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Assessing the Impact of Bank Concentration and Liquidity of Refah Bank Branches on Profitability during the Period1383-190
Authors: Ostadi Hossin , Monsef Nastran 
Published: July 2014

Profitability is an important factor to show this articledoeswhat is the role of the intermediary bank to collect your savings and allocation of loans. Given the importance of profitability indicators in this study, the factors affecting the profitability of commercial banks in Iranare analyzedwith emphasis on the degree of centralization and bank deposits. Dependent variable is indicators of profitability (ROE, ROA) and bank deposits, bank size, bank capital, focus on liquidity and banking requirements are independent variables. Correlation analysis and OLS regression are used and the research period is 1381 to 1390 that the country's territory where bank branches.Our results indicate that the effect of bank size on profitability is positive and the increase in bank size on profitability is increased. Impact on the profitability of bank deposits is positive, ie increasing the profitability of bank deposits increased. Finally, the impact of bank concentration on profitability is positive. Increasing the bank's focus profitability increases. Moreover, the results adversely affect the liquidity of the index is profit.
The Impact of Promotional Tools on Sales Promotion
Authors: Meo Adeel , Abbas Muhammad Daniyal , Sajjad Muhammad Nadeem , Rizwan Muhammad , Bukhari Sayed shahbaz hussain , Hameed Muhammad Saad 
Published: July 2014

The main reason of conducting this research was to explore the influence of social surrounding, discount level and buying behavior on sales promotion. The research results found that there was no significant relationship of social surrounding, discount level with sales promotion. But on the other hand buying behavior, free sample, price reduction has a significant relationship with sales promotion. The results of this research paper will help the marketers to understand best promotional techniques to increase significantly in their sales as well as revenues. This research paper also plays a vital role in helping businessmen to develop their business planes more effectively so that they can get the competitive advantage over their competitors and make them able to maximize their profits.In total 180 Questionnaires were distributed by hand in different department of Islamia University of Bahawalpur. Data was feed in SPSS. This research was done on different sales promotional techniques.Findings shows that different sales promotional techniques have impact on consumer buying behavior and purchase intention for all type of products on the other hand there is no significant effect of discount level and social surrounding on sales promotion.
The impact on branded product on consumer purchase intentions
Authors: Rizwan Muhammad , Qayyum Mudasser , Qadeer Waqas , Javed M. 
Published: July 2014

The objective of this study is to absorb the brand trust, brand satisfaction and brand attachment with ecological cost influence of consumer purchase intention. This study seeks to investigate the effect of aparant product image straight and unforeseen effects of low price, past experience,brand attachment and product awareness on customer purchase intention. Lead the consumer want to buy branded products and attached with brands. The two key factors, brand trust and brand attachment are effective on consumer purchase intention toward branded products.This questionnaire surveys distributed to levi’s jeans user in Pakistan, in 160 questionnare distributed, 158 athentic questionnaire were returned. This result show, customer in pakistan explain soaring purchase intention to branded product ,levie’s jeans. Brand trust and brand attachment have a positive effective on their purchase intention. This outcome show that applicant show a high intention to eacquire environmental gracious wines as well report solid relationship to the atmosphere. The study aim an useful constitutionnel mold and remark positive effectiv factors for consumers’ purchase intention towards branded products.
Autologous Adipose Stem Cells in Treatment of Female Stress Urinary Incontinence: Results of a Pilot Study
Authors: Kuismanen Kirsi , Sartoneva Reetta , Haimi Suvi , Mannerström Bettina , Tomás Eija , Miettinen Susanna , Nieminen Kari 
Published: July 2014

AbstractThe purpose of our study was to find out whether transurethral injections of autologous adipose stem cells (ASCs) are an effective and a safe treatment for female stress urinary incontinence (SUI). We treated five SUI patients with ASCs combined with bovine collagen gel and saline. Prior to the treatment, the ASCs were isolated from subcutaneous fat and expanded for 3 weeks in a good manufacturing practice-level laboratory. The mixture of ASCs and collagen was injected transurethrally via cystoscope. Additionally, viability, multipotency, and surface marker profile of ASCs were analyzed in vitro. We followed up with patients 3, 6, and 12 months after the injections. The primary endpoint was a cough test to measure objectively the effect of the treatment. Validated questionnaires were used to determine the subjective cure rate. After 6 months, 1 of 5 patients displayed a negative cough test with full bladder filled with 500 ml of saline. At 1 year, the cough test was negative with three patients; two of them were satisfied with the treatment and did not wish further treatment for SUI. Validated questionnaires showed some subjective improvement in all five patients. This is the first study describing the use of autologous ASCs in combination with collagen gel for female SUI treatments. Thus far, the treatment with autologous ASCs has proven safe and well tolerated. However, the feasibility and efficacy of the treatment were not optimal; therefore, additional research is needed to develop SUI injection therapies.
HIV prevalence and high‐risk sexual behaviours among MSM repeat and first‐time testers in China: implications for HIV prevention
Authors: Bai Xue , Xu Jie , Yang Jie , Yang Bo , Yu Maohe , Gao Yongjun , Dong Willa M , Wu Zunyou 
Published: July 2014

IntroductionLittle is known about HIV testing, HIV infection and sexual behaviour among bathhouse patrons in China. This study aims to assess differences in HIV prevalence and high‐risk sexual behaviours between repeat and first‐time testers among men who have sex with men (MSM) attending bathhouse in Tianjin, China.MethodsBetween March 2011 and September 2012, a HIV voluntary counselling and testing station was established in a gay bathhouse, which provided HIV testing and conducted a survey among participants recruited through snowball sampling. Differences in demographic and high‐risk sexual behaviours between repeat and first‐time testers were assessed using the chi‐square test. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to identify predictors for HIV infection.ResultsOf the 1642 respondents, 699 (42.6%) were repeat testers and 943 (57.4%) were first‐time testers. Among repeat testers, a higher proportion were men aged 18 to 25, single, better educated, had a history of STIs and worked as male sex workers or “money boys” (MBs). Repeat testers were less likely to report having unprotected anal intercourse in the past six months. The overall HIV prevalence was 12.4% (203/1642). There was no difference in HIV prevalence between repeat (11.2%, 78/699) and first‐time (13.3%, 125/943) testers. The HIV prevalence increased with age among first‐time testers (, p=0.002). First‐time MB testers had the highest HIV prevalence of 34.5%.ConclusionsMSM attending bathhouse had an alarmingly high HIV infection rate, particularly in MB. Targeted interventions are urgently needed especially focusing on older MSM and MBs.
Trends in urodynamics in U.S. female medicare beneficiaries, 2000–2010
Authors: Reynolds W. Stuart , Ni Shenghua , Kaufman Melissa R. , Penson David F. , Dmochowski Roger R. 
Published: June 2014

AimsTo document variations and temporal trends in the use of urodynamics (UDS) in female U.S. Medicare beneficiaries.MethodsUsing a 5% sample of U.S. Medicare utilization records, we identified female beneficiaries who had undergone UDS studies between 2000 and 2010 by the presence of Common Procedural Terminology codes for cystometrogram in claims from the Carrier file. We abstracted data for each patient on age, race, residence, ICD9 diagnoses, dates of service, and provider specialty. We calculated rates per 100,000 beneficiaries with data available from the enrollment files (i.e., Denominator files) and reported the numbers and rates per 100,000 by year.ResultsDuring this period, 1.4 million female U.S. Medicare beneficiaries underwent UDS, of which 6% were videourodynamics. Seventy four percent of UDS were associated with a diagnosis of any urinary incontinence, with 50% specific for stress incontinence. The annual rates of UDS increased by 29%, from 422 in 2000 to 543 in 2010 per 100,000. Similar increases were seen across age groups, geographic regions and racial/ethnic groups. The rate of UDS performed by gynecologists increased by 144% over the study period, while that of urologists decreased by 3%. In 2010, gynecologists performed 35% and urologists 58% of all UDS.ConclusionsThe use of UDS in the female Medicare program increased substantially between 2000 and 2010, with some variation across demographics and marked variation across provider specialty. Neurourol. Urodynam. 34:420–423, 2015. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Incidence of platinum‐induced ototoxicity in pediatric patients in Quebec
Authors: Peleva Emilia , Emami Nader , Alzahrani Mohammad , Bezdjian Aren , Gurberg Joshua , Carret Anne‐Sophie , Daniel Sam J. 
Published: June 2014

BackgroundThe antineoplastic agents cisplatin and carboplatin are widely‐used and highly‐effective against a variety of pediatric cancers. Unfortunately, ototoxicity is a frequently encountered side effect of platinum‐based chemotherapy. There is currently no treatment or prevention for platinum‐induced ototoxicity and development of hearing loss may lead to devastating consequences on the quality of life of pediatric cancer survivors. The objective of this study is to determine the incidence of platinum‐induced ototoxicity in a large series of pediatric patients and to evaluate the incidence of progression of ototoxicity after completion of treatment.ProceduresA retrospective chart review of pediatric patients treated with cisplatin or carboplatin between 2000 and 2012 was conducted. The incidence of ototoxicity was determined based on the American‐Speech‐Language‐Hearing Association (ASHA) criteria and severity was based on the Chang classification.ResultsFour hundred and sixty‐six patients received platinum‐based chemotherapy. Patients were excluded due to congenital hearing loss (n = 1) and insufficient data for calculating the platinum dose (n = 24) or for assessing ototoxicity (n = 135). Three hundred and six patients were included in the analysis. Post‐chemotherapy ototoxicity was detected in 148 (48%) patients, and clinically‐significant ototoxicity was present in 91 (30%). In addition, based on the ASHA criteria, 48% of patients (97/204) with long‐term follow‐up had further deterioration of their hearing after completion of treatment.ConclusionsOtotoxicity following chemotherapy with cisplatin or carboplatin is common and can frequently progress after the completion of treatment. Long‐term follow‐up is strongly recommended. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2014;61:2012–2017. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Drug repositioning by integrating target information through a heterogeneous network model
Authors: Wang Wenhui , Yang Sen , Zhang Xiang , Li Jing 
Published: June 2014

Abstract
Motivation: The emergence of network medicine not only offers more opportunities for better and more complete understanding of the molecular complexities of diseases, but also serves as a promising tool for identifying new drug targets and establishing new relationships among diseases that enable drug repositioning. Computational approaches for drug repositioning by integrating information from multiple sources and multiple levels have the potential to provide great insights to the complex relationships among drugs, targets, disease genes and diseases at a system level.
Results: In this article, we have proposed a computational framework based on a heterogeneous network model and applied the approach on drug repositioning by using existing omics data about diseases, drugs and drug targets. The novelty of the framework lies in the fact that the strength between a disease–drug pair is calculated through an iterative algorithm on the heterogeneous graph that also incorporates drug-target information. Comprehensive experimental results show that the proposed approach significantly outperforms several recent approaches. Case studies further illustrate its practical usefulness .
Availability and implementation: http://cbc.case.edu
Contact: jingli@cwru.edu
Supplementary information: Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
Focus Groups for Developing a Peer Mentoring Program to Improve Self‐Management in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Authors: Mackner Laura M. , Ruff Jessica M. , Vannatta Kathryn 
Published: June 2014

ABSTRACTObjectives:Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) presents challenges for self‐management in many areas. A peer mentoring program may offer advantages over other forms of self‐management interventions because youth may be more receptive to learning self‐management skills from a peer than from a parent or professional. The purpose of the present study was to identify themes from focus groups to inform development of a peer mentoring program for improving self‐management in pediatric IBD.Methods:Focus groups were conducted for youth ages 12 to 17, stratified by age (3 groups; n = 14), young adults ages 18 to 20 (1 group; n = 5), and parents of the youth (3 groups; n = 17). Broad questions covered program goals, general program characteristics, mentor/mentee characteristics, and family involvement, and transcriptions were analyzed via directed content analysis, with the a priori codes specified as the broad questions above.Results:Participants identified the primary goals of a program as support, role model, information/education, and fun. They described a program that would include a year‐long, 1‐on‐1 mentor relationship with a peer who has had IBD for at least a year, educational group activities, fun activities that are not focused on IBD, expectations for in‐person contact 1 to 2 times per month, and mentor‐to‐mentor and parent support.Conclusions:Many of the suggestions from the focus groups correspond with research findings associated with successful mentoring programs. Using participants' suggestions and empirically based best practices for mentoring may result in an effective peer mentoring program for improving self‐management in youth with IBD.
Imaging in the Evaluation of the Young Patient With Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Authors: Anupindi Sudha A. , Grossman Andrew B. , Nimkin Katherine , Mamula Petar , Gee Michael S. 
Published: June 2014

ABSTRACTImaging plays a pivotal role in the diagnosis and management of children and young adults with inflammatory bowel disease. The clinician is presented with numerous imaging options, and it can be challenging to decide which test is the best option. In this article we review the present imaging techniques available in the evaluation of inflammatory bowel disease, with emphasis on the advantages, disadvantages, and radiation burden of each test. Finally, we highlight a few common clinical scenarios and propose an imaging algorithm to approach these diagnostic challenges.
Multi-locus analysis of genomic time series data from experimental evolution
Authors: Terhorst Jonathan , Song Yun S. 
Published: June 2014

AbstractGenomic time series data generated by evolve-and-resequence (E&R) experiments offer a powerful window into the mechanisms that drive evolution. However, standard population genetic inference procedures do not account for sampling serially over time, and new methods are needed to make full use of modern experimental evolution data. To address this problem, we develop a Gaussian process approximation to the multi-locus Wright-Fisher process with selection over a time course of tens of generations. The mean and covariance structure of the Gaussian process are obtained by computing the corresponding moments in discrete-time Wright-Fisher models conditioned on the presence of a linked selected site. This enables our method to account for the effects of linkage and selection, both along the genome and across sampled time points, in an approximate but principled manner. Using simulated data, we demonstrate the power of our method to correctly detect, locate and estimate the fitness of a selected allele from among several linked sites. We also study how this power changes for different values of selection strength, initial haplotypic diversity, population size, sampling frequency, experimental duration, number of replicates, and sequencing coverage depth. In addition to providing quantitative estimates of selection parameters from experimental evolution data, our model can be used by practitioners to design E&R experiments with requisite power. Finally, we explore how our likelihood-based approach can be used to infer other model parameters, including effective population size and recombination rate, and discuss extensions to more complex models.
Presence of Candida cell wall derived polysaccharides in the sera of intensive care unit patients: relation with candidaemia and Candida colonisation
Authors: Poissy Julien , Sendid Boualem , Damiens Sébastien , Ichi Ishibashi Ken , François Nadine , Kauv Marie , Favory Raphaël , Mathieu Daniel , Poulain Daniel 
Published: June 2014

Abstract
Introduction
Prompt diagnosis of candidaemia and invasive candidosis is crucial to the early initiation of antifungal therapy. The poor sensitivity of blood cultures (BCs) has led to the development of fungal glycan tests as a diagnostic adjunct. We analysed the performance of tests for the detection of circulating β-D-1,3-glucan (BDG) and mannan in the intensive care unit (ICU) setting.

Methods
This retrospective, case–control study included 43 ICU patients with candidaemia and 67 controls, hospitalised on the same ward and assessed weekly for yeast colonisation with simultaneous serum sampling; 340 sera taken before and after positive BCs were available for the cases group and 203 for the controls. BDG and mannan levels were determined using the Fungitell® and Platelia™ Candida Ag tests, respectively.

Results
BDG was detected early in sera from cases patients but was also present in several sera from controls. Increasing the cut-off from 80 pg/mL to 350 pg/mL and 800 pg/mL resulted in sensitivity/specificity ratios of 0.97/0.31, 0.65/0.74, 0.30/0.86, respectively. Detection of mannan was more specific but lacked sensitivity. No obvious correlation was found between BDG and colonisation, but a trend existed between high colonisation and high BDG. Candidaemia relapses were associated with a rise in BDG and mannan but, in contrast to the transient nature of mannan, BDG persisted up to 7 weeks after positive BCs.

Conclusion
A combination of mannan and BDG tests could be used to guide pre-emptive therapeutic decisions in ICU patients.
Simple Conversation or Secret Treaty? The Taft-Katsura Memorandum in Korean Historical Memory
Authors: Larsen Kirk W. , Seeley Joseph 
Published: June 2014

Abstract
For generations of North and South Koreans, the 1905 Taft-Katsura Memorandum or “secret treaty” has been emblematic of the US decision to support the Japanese annexation of Korea around the turn of the twentieth century. While scholars have periodically raised objections to the popular tropes of a backroom treaty that dictated the fate of Korea, these have had little impact on how the Taft-Katsura Memorandum has been imagined by many Koreans. In the case of North Korea, the Memorandum is yet another evidence of American perfidy which justifies the need for constant vigilance and avoidance of undue dependence on any outside power. In South Korea, the dominant narrative of the Taft-Katsura Memorandum is not one of America living up to its evil reputation, but of America falling short of its good ideals. In the case of both North and South Korea, depictions of the Taft-Katsura Memorandum in textbooks, popular comic book histories, and political editorials probably exert far more influence on how this document is remembered and understood than do a dozen scholarly articles on the subject. The persistence of the idea of a Taft-Katsura “secret treaty” in narratives of modern Korean history illustrates the tension between actuality, scholarly history, and popular memory.
Reclaiming the Rural: Modern Danish Cooperative Living in Colonial Korea, 1925–37
Authors: Park Albert L. 
Published: June 2014

Abstract
During the Japanese Colonial Period, the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA), the Presbyterian Church, and the Ch’ŏndogyo rural movements collectively became one of the largest agrarian reconstruction campaigns. In order to materialize a vision of modernity centered on religion, agriculture, and a pastoral life, each of the three movements featured Danish-style cooperative systems. Praised as a model for modernizing an agriculture-based economy, Danish cooperatives were characterized as ideal mechanisms to pool the labor and resources of individual peasants and create enough economic power to negotiate the challenges of capitalism. To the leaders of the YMCA, Presbyterian Church, and Ch’ŏndogyo rural movements, cooperatives represented the best means to stem the collapse of agrarian society. Cooperatives further appealed to these leaders because they created a collective body of individuals that aimed to elevate life above all, including money and capital. This article analyzes why and how the YMCA, Presbyterian Church, and Ch’ŏndogyo rural leaders sought to reclaim, rather than restore, the past for the purpose of creating new beginnings in the present through Danish cooperative systems in order to realize their alternative visions of modernity.
Late Colonial Modernism and the Desire for Renewal
Authors: Poole Janet 
Published: June 2014

Abstract
This article attempts to rethink the question of modernism in colonial Korea by proposing a move away from formalist definitions of modernism and toward an understanding of modernism as an affirmation of modernity as a culture of time. This approach attempts to free Korean literary texts from the burden of being read as formal repetitions of European literary forms and instead allows the Korean texts to testify to the workings of their own temporalization. After laying out the theoretical and material grounds for late colonial modernism, the article provides a reading of two works that suggest decadence as an important mode through which the contradictions of the late colonial era could be thought and represented. As an aesthetic conveying a sense of an ending, decadence allowed for a confrontation with the problem of historical transformation just as the colonial government announced wartime mobilization policies that attempted to write a new future for Korea and Koreans.