Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Genetic Identification and Phylogenetic Analysis of Anaplasma and Ehrlichia Species in Haemaphysalis longicornis Collected from Jeju Island, Korea

A total of 1,395 Haemaphysalis longicornis ticks collected from Jeju Island of Korea were examined by 16S rRNA gene-based nested PCR for the presence of infection with Anaplasma and Ehrlichia species. Template DNAs to detect the tick-borne pathogens were prepared from a total 506 tick pools. Eight genera of Anaplasma and six Ehrlichia by 16S rRNA gene PCR and sequencing analysis were identified. A. phagocytophilum was the most prevalent (27 [1.9%]) by nested PCR, followed by A. bovis (5 [0.4%]), E. chaffeensis (4 [0.2%]), and A. centrale (1 [0.1%]). In the phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA sequences, eight genera of Anaplasma group (＞ 99.4% homology) and six Ehrlichia group (＞ 99.5% homology) were close to deposited A. marginale strains (AF309867, AF414874, and FJ226454) and Ehrlichia sp. (DQ324547), respectively. Three Anaplasma species groups A. phagocytophilum (group A), A. bovis (group B), and A. centrale (group C) and one Ehrlichia species E. chaffeensis (group D) were determined by comparing with Anaplasma and Ehrlichia related sequences. First, twenty-eight A. phagocytophilum clones belonging to group A were divided into 7 genotypes. The sequence similarity among genotypes A1 to A4 was very high (＞ 99.6%). Genotype B2 was close to A. bovis from Korea (99.7%). Genotype D1 was close to known E. chaffeensis strains (M73222, AF147752, and AY350424) and their similarity value was 99.7%. In conclusion, the genera of Anaplasma/Ehrlichia, A. phagocytophilum, and E. chaffeensis identified in predominant H. longicornis ticks were ubiquitous throughout the Jeju Island. The various native groups have been found through sequence identities and phylogenetic analysis.
Effects of Functional Limb Overloading on Symmetrical Weight Bearing, Walking Speed, Perceived Mobility, and Community Participation among Patients with Chronic Stroke

Background. Stroke is a leading cause for long-term disability that often compromises the sensorimotor and gait function accompanied by spasticity. Gait abnormalities persist through the chronic stages of the condition and only a small percentage of these persons are able to walk functionally in the community. Material and Method. Patients with chronic stroke were recruited from outpatient rehabilitation unit at Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, having a history of first stroke at least six months before recruitment, with unilateral motor deficits affecting gait. The patients were randomly assigned to either the functional limb overloading (FLO) or Limb Overloading Resistance Training (LORT) group and provided four weeks of training. Result. We found that there was an improvement in gait performance, weight bearing on affected limb, and perceived mobility and community participation. Conclusion. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study that has evaluated the effects of functional limb overloading training on symmetric weight bearing, walking ability, and perceived mobility and participation in chronic hemiplegic population. The study demonstrated a beneficial effect of training on all the outcomes, suggesting that the functional limb overloading training can be a useful tool in the management of gait problems in chronic stroke patients.
Cofibrins and Fibrin‐Intermediates as Indicators of Thrombin Activity in Vivo

A cold-precipitable, thrombin-coagulable protein, tentatively designated “cryoprofibrin,” was separated from plasma of rabbits treated with E. coli endotoxin. It was shown to contain fibrin-intermediates, consisting of fibrinogen that has lost only a portion of the peptides liberated during the conversion of rabbit fibrinogen to fibrin. These peptides have been called cofibrins. On reaction with thrombin, fibrinogen and cryoprofibrin yielded the same amount of cofibrin B (0.9 moles per 220,000 Gm. of fibrin clot); however, cryoprofibrin yielded 30 per cent less cofibrin A than did fibrinogen. Cryoprofibrin and fibrinogen yielded 0.7 and 1.0 moles of cofibrin A per 220,000 Gm. of fibrin, respectively. The deficit of cofibrin A in preference to cofibrin B provides evidence that, cryoprofibrin consists of fibrinogen that had lost cofibrin A by limited action of thrombin, because cofibrin A is liberated from fibrinogen by thrombin more rapidly than is cofibrin B. Only a small portion of the cryoprofibrin could have been produced by action of thrombin subsequent to exsanguination, because the plasma contained only about one-third of the cofibrin A that had been liberated from fibrin-ogen during its conversion to cryoprofibrin. Accordingly, cryoprofibrin provides a valid measure of thrombin activity in vivo, at least in the endotoxin-treated rabbits. An alternative approach to measurement of thrombin activity involving recovery of cofibrin A from urine proved inapplicable, because no confibrin A was found to be excreted in urine. An average of 0.264 ± 0.038 mg. cryoprofibrin per ml. was obtained from plasma of treated rabbits, as compared with 0.044 ± 0.016 mg. of cold-precipitable fibrinogen per ml. of normal plasma. The demonstration of increased thrombin activity after endotoxin treatment, as evidenced by the cryoprofibrin, implicates thrombin in the mechanism of fibrinoid deposition. The demonstration that cryoprofibrin consists of fibrin-intermediates supports Thomas' hypothesis that fibrinoid consists of fibrin-intermediates.
Reinventing IHRM Factors for Expatriate Satisfaction in it Sector in Asia and Outside Asia.

Expatriates are significant workforce for any MNCs in IT Sector. As the world becomes a smaller place with different cultures workforce working together, the need for International Managers increases to understand clients and teams. It is critical to retain an expat employee in a competitive environment. The IHRM factors and policies and practices are critical for any IT organization to retain its talent. In the light of this the objective of the study is to analyse the various determinants and factors of IHRM in designing the policies and practices for expatriate. It is also worth analyzing what changes have occurred in these IHRM strategies in the light of global economic crisis.
Gonadal Hormones and Cognitive Aging: A Midlife Perspective

Gonadal steroids affect a variety of brain processes. Cognitive consequences of hormonal changes associated with menopause are of scientific interest and of relevance to public health. Natural menopause is a normal physiological process that can only be directly studied through observational research. Similarly, surgical menopause in humans is rarely directly amenable to experimental research. Causality with respect to cognitive outcomes is, therefore, difficult to infer. Cross-sectional and longitudinal findings from the Melbourne Women's Midlife Health Project, the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation and other midlife cohorts suggest that cognitive consequences of the natural menopausal transition are probably small, at least during midlife and at least for episodic memory, which is a key cognitive domain. The data for episodic memory are the most robust. Midlife episodic memory performance is similar both shortly before and after natural menopause, and serum estradiol concentration in midlife is not associated with episodic memory performance. Effects of natural menopause on other cognitive domains, cognitive consequences of surgical menopause and late-life cognitive consequences of midlife hormonal exposures are less well understood and merit continued study.
Autocorrelation fitting for texture orientation estimation

The problem of short-term texture orientation is dealt with in this paper through autocorrelation fitting. Actually, the computation of the estimated autocorrelation sequence from a textured oriented image brings about the apparition of an oriented pattern. This pattern is looked upon, in this work, as a Gaussian curve, the parameters of which give an estimated orientation. Those parameters are estimated by a two-dimensional (2-D) curve fitting on a particular region of the autocorrelation. The determination of this region is done automatically thanks to watersheds. The algorithm is developed for synthetic textured images but appears to be effective when applied to real life oriented images.
Potential burden of universal influenza vaccination of young children on visits to primary care practices.

OBJECTIVE To estimate the additional number of visits to primary care practices that would be required to deliver universal influenza vaccination to 6- to 23-month-old children. METHODS Children who were covered by commercial and Medicaid managed care plans (70% of children in the region; >8000 children in each of 3 consecutive influenza seasons) in the 6-county region surrounding and including Rochester, New York, were studied. An analysis was conducted of insurance claims for visits (well-child care [WCC]; all other visits) to primary care practices during 3 consecutive influenza vaccination seasons (1998-2001). We determined the proportion of children who made 1 or 2 visits during the potential influenza vaccination period, simulating several possible lengths of time available for influenza vaccination (2, 3, 4, or 5 months). We measured the proportion of children who were vaccinated during each influenza vaccination period. The added visit burden was defined as the number of additional visits that would be required to vaccinate all children, simulating 2 scenarios: 1) administering influenza vaccination only during WCC visits and 2) considering all visits as opportunities for influenza vaccination. RESULTS Results were similar for each influenza season. Considering a 3-month influenza vaccination window and assuming that no opportunities were missed, if only WCC visits were used for influenza vaccination, then 74% of 6- to 23-month-olds would require at least 1 additional visit for vaccination--39% would require 1 additional visit and 35% would require 2 additional visits. If all visits to the practice were used for influenza vaccination during the 3-month window, then 46% would require at least 1 additional visit--34% would require 1 additional visit and 12% would require 2 additional visits. Longer vaccination periods would require fewer additional visits; eg, if a 4-month period were available, then 54% of children would require 1 or 2 additional visits if only WCC visits were used and 29% would require 1 or 2 additional visits if all visits were used for influenza vaccinations. Younger children (eg, 6- to 11-month-olds) would require fewer additional visits than older children (12- to 23-month-olds) because younger children already have more visits to primary care practices. CONCLUSIONS Implementation of universal influenza vaccination will result in a substantial increased burden to primary care practices in terms of additional visits for influenza vaccination. Practice-level strategies to minimize the additional burden include 1) using all visits (not just WCC visits) as opportunities for vaccination, 2) providing influenza vaccination for the maximum possible time period by starting to vaccinate as early as possible and continuing to vaccinate as late as possible, and 3) implementing short and efficient vaccination-only visits to accommodate the many additional visits to the practice.
Disparate effects of bacteria and Toll-like receptor-dependant bacterial ligand stimulation on immunoglobulin A transcytosis.

BACKGROUND Recent studies have indicated that epithelial cells of the gut and other mucosal surfaces play an important role in orchestrating host responses to luminal microbes. Intestinal epithelial cells also play an important role in the transport of dimeric secretory immunoglobulin A (IgA) through the polyimmunoglobulin receptor (pIgR). The end product is secretory IgA, which contains a cleaved portion of the pIgR called secretory component. Transcytosis of dIgA may be responsive to various stimuli. We studied the effect of gram-negative (G-) or gram-positive (G+) and Toll-like receptor (TLR) bacterial ligand pathways on IgA transcytosis in vitro. METHODS Polarized HT-29 cells, a human intestinal epithelial cell line, were grown to confluence ion a two-chamber cell culture system. Rat dIgA was added to the basal chamber of HT-29 cell monolayers and cells and then stimulated with heat-killed Escherichia coli (ΔE. coli), LPS (TLR-4 pathway ligand), heat-killed Staphylococcus aureus (ΔS. aureus), or peptidoglycan (TLR-2 pathway ligand). IgA transcytosis was determined by ELISA. The pIgR expression was quantitated by flow cytometry and Western blot. HT-29 cell monolayer integrity was monitored by serial measurement of transepithelial electrical resistance. RESULTS Transcytosis was stimulated by either ΔE. coli or LPS. This was in part due to upregulation of pIgR expression and augmented intracellular trafficking of dIgA-pIgR complexes. CONCLUSION The disparate effects between different bacteria and TLR-4 versus TLR-2 pathways may have implications in host responses at mucosal surfaces.
Firm Level, Ownership Concentration and Industry Level Determinants of Capital Structure in An Emerging Market: Indonesia Evidence

This study evaluates the impact of firm and industry level determinants plus ownership concentration on the capital structure decisions in Indonesia. This study finds that growing firms seem to employ high level of debt, taking advantage of the tax shield as explained by the trade-off theory. However, if the firms are operating in a highly dynamic environment they tend to take on less debt as to avoid bankruptcy risk. Known to be in a highly concentrated ownership structure, firms in Indonesia opt to debt financing perhaps to act as a controlling mechanism to mitigate agency conflicts that may exist between the large controlling shareholders and the minority. Aged and highly profitable firms with high tangible and intangible assets and liquidity level operating in a high munificence environment follow the pecking order theory. The insights on the impact of industry characteristics are novel especially on emerging market thus fill the gap in the literature.
The role of marketing in the adoption of new mobile services: is it worth the investment?

Marketing as a method to increase product exposure is widely assumed to have a positive influence on the acceptance and adoption of new technology. This is especially the case with new mobile services, where significant investments are being made in an effort to spread awareness of new products and services available, with the purpose of positively influencing attitudes towards their adoption. This article, however, presents a different view. It illustrates that attitudes towards services available through a new mobile portal were not only unchanged, but became less favorable despite increased exposure to these services including continuous mass-marketing efforts. This poses the question if investments in mass-marketing are indeed fruitful in the mobile services arena.
A 0.9V 3rd-order single-OPAMP analog filter in 28nm CMOS-bulk

A 3rd-order 132MHz cut-off frequency low-pass filter in 28nm CMOS-bulk technology is presented. Challenges related to the design of analog circuits in 28nm CMOS-bulk process node have been faced and mitigated operating at both architecture and circuit design level. The filter is based on an improved Active-gm-RC structure, where both poles of a Miller-compensated Opamp have been used for synthesizing the 3rd order filter transfer function. The proposed circuit solution enables high linearity (IIP3=11.5dBm at 21&22MHz input tones) even if the supply voltage is limited to 0.9V. Moreover, the power consumption is kept as low as 340μ\ν without that the Signal-to-Noise ratio (60dB) is penalized. The achieved Figure-of-Merit is 164dB resulting the highest with respect to the state-of-the-art.
Can employment restructuring be implemented responsibly? : a case study of SteelCo's 'Socially Responsible Restructuring' process

This thesis contributes to knowledge about, and understanding of, the implementation of responsible approaches to employment restructuring. The empirical focus is a case study of a UK steel plant (SteelCo) and a restructuring process involving the removal of 1700 jobs across two restructuring programmes from the period 2011-2015. Management described its approach to restructuring as ‘socially responsible restructuring’ (SRR). The central argument of the research is the thesis that the concept of responsible restructuring is more appropriately characterised by a best fit approach that recognises contexts such as the contingencies of local organisational and institutional factors, the particularities of industrial relations, the histories of restructuring and the occupational identity of the workforce. The thesis also presents a conceptual framework that utilises four categories of responsibility based on a synthesis of the prevailing literature that reflects the ways that responsible approaches to restructuring has been researched currently. These categories of responsibility are identified as the regulatory, procedural, communication and employment responsibilities. The research thus explores the rationale, processes, practices, interactions and dynamics of SteelCo’s putative SRR process. The findings identify three contextual variables most pertinent to the implementation of SteelCo’s SRR process. Firstly, the role of trade unions in both supporting affected employees through the restructuring, and the HR team in the design and delivery of the process, suggests that although the unions’ involvement represents an accommodation to management’s decision to restructure, unions can maintain a positive role in the management of change. Secondly, historical, long existing restructuring practices were reframed and repackaged by management through a rhetoric of ‘being responsible’, suggesting that a responsible restructuring strategy offers management a way to legitimise the implementation of an employment restructuring process. Lastly, the findings demonstrate how social, cultural, material and experiential factors associated with the steelworker occupational identity meant that employees had internalised the experience of restructuring. That is, dealing with restructuring and its effects was met with a degree of equanimity by employees, as it had become part of what it meant to work at SteelCo. Following this, the thesis calls for greater attention to be paid to the experiences of a new analytical category of inbetweeners, as employees who fall within the interstices of victim and survivor status.
DETERMINANTS OF COMPUTERIZED ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEM ADOPTION BY HOSPITALS IN ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA

The purpose of this study was to analyze factors that have an effect on the adoption of computerized accounting information system by hospitals in Addis Ababa. It examined the effect of cost-benefit perception, perceived ease of use, human resource, firm size and management commitment on computerized accounting information system adoption. The study adopted explanatory research design along with census survey of all of 52 hospitals in Addis Ababa. Primary data was collected from these hospitals. The main findings indicated that adoption of computerized accounting information system is significantly affected by perceived ease of use, human resource and management commitment. Furthermore, cost-benefit perception and firm size are not significantly related to adoption of computerized accounting information system. The study recommended that hospitals should attempt to employ qualified and competent personnel; accounting information system vendors should provide packages that are easy to use and management to support accounting information system implementation. Key words : Computerized accounting information system, perceived ease of use, Addis Ababa CITATION: Tilahun, M. (2019). Determinants of computerized accounting information system adoption by hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 6 (1), 189 – 199.
Understanding Pennsylvania's Medical Malpractice Crisis: Facts about Liability Insurance, the Legal System, and Health Care in Pennsylvania

The failure of a single malpractice insurer cost the state of Pennsylvania fully one-quarter of its 1998 malpractice coverage, and when others left as well, prices for remaining coverage rose, creating insurance problems that rank among the nation's worst. One cause is the general downturn in the insurance cycle, but state-specific problems are more important, including Pennsylvania's underfunded social coverage for catastrophically expensive cases, and its high rates of claims and amounts of claims payments. To fix problems, lawmakers should look beyond conventional tort reforms to consider systematic changes to how medical injuries are identified, compensated, and prevented. (New York: Columbia University, The Project on Medical Liability in Pennsylvania, for The Pew Charitable Trusts, June 2003.)
Feature matching for building extraction from multiple views

We present a method to generate three-dimensional building hypotheses starting from sparse features, hypothesized building corners, extracted from multiple views of the scene. This technique relies on knowledge about the imaging geometry and acquisition parameters to provide rigorous geometric constraints for the matching process. The effectiveness of this approach is demonstrated using complex aerial imagery taken with highly oblique views containing buildings with flat or peaked roofs. <<ETX>>
An innovative assessment ofan innovative assessment of corporate credit risk - easyjet plc

Credit rating is often referred to as an art because it is up to the analyst’s discretion how to interpret and evaluate the credibility of a company. It is also up to the analyst which approach will be adopted to reach the rating. In this paper, the reader will be provided with an analysis and a rating of easyJet’s creditworthiness. This overall rating will derive from the weighted average of two sub-ratings. One obtained from a structural model, Merton Distance to Default, and one obtained from the traditional method that most rating agencies follow. Both approaches will be analyzed in detail later.
The Labor Market Effects of Eliminating University Tuition in Ecuador

It is both theoretically and empirically unclear whether a drastic nationwide reduction in the cost of education should significantly improve individual labor market outcomes. This paper estimates the labor market effects of a 2008 policy that eliminated tuition fees at public universities in Ecuador. We use a difference-in-difference strategy that exploits variation across cohorts differentially exposed to the policy, as well as geographic variation in access to public universities. We find that the tuition fee elimination significantly increased college participation, but did not improve income. The policy had modest effects on job type, shifting people out of more physical jobs. However, the bulk of the benefits of this fee elimination were enjoyed by individuals of higher socioeconomic status.