Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Characteristics of and Factors Related to Parental Perceptions of Feeding Preterm Toddlers and Preschoolers: Comparison with the Characteristics of Full-Term Children

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the characteristics of Parental Perceptions of Toddlers and Preschoolers Feeding Assessment Index (PPTPFAI) scores of parents with preterm children through comparisons with full-term children; to identify factors associated with PPTPFAI for preterm children; and to obtain recommendations for nursing care aimed at supporting parents who feed preterm children. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study of parents of pre- and full-term toddlers and preschoolers using an anonymous self-administered questionnaire and an interview. We performed descriptive statistical analysis using the Spearman rank correlation coefficient and Mann-Whitney U test. We set the PPTPFAI as the dependent variable and performed a stepwise multiple regression analysis. Results: Comparisons of the PPTPFAI total score or the individual sub factor scores between the 76 preterm children and 76 full-term children revealed no significant difference. We found no significant correlation between gestational age at birth, physique at birth, or duration of hospitalization directly after birth and PPTPFAI total score or individual sub factor scores in parents of preterm children. The main factors influencing the PPTPFAI score were the child’s reaction score, child’s age, and Parenting Stress Index-Short Form score. Conclusion: For parents to feel that they are supporting their preterm children’s eating on their own initiative, it is important to focus nursing care on the perceptions of parents of their preterm children’s reactions as well as parenting stress.
Service Quality and the Mediating Effect of Corporate Image on the Relationship between Customer Satisfaction and Customer Loyalty in the Malaysian Hotel Industry

Service quality is vital to the success of any service organization. The rapid growth of the Malaysian hotel industry in the 2000’s forced hotel operators to seriously recognize the importance of service improvement in order to gain competitive advantage. This study aims to examine the impact of service quality on customer satisfaction, and how customer satisfaction subsequently affects customer loyalty in the hotel industry in Malaysia. This study also investigates the mediating effect of corporate image on the relationship between customer satisfaction and customer loyalty. A systematic sampling approach was adopted to collect data through self-administered questionnaires from 500 hotel guests. Preliminary data analysis, descriptive analysis, reliability test and regression analysis were adopted to ana-lyze the reliability of items and the hypothesized relationships in the proposed research model. The findings revealed that perception of service quality is significantly related to customer satisfaction, which in turn generates positive customer loyalty in the hotel industry. Besides, corporate image is found to be a partial mediator in the relationship between customer satisfaction and customer loyalty. Overall, the find-ings of this study would help hotel operators to formulate and implement effective marketing manage-ment strategies to cope with the keen competition in the hotel service industry.
Dominating scale-free networks with variable scaling exponent: heterogeneous networks are not difficult to control

The possibility of controlling and directing a complex system's behavior at will is rooted in its interconnectivity and can lead to significant advances in disparate fields, ranging from nationwide energy saving to therapies that involve multiple targets. In this work, we address complex network controllability from the perspective of the minimum dominating set (MDS). Our theoretical calculations, simulations using artificially generated networks as well as real-world network analyses show that the more heterogeneous a network degree distribution is, the easier it is to control the entire system. We demonstrate that relatively few nodes are needed to control the entire network if the power-law degree exponent is smaller than 2, whereas many nodes are required if it is larger than 2.
An XMM-Newton study of the RGH 80 galaxy group

We present an X-ray study of the galaxy group RGH 80, observed by XMM-Newton. The X-ray emission of the gas is detected out to ∼462 h −1 50 kpc, corresponding to ∼0.45r200. The group is relatively gas rich and luminous with respect to its temperature of 1.01 ± 0.01 keV. Using the deprojected spectral analysis, we find that the temperature peaks at ∼1. 3k eV around 0.11r200, and then decreases inwards to 0.83 keV at the center and outwards to ∼70% of the peak value at large radii. Within the central ∼60 kpc of the group where the gas cooling time is less than the Hubble time, a two-temperature model with temperatures of 0.82 and 1.51 keV and the Galactic absorption gives the best fit of the spectra, with ∼20% volume occupied by the cool component. We also derive the gas entropy distribution, which is consistent with the prediction of cooling and/or internal heating models. Furthermore, the abundances of O, Mg, Si, S and Fe decrease monotonically with radius. With the observed abundance ratio pattern, we estimate that ∼85% or ∼72% of the iron mass is contributed by SN Ia, depending on the adopted SN II models.
Fabry-Perot interferometer as a solar background noise suppressor: application to daytime lidar

Continuous atmospheric probing by a lidar is a requirement for many applications. However, due to high solar background noise during the daytime, lidar operations are mostly restricted to night-time. While many techniques are in practice, like reducing the receiver field of view, changing the view angle, introducing a narrow band Interference Filter (IF), these are applied to circumvent problems, rather than to suppress the noise. Using a Fabry-Perot interferometer as a narrow passband filter for solar background noise suppression is a known technique, and its potential is exploited in our system. An optical-fiber-coupled lidar system with its transmitter injection seeded was developed and has been operated during the daytime at Gadanki (13.6 ˚N, 79.2 ˚E). The signal-to-noise ratio of the return signal is used as the performance indicator, to evaluate the improvements. Signal-to-noise ratios with and without the Fabry-Perot interferometer are measured with near identical test set-ups. The signal-to-noise ratio enhancement factor is ca. 4, in agreement with the theoretical value. The performance is compared when the receiver fields of view are changed.
Supply Chain Partnership, Knowledge Trading and Cooperative Performance: An Empirical Study Based on Chinese Manufacturing Enterprises

From the perspective of knowledge trading among supply chain partners, a conceptual model for the relationships among supply chain partnership, knowledge trading and cooperative performance is proposed and empirically tested using the data collected from 256 Chinese manufacturing enterprises in supply chain with the structural equation model. The dimension of supply chain partnership in this model is described from trust and relationship commitment. The results show that there are significant and positive impacts of trust on relationship commitment, knowledge trading and cooperative performance. Although relationship commitment has significant and positive impact on cooperative performance, it does not impact knowledge trading significantly. Finally, it is also proved that knowledge trading has significant and positive impact on cooperative performance. These findings can also give some guidelines to managers. They should not only put emphasis on the formation of high level trust and relationship commitment among members of supply chain, but also improve cooperative performance of supply chain through better knowledge sharing among supply chain partners by knowledge trading.
Patterns and determinants of business cycle synchronization in the enlarged European Economic and Monetary Union

This paper provides empirical evidence about the degree of business cycle synchronization between the euro area countries and eight new European Union member states. We analyze the direct and indirect effects of similarity of economic structures and trade intensity on the co-movement of fluctuations of economic activity across these countries and find that bilateral similarity of economic structures and trade intensity were positively and significantly associated with business cycle correlations. This result is robust to different estimation techniques. Similarity of economic structures had an additional indirect positive effect on business cycle synchronization via its positive effect on trade intensity. The bilateral business cycle correlations are found to be endogenous with respect to bilateral similarity of economic structures and bilateral trade intensity suggesting that the new European Union countries will better satisfy the Optimum Currency Area criteria after the adoption of the euro.
COUPLED BUNCH INSTABILITIES IN THE LHC

In the LHC, the coupled bunch instabilities will be mainly driven by the RF cavities and the resistive wall effect. The growth times of these instabilities have been estimated taking into consideration the undamped and damped higher order modes of these cavities. These estimates show that the rise times of the longitudinal coupled bunch instabilities are under control. The proposed transverse feedback system allows the same conclusion to be drawn for the transverse resistive wall instability. 1 INTRODUCTION In the LHC, the coupled bunch instabilities (CBI) can be potentially driven by narrow band structures such as the higher order modes (HOMs) of the RF cavities (both normal and superconducting cavities), other parasitic cavities and the resistive wall effect. The LHC will have two four cells superconducting cavities per beam operating at 400 MHz and four normal conducting cavities operating at 200 MHz for efficient injection capture. The LHC will be operated with a total 2808 bunches per beam, with a bunch separation of 25 ns. CBI problems can be more severe in the longitudinal plane since no longitudinal feedback system is foreseen for the LHC [1]. In the transverse planes, there is a feedback system [2], however, it remains necessary to check that the CBI growth times are slow enough to stay within the power and gain limits of the feedback system as well as to ensure a sufficient margin for the control of the emittances. The CBI growth times have been first evaluated using the undamped modes of the RF cavities. As expected, they lead to CBI in both the longitudinal and transverse planes and thus would not be acceptable for the LHC operation. However, the estimates using the damped HOMs of these cavities confirm that there will be no CBI due to these HOMs. The resistive wall estimates involve the preliminary knowledge of impedances of the different vacuum chamber geometries and materials. The present approach includes the evaluation of the transverse impedances in both the cold and warm parts of the machine. The different contributions to the impedance budget are discussed and the corresponding instability rise times are presented.
CESIUM TELLURIDE AND METALS PHOTOELECTRON THERMAL EMITTANCE MEASUREMENTS USING A TIME-OF-FLIGHT SPECTROMETER

The thermal emittance of photoemitted electrons in an RF gun is a crucial parameter for short wavelength FELs and future high luminosity electron colliders. An estimate of the thermal emittance of semiconductor and metal samples, commonly used as photocathodes, has been assessed using a Time-Of-Flight spectrometer. In this paper we present the analysis, based on angle resolved photoemission measurements, of both the cesium telluride (Cs2Te) photocathode films as used at the TESLA Test Facility, and polycrystalline metals. These latter measurements, at different laser wavelengths, are used to validate both our experimental apparatus and the thermal emittance reconstruction technique developed.
The effect of resilience on psychological distress among university students following breakup

Resilience has been indicated as a protective factor across many at-risk populations. However, no study has addressed its impact in people after breakup, and proportionately fewer studies have explored the underlying mechanism of its impact. The present study, therefore, examined the association between resilience and psychological distress among university students who reported recent breakup and the mediation of this association by positive cognitions and coping styles. A total of 121 university students completed the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, along with the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, the View of World, the State Hope Scale, the Brief COPE, the Beck Depression Inventory – II and the Breakup Distress Scale. Results indicated that after recent breakup, individuals who had higher level of resilience had higher self-esteem and used less maladaptive coping strategies, and reported significantly lower level of depression. Self-esteem and maladaptive coping fully mediated the association between resilience and depression. However, higher resilience score did not predicted lower scores in the Breakup Distress Scale. This study provides further evidence that resilience, self-esteem and maladaptive coping might have significant impact on post-breakup psychological distress. Implication in research and school counseling service are noted.
Comparative Analysis of the Corporate Governance Codes of the Five BRICS Countries

The objective of the study was to compare the codes of good corporate governance (CG) practices adopted by the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) using the set of practices recommended by the United Nations (UN) as categories of analysis. The present study was exploratory (our comparison of the CG codes of the five BRICS countries in light of the UN recommended practices has no precedent in the literature). Its nature is qualitative because we performed a multiple case study focused on a specific group of countries – BRICS – and used the content analysis technic to analyze and cross data with the literature reviewed. The research is documental because it is based on a review of documents and the literature. Among the five BRICS countries, the Corporate Governance codes of Brazil, Russia and South Africa are those most closely aligned with the recommendations set forth by the UN. It was observed that although these countries are developing their codes of good corporate governance practices focused on the requirements of international investors, corporate governance and codes in these countries are at very different stages. In comparison, the low level of convergence of the Chinese and Indian codes with the UN recommendations suggests a greater concern in those countries with the local context than with international standards.
Accounting Practices Effectiveness and Good Governance: Mediating Effects of Accounting Information Quality in Municipal Office of Medan City, Indonesia

Public sector in Indonesia, nowadays, should implement good governance concepts in accordance to perform a “clean government”. This condition is requested by the donor country that gave a grant or loan for Indonesian’s Government. In order to implement good governance, there are some concepts that have to be considered. The concepts are: accountability and transparency, that can be represent by the accounting information quality.This research aims to investigate about the effect of accounting practices effectiveness on the good governance with the accounting information quality as the intervening variable in municipal office of Medan City, Indonesia. We conduct a census method in this research. We also used a questionnaire in data collection. Data analysis for this research is path analysis. The result showed that: (1). Accounting practices effectiveness significantly affected the accounting information quality in municipal office of Medan City, (2). Accounting practices effectiveness significantly affected the good governance practices in municipal office of Medan City, (3). Accounting information quality significantly affected good governance practices in municipal office of Medan City. , (4). Accounting information quality can be considered as the intervening variable between accounting practices effectiveness and good governance in municipal office of Medan City. Keywords: Accounting practices effectiveness, accounting information quality, good governance, accounting information, accountability.
Residential Property Price Determination and Bubble Detection : Evidence from Seven Advanced Economies

This paper provides empirical evidence on the interrelation between residential property prices and business cycle relationship by combining panel data and time series methodologies to offer a contextual framework on the residential property prices for 7 advanced OECD economies. Initially, we apply a panel methodological framework using quarterly data over the period 2002-2015 that builds upon the interaction of economic fundamentals with financial variables. Additionally, novel evidence is provided on the detection of property price bubbles that have been manifested in each individual country of the sample through the use of time series methodologies developed by Phillips, Wu and Yu (2011) and Phillips, Shi and Yu (2015). The short-run dynamic panel framework provides a robust exploratory platform shedding light on the determinants of property prices (real gdp, bank credit growth, long-term bond yields and real effective exchange rate) whilst the bubble detection methodologies provide evidence on the impact of credit-driven economies on the propagation of housing booms and can serve as warning signals of potential formation of housing bubbles jointly with economic fundamentals, other factors and methodologies.
Switching-based state-of-charge estimation of lithium-ion batteries

The objective of this thesis is to explore a switching-based approach to estimate the state of charge (SOC) of Li-ion batteries. The knowledge of SOC can be utilized to significantly enhance battery performance and longevity. The thesis first presents a brief discussion on various SOC estimation methods, such as coulomb counting, use of electrochemical model combined with Kalman Filtering and open-circuit voltage (OCV). Subsequently, emphasis is placed on the OCV-based method. The advantage of the OCV method lies in its simplicity. It obviates the need for modeling and lowers computational burden compared to model-based approaches. The method yields accurate SOC estimates if a long period of battery resting time (switch-off time) is allowed. For smaller switch-off durations, the accuracy of SOC estimation reduces. However, experiments show that Li-ion batteries could give acceptable SOC estimates due to their fast transient response during switchoff. In traditional usage scenarios, a switch-off interval may not be practical. However, in distributed power systems with multiple storage elements, a switch-off interval could be provided. Experiments are conducted to characterize the estimation error versus the switchoff time. To reduce the switch-off time to 30 second switch-off time and to increase the accuracy of SOC estimation, a method is proposed to extrapolate the OCV at infinite time from the measured OCV using a time constant. This leads to a predicted OCV for infinite switch-off intervals. Experiments are conducted to confirm the improved SOC estimation using the proposed method. For experimentation, a commercially available LiFeMgPO4 battery module as well as a single cell LiFePO4 battery, is used.
Immunobiochemical Profile in Cattle Infected with Lumpy Skin Disease

Lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) was isolated, from naturally infected cattle that have a history of previous vaccination with live attenuated sheep pox virus (SPV) vaccine. Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is a skin disease of cattle caused by a strain of genus Capripox virus which causes an acute, subacute or inapparent infection in all ages and breeds of cattle. The disease causes considerable economic losses due to emaciation, damage of hides, infertility in males and females, mastitis, loss of milk production with morbidity up to 100% in natural outbreaks and mortality rate rarely exceeds 5%. This study aimed to demonstrate the alteration caused by (LSDV) infection on some immunobiochemical parameters as, total protein, Albumin immunoglobulins, ca ++ , ph ++ , sodium, potassium, in addition to liver and kidney functions. This study was carried out on sixty Egyptian cows in a private farm (El Menoufia Governorate- El Sadat city). About 35 animals are monitored and inspected (apparently healthy) and considered as control group. The other 25 animals were infected with apparent clinical signs and considered as infected group. Blood samples were taken from both groups and serum was separated for measuring the total protein, albumin, globulin, ca ++ ph ++ , mg ++ , liver function (ALT, AST, and alkaline phosphatase), kidney function (serum ceatinine and urea). Our findings revealed that there were significant decreases in total protein, albumin, globulin, ca ++ , ph ++ , sodium and potassium ions. ALT,
Pathways for Sustainable Supply Chain Performance—Evidence from a Developing Country, Malaysia

Malaysia has recently started to adopt sustainable business best practices to benefit companies, environment and stakeholders. Therefore, this study demonstrates pathways to sustainable supply chain triple bottom line performance derived from linkages of institutional pressures (IP) and organizational identity (OI) to environment and social sustainable practices. It shows that the superordinate goal of sustainable supply chain management is met in spite of unyielding external pressures and desirable OI driving the unequivocal environmental and responsible social practices of firms. A survey approach was adopted to gather the data required for this study. A total of 118 completed questionnaires were received from respondents, who were managers and senior executives in supply chain management (SCM) in Malaysia. The data were analyzed using structural equation modeling with partial least squares (PLS-SEM) version 3.0. Our findings showed that all hypothesized relationships are significant except both process- and market-based social practices could not directly impact economic performance. This is in sharp contrast to environmental practices. However, the significant linkage between social practices and social performance is a pathway for the former to economic performance. Therefore, the economic benefits derived from social practices are salvaged through its performance outcomes. The novel and useful impact of institutional pressures on sustainable supply chain practices are also unearthed.
Local ecological knowledge of fishers about the life cycle and temporal patterns in the migration of mullet (Mugil liza) in Southern Brazil

(migration, feeding, and reproductive behavior). Oursampling encompassed eight Santa Catarina coastal cities (nine artisanal fishing sites) and engaged 45 key informants (28-86years of age) through semi-structured interviews from August/2011 to March/2012. This fish species feeds and grows inlagoon and estuarine systems, migrating to the sea for reproduction, and spawning. Fishers acknowledged the Patos Lagoonand the Plata River as the main source of mullet schools. Migration occurs from South to North and the routes vary accordingto climatic and oceanographic conditions (