Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Institutional Factors Influencing Students' College Choice Decision in Malaysia: A Conceptual Framework

Intense competition in the higher education sector in Malaysia has forced many universities to become “entrepreneurs” and implement marketing strategies in recruiting students both locally and abroad. The objective of this paper is to develop a conceptual framework to explore the institution factors that influence students’ college choice decision in Malaysia. The independent variables that have been identified to have influenced of students’ college choice decision are location, academic programme, college reputation, educational facilities, cost, availability of financial aid, employment opportunities, advertising, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), representatives and campus visit.
A sequence predicting CA3 is a flexible associator that learns and uses context to solve hippocampal‐like tasks

The model discussed in this paper is, by hypothesis, a minimal, biologically plausible model of hippocampal region CA3. Because cognitive mapping can be viewed as a sequence prediction problem, we qualify this model as a successful sequence predictor. Since the model solves problems which require the use of context, the model is also able to learn and use context. The model also solves configural learning problems of which, at least one, requires a hippocampus. Thus, by solving sequence problems, by solving configural learning problems, and by creating codes for context, this model provides a computational unification of hippocampal functions which are often viewed as disparate. © 1997 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Human Resource Management, Organizational Performance, and Publicness: The Case of Korean Higher Educational Institutions

This study investigates the relationship between human resource management and organizational performance using a dataset of 155 universities in Korea. It also examines the moderating effect of publicness measured by ownership (whether it is a public or private university) on the relationship of human resource management and performance. The results show that there is a positive relationship between the efforts of top managers to improve human resource management and one of the two research performance indicators examined in this study. Also, the moderating effects of publicness on the relationship between human resource management and performance are clearly shown in the analysis of both research performance indicators, which means that human resource management in public universities is more conducive to research performance than in private universities. The findings of the present study imply a linear linkage between human resource management and organizational performance and the moderating role of publicness in the management-performance linkage.
Multiword Expressions Dataset for Indian Languages

Multiword Expressions (MWEs) are used frequently in natural languages, but understanding the diversity in MWEs is one of the open problem in the area of Natural Language Processing. In the context of Indian languages, MWEs play an important role. In this paper, we present MWEs annotation dataset created for Indian languages viz., Hindi and Marathi. We extract possible MWE candidates using two repositories: 1) the POS-tagged corpus and 2) the IndoWordNet synsets. Annotation is done for two types of MWEs: compound nouns and light verb constructions. In the process of annotation, human annotators tag valid MWEs from these candidates based on the standard guidelines provided to them. We obtained 3178 compound nouns and 2556 light verb constructions in Hindi and 1003 compound nouns and 2416 light verb constructions in Marathi using two repositories mentioned before. This created resource is made available publicly and can be used as a gold standard for Hindi and Marathi MWE systems.
Deploying Digital Educational Resources with Free and Open Source Technologies

Digital educational resources are an increasingly visible and important component of the online learning environment. Concurrently, many organizations are faced with limited financial resources with which to provide their materials to the learners. In order to continue delivering materials but reduce the total cost of delivery organizations can implement free and open source technologies for digital educational resource deployment. Open source software and free online services, properly employed, can enhance organizational effectiveness while also reducing organizational expense.
Effects of long-term oxygen therapy on mortality and morbidity.

In general, based on the above studies of the effects of supplemental oxygen on reducing mortality and improving sleep and exercise function in certain patient groups, patients whose disease is stable on a full medical regimen with PaO2 < or = 55 mm Hg (SaO2 < or = 88%) should be considered for LTOT. Patients with PaO2 of 55-59 mm Hg with signs of tissue hypoxemia (i.e., cor pulmonale, polycythemia, impaired cognition) should also be considered for LTOT. Oxygen therapy should also be considered for those who desaturate during sleep or exercise. These guidelines have been adopted by Medicare as reimbursement criteria and have also been endorsed by the American Thoracic Society. Indications for LTOT endorsed by the American Thoracic Society and published in the "Standards for the Diagnosis and Care of Patients with COPD" are shown in Table 6. More research is required to investigate the use of supplemental oxygen in patients who suffer nocturnal desaturation but do not have signs of end organ dysfunction, those who have an improvement in dyspnea with supplemental oxygen, and in normoxemic patients with impaired exercise performance who improve while inspiring supplemental oxygen.
Conservation of fishes.

Historically, research on the conservation of fishes has followed two strands, first that concerned with the sustainability of commercially caught species and second that concerned, with the maintenance and conservation of particular species and biodiversity. The former has traditionally been the preserve of the fisheries scientist, whereas taxonomists, ecologists and wildlife biologists have been more involved with the latter. Although there has been some overlap between the two strands, the situation was succinctly summarized by Pauly (2008) who stated in his opening address to the Fourth World Fisheries Congress, whose theme was ‘Reconciling Fisheries with Conservation’, that ‘What we have seen . is 50 or more years of isolation of fisheries science from conservation biology, as reflected, for example, in distinct journals, whose contributions usually fail to acknowledge the existence of the sister discipline’. The Fourth World Fisheries Congress was perhaps the first serious attempt to bring the two sides together in the realization that both are dependent on maintenance of healthy aquatic ecosystems and conservation of biodiversity. This Special Issue will help to continue this emphasis and contribute to the ongoing documentation and discussion of the changing status of many fishes and fisheries around the world. Sustainable management in order to conserve stocks has always been a goal of fisheries management (Beverton & Holt, 1957), but it is evident that for commercially fished species, this has not worked well, and most stocks have been reduced 10-fold or more in the last 50 years (Pauly, 2008). Massive declines have been described (Myers & Worm, 2003; Watson et al., 2004; Pauly et al., 2005), and from the global mapping of these declines, what Pauly (2008) describes as ‘planet-wide trends’ have emerged. In order to maintain catch levels, there has been spatial expansion of fisheries into new areas such as the Antarctic and to new depths. Morato et al. (2006) consider that deep sea fisheries are exploiting the last refuges for commercial fish species and their stocks are at risk of serious depletion. In countries such as India, where there is a large dependence on fishes as a source of protein, the maintenance and even slight increase in landings has been a result of expansion of the areas fished so that in 2000, they covered four times the area fished in 1970, but they have now reached a limit and catches will decline (Bhathal & Pauly, 2008). In parallel to the efforts of fisheries scientists, conservation organizations such as the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), through its Red List of threatened species, and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) have been describing and documenting the conservation status of species. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (www.iucnredlist.org) focuses attention on species of conservation concern using the following categories: critically endangered (CR), endangered (EN) and vulnerable (VU). Other categories assessed,
Planar Cell Polarity Effector Fritz Interacts with Dishevelled and Has Multiple Functions in Regulating PCP

The Planar cell Polarity Effector (PPE) genes inturned, fuzzy, and fritz are downstream components in the frizzled/starry night signaling pathway, and their function is instructed by upstream Planar Cell Polarity (PCP) core genes such as frizzled and dishevelled. PPE proteins accumulate asymmetrically in wing cells and function in a protein complex mediated by direct interactions between In and Frtz and In and Fy. How the PCP proteins instruct the accumulation of PPE protein is unknown. We found a likely direct interaction between Dishevelled and Fritz and Dishevelled and Fuzzy that could play a role in this. We previously found that mild overexpression of frtz rescued a weak in allele. To determine if this was due to extra Frtz stabilizing mutant In or due to Frtz being able to bypass the need for In we generate a precise deletion of the inturned gene (inPD). We found that mild overexpression of Fritz partially rescued inPD, indicating that fritz has In independent activity in PCP. Previous studies of PPE proteins used fixed tissues, and did not provide any insights into the dynamic properties of PPE proteins. We used CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing technology to edit the fritz gene to add a green fluorescent protein tag. fritzmNeonGreen provides complete rescue activity and works well for in vivo imaging. Our data showed that Fritz is very dynamic in epidermal cells and preferentially distributed to discrete membrane subdomains (“puncta”). Surprisingly, we found it in stripes in developing bristles.
CQADupStack: Gold or Silver?

In this paper we analyse the quality of a recently-released dataset for community question-answering (cQA) research, CQADupStack [8]. This set contains cQA data from the Stack Exchange community, annotated by the forum users with duplicate question information. While there is the expectation that the labels are of high quality, no previous analysis has been done to determine the quality of these annotations in terms of precision or recall. We provide evidence for the reliability of the existing duplicate question labels (precision) and identify in a sample that around 1% of the question pairs is missing a duplicate label (recall). This may extrapolate to as many as 39 million question pairs. Two strategies for sampling question pairs for possible annotation to boost recall are presented. Our results suggest that we can increase the number of duplicates by around 45%, by annotating only 0.0003% of all the question pairs in the data set.
Log Likelihood Spectral Distance, Entropy Rate Power, and Mutual Information with Applications to Speech Coding

We provide a new derivation of the log likelihood spectral distance measure for signal processing using the logarithm of the ratio of entropy rate powers. Using this interpretation, we show that the log likelihood ratio is equivalent to the difference of two differential entropies, and further that it can be written as the difference of two mutual informations. These latter two expressions allow the analysis of signals via the log likelihood ratio to be extended beyond spectral matching to the study of their statistical quantities of differential entropy and mutual information. Examples from speech coding are presented to illustrate the utility of these new results. These new expressions allow the log likelihood ratio to be of interest in applications beyond those of just spectral matching for speech.
An on-die digital aging monitor against HCI and xBTI in 16 nm Fin-FET bulk CMOS technology

We propose an on-die aging monitor based on ring-oscillator (RO) which measures bias-temperature-instabilities (BTI) and AC hot-carrier-infection (HCI). The monitor consists of a symmetric RO (SRO) and an asymmetric RO (ASRO). The effect of NBTI and PBTI can be separated by focusing on the difference in sensitivity observed in SRO and ASRO under DC stress condition. In addition, the speed degradation caused by AC-HCI is monitored because unbalanced delay with long/short transition in ASRO has high sensitivity against AC-HCI under AC stress. A test chip including both SRO and ASRO using 2NAND standard cells is implemented in a 16 nm Fin-FET bulk CMOS technology. We observe that Vth shift due to PBTI measured from frequency degradation is 2 mV, which is still 1/10 of NBTI in Fin-FET technology. The measured AC-HCI shows almost half percentage of all aging factors. The aging monitor optimizes the design guard band (GB) in design phase and enables dependable system in high performance application LSIs.
Perceived triggers of asthma: key to symptom perception and management

Adequate asthma management depends on an accurate identification of asthma triggers. A review of the literature on trigger perception in asthma shows that individuals vary in their perception of asthma triggers and that the correlation between self‐reported asthma triggers and allergy tests is only modest. In this article, we provide an overview of psychological mechanisms involved in the process of asthma triggers identification. We identify sources of errors in trigger identification and targets for behavioural interventions that aim to improve the accuracy of asthma trigger identification and thereby enhance asthma control.
Hormonal contraception decreases bacterial vaginosis but oral contraception may increase candidiasis: implications for HIV transmission

Objective:A 2012 WHO consultation concluded that combined oral contraception (COC) does not increase HIV acquisition in women, but the evidence for depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) is conflicting. We evaluated the effect of COC and DMPA use on the vaginal microbiome because current evidence suggests that any deviation from a ‘healthy’ vaginal microbiome increases women's susceptibility to HIV. Methods:We conducted a systematic review and reanalysed the Hormonal Contraception and HIV Acquisition (HC-HIV) study. Vaginal microbiome outcomes included bacterial vaginosis by Nugent scoring, vaginal candidiasis by culture or KOH wet mount and microbiome compositions as characterized by molecular techniques. Results:Our review of 36 eligible studies found that COC and DMPA use reduce bacterial vaginosis by 10–20 and 18–30%, respectively. The HC-HIV data showed that COC and DMPA use also reduce intermediate microbiota (Nugent score of 4–6) by 11% each. In contrast, COC use (but not DMPA use) may increase vaginal candidiasis. Molecular vaginal microbiome studies (n = 4) confirm that high oestrogen levels favour a vaginal microbiome composition dominated by ‘healthy’ Lactobacillus species; the effects of progesterone are less clear and not well studied. Conclusion:DMPA use does not increase HIV risk by increasing bacterial vaginosis or vaginal candidiasis. COC use may predispose for vaginal candidiasis, but is not believed to be associated with increased HIV acquisition. However, the potential role of Candida species, and vaginal microbiome imbalances other than bacterial vaginosis or Candida species, in HIV transmission cannot yet be ruled out. Further in-depth molecular studies are needed.
Prediction equations for diffusing capacity (transfer factor) of lung for North Indians

Background: Prediction equations for diffusing capacity of lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO), alveolar volume (VA), and DLCO/VA using the current standardization guidelines are not available for Indian population. The present study was carried out to develop equations for these parameters for North Indian adults and examine the ethnic diversity in predictions. Materials and Methods: DLCO was measured by single-breath technique and VA by single-breath helium dilution using standardized methodology in 357 (258 males, 99 females) normal nonsmoker adult North Indians and DLCO/VA was computed. The subjects were randomized into training and test datasets for development of prediction equations by multiple linear regressions and for validation, respectively. Results: For males, the following equations were developed: DLCO, −7.813 + 0.318 × ht −0.624 × age + 0.00552 × age2; VA, −8.152 + 0.087 × ht −0.019 × wt; DLCO/VA, 7.315 − 0.037 × age. For females, the equations were: DLCO, −44.15 + 0.449 × ht −0.099 × age; VA, −6.893 + 0.068 × ht. A statistically acceptable prediction equation was not obtained for DLCO/VA in females. It was therefore computed from predicted DLCO and predicted VA. All equations were internally valid. Predictions of DLCO by Indian equations were lower than most Caucasian predictions in both males and females and greater than the Chinese predictions for males. Conclusion: This study has developed validated prediction equations for DLCO, VA, and DLCO/VA in North Indians. Substantial ethnic diversity exists in predictions for DLCO and VA with Caucasian equations generally yielding higher values than the Indian or Chinese equations. However, DLCO/VA predicted by the Indian equations is slightly higher than that by other equations.
Glycoprotein gB (gII) of pseudorabies virus can functionally substitute for glycoprotein gB in herpes simplex virus type 1

Glycoproteins homologous to gB of herpes simplex virus (HSV) constitute the most highly conserved family of herpesvirus glycoproteins. All gB homologs analyzed so far have been shown to play essential roles in penetration and direct viral cell-to-cell spread. In studies aimed at assessing whether the high sequence homology is also indicative of functional homology, we analyzed the ability of the gB-homologous glycoprotein (former designation gII) of pseudorabies virus (PrV) to complement a gB- HSV type 1 (HSV-1) mutant and vice versa. The results show that a PrV gB-expressing cell line phenotypically complemented the lethal defect in gB- HSV-1 whereas reciprocal complementation of a gB- PrV mutant by HSV-1 gB was not observed.
Applying Verbal Decision Analysis to Task Allocation in Distributed Development of Software

The management of distributed software development projects presents many challenges. One of them happens right at the start of the project and consists of the allocation of tasks between remote teams. When allocating a task to a site, the project manager takes into account several factors such as technical knowledge of staff and proximity to the client. The project manager usually takes this decision in a subjective way. The verbal decision analysis is an approach based on solving problems through multi-criteria qualitative analysis, which means it considers the analysis of subjective criteria. This paper describes the application of verbal decision analysis methodologies ORCLASS and ZAPROS III-i to classify and rank the most relevant factors that the project managers should take into account when allocating tasks in projects of distributed development of software.
Success and failure in M&As: Is there a place for a paradigm change? Evidence from the Israeli hi-tech industry

The consistent growth of mergers & acquisitions (M&As) activity around the world in the last decade, and the volume of capital involved in such transactions, stand in sharp contrast to the high failure rates evident in M&As. The inconsistency amongst empirical findings on M&A performance is based on a variety of settings and on different measurements investigated under the generic label ‘M&As’. This paper claims that we need to differentiate between general M&As and those involving technology firms acquisition. The combination of the drive, the dynamic process and the human capital capabilities which characterize the latter, is expected to result in a more successful result than was reported. Hi-tech innovative acquirers can benefit from buying small, startup firms by adding valuable resources, increasing market power and initiating strategic renewal. It is proposed that in addition to the traditional critical success factors (CSFs) identified as the most influential variables on M&A performance, attention needs to be given to the acquired firms’ motivation to succeed and to the performance of start-ups in the hi-tech sector. Some unique variables in that configuration need to be researched, amongst them are: trust, readiness for change, commitment, knowledge transfer and preserved autonomy. By doing that an opportunity will be given to examine if the general research paradigm of M&As fits the hi-tech’s circumstances or if a separate one is needed to measure the merger performance of start-ups. It is assumed that the Israeli’s start-ups mergers represent a more successful case and that they will perform with more positive results. This paper presents a theoretical framework for investigating M&A performance in the hi-tech area through an interdisciplinary approach. The article is organized as follows: The first section outlines the various theoretical ideas and research done on M&As. The second part deals with some critical reviews that aim to explain the confusing data produced from that paradigm. Section three turns to the emerging area of the technological business environment highlighting the uniqueness of the Israeli start-up phenomena. The last section combines performance with hi-tech in order to provide new insights on the M&As processes for executives engaged in both planning 1 Article received 5 October 2015, accepted 11 January 2016. 2 Etz-Vadat, MTC, Moshav Gan – Sorek 7686500, Israel, zaks-@013.net. il. 86 Economics and Business Review, Vol. 2 (16), No. 1, 2016 and implementing M&A deals. The paper concludes with a short summary and practical recommendation for further research.
Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Value Creation in Support of Smart, Sustainable, and Inclusive Growth in the European Union

In 2010, the European Union codified “Smart, Sustainable, and Inclusive Growth” (SSIG) as part of the Europe 2020 Strategy. Introduced in the context of the global financial crisis, SSIG seeks to restore economic resiliency and foster a more equitable, innovative and environmentally sustainable European economy. The research evaluates the processes of entrepreneurship through which small and medium enterprises (SMEs) contribute to SSIG, including through “innovation-driven entrepreneurship,” “sustainable entrepreneurship” and “social entrepreneurship. ” The research additionally assesses the creation of an enabling regulatory and fiscal environment for these modes of value creation, their associated socio-economic outcomes and their monitoring and evaluation practices.