Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Pengaruh Ukuran Bank, Dana Pihak Ketiga, Capital Adequacy Ratio, dan Loan To Deposit Ratio Terhadap Penyaluran Kredit Pada Perusahaan Perbankan yang Terdaftar Di Bursa Efek Indonesia Tahun 2011-2015

This study aims to examine the influence of bank size, third party funds, capital adequacy ratio, and loan to deposit ratio to lending. The samples of this research are the bank firms listed in BEI (Indonesia Stock Exchange) in 2011-2015. The Samples are collected using purposive sampling method and resulted 29 companies become theÂ final samples. Data were collected from financial report or annual report, then data analyzed by multiple linier regression analysis. The results of this research show that (1) bank size, third party funds, capital adequacy ratio, and loan to deposit ratioÂ simultaneously have influence for lending, (2) bank size has positive influence for lending, (3) , third party funds has positive influence for lending, (4) capital adequacy ratio has no influence for lending, and (5) loan to deposit ratio has positive influence for lending.
The truth about in vitro culture of Cryptosporidium species

Abstract Cryptosporidium research has focused on the development of infection control, and effective therapy that has thus far been hampered by the inability to culture Cryptosporidium in vitro. Other limitations include inadequate animal models, cumbersome screening procedures for chemotherapeutic approaches and a lack of tools for genetic manipulation. These limitations can, however, be eased by the improvement and focused development of in vitro cultivation. The ability to culture relevant Cryptosporidium isolates in vitro and to propagate the life cycle stages that are responsible for causing disease in an infected host is still a critical link. This ability will facilitate other relevant approaches, e.g., the ability to knockout genes and the application of broader screening for drug discoveries and vaccine developments, in combination with new discoveries on the parasite's basic biology, genetic manipulation and new life cycle stages. Success in this effort represents an essential step towards significant progress in the control of cryptosporidiosis.
The Interactive Effects of Perceived Environmental Uncertainty and Control System Type on Managers’ Willingness to Recommend Strategic Change

To remain competitive today, flatter organizations must rely more on middle management in order to adapt in response to demands in the dynamic environments in which they operate. Yet oftentimes organizations do not change even in the face of evolving markets. Using an experiment, we examine how the type of control system used by organizations can shifting middle manager perception of environmental stability as well as influencing their willingness to recommend organizational change. Consistent with our expectations, we find a positive association between middle managers’ perceived environmental uncertainty and their willingness to recommend organizational strategic change. This relationship is moderated by control system type, especially for those middle managers whose perceived environmental uncertainty is low. In particular, we find that relative to interactive control systems, diagnostic control systems are more effective in directing manager attention toward environmental uncertainties and increasing the willingness of those managers to recommend a strategic change. Our results are an initial step in understanding the relationships between environmental uncertainty and control systems and thus can help senior managers design and implement control systems for flatter organizations in dynamic environments where middle managers are critical to initiating adaptive strategic change.
Heats of transition of methylprednisolone and sulfathiazole by a differential thermal analysis method.

Heats of transition and fusion have been determined for methylprednisolone and sulfathiazole by differential thermal analysis calorimetry. Methylprednisolone undergoes an endothermic transition at 209°, with heat of transition, 1380 ± 50 cal. mole −1 . Fusion occurs at 240°, with heat of fusion, 5350 ± 200 cal. mole −1 . Sulfathiazole undergoes an endothermic transition at 161°, with heat of transition, 1420 ± 40 cal. mole −1 . Fusion occurs at 200°, with heat of fusion, 5960 ± 210 cal. mole −1 .
Model-based testing of web service compositions

The use of web services integrated in different applications, especially the composition of services, brings challenges for testing due to their complex interactions. In this paper, we propose an event-based approach to test web service compositions. The approach is based on event sequence graphs which we extend by facilities to consider the specific features of web service compositions. An enterprise service bus component supports the test case execution. A case study, based on a commercial web application, demonstrates the feasibility of the approach and analyzes its characteristics. The results of empirical work suggest that the approach is a promising candidate to reach a high level of confidence and reliability.
The role of design in generating Urban Futures

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Global improvement with cariprazine in the treatment of bipolar I disorder and schizophrenia: A pooled post hoc analysis

Global rating scale measures are useful for assessing the clinical relevance of patient change. Cariprazine, a dopamine D3 and D2 receptor partial agonist, is FDA‐approved for the adult treatment of acute manic/mixed episodes of bipolar I disorder and schizophrenia. Post hoc evaluations of Clinical Global Impressions‐Severity (CGI‐S) scores from the cariprazine pivotal trials in both indications were conducted.
Perceived E-Readiness Factors in E-Commerce Adoption: An Empirical Investigation in a Developing Country

This study explores the factors that affect e-commerce adoption in a developing country. It proposes a research model, based on perceived organizational e-readiness (POER) and perceived environmental e-readiness (PEER), that encompasses innovational, managerial, organizational, and environmental characteristics as determinants of e-commerce adoption and institutionalization. Based on survey data from 150 businesses in South Africa, it finds that initial e-commerce adoption is explained more by POER than by PEER, but PEER factors and POER commitment and governance variables explain the extent of institutionalization of e-commerce. The model links e-readiness to e-commerce adoption and suggests that a combination of PEER and POER factors affect e-commerce adoption. By implication, a multilevel model is essential to explicate the diffusion of e-commerce in developing countries. The results indicate that firms in developing countries should pay attention to both organizational and environmental considerations when making e-commerce adoption decisions. They also imply that investment in infrastructure development by governments and other agencies should go hand-in-hand with schemes for business development and managerial improvement at the organizational level.
Sealing the Deal: Factors Influencing Guest Satisfaction with Accommodation Daily Deals

ABSTRACT This research explores the underlying determinants of guest satisfaction with accommodation purchased through daily deal promotions. The results of a survey of three hundred buyers find a generally high level of satisfaction with the overall experience of accommodation daily deals. The research contributes to the literature by identifying five factors, which underpin guest satisfaction with accommodation daily deals. It presents the first published research, which identifies the factors which significantly influence the level of satisfaction reported by guests for accommodation daily deals. The five factors identified are trade-offs associated with purchasing via a daily deal; the value and integrity of the deal; customer delight with the stay; hotel staff’s knowledge of the deal; and redemption challenges. With the exception of redemption challenges, all other factors are shown to have a significant influence on the guest’s overall satisfaction with their accommodation deal stay experience.
Relationship quality in higher education marketing: the role of social media engagement

ABSTRACT The landscape in consumer marketing is changing due to the rise in popularity of social media. This shift has also affected how higher education institutions build relationships with their stakeholders. This study explores how social media engagement impacts relationship quality between the university and one of its key stakeholder groups, students. Data were collected via an online survey and analyzed using the Mann–Whitney U test, regression and the Kruskal–Wallis test. Results indicated a positive association between students following a university via social media and the perception of having a high-quality relationship with their university, and that following a university on multiple social media sites leads to an even higher perception of relationship quality. The results provide important and timely implications for both universities and higher education marketers. Our findings suggest that higher education marketers should invest resources in social media communications to form high-quality relationships with their stakeholders.
A Model of Securitization When Bank Optimism and Liquidity Matter

We build a market equilibrium model of loan securitization as an alternative explanation of the cause of the recent Financial Crisis where there was initially deteriorating loan quality but coupled with aggressive securitization, and later investors “flight to quality” and market inefficiency and shut-down. Information asymmetry comes from level of optimism and information (in)accuracy. We show that securitization enhances banks’ optimism in the loan market, and being optimistic is preferred to having perfect information in some circumstances. Dominance of optimistic banks blurs quality differences in securitization products, and competition among banks is welfare enhancing only when banks are optimistic. Our findings highlight the importance of awareness of over-optimism in creating contagion of financial fragility, and how capital requirement can alleviate possible financial crisis.
What do we know about corporate social responsibility research? a content analysis

Abstract Using content analysis, the objectives of the current study are: (1) to provide a systematic review of the corporate social responsibility (CSR) literature, (2) to examine underlying trends in CSR research, (3) to identify milestones in the development of CSR research, and (4) to clarify and categorise the structure of CSR studies. An examination of 774 selected CSR articles shows a significant upward trend in the volume of CSR publications, particularly in the 2000s. Among these articles, 122 papers from leading academic journals are further analysed to classify and label the development stages of CSR research as: incubation, exploration, adolescent development and relative maturity stages. Our findings also reveal five major CSR research themes: concepts and reviews, corporate context, CSR-related strategy, corporate reputation and the linkage between corporate social performance (CSP) and corporate financial performance (CFP). The paper concludes with suggestions for future CSR research.
A Theoretical Discussion of Internal Audit Effectiveness in Kuwaiti Industrial SMEs

This paper aims to scrutinise the association between the internal audit effectiveness and the four factors associated with International Standards for Professional Practice of Internal Auditing (ISPPIA): independence of internal auditors, scope of internal auditors, management support, and audited cooperation. The relationship between these factors and Satisfaction of internal auditors is also examined. Further, the moderating effect on the relationship between these factors (if present) and the effectiveness of IA among industrial SMEs in Kuwait are investigated through satisfaction of internal auditors. By ascertaining the effectiveness of IA at the industrial firms via theories as well as variables, this paper broadens the available literature on the effectiveness of IA.
Lack of Association between Negative Priming and Necker Cube Reversals

50 undergraduates were tested on two tasks presented in a counterbalanced fashion: their ability to inhibit irrelevant information measured on a negative priming task involving letter case information and on the number of Necker Cube reversals produced in a specific time period. Since number of reversals presumably reflects a person's ability to see various interpretations of the Necker Cube, this assumes that multiple interpretations are available to a subject and no one interpretation dominates over another. If true, then more reversals could indicate an ability to inhibit irrelevant information. That is, observing one reversal at the expense of another reversal indicates a subject can adequately inhibit these various interpretations successfully, with more reversals indicating a higher ability to inhibit information successfully. Although it was predicted that negative priming performance would be related to the number of Necker Cube reversals, this was not the case (r = −.07).
ANALISIS PENGARUH INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY SET, CASH CONVERSION CYCLE DAN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE TERHADAP CASH HOLDINGS

The purpose of this study is to get empirical evidence about the influence of investment opportunity set, cash conversion cycle and corporate governance structure of the cash holdings. The population in this study using secondary data on the company's property and real estate sectors which are listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange period 2008 to 2014. Sampling was done by purposive sampling method with the samples obtained as many as 34 companies. This study using multiple regression analysis model on testing the hypothesis. The analysis showed investment opportunity set (IOS) as measured by MBVA affect positively on cash holdings, the results of hypothesis testing in accordance with the pecking order theory which states that a high level of IOS which will create demand for the supply of high cash. The analysis also shows that the size of the board of commissioners had positive effect on cash holdings which indicates that the board size small facilitate control and accelerate decision-making, so that commissioners can act faster and easier to monitor management actions that can act according to its own interests. While the analysis showed that cash conversion cycle, independent directors and institutional ownership has no effect on cash holdings
The role of phosphoinositide 3‐kinase and phosphatidic acid in the regulation of mammalian target of rapamycin following eccentric contractions

Resistance exercise induces a hypertrophic response in skeletal muscle and recent studies have begun to shed light on the molecular mechanisms involved in this process. For example, several studies indicate that signalling by the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is necessary for a hypertrophic response. Furthermore, resistance exercise has been proposed to activate mTOR signalling through an upstream pathway involving the phosphoinositide 3‐kinase (PI3K) and protein kinase B (PKB); however, this hypothesis has not been thoroughly tested. To test this hypothesis, we first evaluated the temporal pattern of signalling through PI3K–PKB and mTOR following a bout of resistance exercise with eccentric contractions (EC). Our results indicated that the activation of signalling through PI3K–PKB is a transient event (<15 min), while the activation of mTOR is sustained for a long duration (>12 h). Furthermore, inhibition of PI3K–PKB activity did not prevent the activation of mTOR signalling by ECs, indicating that PI3K–PKB is not part of the upstream regulatory pathway. These observations led us to investigate an alternative pathway for the activation of mTOR signalling involving the synthesis of phosphatidic acid (PA) by phospholipase D (PLD). Our results demonstrate that ECs induce a sustained elevation in [PA] and inhibiting the synthesis of PA by PLD prevented the activation of mTOR. Furthermore, we determined that similar to ECs, PA activates mTOR signalling through a PI3K–PKB‐independent mechanism. Combined, the results of this study indicate that the activation of mTOR following eccentric contractions occurs through a PI3K–PKB‐independent mechanism that requires PLD and PA.
Oocyte and Embryo Polarity

The development of all low-order animals and noneutherian mammals follows an organized, polarized directional course from fertilization through fetal development. New evidence points to a fundamental polarization during all steps of mammalian development, from the early oocyte through fertilization and gastrulation. The generator of this polarization is primarily at the genetic level, with the results of gene expression and checkpoints being manifested in phenotype. Although cell-cell interactions reinforce the polarization of the embryo, they are not the underlying means of establishing axes in eutherian embryos. The ability of mammalian cells to remain totipotent is only partial, with little evidence that isolated blastomeres can result in full fetal development. The isolated blastomere can, however, contribute to development if reintroduced into a polarized environment. Polarization begins in the unovulated oocyte and is reinforced at fertilization. The axes and polarization established at fertilization endure through to the blastocyst stage and define the axes during gastrulation and fetal development.
Essays on firm behaviour in the euro area

This thesis examines firms' real decisions using a large panel of unquoted euro area firms over the period 2003-2011. To this end, this thesis is composed of five chapters in which three are the main empirical chapters. They assess the dimensions of firm behaviour across different specifications. Each of these chapters provide a detailed discussion on the contribution, theoretical and empirical background as well as the panel data techniques which are implemented. Chapter 1 describes the introduction and outline of the thesis. Chapter 2 presents an empirical analysis on the link between financial pressure and firms' employment level. In this set-up, it is explored the strength of financial pressure during the financial crisis. It is also tested whether this effect has a different impact for financially constrained and unconstrained firms in the periphery and non-periphery regions. The results of this chapter denote that financial pressure exerts a negative impact on firms' employment decisions and that this effect is stronger during the crisis for financially constrained firms in the periphery. Chapter 3 analyses the cash policies of private and public firms. Controlling for firm size and other standard variables in the literature of cash holdings, empirical findings suggest that private firms hold higher cash reserves than their public counterparts indicating a greater precautionary demand for cash by the former. The relative difference between these two type of firms decreases (increases) the higher (lower) is the the level of financial pressure. The findings are robust to various model specifications and over different sub-samples. Overall, this chapter shows the relevance of firms' size. Taken together, the findings of Chapter 3 are in line with the early literature on cash holdings and contradict the recent studies, which find that the precautionary motive to hold cash is less pronounced for private firms than for public ones. Chapter 4 undertakes an investigation on the relation between firms' stocks of inventories and trade credit (i.e. extended and taken) whilst controlling for the firms' size, the characteristics of the goods transacted, the recent financial crisis and the development of the banking system. The main findings provide evidence of a trade-off between trade credit extended and firms' stock of inventories. In other words, firms' prefer to extend credit in the form of stocks to their financially constrained customers to avoid holdings costly inventories and to increase their sales levels. The provision of trade credit by the firms also depends on the characteristics of the goods transacted. This impact is stronger during the crisis. Larger and liquid banking systems reduce the trade-off between the volume of stocks of inventories and the amount sold on credit. Trade credit taken is not affected by firms' stock of inventories. Chapter 5 presents the conclusions of the thesis. It provides the main contributions, implications and future research of each empirical chapter.
Analytical modelling and finite element computation of radial vibration force in fractional-slot permanent magnet brushless machines

Analytical models have been developed for analysing the radial vibration force in fractional-slot permanent magnet machines and validated extensively by finite element analyses. They are used to investigate the influence of (a) stator slotting, (b) tangential field component, (c) radius in the airgap for computation, and (d) load condition etc. on the radial vibration force calculation. The major findings can be summarised as follows. (1) Even on open-circuit, the low harmonic component (e.g. 2nd for 10-pole/12-slot machine, and 1st for 8-pole/9-slot machine) of radial force exists due to slotting effect although the amplitude is relatively low, while the slotless analytical model cannot predict this phenomenon; (2) However, on load, slotless analytical model is accurate enough in the radial force analysis, since in this case, the low order harmonic component of radial force is mainly due to the interaction between the magnet field and the armature reaction field, and is largely determined by the combination of pole and slot numbers; (3) It is much more reliable to calculate the radial force in the middle of airgap, rather than close to the stator bore, while the harmonic contents of radial force are almost independent of radius in the airgap; (4) The simple formula accounts only for the radial field component in the middle of airgap is accurate enough for radial force calculation.
An Evaluation of Two-Level and Three-Level Zero-Voltage Zero-Current Switching Converters

This paper presents a comparative evaluation of the two-level full-bridge zero-voltage zero-current switching (ZVZCS) converter and the three-level half-bridge ZVZCS converter. The paper analyzes the operation and soft-switching limits of both converters, compares them from a theoretical point of view, and presents an approach to optimize their designs. Experimental results are presented to illustrate the performance of both converters.
Almond witches'-broom phytoplasma: a potential threat to almond, peach, and nectarine

A lethal phytoplasma disease of almond, almond witches'-broom (AlmWB), spread rapidly in Lebanon, killing about a hundred thousand trees within 10 years. This phytoplasma was the first member of the pigeon pea group reported to infect stone fruits. Preliminary results of grafting experiments proved that AlmWB could be transmitted by grafting to almond, peach, and nectarine but not to apricot, plum, and cherry. The occurrence of this disease at altitudes ranging from sea level to about 1000 m makes it a major potential threat to almond, nectarine, and peach in the major stone fruit production areas. Using universal primers, nested polymerase chain reaction is normally required for detection; however, the new primers described here allow efficient detection from the first run of polymerase chain reaction.Key words: phytoplasma, almond witche's-broom, almond, stone fruits, Prunus spp. , PCR detection.