Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Examining the Relationship between Brand Emotion and Brand Extension among Supporters of Professional Football Clubs

Purpose – There is debate and controversy about the use of branding in sport. Often, fans show loyalty to their club that many brands could only dream of, and a key argument of previous research is that supporters do not like to think of their club in commercial terms, as a brand. However, the authors argue that in today's environment fans have pragmatic attitudes towards the necessity of branding and its importance in the future success of their clubs. Thus this paper aims to develop and test a model conceptualising the relationship between supporters' emotional attachment, supporters' brand perception/strength and their support for brand extension.Design/methodology/approach – In‐depth interviews with, players, clubs' officials and supporters, leading to the design of a survey instrument completed by 842 supporters of two professional Norwegian football clubs.Findings – The model confirms that fans that have a strong emotional attachment to their club have a stronger perception of the club as a brand an.
Framing as status or benefits? Consumers’ reactions to hierarchical loyalty program communication

Purpose - A fundamental aspect of hierarchical loyalty programs is that some consumers get rewards that others do not. Despite the widespread use of such programs, academics have long debated whether these benefits are outweighed by the potential negative impact of the differential treatment of customers. This study extends our understanding, examining the impact of message framing on consumers’ reactions to hierarchical loyalty structures. Design/methodology/approach - Three online studies were conducted. Study 1 uses advertisements to manipulate the message frame’s emphasis (benefits vs. status). Study 2 manipulates consumers’ frame of thought by directing their attention to either changes in benefits or status. Finally, Study 3 uses the proposed framework to reconcile contradictory findings from past research. Findings - Low-frequency customers who do not expect to qualify for a superior customer tier tend to reject hierarchical programs when thinking about status. In contrast, when these customers think about concrete rewards, loyalty program messages produce no negative reactions. High-frequency customers are positively affected by communication regardless of the type of benefits framed. Research limitations/implications - All studies were done online potentially limiting the external validity of the results. Nevertheless, the impact of message framing on perceptions about the loyalty program seems to be quite robust across different studies and manipulations. Practical implications - When communicating with low-frequency customers managers should avoid promising status; customers should instead be motivated based on concrete rewards. High-frequency customers are indifferent to alternative emphasis of communication frames. Originality/value - Marketing academics have acknowledged the importance of being able to reward top customers without demotivating light and moderate users. Our research is the first to provide a solution to this issue.
When Do Interlocks Matter? Institutional Logics and the Diffusion of Multiple Corporate Governance Practices

Despite the wealth of research on the origins of institutions, little is known about how institutions and their underlying logics are extended following initial diffusion stage. We argue that institutional extension happens through multi-wave diffusion of related practices such that an organization’s adoption of practices from an institutional logic implies its acceptance of the logic. This makes organizational adoption of subsequent practices sharing the same logic more likely, irrespective of these practices’ adoptions by the organization’s network contacts. We show evidence of such effects though analyzing the diffusion of governance practices related to the logic of board reform in Canada.
Perceived information security and consumer trust in electronic commerce transactions: A survey of Internet banking adoption in Malaysia

Consumersâ€™ trust in their online transactions is vital for the sustained progress and development of Internet Banking. This study proposes that in addition, consumersâ€™ perception of information security and privacy influence their trust in online transactions. This study builds upon this finding to develop and validate measures of consumers' perceived information security and perceived privacy of their online transactions which are then theorized to influence their trust in Electronic Commerce transactions. This study incorporates theories from information systems, trust, electronic commerce and Internet banking in order to provide reliable secondary data to support our findings. Based on the survey that was undertaken in Malaysia, this research shows that consumers exhibit variability in their perceptions of security, privacy and trust between online and offline transactions This research proposes that the perceptions of information security and privacy are factors that affect the consumersâ€™ trust in the institutional governance mechanisms underlying the Internet. In fact this research conducts empirical studies and through successive refinement and analysis using the Regression technique, the hypothesized relationships is tested while verifying the excellent measurement properties associated with the survey instrument. This study finds that the consumersâ€™ perceived information security and trust are indeed distinct constructs but the effect of perceived security on adoption of Internet Banking is strongly mediated by trust.
Pooling-Based Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Risk Loci in the Pathogenesis of Ovarian Endometrioma in Chinese Han Women

Endometriosis, regarded as a complex disease, is influenced by multiple genetic factors. Recent genome-wide association studies (GWASs) in endometriosis have identified several susceptibility loci in Caucasian and Japanese populations. However, the overlapped susceptible loci were few. This case–control study tried to identify risk loci–related genes for ovarian endometrioma in Chinese Han women from central China using DNA pooling-based GWAS. Genome DNA samples were extracted from 3038 participants in central China. Pooling-based genome-wide scan and individual genotyping were performed using Affymetrix Genome-Wide Human SNP Array 6.0 and IPLEX Gold system, which demonstrated 10 ovarian endometrioma-related novel risk loci. There were 3 of them with P value < 5 × 10−06, separately locating in intron of insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor, chromosome 7 open reading frame 50, and Meis homeobox 1. In conclusion, the pooling-based GWAS for ovarian endometrioma identified some novel single-nucleotide polymorphisms in Chinese Han women of central China. Further assessment in other samples will be crucial to confirm the susceptibility of these results and explore the mechanisms of the related genes in the pathogenesis of ovarian endometrioma.
Synthesis and antitumor activity of cyclotriphosphazene-(diamine)platinum(II) conjugates

A new class of water-soluble cyclotriphosphazene-(diamine)platinum(II) conjugate drugs [NP(Am·Li2)(Am·PtA2)]3 (Am: dicarboxylic amino acid; A2: diamine) has been synthesized and characterized by means of elemental analysis, multinuclear (1H, 31P, 13C, 195Pt) NMR and IR spectroscopies. All the title compounds were subjected to both in vitro and in vivo assays against the murine leukemia L1210 cell line and selected human tumor cells. Most of the title compounds have shown higher in vivo antitumor activity than cisplatin and carboplatin, and, in particular, [NP(L-Glu·Li2)(L-Glu·Pt(dach)]3 (Glu=glutamate, dach=trans(±)-1,2-diaminocyclohexane) showed extraordinary high activity (ILS>500%) equally against both parent and cisplatin-resistant leukemia L1210 cell lines. Furthermore, this candidate compound (KI 60606) exhibited a wider spectrum of in vitro activity by showing higher cytotoxicity against all the selected human tumor cells than cisplatin and, therefore, was subjected to preclinical studies which are now near completion.
Influence of Nonconsecutive Bar Breakages in Motor Current Signature Analysis for the Diagnosis of Rotor Faults in Induction Motors

Studies of rotor asymmetries in squirrel-cage induction motors have traditionally focused on analyses of the effects of the breakage of adjacent bars on the magnetic field and current spectrum. However, major motor manufacturers have reported cases where damaged bars are randomly distributed around the rotor perimeter of large HV machines. In some of these cases, the motors were being monitored under maintenance programs based on motor current signature analysis (MCSA), and the degree of degradation found in the rotor was much greater than that predicted by analysis of their current spectra. For this reason, a complete study was carried out, comprising a theoretical analysis, as well as simulation and tests, to investigate the influence that the number and location of faulty bars has on the traditional MCSA diagnosis procedure. From the theoretical analysis, based on the application of the fault-current approach and space-vector theory, a very simple method is deduced, which enables the left sideband amplitude to be calculated for any double bar breakage, per unit of the sideband amplitude corresponding to a single breakage. The proposed methodology is generalized for the estimation of the sideband amplitude in the case of multiple bar breakages and validated by simulation using a finite-element-based model, as well as by laboratory tests.
Last glacial maximum biomes reconstructed from pollen and plant macrofossil data from northern Eurasia

Pollen and plant macrofossil data from northern Eurasia were used to reconstruct the vegetation of the last glacial maximum (LGM: 18,000 ± 2000 14C yr bp) using an objective quantitative method for interpreting pollen data in terms of the biomes they represent ( Prentice et al., 1996 ). The results confirm previous qualitative vegetation reconstructions at the LGM but provide a more comprehensive analysis of the data.
Buyer–supplier relationships in inter- and intra-organisational supply contexts: the unobtrusive yet pervasive human resource picture

While there is an extensive literature on organisational relationships, there remains a need to understand better the way that operational aspects of supply partnerships are managed in practice, in particular with respect to human resource (HR) elements. The use of seven dimensions to explore HR elements of supply relationships across a broad front is described. These dimensions were goals, information sharing, relationship structure, co-ordination mechanisms, locus of decision-making, top management commitment and compatibility of values. Two case studies of highly interdependent supply relationships were conducted: one an inter-organisational and the other an intra-organisational environment. A total of 84 semi-structured interviews were conducted with a wide cross-section of employees and managers at multiple levels across the two dyads. Cross-case analysis revealed polar views of the “relationship”. Indeed, at different levels in each organisation, a tension emerged between extremes, which have been labelled “together” and “separate” herein. Our findings also highlight the pervasive effects of HR issues on these polarised views of supply relationships, and the similarities of inter-firm and intra-firm contexts, which point to common HR characteristics within supply relationships.
Acta Non Verba? The Role of Customer Participation and Word of Mouth in the Relationship Between Service Firms’ Customer Satisfaction and Sales Performance

Evidence has shown that satisfied customers do not necessarily buy more of a company’s products and services, thus spurring researchers to look for a missing link between customer satisfaction and purchase behavior. Word of mouth (WOM) has been advocated as the elusive missing link and as a key indicator of customer-firm relationship strength. Yet, WOM is only one type of customer voluntary performance (CVP). In this study, a second type of CVP, namely customer participation (i.e., customers’ willingness to provide the firm with constructive feedback and suggestions), is argued to be crucial to ensure that a satisfied customer repurchases. The authors develop and test a model that predicts that satisfied customers repurchase when they become productive resources through two spontaneous and cooperative customer behaviors: WOM and participation. The empirical findings support the predictions, thus complementing and extending previous research. This research suggests that while WOM has been heralded as an important factor in firm growth, another factor that is at least equally if not more important to future sales is customer participation.
Conceptualising value co-creation: A journey to the 1970s and back to the future

Abstract Service-Dominant (S-D) Logic asserts that firms and customers always co-create value. This article argues that the co-creation of value term, as used by Vargo and Lusch (2008), is strongly metaphorical in its construction, and this metaphoric form acts as a barrier to focused empirical analysis. An alternative conceptualisation is offered. It is argued that value co-creation can be defined as the joint actions by a customer (or another beneficiary) and a service provider during their direct interactions. Value creation in such interactive contexts was studied as early as the 1970s in the early days of modern service marketing research. This article relies on two models from that time to develop a value co-creation logic and a conceptual model of value co-creation as an alternative schema to S-D logic.
An evaluation of the role of green marketing and a firm’s internal practices for environmental sustainability

The management of a firm's green operations is increasingly important for marketing strategists. The purpose of this study is to investigate the cross-influences of green marketing strategy and the key internal green functional areas in a firm. We use the antecedents of marketing strategy and identify relationships between green marketing strategy and key supporting internal environmental operations of firms with respect to (1) green suppliers, (2) environmental resource management, (3) green research and development, and (4) environmental manufacturing processes and procedures. The statistical techniques of parallel analysis, factor analysis and multiple regressions are used to analyze data collected from 332 firms. The results identify that among the four functional areas of firms adopting green marketing strategy. Two are more likely to influence green marketing strategy – supplier selection and research and development. Implications are discussed. The findings contribute to the theory of green marketing strategy. Future research is recommended.
Prevalence of anaemia in an inner city primary school population

Iron deficiency, defined as a serum ferritin level of <15 μg/l,1 has been shown to adversely affect many aspects of health and development in childhood and persistence into school age may result in sub-optimal health and academic under-achievement. National research has demonstrated that a high prevalence of anaemia in pre-school children (12%), causally linked to iron deficiency related to dietary factors, is common in areas of socioeconomic deprivation1 and particularly in children of minority ethnic parentage, especially of Pakistani origin.2 There is little information in …
The pathology associated with visceral toxicosis of catfish

Visceral toxicosis of catfish (VTC) syndrome was recognized in the late 1990s and recently has been associated with exposure to Clostridium botulinum type E neurotoxin. Tentative diagnosis is based on clinical presentation and gross findings, and is confirmed by bioassay. In April 2009, channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) from 2 different farms presented with abnormal swimming behavior and mortalities. Nine fish were submitted to the Aquatic Research and Diagnostic Laboratory (Stoneville, Mississippi) for evaluation. Bacterial cultures from these fish were negative. Necropsy findings included intestinal intussusceptions, ascites, pale proximal intestines with engorged serosal blood vessels, splenic congestion, and a reticular pattern to the liver. Significant histopathologic findings were limited to cerebral, splenic, and hepatic congestion, splenic lymphoid depletion and perivascular edema, vascular dilation and edema of the gastrointestinal tract, and perivascular edema in the anterior and posterior kidneys. Intoxication from C. botulinum type E neurotoxin was suspected based on the clinical signs and lack of gross and microbiological evidence of an infectious disease process. The toxicosis was confirmed with a positive bioassay using serum collected from the submitted fish.
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY: INHOSPITABLE FOR EMPLOYEES?

This paper uses data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) to examine the likelihood of receiving health insurance coverage and retirement benefits among employees working in the hospitality sector. The results show that, although hospitality sector employees are less likely to receive health insurance coverage and retirement benefits from their employers when compared with respondents employed in other sectors, the likelihood of receiving employee benefits increases with job tenure, income and educational attainment. A discussion on the possible strategic initiatives for increasing employee benefits in this sector is included for industry leaders, policy makers, economists.
Sustainability in retailing – a summative content analysis

Purpose – This paper aims to analyse past and current sustainability considerations and developments in scientific research and practice with a focus on the role of retailers in supply chains.Design/methodology/approach – A summative content analysis is used to identify major research areas and industrial branches in the sustainability literature relevant to retail supply chains, and sustainability considerations in retail practice.Findings – Sustainability‐related issues have been discussed for many years and the term sustainability has received increased attention in research since the mid‐1990s. In retail research, there seems to be a time lag of more than ten years in using the term sustainability compared to other fields in research and industry. However, some of these other research fields and industries have an impact on retail supply chains. At the same time, it seems that sustainability has received more attention in retail management practice compared to research applications.Research limitation.
Using statistical reasoning performance to reveal information parsing preferences in the mind

Many cognitive tasks require the parsing of information into smaller, discrete units in order to enable effective information processing. This parsing can, broadly speaking, be done along either situationally ad hoc dimensions or done preferentially along ecologically and evolutionarily relevant dimensions. The present research systematically evaluates these two possibilities within a statistical reasoning context. While replicating results that appear to support the partition-edit-count hypothesis (that item parsing is equipotential, based on subtle linguistic cues), this result was found to be in large part due to confounds in the nature of the tasks rather than the partitioning manipulations (Experiment 1). Additionally, a frequency presentation of the same task not only eliminated the earlier confounds but also improved performance directly and as predicted by the alternative hypothesis (Experiment 2). Attempts to reintroduce a biasing partition frame (Experiment 3) and a process study of participants’ task representation (Experiment 4) also both failed to support the partition-edit-count hypothesis. These results favour an ecological rationality perspective and the associated frequency and individuation hypotheses regarding statistical reasoning (i.e., a privileged status for frequency representations to guide parsing of objects, events, and locations into easily countable units).
Analysis and Examination of Relationship among Entrepreneurial Orientation, Organizational Learning and Firm PerformanceTake Pharmaceutical Enterprises for Example

Market characteristics such as "many, small, scattered, chaotic" and others are very obvious with China's pharmaceutical enterprises. In order to change the status quo, pharmaceutical enterprises have to be with the entrepreneurial orientation and to insist on organizational learning. Based on the pharmaceutical enterprises as the research object and through the empirical research with questionnaire, we get some important results: Firstly, the entrepreneurial orientation of pharmaceutical enterprises has a positive impact on corporate performance. Secondly, organizational learning of pharmaceutical enterprises has a positive impact on firm performance. Thirdly, the entrepreneurial orientation of pharmaceutical enterprises has a positive impact on organizational
The burden of proof: A response to Rosi-Marshall et al.

To the Editor: A recent paper in PNAS (1) purports to show that insect-resistant crops have unexpected effects on nontarget insects in streams. A sentence in the Abstract reads “Stream insects are important prey for aquatic and riparian predators, and widespread planting of Bt crops has unexpected ecosystem-scale consequences. ” The data presented in … †To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: rnbeachy{at}danforthcenter.org
An Inquiry into the Relationship between Employee Development and Organization Satisfaction in the Federal Sector

This study explores the relationship between employee development and their organization satisfaction, in an effort to more fully understand how employee development contributes to an agency’s success. In order to examine the empirical relationship, this study uses the 2004, 2006, and 2008 Federal Human Capital Survey (FHCS) data. Based on the empirical results from the ordinary least squares regression, this study finds that all dimensions of employee development have positive and significant relationships with an employee’s perceived organization satisfaction. One of the interesting findings from the regression analysis is that the positive effect of having electronic access to learning and training programs on an employee’s perceived organization satisfaction is the lowest among those eight dimensions of employee development. Conversely, the positive effect of having a real opportunity to improve an employee’s skills on an employee’s perceived organization satisfaction is higher than effects of any other dimensions of employee development.
Evolution of the Gene Network Underlying Wing Polyphenism in Ants

Wing polyphenism in ants evolved once, 125 million years ago, and has been a key to their amazing evolutionary success. We characterized the expression of several genes within the network underlying the wing primordia of reproductive (winged) and sterile (wingless) ant castes. We show that the expression of several genes within the network is conserved in the winged castes of four ant species, whereas points of interruption within the network in the wingless castes are evolutionarily labile. The simultaneous evolutionary lability and conservation of the network underlying wing development in ants may have played an important role in the morphological diversification of this group and may be a general feature of polyphenic development and evolution in plants and animals.