Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A family history of diabetes determines poorer glycaemic control and younger age of diabetes onset in immigrants from the Middle East compared with native Swedes Glycaemic control in Iraqi immigrants

A family history of diabetes determines poorer glycaemic control and younger age of diabetes onset in immigrants from the Middle East compared with native Swedes. General rights Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. • Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research. • You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain • You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal ? 1 A family history of diabetes determines poorer glycaemic control and younger age of diabetes onset in immigrants from the Middle East compared with native Swedes Glycaemic control in Iraqi immigrants ANDIS 825-2010-5983). The funders were not involved in the data collection, data analysis, manuscript preparation and/or public decisions. 3 Abstract Aims: Immigrant populations from the Middle East develop diabetes earlier than European indigenous populations; however, the underlying aetiology is poorly understood. The aims were to study risk factors associated with early diabetes onset and, in non-diabetics, to study glycaemic control in immigrants from Iraq and native Swedes. Methods: This cross-sectional population-based study comprised 1,398 Iraqi immigrants and 757 Swedes (age 30-75 years) residing in the same area of Malmö, Sweden. Outcomes were age at diabetes onset and glycaemic control (HbA1c) assessed by Cox proportional hazards and linear regression respectively. Results: In Iraqis versus Swedes, clustering of family history (family history in ≥2 relatives) was more prevalent (23.2 vs. 3.6%, p<0.001) and diabetes onset occurred earlier (47.6 vs. 53.4 years, P=0.001). Iraqi background independently raised the hazards for diabetes onset. Diabetes risk due to family history was augmented by obesity, with the highest hazard ratios observed in obese participants with clustering of family history (hazard ratio 5.1, 95% CI 3.2 to 8.2), after adjustment for country of birth and sex. In participants without previously diagnosed diabetes (Iraqis N=1270; Swedes N=728), HbA1c levels were slightly higher in Iraqis than Swedes (4.5 vs. 4.4%, P=0.038). This difference was explained primarily by clustering of family history, rather than by age, obesity, lifestyle or socioeconomy. Conclusions: This study shows that the greater predispotion to diabetes in Middle Eastern …
Berita Sedimentologi

Quaternary deposits in Borneo are commonly not assigned to any formation or group and are usually not studied in great detail but are important for understanding of the Pleistocene to Holocene climate and drainage evolution. This study presents a detrital zircon provenance analysis of two possible (Plio-) Pleistocene fluvial deposits in West Sarawak, indicating two very different source areas and paleo-river drainages. Those paleo-rivers resemble the present-day drainage but show much higher energy level deposits associated with higher sedimentation rates possibly as a function of (Plio-) Pleistocene climate and hinterland exposure. The deposits at Kampung Jangkar in western West Sarawak were entirely sourced by the uplifted Pueh batholith. In contrast, sediments in Petra Jaya district (northern Kuching city) were sourced by recycling of the Kayan Sandstone near the Bungo Range in the area of the town Bau. The Petra Jaya sediments have abundant Pliocene and some Late Miocene zircons. The Niut Volcanics south of West Sarawak are of this age, but are basic and could not yield significant zircons. It is therefore concluded that zircons came from acid igneous rocks of Pliocene age, as well as the Kayan Sandstone and Middle Miocene Bau Suite igneous rocks, where they formed a highland in the Bau-Bungo Range region which has been entirely removed by erosion.
Comprehensive Hormone Profi ling in Developing Arabidopsis Seeds : Examination of the Site of ABA Biosynthesis , ABA Transport and Hormone Interactions

In the absence of zygotic ABA, ABA synthesized in maternal tissues was translocated into the embryos and partially induced seed dormancy. We also analyzed the levels of ABA metabolites, gibberellins, IAA, cytokinins, jasmonates and salicylic acid (SA) in the developing seeds of the wild type and aba2-2. ABA metabolites accumulated differentially in the silique and seed tissues during development. Endogenous levels of SA were elevated in aba2-2 in the later developmental stages, whereas that of IAA was reduced compared with the wild type. These data suggest that ABA metabolism depends on developmental stages and tissues, and that ABA interacts with other hormones to regulate seed developmental processes.
Grazing intensity guidelines.

G razing management on rangelands is based on controlling the intensity, timing, frequency, and selectivity of grazing animals. Grazing intensity has been considered to be the most critical of these factors because high intensity grazing damages the eaten plants. Considerable controversy has existed over how grazing intensity should be measured. Over the past 7 years as researchers and consultants we have had the opportunity to evaluate grazing intensity on several rangeland sites in New Mexico using a variety of techniques. As a result of this experience we have been able to test and improve the approach of Anderson and Currier for evaluating grazing intensity that has reasonable simplicity, rapidity, repeatability, and accuracy. We will describe our use of the approach and discuss modifications we have developed for some major rangeland types in New Mexico.
Journal of Enterprise Information Management ERP systems and open source : an initial review and some implications for SMEs

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to further build up the knowledge about reasons for small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) to adopt open source enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents and analyses findings in articles about proprietary ERPs and open source ERPs. In addition, a limited investigation of the distribution channel SourceForge for open source is made. Findings – The cost perspective seems to receive a high attention regarding adoption of open source ERPs. This can be questioned and the main conclusion is that costs seem to have a secondary role in adoption or non adoption of open source ERPs. Research limitations/implications – The paper is mainly a conceptual paper written from a literature review. The ambition is to search support for the findings by doing more research in the area. Practical implications – The findings presented are of interest both for developers of proprietary ERPs as well as SMEs since it is shown that there are definitely reasons other than costs involved when deciding on proprietary ERPs or open source ERPs. Originality/value – It can be argued that there is a lack of research conducted and published about why SMEs choose open source ERPs instead of proprietary ERPs. This paper identifies the gap and suggests future research directions about this subject.
Divisions of Research & Statistics and Monetary Affairs Federal Reserve Board , Washington , D . C . Input Linkages and the Transmission of Shocks : Firm-Level Evidence from the 2011 Tohōku Earthquake

Using novel firm-level microdata and leveraging a natural experiment, this paper provides causal evidence for the role of trade and multinational firms in the cross-country transmission of shocks. Foreign multinational affiliates in the U.S. exhibit substantial intermediate input linkages with their source country. The scope for these linkages to generate cross-country spillovers in the domestic market depends on the elasticity of substitution with respect to other inputs. Using the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake as an exogenous shock, we estimate this elasticity for those firms most reliant on Japanese imported inputs: the U.S. affiliates of Japanese multinationals. These firms suffered large drops in U.S. output in the months following the shock, roughly one-for-one with the drop in imports and consistent with a Leontief relationship between imported and domestic inputs. Structural estimates of the production function for all firms with input linkages to Japan yield disaggregated production elasticities that are similarly low. Our results suggest that global supply chains are sufficiently rigid to play an important role in the cross-country transmission of shocks. JEL Codes: F44, F23, E32, F14
Communautés fongiques de sédiments marins de subsurface : diversité, origine et rôle écologique

Au cours des vingt dernieres annees, les etudes sur les sediments marins profonds ont revele la presence et l'activite de communautes microbiennes inattendues. Il est maintenant formellement etabli que la biosphere profonde heberge de nombreux representants des domaines des Archaea et des Bacteria. Cependant,les micro-eucaryotes et plus particulierement les champignons n’ont ete que tres peu etudies dans ces ecosystemes singuliers. Dans ce contexte, des approches moleculaire et culturale ont ete utilisees afin de caracteriser la diversite des communautes fongiques des sediments marins profonds en utilisant le bassin de Canterbury comme modele d’etude. Les resultats principaux obtenus lors de ce travail de these sont les suivants : (i) L’approche moleculaire basee sur l’ADN a fourni la preuve directe que les communautes fongiques peuvent persister jusqu’a la profondeur record de 1740 metres sous la surface du plancher oceanique. (ii) Des approches complementaires ciblant les ARNr et les ARNm ont permis de preciser leur activite metabolique et d’obtenir de premiers indices sur les fonctions de ces champignons a 350m sous la surface du plancher oceanique, principalement liees a la croissance, a l’adaptation aux contraintes environnementales in situ et aux interactions entre communautes microbiennes. (iii) L’approche culturale a permis de constituer une collection de culture de 183 isolats fongiques avec des caracteristiques ecophysiologiques temoignant leur capacite d’adaptation aux conditions in situ. (iv) Le potentiel biotechnologique des isolats obtenus a ete estime via la recherche de genes impliques dans la synthese de metabolites secondaires et a permis de positionner cette collection d’organismes originaux comme une ressource d’interet biotechnologique potentiel. Ce travail qui temoigne de la persistance et de l’activite des communautes fongiques dans les sediments marins profonds elargit notre vision de la diversite microbienne dans ces milieux et souleve des hypotheses sur le role ecologique des champignons au sein de la biosphere profonde.
Trend analysis and drought evaluation: A case study of Sirnak

Water is necessary for sustaining life for all living things. Therefore, it is vital to evaluate the drought and trend analysis. A total of 276 time series were evaluated to assess drought and determine the trend analysis. In this study, meteorological drought analysis and trend analysis were conducted for Şırnak province, located in the Northeastern Anatolia region, monthly and yearly time series using the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) and linear trend analysis. Meteorological data (temperature and precipitation) from Şırnak province between 2000-2022 were utilized. The results showed that the region has different drought and wet types. Although there were periods of severe drought, normal drought levels were more observed. The wet and dry periods were identified, and the results were presented graphically. Trend analysis of temperature and precipitation was determined. As a result, the results can contribute to the water resources planning management for the region.
Determination of the Fundamental Impedance of Free Space due to Radiation Energy from the Cosmic Microwave Background and Information Horizons

Here, the fundamental constants namely vacuum permeability and permittivity, which comprise the numerical definition of the speed of light in vacuum, are determined. They are found to be composites correlated to Planck’s constant, Wien’s constant and the mass energy of the cosmic microwave background. Derivations for both a new fundamental composite speed of light in vacuum and vacuum impedance are performed. Furthermore, this newly suggested definition is correlated to a confined quantized radiation spectrum of the cosmic particle horizon.
THE GREAT RECESSION: main determinants of regional economic resilience in the EU

The aim of this study is to empirically analyse the determinants of regional economic growth and resilience across European Union (EU) regions. We will try to answer the following questions: Do regions vary in their ability to recover and bounce back from economic shocks? What internal and external factors are associated with the capacity of EU regions to cope with economic adversity and maintain economic well-being while others fall short? Are the determinants of economic growth and resilience the same across different groups of EU regions? In order to answer the questions above, we have estimated a conditional growth model whereby economic growth across EU regions depends on a set of initial factors (i.e. human capital and investments) and proximity to other regions. In addition to the more traditional factors, this study also employs a subset of components of the Regional Competitiveness Index (2010) – RCI – to explain growth differentials across EU regions. Finally, we have grouped EU regions into two groups, according to their level of economic development – a north-west core of relatively high-income regions, and a south-east periphery of lowerincome regions – and have tested whether our set of explanatory variables has a similar impact on the economic growth of the two groups of regions. The econometric modelling approach incorporates complex spatial effects by considering both spatial heterogeneity and spatial dependence across geographical units, enabling us to account for spatial spillover among EU regions. Empirical results indicate that while both groups of regions experience economic convergence, recent determinants of growth, as well as spillover effects, differ across the two. In the core regime, better institutions, higher shares of investment, and an economy specialising in higher-value-added sectors significantly spur domestic growth, with investment also inducing positive spillover effects to neighbouring regions. In the peripheral regime, low shares of lower-secondary educational attainment and high shares of tertiary educational attainment have a significant positive effect on domestic growth, with higher shares of tertiary educational attainment also inducing positive spillover effects. Moreover, technological readiness is also identified as an important factor in the peripheral regime creating positive spillover effects. This is a critical time for the future of EU Cohesion Policy with the regulations for the post-2020 regional policy period currently under discussion. Several findings in this study are particularly relevant to this debate and should be factored into the ongoing discussions. 4
Spoken word recognition in children with and without specific language impairment

Abstract Deficits in lexical access in children with specific language impairments (SLI) have been inferred from word naming, recall, and categorization tasks, but no evidence exists concerning these children's ability to identify words in spoken input. We presented successive auditory time gatings of unfamiliar words; familiar, phonologically related words; and familiar, phonologically unrelated words to school-age children with and without SLI. The groups did not differ significantly in the point at which they recognized familiar words, but the subjects with SLI required significantly more of the acoustic-phonetic signal than did their peers to recognize unfamiliar words. For all word types, the subjects with SLI were significantly less likely to respond with correct initial consonants at the earliest gated interval than were their peers. Our results suggest that both representational and perceptual inefficiencies may contribute to slowed lexical access in children with SLI.
Transdermal drug delivery system: a comprehensive review

In current scenario about 74% drugs are taken orally and are found not to be as desired. Transdermal drug distribution system used to make such characters more efficient. Drug distribution through the skin is known as normally transdermal to check the systemic effect of the drug. Drug distribution and traditional magazine is different from drug distribution. TDDS is in the from of hoofs. Adhesive of transdermal drug distribution system are important for safety , efficacy, and product quality. Occasional praise of the therapeutic agent gives a lot of benefits and drug distribution over traditional oral and intramuscular drugs. Many of the important benefits of transdermal drug distribution are the extent of metabolism near the liver. Increased in bioavailability of stable plasma fixation of drug. provides or overview of article types Transdermal patch preparation and physicochemical methods are evaluate.
Happiness and Loss Aversion : When Social Participation Dominates Comparison

Happiness and Loss Aversion: When Social Participation Dominates Comparison A central finding in happiness research is that a person’s income relative to the average income in her social reference group is more important for her life satisfaction than the absolute level of her income. This dependence of life satisfaction on relative income can be related to the reference dependence of the value function in Kahneman and Tversky’s (1979) prospect theory. In this paper we investigate whether the characteristics of the value function like concavity for gains, convexity for losses, and loss aversion apply to the dependence of life satisfaction on relative income. This is tested with a new measure for the reference income for a large German panel for the years 1984-2001. We find concavity of life satisfaction in positive relative income, but unexpectedly strongly significant concavity of life satisfaction in negative relative income as well. The latter result is shown to be robust to extreme distortions of the reported-life-satisfaction scale. It implies a rising marginal sensitivity of life satisfaction to more negative values of relative income, and hence loss aversion (in a wide sense). This may be explained in terms of increasing financial obstacles to social participation. JEL Classification: I31, D6
Interventions to enhance access to and utilization of formal community care services for home dwelling persons with dementia and their informal carers.

Objectives: Home dwelling people with dementia and their informal carers often do not receive the formal care services they need. This study examined and mapped the research regarding interventions to improve access and use of formal community care services. Method: This is a scoping review with searches in PubMed, CINAHL, PsychINFO, Medline, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Social Science Citation index and searches of grey literature in international and national databases. Studies were categorized according to the measure used to enhance access or use. Results: From international databases, 2833 studies were retrieved, 11 were included. Five studies were included from other sources. In total, 16 studies published between 1989 and 2018 were examined; seven randomized controlled trials, six pretest-posttest studies and three non-randomized controlled studies. Sample sizes varied from 29 to 2682 participants, follow-up from four weeks to four years. Five types of interventions were identified: Case management, monetary support, referral enhancing, awareness & information focused and inpatient focused. Only two studies had access or use of community services as the primary outcome. Fourteen studies, representing all five types of interventions, had positive effects on one or more relevant outcomes. Two interventions had no effect on relevant outcomes. Conclusion: The included studies varied widely regarding design, type of intervention and outcomes. Based on this, the evidence base for interventions to enhance access to and use of formal community services is judged to be limited. The most studied type of intervention was case management. More research is recommended in this field.
To Remove or Not to Remove a Broken Perineural Catheter Fragment?

Fracture of a femoral perineural catheter during insertion is an extremely rare complication of an otherwise low risk procedure. In such a scenario, whether to leave the catheter in situ or extract it by surgical exploration is the dilemma. We present two cases of broken femoral perineural catheter incurred during insertion. Patients may not complain of any kind of immediate pain or discomfort, after shearing of the catheter, the decision making regarding the further management is difficult. Long term complication like femoral neuritis leading to constant dragging pain are known.
Wetland Mitigation Banking: Status and Prospects

Wetland protection is controversial because the federal government regulates activities on private lands and because the natural values at some of these regulated sites are being debated. This controversy pits property owners and development interests against environmentalists and others who seek to protect the remaining wetlands. Mitigation banking, which allows a person to degrade a wetland at one site if a wetland at another site is improved, has been identified as a potential answer to this shrill and seemingly intractable debate.
Reversal of domain wall chirality with ferromagnet thickness in W/(Co)FeB/MgO systems

We investigate the effect of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) on domain wall (DW) configurations in W/(Co)FeB/MgO structures with varying ferromagnet (FM) thicknesses. The DW chirality and effective DMI field are evaluated from field-induced DW motion. The results indicate a reversal of DW chirality with the FM thickness irrespective of the FM material (CoFeB or FeB) and the crystallographic phase of W (α or β phase). The observed change in the magnitude of the DMI field is supported by an additional measurement of spin-orbit torque assisted magnetization switching under in-plane magnetic fields. The present findings offer previously unknown insights into the origin of interfacial DMI and indicate the co-existence of multiple factors governing DW chirality in systems with broken inversion symmetry.We investigate the effect of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) on domain wall (DW) configurations in W/(Co)FeB/MgO structures with varying ferromagnet (FM) thicknesses. The DW chirality and effective DMI field are evaluated from field-induced DW motion. The results indicate a reversal of DW chirality with the FM thickness irrespective of the FM material (CoFeB or FeB) and the crystallographic phase of W (α or β phase). The observed change in the magnitude of the DMI field is supported by an additional measurement of spin-orbit torque assisted magnetization switching under in-plane magnetic fields. The present findings offer previously unknown insights into the origin of interfacial DMI and indicate the co-existence of multiple factors governing DW chirality in systems with broken inversion symmetry.