Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Is there any difference in Private Equity pay? A panel study about the drivers of the bid premium in Private Equity Public Takeovers

There is still limited research about the variables driving the value of Private Equity takeover transactions, even with its significant growth as an industry and ongoing public debate about whether Private Equity adds value to the economy. To examine this, some target takeover and Private Equity firm specific factors will be tested on the premium paid for takeovers, also controlling for some dealand macro related factors. First, the premium significantly differs around the announcement date but is less compared to what is generally observed in the market. Second, Private Equity is not homogeneous for every subsector within the industry, as buy-and-build strategies significantly differ from other strategies. Furthermore, Private Equity firms seem to pay significantly less for profitable companies with a high market-to-book value, while on the other hand, these firms seem to pay significantly more to become the majority shareholder of a company, for buy-and-build and for companies of Scandinavian origin. The experience of a Private Equity firm seems to have no direct effect on the bid premium. All previous discussed outcomes seem to be constant over the last decade and will help provide a better understanding of why Private Equity firms pay certain prices for target takeovers.
Nightmares and their relation with trauma U C / F P C E

Dreams make connections between traumatic and stressful events, which are guided by emotions. Nightmares are long frightening dreams from which a person usually awakens with scared feelings, and which are common after traumatic and stressful events, but their frequency usually diminishes over time, as the trauma is integrated in the person’s memories. However, some nightmares persist, as traumatic nightmares. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between nightmares and traumas, the meaning that subjects give to their nightmares and if they are aware of the trauma/stressful event. The sample consisted of 27 Portuguese subjects who suffer from nightmares and are over 18 years old. The study was divided into three stages: first, a battery of tests was answered, namely a Self Administered Questionnaire, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, the Disturbing Dream and Nightmare Severity Index, the Trauma Related Nightmare Survey, the Dissociation Experiences Scale and the Impact of Event Scale-Revised. Next, the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders – PTSD Module was applied and, according to symptoms severity, subjects were divided into three groups: Chronic PTSD Symptoms, Mild/Moderate PTSD Symptoms and No PTSD Symptoms. The last step was the administration of a structured interview to explore the nightmares and trauma/stressors content more deeply. To analyse the nightmares’ content the Moser Method was used as reference. Results showed that nightmares and traumatic events distress are most severe for Chronic PTSD Symptoms group, followed by the Mild/Moderate PTSD Symptoms and No PTSD Symptoms groups. Also, only subjects from the No PTSD Symptoms and Mild/Moderate PTSD Symptoms groups were able to give meaning to their nightmares and to find some relation between their nightmares and traumas; however, they weren’t fully conscious about their traumatic life events. When analysing the nightmares’ content, the results indicated two groups, “clinical concern” and “no clinical concern”, corresponding to the subjective distress results of the IES-R. The “clinical concern” group showed a dominance of the security principle; as for the “no clinical concern” group, the security principle was present, but attempts to find resolution strategies were visible. It is important to highlight that several subjects, especially from the Mild/Moderate group and No PTSD Symptoms group, reported a decrease or cease of the nightmares.
Pedagogical Tool in Arts for Social Justice : A Case Study of an Afterschool Arts

50 Marit Dewhurst is the Director of Art Education and Assistant Professor of Art and Museum Education. Her research and teaching interests include social justice education, community-based art, antibias/multicultural education, youth empowerment, and the role of the arts in community development. City College of New York, 160 Convent Avenue, New York, NY 10031, Email: mdewhurst@ccny.cuny. edu Dipti Desai is an Associate Professor and Director of the Graduate Art + Education Programs. She has published widely in the area of critical multiculturalism/critical race theory in art education, contemporary art as a pedagogical site, art and social justice. She received the 2012 Ziegfield Service Award in Art Education and Specialist Fulbright Award in 2014. New York University, New York, NY 10003, Email: dd25@nyu.edu Marit Dewhurst, Dipti Desai
Adaptive Sa pling of Ocean Processes Using an AUV with a Gaussian Proxy odel

This paper presents methods for building and exploiting compact spatial models on board an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) towards tracking suspended material plumes. The research is aiming to improve real-time monitoring of dispersal dynamics connected to marine industries such as oil and mine tailing. By exploiting in-situ information from sensors, the AUV is able to assimilate and adapt the mission capitalizing on all the information available. The spatial model is built using Gaussian process approximations and an objective function for path planning is suggested to maximize the value of the collected information.
Sarcopenia Is Associated With Development of Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure in Decompensated Liver Cirrhosis Receiving Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt

INTRODUCTION: Muscle mass has been shown to be a prognostic marker in patients with liver cirrhosis. Transversal psoas muscle thickness normalized by height (TPMT/height) obtained by routine computed tomography is a simple surrogate parameter for sarcopenia. TPMT/height, however, is not sex specific, which might play a role in risk stratification. Its association with acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) has not been established yet. ACLF is associated with systemic inflammatory dysregulation. This study aimed at evaluating the role of sarcopenia in ACLF development of patients with decompensated cirrhosis receiving transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) using sex-specific TPMT/height. METHODS: One hundred eighty-six patients from the prospective Non-invasive Evaluation Program for TIPS and Follow Up Network cohort (observational, real-world TIPS cohort with structured follow-up) were analyzed. TPMT/height was measured from routine computed tomography. The sex-specific cutoff was determined to classify patients as sarcopenic and nonsarcopenic for 1-year mortality after TIPS. Clinical outcome was compared. Primary end points were ACLF and 1-year mortality after TIPS. Secondary end points were development of decompensations (hepatic encephalopathy and ascites) after TIPS. RESULTS: The sex-specific cutoff increases the diagnostic accuracy with regard to primary and secondary end points compared with the unisex cutoff. Sex-specific sarcopenia classification is an independent predictor of 1-year mortality and ACLF development in patients with cirrhosis receiving TIPS. Patients in the sarcopenia group showed significantly higher rates of mortality, ascites, overt hepatic encephalopathy, and ACLF after TIPS compared with the nonsarcopenia group. The Chronic Liver Failure Consortium Acute Decompensation score as a marker of systemic inflammation was significantly higher in sarcopenic patients. CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrates for the first time that sarcopenia is related to ACLF development and systemic inflammation. The prognostic value of TPMT/height can be improved by using sex-specific cutoffs. ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT03584204.
EasyChair Preprint No 1156 On Some Classes of Problems on Graphs

The relevance to research the complexity of resolving Graph Theory problems is caused by its numerous applications. In the given paper this problem is investigated in terms of space complexity of data structures that represent analyzed graphs, orgraphs, and directed graphs. The following two non-trivial the simplest sets of problems of Graph Theory are investigated in detail. The first set consists of the problems that can be resolved by some algorithm with space complexity linear relative to the size of the data structure that represents the analyzed graphs. The second set consists of the following problems, such that the size of the solution significantly exceeds the size of the input data. To resolve the problem some algorithm that operates on space linear relative to the size of the data structure that represents the analyzed graphs can be applied. Besides, this algorithm uses some memory of the same size for sequential generation, one fragment after another, the solution of the problem. Some model problems that are not in these two sets of problems are considered briefly.
An elliptic boundary value problem for G2-structures

— We show that the G2 holonomy equation on a seven-dimensional manifold with boundary, with prescribed 3-form on the boundary and modulo the action of diffeomorphisms, is elliptic. The main point is to set up a suitable linear elliptic theory. This result leads to a deformation theory, governed by a finitedimensional obstruction space. We discuss conditions under which this obstruction space vanishes and as one application we establish the existence of certain G2 cobordisms between two small deformations of a Calabi–Yau 3-fold. Résumé. — Nous montrons que l’équation d’holonomie G2 sur une variété de dimension 7 à bord, avec 3-forme prescrite sur le bord et modulo l’action de difféomorphismes, est elliptique. Le point clé est de mettre en place une théorie linéaire elliptique adaptée. Avec ce résultat une théorie de la déformation est définie, gouvernée par un espace d’obstruction de dimension finie. Nous discutons les conditions pour lesquelles cet espace d’obstruction est trivial, et donnons une application en démontrant l’existence de certains G2-cobordismes entre deux petites déformations d’une variété Calabi–Yau de dimension 3.
Effective blockade of RAAS by combination of aliskiren and olmesartan improves glucose homeostasis, glomerular filtration rate along with renal variables in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats

The present study aims to investigate the combined and individual treatment of aliskiren and olmesartan for 8 weeks in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats provide an effective blockade of RAAS by improving glucose homeostasis, glomerular filtration rate along with renal variables thereby delaying the progression of the disease. Streptozotocin induced diabetic rats were administered with aliskiren (10 mg/kg/ day), olmesartan (6 mg/kg/day) alone and in combination. To identify the glucose homeostasis, translocation of glucose transporter proteins in liver and muscle was observed by their expression after treatment. Glomerular filtration rate is estimated using serum creatinine, cystatin C and beta 2 microglobulin. This study also examined the effects of combination and monotherapy on various renal variables viz. albumin, total proteins, TGF-b, TNF-a, VEGF, nitric oxide, adiponectin and erythropoeitin. In addition, histopathological and anti-apoptotic profile of kidney was also investigated. The present study indicates that dual blockade of RAAS improved glucose homeostasis and confirms the nephroprotective effects of the combined treatment of aliskiren and olmesartan independent of their antihypertensive property in the STZ induced diabetes. In addition, its antifibrotic, antiproteinuric effects indicate that combination treatment might be potential as an important therapeutic option for chronic fibrotic diseases in renal complications. 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
OPERATIONAL AIR QUALITY FORECASTING IN CANADA:

In order to assist the Canadian populace in making individual decisions to alleviate the effects of poor air quality, the Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC) initiated in the summer of 1999 an Air Quality Forecasting program for eastern Canada. This program, initially limited to a forecast of ground-level ozone, was carried out in collaboration with the eastern Canadian provinces and other interested stakeholders. The main numerical guidance for such a forecast was provided using a source-oriented photochemical oxidant model, the Canadian Hemispheric and Regional Ozone NOx System (CHRONOS) as the chemical transport model (CTM) (Pudykiewicz, et al., 1997; Sirois et al., 1999). Following the pilot study in eastern Canada, the Air Quality Prediction Program was extended to cover all of subarctic Canada in 2001.
GDN Working Paper Series On The Efficient Provision of Roads

The main problem with road provision in developing countries is lack of maintenance, which leads to increased transportation costs. Other important problems are the inefficient choice of projects and excessive costs of construction. To a large extent, these problems are due to a poor institutional design of the public works authority that exacerbates a host of agency problems. We explore alternatives to improve road provision policies both under the traditional model and when using public-private partnerships. We discuss in detail the principles that should underlie the institutions in charge of the road sector in both cases, and analyze the extent to which institutions that exist in different countries come close to this ideal. 1 Professor, Department of Economics, Yale University, USA; NBER, USA 2 Profesor Titular, Departamento de Ingeniería Industrial, Universidad de Chile , Chile 3 Profesor, Universidad de los Andes , Chile ON THE EFFICIENT PROVISION OF ROADS Eduardo Engel Ronald Fischer Alexander Galetovic Yale and NBER U. de Chile U. de los Andes
Human MxA is a potent interspecies barrier for the novel bat-derived influenza A-like virus H18N11

ABSTRACT The human innate immune factor MxA represents an effective interspecies barrier for zoonotic influenza A viruses (IAVs) of animal origin. Accordingly, human but not avian IAVs efficiently escape the antiviral activity of MxA due to adaptive mutations in their viral nucleoprotein. Partial MxA resistance can be acquired in intermediate hosts such as swine, which possess an antivirally active Mx1 protein. Intriguingly, Mx1 of the bat Carollia perspicillata, a host of the recently discovered bat influenza A-like virus H18N11, is antivirally active against avian IAVs, thus raising the question whether H18N11 has undergone a preadaptation to human MxA. Here, by utilizing a chimeric bat influenza virus, PR8-H18N11, we demonstrate that MxA efficiently blocks viral replication in vitro as well as in MxA transgenic mice. Nevertheless, the H18N11 nucleoprotein exhibits partial MxA resistance in a polymerase reconstitution assay, suggesting that a certain degree of MxA preadaptation occurred. Together, our data indicate a currently reduced risk for H18N11 to overcome the human restriction factor MxA. Further adaptive mutations in NP are required to facilitate full MxA escape.
Modeling the carbon footprint of urban development: a case study in Melbourne

It is estimated that urban areas account for 60-80% of global energy use and are responsible for the emission of more than 70% of global greenhouse gases. Since most future population growth is expected to be in urban areas, one main question regarding urban planning is how new urban communities should be developed in order to minimise resource consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. This research will develop a spatially explicit model to simulate the carbon footprint of urban growth under three different development scenarios: 1) the horizontal (the business as usual (BAU) scenario), 2) vertical (Le Corbusier’s ‘Radiant City’ scenario), and 3) the mixed scenario. The intention of the research is to 1) assist in identifying the ideal spatial composition and configuration of suburban communities with potential to consume less resources and produce less greenhouse gas emissions; 2) propose an alternative approach to greenhouse gas emission control at the neighbourhood level; and 3) inform planning and design actions aimed at realising low carbon development.
Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of Ampelopsis megalophylla for Identifying Genes Involved in Flavonoid Biosynthesis and Accumulation during Different Seasons

Ampelopsis megalophylla is an important species used in Chinese folk medicine. Flavonoids, the most important active components of plants, greatly determine the quality of A. megalophylla. However, biosynthesis of flavonoids at the molecular and genetic levels in A. megalophylla is not well understood. In this study, we performed chemical analysis and transcriptome analysis of A. megalophylla in different seasons (i.e., May, August, and October). Accumulation of flavonoids was higher in May than in the other two months. Genes involved in the flavonoid biosynthesis pathway, such as chalcone synthase, anthocyanidin synthase, flavanone 3-hydroxylase, flavonoid-3′,5′-hydroxylase, caffeoyl-CoA O-methyltransferase, dihydroflavonol 4-reductase, 4-coumarate-CoA ligase, phenylalanine ammonia-lyase, cinnamate 4-hydroxylase, flavonoid 3′-monooxygenase, shikimate O-hydroxycinnamoyltransferase, and leucoanthocyanidin reductase, were identified based on transcriptome data. Fifty ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporter, nine SNARE, forty-nine GST, and eighty-four glycosyltransferases unigenes related to flavonoid transport and biomodification were also found. Moreover, seventy-eight cytochrome P450s and multiple transcription factors (five MYB, two bHLH, and three WD40 family genes) may be associated with the regulation of the flavonoid biosynthesis process. These results provide insights into the molecular processes of flavonoid biosynthesis in A. megalophylla and offer a significant resource for the application of genetic engineering in developing varieties with improved quality.
Long Term Representation of an Unfamiliar Tone Distribution 1 2 3

ed the distributional information presented during the exposure phase and integrated it 466 with distributional information contained in probe tone contexts to form a long term 467 representation of the tone distribution of the musical genre. 468 Participants were not instructed to learn about the unfamiliar music system, and furthermore, 469 were asked to fill out questionnaires during the exposure phase, rendering the music listening 470 during this phase passive. This suggests that listeners may gain a mental representation of the 471 music genre through mere exposure. As we cannot comment on whether participants could 472 verbalize the knowledge that they gained we conclude that participants showed at least 473 successful incidental learning and potentially implicit learning (Rohrmeier & Rebuschat, 2012). 474 This conclusion is also supported by the performance of participants in the two-alternative 475 forced-choice discrimination task completed at the end of the experiment. Participants indicated 476 that tone sequences, which resembled the exposed music genre, seemed more familiar than tone 477 sequences, which did not resemble the exposed music genre. Four participants even exhibited 478 perfect discrimination between the two types of tone sequences. This performance is remarkable 479 when considering that tone sequences presented during the discrimination task were all based on 480 whole-tone scales. One tone sequence was based on the same tone distribution underlying the 481 exposure sequence, using the C4, C♯4, D4, E4, F♯4, G4, G♯4, and A♯4, with probabilities of 482 occurrence of . 147, . 06. , . 147, . 147, . 147, . 06, . 147, and . 147, respectively. The other tone 483 sequence used the tones C♯4, D♯4, F4, F♯4, G4, G♯4, A4, and B4, with probabilities of 484
Efficient Access Control Scheme with Certificateless Signcryption for Wireless Body Area Networks

Wireless body area networks (WBANs) can collect patients’ vital data of body parameters and environment parameters via small wearable or implantable sensors. To ensure the security of the vital data, an eﬃcient access control scheme with certiﬁcateless signcryption(CLSC) is designed. The correctness of the scheme is proved by mathematical calculation. It also proves that the scheme oﬀers conﬁdentiality and unforgeability in the random oracle model on the basis of the hardness of the Computational Diﬃe-Hellman (CDH) problem and Discrete Log-arithm (DL) problem respectively. Compared with the existing three access control schemes utilizing signcryption, the scheme can satisfy more security properties and has the shortest computational time and the least energy consumption for the controller.
DIFFERENT FORMS OF FAMILY CARE FOR ELDERLY IN CHRONIC SITUATION 1

The study aimed to understand how the family rearranges to produce the necessary care to the elderly who live alone. This is a case study with a qualitative approach, using focal life story technique, operated by in-depth interviews. To organize and analyze the data we use therapeutic itineraries, drawing the path taken by the search for care by the elder and the family. This study highlights the places of elderly care, considering the fact the elder resides alone. The family participates in the caring process by through daily telephone daily, regular visits, and financially supporting the health care plan; there is also the presence of a relative in meetings with physicians, helping with general expenses and with the maintenance of the house, who become the main caregivers of the elderly. The way the elder and the family experience several chronic diseases that affect the first is so unique and dynamic, leading us to understand that the moment is more than just a chronic condition, but rather a whole situation of falling under a cycle of chronic illnesses. Thus, the observation of this experience allowed us to observe that this type of care generates the necessary attention required by the elder, even though there is no one residing, or even present most of the times at the same physical space. The formats of family care are highly personal, as they are produced and shaped according to their reality, with the daily lives of relatives, and the elder, based on the last one’s needs.
Nutritive Value of Rangeland Plants Compared to Medicago sativa

Awareness of the forage nutritive value of rangeland species is important to provide a balanced diet in order to meet the nutritional requirements of ruminants and to determine the suitable grazing time and rangeland grazing capacity. Hence, different laboratory methods were used to compare the nutritional value of Centaurea cyanus, Fumaria officinalis, Galium tricornutum and Vicia sativa as compared to Medicago sativa. Whole plant samples just before flowering were randomly collected from different rangelands of Torbat-e Jam in spring 2018. The means of Crude Protein (CP), Ether Extract (EE), Crude Fiber (CF), Neutral Detergent Fiber (NDF), Acid Detergent Fiber (ADF), Organic Matter (OM), Acid Detergent Lignin (ADL), Nitrogen-Free Extract (NFE) and Non-Fiber Carbohydrates (NFC) of five studied plants were 19.67, 1.79, 19.16, 35.96, 27.20, 86.98, 9.95, 46.36 and 29.56% of dry matter (DM), respectively. The macro and micro elements were in a reasonable range as compared to Medicago sativa. The in vitro organic matter degradability (IVOMD), in vitro dry matter degradability (IVDMD), 24 h in vitro gas production (24 h IVGP), metabolizable energy (ME) and net energy for lactation (NEl) were the highest in Centaurea cyanus and Galium tricornutum, respectively. Differences in fermentation parameters (NH3-N, total volatile fatty acids: TVFA and pH) were observed in the media following incubation of plants. The 24 h IVGP was positively correlated (P<0.0001) with IVOMD, IVDMD and TVFA and negatively with ammonia nitrogen (NH3-N; P<0.0001), crude protein (CP; P<0.01) and ether extract (EE; P<0.05). The results indicated that all rangeland plants studied in this experiment had a favorite nutritional value compared to Medicago sativa.