Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
1 Endowment Destruction and the Effect of Consumption on Habit

We show that the benefits of endowment destruction documented by Ljungqvist and Uhlig (2014), and the related point that rising consumption can lower habits, are fragile results of a particular discretization. Discretizing more frequently, both results disappear. One way of extending the continuous-time version of the model to jumps produces the puzzles, but arbitrarily close continuous paths or other ways of extending the model to jumps do not produce the result. Nonetheless, this example provides a useful lesson of how to approach apparently strange predictions of calibrated models. ∗Harvard University and NBER †University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Hoover Institution, and NBER.
Depressive symptoms amongst asthmatic children’s caregivers

Szabó A, Mezei G, Kővári É, Cserháti E. Depressive symptoms amongst asthmatic children’s caregivers. Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2010: 21: e667–e673. © 2009 John Wiley & Sons A/S
No Association of CTLA4 Gene With Celiac Disease in the Basque Population

Background Celiac disease (CD) is an autoimmune disorder caused by intolerance to ingested gluten that develops in genetically susceptible individuals. The contribution of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genes to the genetic risk to CD has been known for a long time; however, non-HLA genetic factors are likely to be required for the development of the disease. Several studies have associated the CD28/CTLA4 region on chromosome 2q33 with the disease in different populations. The CTLA4 gene encodes a receptor involved in the control of T-cell proliferation and mediates T-cell apoptosis. Aim To determine the contribution of two polymorphisms of the CTLA4 to the disease: the A/G dimorphism at position +49 in exon 1 and the (AT)n microsatellite in the 3´ untranslated region. Patients Forty-one celiac families of Basque origin (43 patients with CD and 80 first-degree relatives). Methods Restriction enzyme digestion of polymerase chain reaction amplified genomic DNA for the A/G dimorphism and polymerase chain reaction followed by high-resolution electrophoresis for the (AT)n microsatellite. For disease association studies, the Affected Family Based Controls approach was used. Results The frequency of the A allele of 49 A/G polymorphism was 67.47% in the celiac allele group compared with 70.13% in the Affected Family Based Controls group. These differences were not significant. Analysis of the (AT)n polymorphism identified 17 different alleles, ranging from 262 to 312 bp in length, but no allele was significantly associated with the disease. Conclusions Our results did not show any evidence of association of any of the CTLA4 gene polymorphisms with the disease. This may result from population-specific differences in genetics and environmental susceptibility to CD.
Evaluation of adhesives for corneal surgery.

Methyl, n-butyl, and n-heptyl 2-cyanoacrylates and silicone adhesive (Dow Corning, Type A) were tested in animal eyes. Corneal perforations were sealed with n-butyl and n-heptyl 2-cyanoacrylates where the adhesive remained in place long enough for the tissue to heal behind it. Synthetic membranes were glued with cyanoacrylate adhesives to the corneal stroma, serving as artificial epithelium and as artificial endothelium. Using silicone adhesive, silicone rubber membranes were attached to dried corneal stroma where bonding was moderately strong even after rehydration of the cornea.
Fuzzy control of pH using genetic algorithms

Abstruct- Establishing suitable control of pH, a requirement in a number of mineral and chemical industries, poses a difficult problem because of inherent nonlinearities and frequently changing process dynamics. Researchers at the U.S. Bureau of Mines have developed a technique for producing adaptive fuzzy logic controllers (FLC’s) that are capable of effectively managing such systems. In this technique, a genetic algorithm (GA) alters the membership functions employed by a conventional FLC, an approach that is contrary to the tactic generally used to provide FLC’s with adaptive capabilities in which the rule set is altered. GA’s are search algorithms based on the mechanics of natural genetics that are able to rapidly locate near-optimal solutions to difficult problems. The Bureau-developed technique is used to produce an adaptive GA-FLC for a laboratory acid-base experiment. Nonlinearities in the laboratory system are associated with the logarithmic pH scale (pH is proportional to the logarithm of HJO’ ions) and changing process dynamics are introduced by altering system parameters such as the desired set point and the concentration and buffering capacity of input solutions. Results indicate that FLC’s augmented with GA’s offer a powerful alternative to conventional process control techniques in the nonlinear, rapidly changing pH systems commonly found in industry.
Scan Blindness Removal in Multilayer Microstrip Phased Array Antenna Using Uniplanar Compact Electromagnetic Bandgap (UC-EBG) Structure

This paper demonstrates the scan blindness removal in C-band multilayer microstrip phased array antenna using uniplanar compact electromagnetic bandgap (UC-EBG) structure. Unit cell approach has been adopted to compute electromagnetic band-stop range of UC-EBG structure. The proposed design of UC-EBG structure shows electromagnetic bandgap of 4.6 GHz to 5.3 GHz. 16 elements linear aperture coupled microstrip array antenna embedded with UC-EBG structure has been designed, developed and tested. The active reflection coefficient (ARC) of linear array antenna has been measured to detect scan blindness and its removal. Scan blindness removal has also been demonstrated by far field characterization of linear array antenna in scanning mode. It has been established that, scan blindness appearing at 200-220 scan angles, in absence of UC-EBG structure, can be removed by embedding UC-EBG structure between array elements. The full wave simulations of UC-EBG structure and antenna structures have been carried out using Ansys HFSS 17.2 respectively.
In vitro proliferation, differentiation and immuno-magnetic bead purification of human myoblasts.

OBJECTIVES In vitro culture of myoblasts and subsequent grafting into injured myocardium represents a new therapeutic approach for the treatment of myocardial infarct. A major limitation to developing enough myoblasts to engrafting purpose is the isolation and purification. In the present work we purified myoblast from primary culture using an immunomagnetic bead technique. METHODS Primary culture was obtained by trypsin-EDTA digestion of human muscle biopsies. Cells were cultured in DMEM growth medium containing 10% FBS, 2 mM L-glutamine and antibiotics. Immunotechniques using both monoclonal anti-myosin heavy chain (skeletal fast) and 5.1. H11 antibody combining with flow cytometry did identification of myoblasts. Positive selection was on myoblasts bound to 5.1. H11 incubating with human antimouse IgG coated magnetic beads (Dynabead) and subsequent isolation by magnet, releasing cells from beads with DNAse. RESULTS More than 59% of primary cell culture are positive to 5.1. H11 and decreasing with passage. The coating of culture dish surface increased specific growth rate of myoblast clones twice. Positive selection allows to increasing concentration of myoblasts from 8.4% in mixed culture to more than 90% without affecting neither viability nor platting efficiency. CONCLUSION Purification procedure reported here is easy, efficient and requires small amount of sample, which will facilitate the purpose of autologous implant.
Local Government Debt and EU Funds in the Eastern Member States: The Cases of Hungary and Poland

This paper investigates whether local debt in East Central Europe (ECE) is associated with the local government’s participation in EU-funded projects. Drawing on data from Hungary and Poland, we find that in both countries the level of local government indebtedness is positively related to the local government’s performance in securing EU funds. In other words, being successful at attaining EU-funded projects leads to higher levels of local debt, other things being equal. This may undermine local finances and increase the financial vulnerability and dependence of local governments. The empirical evidence put forward in this paper is therefore in stark contrast with one of the main ambitions of the EU’s Cohesion Policy, which is to empower the local level relative to the central state.
Cost effectiveness analysis of community health programs in Rwanda: a case study of Rusizi district

xi CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION . 1 1.1 Background . 1 1.2 Problem Statement . 2 1.3 Research objectives . 4 1.3. 1 General Objectives . 4 1.3. 2 Specific Objectives . 4 1.4 Research Questions . 4 1.5 Research Hypothesis . 4 1.6 Significance of the Study . 5 1.7 Scope of the Study . 5 1.7. 1 Geographical Scope . 5 1.7. 2 Content Scope . 5 1.7. 3 Time Scope . 6 1.9 Organization of the study . 6 CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW . 7 2.
An inducible pathway is required for mutagenesis in Salmonella typhimurium LT2

UV mutability of Salmonella typhimurium LT2 was eliminated in the presence of a multicopy plasmid carrying the Escherichia coli lexA+ gene. This result suggests that inducible, SOS-like functions are required for UV mutagenesis in S. typhimurium. S. typhimurium strains carrying either point or deletion mutations in topA had previously been shown to lose their mutability by UV or methyl methanesulfonate (K. Overbye and P. Margolin, J. Bacteriol. 146:170-178, 1981; K. Overbye, S. M. Basu, and P. Margolin, Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol. 47:785-791, 1983). Mitomycin C induction of the phi(mucB'-lacZ') fusion (a DNA damage-inducible locus carried on plasmid pSE205) in S. typhimurium topA was normal, suggesting that RecA is activated in topA mutants. These observations lead us to deduce that S. typhimurium has at least one DNA damage-inducible locus in addition to recA that is required for UV mutability.
Tourism Sector in the Short-Run and Economic Growth in North Sumatra, Indonesia

In many developing countries, tourism is used as a main strategy to achieve greater economic performance. Increased income, both directly and as a result of the multiplier effects of tourism revenues, earnings of foreign exchange, new employment opportunities, access to foreign direct investment and economic diversification are the potential economic benefits of tourism. Statistics on international tourist arrivals in Indonesia showed an upward trend over the past few years and reached the highest number in 2014, recording almost 9.44 million arrivals. The province of North Sumatra is well known as a tourist destination, as well as an economic hub and commercial centre. Indeed, the province was able to attract almost 28% (237,830) of tourist arrivals in 2014, an increase of 4.12 % from 2013. With such a tourist arrivals trend, the tourism sectors has significantly contributed to the economic development of North Sumatera. This paper examined the role of tourism receipts in the short-run economic growth in North Sumatra through error correction method (ECM) from 1986-2014. Econometrics method were used, such as Augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF) for unit root test, error correction method (ECM) for short run dynamics, and Granger causality test for causal relationships. The standard Granger causality test reveals that there is a unidirectional short-run Granger causality from tourism receipts to economic growth. This study provides evidence to support a tourism-led growth hypothesis in North Sumatra.
The Soccer-Fun project

Abstract In the Soccer-Fun, students program the brains of football players in a functional language. Soccer-Fun has been developed for an introductory course in functional programming at the Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands. We have used Soccer-Fun in teaching during the past four years. We have also experience in using Soccer-Fun for pupils in secondary education. Soccer-Fun is stimulating because it is about a well-known problem domain. It engages students to problem solving with functional programming because it allows them to compete at several disciplines: the best performing football team becomes the champion of a tournament; the best written code is awarded with a prize; students are judged on the algorithms used. This enables every student to participate and perform at her favorite skill. Soccer-Fun is implemented in Clean and uses its GUI toolkit Object I/O for rendering. It can be implemented in any functional programming language that supports some kind of windowing toolkit.
Prevalence and determinants of left ventricular hypertrophy in acromegaly: impact of different methods of indexing left ventricular mass

background Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is the most common cardiac abnormality in acromegaly. Left ventricular mass (LVM) is an important parameter measured to detect LVH, but the relationship with body size should be considered by correcting LVM to body surface area (BSA), height or height2·7. All trials concerning acromegaly have detected LVH on the basis of LVM indexed for BSA, but have been criticized for disregarding the effects of obesity.
Can SME Benefit From Innovation in an Emerging Market Economy

Despite the abundance of literature on SME innovation, this interlinked and complex concept requires further investigation. The present study examines Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) innovation outcomes in order to see whether SME innovation, which is represented by innovation capability and risk taking, has contributed positively (or negatively) to SME which in turn enhance SME financial performance in the context of Indonesia as an emerging market.More often than not, innovation is seen as an effective way to enhance performance especially financial performance as it is highly beneficial for SMEs in an emerging market. However, it is possible that innovations might be regarded as a burden rather than a benefit for SMEs. The present study uses the conceptualization of innovation outcomes as these reflect the organization's ability to benefit from the implementation of innovation. It is important to understand this theme in the context of an emerging market which may offer both golden opportunity to innovate and unprecedented challenges to innovate. There is little research regarding the impact of SME innovation outcomes on SME performance in an emerging market. The present study useda quantitative approach, a partial least square, WarpPLS 6.0. Data were collected from 120 SME owners in creative industries residing in three Indonesian cities in West Sumatra. It was found that innovation capability had a significant positive relationship with positive outcomes which in turn lead to a better financial performance. This means that innovation outcomes play a greater role in identifying whether innovations benefit SMEs or not. SME innovation in an emerging market economy such as Indonesia may be costly, but it is worth doing as innovation can give monetary benefit as well as better organizational performance.
Understanding Spending Habits and Buying Behavior of the American Muslim Community: A Pilot Study

This study provides a baseline for the spending habits and buying preferences of American Muslims lacking in the extant literature. We examine American Muslims’ food and beverage spending habits and buying behaviors with regard to halal products using a survey of 195 individuals from the Chicago metropolitan area and a discrete choice modeling framework. The chief drivers in the decision to purchase food and beverage items were the purchase of halal beef, the amount spent weekly in grocery stores, the frequency of hosting Ramadan, household income and size, and ethnicity (in that order).
Dietary arginine supplementation alleviates intestinal mucosal disruption induced by Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide in weaned pigs

This study evaluated whether arginine (Arg) supplementation could attenuate gut injury induced by Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide (LPS) challenge through an anti-inflammatory role in weaned pigs. Pigs were allotted to four treatments including: (1) non-challenged control; (2) LPS-challenged control; (3) LPS+0·5 % Arg; (4) LPS+1·0 % Arg. On day 16, pigs were injected with LPS or sterile saline. At 6 h post-injection, pigs were killed for evaluation of small intestinal morphology and intestinal gene expression. Within 48 h of challenge, 0·5 % Arg alleviated the weight loss induced by LPS challenge (P = 0·025). In all three intestinal segments, 0·5 or 1·0 % Arg mitigated intestinal morphology impairment (e.g. lower villus height and higher crypt depth) induced by LPS challenge (P < 0·05), and alleviated the decrease of crypt cell proliferation and the increase of villus cell apoptosis after LPS challenge (P < 0·01). The 0·5 % Arg prevented the elevation of jejunal IL-6 mRNA abundance (P = 0·082), and jejunal (P = 0·030) and ileal (P = 0·039) TNF-α mRNA abundance induced by LPS challenge. The 1·0 % Arg alleviated the elevation of jejunal IL-6 mRNA abundance (P = 0·053) and jejunal TNF-α mRNA abundance (P = 0·003) induced by LPS challenge. The 0·5 % Arg increased PPARγ mRNA abundance in all three intestinal segments (P < 0·10), and 1·0 % Arg increased duodenal PPARγ mRNA abundance (P = 0·094). These results indicate that Arg supplementation has beneficial effects in alleviating gut mucosal injury induced by LPS challenge. Additionally, it is possible that the protective effects of Arg on the intestine are associated with decreasing the expression of intestinal pro-inflammatory cytokines through activating PPARγ expression.
Pengaruh Ketidakpastian Tugas terhadap Hubungan antara Informasi Sistem Akuntansi Managemen dan Kinerja Managerial

This paper examines the impact of task uncertainty on the relationship between MAS information and managerial performance. MAS characteristics used in this research were broad scope and timeliness. Fifty four functional managers from a cross-section of Indonesian manufacturing and banking service sectors had participated in this research. The collecting data used a questionnaire survey. Data were analyzed using an two-way analysis of variance. The results showed that the higher the task uncertainty, the more positive is the relationship between MAS information broad scope and timeliness and managerial performance.
Caracterisation dimensionnelle de la diffusivite des formes architecturales et urbaines

Les logiques et les outils de prevision en acoustique urbaine actuellement operationnels sont marques par la quete de solutions correctives des nuisances dues pour l'essentiel au trafic automobile. La demarche generale dans laquelle s'inscrit ce travail de recherche vise a constituer un cahier des charges pour un modele de simulation des ambiances sonores urbaines, integrant a la fois la caracterisation morphologique multiechelle du tissu urbain et la diffusivite acoustique de ses elements constitutifs. Au sein de ce projet, ce travail de recherche porte sur la definition d'une methode de modelisation du tissu construit apte a fournir une entree quantifiable pour le modele de simulation des ambiances sonores urbaines. Une caracterisation multifractale du tissu urbain a ete realisee en ce sens, utilisant, d'une part, une analogie avec le tapis de sierpinski pour les echelles urbaines regionales, et, d'autre part, la methode de la saucisse de minkowski pour decrire la diffusivite d'une rue. Un coefficient geometrique de diffusion a ete determine par ces methodes, et sa caracterisation frequentielle a ete abordee. Des mesures acoustiques de temps de reverberation realisees dans une rue de nantes, la rue d'orleans, on en partie valide ce modele, et une generalisation sur differents types de tissus a ete proposee.
The psychological and social impact of disfigurement to the hand in children and adolescents

Hand disfigurement creates potential problems for the developing child. Parental adjustment to the hand is of prime importance in the child's ability to accept and integrate the disfigurement. Self-consciousness follows a developmental path because of internal and external factors in the child’s development. This paper presents a research study carried out in order to examine the decision-making process in toe-to-hand transfers. 34 families were assessed of whom 27 decided to proceed with surgery following the decision-making process. Factors which influenced that decision included the way the surgeon communicated information. Those who decided against surgery tended to have more positive beliefs about the role of the disfigured hand in the child's psychological development. The process of decision-making allowed families and the older children to engage in a therapeutic approach.
Measuring involvement with audio/video content

The authors believe that involvement is one of the key cognitive mediating factors between content and viewing experience. A questionnaire to measure involvement with audio/video content was developed. Results showed that 25 questions are probably sufficient to cover the aspects of the construct. Creating a valid and reliable questionnaire is not an easy process, but the process established in this paper can hopefully contribute to the creation of well-defined constructs, and valid and reliable measurements for these constructs.
Zero-voltage switching analysis of active-clamped forward converter with current-doubler rectifier

In this paper, an active-clamped forward converter (ACFC) with current-doubler rectifier (CDR) is investigated especially in the perspective of zero-voltage switching (ZVS) operation. By employing the CDR in the secondary, ZVS condition can be obtained with much smaller leakage inductance compared to the conventional ACFC. Due to the significantly reduced leakage inductance, circulating loss is reduced while ZVS of the main switch is maintained. These can be realized without any additional components, which make the proposed converter more feasible in many applications. ZVS operation of the proposed converter is analyzed in the paper. Experimental results with a 100-W (5-V/20-A) prototype verify that the proposed converter can attain ZVS more efficiently and achieve higher efficiency.
Effect of Bandgap Narrowing on Performance of Modern Power Devices

The effect of the bandgap narrowing (BGN) on performance of power devices is investigated in detail in this paper. The analysis reveals that the change in the energy band structure caused by BGN can strongly affect the conductivity modulation of the bipolar devices resulting in a completely different performance. This is due to the modified injection efficiency under high-level injection conditions. Using a comprehensive analysis of the injection efficiency in a p-n junction, an analytical model for this phenomenon is developed. BGN model tuning has been proved to be essential in accurately predicting the performance of a lateral insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT). Other devices such as p-i-n diodes or punch-through IGBTs are significantly affected by the BGN, while others, such as field-stop IGBTs or power MOSFETs, are only marginally affected.