Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Corporate Governance and the Informativeness of Accounting Earnings : The Role of the Audit Committee Tracie Woidtkea

Policy makers around the world have focused on corporate governance reforms since the Asian Financial Crisis and debacles, such as Enron, in the U.S. In particular, policy makers have focused on establishing independent audit committees to improve investor confidence in reported accounting information. For a sample of East Asian companies, we find that the negative relation between concentrated control and earnings informativeness documented prior to the Asian financial crisis persists in a more recent period when many corporate governance reforms have been adopted to presumably improve financial disclosures. We do however find that earnings informativeness is strengthened by the independence of a firm’s audit committee, but these results seem to be driven by independent directors with financial expertise. Moreover, the increased reliability associated with the combination of financial expertise and objectivity appears to more than offset the detrimental effect associated with concentrated control. The results in this paper suggest that the emphasis on audit committee independence alone may not be enough. Instead, focusing on both the financial expertise and objectivity of directors appointed to the audit committee may be a more fruitful way to increase investor confidence in accounting information, especially when ownership is concentrated.
The Effect of Premolar Extraction on Overall Bolton Ratio in Class III Malocclusion in RSGMP FKG USU

Tooth extraction is a treatment of choice in the tooth size discrepancy cases in order to achieve appropriate alignment, angulation, and inclination of the teeth. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of premolar extraction on overall Bolton ratio in Class III malocclusion. Samples in this study consisted of 40 study models of subjects with Class III malocclusion that meets the inclusion criteria. Measurements were performed directly on 12 maxillary and mandibular teeth in study model using an electronic digital caliper with accuracy 0.01 mm. Furthermore, the initial overall Bolton ratio was calculated on the whole samples and continued with several hypothetical extractions. After that, the calculation of the overall Bolton ratio in the fifth combination of premolar extraction was done and the results were statistically tested. The results showed that the initial overall Bolton ratio consisted of 5 subjects (12.5%) with small overall Bolton ratio, 24 subjects (60%) with normal overall Bolton ratio, and 11 subjects (27.5%) with large overall Bolton ratio. Wilcoxon test showed the effect of premolar tooth extractions on overall Bolton ratio in Class III malocclusion (p=0.001). Overall Bolton ratio decreased significantly after the extraction of the premolars in all hypothetical extractions, where normal Bolton ratio was observed in the combination of upper first premolar and lower second premolar extractions. As the conclusion, premolar tooth extraction affects the overall Bolton ratio in Class III malocclusion. Keywords–Overall Bolton ratio, Class III malocclusion, hypothetical extraction
SURFACE WETTING IN MULTIPHASE PIPE-FLOW

The present study examines the quantity of surface wetting in a two-phase oil and water pipe flow. The study is performed by employing an Eulerian-Eulerian CFD model using the S-gamma droplet size distribution model within Star–CCM+. In the North Sea production of oil and gas, water-phase surface processes such as scale and corrosion account for more than 40–50% of operating expenses. The objective of the model is to investigate best practices for the prediction of phase distribution aimed at evaluating the degree of the wall in contact with the water phase (water-wetting). The model is validated by performing detailed numerical simulations corresponding to the experimental studies by Kumara et al. (2009). The comparison yields good agreement with the observed measurements with slight over-prediction of the dispersion rate but accurately describing liquid holdup. The surface wetting is then evaluated with its interdependence with liquid holdup and dispersion rate.
Mobile Computing and Wireless Networks : Concepts , Methodologies

The Semantic Web and Internet of Things visions are converging toward the so-called Semantic Web of Things (SWoT). It aims to enable smart semantic-enabled applications and services in ubiquitous contexts. Due to architectural and performance issues, it is currently impractical to use existing Semantic Web reasoners. They are resource consuming and are basically optimized for standard inference tasks on large ontologies. On the contrary, SWoT use cases generally require quick decision support through semantic matchmaking in resource-constrained environments. This paper presents Mini-ME, a novel mobile inference engine designed from the ground up for the SWoT. It supports Semantic Web technologies and implements both standard (subsumption, satisfiability, classification) and non-standard (abduction, contraction, covering) inference services for moderately expressive knowledge bases. In addition to an architectural and functional description, usage scenarios are presented and an experimental performance evaluation is provided both on a PC testbed (against other popular Semantic Web reasoners) and on a smartphone. Floriano Scioscia Politecnico di Bari, Italy Michele Ruta Politecnico di Bari, Italy Giuseppe Loseto Politecnico di Bari, Italy Filippo Gramegna Politecnico di Bari, Italy Saverio Ieva Politecnico di Bari, Italy Agnese Pinto Politecnico di Bari, Italy
Cloning , sequencing and phylogenetic y phenetic classification of an 4 estrogen receptor alpha ( ) subtype of sheepshead minnow 5 ( Cyprinodon variegatus )

23 24 The estrogen receptor (ER) is a key component of the reproductive system of both teleosts and tetrapods. In this 25 study, the sequence and evolutionary relationship of sheepshead minnow ER (Cyprinodon variegatus) were examined. 26 Total RNA from livers of adult laboratory-reared gravid female C. variegatus was reverse-transcribed to prepare cDNA. 27 Nested pairs of gene-specific degenerative primers derived from conserved amino acid sequences of the ER DNA 28 binding domain were used to amplify an internal fragment of the ER cDNA of C. variegatus using polymerase chain 29 reaction(PCR) followed by rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE). The amplified cDNA products were inserted 30 into pGEM T -Easy Vector for cloning and sequencing. The cloned ER cDNA segments gave a 524-amino-acid ER
NEW ASPECTS OF P ATHOGENESIS OFATRIAL FIBRILLATION: REMODELING OFINTERCALATED DISCS

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is characterized by rapid, fragmented, asynchronous electrical activation of the atria resulting in reentrant waves, atrial contractility rates of 350 to 600 beats per minute and cardiac output reductions of up to 30% in otherwise normal individuals. Generally AF is categorized as lone (i.e., in the absence of cardiopulmonary disease), paroxysmal (i.e., recurrent but terminating spontaneously), persistent (i.e., sustained up to 7 days and requiring cardioversion for termination), or permanent (i.e., long-lasting where cardioversion has failed or not been attempted). In most cases, AF is self-perpetuating and progressive (‘AF begets AF’). AF may be triggered by ectopic pacemaker activity arising from increased vagal or sympathetic tone, calcium overload, or sinoatrial dysfunction. In particular , the cardiomyocyte sleeves that extend into the pulmonary veins are a prime source of ectopic electrical activity , and radiofrequency catheter ablation of the pulmonary veins and sur gical techniques have been shown to result in apparent elimination or improvement of AF in over 75% of patients (1, 2). Electrophysiological basis of AF initiation, maintenance and progression is discussed in details in recent review (3). AF is the most common arrhythmia in clinical practice and is becoming an increasing problem worldwide as its prevalence increases. Recently it has been reported that in response to high atrial rates there are changes in metabolism of bioactive compounds such as sphingolipids in heart ventricles (4). Systemic diseases like diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia and ageing are risk factors for AF. Importantly, each of these risk factors is accompanied by an increase in the systemic markers of oxidation. The association of oxidative stress and AF is robust and suggests that AF is possibly a manifestation of a systemic disease (5). Moreover , atrial sources of ROS vary with the duration and substrate of AF and this fact may explain why statins are ef fective in the primary prevention of AF but not in its management (6). Serious issue is the prevalence of asymptomatic AF, particularly in elder population. These individuals have a significant risk of embolic stroke and other AF-related complications, including heart failure. Despite the burden of morbidity and mortality burden incurred with AF, there are limited therapeutic options that may improve the outcomes of AF patients. Moreover , these options are associated with significant cases of AF recurrence. Nevertheless, catheter ablation is superior to drug therapy in suppressing AF and improving arrhythmia-based symptoms, quality of life and exercise capacity (1, 2). One possible explanation for the limitations of current therapies is that they do not address effectively or completely the underlying causes of AF (5). Thus, further studies to reveal novel approaches in prevention of AF and its occurrence or recurrence after ablations are warranted. JOURNALOF PHYSIOLOGYAND PHARMACOLOGY 2015, 66, 5, 625-634
ScienceDirect 3 rd International Conference on Through-life Engineering Services Advanced Maintenance Services for Promoting Sustainability

Ecology and industry, which have been many times considered as antagonists, are now associated together in the sustainability concept to support the three social / economic / environment pillars. In that way, industrial enterprises and more precisely manufacturing ones seek to integrate environment into their strategy by conducting an innovative rationalization of the production as promoted by industrial ecology and circular economy paradigms. This rationalization is favoring the evolution from product to a Product-Service Systems approach (PSS). The continuity of these services is mainly carried out by the maintenance which is no longer an aftermarket service needed for product (system) functionality but rather an inherent service function of the product (system). Thus this paper aims to investigate the role of maintenance to contribute to the development of these paradigms. It is based first on describing the main features of industrial ecology/circular economy transposing the nature concepts to industrial system. It leads to define key principles and levers to be addressed for the development of industrial ecosystems. Then maintenance activity is globally presented allowing, in a second step, to place maintenance services already existing in line with some of these principles and levers (ex. green maintenance), but also to explore advanced maintenance services more able to support promotion of industrial ecosystem by covering others principles and levers. These advanced services can be built from conventional maintenance processes but integrating sustainability goal (ex. prognostics of energy efficiency) or from innovative processes (ex. regenerative management). Finally scientific issues related to these advanced maintenance services are underlining and should concretize future research directions for researchers/practitioners working on maintenance field. © 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. Peer-review under responsibility of the Programme Chair of EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Through-life Engineering
Robotic hand simulation with kinematics and dynamic analysis

Robotics is a technology that is utilised tremendously in industrial and commercial applications. Different types of robots are designed to fulfill the human needs. The aim of the work presented in this paper is to simulate a robotic hand that emulate the shape and performance of a human hand (i.e. palm and fingers section). The robotic hand comprises of five fingers, which each of them has three degree of freedom (DOF) and 2 DOF for the thumb. This robotic hand simulation is divided into three main parts. The main objective is to design a three dimensional graphic of a robotic hand and its movement animation that imitates the movement of a human hand. This graphic design is then used as a foundation to find the kinematics and dynamic properties of the robotic hand. The end result is a robotic hand simulation that comes with analyses of the kinematics and dynamic properties.
EFFECT OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG ADDICTION AMONG PROFESSIONAL AND NON PROFESSIONAL UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN LUCKNOW CITY , INDIA PURVI NISHAD

Early adulthood is a very significant period in a young person’s life. It is a critical time for learning essential life skills. The majority of college undergraduates are below the legal drinking age, alcohol continues to be widely used on most college campuses today. The present study aimed at determining the level of alcohol and drug addiction among professional and non professional course’s students. Thus the present study was planned to assess the attitude of early adulthood studying in professional and non professional courses towards alcohol and drug and to compare the attitude of early adulthood studying in professional and nonprofessional courses towards alcohol and drug. Eighty early adulthoods comprising of 40 professional and 40 non professional course’s boys were selected to the study. Data obtained was analyzed using appropriate statistical techniques such as Frequency, Percentage, Arithmetic Mean, Standard Deviation and t-test. Thus the results revealed that significant differences were seen in the level of alcohol and drug addiction among professional and non professional course’s students (boys).
Comorbidity increased the risk of falls in Chinese older adults : a cross-sectional study

Objective: Today, there are no state-level investigations on falls involving elderly individuals with comorbidity and risk factors associated with falls and multi-comorbidity by sex and age strata reported in China. Additionally, the relationship between comorbidity and falls remains unknown. We investigated the prevalence of falls in Chinese elderly with comorbidities and determined the risk factors. Methods: A total of 4419 elderly subjects (agerange: 52-110 years old) were involved in the cross-sectional study, including 3081 with comorbidity and 1338 without comorbidity. In a face-to-face interview, we recorded the history of falls, demographic characteristics and information for 28 chronic diseases. Results: The prevalence of falls in patients with comorbidity was higher than that for patients without comorbidity (21.8% vs. 6.4%, P<0.001). The risk of falls in the comorbidity group was higher than that in the group without comorbidity (OR=4.05, 95% CI: 3.20-4.87, P<0.001). When patients were stratified by age (more than 75 years old and less than 75 years old), we showed that patients who experienced falls associated with aging were more susceptible to comorbidity (ORrange3.51-4.68, Prange0-0.0001). Conclusion: We observed that the prevalence of falls with comorbidity was 21.8% in the elderly. We showed that falls in the elderly are markedly related to comorbidity.
1 Classification of hydration : two approaches using 2 bioimpedance 3

* Correspondence: lexa.nescolarde@upc.edu; Tel. : +34 93 4137286 (L.N.) 12 13 14 Abstract: Although the need to assess hydration is well recognized, laboratory tests and clinical 15 impressions are impractical and lack sensitivity to be clinically meaningful. Different approaches use 16 bioelectrical impedance measurements to overcome some of these limitations and aid in classification 17 of hydration status. One indirect approach utilizes single or multiple frequency bioimpedance in 18 regression equations and theoretical models, respectively, with anthropometric measurements to 19 predict fluid volumes (bioelectrical impedance spectroscopy; BIS) and estimate fluid overload based 20 on deviation of calculated to reference extracellular fluid volume. Alternatively, bioimpedance vector 21 analysis (BIVA) uses direct phase-sensitive measurements of resistance and reactance, measured at 22 50 kHz, normalized for height, then plotted on a bivariate graph, resulting in a vector with length 23 related to fluid content normalized by standing height, and direction with phase angle that indexes 24 hydration status. Comparison with healthy population norms enables BIVA to classify (normal, 25 underand over-) and rank (change relative to pre-treatment) hydration independent of body weight. 26 Each approach has wide-ranging uses in evaluation and management of clinical groups with 27 overhydration with an evolving emphasis on prognosis. This review discusses the advantages and 28 limitations of BIS and BIVA for hydration assessment with comments on future applications. 29
A Video Feedback System Providing Motions Synchronized with Reference Examples for Motor Learning

This paper proposes a video feedback system for motor learning which provides a video feedback synchronized with reference example with a delay of a few second. For motor learning, it is quite effective that a trainee checks the self-motion by comparing to the reference motion which is synchronized with the self-motion. So far, some systems realized a synchronized video feedback system by using a marker-based motion capture system for motion synchronization. However, it is difficult to be popularized due to the severe limitation to the capturing environment and the high cost operation of motion capture system. The proposed method provides a video feedback system that works with no strict limitation to the video capturing environment, with a input from one camera, can be applied to wide variety of motions, and works with tablet devices. To achieve these traits, it uses motion history image, or MHI, as a feature for motion synchronization. Experiments verified that the proposed method achieved precise synchronization of motions of different actors, different clothes, and under different illumination conditions.
Child Care Issues , Parenting Style and Youth Development in Keffi

The proximal relationship of parent to child ensures that each exerts a strong influence on the other. In caring for their children, parents influence their children through specific practices. These childcare practices go a long way to influence development even as youths. This research investigates the relationship between childcare issues, parenting style and youth anti-social behaviour. Using A sample of 44 youth volunteers living within Keffi LGA, Nasarawa State comprising males (77.3%) and females (22.7%) of which (50%) were below 15years of age, (34.1%) were between ages 15-20, and (15.9%) were above 20 years of age, (79.5%) were from nuclear families while (20.5%) were from polygamous or extended families. Children raised by permissive parents experienced more parental support (53.4%), similar to children raised by authoritarian parents (54.2%), while about (60%) of children raised by Authoritative parents reported to have experienced less parental support . Results from this study found out that parents in Nasarawa state adopt permissive (34.1%) and authoritarian (54.5%) parenting styles. As parental support increases, the level of anti-social behaviour among youths reduces, but not in all cases (r = -.109, N = 44, df = 1, p = .112 > .05). Parents are to spend time with their children right from infancy as this bond shapes the children for the rest of their lives. Francis A. AkwashChild Care Issues, Parenting Style and Youth Development in Keffi EUROPEAN ACADEMIC RESEARCH Vol. IV, Issue 1 / April 2016 141
FUZZY SYNCHRONIZATION OF THE 3D CHAOTIC SYSTEMS USING BELBIC

This paper presents fuzzy model-based designs for synchronization of new chaotic system. The T–S fuzzy models for new chaotic systems are exactly derived. Then utilizing an intelligent controller which based on brain emotional learning (BELBIC), this fuzzy chaotic system is synchronized. Numerical simulation results are presented to show the effectiveness of the proposed method.
Species-specific chloroplast DNA polymorphism in the trn V-rbc L region in Pinus sylvestris and

Four cpDNA regions were analyzed with the use of PCR-RFLP technique and nucleotide sequences of two mtDNA regions were characterized in order to find P. sylvestris and P. mugo species specific markers useful for studies of the species hybridization. The difference in the restriction fragment patterns of trnV-rbcL region after digestion with MvaI endonuclease was detected. The analyses of the species representatives from various geographic regions revealed that the observed polymorphism is species specific. No differences have been disclosed in the analyzed trnS-trnT, trnK1-trnK2, trnC-trnD cpDNA regions. The P. sylvestris and P.mugo mtDNA sequences of orf25 and coxI regions proved to be identical. Additional key words: Scots pine, dwarf pine, hybridisation, DNA markers, mtDNA, Addresses: W. Wachowiak, Polish Academy of Science, Institute of Dendrology, ul. Parkowa 5, 62-035 Kórnik, Poland wachwit@amu.edu. pl A. Bączkiewicz, Department of Genetics, Institute of Experimental Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Międzychodzka 5, 60-371 Poznań, Poland K. Celiński, Department of Genetics, Institute of Experimental Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Międzychodzka 5, 60-371 Poznań, Poland W. Prus-Głowacki, Department of Genetics, Institute of Experimental Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Międzychodzka 5, 60-371 Poznań, Poland
Design of a Ring-Oscillator with a Wide Tuning Range in 0 . 13 μ m CMOS for the use in Global Navigation Satellite Systems

In this paper, the basics of the three major satellite navigation systems (GPS, GLONASS and GALILEO) are explained. They are analysed regarding their RFfrequency usage and a specification for the receiver’s local oscillator is derived. Different oscillator topologies are investigated to find a topology which satisfies the demands for a reception of all possible systems with a very low power consumption. Keywords—GPS; Galileo; ring oscillator; voltage controlled oscillator. I. I NTRODUCTION TOGNSS Global Navigation Satellite Systems are based on measurements of distances from the receiver’s position on earth to satellites in orbit. These satellites are on non-geostationary orbits, which means that they do not have a fixed position in relation to the earth’s center. The measured distance is called „pseudo-range“. These pseudo-ranges are determined by measuring the time which a transmitted signal from the satellite needs to reach the receiver. In first approximation this equals the distance divided by light speed. Four pseudo ranges are necessary to calculate the receiver’s position in three-dimensional space. To distinguish between the received signals for each visible satellite, different methods are used in the three major satellite navigation systems. These are the the American GPS, the Russian GLONASS and the European GALILEO.