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Effects of Capital Structure and Managerial Ownership on Profitability: Experience from Bangladesh

This paper aims at investigating the effects of capital structure and managerial ownership on the profitability of the Bangladeshi companies based on a strongly balanced panel data of 81 manufacturing companies listed under 10 industries in Dhaka Stock Exchange for 2002-2014. The results of Panel Corrected Standard Error (PCSE) regression model suggest that capital structure variables negatively affect ROA but positively affect ROE of the firms. Furthermore, Short term debt influences profitability of the firms more severely compared to Long term debt. On the contrary, managerial ownership positively affects profitability conforming to the Agency cost theory. It was also found that Bangladeshi firms followed aggressive financing strategies that led to an increase in their financial & bankruptcy risks to a great extent. That the financial managers should employ less leverage in the capital structure and minimize agency cost of equity in order to maximize the profitability of firms is the policy implication of this paper. EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-ansi-language: EN-US;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA'>instead of evaluating an individual chain i.e. Service provided by Original Equipment Manufacturers to Telecom Service Providers or vice versa or from Telecom Service Providers to the End Users. Questionnaires feedback was taken from comprehensive chain of services, i.e. forward and backward chain feedback was considered. Research findings suggest that technological support would improve service delivery system and service organizations shall put special emphasize on Service Quality for achieving critical success, which would improve overall Customer Satisfaction, Customer Loyalty, Operational Performance and Firm Profitability.
Evidence of Shelfal Hyperpycnal Deposition of Pliocene Sandstones in the Oilbird Field, Southeast Coast, Trinidad: Impact on Reservoir Distribution

The Pliocene B4 sandstone is an important gas-bearing reservoir in the Oilbird field, Columbus Basin, southeast Trinidad. The B4 sandstone is dominated by fine-grained, massive, and parallel-laminated sandstones interbedded with thinly laminated siltstone and very fine-grained sandstones deposited in a shelfal setting. A detailed sedimentologic study of the B4 reservoir was performed by integrating 60 ft (18.3 m) of core, 3770 ft (1149 m) of borehole image data, open-hole logs, mud logs, and biostratigraphic data. A total of 12 sedimentary facies were described and interpreted on the basis of sedimentation processes using a genetically oriented facies analysis approach. Six facies associations were identified based on the gamma ray (GR) pattern and the vertical facies association. Core data show mostly massive sandstones with very little to no bioturbation. These massive sandstones commonly alternate with intervals having diffuse lamination, which appear as a recurrent feature within the massive bodies. The transitional recurrence of massive and parallel-laminated sandstones indicates velocity fluctuating and sustained turbulent flows. Sedimentologic evidences suggest that the origin of the B4 sandstone could be related to the paleo-Orinoco River-related product of turbidity (hyperpycnal) outflows that extended into the Columbus Basin. The associated occurrence of plant debris favors the interpretation of a direct fluvial supply by rivers in flood stage (hyperpycnal systems). The lateral correlation of facies associations throughout seven wells allowed the identification of six depositional units, named from base to top, A, B, C, D, E, and F. Facies maps for the B4 reservoir have been developed and were constrained by paleocurrent data extracted from image data. The B4 reservoir sand shows a progradational pattern reflecting the infill of a fault-controlled depocenter. Paleoflow data indicate axial transport roughly parallel to the main fault system, indicating that faults were active and controlled the accommodation space. The proposed hyperpycnal depositional model will introduce substantial changes for the prediction of the geometry and position of sandstone accumulations. The hyperpycnal model predicts the occurrence of sand accumulations in the lower parts of the paleolandscape, whereas the higher parts of the basin (margins) are characterized by fine-grained sediments. Thus, this new depositional model could represent a drastic shift in the prospectivity guide for new exploration plays.
First Steps Towards a CPU Made of Spiking Neural P Systems

We consider spiking neural P systems as devices which can be used to perform some basic arithmetic operations, namely addition, subtraction, comparison and multiplica- tion by a fixed factor. The input to these systems are natural numbers expressed in binary form, encoded as appropriate sequences of spikes. A single system accepts as inputs num- bers of any size. The present work may be considered as a first step towards the design of a CPU based on the working of spiking neural P systems.
Effective Vector Data Transmission and Visualization Using HTML5

In this paper we evaluate the potential of the next major revision of HTML (Hypertext Markup Language), that is HTML5, to provide an effective platform for the transmission and visualization of vector based geographical data. Relative to the current version of HTML, HTML 4.01, HTML5 offers an improved platform to perform these tasks through greater interoperability with existing technologies and the introduction of many new API’s. Visualization of vector data can be achieved using the new methods of inline-SVG and the Canvas API. An analysis of the pros and cons of each method is presented. HTML5 introduces a novel WebSocket API which defines a full-duplex communication channel between client and server. This provides improved data communication both in terms of bandwidth utilization and network latency relative to existing push technologies. To demonstrate the effectiveness of HTML5 for vector data delivery a novel selective progressive transmission methodology is implemented using the WebSocket and Canvas API’s.
Acceptance of Mobile Banking Services in Makassar: A Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) Approach

Mobile banking services is a relatively new banking services. This study aims to look customer acceptance of mobile banking services in Makassar and the influencing factors using the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) framework. The design of this study is causal and descriptive with sample of 180 customers selected by convenience and accidental sampling. Data were collected through structured interviews with a questionnaire. The results showed that (1) Perceived Ease of Use significantly influence Perceived Usefulness; (2) Perceived Ease of Use significantly influence Intention to use and (3) Perceived of Usefulness significantly influence intention to use. The research concluded that to increase customer acceptance or adoption of mobile banking services, the banks should pay attention to and highlight factors Perceived Usefulness and Perceived Ease of Use.
The effect of moderate altitude on high intensity running performance during a game with collegiate female soccer players

Competition often requires teams that reside at sea level to compete against opponents whose residence is at a moderate altitude. This may pose a potential competitive disadvantage considering that moderate altitude may cause decrements in VO2max, distance covered, and time to exhaustion in endurance athletes. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of altitude on game performance measures. Six NCAA Division I female soccer players (20.33 ± 1.21 y; 168 ± 6.45 cm; 62.5 ± 6.03 kg) were retrospectively examined. Comparisons were made between two competitions that were played at sea level (SL) within two weeks of a game played at a moderate altitude (1840 m) on game characteristics including high intensity running (HIR) and total distance covered (TDC). Analysis was performed on these six players who met a threshold of playing sixty or more minutes in each competition. A 10-Hz global positioning system (GPS) was used to measure distance and velocity. The rate of TDC and HIR during the game (m∙min) and percentage of time at HIR during competition were evaluated. The two games at SL were averaged to establish baseline performance and the mean results were compared with the single game played at altitude. Paired samples t-tests were performed to determine if any mean differences existed between performance at altitude and sea level. Significant differences (p < 0.05) were seen in minutes played between the games at SL (74.23 ± 2.93 min) versus altitude (83.24 ± 5.27 min). The relative distance rate during the game at altitude was lower at altitude (105.77 ± 10.19 m∙min) than at SL (120.55 ± 8.26 m∙min). HIR rate was greater at SL (27.65 ± 9.25 m∙min) compared to altitude (25.07 ± 7.66 m∙min).
Effect of Feed Form and Duration Time in Growing Period on Broilers Performance

In a completely randomized design, (with 6 treatments and 3 replications) the effect of feeding mash, pellet and crumble diets and duration time on performance of broilers was studied. 936 Ross broilers randomly allocated to one of following treatments: T1) mash diet in total growing period (TGP) (control diet), T2) pellet diet in TGP, T3) pellet diet in starter and mash diet in other growing period (OGP), T4) mash diet in starter and pellet diet in OGP, T5) crumble diet in first ten days and mash diet in OGP, T6) mash diet in first ten days and pellet diet in OGP. All of chickens were fed with iso energetic and iso nitrogenous diets, for six weeks. In total period (1 to 42 days) feed intake was minimize for T2. Treatments had not different significant effects on weight gain and feed conversion ratio (FCR), but Duncan test were showed a significant difference between T3 and T6 (1859g vs. 2090g and 1.99 vs. 1.73 respectively). The lowest FCR and the highest weight gain were belonged to T6. Carcass, abdominal fat and heart weight percentages to live weight did not significantly differ.
Utilization of pomegranate juice for the preparation of chakka whey beverage

The investigation was conducted on utilization of pomegranate juice for the preparation of Chakka Whey Beverage (CWB), with a view to assess the possibility of Chakka whey beverage using pomegranate juice in the preparation of beverage. Pomegranate juice @ 0 (T1), 10 (T2), 15 (T3) and 20 (T4) per cent with 10 per cent sugar was mixed in chakka whey for manufacture of beverage. The different levels of pomegranate juice had a definite effect on improving the sensory quality of the beverage. The beverage prepared by utilizing chakka whey with 15 per cent pomegranate juice (T3), had secured the highest sensory score (8.81) and ranked as most acceptable product followed by T2 with 8.65 points sensory score. The percentage of protein total sugar, ash and acidity (% LA) of the product increased with increase in the levels of pomegranate juice.
Bioenergetic Constraints on Microbial Hydrogen Utilization in Precambrian Deep Crustal Fracture Fluids

ABSTRACT Precambrian Shield rocks host the oldest fracture fluids on Earth, with residence times up to a billion years or more. Water–rock reactions in these fracture systems over geological time have produced highly saline fluids, which can contain millimolar concentrations of H2. Mixing of these ancient Precambrian fluids with meteoric or palaeo-meteoric water can occur through tectonic fracturing, providing microbial inocula and redox couples to fuel blooms of subsurface growth. Here, we present geochemical and microbiological data from a series of borehole fluids of varying ionic strength (0.6–6.4 M) from the Thompson Mine (Manitoba) within the Canadian Precambrian Shield. Thermodynamic calculations demonstrate sufficient energy for H2-based catabolic reactions across the entire range of ionic strengths during mixing of high ionic strength fracture fluids with meteoric water, although microbial H2 consumption and cultivable H2-utilizing microbes were only detected in fluids of ≤1.9 M ionic strength. This pattern of microbial H2 utilization can be explained by the higher potential bioenergetic cost of organic osmolyte synthesis at increasing ionic strengths. We propose that further research into the bioenergetics of osmolyte regulation in halophiles is warranted to better constrain the habitability zones of hydrogenotrophic ecosystems in both terrestrial subsurface, including potential future radioactive waste disposal sites, and other planetary body crustal environments, including Mars.
The genus Basilichthys (Teleostei: Atherinopsidae) revisited along its Chilean distribution range (21° to 40° S) using variation in morphologyand mtDNA

Si bien aun existen dudas sobre el numero de especies descritas en el pais, se reconoce que el 64 % de la ictiofauna dulceacuicola chilena se encuentra en alguna categoria de peligro de conservacion. Uno de los grupos categorizados como vulnerable y en peligro de extincion es el de los pejerreyes del genero Basilichthys. A lo largo Chile, este genero posee tres especies morfologicas con distribucion disjunta: Basilichthys semotilus, B. microlepidotus y B. australis. Las dos ultimas sobreponen su distribucion en el rio Aconcagua y no son facilmente diferenciables morfologicamente. Para evaluar la eficacia en la identificacion de estas especies al utilizar marcadores moleculares, se analizo el 9 % del ADN mitocondrial (Region Control y COI) de organismos obtenidos desde el rio Loa (21°41' S) al rio Valdivia (39°50' S) y adicionando un analisis meristico en organismos pertenecientes a las especies B. microlepidotus y B. australis. El analisis filogenetico muestra que los individuos de B. semotilus forman un haplogrupo separado de las otras especies del genero, sin embargo, B. australis y B. microlepidotus serian parte de un mismo grupo monofiletico. Un segundo analisis, el cual incluye informacion meristica, no muestra diferencias estadisticas significativas en la cantidad de escamas de la linea lateral, y numero de rayos en las aletas entre B. microlepidotus y B. australis. Estos resultados no sustentan la clasificacion actual, separando claramente un grupo presente en el extremo norte del pais (B. semotilus) y un segundo grupo en Chile central el cual deberia ser llamado B. microlepidotus. Esta informacion sera importante para revisar el estado de conservacion de la ictiofauna chilena.
Antibiofilm Effect of Clitoria ternatea Flower Juice on Porphyromonas gingivalis in vitro

Introduction: Clitoria ternatea flower contains flavonoid such as anthocyanin that gives the blue color to its flower and has antimicrobial activity. Objectives: The aim of this study was to examine the effect of flower juice of Clitoria ternatea against Porphyromonas gingivalis biofilm viability in vitro. Methods: This study was experimental laboratory research using biofilm assay method. P. gingivalis was cultured in BHI broth in 37°C for 24h under anaerobic condition. Fresh flowers of Clitoria ternatea were extracted using mortar and pestle and diluted into 6 different concentrations: 100%, 50%, 25%, 12.5%, 6.25%, and 3.125% with phosphate buffer saline (PBS). Chlorhexidine (0.2%) was used as positive control and biofilm without treatment as negative control. The flower juice was distributed into 96 well-plates that contained biofilm of P. gingivalis and incubated for 1h, 3h, 6h, and 24h in 37°C, anaerobic atmosphere. Biofilm was measured using crystal violet dye with microplate reader (490 nm). Data were statistically analysed using one-way ANOVA test and Post Hoc test with p<0.05 was set as significant different. Result: Result showed that Clitoria ternatea flower juice significantly reduced the Porphyromonas gingivalis biofilm viability in all concentration and all incubation time. The most effective concentration to inhibit Porphyromonas gingivalis biofilm was 100% in 1h incubation time which biofilm was diminished (Optical Density=0.00). One way ANOVA test and Post Hoc test showed a significant biofilm reduction in all concentration and all incubation time after treatment with the flower juice compared to control (p<0.05). Conclusion: Clitoria ternatea flower juice has antibiofilm effect against Porphyromonas gingivalis. This result showed this flower juice may be useful for combating periodontal pathogens. However, further studies using other bacteria are still needed to confirm this result.
FACTORS INFLUENCING INTENT TO BUY COUNTERFEITS OF LUXURY GOODS

Mass production and information overload, which occurred in the 21st century, has made consumers look for individuality and exclusivity in everyday life. This need can be easily satisfied by making a decision to buy and giving preference to specific brands, which helps express satisfaction in fine and exclusive goods. During the economic crisis the demand for counterfeit copies of luxury goods has increased, which made the shadow economy grow. On the other hand, a paradox has been observed where demand for these items has not reduced despite growing consumer income. Hence it is important to better understand the intents of counterfeit luxury goods consumers, stimulating an increase in counterfeit items demand, and the factors that cause it. Different research topics are discussed in scientific literature on luxury goods counterfeit copies, however, a few main topics can be distinguished: consumers attitude towards luxury goods and their counterfeit copies; habits and causes of counterfeit copies purchasing; impact of counterfeit copies on luxury brands from the consumer‘s point of view; impact of luxury items counterfeit copies consumption on consumer‘s identity; factors, causing demand for counterfeit copies. The review of scientific research has shown that consumers’ intent to buy counterfeit items is influenced by personal-demographic and psychographic; product, social and buying situation factor groups. DOI: http://dx.doi. org/10.5755/j01.em. 18.4. 5739
Typology of farm management decision-making researchJong -

A review of 183 papers published between 1990 and 2006 led to development of a typology of farm management decision-making (FMDM) research. An existing model which categorises decision research according to purpose as being either Analytical (descriptive), Normative, or Prescriptive was blended with a second form of categorisation based on six emergent decision domains: (1) factors; (2) processes; (3) events; (4) evaluation; (5) patterns; and (6) aids. The result was a typology of seven main discernible types of FMDM research with four being Analytical in purpose (Factors, Processes, Events and Patterns), two being Normative (Event and Evaluation), and the last being Prescriptive Aid. Each of these types is outlined and examples of representative publications listed. Finally, some trends in publication patterns, in accord with this typology, are presented. This work is presented in the hope it helps readers to navigate more easily though a large and complex literature.
Influence of Intercritical Annealing Temperature on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of a Cold-Rolled Medium-Mn Steel

Medium-Mn steels are characterized by ultrafine-grained (UFG) duplex microstructure consisting of ferrite and a large amount of retained austenite. Intercritical annealing is of great importance to achieving the UFG duplex microstructure and adjusting amount as well as stability of retained austenite. In the present work, the influence of intercritical annealing temperature on the microstructure and mechanical properties was investigated in a cold-rolled medium-Mn steel Fe-12Mn-3Al-0.05C. Particularly, the dependence of microstructural morphology on intercritical annealing temperature was emphasized to reveal the genesis of the microstructural morphology in medium-Mn steels. The ferrite-austenite duplex microstructure manifested an elongated morphology in the specimen annealed at 555 °C, which inherited the lath structure of the cold-rolled state. The medium-Mn steel exhibited a continuous yielding behavior and a relatively low strain-hardening rate. With an increase in intercritical annealing temperature up to 650 °C, the amount of retained austenite increased and microstructure was partially recrystallized, showing a mixture of elongated and equiaxed grain morphologies. When the intercritical annealing was applied at 700 °C, the medium-Mn steel mainly exhibited recrystallized microstructure with equiaxed morphology. The optimal balance between the amount and the stability of retained austenite led to an enhancement of strain hardening and ductility. With a further increase in the intercritical annealing temperature to 750 °C, the medium-Mn steel possessed pronounced strain-hardening behavior at the beginning of the tensile deformation with deteriorated ductility.
Decomposition of Parsimonious Independence Model Using Pearson, Kendall and Spearman's Correlations for Two-Way Contingency Tables

For two-way contingency tables with ordered categories, Tomizawa (1992) considered the parsimonious Linear-by-Linear association model. This model can be described in terms of fewer parameters than the Linear-by-Linear association model (Agresti, 1983). The purpose of this paper is (i) to define the parsimonious independence model, (ii) to show the parsimonious independence model holds if and only if the parsimonious Linear-by-Linear association model holds and the each one of various correlation coefficients is equal to zero, and (iii) show the statistic for testing the parsimonious independence model is asymptotically equivalent to the sum of test statistics for the decomposed models.
Anomalous nighttime electron temperatures over Millstone Hill: a statistical study

Abstract. A statistical study of anomalous nighttime electron temperature enhancements, NETEs, observed on 336 nights during Millstone Hill radar measurements on 730 nights from 1976 to 2001 is carried out. NETEs are most frequent in winter and in autumn. The NETE occurrence has a maximum probability in February and a minimum probability in July. The asymmetry between spring and autumn NETE occurrences is found for NETEs, which are observed during geomagnetially quiet time periods. The calculated value of the NETE occurrence probability is decreased with the solar activity index F10.7 increase. The increase in a 3-h geomagnetic index Kp or the decrease in a 1-h geomagnetic index Dst leads to the increase in the NETE occurrence probability. This tendency is more pronounced for current values of Kp or Dst rather than for delayed ones and becomes more weak with the delay increase. The NETEs are most likely to begin between 19:00 and 20:00 UT. The studied NETEs are characterized by the most typical duration from 1 to 3h with the percentage peak between 1 and 2h. The electron temperature increases are predominately between 100K and 300K. We did not find any relationship between the amplitude and duration of the NETEs studied. It is shown that there is a tendency for the NETE amplitude to increase if the value of Kp or ∣Dst∣ increases. To determine whether there exists a difference between NETEs observed during different solar cycles, we chose the data subsets corresponding to 21 and 22solar cycles and performed the statistical studies for each subset. It was found that, within the errors, the corresponding dependencies are the same for the cycles considered and for the entire data set. Key words. Ionosphere (plasma temperature and density; ionospheric disturbances; modeling and forecasting)