Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Effect of Voluntary Disclosure on Firm Performance

Companies faced with the challenges to be more transparent in disclosing information company, so as to help make decisions in anticipation of an increasingly changing conditions. The annual report is basically a source of information for investors as one of the tools considered in the decision to invest in the capital market and also a form of accountability as a means of management for the resources entrusted to him. The quality of the annual report reflected information on the extent of disclosure of information on the company's annual report. This study examined the Voluntary Disclosure of the Company's performance as measured by Return on Equity (ROA) and Return on Equity (ROE). Sample in this study were 22 companies included in the category LQ45 listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange 2012-2014. The method of collecting data in this research is purposive sampling. The results showed that the voluntary disclosure does not affect the company's performance. Keywords—voluntary disclosure, ROA, ROE, firm size, LQ45
Investigating the Effect of Acidic Rain on Reactive Transport of Metal Contaminants in Groundwater

Multicomponent reactive transport in porous media is a complex process owing to a combination of variability in the processes involved and the inherent heterogeneity of nature. In recent years, various multicomponent reactive transport models have been developed to study the mobility of potentially toxic heavy metals in the subsurface. Heavy metals and other contaminants may be released from mining sites, especially from waste dumps and tailing ponds. Soil and groundwater contamination due to mining activities is an important environmental problem worldwide. Because of their abundance and potential toxicity, Pb, Zn, and Cd figure prominently among inorganic contaminants of greatest concern in mine tailings. This study investigated the effect of pH on the transport of these metals through lead and zinc leaching plant tailings in Lakan, Iran. The HP1 model and PHREEQC database were used to simulate the transport of the metals through a saturated soil at the laboratory column scale during a 15day time period. The simulations assumed local equilibrium. As expected, a lower pH increased metal transport. However, although the simulation results generally agreed well with results of the column study, they indicated that physical and chemical parameters must be carefully determined for use in the simulations. Improvements in the results are expected when using multi-dimensional models and a kinetic modeling approach for the reactions involved.
Addis Ababa University School of Graduate Studies Declaration

Factors Affecting Banks’ Deposit Growth: A case of study of commercial bank of Ethiopia Simeon Abebe Yidnekachew Addis Ababa University, June 2017 This study aimed to identify factors affecting bank deposit growth by taking Commercial Bank of Ethiopia as evidence. Thus, the researcher adopts mixed research approach. Questionnaire is used to gather information from the employees of the bank particularly for those employees who actively participated in deposit mobilization tasks. Regarding to the secondary data; time series data covering 1982 2016 was analysed. First, the time series data were assessed using descriptive statistics for the variables. Second, estimated model was a single regression equation with deposit as the dependent variable and explanatory variables as economic growth (gross domestic product), inflation, deposit interest rate, exchange rate, number of branch, population growth, effects of financial innovation and dummy variable. The results from economic analysis showed that all the explanatory variables were positively correlated with the explained variable. Among these variables, branch opening is an important strategy for deposit growth and highly significant than others. GDP or economic growth of the country is also next to branch opening is significantly affects CBE’s deposit. And finally, the study had recommended what should be done to encouraging deposits growth by Commercial bank of Ethiopia for the benefit of the domestic deposit mobilization, like the need for strong public awareness and sustainability of the prize linked scheme.
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE DURATION OF LOCAL ANESTHESIA AND INTRA-OCULAR PRESSURE OF THE EYE IN PERIBULBAR BLOCK WITH AND WITHOUT HAYALURONIDASE

Background: Regional anesthesia has gained wider popularity over general anesthesia, especially the combination of hayluronidase with local anesthesia in different ophthalmic surgeries aids to increase safety of procedure, less distortion of surgical site, decrease incidence of post-operative strabismus, and limits local anesthetic myotoxicty because of quicker spread. Objective: Studying the effect of hayluronidase as an adjuvant to local anesthesia of the eye on the intra-ocular pressure and its effect on duration of local anesthesia. Patients and Methods: A prospective randomized study was carried out on 40 patients divided into 2 equal groups; group A received local anesthesia without hayaloronidase, while group B received local anesthesia with hayaloronidase. Results: The duration of sensory block in group A was 67.5 min, and in group B was 90 min. The IOP in group A was 27.5 mm Hg, and in group B was 21.5 mm Hg. Conclusion: Combination of hayaloronidase with the local anesthesia mixture helped to decrease the intraocular pressure, thus made the operation easier with less complications, and helped to prolong the post-operative analgesia.
Polysaccharide of atractylodes macrocephala inhibits the growth of mice in-situ colon cancer HT-29 cell xenograft via activating immune cells

[摘 要] 目的: 探究白术多糖(polysaccharide of atractylodes macrocephala, PAM)对小鼠结肠癌细胞移植瘤生长的抑制作用及 其机制。 方法:将荧光酶标记的1×10个结肠癌细胞(HT-29)注射到小鼠结肠浆膜层,建立结肠癌细胞原位移植瘤模型小鼠。 待 瘤体积达到约230 mm时,小鼠采用连续10 d灌胃给药30 mg/kg PAM(PAM组)或生理盐水(对照组);通过肿瘤活体成像技术检 测PAM对小鼠体内结肠癌细胞生长的影响,通过流式细胞术检测PAM对瘤体组织中粒细胞、树突状细胞以及巨噬细胞的MHCII 以及 IL-12的表达、淋巴细胞的激活以及CD4和CD8细胞分泌 IFN-γ功能的影响。 结果:PAM可显著抑制结肠癌原位移植瘤模 型小鼠体内结肠癌细胞生长(P<0.01)。 PAM可通过增加MHCII和 IL-12在树突状细胞和巨噬细胞中的表达水平(均P<0.01), PAM可显著增加瘤体组织中CD8细胞、NK细胞、CD44/NK细胞和CD44/CD4细胞比例以及提升单位组织体积中CD8细胞和 NK细胞细胞数量(均P<0.01),PAM可显著增加CD4及CD8细胞分泌 IFN-γ的能力(均P<0.01)。 结论:PAM可通过激活结肠癌 模型小鼠原位移植瘤组织中免疫细胞来抑制肿瘤生长。 [关键词] 白术多糖;结肠癌;HT-29细胞;肿瘤微环境;免疫细胞 [中图分类号] R735.3; R730.59 [文献标识码] A [文章编号] 1007-385X(2019)11-1209-05
Adaptation of Instructional Design to Promote Learning in Traditional EFL Classrooms: Adobe Captivate for E-Learning Content

The indispensability of ICT tools in EFL classrooms is rather taken for granted, often in a way to promote the teaching /learning experience. Accordingly, teachers more than ever are encouraged or even explicitly instructed to use different tools inside the classroom. However, the lack of a systematic approach that governs the design and the delivery of content has resulted in the misapplication, or in the failure to fully exploit the potential that technology brings to learning. Therefore, the current research attempts to adapt instructional design principles inside EFL classrooms to ensure a productive E-learning environment, through methodical control of the utilization of information and communication technologies. In pursuit of this endeavor, the current paper examines first, through a literature review, the concept of instructional design and its principles and how they can be incorporated inside traditional EFL classrooms. The methodology opted for relies on quantitative data collected from an experiment conducted on two middle school 4 MS (Middle School) classes. An experimental group received five lessons in which content was designed using Adobe Captivate and adhering to instructional design principles. On the other hand, a control group received five lessons with the same objective, yet with regular videos and media gathered from YouTube. The findings of the research divulge that creating content with instructional design principles in mind results in a classroom in which learners are engaged with tools throughout the whole session instead of just assistive devices used for a short activity or just to draw the attention of learners. However, it is clear that an EFL teacher cannot assume the role of an instructional designer but such a task needs to be assigned to instructional designers who need to work closely with teachers.
Videos in higher education: Making the most of a good thing

There has been a noticeable rise in the use of, and research into, educational videos in tertiary education in the past decade. This is due in no small part to the reduction of expensive barriers to their production and storage, and an increase in access to streaming services that make videos playable anywhere, anytime. Research into educational videos broadly falls into three categories: improving video design, investigating platforms and technologies that increase student engagement, and developing pedagogical approaches that take full advantage of the affordances of videos. A review of key findings in this journal – considered in light of the broader literature – reveals productive lines of inquiry for future research. Notably, experimental research using the lens of Cognitive Load Theory has established that videos should be short, uncluttered, and restricted to one clearly identified learning goal. There is also robust evidence to suggest videos should be accompanied by learning activities, rather than watched passively. In addition to the experimental research findings there is a wealth of research through case studies, such as exploring video based pedagogies liked flipped and blended learning. However, there are key opportunities for further research, such as the need for replications of experimental design principles in real learning contexts, and the development of pedagogical approaches that utilise the particular affordances of educational videos.
The acute effect of propanil on reproductive hormones, ovarian gene expression and splenic cells in C57Bl/6 female mice

The acute effect of propanil on reproductive hormones, ovarian gene expression and splenic cells in C57Bl/6 female mice Malia Danielle Berg Earlier evidence indicates exposure to propanil, a post-emergent herbicide used on rice and wheat fields, increases the number of antibody-secreting cells (ASC) in the spleen of mice after immunization with heat-killed Streptococcus pneumoniae (HKSP, 2x108 CFU). Interestingly, an intact hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis is required for this immune response assessed on day 7-10 after immunization in female mice. Hence, an overarching premise is that propanil arbitrates the connection between the reproductive and immune system by altering the concentration of hormones involved in the HPG axis, which may then affect the populations of splenic cells. Hypotheses were tested with C57Bl/6 female mice vaccinated with HKSP and assigned among four treatment groups (6 mice each) in a 2x2 factorial arrangement. The first factor represented propanil treatment (propanil, control), and the second factor represented two periods (24h, 72h) of collection for blood, spleen, ovaries, and oviducts after immunization. At 24h, propanil decreased the number of splenocytes contrary to increased cell populations at day 7-10 observed in earlier experiments. Also, propanil increased serum concentrations of prolactin and progesterone but decreased estradiol, corroborated by corresponding changes in mRNA for steroid synthesis in ovaries. To determine if these effects depend on gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) receptor binding, we utilized the GnRH antagonist (antide; 60 μg s.q.), given to C57Bl/6 female mice before the same immunization with HKSP. In ovaries, antide increased gene expression of inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines and markers (Csf1, Cxcl1, Cxcl10, Il-10, Irf-1, Tlr2), interacted with propanil effect in HKSP-challenged mice on the expression of serum amyloid A by reducing propanil’s effects. In the spleen, antide decreased the number of T-cells, and in the presence of HKSP decreased the number of B-cells and the percentage of monocytes and macrophages. Thus, GnRH receptors may be necessary for the acute responses (24 hours) to propanil and support a hypothesis that immune and reproductive systems interact in female mice challenged with the bacterial vaccine.
COPD_A_222165 2895..2903

Jérémy B Coquart 1 Natacha Heutte 1 Gaelle Terce Jean-Marie Grosbois 1Université de Rouen-Normandie, UFR STAPS, CETAPS, EA 3832, Mont Saint Aignan F-76821, France; 2Centre Hospitalier de Béthune, Service de Pneumologie et de Réhabilitation Respiratoire, Beuvry F-62660, France; 3FormAction Santé, Pérenchies F-59840, France Purpose: Short and easy questionnaires have been developed to assess the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), such as the Maugeri Foundation Respiratory Failure Questionnaire (MRF-28) and the COPD-specific HRQoL Questionnaire (VQ11). Both are valid, reliable, and sensitive, but their minimal clinically important differences (MCID) are unknown. Consequently, this study aimed to confirm the convergent validities of the MRF-28 and VQ11 and establish their MCID. A retrospective design was used to evaluate the effect of individual home-based pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) in 400 COPD patients. Patients and methods: Exercise tolerance, anxiety and depression based on the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and HRQoL using three questionnaires (MRF-28, VQ11, and the Visual Simplified Respiratory Questionnaire: VSRQ) were assessed before and after an individualized home-based PR program (5 sessions of 30–45 mins/week for 8 weeks, including a weekly session supervised by a team member). Results: PR improved all measured variables (p < 0.0001). The correlations were significant (p < 0.0001) between VSRQ and MRF-28 (r = −0.685 at baseline and r = −0.686 after the PR program), and between VSRQ and VQ11 (r = −0.691 at baseline and r = −0.753 after the PR program). Moreover, changes in score (delta between after and before PR program) of VSRQ were also significantly correlated (p < 0.0001) to changes in score of MRF-28 (r = −0.372) and VQ11 (r = −0.423). Last, we calculated MCID of −5.2 and −2.0 units for MRF-28 and VQ11, respectively. Conclusion: The MRF-28 and VQ11 can be used in routine practice to evaluate the effects of PR on the HRQoL of COPD patients, with MCID of −5.2 and −2.0, respectively.
Vector Models in PT Quantum Mechanics

We present two examples of non-Hermitian Hamiltonians which consist of an unperturbed part plus a perturbation that behaves like a vector, in the framework of PT quantum mechanics. The ﬁrst example is a generalization of the recent work by Bender and Kalveks, wherein the E2 algebra was examined; here we consider the E3 algebra rep-resenting a particle on a sphere, and identify the critical value of coupling constant which marks the transition from real to imaginary eigenvalues. Next we analyze a model with SO(3) symmetry, and in the process extend the application of the Wigner-Eckart theorem to a non-Hermitian setting.
Towards an integrated science of aesthetics: Getting rid of the main misunderstandings in evolutionary aesthetics

Evolutionary Aesthetics is a bourgeoning and thriving sub-field of Aesthetics, the main aim of which is “the importation of aesthetics into natural sciences, and especially its integration into the heuristic of Darwin’s evolutionary theory. ” Notwithstanding the growing popularity in the past two decades, a look into the state of current research in Evolutionary Aesthetics suggests a significant degree of haziness in the field from both epistemological-methodological and theoretical points of view. The main aim of the present paper is to evaluate consistency and coherence of the Evolutionary Aesthetics’ research programme against the background of Boix Mansilla’s epistemic criteria for interdisciplinary research programmes, and to assess the potential of epigenetics and niche construction theory as two new promising research avenues in a revised, updated Evolutionary Aesthetics.
Potential dual effect of anthropogenic emissions on the formation of biogenic secondary organic aerosol (BSOA)

Abstract. The fraction of gasoline direct-injection (GDI) vehicles comprising the total vehicle pool is projected to increase in the future. However, thorough knowledge about the influence of GDI engines on important atmospheric chemistry processes is missing – namely, their contribution to secondary organic aerosol (SOA) precursor emissions, contribution to SOA formation, and potential role in biogenic–anthropogenic interactions. The objectives of this study were to (1) characterize emissions from modern GDI vehicles and investigate their role in SOA formation chemistry and (2) investigate biogenic–anthropogenic interactions related to SOA formation from a mixture of GDI-vehicle emissions and a model biogenic compound, α -pinene. Specifically, we studied SOA formation from modern GDI-vehicle emissions during the constant-load driving. In this study we show that SOA formation from GDI-vehicle emissions was observed in each experiment. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) measured with the proton-transfer-reaction time-of-flight mass spectrometer (PTR-ToF-MS) could account for 19 %–42 % of total SOA mass generated in each experiment. This suggests that there were lower-volatility intermediate VOCs (IVOCs) and semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs) in the GDI-vehicle exhaust that likely contributed to SOA production but were not detected with the instrumentation used in this study. This study also demonstrates that two distinct mechanisms caused by anthropogenic emissions suppress α -pinene SOA mass yield. The first suppressing effect was the presence of NOx . This mechanism is consistent with previous reports demonstrating suppression of biogenic SOA formation in the presence of anthropogenic emissions. Our results indicate a possible second suppressing effect, and we suggest that the presence of anthropogenic gas-phase species may have suppressed biogenic SOA formation by alterations to the gas-phase chemistry of α -pinene. This hypothesized change in oxidation pathways led to the formation of α -pinene oxidation products that most likely did not have vapor pressures low enough to partition into the particle phase. Overall, the presence of gasoline-vehicle exhaust caused a more than 50 % suppression in α -pinene SOA mass yield compared to the α -pinene SOA mass yield measured in the absence of any anthropogenic influence.
Analysing the antidepressant and drug efflux competence of Clitoria ternatea L. as P-glycoprotein inhibitor to facilitate blood brain barrier

Clitoria ternatea L. is a vital ayurvedic herb featured with a wide spectrum of mental health benefits. The present study investigates the competence of the plant against depression and to inhibit the membrane efflux protein P-glycoprotein (P-gp) that can regulate and restrict drug permeation into the brain. Antidepressant competence of the aqueous plant extract was assessed by animal despair studies on depression induced female mice models. The P-glycoprotein inhibitory potential of active phytocompounds was evaluated by molecular docking assay and substantiated by a cell line study. The in vivo studies exhibited a significant difference in the immobility time thereby establishing antidepressant activity. The histopathological sections from cortex region of treated brain showed decreased degenerative changes. Ten imperative phytocompounds facilitated docking complexes against Pglycoprotein among which Kaempferol 3-O-(2״,6״-di-O-rhamnopyranosyl) glucopyranoside exhibited a finest docking score of -12.569 kcal mol. Conversely it was attested by the rhodamine transport assay that demonstrated the inhibitory potential to surpass blood brain barrier. The outcome of the study endorses the efficacy of Clitoria ternatea L. as an idyllic brain drug and facilitates brain permeability.
DASH Diet Quality and Status of Mental Emotional Disorder among Hypertensive Women in Rural Area

The purpose of this study was to analyse the relationship between diet quality and mental emotional disorder status with the incidence of hypertension in women in rural areas. The study was a cross sectional study with 143 women (71 with normotensive and and 72 with hypertension) in Pondok Bungur Village, Purwakarta District, West Java, Indonesia. The independent variables were dietary qualities based on customized DASH-like diet and mental emotional disorder status, while the dependent variable was hypertension status. Dietary quality was obtained by non consecutive 2 days 24 hours recall, while mental emotional disorder was collected through SRQ 20. Chi-Square and Mann-Whitney were used for data analysis. The DASH-like diet quality of both groups were low thus showed no significant correlation between the DASH diet quality and HT in the study population (p>0.05), as did the status of mental emotional disorder (p>0.05). However, age may be a cofactor in this study because the age differed significantly between the normal and hypertension group (p<0.05). This study shows that there was no difference in dietary quality between HT and non HT group as well as there were no significant correlation between diet quality and mental emotional disorder with HT status albeit segregation by the age group.
The Effects of Meditation-Healing Exercise in Elderly Who are Living with Non-Communicable Disease in Bangkok and Surabaya

The effects of meditation-healing exercise among elderly who lives with non-communicable disease. The purposes of the study were to determine the effects of meditation-healing exercise on non-communicable disease, blood glucose, blood pressure level, quality of life, psychological support, and attitude of elderly. The study utilized a one group pretest-posttest quasi-experimental research design among 196 elderly in selected communities in Bangkok, Thailand and Surabaya, Indonesia. Descriptive analysis and repeated measure ANOVA were utilized for data analysis of the study. In Bangkok, the effects of meditation-healing exercise on stress found that the elderly had moderate stress level (at 36.9 and decrease to 31.75), the blood pressure and blood sugar level were significantly different effect in the each measurement of every month. In Surabaya, the elderly reported a change from high to moderate mean scores (at 47.31 and decrease to 33.86) in the stress level. The result of the blood pressure showed significant effect, but the blood sugar level was not significant. Both Bangkok and Surabaya reported to have a moderate quality of life (QOL) level. In general, meditation-healing exercise affected the overall quality of life on psychological support, attitude and blood pressure level of the elderly in community. Thus, meditation-healing exercise is safe and effective method in health care.