Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Organization Ethics Reputation and Customer Loyalty: Perception of Muslim Customer Sharia Banking

The majority of the Indonesian population is Muslim, in which the share of Sharia Banking is only three (3) percent of the total banking market share in the country. This indicates a low participation, possibly leading to a negative perception on ethic reputation and low awareness among the Muslim communities in using sharia banking products and services. The objectives of this paper are to analyze the influence of sharia banking organization ethics reputation on Muslims customer loyalty and to analyze the role of satisfaction as a mediating effect on sharia banking organization ethics reputation on Muslims customer loyalty for the sharia banking products and services. Survey with 315 respondents in the city of Malang, Indonesia was conducted to gather information to further understand the situation, to answer the questions raised and to meet the study objectives. Purposive sampling was used to select the relevant respondents. The Structural Equation Model (SEM) is used to analyze the direct and indirect relationship between sharia banking organization ethic reputation, satisfaction and Muslims customer loyalty. The findings of this study showed that all independent variables significantly influenced the dependent variable, both directly and indirectly. Satisfaction as mediating factor has a high positive support to the relationship between organization ethic reputation Muslims customer loyalty. Hence, satisfaction plays an important role to support the perception of ethic reputation of the sharia banking organization in influencing Muslim customer loyalty. In addition, the study also suggests that ethic reputation of an organization also helps in maintaining customer loyalty.
Hsp 27-Actin Interaction

Hsp27 oligomer is reported to interact with F-actin as a barbed-end-capping protein. The present study determined the binding strength and stoichiometry of the interaction using fluorescence of probes attached to Hsp27 cysteine-137. The fluorescence of acrylodan attached to Hsp27 increased 4-5-fold upon interaction with F-actin. Titration of the fluorescence with F-actin yielded a weak binding constant (K app D = 5.3μM) with an actin/Hsp27 stoichiometry between < 1 and 6. This stoichiometry is inconsistent with an F-actin end-capping protein. Pyrene attached to Hsp27 exhibited a large excimer fluorescence, in agreement with the known proximity of the cysteine-137’s in the Hsp27 oligomer. Upon interaction with F-actin the pyrene-Hsp27 excimer fluorescence was largely lost, suggesting that Hsp27 interacts with F-actin as a monomer, consistent with the acrylodan-Hsp27 results. EM images of F-actin-Hsp27 demonstrated that Hsp27 is not a strong G-actin sequester. Thus, Hsp27, in vitro, is a weak F-actin side-binding protein.
Effects of Obesity on the Markers of Cardiovascular Disease in Tashkent City, Uzbekistan: Evidence from a Population-Based Health Examination Survey

Objective: This study examines the epidemiology of obesity and markers of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in adult men and women in Tashkent City, Uzbekistan. The study also examines the association between obesity and the markers of CVD. Method: The analysis uses data from the 2002 Uzbekistan Health Examination Survey, which included a representative sample of 778 men age 15–59 years and 843 women age 15–49 years residing in Tashkent City. The survey measured height, weight, and markers of CVD, such as high blood cholesterol and triglyceride levels, diabetes, and high blood pressure. The survey also asked questions on physical activity, dietary habits, tobacco smoking, alcohol use, and other characteristics. The analysis was conducted using binomial and multinomial logistic regression methods, separately for men and women. Results: Consumption of animal source protein among women and tobacco smoking in the past among men were positively associated with obesity, but there were no consistent associations with other dietary indicators, physical activity level, or alcohol use. Obese men were more than 10 times as likely to have CVD as those with a normal BMI, whereas obese women were two and half times as likely to have CVD (aOR=10.34 for men and 2.48 for women), after controlling for physical activity level, dietary habits, tobacco smoking, and other factors. Conclusions: The study found a strong positive association between obesity and markers of CVD in adult men and women in Tashkent City, Uzbekistan. The relationship between obesity and markers of CVD was much stronger among men than among women. Policies and programs related to obesity and associated CVD outcomes need to be gender sensitive.
Musings on $\Q(1/4)$: Arithmetic spin structures on elliptic curves

We introduce and study arithmetic spin structures on elliptic curves. We show that there is a unique isogeny class of elliptic curves over $\F_{p^2}$ which carries a unique arithmetic spin structure and provides a geometric object of weight 1/2 in the sense of Deligne and Grothendieck. This object is thus a candidate for $\Q(1/4)$.
Influence of shrub canopies on growth rate and pre-hibernation mass of juvenile arctic ground squirrels

The wide-spread encroachment of canopy-forming shrubs into northern and alpine tundra communities is likely to alter many plant—animal interactions, with direct and indirect impacts on herbivore populations. Specifically, shrub encroachment may impact habitat quality for herbivores by changing predation risk as a result of reduced visibility. We investigated the association between visibility and growth of juvenile arctic ground squirrels Urocitellus parryii across an alpine tundra ecotone with varying shrub cover. Marked individuals were weighed throughout the period following emergence from natal burrows in early summer until just prior to hibernation. Both males and females showed a positive association between habitat-specific visibility and post-emergence growth rate. There was a positive relationship between post-emergence juvenile growth rate and pre-hibernation mass for females but not males. As shrubs increase, ground squirrel populations may be adversely affected by reductions in habitat-scale visibility.
Protective effects of milk thistle (silybum marianum) seeds and sodium bentonite in ameliorating the toxic effects of aflatoxin b1 in broiler chicks

Background: Aflatoxin-contaminated feed cause mortality, suppression of the immune system, reduced growth rates and losses in feed efficiency. An experiment was conducted to evaluate the ability of different levels of sodium bentonite (SB), Silybummarianum seeds (SMS) and their combination for reducing the adverse effects of Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) in broiler chicks. Materials and Methods: 224 male Ross 308 broiler chicks in a completely randomized design based on factorial experiment (2 × 2 × 2) with 2 levels AFB (0and 500ppb), 2 levels SMS (0 and 0.5%) and 2 levels SB (0 and 0.5%) with 8 treatments, 4 replicates and 7 chickens per each were used from one to 24 days age. Results: The results showed that compared with the control group, diets contaminated with AFB 1 increased the aminotransferase (AST) and gammaglutamyl transferase (GGT) but decreased serum total protein (TP) and Albumin significantly (P≤0.05). SB with AFB caused a significant decrease in serum AST and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) levels and increase Albumin significantly (P≤0.05). SMS with AFB causes a significant decrease in serum Urea, GGT and LDH levels significantly (P≤0.05). Broiler chickens fed diets containing SB, SMS and AFB 1 their biochemical indices (AST, GGT, Albumin and total protein) were improved significantly compare to basal diet contaminated with aflatoxin (P≤0.05). Conclusion: The results showed that the combination of SB and the SMS were more beneficial as separate application of them for decreased toxic effect of Aflatoxin B 1 in diets. K e y w o r ds: Aflatoxin B 1 , Blood parameters, Milk Thistle, sodium bentonite
Fifty shades of blue: Classification of music-evoked sadness

It has been repeatedly shown that sad music induces mainly pleasant or mixed emotions, and is particularly relevant for self-regulation goals. However, this is not entirely compatible with the view that sadness is one of the basic emotions experienced in the face of an unpleasant event or a loss. Also, a distinction between grief and sadness is often drawn, which seemingly does not have relevance in relation to musical experiences. The discrepancy between the positive accounts of emotions associated with sad music and those present in ordinary sadness may be related to the previously unacknowledged spectrum of affects associated with music-related sadness. The present study aims to expose the underlying affective experiences of music-related sadness. To examine this, a large qualitative data, consisting of open-ended answers from 363 participants, was subjected to thematic content analysis. The analysis revealed a range of emotions experienced which were classified into three themes: Grief, Melancholia, and Sweet sorrow. These themes differed depending on the valence of the overall experience and the contextual aspects. In addition, emotion induction mechanisms distinguished the themes and several previously unidentified types of affect regulation were observed. Variations in the ways people conceptualise sadness and music lead to differences in the affect regulation processes. In contrast to past research, the results suggest that truly negative emotions are relevant in association with music-related sadness. Dividing the music-evoked sadness into different categories of affective experiences helps to explain the current discrepancies and paradoxes surrounding sadness and music.
Intensification of Large-Scale Stretching of Atmospheric Pollutant Clouds due to Climate Change

AbstractThe aim of the paper is to investigate the question of how a changing climate influences the spreading of pollutants on continental and global scales. For characterizing the spreading, a measure of chaotic systems, called topological entropy, is used. This quantity describes the exponential stretching of pollutant clouds and, therefore, is related to the predictability and the complexity of the structure of a pollutant cloud. For the dispersion simulations the ERA-Interim database is used from 1979 to 2015. The simulations demonstrate that during this period the mean topological entropy slightly increases: the length of an initially line-like pollutant cloud advected for 10 (30) days in the atmosphere becomes 20%–65% (200%–400%) longer by the 2010s than in the 1980s. The mean topological entropy is found to be strongly correlated with the mean of the absolute value of the relative vorticity and only weakly linked to the mean temperature.
Celebrity Chief Executive Officers Influence on Firm Performance: A Review of Theory and Evidence

There have been a lot of studies on Chief Executive Officers’ (CEO) influence on firm performance. The studies have mainly focused on the Chief Executive Officers as a whole. Despite the various studies on the role of CEO as critical characters in the performance of firms, there does not seem to be specific focus on the influence of celebrity CEOs on firm performance. This study addresses the gap by reviewing existing theory and empirical literature and identifying the research gaps. The researcher has also developed a theoretical framework that explains the relationship between celebrity CEOs and firm performance. The review suggests that celebrity CEOs are under immense pressure as they are considered intangible assets and are expected to have high performance standards. This high expectation of celebrity status could have a negative influence on the firm performance.
Do LEED-certified buildings save energy ?

We conducted a re-analysis of data supplied by the New Buildings Institute and the US Green Buildings Council on measured energy use data from 100 LEED-certified commercial and institutional buildings. These data were compared to the energy use of the general US commercial building stock. We also examined energy use by LEED certification level, and by energy-related credits achieved in the certification process. On average, LEED buildings used 18–39% less energy per floor area than their conventional counterparts. However, 28–35% of LEED buildings used more energy than their conventional counterparts. Further, the measured energy performance of LEED buildings had little correlation with certification level of the building, or the number of energy credits achieved by the building at design time. Therefore, at a societal level, green buildings can contribute substantial energy savings, but further work needs to be done to define green building rating schemes to ensure more consistent success at the individual building level. Note, these findings should be considered as preliminary, and the analyses should be repeated when longer data histories from a larger sample of green buildings are available. Crown Copyright 2009 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Carcass characteristics of Santa Ines sheep with different biotypes and slaughtering weights

SUMMARY This study evaluated the characteristics of carcass and commercial cuts of Santa Ines lambs of different biotypes (traditional and modern) slaughtered at 32 kg and 34 kg. The thirty-six Santa Ines sheep used, of which 18 traditional and 18 modern biotypes were on average 180 days old and weighed 16 kg initially. The animals were kept in individual stalls (0.80 × 1.20 m) until they reached the slaughtering weight. The experimental design was completely randomized, factorial 2×2 (two biotypes x two slaughtering weights). The traditional biotype influenced significantly (P<0.05) the carcass yields, conformation, and marbling, compared to the modern biotype. The biotype did not influence (P> 0.05) carcass morphometric measurements and commercial cuts. On the other hand, the 34-kg slaughtering weight affected most of carcass characteristics. The traditional biotype displayed higher yield, better conformation and greater amount of intramuscular fat in the carcass. The higher slaughtering weight influenced carcass characteristics and the amount of fat. Generally, the carcasses presented high muscle proportion and fat amount appropriate to the consumer.
Aging and Emotion Regulation : An Examination of the Role of Resting-State Amygdala Connectivity

ii Acknowledgments . iii Vita . iv List of Tables . vi List of Figures . vii Chapter 1: Introduction . 1 Chapter 2: Method . 20 Chapter 3: Results . 29 Chapter 4: Discussion . 32 References . 40 Appendix A: Tables and Figures . 48
Classification of aerosol radiative properties during African desert dust intrusions over southeastern Spain by sector origins and cluster analysis

[1] The main goal of this study is to analyze the dependence of columnar aerosol optical and microphysical properties on source region and transport pathways during desert dust intrusions over Granada (Spain) from January 2005 to December 2010. Columnar aerosol properties have been derived from a non-spherical inversion code using the solar extinction measurements and sky radiances in the principal plane. Two classification methods of the African air masses ending at the study location were used by means of the HYSPLIT back-trajectories analysis. The first one, based on desert dust origin sources, discriminated the optical properties only for sector B (corresponding to western Sahara, northwest Mauritania and southwest Algeria). The particles present marked absorbing properties (low value of single scattering albedo at all wavelengths) during the desert dust events when the air masses were transported from sector A (north Morocco, northwest Algeria). This result may be related to the mixing of desert dust with anthropogenic pollutants from North African industrial areas in addition to the mixing with local anthropogenic aerosol and pollutants transported from European and Mediterranean areas. The second classification method was based on a statistics technique called cluster classification which allows grouping the air masses back trajectories with similar speed and direction of the trajectory. This method showed slight differences in the optical properties between the several transport pathways of air masses. High values of the aerosol optical depth and low mean values of the Angstrom parameter were associated with longer transport pathways over desert dust sources and slowly moving air masses. Both classification methods showed that the fine mode was mixed with coarse mode, being the fine mode fraction smaller than 55%.
Are Initiators' Forecasts of German Closed-end Funds Biased?

Closed-end fund investors face several obstacles both when deciding to invest in this type of funds and after having added a closed-end fund to their investment portfolio. Compared to openend mutual funds, closed-end funds in Germany provide less information about their investment strategy, they are barely diversified or even single project-based, and are highly illiquid with respect to secondary market trading. Despite these obstacles, an investment in closed-end funds might be of interest for investors who intend to engage in entrepreneurial activity. In this paper, we analyze whether project forecasts provided by closed-end fund initiators adequately inform investors. Specifically, we analyze to what extent actual cash distributions and cash flows to closed-end fund investors deviate from the projected figures. We base our analysis on a sample of 3,673 German closed-end funds in the period from 1972 to 2012. The statistical analysis provides evidence of initiators’ forecasts of cash distributions and cash flows that are on average optimistically biased. Specifically, we show that forecast optimism is pronounced in funds from initiators that are stock market-listed, and less severe in funds that are larger and set up by larger initiators. In addition, our results indicate that secondary closed-end fund markets are inefficient with respect to incorporating these predictable patterns into the market prices of fund shares.
Soilless Cucumber Cultivation under Protective Structures in Relation to Irrigation Coupled Fertigation Management, Economic Viability and Potential Benefits-A Review

Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) is one of the most popular vegetable crops cultivated broadly throughout the world (Soleimani et al., 2009) under plastic greenhouses for higher economic value in off-season cultivation (Chandra et al., 2000). It is thermophilic in nature and frost susceptible crop (Bacci et al., 2006), growing best at a temperature above 22.0°C and below 27.0°C (Singh et al., 2017a). It grows productively under conditions of high humidity, high light, fertilizers and moisture in plastic greenhouses (El-Aidy et al., 2007). It can be planted by direct seeding or transplanting. The row to row spacing is often kept from 120.0 to 150.0 cm and plant to plant spacing varies from 30.0 to 45.0 cm. The suitable plant spacing and pruning results in higher fruit yield of International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 7 Number 03 (2018) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas. com
Relationship between Police Officers Personality Traits, Health and Coping Mechanisms

The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between police officers personality traits, health and coping. One hundred and seventy-seven police officers participated in the study. The following questionnaires were used: Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS, Endler & Parker, 1990), Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ R/S, Eysenck, 1991) and SF-36 Health Survey (Ware et al, 2000). Results showed that extraversion positively correlated with taskoriented and avoidance-oriented coping. Neuroticism negatively correlated with task-oriented and positively with emotion-oriented coping. All health subscales were in negative correlation with emotion-oriented coping, while task-oriented coping was in positive correlation with all scales except general health and physical functioning.
The Effect of Language Proficiency on Second-language Lie Detection

I examined whether observers’ own language proficiencies would affect their lie detection judgments. In a previous study, nativeand second-language English speakers were videotaped as they either lied or told the truth about having cheated on a test (Da Silva & Leach, 2013). A total of 284 undergraduate students viewed the videos and were asked to indicate whether they believed that the individuals were being truthful or deceptive. Observers performed better when judging native-language speakers than second-language speakers. Furthermore, observers’ own language proficiencies had an effect on bias: as the proficiency of observers decreased, they were more likely to judge speakers as truth-tellers. However, there was no effect of language proficiency on discrimination. These findings may inform law enforcement hiring practices. In addition, they suggest that the use of interpreters in legal processes may be essential. Implications of these findings will be further discussed.
Evolutionary Theory Developing: The Problem(s) With Darwin's Dangerous Idea

Daniel Dennett's book, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, is presented as an historical account and explication of evolutionary theory, and a demonstration of how Darwin's "dangerous idea" provides an explanation of the psychological or epistemic dimension of the world (or of mind in nature) - Its real agenda is to present Dennett's own theory of the origin of "mind" in nature, a kind of computer age, neo-Pythagoreanism that seeks to legitimize the claims of artificial intelligence by locating the source of all agency, meaning, or "mind," in an otherwise "dead" world of physics in algorithms. This approach continues the dominant tradition in modem science of radically separating the psychological and physical into two incommensurable parts, and it is this, the paradigmatic dualism at its core, and the erroneous and outdated empirical assumptions on which it is based, that are the book's undoing. By correcting these assumptions, a principled basis is provided for grounding a commensurable theory that dissolves the anomalies inherent in such Cartesian accounts.
Adaptive benefit of cross-modal plasticity following 3 cochlear implantation in deaf adults 4 5

cochlear implantation in deaf adults 4 5 Carly A Anderson, Ian M Wiggins, Pádraig T Kitterick, and Douglas E.H. Hartley 6 7 a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, 8 Ropewalk House, 113 The Ropewalk, Nottingham, NG1 5DU, United Kingdom 9 10 b Otology and Hearing Group, Division of Clinical Neuroscience, School of Medicine, 11 University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, United Kingdom 12 13 c Medical Research Council (MRC) Institute of Hearing Research, The University of 14 Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom 15 16 d Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Derby Road, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, United 17 Kingdom 18 19 *Corresponding author: 20 NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre 21 Ropewalk House 22 113 The Ropewalk 23 Nottingham 24 NG1 5DU 25 United Kingdom 26 Phone: +44 (0)115 823 2600 27 carly.anderson2@nottingham.ac. uk 28 29