Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Trauma and Dissociation in Northern Ireland

Abstract Following a resurgence of militant resistance to British rule among Irish Nationalists in 1916, the landmass of Ireland was divided in 1921. Twenty-six counties gained independence from Britain and become the Republic of Ireland, while 6 counties, in the northeast, remained politically attached to Britain and became known as Northern Ireland. Since the partitioning of Northern Ireland from the Republic, politicalmotivated violence has been used by those fighting for a united Ireland free of British rule, as well as those defending Northern Ireland's union with Britain. This violence reached a greater intensity and ferocity in the late 1960s with the start of what is referred to as “the Troubles. ” This piece examines the many manifestations of trauma in Northern Ireland, from the familial and interpersonal to the social and political. Moreover, attention is given to the growing study of dissociation in Northern Ireland. Case examples are used throughout to highlight salient points and demonstrate the human cost of trauma and dissociation.
Transport properties in chromium-doped Ti2O3 thin films

In this paper, we report the transport properties of Cr-doped Ti2O3 thin films. The thin films were grown on α-Al2O3 (012) substrates by pulsed-laser deposition. X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy results show that the films are single corundum phase. All of (CrxTi1−x)2O3 show semiconducting behavior. Without doping, pure Ti2O3 thin films show positive magnetoresistance (MR) of 23% at 2K. The MR behavior changed dramatically after doping with Cr. Sample (Cr0.1Ti0.9)2O3 shows MR=−360% at 2K. All of the Cr-doped films are ferromagnetic up to room temperature.
Measuring Women's Autonomy in Chad Using the Relative Autonomy Index

ABSTRACT Increasing women's voice and agency is widely recognized as a key strategy to reduce gender inequalities and improve health outcomes. Although recent studies have found associations between women's autonomy and a number of health outcomes, fundamental issues regarding adequate measurement of women's autonomy remain. The Relative Autonomy Index (RAI) provides a direct measure of motivational autonomy. It expresses the extent to which a woman faces coercive or internalized social pressure to undertake domain-specific actions. This contribution addresses a key critique of current measures of autonomy, which focus on decision making or ignore women's values. This study examines the measurement properties and added value of a number of domain-specific RAIs using new nationally representative data from the Republic of Chad. A striking finding is that women on average have less autonomous motivation in all eight domains compared to their male counterparts.
State space application to recent automobile sector triangle trade between Japan and Latin America

The flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) has the effect of shifting trade patterns, especially those of developing countries. With FDI flow growth, vertical intra-industry trade increases as those production-fragmentation-led investments mature. This relation is readily apparent in the respective automobile sectors of Brazil and Mexico. This paper generates empirical evidence on the vertical intra-industry trade pattern between Japan-Brazil and Japan-Mexico using a state space econometric framework. Results show that Mexico is more integrated into the worldwide production chain than Brazil, where risks such as exchange rate volatility are higher. Results also show how each structure is affected by the 2008 recession and how the difference in the intensity can be regarded as further evidence of how Mexico is advancing more rapidly into the fragmentation process than Brazil is.
Retail Trading and IPO Returns in the Aftermarket

Using trade size from the Trade and Quote (TAQ) data set as a proxy for individual versus institutional trading, this paper finds that the effects of trading of these two types of investors on initial public offering (IPO) returns on the first trading day depend on the hotness of the IPO. My regression results reveal that IPOs ' open-to-close returns are positively related to small trade participation, small trade purchases, and small trade order imbalance in the hot IPO sample, but not in the cold and neutral IPO samples. In addition, the aftermarket prices of cold and neutral IPOs are primarily driven by the trading of institutional investors, who are less likely to be driven by sentiment. The empirical initial public offering (IPO) literature has established a link between retail sentiment and the pricing of IPO shares. This literature principally studies investors' demands in the European pre-IPO markets and investigates the predictive power of these market demands on IPOs' first-day returns.1 In Germany and Italy, the IPO process has the characteristic that concurrent with book-building, individual investors can trade the IPO shares in the "grey" markets on a forward (i.e., when issued) basis. In the case of French IPOs, issuers can choose to reserve a fraction of the offered shares for the public (mostly individual investors) during the book-building process. The individual investors' demands in these pre-IPO markets reflect their optimism regarding the IPO stock. In fact, recent studies provide evidence that these pre-IPO market demands are able to predict the movement of the IPOs' short-run aftermarket prices. For example, using the data from 486 IPOs in 12 European countries, Cornelli, Goldreich, and Ljungqvist (2006) find that high grey market prices lead to high first-day closing prices. Dorn (2009) reports that IPOs that are aggressively purchased by retail investors in the German grey market exhibit high first-day returns. The study of Derrien (2005) also finds that large individual investors' book-building demand in France leads to large increases in stock price on the first trading day. The above mentioned studies, which document the positive relationship between retail investors' demand for IPO shares and IPOs' short-run aftermarket prices, share similar ideas about the role of retail investors in IPO pricing. According to Miller (1977), the price of a financial asset that is subject to divergence of opinion among investors and short-sale constraints is driven by the most optimistic investors. While institutional investors are supposed to set rational prices, individual / am grateful to an anonymous referee for very helpful and constructive comments and suggestions. This paper has also been benefited from the comments ofKalok Chan and participants of the Asian FA-NFA 2008 International Conference.
Classification of Heart Disease using Artificial Neural Network and Feature Subset Selection

Now a day’s artificial neural network (ANN) has been widely used as a tool for solving many decision modeling problems. A multilayer perception is a feed forward ANN model that is used extensively for the solution of a no. of different problems. An ANN is the simulation of the human brain. It is a supervised learning technique used for non linear classification Coronary heart disease is major epidemic in India and Andhra Pradesh is in risk of Coronary Heart Disease. Clinical diagnosis is done mostly by doctor’s expertise and patients were asked to take no. of diagnosis tests. But all the tests will not contribute towards effective diagnosis of disease. Feature subset selection is a preprocessing step used to reduce dimensionality, remove irrelevant data. In this paper we introduce a classification approach which uses ANN and feature subset selection for the classification of heart disease. PCA is used for preprocessing and to reduce no. Of attributes which indirectly reduces the no. of diagnosis tests which are needed to be taken by a patient. We applied our approach on Andhra Pradesh heart disease data base. Our experimental results show that accuracy improved over traditional classification techniques. This system is feasible and faster and more accurate for diagnosis of heart disease.
Anti-atherogenic effect of soya and rice-protein isolate, compared with casein, in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice

Our objective was to determine whether dietary plant proteins such as soya-protein isolate (SPI) and rice-protein isolate (RPI) compared with animal proteins, such as casein, could afford beneficial effects on atherosclerosis development in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice. In experiment 1, male and female mice were fed on a purified diet containing either casein, SPI or RPI for 9 weeks. The en face lesion area in the aorta (P < 0·05) and the lesion size in the aortic root (P < 0·05) in mice fed the casein-based diet were greater than those in the SPI or RPI groups. The plant protein groups had an increased concentration of serum l-arginine (P < 0·05) and NO metabolites (NO2 plus NO3) (P < 0·05) than did the casein group. The inhibitory effect of the plant proteins on the lesion formations was unrelated to gender and total serum cholesterol. In experiment 2, the l-arginine and l-methionine contents were the same in the l-arginine-supplemented casein-based and SPI-based diets, and between the l-methionine-supplemented SPI-based and the casein-based diets. Male mice were fed on the diets for 15 weeks. There were no significant differences in the en face lesion area and the lesion size between the casein group and the l-arginine-supplemented group, although the serum l-arginine (P < 0·05) and NO2 plus NO3 (P < 0·05) concentrations in the supplemented group were higher than those in the casein group. There were no significant effects of l-methionine supplementation on the lesion formations. In experiment 3, male mice were given the casein-based diet or the l-arginine-supplemented casein-based diet together with water or water containing an NO synthesis inhibitor for 9 weeks. When given the casein-based diet, the inhibitor drinking, compared with water drinking, resulted in a reduction of the serum NO2 plus NO3 concentration (P < 0·01) and an increase in the en face lesion area (P < 0·05) and the lesion size (P < 0·01). When given the l-arginine-supplemented diet, the inhibitor drinking, compared with water drinking, resulted in no increase in the lesion area and size. These results demonstrate anti-atherogenic potentials of SPI- as well as RPI-derived proteins, but their l-arginine and l-methionine contents were not sufficient enough to explain the underlying mechanism(s).
IQGAP1 Stimulates Actin Assembly through the N-Wasp-Arp2/3 Pathway*

IQGAP1 is a conserved modular protein overexpressed in cancer and involved in organizing actin and microtubules in motile processes such as adhesion, migration, and cytokinesis. A variety of proteins have been shown to interact with IQGAP1, including the small G proteins Rac1 and Cdc42, actin, calmodulin, β-catenin, the microtubule plus end-binding proteins CLIP170 (cytoplasmic linker protein) and adenomatous polyposis coli. However, the molecular mechanism by which IQGAP1 controls actin dynamics in cell motility is not understood. Quantitative co-localization analysis and down-regulation of IQGAP1 revealed that IQGAP1 controls the co-localization of N-WASP with the Arp2/3 complex in lamellipodia. Co-immunoprecipitation supports an in vivo link between IQGAP1 and N-WASP. Pull-down experiments and kinetic assays of branched actin polymerization with N-WASP and Arp2/3 complex demonstrated that the C-terminal half of IQGAP1 activates N-WASP by interacting with its BR-CRIB domain in a Cdc42-like manner, whereas the N-terminal half of IQGAP1 antagonizes this activation by association with a C-terminal region of IQGAP1. We propose that signal-induced relief of the autoinhibited fold of IQGAP1 allows activation of N-WASP to stimulate Arp2/3-dependent actin assembly.
Dielectric resonator antenna array at 2.4 GHz

Four by four (4 times 4) array of DRA with transmission line feed technique has been designed simulated and compared in this paper. It shows that the return loss between the measurement and simulation are within the frequency band that has been designed. The slightly shifted frequency is due to the FR4 board that has epsivr varies from 4.0 to 4.8. The return loss at - 10 dB shows a good impedance matching occur between simulation and measurement. The gain obtained from measurement is 10 dB more compared to monopole antenna operating at the same frequency.
Intuitive Practice by Municipal Controllers

Abstract The restrictions placed by New Public Management on the work of municipal controllers raise questions regarding if and when these public controllers can make effective use of their intuition. A study has been carried out to answer these questions. Intuition in this study is defined as a ‘non-conscious process involving holistic associations that are produced rapidly, which result in affectively charged judgments’. While experience deals with known facts, intuition focuses on new ones. The study was carried out in the form of a simulation in which municipal controllers were asked to analyse the financial situation of a fictional municipality. Afterwards the participants were presented with four factors and were instructed to indicate which factor had been decisive in the financial process. Two factors required extensive experience as a municipal controller, while one factor required the use of intuition. The initial expectation was that experienced controllers would make more use of their intuition. Another supposition was that the use of intuition would increase with increasing time pressure. The research has shown that good use of intuition does indeed require experience. Thus, experienced public controllers make more and better use of their intuition than their less experienced colleagues. In addition, the use of intuition increases with the decrease in time available for analysis, but experience plays a crucial role in this respect. Further, the study reaches the conclusion that intuition and rational analysis do not so much exclude as complement each other. A good use of intuition requires considerable experience in rational analysis. Finally, the results of the study demonstrate that the use of intuition does not lead to worse decisions than those made using rational analysis.
Managing Perishables with Time and Temperature History

We address the use and value of time and temperature information to manage perishables in the context of a retailer that sells a random lifetime product subject to stochastic demand and lost sales. The product's lifetime is largely determined by the temperature history and the flow time through the supply chain. We compare the case in which information on flow time and temperature history is available and used for inventory management to a base case in which such information is not available. We formulate the two cases as Markov Decision Processes and evaluate the value of information through an extensive simulation using representative, real world supply chain parameters.
Analysis of Microstrip Fractal Antennas By Means of RWG MOM and Wavelet Transformation

In this paper, we analyze a microstrip fractal antenna using RWG (Rao, Wilton, Glisson) moment method that models the microstrip antenna by planar triangular surface patches and then solves the resultant electric field integral equation (EFIE). Wavelet transform with orthogonal basis function is applied to the extremely dense impedance matrix to reach a relatively sparse structure indicating the dominant surface currents. The optimum sparsity is reached by taking advantage of the resemblance between the basis theory of wavelet and the iterated function system (IFS) that generates the fractal structure. The input impedance and the radiation pattern of a microstrip Sierpinski Carpet fractal antenna is presented using the aforementioned method.
Views of General Public on Health System issues in four Asian Countries.

The European Commission, INCO-DEV programme (ICA4-CT-2001-10015), funds the EQUITAP project from which this paper derives and supplements the Ford Foundation funded project “The Role of Health Systems in Social Protection and the Views of the Poor in Asia". We would like to thank the People Centered Development and Research Centre (PCDRC) for conducting the Opinion Polls in Nepal and the Sri Lanka Business Development Centre (SLBDC) for conducting the opinion poll survey in Sri Lanka. We gratefully acknowledge Mr Filipe Souza from the London School of Economics, for assisting in descriptive analysis and preparation of graphs and tables. Finally, we also thank all the respondents who participated in this study for their time and for sharing their views without which this study would not have been possible.
A coded-aperture technique allowing x-ray phase contrast imaging with conventional sources

Phase contrast imaging (PCI) solves the basic limitation of x-ray imaging, i.e., poor image contrast resulting from small absorption differences. Up to now, it has been mostly limited to synchrotron radiation facilities, due to the stringent requirements on the x-ray source and detectors, and only one technique was shown to provide PCI images with conventional sources but with limits in practical implementation. The authors propose a different approach, based on coded apertures, which provides high PCI signals with conventional sources and detectors and imposes practically no applicability limits. They expect this method to cast the basis of a widespread diffusion of PCI.
On the Prediction of Corporate Financial Distress in the Light of the Financial Crisis: Empirical Evidence from Greek Listed Firms

Abstract This paper evaluates the impact of accounting and market-driven information on the prediction of bankruptcy for Greek firms using the discrete hazard approach. The findings show that a hazard model that incorporates three accounting ratio components of Z-score and three market-driven variables is the most appropriate model for the prediction of corporate financial distress in Greece. This model outperforms a univariate model that uses the expected default frequency (EDF) derived from the Merton distance to default model, a multivariate model that is exclusively based on accounting variables, a model that combines the EDF and accounting variables, and a multivariate model that uses only market-driven variables. Classification accuracy and bankruptcy forecast tests confirm the main results. The model is also able to sustain high long-term performance when augmenting the forecast horizon from one to two and three years.
Electrolytic Conductance of Sea Water: Effect of Calcium Carbonate Dissolution

Calcium carbonate dissolution in the presence of excess carbon dioxide increased the specific conductance of sea water by approximately 6 x 10-5 ohm-1cm-1 per millimole of carbonate dissolved. The observed conductance increase can be explained by the partial equivalent conductance of calcium bicarbonate and by the hindrance effect of uncharged carbon dioxide dissolved in sea water.
Comprehensive Compositional Analysis of the Slit Lamp Bacteriota

Slit lamps are routinely used to examine large numbers of patients every day due to high throughput. Previous, cultivation-based results suggested slit lamps to be contaminated with bacteria, mostly coagulase-negative staphylococci, followed by micrococci, bacilli, but also Staphylococcus aureus. Our study aimed at obtaining a much more comprehensive, cultivation-independent view of the slit lamp bacteriota and its hygienic relevance, as regularly touched surfaces usually represent fomites, particularly if used by different persons. We performed extensive 16S rRNA gene sequencing to analyse the bacteriota, of 46 slit lamps from two tertiary care centers at two sampling sites, respectively. 82 samples yielded enough sequences for downstream analyses and revealed contamination with bacteria of mostly human skin, mucosa and probably eye origin, predominantly cutibacteria, staphylococci and corynebacteria. The taxonomic assignment of 3369 ASVs (amplicon sequence variants) revealed 19 bacterial phyla and 468 genera across all samples. As antibiotic resistances are of major concern, we screened all samples for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) using qPCR, however, no signals above the detection limit were detected. Our study provides first comprehensive insight into the slit lamp microbiota. It underlines that slit lamps carry a highly diverse, skin-like bacterial microbiota and that thorough cleaning and disinfection after use is highly recommendable to prevent eye and skin infections.
Intrauterine growth curves based on ultrasonically estimated foetal weights

Available standard intrauterine growth curves based on birthweights underestimate foetal growth in preterm period. New growth curves are presented based on data from four Scandinavian centres for 759 ultrasonically estimated foetal weights in 86 uncomplicated pregnancies. Mean weight of boys exceeded that of girls by 2‐3%. A uniform SD value of 12% of the mean weight was adopted for the standard curves as the true SD varied non‐systematically between 9.1 and 12.4%. Applied to an unselected population of 8663 singleton births, before 210 days of gestation, 32% of birthweights were classified as small‐for‐gestational age (SGA; i.e. below mean ‐2SD); the corresponding figures were 11.1% for gestational ages between 210 and 258 days, and 2.6% for ages of 259 days or longer. The new growth curves reveal better the true distribution of SGA foetuses and neonates, and are suggested for use in perinatological practice.
National Comparison of Voter Turnout in 15 Sub-Saharan African States

The political fortunes of Sub-Saharan Africa changed dramatically in the past twenty late 1980s, many countries have held regular multi participation rates, a common starting point for work on democratization, is now possible. This paper represents a first look at the determinants of voter turnout in 15 African states that have witnessed some stability in national elections since 1988. Con model is developed to test a colonial legacy thesis, which seeks to und colonizing power has had on contemporary political outcomes. In addition, the research ex played by ethnic fractionalization and religious diversity on electoral participation rates. The former is found to associate with less participation and the lat uncovers, on average, voter tu rnout is higher in former French colonies.
Adaptive output-feedback tracking of stochastic nonlinear systems

We address the adaptive stabilization and tracking problems for a class of output feedback canonical systems driven by Wiener noises of unknown covariance. Filtered transformation and backstepping techniques are employed in the stochastic control design. We obtain two adaptive controllers that guarantee the global stability in probability for vanishing perturbations or the input-to-state stability in probability for nonvanishing perturbations respectively. The tracking error can converge to a small residual set around the origin in the sense of mean quartic value.
Two-degree-of-freedom simple servo adaptive control for SCARA robot

This paper presents an application of two-degree-of-freedom simple servo adaptive control scheme in controlling DDR-type two-links SCARA robot. The SCARA robot is widely used in industries and it is generally desired to control its movement along some periodic trajectory to perform some repeated tasks. A proper control scheme is therefore required. Among various control techniques, two-degree-of-freedom simple servo adaptive control scheme possesses a prominent aspect in that it can force the systems to follow the desired reference model while the servo gain can be freely assigned to tune the disturbance rejection property independently. The simulations in applying the two-degree-of-freedom simple servo adaptive control scheme to control the SCARA robot are demonstrated to verify the applicability and effectiveness of this control technique. The effect of tuning the servo gain is also observed.