dietary protein requirements and may facilitate the use of fatty acids for obtaining energy and consequently, can spare dietary protein for somatic growth. [Journal of American Science 2010;6(5):165-172]. (ISSN: 1545-1003).
Emotional Intelligence and Academic Achievement: A Comparative, Gender-Based Study of Undergraduate English Language Learners in Saudi Arabia

There are divergent evidences regarding general levels and differences of Emotional Intelligence (EI) in males and females. The present study aimed at investigating the effects of EI on academic achievement of male and female English language undergraduates in Saudi Arabia. Data were collected from 100 male and 100 female students through Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQ-I, 125). The responses were compared with their performance in English language tests. It was found that higher EI levels of female undergraduates had positive impact on their performance in English language tests. Females also scored better in EI constructs: intrapersonal, interpersonal, stress management and general good. However, adaptation was not significant in both genders. Results demonstrate a trend of social and educational change in Saudi Arabia as female students are performing better compared to their male counterparts. Accordingly, if EI skills are strengthened and enhanced in students of both genders, they may potentially display better levels of personal and academic achievements. Keywords : Emotional Intelligence, English language, academic achievement, gender
STUDY AND EVALUATION OF MEDICATION ERRORS IN A TERTIARY CARE TEACHING HOSPITAL – A BASELINE STUDY

Medication error can increase the cost, prolong hospital stay and increase the risk of death almost two fold. Several studies have already demonstrated that pharmacist can play major role in detection and prevention of medication errors. Present study was aimed to detect and evaluate the incidence, types of medication errors and to assess the severity of medication errors in the medicine wards of Basaveshwar teaching and general hospital, Gulbarga. Prospective study was carried out from September 2010 to March 2011.Inpatients records of patients from six units of medicine department were reviewed during their stay in hospital. Detected medication errors were documented and evaluated. A total of 500 cases of the patients were selected, among them 77.4% were male and 22.6% were females. 38.5% of them were in the age group of 40 to 60 years.167 medication errors were detected in 127 patients. Maximum medication errors (31) were detected in the month of December 2010. The overall incidence of medication error was found to be 33.4%. A total of 167 medication errors were observed, among them 30.5% were errors in medication ordering and transcription, 23.3% were errors in medication dispensing and 46.1% were nursing errors in medication administration. The causes of medication error were 61.6% were due to nurses, 22.1% were due to Pharmacists and 16.1% errors were due to physicians. Majority of medication errors were belonging to CNS drug class (19.7%). On evaluation of severity, majority of medication errors 89.8% were classified as category Error, No harm, followed by 7.7% were in category No Error and remaining 2.3% were in category Error, Harm. This study concluded that 33.4% medication errors were detected during study period and revealed that pharmacist can play a major role in preventing these errors by early detection.
Neuronal and Glial Changes in Rat Hippocampal Formation after Cholinergic Deafferentation

The effects of cholinergic insult were studied in the hippocampal formation of cholinergic lesioned rats at metabolic and cellular levels by in vivo nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry and immuno-histochemical approaches. Cholinergic deafferentation was induced by injection of the cholinergic immunotoxin 192 IgG-saporin into the medial septum. The immunotoxin effects were tested at 3, 7, and 30 days post-lesion. Rats with cholinergic deafferentation of the hippocampus showed a lack of NeuN immunoreactivity cells, indicating neuronal loss in hippocampal formation. This neuronal loss was more pronounced in the dentate gyrus, underlining the greater sensitivity of this region to the cholinergic insult. Interestingly, this neuronal loss was not associated with metabolic alteration. These data suggest that the remaining neurons upregulated their functional activity, which would contribute to maintaining the relatively stable level of metabolites and memory abilities. No alteration in GFAP and OX42 immunostaining and in glutamine and myoionositol metabolite concentration was observed in the deafferented
Multichannel Feature Extraction and Classification of Epileptic States Using Higher Order Statistics and Complexity Measures

Epilepsy is a brain dysfunction that is characterized by recurrent seizures. An important analysing tool in detection of epilepsy is Electroencephalogram (EEG). The random and non-linear nature of the EEG imposes great difficulty in understanding the pathological process. In this work a multichannel epilepsy detection system is proposed. A feature vector is formed by performing Higher Order Statistics (HOS) and complexity analysis on the signal. Singular Value Decomposition is then used to reduce the dimension of the feature vector. A one-way ANOVA test was performed on the extracted feature vector to select statistically significant singular values chitra_kris@yahoo.com ( ) 001 . 0 < value p . The selected singular values are used to train the Support vector machine (SVM) based classifier. Here SVM is trained as a patient centric epilepsy classifier as the nature of epilepsy differs between patients. The classification performance of the proposed system is evaluated based on K-fold cross validation technique which showed noteworthy results. Keyword-EEG signal, Poly Spectra, Higher Order Statistics, Singular Value Decomposition, Epilepsy, Complexity Analysis, ANOVA test
PRIMARY CNS LYMPHOMAS: AN IMMUNOMORPHOLOGICAL STUDY FROM A REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE

Primary central nervous system lymphomas (PCNSL) are rare and aggressive type of non Hodgkin lymphomas which form about 2-3% of all CNS tumors. We undertook a retrospective study of PCNSL at our Institute over a period of 6 years, wherein the clinical and immunomorphological features of PCNSL were studied. There were 27 cases of PCNSL, males were more commonly affected with an age range of 12-68 years. Almost all were B cell lymphomas and diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) was the commonest type, with most showing centroblastic morphology. Further subtyping into germinal centre B cell(GCB) and non germinal centre B cell(NGCB) groups by IHC was possible in 18 cases using Hans algorithm, which showed higher number of NGCB cases. There were one case each of anaplastic large cell lymphoma and follicular lymphoma.
The Impact of Socioeconomic Factors on Selected Practices by Small Livestock Producers in Alabama

Socioeconomic factors are generally believed to affect practices of small livestock producers. Yet, there has been limited research on the issue, especially in Alabama. This study, therefore, focused on the impact of socioeconomic factors on practices of small livestock producers in Alabama. Data were obtained from a convenience sample of 121 producers from South Central Alabama, and were analyzed using descriptive statistics and logit analysis. The socioeconomic factors reflected a higher proportion of part-time farmers; many more middle-aged persons, with at most a two-year/technical degree or some college education; and a higher proportion with $40,000 or less annual household income. A majority practiced rotational grazing; had parasite problems; used veterinary services; kept records, and nearly half conducted soil tests regularly. In addition, several socioeconomic factors had significant effects on selected practices; farming status had a significant effect on rotational grazing; education and income had significant effects on parasite problems; age had a significant effect on veterinary services; and race/ethnicity and education had significant effects on record keeping. The findings suggest that socioeconomic factors are important and must be considered in program implementation. Keywords: Socioeconomic Factors, Practices, Small Livestock Producers
Utilization pattern of antibiotics in urinary tract infection patients in Jimma Hospital, Ethiopia

Aim: Drugs are one of the health care components needed to be used rationally and appropriately as the emergency of antibiotic resistance has become a major issue of health care delivery. Our aim was to assess the utilization pattern of antibiotics in urinary tract infection patients in Jimma University Specialized Teaching Hospital. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted during 2013-2014. Prescribed parameters related to patients, prescribers, the medications prescribed and errors associated with these parameters were compiled from patient record data. The parameters were matched against WHO prescribing recommendations. Results: A total of 282 cards of urinary tract infection patients were observed during the study period. Out of these, 170 (60.3%) were prescribed for females. From the total 282 prescriptions, 264 (93.6%) contained one drug, while 17 (6.0%) prescriptions had two drugs per encounter. All the antibiotics were prescribed in their generic name. Fluoroquinolones 189 (67.0%) were the most prescribed drugs, followed by penicillin 54 (19.1%), tetracycline 16 (5.7%) and sulfa drugs 14 (5.0%). Important information frequently overlooked by prescribers were physician signatures 34 (62.9%), dosage forms 10 (18.5%) and quantity of drugs 8 (14.8%). Average number of antibiotics prescribed per encounter and percentage of encounters with an injection prescribed were 1.07 and 15.25%, respectively. Conclusion: The prescribing patterns of antibiotics in urinary tract infection patients was found to be good as the drugs were prescribed from national treatment guidelines and in their generic name. However, some important information was frequently missing such as physician signature, dosage form and quantity of treatment.
Study on Addition of Lathe Scrap to Improve the Mechanical Properties of Concrete

ABSTRACT: This project work assess on the study of the workability and compressive strength of the concrete reinforced with waste lathe scrap. In each lathe industries wastes are available in form of steel scraps are yield by the lathe machines in process of finishing of different machines parts and dumping of these wastes in the barren soil contaminating the soil and ground water that builds an unhealthy environment. When the steel scrap reinforced in concrete it acquire a term; fiber reinforced concrete and lathe scrap fibers in concrete defined as Lathe scrap fiber reinforced concrete (LSFRC). In this study, M30 concrete is used and lathe scrap fiber is added up to 2% by weight, at a gap of 0.4%. In this investigation, a comparison have been made between plain cement concrete and the fiber concrete containing steel (lathe) scarp in various proportions by weight. The workability of fresh lathe fiber concrete is restricted to less lathe contents. The compressive strength of Lathe Fiber Concrete (LFC) is found to be maximum for 1.2% (28 days strength) lathe scrap fiber added concrete.
Bacteriological profile of urinary tract infection in a tertiary care centre

Introduction: Urinary tract infection (UTI), being one of the most common infections, regular surveillance of the changing trends in its bacteriological profile is mandatory. The present study aims at finding the prevalence of UTI and distribution of bacterial agents in different demographic groups of patients over a period of one year from May 2016April 2017 in a tertiary care centre which caters to the rural population of Palakkad, Kerala. An attempt was also made to find out the differences in the antibiotic resistance pattern among inpatients and out patients. Materials and Method: In a prospective study, we categorized and analyzed all the urine culture samples, bacterial isolates and their resistance rate based on age, sex and hospital status of the patients. Results: Total number of urine samples processed is 3772 of which 1265(33.5%) are culture positive. Highest rate of UTI is seen in elderly females (49.7%) followed by elderly males (39.1%), with least from paediatric patients. E.coli, Klebsiella and Enterococci are the three most common isolates from all different categories of patients and constituted ~ 75% of total. Emergence of non-fermenter Gram negative bacilli and Gram positive cocci like Enterococci and Staphylococci as major causative agents is noted in men, especially in adult men. Conclusion: Similar to several other studies, rate of infection and resistance is more in elderly. Even though the most common isolate is E.coli, its percentage varies in different groups of patients.
MANAGEMENT OF INTERTROCHANTER FRACTURES OF HIP WITH DYNAMIC HIP SCREW: A CLINICAL STUDY

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES: Fractures of proximal femur are the most commonly encountered fractures by orthopedic surgeon. Many management techniques are described in literature but internal fixation with Dynamic Hip Screw is the treatment of choice. This study analyzes the outcome of treatment of intertrochanteric fracture with Dynamic Hip Screw. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Between April 2010 and May 2012, 40 patients with intertrochanteric fracture admitted in the department of Orthopedics, Government General Hospital, Kurnool were treated with internal fixation with Dynamic Hip Screw and the results were evaluated using Kyle’s criteria. RESULTS: Incidence among both sexes was same. Average age of occurrence was 62.7 years, with level of osteoporosis Singh’s index 3 or 4. There were 25% excellent, 50% good, 15% fair, 10% poor results. CONCLUSION: Internal fixation with Dynamic Hip Screw is the treatment of choice for treatment of intertrochanteric fractures.
Capacity Analysis of MIMO Technology

: Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems are today regarded as one of the most promising research areas of wireless communications. This is due to the fact that a MIMO channel can offer a significant capacity gain over a traditional single-input single-output (SISO) channel. Bandwidth is one important constraint in wireless communication. In wireless communication, high data transmission rates are essential for the services like triple play i
Diabetes, Triglycerides and Atherosclerosis

Raised triglycerides reflect elevated levels of the triglyceride-rich lipoproteins. Triglycerides are a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Both the apolipoprotein (apo) B48-containing chylomicrons and the apo B100 hepatically derived very low density lipoprotein (VLDL), triglyceride rich particles which, if elevated, confer cardiovascular risk. Fibrates are effective in lowering serum triglycerides and have a very low side effect profile. Trials that have used fibrates to raise high density lipoprotein (HDL) have been unsuccessful as have trials that target patients with normal triglycerides but there is strong evidence that lowering raised triglycerides is beneficial in both primary and secondary cardiovascular prevention. The recent renewed interest in triglycerides as a therapeutic target has resulted in the development of new drugs which show promise.
Spirituality and Motivation of College Students

The present study is one kind of exploratory study where it is intended to find the role of spirituality in motivation among college students. It is explored in the current study by statistical measure Pearson rho. Positive and highly significant correlation is found between spirituality and motivation of college students. Therefore it may be concluded that students who are spiritual may be more motivated than non spiritual. And on the other hand students who are motivated could be more spiritual than students with low motivation.
The association of CagA-positive Helicobacter pylori serotype and atherosclerosis in Najran area, Saudi Arabia

Infections with virulent CagA-bearing H. pylori strains has been contributed to the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. There is abundant circumstantial evidence that chronic H. pylori infections induce immune responses and trigger the development of atherosclerosis. The present study evaluated the role of CagA positive H. pylori as a risk factor for atherosclerosis, in atherosclerotic male patients from Najran area, Saudi Arabia. A total of 130 male patients. They were divided into 2 groups: group I (GI) included 30 apparently healthy controls without a history or presence of definite or suspected vascular diseases; and 100 male patients with atherosclerosis, group II (GII). The studied individuals were subjected to complete clinical examination, history and detection of CRP seropositivity. Detection of anti-H. pylori and anti-H. pylori CagA seropositivity were done using ELISA. In addition, biochemical measurements including glucose, total cholesterol, high density lipoprotein (HDL), low density lipoprotein (LDL) and triglycerides (TG) were measured. Results demonstrated that the prevalence of anti-H. pylori IgG antibodies in atherosclerotic patients were (68%) in (GII)and (56.7%) in (GI). The incidence of the anti-CagA seropositivity was significantly prevalent in GII (29%) than in GI (10%). The familial history including atherosclerosis (in one or more members of the family), obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes and smoking were significantly increased in GII compared to GI. The seropositivity of the inflammatory marker C-reactive protein (CRP) was significantly increased in GII (45%) compared GI (20%). In conclusion, this is the first work to show the relationship between atherosclerosis and CagA positive H. pylori in Najran, Saudi Arabia. However, the exact mechanisms need further study. [Abdulrahman M. Al-Qurashi and Tarek E. Hodhod. The association of CagA-positive Helicobacter pylori serotype and atherosclerosis in Najran area, Saudi Arabia. J Am Sci 2013;9(4):355-361]. (ISSN: 1545-1003). http://www.jofamericanscience. org. 48