Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
EFFECT ANALYSIS OF STUDENT PERCEPTIONS ON SERVICE QUALITY TO STUDENT LOYALTY IN MANAGEMENT MASTER PROGRAM OF SEKOLAH TINGGI ILMU EKONOMI YAPAN

Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Ekonomi (School of Economics or STIE) YAPAN Management Master Degree Program stands in the midst of increasing competition. Nearly every university, both public and private as well as the College of Economics, holds a management master degree program with every advantage it has. Advances in information technology play a role in increasing competition intensity, because it is capable of granting the students access to more information. In addition, STIE YAPAN Management Master Degree Program must consider students’ perception, satisfaction, and student loyalty in order to compete with other universities and improve education services quality. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the influence of student perceptions on education services quality to student loyalty through the satisfaction on STIE YAPAN Management Master Degree Program. It is conducted to ensure the quality and consistency of education services to students to enable them achieving satisfaction that ultimately creates student lotalty. This study used survey method, with a sample of 68 students. The sampling method used was Total Sampling. Data were collected by questionnaire. Validity and reliability test were used to measure each research variable. Then each research variable is grouped into quality dimension by using factor analysis. The data were analyzed using multiple linear regression techniques to analyze the influence of student perception of education services quality to student's satisfaction and simple linear regression to analyze the influence of student's satisfaction on student loyalty. The significance level used in this study is 5%. Based on the analysis results, researchers obtained the following results: (1) based on factor analysis, 5 dimensions were formed: reputation, physical aspects, study factors, program issues, and location, (2) On multiple linear regression test: reputation and study factors, and (3) simple linear regression test exhibits student satisfaction influence to student loyalty. Based on these findings, the suggestion that can be given is to maintain the reputation of STIE YAPAN Management Master Degree Program and improve the quality of the physical factor dimension.
The Impact of FDI on the Productivity of Chinese Economic Regions

This paper, based on the 51 prefecture-level cities of three economic regions (the Pearl River Delta, the Yangtze River Delta, and the BoHai Rim) for the period 2001–2007, found that a city's own FDI can only contribute positively to technology, but not inefficiency. In addition, its influence on frontier and inefficiency are insignificantly different among these economic regions. Furthermore, the contribution of other cities' lagged FDI within the same region on inefficiency in the Pearl River Delta is significantly larger than that in the BoHai Rim and the Yangtze River Delta, which cannot be derived from the data of provincial levels.
Evaluation of soil fertility status of Regional Agricultural Research Station, Tarahara, Sunsari, Nepal

Soil fertility evaluation of an area or region is most basic decision making tool for the sustainable soil nutrient management. In order to evaluate the soil fertility status of the Regional Agricultural Research Station (RARS), Tarahara, Susari, Nepal. Using soil sampling auger 81 soil samples (0-20 cm) were collected based on the variability of land. The collected samples were analyzed for their texture, structure, colour, pH, OM, N, P 2 O 5 , K 2 O, Ca, Mg, S, B, Fe, Zn, Cu and Mn status. The Arc-GIS 10.1 software was used for the preparation of soil fertility maps. The soil structure was granular to sub-angular blocky and varied between brown- dark grayish brown and dark gray in colour. The sand, silt and clay content were 30.32±1.4%, 48.92±0.89% and 20.76±0.92%, respectively and categorized as loam, clay loam, sandy loam, silt loam and silty clay loam in texture. The soil was moderately acidic in pH (5.98±0.08). The available sulphur (2.15±0.21 ppm), available boron (0.08±0.01 ppm) and available zinc (0.35±0.03 ppm) status were very low, whereas extractable magnesium (44.33±6.03 ppm) showed low status. Similarly, organic matter (2.80±0.07%), total nitrogen (0.09±0.004 %), extractable calcium (1827.90±45.80 ppm) and available copper (1.15±0.04 ppm) were medium in content. The available phosphorus (39.77±5.27 ppm), extractable potassium (134.12±4.91 ppm), and available manganese (18.15±1.15 ppm) exhibits high status, while available iron (244.7±19.70 ppm) was very high. The fertilizer recommendation can be done based on determined soil fertility status to economize crop production. Furthermore, research farm should develop future research strategy accordance with the prepared soil data base.
hi_class: Horndeski in the Cosmic Linear Anisotropy Solving System

We present the public version of hi_class (www.hiclass-code.net), an extension of the Boltzmann code CLASS to a broad ensemble of modifications to general relativity. In particular, hi_class can calculate predictions for models based on Horndeski's theory, which is the most general scalar-tensor theory described by second-order equations of motion and encompasses any perfect-fluid dark energy, quintessence, Brans-Dicke, f(R) and covariant Galileon models. hi_class has been thoroughly tested and can be readily used to understand the impact of alternative theories of gravity on linear structure formation as well as for cosmological parameter extraction.
Study of Carbon Nanotube-Substrate Interaction

Environmental effects are very important in nanoscience and nanotechnology. This work reviews the importance of the substrate in single-wall carbon nanotube properties. Contact with a substrate can modify the nanotube properties, and such interactions have been broadly studied as either a negative aspect or a solution for developing carbon nanotube-based nanotechnologies. This paper discusses both theoretical and experimental studies where the interaction between the carbon nanotubes and the substrate affects the structural, electronic, and vibrational properties of the tubes.
INVESTIGATION OF THE IMPACT OF SUPPLY CHAIN INTEGRATION ON PRODUCT INNOVATION AND QUALITY

Abstract This paper addresses integration issues in supply chain, and tries to investigate how different aspects of integration are linked with some product features. Integration in this study is interpreted as "internal", "upstream" (supply), and "downstream" (demand). Two product features which are considered in this study are "product innovation" and "product quality". To examine the relationships between supply chain integrations – as mentioned above, and product features, this research follows the survey method in automotive industry. The results imply that comparing to internal and supply chain downstream integrations supply chain upstream integration has a higher impact on product quality. It is also found that the influence of supply chain downstream integration on product innovation is greater than other variables. In brief, this study mainly tackles the importance of specific level of supply chain integrations and its effects on two product features.
The varying mass distribution of molecular clouds across M83

The work of Adamo et al. showed that the mass distributions of young massive stellar clusters were truncated above a maximum-mass scale in the nearby galaxy M83 and that this truncation mass varies with the galactocentric radius. Here, we present a cloud-based analysis of Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array CO(1 → 0) observations of M83 to search for such a truncation mass in the molecular cloud population. We identify a population of 873 molecular clouds in M83 that is largely similar to those found in the Milky Way and Local Group galaxies, though clouds in the centre of the galaxy show high surface densities and enhanced turbulence, as is common for clouds in high-density nuclear environments. Like the young massive clusters, we find a maximum-mass scale for the molecular clouds which decreases radially in the galaxy. We find that the most young massive cluster tracks the most massive molecular cloud with the cluster mass being 10−2 times that of the most massive molecular cloud. Outside the nuclear region of M83 (Rg > 0.5 kpc), there is no evidence for changing internal conditions in the population of molecular clouds, with the average internal pressures, densities and free-fall times remaining constant for the cloud population over the galaxy. This result is consistent with the bound cluster formation efficiency depending only on the large-scale properties of the interstellar medium rather than the internal conditions of individual clouds.
Status and Genes Involved in Insecticide Resistance in Anopheles gambiae Sibling Species in Lomé, (Togo), West Africa

Malaria vector control relies on mosquito susceptibility to insecticides. Nowadays, the phenomenon of mosquitoes’ resistance to insecticides is growing wider and wider, including all chemical families of insecticides. In order to update data on the insecticides susceptibility, the species’ distribution and genes involved in insecticide resistance in Anopheles in the capital of Togo, we tested local strains of An. gambiae s.l. from three study sites in Lome, with five insecticides namely DDT, Permethrin, Deltamethrin, Bendiocarb, and Fenitrothion. The tests had been performed with the WHO kits from 2013 to 2015. The results of the tests showed mortality rates of 16.0% with 4% DDT, 28.0% with 0.75% Permethrin, 33.0% with 0.05% Deltamethin, 44.0% with 0.1% Bendiocarb and 98.8% with 1% Fenitrothion. The major malaria vectors were shown, across all sites, to be resistant to all of the classes of insecticides used in the experiments except Fenitrothion. PCR analyses for the species’ identification showed, proportions of 81% of An. gambiae s.s. and 19% of An. coluzzii in the city. For the Kdr gene, PCR analyses showed proportions of 57.94% RR, 33.33% RS and 8.73% of SS, revealing a high prevalence of kdr resistance in the Anopheles population in Lome. However, analyses showed mosquitos without Ace1R gene. The multiple resistance to various insecticides is a major concern for the control of malaria and other vector-borne diseases in Lome, as well as in Togo.
Reconsidering the Relationship Between Cultural Theory, Political Ideology, and Political Knowledge

Objective Social scientists from a variety of disciplines have employed concepts drawn from cultural theory (CT) to explain preferences across an array of issues. Recent research has challenged key elements of CT in a number of ways, perhaps most importantly by arguing that cultural types are simply another formulation of political ideology, and that only politically knowledgeable respondents reliably utilize either cultural or ideological categories in formulating preferences. This study reconsiders and expands upon this contention. Methods Principal component analyses of responses to a U.S. national survey of 4,387 people. Results Our findings are threefold: (1) people with low levels of political knowledge are able to sort egalitarianism and individualism into coherent worldviews; (2) people with high levels of knowledge do not collapse egalitarianism and individualism onto a single scale of political ideology; and (3) regardless of levels of knowledge, survey respondents are able to recognize all four of the value orientations proposed by CT. Conclusion CT, which is related to but different than political ideology, offers a robust system of worldviews that both high- and low-knowledge individuals might draw upon to formulate opinions and make decisions.
Food web structure and the role of epilithic biofilms in cave streams

Cave stream food webs rely exclusively on detritus from the surface for energy and represent a heterotrophic end point in the continuum of stream types. Both dissolved organic matter (DOM) and particulate organic matter, and associated microbes, are available in caves, but the relative importance of these foods is unclear. We examined trophic structure and the roles of particulate organic matter and DOM retained in epilithic biofilms in three cave streams using natural abundance isotopes (13C and 15N) and 13C tracer additions. Natural abundance 15N ratios showed that cave animals occupied two trophic levels: primary consumers and predators. Epilithic biofilms and animals were highly enriched in 15N, suggesting that dissolved organic matter from surface soils was incorporated into epilithon and supported stream food webs, even when coarse particulate organic matter (CPOM) from the surface was abundant. We conducted 28-day 13C-acetate tracer additions to trace the use of epilithon carbon in the food webs. T.
Electrical Power Infrastructure for Modern Rolling Stock with Regard to the Railway in Poland

Implementing high-speed trains on Polish railway lines requires a new approach to the issue of power and energy supply via a 3 kV DC power system. Due to the control systems used, modern rolling stock equipped with asynchronous drive allows maintaining a set speed, as far as a locomotive’s power and voltage in a catenary allow it. Characteristics of traction vehicles with asynchronous drives enables run at voltage lower than the rated voltage, however, it entails decrease of consumed power (required for locomotives with power above 2 MW) and loss of motion dynamics. Modernisation of a railway power supply system conducted in Poland since the mid-1990s of the 20th century has intensified in the past couple of years (so-called MUZI program) due to the purchase of Pendolino trains, and it primarily include the main lines. A number of modernisation investments (lines E65, E20, E30) are implemented with co-financing from the EU funds. Due to the predicted trains’ speed (200 km/h and above), in order to fulfil the requirements specified in TSI, a power supply system on these lines should ensure achieving high parameters, that is supply of trains with current up to 3.2 kA, while the so-called mean useful voltage should not be lower than 2.8 kV. The article presents solutions introduced on Polish railway and aiming at adjusting the power supply used to the TSI requirements. The range of conducted modernisation works allows for conclusion that the process is in fact a re-electrification of railway power supply systems.
Students’ Attitudes and English Language Performance in Secondary Schools in Tanzania

The study explored the role of attitudes in secondary school students’ performance in the English language. It explored how learning English was silhouetted by students’ interests and utilitarian attitudes to the language. The fieldwork covered six secondary schools in Morogoro Urban and Mvomero districts in Morogoro Region. Respondents were students and their teachers of English. Data were collected through questionnaire and an achievement test. It was found that students differed in terms of their mastery of English, scoring higher in the structure section, while composition was the most poorly scored section. In all, students, in both Form One and Form Four, had strong and positive attitudes to English. Specifically, while Form One students had more positive interest attitudes than their counterparts, Form Four students displayed more utilitarian attitudes to learning English, compared to Form One students. Students’ positive attitudes are in line with the current Government policy on the language of instruction in secondary schools. The paper ends by emphasising that students’ positive attitudes to English can be exploited to enhance the learning of the language.
On the multiplicity of ALMA Compact Array counterparts of far-infrared bright quasars

We present ALMA Atacama Compact Array (ACA) 870 mu m continuum maps of 28 infrared-bright SDSS quasars with Herschel/SPIRE detections at redshifts 2-4, the largest such sample ever observed with ALMA. The ACA detections are centred on the SDSS coordinates to within 1 '' for about 80 per cent of the sample. Larger offsets indicate that the far-infrared (FIR) emission detected by Herschel might come from a companion source. The majority of the objects (similar to 70 per cent) have unique ACA counterparts within the SPIRE beam down to 3 ''-4 '' resolution. Only 30 per cent of the sample shows clear evidence for multiple sources with secondary counterparts contributing to the total 870 mu m flux within the SPIRE beam to at least 25 per cent. We discuss the limitations of the data based on simulated pairs of point-like sources at the resolution of the ACA and present an extensive comparison of our findings with recent works on the multiplicities of sub-millimetre galaxies. We conclude that, despite the coarse resolution of the ACA, our data support the idea that, for a large fraction of FIR-bright quasars, the sub-mm emission comes from single sources. Our results suggest that, on average, optically bright quasars with strong FIR emission are not triggered by early-stage mergers but are, instead, together with their associated star formation rates, the outcome of either late-stage mergers or secular processes.
FORMULAS FOR LINEAR SUMS THAT INVOLVE GENERALIZED FIBONACCI AND LUCAS NUMBERS

We extend Melham’s formulas in [16] for certain classes of finite sums that involve generalized Fibonacci and Lucas numbers. We study the linear sums where only single terms of these numbers appear. Our results show that most of his formulas are the initial terms of a series of formulas, that the analogous and somewhat simpler identities hold for associated dual numbers and that besides the alternation according to the numbers (−1) n(n+1) 2 it is possible to get similar formulas for the alternation according to the numbers (−1) n(n−1) 2 . We also consider sixteen linear sums with binomial coefficients that are products.
The Pattern of M & A Integration: A Literature Review

Since the very first M & A integration pattern was proposed, Haspeslagh and Jemison put forward the most prominent model, with Strategic Interdependence and Organizational Autonomy as basic dimensions, and many other types were developed beyond their basis. Through extensive literature review, this paper sorts out the definition of M & A integration pattern and explores the influencing factors in decision making of appropriate mode in M & A integration. It is a summary on research of M & A integration pattern and points out the directions for future research.
Bacterial ageing in the absence of external stressors

Evidence of ageing in the bacterium Escherichia coli was a landmark finding in senescence research, as it suggested that even organisms with morphologically symmetrical fission may have evolved strategies to permit damage accumulation. However, recent work has suggested that ageing is only detectable in this organism in the presence of extrinsic stressors, such as the fluorescent proteins and strong light sources typically used to excite them. Here we combine microfluidics with brightfield microscopy to provide evidence of ageing in E. coli in the absence of these stressors. We report (i) that the doubling time of the lineage of cells that consistently inherits the ‘maternal old pole’ progressively increases with successive rounds of cell division until it reaches an apparent asymptote, and (ii) that the parental cell divides asymmetrically, with the old pole daughter showing a longer doubling time and slower glucose accumulation than the new pole daughter. Notably, these patterns arise without the progressive accumulation or asymmetric partitioning of observable misfolded-protein aggregates, phenomena previously hypothesized to cause the ageing phenotype. Our findings suggest that ageing is part of the naturally occurring ecologically-relevant phenotype of this bacterium and highlight the importance of alternative mechanisms of damage accumulation in this context. This article is part of a discussion meeting issue ‘Single cell ecology’.
On the Generation of Flux-Tube Waves in Stellar Convection Zones. IV. Longitudinal Wave Energy Spectra and Fluxes for Stars with Nonsolar Metallicities

In the previous papers of this series, we developed an analytical method describing the generation of longitudinal tube waves in stellar convection zones and used it to compute the wave energy spectra and fluxes for late-type stars with the solar metal abundance (Population I). We now extend these calculations to Population II stars with effective temperatures ranging from Teff = 2500 to 10,000 K, gravities log g = 3-5, and with three different metal abundances: 1/10, 1/100, and 1/1000 of solar metallicity. The obtained results are valid for a single magnetic flux, and they show that the effects of metallicity are important only for cool stars with Teff < 6000 K and that the amount of the generated wave energy decreases roughly by an order of magnitude for every decrease of the metallicity by an order of magnitude. The maximum wave energy flux generated in Population II stars is 7 × 108 ergs cm-2 s-1, and it is practically the same for stars of different gravities and metallicities. The computed spectra and fluxes can be used to construct theoretical models of magnetic regions in chromospheres of Population II stars.
Money and Income: A Changing Relationship

The effect of money on output has been changing during the past two decades. This paper attempts to examine the money-income relationship in Australia and the United States during the period of the 1960s-1990s as well as the 1960s-1970s. The empirical findings of the study, based on variance decomposition and impulse response functions show a weak long-run relationship between money and income for both countries when the sample period includes the decades of the 1980s and 1990s. This result may indicate temporary short-run changes in the relationship between money and income. However, over a long period of time money has a neutral effect on output.