Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A model of perceived value for leisure travel products

Compared to service quality and satisfaction, perceived value of products is a new concept receiving growing attention from academicians and practitioners (Cronin, Brady & Hult, 2000). Consumers’ value perceptions have attracted little attention from consumer behavior researchers despite its accepted importance (Holbrook, 1999). Current research is a part of the effort to discover consumers’ value perceptions for leisure travel product consumption. The purpose of this study was to develop and test a model of perceived value for leisure travel products. Previous models of perceived value have been extended and a model of perceived value for leisure travel products has been proposed. The theoretical framework for this study included seven antecedents of perceived value. In addition to previously proposed antecedents, which were perceived monetary price, perceived transaction value, perceived overall satisfaction and perceived overall service quality, three new constructs, novelty, control and hedonics that make up subjective leisure travel experience were tested as possible antecedents of perceived value for leisure travel products. Empirical assessment of the theoretical framework included a mail survey of 392 cruise vacationers who took their most recent cruise vacation within past one year from the survey administration date. A self-administered questionnaire was sent to 1,500 randomly selected cruise vacationers across the US. All the constructs were measured with multiple items preceded by trip characteristics and followed by socio-demographic inquiries. Statistical properties of the constructs were analyzed with exploratory and
The Norwegian Government Pension Fund's Potential for Capturing Illiquidity Premiums

This paper surveys the recent literature on investing in illiquid assets. The paper takes a practical perspective and contains recommendations for the investment policy of a large sovereign wealth fund. We first summarize the theoretical literature on liquidity level and liquidity risk premiums. We then summarize the empirical evidence for the presence of liquidity effects in a broad range of asset classes: listed equities, corporate bonds, treasury and agency bonds, and alternative asset classes such as real estate and private equity.
Liquidity risk: An opportunity to open the window after closing a door

Investors can incur in substantial losses if they cannot trade an asset at a desired price at a specific moment – this is liquidity risk. However, this may also pose as an advantage. We prove the relevance of liquidity in an investment strategy using liquidity both as a characteristic for investment decision and as an asset, through liquidity sorted portfolios. Liquidity provides significant improvements in investment performance, especially when allocating for small size stocks. After finding the significance of liquidity during recession periods but not during expansions, we propose a successful asset allocation strategy conditional on announcements timing of business cycles. Liquidity is relevant and you can profit from it – it is the open window when all the doors are closed.
Job Creation Under Liquidity Constraints: The Spanish Case

This paper shows that liquidity constraints restrict job creation even when labor markets are flexible. In a dynamic model of labor demand, I show that in an environment of imperfect capital and imperfect labor markets, firms use temporary contracts to relax financial constraints. Evidence for the predictions of the model is presented using Spanish data from the CBBE.
The Impact of Sex and Knee Injury History on Jump-Landing Patterns in Collegiate Athletes: A Clinical Evaluation

Objective:To determine whether jump-landing patterns, as assessed by the Landing Error Scoring System (LESS), differ based on sex and knee injury history. Design:Cross-sectional. Setting:College. Participants:Two hundred fifteen intercollegiate athletes were grouped by sex (male = 116 and female = 99) and self-reported knee injury history (no = 148, mild = 31, and severe = 36). Interventions:Participants performed 3 trials of a standardized jump-landing task that were videotaped and later scored using the LESS. Main Outcome Measures:Overall, individual item, sagittal total error, and frontal total error scores of the LESS. Results:An interaction effect was reported for trunk flexion at initial ground contact. Main effects for sex indicated that males demonstrated more at-risk landing movement patterns on the sagittal plane (ie, limited trunk, knee and hip flexion at initial contact, and limited hip flexion throughout the landing), whereas females demonstrated more at-risk landing movement patterns on the frontal plane (ie, knee valgus at initial ground contact and maximum knee flexion, and more frontal plane movement throughout the landing). No main effects were reported for injury history. Conclusions:Jump-landing patterns seem to be impacted by sex but not knee injury history. Findings related to sex differences corroborate with previous laboratory-based investigations. Furthermore, findings support the clinical use of the LESS to screen for individuals who may be at risk for a lower extremity injury. Future studies should further investigate the clinical utility of the LESS, particularly its ability to predict lower extremity injuries.
Understanding Impulsive Aggression: Angry Rumination and Reduced Self-Control Capacity Are Mechanisms Underlying the Provocation-Aggression Relationship

Interpersonal provocation is a common and robust antecedent to aggression. Four studies identified angry rumination and reduced self-control as mechanisms underlying the provocation—aggression relationship. Following provocation, participants demonstrated decreased self-control on an unpleasant task relative to a control condition (Study 1). When provoked, rumination reduced self-control and increased aggression. This effect was mediated by reduced self-control capacity (Study 2). State rumination following provocation, but not anger per se, mediated the effect of trait rumination on aggression (Study 3). Bolstering self-regulatory resources by consuming a glucose beverage improved performance on a measure of inhibitory control following rumination (Study 4). These findings suggest that rumination following an anger-inducing provocation reduces self-control and increases aggression. Bolstering self-regulatory resources may reduce this adverse effect.
Consumer perceptions of foreign products

The objective of this paper is to investigate product‐country images, lifestyles and ethnocentric behaviors of Turkish consumers and provide suggestions to the marketers about the implications of the study results. Data for the study were collected through personal interviews in the fifth largest Turkish City of Konya. Study findings indicate that Turkish consumers had significantly different perceptions of product attributes for the products coming from countries of different levels of socio‐economic and technological development. Results lend support to earlier studies conducted in western countries and also indicate the robustness of the ethnocentrism scale (CETSCALE), which was developed in the USA to measure consumer attitudes in an advanced developing country. Also, results of the study revealed that there were several lifestyle dimensions apparent among the Turkish consumers, which were closely correlated with their ethnocentric biases. This study contributes to the growing body of the literature related to cross‐cultural comparisons of country‐of‐origin influence by incorporating consumer ethnocentric biases as well as consumer lifestyles.
Management The New Workplace

Part I: INTRODUCTION. 1. Innovative Management for a Changing World. Part II: THE ENVIRONMENT. 2. The Environment and Corporate Culture. 3. Managing in a Global Environment. 4. Managing Ethics and Social Responsibility. Part III: PLANNING. 5. Managerial Planning and Goal Setting. 6. Managerial Decision Making. Part IV: ORGANIZING. 7. Designing Adaptive Organizations. 8. Managing Change and Innovation. 9. Managing Human Resources and Diversity. Part V: CONTROLLING. 10: Managing Quality and Performance. Part VI: LEADING. 11. Understanding Individual Behavior. 12. Leadership. 13. Motivating Employees. 14. Managing Communication. 15. Leading Teams. Appendix A: Managing Small Business Start-Ups. Appendix B: Continuing Case (Online).
Diagnosis of hepatitis C virus infection by enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay and reverse transcriptase‐nested polymerase chain reaction: A comparative evaluation

Hepatitis C virus is one of the main causes of chronic hepatitis in developing countries. The current study was to evaluate the efficacy of the enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay third generation (ELISA‐3) for detection of antibodies to hepatitis C virus (anti‐HCV) in comparison with reverse transcriptase‐nested polymerase chain reaction (RT‐nested PCR) to detect HCV RNA for the diagnosis of hepatitis C virus. Serum samples were collected from 151 chronic hepatitis C patients and 50 healthy individuals. All samples were tested for anti‐HCV antibodies using ELISA‐3 and HCV RNA by RT‐nested PCR. Of the 151,120 (78.9%) were found to be seropositive by ELISA‐3, and 148 (98%) patients were HCV RNA positive, 118 (78.1%) were positives for both, 30 (19.9%) were positive for ELISA‐3 and negative for RT‐PCR, and 2 cases (1.3%) were positive for RT‐nested PCR and negative for ELISA‐3. The sensitivity and the specificity for the detection of HCV were absolute when the two techniques were combined. In conclusion, ELISA‐3 is a suitable assay for routine screening for anti‐HCV. RT‐nested PCR for HCV is a value for the early detection of viremic, anti‐HCV negative cases; this may be of importance in treatment of hepatitis C. © 2011 IUBMB IUBMB Life, 63(6): 430–434, 2011
The Use of Albuterol in Hospitalized Infants With Bronchiolitis

Objectives. To determine whether the use of albuterol by nebulization enhances physiologic or clinical recovery in hospitalized infants with moderate bronchiolitis. Methods. This prospective, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial was performed from December 1995 to March 1996. A total of 52 patients <24 months of age with a diagnosis of moderately severe, acute viral bronchiolitis were enrolled and assigned to receive nebulized albuterol or normal saline placebo for 72 hours under a standardized protocol. Primary outcome measures included improvement in oxygen saturation (Sao 2) during hospitalization and survival analysis to assess the time required to reach preestablished discharge criteria on three measures: Sao 2, accessory muscle use, and wheezing. An additional secondary outcome measure was actual length of hospital stay. Adverse outcomes also were compared between treatment groups. Results. There was no significant difference in mean Sao 2 between albuterol and placebo at baseline, 24 hours, or maximum Sao 2 achieved during hospitalization. Both groups showed significant improvement in oxygen saturation over time, but there was no significant difference in improvement between the two groups. The study had a power of 90% to detect a difference in mean percentage point improvement of 2% Sao 2. There was no difference in time to reach discharge criteria as defined by Sao 2, accessory muscle use, or wheezing. There was no difference in length of hospital stay or in the frequency of adverse outcomes. Conclusions. Nebulized albuterol therapy does not appear to enhance recovery or attenuate severity of illness in infants hospitalized with acute, moderate bronchiolitis, as evidenced by improvement in oxygen saturation, time to meet standardized discharge criteria, or length of hospital stay.
Permission Marketing: Turning Strangers Into Friends And Friends Into Customers

The man "Business Week" calls "the ultimate entrepreneur for the Information Age" explains "Permission Marketing" the groundbreaking concept that enables marketers to shape their message so that consumers will willingly accept it. Whether it is the TV commercial that breaks into our favorite program, or the telemarketing phone call that disrupts a family dinner, traditional advertising is based on the hope of snatching our attention away from whatever we are doing. Seth Godin calls this Interruption Marketing, and, as companies are discovering, it no longer works. Instead of annoying potential customers by interrupting their most coveted commodity time "Permission Marketing" offers consumers incentives to accept advertising voluntarily. Now this Internet pioneer introduces a fundamentally different way of thinking about advertising products and services. By reaching out only to those individuals who have signaled an interest in learning more about a product, " Permission Marketing" enables companies to develop long-term relationships with customers, create trust, build brand awareness -- and greatly improve the chances of making a sale. "
Knowledge and attitudes towards obesity among primary school children in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Background: Childhood obesity has increased over the past two decades. Child obesity is likely to persist through adulthood and increases the risk of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) later in life. This study assessed knowledge and attitudes towards obesity among primary school children in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in randomly selected primary schools in Dar es Salaam. A structured questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge and attitudes. Anthropometric and blood pressure measurements were taken using standard procedures. Results: A total of 446 children were included in the analysis. The mean age of the participants was 11.1 ± 2.0 years. The mean body mass index (BMI), systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) were 16.6 ± 4.0 kg/m 2 , 103.9 ± 10.3 mmHg and 65.6 ± 8.2 mmHg, respectively. Prevalence of obesity (defined as BMI >95 th percentile for age and sex) was 5.2%. Half of the children (51.1%) had heard about obesity from teachers at school (20%), radio (19.4%) and books/newspaper (17.3%). Less than half (45.4%) had knowledge about the risk factors for childhood obesity and correctly defined obesity (44.6%). However, a good number of the children (72.1%) were aware that they can be affected by obesity. Majority of them had negative attitude towards obesity and various factors leading to or resulting from childhood obesity. Conclusions: Knowledge about childhood obesity among primary school children is moderate and have negative attitude towards obesity. Integrating educational programs early in primary schools may be an effective strategy to impact knowledge about obesity and other non-communicable diseases early in childhood.
Family involvement and agency cost control mechanisms in family firms

Family firms may experience different agency conflicts to the classical principal-agent conflict, which arise depending on the varying extent of family involvement. Agency cost control mechanisms should be introduced to cope with these conflicts. The paper focuses on the relationship between family involvement, in governance and in management, and agency cost control mechanisms in family SMEs. The results show that family involvement in management has a positive relationship with the adoption of agency cost control mechanisms, while family involvement in governance has a negative one. Hypotheses were tested using LISREL on a sample of 146 Italian family SMEs.
THE IMPACT OF TRAINING AND ITS INTEGRATION IN THE FIRM'S BUSINESS STRATEGIES ON THE FIRM'S COMPETITIVENESS

i DEDICATION iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iv LIST OF TABLES ix LIST OF FIGURES xi CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1 Background of the Study 1 Purpose of the Study 5 Statement of the Problem 5 Research Questions for the Study 6 Significance of the Study 7 Limitations of the Study 10 Delimitations of the Study 10 Definition of Terms 11 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 14 Introduction 14 The Firm’s Competitiveness in the Knowledge-Based Economy 16 Major Issues Hindering the Competitiveness of Firms in the US 18 Theoretical Foundation for the Current Study 23 Major Constructs of the Resource-Based View of the Firm 26 Definition of the Firm’s Competitiveness 29
Pimecrolimus cream 1% in the long‐term management of adult atopic dermatitis: prevention of flare progression. A randomized controlled trial

Background Previous studies suggested that early intervention with pimecrolimus cream 1% at the first signs and/or symptoms of a relapse of atopic dermatitis (AD) following remission may prevent the occurrence of more severe flares and therefore reduce corticosteroid exposure in the long term. However, this possibility was not rigorously evaluated.
Effects of the Largest Shareholder Stakes on Malaysian Acquiring Firms' Performance

This paper examines the relationship between the ownership stakes of the largest shareholders and the post-take-over operating performance and firm values of the acquiring firms. It was found that the operating performance as measured by the control-adjusted cash flow returns rose as the largest ownership stakes increased. However, when the dominant owners obtained a very high level of ownership stakes, the operating performance deteriorated. This shows that at lower level of ownership stakes, ownership concentration aligns the interests between controlling owners and shareholders. In contrast, when the dominant owner had absolute control over the firm, there was a potential of expropriation of minority shareholders by the controlling owners. Nevertheless, the market-based assessment failed to substantiate the hypothesis.
An Approach for the Alignment of Biomedical Ontologies based on Foundational Ontologies

Genome annotation, the task of assigning a description to each discovered genome sequence, is an important activity within the process of sequencing. It relies on the use of ontologies to maintain a uniform vocabulary and to support interoperability of different information resources. Often, only the Gene Ontology (GO) is used in the annotation process, but the exploration of other ontologies, along with GO, could enrich the vocabulary used in the annotation, complementing it with more details. To facilitate this task, it is necessary the identification of equivalences between terms from GO and terms from other ontologies. This work presents an approach for aligning biomedical ontologies within the genome annotation process that helps to identify equivalent terms between GO and other biomedical ontologies, enabling the annotator to choose which among them is more suitable as a descriptor. Two main points have guided its development: (i) the choice of a subset of similarity measures suited to the characteristics of biomedical ontologies; and (ii) the use of foundational ontologies, allowing the analysis of the conceptual nature of each term, which serves as a fundamental parameter for similarity calculation, reducing the possibility of associations between terms derived from different categories. Initial experiments showed an improvement on the alignment quality, represented by a 14% increase in the number of correct alignments and a 5% decrease in the number of incorrect associations, reinforcing the usefulness of the proposed approach in supporting the annotator's work.
Poultry Meat Science

Part 1 Biochemical basis of meat quality: muscle structure, development and growth biochemical basis of meat texture flavour poultry meat colour muscle abnormalities. Part 2 Production and harvesting factors affecting meat quality: factors affecting yield and composition nutritional effects on meat flavour and stability the influence of antemortem handling on poultry meat quality stunning and slaughter retail requirements of meat. Part 3 The microbiological quality of poultry meat and meat products: hygiene during transport, slaughter and processing the decontamination of carcass meat strategies for extending the shelf-life of poultry meat and products from inspection to consumer protection - a hard way to go. Part 4 Poultry meat products: on-line assessment of meat quality problems and solutions in deboning poultry meat sensory assessment of poultry meat quality functional properties of muscle proteins in processed poultry products the role of processed products in the poultry meat industry.
Hide or Surprise? Persuasion without Common-Support Priors

Often persuaders have a richer understanding of the world than their audience. This paper models such situations by letting persuader and audience have prior beliefs with dierent supports. This asymmetry adds unexplored aspects to the persuasion problem: Persuaders can hide their superior knowledge or surprise their audience with unexpected information; After surprises Bayes’ rule cannot describe how the audience responds. The paper examines persuaders’ incentives to hide and surprise and their resulting communication strategies. It also shows under which conditions they surprise their audience as well as hide some information, and which information they hide.
PENGARUH KEBIJAKAN PERUSAHAAN TERHADAP NILAI PERUSAHAAN DENGAN KINERJA PERUSAHAAN SEBAGAI VARIABEL INTERVENING (Studi pada Perusahaan Manufaktur di Bursa Efek Indonesia)

This study aimed to test whether the company’s performance mediated the company policy in influencing the value of the firm. The study took a sample of 116 manufacturing companies listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange period of 2004 until 2006, with purposive sampling method. The theory underlying this research is theory of capital structure (Modigliani and Miller, 1963), and agency theory (Jensen and Meckling, 1976). Results of this research show that financial leverage significant negative effect on company’s performance, and a significant positive influence firm value. Capital expenditure is not significant negative effect on the company’s performance and firm value. While the manager incentives has a significant positive on company’s performance, but no significant effect on firm value. Specific findings of this research is that the company’s performance mediates the influence of corporate managers incentives to firm value. Keywords : Financial leverage, capital expenditure, managerial incentive, firm performance, and firm value