Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Corporate Social Responsibility of the Leading Bank Institutions in Poland

The purpose of this paper is to identify the CSR scopes of the leading bank institutions in Poland and to discuss their strategic context in the light of the theoretical findings. This paper analyzes the scope of practices undertaken by banks that publish Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reports. It demonstrates the important role of banks in reporting and introducing corporate social responsibility practices in Poland. This paper uses a content analysis of selected banks’ CSR reports. In the analyzed 2007–2016 period it notes the increasing amount of banks’ reports and reported by them practices. The leading CSR bank institutions covered by this study adopt numerous practices such as, primarily, community involvement and development, including charitable, philanthropic and educational activities as well as entrepreneurship, creating jobs and competencies. Ranked second are labor practices and initiatives, oriented mainly at employee volunteering as well as training and development. The third group are consumer issues, primarily including those focused on rising availability of products and services as well as on facilities for clients. This analysis shows that the leading CSR bank institutions better and better understand the role of corporate involvement in society as a modern strategic approach that leverages capabilities to improve salient areas of competitive context and transforms value chains activities to benefit society while reinforcing corporate strategy.
Sensitive and Specific Method for Rapid Identification of Streptococcus pneumoniae Using Real-Time Fluorescence PCR

ABSTRACT Molecular surveillance of pathogens has shown the need for rapid and dependable methods for the identification of organisms of clinical and epidemiological importance. As the leading cause of community-acquired pneumonia, Streptococcus pneumoniaewas used as a model organism to develop and refine a real-time fluorescence PCR assay and enhanced DNA purification method. Seventy clinical isolates of S. pneumoniae, verified by latex agglutination, were screened against 26 negative control clinical isolates employing a TaqMan assay on a thermocycler (LightCycler). The probe, constructed from the lytAgene, correctly detected all S. pneumoniae genomes without cross-reaction to negative controls. The speed and ease of this approach will make it adaptable to identification of many bacterial pathogens and provide potential for adaptation to direct detection from patient specimens.
The Symptom Profile and Two-Year Course of Subsyndromal Depression in Spousally Bereaved Elders.

The authors describe the symptom presentation and clinical course of subsyndromal depression in 20 bereaved elderly persons (mean age = 68.0 years) over a period of 2 years from spousal loss. Clinical ratings on measures of general functioning, depressive symptoms, sleep disturbance, medical burden, social support, and social rhythm stability were contrasted for bereaved subjects with subsyndromal depression, nondepressed bereaved subjects, and control subjects who were neither bereaved nor depressed. Subsyndromally depressed subjects had greater impairment in work and pleasure and more pronounced anxiety. Over follow-up, they showed persistently higher bereavement intensity and were more impaired than nondepressed, bereaved subjects on measures of general functioning, sleep quality, and social support, suggesting that subsyndromally depressed, bereaved persons experience greater functional impairment, worse sleep quality, less perceived interpersonal support, and more intense grieving than non-depressed, bereaved subjects up to 2 years after spousal loss.
What Distinguishes Suicide Attempters From Suicide Ideators? A Meta‐Analysis of Potential Factors

Most suicide ideators do not attempt suicide. Thus, it is useful to understand what differentiates attempters from ideators. We meta-analyzed 27 studies comparing sociodemographic and clinical variables between attempters and ideators. When comparing ideators to nonsuicidal individuals, there were several large effects. For example, depression and PTSD were markedly elevated among ideators (d = .85–.90). In contrast, when comparing attempters to ideators, all 12 variables had negligible to moderate effects. Specifically, depression, alcohol use disorders, hopelessness, gender, race, marital status, and education all were similar in attempters and ideators (d = −.05 to .31). Anxiety disorders, PTSD, drug use disorders, and sexual abuse history were moderately elevated in attempters compared to ideators (d = .48–.52). Implications for theory and practice are discussed.
[Auditory speech-evoked cerebral cortex potentials in patients with stuttering syndromes].

BACKGROUND The cause of stuttering is unknown. For clinical purposes it proved to be useful to assume a multifactorial genesis with organic psychological and social aspects. A longstanding organic theory focussed on the failure to develop left-hemispheric dominance for speech, whereas others favoured deficits of the speech motor system. Positron emission tomography (PET) studies support organic theories for the development of stuttering. The purpose of this study was to find out whether in stutterers auditory cortical potentials evoked by pure tones, noise and words are different to those of healthy controls. PATIENTS AND METHODS 10 young adults having suffered from stuttering since infancy were examined. The potentials were measured and analysed as previously described. RESULTS No correlation of clinical and electrophysiological findings were found. In one case the evoked potentials were normal, in all other patients heterogeneous results were obtained in respect of tone-evoked and both noise- and speech-evoked potentials. Cortical hemispheric differences could be detected. CONCLUSIONS In agreement with PET findings reported in the literature the data obtained in this study indicate an organic, central nervous cause of stuttering. Obviously both speech motoric components and perception elements are affected. These facts have to be taken into account whenever a psychological cause of stuttering is suspected. Nevertheless, psychosomatic aspects of the disturbances must be considered since they influence the patients' ability to cope with their symptom.
Mutations in gyrA and parC Genes and Plasmid-Mediated Quinolone Resistance in Non-typhoid Salmonella Isolated from Pediatric Patients with Diarrhea in Seoul

A total of 91 non-typhoid Salmonella isolated from pediatric patients with diarrhea in Seoul from 2003 to 2009 was tested for antimicrobial susceptibility of nalidixic acid (NA). Forty strains of NA resistance or intermediate susceptible non-typhoid Salmonella were identified and their minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of NA, ciprofloxacin (CIP), and norfloxacin (NOR) were determined. Of the 40 isolates, 26 were resistant to NA (MIC >256 μg/ml). Only one isolate was high-level resistant to CIP (12 μg/ml) and NOR (48 μg/ml). Mutations in gyrA and parC genes were studied by PCR and sequencing. All NA-resistant isolates carried point mutations in the gyrA quinolone resistance determining regions (QRDR) at codon 83 or 87 (MICs of NA, >256 μg/ml; MICs of CIP, 0.047~0.25 μg/ml; MICs of NOR, 0.38~1.5 μg/ml). A double change in GyrA was found in one Salmonella Enteritidis (MIC of CIP, 12 μg/ml; MIC of NOR, 48 μg/ml). In respect of the ParC protein, a single change at Thr57→Ser was found in 3 isolates (MICs of NA, >256 μg/ml; MICs of CIP, 0.19~0.25 μg/ml; MICs of NOR, 1 μg/ml). At the same time, these strains changed from Ser83 to Tyr in the gyrA. The result of the investigation for the prevalence of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance (PMQR) genes, 14 isolates harbored qnr gene among 40 isolates. All of 14 isolates showed decreased susceptibility at NA (MICs 4~16 μg/ml) and except one strain, all of qnr genes were identified as qnrB. Mutations in the gyrA gene and production of PMQR determinants were critical for quinolone resistance and decreased susceptibility to fluoroquinolone in these isolates.
Observation et commande des systèmes singuliers non linéaires

Les travaux presentes dans cette these ont ete effectues au Centre de Recherche en Automatique de Nancy (CRAN). Ils portent sur l'observation et la commande des systemes singuliers non lineaires. Dans un premier temps nous nous sommes interesses a la synthese d'observateur et au filtrage H infini des systemes singuliers bilineaires. Dans un deuxieme temps, nous avons etudie la synthese d'observateur pour les systemes singuliers non lineaires Lipschitziens. La derniere partie de ce travail concerne la stabilisation et la commande basee observateurs des systemes singuliers non lineaires. L'objectif de ce travail a ete de proposer des resultats facilement implementables et de couvrir une large classe de systemes non lineaires. La contribution principale de ce memoire a ete de proposer des observateurs H infini pour les systemes singuliers non lineaires, en utilisant le non biais de l'erreur d'estimation. Les parametres de ces observateurs sont obtenus par la resolution des inegalites matricielles lineaires (LMIs). Le deuxieme apport concerne la synthese de commande stabilisante et l'utilisation d'un des observateurs proposes dans cette these pour la synthese d'une commande basee observateur pour les systemes singuliers non lineaires. Cette derniere est realisee grâce a la reecriture des fonctions non lineaires sous des formes adequates a l'application de la commande des systemes.
Maîtrise du décollement de tuyère. Analyse du comportement d'une tuyère de type TOC et définition d'un nouveau concept : le BOCCAJET

Cette recherche s’articule en deux parties. L’objectif de la premiere partie est d’analyser par voie experimentale et numerique la phenomenologie du decollement interne, dit decollement de jet (en regimes transitoire et etabli) dans les tuyeres supersoniques refroidies par film fluide. La deuxieme partie porte sur la reinterpretation des concepts de tuyere existants pour aboutir a la proposition d’un nouveau dispositif de detente supersonique, qui offre une resistance accrue au decollement de jet. La premiere partie de cette these est basee sur l’analyse des resultats experimentaux obtenus lors de la campagne d’essais realisee a l’ONERA. Ces essais, ont mis en evidence des specificites de comportement de la tuyere, inherentes a la maniere d’amorcer le jet supersonique principal par rapport a l’etablissement du film parietal. Ces memes experiences ont permis d’etudier le comportement instationnaire du decollement de jet lorsque les conditions d’alimentation sont maintenues en regime etabli. L’apparition de frequences caracteristiques a ete mise en evidence et leur origine a ete etudiee a l’aide de simulations numeriques. En nous appuyant sur les considerations issues de la premiere partie de l’etude, une revue critique des concepts de tuyere existants a ete menee. Ce travail a permis d’identifier une lacune majeure dans la definition des tuyeres a ecoulement interne, a savoir l’absence d’une « barriere » qui puisse prevenir l’occurrence du decollement de jet. Ainsi, nous avons propose la conjonction d’un dispositif a ecoulement externe (aerospike) et d’une tuyere classique afin de resoudre cette problematique in nuce, en creant une barriere fluidique continue tout autour du plan de sortie de la tuyere principale. L’efficacite de ce concept a donc ete prouvee par calcul, puis une campagne experimentale a ete organisee afin de valider les resultats obtenus.
Graphene-Decorated Microfiber Photonic Device for Generation of Rogue Waves in a Fiber Laser

We reported on the rogue wave generation in a passively mode-locked fiber laser by utilizing a graphene-decorated microfiber photonic device (GMPD). The GMPD, which simultaneously possesses highly nonlinear and saturable absorption effects, provides the suitable condition for investigating rogue waves. With the proper pump power, the localized noise-like multi-pulse wave packet could be easily generated from the proposed fiber laser, which leads to generation of high-contrast fast intensity fluctuations of ultrashort pulse events, namely, rogue waves. Our findings indicate that the graphene-deposited microfiber waveguide structure indeed could be an excellent highly nonlinear photonic device for observing nonlinear dynamics such as rogue waves in optical systems.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis Phagosome Maturation Arrest: Selective Targeting of PI3P‐Dependent Membrane Trafficking

The ability of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to enter host macrophages, and reside in a phagosome, which does not mature into a phagolysosome, is central to the spread of tuberculosis and the associated pandemic involving billions of people worldwide. Tuberculosis can be viewed as a disease with a significant intracellular trafficking and organellar biogenesis component. Current understanding of the block in M. tuberculosis phagosome maturation also sheds light on fundamental aspects of phagolysosome biogenesis. The maturation block involves interference with the recruitment and function of rabs, rab effectors (phosphatidylinositol 3‐kinases and tethering molecules such as EEA1), SNAREs (Syntaxin 6 and cellubrevin) and Ca2+/calmodulin signaling. M. tuberculosis analogs of mammalian phosphatidylinositols interfere with these systems and associated processes.
The Relation between Social Responsibility and Exit Performance of VC-Backed Entrepreneurial Firms

This study analyzes the probability of successful exit by venture capital (VC)-backed entrepreneurial firms that focus on “clean energy” initiatives. Such initiatives include generation from renewable sources as well as conservation. The empirical analysis, for ventures between 1990 and 2014, documents that clean energy investments have a higher probability of successful exit than do non-clean energy ventures. In addition, the results show that both solar and alternative energy VC-backed entrepreneurial firms allow their investors a shorter duration to exit.
Regulation of Staphylococcus aureus capsular polysaccharide type 5: CO2 inhibition in vitro and in vivo.

Staphylococcus aureus capsular polysaccharide type 5 (CP5) expression was investigated in lung tissue and nasal polyps of two cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, in rats, and in vitro using ELISA and IFA. In CF tissues, S. aureus expressed protein A and teichoic acid but only 1%-5% of cells expressed CP5. When rats were challenged with CP5-positive S. aureus in the granuloma pouch model, only 1%-5% of CP5-positive cells were detectable in pouch exudates. CF and pouch isolates, however, reexpressed CP5 (70%-90% of cells) when grown in vitro with air. Addition of > or = 1% CO2 to air or to O2/N2 gas mixtures reduced CP5 expression significantly (P < .001) in a dose-dependent manner (6%-1% CP5-positive cells). The results show that S. aureus does not produce CP5 in CF airways and in rat granuloma pouches and that CO2 is an environmental signal that regulates CP5 expression.
The Psychology of Aggression

This is an exhaustive and comprehensive study of hundreds of experiments and publications on the subject of aggression. It is a systematic presentation of what is known about aggression; theoretical formulations are compared and their assumption? and implications are examined; there is also a delineation of the problem of investiga* ting aggression in the laboratory and the field, as well as a presentation of methods of solving these problems. There is an emphasis on previously unpublished materia (doctoral dissertations, papers presented at meetings) because of the relative unavai -
Reversibility of hepatic fibrosis in treated genetic hemochromatosis: A study of 36 cases

The current study was undertaken to assess whether fibrosis could regress under venesection therapy in patients with C282Y homozygous genetic hemochromatosis. The 36 patients studied were recruited from a subfile of our database consisting of 125 C282Y homozygotes with either severe fibrosis or cirrhosis (F3 or F4 fibrosis stage, respectively, according to the METAVIR grading system). The second liver biopsy was performed for management of liver cancer, extrahepatic surgery, or assessment of liver fibrosis. All paired biopsies were reviewed by two pathologists without knowledge of clinical data. Among the 13 patients who had F3 fibrosis on their initial liver biopsy, 3 had F0, 6 had F1, and 2 had F2 on their second liver biopsy. Among the 23 patients with cirrhosis on their initial liver biopsy, 1 had F0, 4 had F1, 3 had F2, and 2 had F3 on their second liver biopsy. When defining regression of fibrosis as a decrease of at least 2 METAVIR units, fibrosis regressed in 9 of 13 (69%) F3 and in 8 of 23 (35%) F4. When the ratio of gammaglobulins (g/L) to (platelets [n/mm3] × prothrombin activity [%]) was greater than 7.5, fibrosis never regressed. In conclusion, these data extend the concept of regression of fibrosis to patients with treated genetic hemochromatosis and suggest that some simple biochemical tests would be predictive of further regression of fibrosis as a result of venesection therapy. If confirmed on larger series, this could modify the ultrasound screening policy of hepatocellular carcinoma in genetic hemochromatosis. (HEPATOLOGY 2006;44:472–477.)
Structure of the transmembrane region of the M2 protein H+ channel

The transmembrane domain of the M2 protein from influenza A virus forms a nearly uniform and ideal helix in a liquid crystalline bilayer environment. The exposure of the hydrophilic backbone structure is minimized through uniform hydrogen bond geometry imposed by the low dielectric lipid environment. A high‐resolution structure of the monomer backbone and a detailed description of its orientation with respect to the bilayer were achieved using orientational restraints from solid‐state NMR. With this unique information, the tetrameric structure of this H+ channel is constrained substantially. Features of numerous published models are discussed in light of the experimental structure of the monomer and derived features of the tetrameric bundle.
MODELISATION ET SIMULATION DE L'INTRODUCTION DE TECHNOLOGIES RFID DANS DES SYSTEMES DE CONFIGURATION A LA DEMANDE

L'IDentification par Radio-Frequences (RFID) permet une identification rapide et efficace des objets. Dans les systemes de personnalisation de masse, elle promet un apport considerable grâce a sa capacite a gerer des flux d'information complexes caracterisant ce type de systemes.Dans cette these, nous etudions les impacts de la RFID sur les systemes de configuration a la demande (CTO). Nous nous basons sur un cas reel pour apporter une mesure fiable et directement exploitable. La litterature a ce sujet offre souvent des mesures sommaires, theoriques ou qualitatives, d'ou l'originalite de la these.L'etude est realisee par une approche de simulation a evenements discrets et evalue l'apport des technologies RFID a deux niveaux. Le premier concerne des changements directs du systeme (e.g. acceleration des maintes verifications caracterisant la CTO, liberation de ressources.). Ces changements influencent la performance du systeme en termes de temps de sejour, de taux de retard des commandes, etc. Le deuxieme niveau concerne des changements profonds tirant profit d'une visibilite accrue des produits et de la facilite d'une collecte de donnees rigoureuse. Ces changements se focalisent sur l'allocation dynamique de la charge de travail. La remise en question des processus a l'occasion de l'introduction d'une technologie RFID constitue un point original en raison du manque de publications soulignantsuffisamment cet avantage.Nos experimentations ont montre que les apports des technologies RFID dans un systeme CTO sont indeniables. De plus, repenser le fonctionnement du systeme afin d'exploiter plus profondement le potentiel de la technologie accroit les benefices.
Application of Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process to Evaluate the Quality of E-Government Web Sites

As more and more public authorities attempt to embrace the digital revolution and place a wide range of materials on the web, from mere information to actual online services for the convenience of citizens, expectations of the service levels that sites should provide have been considerably raised, bringing up the issue of their quality evaluation. In most evaluation approaches, users are asked to provide their opinion on or weigh selected criteria through appropriate questionnaires; however their answers contain a certain level of un-determination. To this end, this paper develops an evaluation framework that overcomes this impediment by using triangular fuzzy numbers. The paper adopts Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process, a fuzzy multiple attribute decision making method, to assess the quality attributes of e-government websites.
In Search of Product Uniqueness: Insight From Indonesia

This paper aimed to examine the factors which generate the uniqueness of products. This study developed 26 indicators of product uniqueness. Afterwards, the indicators were grouped using factor analysis. In this research, 250 respondents were participated, which according to KaiserMeyer-Olkin’s measure of sampling adequacy, is suitable for research purpose. The factor analysis test eliminated 9 criterias of product uniqueness, which left 17 criterias that can be categorised into 4 groups using principal component analysis extraction method and varimax rotation. The first group category is ‘basic value’, which consists of 7 indicators. The second group category is differentiation, which has 3 indicators. The third category is technology, which comprises of 3 indicators. The fourth category is additional function, which consists of 4 indicators. The findings demonstrate that ‘handmade’ is the strongest indicator of product uniqueness. Based on the correlation test, there are 3 discoveries. First, product differentiation highly correlates with culture. Second, spectacular product correlates with bigger size. Third, luxury product correlates with bigger size. The research findings indicate that the manufacturer should start including cultural elements in regards of production or service, and concentrate on size for luxury products. Type of Paper: Empirical
Hidden anti‐phospholipid antibodies in normal human sera circulate as immune complexes whose antigen can be removed by heat, acid, hypermolar buffers or phospholipase treatments

Heat treatment of normal human serum reveals otherwise masked anti‐cardiolipin antibodies (aCL). We studied the mechanism of masking and the nature of the inhibitor of these aCL IgG. Other forms of treatment, besides heating for 30 min at 56 °C, can also unmask hidden aCL IgG. These include acid pH, hypermolar buffers and phospholipase digestion. When unmasked, these aCL recognize other anionic and zwitterionic phospholipids, but do not react with DNA, cell antigens or IgG. Using thin layer chromatography we demonstrate that the heat‐labile inhibitor(s) of these aCL are phosphatidylserine, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylcholine. These antibodies are not β2 ‐glycoprotein‐I dependent and actually compete with this protein for phospholipid binding. The hidden antibodies are comprised of two populations of IgG autoantibodies: one reactive with cardiolipin, phosphatidylserine, phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine and sphingomyelin, and the other reactive almost exclusively with phosphatidylcholine and phosphorylcholine on enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay plates or when exposed by bromelain on the erythrocyte surface. Our data suggest that hidden aCL are natural oligoreactive IgG anti‐phospholipid autoantibodies that circulate masked by their antigen.