Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Bilateral deficit: relationships with training history and functional performance

The purpose of the study was to investigate the magnitude of bilateral deficit (BLD) in trained males and examine its relationship with functional performance and recent resistance training history. Ten physically active males (age: 23.02±1.27 years) self-reported the number of unilateral and bilateral exercises within their structured resistance training schedule. During two visits to the laboratory, participants performed unilateral and bilateral squat jumps (SJ) and isometric leg extensions (ILE) for the quantification of BLD. Participants also performed bilateral countermovement jumps (CMJ) and a change of direction (COD) test to quantify functional performance. The performance outcomes and information regarding training history were then correlated with the bilateral index (BLI) metric. The key findings were that: (a) a lower BLD in SJ peak power related to a greater CMJ peak force (r=.728; p=.02) and peak power (r=.750; p=.01), (b) the BLI in the ILE was unrelated to performance outcomes, and (c) BLI was unrelated to the mean number of bilateral and unilateral exercises in the structured resistance training programme of participants. In conclusion, lower levels of BLD may be advantageous for bilateral tests of functional performance (i.e. jumps) however there is a need to consider the mechanical similarity between the performance and BLD measure. Finally, the balance of unilateral and bilateral exercises in an individual’s recent resistance training history is not sensitive to the BLI measured during dynamic or isometric assessments.
Understanding the Dynamic Nexus between Green Human Resource Management and Environmental Performance: The Moderating Role of Green Leaders’ Emotional Intelligence in the Pharmaceutical Sector of Bahrain

The current study attempted to examine how green HRM factors can help enhance environmental performance in the pharmaceutical sector of Bahrain. The study also investigated the direct and moderation of leaders` emotional intelligence on these direct relationships. Structural equation modelling was used to test the hypothesized relationships on the data obtained from managers and supervisory level employees working across the three major pharmaceutical companies in Bahrain. The results underlined a significant relationship between green ability and environmental performance. Similarly, green opportunity and environmental performance also posed a significant correlation. However, green motivation failed to pose any significant impact on environmental performance in the pharmaceutical sector. Importantly, leaders` emotional intelligence also resulted a significant relationship with environmental performance. In connection moderation, leaders ‘emotional intelligence moderated the relationship between green opportunity and environmental performance. On the contrary, it did not show any moderating role on the relationship between green ability, green motivation, and environmental performance. The study forwards discussion on the results and implications for theory and practice.
New Serological Test for Syphilis

A total of 1,020 serum and plasma specimens were tested using the Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL), Rapid Plasma Reagin (RPR) card, Reagin Screen (RST) and Fluorescent Treponemal Antibody-Absorption (FTAABS) tests. In 257 normal patients, all screening tests were nonreactive; the FTA-ABS test was reactive for one patient. In 588 patients with treated and untreated syphilis, the RST results were 91.7% in agreement with the VDRL and RPR results. In 175 patients with diseases that cause biological false reactions, the RST was 94% in agreement with the other screening tests. The titer of the RST was within one dilution of the corresponding VDRL titer in 91.7% of the 360 specimens tested and within one dilution of the RPR titer in 96.9% of 358 specimens quantitated by both tests.
Black Turnout and Registration in Majority-Minority Districts

Understanding what can incentivize the entire and minority populations to participate in politicsis important to understand voting patterns. To answer this question, this study focuses onwhether race has an impact on voter registration and turnout. This study sought to determinewhether moving from a majority-White to a majority-Black district will increase turnout andregistration among the general population as well as the Black population. Utilizing ten-yearlegislative reapportionment, this study compares the percent voter registration and percentturnout both before and after the 2012 round of redistricting in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana,Mississippi, and South Carolina. Results indicated that co-racial incumbents have the ability tomotivate increased voter registration among the total and Black population. Turnout results weremuch less straightforward, indicating that there are other factors that impact turnout than the raceof the incumbent. Thus, it appears the creation of majority-Black districts has a greater impactthan just the ability to elect more Black representatives.
TOP MANAGEMENT TEAM DIVERSITY AND ACQUISITION QUALITY By FELIX KOBLA ACQUAH Bachelor of Science/Chemistry

This research study investigates the impact of top management team diversity (TMT) on the quality of acquisition decisions as reflected in announcement returns to acquirer shareholders. Firms pursue acquisitions with the strategic rationale of increasing shareholder value, improving market share, and achieving economies of scale. Despite these compelling motivations, acquisitions have not always yielded the desired results in terms of increasing shareholder value. This is generally attributed to poor decision making on the part of the TMT. Upper Echelons Theory suggests that TMT decision quality is enhanced when team members come from diverse backgrounds as they bring diversity of opinions and resource knowledge which allow for a more robust sharing of ideas and viable alternatives. Therefore, this study focuses on TMT diversity traits the dimensions of gender diversity, age diversity, job diversity, cultural diversity, tenure diversity, and political affiliation diversity and how these diversity traits impact the decision making process as reflected in the announcement returns of acquirer. I use announcement period returns to acquirer shareholders as my measure of acquisition decision quality due to its extensive use in the finance literature to assess the efficacy corporate policies including investment decisions (Guiso et al., 2008; Bottazzi et al., 2010), cash holdings (Chen et al., 2015) and cost of capital (Gray et al., 2013). I find that age diversity, political diversity, current tenure diversity, and cultural diversity have significant effect on acquisition quality. This means that the shareholders of acquiring firms overall can expect to earn higher abnormal returns when these aforementioned diversity characteristics are present at the TMT level of the firm. Additionally, I find that the impact of these diversity characteristics on acquirer returns are more profound when the deal value of the acquisition is at least 20% of the acquiring firm’s size. Furthermore, I also find that TMT diversity characteristics such as gender diversity and total tenure diversity do not have significant effect on acquisition quality as reflected in the announcement returns of the acquirer. Thus, not all diversity characteristics appear to enhance acquisition decision quality. In conclusion, TMT diversity overall promotes better decision making.
Community Perceptions on Mental Illness in Bungoma County, Kenya

Objective. The objective of the study was to evaluate the perceptions towards mental illness and the mentally ill by the community in Bungoma County, Kenya. Design. The study was a descriptive cross-sectional study and Quantitative methods were adopted. Setting. The study was carried out in Bungoma County Sample. Five SubCounties in Bungoma County were purposively sampled to increase the representation. The household’s heads were sampled by stratified sampling; the researcher divided the population into strata and drew a predetermined number using simple random sampling (n = 396) Analysis. Data wasanalyzed through descriptive statistics and regression. Main outcome measures. Attitude towards the mentally ill Results. From the results, 69.7% (276) of the respondents think the mentally ill are a burden to the society. Majority of the respondents 67.7 % (268) agreed that the best therapy for many of the mental patients is to be part of the normal community.The results showed that 69 % (272) disagreed that virtually anyone can become mentally ill. From the results 66.7% (264) agreed that it is frightening to think of people with mental problems living in a residential neighbourhood.Majority 260 (65.7%) agreed that the mentally ill should not be given any responsibilities.Regression model results indicated that the two predictors: a) attitude and b) knowledge of mental illness and mental health, explained 34.4% of the variance (F [2, 369] = 24.713, p < 0.05, R 2 = .344), equating to a medium effect size. Regression analyses found that predictor variables perception (β = .19, p < 0.05) significantly predicted increased likelihood that participants would stigmatize people with mental illness. Conclusion. The study findings established that there is negative perception by members of the community of Bungoma County towards the mentally ill persons. Recommendation. The study recommends that sensitization of the community/ public on mental illnesses is important in Bungoma County. Scaling up public awareness campaigns to reach more people by diversifying the approaches targeting specific group of family members having mentally ill persons.
Identi cation of a novel six autophagy-related genes signature for the prognostic and a miRNA-related autophagy predictor for anti-PD-1 therapy responses in prostate cancer

Lei Wu Department of Oncology, Zhuhai People's Hospital (Zhuhai hospital a liated with Jinan University) Wen Quan Department of Oncology, Zhuhai People's Hospital (Zhuhai hospital a liated with Jinan University) Guojun Yue Zunyi Medical University Qiong Luo Department of Oncology, A liated Zhuhai Hospital ,Southern Medical University Dongxu Peng Department of Oncology, Zhuhai People's Hospital (Zhuhai hospital a liated with Jinan University) Ying Pan Department of Oncology, Zhuhai People's Hospital (Zhuhai hospital a liated with Jinan University) Guihai Zhang (  zghzhuhai@163.com ) Helsingin seudun yliopistollinen keskussairaala Syopatautien klinikka
Hospital admissions due to Diabetes Mellitus and characteristics of the places of residence Internações hospitalares por Diabetes Mellitus e características dos locais de moradia Internaciones hospitalarias por diabetes mellitus y características del lugar de residencia

Methods: cross-sectional ecological study, which considered the set of hospitalizations caused by diabetes mellitus, in the 160 neighborhoods of the city of Rio de Janeiro. To investigate the relationship between hospitalizations for diabetes mellitus and the living conditions of the population living in these neighborhoods, some demographic and socioeconomic indicators were calculated from 2010 to 2015. The regions were compared using analysis of variance (ANOVA) and the bivariate associations using F statistics. Results: the average hospitalization rate for diabetes mellitus in the period was 20.5 admissions per 10 thousand inhabitants. The occurrences were higher among male patients (23.0 per 10 thousand) compared to female patients (18.4 per 10 thousand), a trend that was observed in all regions of the city. The Center presents more situations of vulnerability and higher hospitalization rates compared to the others. The variance indicated differences between the regions regarding sociodemographic and environmental characteristics related to living and health conditions.
Influence of Foliar Application of Potassium Humate and Proline on Wheat Growth and Productivity Grown in Saline Soil

Two field trials on wheat (Triticum aestivum L.; Variety Misr 1 ), were conducted at Tag El-Ezz Agricultural Research Station, Agricultural Research Centre (ARC), Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt during two successive winter seasons of 2016/17 and 2017/18. The experimental area were located at 30 95' 7034'' N latitude and 31 60' 0219' E longitude. The experiment treatments were included two factors 1) potassium humate (KH) at three levels (i.e. control, 3%, 6% of spraying solutions) and 2) proline (P) at three rates (i. e .control, 50, 100 mgl). The two factors were layout in a split plot design with three replicates, where the potassium humate and proline treatments were located randomly in the main and sub plots, respectively. The obtained results indicated that addition of potassium humate 6% with proline at 100 mgl gave the highest values of N, P and K % in wheat grains and straw, protein content and also gave the highest grains yield, compared with control treatment, so that the combined treatment of potassium humate 6% with proline 100 mgl was considered as most suitable treatment for obtaining the highest wheat yield under these experimental conditions. In addition to reduce the negative effects of salt stress on wheat plants.
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1Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050051, People’s Republic of China; 2NHC Key Laboratory of Intelligent Orthopaedic Equipment (The Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University), Shijiazhuang, People’s Republic of China; 3Chinese Academy of Engineering, Beijing, 100088, People’s Republic of China Purpose: Controversy remains around intramedullary fixation of intertrochanteric fractures in elderly patients when considering hidden blood loss (HBL). However, whether treating the fractures with intramedullary fixation causes a large amount of HBL is not known. Patients and Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, 1,017 consecutive patients aged ≥65 years with acute intertrochanteric fractures were included and assigned to three groups (non-operative group, delayed surgery group, and acute surgery group) between July 2013 and January 2018. The data of patients’ demographics, injury-related data, operation-related data, comorbidities, perioperative hemoglobin values, transfusion data and serial of HBL calculated during hospitalization were collected and compared among three groups. All independent variables were further analyzed by multiple linear regression to evaluate the influential factors of HBL. A long-term follow-up was conducted and survival analysis was performed for all individuals. Results: Our results showed that fixation by proximal femoral nail anti-rotation for intertrochanteric fracture has been estimated to contribute 11–34% of the increase of HBL during hospitalization and it does not increase the allogeneic transfusion rate. For HBL, male patients, unstable fracture, and blood transfusion may have strong influences. Surgical delay was associated with longer time from injury to hospital admission, higher ASAgrade, and comorbidities such as diabetes and coronary heart disease. Survival analysis revealed that mortality increased in patients with conservative treatment, where a rapid decline was found in the first year, especially in the 90 days after injury. A higher mortality rate was also obtained in patients with surgery delay than acute surgery patients. Conclusion: In conclusion, HBL is the main component of total blood loss and it is more likely to result from the initial trauma rather than the surgery. Intertrochanteric fracture treated by intramedullary fixation does not cause a large amount of HBL.
Gendered Employment and Public Spending in China

This paper econometrically analyzes the relationship between public spending and gendered urban employment in China for the period 1999-2009. Proponents of gender-sensitive public policies suggest that spending on healthcare and education may increase long-run growth and women’s relative employment via the expansion of paid care work (increasing labor demand) and reductions in unpaid labor (increasing labor supply). Female, male, and gender-relative employment growth are estimated as functions of public spending while controlling for demand, structural change and capabilities. Economic growth and human capital are also included in a simultaneous equation estimation. While healthcare results are mixed, education spending is positively associated with economic growth, employment growth for both genders, and women’s relative employment. Using economic significance calculations, we describe how well-directed public policies can promote both long-and short-run benefits in gender equality and economic growth. Figure 1: Annual Gendered Employment in China (1999 to 2009)
Exit Dilemma

We study the exit of duopolists from a stochastically declining market. Firms privately learn about the market conditions from observing the stochastic arrival of customers, while exit decisions are publicly observed. A larger firm is more likely to have customers and hence has better information about the market conditions. We provide sufficient conditions for either the smaller or the larger firm to be the first to exit in the unique equilibrium. Because of observational learning, exiting may be a firm's dominant action since continuing operation would bring too optimistic news to the rival, leading it to further postpone its exit. (JEL D21, D43, D83, L21, L25)
Changes in soil fertility and productivity of yellow Sarson as influenced by application of inorganic fertilizers and organic manure

A Field trial was carried out to study the changes in soil fertility status and yield parameters of yellow Sarson treated with inorganic fertilizers and organic manure. Treatments comprised of recommended doses of N, P and K fertilizers (RDF) with or without FYM with different doses of S and Zn either alone or in combination. Comparatively more available nutrients (exchangeable NH4, soluble NO3, available P2O5, available K2O, soluble SO4 and DTPA-extractable Zn) are accumulated in T9 treatment which received RDF along with FYM at 5t ha and S at 40 kg ha and Zn at 10 kg ha. Combined application of N, P, K, S and Zn not only improved protein and oil content but also increased seed and straw yield of yellow Sarson. Economic analysis pointed out that benefit: cost ratio in T9 treatment is 1.50 which is the highest among all the treatment combinations under consideration.
A Handheld Metabolic Device (Lumen) to Measure Fuel Utilization in Healthy Young Adults: Device Validation Study

Background Metabolic carts measure the carbon dioxide (CO2) produced and oxygen consumed by an individual when breathing to assess metabolic fuel usage (carbohydrates versus fats). However, these systems are expensive, time-consuming, and only available in health care laboratory settings. A small handheld device capable of determining metabolic fuel usage via CO2 from exhaled air has been developed. Objective The aim of this study is to evaluate the validity of a novel handheld device (Lumen) for measuring metabolic fuel utilization in healthy young adults. Methods Metabolic fuel usage was assessed in healthy participants (n=33; mean age 23.1 years, SD 3.9 years) via respiratory exchange ratio (RER) values obtained from a metabolic cart as well as % CO2 from the Lumen device. Measurements were performed at rest in two conditions: fasting, and after consuming 150 grams of glucose, in order to determine changes in metabolic fuel usage. Reduced major axis regression and simple linear regression were performed to test for agreement between RER and Lumen % CO2. Results Both RER and Lumen % CO2 significantly increased after glucose intake (P<.001 for both) compared with fasting conditions, by 0.089 and 0.28, respectively. Regression analyses revealed an agreement between the two measurements (F1,63=18.54; P<.001). Conclusions This study shows the validity of Lumen for detecting changes in metabolic fuel utilization in a comparable manner with a laboratory standard metabolic cart, providing the ability for real-time metabolic information for users under any circumstances.
Genomewide Linkage Scan for Genes Influencing Plasma Triglyceride Levels in the Veterans Administration Genetic Epidemiology Study (VAGES)

Objective. Elevated plasma triglyceride (TG) concentration is a component of the insulin resistance syndrome and is commonly associated with type 2 diabetes, obesity and coronary heart disease. The goal of our study was to perform a genomewide linkage scan to identify genetic regions that influence variation in plasma TG levels in families that are enriched with individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Research Design and Methods. We used phenotypic and genotypic data from 1,026 individuals distributed across 294 Mexican American families from the Veterans Administration Genetic Epidemiology Study (VAGES), which were ascertained for T2DM. Plasma TG values were transformed, and a variance components technique was used to conduct multipoint linkage analysis. Results. After adjusting for the significant effects of sex and BMI, heritability for plasma TG was estimated as 46 ± 7% (P < 0.0001). Multipoint linkage analysis yielded the strongest evidence for linkage of plasma TG near marker D12S391 on chromosome 12p (LOD = 2.4). Our linkage signal on chromosome 12p provides independent replication of a similar finding in another Mexican American sample from the San Antonio Family Diabetes Study (SAFDS). Combined multipoint linkage analysis of the VAGES and SAFDS data yielded significant evidence for linkage of plasma TG to a genetic location between markers GATA49D12 and D12S391 on 12p (LOD = 3.8, empirical P value = 2.0 x 10). This region on 12p harbors the gene encoding adiponectin receptor 2 (AdipoR2), where we previously have shown that multiple SNPs are associated with plasma TG concentrations in the SAFDS. In the present study, we provided suggestive evidence in favor of association for rs929434 with TG concentrations in the VAGES. Conclusions. Collectively, these results provide strong evidence for a major locus on chromosome 12p that influences plasma TG levels in Mexican Americans. Abbreviations: AdipoR2; adiponectin receptor 2 BMI; body mass index CIDR; Center for Inherited Disease Research IBD; identity-by-descent ln; log-transformed LOD; logarithm of the odds in favour of linkage QTL; quantitative trait locus SOLAR; Sequential Oligogenic Linkage Analysis Routines TG; triglyceride T2DM; Type 2 diabetes mellitus VAGES; Veterans Administration Genetic Epidemiology Study