Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Exchange relationships and interfirm power in channels of distribution

ConclusionThe article by Weitz and Jap in this volume makes a significant contribution to the marketing literature, as it enhances our understanding of relationship marketing in channels of distribution. Our commentary was designed to elaborate on important issues raised by Weitz and Jap. We hope it generates interest in channel relationships that are in trouble, leads channel researchers to consider alternative channel contexts when formulating and testing theory, and motivates a more open and positive view of interfirm power and its use.
Coordinated Multistage Scheduling of Parallel Batch-Processing Machines Under Multiresource Constraints

Motivated by scheduling challenges of burn-in ovens in back-end semiconductor manufacturing, we propose a linear-programming-based algorithm, an integer-programming-based algorithm, and a heuristic-based algorithm to schedule nonhomogenous parallel batch machines with nonidentical job sizes and incompatible job families. We consider the common scheduling of consecutive steps that are linked together through secondary scarce resources. Our approach addresses the availability and compatibility of several resources required to make each process possible. The algorithms strive to meet short-term production targets expressed by product and step. The algorithms are shown to be effective and computationally efficient for this purpose. Taken together with previously developed methodology for the practical translation of target output schedules into short-term local production targets, this article suggests how a complex supply chain manufacturing system can be efficiently and effectively managed by decentralized local scheduling algorithms striving to meet short-term production targets that in turn ensure maintenance of an appropriate dynamic profile across production steps for work-in-process.
ANALISA KUALITAS LAYANAN BISNIS MAKANAN DAN MINUMAN DI SURABAYA DITINJAU DARI DERAJAT PEMENUHAN KEPUASAN KONSUMEN

Food and beverages industries in Surabaya have grown in the last few years. Businessmen have tried hard to deliver the best service they have to their customers in order to satisfy them. This research is done to find out the service quality of food and beverages industries in Surabaya using a quantitative descriptive approach. Service quality is measured by comparing the actual service with the expected service to find Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI). CSI shows that food and beverages industries in Surabaya have already been able to deliver their best service quality to their customers. Hopefully this research is beneficial for the related industries because it can also serve as their feedback to understand their customers better and improve their service quality when needed.
The impact of firm reputation and failure severity on customers' responses to service failures

Purpose – This study seeks to investigate the impact of firm reputation for service quality on customers' responses to service failures. Firm reputation is defined as customers' perceptions of how well a firm takes care of customers and is genuinely concerned about their welfare.Design/methodology/approach – An experiment design methodology was utilized to test the conceptual model. The respondents were adult passengers waiting for flights at a major airport.Findings – Overall, the findings revealed that excellent reputations provide firms with a “buffering effect”, insulating them from some of the negative consequences of failures. Firm reputation moderated the relationship between failure severity and satisfaction, lowered attributions of controllability and stability, and led to higher repurchase intentions following service failures. Attributions of controllability and stability were related only to repurchase intentions; satisfaction did not fully mediate these relationships.Research limitations/impl.
Global Health Professions Student Survey (GHPSS) in Tobacco Control in China.

OBJECTIVES To examine the prevalence of smoking, second-hand smoke exposure, and attitudes toward tobacco control and cessation training among university students in China. METHODS We administered the Global Health Professions Student Survey (GHPSS) to students from 50 universities offering medical/ health professional (MHP) programs and received 11,954 responses. Non-MHP students, MHP students, and third-year MHP students comprised the sample. Descriptive statistics were calculated for weighted prevalence and 95% confidence intervals. Key factors of interest and attitudes toward medical smoking cessation were examined using logistic regression. RESULTS Smoking and exposure to second-hand smoke was higher among non-MHP (15.9%, 31.9%) than MHP (7.0%, 21.2%) students. For third-year MHP students, the rates were 6.9% and 19.7%, respectively. Students held positive attitudes toward smoking bans in public places and cessation services. However, few received formal training in smoking cessation, and 37.0% agreed that light cigarettes are less harmful to health. Positive attitudes toward cessation services were related to several factors. CONCLUSIONS This study is the first comprehensive survey of students in China providing direction for building capacity in tobacco control and smoking cessation among students in health professional programs.
From reversed logistics to green supply chains

To lower the environmental damage of business we need to examine our “ecological footprint”. We need to move forward with the business at the same time. In order to solve that dilemma, a value‐seeking and proactive approach to greening is proposed in the (general) management literature. However, literature on the role of supply chain operations, mostly published in the area of reversed logistics, has failed to develop grounded theory and frameworks to support the application of such an approach. Furthermore, research is needed that goes beyond the partial and fragmented contribution of reversed logistics. This research note looks at challenges for research on green steps to take, and green supply chains to make in practice, as a step up to lowering the ecologic footprint of supply chains.
Diurnal variation and life‐cycle of deep convective systems over the tropical pacific warm pool

Satellite infrared data and in situ surface measurements from the Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere Coupled Ocean‐Atmosphere Response Experiment (TOGA CORE) are used to examine the diurnal variations of deep convection in two distinct large‐scale flow regimes over the western Pacific warm pool. Large‐scale atmospheric dynamic and radiative processes strongly affect the life‐cycle of deep convective systems in the tropics. the observed diurnal variation of tropical cloud systems suggests that diurnal heating of the tropical atmosphere and ocean surfaces provides favoured conditions in the afternoon for the formation of cloud systems and, as the cloud systems grow and decay with time, the diurnal cycle of cloudiness reflects the life‐cycle (initiation, growth, and dissipation) of cloud systems.
Re-Conceptualising Hospitality Management: Analysing and Predicting Career Progression and Success in Hospitality

Developing a cohort of competent managers and leaders is a perennial problem in the hospitality industry. This thesis seeks to address this problem by identifying the personal characteristics, attributes and features that impact upon on career progression and success. The impact of these phenomena will be explained by a constructivist model. The model will incorporate a range of phenomena such as: behaviours (for example, career management and development practices); skills and competencies (for example, emotional intelligence, cognitive intelligence); and socioeconomic variables (for example, family background, size, and structure, current domestic arrangements, education, employment history, amongst others).
Medically Unexplained Symptoms and Neuropsychological Assessment

Several illnesses expressed somatically that do not have clearly demonstrated pathophysiological origin and that are associated with neuropsychological complaints are reviewed. Among them are nonepileptic seizures, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, Persian Gulf War unexplained illnesses, toxic mold and sick building syndrome, and silicone breast implant disease. Some of these illnesses may be associated with objective cognitive abnormalities, but it is not likely that these abnormalities are caused by traditionally defined neurological disease. Instead, the cognitive abnormalities may be caused by a complex interaction between biological and psychological factors. Nonepileptic seizures serve as an excellent model of medically unexplained symptoms. Although nonepileptic seizures clearly are associated with objective cognitive abnormalities, they are not of neurological origin. There is evidence that severe stressors and PTSD are associated with immune system problems, neurochemical changes, and various diseases; these data blur the distinctions between psychological and organic etiologies. Diagnostic problems are intensified by the fact that many patients are poor historians. Patients are prone to omit history of severe stressors and psychiatric problems, and the inability to talk about stressors increases the likelihood of suffering from physiological forms of stress.
Sequential Motion Rates in the Dysarthria of Multiple Sclerosis: A Temporal Analysis

Dysarthria is present in 23 51% of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, and the perceived characteristics of dysarthria have been shown to predict quality of life in these individuals. Tests of maximum performance such as oral diadochokinesis and Sequential Motion Rates (SMRs) are used in many neurology clinics and are considered to be sensitive indices of dysarthria. This large scale study investigated the SMRs in two groups of participants, i.e. MS dysarthrics and pair matched controls. The main conclusion of this study is that speech rate was significantly lower in the MS dysarthrics. This was primarily caused by longer stop gap durations and to a lesser extent the duration of the word-final vowels. The significance of measuring SMR rate to the description of dysarthria in the MS participants in this study holds promise for being a marker of disease progression and may have implications for speech therapy in these patients.
A genetic algorithm approach to generate an integrated multiplant aggregate production-distribution plan

Industries adopting multisite manufacturing allocate their forecasted demand from various customers/demand centres to the respective plants based on gross production, inventory holding and distribution costs. But demand allocation (by considering the gross production cost) will not be appropriate, as production in each plant can be carried out through regular, overtime and outsourcing means. Also, this will lead to the allocation of the lion's share of demand to a plant whose regular production cost is cheaper, but its overtime/outsourced production costs may be costlier than the regular production cost of other plants. In this paper, an aggregate production-distribution plan considering all the above-mentioned costs is developed for a renowned bearing manufacturing industry in India. The proposed Integer Nonlinear Programming (INLP) model is solved using a genetic algorithm and the results are compared with LINGO 8.0, a popular operations research software. The performance of the genetic algorithm is found to be superior to that of the LINGO 8.0 results.
Challenges to Collecting Survey-Based Biomarker and Genetic Data

It is becoming increasingly apparent that a fuller understanding of health and health outcomes will require the simultaneous collection and analysis of genes, the environment, and behaviors. The household survey appears to be an ideal medium for the collection (or linking) of these various types of information. While the household survey has long been used to collect vast amounts of data related to demographic, social, psychological, and behavioral influences on health and health outcomes, the collection of biological measures ushers in a host of new benefits. As Weinstein and Willis (2000) indicate, the benefits of linking biological measures with survey data include (1) obtaining populationrepresentative data from nonclinical samples, (2) calibrating self-reports with other measures of health and disease, (3) explicating pathways and elaborating causal linkages between social environment and health, and (4) linking genetic markers with survey materials. The coupling of survey and biomeasure data can enhance our understanding of the determinants of and treatments for a range of diseases, including various cancers, cardiovascular disease, gastrointestinal disease, arthritis, and substance abuse disorders.
Detection and molecular characterization of filamentous actinobacteria and thermoactinomycetes present in water-damaged building materials.

UNLABELLED In this study the dominant filamentous actinobacteria occurring in water-damaged building materials were detected by culture and characterized by automated ribotyping and 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Fifty-two samples were taken from 20 water-damaged houses in four different countries. A total of 122 bacterial isolates were analyzed. Actinobacteria or thermoactinomycetes were present in 48% of the samples. The dominant genus was Streptomyces (58% of isolates), followed by Thermoactinomyces (23%), Laceyella (14%), Nocardiopsis (3%), Pseudonocardia (1%) and Saccharomonospora (1%). The most frequently detected species was the thermophilic Thermoactinomyces vulgaris (14 samples/4 countries). The most common streptomycetes were closely related to the heterogeneous species Streptomyces microflavus (7/2) or Streptomyces griseus (6/2). Automated ribotyping was a rapid tool for reliable characterization of these isolates. The spores of thermoactinomycetes and toxic substances of Nocardiopsis species and S. griseus may constitute a risk for human health. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS Harmful microbes in indoor environments are a cause of public concern. To develop rapid and simple-to-use molecular biological methods to detect the presence of harmful actinobacterial species in water-damaged buildings more information about their occurrence in those materials is needed, which this study provides.
Susceptibility and Diversity in the Therapy-Refractory Genus Scedosporium

ABSTRACT Scedosporium species show decreased susceptibility to the majority of systemic antifungal drugs. Acquired resistance is likely to disseminate differentially with the mode of exchange of genetic material between lineages. Inter- and intraspecific diversities of Scedosporium species were analyzed for three partitions (rDNA internal transcribed spacer gene [ITS], partial β-tubulin gene, and amplified fragment length polymorphism profiles), with the aim to establish distribution of resistance between species, populations, and strains. Heterogeneity of and recombination between lineages were determined, and distances between clusters were calculated using a centroid approach. Clinical, geographic, and antifungal data were plotted on diversity networks. Scedosporium minutisporum, Scedosporium desertorum, and Scedosporium aurantiacum were distinguished unambiguously in all partitions and had differential antifungal susceptibility profiles (ASP). Pseudallescheria fusoidea and Pseudallescheria ellipsoidea were indistinguishable from Scedosporium boydii. Pseudallescheria angusta took an intermediate position between Scedosporium apiospermum and S. boydii. Scedosporium boydii and S. apiospermum had identical ASP. Differences in (multi)resistance were linked to individual strains. S. apiospermum and S. boydii showed limited interbreeding and were recognized as valid, sympatric species. The S. apiospermum/S. boydii group, comprising the main clinically relevant Scedosporium species, consists of separate lineages and is interpreted as a complex undergoing sympatric evolution with incomplete lineage sorting. In routine diagnostics, the lineages in S. apiospermum/S. boydii are indicated with the umbrella descriptor “S. apiospermum complex”; individual species can be identified with rDNA ITS with 96.3% confidence. Voriconazole is recommended as the first-line treatment; resistance against this compound is rare.
The Effect of Corporate Image in the Formation of Customer Loyalty

Based on theory from consumer behavior; cognitive psychology, and social cognitive psychology, this article explores the effect of corporate image in the formation of customer loyalty. Findings from the goods and service sector indicate that corporate image has a significant but indirect impact on customer loyalty. In conclusion, the authors claim that customer loyalty is driven both by disconfirmation of expectations and corporate image.
Investigating “self-conscious” speech: The performance register in Ocracoke English

ABSTRACT This article examines PERFORMANCE SPEECH in the historically isolated island community of Ocracoke, North Carolina. Over the past several decades islanders have come into increasingly frequent contact with tourists and new residents, who often comment on the island's “quaint” relic dialect. In response, some Ocracokers have developed performance phrases that highlight island features, particularly the pronunciation of/ay/ with a raised/backed nucleus, i.e. [Λ-1]. The analysis of/ay/ in the performance and non-performance speech of a representative Ocracoke speaker yields several important insights for the study of language in its social context. First, performance speech may display more regular patterning than has traditionally been assumed. Second, it lends insight into speaker perception of language features. Finally, the incorporation of performance speech into the variationist-based study of style-shifting offers support for the growing belief that style-shifting may be primarily proactive rather than reactive. (Keywords: Ocracoke, performance speech, style-shifting, stylistic variation, register, self-conscious speech.)
Empirical Study on Factors Influencing Residents' Behavior of Separating Household Wastes at Source

Abstract Source separation is the basic premise for making effective use of household wastes. In eight cities of China, however, several pilot projects of source separation finally failed because of the poor participation rate of residents. In order to solve this problem, identifying those factors that influence residents' behavior of source separation becomes crucial. By means of questionnaire survey, we conducted descriptive analysis and exploratory factor analysis. The results show that trouble-feeling, moral notion, environment protection, public education, environment value and knowledge deficiency are the main factors that play an important role for residents in deciding to separate their household wastes. Also, according to the contribution percentage of the six main factors to the total behavior of source separation, their influencing power is analyzed, which will provide suggestions on household waste management for policy makers and decision makers in China.
Consumer preferences for commercial Web site design: an Asia‐Pacific perspective

Given that even modest increases in customer satisfaction and retention typically translate into significant gains in revenues and profits, many businesses are using the Internet to expand their reach, improve customer service and develop and maintain closer relationships with their customers. For example, customer relationship management (CRM) software enables marketers to offer online interactions that are customizable to the individual customer, allowing online marketers to better match their offerings and the online experience to consumers’ needs, wants and preferences, even in markets with millions of prospects and customers. Thus, a successful Web site can be instrumental in its impact on the marketing effectiveness of a firm and significantly add to the bottom line. Yet, in order to determine what constitutes a successful Web site, one must be able to understand how users perceive and utilize it. This paper presents the results of a survey conducted to assess consumer perceptions and preferences for commercial Web sites. To address the paucity of e‐commerce research undertaken in the Asia‐Pacific region, as compared to Western countries, the data were collected in Singapore. The attracting, informing, positioning, and delivering (AIPD) model provided the conceptual foundation for the research. Survey findings reveal that Singaporean consumers have distinct preferences when visiting commercial Web sites, ranking security and privacy as their most valued attributes, for example. In contrast, cross‐marketing, via banner advertising and affiliate programs, were least valued. Many other features of Web sites were evaluated. Managerial and research implications of the study are then discussed.
Clinicopathologic Study of Intra- Osseous Lesions of the Jaws in Southern Iranian Population

Statement of the Problem: It is necessary for surgeons and practitioners to know about relative incidence and clinicopathologic features of lesions for accurate diagnosis and approach of pathologic lesions. Data are limited about overall incidence of intra-osseous lesions of the jaws in Iranian patients. Purpose: This study evaluated the clinicopathologic features of intra- osseous lesions of the jaws in an Iranian population, in a 22-year period. Materials and Method: In this cross- sectional retrospective analytical study, 4500 specimens in a 22- year period were reviewed. Baseline data of all patients with intra- osseous lesions including type and location of lesions as well as patients’ age and gender, were collected and analyzed by SPSS software using descriptive analysis and Chi-square test. Results: There were 1121 (25%) intra-osseous lesion. Odontogenic cysts and benign non- odontogenic bone lesions were the most common categories, respectively. The mean age of the patients was 30.1±16, the total male to female ratio was 1.1:1, and the most prevalent location of lesions was posterior of mandible. Conclusion: The results showed baseline information of intra-osseous lesions that were essentially similar to other populations; however, there were a few geographical differences. Further comprehensive studies in other parts of country are required to make a more reliable source of reference for clinicians and surgeons for evaluating and managing their patients more properly.
Role of nuclear PKC δ in mediating caspase‐3‐upregulation in Jurkat T leukemic cells exposed to ionizing radiation

The response of Jurkat T cells to ionizing radiation (IR) includes cell cycle arrest and DNA damage, which lead to the occurrence of apoptosis. Here, we try to elucidate some of the early intracellular signals which control the induction of such a process upon IR exposure, addressing to examine the specific role of several PKC isoforms (δ, ε, ζ) and their subcellular distribution. Attention has been focused on the connections between nuclear PKC δ activation and the expression of cell death regulators (Bcl‐2 family proteins Bad, Bax and Bcl‐2) and cell death effector caspase‐3 (CPP32) which lead to the cleavage of cytoskeletal and nuclear proteins and induction of apoptosis. Altogether these results let us to conclude that PKC δ, potentiating the pro‐apoptotic effect of caspase 3, plays a key role in the cellular response to IR and thus can be considered a molecular target for therapy. © 2002 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.