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Purchase Intention of Anthropomorphic Chair is Influenced by Visual Attractiveness and Pleasure

In today’s highly competitive market, success story of a product depends on numerous factors which include human factor issues like consumer’s perception towards product’s physical attributes. Visual attractiveness and consequent perceived pleasure are two very important determinants for product choice, reported by various researchers. In this regard, form of product plays a crucial role for product’s acceptance in market. Empirical research findings indicate that form has definite role in creating visual attractiveness and perceived pleasure. Anthropomorphic form (human like form) has long been used in product design but there is rarely reported study on how anthropomorphic product affects purchase intention through its visual appearance and emotional appeal (pleasure). Hence, present research aimed to observe influence of anthropomorphic form variations of chairs on purchase intention, considering visual attractiveness and pleasure as underlying human factors. The whole study was subdivided into three parts. In first part, effect of anthropomorphic form of chair on level of anthropomorphism was investigated while second part of this study described relationships among anthropomorphism, visual attractiveness, pleasure and purchase intention. Last part of this study described the influence of visual attractiveness and pleasure on anthropomorphic product purchase intention. Results of current research were able to establish that perception of anthropomorphism depends on types of anthropomorphic form; and, participants perceived more visual attractiveness and pleasure for the product (chair) with higher level of anthropomorphic appearance. Moreover, purchase A. Chowdhury et al 134 intention was higher for anthropomorphic chair with more visual attractiveness and pleasure. Therefore, it can be concluded that anthropomorphic chair might have good market acceptance if human factor issues like attractiveness and pleasure can be enhanced.
Attitudes of Children with Hearing Loss towards Public Inclusive Education

Background: This study raised the following problem: How reliable is the Inclusion for Children and Adolescents Questionnaire (ICAQ) when measuring the attitudes of students with hearing loss towards inclusive education (IE) in public schools in the Canary Islands? Methods: The sample consisted of 297 students from the province of Gran Canaria, and 137 students from the province of Tenerife, with an average age of 11 years old. An exploratory factor analysis determined the reliability and relevance of ICAQ. Results: The authors found four factors of students’ attitudes towards IE: Family involvement and use of technology, inclusion in the centre, communication with medical specialists, and assessment of the support technology. Conclusion: There were significant differences between the students with hearing loss in terms of the following factors: Inclusion in the centre and assessment of the support technology. The total score of students’ attitudes towards IE was high. This piece of research is very important for the governing body of any school administration, especially in relation to schools’ educational planning and IE.
The association of depression with lower urinary tract symptoms: data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2005–2008

Background To identify the factors associated with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), we investigated associations between psychological factors, including depression and sleep disorders, and LUTS using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) database. Materials and Methods The NHANES database was examined for the period of 2005 to 2008. Men older than 40 years, who had completed questionnaires surveying their kidney/urologic, prostate, mental health, and sleep conditions were included in this study. LUTS was defined as the presence of two or more of the following symptoms: incomplete emptying, urinary hesitancy, urinary frequency, and nocturia. Multivariable models using logistic regression were used to compare groups of men with or without LUTS. Results Of 1,820 participants, 110 (6.1%) men reported depression, and 235 (12.9%) presented with LUTS. Men with LUTS were older and had a significantly higher prevalence of depression and unemployment. Sleep disorder was not associated with LUTS. Multivariable logistic regression models demonstrated that men reporting moderate depression had the highest age-adjusted odds (odds ratio = 5.89, 95% CI [3.44–10.11]; p < 0.001) of reporting clinical LUTS. Conclusions A significant association was observed between LUTS and depression, and between LUTS and employment status. Although the pathophysiology of these relationships is unclear, physicians should consider multi-disciplinary evaluation and treatment approaches for LUTS.
CRITERIA FOR DECISION MAKING AND ECONOMIC THRESHOLD LEVEL FOR WILD RADISH IN WHEAT CROP Critérios para

ABSTRACT Weed competition limits wheat yield by reducing the availability of essential resources for its growth and development. In this sense, this study aimed to estimate the economic threshold level (ETL) of wild radish (Raphanus raphanistrum) in competition with wheat cultivars. Treatments were arranged in a factorial scheme. The factor wheat cultivar consisted of early (BRS 328), medium (BRS 177), and late (BRS Umbu) cycles and the factor wild radish population ranged from 0 to 564 plants m-2 (10 populations) for the cultivar BRS 328, 0 to 472 plants m2 for the cultivar BRS 177 (11 populations), and 0 to 724 plants m-2 for the cultivar BRS Umbu (10 populations). The early-cycle BRS 328 presented a higher competitive ability when compared to the medium-cycle BRS 177 and late-cycle BRS Umbu. Yield losses of wheat grains due to wild radish interference can be satisfactorily estimated by the rectangular hyperbola model using the variables plant population, shoot dry matter, soil cover, and leaf area of the weed. ETL values varied as a function of the cultivar cycle, being higher for the cultivar BRS 328 (early) > BRS 177 (medium) > BRS Umbu (late). Wild radish is competitive in wheat crop, requiring at least 1.6 plants m-2 for control to be justified.
The Use of Social Media Technologies (SMT) among Academic Librarians in South-West, Nigeria

The technological advancement that Social Media Technologies (SMT) has brought to librarianship as a discipline cannot be over emphasized. This study seeks to examine the use of SMT by academic librarians in South-West, Nigeria. The study takes into cognizance SMT use in the area of the Provision of Library and Information Service Delivery to library clienteles; and the Professional development of academic librarians. The study will be underpinned by Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) and its constructs will be examined in relation to SMT use behaviour of academic librarians. Survey research method design will be adopted and the study takes complete enumeration of all academic librarians in the six-selected universities. Data will be collected using both questionnaires and interviews. University librarians of the six universities will be interviewed, while questionnaires will be administered to other academic librarians. Quantitative data will be analysed using IBM SPSS while qualitative data from the interview schedules will also be analysed using thematic content analysis. The outcome from the study is expected to improve practice, influence academic community, inform policy and extend theory in the field of SMT use in academic libraries based on a developing country context.
Mental health and depression among BP patients of district Kulgam

Depression and high blood pressure are the persistent feelings of sadness and loss of interest. These are also called major clinical disorders, as it affects your feelings, thinking and behaviors well as physical problems. In this study we investigated number of individuals in three variables i.e. age, sex with respect to blood pressure in district Kulgam of Jammu Kashmir.
Decomposing Momentum

We decompose the momentum profits based on total stock returns into three components: a long-term average alpha component that reverses, a stock beta component that accounts for the dynamic market exposure (and momentum crash risk), and a residual return component that drives the momentum effect (and subsumes total-return momentum). The variation in total-return momentum across market states and business cycles is attributable to the time-varying performance of the long-term reversal component, while residual-return momentum is invariant over time. Hence, we establish a dichotomy between intermediate-term momentum and long-term reversal: stocks that experience momentum are different from the ones that reverse.
PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES OF ARCHITECTURE GRADUATES: PERCEPTIONS FROM GRADUATES, ACADEMICS AND EMPLOYERS IN THE NIGERIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

The clamour for better quality graduates by architects in the Nigerian Construction Industry (NCI) necessitates a look into the core competencies and the adequacy of architecture education in preparing architecture graduates for professional practice. 116 self-report likertscale questionnaires from architecture graduates (2009-2015), academics and employers were analysed to establish core competencies developed by the graduates while in school. Descriptive statistics, t-tests as well as Mann-Whitney tests for differences in ratings were employed for the study. Results reveal the perceived adequacy of architecture education for the future career of graduates from the academic perspective. Graduates were most proficient at design related competencies while AutoCAD was still considered the most important CAD competency for architecture graduates in the NCI. The study recommends more frequent evaluations of competencies for employability in collaboration with industry as well as embracing BIM related software in line with global best practices. Keywords: Academics, Architecture, Employers, Graduates, Professional competencies, NCI
Eye Movements , Strabismus , Amblyopia , and Neuro-Ophthalmology Horizontal Saccade Dynamics After Childhood Monocular Enucleation

Citation: González EG, Lillakas L, Lam A, Gallie BL, Steinbach MJ. Horizontal saccade dynamics after childhood monocular enucleation. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2013;54:6463–6471. DOI:10.1167/iovs.13-12481 PURPOSE. We investigated the effects of monocularity on oculomotor control by examining the characteristics of the horizontal saccades of people with one eye, and comparing them to those of a group of age-matched controls who viewed the stimuli monocularly and binocularly.
Glaucoma Noninvasive Evaluation of Phase Retardation in Blebs After Glaucoma Surgery Using Anterior Segment Polarization-Sensitive Optical Coherence Tomography

Citation: Fukuda S, Beheregaray S, Kasaragod D, et al. Noninvasive evaluation of phase retardation in blebs after glaucoma surgery using anterior segment polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2014;55:5200–5206. DOI:10.1167/iovs.14-14474 PURPOSE. Evaluation of bleb morphology using anterior segment optical coherence tomography (OCT) can offer important information regarding bleb function after glaucoma surgery. However, analysis of tissue properties, such as scar fibrosis of blebs, is difficult with conventional OCT. The birefringence of the blebs as susceptible measure of fibrosis scar was evaluated using polarization-sensitive OCT (PS-OCT) and its relation with bleb function was assessed.
Seizures in Childhood: Aetiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, and What the Future May Hold

Seizures are one of the most common medical problems affecting children, and epilepsy is the most common chronic neurological condition in children. Childhood epilepsy syndromes include a wide spectrum of disorders ranging from benign to life threatening. While there are many known epilepsy syndromes, there are many factors, which may lead to the development of seizures in children including infection, traumatic brain injury, or structural abnormality. Up to 40% of childhood epilepsies are thought to have some component of genetic involvement. New genes, mutations, and variants involved in epilepsy are being identified continuously. Most of the genes which have been identified encode for neurotransmitter receptors, ion channels, molecules involved in intracellular signalling, or proteins involved in synaptic structure. As new candidate genes in epilepsy are identified, new technologies in genetic testing are becoming available and more accessible, making the molecular diagnosis of epilepsy increasingly relevant to researchers, physicians, patients, and their families. The standard of care and first-line treatment is the use of antiepileptic drugs. For those patients with medication-refractory epilepsy other available therapies include ketogenic diet, vagal nerve stimulator, or epilepsy surgery. The newest advancement in the treatment of paediatric epilepsies is based around the idea of targeted therapy. These therapies incorporate pharmacogenomics, the principle that an individual’s genetic background affects their response to specific drugs, as well as precision medicine, which identifies treatments for the damaged products resulting from specific gene mutations. Many of these therapies are still under research or in trial; however, there is much promise for the future of targeted medications.
Detecting multifractal stochastic processes under the heavy tails effect

Multifractality of a time series can be analyzed using the partition function method based on empirical moments of the process. In this paper we analyze the method when the underlying process has heavy-tailed increments. A nonlinear estimated scaling function and non-trivial spectrum are usually considered as signs of a multifractal property in the data. We show that a large class of processes can produce these effects and that this behavior can be attributed to heavy tails of the process increments. Examples are provided indicating that multifractal features considered can be reproduced by simple heavy-tailed Lévy process.
Regional Integration and the Location of Foreign Direct Investment

We study the impact of regional integration agreements (RIAs) on the location of (FDI) using panel data on bilateral outward foreign direct investment FDI stocks. Our results suggest that common membership in a RIA increases FDI by around 28 percent. In addition, countries that are more open, and whose factor proportions differ more from those in the source country are likely to benefit more from a RIA. Also, while increased market accessibility contributes to attract more FDI to a region as a whole, only countries that offer an attractive environment for FDI are likely to be winners in this game. JEL Classification: F15, F21
COMPARISON OF ESTIMATION METHODS FOR INVERSE WEIBULL PARAMETERS

This paper compares different methods for estimating the parameters of the two parameters inverse Weibull distribution based on complete sample. The maximum likelihood estimators of the parameters are examined and the observed Fisher information matrix provided, the method of moment estimator, the least square estimator, the weighted least square estimator of the parameters of the Inverse Weibull distribution are derived. The performances of the proposed estimators are compare on the basis of their mean square error by carrying simulation study. Finally, the usefulness of the methods are illustrate by real data.
FRACTAL ANALYSIS OF BRAIN GLIAL CELLS . FRACTAL DIMENSION AND LACUNARITY

In human brain, not neurons, but glial cells are predominant, warns neurologist Yves Agid (Sciences et Avenir, Santé, 2017). As a rule, when we talk about our brains we refer exclusively to neurons. However, neurons are not the only ones to support, stimulate, nurture and protect the brain. There are also glial cells. In general, we are talking about the neural brain, but we need to talk about the glial brain! In the brain, glial cells, about 150 billion, are more numerous than neurons (less than 100 billion). Glial cells are of three types: microglia, immune cells that defend the brain; oligodendrogliles that accelerate electrical transmission; astrocytes, super-cells, associated indispensable neurons. Astrocytes, compared to neurons, do not have electrical activity. "Astrocytes are mute," which would explain the lesser interest in neuroscience in the twentieth century. These cells protect the neuron, harbor it and maintain contact with neurotransmitters. Also, if they do not work normally, these ignored cells are involved in the emergence of nervous system diseases, especially neurodegenerative diseases [1]. It is, therefore, an extremely important area of investigation in terms of designing new treatments that act on neurons but also on glial cells.
The Role of Organizational Citizenship Behavior in Mediating the Effect of Organizational Support on Employee Performance

Employee performance is critical to achieving goals while maintaining competitive advantage and performance efficiency. Less work achievement can cause problems for companies. This happens at Four Seasons Resort Bali at Sayan which is caused by the lack of organizational support such as unstable nominal bonus service charge can trigger bad organizational citizenship behavior of employees and impact on its performance. This study aims to explain the effect of organizational support and organizational citizenship behavior on employee performance, and determine whether organizational citizenship behavior is a mediation variable. This research uses proportionate random sampling technique. The sample used is 139 employees of Four Seasons Resort Bali at Sayan. The data obtained were analyzed by descriptive analysis and PLS. The results found that organizational support and organizational citizenship behavior have a positive and significant effect on employee performance. Organizational support has a positive and significant effect on organizational citizenship behavior. Furthermore, organizational citizenship behavior is proven to be a partial mediation of the effect of organizational support on employee performance. The practical implication of this study, it is important for the company to pay attention to employee citizenship behavior in order to improve employee performance. Companies should create employees who have decency. Employees always try to avoid disputes between colleagues and respect the privacy of co-workers. In addition, the company needs to provide an opportunity for its employees to express an opinion that aims for the success of the organization
Impact of Inflation on Firm Capital Structure Decisions in Nigeria: A Panel Data Approach

The study provides empirical evidence on the relationship between inflation and firm capital structure dynamics in Nigeria using firm-level panel data comprising 21 quoted companies over a period of 10 years from 2007 to 2016. Three variants of inflation; core inflation, food inflation and headline inflation, are considered while capital structure is proxied by debt-equity ratio. When the three conventional panel data models; pooled least square, fixed effects and random effects models are estimated and compared, the results show that the random effects model is the most plausible description of the relationship between inflation and firm capital structure. The random effects results show that firm’s financial leverage has a negative relationship with both core and food inflation rates but has a positive relationship with headline inflation rate. However, while none of the estimated coefficients is significant statistically, we argue that given the relatively large size of these coefficients, they are significant economically. Therefore, we conclude that Nigerian firms increase the level of their financial leverage in response to an increase in headline inflation rate but reduce it in response to an increase in both core and food inflation rates.
Lespesia archippivora (Diptera: Tachinidae) Survival and Sex Ratios within Monarch Butterfly (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Hosts

Abstract. We studied factors associated with survival, sex ratio, and seasonality of the tachinid fly Lespesia archippivora parasitizing monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus). A total of 424 L. archippivora flies were collected from 124 parasitized monarch larvae in 2016 and 2017. The majority of flies emerged during the monarch's 5th larval instar. Both fly survival and brood size were higher for those emerging during the 5th instar relative to flies emerging during the 4th instar or pupal stage. Brood size ranged from 1 to 10 flies, and the proportion of each brood that successfully pupated to emerge as adults increased with brood size. Adults emerging from larger broods were lighter and smaller, which likely impacts subsequent fecundity and survival. Overall sex ratio was skewed towards males, with 222 male and 129 female adults identified. L. archippivora were recovered from monarchs both early in the season and at the end of the season, with a gap from mid-June to mid-July; a pattern consistent with a bivoltine life cycle.
Stress-Activity Mapping: Physiological Responses During General Duty Police Encounters

Policing is a highly stressful and dangerous profession that involves a complex set of environmental, psychosocial, and health risks. The current study examined autonomic stress responses experienced by 64 police officers, during general duty calls for service (CFS) and interactions with the public. Advancing previous research, this study utilized GPS and detailed operational police records as objective evidence of specific activities throughout a CFS. These data were then used to map officers’ heart rate to both the phase of a call (e.g., dispatch, enroute) and incident factors (e.g., call priority, use-of-force). Furthermore, physical movement (i.e., location and inertia) was tracked and assisted in differentiating whether cardiovascular reactivity was due to physical or psychological stress. Officer characteristics, including years of service and training profiles, were examined to conduct a preliminary exploration of whether experience and relevant operational skills training impacted cardiovascular reactivity. Study results provide foundational evidence that CFS factors, specifically the phase of the call (i.e., arrival on scene, encountering a subject) and incident factors (i.e., call priority, weapons, arrest, use-of-force), influence physiological stress responses, which may be associated with short-term performance impairments and long-term health outcomes. Implications of research findings for operational policing, police training, and health research are discussed.