Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Impact of Survivorship Care Planning on Patients, General Practitioners, and Hospital-Based Staff

Background: In 2005, the Institute of Medicine recommended that all cancer patients receive a survivorship care plan (SCP). Despite widespread support, few centers have routinely implemented them. Understanding of their impact is limited. Objectives: The aims of this study were to examine the impact of SCP delivery on patients and healthcare professionals at an Australian comprehensive cancer center and determine enablers and barriers to implementation. Methods: Six groups were surveyed: (1) patients who had received SCPs; (2) nurse coordinators using SCPs, (3) general practitioners (primary care, GPs) of patients who had received SCPs, (4) clinical service chairs, (5) heads of allied health, and (6) nurse coordinators not using SCPs (nonengaged nurse coordinators). Groups 1 to 3 completed written questionnaires. Groups 4 to 6 participated in semistructured interviews. Results: Fifty patients, 7 nurse coordinators, 18 GPs, 7 clinical service chairs, 4 heads of allied health, and 8 nonengaged nurse coordinators participated. Eighty-seven percent of patients considered the SCP to be very or somewhat useful; 50% felt it helped them understand their cancer experience. All engaged nurse coordinators reported SCPs to be very or somewhat useful, and 86% believed SCPs improved communication with GPs. General practitioners felt SCPs were very or somewhat useful (67%) and wished to receive SCPs for future patients (83%). Organizational and clinical leadership, multidisciplinary engagement, resourcing, and timing of SCP delivery were considered critical enablers. Conclusion: Patients and healthcare professionals support the use of SCPs; however, they are resource intensive and require significant organizational support. Implications for Practice: Nurses are instrumental to SCP implementation. Attention to enablers and barriers is important for successful implementation.
THE EFFECT OF THOROTRAST ON ANAPHYLACTIC PHENOMENA

The effect of reticulo-endothelial blocking agents on immune-body formation and on anaphylactic reactions was reviewed by Jungeblut ( i ) and Jaffe (2). Recently Beeson (3) described the re-appearance of the Shwartzman phenomenon in desensitized or naturally immune rabbits after reticuloendothelial blockade by thorotrast. On the other hand, Goth and Holman (4) described inhibition of canine anaphylactic shock by thorotrast administered 10 to 240 minutes before re-injection of the shocking dose of the antigen although thorotrast failed to affect the fall of blood pressure caused by injection of histamine. The authors concluded, that thorotrast may prevent antigen-antibody reaction or block the liberation of shock substances. Hanke (5) described that guinea pigs sensitized to fowl erythrocytes after an injection of 2 ml/kg thorotrast, showed regular anaphylaxis three weeks later on the reinjection of the antigen. This M'ork does not clearly establish what the effect of thorotrast may be on anaphylactic shock in the guinea pig. In an attempt to elaborate on this problem, an experiment was designed to answer if possible the following points; i.e., will thorotrast:
The effect of six months treatment with a 100 mg daily dose of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) on circulating sex steroids, body composition and muscle strength in age‐advanced men and women

The biological role of the adrenal sex steroid precursors ‐ DHEA and DHEA sulphate (DS) and their decline with ageing remains undefined. We observed previously that administration of a 50 daily dose of DHEA for 3 months to age‐advanced men and women resulted in an elevation (10%) of serum levels of insulin‐like growth factor‐I (IGF‐I) accompanied by improvement of self‐reported physical and psychological well‐being. These findings led us to assess the effect of a larger dose (100 mg) of DHEA for a longer duration (6 months) on circulating sex steroids, body composition (DEXA) and muscle strength (MedX).
equivariant function spaces and characteristic classes

We determine the structure of the homology of the BeckerSchultz space SGiS1) ~ Q(CP^° AS1) of stable Sx-equivariant self-maps of spheres (with standard free S1 -action) as a Hopf algebra over the DyerLashof algebra. We use this to compute the homology of BSGiS1). Along the way, we give a fresh account of the partially framed transfer construction and the Becker-Schultz homotopy equivalence. We compute the effect in homology of the '^-transfers" CPf AS1^ Q((BZpn) + ), n > 0, and of the equivariant J-homomorphisms SO -> Q(RP£°) and U -» Q(CP°° A S1). By composing, we obtain U —> QS° in homology, answering a question of J. P. May. Introduction. Let ii be a compact Lie group admitting a finite-dimensional orthogonal representation W such that H acts freely on the unit sphere sW. H must thus be S1, S3, the normalizer of S1 in S3, or one of a known list [13] of finite groups with periodic cohomology, including (as subgroups of S3) the cyclic and generalized quaternion groups. Let EndB(sW) denote the space of ü-equivariant continuous self-maps of sW. By joining with the identity map we obtain inclusions EndH(s(nW)) C EndH(s((n+l)W)), and we write G(H) for the direct limit. The homotopy type of G(H) was determined by J. C. Becker and R. E. Schultz [2], and turns out to be independent of W. If we write SG(H) for the component of G(H) containing the identity map (so SG(H) = G(H) if H is connected), then in [3], Becker and Schultz (see also [9] in case H is finite) enrich the composition product in SG(H) to an infinite-loop space structure. The classifying space BSG(H) classifies oriented spehrical fibrations with a fiber-preserving ü-action modelled on s(nW), stabilized by forming fiberwise joins with the trivial if-fibration with fiber sW. In this paper we determine the modp homology of SG(S1) and of BSG(S1) as Hopf algebras over the Dyer-Lashof algebra. Along the way, we compute the effect in homology of the "forgetful" maps SG(S1) —> 5G(Zpn) and of the equivariant J-homomorphisms Jz, : SO -» SG(Z2) and jSi : U -+ SG(S1). The starting point for our analysis is the study of certain "transfer" maps. §1 is devoted to an account of the construction and general properties of these maps. In §2 we study certain transfers t associated to an inclusion K C H of compact Lie groups. If E is a smooth principal H-space, then t:(E/HY" ^Q((E/Ky«), where ÇB is the vector-bundle obtained by mixing E J, E/H with the adjoint representation of H on its Lie algebra, the superscript denotes formation of the Thom space and QX is the enveloping infinite loop space of X. Received by the editors August 12, 1980 and, in revised form, June 15, 1985. 1980 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 55R40; Secondary 55R91, 55Q50, 55R12. ©1986 American Mathematical Society 0002-9947/86 $1.00 + $. 25 per page
A distributed near-optimal LSH-based framework for privacy-preserving record linkage

In this paper, we present a framework which relies on the Map/Reduce paradigm in order to distribute computations among underutilized commodity hardware resources uniformly, without imposing an extra overhead on the existing infrastructure. The volume of the distance computations, required for records comparison, is largely reduced by utilizing the so-called Locality-Sensitive Hashing technique, which is optimally tuned in order to avoid highly redundant computations. Experimental results illustrate the effectiveness of our distributed framework in finding the matched record pairs in voluminous data sets.
THE CAPABILITY OF THE INTERNET AND ITS EFFECTIVENESS AS A RECRUITMENT TOOL.

The use of Social Networking sites as a recruitment tool for employers. The use of Social Networking sites as a recruitment tool for employers. There seems to be a trend for organisations and recruiters to utilise these social networking sites to screen potential job seekers as part of the hiring process. This study examines Irish employer’s attitudes and use of these practices. E-Recruitment is also referred to as, online recruitment, internet recruiting and e-recruitment, it is the use of the internet for attracting, hiring and to retain job seekers. As the number of people searching online for jobs increases, companies are taking advantage of e-Recruiting software to manage the entire recruitment process and reduce recruiting-related costs. The traditional method of recruitment has been revolutionised with the emergence of the internet but has not been placed. The introduction of the internet has changed dramatically HR recruitment and the way the HR function now thinks about recruitment function. Many organisations are using the internet to recruit new talent they are using e-recruitment to post jobs and accept C V ’s on the internet, and correspond with applicants by email. In this paper, the research will look and the role of social recruitment sites in recruitment and also e-recruitment and its practice by Irish organisations. This research found and other research has proven that traditional methods of recruitment are still the preferred method but organisations are using both recruitment methods in parallel.
A novel T4SS‐mediated DNA transfer used by pXO16, a conjugative plasmid from Bacillus thuringiensis serovar israelensis

The entomopathogenic Bacillus thuringiensis serovar israelensis displays peculiar conjugative transfer capabilities, accounted for by the large conjugative plasmid pXO16 (350 kb). The efficient and fast conjugative transfers are accompanied by a macroscopic aggregation of bacterial partners. Moreover, pXO16 has proven capable of effective mobilization and the retro-transfer of both mobilizable and 'non-mobilizable' plasmids. In this work, the aggregation phenomenon is shown to promote pXO16 transfer while not being mandatory for transfer. Transfer of pXO16 to B. thuringiensis recipient strains that do not display aggregation is observed as well, hence enlarging the previously defined host range. The use of variant calling analysis of transconjugants allowed for observation of up to 791 kb chromosomal regions mobilization. Previous analysis of pXO16 did not reveal any Type IV Secretion System (T4SS) homologs, which suggested the presence of an unusual conjugative system. A FtsK/SpOIIIE ATPase gene proved here to be necessary for conjugative transfer. Additionally, the analysis of natural restriction-modification systems in both conjugative partners gave credit to a ssDNA transfer mechanism. A 'transfer israelensis plasmid' (tip) region containing this ATPase gene was shown to code for other potential T4SS proteins, illustrating a conjugative system distantly related to the other known Gram-positive T4SSs.
Feature-based image compression with steered Hermite transforms

We propose that the Hermite transform can bridge the gap between conventional transform coding techniques and second-generation coding techniques that make use of explicit descriptions of perceptually important image structures (e.g., contours and lines). This claim is motivated by two important characteristics of the Hermite transform. First, it shows good image analysis properties in detecting and extracting (local) image features such as orientation and position. Second, extracted image features can be used to steer the Hermite transform into a form with high energy compaction properties.
Determination Of SPF ( Sun Protection Factor ) Values And Evaluation Of Sunscreen Cream With ZnO and TIO 2 Nanoparticles Combination In Vitro As Active Ingredients

Cream preparation was made by mixing oil phase and water phase, then active ingredients namely the combination of TiO2 and ZnO nanoparticles were added using capping agent of Hibiscus rosa sinensis leaf extract (F3). This cream was then used as the main cream. Comparative creams were also made using formulas of F0, F1, F2, F4 and F5. The effectiveness test for cream preparations was done in vitro by testing the absorbance using UV-Vis spectrophotometer. Determination of SPF values was calculated by the Mansur equation. After 28-day storage, the results showed that the pH values and cream viscosity were within the range of values corresponding to the Indonesian National Standard for sunscreen product. The results of UV detection showed that F3 cream made from combination of TiO2 and ZnO nanoparticles as active ingredients using capping agent of Hibiscus rosa sinensis leaf extract has the highest SPF value of 6,927. This value has met the minimum value of the FDA (Food Drug Association).
The effects of short-term passive smoke exposure on endothelium-dependent and independent vasodilation.

OBJECTIVE There is limited information on the mechanisms mediating the deleterious effects of passive smoke exposure. Cross-sectional studies indicate that nonsmokers exposed chronically to passive smoke have impaired endothelium mediated vasodilation. We tested the hypothesis that acute exposure to sidestream (passive) smoke impairs endothelium-dependent vasodilation in healthy nonsmokers. METHODS AND RESULTS We studied 12 healthy nonsmokers (aged 27 +/- 5 years, nine men and three women). We obtained measurements of blood pressure, heart rate, and bilateral forearm blood flow (FBF). Each individual was studied twice, following a randomized, placebo-controlled design. The effects of passive smoke were studied on one day and the effects of vehicle (room air) on a separate day. Acetylcholine (ACh) and sodium nitroprusside (SNP) were infused into the left brachial artery before and after 15 min of exposure to either passive smoke (carbon monoxide concentration between 20 and 40 p.p.m.) or vehicle (room air). The order of ACh and SNP, and smoke or vehicle, was randomized between individuals. Smoke exposure increased carboxyhemoglobin from 0.5 +/- 0.1 % to 0.8 +/- 0.1% (P= 0.002). Neither passive smoke nor vehicle changed baseline measurements of heart rate, blood pressure and forearm vascular resistance (FVR). The vasodilatory responses to ACh and SNP were very similar, both before and after exposure to passive smoke and before and after vehicle. CONCLUSION Our data demonstrate that acute exposure to passive smoke does not alter either endothelium-dependent or independent vasodilatory responses in healthy nonsmoking individuals. Hence, impaired endothelial vasodilatory responses in nonsmokers chronically exposed to passive smoke most likely reflect chronic functional and/or structural changes in responses to cigarette smoke, rather than the acute effects of cigarette smoke toxicity on endothelial function.
Web data collection for mandatory business surveys : an exploration of new technology and expectations

The internet has grown exponentially over the last decade and has become integrated into business and society at unprecedented levels. In line with growing, and in some cases extensive, use by other survey research groups government National Statistical Institutes (NSIs) are beginning to employ the Web as a new mode of data collection. This thesis is an exploratory investigation into the expectations surrounding the implementation of internet technology for mandatory business surveys. The research employs a Science and Technology Studies perspective rather than the traditional social and cognitive approaches most often used in methodological research, allowing the topic to be examined in a holistic manner. This approach provides insights into the underlying views and assumptions that NSIs and respondents hold about the Web, which in turn affect the many methodological issues surrounding Web data collection. Documentary sources and ethnographic data are used to explore developments at NSIs. The respondents' perspective is explored through qualitative interview data, gathered by semistructured interviews undertaken with current respondents to UK Office for National Statistics mandatory business surveys. The findings suggest that both NSIs and respondents bring their own set of expectations to Web data collection and by and large these expectations overlap. The expectations are influenced by public discourse surrounding the Web, which affect the way in which NSIs and respondents perceive the new mode of data collection. Rhetoric surrounding internet technology is apparent, with both NSIs and respondents suggesting a willingness to adopt Web data collection on the premise that it is both efficient and symbolises progress. The findings also illustrate that respondents bring their own set of background knowledge and experiences to the response process, demonstrating the complexity of response. All of these findings have implications that go beyond mandatory business surveys to survey research as
Binaural Hearing Ability With Bilateral Bone Conduction Stimulation in Subjects With Normal Hearing: Implications for Bone Conduction Hearing Aids

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to evaluate binaural hearing ability in adults with normal hearing when bone conduction (BC) stimulation is bilaterally applied at the bone conduction hearing aid (BCHA) implant position as well as at the audiometric position on the mastoid. The results with BC stimulation are compared with bilateral air conduction (AC) stimulation through earphones. Design: Binaural hearing ability is investigated with tests of spatial release from masking and binaural intelligibility level difference using sentence material, binaural masking level difference with tonal chirp stimulation, and precedence effect using noise stimulus. Results: In all tests, results with bilateral BC stimulation at the BCHA position illustrate an ability to extract binaural cues similar to BC stimulation at the mastoid position. The binaural benefit is overall greater with AC stimulation than BC stimulation at both positions. The binaural benefit for BC stimulation at the mastoid and BCHA position is approximately half in terms of decibels compared with AC stimulation in the speech based tests (spatial release from masking and binaural intelligibility level difference). For binaural masking level difference, the binaural benefit for the two BC positions with chirp signal phase inversion is approximately twice the benefit with inverted phase of the noise. The precedence effect results with BC stimulation at the mastoid and BCHA position are similar for low frequency noise stimulation but differ with high-frequency noise stimulation. Conclusions: The results confirm that binaural hearing processing with bilateral BC stimulation at the mastoid position is also present at the BCHA implant position. This indicates the ability for binaural hearing in patients with good cochlear function when using bilateral BCHAs.
E‐Cadherin Transport from the trans‐Golgi Network in Tubulovesicular Carriers is Selectively Regulated by Golgin‐97

E‐cadherin is a cell–cell adhesion protein that is trafficked and delivered to the basolateral cell surface. Membrane‐bound carriers for the post‐Golgi exocytosis of E‐cadherin have not been characterized. Green fluorescent protein (GFP)‐tagged E‐cadherin (Ecad‐GFP) is transported from the trans‐Golgi network (TGN) to the recycling endosome on its way to the cell surface in tubulovesicular carriers that resemble TGN tubules labeled by members of the golgin family of tethering proteins. Here, we examine the association of golgins with tubular carriers containing E‐cadherin as cargo. Fluorescent GRIP domains from golgin proteins replicate the membrane binding of the full‐length proteins and were coexpressed with Ecad‐GFP. The GRIP domains of p230/golgin‐245 and golgin‐97 had overlapping but nonidentical distributions on the TGN; both domains were on TGN‐derived tubules but only the golgin‐97 GRIP domain coincided with Ecad‐GFP tubules in live cells. When the Arl1‐binding endogenous golgins, p230/golgin‐245 and golgin‐97 were displaced from Golgi membranes by overexpression of the p230 GRIP domain, trafficking of Ecad‐GFP was inhibited. siRNA knockdown of golgin‐97 also inhibited trafficking of Ecad‐GFP. Thus, the GRIP domains of p230/golgin‐245 and golgin‐97 bind discriminately to distinct membrane subdomains of the TGN. Golgin‐97 is identified as a selective and essential component of the tubulovesicular carriers transporting E‐cadherin out of the TGN.
Globalization of Chinese business firms

Globalizing Chinese Business Firms: Where are They Coming From, Where are They Heading ? Henry Wai-chung Yeung and Kris Olds PART ONE: GLOBALIZATION OF CHINESE BUSINESS: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES What is Chinese about Chinese Family Business? And How Much is Family and How Much is Business? Gordon Redding Reciprocity and Control: The Organization of Chinese Family-owned Conglomerates Gary G.Hamilton The Dynamics of the Globalisation of Chinese Business Firms Henry Wai-chung Yeung Globalization, Institutionalisation and the Social Foundation of Chinese Business Networks Liu Hong Internationalization of Ethnic Chinese Owned Enterprises: A Network Approach Haiyan Zhang and Daniel Van Den Bulcke PART TWO: MANAGING CHINESE BUSINESS ACROSS BORDERS Transplanting Enterprises in Hong Kong Sia-Lun Wong Bridging the Continents: The Roles of Los Angeles Chinese Producer Services in the Globalization of Chinese Business Yu Zhou Chinese Business Networks and the Globalization of Property Markets in the Pacific Rim Katharyne Mitchell and Kris Olds The Internationalization of Singaporean Firms into China: Entry Modes and Investment Strategies Chia-Zhi Tan and Henry Wai-chung Yeung Failures and Strategies of Hong Kong Firms in China: An Ethnographic Perspective Alan Smart and Josephine Smart PART THREE: IMPLICATIONS Epilogue Henry Wai-chung Yeung and Kris Olds
Contingency relationships between entrepreneurship, export channel structure and environment

For decades, export performance has generated interest among researchers and public policy makers. However, despite extensive investigations, export marketing is still lacking in theoretically‐grounded conclusions. Attempts to overcome this limitation by presenting a new theory‐based framework of export performance by integrating the literature in exporting, entrepreneurship and organization theory. On the basis of two entrepreneurship‐based strategic postures, export performance is conceptualized as a function of fit among firms′ strategic orientation, environment and export channel structure. From a contingency perspective, argues that exporting firms need to match or align their strategic orientation with their external environment and export channel structure to achieve superior export performance. Briefly discusses future research directions and managerial implications.
Low-Drift Optoelectronic Oscillator Based on a Phase Modulator in a Sagnac Loop

A low-drift optoelectronic oscillator (OEO) is developed and experimentally shown. In the proposed OEO, a fiber Sagnac interferometer, including an optical phase modulator (PM) and a nonreciprocal bias unit, functions as an intrinsically drift-free intensity modulator. The phase noise of the proposed OEO is modeled in phase space, which is verified by experiments. Phase noise and frequency stability of the photonically generated microwave signals are measured. The single-sideband phase noise of the generated microwave signal is −106.6 dBc/Hz at 10-kHz offset from the 10.833-GHz carrier, with 120-fs rms timing jitter integrated from 1 kHz to 10 MHz. Frequency drift measurements show ±0.85-ppm maximum fractional frequency deviation over 35 h, mainly caused by drift of the fiber delay line.