Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
TO CONTINUE INVESTMENT IN A COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION PROJECT: A GOOD DECISION?

Collaborative innovation projects are projects in which firms come together to jointly develop and commercialize a new building product, system or service. They are an example of the type of inter-firm relationships that are said to enhance construction innovation. Organisational behaviour research, however, suggests that firms participating in collaborative innovation projects run the risk of escalating commitment and may continue to invest for irrational reasons. The current study examined whether firms in the Dutch construction industry participating in such projects are susceptible to this escalation. Two escalation effects were investigated: the effect of expected loss of sunk costs, and the effect of perceived project stage. The study surveyed 154 firms participating in 25 collaborative innovation projects. The hierarchical nature of the data (i.e. the firms are all nested within innovation projects) meant a hierarchical linear model was used to examine the effects. A statistically significant association was found between expected loss of sunk costs and the likelihood of a firm continuing investment. However, contrary to what escalation theory would predict, the association was found to be negative, rather than positive. No statistically significant association was found between perceived project stage and the likelihood of a firm continuing investment. These results suggest that, when deciding whether or not to continue to invest in a collaborative innovation project, firms in the construction industry are unlikely to fall victim to either of the two escalation effects. Rather, the negative association identified raises the question as to whether firms are abandoning collaborative innovation projects too early.
Physiological maturity of eggplant seeds 1

Determination of seed physiological maturity and ideal moment for harvesting fruits to extract their seeds are important aspects to produce seeds with high quality. To identify the best period for harvesting eggplant fruits, associated with ideal resting period of the fruit for extracting seeds, an eggplant production field was installed in municipality of Ijaci, in the State of Minas Gerais, Southwestern Brazil. The fruits were harvested at periods of 49, 56, 63, 70, and 77 days after pollination (DAP). The seeds of fruits harvested in each period were manually extracted immediately after harvest or after a post-harvest resting period of seven days, under a shed. The physiological quality of seeds was assessed by tests of: germination percentage; germination and emergence speed indexes; and electrical conductivity; which were carried out in the Central Seed Laboratory, Federal University of Lavras. Electrophoretic analyses of isoenzymes: catalase (CAT); esterase (EST); superoxide dismutase (SOD); and peroxidase (PO), were also therein performed. Results of germination and vigor of seeds have showed that the best period for harvesting the fruit is around 70 DAP; and that seeds should be extracted immediately after harvest. Electrophoretic analysis of enzymes has showed immaturity for eggplant seeds, harvested after 49 DAP.
THE EFFECT OF ENTREPRENEURIAL AND COMPLEMENTARY FACTORS ON EMPLOYMENT: EVIDENCE FROM UGANDA'S MANUFACTURING FIRMS

In a rapid socio-economic and demographic change in an increasingly complex world, it is widely recognized that manufacturing firms need more attention than usual in order to provide employment opportunities for an increasing population. Uganda is known to have one of the highest unemployment rates and a declining manufacturing sector despite having one of the Highest Total Entrepreneurial Activity and government continued support. The objective of this study was to establish the effect of entrepreneurial and complementary factors on employment in Uganda’s manufacturing firms. The data used was from 2006 Manufacturing Survey carried out by World Bank’s Regional Program on Enterprise Development in collaboration with Uganda Manufacturers’ Association Consultancy and Information Services. The firms covered by the survey were from the Bureau of Statistics Business Register. Data collected was analyzed using negative binomial regression model. The results showed that some entrepreneurial and complementary factors positively affected the level of employment. The study recommended lowering of interest rate on loans, supporting existing firms by carrying out business education, and supporting elites in starting up manufacturing firms. Promotion of export production and investment in technology are also of paramount importance in Uganda’s quest to increasing employment.
Demand Uncertainty and Cost Efficiency: An empirical study of airline industry

—Demand uncertainty is the crucial concerns of airline production planning. The airlines regularly fly their airplane below full capacity because fare and capacity need to be set before it operates. During this period, actual demand is more likely to deviate from its forecast. Unsold tickets would lead to lower operating revenue and create unnecessary costs of operation. This study aims at investigating the empirical impact of firm-level volatility on production cost and efficiency. The purposes are to examine the relationship between demand uncertainty and operating cost of an airline, and empirically measure the airline cost competitiveness when taking demand volatility into consideration.
PRICE AND BRAND NAME AS INDICATORS OF QUALITY DIMENSIONS FOR GENERIC DRUGS

Health care expenditures are one of the biggest concerns for many countries, including Indonesia, and the introduction of generic drug can lead to significant savings as drugs make up a large portion of health budgets. However, Indonesian consumersâ�� preference of branded drug over generic drug is remain unchanged. Indonesian consumers generally perceived generic drug is of low quality mainly because of its low price. Widely known as price-quality inferences, this process happens when consumers use price (and other extrinsic cues as well) as a signal of quality. This research investigated the Indonesian consumer definition of drugâ��s quality, the use of extrinsic cues as an indicator of drug quality, the moderating effect of consumer knowledge to the consumerâ��s inference process, and the influence of perceived quality to the purchase intent. This research is a two-stage study, involving two studies run consecutively. The first study is a qualitative and descriptive study on Indonesian consumersâ�� definition of drugs quality. Three qualitative study methodologies (literature review, focus group discussion, and in-depth interview) employed and being analyzed using content analysis. The results then elaborated into academically-sound quality dimensions of drug. While for the second study which is a quantitative and explanatory study, the relationship of the variables involved (price, brand name, consumer knowledge, quality dimensions, and purchase intent) is studied. The second study employed multivariate regression analysis with moderating factor to study the relationship and test the hypotheses. A survey was done in order to collect primary data for the second study. The result from the first study revealed four consumer-defined quality dimensions of drugs: safety, efficacy, acceptability, and availability. In the second study, brand name is proven to influences the perceived quality of generic drug. The perceived quality influences consumersâ�� purchase intent which decides their actions and behaviors in the marketplace. This suggests Indonesiaâ��s policy maker of generic drug to strengthen generic drugâ��s brand equity based through reassurance of its safety, efficacy, acceptability, and availability instead of promoting its low price.
The Power of “Like”

The following white paper is based on a collaboration between comScore and Facebook. The research, which examines the nature of the reach and frequency of branded content on Facebook, is largely based on May 2011 findings from comScore Social Essentials™, but also includes insights from Facebook’s internal analytics platform. The summary below establishes the key findings and implications of this research. Facebook is the dominant social networking site with an audience of approximately 160 million U.S. visitors each month and accounts for 90 percent of all time spent on social networking sites. (Source: comScore) Branded content on social media can take many forms – content shared directly from brands, re-shared content from connections, or social marketing such as Facebook’s Sponsored Stories ad unit. While there has been tremendous focus on counting the incidence of these brand mentions on social networks (and, to a lesser degree, categorizing it), we find that the reach and frequency of social media brand impressions is far more important than simple counting statistics. Facebook users spend more than a quarter of their time on the site consuming and interacting with the Facebook Newsfeed, and this activity represents 4 percent of all time spent online in the U.S. The Newsfeed is also the primary location where branded content is consumed. In fact, users are 40-150 times more likely to consume branded content in the Newsfeed than to visit the Fan Page itself. (Source: comScore) There are typically two potential audiences for branded content on Facebook. Fans of brands on Facebook (those who have explicitly “liked” a brand) are the easiest to reach with social media brand impressions, but the Friends of those Fans also constitute an important incremental audience. Friends of Fans typically represent a much larger set of consumers (34 times larger, on average, for the top 100 brand pages) and can receive social media brand impressions by way of their Friends. In examples from this paper, the reach of branded content among Friends of Fans significantly exceeded the reach among Fans. When a brand focuses on acquiring and engaging Fans it can benefit from a significant secondary effect – exposure among Friends of Fans that often surpasses reach among Fans. In the case of some brands, Facebook Fans may have different aggregate demographic and behavioral profiles than typical brand purchasers, indicating that social media may require different approaches to marketing strategy. The “Value of a Fan” can be assessed in three primary ways: increasing the depth of engagement and loyalty among Fans, generating incremental purchase behavior, and leveraging the ability to influence Friends of Fans.
Interdisciplinary Examination of the Costs and Benefits of Enlarged Jobs: A Job Design Quasi-Experiment

Costs and benefits of job enlargement were examined in an interdisciplinary framework (Campion, 1988,1989; Campion & Thayer, 1985). A quasi experiment was conducted with multiple comparison groups, dependent variables, and replications in a financial services organization. Enlargement involved combining jobs and adding ancillary duties to jobs. Dataonl 1 clerical jobs were collected from incumbents (n = 377), managers (n = 80), and analysts (n = 90). Enlarged jobs had better motivational design and worse mechanistic (i.e., engineering) design. They had the benefits of more employee satisfaction, less mental underload, greater chances of catching errors, and better customer service, but they also had the costs of higher training requirements, higher basic skills, and higher compensable factors. Biological (i.e., physical) aspects were unaffected. All potential costs of enlarged jobs were not always observed, suggesting that it may be possible to gain benefits through redesign without incurring every cost. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate one of the most popular job redesign interventions in the organizational behavior literature—job enlargement. This intervention is inspired by the psychology-based motivational models of job design (e.g., Hackman & Oldham, 1980; Herzberg, 1966). These models focus on such job attributes as variety, autonomy, and task significance. Evaluations of these interventions are usually concerned only with beneficial outcomes of such models (e.g., job satisfaction).
Effectiveness of Sensory and Motor Rehabilitation of the Upper Limb Following the Principles of Neuroplasticity: Patients Stable Poststroke

Based on the principles of neuroplasticity, the purpose of this crossover study was to determine if improvement in upper extremity (UE) function and independence could be achieved in patients 6 months to 7 years poststroke following an outpatient rehabilitation program (supervised 1.5 hours per week for 8 weeks reinforced with home gloving unaffected side and attended, graded, repetitive sensory and motor training activities). Twenty-one subjects (right or left hemiparesis; able to walk 100 feet with or without a cane; partially opened and closed the hand; partially elevated the shoulder and elbow against gravity) were randomly assigned to Group A (sensory training 4 weeks, motor training 4 weeks) or Group B (motor training 4 weeks, sensory training 4 weeks). Greater than 20% (P <0.01) improvement was measured in functional independence and UE function (fine motor, sensory discrimination, and musculoskeletal performance). Gains were hemispheric and training specific and maintained over 3 months. This study provides evidence documenting significant improvement in function in the late poststroke recovery period following 12 hours of supervised learning based sensory motor training.
Life Insurer Longevity Risk Management, Solvency and Shareholder Value

This paper assesses the impact of longevity risk management on insurer shareholder value and solvency for an annual portfolio. The analysis uses a multi-period stochastic mortality model with both systematic and idiosyncratic longevity risk. We consider both survivor, or longevity, swaps that provide a full longevity risk hedge, and index-based survivor, or longevity, bonds that do not hedge idiosyncratic longevity risk. Shareholder value includes the impact of the costs of transferring longevity risk, policyholder demand elasticity, regulatory capital requirements, capital relief, and frictional costs including the insolvency put option, agency costs, and financial distress costs. Shareholder value is based on Economic Value (EV) and a Market-Consistent Embedded Value (MCEV) approach. Capital management is assessed based on a recapitalization and dividend strategy that maintains regulatory capital requirements, as defined under Solvency II. We demonstrate how longevity risk management strategies significantly reduce the volatility of shareholder value and frictional costs. Longevity risk management reduces the probability of insolvency, increases policyholder demand and hence increases shareholder value.
PENGARUH INFLASI, BI RATE, CAPITAL ADEQUACY RATIO (CAR), NON PERFORMING FINANCE (NPF), BIAYA OPERASIONAL DANPENDAPATAN OPERASIONAL (BOPO) TERHADAP PROFITABILITAS BANK UMUM SYARIAHPERIODE 2008-2012

Abstract : This study was conducted to examine the effect of inflation, BI rate, CAR (capital adequacy ratio), NPF (non performing finance) and BOPO (operating expenses and operating income) to ROA(return on assets). Sample selection uses saturated samples method. The data analysis technique used is multiple linear regression and hypothesis testing using t-statistics to test the partial regression coefficients and F-statistics to test the significance of the effect together with a significance level of 5%. The results of this study indicate that simultaneously the inflation variables, BI rate, CAR (capital adequacy ratio), NPF (non performing finance) and BOPO (operating expenses and operating income) to ROA(return on assets). Keywords : Return on assets, inflation, BI rate, capital adequacy ratio,non performing finance,operating expenses and operatingincome.
Beyond Statutory Federal Allocation: A Critical Evaluation of the Contribution of Personal Income Tax on Internally Generated Revenue of Benue State

Internally generated revenue of the various state governments in Nigeria has consistently been on a decline owing to the neglect of this source of revenue and consequent preference on the statutory federal allocation. This is confirmed by the inability of the various state governments to even pay salaries and provide the basic infrastructural and social needs of its citizens. Considering the foregoing, the study examined the impact of PIT sources on IGR of Benue state government. The research utilized secondary sources of data from the budget office of ministry of finance from 1999 to 2014. The data were analyzed using multiple regression through (Eview statiscal package). The Augmented Dicky-fuller test ADF and diagnostic test were carried out to test for data stationarity, multicollinearity and serial correlation. Findings show that PIT contributes significantly to IGR of Benue state during the period under study and hence recommend that the state should improve on these various sources of revenue as it is a genuine source through which the government deficits finances can be solved. Short Research Article Igyo et al.; BJEMT, 13(3): 1-13, 2016; Article no.BJEMT. 24567 2
Information Acquisition Behavior in Brand Choice Situations

A behavioral process methodology was utilized to examine the amount and type of information acquired by consumers from package panels prior to making purchase decisions. Consumers selected few information dimensions from larger information arrays, with brand name and price most frequently selected. Less information was selected when brand name was available, perhaps because brand name serves as information “chunk” in consumer decision-making.
Underpricing and Performance of Private Equity-Backed IPOs in Germany - an Empirical Study

In Germany, private equity investments play a less important role than in other European countries. This study examined the underpricing and performance of private equity-backed IPOs in Germany between 2004 and 2007 by analysing a sample of 77 companies. The IPOs were split into two groups. The first group, consisting of 39 companies, was private equity-backed prior to the IPO. The remaining 38 companies, constituting the second or the control group, however, had no connection with private equity. Furthermore both groups were divided according to size. In total four groups were examined: 1. Large private equity-backed IPOs: 20 companies 2. Small private equity-backed IPOs: 19 companies 3. Large non-private equity-backed IPOs: 19 companies 4. Small non-private equity-backed IPOs: 19 companies No evidence could be found that private equity-backed IPOs showed a stronger level of underpricing compared to non-private equity-backed IPOs. However, the size of the company played a significant role. The analysed data suggested that as the size of the company increases, the level of underpricing rises accordingly. Regarding performance it was proven that the ’private equity’ sample achieved better results compared to the ‘non-private equity” sample. This held for different periods of time performance after the IPO had been measured. As the period of time increased, the ’private equity’ sample outperformed the ’nonprivate equity’ sample to a greater extent. However, the size of the company proved to be the dominant factor. Large IPOs outperformed smaller IPOs regardless of any private equity involvement. After combining the results concerning performance, a clear hierarchy amongst the four groups was established: 1. Large private equity-backed IPOs generated the highest performance. 2. Large non-private equity-backed IPOs ranked second in the study. 3. Small private equity-backed IPOs attained lower returns. 4. Small non-private equity-backed IPOs generated the lowest performance.
DETERMINAN KECURANGAN LAPORAN KEUANGAN: PENGUJIAN TEORI FRAUD TRIANGLE

The purpose of this paper is to examine factors which affect (determinants) financial statement fraud. Detection of financial statement fraud is using Fraud Triangle theory. Based on Fraud Triangel theory there are three variables hypothesized affect fraud which are pressure, opportunity, and rationalization. This study use data of 27 companies which did financial statement fraud and 27 other companies matched. Data can be collected from annual report published by website IDX. Data then analized using logistic regression analysis. The result of this study shows significant positive relation between pressure and opportunity with financial statement fraud. While rationalization can’t be proved to financial statement fraud yet.
Heterogeneity of human factor V deficiency. Evidence for the existence of antigen-positive variants.

Functional human Factor V has been purified using a rapid immunoaffinity method. Following barium citrate adsorption of plasma, Factor V was precipitated with polyethylene glycol at a concentration between 5 and 14%. The resulting preparation was applied to a column containing an immobilized immunoadsorbent consisting of an IgG fraction containing a naturally occurring human monoclonal (IgG(4)lambda) antibody with inhibitory activity against human Factor V. The solid phase immunoglobulin quantitatively bound Factor V from human plasma. The bound Factor V was effectively eluted with a Tris buffer pH 7.2 containing 1.2 M NaCl and 1 M alpha-methyl-D-mannoside. The isolated native Factor V with high specific activity (92 U/mg) showed a single band (M(r), 350,000) on both reduced and nonreduced sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Factor V was purified 5,100-fold over plasma with an overall yield of 77%. The purified Factor V when subjected to thrombin activation exhibited an 18-fold increase in coagulant activity. The isolated Factor V neutralized the inhibitory activities of the monoclonal antibody that was used to purify it, as well as the rabbit antibodies produced by immunizing the animals with the purified Factor V. Immunoelectrophoresis of purified Factor V against the polyclonal rabbit antiserum resulted in a single precipitin arc of identical mobility to the Factor V in normal human plasma. Analysis by double immunodiffusion showed a line of identity between plasma and purified Factor V and crossed immunoelectrophoresis showed a single species in normal plasma.A competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using the rabbit antibody against Factor V was applied to quantify Factor V antigen level in human plasma. Reconstitution of congenitally deficient or immunodepleted plasma with normal plasma or purified Factor V gave parallel dose-response curves. In 14 normal plasma the coagulant activity was 0.98+/-0.02 U/ml (mean+/-SEM) and antigen concentration was 11.1+/-0.4 mug/ml. A pool of 14 patients with congenital Factor V deficiency were studied. 10 patients had Factor V antigen ranging from 1.0 to 2.4 mug/ml with corresponding coagulant activities (0-0.17 U/ml) indicating a low concentration of normal Factor V, presumably due to decreased synthesis or increased degradation. When these patient plasmas and the normal plasmas were analyzed together an excellent correlation (r = 0.97, P < 0.01) was obtained. However, four patients with coagulant activity (0-0.08 U/ml) had Factor V antigen concentrations ranging from 4.4 to 6.1 mug/ml, indicating the presence of a reduced concentration of abnormal Factor V protein. The presence of patients with antigen similar in concentration to coagulant activity and antigen in excess of Factor V activity indicates the heterogeneity of congenital Factor V deficiency.