Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Can Subsidized Employment Tackle Long-Term Unemployment? Experimental Evidence from MacedoniaArmand: University of Navarra and Institute for Fiscal Studies; Carneiro: University College London, Institute for Fiscal Studies and Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice; Tagliati: Bank of Spain; Xia: 

This paper examines the impact of a randomized experiment in Macedonia in which program applicants were assigned to receive a job interview and the employers were subsidized when job and worker were matched. The interview led to more than 30 percentage point increase in employment in the first 6 months, and the average effect persists, at around 25 percentage points after the subsidies has expired. The young, female, inexperienced and low skill workers are the main beneficiaries of the policy. JEL codes: O15; J08; J68.
The enabling effects of the balanced scorecard

This Master Thesis elaborates on the enabling effects that exist within the Balanced Scorecard as a rhetorical machine. With the help of the rhetorical machine by Busco and Quattrone (2015), the functioning of the Balanced Scorecard can be investigated within TenneT TSO Arnhem. Furthermore, the enablingness of the Scorecard of the company is elaborated on. With this, the impact of incomplete performance indicators on the functioning of the Balanced Scorecard can be evaluated. Both theories will be tested by conducting interviews within TenneT TSO Arnhem, a company that maintains the transporting service for electricity. The Balanced Scorecard within TenneT TSO Arnhem can best be described as being enabling. However, the company should focus on creating clearer linkages between the performance indicators and the strategy of the firm. With regard to the rhetorical machine, several functions are in place. Multiple improvements need to be made to let the rhetorical machine come forward more clearly within the firm. For instance, increasing firmwide involvement with the Balanced Scorecard can lead to an increase in the continuous pressure on the performance indicators in place.
Policy Uncertainty and Information Flows: Evidence from Pension Reform Expectations

We examine how workers’ expectations about pension reform vary with proximity to reforms, information availability, and worker characteristics. Using newly collected data, we find: (1) Expectations about reform are revised upward by about 10 percentage points in the year prior to a reform, from a median of 50%, regardless of whether the reform is announced; (2) Expectations increase more the stronger is media activity about imminent reforms; (3) The effect of information on expectations varies systematically with characteristics that proxy cognitive ability and information value; (4) Expectations do not converge as a result of reform announcements or implementations.
N ov 2 01 9 LOCALLY RECOVERABLE J-AFFINE VARIETY CODES

We prove that subfield-subcodes over finite fields Fq of some J-affine variety codes provide locally recoverable codes correcting more than one erasure. We compute their (r, δ)-localities and show that some of these codes with lengths n ≫ q are (δ − 1)optimal.
Genomics Meets Phylogenetics

■ Abstract With the advent of high-throughput DNA sequencing and wholegenome analysis, it has become clear that the coding portions of the genome are organized hierarchically in gene families and superfamilies. Because the hierarchy of genes, like that of living organisms, reflects an ancient and continuing process of gene duplication and divergence, many of the conceptual and analytical tools used in phylogenetic systematics can and should be used in comparative genomics. Phylogenetic principles and techniques for assessing homology, inferring relationships among genes, and reconstructing evolutionary events provide a powerful way to interpret the ever increasing body of sequence data. In this review, we outline the application of phylogenetic approaches to comparative genomics, beginning with the inference of phylogeny and the assessment of gene orthology and paralogy. We also show how the phylogenetic approach makes possible novel kinds of comparative analysis, including detection of domain shuffling and lateral gene transfer, reconstruction of the evolutionary diversification of gene families, tracing of evolutionary change in protein function at the amino acid level, and prediction of structure-function relationships. A marriage of the principles of phylogenetic systematics with the copious data generated by genomics promises unprecedented insights into the nature of biological organization and the historical processes that created it.
UPRISE-IoT: User-Centric Privacy & Security in the IoT

Data privacy concerns the claim of individuals, groups, or institutions to determine for themselves when, how, and to what extent information about them is communicated to others [1]. However, most people are not aware of privacy and security risks. This is particularly relevant for the Internet of Things (IoT) which is increasingly ubiquitous and thus can become very privacy intrusive. On one side, this problem can slow-down IoT development, on the other side it is essential to make users gain control over data generated and collected by the IoT devices surrounding them, and to adopt a privacy-by-design approach for the IoT. UPRISE-IoT takes a fresh look at the IoT privacy space by considering a user-centric approach. It builds upon user behaviours and contexts to improve security and privacy, and follows the privacy by design approach. UPRISE-IoT improves data transparency and control, as users are informed about the data that are being collected in a user-friendly manner and have the option to oppose it. We raise user awareness, to ensure that their behaviour does not compromise their privacy, and we provide new tools to control data collection in the IoT.
In use IMU calibration and pose estimation

This paper describes a calibration method for inertial and magnetic sensors using a batched optimization procedure. Well estab-lished sensor, motion and constraint models are applied which include sensor gains, biases, misalignments and inter-triad misalignments. For the magnetometer, hard and soft iron model parameters and local dip-angle are embodied in the framework as well. The method does not require any additional equipment, is minimal restrictive with respect to the required movements, and can be performed within one minute. Our approach is applicable for both single and multi Inertial Measurement Units (IMU) and leverages from the relative pose between rigidly connected IMU’s. We demonstrated that our approach resulted in improved dead reckoning estimates and showed good agreements with an optical reference system for both position and orientation estimates.
Abstracts of Lectures

s of Lectures Abstracts of Lectures 89s of Lectures 89 6. — HOW TO DO AN LOCAL ANAESTHESIA FOR AN INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR ? M. Huyghe. Dept. of General and Digestive Surgery, AZ St-Augustinus, Antwerpen, Belgium. Local anaesthesia for inguinal hernia repair is safe, produces minor side effects, and is cost-saving. However, in our country, in contrast with others, it seems to have a minor place. Most surgeons and patients prefer general or spinal anaesthesia. When choosing for local anaesthesia, the surgeon has to know the indications and contraindications, the effects and adverse effects of the used products, and of course the technique of application. Using the anterior approach for inguinal hernia repair (Shouldice, Lichtenstein, .), local anaesthesia is a valuable alternative to general and spinal anaesthesia, in selected patients.
The wage effects of entering motherhood

4 Executive summary . 5 Introduction . 6 1 Our econometric approach . 9 1.1 Controlling for selection on observable characteristics.10 1.2 Controlling for selection on unobservable characteristics . 11 1.3 Definition of the control group . 12 1.4 Wage comparison . 15 2 Data . 17 3 Results.22 3.1 Matching . 22 3.2 Wage effects.28 3.3 Sensitivity analyses . 32 4 Conclusions . 35 Appendix.37 References . 38 IABDiscussionPaper No. 13/2006 4
Growth volatility in the Visegrad countries: productivity or finance?∗

This paper views the growth and convergence process of the four Visegrad economies the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia through the lens of the open economy, stochastic neoclassical growth model. We estimate for these countries a version of the model augmented by simple financial frictions. Our main question is whether shocks to the growth rate of productivity (“trend”), or shocks to the external interest premium are more important to understand the volatility of GDP growth and its components. We find that while GDP growth fluctuations can be traced back to trend shocks, the composition of GDP and the trade balance in particular was driven by premium shocks. Investment specific and labor market shocks are also important, but we find a very limited role for transitory technology shocks. Our panel estimation allows us to separate global and local components for the productivity trend and interest premium shocks. Results indicate that the global trend component is well approximated by the growth rate of the advanced European Union economies, and we also find tentative evidence that recent investment behavior is driven to a large extent by European Union funds. When looking at the global component of the implicit interest rate recovered from the estimation, we find that it closely tracks the observed real interest rate in the EU 15 countries until 2008, but sharply diverges afterwards. This last finding is consistent with the hypothesis that various capital market wedges and non-price restrictions to lending became important during and after the global financial crisis.
TO “ PARAMETRIC INFERENCE AND DYNAMIC STATE RECOVERY FROM OPTION

where (W1 t W2 t B1 t B2 t) is four-dimensional Brownian motion with correlations ρ1 = corr(B1 t W1 t) and ρ2 = corr(B2 t W2 t). The parameter vector is given by θ = (ρ1 v1 κ1 σ1 ρ2 v2 κ2 σ2) and the parameter values used in the Monte Carlo are reported in Table VII. The observation setting is exactly the same as in the Monte Carlo study reported in Section 5 of the paper with the only exception being that now the moneyness range is reduced to [−2 1] ·σ√τ because, for the model (72) without any jump component, the OTM option prices in the range [−4 −2] · σ√τ are very close to zero, and not representative of what is observed in practice. The precision in recovering the parameters is reported in Table VIII. Overall, the parameters are estimated quite well and the biases are close to negligible. Turning next to the diagnostic tests, Table IX reports on the size of the various tests developed in Section 4 of the paper. Generally, the small sample behavior is satisfactory. The tests for the fit to the option panel are almost perfectly sized, with only mild over-rejection for the OTM short-maturity puts. The omnibus test for the parameter stability test under-rejects slightly while the volatility test rejects a bit too frequently. Finally, in Table X we report on the tests for stability of individual parameters. They perform well, except for v1 and v2, where we notice a somewhat
Are Parents Willing to Use Technology to Prevent the Tragedy of Forgetting Children Inside Cars?

Ninety-two participants, all parents of children under the age of 10 and car owners, participated in an internet survey. The participants completed an internet-based questionnaire, which included socio-economic and personality questions, as well as items pertaining to perceptions, attitudes and behavioral intentions toward using this type of technology. The framework was designed based on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM).
A Fresh Look at the Health-Wealth Correlation: A Case Study of European Countries

This paper contributes to the development-health literature by studying the correlation between development measures (see below) and health measures - one subjective ('self-assessed-health-status'), and the other one objective (the individual's 'number of chronic diseases'). Correlations are examined for 29 European countries, using the SHARE data set, and country-level development measures. Specifically, we examine whether country fixed-effects in regressions of health measures, controlling for individual socio-demographic variables, are significantly correlated with country development variables, which include: logarithm of per-capita GDP; the Human Development Index; the Social Progress Index; life expectancy; percentage of GDP spent on health; and the novel measure expressed by the Environmental Health Index. The novelty of our study is the introduction of a channel for the significant health-wealth correlation, speculating that the driving forces are psychological.
The Impact of Internship Experience during Secondary Education on Schooling and Labour Market Outcomes

The literature on workplace learning in secondary education has mainly focussed on vocational education programmes. In this study, we examine the impact of internship experience in secondary education on a student’s schooling and early labour market outcomes, by analysing unique, longitudinal data from Belgium. To control for unobserved heterogeneity, we model sequential outcomes by means of a dynamic discrete choice model. In line with the literature on vocational education programmes, we find that internship experience has a positive effect on labour market outcomes that diminishes over time, although within the time window of our study, we find no evidence for a null or negative effect over time.
Variable Elasticity of Demand as a Source of Inflation Persistence∗

This paper proposes a novel explanation for the well-known persistent response of inflation to monetary policy shocks by introducing variable elasticity of demand in a staggered price model with trend inflation. The variable elasticity induces firms to align their relative prices due to strategic complementarity. In the presence of staggered price setting, this causes price dispersion—which differs from relative price distortion, that is, demand dispersion—to become of first-order importance for inflation dynamics under nonzero trend inflation. The price dispersion is then intrinsically inertial and inflation exhibits persistence. Our paper also shows that credible disinflation leads to a gradual decline in inflation and a fall in output and that lower trend inflation reduces inflation persistence, as observed around the time of the Volcker disinflation.
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GOVERNMENT DOMESTIC DEBT AND STOCK PERFORMANCE IN KENYA

The economic performance of any country can be measured by real GDP growth rate, rate of inflation, exchange rate, fiscal position, debt position and many other variables, which can also serve as the major determinants of economic growth. The debt position of a country is determined by outstanding government debt. The essence of issuing government debt is to finance budget deficit, since a balanced budget is abnormal occurrence. Since government debt is issued to finance budget deficit, it implies government debt will increase alongside with financing of budget deficit. Thus establishing the relationship between government domestic debt and stock market performance could be of great significance in predicting optimum government domestic debt to gross domestic ratio whereby any debt changes do not have any negative impact on stock market performance. Therefore, this study aimed at determining the relationship between domestic government debt and stock market performance. The guiding specific objectives of this study were to establish the effect of treasury bonds, treasury bills, commercial bank advances to government and central overdraft on stock market performance in Kenya. The findings of the study showed that treasury bonds and treasury bills have negative but insignificant influence on stock market performance while the central bank overdraft to the government and commercial bank advance to the government has positive and significant influence on stock market performance. The overall model was found to be significant at 5% significance level. Since few studies have been done on government domestic debt when disaggregated into its categories, further studies need to be done to test the reliability of the findings of this study. Further similar study can done on categories of external debt.
Value of Repeat Head Computed Tomography after Traumatic Brain Injury: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Abstract Diagnosis and management of traumatic brain injury (TBI) is crucial to improve patient outcomes. While initial head computed tomography (CT) scan is the optimum tool for quick and accurate detection of intracranial hemorrhage, the guidelines on use of repeat CT differ among institutions. Three systematic reviews have been conducted on a similar topic; none have performed a comprehensive meta-analysis of all studies. Search of Medline, the Cochrane Library database, and Clinicaltrials.gov, and a hand search of conference abstracts and references for all completed studies reporting data on change in management following repeat CT was conducted. Two authors reviewed all studies and extracted data using a standardized form. A proportional meta-analysis was conducted using the random-effects model for outcomes related to any change in management following repeat CT. Any change in management included intracranial intervention, change in intracranial pressure monitoring, and/or administration of drug th.
OCCULT HEPATITIS B VIRUS INFECTION IN CHRONIC HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS IN PANJE-AZAR HOSPITAL, GORGAN

Background and objectives: Hepatitis B virus infection is a major health problem in worldwide. The prevalence of Occult and chronic HBV in hemodialysis patients is higher than standard in developing countries. People with occult HBV are negative for HBV surface antigen (HBsAg) but positive for HBV-DNA. We aimed to evaluate occult hepatitis B infection in patients under hemodialysis in Panje-Azar hospital in Gorgan. Material and Methods: In this study, taken place from 2009 to 2010, the participants were 100 hemodialysis patients with administration of complete HBV vaccination with negative test for HBsAg. After preparing 10 milliliter blood sample, HBV DNA testing was performed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Result: The mean age of the patients is 54.60 years. They are male (48%) and female (52%). They have been under hemodialysis for 48 months, averagely. There has not been any HBV-DNA in HBsAg negative patients under hemodialysis. The rate of occult hepatitis B infection in these end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients was zero. Conclusion: Results indicate that there is no any occult HBV infection in ESRD patients under hemodialysis in Gorgan, which is similar to some studies. The results could be justified by complete vaccination of the patients.
The trunk extensor flexor relationship in men and women by isokinetic dynamometry.

Introduction: The thoracolumbar musculature plays a key role in the balance and stability of the pelvis. The isokinetic dynamometer provides accurate assessment of muscle performance and treatment guidance. Objective: To compare the flexors / extensors of the trunk link between sedentary men and women, asymptomatic by isokinetic dynamometry. Materials and methods: An observational cross-sectional study. The sample consisted of 100 asymptomatic sedentary volunteers, 50 males and 50 females with a mean age of 22.2 ± 3.3 years. The collection was made in the center of isokinetic dynamometry of the university grew. The Cybex Norm isokinetic dynamometer Model 7000 ™, trunk module was used. The subjects were weighed and measured, made global warming a 5 minutes cycle ergometer unloaded. Tested the flexor and extensor muscles in concentric and eccentric contractions, with an interval of three minutes between each assessment. We adopted a range of 10 degrees of extension to 70 degrees of flexion, with five repetitions at angular velocity 60 / s performing maximal strength. Familiarity with the equipment was done in the way of submaximal intensity contraction. The analysis was performed using SPSS, version 20.0 (p <0.05). Results: muscle ratio for females was higher compared to males, demonstrating in men greater deficit flexors compared to extensors of the trunk. Conclusion: no significant neither for females nor for males difference. Confirming that the ratio of muscle strength agonist/antagonist of a joint should not change regardless of the mode of contraction is tested.
Factors influencing the recruitment and retention of faculty at the Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Bugando, Mwanza, Tanzania

Background . Attracting and retaining faculty is essential for the success of any higher learning institution, especially in the newer medical institutions in Tanzania. Aim . To determine the factors favouring the recruitment and retention of faculty at the Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences (CUHAS), Bugando, Tanzania, between November and December 2011. Methods . Using standardised self-administered questionnaires, respondents were asked to rank a range of factors that might influence their recruitment and retention on a 4-point Likert scale. Results . Of the 55 questionnaires distributed, 42 (76%) were returned. Opportunity for professional growth, support from colleagues, opportunities for promotion, support for scholarly activities, and staff collegiality were the top 5 factors that made the faculty take up CUHAS positions and remain at CUHAS. Salary was the most important factor for recruitment, and retention in 7.1% of the faculty surveyed. Conclusion . The majority of the academic staff surveyed were junior; they cited opportunity for professional growth as the most important factor in recruitment and retention at CUHAS.
t(3;21)(q26;q22): A Recurring Chromosomal Abnormality in Therapy-Related Myelodysplastic Syndrome and Acute Myeloid Leukemia

ALIGNANT CELLS of more than 95% of patients M with therapy-related myelodysplastic syndrome (tMDS) and acute myeloid leukemia (t-AML) are characterized by acquired clonal chromosomal abnormalities. ’ Complete loss of chromosomes 5 and/or 7 or partial monosomy of the long arm of these chromosomes is found in 90% of the abnormal cases; partial monosomy results from interstitial deletions and from unbalanced translocations. Two recurring unbalanced translocations have been described that result in loss of material from one or both of these chromosomes
Neuroprotective Effects of Co-UltraPEALut on Secondary Inflammatory Process and Autophagy Involved in Traumatic Brain Injury

Abstract Traumatic brain injury (TBI) initiates a neuroinflammatory cascade that contributes to neuronal damage and behavioral impairment. In the present study, we performed a widely used model of TBI to determine the neuroprotective propriety of palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) and the antioxidant effect of a flavonoid luteolin (Lut), given as a co-ultramicronized compound Co-ultraPEALut. We demonstrated that the treatment with Co-ultraPEALut resulted in a significant improvement of motor and cognitive recovery after controlled cortical impact, as well as markedly reducing lesion volumes. Moreover, our results revealed the ability of Co-ultraPEALut to reduce brain trauma through modulation of nuclear factor-κB activation. In addition, treatment with Co-ultraPEALut significantly enhanced the post-TBI expression of the neuroprotective neurotrophins glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor compared with vehicle. Co-ultraPEALut at the dose of 1 mg/kg also modulated apoptosis, the release of cytokine and reacti.
A Second Year in Head Start: Characteristics and Outcomes of Children Who Entered the Program at Age Three. ACF-OPRE Report.

This brief profiles the second year in the program for 3-year-old Head Start children and families who were newly enrolled in fall 2006 and are still attending in spring 2008. These children begin their program experience scoring below norms across developmental areas. By the end of their second year, however, they score at or above norms in their literacy development, including letter-word knowledge and early writing.