Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Analysis of Current Empirical Studies on Transport Value-Added Effect and Proximate Housing Price Capture

Transport infrastructure is paraphernalia that helps in curtailing urban sprawl in municipal cities and it also lessens traffic overcrowding and air effluence. It equally promotes high-density development in addition to more affordable accommodation all over developed countries. This article reviews and evaluates the range of study outcomes established by the emerging frontier of knowledge delving on the capitalization effects of transport-oriented development on real estate prices. The effect of transport system services on accommodation price has been investigated from numerous viewpoints employing several rigorous statistical tools. Based on the findings of the existing literature, there are two broad kinds of impacts that closeness to a transport system can have on the value of housing accommodations: accessibility benefits (experienced in close proximity to transit services) might increase housing values, while nuisance qualities (experienced in transit-oriented facilities) could equally have a negative outcome on apartment prices. Owing to the contradictory nature of these simultaneous effects, findings from numerous empirical investigations have been opposing or open to debate. The reviewed empirical studies provide policymakers with new-fangled empirical evidence as well as analytical tools to re-examine value capture as a financing option and to transform, modify, improve, reorganize and restructure investment strategies or opportunities for rail transit services. Property development and construction companies may perhaps be able to make a decision on where to erect real estate for profit maximization and sales. Transportation planning and urban development authorities, conversely, might be able to obtain and distribute tax income based on the ease of access benefit and nuisance effects.
Consumer Perceptions in the Adoption of the Electronic Health Records in Australia: A Pilot Study

The paper reports an empirical investigation of the factors affecting consumer perceptions of the adoption of Electronic Health Records in Australia. This paper also details the processes involved in the pilot testing of the instrument where it has been pilot-tested to a convenience sample by sending individual postal survey envelopes to shortlisted community organisations in Australia. Reliability analysis to check the internal consistency was performed using the Cronbach’s alpha. Content validity was achieved by reviewing the instrument with a panel of experts. The results of this pilot study proved the feasibility of a full-scale study and these could be used as the basis for refinement of the instrument. Based upon the outcome of validity and reliability testing, items for the final instrument were identified. The findings showed that the tested model does fit the data well and has a significant and positive impact on the consumer’s attitude in using the EHR.
Exploring corporate reputation variables to measure personal reputations

This explorative article qualitatively describes reputation variables that are applicable to both corporate and personal reputations: identity, image, branding, personality, behaviour, culture, ethics and storytelling. The research problem is concerned with the fact that personal reputations are not studied with the same intensity as corporate reputations are. In the context of corporate communication, the question arises as to whether variables that measure corporate reputation can be applied to the assessment of personal reputations. The article aims firstly to describe the concepts which define reputations, both corporate and personal, from a corporate communication perspective, and secondly to describe ways of assessing corporate reputation, in order to suggest their application to personal reputation. In doing so, the article attempts to ground corporate reputation within the meta-theoretical context of corporate communication, according to the traditions of Van Riel (1995) and Van Riel and Fombrun (2007). The article concludes that the Reputation Quotient (RQ) can be applied to measure personal reputations. This measurement instrument includes all the assessment criteria of the Reputation Institute’s (2017) the RepTrak ® , as well as the criteria of the Authentic Personal Governance Model, and the Personal Balanced Scorecard Framework proposed by Rampersad and Hussain (2014). The article does not attempt to elaborate upon a personality analysis of individuals, but is concerned with the possible application of corporate reputation measurement variables to measure the reputation of individuals.
How sponsorship transparency mitigates negative effects of advertising recognition

Abstract The proliferation of covert online advertising formats such as advergames has raised concerns about consumers’ ability to recognize such content as advertising and about how recognition affects evaluative outcomes. The present research utilized an online experiment (N = 179) to examine differences between covertness of advertising format (advergame vs. online video commercials) on advertising recognition, and whether sponsorship transparency mediates – and mitigates – the negative effects of advertising recognition on attitude toward the ad, attitude toward the brand, and purchase intent. The results show that covertness of advertising format, recognition, and sponsorship transparency all shape consumers’ responses to online ads. Specifically, the predicted negative indirect effect of covertness of advertising format on attitudes and behavioral intention via advertising recognition reversed valance when sponsorship transparency was included in the serial mediation model.
Cutting Edge: Anti–TIM-3 Treatment Exacerbates Pulmonary Inflammation and Fibrosis in Mice

Promising results of immune checkpoint inhibitors have indicated the use of immunotherapy against malignant tumors. However, they cause serious side effects, including autoimmune diseases and pneumonitis. T cell Ig and mucin domain (TIM)-3 is a new candidate immune checkpoint molecule; however, the potential toxicity associated with anti–TIM-3 treatment is unknown. In this study, we investigated the pathological contribution of anti–TIM-3 mAb in a bleomycin-induced lung inflammation and fibrosis model. Anti–TIM-3–treated mice showed more severe inflammation and peribronchiolar fibrosis compared with control IgG-treated mice. Anti–TIM-3 mAb was associated with increased numbers of myofibroblasts, collagen deposition, and TGF-β1 production in lungs. TIM-3 expression was only detected on alveolar macrophages that protect against fibrosis by apoptotic cell clearance. Treatment with anti–TIM-3 mAb inhibited the phagocytic ability of alveolar macrophages in vivo, resulting in the defective clearance of apoptotic cells in lungs. In summary, anti–TIM-3 mAb treatment might cause pneumonitis and it should be used with caution in clinical settings.
Design for Supplier Performance Assessment Model of Information Technology Service Provider in Small Medium Enterprises in Indonesia

This study aims to design a supplier performance assessment model for information technology services provider in small medium enterprises (SME) in Indonesia. Supplier performance assessment is important to improve supplier performance and maintain long-term relationships between SME (buyer) and their suppliers. This supplier Assessment models are developed based on the review literature and interviews with procurement staff in SMEs. Performance assessment criteria are identified and tested for validity by providing a questionnaire to procurement section in SMEs. In order to obtain importance weight of each criteria toward performance score, a questionnaire to weighed the criteria are distributed to procurement staff and analyzed the answers using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) method. The final performance score is calculated based on the standardized value of each criteria multiplied by its weight. Based on the implementation of this model in SMEs, it is known that the proposed model is suitable to assess the supplier's performance and greatly help the SMEs in managing the performance of their suppliers.
Do Institutional Investors Transplant Social Norms? International Evidence on Corporate Social Responsibility

This paper explores both the role of institutional investors in firms’ corporate social responsibility choices and the impact of social norms on these investors. Using a decade of firm-level environmental and social (E&S) performance data from 41 countries, we find that institutional ownership is positively associated with firm-level E&S performance, with multiple tests suggesting a causal relationship. The impact of institutional investors on firms’ E&S commitments is greatest for foreign investors based in countries with strong social norms regarding E&S, which are predominantly European. Tests that segment by investor type show that these social norm effects hold even for institutional investor types that are subject to market discipline, such as investment advisors. Overall, our results indicate that institutional investors transplant their social norms into the firms they hold around the world.
Metropolitan-Scale Wi-Fi Mesh Networks

Standardization, widespread vendor adoption, low cost, and ease of use have all contributed to the explosive growth in Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11) wireless broadband networks. Wi-Fi access is now available on most notebook computers and personal digital assistants. However, the limited reach of Wi-Fi propagation and high cost of installing and maintaining a wired network backhaul connection have limited Wi-Fi network deployments to homes, offices, public hot spots, and some wide-area hot zones. In addition, installing, managing, and scaling multiple hot spots is difficult. Dense-cellular Wi-Fi mesh networking has the potential to bridge this digital divide, foster economic development, increase public safety organizations' efficiency and effectiveness, and connect communities. The technology is making it possible, for the first time, to create truly unwired cities.
A model system for increasing the intensity of whole‐cell biocatalysis: Investigation of the rate of oxidation of D‐sorbitol to L‐sorbose by thin bi‐layer latex coatings of non‐growing Gluconobacter oxydans

We developed a novel <50‐µm thick nano‐porous bi‐layer latex coating for preserving Gluconobacter oxydans, a strict aerobe, as a whole cell biocatalyst. G. oxydans was entrapped in an acrylate/vinyl acetate co‐polymer matrix (T g∼10°C) and cast into 12.7‐mm diameter patch coatings (cellcoat) containing ∼109 CFU covered by a nano‐porous topcoat. The oxidation of D‐sorbitol to L‐sorbose was used to investigate the coating catalytic properties. Intrinsic kinetics was studied in microbioreactors using a pH 6.0 D‐sorbitol, phosphate, pyruvate (SPP) non‐growth medium at 30°C, and the Michaelis–Menten constants determined. By using a diffusion cell, cellcoat and topcoat diffusivities, optimized by arresting polymer particle coalescence by glycerol and/or sucrose addition, were determined. Cryo‐FESEM images revealed a two‐layer structure with G. oxydans surrounded by <40‐nm pores. Viable cell density, cell leakage, and oxidation kinetics in SPP medium for >150 h were investigated. Even though the coatings were optimized for permeability, ∼50% of G. oxydans viability was lost during cellcoat drying and further reduction was observed as the topcoat was added. High reaction rates per unit volume of coating (80–100 g/L · h) were observed which agreed with predictions of a diffusion‐reaction model using parameters estimated by independent experiments. Cellcoat effectiveness factors of 0.22–0.49 were observed which are 20‐fold greater than any previously reported for this G. oxydans oxidation. These nano‐structured coatings and the possibility of improving their ability to preserve G. oxydans viability may be useful for engineering highly reactive adhesive coatings for multi‐phase micro‐channel and membrane bioreactors to dramatically increase the intensity of whole‐cell oxidations. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
DNA microarray analysis identified molecular pathways mediating the effects of supplementation of branched-chain amino acids on CCl4-induced cirrhosis in rats.

SCOPE This study addresses the effects of branched-chain amino acids (BCAA) on global gene expression in liver and skeletal muscle and the molecular mechanisms underlying the improvement in liver cirrhosis using DNA microarray analysis combined with RNase protection assay. METHODS AND RESULTS Male Wistar rats administered carbon tetrachloride (CCl(4) ) repeatedly for 19 weeks as a decompensated cirrhosis model were thereafter given BCAA-enriched diet (AL) or normal diet (LC) for 5 weeks. The control-diet rats without CCl(4) administration were used as a normal control group. Gene expression in AL was reversed by twofold greater than in LC in the microarray were selected to elucidate the improvements in nutritional and metabolic disorders. Downregulation of fatty acid translocase (FAT)/Cd36, glutamine synthetase, and pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase isoenzyme 4 is believed to promote lower uptake of fatty acids, lower ammonia incorporation, and higher uptake of glucose, and thus to provide an energy source without using BCAA. Ultimately, the catabolism of BCAA and skeletal muscle protein would be slowed, maintaining BCAA concentrations in blood. CONCLUSION We established, for the first time, the regulatory gene pathways of processes involved in hepatic fibrosis and energy metabolism (hypoalbuminemia, hyperammonemia, and carbohydrate catabolism, and their relationships) under BCAA supplementation.
Diagnosis and treatment of bipolar disorders in adults: a review of the evidence on pharmacologic treatments.

BACKGROUND Patients with bipolar disorder are exceptionally challenging to manage because of the dynamic, chronic, and fluctuating nature of their disease. Typically, the symptoms of bipolar disorder first appear in adolescence or early adulthood, and are repeated over the patient's lifetime, expressed as unpredictable recurrences of hypomanic/manic or depressive episodes. The lifetime prevalence of bipolar disorder in adults is reported to be approximately 4%, and its management was estimated to cost the US healthcare system in 2009 $150 billion in combined direct and indirect costs. OBJECTIVE To review the published literature and describe the personal and societal burdens associated with bipolar disorder, the impact of delays in accurate diagnosis, and the evidence for the clinical effectiveness of available pharmacologic therapies. METHODS The studies in this comprehensive review were selected for inclusion based on clinical relevance, importance, and robustness of data related to diagnosis and treatment of bipolar disorder. The search terms that were initially used on MEDLINE/PubMed and Google Scholar were restricted to 1994 through 2014 and included "bipolar disorder," "mania," "bipolar depression," "mood stabilizer," "atypical antipsychotics," and "antidepressants. " High-quality, recent reviews of major relevant topics were included to supplement the primary studies. DISCUSSION Substantial challenges facing patients with bipolar disorder, in addition to their severe mood symptoms, include frequent incidence of psychiatric (eg, anxiety disorders, alcohol or drug dependence) and general medical comorbidities (eg, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity, migraine, and hepatitis C virus infection). It has been reported that more than 75% of patients take their medication less than 75% of the time, and the rate of suicide (0.4%) among patients with bipolar disorder is more than 20 times greater than in the general US population. Mood stabilizers are the cornerstone of treatment of bipolar disorder, but atypical antipsychotics are broadly as effective; however, differences in efficacy exist between individual agents in the treatment of the various phases of bipolar disorder, including treatment of acute mania or acute depression symptoms, and in the prevention of relapse. CONCLUSION The challenges involved in managing bipolar disorder over a patient's lifetime are the result of the dynamic, chronic, and fluctuating nature of this disease. Diligent selection of a treatment that takes into account its efficacy in the various phases of the disorder, along with the safety profile identified in clinical trials and in the real world can help ameliorate the impact of this devastating condition.
Differentiation of hepatic hyperintense lesions seen on gadoxetic acid-enhanced hepatobiliary phase MRI.

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to define imaging features that may help characterize hyperintense lesions seen in the hepatobiliary phase of gadoxetic acid-enhanced hepatic MRI examinations. MATERIALS AND METHODS This retrospective study included 48 hyperintense nodules depicted on gadoxetic acid disodium-enhanced hepatobiliary phase MR images: 16 hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs), 14 lesions of focal nodular hyperplasia, and 18 benign nodules associated with cirrhosis. Two observers independently reviewed hepatobiliary phase images and recorded the shape, margin, focal defects in contrast uptake, nodule-in-nodule pattern of uptake, central scar, internal septation, and presence of a hypointense rim around the lesion. Interobserver agreement was assessed with kappa statistics, and consensus opinions were reached by conference. For quantitative analysis, one observer measured lesion-to-liver contrast ratio (signal intensity of tumor divided by signal intensity of liver) on hepatobiliary phase images. Logistic regression analysis was used to determine the value of individual clinical and MR findings in prediction of malignancy. RESULTS Compared with benign lesions, hyperintense HCC more commonly had focal defects in uptake (68.8% vs 3.1%, respectively; p < 0.001), nodule-in-nodule appearance (75.0% vs 0%, p < 0.001), absence of a central scar (100% vs 46.9%, p < 0.001), internal septation (50.0% vs 3.1%, p < 0.001), and a hypointense rim (75.0% vs 15.6%, p < 0.001) on hepatobiliary phase MR images. The mean contrast ratios of HCC (1.31) and benign lesions (1.28) were not significantly different (p = 0.63). Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that a focal defect in contrast uptake (p = 0.025) and a hypointense rim (p = 0.019) were significant predictors of HCC, having odds ratios of 36.8 (95% CI, 1.56-870.0) and 17.5 (1.60-191.4). CONCLUSION On gadoxetic acid-enhanced MR images, hyperintense nodules can be differentiated with several imaging characteristics, especially a focal defect in contrast uptake and a hypointense rim, that indicate the diagnosis of hyperintense HCC.
Electron-Beam-Induced Growth of TiO2 Nanostructures

Abstract We report the evolution of titanium dioxide nanostructures when Au nanoparticles, supported on single crystal TiO2 substrates, were heated under ∼260 Pa of flowing O2 in an environmental transmission electron microscope. Nanostructures with different morphologies were first observed around 500°C. Our measurements show that temperature, oxygen pressure, and the electron beam control the nanostructure growth. We propose a reaction-controlled growth mechanism where mobile Ti atoms generated by the electron- beam-induced reduction of TiO2 are preferentially reoxidized at the Au-TiO2 interface.
Computing minimal and redundant mappings between lightweight ontologies

The minimal mapping between two lightweight ontologies contains that minimal subset of mapping elements such that all the others can be efficiently computed from them. They have clear advantages in visualization and user interaction since they are the minimal amount of information that needs to be dealt with. They make the work of the user much easier, faster and less error prone. Experiments on our proposed algorithm to compute them demonstrate a substantial improvement both in run-time and number of elements found.
Circularly Polarized Slots in T-Shape based Substrate Integrated Waveguide PIFA Antenna for 5G Applications

In this paper, circularly polarized substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA) with slots in T-shape is presented. The main focus of this work is to achieve polarization diversity. The basic proposed PIFA antenna is linearly polarized with low gain. In order to obtain a low profile, compactness, high gain, the planar inverted-F antenna is integrated with SIW. The gain of the antenna is increased by inserting inductive metallic posts with different orientation into the substrate of the PIFA antenna. The transformation of linear polarization to circular polarization is done by deploying slots in T-shape on the upper surface of the substrate in a specific pattern. The dimension of the repeated slots is 0. 02λ0 × 0. 02λ0. The vertical shorting plate of the antenna acts as a dipole whose length is less than λ0/10. Besides that, a shorting plate is used to balance the polarization as well as maintained the bandwidth. The proposed antenna shows good performance over the frequency range for 5G applications.
A Differentiated Tree-Based Protocol Along with Re-routing Policy in Wireless Sensor Networks

The main purpose of a sensor network is information gathering and delivery. Therefore, the quantity and quality of the data delivered to the end user is very important. Since the majority of developed applications for WSNs are event-critical applications, achieving reliable data transfer as the main factor of dependability and quality of service seems vital. In this paper, we focus on building a tree-based routing protocol called DTRR which routes packets towards the destination node in a highly reliable manner. Using a nearly complete set of reliability metrics, DTRR tries to find the best nodes satisfying the level of reliability required by data in order to forward packets to them as the next nodes of reliable paths towards the sink. Besides, in order to improve the delivery ratio in the whole of the network while occurring a path failure, DRRR employs a new policy called re-routing policy which allows the data packets in the middle of their path to be routed through another path satisfying the reliability level required by the packet.