Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Do Healthcare Professionals have Different Views about Healthcare Rationing than College Students? A Mixed Methods Study in Portugal

The main aim of this paper is to investigate the views of healthcare professionals in Portugal about healthcare rationing, and compare them with the views of college students. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data from a sample of 60 healthcare professionals and 180 college students. Respondents faced a hypothetical rationing dilemma where they had to order four patients (differentiated by personal characteristics and health conditions) and justify their choices. Multinomial logistic regressions were used to test for differences in orderings, and content analysis to categorize the written justifications. The findings suggest that both groups appeared to support three main rationing principles: (i) health maximization, (ii) priority to the severely ill and (iii) priority to the young. However, professionals seemed to give less weight to the latter principle. In conclusion, professionals have similar views to students about healthcare rationing, though may be slightly less inclined to give priority to the young.
Motives and structure behind capital investments in ice hockey arenas – the Swedish way

ABSTRACT An unprecedented number of large ice hockey arenas were built in Sweden between 2000-2014. This study explores the motives and rationale behind these capital investments in Swedish ice hockey arenas. Based on a multiple data-gathering method, this research concludes that capital investments in sport arenas are primarily driven by the need for rationalization and improvement of events, increasing societal image building through sport and an increasing focus on social enrichment in the competition for attracting citizens and companies to municipalities. Close collaborations between local politicians, club executives and entrepreneurs have provided creative financial solutions for the new arenas. The ice hockey arena projects have been legitimized from a societal perspective through either overly optimistic or manipulated sophisticated capital investment methods, which provided the necessary support for the political decision rationale that has been dominating these projects. A consequence of the arena projects, is an increased commercialization and professionalization of Swedish hockey.
Adult onset hemiparkinsonism with brain hemihypoplasia

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Atomic simulation of homoepitaxial AlN on non-polar (11-20) plane

ABSTRACT Large-scale molecular dynamics vapour deposition simulations have been performed to study the homoepitaxial growth of AlN films on non-polar (11-20) AlN surfaces. The effect of growth temperature and injected N: Al flux ratio on the crystallinity and surface morphology of deposited AlN film are investigated. We find that as the growth temperature increases from 1000 K to 3000 K at injected N:Al flux ratio of 2.0, the crystallinity and surface morphology of deposited AlN film both reach the optimum at 3000 K. Increasing the growth temperature makes the adatoms more mobile to move to their ideal lattice sites. Thus, the amorphousness and defects can be effectively reduced and good crystallinity and surface morphology could be obtained. Moreover, when the N:Al flux ratio increases from 1.2 to 2.4 under the growth temperature of 2600 K, the crystallinity and surface morphology of deposited AlN film both reach the optimum at injected N: Al flux ratio of 1.6. The improved crystallinity and surface morphology can be reached by using the optimised N: Al flux ratio. Furthermore, our simulation deepens the understanding and provides guidance for the growth of AlN on the non-polar (11-20) surface in the future.
Second-generation Succession and the Financialization of Assets: An Empirical Study of Chinese Family Firms

ABSTRACT This research examines whether intra-family leadership succession in Chinese family firms influences the decision to allocate more financial assets, the factors that influence second-generation successors in making such decisions, and their impacts on firm performance. The study collected firm and CEO data in which second-generation CEOs’ characteristics were captured, and the findings suggest second-generational involvement is a critical factor in the financialization of assets. Furthermore, the study finds that second-generation CEOs’ characteristics, market competition, and financing constraints have significant effects on second-generation successors when making asset-allocating decisions, and this is particularly true for financing constraints due to capital reserve motivations. The study finds no significant relationship between the financialization of assets in second-generation family firms and the family firms’ performance. This implies that firm innovation does not mean to neglect primary operating business. The results are robust after considering possible endogeneity issues and to various specifications of variables.
Peningkatan Gas Metana dan Nilai Kalori Bahan Bakar Biogas Melalui Proses Pemurnian dengan Metode Tiga Lapis Adsorpsi Bahan Padat

Tujuan penelitian ini untuk menganalisa kualitas bahan bakar biogas yang berasal dari kotoran burung puyuh melalui proses pemurnian biogas yang menggunakan metode adsorbsi tiga lapis. Bahan yang digunakan untuk penyerapan adalah silika gel sebesar 2000 gram - 2058 gram, serutan besi sebesar 736 gram - 1092 gram dan zeolit sebesar 1946,8 gram - 1991 gram. Hasil pengujian menunjukkan bahwa ada peningkatan gas metana (CH 4 ) sebesar 10,93 -25,38%, penurunan dalam CO 2 sebesar 39,69 - 52,18%, penurunan H2S 100% dan efektivitas penyerapan air sebesar 27,35 - 50,35 gram biogas H2O / m 3 , peningkatan nilai kalori 8,76 - 11,12 kkal / m 3 .
Revisiting the Feldstein-Horioka puzzle for Turkey

ABSTRACT The domestic saving and investment correlation as posited by Feldstein and Horioka is revisited for Turkey and tested over the whole period (1950–2017) and the two subperiods (1950–1989 and 1990–2017). The time-series properties of the data and the presence of structural breaks are properly addressed by the bounds testing procedure. Although, the investment and savings are positively correlated during the period of restricted capital mobility (1950–1989) and negatively correlated during the period of perfect capital mobility (1990–2017) according to the joint F-test on the significance of the coefficients, the long-run elasticity of investment with respect to savings ratio is significant for the whole period and for the first sub-period. The results confirm the Feldstein and Horioka hypothesis in a closed economy. However, the high, negative and insignificant long-run elasticity and non-constant coefficients in the second sub-period necessitate a full-investment model.
Prevalence of anemia among adolescent girls in an urban slum of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh -

Background: Anemia is a major public health problem in India, particularly among adolescent girls contributing not only to high maternal mortality but also to increased perinatal mortality and morbidity in the future life. Objectives: The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of anemia and the demographic, socioeconomic, and nutritional correlates for anemia in adolescent girls in an urban slum of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Materials and Methods: This community-based cross-sectional study was carried out among 400 adolescent girls (10-19 years) in a slum area of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh from June 2015 to May 2016. A pre-designed and pre-tested pro forma was used to collect the information regarding sociodemographic, menstrual, and dietary factors. Hemoglobin estimation was done using automatic blood analyzer. Statistical analysis was done by mean, standard deviation, and Chi-square test. Results: The prevalence of anemia among adolescent girls was found to be 78.5%, of which 40% had mild, 33% had moderate, and 5.5% had severe anemia. Anemia was significantly higher among the adolescent girls whose mothers were either illiterate or having only primary education and those belonging to lower socioeconomic status. Conclusion: The prevalence of anemia is alarmingly high among adolescent girls of urban slums. A special attention is needed to improve their hemoglobin status through proper implementation of intervention programs such as iron and folic acid supplementation and dietary modifications along with special emphasis on health education.
Predisposing Factors to HBV Among Pregnant Women Attending Some Hospitals in Suburbs of Kano, Nigeria

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) when transmitted vertically can be severe on neonates and life threatening. Among others, risk factors for HBV include unprotected sex, needle-stick injuries and blood transfusion. The study was conducted to determine the seroprevalence of HBV markers and associated risk factors among one hundred and sixty consenting pregnant women attending some hospitals in Kano, Nigeria. Using enzymelinked immunoassay, sera were screened for HBV sero-markers and structured questionnaires were administered to obtain sociodemographic data and possible predisposing factors to HBV infection. Of the five HBV markers known, participants tested positive for four, which include HBsAg, HBsAb, HBeAb and HBcAb. All were seronegative for HBeAg. Ninety three percent (93.1%) tested positive for at least one HBV marker and 6.9% were seronegative for all markers. Among those that tested positive for HBsAg, 54.5% (p=0.33) were housewives, 36.4% (p=0.53) had only primary school education, 72.7% (p=0.14) were middle-class, none had previous knowledge of HBV infection and its mode of transmission, 54.5% (p=0.14) regularly shares sharp objects, 45.5% (p=0.37) had ear or nose piercing, and 9.1% (p=0.01) regularly shares towel and underwear. A large percentage of the study group had history of the infection while only 1.3% of the subjects were vaccinated. Sociodemographic background of the participants, low vaccination coverage and certain risk factors like the sharing of unsterilized sharp objects seem to aid the moderately high prevalence of HBV in this study. The study also revealed that the risk of mother-to-child HBV transmission is low in the study area and that incomplete vaccination may not confer artificial immunity against HBV infection.
Diagnosis and management challenges of acute mesenteric venous thrombosis in patients with liver cirrhosis: a single institution's experience

Acute mesenteric venous thrombosis (MVT) remains a life-threatening condition that requiring rapid diagnosis and aggressive management. It is responsible for only about 3-15% of cases of acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI), so a high index of suspicion is needed for accurate diagnosis because of the non-specific nature of its presenting signs, symptoms and laboratory tests. For successful diagnosis, physicians must first be aware of MVT and consider it in the differential diagnosis of cases presenting with abdominal pain. ABSTRACT
Alfred D. Chandler’s integrated learning base: Towards the classification and measurement of corporate innovation

Although scholarship in business history has long recognised the importance of managerial and technological knowledge capital as drivers of corporate growth, scholars have made little progress towards the classification and measurement of these factors. We demonstrate how Alfred D. Chandler’s ‘integrated learning base’ framework offers a novel approach for classifying and measuring the costs and benefits associated with intellectual capital and corporate innovation. Recasting the integrated learning base into an accounting-based framework provides information useful to corporate management teams for internal decision processes and for reporting to external stakeholders. Our insights are important given corporations’ ever-growing reliance on intellectual capital and innovation to develop and sustain a competitive advantage in today’s high-tech and global business environment.
Does Exchange Rate Volatility cause Overreaction in the Capital Market? Evidence from Indonesia

This article analyzes whether a market overreaction hypotheses imply short term abnormal return at the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX), during the high volatility of the IDR-USD exchange rate period. This study focuses on examining events relating to a dramatic substantial event about one year. Overreaction indicates a form of market efficiency, where the more frequent overreaction, the market tends to weaken or anomaly. During this period March 2018-March 2019, the value of IDR to the USD fluctuated by 7.78%, which caused the IDX Composite Index to meltdown (bearish) by 6,582 to 5,731 (-12.9%) and, reversed back an increase (bullish) until it hits 6,525. The research method used was quantitative research with purposive sampling. The sample used is LQ45 equity index stocks (blue chips). Overreaction analysis is grouped into two phases: (i) formation of a winner-loser portfolio; and (ii) testing portfolio overreaction. The findings obtained are that there are significant differences in all testing periods of 10 weeks, 20 weeks, 30 weeks, 40 weeks and 55 weeks. Conclusion: there is no overreaction at the beginning of the bearish and the end of the bullish period, however, it is found the consistency of investor behavior in momentum transactions when the market experiences both bearish and bullish condition. Throughout observation, the equity market shows a form of efficiency that is getting stronger and indicated that the momentum strategy more useful than a contrarian strategy to generated abnormal trading profit at IDX.
Group affirmation influences acceptance of environmental risk messages

Abstract An experiment examined the influence of self-affirmation on individuals’ responses to messages about environmental threats. A new manner of self-affirmation more appropriate for use in the field than traditional approaches was tested. The visual-based manipulation used group-related photographs to affirm participants’ self-integrity before exposure to risk messages. Exposure to group-related visuals was associated with more positive evaluations (perceived message strength) of the messages. In turn, greater perceived message strength predicted greater awareness of consequences associated with harmful environmental behaviors of plastic bag use and energy waste, which predicted greater personal moral norms to reduce those behaviors. The findings suggest visual-based, group-related affirmation could increase acceptance of risk messages.
Retirement and Bridge Employment: A Qualitative Investigation of Older Workers’ Perception of Retirement and Bridge Employment in Ireland

A qualitative study investigated older workers’ perception of retirement and bridge employment in Ireland. Participants were recruited with the use of convenience sampling. An interview schedule was adapted to guide the researcher during the semi structured interviews. A total of ten participants were recruited to take part in the interviews. Participants were over 45 years of age, employed and residing in Ireland. Recorded semi structured interviews were transcribed and later analysed, using the thematic analysis. Braun and Clark’s (2006) six steps of the thematic analysis was used to analyse the collected data. The thematic analysis generated five themes. These themes were loss, financial stability, social life, inequality and freedom. The findings showed, participants had a positive view of retirement. However, they also stated that retirement could result in the loss of routine and earnings. They reported that in the case of early retirement bridge employment would be considered. Considerations to partake in bridge employment was influenced by the individual’s state of health and strength.
Paraprofessionals in the Classroom

The field of enquiry is the role and responsibilities of paraprofessionals in the classroom. This book is significant in that it was the first of its kind to be published in the United States. Intended as a college-level text or as the basis of in-service training at school or Local Authority level, the content addresses effective practice for paraeducators (Teaching Assistants), and is grounded in the research.
Predicting the Success of Bank Telemarketing Using Artificial Neural Network

 Abstract — The shift towards decision making (DM) based on artificial intelligence (AI) techniques will change the way in which consumer markets and our societies function. Through AI, predictive analytics is being used by businesses to identify these patterns and major trends with the objective to improve the DM and influence future business outcomes. This paper proposes an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) approach to predict the success of telemarketing calls for selling bank long-term deposits. To validate the proposed model, we uses the bank marketing data of 41188 phone calls. The ANN attains 98.93% of accuracy which outperforms other conventional classifiers and confirms that it is credible and valuable approach for telemarketing campaign managers.
The propagation, interaction and linkage of vein segments and the scatter of geometric data

The lengths, widths, orientations, bridge widths and linkage characteristics of 636 vein segments from 84 arrays have been measured and analysed. The relationships between the parameters are assessed. The veins are in the Blue Lias Formation exposed on the Somerset coast, UK. E-W orientated arrays (mostly related to basin extension) are compared with N-S orientated arrays (related to later basin contraction). The parameters measured mostly show weak correlations coefficients. Scatter in the data result both from the way vein segments propagate, interact and link and from the way measurements were made. Veins appear to propagate in three stage cycles. Stage 1: propagation, with length and width increasing proportionally. Stage 2: interaction, where a segment interacts with one or more adjacent segments, so propagation is hindered but dilation continues. Stage 3: linkage, where adjacent segments connect to form a composite segment, so length increases but maximum width does not change. These stages can be repeated for the composite segment, creating a cycle of development and segmentation across a range of scales. A steplike trajectory occurs on a plot of vein length to width. The segmentation across a range of scales means that the definition of segments can be subjective, with the number of vein segments defined being controlled by resolution. In this study, linkage was characterised in terms of topology, i.e. if a segment is not connected in the plane of view, or whether it is connected at one or both ends of the trace. This may not have been the best way to characterise the segmentation of interacting and linked vein segments.
Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Mothers with Children Under Five Years of Age About Vaccination

Background: Immunization is a cost effective process of improving child survival in developing countries. Aim and Objectives: To assess the knowledge, attitude and practices of mothers with five years children of age about vaccination. To educate them regarding the vaccination schedule and importance of vaccination. Methodology: It is a cross sectional study design. Purposive sampling technique was used for selecting study subjects. Data was collected from 60 mothers who visited immunization clinic during the study. Mothers with children under five years of age, mothers of Kashmiri ethnicity were included in the study. Results: 61.6% of mothers completed their preschool education and majority of them are housewives (63.30%). Both mother and father used to make decision regarding child immunization (71.7%). TV/Radio, Anganwadi workers, Hospitals remain the major sources of information about immunization . 65% of mothers know the correct age to start vaccination and majority (58.33%)of mothers believe that vaccines are not harmful. Most of the mothers believe that child with fever and cold should not be vaccinated. The attitude of mothers towards vaccination was satisfactory. 93.33% of mothers believe that vaccination is important and 91.66% of mothers believe that it is important to follow the vaccination schedule. The practices of mothers towards immunization were found to be satisfactory. Conclusion: The attitude and practices of mothers were found to be satisfactory. Their knowledge was to be improved to promote better immunization coverage. Appropriate information & awareness campaigns may improve the knowledge of mothers regarding vaccination.
Gerakan Literasi Sekolah (GLS) di Sekolah Dasar Unggulan Aisyiyah Taman Harapan Curup

This research was conducted to determine the policy of school literacy movement in excellent primary school Aisyiyah Taman Harapan Curup. This research with the theory implementation Eward III namely: communication, resources, commitment, and bureaucracy structure and will describe the supporting and inhibiting factors in implementation the policy of school literacy movement. This research is a descriptive qualitative research which was carried out in a excellent primary school Aisyiyah Taman Harapan Curup in April-Juli 2018. The research subject were vice principal, head of library, and the fourth grade homeroom teacher. Technique collecting data is interview, observation, and documentation. The result of this research are as follows: (1) The policy implementation supported by: (a) implementing agencies communicate through meeting of school element such as management, parents, and teacher. (b) The resources that support this activity such as the potential of teacher funds from parent of the students as soon as goverment and sponsor. (c) commitment from implementing agencies. (d) Bureaucracy structure from part of school. (2) supporting factors in the form of the availability of means to socialize policies, book grant from parents, time and funds, teacher have a passion for learning, while the inhibiting factor teacher must be still reminded related to the policy Standard Operational Procedure and the program that still need to be done each other busy of ustadzah and ustadz which usually make the literacy process in the library and making wall magazine whic sudden because of limited human resources too. Parent often ignore incoming message via whatsapp need for program development so that it is not monotonous and students become bored. Keyword: School Literacy Movement, SDUA THC.