Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
How consumers value online personalization: a longitudinal experiment

Purpose – The ability to acquire and process consumer information online has provided web‐based vendors with the ability to personalize their merchandising at a very low cost. However, empirically establishing the expected positive effect of personalized merchandising has been difficult for practical as well as financial reasons. The aim of this paper is to compare the effectiveness of personalized vs random merchandising on consumers' attitudes and behaviors.Design/methodology/approach – A longitudinal subject experiment comparing standardized vs personalized merchandising was adopted. A fictitious web site was created for the purposes of the study.Findings – Personalized items led to more clicks than random suggestions. Moreover, a positive attitude towards personalization enhanced the attitude towards the web site.Research limitations/implications – Even if credibility was enhanced thanks to the web site design, the research suffered from a lack of external validity. Additionally, the procedure prevent.
Analog SiPM in planar CMOS technology

Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPMs) are emerging single photon detectors used in many applications requiring large active area, photon number resolving capability and immunity to magnetic fields. We developed planar analog SiPMs in a reliable and cost-effective CMOS technology with a total photosensitive area of about 1×1 mm2. Three devices with different active areas, and fill-factor (21%, 58.3%, 73.7%), have been characterized. The maximum photon detection efficiency is in the near-UV and tops at 38% (fill-factor included), with a dark count rate of 125 kcps. Gain and crosstalk depend on the active area size and are comparable to those of commercial best-in-class custom-technology SiPMs. However our full CMOS processing enables advanced SiPM single-chip systems where transistors and further on chip electronics can be integrated together with the detectors.
Vasectomy: The Unfinished Agenda

Although the need for family planning remains widespread and its health and economic rationales remain valid, family planning has been neglected in the face of competing health and development priorities. Given the need for “repositioning family planning” (i.e., for raising the priority of and resources for family planning), vasectomy services in particular need more attention and support. Vasectomy, the only highly effective male method of contraception, is safe, simple to perform, and economical—yet in most countries it is the family planning method that is the least known, understood, or used.
Influence of Demographics on Risk Tolerance Among Academicians – A Study

In today’s scenario investment is the most important in everyone’s life. The investors always prefer the investment avenues according to their suitability, risk and the return because there are different investment avenues available in the market. Therefore present study focuses on the relation between demographic factors and risk tolerance of private sector academicians in Jalandhar district of Punjab state in India and impact of demographic factors on the investors investing decisions. The primary data has been collected from 250 private sector academicians from various colleges in Jalandhar city from Punjab state in India and the data was analysed with the help of Chi-square test and Correlation. The result reveals that there is relation between age and marital status of academicians but there is no relation between gender, income and educational qualifications of the academicians.
The Effects of Area-based Revenue Protection on Producers’ Choices of Farm-level Revenue Insurance

Producers’ increased reliance on crop insurance has led to concerns about losses producers could incur that are not covered by crop insurance. In the current farm bill debate, several proposals that would be based on area (county) revenue and are intended to cover a portion of producers’ crop insurance deductibles, referred to as “shallow loss” programs, have been advanced. We analyze, using an empirically-based simulation model and a certainty equivalent criterion, how shallow loss coverages might affect optimal coverage levels of farm-level revenue insurance for a moderately risk-averse producer. Our analysis suggests that area-based revenue insurance designs have some potential for causing producers to reduce coverage levels for farm-level revenue insurance, though the marginal differences in the certainty equivalents are often relatively small on a percentage basis.
VOLATILITY FORECASTING FOR MUTUAL FUND PORTFOLIOS

The return volatility of portfolios of mutual funds having similar investment objectives is analyzed. Consistent with prior research on individual mutual funds, the presence of significant GARCH effects are found in these portfolios. Further, incorporating macroeconomic variables into the model is significant in explaining some of the conditional volatility of these fund portfolios. However, in out-of-sample forecasts the addition of macroeconomic factors does not provide better volatility forecasts than a simple, single factor GARCH model, though both are superior to a naive random walk model, indicating that there is benefit to forecasting volatility for aggregate portfolios of mutual funds.
Internal marketing, internal branding, and organisational outcomes: The moderating role of perceived goal congruence

Abstract This study investigates the moderating role of employee-perceived goal congruence on the link between internal branding, internal customer orientation, and employee attitudes (person–organisation fit) and behavioural intention. The proposed hypotheses were tested on a sample of customer-contact employees in sales and customer services roles in a retailing chain in Australia. The results indicate that internal customer orientation and internal branding were positively related to employees’ perceived person–organisation fit and intention to stay. The indirect effects of internal branding and internal customer orientation on employee intention to stay were mediated by employee-perceived person–organisation fit. Employee-perceived goal congruence moderated the link between internal branding, internal customer orientation, and person–organisation fit.
Chemical Constituents of Plants from the Genus Inula

by Yong-Ming Zhaoa), Man-Li Zhanga), Qing-Wen Shi*a), and Hiromasa Kiyota*b) a) Department of Natural Product Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hebei Medicinal University, 361 Zhongshan East Road, 050017, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, P. R. China b) Laboratory of Applied Bioorganic Chemistry, Division of Life Science, Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, TohokuUniversity, 1-1 Tsutsumidori-Amamiya, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 981-8555, Japan (phone: þ81-22-717-8785, fax: þ81-22-717-8783, e-mail: kiyota@biochem.tohoku.ac.jp)
Recent Advances in the Management of Stage IV Colon Cancer

Colon cancer is the second commonest cause of cancer-related death in Canadian men and women, with approximately one-third of patients dying from this disease. One quarter of patients present with metastases initially, and up to half of all colon cancer patients will develop stage IV disease over the course of their life. Despite ongoing advances in the evolution of newer cytotoxic drugs, targeted biological agents and improved metastasectomy techniques, the gain in overall survival in these patients is of low magnitude. This manuscript is a targeted review of the recent advances over the last decade in the management of advanced stage IV colon cancer as available in the published English literature. The two major arms of metastatic colon cancer management that include surgery and systemic chemotherapy and palliative measures as available are discussed. A multi-modality team-based approach involving medical oncologists, surgical oncologists, radiologists, and other health-care providers continues to be critical for ongoing success in the therapeutic management of these patients. Future studies of well-designed prospective, randomized-controlled clinical trials to develop and evaluate newer therapeutic strategies are recommended for continued and improved understanding for optimization of clinical management in advanced colon cancer.
Treatment Pathway and Patterns of Clozapine Prescribing for Schizophrenia in New Zealand

Objective: To describe the treatment pathway and patterns of clozapine use in patients with schizophrenia, including coprescribed psychotropic medications, and compare the extent of coprescribing of clozapine with that of non-clozapine schizophrenia treatment in community montal health services in the Auckland and Northland regions of New Zealand. Methods: A retrospective chart review was conducted for adult outpatients receiving care from community mental health services on October 31, 2004. Data collected for all patients prescribed an antipsychotic included demographics (sex, age, ethnicity); principal diagnosis (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition); comorbid conditions; duration of mental illness; psychiatric admissions; and treatment information (psychotropic medications, with dose and route of administration). If clozapine had been started after the introduction of full government prescription subsidy (February 1999), additional data, including year of initiation and prior antipsychotic history, were collected. Analysis included all outpatients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia (including schizoaffective disorder). Results: Antipsychotics were prescribed for 2796 schizophrenia patients; 32.8% were prescribed clozapine, with a mean dose of 372 mg/day and an average duration of illness of 9.7 years before starting clozapine. Patients who had started treatment after clozapine was funded by the government (59.3%) had received a median of 3 antipsychotic drugs prior to starting clozapine; most of the treatment regimens included 1 second-generation antipsychotic (91.2%). Clozapine patients were less likely to be coprescribed another antipsychotic compared with non-clozapine patients (11.7% vs 17.6%; p conclusions: Outpatients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia were prescribed clozapine at expected rates; however, treatment was delayed longer than recommended. There is some evidence that access to clozapine for treatment-resistant schizophrenia has improved, possibly as the result of the introduction of government subsidy, guideline dissemination, or increasing experience of clinicians with use of clozapine. In this real-world environment, the number of concomitant psychotropic medications for outpatients with schizophrenia was found to be low; when used concomitantly with clozapine, they were most commonly used to manage adverse effects.
The introduction of infinite durability to an information good and the decision to buy or rent: evidence from the film industry

ABSTRACT Home entertainment markets have seen dramatic declines in revenues over the last 10 years due to the digital revolution, making new adaptation strategies of crucial importance to maintaining existing profitability. Recently, the film industry has worked with related firms to develop a standardized ecosystem for the sale and access to digital versions of their films. This system, known as UltraViolet, embodies infinite durability; the perpetual access to a purchased film across computing platforms and time. The author makes use of exogenous variation in the implementation of this system to study the effect the introduction of this new feature has had on the decision to buy or rent. His findings show that the inclusion of infinite durability creates enough value to spur increased purchasing behavior. Also, the inclusion of infinite durability creates a high degree of substitutability amongst products that include it in purchase markets. Lastly, the author found evidence that the lack of inclusion of infinite durability will spur consumers to rent rather than buy.
Roles of AEG‐1 in CNS neurons and astrocytes during noncancerous processes

Since its initial identification, Astrocyte Elevated Gene‐1 (AEG‐1) has been recognized as a “star” gene detected in most of the analyzed cancers; AEG‐1 can interact with signaling transduction molecules, such as PI3K/Akt and MAPK, to affect the function and viability of cells. Furthermore, its multiple other functions are also gradually being recognized. AEG‐1 participates in several biological processes, including embryonic development, glutamate excitotoxicity, inflammation, and endoplasmic reticulum stress. Most of the noncancerous roles of the AEG‐1 were identified in studies of the neurological disorders of the CNS. As an oncogene that promotes aberrant cellular processes within the CNS, AEG‐1 may also represent an important therapeutic target for the treatment of neurological disease. However, the exact role of the AEG‐1 in CNS under normal conditions is still unknown. This review will focus on the literature describing the role of this molecule in CNS neurons and astrocytes during noncancerous processes. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Toward a Theory of Multi-Tier Supply Chain Management

Recent trends toward outsourcing and global sourcing have created longer, more complex and more fragmented supply chains. In this research, we aim to instigate a theoretical development of multi-tier supply chain (MSC) management by adopting an inductive case study research design. Following a multiple case research design, we investigate three-tier supply chains to develop a theory of MSC management. Each of the investigated supply chains consists of a buyer, supplier and supplier's supplier. Based on the case studies, propositions are built concerning how MSCs operate. As an underlying methodology, we first conduct a within-case analysis and then expand that analysis to the cross-case context. The results show the impact that the dynamics of the MSC have on power balance, structure, interdependence and relationship stability inherent in MSCs.
Management accounting theory and practice: : measuring the gap in United States businesses

In this study, we surveyed members of the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) all Certified Management Accountants (CMA) working in the United States to determine, 1) the adoption rate of forty-one management accounting practices by their organizations, 2) to examine the degree of importance for the efficient operation of their business that CMA's placed on each management accounting practice and 3) to measure the variance between the two. The findings indicated a large discrepancy between what accountants consider effective management accounting tools and the use of those tools by their respective companies. Evidence suggested that businesses rely more on the traditional management accounting practices rather than the recently developed "strategic" practices such as activity based management and the use of the balanced scorecards. We measured the size of the "gap" between the use and importance of each management accounting tool and highlighted those MA tools that CMA's think could have a significant impact on improving business operations. This study updates the management accounting literature on the adoption rate of forty-one MA practices by businesses in the USA.
The Enzymes of Acetyl‐CoA Metabolism in Differentiating Cholinergic (S‐20) and Noncholinergic (NIE‐115) Neuroblastoma Cells

Dibutyryl cyclic AMP and butyrate inhibited growth of S‐20 (cholinergic) and NIE‐115 (adrenergic) neuroblastoma clones. Both these drugs resulted in a parallel increase of choline acetyltransferase and ATP‐citrate lyase activities in S‐20 neuroblastoma cells. On the other hand, the increase in tyrosine hydroxylase activity in NIE‐115 caused by these drugs was not accompanied by a significant change in ATP‐citrate lyase activity. Both dibutyryl cyclic AMP and butyrate caused a decrease in fatty acid synthetase activity in both cell lines. The activities of pyruvate dehydrogenase, citrate synthase, choline acetyltransferase, and lactate dehydrogenase in both S‐20 and NIE‐115 cells were not significantly influenced by the drugs. ATP‐citrate lyases from S‐20 and NIE‐115 had similar kinetic and immunological properties, and their subunits had the same molecular weight as the rat liver enzyme. These data indicate that the differential regulation of ATP‐citrate lyase activity in cholinergic and adrenergic cells does not result from the existence of different molecular forms of the enzyme in these cell lines. They also provide further evidence to support the hypothesis that ATP‐citrate lyase activity increases during maturation of normal cholinergic neurons and decreases in noncholinergic cells of the brain.
Livestock production pattern of agropastoralists in peri-urban centres of south-west Nigeria

The remarkable reduction of tsetse fly and its vector disease trypanosomosis in the South West zone of Nigeria has led to the development of agropastoralism in the zone. This study was carried out by administration of structured questionnaires to farmers in three towns (Oyo, Ogbomosho and Saki) in order to highlight some of the factors influencing production in the area. It was found that in all the three towns animals were maintained on free range grazing, browsing and offer of crop residues. The most favoured breed kept is the Bunaji and Ogbomoso had the highest concentration (52.16%) of this breed. Labour allocation among agropastoralists was based on sex. Diarrhoea was the prevalent disease among the adult animals in wet and dry seasons while sand eating was common among the calves. In all the centres, cattle constituted the major ruminant in stock(77%) while sheep and goats accounted for 15% and 8% respectively. A preponderance of female cattle over the male for all the breeds was recorded in all the towns, But Saki had the highest number of cattle in stock and Ovo the lowest. Feed supplements offered all year round were salt lick and grains. Most of the agropaturalists depended on the use of local herbs and such other orthodox methods of combating diseases affecting the herd.
Attribute Performance and Customer Satisfaction Over Time: Evidence from Two Field Studies

Firms measure the importance of an attribute’s performance in determining overall satisfaction to allocate resources to optimize profitability. However, most firms assume that an attribute’s importance in determining overall satisfaction is temporally invariant. We report results from two studies showing that the importance of an attribute in determining overall satisfaction varies over time. Interestingly, we find that the relationship between overall satisfaction and behavioral intentions also changes over time. These results have important implications for managing customer satisfaction programs among firms.
What happened to foreign outsourcing when firms went online

The possibility to outsource over the internet should revolutionize foreign outsourcing, especially for services (UNCTAD, 2004). Our model describes materials and services input allocation from domestic vs. foreign suppliers. Allocations change when firms outsource online due to access and competition effects. Using data for 99 firms who started outsourcing online in 2003 together with a control group (never outsourcing online) of over 682 Irish firms, we apply OLS and Propensity Score Matching with Difference-in-Differences to find that 42-48 percent of foreign services inputs growth arises from online outsourcing.
An energy-based methodology for locating the source of forced oscillations in power systems

Recently, several power grids of China came across low frequency oscillations which are difficult to explain by the traditional negative damping mechanism. Some researchers suggest that those oscillations be caused by external periodic disturbances according to the forced oscillation mechanism. It takes no doubt that the oscillation source location (means locating the disturbances) is imperative and decisive to eliminate such a kind of oscillations. This paper proposes a location methodology based on Energy Supply on Port derived from the Port-Controlled Hamiltonian theory. By calculating the energy injected to the network at corresponding ports, the oscillation sources can be effectively located, even in complicated systems containing various kinds of control devices such as governors and exciters. Different from the traditional methodology based on eigen-analysis, the proposed methodology is naturally decentralized without the dependency on global measurements. Case studies on the standard 4-machine 2-area system and the IEEE-118 bus system show the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed methodology.
Traditional bazaar or supermarkets: A probit analysis of affluent consumer perceptions in Hanoi

Abstract This paper sheds light on the preferences and behaviour of Vietnamese consumers in an emerging market economy. We analysed survey data of affluent consumers in Hanoi by using a binary choice Probit model for traditional bazaars versus supermarkets. The purpose of the analysis was to measure the factors which influence decision-making by consumers when selecting particular retail outlets for shopping. Our results show that freshness, price and convenience are important in shaping the choice by consumers for traditional outlets for fresh food, while price played a key role in selecting shopping outlets for processed food and drinks and non-food products. The results provide a basis for understanding the strengths and weaknesses of the old and the new retail outlet formats.
Impact of the Extent of Management Initiatives on Manufacturing Plant Profitability, An Exploratory Investigation

This paper reports the results of an exploratory empirical investigation of the impact of the extent of implementation of five management initiatives on the profitability of manufacturing plants. These initiatives are, (i) just in time systems, (ii) total quality control, (iii) use of the state-of-the-art technology, (iv) capacity utilization, and (v) developmental activities. We collected data through a mail questionnaire from manufacturing plant managers in several industries, and used a linear structural relations (LISREL) model to analyze the same. The data included measures of several observable indicators reflecting the extent of the implementation of these initiatives. The results show that these five factors explain almost half of the variability in the profits of the manufacturing plants. Furthermore, each of these factors has a positive impact on the profitability, and except for capacity utilization, such impact is significant.
THE ROLE OF SOCIAL INFLUENCE AND CONSUMER'S EFFORT EXPECTANCY ON ONLINE SHOPPING: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF INDIA

1India is standing in the cusp of technology revolution where e-commerce is currently experiencing a period of rapid development. With the high penetration rate of internet users, Internet is becoming an integral part of user's lifestyle mainly of its urban population. The changing lifestyles have increased the reliance on the Internet for their shopping needs as it offers the convenience of shopping from the comfort of one's home and offers a wide product assortment to choose from. However, the benefits offered and the adoption rates of e-commerce, as predicted by various surveys, indicate a wide gap. The present study tries to answer this gap and makes a modest attempt to identify various factors that have the potential to influence online customer's behavioral intention to transact in virtual environment. The empirical evidence presented in the study is based on a survey conducted in early 2013 that comprises of 207 respondents. The study has identified technical environment, socio-individual belief, effort expectancy and customer's attitude as an influential factor to the customer's intention to purchase online. However the present paper limits its scope in empirically validating the influence of socio-individual belief and effort expectancy on the customer’s intention to purchase online.