Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Oil shocks and stock volatility: new evidence via a Bayesian, graph-based VAR approach

ABSTRACT This article examines the temporal dependence between three oil shocks and realized volatility in the stock markets of G20 countries between 1994 and 2019. By applying a novel, graphical, Bayesian VAR (BGVAR) model, we calculate unidirectional linkages of oil and stock volatility with a full and segmented sample. The results suggest an overall causality from stock volatility to oil shocks. For certain short, specific periods, the causal direction reverses. Depending on the country and the source of an oil shock, the magnitude and type of the effect can vary considerably. Specific oil-market shocks occur most often in our full sample. In a time-varying structure, oil supply shocks’ impact on stock volatility is more prominent, and net oil-importing countries’ responses to these shocks are greater than for oil-exporting countries. In addition, we find that relationship dynamics can capture market information, such as global economic growth during the 2008–2009 financial crisis.
Rural Adolescent Sexuality and the Determinants of Provincial Urban Premarital Adolescent Sex

Projections from Thailands 1980 census indicate that by 1991 there will be at least 12 million Thai youths aged 15 to 24 and that 72% of this group will be single. Single adolescents are of particular concern because of the inadequacies of health services provided for them. An obvious service gap exists in the area of contraceptives and family planning. Both public and private rural family planning agencies make their services available only to married couples. Sexually active youths must rely on drugstores for contraception or use nothing at all. The present study gathered information through self-administered questionnaires on sexual activity and contraceptive usage from 361 youths aged 13 to 24 in provincial urban and rural areas in north and northeast Thailand. To determine the most effective way to elicit honest responses from these adolescents in personally sensitive subject areas different briefing methods were used. Some of the respondents received a cursory briefing prior to questionnaire distribution; others received a detailed briefing; and others received no briefing. The study found that at least 66% of males and 9% of female adolescents are sexually active. Ignorance of the risk of conception is greater among rural than it is among urban adolescents but knowledge levels are low for all groups. Based on attitude and behavior measures it would appear that single urban females are engaging in sex and other health risk behavior at a higher rate than their rural counterparts. The most predisposing factors to premarital sex among female adolescents are older age independent living quarters and urban residence. Since this study focused on the provincial environment the data do not represent Thai adolescents as a whole. A larger nationally representative sample of non-Bangkok youth is recommended to verify the findings on conceptive awareness and risk behavior.
Do Consumers Who Prefer Gluten-Free Also Prefer Organic?

Introduction In recent years, consumers interest in products with labels claiming that the product is either free from an ingredient perceived as potentially harmful, or that the product is safer for consumption, due to less processing or grown with environmentally friendly production practices for example, has increased. These types of labels are referred to as “clean labels” (Asioli et al., 2017). The organic label is an example of a clean label and the sales of organic foods increased from $3.4 billion to $45.2 billion between 1997 and 2017, with an average annual growth of 14% (OTA, 2018). Within organic food sales, the bread and grains category represented around 10% of total organic sales in 2015 as shown in Figure 1 (USDA ERS, 2017). Consumers who prefer healthier versions of bread and bakery products may choose gluten-free versions, as gluten-free is another clean label. Between 2010 and 2015, the U.S. gluten-free foods market grew by 36% annually (Berry, 2017). However, studies suggest that some quality attributes of gluten-free bakery products lag behind those of traditional wheat-based bakery products (Arendt et al., 2002; Potter, Stojceska, and Plunkett, 2014).
Inequality, the risk of secular stagnation and the increase in household deb

I investigate the effect of rising income inequality on the natural rate of interest in an economy with “rich” households with preferences over wealth and “non-rich” households, a housing market and credit market frictions. Simulating the increase in interpersonal and functional income inequality over the 1981-2016 period replicates the downward trend in the natural rate of interest estimated by Laubach and Williams (2016), most of the increase in the debt-to-income ratio of the bottom 90 % of households and the upward trend in house prices observed during this period.
Resident Assistant Service as a Correlate to Higher Education Fund Raising.

This study examined whether alumni who were resident assistants (RAs) gave more to the institution than did alumni who were not RAs. This information was deemed significant for two reasons: (1) contributions from graduates are increasingly important sources of funds for colleges and universities; (2) information on why alumni contribute is important for future fund-raising efforts. Data were obtained from a random sample of 300 alumni who had graduated between 1975 and 1990 from a private university in Alabama; the data set included 10 alumni from each year who had been RAs and 10 from each year who had not been RAs. Data collected on RAs indicated that their demographic profile included the following characteristics: they were non-donors to the university, residents of Alabama, non-participants in alumni activities, female, Baptist, education majors, married, and had two children. For those former RAs who did provide contributions, the average gift size was $103, with a range of $10 to $2,500. It was also found that individuals who were RAs graduated in an average of 4.07 years, compared to 4.103 years for non-RAs. Involvement by RAs in giving and volunteering were both determined to be low, but positive. (Contains 17 references.) (MDM) ******************************************************************************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. * ********************************************************************************
Milk cellularity in the diagnosis of intramammary infection in cattle.

O presente trabalho objetivou avaliar os indicadores da celularidade do leite no diagnostico da mastite bovina. Foram utilizadas 112 amostras de leite provenientes de 28 vacas holandesas preto e branco em lactacao onde foram colhidas amostras de leite para o exame bacteriologico, a contagem de celulas somaticas (CCS) automatica, o California Mastitis test (CMT) e Wiscosin Mastitis test (WMT). Os resultados mostraram que 30,36% das amostras de leite foram positivas no exame bacteriologico, sendo o Corynebacterium bovis (58,82%) o patogeno mais frequentemente isolado, seguido pelo Streptococcus dysgalactiae (38,24%) e Staphylococcus chromogenes (2,94%). Os valores logaritmicos da CCS das amostras de leite negativas no exame bacteriologico (4,59 + 0,88) foram inferiores as amostras de leite positivas (5,68 + 0,70), positivas para C. bovis (5,38 + 0,66) e positivas para S. dysgalactiae (6,14 + 0,48) no exame bacteriologico (P<0,0001). Correlacoes medias entre a CCS automatica e o CMT (r = 0,50; P<0,0001) e o WMT (r = 0,44; P<0,0001) foram observadas. A correlacao entre o CMT e o WMT foi de r = 0,23 (P=0,0157). Conclui-se entao que o CMT e o WMT tem demonstrado serem testes de aplicacao facil e rapida, que pode ser rotineiramente utilizados diagnostico da mastite, assim como a CCS automatica.
Aspects of International Public Procurement Regulation

The public procurement market is classified as one of the most important segments of the world economy with share of 7-18% in the world GDP. The importance of this segment leads to continuous liberalization. Despite the existing legislative framework, the share of cross-border public procurement remains limited due to several obstacles including discrimination in public procurement that was raised by governments as one of the non-tariff barriers to international trade. Surveys of the European Commission or the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) indicate that there are many other obstacles to entry to international public procurement markets. These obstacles are discussed in the first chapter of this article. The goal of this paper is to review aspects of international public procurement regulation and find ways of eliminating the obstacles through this regulation. Therefore, the second, third, and fourth chapters of the paper analyse the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA), the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Public Procurement, and the role of regional trade agreements.
Healthy Stimulants. Motivating Online Health Information Seeking Through Traditional Mass Media

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Person-centred Nursing: Theory and Practice

Author Biographies. Acknowledgements. Chapter 1 Introduction. The Person-Centred Nursing Framework. Structure of the Book. Chapter 2 Personhood and Person-Centredness. Introduction. The Concept of 'Person'. A Hierarchy of Attributes. The Refl ective Person. The Intrinsic Moral Good of Persons. The Embodied Person and Personhood. Connecting Concepts of Persons through Authenticity. The Life Plan as a representation of the Authentic Self. Summary of Key Points. Chapter 3 A Theoretical Framework for Person-Centred Nursing. Introduction. Caring and Person-Centredness. The Concept of Caring. The Concept of Person-Centredness. Person-Centred Nursing. The Person-Centred Nursing Framework. Summary of Key Points. Chapter 4 Pre-requisites: Attributes of the Nurse. Introduction. Professionally Competent. Developed Interpersonal Skills. Being Committed to the Job. Clarity of Beliefs and Values. Knowing Self. Summary of Key Points. Chapter 5 The Care Environment. Introduction. Workplace Culture. Skill Mix. Shared Decision-Making Systems. Power Sharing and Effective Staff Relationships. Potential for Innovation and Risk-Taking. The Physical Environment. Summary of Key Points. Chapter 6 Person-Centred Processes. Introduction. Working with Patients Beliefs and Values. Shared Decision-Making. Engagement. Having Sympathetic Presence. Providing Holistic Care. Summary of Key Points. Chapter 7 Person-Centred Nursing Outcomes and their Evaluation. Introduction. Outcome Evaluation in Nursing. Outcome Evaluation in Person-Centred Nursing. A Framework for Outcome Evaluation. Summary of Key Points. Chapter 8 Using a Practice Development Framework to Develop Person-Centred Cultures. Introduction. Why a Practice Development Approach? What is Practice Development? How can Practice Development Methodology be made real in Practice? Case Studies of PCN Developments using Emancipatory and Transformational Approaches. A Collaborative Practice Development Programme for Clinical Nurse Leaders: 'Creating the Conditions for Growth'. An Experience of Using a Framework for the Development of Person-Centred Practice. Journeying from 'I have a Dream' towards 'Yes, we can': A Dialogue about leading the Development of Person-Centred Nursing. The Belfast Health and Social Care Trust Person-Centred Care Programme. Person-Centred Practice at Uniting Care Ageing, New South Wales, Australia. Summary of Key Points. References. Index.
Kennis uitwisselen via netwerken: mythe of realiteit?

Waarom vertonen ondernemingen verschillen in gedrag en prestaties? Deze vraag weerspiegelt de sleutelvraag van strategie. Het antwoord op deze sleutelvraag verschilt naargelang het aangenomen ondernemingsperspectief: de middelenbenadering beantwoordt de vraag vanuit een intern ondernemingsperspectief. Ze stelt dat middelen in de onderneming de basis vormen voor prestatieen gedragsverschillen en bijgevolg bronnen van concurrentievoordeel zijn; de netwerkbenadering pleit in haar antwoord voor een uitbreiding van de middelenbenadering. In netwerkliteratuur hanteert men een extern ondernemingsperspectief: ondernemingen mogen zich in hun zoektocht naar middelen niet laten beperken door hun ondernemingsgrenzen. Integendeel, ondernemingen moeten verder kijken dan hun eigen grenzen en de waarde van interorganisatorische netwerken erkennen (zie bijvoorbeeld Dyer en Singh, 1998; Gulati et al., 2000 en Birkinshaw en Hagström, 2002). Deze netwerken worden gezien als basis voor prestatieen gedragsverschillen of waardecreatie omdat ze ‘leveranciers’ van mogelijke bronnen van concurrentievoordelen zoals middelen of kennis zijn.
Surgical Complications: Diagnosis and Treatment

Cardiac Complications Respiratory Complications Wound Complications Complications of Breast Surgery Complications of Head and Neck Surgery Complications of Cardiothoracic Surgery Complications of Vascular Surgery Complications of Surgery of the Gastrointestinal Tract Complications of Surgery of the Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas and Spleen Complications of Surgery of Abdominal Wall Hernias Complications of Endocrine Surgery Complications of Pediatric Surgery Complications in Urological Surgery Complications in Gynaecological Surgery Complications of Neurosurgery Complications in Orthopaedic Surgery Complications of Microsurgery (Surgery of the Hand) Complications of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Complications of Minimally Invasive Surgery Complications of Transplantation Surgery Complications of Interventional Radiological Procedures Psychiatric Complications Related to Surgical Practice Medico-Legal Implications of Surgical Complications Ethical Problems Related to Surgical Complications
Efeitos dos exercícios físicos sobre o edema inflamatório agudo em ratos Wistar

Physical exercises have been associated with important and varied benefits to health, as those related to the specific and non-specific immune function, stressing the inflammatory process in the latter. However, depending on their type, intensity, frequency and duration, exercises can also cause certain harm to the organism. Actually, previous research has demonstrated that the hypernociception of inflammatory origin in rats was influenced by the physical exercises protocol performed on treadmill. Thus, the aim of this research was to study the effects of high and low intensity physical exercises on acute inflammatory response. Therefore, male adult Wistar rats were submitted (trained group) or not (untrained group) to physical exercises on a treadmill. Acute inflammation was induced by a 0.5% carrageenin injection into the plantar tissue of the left hind paw of each rat and the acute inflammatory edema volume was measured by plethysmography before and after 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 and 24 hours of the inflammatory process induction. The statistical analysis of the results showed a significant increase in the edema volume in times H1, H2 and H3 (P 0.05) in animals of the high intensity group compared with the non-trained group. Therefore, it was concluded that low-intensity physical exercises on treadmill increased the acute inflammatory edema volume in rats, probably due to the increase in the synthesis and secretion of prostaglandins and/or increase in the plasmatic levels of cytokines IL-1, IL-6 and TNF-alfa among other factors. This fact has not been observed in animals submitted to high intensity exercises, which demonstrates the influence of intensity, frequency and duration of the exercises on this inflammatory parameter.
Foreign Direct Investment Flow to Africa: Does Natural Resources Matter？

In this study, it explored connections between FDI inflows and natural resource. The paper is an effort to investigate a sample of 10 most resourced sub-Sahara African countries and examine the influence of natural resources on FDI inflow. Further, natural resource wealth is reflected to weaken the FDI inflow. This study discovers if the natural resource overflow affects the FDI inflows. By means of panel data for a sample dated 1990-2017, the paper employed fixed effects method and settles that natural resource slows down FDI inflow of the host nation. The results indicate that economic growth, labor force, trade openness and financial development framework promote FDI inflow in Sub-Sahara Africa countries. The study proposes that FDI inflow to SSA is not only driven by the availability of natural resources in a country but by some exogenous factors, countries with non-existence of natural resources and can obtain FDI by cultivating their bodies and policy environment. Second, multifaceted organizations like the IMF and the World Bank can play a significant role in assisting FDI by encouraging good organisations in SSA.
Investor Sentiments and Trading Volume’s Asymmetric Response: a Non-linear ARDL Approach Tested in PSX

The research paper entitled “Investor sentiments and trading volume’s asymmetric response: A non linear ARDL approach tested in PSX” is an attempt to investigate the dynamic linkages between trading volume and investor sentiments for Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) 100 index. Two sentiments indicators have been used to enlighten the linkages. These indicators are overconfidence and net optimism and pessimism. Trading volume has been used as a proxy for the measurement of market liquidity. Non-Linear Asymmetric Autoregressive Distributed Lag (NARDL) as well as Dynamic Conditional Correlation (DCC) GARCH have been used to explain the dynamic linkages between trading volume and investor sentiments. Empirical findings suggested an asymmetric long-term market liquidity reaction to investor sentiment as well as upcoming three-year correlation have been forecasted between the trading volume and investor sentiments. In the short term, stock market liquidity reacts rapidly and asymmetrically to changes in overconfidence sentiment while the net optimism and pessimism sentiment have insignificant short-term impact on trading volume.
PERUBAHAN DASAR KERAJAAN DALAM ERA KERJASAMA POLITIK MELAYU-ISLAM TAHUN 1973

Perubahan politik merupakan sebuah proses yang sering wujud dalam praktik demokrasi di seluruh dunia. Pelbagai terminologi digunakan oleh aktor-aktor politik bagi memperlihatkan kesungguhan mereka dalam melaksanakan amalan demokrasi antaranya evolusi, reformasi dan transformasi. Di Malaysia, perubahan politik turut berlaku pada tahun 1973 apabila tercetusnya kerjasama politik Melayu-Islam khususnya melibatkan UMNO-BN dengan PAS. Kerjasama rasmi yang dijalinkan kedua-dua parti berkenaan menerusi penyertaan PAS dalam kerajaan pada ketika itu telah berjaya mengubah beberapa dasar kerajaan sedia ada. Perubahan dasar kerajaan ke arah meletakkan teras Melayu-Islam tersebut merupakan satu tindakan drastik yang tidak dijangka kerana gabungan BN yang menerajui negara pada asasnya memperjuangkan elemen kerjasama kaum dalam setiap aspek pentadbiran negara. Antara dasar-dasar kerajaan yang dipinda misalnya dalam aspek penyiaran, pendidikan dan autonomi dalam pentadbiran negeri berlainan parti. Perubahan dasar kerajaan berbentuk multietnik kepada berasaskan perkauman era kerjasama UMNO-PAS merupakan satu perbincangan yang menarik untuk diketengahkan dan dinilai dalam analisis ini. Oleh demikian, analisis menerusi perbincangan ini dapat diketengahkan sebagai salah satu sumber rujukan dan perbahasan akademik sedia ada.
Strategi fundraising zakat profesi pada organisasi pengelola zakat (OPZ) di Kabupaten Jepara

This study aims to determine the strategy of zakat organization (amil zakat institution) in Jepara Regency on professional zakat fundraising as well as constraints and challenges in managing professional zakat collection. This study used a qualitative method of case study with validity testing of source triangulation. Data was obtained through interviews with respondents from the leadership of Baznas, NU-Care Lazisnu and Lazismu, Jepara district, and the community who channeled their profession's zakat through the institution. The results of this study show that one of the main strategies in professional zakat collection in Jepara Regency is mapping potential muzakki, transparency and maintaining muzakki loyalty. The main obstacle for the community is not yet fully aware of professional zakat, so the challenge of fundraising professional zakat is to give an understanding that is not only fiqh but also regulation.
International Trade and Job Polarisation: Are all the middle-waged jobs disappearing?

This thesis investigates the influence that international trade exposure has on the composition of the labour force in the manufacturing sector in Australia between 2008 and 2013. In particular we investigate whether the phenomenon of job polarisation is present within the industry, and whether increased trade exposure contributes to this. Thus we have had to carefully map employment data with trade data. Our panel data fixed effects estimation suggests that job polarisation does not exist within the manufacturing sector. This does not rule out its existence when accounting for the entire labour force however. The most significant finding is that increased exposure to trade leads to a movement of labour down the wage distribution. Such a finding has the potential to have significant policy implications.
Peripheral neuroinflammation and novel potential therapeutic targets in familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy

17 Resumo . 19 General Introduction . 21 Transthyretin . 23 Transthyretin gene structure and dynamics . 23 Transthyretin structure . 25 Transthyretin physiological functions . 27 Transthyretin as a transporter protein . 27 Transthyretin as a novel protease . 29 Transthyretin in the nervous system . 29 Other functions of transthyretin . 31 Transthyretin molecular variants . 31 Familial Amyloidotic Polyneuropathy . 32 Pathological features of Familial Amyloidotic Polyneuropathy . 33 Mechanisms for transthyretin amyloidogenesis . 35 Composition of transthyretin amyloid deposits . 36 Animal models of human amyloidoses . 38 Mechanisms for cytotoxicity in Familial Amyloidotic Polyneuropathy . 41 Endoplasmic reticulum stress and the unfolded protein response . 42 Apoptosis and mitochondrial dysfunction . 44 Heat shock response . 46 Extracellular matrix remodeling . 47 Inflammation and oxidative stress . 47 Therapies for Familial Amyloidotic Polyneuropathy . 51 Liver transplantation . 51 Gene therapy . 52 Stabilization of transthyretin tetramers . 53 Fibrils disrupters and amyloid clearance . 54 Anti-oxidant and anti-apoptotic treatments . 55 Peripheral nerve regeneration . 57 Wallerian degeneration . 57 The role of Schwann cells in Wallerian degeneration . 59 The immune cell response to peripheral nerve injury . 62 Injury signaling to the cell body. 64 Axonal elongation . 66 Final remarks . 67 Research Project . 69 Research Goals . 71 Chapter I. 73 A novel nanoparticle delivery system for in vivo targeting of the sciatic nerve: evaluation of heparan sulfate influence on transthyretin deposition . 73 Chapter II. 95 The inflammatory response to sciatic nerve injury in a Familial Amyloidotic Polyneuropathy mouse model . 95 Chapter III . 125 Interleukin-1 signaling pathway as a therapeutic target in transthyretin amyloidosis . 125 Chapter IV . 145 Protective role of Anakinra against transthyretin mediated axonal loss and cell death in a mouse model of Familial Amyloidotic Polyneuropathy . 145 Chapter V . 173 Glial cells in Familial Amyloidotic Polyneuropathy . 173 Conclusions and Future Perspectives . 195 References . 201 Annex . 231