Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A comparative analysis and review of JIT “implementation” research

Compares the research done in the area of JIT implementation in the past decade, identifies critical JIT elements, and groups the elements into broader factors. An extensive literature search was conducted to identify over 130 JIT implementation articles published in both professional journals and proceedings. Initial screening process led to the identification of 105 JIT implementation research articles published since 1980. Each of these 105 articles was reviewed to identify 28 JIT implementation elements. These JIT implementation elements are subsequently grouped into five broader factors. Criteria as the measure of importance of these elements was based on the frequency of citation. The results obtained from this research show that elimination of waste and production strategy are the most specific critical factors of JIT implementation. Followed by three other critical factors: quality control and quality improvement, management commitment and employee participation, and vendor/supplier participation.
An eye to the future: exhaled nitric oxide as a predictor of clinical outcomes in asthma

Recent guidelines for the management of asthma now emphasise the importance of anticipating what lies ahead. The concept of “future risk” has been introduced into our clinical terminology 1. While it may be argued that clinicians have always intuitively paid attention to ideas of future risk as well as future benefit, it is only recently that these have been articulated. Future risk refers to the risk of adverse outcomes such as exacerbations, poor asthma control, accelerated decline in lung function or side-effects of treatment in the near or distant future 2. Similarly, although anticipating future benefit may seem easy, it is not: the response to most asthma treatments is heterogeneous, and predicting those who are likely to benefit from a therapeutic intervention is possible in only a proportion of patients. This is particularly true for anti-inflammatory treatment 3, 4, and many clinicians prescribe empirically. In asthma studies, the effect of an intervention on some future risks ( e.g. exacerbations) may be measured directly, or inferences may be drawn from measuring physiological variables or biomarkers. The latter are of increasing importance because the future benefits and risks associated with treatment intervention may be related to control of the underlying disease process, as reflected in biomarker levels. For asthma exacerbations, we can assess future risk in three ways. Firstly, we can identify epidemiological factors that characterise the “at risk” patient, e.g. male sex, ethnicity, smoking history 5. Second, there is the patient's individual history. The past is a good predictor of the future. …
Dynamics of Firms and Trade in General Equilibrium

This paper develops a dynamic general equilibrium model that tries to reconcile the observation that aggregate movements of exports and imports are "disconnected" from real exchange rate movements, while firm-level exports co-move significantly with the real exchange rate. Firms are heterogenous, facing recurrent aggregate and firm-product specific productivity shocks, choose which goods to export, and decide to enter and exit the business endogenously. We calibrate and estimate the model with both aggregate and firm level data from Japan.
Multiple frequency fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy

The experimental configuration and the computational algorithms for performing multiple frequency fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (mfFLIM) are described. The mfFLIM experimental set‐up enables the simultaneous homodyne detection of fluorescence emission modulated at a set of harmonic frequencies. This was achieved in practice by using monochromatic laser light as an excitation source modulated at a harmonic set of frequencies. A minimum of four frequencies were obtained by the use of two standing wave acousto‐optic modulators placed in series. Homodyne detection at each of these frequencies was performed simultaneously by mixing with matching harmonics present in the gain characteristics of a microchannel plate (MCP) image intensifier. These harmonics arise as a natural consequence of applying a high frequency sinusoidal voltage to the photocathode of the device, which switches the flow of photoelectrons ‘on’ and ‘off’ as the sinus voltage swings from negative to positive. By changing the bias of the sinus it was possible to control the duration of the ‘on’ state of the intensifier relative to its ‘off’ state, enabling the amplitude of the higher harmonic content in the gain to be controlled. Relative modulation depths of 400% are theoretically possible from this form of square‐pulse modulation. A phase‐dependent integrated image is formed by the sum of the mixed frequencies on the phosphor of the MCP. Sampling this signal over a full period of the fundamental harmonic enables each harmonic to be resolved, provided that the Nyquist sampling criterion is satisfied for the highest harmonic component in the signal. At each frequency both the phase and modulation parameters can be estimated from a Fourier analysis of the data. These parameters enable the fractional populations and fluorescence lifetimes of individual components of a complex fluorescence decay to be resolved on a pixel‐by‐pixel basis using a non‐linear fit to the dispersion relationships. The fitting algorithms were tested on a simulated data set and were successful in disentangling two populations having 1 ns and 4 ns fluorescence lifetimes. Spatial invariance of the lifetimes was exploited to improve the accuracy significantly. Multiple frequency fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy was then successfully applied to resolve the fluorescence lifetimes and fluorescence intensity contributions in a rhodamine dye mixture in solution, and green fluorescent protein variants co‐expressed in live cells.
Late-onset frontotemporal dementia associated with progressive supranuclear palsy/argyrophilic grain disease/Alzheimer’s disease pathology

Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is typically manifested by vertical supranuclear gaze palsy, frequent falls early in the disease course, axial rigidity and poor response to levodopa. Prominent anterograde memory dysfunction with subsequent impairment in other cognitive domains is characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). No clear clinical syndrome has been identified in argyrophilic grain disease (AGD). Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is characterized by apathy, emotional blunting, disinhibition, and impairment in executive functioning despite relatively preserved memory and visuospatial abilities. Cognitive deficits are known to occur in PSP; however, overt clinical FTD without parkinsonism or supranuclear gaze palsy associated with PSP pathology has rarely been documented. We report an elderly patient with the typical clinical, neuropsychometric, and neuroimaging features of FTD who had autopsy findings most consistent with PSP plus AGD and AD in limbic structures. We suggest that PSP with or without coexisting AD and AGD be included in the differential diagnosis of patients presenting with FTD.
International Tourism, Demand, and GDP Implications: A Background and Empirical Analysis

International tourism, a primary source of growth for many countries, is inadequately represented in the economic literature. This paper attempts to expand upon past research, thereby supplementing some deficiencies and posing new questions. A pooled model for international tourism demand is constructed for 85 countries using fixed-effects specification. In addition to conventional variables, a variable representing political conditions acts as a proxy for the many exogenous impacts that affect tourism. The nature of tourism volatility due to the exogenous shocks is discussed, and a statistical link between concentrations in tourism as an export good and GDP volatility is explored. This article is available in Undergraduate Economic Review: http://digitalcommons.iwu. edu/uer/vol1/iss1/2 Undergraduate Economic Review A publication of Illinois Wesleyan University
article : the pathophysiology and medical management of diverticulosis and diverticular disease of the colon

Background The incidence of diverticulosis and diverticular disease of the colon, including diverticulitis, is increasing worldwide, and becoming a significant burden on national health systems. Treatment of patients with diverticulosis and DD is generally based on high-fibre diet and antibiotics, respectively. However, new pathophysiological knowledge suggests that further treatment may be useful.
Preeclampsia and the Long-term Risk of Kidney Failure.

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects approximately 1 in 10 adults worldwide. Although progression to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is expected in only 3% of the CKD population, it is associated with major health burdens. Knowledge of the constellation of features that put a person at high risk for ESRD can influence decisions around screening, prognostication, and even treatment. Many of these risk factors are well recognized, including older age, hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and family history of kidney disease. More recent data show that women with a history of preeclampsia have a higher risk for ESRD in later life than women without such a history. Studies that attempt to describe this relationship highlight associations between preeclampsia and postpartum evidence of microalbuminuria, receipt of a kidney biopsy, and ESRD. These findings are in keeping with large cohort studies showing that preeclampsia in a first pregnancy is associated with elevated risk for future ischemic heart disease, hypertension, stroke, and death from cardiovascular causes. However, these reports have been limited by the uncertain validity of diagnostic codes used to identify preeclampsia and incomplete assessment of comorbid conditions prior to pregnancy. In this issue of AJKD, Kattah et al revisit the association between preeclampsia and ESRD and highlight the importance of considering the role of shared risk factors in this assessment. Kattah et al used registry data from Olmsted County, MN, to identify all women who had a pregnancy resulting in childbirth during a 35-year period. Using linked data from the US Renal Data System, they identified 44 women who developed ESRD after pregnancy and 88 women without ESRD, matched on year of birth, age at pregnancy, and parity among the cohort of 34,581 women. The authors reviewed each of these medical records to identify pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia using a diagnostic algorithm consistent with that used in clinical practice and validated against blinded review by maternal-fetal medicine experts. Using a conditional logistic regression model, they found that the odds of having ESRD were 4 times greater in women with a history of preeclampsia during pregnancy compared with those without. This association was significant after adjusting for race, education, preexisting hypertension, and diabetes. However, this association was attenuated after adjusting for obesity. The authors
Postcards from the edge: maintaining the 'alternative' character of fair trade

This paper argues that the pressures for fair trade to substantially increase market access for marginalized producers in the global South and subsequently move fair trade out of niche into mainstream markets is reshaping the boundaries of the movement. We suggest that going mainstream carries with it the danger of appropriation of the more convenient elements of fair trade by the commercial sector and loss of the more radical edges. This paper examines the changing discourse surrounding fair trade, critically reflecting on the movement's history to understand how its evolution to date might influence its possible futures. The paper concludes by exploring how various elements within the fair trade movement are trying to retain a radical edge in order to continue to provide a critique of the dominant paradigm of business and trade. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.
Reconstructing the Nature of Principles and Values of Public Administration in Islam

This article examines the conception and practice of public administration from Islamic perspective. It attempts to achieve this objective through careful identification and discussion of the fundamental values and principles that guided the practice of public administration in the state of Medina under the Prophet and his four immediate successors known as the Caliphs. Further analysis of these fundamental principles and values of public administration shows that they have become, in modern time, the standard indicators of assessing the effectiveness or otherwise of a public organization. By focusing attention on the practices that obtained in the early state of Medina under the leadership of the Prophet (SAW) and the Rashidun Caliphs, it is pointed that public administration, in that period, was not only effective, efficient, and responsive, but was also cost-effective and anchored on the principles of new-managerialism which many states in modern times are presently attempting to adopt. Consequently, modern societies have a lot to learn from the lessons of that period.
Financial Accounting Theory and Analysis

Buku ini membahas tentang: 1. Perkembangan teori akuntansi 2. Mengejar kerangka kerja konseptual 3. Akuntansi Internasional 4. Metodologi penelitian dan teori tentang penggunaan informasi akuntansi 5. Konsep pendapatan, pengakuan pendapatan, dan metode lainnya 6. Modal kerja 7. Kewajiban Jangka Panjang 8. Akuntansi pajak penghasilan 9. sewa 10. Ekuitas,dll.
Geometrical Derivation of Equilibrium Distributions in Some Stochastic Systems

In this chapter, we present a straightforward geometrical argument that in a certain way recalls us the equivalence between the canonical and the microcanonical ensembles in the thermodynamic limit for the particular context of physical sciences. In the more general context of homogeneous multi-agent systems, we conclude by highlighting the statistical equivalence of the volume-based and surface-based calculations in this type of systems.
UK empirical evidence on the valuation relevance of goodwill amortisation

The main objective of this study, which relates to FRS 10, is to examine whether purchased goodwill amortisation for financial reporting in the UK provides relevant information to the market. To examine the relation between goodwill amortisation and market value, we use a valuation model that includes both balance sheet and income statement items as well as controls for the valuation effects of other intangibles (R%D and advertising), which previous similar research failed to control. For a large sample of UK firms over the period from 1998 to 2003, our results provide little support for valuation relevance of goodwill amortisation. These results are consistent with those of previous studies such as Jennings et al. (2001) and Moehrle et al. (2001), which report that amortisation of goodwill is not considered value relevant by investors.
Noise, multisensory integration, and previous response in perceptual disambiguation

Sensory information about the state of the world is generally ambiguous. Understanding how the nervous system resolves such ambiguities to infer the actual state of the world is a central quest for sensory neuroscience. However, the computational principles of perceptual disambiguation are still poorly understood: What drives perceptual decision-making between multiple equally valid solutions? Here we investigate how humans gather and combine sensory information–within and across modalities–to disambiguate motion perception in an ambiguous audiovisual display, where two moving stimuli could appear as either streaming through, or bouncing off each other. By combining psychophysical classification tasks with reverse correlation analyses, we identified the particular spatiotemporal stimulus patterns that elicit a stream or a bounce percept, respectively. From that, we developed and tested a computational model for uni- and multi-sensory perceptual disambiguation that tightly replicates human performance. Specifically, disambiguation relies on knowledge of prototypical bouncing events that contain characteristic patterns of motion energy in the dynamic visual display. Next, the visual information is linearly integrated with auditory cues and prior knowledge about the history of recent perceptual interpretations. What is more, we demonstrate that perceptual decision-making with ambiguous displays is systematically driven by noise, whose random patterns not only promote alternation, but also provide signal-like information that biases perception in highly predictable fashion.
Nasal hemangiopericytoma successfully treated with a combination of rIL-2 and extranasal approaches

Abstract Hemangiopericytomas (HPCs) are uncommon vascular tumors originating from extracapillary cells called pericytes, and rarely occur in the nose or paranasal sinuses. We treated a 57-year-old man with nasal HPC who presented with nasal obstruction and hemorrhage. Nasal endoscopy showed a readily bleeding mass between the right nasal septum and inferior turbinate. Enhanced CT revealed a heterogeneous mass lesion with an enhancement effect that filled the right nasal cavity. A biopsy specimen was proved to exhibit a HPC histopathology. Recombinant interleukin-2 (rIL-2) was administered with a measurement of natural killer cell (NK cell) activity. Afterwards, wide excision with an extranasal approach was performed. The use of rIL-2 caused not only increased NK cell activity but also a reduction in the tumor size. With a combination of rIL-2 and wide excision with extranasal approaches, no local recurrence or metastasis has occurred over the last 4 years.
Anatomy and Physiology of Left Ventricular Suction Induced by Rotary Blood Pumps.

This study in five large greyhound dogs implanted with a VentrAssist left ventricular assist device focused on identification of the precise site and physiological changes induced by or underlying the complication of left ventricular suction. Pressure sensors were placed in left and right atria, proximal and distal left ventricle, and proximal aorta while dual perivascular and tubing ultrasonic flow meters measured blood flow in the aortic root and pump outlet cannula. When suction occurred, end-systolic pressure gradients between proximal and distal regions of the left ventricle on the order of 40-160 mm Hg indicated an occlusive process of variable intensity in the distal ventricle. A variable negative flow difference between end systole and end diastole (0.5-3.4 L/min) was observed. This was presumably mediated by variable apposition of the free and septal walls of the ventricle at the pump inlet cannula orifice which lasted approximately 100 ms. This apposition, by inducing an end-systolic flow deficit, terminated the suction process by relieving the imbalance between pump requirement and delivery from the right ventricle. Immediately preceding this event, however, unnaturally low end-systolic pressures occurred in the left atrium and proximal left ventricle which in four dogs lasted for 80-120 ms. In one dog, however, this collapse progressed to a new level and remained at approximately -5 mm Hg across four heart beats at which point suction was relieved by manual reduction in pump speed. Because these pressures were associated with a pulmonary capillary wedge pressure of -5 mm Hg as well, they indicate total collapse of the entire pulmonary venous system, left atrium, and left ventricle which persisted until pump flow requirement was relieved by reducing pump speed. We suggest that this collapse caused the whole vascular region from pulmonary capillaries to distal left ventricle to behave as a Starling resistance which further reduced right ventricular output thus contributing to a major reduction in pump flow. We contend that similar complications of manual speed control also occur in the human subject and remain a major unsolved problem in the clinical management of patients implanted with rotary blood pumps.
Pressman/Wildavsky and Bardach: Implementation in the public sector, past, present and future

Implementation: How Great Expectations in Washington are Dashed in Oakland: or, why it's amazing that federal programs work at all, this being the saga of the Economic Development Administration as told by two sympathetic observers who seek to build morals on a foundation of ruined hopes. By JEFFREY L. PRESSMAN and AARON WILDAVSKY. Berkeley: University of California Press. 1973, and subsequent editions. Pp. 182. The Implementation Game: What Happens after a Bill becomes a Law. By EUGENE BARDACH. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press. 1977. Pp. x, 323.
Preliminary Study of Gaze Toward Humans in Photographs by Individuals with Autism, Down Syndrome, or Other Intellectual Disabilities: Implications for Design of Visual Scene Displays

Abstract Visual scene displays (VSDs) are a form of augmentative and alternative communication display in which language concepts are embedded into an image of a naturalistic event. VSDs are based on the theory that language learning occurs through interactions with other people, and recommendations for VSD design have emphasized using images of these events that include humans. However, many VSDs also include other items that could potentially be distracting. We examined gaze fixation in 18 school-aged participants with and without severe intellectual/developmental disabilities (i.e., individuals with typical development, autism, Down syndrome and other intellectual disabilities) while they viewed photographs with human figures of various sizes and locations in the image, appearing alongside other interesting, and potentially distracting items. In all groups, the human figures attracted attention rapidly (within 1.5 seconds). The proportions of each participant's own fixation time spent on the human figures were similar across all groups, as were the proportions of total fixations made to the human figures. Although the findings are preliminary, this initial evidence supports the inclusion of humans in VSD images.
Bone marrow stromal cells selectively stimulate the rapid expansion of lineage‐restricted myeloid progenitors

Bone marrow stromal cells serve hematopoietic microenvironments where different blood cells are controlled in their growth and differentiation. To characterize functions of stromal cells, 33 bone marrow stromal cells including preadipocytes, endothelial cells, and fibroblasts were established from transgenic mice harboring temperature‐sensitive SV40 T‐antigen gene and their selective stimulatory abilities to support large colony formation of lineage‐specific hematopoietic progenitor cells (erythroid, monocyte/macrophage, granulocyte, and monocyte‐granulocyte) were examined. Among established stromal cells, 27 clones showed erythropoietic stimulatory activity in the presence of erythropoietin. On myeloid progenitors, the stromal cells showed lineage‐restricted stimulatory activity and a reciprocal relationship was observed between granulocyte formation and macrophage formation, but these activities were not dependent on the amount of produced colony‐stimulating factors (CSFs). Our present study with many stromal cells established from bone marrow indicated that each stromal cell in the bone marrow may provide the preferable microenvironment for a rapid expansion of the lineage‐restricted progenitor cells in combination with CSFs. © 1995 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.