Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
ANALYSIS OF CUSTOMER ACCEP TANCE OF ONLINE TRAVEL AGENT TECH NOLOGY USING UTAUT2 MODEL ( A CASE STUDY ON E - COMMERCE TRAVELOKA IN INDONESIA)

The growth of Internet users in Indonesia has increased rapidly in 2015. It became one of the good market for manufacturers to offer their products through the internet, especially through e - commerce. But when compared with countries in Asia Paci fic, Indonesia still ranks second to bottom of the use of e - commerce. Research shows that online spending through e - commerce in Indonesia is dominated by tour and travel services, and Traveloka managed to be ranked first in e - commerce and travel tour. Therefore this study chooses Traveloka to beco me the object to see the factors that effect the consum er acceptance toward the service. The model used as a base of this study is Theory of Acceptance and Use of The Technology 2 (UTAUT 2) model. The valid data was obtained from 430 respondents . The descriptive and causal quantitative approach es were used t o analyse the data. The results of this study show that variables of Performance Expec tancy, Faci litating Conditio n, Hedonic Motivation and Habit have a significant positive effect on Behavioral Intention .
Board Governance, Sustainable Innovation Capability and Corporate Expansion: Empirical Data from Private Listed Companies in China

Within fierce market competition, economic integration acceleration, information technology development, customer demands that are more complex than ever before and product life cycle acceleration have greatly increased the complexity and uncertainty of the operating environment of Chinese private listed companies. Considering the special situation and the current situation of the enterprise development phase in China, the shaping and upgrading of sustainable innovation capability for Chinese private listed companies has become an important issue of common concern in academia and practice. Using 4833 sets of data from private listed companies in China in four consecutive years, we studied the relationship between board governance, sustainable innovation capability and firm expansion empirically based on stewardship theory and principal-agent theory. The results show that centralized leadership structure formed by chief executive officer (CEO) duality has a positive effect on the sustainable innovation capability of Chinese listed companies; director compensation incentive has a positive impact on the sustainable innovation capability of Chinese listed companies; sustainable innovation capability has a positive effect on the firm expansion of Chinese listed companies; and centralized board leadership structure and director compensation incentive have a positive impact on the firm expansion of listed companies partially by improving the sustainable innovation capability.
Effects of Picture Modification on Emotional Impact

The aim of the study was to find out if there are features of an image which influence the emotional output to improve the affective pictorial stimuli for advertisements especially in tourism. The present study bases upon emotional pictures of the IAPS which were modified in several ways. In a first step the 18 most desperate images according to Russell's affective space were selected. The second step was the modification from an original picture to a grayscale picture, to a low luminance picture, to a high luminance picture, to a vertical reflected picture, to a high chroma picture and to a blurred picture. In a third step participants were asked to fill out a questionnaire and to rate the evoked emotions using SAM. Results show, that there are important factors of an image which influence the emotional reaction and which could be used to improve the pictorial stimuli for marketing.
Perfectionism and attitudes towards doping in athletes: the mediating role of achievement goal orientations

ABSTRACT Perfectionism predicts attitudes towards doping in athletes. It is currently unclear, however, why this is the case. To help shed light on this particular issue, in the present study we provided a first examination of whether achievement goal orientations explain (mediate) the relationship between perfectionism and attitudes towards doping. A sample of 173 athletes (mean age 24.4 years) completed measures of perfectionistic strivings, perfectionistic concerns, ego-orientation, task-orientation, and attitudes towards doping. Based on bias-corrected bootstrapping of indirect effects, ego-orientation mediated the positive relationships between perfectionistic strivings and attitudes towards doping and perfectionistic concerns and attitudes towards doping. Task-orientation mediated the negative relationship between perfectionistic strivings and attitudes towards doping. In this regard, athletes high in either dimension of perfectionism have more favourable attitudes because of a tendency to define success as outperforming others. However, those athletes high in perfectionistic strivings may simultaneously hold less favourable attitudes because they also have a tendency to define success as improving their own performance.
Spatial Monopoly with Upgrades of Durable Goods

This paper establishes a two-stage Hotelling model to identify the implications of the upgrades of durable goods produced by a spatial monopoly. The major findings indicate that, due to the positive effects on profits of the upgrading of products, the monopoly has the motivation to launch upgraded versions with high quality instead of solely producing products with low quality. The monopoly, meanwhile, would not make a commitment to either the high-quality products or the low-quality ones. In addition, the price of the low-quality products decreases as upgraded ones appear on the market in a second stage, since no consumers would store the low-quality products for future consumption.
Development-Induced Displacement and Homelessness in Seattle, Washington

As big technological companies expand across the Seattle Metropolitan area, real estate construction is exploding in downtown Seattle where homelessness due to development-induced displacement is concerning. To this end, the internal displacement of vulnerable populations, including Indigenous peoples, homeless persons, and refugees is mainly due to large scale development of big tech companies. The indifference of using the term ―internal displacement‖ to describe the situation of development-induced displacement makes it difficult to identify, name and raise the agenda of development-induced displaced homeless people in the area. Thus, the goal of this paper is to present a general overview and assessment of the state of development-induced displacement of homeless peoples in Seattle due to big companies‘ expansion, so as to initiate and stimulate critical dialogue on furthering research in the area.
A new data source to support hospital operations modeling, message-exchange protocols as illustrated through simulation

ABSTRACT Studies pertaining to hospital operations typically face significant data collection challenges, particularly when defining patient flow patterns. The majority of such studies determine patient flows through observations, stakeholder interviews, and historical patient data analysis. Such methods are time-consuming and typically omit important interactions between resources and patients. This leads to incomplete descriptions of current practices, which can hinder the development and practical application of quantitative models. Furthermore, such processes are expensive and, possibly, subjective. This article presents a methodology for collecting large volumes of very detailed patient flow information. This information is obtained from message-exchange protocols used by hospital information systems to communicate among themselves. The methodology outlines a procedure for extracting detailed information related to (1) individual patient paths, (2) interaction among shared resources, and (3) task duration. The granularity of this information is flexible but can cover various actions in great detail, such as time, location, and person conducting a particular lab test. In this article, we present the general framework of the proposed method, steps for extracting patient flow information, and an illustrative example of a well-known problem from hospital operations management.
The Influence of Brand Orientation and Knowledge Creation on Organisational Performance of Malaysian Tourist Resorts

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of brand orientation and knowledge creation process on the organisational performance of tourist resorts from the perspective of tourism entrepreneurs. Despite a plethora of branding and knowledge management literature, a limited number of studies have investigated the effects of brand orientation and knowledge creation process together on organisational performance. The studied tourism entrepreneurs exhibit low involvement in branding activities and knowledge creation according to government of Malaysia sources. The significance of brand orientation and knowledge creation process for improving the organisational performance of tourist resorts remains inconclusive. For this study, empirical data was drawn from 322 tourist resorts in Malaysia. The hypothesised relationships are analysed using structural equation modelling (SEM). The results show that brand orientation and knowledge creation process have a positive and significant effect on organisational performance whereas knowledge creation process partially mediates brand orientation and organisational performance. We propose higher involvement of tourism entrepreneurs in knowledge sharing sessions to develop distinctive brands to attract customers, which will in turn improve organisational Melissa Li Sa Liow et al. 176 performance. The top-down management approach in instituting branding activities remains pervasive in tourist resorts in Malaysia’s high-power distance society.
Rapid Intensification of Typhoon Hato (2017) over Shallow Water

On 23 August, 2017, Typhoon Hato rapidly intensified by 10 kt within 3 h just prior to landfall in the city of Macau along the South China coast. Hato’s surface winds in excess of 50 m s−1 devastated the city, causing unprecedented damage and social impact. This study reveals that anomalously warm ocean conditions in the nearshore shallow water (depth < 30 m) likely played a key role in Hato’s fast intensification. In particular, cooling of the sea surface temperature (SST) generated by Hato at the critical landfall point was estimated to be only 0.1–0.5 °C. The results from both a simple ocean mixing scheme and full dynamical ocean model indicate that SST cooling was minimized in the shallow coastal waters due to a lack of cool water at depth. Given the nearly invariant SST in the coastal waters, we estimate a large amount of heat flux, i.e., 1.9k W m−2, during the landfall period. Experiments indicate that in the absence of shallow bathymetry, and thus, if nominal cool water had been available for vertical mixing, the SST cooling would have been enhanced from 0.1 °C to 1.4 °C, and sea to air heat flux reduced by about a quarter. Numerical simulations with an atmospheric model suggest that the intensity of Hato was very sensitive to air-sea heat flux in the coastal region, indicating the critical importance of coastal ocean hydrography.
Individual Exposure to Terror and Political Attitudes: A Physiologically-Based Model of Militancy

ABSTRACT How does exposure to terrorism affect political attitudes? This paper presents a new individual-level psychobiological model of political attitudes. Using a unique individual-level data of personal exposure to terrorism, a physiological marker of inflammation (CRP) and a psychological measure of perception of threat to an ongoing conflict—the Israel-Palestinian Conflict—we assess the effect of personal exposure to terrorism on militant attitudes concerning the conflict. Our data of physiological (blood samples), psychological, and attitudinal factors were collected in Israel during a military escalation along the Gaza Strip border. The findings reveal that among people personally exposed to terrorism, the perception of threat mediates an association between physiological conditions and militant attitudes. These findings contribute to the emerging literature on the biopolitics of political violence, suggesting a renewed focus on the dynamic interplay between physiological, psychological, and political factors.
The Analysis of Adaptive Data Collection Methods for Machine Learning

Over the last decade the machine learning community has watched the size and complexity of datasets grow at an exponential rate, with some describing the phenomenon as big data. There are two main bottlenecks for the performance of machine learning methods: computational resources and the amount of labelled data, often provided by a human expert. Advances in distributed computing and the advent of cloud computing platforms has turned computational resources into a commodity and the price has predictably dropped precipitously. But the human response time has remained constant: the time it will take a human to answer a question tomorrow is the same amount of time it takes today, but tomorrow it will cost more due to rising wages world-wide. This thesis proposes a simple solution: require fewer labels by asking better questions. One way to ask better questions is to make the data collection procedure adaptive so that the question that is asked next depends on all the information gathered up to the current time. Popular examples of adaptive data collection procedures include the 20 questions game or simply the binary search algorithm. We will investigate several examples of adaptive data collection methods and for each we will be interested in answering questions like, how many queries are sufficient for a particular algorithm to achieve a desired prediction error? How many queries must any algorithm necessarily ask to achieve a desired prediction error? What are the fundamental quantities that characterize the difficulty of a particular problem? This thesis focuses on scenarios where the answers to queries are provided by a human. Humans are much more comfortable offering qualitative statements in practice like “this
Building popular legitimacy with reconciliatory gestures and participation: A community‐level model of authority

The research tests a model of reconciliation between authorities and communities. It expands past models of legitimacy to an intergroup dynamic model by identifying two community-level actions that legal authorities can undertake to build their popular legitimacy and promote cooperation. One type of action is a community-level reconciliatory gesture: an initiative that authorities make to communities to build trust by recognizing and trying to move beyond prior negative experiences. A second involves community-level opportunities for participating in decisions about how to manage social order. The results of this study with residents from a large metropolitan city suggest that both types of community-level gestures can make distinct contributions to building trust in and cooperation with the police.
Pengaruh Pengalaman Auditor dan Independensi Pada Kualitas Audit Dengan Etika Auditor Sebagai Variabel Moderasi

Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui pengaruh pengalaman auditor dan independensi pada kualitas audit dengan etika auditor sebagai variabel moderasi. Penelitian ini dilakukan pada seluruh KAP yang masih beroperasi di Provinsi Bali. Teknik pengambilan sampel yang digunakan adalah purposive sampling. Data dianalisis dengan menggunakan uji Moderated Regression Analysis (MRA). Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa pengalaman auditor berpengaruh positif pada kualitas audit, independensi auditor berpengaruh positif pada kualitas audit, etika auditor memperkuat pengaruh pengalaman auditor pada kualitas audit dan etika auditor memperkuat pengaruh independensi pada kualitas audit di KAP Provinsi Bali. Kata kunci: Pengalaman auditor, independensi, etika auditor, kualitas audit
Effect of feed, manure and their combination on the growth of Cyprinus carpio (L.) fry and fingerlings

Two field experiments, each of 120-day, were conducted in twelve earthen ponds, each with dimensions 50 x 20 x 1.0m (length x width x depth) were located at Serow Fish Farm, National Institute of Oceanography And Fisheries, Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt, with a view to study the effect of nutrient inputs (feed, manure and their combination) on the common carp ( Cyprinus carpio ) fry and fingerlings of the fish. The treatments consisted of control (C, T 1), only feed (F, T2), only manure (M, T3) and manure plus feed (M+F (T4)). Poultry manure was applied in split doses to ponds of manure treatments (M and M+F). Fry (Experiment one) and fingerlings (Experiment two) of average initial weight 0.67 g a nd 3.2 g respectively, were stocked seven days after the initial manure applica tion at 5 individuals/m2. Fish in F and M+F treatments were provided a fish meal based pelleted diet once daily in the morning at 5% of body weight. The most dominant genera of phytoplankton encountered were Microcystis , Anabaena and Microspora , while among the zooplankton, Keratella and Nauplii dominated. M+F treatment had the highest plankton biomass (P 0.05), whereas F and M+F treatments recorded lower survival (P 0.05) in experiment one, but was sign ificantly (P<0.05) different in experiment two. The increment in gross fish product ion over the control was 103.22 and 119.99% in feed, 77.30 and 59.44% in manure and 162.34 and 175.08% in M+F treatments of the two experiments respectively. Car cass protein, fat and ash contents were significantly (P<0.05) higher in the three tre atments as compared to the control.
Analysis of Capacity and Scalability of the LoRa Low Power Wide Area Network Technology

In this paper we discuss and analyze the recently proposed LoRa low power wide area network (LPWAN) technology when used under the European frequency regulations. First of all, we derive the performance metrics of a single LoRaWAN end device, namely uplink throughput and data transmission time. Then we analyze for several illustrative application scenarios the maximum number of end devices which can be served by a single LoRaWAN base station and discuss the spatial distribution of these devices. It is shown that subject to the channel composition and application requirements, a single cell may include several millions of devices. Also, we show that the capacity of the uplink channel available to a LoRaWAN node strongly depends on the distance from the base station and does not exceed 2 kbit/s. In the concluding section we summarize and discuss the obtained results, and point out few issues which need to be taken into account when making an application using LoRa or deploying a LoRa network.
Immigrants’ relative income and life satisfaction: Comparison groups from a multi-generational perspective

With a focus on the immigrant population, this study examines how the association between a relative income position and life satisfaction varies when the comparison group changes. Drawing data from Understanding Society in the UK between 2009 and 2015, this study first shows that after migration, income comparisons with the mainstream and co-ethnic groups in the host country matter more than that with the source-country population for one’s life satisfaction. Furthermore, the relevance of comparison groups to life satisfaction varies across immigrant generations. Income comparison with the source-country population is more relevant to life satisfaction of the 1st generation, whereas 1.5 and 2nd generations consider income comparisons within the host country more relevant. In particular, favourable income comparison with the mainstream group in the host country is the most relevant to life satisfaction of the 2nd-generation, followed by the 1.5-generation, and last by the 1st-generation immigrants.
Comparación de tres métodos de cuantificación de la carga de entrenamiento en baloncesto. [Comparison of three methods of quantifying the training load in basketball].

For proper training planning, it is necessary to know how the efforts are distributed throughout the week and, therefore, to evaluate the load support by the athletes. With this mission, the use of intelligent devices to control the training load is booming. As it is a costly method, it is important to pay attention to measures that involve a lower cost. The objective of this study was, first, to quantify the training load through the types of instruments, in order to establish relationships between them. The tasks were analyzed by inertial devices, heart rate bands and a training record sheet. Second, establish whether there is a direct relationship between the measurements used. Thus, the design of the present study fits into correlational research. The training of a women’s basketball team was analyzed ecologically, without intervening in the sessions, collecting a total of 120 tasks. The obtained results affirm that there is a statistically significant correlation between the three types of load measurement during the same training tasks, mainly between the load established by the inertial devices and the record sheet used (r =, 897; r2 =, 804). The evaluation of the training load did not differ according to the measure of collection of information used. Using a record sheet, which does not imply any cost, it is informed about the real load supported by the athletes during the training.
Changes in leaf functional traits of rainforest canopy trees associated with an El Niño event in Borneo

El Niño events generate periods of relatively low precipitation, low cloud cover and high temperature over the rainforests of Southeast Asia, but their impact on tree physiology remains poorly understood. Here we use remote sensing and functional trait approaches—commonly used to understand plant acclimation to environmental fluctuations—to evaluate rainforest responses to an El Niño event at a site in northern Borneo. Spaceborne measurements (i.e. normalised difference vegetation index calculated from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer data) show the rainforest canopy greened throughout 2015, coinciding with a strengthening of the El Niño event in Sabah, Malaysia, then lost greenness in early 2016, when the El Niño was at its peak. Leaf chemical and structural traits measured for mature leaves of 65 species (104 branches from 99 tree canopies), during and after this El Niño event revealed that chlorophyll and carotenoid concentrations were 35% higher in mid 2015 than in mid 2016. Foliar concentrations of the nutrients N, P, K and Mg did not vary, suggesting the mineralisation and transportation processes were unaffected by the El Niño event. Leaves contained more phenolics, tannins and cellulose but less Ca and lignin during the El Niño event, with concentration shifts varying strongly among species. These changes in functional traits were also apparent in hyperspectral reflectance data collected using a field spectrometer, particularly in the shortwave infrared region. Leaf-level acclimation and leaf turnover could have driven the trait changes observed. We argue that trees were not water limited in the initial phase of the El Niño event, and responded by flushing new leaves, seen in the canopy greening trend and higher pigment concentrations (associated with young leaves); we argue that high evaporative demand and depleted soil water eventually caused leaves to drop in 2016. However, further studies are needed to confirm these ideas. Time-series of vegetation dynamics obtained from space can only be understood if changes in functional traits, as well as the quantity of leaves in canopies, are monitored on the ground.