Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Service Quality of Night Markets in Taiwan

Night markets consist of contemporary societies strongly as a marketing style in Taiwan which is successful foodservice industry in spite of the limited space and remarkable crowding. Although the negative environment factors have been critiqued in terms of bad customer satisfaction, it seems the successful night markets demonstrate those are not applicable in Asia. The object of this study is to examine the customers’ perspectives with regard to service quality of night market in Taiwan. The sample included 498 customers in night market. Based on five theoretical models of service quality, the night market service quality questionnaire was developed as the measurement of service quality for night market in Taiwan. The survey instrument consists of eight dimensions and 36 questions and data was randomly collected at top ten night markets elected by ballot. The study examined whether service quality perspectives differed across demographic segments. Age, occupation and income were found to significantly different. The location and the stay period of the night market were also significantly different in terms of service quality. The managerial implications of these findings for the food and beverage industry in night market and researchers are discussed.
ROBUST ADAPTIVE VIBRATION CONTROL FOR A GENERAL CLASS OF STRUCTURES IN THE PRESENCE OF TIME-VARYING UNCERTAINTIES AND DISTURBANCES

The problem of active vibration suppression in a wide class of smart structures is addressed. The dynamical model of a structure may be perturbed by uncertain time-varying parameters and external disturbances. A novel adaptive-based control algorithm is presented here to satisfy robustness properties with respect to model uncertainties and environmental disturbances. Reflecting practical situations, the upper bound of perturbations is not required for controller design. The analytical stability of a closed-loop system is presented based on the Lyapunov stability theorem. Furthermore, numerical analysis is also provided to show the effectiveness of the proposed method.
Differentiation of root canal morphology – a review of the literature

Abstract The morphological diversity of the inner anatomy of root canals in human permanent teeth is an issue mainly described in endodontics research. In recent years, it is a relatively new point in anthropological studies because it varies by sex, geographic and ethnic circumstances. An unusual number of root canals or their specific systems can differentiate populations around the world. The multiplicity of available methods for detecting root canal systems helps to better understand their complexity; however, most cannot be applied to anthropology due to limitations that occur in the bioarcheological material. Thorough knowledge of the heterogeneity and internal anatomy of the root canals supplies numerous classification systems proposed and improved over the years by many authors. A limited number of studies in the anthropological literature and future research will shed light onto the internal tooth morphology in historical populations. The aim of this paper is to describe various classification systems of root canals applied in endodontics. However, due to the often poor state of preservation and damage of archaeological derived remains, it seems that the best method is the approach that is the simplest and least complicated.
Characteristics of Dialysis Patients in Hemodialysis Centers in Isfahan

Background: Chronic kidney disease is a health problem in today’s world and hemodialysis is an alternative method for patients with chronic renal failure. Preparing provincial and national information on the situation of patients can play a significant role in improving the quality of services provided to patients undergoing hemodialysis. Objective: This study aimed to investigate the characteristics of patients on dialysis in hemodialysis centers in Isfahan and some other centers (up to 30 km distant). Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 1,024 patients on dialysis in 13 dialysis centers in the early part of 2013. Studied variables were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire with Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.86. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and Chi-square test by SPSS version 22 software. Results: The results of 1024 patients undergoing hemodialysis includes the following: 60% (610 people) were male with a mean age of 54±17.67 years, and 92% (867 patients) had a private house. The family history of hemodialysis was positive in 24% (229 patients). In this study, 38% of patients (365 patients) were illiterate and the most common cause of kidney disease was diabetes in 42% (436) of the patients. Vascular access was venous-arterial fistula in 52% (519 people) with a mean hemodialysis of 52 months. Chronic renal failure was estimated at 300 per one million inhabitants in Isfahan Province (based on the last census in 2011 with the population estimated at 4,815,863 persons). Conclusion: Majority of the studied population variables was somewhat similar to the studies conducted in other provinces; the only major difference was the most common cause of chronic renal failure leading to dialysis. Keywords : Demography, Chronic Renal Failure, Hemodialysis
Simultaneous determination of gemifloxacin and diuretics in bulk, pharmaceutical dosage forms and human serum by RP-HPLC

An isocratic reversed phase high-performance liquid chromatographic (RP-HPLC) method has been developed for the simultaneous determination of gemifloxacin and diuretics (hydrochlorothiazide and furosemide) in bulk, dosage formulations and human serum at 232 nm. Chromatographic separation was achieved on Purospher Start C18 (250 mm x 4.6 mm, 5 µm) column using mobile phase, methanol: water: acetonitrile (70:25:5 v/v/v) adjusted to pH 3.0 via phosphoric acid 85% having flow rate of 0.8 mL min -1 at room temperature. Calibration curves were linear over range of 0.5-10 µg mL -1 with a correlation coefficient ± 0.999. LOD and LOQ were in the ranges of 0.75-2.56 µg mL -1. Intra and inter-run precision and accuracy results were 98.26 to 100.9.
Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (OPCAB) at Sudan Heart Institute : Is it a Safe Operation for Coronary Revascularization in Sudan?

Background: The incidence of coronary artery disease (CAD) is rising in Sudan as well as in Africa and all over the world, with increasing need for myocardial revascularization. This study is an attempt to highlight the safety of practicing off- pump coronary artery bypass grafting as a primary option for surgical myocardial revascularization, as the use of cardiopulmonary bypass machine was found to be associated with many cardiovascular and systemic complications. Lacking local information regarding this operation dedicated the need to structure such a research in order to be a basis for further studies. Objective: To assess the preoperative characteristics and outcome of patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery. Method: This is a combined retro-prospective descriptive consecutive case series study conducted at Sudan Heart Institute (SHI) and included all the patients with CAD; who were candidates for CABG; presented in the period between Aug/2011 to Aug/2013 Results: 91 patients were included in this study. Females (30.8%) were less affected compared to males and the most affected age group was 41-69 years. 63.7% had HTN, 52.7% had DM. The majority (76.9%) presented with angina CCS class III or VI. Significant LM coronary artery disease was detected in 38 (41.8%). None of the patients had post operative MI. 10 (11.0%) patients developed atrial fibrillation. 56 (61.5%) were extubated within the first 6 hours and 61 (67%) needed primary ICU care for one or 2 days. One death (1.1%) was reported during 30 days- postoperative follow up. Conclusion: Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting could be conducted safely in SHI with reasonable outcome compared to the international data.
Resistance Through Compliance: The Strategic and Subversive Potential of Frontstage and Backstage Resistance

Cynicism, gossip, foot-dragging, simulation of productivity, etc. have been regarded by some scholars as manifestations of resistance that are subtle and unobtrusive, but still real and effective. Denying their strategic and subversive potential, others have argued that such informal, indirect or infrapolitical demonstrations of subversion are risk-free and ineffective, and, because members shy away from acting on their critique, that they should be re-evaluated as mere compliance. Refuting an either–or framework, we ask the more pertinent, empirically grounded, and underexplored question of how resistant and compliant behaviours are performed in situ. This allows us to discern and examine different forms and effects of infrapolitical strategies. Building on an ethnographic case-analysis of a planned change programme in the Amsterdam municipality’s Department of Work and Income (DWI), this paper explores in detail how organizational actors subtly synthesize compliance and resistance in their situated positionings vis-a-vis a change initiative, and how such ambiguous positioning becomes consequential. We describe two distinct infrapolitical strategies, which we term frontstage and backstage resistance. While frontstage resistance derives its subversive potential from mixing open protest with implicit complaisance, backstage resistance functions via a benign appearance of carefully staged compliant behaviour.
Effects of organic acids or natural plant extracts added to diets for turkeys on growth performance, gastrointestinal tract metabolism and carcass characteristics

A study on male turkeys was conducted to evaluate the physiological and growth effects of organic acids, organic acids with essential oils or herbal extract added to diets. The control diet (C) contained premix without any feed additives. Three experimental diets were fed from 1 to 140 days of age: diet A with a blend of organic acids (formic acid and propionic acid) in the amount of 5.0 g/kg of feed, diet AO with a blend of organic acids (citric, fumaric, orthophosphoric and malic acid) and with a mixture of essential oils (from citrus fruits, cinnamon, oregano and thyme) in the amount of 0.5 to 1.0 g/kg of feed, diet HE with preparation composed of oregano essential oil, spice extracts of turmeric and capsicum in the amount 0.3 g/kg of feed. Gastrointestinal tract development and metabolism (after 56 days of feeding) as well as growth performance and carcass characteristics (after 140 days of the experiment) were evaluated. Dietary supplementation with A, AO or HE signifi cantly decreased the pH of the crop contents, but had no effect on the pH of the caecal digesta. Dietary supplementation with A or HE increased the activity of α-glucosidase in the ileal digesta. The tested supplements had no infl uence on SCFA production in the caeca. All supplements increased the body weights of turkeys, but the differences were signifi cant (P≤0.01) only at the age of 84 days. The fi nal body weight (at 140 days of age) of turkeys fed diets with the tested supplements were higher by 3.3-3.9%, and feed conversion ratio decreased by 2.4-5.3% (statistically non-signifi cantly) in these treatments, compared to the control. Generally, carcass traits were not infl uenced by the above feed supplements.
Using the International Monitoring System infrasound network to study gravity waves

The infrasound network of the International Monitoring System (IMS) has been designed for the detection of atmospheric pressure fluctuations produced in the [0.02 Hz–4 Hz] frequency range. However, the majority of the measuring chains used in this network also record pressure fluctuations at lower frequencies. The objective of this paper is to demonstrate the accuracy of IMS pressure measurements in the gravity wave band, whose period usually ranges from a few minutes to 24 hours. Application examples such as the monitoring of worldwide gravity wave time‐spectra and the characterization of surface pressure fluctuations produced by atmospheric tides are presented. This study opens the way to the analysis of gravity waves using IMS data, which constitute a unique and accurate set of pressure measurements.
A two-layer canopy model with thermal inertia for an improved snowpack energy balance below needleleaf forest (model SNOWPACK, version 3.2.1, revision 741)

A new, two-layer canopy module with thermal inertia as part of the detailed snow model SNOWPACK (version 3.2.1) is presented and evaluated. As a by-product of these new developments, an exhaustive description of the canopy module of the SNOWPACK model is provided, thereby filling a gap in the existing literature. In its current form, the two-layer canopy module is suited for evergreen needleleaf forest, with or without snow cover. It is designed to reproduce the difference in thermal response between leafy and woody canopy elements, and their impact on the underlying snowpack or ground surface energy balance. Given the number of processes resolved, the SNOWPACK model with its enhanced canopy module constitutes a sophisticated physics-based modeling chain of the continuum going from atmosphere to soil through the canopy and snow. Comparisons of modeled sub-canopy thermal radiation to stand-scale observations at an Alpine site (Alptal, Switzerland) demonstrate improvements induced by the new canopy module. Both thermal heat mass and the two-layer canopy formulation contribute to reduce the daily amplitude of the modeled canopy temperature signal, in agreement with observations. Particularly striking is the attenuation of the nighttime drop in canopy temperature, which was a key model bias. We specifically show that a single-layered canopy model is unable to produce this limited temperature drop correctly. The impact of the new parameterizations on the modeled dynamics of the sub-canopy snowpack is analyzed. The new canopy module yields consistent results but the frequent occurrence of mixed-precipitation events at Alptal prevents a conclusive assessment of model performance against snow data. The new model is also successfully tested without specific tuning against measured tree temperature and biomass heatstorage fluxes at the boreal site of Norunda (Sweden). This provides an independent assessment of its physical consistency and stresses the robustness and transferability of the chosen parameterizations. The SNOWPACK code including the new canopy module, is available under Gnu General Public License (GPL) license and upon creation of an account at https://models.slf. ch/.
Magmatic conditions and processes in the storage zone of the 2004-2006 Mount St. Helens dacite

The 2004-6 eruption of Mount St. Helens produced dacite that contains 40-50 volume percent phenocrysts of plagioclase, amphibole, low-Ca pyroxene, magnetite, and ilmenite in a groundmass that is nearly totally crystallized. Phenocrysts of amphibole and pyroxene range from 3 to 5 mm long and are cyclically zoned, with one to three alternations of Fe- and Al-rich to Mg- and Si-rich layers showing little indication of phenocryst dissolution between zones. Similar-size plagioclase phenocrysts also contain several cyclic zones ranging between ~An 68 and An 45-35 . Textural evidence indicates that amphibole, pyroxene, and ilmenite began to crystallize before the most An-rich plagioclase. Magnetite and ilmenite phenocrysts are small (less than 100 μm), vary somewhat in composition from grain to grain, and are sporadically zoned. Magnetite-ilmenite pairs yield temperatures of equilibration ranging from 820°C to 890°C and f O2 values of NNO +1 log unit. Magnetite compositions suggest that the 2004-6 magma was formed by mingling of magmas less than 5-8 weeks before eruption and that the magma last equilibrated within this temperature range. The amphibole phenocryst zoning involves approximately equal amounts of a pressure-sensitive Al-Tschermak molecular substitution and a temperature-sensitive edenite substitution in one cycle of growth. Hydrothermal experiments done on the natural dacite show that crystallization of the Fe- and Al-rich amphibole end member requires pressures of 200-300 MPa at temperatures of 900°C, conditions approaching the upper temperature limit of amphibole stability. The dacitic magma crystallizes the An 68 plagioclase when the pressure drops to 200 MPa at 900°C. The magma must cool at this depth to produce a complete An 68 -An 40 plagioclase zone and a Mg-rich layer on the amphiboles before the magma is cycled back to a high pressure, when a new layer of Fe-rich amphibole is acquired. The amphibole crystallizing in the dacite experiments at less than 200 MPa is lower in aluminum than any compositions in the natural cyclically zoned phenocrysts. The outer rim on some 2004-6 amphibole phenocrysts appears to have formed in the 100-200 MPa range, as do some phenocrysts in the May 1980 dacite pumice. Plagioclase rims of An 35 in the 2004-6 magmas indicate that phenocryst growth continued until the pressure decreased to 130 MPa and that ascent was slow until this depth. Magma then entered the conduit for a relatively rapid ascent to the surface as indicated by the very thin (less than 5 μm) decompression-induced rims on the amphibole phenocrysts.
EFFECT OF SEASON ON SERUM COPPER AND ZINC CONCENTRATIONS IN CROSSBRED GOATS HAVING DIFFERENT REPRODUCTIVE STATUS UNDER SEMIARID RANGELAND CONDITIONS IN SOUTHERN MEXICO STATE

The effect of season (rainy: RS, and dry: DS) and reproductive status on copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn) concentrations in blood serum of crossbred goats (BW= 36.01 Â± 1.59 kg) were studied under semiarid rangeland conditions in Southern Mexico State. Blood samples from 80 crossbred goats were taken each season (RS and DS). The goats were clustered into 10 different groups considering their reproductive status. Concentrations of Cu and Zn in serum were assayed using atomic absorption. Data were analyzed using a general linear model procedure for a completely randomized design and differences among means were examined using a Tukey test. Blood serum concentrations of Cu and Zn were affected by reproductive status and season (P goats had the highest values (P Adult goats in Southern Mexico State showed a deficiency of Cu and Zn, especially during RS. As such, mineral supplements should be provided with respect to these elements in feeding systems for goats under semiarid rangeland conditions in order to evaluate their impact on health and reproduction.
Predicting regeneration of physical damage on a reef-building coral by regeneration capacity and lesion shape

We present a relationship that predicts regeneration of physical damage 011 reef-budding corals as a f~~nc t ion of regeneratlon capacity and lesion shape. The great abundance of lesions on colonles in the field and the characteristics of the regeneration process indicate that the abll~ty of corals to regenerate damage is limited Regeneration, the extension of new coral tissue over a damaged area, slows down exponentially. WC. hypothesized that regenel-atlon IS a funct~on of (1) a specles speclfic regeneratlon capac~ty and (2) the amount of tissue that directly borders a lesion. A corollary IS that there should be a maximum amount of tissue that can be recovered for a certain amount of border. Consequently, there is a maximum le s~on size that can be completely regenerated by the surrounding tissue depending on the shape of the lesion. We studied the regeneration process in field experiments and made circular lesions of 4 different size classes (83, 183, 243 and 406 mm2) on colonies of the main reefbuilding coral of the Caribbean, Montastrea annularis. Lesion size decreased rapidly at the onset of the regeneration process but the rate of regeneration slowed to zero and the curve representing lesion size with time approached an asymptote. This asymptote represents the slze of the area which is not recovered by the regenerating tissue at the end of the regeneration process. The value of thls asymptote increased w ~ t h increasing lesion area, ~ndicating limited regeneratlon capacity. Larger lesions regenerated more tlssue than smaller lesions, but this difference was absent when the regenerated surface area was standardized to initial lesion penmeter This indicates that the lesion perimeter is the primary factor determining the amount of area that will be regenerated. M. annularis could regenerate a maximum of 4.7 mm2 of new tissue per mm of lesion perimeter length. Circular lesions larger than 130 mm2 will not be regenerated. The dependence of regeneratlon on lesion perimeter results in lesion shape being of major importance for the degree of regeneration of physical damage (e.g. long narrow lesions may be closed, while circular lesions of much smaller size may never be closed). A relationship is presented that predicts percentage regeneration on the basis of lesion shape, with shape b e ~ n g defined as the ratio of initial lesion surface area to initial perimeter length This function predicts regeneratlon of phys~cal damage in M. annulal-1s for any slze and shape of lesion K E Y WORDS: Regeneration . Lesions . Shape Size . Damage . Corals Restoration . Patch
Individual muscle thickness of the quadriceps and hamstrings and their relationship with knee extension and flexion strength

Strength of the thigh muscles, namely the hamstrings and quadriceps, is a strong determinant of athletic performance and recovery from injury. Thigh strength can be directly assessed using dynamometry or clinical tasks such as jumps and hops, although in the case of injured individuals such approaches may not be safe. In these cases, it is inferred that the muscle size is indicative of muscle strength thus allowing muscle size to serve as an indirect measure of muscle strength. Typically indirect clinical measures may poorly differentiate muscle size. A more muscle-specific clinical measure can be made from measuring the thickness of the quadriceps and hamstrings using clinical ultrasound. Typically, the individual muscles of the quadriceps and hamstrings are grouped together to assess thickness and the correlation between these thicknesses and muscle strength is well understood. The relationship between individual muscle thicknesses and the strength of their muscle groups as a whole is not well understood. The aim of this study was to test whether or not knee extension and flexion strength are correlated to the thickness of individual muscles in the quadriceps or hamstrings, respectively. This would allow clinicians such as athletic trainers to quickly assess atrophy and therefore loss in strength in injured athletes. Results demonstrated that both medial and lateral quadriceps and hamstrings thicknesses were moderately correlated with knee extension and flexion strength measures, respectively. Further analyses showed that grouping multiple quadriceps or hamstrings in the correlation did not improve the relationship of strength to individual muscles. These results indicate that individual thigh muscle thicknesses correlated with knee strength similarly to one another. These results support prior research that has looked at each of these muscles as groups and carry implications about how clinicians can quickly measure muscle strength indirectly in populations where direct strength assessment is not possible.