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The Effectiveness of Companyâ€™s Financial Analysis and Supply Chain Policy in Predicting the Future Prices of Stocks

The core idea behind this research is to examine the significance of financial ratios taken from the financial reports or statements to forecast trend in stock price. For this purpose financial ratios have been taken to forecast stock returns from 2008 to 2018. Thus to predict the future price of stock four financial ratios have been taken, â€œprice to book ratio (P/B), price to earnings ratio (P/E), dividend per share (DPS) and firm sizesâ€. This research comprises on panel data with fix and random effect model for analysis that is a very effective and comprehensive predictive regression method for forecasting the stock returns. This study reveals results which show that the financial ratios are the most efficient tool for predicting stock returns. Among the four taken ratios in this research the firm size has proven to be more accurate prediction power as compare to dividend per share as well as price to book ratio. Nevertheless, the relationship between price to earnings ratio and stock returns has not been proven to be significant. Thus the study has proven that financial ratios are reliable tool to predict stock price while making investment decisions.
Role of free volume in molecular mobility and performance of glassy polymers for corrosion-protective coatings

Glassy polymer coatings on metal substrates rely on their mechanical, physical, and transport properties for corrosion protection. These properties are influenced by free volume between polymer chains that plays a critical role in coating performance. Free volume permits local segmental mobility that affects mechanical properties, such as yield and adhesion, and also permits diffusion of small molecules (water, ions, and oxygen) through the coating to the substrate. Fractional free volume is calculated from the specific volume and Bondi group contribution theory for the occupied volume. Free volume distribution (free volume element size and number) is measured by positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy (PALS) using the ortho-positronium (oPs) probe, which detects free volume elements in glassy polymer coatings. The oPs probe is sensitive to phenomena that affect both the mechanical and barrier properties of coatings including physical ageing, water sorption, and plasticisation, making PALS a suitable allied testing method for corrosion-protective coatings.
Accumulation of stabilin-1 positive macrophages in the early stage of gastric cancer is associated with short cumulative survival

The scavenger receptor stabilin-1 has been reported to be expressed by tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) and to facilitate tumor growth and metastasis in mouse models of breast carcinoma and melanoma. However, to the best of our knowledge, its expression and association with prognosis in human gastric cancer has not been evaluated. The present study investigated the expression of stabilin-1 and its association with clinicopathological parameters in patients with gastric cancer. The expression of stabilin-1 was evaluated by immunohistochemical staining of gastric cancer tissue samples of 371 Chinese patients with primary gastric adenocarcinoma. Confocal laser scanning microscopy was used to determine the cellular source of stabilin-1 in the gastric cancer tissues using anti-CD68, anti-CD163, anti-stabilin-1 and anti-secreted protein acidic and rich in cysteine antibodies. A higher number of stabilin-1-positive cells were observed in the cancer tissues of primary gastric adenocarcinoma compared with adjacent non-cancerous tissues of primary gastric adenocarcinoma (P<0.001); the majority of stabilin-1-positve cells were CD68+/CD163+ macrophages. Poorly-differentiated gastric cancer tissue had fewer stabilin-1-positive cells compared with medium- and well-differentiated gastric cancer (P=0.030). A higher number of stabilin-1-positive cells were found in the early Tumor-Node-Metastasis (TNM) stage (TNM I stage) of primary gastric adenocarcinoma (P=0.038) compared with TNM stage IV. For patients with TNM stage I disease, a higher number of stabilin-1-positive TAMs was associated with shorter cumulative survival (P<0.05). Overall, stabilin-1 was found to be expressed by CD68+ TAMs in human gastric cancer. The high expression of stabilin-1 in TNM stage I disease was associated with poor patient survival, indicating the clinical significance of stabilin-1 in gastric cancer.
The size and growth of firms: new evidence on law of proportionate effect from Asia

This paper aims to investigate the relationship between firm size and growth under the framework of Law of Proportionate Effect (LPE) for Asian firms. ,An unbalanced panel data for about 12,001 unique non-financial listed and active firms from 1995 to 2016 for 12 industrial and emerging Asian economies was examined. Total assets and net sales were used as size variables. Firm-specific variables such as return on equity, leverage and liquidity ratio were used along with macroeconomic variables such as GDP growth and two financial development indicators. The fixed effects and random effects approach were used to estimate the dynamic growth model after taking into account econometric issues such as correlation between the cross-country-specific error component and the regressors and heteroscedasticity. ,The estimated coefficient of firm size was found to be always significant and negative rejecting the Gibrat’s law for Asian firms confirming that the small-sized firms are growing faster than larger-sized firms. Also, the persistence of growth coefficient suggested that a positive persistence of firm growth does not exist for the selected Asian firms. Gibrat’s LPE was also rejected across small, medium- and large-sized companies. For the aggregate sample, the coefficient of leverage was found to be negative and significant, whereas liquidity ratio, GDP growth, banking sector and stock market variables are found to have positive and significant relationship with growth of firms. For individual economies, a mix of positive and negative (significant and insignificant) estimated coefficient was observed. ,At macro-level, the examination of firm growth is likely to have significant policy implications for the regulators and various government agencies as firm growth may increase economic activity in general and employment opportunities in particular. The policymakers can control economic and employment activity by designing specific firm growth policies. At micro-level, the study will have significant implications for managerial decision-making. ,To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is one of the first studies to test the validity of Gibrat’s LPE for large Asian economies and firms using recent data under a dynamic growth framework using firm-specific and macroeconomic variables. Also, persistence of growth of firms under LPE (that growth does not persist from one period to the next) is uniquely examined for Asian firms.
Lung overexpression of matrix metalloproteinase-2 protects against bronchial asthma

Background: Bronchial asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by airway infiltration of inflammatory cells (eg, eosinophils, lymphocytes), and obstructive changes and hyperresponsiveness of the airways. Chronic inflammation leads to airway remodeling. Matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP2) is critical regulator of the extracellular matrix. The role of MMP2 in bronchial asthma is unclear. Aims and Objects: The objective of the present study was to assess the role of the MMP2 in bronchial asthma. Methods: We developed a novel MMP-2 transgenic (TG) mouse that expresses high levels of human MMP-2 in the lung. We sensitized MMP-2 TG and wild type (WT) mice with ovaalbumin eight times for two months. After sensitization, transgenic asthma groups (MMP2/OVA) and wild type asthma groups (WT/OVA) were challenged with ovaalbumin inhalation for seven days before sacrifice. Mice receiving saline instead of ovalbumin (MMP2/SAL; WT/SAL) were used as controls. We compared airway hyperresponsiveness and the levels of cytokines and cell infiltration between TG and WT mice. Results: Hypersensitivity and expression interleukins in MMP2/OVA group decreased significantly than those in WT/OVA group. Conclusion: MMP2 may have protective roles on occurance and progression of bronchial asthma.
Investigating the intersections between counter-terrorism and NGOs in Nigeria: development practice in conflict-affected areas

ABSTRACT This article examines the factors that influence the Nigerian government’s constraints of NGOs in counter-terrorism context, analysing whether NGO type, nature, areas of operation and size were determinant factors. Drawing from mixed-methods design, it argues that NGOs’ political advocacy, reporting of human rights abuses and monitoring the use of security funds were key factors that attract government restrictions. Women, youth, children, and faith-based NGOs experienced more government constraints than human rights NGOs. Advocacy and international NGOs also suffered more restrictions. The findings contribute to generalisable knowledge by demonstrating the link between counter-terrorism and NGOs in Nigeria.
Microvascular Invasion and a Size Cutoff Value of 2 cm Predict Long-Term Oncological Outcome in Multiple Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Reappraisal of the American Joint Committee on Cancer Staging System and Validation Using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End-Results Database

Introduction: For prognostication of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the optimal size cutoff value and the significance of microvascular invasion (mvi) remain inconclusive. Objective: This study sought to revisit the inconclusive components of current American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging system and to develop a new practical prognostication model for patients with HCC based on 2 large cohorts. Method: In 1,175 patients who underwent resection for HCC (training cohort), prognostic significance of mvi, and optimal size cutoff value were revisited and a new staging model was established. Then, its performance was validated using 5,249 patients derived from a population-based database (validation cohort). Results: The optimal size cutoff value was 2 cm in multiple HCC, similar to that for solitary HCC. Multivariate analyses confirmed that mvi, a size >2 cm, and multiple lesions were independent predictors with similar weights for disease-specific survival. Based on these results, earlier stages of HCC were reclassified according to the number of the following factors: multiple tumors, >2 cm in diameter, and presence of mvi. Also, given the similar prognosis of Stages IIIB and IVA according to the AJCC 8th edition, these groups were reclassified into the same stage. This new staging model had a better performance than the AJCC 8th edition in both training cohort (c-statistics, 0.648 vs. 0.629) and the validation cohort (c-statistics, 0.646 vs. 0.645) regardless of the presence of cirrhosis. Conclusions: Inclusion of a size cutoff value of 2 cm and mvi could reclassify the current version of the AJCC staging system and offer an alternative prognostication model using a single size-cutoff value of HCC.
A mechanistic basis for improving outcomes from paroxysmal atrial fibrillation ablation

1. L Malcolme-Lawes, PB Lim, D Francis, P Kojodjojo, T Saluhke, Z Whinnett, N Linton, M O’Neill, W Davies, NS Peters, P Kanagaratnam Right sided wide area circumferential ablation affects heart rate variability indices more than left sided ablation. Europace 11(4): iv9 2009 2. L Malcolme-Lawes, M Koa-Wing, Z Whinnett P Kojodjojo, T Salukhe, N Linton, PB Lim, M O’Neill, D W Davies, NS Peters, P Kanagaratnam Robotically assisted atrial fibrillation ablation: medium term outcomes. Europace 11(4):iv4 2009 16 3. R. Karim, C.Juli, LM.Lawes, P.Kanangaratnam, DW Davies, NS Peters, D. Rueckert Automatic Segmentation of Left Atrial Geometry from Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Images using a Probabilistic Atlas. MICCAI STACOM 2010 workshop, Appears in Lecture notes in computer science, 2010 (6364) pp. 134-143. 4. L Malcolme-Lawes, PB Lim, P Kojodjojo, Ross Hunter, Laura Richmond, Darrel P. Francis, Richard Schilling Feasibility Of Intra-procedural Assessment Of Autonomic Modification By Short-segment Heart Rate Variability Measurements Heart Rhythm Vol 7: 5, 2010; S323 5. L Malcolme-Lawes, P Kojodjojo, Z I. Whinnett, PB Lim,DW Davies, NS. Peters, and P KanagaratnamRadiofrequency Parameters For Robotic Ablation May Need To Remain At Conventional Manual Settings To Deliver Clinical Improvements. Heart Rhythm Vol 7: 5, 2010; S148 6. L Malcolme-Lawes, P Kojodjojo, Z I. Whinnett, PB Lim,DW Davies, NS. Peters and P Kanagaratnam Ganglionated Plexi Stimulation Produces Vagally Mediated Local Changes In Atrial Fibrillation Cycle Length. Heart Rhythm Vol 7: 5, 2010; S40 7. L Malcolme-Lawes. Z Whinnett, P B Lim, P Kojodjojo, S Copley, D W Davies , N S Peters, P Kanagaratnam Robotic ablation reduces local electrogram amplitude more than Manual ablation Europace 2010 Oct; 12(Suppl 2): 1-31 8. L Malcolme-Lawes, P B Lim, Z Whinnett P Kojodjojo, S Copley, D W Davies , N S Peters, P Kanagaratnam Ganglionated plexi stimulation produces vagally mediated local changes in atrial fibrillation cycle length Europace 2010 Oct; 12(Suppl 2): 1-31 9. L Malcolme-Lawes, PB Lim, R Hunter, L Richmond, D Francis, Prapa Kanagaratnam and Richard Schilling Reduction in heart rate variability parameters after AF ablation is greater for robotically assisted ablation than for manual ablation J Interv Card Electrophysiol (2010) 27:226 10. L Malcolme-Lawes, P Kojodjojo, Z I. Whinnett, PB Lim,DW Davies, NS. Peters, and P Kanagaratnam Radiofrequency Parameters For Robotic Ablation May Need To Remain At Conventional Manual Settings To Deliver Clinical Improvements J Interv Card Electrophysiol (2010) 27:230 11. L Malcolme-Lawes, PB Lim, P Kojodjojo, R Hunter, L Richmond, D Francis, R Schilling and P Kanagaratnam Feasibility of intraprocedural measurements of autonomic tone as an ablation endpoint J Interv Card Electrophysiol (2010) 27:235 12. R. Pease, R. Karim, L. Malcolme-Lawes, P. Kanagaratnam, W. Davies, D. Rueckert, N. Peters, C.F. Juli Applicability of pre segmentation of MRA data to generate 3-dimensional anatomical models of
Prognostic Value of Chronic Kidney Disease in Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients Treated with Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Objective: Impact of renal impairment (RI) on short&long term outcome of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with ACS. Methods: 427 patients with ACS, treated with PCI . They were classified into 4 groups (normal , mild, moderate and severe renal impairment) based on creatinine clearance (eCrCl). MACE including death, new myocardial infarction (MI) and target vessel revascularization (TVR) were recorded during early (30 days) and late for average 49months. Results: Patients with severe RI had higher number of vessels affected (p 0.023), lower grade of TIMI flow(p0.029), lower percent dilatation of culprit lesion( p<0.001), less frequent use of GPIIb/IIIa inhibitors(p0.002) and more frequent need for TVR(p0.03). eCrCl had positive correlation with EF and percent dilatation of stenotic lesion (p,0.001)and negative correlation with number of vessels & late MACE(p0.001). Patients with severe RI had increase in frequency of lateMACE compared to other groups(p0.001). TypeC lesions were more common in patients with advanced RI(p0.03). MACE free survival showed significant decline matching the decline in eCrCl among study groups. Conclusion: PCI outcome in patients with severe RI was suboptimal.They had increased riskof TVR within one month and increased riskof MI,death and total MACE on the long term.
Association of H. Pylori Infection with Gastroduodenal Disease: A Cross Sectional Study from Mysuru, India -

Introduction: In developing countries like India, Helicobacter pylori related gastritis is a major health ailment. This study was aimed to explore the prevalence of H. pylori infection in patients undergoing upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and its association with the various gastroduodenal diseases. Methods: This study cross sectional includes 158 patients both male and females patients attending Gastroenterology OPD at JSS Hospital, Mysuru with symptoms suggestive of gastro duodenal diseases. They were subjected to upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and investigated for H. pylori infection through histopathological examination. Data analysis was carried out using SPSS for Windows version 16.0. Results: Prevalence of H. pylori was more in male (78%) population compared to females (66%). Majority of the patients 97 (61.6%) out of 158 were in the age group of 31-60 yrs. Majority of H-pylori positive patients were found to be having H-pylori density 1+ (44.9%). Majority of patients was diagnosed to have duodenal ulcer (25.3%), gastric ulcer (21.5%) and gastric erosions (17.7%). Conclusion: From this study, we concluded that age related prevalence is more in relatively younger age group than elderly and prevalence is more in males. We also noticed that associations of H-pylori infection with gastric erosions and duodenal ulcers were statistically significant.
Comparing STEM Majors by Examining the Relationship Between Student Perceptions of Campus Climate and Classroom Engagement

This study built upon research examining the effects of diversity in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields and higher education by investigating the relationship between student perceptions of campus diversity and classroom engagement for first- and second-year Latinx and White students at two structurally diverse institutions. Findings suggested that perceptions of campus climate have a positive and significant relationship with classroom engagement—which is an important indicator of overall grade point average.
Short-term memory, working memory and linguistic abilities in bilingual children with Developmental Language Disorder

This article investigates verbal short-term memory (vSTM) and verbal working memory (vWM) abilities and their relation to lexical and syntactic abilities in monolingual (mono-) and bilingual (bi-) children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) and typical development (TD). The authors employed the following tasks: vSTM (non-word repetition and forward digit span), vWM (backward digit span), receptive vocabulary, syntactic production (sentence repetition) and syntactic comprehension (relative clauses, reflexives and passives). While the mono- and bi-DLD groups underperformed the mono- and bi-TD groups respectively in all tasks, the two clinical groups differed only in receptive vocabulary. vSTM was a significant predictor of syntactic performance for both monolinguals and bilinguals, while vWM was a significant predictor of syntactic performance only for bilinguals. These findings suggest that impairments in vSTM, wVM and syntax are core clinical features in DLD, and that vWM makes a greater contribution to syntax in bilinguals than in monolinguals.
Circadian Rhythm of Oral Temperature in Adult Hyperthyroids, Sudan

Introduction: A 24 hours long cyclic change in body temperature, ie. body temperature circadian rhythm is used as a marker of other body circadian rhythms. Objectives: To determine circadian rhythm in oral temperature of adult hyperthyroids at Nyala and Alfashir- western cities, Sudan. Study Design: A descriptive cross-sectional of stratified random sampling. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Gezira University, Wadmadani, Sudan, from December 2006 to March 2007. Methodology: A sample of thirty clinically diagnosed thyrotoxic cases (females = 29, and a male) of age ranging from 18 to 50 years, attended to Sudanese atomic energy corporation (SAEC) for receiving positively confirmed laboratory tests were enrolled to conduct this study. Early morning and late evening oral temperatures were recorded by the mercury-in-glass thermometer. A questionnaire was used to exclude any other fever conditions. Thyroid hormones, ie. T3, T4, and TSH levels were measured by radioimmunoassay (RIA) at SAEC of Nyala with reference ranges 0.4 - 4.4 mIU/L, 0.69 - 2.02 nmol/L, and 50 - 150 nmol/L for TSH, T3, and T4 respectively. Subjects of T3 and T4 values above reference ranges with TSH below reference were considered hyperthyroid. The obtained data were analyzed statistically by the statistical package for the social science programme (SPSS), ie. T-test. Results: Mean oral temperature and circadian rhythm were found to be 37.25 ± 0. 34ºC and 0.43 ± 0. 30ºC respectively. The effect of sex on mean oral temperature was statistically significant (p = 0.01), whereas age did not show any statistical effect (p = 0.36). Conclusion: The decreased oral temperature circadian rhythm of thyrotoxic patients, confirms that other body functions also abnormally affected when body temperature circadian rhythm is abnormal.
Salience and Accountability: School Infrastructure and Last-Minute Electoral Punishment

Can seemingly unimportant factors influence voting decisions by making certain issues salient? We study this in the context of Argentina’s 2015 presidential elections by examining how the infrastructure quality of the school where citizens voted influenced their choice. Exploiting the quasi-random assignment of voters to ballot stations in public schools in Buenos Aires, we show that individuals assigned to poorer infrastructure schools were less likely to vote for Mauricio Macri, the incumbent mayor running for president. The effect is larger in lower-income areas, where private education is more unusual, and in places where more households have children of school age.
Sustainable peatland management in Indonesia : Towards better understanding of socio-ecological dynamics in tropical peatland management

Large areas of Indonesian tropical peatlands have been converted to other uses for economic purposes at the expense of major environmental, health, and economic risks. In my thesis, I assessed peatland uses and ecosystem services provided by Indonesian peatlands, the long-term health impacts of peatland fires and smoke to the local populations, the institutional fit of peatland governance, and the socio-ecological properties of the paludiculture food crops as the alternative development options in Indonesian peatlands. Spatial analyses, literature reviews, questioners and in-depth interviews were applied. Based on the findings in my study, I distil several implications for the management of the peatlands and present some recommendations in order to support sustainable peatland management and peat policy in Indonesia.
Sustainability of agro-ecological practices in organic horticulture: yield, energy-use and carbon footprint

ABSTRACT In a two-year experiment, agroecological service crops (ASCs) introduction before organic zucchini and lettuce vs no-ASCs (CT), and two ASCs termination strategies (green manure, GM vs roller crimper, NT) were compared. The objective was to assess the environmental sustainability in a Mediterranean environment. Agronomic performance, energy analysis and carbon footprint were assessed. Although lower zucchini and lettuce yields than GM, the NT strategy was more sustainable than GM and CT, showing energy efficiencyof 0.64, 0.31 and 0.13%, respectively, and showing the highest carbon stored in the soil. NT can reach a good compromise between crop production and impact of agricultural activities.