Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Linking of Egoistic, Altruistic, and Biospheric Values to Green Loyalty: The Role of Green Functional Benefit, Green Monetary Cost and Green Satisfaction

The study aims to analyze the influence of egoistic, altruistic and biospheric value on green functional benefit, green monetary cost, green satisfaction and green loyalty. The study analyzes the effect of green functional benefit and green monetary cost on green satisfaction and green loyalty, as well as green satisfaction on green loyalty. The study employs quantitative methods with customers who have green brand purchase experience in Indonesia. Non-probability sampling was conducted using purposive sampling method based on predetermined criteria, which are customers who have already purchase and use green brand products. A total of 402 samples were analyzed using Structural Equation Modelling. The result shows that the data support hypotheses on egoistic and biospheric value, hypotheses on green functional benefit effect to green satisfaction and green loyalty, as well as green monetary cost effect to green loyalty. The other hypotheses are not supported by data. As a conclusion, it is egoistic and biospheric value that has positive effect on green loyalty, while green functional benefit and green monetary cost act as mediation between the value orientation and green loyalty. As managerial implication, green brand marketing strategy should incorporate egoistic and biospheric values in messages in advertising and promotion.
Trends of poisoning in Central India, Indore Region (Madhya Pradesh)

Introduction: In this modern civilization, acute poisoning is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality and really becoming a burden for our community. Trends of poisoning are increasing as well as changing day by day due to the introduction of more and more chemicals. This study has been taken to understand the trends of poisoning and will be used to plan how to provide healthcare facility and educate the people. Only those cases that came to the Emergency Department and Mortuary with a history of acute poisoning were included in this study. Materials and Methods: A total of 120 poisoning cases were included from October 2015 to May 2017. The cases were analyzed on various epidemiological, clinical and investigational and postmortem findings through a pre-designed proforma after taking valid consent from the patients or their relatives. Samples were collected and analyzed in Analytical Toxicology lab. Result: Out of 120 acute poisoning cases, 75 were males and 45 were females. Maximum numbers of patients fall in 21-30 years age group. Most common poison was Organophosphorus (OPP) followed by Aluminium phosphide (Celphos). The mortality rate as per this present study was 21.67%. Conclusion: Due to the easy availability of insecticides, pesticides and household poisons; there is more exposure accidently or intentional, which creates a huge burden on hospitals. The government, WHO and other organizations have to make strict rules or to ban highly toxic chemicals. Education camps must be organized to train farmers how to use insecticides and pesticides in a proper way.
Environmentally Sustainable ICT: Developing Corporate Capabilities and an Industry-Relevant is Research Agenda

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have made significant contributions to business innovation and wealth generation for organisations, societies and nations. ICT have also made significant contributions to environmental degradation. Confronted by the necessity to respond to growing environmental concerns in society, regulatory imperatives and market pressure, many executives express uncertainty about how best to proceed. IS researchers have investigated diverse aspects of ICT applications and practices in organizations over the last 30 years but IS research literature, to date, has provided little assistance to those organizations unsure about how, where and when to respond to imperatives for their ICT applications and practices to become ‘Green’. This paper aims to facilitate the development of corporate practice in the environmental sustainability of ICT and to promote an industry-relevant Information Systems research agenda. Its contributions are: an overview of the topic from a diversity of literature sources; proposal of a stages of development framework for corporate capabilities in ICT environmental sustainability based on the literature and on the experiences of a global ICT services corporation recognised as a leader in its environmental sustainability activities; and proposal of an industry-relevant IS research agenda. Implications of the framework for corporate practice and for IS research are discussed.
Sportscape, emotion, and behavioral intention: a case of the big four US-based major sport leagues

ABSTRACT Research question The purpose of this study was to examine the interrelationships that exist among sportscape, emotion, and behavioral intention with regard to the four US-based major sport leagues (i.e. MLB, NBA, NHL, and NFL). Research methods Using an online survey, data from 1194 respondents were collected. Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling were used to examine the hypothesized model. Results and findings The metric invariance of the proposed model was established, indicating that the measurement model holds across the four groups. The results of structural invariance indicate that, to varying degrees, sportscape factors affect emotion among spectators of all four leagues. Notably, the relationship between positive emotion and behavioral intention was positively significant among all four leagues. The mediating effect of emotion was also found in the relationship that exists between sportscape factors and behavioral intention. Implications We extended the sportscape and the stimulus organism response (SOR) framework by determining the applicability of their measurement items with regard to the big four US sport leagues. Confirming the mediating effect of emotion in the relationship between sportscape factors and behavioral intention further supports the efficacy of the SOR framework in explicating the interrelationship among physical environment factors, emotion, and approach behavior. Practically, the findings of the nomological relationships that exist between emotion and behavioral intention indicate the importance of eliciting positive emotion to boost attendance through the strategic use of various sportscape factors.
A Novel Probabilistic Long-Term Fault Prediction Framework Beyond SCADA Data - With Applications in Main Bearing Failure

Prognostic and health monitoring addresses the issue of detecting faults and monitoring the current state of a wind turbine. Details about the fault’s progression, and from there, the remaining useful lifetime, are key features in monitoring and industrial operation and maintenance planning. In order to avoid increase in operation and maintenance cost, as well as subjective human involvement, we present an online and automated monitoring framework for prediction of the remaining useful lifetime based on deep learning models. This framework includes training and re-training of predictive models with minimal oversight by the operators. Further, we explore the dependency of various models’ predictive abilities based on the input variables available, such as SCADA and secondary measurements. Especially deep learning approaches, such as neural networks, beneﬁt greatly from the volume of data that can be extracted from modern-day turbines. This work utilizes upon the volume of data to present a case study on main bearing failures for 108 turbines. In the presented setting, predictions of the remaining useful lifetime of more than 90 days can be expected on average, outperforming the closest state-of-the-art estimate by almost a factor of two on average.
Influence of freshwater flux on 87Sr/86Sr chronostratigraphy in marginal marine environments and dating of vertebrate and invertebrate faunas

87Sr/86Sr chronostratigraphy is an important tool for dating and correlating vertebrate and invertebrate faunas preserved in marginal marine sequences. Freshwater flux in marginal marine environments can influence the 87Sr/86Sr of mollusks and, consequently, Sr-chronostratigraphic interpretations based upon them. To appraise the potential problem we have used a two-component mixing equation to evaluate levels of “measurable effects” (defined as ±5 × 10-5 departure from the marine 87Sr/86Sr ratio) in marginal marine environments. A measurable effect occurs at 12 parts per thousand salinity for a weighted world average river, but can occur at salinity > 34 ppt for rivers draining basins with ancient granitic rocks. Predictions were tested with analyses of mollusks from estuaries in the Mississippi Sound and coastal Florida. Analyses document the largely regular variation in 87Sr/86Sr predicted, but also show that a simple two-component model cannot account for all of the variation. Carbonates formed in restricted marine settings may not record a marine 87Sr/86Sr signal, emphasizing the need to consider freshwater flux for 87Sr/86Sr chronostratigraphy.
MAP7 and MUCL1 Are Biomarkers of Vitamin D3-Induced Tolerogenic Dendritic Cells in Multiple Sclerosis Patients

The administration of autologous tolerogenic dendritic cells (tolDC) has become a promising alternative for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis (MS). Specifically, the use of vitamin D3 for the generation of tolDC (vitD3-tolDC) constitutes one of the most widely studied approaches, as it has evidenced significant immune regulatory properties, both in vitro and in vivo. In this article, we generated human vitD3-tolDC from monocytes from healthy donors and MS patients, characterized in both cases by a semi-mature phenotype, secretion of IL-10 and inhibition of allogeneic lymphocyte proliferation. Additionally, we studied their transcriptomic profile and selected a number of differentially expressed genes compared to control mature and immature dendritic cells for their analysis. Among them, qPCR results validated CYP24A1, MAP7 and MUCL1 genes as biomarkers of vitD3-tolDC in both healthy donors and MS patients. Furthermore, we constructed a network of protein interactions based on the literature, which manifested that MAP7 and MUCL1 genes are both closely connected between them and involved in immune-related functions. In conclusion, this study evidences that MAP7 and MUCL1 constitute robust and potentially functional biomarkers of the generation of vitD3-tolDC, opening the window for their use as quality controls in clinical trials for MS.
Change of vegetation cover in the US–Mexico border region: illegal activities or climatic variability?

This study explores both human activities and climatic factors to examine the change of vegetation cover in the US Southwest border region—a region that is almost 2000 miles long and with rich natural resources but mostly a sensitive semi-arid/arid ecosystem. It is the first study that integrates large-scale remote-sensing data with multiple layers of socio-economic data and aims to inform critical policy issues related to natural resources management and border security enforcement in the region. A fixed effects panel data regression model is deployed to control for spatial heterogeneities and macro trends in vegetation cover distribution. The results show that both illegal and legal activities have statistically significant impacts on the border region vegetation cover between 2008–2017. Within a 3 mile buffer of the border, a one-standard-deviation increase in illegal border-crossings would lead the vegetation cover index (measured between 0–100) to decline by 4.1% of its standard deviation. A one-standard-deviation increase in border patrol agent staffing would lead the vegetation cover index to decline by 19.0% of its standard deviation. Employment density (a proxy for the dominant local economic activities) in the border county economies and growing season monthly mean temperature are also statistically significant in driving the change of vegetation cover. These findings provide important implications for natural resources management and border security policy in the region, as well as for the quality of life in the local border communities.
Energy-Aware QoE and Backhaul Traffic Optimization in Green Edge Adaptive Mobile Video Streaming

Collaborative caching and processing at the network edges through mobile edge computing (MEC) helps to improve the quality of experience (QoE) of mobile clients and alleviate significant traffic on backhaul network. Due to the challenges posed by current grid powered MEC systems, the integration of time-varying renewable energy into the MEC known as green MEC (GMEC) is a viable emerging solution. In this paper, we investigate the enabling of GMEC on joint optimization of QoE of the mobile clients and backhaul traffic in particularly dynamic adaptive video streaming over HTTP (DASH) scenarios. Due to intractability, we design a greedy-based algorithm with self-tuning parameterization mechanism to solve the formulated problem. Simulation results reveal that GMEC-enabled DASH system indeed helps not only to decrease grid power consumption but also significantly reduce backhaul traffic and improve average video bitrate of the clients. We also find out a threshold on the capacity of energy storage of edge servers after which the average video bitrate and backhaul traffic reaches a stable point. Our results can be used as some guidelines for mobile network operators (MNOs) to judge the effectiveness of GMEC for adaptive video streaming in next generation of mobile networks.
Investigation of overall and melamine migration from melamine bowls

Overall and melamine migration have been determined for 60 samples of melamine resin bowls, which were purchased in various local markets in the area of Bursa, Turkey. The samples were exposed to food simulants 3% acetic acid, 10% ethanol aqueous solutions, and rectified (refined) olive oil at 100 °C for 30 min, and 50% ethanol aqueous solutions at 60 °C for 30 min. The LOQ value was calculated as 3.3 mg dm⁻² for overall migration and 0.126 mg kg⁻¹ for melamine migration. Research findings did not exceed the limit of overall migration level (10 mg dm⁻²). Also, melamine levels of all tested items found in the third assays were below the specific migration limit (SML) of 2.5 mg kg⁻¹ set out in the EU 10/2011 (EU, 2011) and Turkish Food Codex 2013/34 (TFC, 2013a). Some expensive as well as cheap products showed close migration levels. The increased cost of the item did not indicate a higher quality regarding health in this study.
Making crafting visible while rendering labor invisible on the Etsy platform

Historically, crafts have been associated with women’s small-scale creative production in the home, equated with hobbies or amateur production, and devalued in comparison to both art and industrial production. During its early years, Etsy was seen as a champion of “handmade”, bringing visibility to crafts and providing economic value. This paper presents results of a qualitative study with 18 small online sellers of Etsy platform. Our study shows that Etsy’s sociotechnical design results in a high burden of invisible labor for sellers, including categories of labor not replicated by other online platforms. These new categories include negotiation and articulation work around defining and defending “handmade” products, understanding one’s intellectual property and how (and whether) to defend that IP elsewhere on the platform, understanding working of platform algorithms and adapting to changing platform regulations. Our findings provide new ways to frame the challenges faced by producers/sellers on emerging marketplace platforms.
Comparative protective assessments of some antioxidants against cyclophosphamide-induced kidney toxicity in albino rats

Introduction: Nephrotoxicity is one of the adverse effects of cyclophosphamide (CP). Objectives: The aim of this study is to comparatively investigate the protective effects of melatonin (MT), alpha-lipoic acid (ALA) and N-acetylcysteine (NAC) on CP-induced nephrotoxicity in albino rats. Materials and Methods: Sixty adult albino rats used for this study were divided into four groups (A-D). Rats in group A were treated with water intraperitoneally (ip) while rats in group B (B1-B4) were treated with NAC (10 mg/kg), ALA (10 mg/kg), MT (10 mg/kg) and MT+ALA ip respectively for 5 days. Rats in group C were treated with CP (150 mg/kg) ip on day 5. Rats in group D (D1- D4) were pretreated with NAC, MT, ALA and MT+ALA ip for 5 days before treatment with CP on day 5. Rats were sacrificed on the 6th day. Serum was extracted from blood and evaluated for renal function parameters. Kidneys were removed and used for light microscopic and biochemical studies. Results: CP-treated rats showed significant (P NAC>MT>ALA
MTHFR functional polymorphisms and haplotypes are a risk factor for urinary bladder cancer â€“ a case-control study and meta-analysis

Background: A subtle modification in the genes coding for enzymes responsible for DNA synthesis, DNA repair and methylation can modify their activity, which eventually affects the susceptibility and sensitivity of an individual towards cancer. Methylene-tetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) plays a crucial role in DNA synthesis and methylation reactions and genetic variations in this gene may associate with the cancer susceptibility. The present study analyzed three polymorphisms (c.677C>T, c.1298A>C and c.203G>A) in the MTHFR gene for correlation with the risk of urinary bladder cancer (UBC). Methods: Genotyping of the three polymorphisms was performed in 232 cases and 250 controls by direct DNA sequencing method. For meta-analysis, the relevant data were collected through literature search in â€œPubmedâ€, â€œScienceDirectâ€ and â€œGoogle Scholarâ€ databases using the keywords,â€˜methylene-tetrahydrofolatereductaseâ€™, â€˜MTHFRâ€™, â€˜c.677C>T polymorphismâ€™, â€˜c.1298A>C polymorphismâ€™ and â€˜urinary bladder cancerâ€™ in various combinations. Results: We observed a significant protective association of c.1298A>C with bladder cancer risk, but c.677C>T and c.203G>A were unrelated to the UBC risk. We also undertook a meta-analysis on 4171 cases and 4749 controls for c.677C>T polymorphism and on 3785 cases and 4205 controls for c.1298A>C polymorphism. The meta-analysis revealed a lack of association of these polymorphisms with the UBC risk. Conclusion: MTHFR c.1298A>C substitution is protective against urinary bladder cancer in the study population; however, meta-analysis denied an association at the global level.
Diet quality, consumption of seafood and eggs are associated with sleep quality among Chinese urban adults: A cross‐sectional study in eight cities of China

Abstract Growing evidence has suggested that dietary modification is implicated with sleep alteration. Our study aimed to determine whether an association between diet in terms of diet quality, certain food consumption, and dietary nutrients intake and sleep quality existed in Chinese urban adults, which has been fully investigated. A cross‐sectional study was conducted among urban adults from eight Chinese cities. Total of 1,548 participants remained in the final analysis. Sleep quality was evaluated by the Chinese version of the Pittsburg Sleep Questionnaire Index. Diet quality, evaluated by Chinese Healthy Diet Index, and dietary intake, including food groups and nutrients, were derived from a semiquantitative Food Intake Frequencies Questionnaire and a single 24‐hr dietary recall. The relationship between dietary variables and sleep quality was examined using multivariable logistic regression models. Logistic regression analysis indicated that better diet quality, which features greater food diversity, higher ingestion of fruits and fish, along with higher seafood consumption, lower eggs consumption, and higher total energy intake, was significantly associated with lower risk of poor sleep quality in the crude model and the fully adjusted model with adjustment for gender, age, self‐rated health condition, self‐assessed mental stress, smoking, hypertension, and BMI. Therefore, we reached a conclusion that diet quality and certain food consumption were related to sleep quality. Although the associations observed in the cross‐sectional study require further investigation in prospective studies, dietary intervention, such as enhancement in food diversity and consumption of fruits and seafood, might serve as a probable strategy for sleep improvement.
Behavioral Economics and Framing Effects in Guilty Pleas: A Defendant Decision Making Experiment

Abstract With over 90% of convictions resulting from guilty pleas, it is of great importance to examine factors influencing the likelihood of plea acceptance. Prior research suggests individuals are risk-seeking in the domain of losses, prompting questions related to why potentially innocent defendants would plead guilty. Birke suggests defendants may view pleas as a gain, making them more risk-averse. The current study uses an experiment to explore how the framing of a plea bargain impacts the likelihood of plea acceptance. Undergraduate criminal justice students (n = 501) were presented with two plea bargaining scenarios with the guilty plea randomly assigned to be framed as a gain, loss, or neutral. Results indicate that framing a plea as a gain (as compared to neutral or loss) induces the innocent and discourages the guilty to plead guilty across every appraised subgroup based on individual-level factors. Implications for future research and defendant decision-making are discussed.
Adaptive Sequential Experiments with Unknown Information Flows

When information is limited, online recommendation services aim to strike a balance between maximizing immediate payoffs based on available information, and acquiring new information that is essential for maximizing future payoffs. This trade-off is captured by the multi-armed bandit (MAB) framework that has been studied and applied for designing sequential experiments when at each time epoch a single observation is collected on the action that was selected at that epoch. However, in many cases, additional information may become available between decision epochs. We introduce a generalized MAB formulation in which auxiliary information may appear arbitrarily over time. By obtaining matching lower and upper bounds, we characterize the minimax complexity of this family of problems as a function of the information arrival process, and study how salient characteristics of this process impact policy design and achievable performance. We establish that while Thompson sampling and UCB policies leverage additional information naturally, other policies, such as epsilon-greedy, do not exhibit such robustness. We introduce a virtual time indexes method for dynamically controlling the exploration rate of policies, and apply it for designing epsilon-greedy-type policies that, without any prior knowledge on the information arrival process, attain the best performance (in terms of regret rate) that is achievable when the information arrival process is a priori known. We use data from a large media site to empirically analyze the value that may be captured in practice by leveraging auxiliary information flows for content recommendations. We further apply our method to a contextual bandit framework that allows for personalized recommendations using idiosyncratic consumer characteristics.