Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Factors Affecting Social Media Adoption Among Wood Products Consumers

As a result of the rise of the digital market, social media has emerged as one of the most popular marketing tools. Consumers today increasingly rely on social media when shopping and thus it can influence consumer behavior and purchasing decisions. We know that a growing number of wood products companies are using a variety of social media approaches to focus their marketing efforts as they seek to remain competitive in the digital marketplace. Although previous studies have examined social media use by forest products companies, none have examined social media use by wood products consumers. Forest products companies can design more effective social media marketing efforts if they understand the decision process of potential customers with regards to social media. Thus, a survey was conducted in 2017 to investigate factors affecting social media adoption among wood products consumers in the U.S. The results show that social media adoption by consumers is influenced by the ease of use and perceived usefulness of social media, product characteristics, demographic characteristics (e.g., gender, age, income) and situational factors (e.g., community type). Understanding the factors that motivate wood products consumers’ social media adoption is important when developing and designing social media marketing strategies that target consumers’ needs.
Gastric Angiodysplasia in an Elderly Man 1

Since the establishment of the technique of selective visceral angiography (Baum et al. 1965), arteriovenous malformation (angiodysplasia, ectasia) of the gut has been recognized as an important cause of gastrointestinal bleeding in those aged over 65 years (Welch et al. 1978). These lesions, often less than 5 mm in diameter and multiple, are found most commonly in the right colon and may account for 25% of lower, often recurrent, gastrointestinal bleeding in the elderly (Boley et al. 1979). Rarely, similar angiomatous lesions have been described in the small bowel and stomach (Lewis et al. 1978, Tarin et al. 1978). The purpose of the following case report is to remind clinicians (especially geriatricians) that in cases of recurrent upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage with no obvious cause, arteriovenous malformation should be considered. Also, angiography may be of therapeutic as well as diagnostic value.
Delay of acute intracellular pH recovery after acidosis decreases endothelial cell activation

Reperfusion after ischemic conditions induces massive endothelial cell (EC) activation, an initial step of reperfusion injury. Reperfusion is characterized by reoxygenation, realkalinization and a localized increase of inflammatory stimuli. In this study, we focused on the influence of extracellular realkalinization on human umbilical vein endothelial cell (HUVEC) activation. We examined intracellular pH (pHin) and intracellular free calcium concentration ([Ca2+]in), a second messenger known to mediate von Willebrand factor (VWF) exocytosis in endothelium, upon realkalinization. Furthermore, we measured the agonist‐stimulated exocytosis of VWF, Interleukin‐8 and soluble P‐selectin (sP‐Selectin) as markers of EC activation. To verify a morphological correlate of EC activation, we finally observed platelet‐endothelial adherence during realkalinization using shear flow. Realkalinization of HUVEC was simulated by switching from bicarbonate buffered Ringer solution of an acidotic pHex of 6.4 to a physiologic pHex of 7.4. Extracellular realkalinization was accompanied by pHin recovery from 6.5 to 7.2 within 10 min. Application of cariporide, an inhibitor of the Na+/H+ exchanger subtype 1 (NHE), during extracellular realkalinization significantly delayed the early kinetics of intracellular realkalinization. Histamine stimulated [Ca2+]in was significantly increased upon realkalinization compared to control cells. Also agonist‐stimulated release of VWF, Interleukin‐8 and sP‐Selectin was massively enhanced during pHin recovery in comparison to control. Furthermore, we observed an increased platelet binding to endothelium. Interestingly, each of these realkalinization‐induced effects were significantly reduced by early application of cariporide. Therefore, delay of acute NHE‐dependent pHin recovery may represent a promising mechanism for inhibition of EC activation upon reperfusion. J. Cell. Physiol. 211: 399–409, 2007. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Factors affecting small and medium family businesses' internationalisation in Saudi Arabia

This study is aimed to investigate factors that influence small and medium enterprises towards internationalisation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. There are variables delineated from theories which influence the firm's internationalisation, which include: size of the firm, age of the firm, education of the manager, training, experience of the manager and network relationship. The descriptive and multivariate regression analyses were used to analyse the data. A combination of stratified and snowball sampling techniques is adopted with a sample size of 119 managers of small and medium enterprises. The results of the research were consistent with past studies where it was revealed that the firm size, manager experience, training and network relationship had a significantly positive relationship with internationalisation. However, contrary to current findings outside Saudi Arabia, education of the manager and age of the firm did not have a significant positive relationship with internationalisation. This study could be considered as a pioneer study of internationalisation within the context of Saudi Arabia and expose the specific factors considered by Saudi Arabia family business managers who intend to embark on internationalisation.
The impact of organizational justice on job involvement level on Saudi postal corporation

The purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of organizational justice on level of job involvement in the Saudi Postal Corporation of the Northern Border Region. The study uses analytical and descriptive methodology. The data were collected from different sources through the tool of questionnaire. The sample of 174 participants from the Saudi Postal Corporation was surveyed. The study uses the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) program for testing the hypotheses and analyzing the data. The level of organizational justice and job involvement is above the average, also there is no significant difference between employees' perception, organizational justice dimensions, and job involvement level. Moreover, there is a positive correlation between organizational justice and job involvement. The dimensions of organizational justice inducing; distributive, procedural, and interactive are explained by (79.6%) of the changes that happened in the job involvement. The study addresses the necessity of reinforcing organizational culture on employees through rewarding the workers materially and morally. Moreover, it is necessary to connect moral and material incentives with a set of objective measurements and standards that are associated with the dimensions and requirements of organizational justice in order to increase the workers engagement opportunities in administrative decision making process and to create good relations with workers to guarantee organizational loyalty.
Suppression of Relative Intensity Noise in Fiber-Optic Raman Polarizers

We propose a method for the suppression of relative intensity noise (RIN) at the output of a Raman polarizer, a special type of Raman amplifier that transforms an input weak beam of unpolarized light into an highly polarized amplified beam towards its output. We show that the RIN which is induced by polarization-dependent gain is suppressed whenever the Raman polarizer works in the depleted pump regime.
Degradation of aflatoxins by roasting in contaminated peanuts

Contamination of peanuts with aflatoxins is one of the main factors that destroy the quality of the products. Aflatoxins are potent sources of health hazards to both human and animals and a great deal of effort has been made to completely eliminate the toxin or reduce its content in foods. Although prevention is the most effective intervention, heat has been used to inactivate aflatoxins in contaminated foodstuff. Nuts as general and especially peanuts are very sensitive commodity to aflatoxins contamination. In this study reduction of aflatoxins content in peanuts by roasting has been tested in a laboratory setting with aiming to suggest an optimal condition for the roasting. The artificially and naturally contaminated peanuts samples were treated by roasting at different temperatures. Although all treatment protocols showed some degree of aflatoxins degradation (ranging from 20% to 65%), roasting artificially contaminated samples at 120oC for 120 min and 150oC for 30-120 min caused substantial reduction of aflatoxins in samples. Treatment of naturally contaminated whole peanut kernels at 150oC for 30 min significantly reduced level of aflatoxins contamination in samples. Degradation of aflatoxins was both time and temperature dependent. Roasting at 150oC for 120 min degraded more than 95% of aflatoxin B1 in peanuts. Naturally contaminated samples with aflatoxins were more resistant to degradation by roasting.
Gambling and the enduring financial recession in Greece

The enduring nature of the economic crisis in Greece has already been linked to adverse health effects (1). Congruent with this, previous work from our research team has shown a gradual increase in the prevalence of major depression and suicidality in the country during the period 2008-2011 (2–4).
c-Src Tyrosine Kinase Binds the β2-Adrenergic Receptor via Phospho-Tyr-350, Phosphorylates G-protein-linked Receptor Kinase 2, and Mediates Agonist-induced Receptor Desensitization*

The nonreceptor tyrosine kinase Src has been implicated in the switching of signaling of β2-adrenergic receptors from adenylylcyclase coupling to the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway. In the current work, we demonstrate that Src plays an active role in the agonist-induced desensitization of β2-adrenergic receptors. Both the expression of dominant-negative Src and treatment with the 4-amine-5-(4-chlorophenyl)-7-(t-butyl)pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine (PP2) inhibitor of Src kinase activity blocks agonist-induced desensitization. Agonist triggers tyrosine phosphorylation of the β2-adrenergic receptor and recruitment and activation of Src. Because phosphorylation of the Tyr-350 residue of the β2-adrenergic receptor creates a conditional, canonical SH2-binding site on the receptor, we examined the effect of the Y350F mutation on Src phosphorylation, Src recruitment, and desensitization. Mutant β2-adrenergic receptors with a Tyr-to-Phe substitution at Tyr-350 do not display agonist-induced desensitization, Src recruitment, or Src activation. Downstream of binding to the receptor, Src phosphorylates and activates G-protein-linked receptor kinase 2 (GRK2), a response obligate for agonist-induced desensitization. Constitutively active Src increases GRK phosphorylation, whereas either expression of dominant-negative Src or treatment with the PP2 inhibitor abolishes tyrosine phosphorylation of GRK and desensitization. Thus, in addition to its role in signal switching to the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway, Src recruitment to the β2-adrenergic receptor and activation are obligate for normal agonist-induced desensitization.
Hospital Servicescape Design for Inpatient Wellbeing

Abstract Wellbeing of end-users is a growing concern in services research. The growth of transformative service research and evidence-based design highlights the need to focus on hospital patients to improve their state of wellbeing. This study combines both fields to propose a conceptual model for the hospital perceived servicescape. The effect of the servicescape on inpatient wellbeing is tested using a quantitative survey conducted with 372 inpatients in Egypt. Results indicate that hospital servicescapes should include the aspects of art and visuals; plants and greenery; safety and hygiene; patient single rooms and atmosphere; and signage and way-finding.
Stock Market Performance and Efficiency of Banks in a Developing Economy: Evidence from the Indian Banking Sector

Many studies have been conducted on bank efficiency and bank performance both in developed and developing economies. Although abundant research on the association of emerging dimensions of stock performance with bank efficiency is available for the developed countries, such research in developing economies is limited. In the light of this, a model is constructed with stock market return as the principal variable along with bank efficiency and bank-specific factors and tested for the Indian economy. The model was developed using data envelopment analysis (DEA) for Indian banks. Panel data regression analysis was used to examine the empirical association between efficiency measures and market performance measures. The regression results confirmed the presence of a statistically significant association between operational efficiency and market performance of Indian banks. Operationally efficient banks create more value and returns to their investors and are thus found to be effective.
A study regarding availability and utilization of services of the government health facility in village Nagkalan, district Amritsar, Punjab

Background: Health care expenses induced impoverishment in the poverty stricken strata of rural India is a major issue. The government of India has come up with various services in public health facilities, but there are various factors which curtail the utilization of available services and people have to visit some private health facility. The present study deals with the extent of utilization of services of government health facility and the factors impeding the utilization.Methods: The present cross sectional study was conducted in village Nagkalan, district Amritsar, where the eldest adult members present in the house at the time of the visit, and are interviewed using a semi-structured and predesigned questionnaire. A total of 1123 families were included in the final analysis. Data was compiled, analysed and valid conclusions drawn.Results: Almost all the respondents were aware about the existence of subsidiary health centre in the village. However, out of those who were aware, 40.8% never visited the centre. Utilization was more in the lower socio economic status. Immunization services followed by treatment for common ailments constituted the top two reasons for visiting the centre. Out of those visiting the centre, 80.7% were not satisfied with the current timings of the centre; only 20.2% were attended by the doctor and 33.3% reported that the prescribed medicines were never available at the centre.Conclusions: Regular supply of prescribed medicines, availability of the doctor and appropriate timings are critical for utilization of health care services at the government health facility.
Contribution a l'etude theorique et experimentale de l'interaction plasma-cathode dans un arc electrique

L'etude effectuee est consacree a la comprehension des phenomenes physiques qui ont lieu dans la region cathodique d'un arc electrique. Elle est constituee de deux parties: l'une theorique et l'autre experimentale. Dans la partie theorique, un modele est elabore pour la simulation du fonctionnement d'un spot cathodique. Sur la base d'un meme modele physique, deux systemes mathematiques sont etablis. L'un est utilise pour etudier un site emissif en etat stationnaire et l'autre est destine a en simuler l'initialisation. Les phenomenes thermiques et electriques dans l'electrode sont etudies a deux dimensions en symetrie de revolution (2d). L'influence des conditions physiques sur l'etat stationnaire et l'initialisation d'un site est examinee. Le phenomene de surchauffe, ou emballement thermique a l'interieur de l'electrode, est observe et etudie. L'importance des conditions externes dans le processus d'initialisation d'un site est mis en evidence. La partie experimentale de la these concerne les effets d'un spot cathodique sur une electrode couverte d'une couche d'oxyde. Il est observe que lorsque le pied cathodique d'un arc a la possibilite d'exister soit sur une partie purement metallique, soit sur une partie oxydee, il se place sur la zone oxydee. Ce phenomene peut etre utilise pour le decapage, par un arc electrique, d'une surface metallique oxydee. L'etude phenomenologique montre l'importance du gaz reducteur dans l'interaction arc-surface et l'influence des conditions de traitement sur le resultat du procede
Impact of psychotherapeutic support on gastrointestinal cancer patients undergoing surgery: survival results of a trial.

BACKGROUND/AIMS The impact of psychotherapeutic support on survival time in patients with gastrointestinal cancer undergoing surgery was studied. METHODOLOGY A randomized controlled trial was conducted in cooperation with the Departments of General Surgery and Medical Psychology, University Hospital of Hamburg, Germany. Two hundred and seventy-one consenting patients with a preliminary diagnosis of cancer of the esophagus, stomach, liver/gallbladder, pancreas or colon/rectum were stratified by gender and randomly assigned to a control group that received standard care, as provided on the surgical wards, or to an experimental group that received formal psychotherapeutic support in addition to routine care during the hospital stay. Patients in both groups completed the EORTC-Quality of Life questionnaire pre-operatively, post-operatively, and at 3, 6, 12, and 24 months following surgery. Date of death, if applicable, was also recorded. Unadjusted and adjusted survival analyses were performed. RESULTS Kaplan-Meier survival curves demonstrated better survival for the experimental group than for the control group. The unadjusted significance level for group differences was p = 0.002 for survival up to 2 years. Cox regression models that took TNM Staging or the Residual Tumor Classification into account also found significant differences at the 2-year follow-up. Secondary analyses found that most of the differences in favor of the experimental group occurred in females and in patients with stomach, pancreatic, primary liver or colorectal cancer. CONCLUSIONS The results of this study indicate that patients with gastrointestinal cancer, particularly those who are female and those who undergo surgery for stomach, pancreatic, primary liver or colorectal cancer, benefit from a formal program of psychotherapeutic support in terms of survival.
El dominio afectivo en el aprendizaje de las Matemáticas. Una revisión de sus descriptores básicos

El dominio afectivo en el aprendizaje matematico es un concepto relativamente reciente. Desde la decada de los setenta, numerosas investigaciones centradas en los procesos de aprendizaje de Matematicas comenzaron a centrarse en la dimension afectiva. En ellas, se ponia de manifiesto que las cuestiones afectivas juegan un papel esencial en la ensenanza y aprendizaje de las matematicas, y que algunas de ellas estan muy arraigadas en el sujeto y no son facilmente desplazables por la instruccion. En este trabajo pretendemos revisar y profundizar en su significado y en la influencia que la afectividad ejerce en el aprendizaje de las matematicas. Asi, abordamos los principales descriptores basicos del dominio afectivo, las creencias, actitudes y emociones, y como los afectos van a condicionar el exito y/o fracaso del estudiantado a la hora de enfrentarse a esta disciplina.
Open reduction and stable fixation of isolated, displaced talar neck and body fractures.

BACKGROUND The purpose of this retrospective review was to evaluate the long-term results of surgical treatment of isolated, displaced talar neck and/or body fractures with stable internal fixation. METHODS The study included twenty-five patients with a total of twenty-six displaced fractures isolated to the talus that had been treated with open reduction and stable internal fixation and followed for a minimum of forty-eight months after the injury. The final follow-up examination included standard radiographs, computed tomography, and a clinical evaluation. Variables that were analyzed included wound type, fracture type, Hawkins type, comminution, timing of the surgical intervention, surgical approach, quality of fracture reduction, Hawkins sign, osteonecrosis, union, time to union, posttraumatic arthritis, and the AOFAS scores including subscores (pain, function, and alignment). RESULTS The average duration of follow-up was seventy-four months. Surgical intervention resulted in sixteen fractures with an anatomic reduction, five with a nearly anatomic reduction, and five with a poor reduction. All eight noncomminuted fractures were anatomically reduced. The overall union rate was 88%. All closed, displaced talar neck fractures healed, regardless of the time delay until surgical intervention. Posttraumatic arthritis of the subtalar joint was the most common finding and was seen in all patients, sixteen of whom had involvement of more than one joint. Osteonecrosis was a common finding, seen after thirteen of the twenty-six fractures overall and after six of the seven open fractures. CONCLUSIONS Open reduction and internal fixation is recommended for the treatment of displaced talar neck and/or body fractures. A delay in surgical fixation does not appear to affect the outcome, union, or prevalence of osteonecrosis. Posttraumatic arthritis is a more common complication than osteonecrosis following operative treatment. Patients with a displaced fracture of the talus should be counseled that posttraumatic arthritis and chronic pain are expected outcomes even after anatomic reduction and stable fixation. This is especially true following open fractures.
Conjugated linoleic acid content in breast adipose tissue is not associated with the relative risk of breast cancer in a population of French patients.

CLA[3][1] refer to a group of octadecadienoic acid isomers that contain two conjugated double bonds. CLA can be found in natural food sources, such as dairy products or meat of ruminant animals. Considerable attention has been directed recently to CLA based on their ability to act as preventive
Impact of TSV proximity on 45nm CMOS devices in wafer level

Impacts of through-silicon via (TSV) proximity on various 45nm CMOS devices are evaluated in wafer level. Cu-filled TSVs with 6um (dia.) × 55um (height) were formed using ‘via middle’ process. After finishing BEOL module process, electrical measurement was conducted using unthinned wafers. Mostly the device performance change due to TSV is observed in less than 2um distance but the change is less than 2% in maximum. Also discrepancy between theory and real data on TSV impact was identified.