Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Management practices and small firms’ productivity in emerging countries

Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the potential for increasing the productivity of small firms from emerging countries by enhancing their management practices. Design/methodology/approach The link between four types of management practices and labor productivity at the firm level is tested through a sample of 13,566 small firms from 15 emerging countries. Subsequently, the policy options available to upgrade management practices in such firms are analyzed through a systematic review of recent experiences in 12 emerging countries. Findings The econometric results confirm that the adoption of good management practices has a significant effect on labor productivity, especially when several management practices are combined. This effect is context-dependent, with a higher intensity in lower-middle income countries and in manufacturing firms. The paper also outlines the different components of successful policy programs to support the adoption of good management practices. Research limitations/implications On the one hand, the challenge of isolating the causal relationship between management practices and firm productivity affects the econometric part of this study. On the other hand, the analysis of policy experiences is purely explorative and does not attempt to evaluate impacts but rather to offer a general overview of policy options. Practical implications The paper provides practical guidance for policymakers from emerging countries in their efforts to support the adoption of good management practices by small firms. Social implications Improving management practices of small firms can contribute to a more inclusive development agenda by narrowing wage differentials between leading and laggard firms, while transforming informal businesses into formal ones. Originality/value The multi-method approach used in this study provides rich insights into the relationship between management practices and productivity of small firms in emerging countries.
The Association between Prenatal Care Content and Quality with Preterm Birth and Maternal Postpartum Health Behaviors

iv Introduction Preterm Birth 1-2 Adequacy of Prenatal Care 2-3 Content of Adequate Prenatal Care 3-4 Study Objectives 4-5 Methods Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System 5 Study Population 5-6 Statistical Analysis 6-7 Results 7-10 Discussion 10-15 Conclusion 15-16 References 17-20 Tables and Figures 21-28 Appendix 29-60
Circulating dendritic cells with their dual function are the link connecting lymphatic tissue and brain.

Aims: The objective of the paper is to reveal the sources in which the data about the main characteristics of the DCs have been shown and prove the theses of the “Theory of Duality of Protective Systems” (TDPS) formulated earlier. Study Design: To compare the own DCs data with later DCs data of other authors. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Human Anatomy of Novosibirsk State Medical University and Scientific Research Institute of Clinical and Experimental Lymphology, Novosibirsk, between December 1986 and November 1998. Methodology: DCs were obtained from central lymph of thoracic duct (cistern chyle), intestinal and liver lymph, bone morrow, thymus, spleen, mesenteric lymph, adrenal, palatine tonsils and CNS/brain of general anesthetized rabbits and rats. The cistern chyle, liver and mesenteric lymphatic vessels were punctured with original glass micropipettes. Scrapes specimens from the organs (as smears) were studied by light and electronic microscopes. Percentage of DCs was calculated. Results: The DCs migrate from different organs of lymphatic/immune systems, periphery blood, skin, mucous membranes and brain to lymphatic drainage, then into blood via thoracic duct. The data induced the author to formulate the TDPS. The theses of TDPS are: 1. Lymphatic and immune systems guard an organism against any antigen and at the same time defend antigen structures of the organism, the brain. 2. These Research Article British Journal of Medicine & Medical Research, 4(1): 81-94, 2014 82 functions and the relation of the systems with brain are realized by DCs. DCs of lymph nodes, thymus, spleen, adrenal, red marrow, palatine tonsils, skin and brain are the same as DCs of peripheral and central lymph. The DCs migrate from different organs of the systems, periphery blood, skin, mucous membranes and brain to lymphatic drainage, then to blood. Thus, they circulate. 3. The DCs of central lymph are a special system, which plays an important role in regulation of homeostasis. Conclusion: The TDPS formulated in 1998 is proved by modern research.
An Analysis of Shenzhen Cable DTV Geographical Agglomeration:A Case Study of High-tech Innovation Cluster

In view of international experiences,extensive local inter-firm linkages,untraded-interdependence,as well as local context within which tacit knowledge and local buzz play a tremendous role in the process of innovation.This paper tries to study the hightech innovation cluster with the reference of the digital television(DTV) industrial clustering phenomenon in Shenzhen,China.The paper explores the formation of innovation cluster in Shenzhen and illustrates the linkages among the related firms.It can be inferred that the Shenzhen DTV innovation cluster is in the making.In Shenzhen,there is 70% of the DTV related firms cluster in the Nanshan and Futian districts.The industry is characterized with complex structure and multisectored collaboration.Innovative requirements and ideas came about in many DTV related firms.The innovative milieu encourages the start-ups and spin-offs grow up,while the government plays a very important role in the development.In the regard of the DTV industry,Shenzhen has become the most developed city in China.The paper also points out,however,there're still some key problems like the weakness of the RD capability for DTV chip and the lack of DTV content providers.They all limit the pace of innovation in Shenzhen DTV industry and are to be solved.
Produção de biofilme em isolados de Candida spp do Hospital das Clínicas de Botucatu, UNESP

1 Over the last decade, there have been important changes in 2 the epidemiology of Candida infections and antifungal agents used to treat these 3 infections. In recent years, Candida species have emerged as important causes of 4 invasive infections mainly among immunocompromised patients. The principal aim 5 of this study was to evaluate the epidemiology of infectious Candida species 6 isolated in our hospital and accordingly supply data for hospital infection control. 7 The other aims were to compare the traditional, automated and molecular 8 methods used to identify Candida isolates to the species level current available in 9 the Clinical Hospital of the Boucatu Medical School, UNESP, to evaluate the drug 10 susceptibility as well as to biofilm production by this yeasts and to characterize, by 11 molecular tools, several genes involved in biofilm production of C. albicans and C. 12 parapsilosis and the use of group I introns to genotype the species C. albicans. A 13 total of 196 Candida strains that were isolated from blood specimens of 14 hospitalized patients were included in the study. The most 15 common Candida species identified were C. albicans (39,3-44,4%) and C. 16 parapsilosis (33,2-42,3%). According to the insertion of group I introns, the 17 genotype A of C. albicans were the most frequent (74%). The evaluation of 18 traditional phenotypic methods, the automated and some molecular revealed good 19 agreement (>80%) and since both phenotypic methods were simple and cost 20 effective and automated were few time-consuming when compared to molecular 21 techniques, they should be considered in the routine lab identification 22 of Candida species. The chromogenic media must be employed to avoid 23 misinterpretations, independently of the method used. Antifungal susceptibility 24 testing was performed by the reference microdilution method (CLSI) and all strains 25
Bidirectional Three-Level Cascaded Converter With Deadbeat Control for HESS in Solar-Assisted Electric Vehicles

This article presents a deadbeat-based method for the hybrid energy storage system (HESS) in solar-assisted electric vehicles (EVs), using a new bidirectional three-level cascaded (BTLC) converter. Moreover, photovoltaic (PV) panels are also considered in the system, because the proposed method is designed for solar-assisted EV applications to achieve a longer driving range. The proposed BTLC converter can integrate the battery and the supercapacitor as an HESS to effectively mitigate the power mismatch between the PV power generation and the load power consumption for the solar-assisted EVs. The BTLC converter is superior to the conventional parallel-connected bidirectional battery/supercapacitor converters from the perspectives of related component size reduction and control flexibility. To regulate the BTLC converter, a deadbeat-based method is proposed, which can provide the proper power management for the battery and the supercapacitor, and maintain the bus voltage. The design and implementation of the proposed deadbeat-based method are analyzed in detail. A scaled-down prototype of the proposed BTLC converter is built for the experimental verification. The simulation and experimental results are presented and compared to verify the effectiveness of the deadbeat-based method for the HESS with the proposed BTLC converter.
What are ABER and CAP?

The introduction to this special issue is written in a storied manner to ready the reader for the unique, storied forms of research that follow. I wholeheartedly suggest that readers not read the abstracts of the each paper first, but delve directly into the stories and engage with the music and media. These papers are not intended as a definitive collection of arts based educational research and creative analytical practices in music and music education. Rather, this special issue is a beginning—an opening—that represents where we are in 2019, as a profession, in our understandings and applications of contemporary forms of qualitative research.
AI Bias: How Does AI Influence The Executive Function Of Business Leaders?

By 2020, the AI market is expected to grow by $47 billion, with the international big data analytics industry expected to grow by $203 billion. The vast majority of AI development is conducted by a modest number of techno-giants (Twitter, IBM, Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Apple.). There are over 7 billion people worldwide, yet all of the code is being written by a mere 10,000 people in seven countries. Therefore, the pathway of AI algorithms is deemed compromised, by being in the hands of a few. The purpose of this study is to systematically gather and review evidence which addresses AI, its inherent biases, and its effect on the executive function, which is the brain's command post, of business leaders. The review is carried out through the chaos and complexity theory lens. The amalgamation of data and codes have seeded the evolution of barely discernible algorithms that rewrite their own code, creating their own rules, and their own truth. This phenomenon rapidly detaches AI algorithms from human control. While AI algorithms remain unregulated and uncontested, leaders are overwhelmed with big data and precipitously surrendering, rejecting or suppressing their own cognitive instincts regarding AI and its bias, without question. This study supports the notion that decision-making using AI must be interrogated by leaders' sound elevated executive functioning and collective judgment, using standards and laws, to mitigate bias and to ensure human leaders have the last say in decision-making.
When Does the Family Govern the Family Firm?

We find that the controlling family holds both the chief executive officer and chair positions in 79% of Norwegian family firms. The family holds more governance positions when it owns large stakes in small, profitable, low-risk firms. This result suggests that the family trades off expected costs and benefits by conditioning participation intensity on observable firm characteristics. We find that the positive effect of performance on participation is twice as strong as the positive effect of participation on performance. The endogeneity of participation, therefore, should be carefully accounted for when analyzing the effect of family governance on the family firm’s behavior.
Attitudes towards healthful, inexpensive and convenient foods in relation to multiple measures of diet quality among Seattle-King County adults, WA

Attitudes towards healthful, inexpensive and convenient foods in relation to multiple measures of diet quality among Seattle-King County adults, WA Allison Emery Chair of the Supervisory Committee: Nathan Tefft, Ph.D. Department of Health Services Background/Objectives: Socioeconomic disparities in diet quality are well established. Foodrelated attitudes may play an important role in this relationship. The purpose of this study was to examine the role of attitude towards healthful foods, in combination with attitude towards inexpensive and convenient foods, in predicting diet quality. Subjects/Methods: This was a secondary data analysis of the Seattle Obesity Study I (SOS I), a cross-sectional study of a representative sample of 2,001 male and female adult residents of King County, WA, conducted from 2008-2009. Detailed self-reported data on socio-demographic and attitude variables were collected via telephone survey. Dietary data was obtained using Food Frequency Questionnaires (FFQ). Diet quality outcome measures were Healthy Eating Index (HEI), as well as self-reported measure of meeting USDA recommended 5-A-Day servings of fruits and vegetables. Results: Positive attitudes towards the importance of food health were associated with higher total HEI scores, HEI2 (non-juice fruit) scores, HEI3 (vegetable) scores and proportion meeting 5-A-Day recommendations. Positive attitudes towards the importance of healthful food were associated with higher diet quality scores when inexpensive food was important versus when it
Handling of Hoax Messages from the Legal Perspective: A Comparative Study between Indonesia and Singapore

Hoax messages or fake news have become a global problem that unsettles and threatens the unity of nations, including Southeast Asian countries incorporated in ASEAN, such as Indonesia and Singapore. Hence each country designs and issues regulations in order to penalize those who fabricate or spread fake news. The sanctions given vary from one country and another. This paper will elaborate on the laws put in place in Indonesia and Singapore to handle and penalize the perpetrators of fake news.
Mapeamento do processo de gerenciamento dos resíduos da construção civil em Fortaleza

A construcao civil figura entre as principais causadoras de impactos ambientais, nao somente em virtude do consumo de recursos naturais, como tambem pela disposicao indiscriminada dos Residuos da Construcao Civil (RCC). Dessa forma, esse estudo buscou mapear o fluxo de processos do RCC – desde a geracao ate a reinsercao no mercado ou disposicao final – e hierarquizar os residuos conforme sua prioridade de reaproveitamento. A metodologia da pesquisa foi dividida em duas partes: a primeira etapa se pautou na realizacao de entrevistas semiestruturadas com representantes do setor publico e privado do processo de gerenciamento de RCC; a segunda etapa contou com a participacao de dois especialistas tecnicos e uma empresa de construcao para a criacao e aplicacao, respectivamente, de um instrumento de hierarquizacao de RCC. A pesquisa resultou na caracterizacao das atividades individuais e coletivas de empresas locais envolvidas na logistica reversa do RCC e dos intervenientes do processo, alem da listagem dos seus principais entraves. A primeira etapa da pesquisa provou a necessidade do estudo da cadeia reversa do RCC para propor solucoes adequadas para os entraves listados pelos seus participantes. A segunda etapa serviu para reiterar os resultados obtidos na primeira, ao apontar os residuos com maior necessidade de reaproveitamento, a saber, residuos classe A, madeira e gesso. A hierarquizacao foi relevante por possibilitar a previsao dos residuos com maior necessidade de tratamento de forma imparcial e direta. Conclui-se que existe a necessidade de criacao de novos planos de acao, politicas de incentivos, leis e aplicacao de sancoes que permitam o avanco da atuacao sustentavel na construcao civil, alem da maior conscientizacao dos stakeholders, desburocratizacao para implantacao de usinas de reciclagem, incentivos para os produtores e compradores de produtos reciclados, maior fiscalizacao da triagem, transporte e destinacao final do RCC.
Powikłania zakrzepowo-zatorowe podczas hormonoterapii raka piersi – opis przypadku

69-year old female with breast cancer treated with surgery (total mastectomy) and cheamoand radiotherapy, with cancer in right breast operated last year, with further hormone therapy with tamoxifen, suffered from low risk pulmonary embolism. She was treated with streptokinase which was complicated by intracerebral bleeding. The patient was referred to the neurosurgeon and conservative treatment was ordered. Than she was transferred to Department of Pulmonary Circulation and Thromboembolic Diseases, ECZ Otwock where vena cava filter was implanted as prevention of recurrence pulmonary embolism. Progression of deep venous thrombosis associated with thrombosis in vena cava filter and the ”resistance” to treatment using enoxaparin was observed. The inclusion of unfractionated heparin in continuous intravenous infusion, withdrawal of tamoxifen and intensification diuretic therapy has improved patient’s status and allowed discharge from hospital. key wordS: tamoxifen, breast cancer, hormone therapy, venous thromboembolism lek. Szymon Darocha, dr n. med. Sebastian Szmit, dr n. med. Łukasz Kownacki, prof. nadzw. dr hab. n. med. Marcin Kurzyna 1 Klinika Krążenia Płucnego i Chorób Zakrzepowo-Zatorowych CMKP, Europejskie Centrum Zdrowia Otwock Kierownik: prof. dr hab. n. med. Adam Torbicki 2 Zakład Diagnostyki Obrazowej, Europejskie Centrum Zdrowia Otwock Kierownik: dr n. med. Magdalena Gola Powikłania zakrzepowo-zatorowe podczas hormonoterapii raka piersi – opis przypadku thrombo-embolic complications related to hormone therapy of breast cancer – a case report
Association Between Pregnant Women's Pre-pregnancy BMI and Their Eating Behavior, General Health Status, as Well as the Infant Birth Weight

We assessed abnormal eating behaviors using the modi ed EAT and the general health status using the GHQ28, surveyed the maternal weight gain and infant birth weight data, and evaluated and classi ed 91 pregnant women according to three pre-pregnant BMI group. e thin group classi ed according to the pre-pregnancy BMI was signi cantly younger than the normal weight or obese group. Maternal weight gain in the thin group was within the recommended range, but was the lowest among the 3 groups. In the normal weight group, the GHQ28 score was signi cantly higher during the early pregnancy period compared to later period, suggesting improvement in the general health status during the late pregnancy period. e obese group showed a higher modi ed EAT score than the other two groups, suggesting certain eating behavior problems. e general health status in the obese group was persistently poor during both early and late pregnancy periods, which di ered from the results in the thin and healthy weight groups.
Que nous apprend la tâche de table de vérité probabiliste sur le raisonnement conditionnel

La tâche de table de verite probabiliste consiste a demander a des individus d’estimer la probabilite qu’un enonce conditionnel « Si p, alors q » soit vrai pour un ensemble donne. Elle a ete concue dans le but de demontrer que les individus estiment que la probabilite qu’un conditionnel soit vrai est equivalente a la probabilite que q soit vrai en supposant que p l’est aussi. Toutefois, la litterature a revele que cette tâche recoit souvent des reponses inattendues. Nous avons cherche a comprendre quels sont les determinants de ces reponses. Cinq experiences ont montre que la tâche probabiliste etait sensible a des variations minimes du contexte, que les taux des reponses qui lui etaient apportees n’etaient pas correlees avec ceux des reponses a d'autres tâches de raisonnement et que les participants se referaient, lors de l’elaboration de leurs reponses, a des elements sans lien avec leur interpretation du conditionnel.
CONTROL AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS

One of the tasks of business entity is building and creating the information system, because in today's business environment is more than ever necessary to make proper and good quality business decisions. If we were a business decision and as efficiently as it is necessary that a business entity you easy distribution of your information in several parts. Therefore, this paper will therefore be focused on the concept of accounting information system as a part of total complex information systems. Upon the basis of the focus will continue to be words on the complexity of accounting system and also the mains functions of their management or managing business information within the system. While in the last part will be discussed in relation to maintain and control of one accounting information system because the system itself requires appropriate controls with adequate maintenance.
Effect of Iron Overload and Lipid Peroxidation on Hyroid Function in Iraqi Patients with ß- Thalassemia

Background: Iron overload due to blood multi transfusion can lead to thyroid dysfunction in beta-thalassemia major patients with increased cell damage due to imbalance of the redox system . An iron chelation is essential to prevent the deposition of iron in tissues and glands such as thyroid. Objectives: to investigate the reflections of blood transfusion induced iron overload and lipid peroxidation on the status of thyroid functions in Iraqi children and young adults with beta-thalassemia major. Methods: Blood samples were taken from 60 males & females with Beta thalassemic major (BTM ) with age ranged (3-32) years. An automated hematology analyzer (Sysmex) was used in the measurements of blood Hb concentration and red cell indices. malondialdehyde(MDA), serum iron and total iron binding capacity (TIBC) concentration were determined spectrophotometrically . The triiodotyronine (T 3) ,Free T 3 ,thyroxine (T 4) ,Free T 4 ,thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) and Serum Ferritin concentrations were assayed by an ELISA method . Results : There were low mean concentration of Hb in BTM and a significant increase in serum ferritin and MDA in comparison with the normal corresponding values for the control . Hypothyroidism was found in 12 (20%) out of 60 patients with BT major, (12%) were having subclinical hypothyroidism and five (8%) suffer from primary hypothyroidism with a positive a correlation of serum ferritin concentration with both MDA and number of monthly transfused blood units. Conclusion: Transfusion associated iron overload play an effect on lipid peroxidation and the thyroid hormones (T 3 , T 4 ) metabolism which leads to a disturbance in thyroid hormones secretion as consequences of thyroid dysfunction.
R&D, intellectual capital, organizational learning, and firm performance: a study of Chinese software companies

This research establishes a theoretical model to test the interrelationships among R&D investment, intellectual capital, organizational learning, and firm performance. Based on the collection and investigation of a panel dataset gleaned from 26 software companies in 28 time periods, we find that: (1) R&D investment of software enterprises and firm performance are positively correlated; (2) intellectual capital fully mediates the R&D investment– performance relationship; and (3) organizational learning of software security vulnerabilities moderates the relationship between R&D investment and intellectual capital in the form of human capital. Based on our findings, we draw both theoretical and managerial implications.