Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The relationships of brand experience, sports event image and loyalty

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationships among brand experience, sports event image and loyalty in the Jeju International Ultramarathon Race. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from 313 ultramarathon runners during the 16th Jeju International Ultramarathon Race. Statistical analyses were carried out using confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling. Findings An analysis of the relationship between brand experience and sports event image revealed that affective experience is the most influential dimension, followed by sensory and behavioral experiences. However, intellectual experience showed insignificant relationship. Sports event image indicated a positive effect on word-of-mouth and revisit intention. Research limitations/implications Ultramarathon races are sporting events with few participants, even though it is becoming more popular. The attitude, motivation and personality of people participating in these races may be different in terms of the extreme characteristic and endurance level of sports activity. If the results of this study need to be generalized with other sports event images, a comparative study may help to understand the personality traits of people participating in ultramarathon races and other sports. Practical implications As ultramarathon races are not yet popular sports, to target more people, behavioral experience has an influential role because it is action oriented and actively engages the body. Enriching consumer life by facilitating and creating opportunities to physically experience as well as showing them alternate ways of doing things may attract them to substitute lifestyle and interactions (Pine and Gilmore, 1999). Few other popular endurance race events organize short-distance races and kid races for fun (e.g. Lavaredo Ultra trail race), to engage friends and family members before the start of the main event. Doing so may provide an opportunity to attract more runners, and they may engage in running activities and participate in these kinds of events later, after having this sort of casual experience. Social implications Social networking sites may be used to maintain continuous interaction with the runners and followers. Supporting a social cause is another measure to generate the intellectual experience of sports events. The result of this study shows no significant relationship between intellectual experience and the sports event image. To increase the worldwide popularity of this race and to attract more international runners, a judicious use of web platforms may be an option to maintain regular contact with a wider group of audience. Originality/value This study is the first to examine the relationship between brand experience and sports event image in an ultramarathon event context. Findings contribute to an understanding of the impact of brand experience on sports event image, thereby influencing the loyalty of runners participating in an ultramarathon event.
Pengaruh Kepemimpinan dan Disiplin Kerja terhadap Kinerja Pegawai pada Dinas Pendidikan Kota Banjarmasin

This study aims to determine the effect of leadership and work discipline partially, and the effect of leadership and work discipline simultaneously on employee performance at Dinas Pendidikan Kota Banjarmasin.This research uses quantitative methods. The data used in this study consisted of primary data and secondary data. The population of this research is the employees of Dinas Pendidikan Kota Banjarmasin, amounting to 102 people. Sampling uses probability sampling. The technique of data collection was carried out by distributing questionnaires to 51 respondents from Dinas Pendidikan Kota Banjarmasin employees who were obtained using the Slovin formula. The data analysis technique used is multiple linear regression to determine the effect of leadership and work discipline on performance in Dinas Pendidikan Kota Banjarmasin using Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) version 21.00 for windows.The results of the study concluded that the leadership and work discipline variables partially affect the performance of employees at the Banjarmasin City Education Office. The results of the study concluded that the variables of leadership and work discipline simultaneously affect the performance of employees at Dinas Pendidikan Kota Banjarmasin.
Estimating Software Task Effort in Crowds

A key task during software maintenance is the refinement and elaboration of emerging software issues, such as feature implementations and bug resolution. It includes the annotation of software tasks with additional information, such as criticality, assignee and estimated cost of resolution. This paper reports on a first study to investigate the feasibility of using crowd workers supplied with limited information about an issue and project to provide comparably accurate estimates using planning poker. The paper describes our adaptation of planning poker to crowdsourcing and our initial trials. The results demonstrate the feasibility and potential efficiency of using crowds to deliver estimates. We also review the additional benefit that asking crowds for an estimate brings, in terms of further elaboration of the details of an issue. Finally, we outline our plans for a more extensive evaluation of planning poker in crowds.
Institutionalization, Delegation, and Asset Prices

We study the effects of institutionalization on fund manager compensation and asset prices. Institutionalization raises the performance-sensitive component of the equilibrium contract, which makes institutional investors effectively more risk averse. Institutionalization affects market outcomes through two opposing effects. The direct effect is to bring in more informed capital, and the indirect effect is to make each institutional investor trade less aggressively on information through affecting the equilibrium contract. When there are many institutions and little noise trading in the market, the indirect contracting effect dominates the direct informed capital effect in determining market variables such as the cost of capital, return volatility, price volatility, and market liquidity. Otherwise, the direct informed capital effect dominates.
Effect of Periodic Low-intensity Exercise on the Hindlimb Muscles of Hindlimb Suspended Rats

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of periodic low-intensity exercise during hindlimb suspension on the mass, relative weight, myofibrillar protein content in soleus, plantaris and gastrocnemius muscles. To examine the effectiveness of periodic low-intensity exercise on mass, and myofibrillar protein content of hindlimb muscles, adult female Wistar rats were suspended(HS) and half of these rats walked on a treadmill for 45min/day(15 min every 4h) at 5m/min and a grade(HS-EX). Soleus wet weight was 33.51% significantly smaller(p
Research during Pediatric Residency Training: A Nationwide Study in Japan

Introduction: Training in scholarship is an essential component of postgraduate education. Previous studies worldwide on the research activities of pediatric residents were questionnaires targeting program directors or surveys conducted in a limited number of institutions; however, no nationwide studies have been conducted. The objective of this study was to describe the research activities of pediatric residents. Methods: We conducted a nationwide cross-sectional study during 2015 and 2016 in Japan. Study data were collected from each resident’s logbook submitted to the board examination office and compared by the type of institution, namely, university, children’s, or community hospital. Results: Of 1,718 eligible participants, 1,500 participated in this study. Overall, 499 (33.3%) residents trained at national/public university hospitals, 371 (24.7%) at private university hospitals, 140 (9.3%) at children’s hospitals, and 490 (32.7%) at community hospitals. Although 1,361 (90.7%) residents gave at least one presentation at an academic conference during their residency, only 235 (15.7%) residents published one or more articles in a peer-reviewed academic medical journal. The proportion of residents who gave at least one presentation (p=0.03) and published at least one study (p<0.01) differed significantly among the types of institutions. Residents at community hospitals gave fewer presentations at conferences (odds ratio [OR] 0.56; 95% confidence interval [95% CI] 0.36–0.87) and published fewer peer-reviewed articles (OR 0.53; 95% CI 0.37–0.76) than residents at national/public university hospitals. Conclusions: This is apparently the first nationwide study demonstrating that the research activities of pediatric residents consisted mostly of presentations at academic conferences, but also that most residents had not published their research. There was a marked variation in residents’ academic activities by institution type.
Awareness of purchasing halal food among non-Muslim consumers

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify and investigate the awareness level of non-Muslim consumers to purchasing halal food products. Research on the non-Muslim consumers’ awareness towards purchasing halal food products is poorly understood so far in South Africa. Design/methodology/approach An exploratory case study was adopted to explore new points of views about a particular issue, which is unknown, or not much known about it, to formulate ideas or propositions. Semi-structured interviews were the major primary data collection method. Four non-Muslim consumers from different settings purposively were selected. Thematic data analysis procedures were used. Findings The study found that non-Muslim consumers in Cape Town have a positive awareness of halal food, including its benefits and the production processes involved in producing it. The study also concluded that halal is not merely a commercial name using as a trademark in the global market. However, halal has several dimensions; primarily, for non-Muslim consumers, it is a mark of health and hygiene. With regard to psychological aspect, halal is considered as a sign of trust, comfortable and safe. It gives consumers a peace of mind when they consume food products that carry the halal label. Research limitations/implications Limitations in the study should be acknowledged. The main limitation of the study is that a small sample size was selected for this study. Another limitation is that the study was only conducted in the city of Cape Town. Originality/value This is the first qualitative study of its kind that presents an empirical evidence about the awareness of the non-Muslim consumers towards purchasing halal food products in South Africa, in general, and in Cape Town, in particular.
Advanced Technologies for Ultrahigh Resolution and Functional Optical Coherence Tomography

Abstract : This program, entitled Advanced Technologies for Structural and Functional Optical Coherence Tomography, is a collaborative effort between investigators at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Research Laboratory of Electronics; Dr. David Boas, Associate Professor in Radiology, Harvard Medical School at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging; and Dr. Jay Duker, Director, New England Eye Center, Professor and Chair of Ophthalmology, Tufts University School of Medicine. The objective of this program is to develop and apply advanced optical coherence tomography (OCT) technologies for ultrahigh resolution and functional imaging in biomedical applications.
Bank credit and economic activity in a developing economy

The importance of bank credit to financing economic activity and development has been the subject of empirical analysis for decades. This paper contributes to the debate by evaluating the effect of bank credit on economic activity using a developing economy data. The study period ranged from January 2007 to December 2017. Estimates from descriptive statistics show that the economic activity and bank credit series are negatively skewed and peaked, with non-normal distribution. The results generated for the Augmented Dickey unit root test showed that at the level form, all the variables are non-stationary but after first differencing the variables became stationary and integrated of order one (i.e. I(1)). The results obtained from the multiple regression model show that bank credit has a positive and significant effect on the economic activity. We, therefore, conclude that bank credit has a predictive influence on economic activity. One of the implications of this conclusion is that banking system regulators should formulate policies that enhance access to credit to the private sector while containing inflation.
Exposition alimentaire aux mycotoxines cancérogènes dans le département de Séguéla (Nord-Ouest de la Cote d’Ivoire): cas de l’aflatoxine B1

Les aflatoxines sont des contaminants cancerogenes retrouvees frequemment dans les denrees alimentaires. Dans cette etude, il s’agit de disposer d’informations relatives a la prevalence des aflatoxines dans les aliments de base du departement de Seguela. Pour ce faire, une identification des denrees alimentaires responsables de l’exposition des populations aux aflatoxines a ete faite et le niveau de contamination de ces aliments en aflatoxines a ete determine. Ainsi, une enquete basee sur le regime alimentaire a permis d’identifier le mais, le riz, le manioc, l’arachide et le gombo comme les principales denrees alimentaires utilisees pour la confection des mets et de connaitre les quantites journalieres consommees par la population. L’echantillonnage realise selon la reglementation de la Commission Europeenne (CE) 401/2006 et le guide LAB GTA 21 Revision 02/2017 du COFRAC a permis de determiner leur charge en aflatoxines. Les resultats des analyses effectuees par HPLC avec extraction sur colonnes d’immuno-affinite, montrent des niveaux tres varies de contamination des echantillons par l’Aflatoxine B1 (AFB1) allant de 0,02 a 18,65 μg/kg, avec 22% des echantillons depassant le seuil maximum de 2 μg/kg fixe en AFB1 par la CE N° 1881/2006. Ces teneurs obtenues en AFB1 conduisent a un risque d’exposition de la population aux effets toxiques de cette molecule. © 2019 International Formulae Group. All rights reserved Mots cles: Denrees alimentaires, mycotoxines, aflatoxine B1, contamination, exposition English Title: Food exposure to carcinogenic mycotoxins in the county of Seguela (northwestern Ivory Coast): case of aflatoxin B1 English Abstract Aflatoxins are carcinogenic contaminants frequently found in foodstuffs. In this study, we are going to get informations on the prevalence of aflatoxins in staple foods in the county of Seguela. For that, an identification of the foodstuffs responsible for people exposure to aflatoxins has been made and the level of contamination of these foods with aflatoxins has been determined. Thus, a survey focussed on diet has allowed us to identify maize, rice, cassava, groundnuts and okra as the main foodstuffs used for making daily dishes. This survey has also helpt to know the daily amounts of these foodstuffs consumed. The sampling carried out according to the European Commission (EC) 401/2006 regulation and the LAB GTA 21 Revision 02/2017 guide allowed to determine their content in aflatoxins. The results of the HPLC analyzes with extraction on immunoaffinity columns, show very varied levels of sample contamination by Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) ranging from 0.02 to 18.65 μg/kg, and 22% of samples exceeding the maximum threshold of 2 μg/kg set in AFB1 by EC No 1881/2006. These levels obtained in AFB1 lead to a risk of exposure of the population to the toxic effects of this molecule. © 2019 International Formulae Group. All rights reserved Keywords: Foodstuffs, mycotoxins, aflatoxin B1, contamination, exposure
Hypernatremia and intracranial complications due to inadequate exclusive breast-feed in neonates

Abstract Inadequate exclusive breast-feed is associated with many complications in neonates, which sometimes become life threatening. Hypernatremia is one of the commonest complications, which in severe cases may be associated with recurrent seizures, sinus thrombosis, arterial thrombosis etc. However, intracranial hemorrhage is rarely seen. We present three neonates with severe hypernatremia secondary to inadequate exclusive breast-feed, two of whom developed intracranial hemorrhage during hospital stay with review of literature.
Data Augmentation Using GANs for Speech Emotion Recognition

In this work, we address the problem of data imbalance for the task of Speech Emotion Recognition (SER). We investigate conditioned data augmentation using Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), in order to generate samples for un-derrepresented emotions. We adapt and improve a conditional GAN architecture to generate synthetic spectrograms for the minority class. For comparison purposes, we implement a series of signal-based data augmentation methods. The proposed GAN-based approach is evaluated on two datasets, namely IEMOCAP and FEEL-25 k , a large multi-domain dataset. Results demonstrate a 10% relative performance improvement in IEMOCAP and 5% in FEEL-25 k , when augmenting the minority classes.
Information Aggregation with Runoff Voting

A majority of independent voters wants to choose the alternative that better matches the state of the world, but may disagree on its identity due to private information. When we have an arbitrary number of alternatives and also sophisticated partisan voters exist in the electorate, the election of the correct alternative is a real challenge. Building upon McLennan (1998) and Barelli et al. (2017) we show that runoff voting -one of the most intuitive electoral systems- achieves asymptotically full information equivalence. That is, when the society is large, it can lead to the election of the correct alternative under fairly general assumptions regarding the information structure and partisans' preferences.
ÜNİVERSİTE ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN BİREYSEL YENİLİKÇİLİK KAPASİTELERİNİN BELİRLENMESİ

Kuresellesme ile birlikte hizli degisimlerin yasanmasi bireylerin de yeni durumlara uyum saglamasini gerekli kilmistir. Dolayisiyla bireyin gerek is hayatinda gerekse ogrenim hayatinda rakipleri arasindan siyrilabilmesi ve rekabette one cikabilmesi icin yenilikcilik kapasitesi onemli bir aractir. Bu calisma ile universite egitimi goren ogrencilerin bireysel yenilikcilik kapasiteleri belirlenerek, yenilikcilik yeteneklerinin gelistirilmesine yonelik oneriler gelistirilmesi amaclanmaktadir. Bu kapsamda 312 universite ogrencisinin bireysel yenilikcilik kapasitesi, kendine guven ve risk alma duzeyi ile demografik ozellikleri incelenmistir. Arastirmadan elde edilen sonuclara gore, ogrencilerinin cinsiyetleri ile bireysel yenilikcilik olcegi boyutlarindan yalnizca risk alma boyutu arasinda anlamli bir fark oldugu, yani bayanlara gore erkeklerin kendine guven, yenilikcilik ve risk alma puanlarinin nispeten biraz daha yuksek oldugu belirlenmistir. Diger bir sonuca gore ogrencilerin ogrenim gordukleri siniflara gore yapilan karsilastirmada kendine guven, yenilikcilik ve risk alma boyutlari arasinda anlamli bir fark bulunamamis ancak ogrencilerinin universiteye geldikleri ilk yilda kendilerine guvenleri, yenilikcilikleri ve risk alma duzeylerinin nispeten daha yuksek oldugu belirlenmistir.
Expanding Cashew Nut Exporting from Ghana’s Breadbasket: A Political Ecology of Changing Land Access and Use, and Impacts for Local Food Systems

The Brong Ahafo region supplies most of Ghana’s staple foods and is often described as the ‘breadbasket’ of Ghana. Despite the important role of this region in the provision of local food, farmers are shifting towards the cultivation of cashew nuts for export. The increasing production of cashew for export is driven by multiple factors across scale; including a historical legacy of export-led agriculture, increasing global demand for cashew nuts, and a number of local level socio-cultural factors. While farmers may benefit from cashew production, the conversion of land into production of cashew poses local level socio-cultural and economic challenges. In this paper, we adopt a critical perspective through the lens of political ecology to demonstrate how the transition towards the production of cashew is driving land accumulation, social differentiation, alongside a decline in access to land for local food provisioning. Through the use of a range of qualitative methods, including interviews, focus group discussions, observation and policy document analysis, this paper reports on in-depth data collected from cashew farmers and local agricultural actors in the Brong Ahafo region. Findings demonstrate that cashew production is transforming land tenure relations through individualisation, alongside the acquisition of communal land for cashew cultivation. In particular, the acquisition of land by local elites, and alongside the increasing conversion of family land into cashew production, is changing existing social and land tenure relations, with profound outcomes for migrant farmers and local food provisioning. We conclude there is an urgent need for agricultural policies to consider these impacts of export-led cashew production for land tenure and local food security.
PROGRAMLAMA ÖĞRETİMİNİN BİLGİ İŞLEMSEL DÜŞÜNME BECERİSİNE ETKİSİ

Icinde bulundugumuz ve 21. yuzyil olarak ifade edilen cagda ogrencilerin cesitli becerilere sahip olmasi gerektigi ifade edilmektedir. Bu becerilerden bir tanesi de bilgi islemsel dusunme becerisidir. Bilgi islemsel dusunme bilgisayar biliminin temel kavramlarindan yararlanarak problem cozmenin, sistem tasarlamanin ve insan davranislarini anlamanin bir yolu olarak tanimlanmaktadir. Gunumuzde bu becerinin sadece bilgisayar uzmanlari degil tum bireyler tarafindan sahip olunmasi gereken bir beceri olarak ifade edilmektedir. Bilgi islemsel dusunme becerisinin gelisimi icin farkli yontemler kullanilmaktadir. Programlama ogretimi bu becerinin ogretiminde kullanilan yontemlerdendir. Alanyazinda programlamanin problem cozme, yaraticilik ve elestirel dusunme gibi 21. yuzyil becerileri uzerinde etkisinin oldugu sonucuna ulasilan calismalar mevcuttur. Bu calisma sonuclari 21. yy becerilerini kapsayan bilgi islemsel dusunme uzerine programlama ogretiminin etkisi olduguna isaret etmektedir. Bu nedenle bu calismada programlama ogretiminin ogrencilerin bilgi islemsel dusunme becerisi uzerine olan etkisinin incelenmesi amaclanmistir. Arastirmanin calisma grubunu 2016-2017 Guz doneminde Bilgisayar Programciligi bolumu 1. sinifta ogrenim goren, programlama temelleri dersini alan ve derse devam eden 54 kisi olusturmaktadir. Veri toplama araci olarak Bilgisayarca Dusunme Becerileri olcegi kullanilmistir. Elde edilen verilerin analizinde betimsel istatistikler ve iliskili orneklemler t-testi uygulanmistir. Arastirmanin sonunda bilgi islemsel dusunme becerisi puani acisindan calisma grubunun ontest- sontest puanlari arasinda anlamli farklilik oldugu sonucuna ulasilmistir. Ayrica cinsiyet ve programlama becerisi acisindan bilgi islemsel dusunme becerisinin farklilasmadigi bulgusu elde edilmistir. Bu sonuclardan hareketle programlama ogretiminin bilgi islemsel dusunme uzerinde olumlu etkisi olabilecegi ve bu etkinin cinsiyet ve programlama beceri duzeylerinden bagimsiz oldugu soylenebilir.