Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Individual consumers' trust in B2C automobile e‐commerce in Tanzania: Assessment of the influence of web design and consumer personality

Trust has often been cited as an important ingredient in any given business. The new trends of dwindling face‐to‐face business transactions necessitate trust in online transactions empirical studies. The purpose of this paper was to empirically contribute findings on the link between the trust facets and online car purchases. From 335 adult individual car buyers in Tanzania, we present the extent of the web design and personality trust dimensions influence on business‐to‐consumer (B2C) e‐commerce car purchases using the multiple regression analysis techniques. This study focused on e‐commerce trust in the context of expensive commodities like a car done from abroad with payments involving international money transfer. The study's findings contribute to the existing body of knowledge and extend trust and e‐commerce theories that guide efforts for implementation of course of actions by consumers of expensive products like cars as well as respective car trading companies. This study is not only inclined towards online practical business implications, but also aims at augmenting the theoretical and policy implications, especially taking the trust—B2C perspectives of potential buyers within the sub‐Saharan Africa, which is amid the formal institutional voids that may largely influence adult international business dealing from the sub‐Saharan Africa.
Predicting intentional and unintentional task unrelated thought with EEG

Our attention seldom remains on a singular activity, instead veering off into thoughts unrelated to the task at hand. Studies adopting a component process view of off-task thought have begun to identify the underlying mechanisms and associated electrophysiological correlates underlying ongoing thought. In the present study, we developed subject-independent classification algorithms based on electroencephalographic (EEG) markers to discriminate on-task vs off-task as well as intentional vs unintentional off-task thought. To that end, spatio-temporal and spectral features extracted from EEG activity prior to reports of ongoing thought during a test of sustained attention were ranked according to their discriminative power. Using data collected from 26 participants, average classification accuracies of 83.4% and 71.6% were achieved using a regularized linear model for on-task vs off-task and intentional vs unintentional off-task thought, respectively. Our results identified gamma oscillations as the most discriminative feature to distinguish on-task from off-task states, and alpha synchronization as the most prominent feature when off-task states are engaged in deliberately rather than when experienced as arising spontaneously. Our work represents the first successful attempt at reliably discriminating the degree of intentionality experienced during task-unrelated thought and highlights the importance of recognizing the heterogeneous nature of off-task states.
THE USE OF INDUSTRIAL NETWORKS TO STRENGTHEN CIVIL AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION; A SURVEY-BASED INVESTIGATION

This paper investigates how involvement of university and students into industrial networks might gain both continuously development of education programs, and the learning outcomes of students within engineering education. Involvement of the Civil and Structural Engineering Education in the creation and early operation of an industrial network – the Agder division of “Young Professionals’ Concrete Network” (YBN) - is used as case. YBN are regional networks related to the Norwegian Concrete Association, organised and run by volunteers at a growing number of locations. The intension is to create networks for young professionals, focusing on all aspects of the use of concrete materials within engineering and construction. The Agder division of YBN was established during 2018, initiated and executed by stakeholders employed at the Civil and Structural Engineering Education, University of Agder in Norway, and from the local industry. Members are recruited amongst students and industrial employees in early stages of their career. Typical activities of YBN are lectures on requested topics, industrial demonstrations and excursions to construction sites. Industry is eager to deliver services without any cost for YBN. Members use the organisation to build competence, to participate in professional discussions and to create and maintain personal networks. This paper is based on a survey executed amongst members of the Agder division of YBN. The scope of the survey was to identify dividends generated from engaging in the network. The participants were asked to answer questions regarding outcomes from participation in different types of activities. The results from the survey identify learning outcomes and other dividends from participation in a network that includes students, university and young professionals from the industry. These findings are discussed to gain knowledge on how network engagement can be utilized to continuously improve the Civil and Structural Engineering Education, and to strengthen the competence of participating students and young professionals. As YBN is originating and run by stakeholders within the university, the generated knowledge is also used in a feed-back loop for improvement of the activities offered by the network.
Book Review: Ventilation/Blood Flow and Gas Exchange

proteins. In the final chapter, the author considers the possibility that inter-allelic complementation may represent not only a mechanism of interest and curiosity to the investigator but an evolutionary force. Thus it may have happened in evolution that some hybrid proteins, perhaps many, produced by mutants, were selectively advantageous and of superior activity compared with that of either of the original alleles which produced them. The advantage conferred by the hybrids could have resulted in their fixation by the mechanism of gene duplication and divergent evolution through mutation of the duplicated segments, which would thus become progressively non-allelicand specify hetero-multimeric proteins. This book is clearly written, closely argued and warmly recommended to students, teachers and research workers as an excellent summary of a subject that has added a 'new dimension to the study of genes and gene action'.
JSPY: um modelo objetivo para compreensão de linguagem natural

Neste trabalho e apresentado um modelo para o Mecanismo Humano de Processamento Textual e uma implementacao deste modelo na forma de uma linguagem de programacao de nome JSpy.Este sistema e capaz de descrever informacao estruturada de forma muito semelhante a feita pelos seres humanos.Isso possibilita que significados semânticos complexos sejam expressados em poucas linhas de codigo e com naturalidade.A avaliacao do sistema e feita resolvendo-se um conjunto de problemas, propostos por Weston et al., que avaliam diferentes habilidades de processamento textual.A resolucao destes prolemas nao apenas e feita em poucas linhas de codigo como supera os resultados do atual estado da arte.
Influence of eWOM information on consumers’ behavioral intentions in mobile social networks

Purpose Today, consumers play an active role in creating, generating and distributing the electronic word of mouth (eWOM) independent of marketers. Customer acquisition through referrals and word of mouth (WOM) has thus become an important goal for firms. In addition, mobile social networks have created valuable opportunities for eWOM. People are now able to discuss products and services of brands with their friends and acquaintances. The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of eWOM information on consumers’ behavioral intentions in mobile social networks. Design/methodology/approach This study employed the information adoption model (IAM), theory of reasoned action and social exchange theory to investigate the influence of eWOM information on consumers’ behavioral intentions in mobile social networks. The study used 394 respondents to evaluate the proposed model using SmartPLS software. Findings Results show that the quality and credibility of eWOM information has a positive direct effect on perceived information usefulness. Attitude toward eWOM information mediates the influence of perceived information usefulness on information adoption. Also, attitude toward eWOM information has a significant positive influence on behavioral intentions, such as purchase intention and forwarding of eWOM information. However, information adoption does not have any significant relationship with the forwarding of eWOM information. Research limitations/implications This study seeks to address the dearth of research in the field of mobile social networks, especially regarding eWOM information. The study proposes a new model and empirically validates the hypothesized relationships. This research can serve as a stepping-stone for future research in this field. Practical implications This research is one of the first studies focusing on the influence of eWOM information, especially in mobile social networks. The research offers comprehensive and empirically validated factors pertaining to eWOM information in mobile social networks. The results of this study may be useful also for practitioners and managers of online companies. Originality/value A new eWOM IAM in mobile social networks is proposed based on information characteristics and consumer behavior. The model is validated afterward.
The Macroeconomic Effect of Housing Price Fluctuation

The real estate industry is a pillar industry concerning the national economy and people's livelihood. A stable and healthy real estate market will benefit all residents, enterprises and government organs, and make the macroeconomic development better and the country stronger. Based on the data collected from China Economic Information Network and National Bureau of Statistics from March 2009 to March 2019, this paper studies the macroeconomic effect of housing price fluctuation by using ARDL model. The conclusions show that the housing price fluctuation has significant wealth effect and inflationary effect in the short run, while it has no significant impact on consumption, investment and inflation in the long run. Accordingly, we suggest that when formulating macroeconomic policies, attention should be paid to the impact of housing price fluctuation on macroeconomic variables. Moreover, the healthy development of the real estate market should also be taken into consideration. Keywords—housing price; wealth effect; inflationary effect; ARDL model
The impact of giftware design and its packaging attributes on consumer purchasing intentions behaviour in Malaysian context

The aim of this research is on the role of packaging and its attributes and their effect on consumer purchase intention behaviour focusing on giftware design that it relates to a Malaysian context. The research considers the significance of ‘packaging attributes’ values and the relationship between packaging attributes and the process of purchase decision in marketing strategies as well as its influence on purchase intention. The research draws from a body of literature review that considers four significant areas; the form of packaging, consumer behaviour, company management strategy and purchase behaviour in Malaysian context. These areas relating to packaging attributes and consumer purchase intention behaviour are to identify several significant themes in order to answer three research questions. This research engages experts from the academia and industry from marketing and design areas in a series of face-to-face interviews, focus group discussions and experimental workshops in the United Kingdom and Malaysia. The data collection was divided into two phases. Phase One was to determine the key variables in packaging attributes and organisation of strategic issues. Phase Two was to associate values of packaging attributes with organisation positioning strategy in Malaysian context. The original contribution of this research is based on the findings that the visual aesthetics of packaging attributes is associated with consumers’ evaluations and purchase intention behaviour. This research also contributes to an understanding of how designers and marketers use packaging attributes to change consumer’s purchase intention behaviour. Finally, this research contributes to knowledge sharing of academia-industry to enhance the competitiveness and performance of a company as well as in packaging innovation in a Malaysian context.
Investitionsentscheidungen vor dem Hintergrund der Digitalisierung am Beispiel Schaltschrankbau

Kurzfassung Die Potenziale der Digitalisierung in der Produktion reichen von individuellen Maschinenoptimierungen bis zur Optimierung der gesamten Produktionsplanung und -steuerung. Im Rahmen von Industrie 4.0 sehen nun viele Unternehmen die Notwendigkeit, in ihre Produktion zu investieren. Insbesondere fällt es kleinen Unternehmen schwer, den wirtschaftlichen Nutzen abschätzen. Dies liegt nicht zuletzt an einer mangelnden methodischen Unterstützung bei Investitionsbewertungen im Kontext der Digitalisierung. In diesem Beitrag wird dafür ein Strukturierungsansatz vorgestellt.
The Export Determinants of Indonesian Cut Flower in The International Market

Trade statistics of Indonesian cut flower indicates the potential of Indonesia as an exporting country. The international market becomes more attractive as the increasing trend of demand and the rising cost for producing cut flowers shows the various challenges for emerging countries. This study investigates whether the analytical gravity model fixed effect, common effect or random effect model is proper and what determinants have significant effects to the exports of Indonesian cut flower to partner countries. The data encompasses the period of 2008 to 2017 as the series data and the seven destination export countries from Indonesia as the cross-sectional data, using the panel regression with the basic gravity model. The estimation results show the fixed effects model is the proper model to explain the determinants of bilateral export on cut flower. The estimates imply the corroborate signs with GDP per capita of Indonesia, GDP per capita of partner countries and exchange rate while those variables with the opposite sign are distance and trade openness. Thus, the export promotion, quality improvement and technology development are required in the development of export of cut flower industries.
Evidence of multifaceted functions of codon usage in translation within the model beetle Tribolium castaneum

Synonymous codon use is non-random. Codons most used in highly transcribed genes, often called optimal codons, typically have high gene counts of matching tRNA genes (tRNA abundance) and promote accurate and/or efficient translation. Non-optimal codons, those least used in highly expressed genes, may also affect translation. In multicellular organisms, codon optimality may vary among tissues. At present however, codon use remains poorly understood in multicellular organisms. Here, we studied codon usage of genes highly transcribed in germ line (testis, ovary) and somatic tissues (gonadectomized males and females) of the beetle Tribolium castaneum. The results demonstrate that: 1) the majority of optimal codons were organism-wide, the same in all tissues, and had numerous matching tRNA gene copies (Opt↑tRNA), consistent with translational selection; 2) some optimal codons varied among tissues, suggesting tissue-specific tRNA populations; 3) wobble tRNA were required for translation of certain optimal codons (Opt-codonwobble), possibly allowing precise translation and/or protein folding; and 4) remarkably, some non-optimal codons had abundant tRNA genes (Nonopt-codon↑tRNAs), and genes using those codons were tightly linked to ribosomal and stress-response functions. Thus, Nonopt-codon↑tRNAs codons may regulate translation of specific genes. Together, the evidence suggests that codon use and tRNA genes regulate multiple translational processes in beetles.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS A DRIVER OF THE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Digital technologies are also affecting the supply and demand of the sector. Apparently, more firms are keen in optimizing the methods of utilizing their assets to foster productivity. Thus, digital technologies are seen as ideal mechanisms for changing the patterns of energy consumption, optimizing asset, fostering cross-industry partnerships, and fostering a greater use of industrial platforms. Adapting open inventions, paradigm accepts that organizations have to utilize the internal ideas and as well as the external ideas and further the internal paths and external paths to market established companies are building up structural programs to harness the power of entrepreneurial.
Association between adiposity levels and cognitive impairment in the Chilean older adult population

Abstract Although both obesity and ageing are risk factors for cognitive impairment, there is no evidence in Chile on how obesity levels are associated with cognitive function. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate the association between adiposity levels and cognitive impairment in older Chilean adults. This cross-sectional study includes 1384 participants, over 60 years of age, from the Chilean National Health Survey 2009–2010. Cognitive impairment was evaluated using the Mini-Mental State Examination. BMI and waist circumference (WC) were used as measures of adiposity. Compared with people with a normal BMI, the odds of cognitive impairment were higher in participants who were underweight (OR 4·44; 95 % CI 2·43, 6·45; P < 0·0001), overweight (OR 1·86; 95 % CI 1·06, 2·66; P = 0·031) and obese (OR 2·26; 95 % CI 1·31, 3·21; P = 0·003). The associations were robust after adjustment for confounding variables. Similar results were observed for WC. Low and high levels of adiposity are associated with an increased likelihood of cognitive impairment in older adults in Chile.
Clinical pathway modelling: a literature review

ABSTRACT Hospital information systems are increasingly used as part of decision support tools for planning at strategic, tactical and operational decision levels. Clinical pathways are an effective and efficient approach in standardising the progression of treatment, to support patient care and facilitate clinical decision making. This literature review proposes a taxonomy of problems related to clinical pathways and explores the intersection between Information Systems (IS), Operational Research (OR) and industrial engineering. A structured search identified 175 papers included in the taxonomy and analysed in this review. The findings suggest that future work should consider industrial engineering integrated with OR techniques, with an aim to improving the handling of multiple scopes within one model, while encouraging interaction between the disjoint care levels and with a more direct focus on patient outcomes. Achieving this would continue to bridge the gap between OR, IS and industrial engineering, for clinical pathways to aid decision support.
Escalating protein supersaturation underlies inclusion formation in muscle proteinopathies

Abundant, aggregation prone or “supersaturated” proteins are a feature of neurodegeneration. Whether the principle of supersaturation can similarly explain the widespread aggregation that occurs in non-neuronal protein conformational disorders and underlies pathogenic protein aggregate formation is not established. To test this prediction we analyzed proteomic datasets of biopsies from genetic and acquired protein aggregate myopathy (PAM) patients by quantifying the changes in composition, concentration and aggregation propensity of proteins in the fibers containing inclusions and those surrounding them. We found that similar to neurodegeneration, a supersaturated subproteome of aggregate prone proteins is present in skeletal muscle from healthy patients. This subproteome escalates in degree of supersaturation as proteomic samples are taken more proximal to the pathologic inclusion, eventually exceeding its solubility limits and aggregating. While most supersaturated proteins decrease or maintain steady abundance across healthy fibers and inclusion containing fibers, supersaturated proteins within the aggregate subproteome rise in abundance, suggesting they escape normal regulation. We show in the context of a human conformational disorder that the level of supersaturation of a metastable subproteome helps to explain widespread aggregation and correlates with the histopathological state of the tissue. Significance Increasing evidence implicates the phenomenon of protein supersaturation with the selective vulnerability of specific cells to protein misfolding disorders. Quantitative studies of this phenomenon, however, have only been possible post mortem in the case of neurodegenerative diseases. To overcome this limitation, we study here protein aggregate myopathies (PAMs), for which we were able to carry out systematic single fiber proteomic studies on patient-derived samples. We found not only that proteins associated with PAM inclusions are highly supersaturated in muscle but also that their supersaturation levels increases further in affected fibers. These results provide a clear illustration of how an escalation in supersaturation leads protein inclusions in vulnerable cells.
Evaluation of physical, functional and nutritional quality parameters of kodo millet flour

Evaluation of quality characteristics of millets help in development and promotion of millet based products. Evaluation of physical and functional properties revealed that bulk density, rehydration ratio, water activity, water holding capacity, water absorption index and water solubility index was 0.68 ± 0.00 g/ml, 2.14 ± 0.07%, 0.48 ± 0.00, 0.53 ± 0.00, 8.00 ± 0.00 g/100g and 8.06 ± 0.02 g/100g respectively. Water activity and rehydration ratio were within the acceptable range indicating good storage stability, freshness. The nutritional composition of kodo millet flour was moisture, protein, fat, ash and crude fiber, carbohydrate, energy, vitamin C, dietary fiber, in vitro protein digestibility and per cent radical scavenging activity was 9.64 ± 0.13%, 7.60 ± 0.1%, 1.24 ± 0.15%, 1.39 ± 0.05% and 4.06 ± 0.03%, 76.04 ± 0.12%, 345.77 ± 0.9 K. Cal/100g, 0.67 ± 0.12 mg/100g, 14.78 ± 0.11 g/100g, 74.58 ± 0.35 and 55.22 ± 1.60% respectively.