Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Evaluation of a Global Talent Information System(A Case Study of Global Talent Program at ABC Company)

Evaluation of an information system is an assessment of the information system effectiveness including an identification of obstacles and barriers of the system information implementation. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the implementation of the Information System of Global Talent by using modification of Updated DeLone and Mclean Information System Success Model. To test the purpose model, this study collected data by using purposive sampling technique and able to gather data from 300 respondents. The collected data was analysed by using SmartPLS software version 2.0. The results showed that System Quality, Information Quality and Management Support have positive and significant effect on System Use (R2 = 92.6 %) and System Use has positive and significant effect on User Satisfaction (R2 = 87.6 %).
Foucault's Askesis: An Introduction to the Philosophical Life

Introduction PART I: Philosophy as Care of the Self Chapter 1: Truth as a Problem Chapter 2: The Socratic Moment Chapter 3: The Poetics of Subjectivity Chapter 4: The Cynic & the True Life PART II: Care of the Self in the Age of Reason Chapter 5: Foucault's Cartesian Meditations Chapter 6: The Prince and the Pastor: Figures of Power, Care, & Parrhesia Chapter 7: Rage for Order, the Advent of Bio-Power Chapter 8: Towards a Critique of the Present.
The Role of ICT in the Transformation of Government and Citizen Trust

We present an empirically tested conceptual model based on exit-voice theory to study the influence of information and communications technology (ICT)-enabled transformation of government (IETG) on citizen trust in government. We conceptualize and address the key factors affecting the influence of transformation of government on citizen trust, including government performance and transparency. Based on 313 survey responses randomly collected from citizens in Bahrain, the top-ranked country in ICT adoption in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, we test government performance and transparency as mediators between transformation of government and citizen trust in government. The resulting preliminary insights on the measurement and manifestation of citizen trust in the context of IETG have multiple policy implications and extend our understanding of how IETG can improve the government-citizen relationship and digital services adoption.
Salicornia herbacea prevents weight gain and hepatic lipid accumulation in obese ICR mice fed a high-fat diet.

BACKGROUND Foods that are rich in fat and or sodium chloride promote obesity and associated diseases, whereas intake of dietary fiber averts obesity development. Salicornia herbacea (SH) is a rich source of dietary fiber and high in sodium chloride; therefore, we investigated whether replacing common salt with SH in a high-fat diet could prevent obesity development. RESULTS Mice were divided into five groups: group ND was fed a normal diet, group HD was fed a high-fat diet, group HD-NaCl was fed a high fat diet with sodium chloride 10 g kg(-1) , group HD-CL was fed a high-fat diet with cellulose 30 g kg(-1) and group HD-SH was fed a high-fat diet with SH powder 50 g kg(-1) . The amount of sodium chloride and cellulose added in the respective diet was equivalent to their amount in SH. Data from our study showed that, SH supplementation significantly decreased body weight gain, liver weight, hepatic triglyceride, serum leptin and insulin, along with the mRNA level of key lipid anabolic genes such as SREBP-1c, PPARγ and FAS compared to the HD group. CONCLUSION The results of this study demonstrated that SH is a potential natural anti-obesity agent that can be used in place of sodium chloride.
Effect of the Membrane Lipid Environment on the Properties of Insulin Receptors

We have altered the fatty acid composition of the Friend erythroleukemia cells and studied the effect on the binding parameters of the insulin receptor. Cells were grown for about five generations in media enriched with oleate (a monounsaturated fatty acid) or linoleate (a polyunsaturated fatty acid). The microsomal phospholipids normally contained about 40% saturated, 40% monounsaturated, and 20% polyunsaturated fatty acids. In cells grown with oleate, monounsaturates rose to 63% and in cells grown with linoleate, the polyunsaturated component rose to 52%. Fluidity determination by electron spin resonance similarly indicated that the membranes of cells grown in linoleic acid were more fluid than those grown in oleic. Control cells demonstrated the least membrane fluidity. The cells enriched in unsaturated fatty acids had an increased number of insulin receptors and decreased receptor affinity, but the exact interpretation of the change was dependent on the method of data analysis. When analyzed assuming negative cooperativity among a single class of receptors, there was an increase in receptor number from 23,000/cell in the control cells to 39,000/cell in the oleate-enriched and to 81,000/cell in the linoleate-enriched cells. These changes were accompanied by reciprocal decreases in the affinity of both the unoccupied form of the receptor (Ke) and the occupied form of the receptor (Kf). When analyzed assuming two independent classes of sites, there was no major change in the number or affinity of the high affinity receptors (6000–8000/cell). There was, however, a marked increase in the number of low affinity receptors from 15,000/cell in the control cells to 32,000/cell in the oleate-enriched and 74,000/cell in the linoleate-enriched cells. This increase in receptor concentration was again accompanied by a reciprocal decrease in the affinity of the low affinity receptor. These studies thus demonstrate a relationship between the cellular fatty acid composition and the properties of insulin receptors. The observed changes could be due to alterations in the quaternary structure Of the receptor.
Entrepreneurial Opportunity Recognition, Exploitation and New Venture Success: Moderating Role of Prior Market and Technology Knowledge

The recognition and exploitation of entrepreneurial opportunity have gained substantial research attention recently in entrepreneurship literature . However, the literature concentrate s in the contributing factors of opp ortunity recognition and exploitation, leaving a gap in understanding the ir outcome such as entrepreneurs’ new venture success. This study addresses this gap by proposing a new conceptual model that is appropriate to test the effect of opportunity recognition and exploitation on venture success and moderating effect of prior knowledge on the effect of new venture success on opportunity recognition and opportunity exploitation . Th is study offers valuable contributions to entrepreneurship literature .
Semantics of Logic Programs: Their Intuitions and Formal Properties. An Overview

44 played a dominant role in Przymusinski's versions of WFS and ST N. The results of Section 4 underline the very strong relationship of NMR-semantics with nonmonotonic logics. We have also tried (in Section 5) to use another branch of nonmonotonic logics in order to get a classiication of the various diierent semantics: the approach, pioneered by Makinson, Kraus, Lehmann and Magidor, of inspecting abstract properties like Cumulativity and Rationality. In addition, we presented new principles, speciically tailored to be used in our framework of logic programs. This approach can be seen as an axiomatic framework and attempts to characterize the semantics uniquely by their abstract properties. It turned out that all these properties can also be used to reduce the computational complexity and compute a semantics more eeciently ((DM93c]). Acknowledgements Many thanks to Martin M uller who proofread parts of this paper and made a lot of helpful remarks during many talks. Discussions with Heinrich Herre and useful suggestions of John Schlipf, Roland Bol and Thomas Eiter also helped to improve this paper a lot. Roland Bol also suggested to consider k-maximal stable models and Michael Gelfond turned the author's attention to You and Yuan's work. E-mail discussions with Li-Yan Yuan, Jia-Huai You and Teodor Przymusinski helped to correct some hasty conjectures. Hans Rott noticed many typing errors.
The Environmental Value of Sustainable Transport Infrastructure

The climate change threat to humanity challenges the creation of sustainable transport infrastructure based on the triptych of balancing and maximising environmental, economic and social value. A piece of infrastructure may be created in a sustainable manner, but may be then subsequently used unsustainably, that would not be sustainable. In other words, sustainable transport infrastructure is linked with the use of the most sustainable transport choices. Environmental value may be defined by the natural and anthropogenic factors and elements which interact with and influence the natural ecosystem, quality of life, and human health and well-being. Emissions are a widely accepted way by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to “calculate” environmental damaging actions. Emissions address the production of pollutants and the placement of waste into the environment. The target is to reduce the use of transport modes with high environmental impact (e.g. cars) and replace them with transport modes with low or no environmental impact (e.g. public transport, walking, cycling). The hypothesis tested is that each individual should be able to understand which transport mode is the most sustainable and investigate whether each individual will accept the use of alternative options that consume less energy and generate fewer emissions. The methodology used was statistical inference. The hypothesis regarding the individuals’ understanding was verified with some deviations and a table with the environmental infrastructure interdependencies was developed based on EXIOBASE 3 database using the emissions generated from each transport sector for comparison purposes.
Ethylene Treated Kiwi Fruits during Storage. Part I: Postharvest Bioactive, Antioxidant and Binding Properties

Kiwi fruits “Hayward” were submitted to ethylene treatment during 24 h, following by storage at 20C for 10 days. Significant differences were found in polyphenols and in the antioxidant capacities in conventional, low chemical and organic kiwi fruits. Ethylene treatment increased the bioactivity of organic, low chemical and conventional kiwi fruit. The antioxidant values for organic fruits were significantly higher than for conventional and nontreated samples. All investigated kiwi fruits showed a high level of correlation between the contents of phenolic compounds, their antioxidant and binding values. The statistical evaluation of bioactivity demonstrated that cultivation system and ethylene treatment following by storage have the potential to enhance the accumulation of health-beneficial food compounds in kiwi fruit and changes of the binding properties. Practical Applications The article describes the impact of three treatments including different agricultural systems, ethylene treatment and storage and biochemical changes in kiwi fruit. Agricultural system produced three different kiwi fruits: organic, semi-organic and conventional. Different cultivation systems affect the polyphenols and antioxidant status of kiwi fruit. During the ethylene treatment and storage the antioxidant status and binding properties have increased. In general these treatments affect the contents of the main bioactive compounds which have high nutritional value. In practice we can select the best treatment and its duration in connection with the best quality of the final product. This could be of economical importance for the kiwi fruit industry in development of new products with long shelf life and high quality of the final product.
Trapping and Handling of North American River Otters (Lontra canadensis) in a Managed Marsh

Abstract North American river otters (Lontra canadensis) were trapped in a managed marsh in northern California between July and November of 1998. Five trap types using several set configurations were utilized in this study. Otters were successfully captured with minimal injury and a relatively high trap rate (1 capture per 48 trap nights), with the use of No. 1.5 and No. 1.75 double-coil spring traps, and No. 11 double long spring traps on short chains in blind land sets, or in bank sets on one-way cables leading to land-buried stakes. Only 3 of 14 captures incurred more than minimal injuries, and all 3 of these were exacerbated by complications from traps attached to long chains. Otters were captured at any time of day, although activity appeared lowered between 0900 and 1900 hours. Otters were anesthetized for handling. Monitoring results and anesthetic complications are reported for 14 captures. Ketamine (15 mg/kg) and midazolam (0.5 mg/kg) provided a wide margin of safety, rapid induction at low injection volume, good anesthetic quality, handling time of about 30 min, and few complications. White blood cell counts were taken and appeared high relative to reported values in other studies. This trend is likely attributable to blood draws immediately after the animal had been held in a trap for several hours, in contrast to most other studies, in which blood was drawn days to weeks after being held in captivity.
Are Placental Chorionic Capillary Nucleated Red Blood Cell Counts Useful Compared to Umbilical Cord Blood Tests?

Objective: To compare measurement of fetal nucleated red blood cell (NRBC) counts in paired histologic samples of the placenta and umbilical cord bloods. Method: Forty-five randomly selected pregnancies had two determinations of the NRBC count. A sample of umbilical venous blood had a NRBC count measured and sections of the placenta were examined for their villous capillary NRBC counts. Results: Umbilical venous blood had NRBC/100 white blood cell counts ranging from 0 to 67. Paired evaluation of placental tissue had NRBC counts of 0–5 with 60% being zero compared to 8% zero counts in cord blood. There was no correlation between the paired counts (R2 = 0.04). Conclusion: Umbilical cord blood provides different information on fetal NRBC count than does histologic study of the placenta.
Confocal Microscopy as Useful Tool for Studying Fibrin-Cell Interactions

Fibrinogen is a 340 kDa plasma protein that circulates in blood at 2 4 g/L. It is composed by two set of polypeptide chains: Aα, Bβ, and γ. Fibrinogen plays diverse roles in coagulation and inflammation. Thrombin is formed after sequential steps of proteases activation, cleaving fibrinogen at the N-terminal of Aα and Bβ chains. This partially degraded fibrinogen starts to polymerize forming at the end a tridimensional meshwork, the fibrin clot that is further stabilized by the transglutaminase FXIIIa (reviewed in [1]). The fibrin clot together with aggregated platelets form a plug that halt blood extravasation, and simultaneously became a temporal extracellular matrix for wound healing [2] and angiogenesis [3]. Fibrin(ogen) achieve these physiologic functions through its binding to several receptors, integrin and no integrin type, present in platelets (αIIb-β3), endothelial cells (αvβ3, ICAM-1, and VE-cadherin), and leucocytes (αMβ2 and αxβ2).
Impact of Audit Fees on Audit Quality of Conglomerates Companies in Nigeria

Audit failures such as in the case of Enron Corporation, WorldCom Corporation, Global Crossing, ImClone Systems Incorporation and Tyco International have raised concerns on the auditors' ability in discharging their duties. Emergent economies are not exceptional from large corporate failures; for instance the corporate failures in the Nigerian financial sector in the early 1990s brought auditors into sharp focus and caused the public to question the role of accountants and auditors. This study assessed the impact of audit fees on audit quality of listed conglomerates in Nigeria over the periods 2004 to 2015. Data for the study were collected from the annual reports and accounts of the companies. A panel data was employed specifically using, OLS and Random Effect regressions. The paper observed that both audit fees and audit firm size have positive impact on company audit quality. The paper suggested the need for regulatory bodies in line with best practices to look critically into proper modalities for charging audit fees that is commensurate with the audit effort.
An exploration of nurse practitioner care to homebound frail elders

Purpose: To identify and classify care activities of nurse practitioners (NPs) providing primary care for frail homebound elders and to describe NPs’ perceptions of the outcomes of their care activities. Data sources: Three focus groups were held with 24 NPs with at least 1‐year experience in caring for frail homebound elders to elicit NPs’ descriptions of their practice. In addition, individual interviews with 10 NPs and participant observation of 2 NPs visiting elders in their homes validated the data. The total sample size was 36 NPs. Field notes and audiotapes were transcribed for analysis and coded using Brykczynski’s existing domains and competencies of NP practice. Conclusions: Most of the care activities of NPs providing primary care to frail elders in their home involve management of patient health and illness, case management, and the teaching–coaching function. The NP informants believe that they prevent medication errors, falls, emergency room visits, hospitalizations, and even death. They reported that they improve their patients’ quality of life and help to provide a peaceful death when death is imminent. Implications for research: Further refinement of the proposed model is needed in order to examine the effectiveness of NP care on clinically relevant patient outcomes.
A new agenda for women's health and nutrition

This report surveys women's health problems from infancy through old age. It then recommends a package of essential clinical and public services chosen for their impact on female disability and death, their affordability, and their feasibility in developing countries. Even in the poorest countries, governments can help establish these essential services for women and ensure access to them by financing health programs for the poor. International assistance agencies can do their part by sharing their expertise and influencing policy and funding priorities.
FROM CHARM TO SORROW: THE DARK PORTRAIT OF TIN MINING IN BANGKA BELITUNG, INDONESIA

Tin is an important commodity as the world’s manufacture industry needs. With it non-renewable characteristic, tin holds an important position and therefore it is contested for its high selling point. In fact, tin mining process brings serious problem since it is not directly designed with limited government controlling. Bangka Belitung island province as the biggest tin producer in Southeast Asia region notes history as the area stashing problem of tin resource management aspect. This paper highlighted the dark portrait of tin resource mining in Bangka Belitung by beholding the emerging impacts as the victims of this resource mining. The agriculture land destruction, fishery potency damage, the education breakdown, environment crisis, public distrust, and working accident are the key aspects accompanying the tin mining process in this area. This natural resource dispute is finally enclosed by ironic stories in the middle of the contested economic benefit.
Helix conformation of a small peptide melittin in a methanol-water mixed solvent studied by NMR.

Temperature dependence of the α-helix conformation of bee venom melittin in methanol-water mixed solvents has been examined by NMR, in order to elucidate conformation stability and a phase diagram. At high methanol concentration of 100 - ca. 80 wt. %, melittin forms a full α-helix conformation in the temperature range from 25 °C to 60 °C. At intermediate methanol concentration of ca. 80 - ca. 25 wt. %, it undergoes a thermal transformation from a full α-helix to a partial α-helix. In solutions of low methanol concentrations of ca. 25 - 0 wt. %, partial α-helix monomers and their self-aggregated conformers coexist at low temperatures, and the relative number of the monomers increases with increase in temperature. The monomers turn to a random coil state at high temperatures only below ca. 10 wt. % methanol concentrations. The thermal transitions are discussed from the viewpoint of stability of intra-molecular hydrogen bonds and inter-molecular hydrophobic interactions.
Weak compensation of harvest despite strong density–dependent growth in willow ptarmigan

Ptarmigan and grouse species (Lagopus spp.) are thought to be able to compensate for a modest harvest because there is a surplus of breeding birds that are prevented from breeding by territory holders. To estimate the degree of harvest–mortality compensation reliably we experimentally harvested 0%, 15% and 30% of the willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) on 13 estates ranging from 20 to 54 km2 in size during four hunting seasons in Norway according to a regional block design. Population overwinter growth rate was strongly negatively density dependent, but despite this, and contrary to earlier findings, only 33% of the harvest was compensated for. The lack of compensation was probably caused by long–distance juvenile dispersal that was unaffected by the harvest. The need for large–scale management experiments to detect the effects of harvest was clearly demonstrated: lack of compensation was found only when we used the whole dataset and not when the data were analysed by year or block. Our study shows that it is very difficult to demonstrate a population's lack of harvest compensation and warns against using small–scale, out–of–season or poorly replicated studies as a basis for future harvest–management decisions.
Detection of beta-glucuronidase in lactose-fermenting members of the family Enterobacteriaceae and its presence in bacterial urine cultures

Four hundred strains of lactose-fermenting Enterobacteriaceae were tested for hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl-beta-D-glucopyranosiduronic acid, the chromogenic enzyme substrate of beta-glucuronidase. Escherichia coli was found to be homogeneous with respect to beta-glucuronidase: more than 94% of the examined E. coli strains were positive, whereas none of the other lactose-fermenting strains possessed beta-glucuronidase activity. The qualitative beta-glucuronidase test, as rapid and simple as the o-nitrophenyl-beta-D-galactopyranosidase test, proved to be of diagnostic value, especially in the identification of E. coli in primary urine cultures. No significant differences were observed in the results of experiments in which either substrate-impregnated disks prepared in the laboratory or commercially available tablets were used.
Analyzing the Main Marketing Strategies Leading to Customer Satisfaction

The main aim of this study is to examine the relationship between marketing strategy and customer satisfaction in businesses in Kurdistan. Quantitative method employed to analyze the relationship between marketing strategies and customer satisfaction in Kurdistan. A survey was prepared and adapted from different academic sources to examine the relationship between marketing strategies and customer satisfaction. The researcher attempted to gather data from customers in Erbil, however 100 surveys distributed in supermarkets located in Erbil, but only 79 questionnaires have been completed successfully. The sample size of this study is 79 participants to measure the relationship between marketing strategies and customer satisfaction in Erbil. The findings revealed that by developing and expanding current market and current strategy, it will effect positively and significantly on the level on customer satisfaction. Furthermore the marketing strategy is the key success for all businesses and essential tool to increase level of customer satisfaction. The limitation of this research is few time to collect data for this reason the sample size was small for this research, it is recommended to have bigger sample size for future studies.