Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Global citizenship: differing perceptions within two Thai higher education institutions

Today, an individual can simultaneously be a member of several communities, local, national, regional and international. In major universities around the world, the concept of global citizenship has been articulated as a desirable attribute to be developed by graduates during their years of study. This article reports how a university in Thailand and its affiliated international college interpreted and implemented the discourse on global citizenship into their undergraduate programmes. A case study research design was utilised to investigate the multiple levels of understanding of global citizenship. Perspectives on global citizenship were derived from the interviews with senior administrators and lecturers and focus group discussions with students. Analysis indicated that Thai university students had different perceptions of global citizenship when compared to the international students. Interviews with senior university administrators indicate that being a good Thai citizen was considered a prerequisite to being a global citizen.
Undertaking large-scale disclosure studies when AIMR-FAF ratings are not available: the case of prices leading earnings

Abstract The paper presents a new methodology for evaluating corporate voluntary disclosures in the annual report discussion section. Based on a new dataset of electronic annual reports and a standard text analysis software package, we text-search a large number of annual reports at minimal (marginal) cost. The resulting sample sizes are comparable to those employed in studies based on the AIMR-FAF database. A major advantage of our new scoring system is that it is adaptable to the particular requirements of the research project. We demonstrate the importance of this feature when applying our new disclosure scores to the case of ‘prices leading earnings’. While we are unable to find the predicted association with a broadly defined measure of disclosure quality, our results reverse once we focus on a more narrowly defined metric based on forward-looking profit statements.
HIVEBEAT - A highly interactive visualization environment for broad-scale exploratory analysis and tracing: VAST 2012 Mini Challenge 1 award: Honorable mention for comprehensive visualization suite

The VAST Challenge 2012 deals with large data network analysis. The challenge scenario is centered around the computer network of the fictitious Bank of Money (BoM). BoM operates 888,977 computers which are geographically distributed on a fictitious landmass. The provided data has a hierarchical structure grouping machines in business units, facilities, machine classes and machine types. For each machine, up to 192 status logs in a two day time period were provided. These logs report on three status attributes: policy, activity and number of connections. The main task of Mini-Challenge 1 was to highlight up to five anomalies in the massive data set. We address this challenge by presenting HIVEBEAT, a highly interactive visualization environment for broad-scale exploratory analysis and tracing. It offers eight interactive views which visualize different aspects of the data, support brushing and linking and are complemented with time-dependent and sequence-based filtering. Some of these components build on ideas from earlier works [2, 3, 4]. With HIVEBEAT, we were able to identify five anomalies and justify them with plausible hypotheses.
DEFINITION AND MEASUREMENT OF QUALITY OF SERVICE FOR LOCAL PUBLIC TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT

Following in the footsteps of the quality revolution in manufacturing industry, service businesses are awakening to the need for quality management processes. In the U.K., local public transport undertakings are facing a future in private ownership and operating in a deregulated market place. The need to maintain market share and increase profitability has focused attention on quality of service. The paper concentrates on the definition and measurement components of quality management processes for local public transport services. Existing methods based on passengers’ waiting times, lost mileage, expanded sets of measures and indices are reviewed. It is concluded that a single measure is unlikely to encompass all aspects of quality of service. Similarly, indices which collapse measures of different attributes of quality of service into a single abstract value appear to have limited appeal. Instead, a limited set of quality of service attributes can be defined, based on local operating circumstances and th.
J. M. Keynes's Investment Performance: A Note

ASIDE FROM HIS CONTRIBUTION to the development of economic theory, John Maynard Keynes is reputed to have had extraordinary skills as an investor in the stock market. There has been no evidence to date, however, to support this widely accepted legend. The purpose here is to examine empirically the investment performance of John Maynard Keynes, in particular as First Bursar of the Chest Fund at King's College, Cambridge over the period from 1927 to 1945. On the basis of modern performance evaluation measures, the evidence indicates that Keynes was an outstanding portfolio manager, "beating the market" by a large margin.
Optimal Executive Compensation: Stock Options or Restricted Stocks

This paper develops an agency model to analyze the optimality of executive stock option compensation in the presence of information manipulation. The analyses show that although information manipulation is positively related to the size of option compensation, the relative size of manipulation-to-effort does not depend on the size of option compensation. Furthermore, an optimal executive compensation package includes stock options instead of restricted stocks under most circumstances. Testable predictions on the relationship between optimal option exercise price and exogenous model parameters are derived.
A (1-->3,1-->4)-beta-glucan-specific monoclonal antibody and its use in the quantitation and immunocytochemical location of (1-->3,1-->4)-beta-glucans.

Monoclonal antibodies were raised against a (1-->3,1-->4)-beta-glucan-bovine serum albumin (BSA) conjugate. One antibody (BG1) selected for further characterization, was specific for (1-->3,1-->4)-beta-glucan, displaying no binding activity against a (1-->3)-beta-glucan-BSA conjugate and minimal binding against a cellopentaose-BSA conjugate. A range of oligosaccharides was prepared by enzymatic digestion of (1-->3,1-->4)-beta-glucan, purified by size exclusion chromatography and characterized by 1H-NMR and anion exchange chromatography. These (1-->3,1-->4)-beta-oligoglucosides, together with (1-->3)-beta- and (1-->4)-beta-oligoglucosides were used to characterize the binding site of the monoclonal antibody (BG1) by competitive inhibition. The monoclonal antibody showed maximal binding to a heptasaccharide with the structure Glc(1-->3) Glc(1-->4) Glc(1-->4) Glc(1-->3) Glc(1-->4) Glc(1-->4) Glc and was determined to have an affinity constant of 3.8 x 10(4) M-1 for this oligoglucoside. The monoclonal antibody (BG1) has been used to develop a sensitive sandwich ELISA for the specific quantitation of (1-->3,1-->4)-beta-glucans. The assay operates in the range 1-10 ng ml-1 and shows no significant cross-reaction with tamarind xyloglucan, wheat endosperm arabinoxylan or carboxymethylpachyman ((1-->3)-beta-glucan). When used with a second-stage, rabbit anti-mouse gold conjugate and viewed under the electron microscope, the monoclonal antibody probe was found to bind strongly to the walls of the aleurone in thin sections of immature wheat (Triticum aestivum) cv. Millewa grains but not to the middle lamella region. (ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
The GCC–Iran Conflict and its Strategic Implications for the Gulf Region

Abstract Continuing conflict, competition and rivalry have been a regular phenomenon in the Gulf region over the past few decades. Among other reasons, the troubled relationship between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and Iran has been one of the major factors responsible for the present state of affairs in the region. The relationship has been marked by sectarian and ideological differences, clash of interests over the presence of the US in the region, concerns over the Iranian nuclear programme and territorial disputes between Iran and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Efforts at reconciliation have not been very productive until now, though several attempts have been made by both sides. If the situation in the region continues as it is now, it has the potential to severely impact other developments in the neighbourhood. It may affect the unfolding situations in Iraq and Yemen; and may also have repercussions on nuclear non-proliferation and the presence of major powers in the region.
Sarcopenic obesity is more closely associated with knee osteoarthritis than is nonsarcopenic obesity: a cross-sectional study.

OBJECTIVE Sarcopenic obesity is a body composition category in which obesity is accompanied by low skeletal muscle mass, offsetting the increase in body weight caused by increased adipose tissue. The purpose of this study was to analyze the association between knee osteoarthritis (OA) and 4 different categories of body composition: normal, sarcopenic nonobesity, nonsarcopenic obesity, and sarcopenic obesity. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study using the data from 2,893 participants in the Fifth Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Radiographic knee OA was defined as a Kellgren/Lawrence grade of ≥2. Appendicular skeletal muscle mass (ASM) and whole-body fat mass were measured using dual x-ray absorptiometry. Sarcopenia was defined as a skeletal muscle mass index (ASM/body weight [%]) below -2SD of the value in sex-matched young reference groups. Nonsarcopenic obesity was defined as a body mass index (BMI) ≥27.5 kg/m(2) . RESULTS The prevalence of each body composition category was as follows: 83.5% normal, 4.3% sarcopenic nonobesity, 9.2% nonsarcopenic obesity, and 3.0% sarcopenic obesity. Compared with nonsarcopenic obesity participants, participants with sarcopenic obesity were significantly older, had lower ASM, higher whole-body fat mass, and higher waist circumference. However, there was no significant difference in body weight or BMI. In multivariate analysis, sarcopenic obesity was more closely associated with radiographic knee OA (OR 3.51 [95% confidence interval (95% CI) 2.15-5.75]) than was nonsarcopenic obesity (OR 2.38 [95% CI 1.80-3.15]). Sarcopenic nonobesity showed no significant association with knee OA. CONCLUSION Sarcopenic obesity was more closely associated with knee OA than was nonsarcopenic obesity, although both groups had equivalent body weight. This finding supports the importance of the systemic metabolic effect of obesity in knee OA.
The terminal DNA structure of mammalian chromosomes

In virtually all eukaryotic organisms, telomeric DNA is composed of a variable number of short direct repeats. While the primary sequence of telomeric repeats has been determined for a great variety of species, the actual physical DNA structure at the ends of a bona fide metazoan chromosome with a centromere is unknown. It is shown here that an overhang of the strand forming the 3′ ends of the chromosomes, the G‐rich strand, is found at mammalian chromosome ends. Moreover, on at least some telomeres, the overhangs are ≥ 45 bases long. Such surprisingly long overhangs were present on chromosomes derived from fully transformed tissue culture cells and normal G0‐arrested peripheral leukocytes. Thus, irrespective of whether the cells were actively dividing or arrested, a very similar terminal DNA arrangement was found. These data suggest that the ends of mammalian and possibly all vertebrate chromosomes consist of an overhang of the G‐rich strand and that these overhangs may be considerably larger than previously anticipated.
Emotional Regulation Impairments Following Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: An Investigation of the Body and Facial Feedback Effects

Abstract The object of this study was to evaluate the combined effect of body and facial feedback in adults who had suffered from a severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) to gain some understanding of their difficulties in the regulation of negative emotions. Twenty-four participants with TBI and 28 control participants adopted facial expressions and body postures according to specific instructions and maintained these positions for 10 s. Expressions and postures entailed anger, sadness, and happiness as well as a neutral (baseline) condition. After each expression/posture manipulation, participants evaluated their subjective emotional state (including cheerfulness, sadness, and irritation). TBI participants were globally less responsive to the effects of body and facial feedback than control participants, F(1,50) = 5.89, p = . 02, η2 = . 11. More interestingly, the TBI group differed from the Control group across emotions, F(8,400) = 2.51, p = . 01, η2 = . 05. Specifically, participants with TBI were responsive to happy but not to negative expression/posture manipulations whereas control participants were responsive to happy, angry, and sad expression/posture manipulations. In conclusion, TBI appears to impair the ability to recognize both the physical configuration of a negative emotion and its associated subjective feeling. (JINS, 2013, 19, 1–13)
Body composition of high school wrestlers according to age and wrestling weight category.

ABSTRACTThe body composition of 94 high school wrestlers, 15 to 18 years of age and 98 to 233 lbs. , was measured using skinfold and girth measurements. Three regression formulae were used to predict body density and percent body fat, and comparisons were made by age and wrestling weight category. Th
Exchange market pressure in Korea: dynamic specifications

The paper re-examines the performance of the monetary model of the exchange market pressure for Korea. Regression results allowing for dynamics show that all the hypothesized effects on the exchange market pressure are confirmed unlike previous research which adopted non-dynamic specification. Tests also suggest that the dynamic specification of the Korean exchange market pressure equation is well specified and the residuals pass the typical diagnostic checking.
Inter-vivos Transfers and Intergenerational Exchange

The surge of interest in intergenerational transfers in the past decade has sparked a debate over the motivation for them. Are transfers given out of altruism or part of an exchange? While each motive is probably at work to some extent, they know little about whether one motive predominates. The question is relevant for issues concerning public income redistribution and inequality in the family but despite its importance, empirical evidence about motives is scarce because of limited data. They investigate a new data set, the National Survey of Families and Households, which remedies many of the shortcomings of other data sets containing private transfer information. They find that empirical patterns for inter-vivos transfers (i.e., transfers between living persons) are more consistent with exchange than altruism. Copyright 1992 by MIT Press.
Rare Bleeding Disorders: Worldwide Efforts for Classification, Diagnosis, and Management

Abstract Rare bleeding disorders (RBDs) comprise the inherited deficiencies of coagulation factors such as fibrinogen, factor (F)II, FV, FV + FVIII, FVII, FX, FXI, and FXIII, and are usually transmitted as autosomal recessive disorders. RBDs are characterized by a wide variety of symptoms from mild to severe; however, due to their rarity, only little information is available on the adequate management of patients affected with these deficiencies. Moreover, the limitations of laboratory assays and the lack of a definitive consensus concerning their classification have prevented adoption of optimal approaches to their individual management. To overcome these limitations, new strategies are therefore necessary, such as the establishment of global collaborations and networks among treatment centers, as well as increasing support provided by public health organizations.
A 28.8-MHz 23-dBm-IIP3 3.2-mW Sallen-Key Fourth-Order Filter With Out-of-Band Zeros Cancellation

In this brief, a 28.8-MHz -3-dB frequency low-pass analog filter is presented. The filter synthesizes a fourth-order Butterworth transfer function, exploiting the well-known Sallen-Key (SK) biquadratic cell. The out-of-band zeros typically present in SK implementations are hereby completely canceled by using a low-power auxiliary path. This leads to a significant improvement of the stop-band rejection, at the cost of a small power for the same auxiliary path biasing. The design exhibits very large in-band IIP3 over the entire filter bandwidth (20 dBm at 10 MHz and 11 MHz), at 3.2-mW power consumption. The filter prototype has been designed in CMOS 0.18-μm technological node. The total area occupancy is 0.12 mm2 and the in-band integrated noise is 101 μVRMS.
Vertical vs. Horizontal Integration: Pre-emptive Merging

Preemption plays a crucial role in arms merger decisions. The author studies whether and under which circumstances preemptive merging occurs in vertically related industries. He finds that vertical mergers often preempt horizontal mergers and are dominant outcomes. Preempting the threat of a detrimental horizontal integration may be the main reason for vertically integrating. Copyright 1995 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
A 'Managerial' Model of the Trade Union

This paper criticizes the main existing models of the trade union for assuming that union objectives are coterminous with those of union me mbers, thus neglecting the role of the union leadership. The discussi on is related to traditional controversies about whether unions shoul d be seen as "economic" or "political" institutions. A "managerial" model is developed in which overall union objectives are influen ced by both the union's leadership and its membership. The properties of this "political" model are shown to be similar to existing "ec onomic" models. This suggests that recent work on trade unions is mor e broadly based than previously supposed, and that some of the tradit ional controversies about union objectives were misleading. The model is then used to analyze some economic effects of intraunion conflict ts. Copyright 1988 by Royal Economic Society.
Engineering of recombinant Wisteria floribunda agglutinin specifically binding to GalNAc&bgr;1,4GlcNAc (LacdiNAc)

Wisteria floribunda agglutinin (WFA) is a useful probe for distinguishing glycan structural alterations in diseases such as intrahepatic bile duct carcinoma and hepatic fibrosis; however, the gene encoding WFA has not been identified. Here, we identified the gene encoding WFA, and recombinant WFA was expressed in Escherichia coli and purified. The natural cDNA sequence obtained from wisteria seeds contained an open reading frame of 861 nucleotides encoding a WFA precursor, which included a hydrophobic signal peptide at the N-terminus, a propeptide at the C-terminus and a single cysteine (Cys) residue for dimer formation. We characterized the natural and recombinant WFA by the glycoconjugate microarray and frontal affinity chromatography. Recombinant WFA exhibited glycan binding specificity similar to that of natural WFA: both bound to Gal- and GalNAc-terminated glycans. Moreover, the engineered WFA with an amino acid substitution in Cys-272 yielded a recombinant monomeric lectin with limited binding specificity but wild-type affinity for GalNAc-terminated glycans, specifically GalNAcβ1,4GlcNAc. Thus, this engineered lectin may be applied to highly sensitive biomarker detection.
Measuring economic well-being and governance: some methodological tools

Over the last decade, there has been a continuos attempt to provide some suitable methodologies for the measurement of 'Human Development', 'Human Poverty', 'Gender Developoment', 'Governance', 'Corruption', 'Happiness', etc., among the International Organisations (e.g., UNDP, World Bank), and in the academic profession (e.g., ICRG, BERI, FH etc.). In all these studies the single most important element is to quantify some of the subjective or abstract variables/elements into a single quantitative value, so that the countries or the regions could be placed in the rank ordering on the basis of the values of such indices.In this paper we attempt to provide a new method to compute the economic well being (a measure of over all economic development) and governance (a measure of institutional quality) in the economy/society.
Discounts on Restricted Stock: The Impact of Illiquidity on Stock Prices

A simple statistical model explains price differences between securities that differ in resale provisions-in particular, restricted securities, which can be sold only after a two-year holding period, are compared with publicly traded securities of the same company. The discount on restricted stock varies directly with the amount of restricted stock relative to publicly traded stock and inversely with the credit-worthiness of the issuing company. That credit-worthy companies must offer price discounts of more than 30 per cent to sell a significant block of restricted stock illustrates the importance of liquidity to the valuation of common stock.
Precision agriculture monitoring system using wireless sensor network and Raspberry Pi local server

Precision Agriculture is utilized to improve the productivity and efficiency of limited agricultural resources by monitoring the relevant data in the field. The main objective of this study is to deploy a low-cost sensor system, gather field data, and display the data through a graphical user interface (GUI). Sensors such as humidity, temperature, moisture, luminosity, electrical conductivity, and pH was used for data acquisition and the Raspberry Pi, acting as a local server, was used for data processing and transfer. The data sent was stored in a main server and organized using SQL. A GUI was developed to provide visualization of the data gathered. The trends of data gathered revealed pattern such as the occurrence of a local maximum for humidity right after dawn and the inverse relationship of humidity and temperature. The whole system was tested and proven to work by the application of fertilizer to the soil and seeing its response in the GUI.
Equity and Foreign Exchange Hybrid Models for Pricing Long-Maturity Financial Derivatives

Modelling derivative products in Finance usually starts with the specification of a system of Stochastic Differential Equations (SDEs), that corresponds to state variables like stock, interest rate, Foreign Exchange (FX) rate and volatility. By correlating the SDEs for the different asset classes one can define the hybrid models, and use them for pricing multi-asset derivatives. Even if each of the individual SDEs yields a closed-form solution, a non-zero correlation structure between the processes may cause difficulties for efficient product pricing. Typically, a closed-form solution of hybrid models is not known, and numerical approximation by means of Monte Carlo (MC) simulation or discretization of the corresponding Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) has to be employed for pricing. The speed of pricing European derivative products is crucial, especially for the calibration of the SDEs. Several theoretically attractive SDE models, that cannot fulfil the speed requirements, are not used in practice.
The Impact of Accounting Restatements on a Firm’s Cost of Public Debt

This study extends the growing literature (e.g., Kinney and McDaniel (1989), Richardson et al. (2002), Palmrose et al. (2004), Desai et al. (2006)) on restatements of financial statements of companies due to non-GAAP reporting.2 This paper examines the influence of announcing an accounting restatement of previously filed financial statements on a firm’s cost of public debt, while prior event study literature on restatements (e.g., Kinney and McDaniel (1989), Anderson and Yohn (2002), and Palmrose, Richardson, and Scholz (2004)) pays attention to stock holders’ reactions after the restatement announcement.