Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Analysis the Effect of E-Government Implementation on Quality of Information Towards Government to Government (G2G)

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of e-Government application on the quality of information at a local government. This study also analyzed factors that influence e-Government implementation such as user resistance, organizational culture, management support, human resource competence, and information technology. The population in this study were all employees of the local government in Kabupaten Agam . The sampling technique was purposive sampling. The total sample were 119 respondents out of 6874 employees . Data were collected by using questionnaire and analyzed with Structural Equation Model (SEM) and Second Order Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) with AMOS 22. The results found out that there is a positive and significant influence of human resource competence on the implementation of e-Government. However, there is no positive and significant influence o f user resistance, organizational culture, management support, and information technology on e-Government implementation. The results also show that there is a positive and significant influence of e-Government applications on information quality. Human resource competence is an important factor affecting the implementation of e-Government to produce good information quality at local government of Kabupaten Agam . The results of this study will contribute for the improvement of information systems in the district government of Kabupaten Agam as well as other districts in Indonesia. It will also enrich knowledge in information systems field .
Enforcement of Privacy Preferences in Data Services: A SPARQL Query Rewriting Approach. (Mise en oeuvre de politiques de protection de données à caractère personnel : ine approche reposant sur la réécriture de requêtes SPARQL)

With the constant proliferation of information systems around the globe, the need for decentralized and scalable data sharing mechanisms has become a major factor of integration in a wide range of applications. Literature on information integration across autonomous entities has tacitly assumed that the data of each party can be revealed and shared to other parties. A lot of research, concerning the management of heterogeneous sources and database integration, has been proposed, for example based on centralized or distributed mediators that control access to data managed by different parties. On the other hand, real life data sharing scenarios in many application domains like healthcare, e-commerce market, e-government show that data integration and sharing are often hampered by legitimate and widespread data privacy and security concerns. Thus, protecting the individual data may be a prerequisite for organizations to share their data in open environments such as Internet. Work undertaken in this thesis aims to ensure security and privacy requirements of software systems, which take the form of web services, using query rewriting principles. The user query (SPARQL query) is rewritten in such a way that only authorized data are returned with respect to some confidentiality and privacy preferences policy. Moreover, the rewriting algorithm is instrumented by an access control model (OrBAC) for confidentiality constraints and a privacy-aware model (PrivOrBAC) for privacy constraints. A secure and privacy-preserving execution model for data services is then defined. Our model exploits the services? semantics to allow service providers to enforce locally their privacy and security policies without changing the implementation of their data services i.e., data services are considered as black boxes. We integrate our model to the architecture of Axis 2.0 and evaluate its efficiency in the healthcare application domain.
Fixing the “Broken Heart”: Pharmacologic Implications

Broken-heart syndrome also known as Left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome or Stress-induced cardiomyopathy or Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is an important clinical entity, which presents clinically, similar to acute coronary syndrome with an acute onset of chest pain, ST-T changes in electrocardiogram, and moderate cardiac enzyme elevation. Recent studies have shown that it accounts for 1%–2% of cases of ST-elevation infarction. An episode of intense emotional or physiologic stress has been reported before its presentation and is presumed to be the triggering factor in the pathogenesis. The pathophysiology of this syndrome still remains unclear, and management is mostly empiric and supportive. In this review, we have discussed various pathophysiologic mechanisms underlying this cardiomyopathy and their pharmacological implications and role of medications such as aspirin, beta blockers, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, and statins for patients presenting with this syndrome in treatment and prevention.
Sector-Wide and Country-Specific Drivers of Firm Performance in the Visegrad Group Dairy Industry

The paper investigates the effects of sector-wide and country-specific determinants on profitability of the dairy industry in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary over the period of years 2006- 2014. Using an econometric approach, a hypothesis about the impact of various drivers of firm performance on both sector and country level was tested. The findings confirm that these factors have a significant impact on the dairy firms’ performance in the V4 countries. It was found out that foreign competition measured by the import penetration ratio had significant negative impact on dairy firm performance. The positive development of GDP and market concentration affected profitability positively. The results could help in designing common agricultural and industrial policy in the European Union as well as in managing the mutual trade of milk products in V4 countries.
Determinants of Maturity Transformation Risk in Islamic Banks: A Perspective Of Basel III Liquidity Regulations

Maturity transformation risk is highlighted as one of the major causes of recent global financial crisis. Basel III has proposed new liquidity regulations for transformation function of banks and hence to monitor this risk. Specifically, net stable funding ratio (NSFR) is introduced to enhance medium- and long-term resilience against liquidity shocks. Islamic banking is widely accepted in many parts of the world and contributes to a significant portion of the financial sector in many countries. Using a data-set of 68 fully fledged Islamic banks from 11 different countries, over a period from 2005 – 2014, this study attempts to analyze various factors that may significantly affect the maturity transformation risk in these banks. We utilize a 2-step system GMM estimation technique on unbalanced panel and find bank capital, credit risk, financing, size and market power as significant bank specific factors in determining maturity transformation risk. Furthermore, gross domestic product and inflation are found to be the significant macroeconomic factors that influence this risk. However, we find no evidence for the effect of bank profitability, cost efficiency and income diversity on maturity transformation risk in Islamic banking system.
The Impact of the Interchange Fee Regulation on Merchants: Evidence from Italy

Interchange fees (IF) are fees that a cardholder’s bank (issuer) receives from the merchant’s bank (acquirer) when a card payment is executed. Interchange fees are an important part of the fees charged to merchants by acquirers. Because of their level and fragmentation, interchange fees can restrict competition and have thus been regulated in the EU. The Interchange Fee Regulation (IFR) came into effect for all EU member states in 2015 and sets maximum limits on interchange fees. By using a panel of Italian banks we assess the impact of introducing the IF regulation on the fees that acquiring banks charge to merchants (merchant fees), and on the merchants’ acceptance of card-based payments. We find that, in line with the regulatory intent, the ceiling imposed on interchange fees has led to a sizeable drop in merchant fees and to an increase in the acceptance of card payments, measured as transactions per terminal.
Determinants of Glycosaminoglycan (GAG) Structure

Proteoglycans (PGs) are glycosylated proteins of biological importance at cell surfaces, in the extracellular matrix, and in the circulation. PGs are produced and modified by glycosaminoglycan (GAG) chains in the secretory pathway of animal cells. The most common GAG attachment site is a serine residue followed by a glycine (-ser-gly-), from which a linker tetrasaccharide extends and may continue as a heparan sulfate, a heparin, a chondroitin sulfate, or a dermatan sulfate GAG chain. Which type of GAG chain becomes attached to the linker tetrasaccharide is influenced by the structure of the protein core, modifications occurring to the linker tetrasaccharide itself, and the biochemical environment of the Golgi apparatus, where GAG polymerization and modification by sulfation and epimerization take place. The same cell type may produce different GAG chains that vary, depending on the extent of epimerization and sulfation. However, it is not known to what extent these differences are caused by compartmental segregation of protein cores en route through the secretory pathway or by differential recruitment of modifying enzymes during synthesis of different PGs. The topic of this review is how different aspects of protein structure, cellular biochemistry, and compartmentalization may influence GAG synthesis.
Effect of earnings management on earnings predictability in information signaling perspective

This research is aimed to examine (1) effect of discretionary and innate accrual on earnings predictability (2) effect of market share and financial health on relationship between real earnings management and earnings predictability. This research use manufacture firms listed in Indonesian Stock Exchange 2003-2015 as research sample, with 2013-2014 as research period. Accrual earnings management is measured by discretionary and innate abnormal accrual. Real earnings management is measured by aggregate of abnormal cash flow of operation, abnormal production, abnormal discretionary expenses. As expected, discretionary accrual as opportunist act does not support earnings predictability, while innate accrual as information signaling of business model improves earnings predictability. Real earnings management as information signaling of market share and financial health improves earnings predictability as well. In general, earnings management as information signaling is more likely to communicate condition of firm and leads to informativeness of earnings.
Fold recognition using sequence and secondary structure information

We applied a succession of sequence search and structure prediction methods to the targets in the fold recognition part of the CASP3 experiment. For each target, we expanded an initial sequence space, obtained through PSI‐BLAST, by searching for statistically significant relationships to low‐scoring sequences and then by searching for conserved sequence patterns. We then divided the proteins in the sequence space into families and built an alignment hierarchically, using the multiple alignment program MACAW. If no significant similarity to a protein of known structure was apparent at this point, we submitted the alignment to the Jpred server for consensus secondary structure prediction and searched the structure space using the secondary structure mapping program MAP. Failing this, we compared the structural properties that we believed we recognized in the aligned proteins to the folds in the SCOP database, using visual inspection. If all these methods failed to uncover a plausible match, we predicted that the target would adopt a novel fold. This procedure yielded correct answers for seven of twenty‐one targets and a partly correct answer for one. A retrospective analysis shows that automating the sequence search procedures would have represented a significant improvement, with at least three additional correct predictions. Proteins Suppl 1999;3:141–148. © 1999 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Impact of the World Food Programmer’s (WFP) Purchase for Progress (P4P) pilot project on farm incomes in Kenya: Case of Uasin Gishu and Narok Counties

The World food Programme’s Purchase for Progress Pilot project in Kenya has been under implementation since 2009 but its welfare impacts are not well understood. In this paper, a propensity score matching method is employed to evaluate the impact of the Purchase for progress project on household farm incomes in Uasin Gishu and Narok counties in Kenya.The findings from this study indicate that the farmers’ decisions to participate in the Purchase for Progress project were significantly influenced by; gender of the household head, farm size,and price of maize, access to extension and access to credit. The results also indicate that the project participants had a higher gross margin per acre per year than the non-project participants. Additionally, the findings show that the project had a positive impact on the participant farmer’s incomes. This information can assist the policy makers in formulating policies which improve the likelihood of farmer’s participation in development based projects, whose objectives are to increase the farmer’s income, thus such policies should be enacted by the government.
signature TRIADs : a new class of proteins with a novel cysteine-rich

Triad1 was recently identified as a nuclear RING finger protein, which is up-regulated during retinoic acid induced granulocytic differentiation of acute leukemia cells. Here we show that a cysteine-rich domain ~C6HC! , present in Triad1, is conserved in at least 24 proteins encoded by various eukaryotes. The C6HC consensus pattern C-x ~4! C-x~14–30! -C-x~1–4! -C-x~4! -C-x~2! -C-x~4! -H-x~4! -C defines this structure as the fourth family member of the zincbinding RING, LIM, and LAP0PHD fingers. Strikingly, in 22 of 24 proteins the C6HC domain is flanked by two RING finger structures. We have termed the novel C6HC motif DRIL ~double RING finger linked! The strong conservation of the larger tripartite TRIAD~two RING fingers and DRIL! structure indicates that the three subdomains are functionally linked and identifies a novel class of proteins.
Organizational culture and sustainability in Brazilian electricity companies

PurposeThis paper aims to assess the relationship between cultural profiles and the economic, environmental and social dimensions of electricity companies’ reporting based on the Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) sustainability framework.Design/methodology/approachThe authors used the competing values framework, developed by Cameron and Quinn, as the theoretical starting point, with primary data collected through surveys that assessed organizational culture and with secondary data collected through the GRI indicators reported by the companies.FindingsFirst, the framework shows whether a company’s organizational culture corresponds with one of the following options: clan, adhocracy, market or hierarchy. The results show that most of the companies’ organizational cultures were hierarchical, characterized by a greater need for stability and control and a formal work environment. Clans were the second most popular type of organizational culture, characterized as having greater internal flexibility, more informal environments and fewer hierarchical levels. Second, by combining the above results with the assessment of the GRI indicators in the companies’ sustainability reports, the study checked whether the companies had strong (balanced) or non-balanced cultures. The results show that there was a greater correlation between a strong (balanced) culture and the total value of the reported indicators, compared to a non-balanced culture.Originality/valueThe paper takes an innovative approach by correlating two different but well-recognized methodologies as a way to create a more holistic assessment that can help stakeholders to understand both the way these companies work and how this choice reflects the transparency of their reporting.
Algorithmes évolutionnaires et méthodes approchées multicritères pour la génération des processus de fabrication dans un environnement reconfigurable

Le contexte incertain des marches actuels a contribue au developpement des systemes manufacturiers, donnant lieu a des systemes ayant des principes et des fonctionnalites multiples, qui essayent de repondre aux exigences changeantes. Les systemes manufacturiers reconfigurables (RMS) constituent une classe des systemes ou les machines, les composants des machines ainsi que le systeme de manutention peuvent etre ajoutes, modifies, supprimes ou echanges selon les besoins de la production. Un RMS combine le haut debit des systemes manufacturiers dedies avec la flexibilite des systemes flexibles. Le principal composant d'un RMS est la machine reconfigurable (RMT) qui possede une structure qui permet sa reconfiguration. Nous consacrons ce travail au probleme de generation des plannings de fabrication dans un RMS, en exploitant au mieux les hauts degres de reconfigurabilite des RMTs pour proposer des plannings efficaces. Trois problemes lies a la fonction de generation des plannings de fabrication sont consideres : (1) la generation des process plans dans un cas unitaire ou nous avons adaptes des techniques d'optimisation multicritere (NSGA-II et AMOSA), (2) la generation des process plans dans le cas multiunite ou une optimisation basee sur la simulation a ete adaptee, et (3) l'integration des fonctions de generation des process plans avec l'ordonnancement ou nous avons developpe une nouvelle heuristique permettant d'effectuer cette integration Toutes les approches proposees ont ete validees par des experiences numeriques, demontrant leur applicabilite et efficacite
The Effects of High Steady State Auxin Levels on Root Cell 1 Elongation in Brachypodium 2 3

The Effects of High Steady State Auxin Levels on Root Cell 1 Elongation in Brachypodium 2 3 David Pacheco-Villalobos, Sara M. Díaz-Moreno, Alja van der Schuren, Takayuki 4 Tamaki, Yeon Hee Kang, Bojan Gujas, Ondrej Novak, Nina Jaspert, Zhenni Li, 5 Sebastian Wolf, Claudia Oecking, Karin Ljung, Vincent Bulone & Christian S. 6 Hardtke 7 8 9 1 Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Lausanne, Biophore Building, 10 CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland 11 2 Division of Glycoscience, School of Biotechnology, Royal Institute of Technology 12 (KTH), AlbaNova University Centre, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden 13 3 Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, 14 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-901 83, Umeå, Sweden 15 4 Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and 16 Agricultural Research, Institute of Experimental Botany AS CR & Faculty of Science of 17 Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic 18 5 Center for Plant Molecular Biology, Plant Physiology, University of Tübingen, 19 Tübingen, Germany 20 6 Centre for Organismal Studies, University of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany 21 22 Corresponding author. Email: christian.hardtke@unil.ch 23 24 Running title: High auxin steady state in Brachypodium roots 25 26 SYNOPSIS: Analysis of Brachypodium mutants with increased cellular steady state 27 auxin content and root cell elongation sheds light on the importance of the Acid Growth 28 Theory of Plant Cell Elongation in roots. 29 Plant Cell Advance Publication. Published on May 5, 2016, doi:10.1105/tpc.15. 01057
Preventive effects of royal jelly against anaphylactic response in a murine model of cow’s milk allergy

Abstract Context: Royal jelly (RJ) has long been used to promote human health. Objective: The current study investigated the preventive effects of RJ against the development of a systemic and intestinal immune response in mice allergic to cow’s milk proteins. Materials and methods: Balb/c mice treated orally for seven days with RJ at doses of 0.5, 1 and 1.5 g/kg were sensitized intraperitoneally with β-lactoglobulin (β-Lg). Serum IgG and IgE anti-β-Lg were determined by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Plasma histamine levels, symptom scores and body temperature were determined after in vivo challenge to β-Lg. Jejunums were used for assessment of local anaphylactic responses by an ex vivo study in Ussing chambers and morphologic changes by histological analysis. Results: RJ significantly decreased serum IgG (31.15–43.78%) and IgE (64.28–66.6%) anti-β-Lg and effectively reduced plasma histamine level (66.62–67.36%) (p < 0.001) at all the doses tested. Additionally, no clinical symptoms or body temperature drops were observed in RJ-pretreated mice. Interestingly, RJ significantly reduced (p < 0.001) intestinal dysfunction by abolishing the secretory response (70.73–72.23%) induced by sensitization and prevented length aberrations of jejunal villi by 44.32–59.01% (p < 0.001). Discussion and conclusions: We speculate that using RJ may help prevent systemic and anaphylactic response in allergic mice. These effects may be related to its inhibitory effects on the degranulation of mast cells.
Cosmogenic radionuclide dating of glacial landforms in the Lahul Himalaya, northern India: defining the timing of Late Quaternary glaciation

The timing of glaciation in the Lahul Himalaya of northern India was ascertained using the concentrations of cosmogenic 10Be and 26Al from boulders on moraines and drumlins, and from glacially polished bedrock surfaces. Five glacial stages were identified: Sonapani I and II, Kulti, Batal and Chandra. Of these, cosmogenic exposure ages were obtained on samples representative of the Batal and Kulti glacial cycles. Stratigraphical relationships indicate that the Sonapani I and II are younger. No age was obtained for the Chandra glacial advance. Batal Glacial Stage deposits are found throughout the valley, indicating the presence of an extensive valley glacial system. During the Kulti Stage, glaciers advanced ca. 10 km beyond their current positions. Moraines produced during the Batal Stage, ca. 12–15.5 ka, are coeval with the Northern Hemisphere Late‐glacial Interstadial (Bølling/Allerød). Deglaciation of the Batal Glacial Stage was completed by ca. 12 ka and was followed by the Kulti Glacial Stage during the early Holocene, at ca. 10–11.4 ka. On millennial time‐scales, glacier oscillations in the Lahul Himalaya apparently reflect periods of positive mass‐balance coincident with times of increased insolation. During these periods the South Asian summer monsoon strengthened and/or extended its influence further north and west, thereby enhancing high‐altitude summer snowfall. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Kant and the Magnitude of Sensation: A Neglected Prologue to Modern Psychophysics

Quantitative relations between the sensations and the stimuli that produce them are the domain of psychophysics, a branch of natural science not yet known at the time of Immanuel Kant (1724–1804). But Kant's philosophical doctrines of perception imply that sensations can be quantified. Accordingly, he proposed not only to consider the magnitude of both sensations and stimuli but also to work out an appropriate mathematics that would relate these magnitudes to each other. This part of Kant's work received almost no attention up to the present time although it contains some essential elements of modern psychophysics.