Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Unique Characteristics and Business Dynamics of Media Products

Abstract This discussion article explores how media products differ among themselves and how those differences affect the economic forces they encounter, business dynamics of their industries, and the strategies employed. It suggests that media can be characterized as single or continuous creation products, as operating in unit cost or fixed cost economies, and as focusing on failure management or success management strategies. It also explores supply side and demand side differences between media and other products and how these affect media industry business dynamics.
Trust and Certification in Financial Markets: Evidence from Reactions to Earnings News

We test whether trust affects how investors process financial information around earnings announcements. Using survey measures of social trust of local residents in the United States, we find that firms located in low trust regions experience significant under–reaction to earnings news. External certification – either by obtaining credit ratings or employing high quality auditors – helps to mitigate this effect. The passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act largely reduces the relation between trust and under-reaction to earnings surprises, highlighting the interconnection between trust, certification, and investor perceptions.
The spectral mapping theorem for joint approximate point spectrum

The spectral mapping theorem for joint approximate point spectrum is proved when A is an «-tuple of commuting operators on a Banach space and ƒ is any w-tuple of rational functions for which f (A) is defined. The purpose of the paper is to show how properties of parts of the joint spectrum can be obtained by use of spaces of sequences of vectors. The method (first used for general Banach spaces in [4]) provides very simple proofs of some known results ; but the main result is believed to be new. Throughout the paper, we deal with n-tuples of bounded operators on a Banach space 2£ 9 whose vectors are denoted by x, y, • • •. It will be convenient to use a symbol such as A to denote an «-tuple of operators and a symbol such as A to denote an «-tuple of complex numbers: A = (Al9 • • • , An)9 A=(Al5 • • • , AJ, 0=(0 , • • • , 0). The one-sided spectra of interest in this paper are not defined in terms of existence of Banachalgebra inverses, the context of the papers of Robin Harte ([5], [6]); they are the somewhat different spectra of the following definition. (However, in the special case that 2£ is a Hilbert space, our result is a corollary of Harte's.) DEFINITION. We say 0eov(A) in case there exists a nonzero xe& such that Ax=0 (i.e., AjX=0 for j=l, • • • , « ) . We say 0 e av(A) in case for every £>0 there exists a unit vector xeSC such that \Ax\<& (i.e., \\AjX\\ <e for j=l, • • • , n). We say 0 G ao(Al9 • • • , An) in case 0 e av(A*9 • • • , A*), where A* denotes the Banachspace adjoint of A$. We say X G av(A) in case 0 G ap(A—A), and similarly for aV9 ao. The set av(A) is called the 'point spectrum' of the n-tuple A; the set ov(A)9 its 'approximate point spectrum' or 'left approximate spectrum' ; the set ao(A), its 'approximate defect spectrum' or 'right approximate spectrum'. AMS (MOS) subject classifications (1970). Primary 47A10; Secondary 47A20, 47A60.
Internet Service Features and Satisfaction among Internet Banking Users

Internet banking gives customers the option to perform banking transactions and other related activities on the go or from home, twenty-four hours a day, 365 days a year. With improved efficiency and effectiveness more transactions can be processed faster and conveniently, which impact the overall bank’s performance. Banks want their customers to migrate from conventional banking to internet banking a means to ease their transaction processes. However, it is rather difficult to get a buy-in among customers as many are worried about the application limitations, security issues and inadequacies of internet connection quality. Though the numbers of internet banking users have increased annually, the numbers of active users are still unimpressive. A sizeable percentage of bank customers are either not ready or unwilling to use internet banking. Hence, to strategize and convince customers to use internet banking, mandates the need to understand their satisfaction on key service features offered through internet banking to them. A conceptual model with nine factors namely, ease of use, accessibility, feature availability, customer support, security, privacy, content, fees and charges, and also transaction and payment was developed and empirically tested using self-report survey data from 120 internet banking users from 3 branches in Shah Alam, Selangor. Simple random sampling was used to select respondents and data analyzed through SPSS. Four factors that is, ease of use, customer support, privacy, and transaction and payment were found to have significantly influenced customer satisfaction toward internet banking transaction. This calls for continuous innovation among banking institutions to enhance these service features to sustain the interest and satisfaction of their internet banking users.
The Coupon-Prone Consumer: Some Findings Based on Purchase Behavior across Product Classes

An assumption in prior research on deal-prone or coupon-prone buyers has been that buying on deal is influenced in part by a household's demographic characteristics. One implication is that households that are deal-prone or coupon-prone in one product class should be so in other product classes. The authors develop a model of coupon usage across product classes that explains why households might behave consistently in their coupon usage across product classes. Purchase data are analyzed across seven product classes for each household to test the hypothesis that coupon usage is not independent across product classes and to identify differences in demographic variables and purchasing behavior between coupon-prone and non-coupon-prone households.
Network Related Issues For Cooperative Diversity

Cooperative diversity is a network problem which can exist across several layers in layered network architecture. It has been found from continuous work on relay channel for information theory community that there are several other fields of research to build from and relate to, including single user multi-antenna systems and various results for ad-hoc networks (especially in multi-hop routing).
Understanding the Role of Complaint Handling on Consumer Loyalty in Service Relationships

ABSTRACT The authors explore the role of 5 drivers of loyalty: customer usage level, service pricing, service quality, membership in the firm's loyalty program, and satisfaction with complaint handling. The effects of these drivers may differ for customers who complain versus those who do not complain, as well as for satisfied complainers versus dissatisfied complainers. Testing the proposed models with customers of a large airline, the authors found that satisfaction with complaint handling was key to consumer recommendation of the service to others. The results also underscore the importance of service quality and service pricing as determinants of customer loyalty.
Is private production of public services cheaper than public production? A meta-regression analysis of solid waste and water services

Privatization of local government services is assumed to deliver cost savings, but empirical evidence for this from around the world is mixed. We conduct a meta-regression analysis of all econometric studies examining privatization of water distribution and solid waste collection services and find no systematic support for lower costs with private production. Differences in study results are explained by differences in time period of the analyses, service characteristics, and policy environment. We do not find a genuine empirical effect of cost savings resulting from private production. The results suggest that to ensure cost savings, more attention be given to the cost characteristics of the service, the transaction costs involved, and the policy environment stimulating competition, rather than to the debate over public versus private delivery of these services.
Nonlinear Periodization Maximizes Strength Gains in Split Resistance Training Routines

Monteiro, AG, Aoki, MS, Evangelista, AL, Alveno, DA, Monteiro, GA, Piçarro, IDC, and Ugrinowitsch, C. Nonlinear periodization maximizes strength gains in split resistance training routines. J Strength Cond Res 23(4): 1321-1326, 2009-The purpose of our study was to compare strength gains after 12 weeks of nonperiodized (NP), linear periodized (LP), and nonlinear periodized (NLP) resistance training models using split training routines. Twenty-seven strength-trained men were recruited and randomly assigned to one of 3 balanced groups: NP, LP, and NLP. Strength gains in the leg press and in the bench press exercises were assessed. There were no differences between the training groups in the exercise pre-tests (p > 0.05) (i.e., bench press and leg press). The NLP group was the only group to significantly increase maximum strength in the bench press throughout the 12-week training period. In this group, upper-body strength increased significantly from pre-training to 4 weeks (p < 0.0001), from 4 to 8 weeks (p = 0.004), and from 8 weeks to the post-training (p < 0.02). The NLP group also exhibited an increase in leg press 1 repetition maximum at each time point (pre-training to 4 weeks, 4-8 week, and 8 weeks to post-training, p < 0.0001). The LP group demonstrated strength increases only after the eight training week (p = 0.02). There were no further strength increases from the 8-week to the post-training test. The NP group showed no strength increments after the 12-week training period. No differences were observed in the anthropometric profiles among the training models. In summary, our data suggest that NLP was more effective in increasing both upper- and lower-body strength for trained subjects using split routines.
The Input–Output Transformation of the Hippocampal Granule Cells: From Grid Cells to Place Fields

Grid cells in the rat medial entorhinal cortex fire (periodically) over the entire environment. These cells provide input to hippocampal granule cells whose output is characterized by one or more small place fields. We sought to understand how this input–output transformation occurs. Available information allows simulation of this process with no freely adjustable parameters. We first examined the spatial distribution of excitation in granule cells produced by the convergence of excitatory inputs from randomly chosen grid cells. Because the resulting summation depends on the number of inputs, it is necessary to use a realistic number (∼1200) and to take into consideration their 20-fold variation in strength. The resulting excitation maps have only modest peaks and valleys. To analyze how this excitation interacts with inhibition, we used an E%-max (percentage of maximal suprathreshold excitation) winner-take-all rule that describes how gamma-frequency inhibition affects firing. We found that simulated granule cells have firing maps that have one or more place fields whose size and number approximates those observed experimentally. A substantial fraction of granule cells have no place fields, as observed experimentally. Because the input firing rates and synaptic properties are known, the excitatory charge into granule cells could be calculated (2–3 pC) and was found to be only somewhat larger than required to fire granule cells (1 pC). We conclude that the input–output transformation of dentate granule does not depend strongly on synaptic modification; place field formation can be understood in terms of simple summation of randomly chosen excitatory inputs, in conjunction with a winner-take-all network mechanism.
Assessing Trade Show Functions and Performance: An Exploratory Study

Though trade shows are an important marketing tool, as evidenced by their frequency of use and expenditure level, little research has examined this activity. The authors document the selling and non-selling roles of trade shows and identify marketing and trade show strategy-related variables that affect performance. Their study is a necessary first step in understanding how trade shows are used and identifying factors that should be considered in the management of this promotion medium.
Defects of ocular movement and fusion after head injury.

made walking difficult. His convergence was good. I4 months after the accident he was found to have no convergence; fusion was present on lateroversions; but 4 months later fusion could not be demonstrated. The fusion began to improve after 5 months (almost 2 years after the accident) and was quite strong i month later. Temporary prisms were prescribed and he eventually achieved good fusion and stereopsis without them.
Determining and assessing the determinants of e‐service operations

The rapid growth of the Internet has provided tremendous opportunities for service companies to offer quality services. The prime drivers and motivations for offering such services through the Net are to reduce transaction costs and to provide efficient and effective service to customers. But what are the determinants essential for building a successful electronic service (e‐service) operation? This paper addresses this specific issue by isolating the essential determinants from the available literature, and assessing them individually to obtain better insights and understanding. This could help companies to design and develop robust foundations on which to build successful e‐service operations. The boundaries between e‐service, e‐business and e‐commerce are blurred and sometimes confusing. This paper aims to clarify some of these ambiguities.
New method for terminating cardiac arrhythmias. Use of synchronized capacitor discharge.

THE ECTOPIC TACHYCARDIAS are currently treated by either vagal stimulation or drugs. The 3 most effective drugs are quinidine, procainamide hydrochloride, and the digitalis glycosides. When the ectopic mechanism drives the ventricles at rates above 160 per minute, cardiac output falls and coronary blood flow is compromised. This is most likely to occur with ventricular tachycardia which constitutes a serious cardiac emergency requiring immediate treatment. Frequently, however, the arrhythmia cannot be terminated promptly. Reversion with drugs generally involves a time-consuming biologic titration. Since it is impossible in any one patient to predict either the effective or the toxic dose, small increments of antiarrhythmic drugs are given at frequent intervals until a therapeutic end point is reached. The interval between doses is determined by the gravity of the patient's illness as well as by the rapidity of action of the particular agent. It may thus take minutes, days, or even weeks
A proteomic comparison of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded pancreatic tissue from autoimmune pancreatitis, chronic pancreatitis, and pancreatic cancer.

CONTEXT Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue is a standard for specimen preservation, and as such FFPE tissue banks are an untapped resource of histologically-characterized specimens for retrospective biomarker investigation for pancreatic disease. OBJECTIVES We use liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) to compare FFPE specimens from three different diseases of the exocrine pancreas. DESIGN We investigated the proteomic profile of FFPE pancreatic tissue from 9 archived specimens that were histologically classified as: autoimmune pancreatitis (n=3), chronic pancreatitis (n=3), and pancreatic cancer (n=3), using LC-MS/MS. SETTING This is a proteomic analysis experiment of FFPE pancreatic tissue in an academic center. PATIENTS FFPE tissue specimens were provided by Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center (Boston, MA, USA). INTERVENTIONS FFPE tissue specimens were collected via routine surgical resection procedures. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES We compared proteins identified from chronic pancreatitis, autoimmune pancreatitis, and pancreatic cancer FFPE pancreatic tissue. RESULTS We identified 386 non-redundant proteins from 9 specimens. Following our filtering criteria, 73, 29, and 53 proteins were identified exclusively in autoimmune pancreatitis, chronic pancreatitis, and pancreatic cancer specimens, respectively. CONCLUSIONS We report that differentially-expressed proteins can be identified among FFPE tissues specimens originating from individuals with different histological diagnoses. These proteins merit further confirmation with a greater number of specimens and orthogonal validation, such as immunohistochemistry. The mass spectrometry-based methodology used herein has the potential to enhance diagnostic biomarker and therapeutic target discovery, further advancing pancreatic research.
Uruguayan MSMEs: Determinants of Financial Access and its Impact on Performance Enhancing Activities

Latin American MSMEs differ with respect to their OECD counterparts with respect to the productivity gap between MSMEs and large firms – which is higher in Latin American countries –, as well as to the level of integration in value chains – which is lower – and their informality degree – which is higher (Llisterri & Garcia-Alba, 2008). All three dimensions point towards the need of addressing the necessity of Latin American MSMEs of becoming more integrated into the formal grid of the economy. There is also a clear need of being better able to network with both public and private organizations, so as to improve their access to finance and information. Among Uruguayan MSMEs, around 20% are informal and only 25% are integrated in higher value chains or coordinate their activities with other firms. In this paper we study whether Uruguayan MSMEs’ growth and productivity enhancing activities could be fostered through an adequate regulatory framework and the generation of new channels of accessing financing resources.The objective of our research will be hence threefold. First, we will start by describing the main characteristics of Uruguayan MSMEs. Secondly, we will analyze the determinants of MSMEs’ access to finance. After this, we will construct an index of productivity enhancing activities and study its relation with formality, the firm’s degree of bancarization, entrepreneurship and the firm’s use of information, amongst other factors.
Recent advances in symplectic flexibility

Flexible and rigid methods coexisted in symplectic topology from its inception. While the rigid methods dominated the development of the subject during the last three decades, the balance has somewhat shifted to the flexible side in the last three years. In the talk we survey the recent advances in symplectic flexibility in the work of S. Borman, K. Cieliebak, T. Ekholm, E. Murphy, I. Smith, and the author. This survey article is an expanded version of author’s article [27] and his talk at the Current Events Bulletin at the AMS meeting in Baltimore in January 2014. It also uses materials from the papers [6, 9, 20, 32] and the book [8].
THE TREATMENT OF INSOMNIA THROUGH THE USE OF ELECTROSLEEP: AN EEG STUDY

In order to test whether electrosleep is an effective therapeutic procedure, its effects were assessed on the most common of sleep disorders, sleep onset insomnia. The present research was designed to avoid the inadequacies of previous investigations by a) using a double blind procedure; b) using objective evaluation procedures (EEG recordings); and c) using the recommended number and distribution of treatments. Additionally, subjective sleep evaluation and personality-psychopathology data were obtained. Ten volunteers with objectively established insomnia were randomly assigned to one of two experimental conditions. These conditions were electrosleep treatment and simulated electrosleep treatment. Initially, each subject (S) spend 3 successive nights in the sleep laboratory for the EEG-EOG monitoring of his night-time sleep patterns. This was followed by a series of 24 daytime “treatments,rdquo; each 15 minutes in duration. Following this phase, each S again spent 2 nights in the sleep laboratory, at which time post-treatment effects were measured. After 14 no-treatment days, each S returned to the sleep laboratory for follow-up measurement. On the basis of EEG measures, the actual treatment group exhibited a statistically significant decline in the latency of sleep onset, percentage of total bed time awake, and percentage of total sleep time in stage 1 sleep. A significant increase in the percentage of total sleep time in stage 4 and total delta sleep was found. Additionally, subjectively reported latencies of sleep onset declined significantly. These post-treatment results were maintained at follow-up. Significant differences were not found in the simulated treatment group. Possible group differences in age, chronicity of insomnia, psychopathology, sex, participation in psychotherapy, placebo reactivity and suggestibility arc discussed in terms of a “selective” placebo effect. These alternatives are discounted before concluding that electrosleep is truly an effective therapeutic procedure in the treatment of sleep onset insomnia.
Promotional Practices of Cable News Networks: A Comparative Analysis of New and Traditional Spaces

In an integrated media environment where news networks seek synergistic opportunities for their parent companies, news content is increasingly susceptible to promotional influence. A comparative content analysis of new and traditional news spaces on U.S. cable television news networks Cable News Network, MSNBC, and Fox News Channel examined the video screen space and the news crawl, or “ticker,” space. Findings reveal that, proportionally, more promotional content occurs within the traditional video content space when compared to the ticker space. However, it was also shown that the ticker acts as a general branding agent for 2 of the 3 networks. Content dispersion also suggests a unique “content identity” for each news brand. The study found no evidence of “covert” promotion for synergistic gain—a positive result for news consumers.
Corporate Governance and Performance in Vietnamese Commercial Banks

The issue of corporate governance has been increasingly popular in recent years. Corporate governance is considered to be one of the most critical factors influencing firm performance and in banking sector it is particularly important as banks play a specific role in the economic system through the way it facilitates capital allocation and help minimize risk for businesses. This paper is aimed at filling the gap by presenting the issue of bank corporate governance in terms of both theoretical framework and empirical study. In the theoretical framework, the research provides readers with the fundamental aspects of corporate governance in general and bank corporate governance in particular with two popular frameworks. The empirical study presents a selection of banks for the sample and uses econometric models to test the effect of several corporate governance variables on bank performance. From the result of the research, it has been found out that the number of members in Board of Director and the ratio of Capital Adequacy have great influence on the performance of the Vietnamese commercial banks.