Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Role of Islamic Corporate Governance and Risk Toward Islamic Banking Performance: Evidence from Indonesia

Research aims: This study aims to analyze the role of Islamic corporate governance mechanisms on the performance of Islamic banks. Besides, it also analyzes the effect of risk profiles, especially those that are directly related to bank financing, on the performance of Islamic Banks.Design/Methodology/Approach: Sharia banks that become the objects are Sharia Commercial Banks (SCB) and Sharia Business Units of Conventional Banks (SBU). This study uses data from 20 sharia banks (11 SCB and 9 SBU). The analytical tool used in this study is panel data regression.Research findings: The results show that the meeting frequency of the Board of Commissioners, Sharia Supervisory Board (SSB), Financing to Deposits Ratio (FDR), and bank size have a significant positive effect on the performance of Islamic banks. Non-Performing Financing (NPF) has a significant negative effect on the performance of Islamic banks.Theoretical contribution/Originality: This study utilized Stakeholders theory, Maqoshid Sharia concept, and corporate governance to investigate the role of Islamic corporate governance mechanisms and risk management on sharia Banks performance.Practitioner/Policy implication: The implication of this study is that SSB activities had a direct and robust influence on Islamic Banks, which have relatively larger assets. Hence, the task of the Sharia Supervisory Board should not be limited to only monitoring the conformity of transactions with sharia but also providing input so that banks can increase their profits in line with sharia.Research limitation/Implication: The limitation in this study is the number of corporate governance variables that was limited.
Transport in Fusion Plasmas: Is the Tail Wagging the Dog?

Turbulent plasmas notably self-organize to higher energy states upon application of additional free energy sources or modification of edge operating conditions. Mechanisms whereby such bifurcations occur have been actively debated for decades, mostly on the basis of reduced models. Here we unravel a surprising causal chain of events in the onset of an improved confinement state, by applying generic entropy-based and information theoretic measures to the primitive kinetic equations. Interfacial contamination of a large, stable region (the ‘dog’) by locally-borne peripheral turbulent fluctuations (the ‘tail’) is found to be central to explaining transport properties, globally. These results, highly relevant to the quest for magnetic fusion advocate the use of such data-driven methods to many problems in fluids and plasmas where interfacial turbulent contamination is active.
Increase in Stability of an X-Configured AUV through Hydrodynamic Design Iterations with the Definition of a New Stability Index to Include Effect of Gravity

A study about the effect of different configurations of stationary and movable appendages on the dynamic stability of an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) is presented. A new stability index that can be used to assess dynamic stability in the vertical plane is derived. It improves upon the vertical plane stability index by accurately accounting for the contribution of hydrostatic forces to dynamic stability, even at low speeds. The use of the new stability index is illustrated by applying it to a set of AUV configurations based on an AUV initially designed at Virginia Tech and built by Dive Technologies. The applicability of this index depends on the speed of the craft. The range of applicability in terms of speed is presented for the DIVE craft as an example. The baseline design of the DIVE craft has asymmetry in the vertical plane and symmetry in the horizontal plane. A virtual planar motion mechanism (VPMM) is used to obtain the hydrodynamic coefficients of the hull. Design iterations are performed on the baseline design by varying the appendages in shape and size, adding appendages and adding features on appendages. The best and the baseline design from this effort are incorporated in a 6 DOF lumped-parameter model (LPM) to compare results of a straight line maneuver. A computational fluid dynamic (CFD) tool is used to obtain the trajectory comparison of turn-circle maneuver for these two designs. A principal conclusion is the important contribution of a hydrostatic restoring force at low-moderate speeds by using GVgrav and the influence of design of control surfaces, both stationary and non-stationary, in the achievement of control-fixed course stability.
An In Vitro Study of Antibacterial Properties of Electrospun Hypericum perforatum Oil-Loaded Poly(lactic Acid) Nonwovens for Potential Biomedical Applications

The growth of population and increase in diseases that cause an enormous demand for biomedical material consumption is a pointer to the pressing need to develop new sustainable biomaterials. Electrospun materials derived from green polymers have gained popularity in recent years for biomedical applications such as tissue engineering, wound dressings, and drug delivery. Among the various bioengineering materials used in the synthesis of a biodegradable polymer, poly(lactic acid) (PLA) has received the most attention from researchers. Hypericum perforatum oil (HPO) has antimicrobial activity against a variety of bacteria. This study aimed to investigate the development of an antibacterial sustainable material based on PLA by incorporating HPO via a simple, low-cost electrospinning method. Chemical, morphological, thermal, thickness and, air permeability properties, and in vitro antibacterial activity of the electrospun nonwoven fabric were investigated. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was used to examine the morphology of the electrospun nonwoven fabric, which had bead-free morphology ultrafine fibers. Antibacterial tests revealed that the Hypericum perforatum oil-loaded poly(lactic acid) nonwoven fabrics obtained had high antibacterial efficiency against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus, indicating a strong potential for use in biomedical applications.
Proactive changes in clinical practice as a result of the COVID‐19 pandemic: Survey on use of telepractice by Quebec speech‐language pathologists

Abstract Background The coronavirus disease2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic has led to important challenges in health and education service delivery. Aims The present study aimed to document: (i) changes in the use of telepractice by speech‐language pathology (SLP) professionals in Quebec since the start of the COVID‐19 outbreak; (ii) perceptions of the feasibility of telepractice by SLPs; (iii) barriers to the use of telepractice; and (iv) the perceptions of SLP professionals regarding the main issues of telepractice. Methods & Procedures An online survey with closed and open, Likert scale and demographic questions was completed by 83 SLPs in Quebec in June and July 2020. Outcomes & Results The survey responses showed that within the cohort responding, telepractice use has increased significantly as a response to the COVID‐19 pandemic. Most respondents planned to continue using telepractice after the pandemic ends. In addition, the respondents considered telepractice to be adequate for many clinical practices but less so for others (e.g., swallowing disorders, hearing impairment). Most of the reported barriers to the use of telepractice concerned technological problems and a lack of clinical materials for online use. Confidentiality and privacy issues were also raised. Conclusions & Implications SLP professionals rapidly took advantage of existing technologies in their clinical settings to cope with the pandemic's effects on service delivery. The discrepancy between their perceptions and the evidence in the literature for some practices and populations strengthens the need for more information and education on telepractice. What this paper adds What is already known on the subject The proportion of speech‐language pathologists (SLPs) in Canada who use telepractice for clinical activities is unknown. Knowing this information became crucial in the context of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic because non‐essential activities were interrupted to halt the spread of the disease. What this paper adds to existing knowledge The findings from this survey study confirmed that the use of telepractice in SLP in Quebec increased significantly during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Moreover, the majority of the respondents began using telepractice because of the pandemic, and most planned to continue doing so after it ends. This demonstrates how SLP professionals rapidly took advantage of existing technologies in their clinical settings to cope with the pandemic's effects on service delivery. What are the potential or actual clinical implications of this work? Although the SLPs expressed an overall positive perception of telepractice, they also highlighted barriers to its optimal use. The findings of this study should help employers and regulatory bodies in Quebec to bring down those barriers and make telepractice in SLP a durable, effective and efficient service delivery model.
Extreme precipitation variability across the Lancang‐Mekong River Basin during 1952–2015 in relation to teleconnections and summer monsoons

The Lancang‐Mekong River Basin (LMRB) is home to ~70 million people whose life and livelihood are mostly dependent upon precipitation as the primary freshwater source. Hence, identifying potential oceanic–atmospheric drivers of regional precipitation variability is becoming increasingly important for the sustainable development of the LMRB. This study first investigated spatio‐temporal variability and trends in extreme precipitation characteristics (in terms of intensity, frequency, and duration) throughout the LMRB during 1952–2015, using gauge‐based gridded daily precipitation time series. Then, the associations between the historical extreme precipitation characteristics and seven teleconnection and five summer monsoon indices were explored. On the basin scale, no statistically significant (p < .05) trends were detected in annual extreme precipitation intensity, frequency, and duration indices. The number of wet days (R1mm) significantly increased in both the Mekong River Basin (MRB) and the Lancang River Basin (LRB), predominantly leading to longer wet spells in these two sub‐basins. Spatially, the relatively high extreme precipitation intensity and frequency indices, as well as consecutive wet days (CWD), significantly increased in the south, east, and northwest of MRB, while decreased in the west of MRB and the north of LRB. The intensity and frequency of historical extreme precipitations over the LMRB were most significantly correlated with the East Asian Summer Monsoon Index, North Atlantic Oscillation, and East Pacific/North Pacific pattern. However, the wet/dry spells showed the strongest associations with the Atlantic Multi‐decadal Oscillation/the Southern Oscillation Index on the interannual/decadal time scales (3–4/8–15 years) during 1986–1999/1968–2002, respectively.
Validation of several sets of delayed-neutron group parameters for thermal fission of 235U by a Feynman-α analysis

ABSTRACT Time-sequence count data of a neutron counter were acquired at subcritical states of UTR-KINKI reactor and then a Feynman-α analysis considering delayed neutrons was carried out to determine a measured ratio of delayed to prompt neutron contribution to the correlation amplitude Y. The zero-power reactor was driven by a neutron source inherent in highly enriched uranium fuels to reduce any spatial effect. The delayed-to-prompt ratio was also calculated using several sets of delayed-neutron group parameters for thermal fission of 235U nuclide, to validate these sets by comparing with the measured ratio. The ratios calculated using Keepin’s 6-group and Spriggs’ 8-group sets agreed very well with the measured ratio. However, the ratios calculated using the other sets were almost the same as each other and in a very poor agreement with the measured ratio.
Opium use and type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

ABSTRACT Background For many years, people and even some doctors believed that opium has beneficial effects on cardiovascular disease and diabetes. The effect of opium as a stimulator or inhibitor on the metabolic regulation system is challenging. Objectives This study aimed to investigate the relationship between opium and type 2 diabetes by meta-analysis. Methods The present study was conducted based on the PRISMA checklist for systematic review and meta-analysis studies. Two researchers independently searched for standard keywords from international databases, Scopus, PubMed, ProQuest, Embase, and Web of Science without any time limits until 2019. The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) checklist was used for quality assessment of included studies. Data were analyzed using the random-effects model and CMA software. Results Twenty-four studies met our inclusion criteria. The meta-analysis results revealed no significant negative relationship between increased opium intake and decreased fasting blood sugar (P= ns). There was a statistically significant positive relationship between opium consumption and HbA1C increase in patients with type 2 diabetes (P< .05). Conclusion Unlike past beliefs, opium consumption not only reduces fasting blood sugar but on the contrary, consumption of opium increases the level of glycosylated hemoglobin in patients with type 2 diabetes.
Estimation in a general semiparametric hazards regression model with missing covariates

Abstract In survival analysis, missing observations are often encountered in covariate measurements, and ignoring this feature may make an invalid inference. In this article, we consider a general semiparametric hazards regression model for right-censored data with some covariates missing at random. The covariate effects in this model are characterized by a time-scale change and a relative hazard ratio. A class of weighted estimators are proposed, and the resulting estimators are shown to be consistent and asymptotically normal. Furthermore, fully augmented weighted estimators are also studied to improve estimation efficiency. Simulation studies demonstrate that the proposed estimators perform well in a finite sample. An application to the mouse leukemia data is provided.
Assessment of Relationship between Ectopic Pregnancy and Assisted Reproductive Technology in Baghdad City

Objectives: To find out the relationship between assisted reproductive technology,Some demographics characteristic and ectopic pregnancy among women with ectopic pregnancyMethodology: A descriptive study was applied to assess the relationship between ectopic pregnancy andAssisted Reproductive Technology among purposive sample of (60) women aged between (20-43) yearsold attended the hospitals in Baghdad city. Results: The study show that the most woman in the age group(32-37) years old, was primary school graduate, most of them have no gravidity, were treated with assistedreproductive technology previously for (5-12) month, Clomiphene citrate (clomid) is used in the rate (50%),suffering from lower abdominal pain and Darker or brown vaginal spotting. Conclusions: The studyconcluded that there is significant relationship between the use of Clomiphene citrate (clomid) and ectopicpregnancy and the most benefit treatment for ectopic pregnancy is methotrexate. Recommendations: Thestudy recommended a furthers study on ovulation induction, training program about the effect of ovulationinduction especially (clomid) on women health
Deep Learning Approach for Analysis and Characterization of COVID-19

Early diagnosis of a pandemic disease like COVID-19 can help deal with a dire situation and help radiologists and other experts manage human resources more effectively. In a recent pandemic, laboratories perform diagnostics manually, which requires a lot of time and expertise of the laboratorial technicians to yield accurate results. Moreover, the cost of kits is high, and well-equipped labs are needed to perform this test. Therefore, other means of diagnosis is highly desirable. Radiography is one of the existing methods that finds its use in the diagnosis of COVID-19. The radiography observes change in Computed Tomography (CT) chest images of patients, developing a deep learning-based method to extract graphical features which are used for automated diagnosis of the disease ahead of laboratory-based testing. The proposed work suggests an Artificial Intelligence (AI) based technique for rapid diagnosis of COVID-19 from given volumetric chest CT images of patients by extracting its visual features and then using these features in the deep learning module. The proposed convolutional neural network aims to classify the infectious and non-infectious SARS-COV2 subjects. The proposed network utilizes 746 chests scanned CT images of 349 images belonging to COVID-19 positive cases, while 397 belong to negative cases of COVID-19. Our experiment resulted in an accuracy of 98.4%, sensitivity of 98.5%, specificity of 98.3%, precision of 97.1%, and F1-score of 97.8%. The additional parameters of classification error, mean absolute error (MAE), root-mean-square error (RMSE), and Matthew's correlation coefficient (MCC) are used to evaluate our proposed work. The obtained result shows the outstanding performance for the classification of infectious and non-infectious for COVID-19 cases. © 2021 Tech Science Press. All rights reserved.
An Improved Protocol for Asymbiotic Seed Germination and Seedling Development of Paphiopedilum tigrinum

Paphiopedilum tigrinum is an endangered orchid with high ornamental value. However, seed germination and seedling regeneration in P. tigrinum is very difficult in vitro. Little is known about why P. tigrinum seedlings are difficult to propagate or how to improve the seed germination and seedling rates of this species. In this study, we investigated the developmental process of P. tigrinum from asymbiotic seed germination to seedling rooting by comparing it with P. appletoniantum, a much easier species for germination and seedling formation. We found that asymbiotic seed germination in P. tigrinum is limited by severe browning of the protocorm at the seed germination stage, and protocorm rooting at the differentiation stage was also proved to be difficult. The optimal medium for seed germination of P. tigrinum was a modified Harvais (mHa) medium supplemented with 0.5 mg·L−1 kinetin (Kin), 0.1 g·L−1 activated charcoal (AC) and 100 mL·L−1 coconut water (CW). At the protocorm differentiation stage, seedlings with 1–2 leaves were obtained on a 1/4 MS medium supplemented with 1.0 mg·L−1 6-benzylaminopurin (BA), 0.3 g·L−1 AC and 50–100 mL·L−1 CW after culturing for 120 day. At the seedling subculture stage, a 1/2 MS medium supplemented with 0.5–1.5 g·L−1 AC and 100 mL·L−1 CW was better for leaf and root growth of P. tigrinum. At the rooting stage, a 1/2 MS medium supplemented with 1.0 g·L−1 AC, 0.5 g·L−1 dolomite flour, 15 g·L−1 potato homogenate and 30 g·L−1 banana homogenate was most suitable for the growth and rooting of seedlings. This study has established an effective protocol for seed germination and seedling regeneration of P. tigrinum.
Middle Crustal Partial Melting Triggered Since the Mid‐Miocene in Southern Tibet: Insights From Magnetotelluric Data

A weak middle crust induced by fluid phases is generally considered to exist beneath the Himalayan‐Tibetan orogen; however, there remains controversy regarding the interpretation of high‐conductivity and low‐velocity regions imaged in various geophysical studies. To better understand middle crustal rheological behaviors and associated triggering mechanisms beneath southern Tibet, we present a geoelectrical model derived from a three‐dimensional magnetotelluric inversion in this study. An effective conductivity of 0.3 S/m at depths of 10–28 km indicates a high melt fraction of ∼35 vol% in the Lhasa terrane. In the Tethyan Himalayan orogen, an effective conductivity of <0.2 S/m corresponds to a melt fraction <15 vol%, which is lower than previous estimations. We obtain very low viscosities either from laboratory data (1010–1012 Pa s) or empirical models (1016–1018 Pa s). A combination of radiogenic heat and strain heating may account for the weakened middle crust. We prefer a weak coupling between crustal east‐west extensions and mantle lithospheric deformations.
Analisis perbandingan kinerja keuangan

Penelitian ini bertujan untuk Untuk mengetahui dan menganalisis Apakah terdapat perbedaan yang signifikan antara KPMM/CAR, NPF, ROA,ROE,BOPO dan FDR Pada Bank Bni Syariah Dan Bank Mandiri Syariah, Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian Komparatif Adapun instrument penelitian yang digunakan dalam mengumpulkan data adalah laporan keuangan berupa neraca pada Bank Bni Syariah Dan Bank Mandiri Syariah selama 5 tahun mulai dari tahun 2015-2019, Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah berupa laporan keuangan pada Bank Bni Syariah Dan Bank Mandiri Syariah. Sejak tahun 1989-2019 selama 30 tahun Adapun teknik pengambilan sampel yang digunakan oleh peneliti dalam penelitian ini adalah teknik purposive sampling, Teknik Analisis data menggunakan Analisis Keuangan dan uji t dua sampel independent, hasil penelitian ini adalah variabel (KPMM/CAR) Tidak Terdapat Perbedaan Yang Signifikan KPMM/CAR, Pada Bank Bni Syariah Dan Bank Mandiri Syariah. (NPF) Tidak Terdapat Perbedaan Yang Signifikan NPF Pada Bank Bni Syariah Dan Bank Mandiri Syariah. (ROA) Terdapat Perbedaan Yang Signifikan ROA Pada Bank Bni Syariah Dan Bank Mandiri Syariah. (ROE) Tidak Terdapat Perbedaan Yang Signifikan ROE Pada Bank Bni Syariah Dan Bank Mandiri Syariah (BOPO) Tidak Terdapat Perbedaan Yang Signifikan BOPO Pada Bank Bni Syariah Dan Bank Mandiri Syariah. (FDR) Tidak Terdapat Perbedaan Yang Signifikan FDR Pada Bank Bni Syariah Dan Bank Mandiri Syariah. (KINERJA KEUANGAN) Tidak Terdapat Perbedaan Yang Signifikan Antara KPMM/CAR, NPF, ROA,ROE,BOPO dan FDR Pada Bank Bni Syariah Dan Bank Mandiri Syariah
Efficacy of some plant extracts in extending keeping quality of beef patties during storage

Three plant extracts (i.e. rosemary, aloe vera, and pomegranate rind) were used separately with minced beef (T1Control, T2rosemary extract, T3aloe vera extract, and T4-pomegranate rind extract). The samples were stored at 4±1 oC for 21 days and examined for quality attributes after an interval of every 7 days. Beef patties without plant extract were also prepared and served as control (T1). The beef patties treated with plant extracts showed significantly different (P< 0.05) mean values for all parameters in comparison to control. Decrease for pH (5.46 to 5.24) was exhibited by T3, whereas the protein (20.59 to 20.39 %) and fat (4.31 to 4.29 %) were exceptionally maintained with a slight decline by T2 while T4 proved to uphold water holding capacity (55.62 to 54.0 %), moisture content (62.64 to 61.02 %) and total viable count (7.22 to 5.48 log10 CFU/g). TBARS was negligibly increased (0.06 to 0.22 mg/kg) by T4 during the storage period. The pH, water holding capacity, moisture, fat, protein, color, flavor, taste, aroma, overall acceptability of beef patties remained significantly higher. However, all treatments of beef patties excluding control have remained suitable for consumption up to 21 days of storage period. Therefore, results indicate that plant extracts can be used to prolong the shelf-life of the products and quality characteristics of beef patties possibly by delaying microbial spoilage.