Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Early pregnancy Controlled ovarian hyperstimulation leads to high progesterone and estradiol levels during early pregnancy

participants/materials, setting, methods: Women in the control group with spontaneous conception were recruited from local prenatal clinics. Women in the COH + ET and FET groups were recruited from the Reproductive Unit of Oulu University Hospital. At each visit, a three-dimensional ultrasonography wasperformed to examine the ovarian volumes and vascularization. A blood samplewasdrawn to analyse progesterone and E2 levels. The pregnancy outcome was included in the analysis. main results and the role of chance: At pregnancy Week 5, the serum progesterone levels were higher after the COH + ET (median 312, inter-quartile range 183–480 nmol/l), when compared with the spontaneous (63, 52–80 nmol/l; P , 0.001) and FET (74, 48–96 nmol/l; P , 0.001) pregnancies. At Week 11, the P (189, 124–260 nmol/l) was still higher in the COH + ET group (FET 101, 78–120 nmol/l, P , 0.001; spontaneous 115, 80–139 nmol/l, P , 0.01) than the other two groups. The E2 levels at Week 5 were also significantly higher after COH + ET (4.1, 2.2–6.6 nmol/l) than in the spontaneous pregnancies (1.1, 0.7–1.6 nmol/l, P , 0.001) or after FET (0.7, 0.6–0.9 nmol/l, P , 0.001). The volume of the ovaries and the intraovarian vasculature in the COH + ET group were significantly higher when compared with the other two groups (P , 0.001). The birthweight was negatively correlated with the serum P (R 20.340, P , 0.01) and E2 (R 1⁄4 20.275, P , 0.05) in pregnancy Weeks 5–8. In the multivariate analysis evaluating the factors affecting birthweight of the newborn, the significant factors were the length of gestation, maternal height and progesterone or E2 secretion during Weeks 5–8.
Highly efficient wideband parallel‐circuit class‐E/F
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 power amplifier's design methodology

This article proposes a simple method of designing a highly efficient wideband parallel-circuit (PC) class-E/F 3 power amplifiers (PAs). A combination of the double-reactance compensation technique and fundamental as well as third-harmonic series-tuned resonators is used for the design of the PC class-E/F 3 PA output matching network. The step-by-step design flow and corresponding equations to calculate each component's value are also presented. Based on this method, the simulated optimal impedances of the reactance compensation network present almost a constant over the desired band, which satisfies the requirement of the wideband performance. Measured results reveal that using a GaN high electron mobility transistor (HEMT), the fabricated PA demonstrates the measured drain efficiencies of 60.1–80.5%, as well as output powers of 36.0–40.9 dBm from 350 to 730 MHz (fractional bandwidth = 70.4%).
Corruption between public and private moralities: The Albanian case in a comparative perspective

This essay draws on comparative ethnographic material from Albania and Italy. It addresses different forms of corruption, arguing that in order to understand the way in which phenomena such as corruption occur and are experienced in any given society, we should contextualize them in the historical and cultural traditions of that specific society. In doing so, however, we should be alert in avoiding falling into the trap of either moral relativism or cultural determinism. The essay suggests that an anthropological analysis of corruption should distinguish between legal rules and social norms. In particular, the empirical study of such norms helps to understand the meanings—both individual and inter-subjective—that actors give to the social and political situation in which they operate.
2 A Motivating Example : An e-Library App

Context-Oriented programming languages provide us with primitive constructs to adapt program behaviour depending on the evolution of their operational environment. We are interested here in software components, the behaviour of which depend on the following: their actual operating context; the security policies that control accesses to their resources and the potential interactions with the external environment. For that, we extend a core functional language with mechanisms to program behavioural variations, to manipulate resources and to enforce security policies over both variations and resource usages. Additionally, there are message passing primitives to interact with the environment, also subject to a simple policy. Changes of the operational context are triggered both by the program and by the exchanged messages. Besides a definition of the dynamic semantics, we introduce a static analysis for guaranteeing programs to safely operate in any admissible context, and to correctly interact with the environment they comply with.
Adoption of DevOps Practices in the Finnish Software Industry: an Empirical Study

DevOps is a software development model with an objective to increase collaboration and information sharing between teams, produce fast feedback through frequent loops, and reduce error prone human interaction. This thesis researches the usage of these practices in the Finnish software industry by analysing a number of DevOps audits and by conducting post-mortem interviews for some of the audited organisations. As DevOps does not have an official definition, the DevOps maturity model was used as a baseline for the audits. Research methods included open and axial coding of the audits, and analysing the interviews. The aim was to understand how widely DevOps practices are being used and what are the most and least problematic areas. Results show that a lot of generally accepted software development practices which are included in the DevOps methodology are being used in the majority of organisations. These practices include the use of agile practices and proper version control. The more DevOps specific practices are used less although organisations found them equally useful. For the majority of the researched organisations, DevOps is now a standpoint for all software development. A comparison between organisations focusing mainly on the software industry and organisations focusing mainly on other industries shows that there is a clear distinction of problematic areas. Software organisations have relatively more issues in the quality assurance category, whereas the other organisations’ have relatively more problems on the environments and release category. The audited organisations were given a number of suggestions to improve their processes in the audits. The interviews showed that organisational priorities are more in the culture and management categories, whereas quality assurance and technologies and architecture were left on a smaller focus.
Social Accounts and the Distribution of Income: The Malaysian Economy in 1970

Research on the estimation of a social accounting matrix (SAM) for Malaysia for 1970, in which the distribution of income between different factors and socioeconomic groups is identified and summarized. In order to design the SAM, three problems had to be overcome. First, the regional distinction between East and Peninsular Malaysia had to be defined. Second, interhousehold transfers had to be estimated. Third, an attempt had to be made to impute the labor component of unincorporated business income. Overcoming these three problems permitted the quantification of the generation, distribution, and redistribution of income within Malaysia in a SAM framework. In this framework, both the factor and household accounts in the SAM are disaggregated according to race and the geographic distinction between Peninsular and East Malaysia. There is a further urban/rural split within Peninsular Malaysia. In addition, the Peninsular labor force is also disaggregated by education level, while its households are then subdivided according to the employment status of main income earners. Thus, the Malaysian SAM is geared to the statistical needs for monitoring policies related to the redistribution of income in a developing country. 16 references.
Trade Liberalization’s Impact on Agriculture in Low Income Countries: A Comparison of El Salvador and Costa Rica

Due to both deepening economic crises and pressure from external lenders, Costa Rica and El Salvador implemented trade and market liberalization reforms in the 1980s. This study explores whether these policy changes shifted production toward each country’s presumed comparative advantage in agriculture. For Costa Rica, trade and market liberalization strengthened the country’s ability to generate agricultural trade surpluses while liberalization caused a decline in El Salvador’s agricultural sector. Liberalization also affected how prices and exchange rates influence agriculture in both countries. The findings demonstrate that agriculture’s response to liberalization can vary widely among countries. Overall market conditions in the rural sector, including El Salvador’s postconflict challenges, during liberalization’s introduction partly explain the different responses. Other potential factors include the pace that governments implement policy reforms and that liberalization will only stimulate agriculture if the country has a clear comparative advantage in that sector.
Quantifying photosynthetic properties of drought-resistant and sensitive cotton varieties grown in eastern Mediterranean conditions.

Amac : Bu arastirma 14 farkli pamuk cesidinde, kurakliga dayanikli ve hassas cesitler esas alinarak, farkli sulama suyu duzeylerinin, bitki su tuketimi, su kullanim etkinligi, stoma iletkenligi, fotosentez hizlari ve verim degerleri uzerine etkilerinin incelenmesi amaciyla yapilmistir. Yontem ve Bulgular : Arastirma, ST 506, ST468, BA525, BA119, FLASH, SIOKRA L-22, TAM SPHINX, TAM 94L-25, PIMA S-7, TAMCOT-22, TAMCOT SP 21 S, TAMCOT SP 23, TAMCOT CAMD-ES ve AKSEL cesitlerinde yurutulmustur. Aksel cesidi kurakliga hassas diger cesitler kurakliga dayanikli cesitlerdir. Deneme tesaduf bloklarinda deneme desenine gore yurutulmustur. Arastirmada soz konusu cesitlerin bitki su tuketimi, su kullanim etkinligi, stoma iletkenligi, fotosentez hizlari ve verim degerleri belirlenmistir. Fotosentez hizi, transpirasyon hizi ve stoma iletkenligi sadece tam sulama (I 100 ) ve elverisli kapasitenin %25’i duzeyinde (I 25 ) olculmustur. Arastirmada cesitler arasinda su stresinin etkisinin onemli olmadigi belirlenmistir. Genel Yorum : Sonuc olarak, ilk yil 4, ikinci yil toplam 6 sulama yapilmistir. Uygulanan sulama suyu miktari ilk yil 270-480 mm, ikinci yil 298-520 mm arasinda degismistir. Verim ve bitki su tuketimi uygulanan sulama suyu miktarina bagli olarak artmistir. En yuksek ve en dusuk verim sirasiyla BA525 cesidinde (555 kg da -1 ) Aksel cesidinde 358 kg da -1 olarak belirlenmistir. Ortalama olarak fotosentez hizi I 100 konusunda 12.616 µmol m -2 s -1 , I 25 konusunda 7.549 µmol m -2 s -1 olarak olculmustur. Stoma iletkenligi arttikca verim degerleri de artmistir (I 25 konusunda 0.093 mol m -2 s -1 I 100 konusunda 0.182 mol m -2 s -1 ). Transpirasyon hizi I 25 konusunda 2.947 mmol m -2 s -1 I 100 konusunda 3.919 mmol m -2 s -1 olarak belirlenmistir. Bununla birlikte anilan parametrelerin verim ile iliskileri incelendiginde stoma iletkenliginin verim ile iliskisi transpirasyon hizi ve fotosentez hizindan daha dusuk saptanmistir. Calismanin Onemi ve Etkisi : A rastirma Dogu Akdeniz Bolgesinde yaygin olarak yetistirilen 14 pamuk cesidinde su kullanim etkinligi, bitki su tuketimi ve fizyolojik ozelliklerini ortaya cikarmistir. Ayrica belirtilen fizyolojik ozellikler ile verim arasindaki iliskiler irdelendiginde verim ve stoma iletkenligi arasindaki iliskinin, transpirasyon ve fotosentez hizinin ile verim arasindaki iliskisinden daha dusuk oldugu saptanmistir.
CHAPTER 2 Detection of intestinal fat malabsorption due to impaired lipolysis by the 13 C-mixed triglyceride breath test in rats

Background & Aim: The C-mixed triglyceride (C-MTG) breath test has become popular for the detection of impaired intestinal lipolysis as a cause for fat malabsorption. However, the diagnostic value has been questioned because the relation between the extent of fat malabsorption and the corresponding result of the C-MTG breath test has not been established. We characterized the C-MTG breath test in rats with variable degrees of fat malabsorption, achieved by feeding the lipase inhibitor orlistat. Methods: Rats were fed high fat chow (35 en% fat) to which orlistat was added in amounts of 0, 50, 200, and 800 mg kg chow for 5 days. Breath CO2 recovery was determined for 6 h after oral administration of C-MTG (13 mg kg BW). Total dietary fat absorption was measured by means of a 3-day fecal fat balance. Results: Upon orlistat administration, total fat absorption decreased in a dose-dependent way from 80.2 ± 2.2% to 32.8 ± 3.7% (mean ± SEM; 0 mg and 800 mg orlistat kg chow, respectively; P<0.001). Correspondingly, breath CO2 recovery from CMTG at 6 h decreased from 84.5 ± 7.8% to 42.0 ± 1.5% of the dose (P<0.001). The 6-h recovery of breath CO2 appeared highly correlated with total fat absorption for the different dosages of orlistat (r=0.88, P<0.001). However, in rats with fat absorption higher than 70%, the coefficient of variation of cumulative breath CO2 excretion was large (15%) compared with that of fat absorption (5%). Conclusion: The C-MTG breath test correlates significantly with the extent of fat malabsorption in a rat model of impaired intestinal lipolysis. However, the considerable interindividual variation of the C-MTG breath test does not support its application for diagnostic purposes in individual patients. The C-MTG breath test in rats fed orlistat
Challenges in Automated Question Answering for Privacy Policies

Privacy policies are legal documents used to inform users about the collection and handling of their data services or technologies with which they interact. Research has shown that few users take the time to read these policies, as they are often long and difficult to understand. In addition, users often only care about a small subset of issues discussed in privacy policies, and some of the issues they actually care about may not even be addressed in the text of the policies. Rather than requiring users to read the policies, a better approach might be to allow them to simply ask questions about those issues they care about, possibly through iterative dialog. In this work, we take a step towards this goal by exploring the idea of an automated privacy question-answering assistant, and look at the kinds of questions users are likely to pose to such a system. This analysis is informed by an initial study that elicits privacy questions from crowdworkers about the data practices of mobile apps. We analyze 1350 questions posed by crowdworkers about the privacy practices of a diverse cross section of mobile applications. This analysis sheds some light on privacy issues mobile app users are likely to inquire about as well as their ability to articulate questions in this domain. Our findings in turn should help inform the design of future privacy question answering systems.
Toward Content-Oriented Orchestration: SDN and NFV as Enabling Technologies for NDN

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is a novel paradigm which enables the deployment of network functions on commodity hardware. As such, it also stands for a deployment en-abler for any novel networking function or networking paradigm such as Named Data Networking (NDN), the most promising solution relying on the Information-Centric Networking (ICN) paradigm. However, dedicated solutions for the security and performance orchestration of such an emerging paradigm are still lacking thus preventing its adoption by network operators. In this paper, we propose a first step toward a content-oriented orchestration whose purpose is to deploy, manage and secure an NDN virtual network. We present the way we leverage the TOSCA standard, using a crafted NDN oriented extension to enable the specification of both deployment and operational behavior requirements of NDN services. We also highlight NDN-related security and performance policies to produce counter-measures against anomalies that can either come from attacks or performance incidents.
The SVAR approach to estimating the impact of credit supply shocks 2 . 1 Sign Restrictions

In the aftermath of the recent financial crisis, a variety of structural VAR models have been proposed to identify credit supply shocks. Using a Monte-Carlo experiment, we show that the performance of these models can vary substantially with some identification schemes producing particularly misleading results. When applied to US data, the estimates from the best performing VAR models indicate, on average, that credit supply shocks that raise spreads by 10 basis points reduce GDP growth and inflation by 1% after one year. These shocks were important during the Great Recession, accounting for about half the decline in GDP growth. JEL Classification: C15, C32, E32.
Cholesterol Induces Nrf-2- and HIF-1α-Dependent Hepatocyte Proliferation and Liver Regeneration to Ameliorate Bile Acid Toxicity in Mouse Models of NASH and Fibrosis

Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is currently one of the most common liver diseases worldwide. The toxic effects of lipids and bile acids contribute to NASH. The regenerative pathway in response to damage to the liver includes activation of the inflammatory process and priming of hepatocytes to proliferate to restore tissue homeostasis. However, the effects of cholesterol on bile acid toxicity, inflammation, and fibrosis remain unknown. We have used two mouse models of bile acid toxicity to induce liver inflammation and fibrosis. A three-week study was conducted using wild-type mice receiving an atherogenic diet (1% (w/w) cholesterol and 0.5% (w/w) cholic acid) and its separate constituents. Mdr2-/- mice were fed a high-cholesterol-enriched diet or standard AIN-93 diet for 6 weeks. We measured serum transaminase levels to assess liver tissue necrosis and fibrosis; iNOS, SAA1, SAA2, and F4/80 levels to determine liver inflammation; PCNA and HGF levels to evaluate proliferative response; and Nrf-2, HIF-1α, and downstream gene expression to establish protective responses. In both studies, high bile acid levels increased serum transaminases and liver fibrosis, whereas cholesterol supplementation attenuated these effects. Cholesterol supplementation activated survival and the robustness of HIF-1α and Nrf-2 gene expression in hepatocytes, induced liver inflammation and hepatocyte proliferation, and inhibited stellate cell hyperplasia and fibrosis. In conclusion, our data show for the first time that cholesterol intake protects against bile acid liver toxicity. The balance between hepatic cholesterol and bile acid levels may be of prognostic value in liver disease progression and trajectory.
Does Attending a Public or Private University Make a Difference for Students in Colombia

In this paper, we explore the difference in quality between public and private higher education institutions (HEIs) in Colombia. We test whether the differences in the national exam that measures student performance (Saber Pro) between public and private institutions is statistically significant by employing a propensity matching score approach based on common financial characteristics to avoid issues of selection bias. The results indicate that the difference in student performance between public and private institutions is positive and statistically significant. There is evidence that students in private HEIs perform better in most areas of the Saber Pro than their public counterparts. This performance difference can be attributed to the substantial differences in the patterns of teaching expenditures and income per student between public and private HEIs. The results are robust, since we controlled for statistical differences between private and public universities in terms of growth of revenue, number of undergraduates, number of full-time professors, and income per student by using propensity matching estimators for counterfactual samples.
Enhanced Routing Scheme for V2X in 5G Network

: Efficient data dissemination is a big challenge in 5g network because of Medium Access Control (MAC) contentions problem and cellular vehicle-to-everything communications and limited bandwidth in the high dense network. In this work, a two-level clustering based routing scheme is proposed for efficient data dissemination in 5G V2X communications, which consists of two layers. First layer is done with the help of Fuzzy logic approach where well known three metrics like relative velocity factor, k-connectivity factor, and link reliability factor are passed to select stable and consistent cluster head (called as level-1 cluster heads (L1CHs). In second layer, modified Improved Q learning is used to reduce the number of iterations in the gateway selection to LTE base station even in high dense topology. The proposed protocol achieves good results compared to the existing schemes and also reduces cost in form of time complexity which is required in calculation of temporal connectivity and reliability.
Credit Growth and Macroprudential Policies: Preliminary Evidence on the Firm Level

Combining data on 1.3 million firms from 2002 to 2011 operating in 59 countries with changes in macroprudential regulations over this period, we find some evidence that macroprudential policies are associated with lower credit growth, especially for small firms with limited non-bank financing. We also find an impact of macroprudential policies on young firms in emerging markets. Our results point to an important tradeoff in financial stability and financial deepening.
Journal for East European Management Studies (JEEMS)

Editor-in-Chief/Herausgeber: R. Lang, TU Chemnitz Editorial Board/Herausgeberrat: E. Dittrich, Universität Magdeburg M. Dobák, Budapest Univ. of Econ. Sciences U. Gehmann, Universität-GH Wuppertal G. Hollinshead, Bristol Business School C. Morgenstern, TEQ GmbH Chemnitz I. Novy, University of Economics Prague S.A. Sackmann, UdB München D. Wagner, Universität Potsdam Coordinator/Koordinator: I. Winkler, TU Chemnitz Corresponding members/Mitarbeiterkreis:
UN MODELLO FISICO PER PIANOFORTE PREPARATO

Questo lavoro presenta uno schema numerico per la simulazione di un pianoforte preparato. Tale strumento musicale si compone di un normale pianoforte, a cui possono essere applicati a piacere degli strumenti di preparazione. Tali elementi (sonagli, ammortizzatori, chiodi), supposti puntiformi, entrano in contatto per brevi istanti con la corda, arrichendone il contenuto armonico. Vista la natura estremamente non lineare del sistema, uno schema numerico implicito verrà proposto, la cui stabilità verrà inferita dalla conservazione di un’energia discreta non negativa, assimilabile all’hamiltoniano del sistema.
An estimate of spatial wage curve for Brazilian northeast region

The chief goal of this paper is to provide an investigation of the Wage Curve spatial heterogeneity for Brazilian northeast labor market. To do so, using the Wage Curve as Theoretical Framework, we apply spatial panel data techniques to compiled data set of 1,793 municipalities over 13 years from RAIS data to obtain the estimates of interest. Our results allow us to conclude there is a statistically significant negative correlation between unemployment and real wage as also that there are statistically significant effects on wages. In addition to confirm our initial assumption of existence of a Wage Curve, our finds also provide estimates that at least control spatial heterogeneity.