Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A Histological Comparison in the Dog of Porous-coated vs. Threaded Dental Implants

The histological findings of an 18-month trial, in the dog, of a partially porous-coated endosseous dental implant made of Ti-6Al-4V, with a truncated conical shape, are described and compared with those for a cylindrical, threaded, endosseous implant made of commercially pure Ti. Six beagle dogs each received two porous-coated implants on one side of the mandible and two threaded implants on the contralateral side. Each set of two implants supported a two-unit fixed bridge for an 18-month functional period. Methylmethacrylate sections of both the buccolingual and mesiodistal aspects of each implant were examined qualitatively and by computer-assisted morphometry. The morphometric measurements were used for determination of the length of implant surface in direct contact with bone on each aspect of each implant. The data were expressed both as an absolute length and as a fraction of the maximum length available for contact (contact length fraction or CLF). On the buccal and lingual aspects of the implants, both the absolute lengths and CLF were significantly smaller for the porous-coated design. For the mesial and distal aspects, the absolute lengths and CLF were less for the porous-coated design, but the differences were not significant. However, when the absolute contact length was related to the corresponding vertical bone height, significant differences were observed, the absolute contact length being greater for any given bone height for the porous-coated design. Taken together, the data suggest that shorter implants may be used with the porous-coated design.
What Factors Influence the Adoption of Workplace Policies in African Organisations?: An Exploratory Study of Private Sector Companies' Adoption of Workplace Policies in Malawi

Given the dearth of research on management innovation in Africa, this paper explores the factors influencing the adoption of workplace policies in African companies. The paper used a random sample of 152 private sector companies in Malawi to investigate the factors influencing the adoption of HIV/AIDS workplace policies. The hierarchical regression results indicate that organisational factors are the better predictors of the adoption of HIV/AIDS workplace policies in Malawi. Specifically, top management support and organisational size have been found to be the main predictors. However, the study also found significant correlations between the adoption of HIV/AIDS workplace policies and institutional factors. One of the main implications of the findings is that organisational factors might provide improved explanatory power in predicting the adoption of HIV/AIDS workplace policies in African companies.
A Survey On Various Phishing Detection And Prevention Techniques

Now a day's phishing attack has become one of the most serious issues faced by internet users, organizations and service providers. In phishing attack attacker tries to obtain the personal information of the users by using spoofed emails or by using fake websites or both. The internet community is still looking for the complete solution to secure the internet from such attacks. This paper presents an overview about various phishing attacks and various techniques to protect the information from the phishers.
Association between maternal food group intake and birth size

Maternal nutrition is one of the dominant factors in determining fetal growth and subsequent developmental health for both mother and child. This study aimed to explore the association between maternal consumption of food groups and birth size among singleton, termed newborns. One hundred and eight healthy pregnant women in their third trimester, aged 19 to 40 years who visited the Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic of Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia completed an interviewed-administered, validated semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire. The maternal socio-demographic, medical and obstetric histories and anthropometry measurements were recorded accordingly. The pregnancy outcomes, birth weight, birth length and head circumference were obtained from the medical records. The data were analyzed using multiple linear regression by controlling for possible confounders. Among all food groups, fruits intake was associated with higher birth weight (p=0.018). None of the food intake showed evident association with respect to birth length while only fruits intake was associated positively with head circumference (p=0.019). In contrast, confectioneries and condiments were associated with lower birth weight (p=0.013 and p=0.001, respectively). Also, condiments appeared to associate inversely with ponderal index (p=0.015). These findings suggest the potential beneficial effects of micronutrient rich food but detrimental effects of high sugar and sodium food on fetal growth. Such an effect may have long term health consequences to the lives of children.
Natural History and Prognosis of Cervical Spondylosis

It is now fi**ffftn years since cervical spondylosis was clearly defined (Brain, Knight, and Bull, 1948), but this is not long in terms of natural history, and it is not surprising that little has been written on this aspect of the disease. Brain (1962) considered that the natural tendency of cervical spondylosis was to become arrested, but most of those affected were left with a variable degree of disability. Wilkinson (1962) wrote that the prognosis of cervical spondylosis was good, provided that the condition was recognized early, appro priate treatment was given, and the patient was told how to cope with his disability.
Heartwater in Guadeloupe and in the Caribbean.

A sero-epidemiological survey for heartwater was organized in 1992 in the Lesser Antilles, from Grenada to Saint Martin. Blood from about one percent of the ruminant livestock of the islands was randomly sampled and the sera were tested with an indirect ELISA. The percentage of positive sera was found to be 30% in Guadeloupe, 25% in Antigua, 2.2% in St.Martin, 1.3% in St. Kitts & Nevis, 3.8% in Montserrat, 1.7% in Dominica, 1.5% in St.Lucia, 1.5% in St.Vincent, 3.5% in Barbados, 2.9% in Grenada and 7% in Martinique. Ruminants from Guadeloupe and Antigua are known to be infected with heartwater. The low percentage of positive sera and the absence of clinical cases in the other islands strongly suggest that positive sera in these islands are probably due to non-specific cross reactions between Cowdria and other micro-organisms (possibly Ehrlichia) which remain to be isolated. In particular, the high percentages of positive sheep sera in Martinique (15%) and Montserrat (11%) should be further investigated.
The Role of Accounting Information System in Planning and Control of Sales at PT. Pupuk Kaltim (Surabaya Branch)

Sales are one of the significant activities for company survival heavily upon the success of this activity, if sales increase so that companies had progress and vice versa. Successful of advisability management in doing his duty are dependent upon ability decision by using relevant and properly information. Accounting information system sales in part of information systems specialized for processing data coming from sales transactions only so that accounting information is generated that related to sales only. From the above condition, sales requires a sales accounting information system transactions that understands both carry out transactions, record book keeping and also reporting transactions. The purpose of this research is to find out how the role of accounting information system in decision making so that sales can do the planning and controlling of sales at PT. Pupuk Kaltim Surabaya Branch. The results showed that PT. Pupuk Kaltim Surabaya Branch has two sales systems which are subsidized fertilizer and non-subsidized fertilizer. In sales subsidized fertilizer is the main case must be considered to controlled the fertilizer available on the market according to farmer’s needs, in case if the fertilizer is too much in market it will cause possibility fertilizer to be leaked to another. Sales non-subsidized fertilizer different with subsidized fertilizer, sales for non-subsidized fertilizer can be served from the market request how much they want. Sales prices used the international market price. The main thing in decision making for the sales of non-subsidized fertilizer is determination of the sales price. Determination should consider several aspects that took place in the international market and domestic market. The role of accounting information in planning and control in sales at PT. Pupuk Kaltim Surabaya Branch for gathering information is complete and relevant, so it could take a decision for the right sale. Keywords: Sales, Accounting Information Systems, Sales Transactions.
Comparison of low‐intensity blood flow‐restricted training‐induced muscular hypertrophy in eumenorrheic women in the follicular phase and luteal phase and age‐matched men

The purpose of this study was to compare the muscle hypertrophic response in women during both the follicular (FP) and the luteal phase (LP) of their menstrual cycles following short‐term, low‐intensity resistance training combined with blood flow restriction (BFR). Eight eumenorrheic women and five men, all previously untrained, performed unilateral low‐intensity (30% of 1 repetition maximum) dumbbell curl training with BFR once a day for 6 days. The opposite arm served as an untrained control. This 6‐day training programme was conducted during both menstrual cycle phases: the early FP and the mid LP. MRI‐measured biceps muscle volume (MV) and isometric elbow flexion strength were measured in both arms before and 2 days after the final training bout. Significantly (P<0.05) greater muscle hypertrophy was observed in the LP (5·7%) than in the FP (3·7%). The absolute and relative changes in serum hormone concentrations between the two phases did not correlate (P>0.05) with the percentage change in MV between the LP and FP. There was no change in MV in the control arm for both cycle phases. Following training, isometric strength increased (P<0.01) in the LP, but not in the FP (P = 0.17). Relative strength (strength per unit MV) was similar pre‐ and post‐training in both phases. The percentage changes in MV and strength were similar between the women (average of LP and FP) and men. Our results indicate that muscle hypertrophy and strength gain are higher in the LP than in the FP following 6 days of BFR training, although the sex difference in the training response is non‐existent.
A Differential-Mode Wideband Bandpass Filter With Enhanced Common-Mode Suppression Using Slotline Resonator

A novel design of a differential-mode (DM) wideband bandpass filter (BPF) with enhanced common-mode (CM) suppression using a slotline resonator is presented. The BPF consists of two pairs of parallel microstrip transmission lines, a pair of transverse microstrip sections connected to the transmission lines, and a longitudinal slotline resonator placed in the ground plane. With proper placement of the slotline resonator, the mode coupling between the slotline mode and the (DM) signals can be maximized, while that between the slotline mode and the CM signals can be minimized. It is found that throughout the (DM) passband, the insertion loss of the CM signals is higher than 47.5 dB, the fractional bandwidth defined by the 10 dB return loss for the (DM) signals is about 105%, and the insertion loss for the (DM) signals ranges from 1.22 to 5.82 dB over the fractional bandwidth. Good agreement between simulated and measured results is obtained.
Difference Analysis of Life Satisfaction and Successful Aging on Difference in National Pension Receipt

본 연구는 60세 이상을 대상으로 하여 국민연금 수급액 차이에 따라 삶의 만족도와 성공적 노후가 어느 정도 차이가 있는지 분석하고, 그 후 삶의 만족도와 성공적 노후에 영향을 미치는 요인을 분석하였다. 그 결과 수급액의 차이에 따라 삶의 만족도와 성공적 노후에 차이가 나는 것으로 나타나 수급액이 많을수록 삶의 만족도가 향상되고, 성공적 노후를 보내고 있다는 인식이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 영향을 미치는지 알 아보기 위해 회귀분석을 한 결과, 수급액의 차이는 삶의 만족도에선 유의미하였으나, 성공적 노후에는 유 의미하지 않은 것으로 나타났다. 이로 볼 때, 국민연금 수급이 경제적 안정감을 주어 삶의 만족도를 증가시 키는 기반이 될 수는 있으나 성공적 노후로 이어지려면 여가선용과 같은 사회적 지지도 필요하다는 것을 파악할 수 있었다. 또한 현재 국민연금의 수급액의 만족도는 낮은 편이며, 수급액만으론 생활이 불안정하 고 느끼고 있기 때문에 차후에 수급액의 만족도를 높이며, 여가선용 확대를 통해 안정적인 생활을 영위할 수 있는 정책적 방안이 필요하다.
Research on Application of Listed Company Financial Fraud Distinguish Based on Acceleration-convergent BP network Algorithm

Financial fraud has been a big problem in the field of financial accounting for a long time. An endless stream of financial fraud incidents was exposed. These cases on the one hand influenced the development of enterprise itself, the industry trend and on the other hand affected the development of the market. Many scholars have focuses on the issue from different angles and established some identification model of financial fraud. But these models generally do not have universal applicability because they are usually created in a specific environment or under accidental conditions. This paper improves the original method by accelerating the convergence of the excitation function of BP neural network algorithm. The sample of the article comes from 138 listed companies between 2010 and 2012. We respectively establish the financial reporting fraud identification models based on BP neural network algorithm and the improved algorithm. According to the comparison of results, we get that recognition accuracy of the improved algorithm reaches 93.48% and the forecasting effect is obviously better.
Computation of electrostatic fields in anisotropic human tissues using the Finite Integration Technique (FIT)

Abstract. The exposure of human body to electromagnetic fields has in the recent years become a matter of great interest for scientists working in the area of biology and biomedicine. Due to the difficulty of performing measurements, accurate models of the human body, in the form of a computer data set, are used for computations of the fields inside the body by employing numerical methods such as the method used for our calculations, namely the Finite Integration Technique (FIT). A fact that has to be taken into account when computing electromagnetic fields in the human body is that some tissue classes, i.e. cardiac and skeletal muscles, have higher electrical conductivity and permittivity along fibers rather than across them. This property leads to diagonal conductivity and permittivity tensors only when expressing them in a local coordinate system while in a global coordinate system they become full tensors. The Finite Integration Technique (FIT) in its classical form can handle diagonally anisotropic materials quite effectively but it needed an extension for handling fully anisotropic materials. New electric voltages were placed on the grid and a new averaging method of conductivity and permittivity on the grid was found. In this paper, we present results from electrostatic computations performed with the extended version of FIT for fully anisotropic materials.
Bayesian and non-Bayesian analysis of mixed-effects PK/PD models based on differential equations

Abstract Compartmental analysis is used to model dynamic biological systems and widely applied to study the kinetics of drugs in the body. We used compartmental mixed-effects modeling, which quantifies the between- and within-subject variability, to analyze population data based on a pharmacokinetic model where predictions were obtained from a solution of a system of ordinary differential equations (ODEs). Non-Bayesian software (nlmeODE in R, or, NLINMIX with ODEs in SAS) and Bayesian software (WBDiff in WinBUGS) enabled the mixed-effect analysis of complicated systems of ODEs with and without a closed-form solution. Our aim was to use simulation data and real data from the glucose-insulin minimal model study to illustrate the applicability of Bayesian and non-Bayesian methods for compartmental analysis of population data. Our results indicated that the two methods are numerically stable and provided accurate parameter estimates for the simulation data based on the standard PK/PD model. However, in the analysis of glucose-insulin minimal model, the Bayesian method was preferred, since it provided a satisfactory solution (statistically) to the minimal model without approximation by linearization required by the non-Bayesian algorithm.
Notch‐induced E2A ubiquitination and degradation are controlled by MAP kinase activities

Notch signals are important for lymphocyte development but downstream events that follow Notch signaling are not well understood. Here, we report that signaling through Notch modulates the turnover of E2A proteins including E12 and E47, which are basic helix–loop–helix proteins crucial for B and T lymphocyte development. Notch‐induced degradation requires phosphorylation of E47 by p42/p44 MAP kinases. Expression of the intracellular domain of Notch1 (N1‐IC) enhances the association of E47 with the SCFSkp2 E3 ubiquitin ligase and ubiquitination of E47, followed by proteasome‐mediated degradation. Furthermore, N1‐IC induces E2A degradation in B and T cells in the presence of activated MAP kinases. Activation of endogenous Notch receptors by treatment of splenocytes with anti‐IgM or anti‐CD3 plus anti‐CD28 also leads to E2A degradation, which is blocked by the inhibitors of Notch activation or proteasome function. Notch‐induced E2A degradation depends on the function of its downstream effector, RBP‐Jκ, probably to activate target genes involved in the ubiquitination of E2A proteins. Thus we propose that Notch regulates lymphocyte differentiation by controlling E2A protein turnover.
Collective pensions and the global financial crisis: The case of the Netherlands

The global financial crisis triggered a major redesign of the collective pension system in the Netherlands. The current Dutch system can be characterized as a defined benefit system with nominal guarantees, which are increased in line with inflation if investment returns are satisfactory. The crisis has shown that cuts in nominal benefits cannot be excluded because investment policy does not defend the nominal guarantees. In the redesigned contract, pension incomes depend more explicitly on the investment returns with lower guarantee levels that are defended in case of low investment returns. Allowing some individual choice with respect to risk taking is currently under discussion. As a side effect of adjusting the contract in the light of the financial crisis, funds no longer insure workers against systematic longevity risk during the accumulation phase. The chapter analyzes the pros and cons of these adjustments to the contract.
Relation between Emotional Intelligence and Forgiveness with Marital Satisfaction

The purpose of this study was to explore the relation between emotional intelligence and forgiveness with marital satisfaction. The sample of this research was 200 Iranian married couples whom were randomly selected for investigation. SPSS was used to analyze the data. All respondents completed questionnaires which comprised of 3 parts (Marital Satisfaction, Enrich; Forgiveness family questionnaire, FFS; Bar-on Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire and EIQ). The research shows that there are significant relation between emotional intelligence and marital satisfaction as well as significant relation between forgiveness and marital satisfaction. So the hypothesis 4 and 6 were confirmed, but based on the finding of this research the hypothesis 1, 2, 3 and 5 were not confirmed.
Cross-lingual Sentence Compression for Subtitles

We present an approach for translating subtitles where standard time and space constraints are modeled as part of the generation of translations in a phrase-based statistical machine translation system (PB-SMT). We propose and experiment with two promising strategies for jointly translating and compressing subtitles from English into Portuguese. The quality of the automatic translations is measured via the human post-editing of such translations so that they become adequate, ﬂuent and compliant with time and space constraints. Experiments show that carefully selecting the data to tune the model parameters in the PB-SMT system already improves over an unconstrained baseline and that adding speciﬁc model components to guide the translation process can further improve the ﬁnal translations under certain conditions.
Acetyl‐coenzyme A carboxylases: Versatile targets for drug discovery

Acetyl‐coenzyme A carboxylases (ACCs) have crucial roles in fatty acid metabolism in humans and most other living organisms. They are attractive targets for drug discovery against a variety of human diseases, including diabetes, obesity, cancer, and microbial infections. In addition, ACCs from grasses are the targets of herbicides that have been in commercial use for more than 20 years. Significant progresses in both basic research and in drug discovery have been made over the past few years in the studies on these enzymes. At the basic research level, the crystal structures of the biotin carboxylase (BC) and the carboxyltransferase (CT) components of ACC have been determined, and the molecular basis for ACC inhibition by small molecules are beginning to be understood. At the drug discovery level, a large number of nanomolar inhibitors of mammalian ACCs have been reported and the extent of their therapeutic potential is being aggressively explored. This review summarizes these new progresses and also offers some prospects in terms of the future directions for the studies on these important enzymes. J. Cell. Biochem. 99: 1476–1488, 2006. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Promoting Screening Mammography in Inner-City Settings: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Computerized Reminders as a Component of a Program to Facilitate Mammography

In a one-year randomized controlled trial, we assessed the effectiveness of a computerized mammography reminder system as a component of a program to increase the use of screening mammography in three health care organizations serving inner-city women in Detroit, Michigan (two sites of a health department, one HMO site, and two sites of a private hospital). Four thousand four hundred and one women older than 40 who had visited a study site in the preceding year were randomly assigned to one of two treatment groups. Limited intervention (LI) included physician and staff breast cancer control education, facilitated mammography appointment scheduling procedures, and elimination of out-of-pocket patient cost for mammography (at three of five sites). Full intervention (FI) included all components of limited intervention plus an additional series of "cues-to-action. " These included a mammography reminder form inserted in the medical record of women who were due to have mammography, intended to increase physician referral for mammography appointments, and patient reminders intended to increase completion of mammography among referred women. During the one-year intervention period 2,725 randomized women visited a study site. The 6-month mammography appointment rates among FI women vary from 38% to 65% and the FI rate exceeds the LI rate at each site with differences from 13% (95% Cl, 6 to 20) to 29% (21 to 38). The annual completed mammography rate among FI women extends from 43% to 64% and exceeds the LI rate at each site by 12% (5 to 19) to 25% (16 to 34). After age-adjustment, the mammography intervention effect sizes among the five sites were not significantly different. The average increase in FI compared to LI was 18%. The computerized reminder system is effective in increasing the use of mammography in each of the study institutions and the major effect is on physician referral for mammography.