Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Impact of Foreign Investor Participation on Emerging Market Local Currency Government Bond Yields

Along with the development of local currency (LCY) government bond markets in Emerging markets (EM) foreign investors’ participation in these markets have increased. Higher foreign investors’ participation has resulted in both some costs and benefits for EM LCY bond markets. While creating additional demand for LCY bonds, foreign participation can have a lowering effect on long – term LCY bond yields, as well as bringing about new investment techniques and financial innovation, it can also increase the bond yield volatility, especially when there is a growing global risk aversion in financial markets. In this regard, this paper estimates the impact of foreign participation in determining long-term LCY government bond yields and bond yield volatility in 20 EMs from 2004:Q1 to 2006:Q4. Using a pooled sample of 20 Ems, my empirical results show that higher foreign participation in EM LCY government bonds markets tend to significantly reduce long-term LCY bond yields while increasing the bond yield volatility. These results have crucial implications on conducting government economic and fiscal policy.
Determination of three amino acids that caused the alteration of proteolytic activities of staphylococcal glutamyl endopeptidases

Title Determination of three amino acids causing alteration of proteolytic activities of staphylococcal glutamyl endopeptidases. Author(s) Nemoto, Takayuki K; Ono, Toshio; Shimoyama, Yu; Kimura, Shigenobu; Ohara-Nemoto, Yuko Citation Biological chemistry, 390(3), pp.277-285; 2009 Issue Date 2009-03 URL http://hdl.handle. net/10069/23192 Right Walter de Gruyter. NAOSITE: Nagasaki University's Academic Output SITE
Public sector motivational practices and their effect on job satisfaction: country differences

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the effects of job satisfaction practices for public sector employees through a cross-national approach. Design/methodology/approach A multi-group analysis was carried out using SmartPLS3 among non-teaching employees of public universities in Poland and Spain. Findings The results show a positive relationship between motivational factors and job satisfaction; however, there is no evidence that the variable “country” introduced significant differences. Originality/value The research findings contribute to a better understanding of job satisfaction for public employees and provide empirical evidence on the relationship between job satisfaction and public culture.
Effect of Corpora te Governance and BOD Characteristics on Financial statements and Auditor Change in Future Financial Period

This study has been analyzedrelationship between corporate governanceand BOD (board of directors) characteristics on financial statements and auditor change in future financialperiod. In this study, auditor tenure criterion and auditor change has been used as a basis for measuring audit quality and ownershipconcentration and lack of manager’sinfluence on the board variables has been consideredas indicators to measure the strength and weaknessof corporate governance. variables used in this study has been calculated the financial reports of listed companies in Tehran Stock Exchange in the period 2005-2015 (the eventperiod) with the software Excel 2016 and 86 companies data during 2008 -2015 (the review) using Eviews six econometricsoftware and panel data estimation method inregression models of bainary logit has been analyzed. Research results show that significant relationship was not observed in the first hypothesis test between ownership concentrationand selected audit institution in terma of audit quality. Also,significant relationship was not observed in the fourth hypothesis between ownership concentrationand the restated financial statements in the next year. But positive and significant relationship wasobserved in the second hypothesis, between the lack of manager’sinfluence and selected audit institutionin terms of audit quality was observed. In the third and fifth hypothesizesrespectivelythere was a negative and significant relationshipbetween auditor select with high quality and the lack of managers influence with the variable ofrestated financial statements in the next year. And in the sixth hypothesis positiveand significant relationship was observed between auditor change in the restated yearand restatement of financial statements.
The Yohkoh Mission for High-Energy Solar Physics

The Japanese Yohkoh satellite is now in orbit observing the sun with a set of x-ray imagers and x-ray and gamma-ray spectrometers. The data from this successful mission provide new information on solar flares and the sun's corona. This paper discusses the Yohkoh observations and presents a sample of the first scientific results from the mission.
Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED): psychometric properties in an African-American parochial high school sample.

OBJECTIVE To examine the psychometric properties of the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) for a community sample of African-American high school students. METHOD The 41-item SCARED was administered to 111 adolescents (57 girls; mean age 15.75) in an urban parochial school. Item frequency, internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and construct validity were assessed. RESULTS Approximately 30% of the sample had scores high enough to warrant further assessment for anxiety disorders, and girls reported significantly higher anxiety symptoms than boys. Internal consistency (alpha =.89) and test-retest reliability (r = 0.47) over 6 months for the SCARED's total score were good. The SCARED's total score was positively correlated with other measures of anxiety symptoms and inattention and was negatively correlated with perceived self-worth. Unlike the five-factor structure reported for primarily white samples, only three factors emerged for this African-American sample. CONCLUSIONS The SCARED shows utility as a self-report anxiety screening instrument in a community sample of African-American youths.
Potency, affinity constants and receptor reserves for noradrenaline and adrenaline on aortae from aged normo‐ and hypertensive rats

Previously we have determined the potency, affinity constants (KA values), and α1‐adrenoceptor reserves for noradrenaline and adrenaline on the thoracic aortae of 20‐week‐old Wistar Kyoto normotensive (WKY) and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs). This study has investigated whether these parameters were altered on the thoracic aortae by ageing, and in hypertension/heart failure. The effects of phenoxybenzamine on the contractile responses of the aortae of 20‐month‐old WKYs and SHRs were determined. The pD2 values for noradrenaline and adrenaline were 7.1 and 7.0, respectively, on the aortae of 20‐month‐old WKYs, and similar values were obtained on age‐matched SHRs. On the aortae of 20‐month‐old WKYs, the KA values for noradrenaline and adrenaline were 1.85 and 1.95 × 10−6 M, and the receptor occupancies required for 50% maximum responses were 16 and 24%, respectively. There were lower affinities, by approximately twofold, but similar receptor reserves for noradrenaline and adrenaline on the aortae of age‐matched SHRs. In comparison with the aortae of 20‐week‐old WKYs and SHRs, there was a 5‐fold loss of sensitivity to noradrenaline and adrenaline between 20 weeks and 20 months. Between 20 weeks and 20 months there was a 50‐fold loss of affinity with ageing and a further twofold loss with hypertension/heart failure, and an increase in α1‐adrenoceptor reserves for noradrenaline and adrenaline between 20 weeks and 20 months. There were no differences in the sensitivity and affinity, and minor changes in the α1‐adrenoceptor reserves for noradrenaline and adrenaline between the aortae of 20‐month‐old WKYs and SHRs. In contrast there were major changes in these parameters in the ageing of the WKY aorta from 20 weeksto 20 months. There were no additional changes in the sensitivity and α1‐adrenoceptor reserves, but a small additional change in affinity for noradrenaline and adrenaline in hypertension/heart failure on the aortae of 20‐month‐old SHRs.
Physician stress and burnout: what can we do?

It occurs more frequently than admitted, is frequently ignored or accepted as part of doing business, and there’s an overriding rationalization and resistance to seeking or accepting help. It’s a complex issue involving a variety of different fac -tors including genetics, upbringing, and other life experi -ences later accentuated by the hardships of medical training and the realities of today’s medical environment. Something needs to be done, but are we doing it? A recent survey conducted by Physician Wellness Services in Minneapolis, MN, and Cejka Search of St. Louis, MO, provides additional insight into the problem.
Modeling Software Measurement Data

This paper proposes a method for specifying models of software data sets in order to capture the definitions and relationships among software measures. We believe a method of defining software data sets is necessary to ensure that software data are trustworthy. Software companies introducing a measurement program need to establish procedures to collect and store trustworthy measurement data. Without appropriate definitions it is difficult to ensure data values are repeatable and comparable. Software metrics researchers need to maintain collections of software data sets. Such collections allow researchers to assess the generality of software engineering phenomena. Without appropriate safeguards, it is difficult to ensure that data from different sources are analyzed correctly. These issues imply the need for a standard method of specifying software data sets so they are fully documented and can be exchanged with confidence. We suggest our method of defining data sets can be used as such a standard. We present our proposed method in terms of a conceptual entity-relationship data model that allows complex software data sets to be modeled and their data values stored. The standard can, therefore, contribute both to the definition of a company measurement program and to the exchange of data sets among researchers.
Exponential convergence of testing error for stochastic gradient methods

We consider binary classification problems with positive definite kernels and square loss, and study the convergence rates of stochastic gradient methods. We show that while the excess testing loss (squared loss) converges slowly to zero as the number of observations (and thus iterations) goes to infinity, the testing error (classification error) converges exponentially fast if low-noise conditions are assumed.
Adaptive beamforming with 16 element linear array using MaxSIR and MMSE algorithms

Smart antenna system is a promising technology to provide higher capacity with more reliability. Adaptive beam forming capability is very significant in smart antenna systems. Maximum signal-to-interference ratio (MaxSIR) and minimum mean square error (MMSE) beamforming algorithms were investigated using 16 elements linear array antenna. Both algorithms were calculated and simulated using Matlab as well as Zeland's IE3D software. The performance of algorithms for single and multiple beams are presented in this paper.
Factors that Influences Credit Risk of Financing Institutions in Indonesia

: This study aims to find and analysis factors that influences credit risk of financial institutions in Indonesia. The factors that influences credit risk are suspected by liquidity, profitability, productivity and leverage. Methodology that researcher used is explanatory with the technic collecting data sourced from financial institutions that are listed on the Indonesia stock exchange. The data used in this research is data time series of quarterly financial reporting data from the 2008-2016 financing company. And then, researcher analysed data by using multiple regression analysis. The result of analysis shows that profitability and leverage ratios have a positive effect on credit risk, while the ratio of liquidity and productivity has a negative effect on credit risk.
Paradigmes pour l'interoperabilite entre environnements virtuels

La realite virtuelle est un domaine de recherche relativement recent dont l'un des principaux objectifs est d'atteindre une interactivite maximale entre l'utilisateur et la machine. Elle resulte de la convergence de multiples medias en un ensemble coherent auquel on ajoute un phenomene d'immersion de l'utilisateur par le biais de diverses techniques. Si l'objectif d'une bonne immersion tend a etre atteint, un paradoxe subsiste au sein de ces environnements virtuels: il est, aujourd'hui, tres difficile, voire impossible, d'arriver a faire interoperer des environnements distincts. La question est alors de savoir: comment faire interoperer des environnements tout en conservant le niveau d'interactivite atteint par ces derniers ? notre travail a consiste a determiner avec precision ce qu'interoperer signifie pour deux environnements virtuels. Pour cela, apres avoir defini l'interoperabilite, nous avons identifie les problemes induits par celle-ci. Puis nous avons propose un ensemble de paradigmes destines a permettre l'interoperabilite entre environnements virtuels. Ces paradigmes se presentent sous la forme de composants constituant les environnements virtuels ainsi que de services destines a mettre en uvre l'interoperabilite. Ces composants assurent une bonne modularite de l'architecture generale de l'environnement, et restent suffisamment de haut niveau pour ne pas trop contraindre les futurs developpement d'environnements virtuels. Les services que nous proposons sont destines a mettre en uvre l'interoperabilite. Ils sont precedes par une phase de calcul de compatibilite entre les protagonistes. Le calcul de compatibilite nous permet de determiner a l'avance quel sera le comportement resultant des entites virtuelles ainsi que la semantique du monde obtenu. Dans le cas ou le niveau de compatibilite ne serait pas suffisant, nous proposons des services destines a renforcer cette compatibilite. Enfin, nous terminons par un exemple de session d'interoperabilite au cours duquel nous calculons le niveau de compatibilite entre des entites et un environnement virtuel. Nous en deduisons ainsi le comportement resultant de cette interoperabilite
Capacitative calcium influx in human epithelial breast cancer and non‐tumorigenic cells occurs through Ca2+ entry pathways with different permeabilities to divalent cations

The operation of capacitative Ca2+ entry (CCE) in human breast cancer (SKBR3) and non‐tumorigenic (HBL100) cell lines was investigated as an alternative Ca2+ entry route in these cells. Ca2+ readdition after thapsigargin‐induced store depletion showed activation of CCE in both cell lines. SKBR3 cells exhibited retarded store depletion and CCE decay kinetics compared to the non‐tumorigenic HBL100 cells, suggesting alterations in Ca2+ homeostasis. CCE was also highly permeable to Mn2+ and to a lesser extent to Sr2+, but not to Ba2+. In HBL100 cells, CCE is contributed (30%) by a Ca2+/Mn2+ permeable route insensitive to low (1 μM) Gd3+ and a Ca2+/Sr2+/Mn2+ permeable non‐selective pathway (70%) sensitive to 1 μM Gd3+. In SKBR3 cells, the relative contribution to CCE of both routes was opposite to that in non‐tumorigenic cells. J. Cell. Biochem. 88: 1265–1272, 2003. © 2003 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Primary angioplasty followed by chemical thrombolysis for carotid and middle cerebral artery occlusion (multimodality treatment)

Mortality rates associated with basilar artery occlusions, internal carotid artery ‘T’ occlusions and middle cerebral artery (MCA)–M1 segment occlusions are particularly high despite the best available medical therapy. The recanalisation rate of a patient with carotid T occlusion is 10%1 2 with intravenous thrombolysis and 33% with intra-arterial (IA) thrombolysis.3 We report a case of acute stroke in whom primary angioplasty of the left internal carotid artery followed by IA thrombolysis of MCA was done with a favourable outcome in our centre. This is the first reported case of such a procedure in India. A 65-year-male subject who is a known diabetic and smoker presented with a history of blurring of vision of 6 h duration, followed by global aphasia and right sided hemiplegia of 2 h duration. The patient had global aphasia, gaze deviation to left side and right sided hemiplegia at admission. At presentation, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale was 28. MRI brain showed restricted diffusion in basal ganglia, anterior cerebral artery/MCA and posterior cerebral artery/MCA watershed area (figure 1). Magnetic resonance angiogram showed complete occlusion …
Current treatment for primary ciliary dyskinesia conditions

Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a heterogeneous group of conditions characterised by ultrastructural defects of the cilia, which result in impaired mucociliary clearance. Although the incidence of PCD is low, early recognition and prompt management are important in order to prevent unnecessary morbidity, the progression of bronchiectasis and the deterioration of lung function. As the underlying defect in PCD cannot be corrected, the mainstay of therapy remains effective clearance of airway secretions and antibiotic therapy of respiratory tract infections. This paper highlights new developments in the field that have implications for the future management of PCD. These include β-adrenergic agonists, arginine, uridine-5’-triphosphate, hypertonic saline and recombinant human DNase. It is to be hoped that these treatment modalities will have a therapeutic role in PCD.
Infection of Lymnaea truncatula and Lymnaea glabra by Fasciola hepatica and Paramphistomum daubneyi in farms of central France.

Natural infection of Lymnaea glabra and Lymnaea truncatula by Fasciola hepatica and/or Paramphistomum daubneyi was studied at two periods of risk (June-July and September-October) in 11 French farms known for their high prevalences of F. hepatica infection in ruminants. A total of 1,778 L. truncatula and 2,396 L. glabra measuring 6 mm or more in height were collected to determine the prevalence of natural infection with F. hepatica and P. daubneyi. The role of four factors, i.e. season, snail co-infection (F. hepatica-P. daubneyi), ruminant host and the existence of single or mixed intermediate host communities, was investigated. There were no differences in prevalences between the two risk periods. Co-infections in L. glabra were more frequent than expected. The prevalences of infection with F. hepatica or P. daubneyi in L. glabra were higher in farms rearing sheep than in farms rearing cattle. A similar finding was also noted for L. truncatula infected with P. daubneyi only. L. glabra was a much better intermediate host for F. hepatica and P. daubneyi when it was the only available snail, possibly indicating an adaptation of parasites to their less usual host in local conditions. The two trematodes preferably developed in L. truncatula rather than in L. glabra when both host species lived in the same places.
Serum Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor as Prognostic Biomarker in Egyptian Breast Cancer Patients

Cancer breast is considered as the most common cancer in Egypt; many studies have demanded that determination of serum vascular endothelial growth factor is a surrogate marker of angiogenesis. In this study we aimed to determine the role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) levels in comparison to cancer antigen (CA) 15-3 and CEA levels in patients with breast cancer. We measured the serum level of VEGF by ELISA technique in 60 patients with histologically proven breast cancer and compared it with control group (23 healthy female volunteers with no previous history of breast cancer and other cancer-related diseases) to explore the association between this biomarker and clinicopathological parameters. The results demonstrated that serum VEGF, CA15-3 and CEA were significantly increased in all patients compared to control group (p< 0.001). VEGF was significantly increased in advanced stage patients compared to early stage patients, also, in patients with tumor size bigger than 2 cm and in patients with ER +ve than those ER-ve patients. Serum VEGF level was significantly correlated with tumor stage, grade, size, CA15.3 and CEA. In conclusion; determination of VEGF might be considered as promising prognostic biomarker that can predict the outcome of breast cancer disease.
New approach of intelligent fault diagnosis based on LLE algorithm

The locally linear embedding (LLE) algorithm can effectively extract low-dimensional feature embedded in the high-dimensional nonlinear data. In this paper, we propose a novel approach of fault diagnosis based on LLE algorithm, introducing LLE into equipment fault diagnosis field and solving fault pattern classification problem. A nonlinear dimensionality reduction algorithm based on LLE is utilized to learn original fault signal directly and extract intrinsic manifold feature in data set. The proposed approach can greatly hold the global geometry structure information embedded in the signal, and availably overcome the flaw of traditional pattern recognition methods which only obtain datapsilas local linear structure, obviously improve classification performance of fault recognition. Experiments with simulation and engineering instance illustrate the feasibility and effectiveness of the new approach.
Cellular toxicity of oxycholesterols

Oxycholesterols (OS) are formed from cholesterol or its immediate precursors by enzymatic or free radical action in vivo, or they may be derived from food. OS exhibit a wide spectrum of biological activities. In OS cytotoxicity, several mechanisms seem to be involved: e.g. inhibition of HMG‐CoA reductase activity, antiproliferative action, apoptosis induction, replacement of cholesterol by OS in membranes followed by changes in cellular membrane structure and functionality, and immune system functions alteration. Furthermore, OS may be mutagenic and carcinogenic and may serve as intracellular signaling or regulatory molecules. Here we review OS cellular activities with special attention to the cytotoxic action in vivo and in vitro using experimental models. BioEssays 28: 387–398, 2006. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Ultrahigh-speed pseudomorphic InGaAs/InAlAs HEMTs with 400-GHz cutoff frequency

An excellent cutoff frequency (f/sub t/) as high as 400 GHz was successfully realized in 45-nm-gate pseudomorphic InGaAs/InAlAs high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs). An additional vertical gate-recess suppressed short-channel effects, while keeping good pinchoff characteristics. Gate length (L/sub g/) dependence of electron transit time (/spl tau//sub transit/) implied an increased saturation velocity (/spl upsi//sub s/) of 3.6/spl times/10/sup 7/ cm/s in the developed pseudomorphic HEMTs. This f/sub t/ is the highest value ever reported for any transistors to date.