Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Customer Relationship Management and Marketing Performance: The Study of Food and Beverages Firms in Nigeria

This study focused on Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Marketing Performance (MP), with a particular reference to food and beverages firms in Nigeria. The challenge that inspired this study is the observed non-implementation of effective and efficient CRM by some food and beverages firms in Nigeria. The study was designed as a correlation investigation to determine the significant relationships between five popular determinants of CRM and three dimensions of MP adopted by this study. The sample unit consisted of the staff of food and beverages firms in Nigeria who provided relevant information through structured questionnaire and personal interview. Eleven viable companies were selected out of the seventeen firms quoted in the 2013/2014 edition of the Stock Exchange Gazette. Fifteen (15) research questions and hypotheses were formulated and tested using Pearson Correlation Coefficient. The statistical evidence shows different degrees of relationships with the different related dimensions. Information sharing with customers and sales growth showed the strongest relationship of 0.743. However, the least related variables are technology based CRM and Market Share with correlation coefficient of 0.350. Generally, the study shows a moderate relationship between CRM and MP. Organizations and practitioners have a base for planning with the result of this study. Business firms in the food and beverages industry should evaluate their performance effectiveness and efficiency through a thorough understanding of the moderating variables. There is also need to encourage a high level of marketing integration and control across all the major marketing functions; train and motivate all staff towards a goal oriented CRM.
Effects of lanthanum nitrate buffer layer on the orientation and piezoelectric property of Pb(Zr,Ti)O_3 thick film

Highly oriented Pb(Zr,Ti)O_3 (PZT) films were deposited on Pt/Ti/SiO_2/Si substrates by the sol-gel method using lanthanum nitrate as a buffer layer. When the lanthanum nitrate buffer layer was heat treated at temperatures between 450 and 550 °C, the PZT layer coated onto this buffer layer showed a strong (100) preferred orientation. Regardless of the other deposition conditions, such as the pyrolysis temperature, pyrolysis time, annealing temperature and heating rate, the film deposited on the buffer layer had this orientation. Thick films were also fabricated using the sol-gel multi-coating method, and the (100) texture was found to be maintained up to a thickness of 10 μm. The ferroelectric hysteresis and piezoelectric coefficient ( d _33) of highly oriented PZT thick films were characterized, and the (100) oriented PZT film showed higher piezoelectric property than the (111) oriented film.
Socio-demographic and medical factors associated with patients' satisfaction with nursing care and their perception of pain.

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE Patient satisfaction with nursing care is one of important indicators of health care quality. As for pain, it is an indicator of patient health. The goal of the study is to identify socio-demographic and medical factors that differentiate the assessment of satisfaction with nursing care of hospitalized patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study involved performing a diagnostic survey using standardized instruments, i.e. the Newcastle Satisfaction with Nursing Scale (NSNS) and the Visual Analog Scale by Barbara J. Headley for pain scoring. The study included 205 patients hospitalized for lumbar pain syndrome on two neurosurgery wards in Poland. The mean patient age was 51 years. Most respondents declared having high school or vocational education. The mean time of hospitalization before the study was 2 days. RESULTS The results demonstrated that patient satisfaction with nursing care is independent of patient age, education, duration of hospitalization, or number of hospitalizations. In contrast, the experience of nursing care is dependent on education, and less educated patients (primary or vocational education) had higher scores in this category. With regards to pain, it was perceived as more intense by women and by patients hospitalized for a shorter period of time. CONCLUSIONS Satisfaction with nursing care among patients with lumbar pain syndrome does not depend on socio-demographic or medical variables. Experience of nursing care depends on patient's education.
Islamic Trauma Healing: Initial Feasibility and Pilot Data

Effective interventions for trauma-related psychopathology exist but there are considerable barriers to access and uptake by refugee groups. There is a clear need for culturally appropriate and accessible interventions designed in collaboration with refugee groups. Islamic Trauma Healing is a lay led, group intervention specifically targeting healing the mental wounds of trauma within local mosques. Using Prophet stories and turning to Allah about traumatic experiences, this program incorporates cognitive and exposure principles into an Islamic-informed intervention. In Study 1, following a community event describing the program, 39 Somali participants completed a brief trauma screening and interest measure. In Study 2, pre- to post-group pilot data related to PTSD, depression, somatic symptoms, well-being, and satisfaction was examined for men’s and women’s groups (N = 13). Qualitative analysis of group and leader feedback was conducted. Both studies suggest a strong perceived need and match with the Islamic faith for the intervention, with large effects from the pre- to post-group (g = 0.76 to 3.22). Qualitative analysis identified themes of community, faith integration, healing, and growth. The program was well-received by participants and offers a promising model for the delivery of trauma-focused intervention to Muslim refugee communities.
Two-grid hp-version discontinuous Galerkin finite element methods for quasi-Newtonian fluid flows

In this article we consider the a priori and a posteriori error analysis of two-grid hp-version discontinuous Galerkin finite element methods for the numerical solution of a strongly monotone quasi-Newtonian fluid flow problem. The basis of the two-grid method is to first solve the underlying nonlinear problem on a coarse finite element space; a fine grid solution is then computed based on undertaking a suitable linearization of the discrete problem. Here, we study two alternative linearization techniques: the first approach involves evaluating the nonlinear viscosity coefficient using the coarse grid solution, while the second method utilizes an incomplete Newton iteration technique. Energy norm error bounds are deduced for both approaches. Moreover, we design an hp-adaptive refinement strategy in order to automatically design the underlying coarse and fine finite element spaces. Numerical experiments are presented which demonstrate the practical performance of both two-grid discontinuous Galerkin methods.
Still ‘Watching’ TV? The Consumption of TV Fiction by Engaged Audiences

There is no denying that television, as a medium and an institution, has drastically changed in the age of digitization and convergence. For audiences, this has not only opened up multiple opportunities to watch television content at other times and on other devices, but also to interact with its cross-media extensions. However, while much has been written about the new opportunities for audience engagement, we do not know much about the actual adoption of new technologies nor the motivations underlying such uses. Therefore, this paper draws on empirical audience research to address the key question: how do viewers engage with contemporary TV fiction? Through empirical audience research, using various qualitative research methods, three different aspects of the reception of cross-media TV fiction will be discussed: (1) how do viewers watch the TV episodes of contemporary TV fiction? , (2) how do viewers engage with the cross-media extensions of TV fiction? , and (3) how do viewers experience the social dimensions of contemporary TV fiction? We focus on a particular group, that of 'engaged' viewers, who are actively involved by personalizing their viewing practices, by communicating about it, by consuming cross-media elements of TV fiction, or producing TV fiction-related content. Our findings suggest that even this group does not make full use of all the available technological opportunities to personalize TV viewing, and that the classical TV text, linear viewing, and the social aspect of viewing remain of key importance.
The Value of NATO Option for a New Member

The paper introduces a welfarist approach to the national safety of a nation with membership in a defense alliance as an option. The members are risk averse but heterogeneous in their safety classification. There are two public goods as insurance devices, the domestic military budget and the incremental safety provided by the membership in the alliance. The commitment of the alliance in the creation of safety is, however, imperfect. A sufficient condition is stated for the non-membership. Under a positive option value of the membership, several adverse incentive effects shaping the option value are identified, including the incentive to free ride in domestic defense investment and a moral hazard effect in terms of national commitment to the defense effort. The cost of participation is determined in the spirit of the median voter theorem. The alliance equilibrium is shown to be of two potential types, a stable alliance equilibrium with a positive mass and or a degenerate one with one member only. The driving force in the adjustment of the alliance is its size relative to the safety class of the median voter. Expectations of the decision making of the co-members concerning the commitment can result in multiple equilibria.
Hypermetabolism Correlated with Subsequent Stricture Formation in Esophageal Caustic Burn Injury in Children

Objective: Hypermetabolism is commonly found in esophageal caustic injury. Our aim was to assess metabolic conditions in children after esophageal caustic burn and to investigate their outcome prediction with treatment impact. Design: Retrospective medical review study. Setting: One tertiary academic center. Patients: Children with caustic esophageal burn admitted to Chang Gung Children’s Hospital during 1993 to 2013 were enrolled and medically reviewed. Interventions: None. Measurements and Main Results: A score system based on clinical and metabolic condition with total 5 items and the highest score of 6 was designed and applied to predict esophageal stricture and medical assessment after corrosive injury. Using SAS system software version 8 for Windows, continuous and dichotomous variables were analyzed. A total of 57 children were enrolled during the 20-year period. High-grade esophageal burn was diagnosed in 36 patients (63%). Fourteen (24.6%) of them subsequently developed esophageal stricture formation. Thirteen of the 14 patients (92.9%) manifested at least 1 of the hypermetabolic signs. Statistical analysis showed significant risk factors for stricture were hyperthermia (P= 0.011), hyperglycemia (P=0.001), and high grade burn injury (P=0.001). By our scoring system, the positive prediction of stricture formation was: 3 of 4 patients (75%) scored 6, 6 of 10 patients (60%) scored 5 or higher, 11 of 20 patients (55%) scored 4 or higher, 14 of 29 patients (48%) scored 3 or higher, and 14 of 43 patients (33%) scored 2 or higher. Ten of the 30 patients (33%) treated with antibiotics and 11 of the 34 patients (32 %) given steroids finally developed esophageal stricture. Conclusions: Hypermetabolism is commonly found and correlated to subsequent esophageal stricture after caustic burn injury in children. The score system included metabolic factors provide an objective way for predict stricture formation. The application of corticosteroid should be carefully evaluated for its impact on hypermetabolism, risky for subsequent stricture formation.
The effect of storage conditions on coffee seed and seedling quality

Summary Obtaining commercially useful coffee seedlings is hindered by slow, uneven germination and low tolerance to desiccation as well as reduced coffee seed longevity. Coffee seeds have been considered recalcitrant, orthodox and even intermediate with varying results. Current recommendations suggest that coffee seeds can be safely stored between 10-11% f.w. b. at 15°C. However, after drying and storage, coffee seeds lose vigour, and seeds stored after drying cannot be used for producing seedlings. Coffee seedling producers usually sow seeds immediately or lightly dry them after harvest for a short storage period, if necessary. It is highly desirable that seeds are stored safely to optimize coffee seedling production at the appropriate time and season with ideal climatic conditions for planting in the field. The objective of this study was to determine the quality of coffee seedlings produced from seeds stored with high, medium and low moisture levels under hermetic conditions at 10 and 20°C. Seed and seedling quality were assessed before and after nine months storage. Only the germination of seeds harvested at the cherry stage, evaluated before and after the storage at 10°C, was not affected by moisture content, but these seeds lost vigour and did not produce suitable seedlings for planting when stored for nine months. Seedlings produced in the nursery from seeds with 47 and 12% moisture content performed the same as those from greenish-yellow seeds, but they produced a leaf area that was five times smaller, a stem height three times shorter, and had 1.7 times fewer pairs of true leaves than coffee seedlings produced from fresh seeds. Storage at 20°C was not suitable for coffee seeds, especially those at 18% moisture content whose quality declined drastically. These results suggest that coffee seeds do not tolerate desiccation and that their storage behaviour classification should be reviewed.
Anti-Markedness Patterns in French Epenthesis: An Information-theoretic Approach

Cross-linguistically, certain vowel types tend to be used to break up otherwise ill-formed consonant clusters in a given language: they are generally non-low, non-round and either front or central. Such epenthetic vowels are commonly referred to as the language’s default vowel. For example, the default vowel in Maltese is [i],in Spanish it is [e], and it is schwa in Finnish, English, and Dutch. One might assume, then, that these vowels have certain properties that make them particularly good candidates for being the epenthetic vowel.
Local dispersal of juvenile bivalves: implications for sandflat ecology

Dispersal has profound influences on population dynamics and is a key process main- taining spatial and temporal patterns. For many benthic marine invertebrates dispersal occurs pri- marily during the planktonic larval stages. It is now widely recognised that post-larval and juvenile stages of benthic invertebrate species can also exhibit high rates of dispersal. In particular, post-set- tlement dispersal has been demonstrated for many bivalve species. Despite this appreciation, no studies to date have analysed the direct dispersal rates and the spatial distribution of dispersing indi- viduals in situ. We used a fluorescent stain for marking bivalves in vivo and a mark-and-recapture methodology to investigate dispersal patterns of post-larval and juvenile bivalves on a sandflat. Wave-induced energy dissipation on the seafloor was measured using a DOBIE wave gauge. Tracer sediment and bedload transport was used as a template for bivalve movement. The experiment was conducted over a short-time span (60 h) and encompassed spatial scales relevant to many sampling designs and manipulative experiments. Our results show that juvenile bivalves dispersed over scales of meters within one tidal cycle. Modelling the half-life of juvenile bivalve retention using radioactive decay equations provided insight into the local persistence of individuals. These models indicate a 50% turnover within an area of 0.25 m 2 for post-larval (<1 mm) bivalves within the first 17.4 h, whereas juvenile (1-4 mm) bivalves persist longer with a 50% turnover after 31.5 h. Considering the very calm hydrodynamic conditions during the experiment, these dispersal rates are remarkable. Bivalve dispersal was decoupled from sediment bedload transport, illustrating the importance of active dispersal behaviour under the prevailing hydrodynamic conditions. Our results suggest that dispersal is potentially more important than mortality for the population dynamics of juvenile bivalves over small and meso spatial-time scales.
Production Determinants of the Pearl Millet Cropping System in Uganda and Implications to Productivity

Pearl millet is an important crop for people living in semi-arid areas in Uganda but not much is known about its production environment. A survey was conducted in eastern and northern regions of Uganda to characterise the pearl millet cropping system and to identify the most important production determinants. Using questionnaires, data was collected from 160 households through face-to-face interviews with the respondents. Results showed that pearl millet was mainly grown for food and source of income. The production environment was low input as farmers planted unimproved genotypes, used no artificial chemicals or manure, and had minimal access to financial credit and agricultural trainings or extension services. Planting was done in the second rains with no optimal use of important resources like family labour and seed due to seed broadcasting. Farmers desired genotypes with traits such as; stay green, being tall, high tillering, high yield, early maturity and being ergot resistant. The most important constraints were ergot and rust diseases susceptibility, low yield, low tillering, late maturity, sterile panicles, rodents, moulds/rotting and insect pests; while lack of market, low prices and price fluctuation were the important market constraints. Results further showed that farmers lacked knowledge about the common diseases like rust and ergot. The area planted, spouse age and years of pearl millet cultivation were the important factors enhancing production while age of household head, amount of seed planted and distance to the market negatively affected grain yield.
Regularized strategies for material parameter identification in the context of finite strain plasticity

We discuss a regularization technique which involves including additional equality constraints imposed on the material parameters. These constraints are based on mechanical considerations and may contain some additional information about the mechanical response of the material. The mechanical considerations allow to reduce the number of independent parameters and in some cases to reduce the correlation among them. One general guideline for constructing such relations is discussed in the paper: First, some analytical relations are derived in the simplified case of small strains. Next, basing on these simplified results, the relations are generalized to the finite strains. The efficiency of the regularized approach for the estimation of hardening parameters using the experimental data for EN AW-7075 aluminium alloy processed by equal channel angular extrusion was demonstrated. Although the straight-forward approach results in a good correspondence between the experimental data and the model predictions, the problem of the material parameter identification is not a trivial one. In particular, the error functional exhibits numerous stationary points. It is shown that the use of the regularized strategies allows to reduce the number of parameters being identified, and in some cases to avoid the problem of multiple stationary points.
What causes low magnetization at basalt‐hosted hydrothermal sites? Insights from inactive site Krasnov (MAR 16°38′N)

High‐resolution magnetic surveys acquired near the seafloor show that active basalt‐hosted hydrothermal sites are associated with zones of lower magnetization. This observation may reflect the thermal demagnetization of a hot hydrothermal zone, the alteration of basalt affected by hydrothermal circulation, and/or the presence of thick, nonmagnetic hydrothermal deposits. In order to discriminate among these inferences, we acquired vector magnetic data 50 m above inactive hydrothermal site Krasnov using the Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Victor. This deep hydrothermal site, located 7 km east of the Mid‐Atlantic Ridge (MAR) axis at 16°38′N, is dissected by major normal faults and shows no evidence of recent hydrothermal activity. It is therefore a perfect target for investigating the magnetic signature of an inactive basalt‐hosted hydrothermal site. Krasnov exhibits a strong negative magnetic anomaly, which implies that the lower magnetization observed at basalt‐hosted hydrothermal sites is not a transient effect associated with hydrothermal activity, but remains after activity ceases. Thermal demagnetization plays only a secondary role, if any, in the observed magnetic low. Forward models suggest that both the nonmagnetic hydrothermal deposits and an altered zone of demagnetized basalt are required to account for the observed magnetic low. The permanence of this magnetic signature makes it a useful tool to explore midocean ridges and detect inactive hydrothermal sites.
Evolution of seaward-dipping reflectors at the onset of oceanic crust formation at volcanic passive margins: Insights from the South Atlantic

Seaward-dipping reflectors (SDRs) have long been recognized as a ubiquitous feature of volcanic passive margins, yet their evolution is much debated, and even the subject of the nature of the underlying crust is contentious. This uncertainty significantly restricts our understanding of continental breakup and ocean basin–forming processes. Using high-fidelity reflection data from offshore Argentina, we observe that the crust containing the SDRs has similarities to oceanic crust, albeit with a larger proportion of extrusive volcanics, variably interbedded with sediments. Densities derived from gravity modeling are compatible with the presence of magmatic crust beneath the outer SDRs. When these SDR packages are restored to synemplacement geometry we observe that they thicken into the basin axis with a nonfaulted, diffuse termination, which we associate with dikes intruding into initially horizontal volcanics. Our model for SDR formation invokes progressive rotation of these horizontal volcanics by subsidence driven by isostasy in the center of the evolving SDR depocenter as continental lithosphere is replaced by more dense oceanic lithosphere. The entire system records the migration of >10-km-thick new magmatic crust away from a rapidly subsiding but subaerial incipient spreading center at rates typical of slow oceanic spreading processes. Our model for new magmatic crust can explain SDR formation on magma-rich margins globally, but the estimated crustal thickness requires elevated mantle temperatures for their formation.