Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effects of trust beliefs on consumers' online intentions

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine the simultaneous effects of the product, brand, and vendor trust beliefs on consumers' online intentions, i.e. the intention to purchase and the intention to provide personal information online.Design/methodology/approach – The study uses an online 2×2×2 between‐subjects factorial experiment design with two vendor trust beliefs levels (high/low), two brand trust beliefs levels (high/low), and two product trust beliefs levels (high/low). Multivariate analysis of covariance, linear regression, and the SOBEL test were used to analyze the hypotheses.Findings – The results suggest that brand trust beliefs affect online intentions, and may be needed to increase online sales. The influence of vendor trust beliefs on online intentions varies with brand trust, beliefs for products and for services is augmented by brand trust beliefs.Research limitations/implications – The limitations are those typically applied to experimental methodology. Intentions were used as s.
The Multilingual Naming Test in Alzheimer's Disease: Clues to the Origin of Naming Impairments

Abstract The current study explored the picture naming performance of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). First, we evaluated the utility of the Multilingual Naming Test (MINT; Gollan et al., 2011), which was designed to assess naming skills in speakers of multiple languages, for detecting naming impairments in monolingual AD and amnestic mild cognitive impairment (MCI). If the MINT were sensitive to linguistic impairment in AD, using it in clinical practice might have advantages over using tests exclusively designed for English monolinguals. We found that the MINT can be used with both monolinguals and bilinguals: A 32-item subset of the MINT is best for distinguishing monolingual patients from controls, while the full MINT is best for assessing degree of bilingualism and language dominance in bilinguals. We then investigated the cognitive mechanisms underlying naming impairment in AD. To this end, we explored which MINT item characteristics best predicted performance differences between monolingual patients and controls. We found that contextual diversity and imageability, but not word frequency (nor words’ number of senses), contributed unique variance to explaining naming impairments in AD. These findings suggest a semantic component to the naming impairment in AD (modulated by names’ semantic richness and network size). (JINS, 2013, 19, 1–12)
Would you Want Your Son to Marry a Marketing Lady?

Here's how Farmer closed his article on “Would You Want Your Daughter to Marry a Marketing Man? ” ten years ago: If that nice young man who has dates with your daughter turns out to be a marketing major, what would you do? I would chase him off the premises fast. Who wants his daughter to marry a huckster? Now, what do you think the ending of this article will be?
Fair Value Measurement and Islamic Financial Institutions: The Shariah Perspective and the Case of Saudi Banks

5 TABLE OF CONTENTS . 6 LIST OF TABLES . 11 LIST OF FIGURES . 11 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS . 12 CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION . 13 1.1 PROLOGUE . 13 1.2 MOTIVATION FOR RESEARCH AND RESEARCH GAP. 14 1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY . 15 1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS. 16 1.5 THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK . 17 1.6 THESIS OUTLINE . 18 1.7 RESEARCH CONTRIBUTION . 19 CHAPTER TWO: CRITICAL REVIEW OF ISLAMIC ACCOUNTING LITERATURE . 22 2.
MHD Falkner-Skan Boundary Layer Flow with Internal Heat Generation or Absorption

This paper examines the forced convection flow of incompressible, electrically conducting viscous fluid past a sharp wedge in the presence of heat generation or absorption with an applied magnetic field. The system of partial differential equations governing Falkner Skan wedge flow and heat transfer is first transformed into a system of ordinary differential equations using similarity transformations which is later solved using an implicit finite difference scheme, along with quasilinearization technique. Numerical computations are performed for air (Pr = 0.7) and displayed graphically to illustrate the influence of pertinent physical parameters on local skin friction and heat transfer coefficients and, also on, velocity and temperature fields. It is observed that the magnetic field increases both the coefficients of skin friction and heat transfer. The effect of heat generation or absorption is found to be very significant on heat transfer, but its effect on the skin friction is negligible. Indeed, the occurrence of overshoot is noticed in the temperature profiles during heat generation process, causing the reversal in the direction of heat transfer. Keywords—Heat generation / absorption, MHD FalknerSkan flow, skin friction and heat transfer
THE CANADIAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES Neuropathy with Onion Bulb Formations and Pure Motor Manifestations

A thirty-eight-year-old man presented with a six year history of symptoms resembling an anterior horn cell disorder. There was progressive upper extremity wasting and weakness in the absence of sensory complaints. Electrophysiologic abnormalities were confined to motor nerve conduction and indicated a demyelinating process involving the brachial plexus and major proximal upper extremity nerve trucks bilaterally. Biopsy of the proximal right ulnar nerve revealed changes suggesting a chronic demyelinating process, and onion-bulb formations were present. Immunohistochemical staining for S-100 protein was positive in the cells comprising the onion-bulbs, indicating a Schwann cell, not a perineurial origin of these cells. After 8 years, symptoms have failed to appear in the lower limbs. Recent reports in the literature have begun to delineate the syndrome, which appears to represent an unusual, localized or multifocal, sometimes inflammatory, clinically benign neuropathy that can mimic motor neuron disease in its earlier stages. We report the first such case with underlying pathology. RESUME: Neuropathie avec formations en bulbe d'oignon et manifestations cliniques exclusivement motrices Un homme age de trente-huit ans s'est presente avec une histoire de symptomes ressemblant a une maladie des cellules de la come anterieure, d'une duree de six ans. II existait une atrophie progressive au niveau des membres superieurs ainsi qu'une faiblesse sans symptomatologie sensitive. Les anomalies electrophysiologiques etaient limitees a la conduction motrice et indiquaient un processus demyelinisant impliquant le plexus brachial et les troncs nerveux majeurs des deux membres superieurs. Une biopsie du nerf cubital proximal droit a montre des changements suggerant un processus demyelinisant chronique et la presence de formations en bulbe d'oignon. Une coloration immuno-histochimique pour la proteine S-100 etait positive dans les cellules contenant des bulbes d'oignon, indiquant que ces cellules originaient des cellules de Schwann et non de I'epinevre. Apres 8 ans devolution, les symptomes ne sont pas presents dans les membres inferieurs. Des publications recentes tentent de caracteriser ce syndrome, qui semble representer une neuropathie inhabituelle, localisee ou multifocal, parfois inflammatoire, cliniquement benigne, pouvant donner le change pour une maladie du neurone moteur au tout debut. Nous rapportons le premier cas appuye par une etude anatomo-pathologique. Can. J. Neurol. Sci. 1989; 16:194-197 Wasting and weakness, in the absence of sensory symptoms, are usually indicative of anterior horn cell disease. We report a case where the clinical history and physical examination suggested the possibility of motor neuron disease, but electrophysiologic and pathologic studies showed evidence of a chronic demyelinating process, with onion bulb formations.
GLICOPROTEIN (GP) IIb/IIIa INHIBITORS FOR ACUTE STROKE TREATMENT

The benefit of antiplatelet therapy remains unclear, although it does appear that aspirin monotherapy started within 48 hours of stroke onset may result in a modest clinical improvement. Glicoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa antagonists are currently considered the most powerful specific inhibitors of platelet activation in acute thrombosis. Glicoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor therapy could merit a prominent role also in the initial management of patients with acute ischemic stroke. Abciximab may be promising in this setting and should be evaluated in further clinical trials.
In vitro development of mouse oocytes.

Several aspects of the early in vitro development of the laboratory mouse were examined: oocyte nuclear maturation, fertilization, fertilization of oocytes matured in vitro, and fetal development of oocytes matured and fertilized ii, vitro. Initially, optimum conditions for both oocyte nuclear maturation and fertilization were established. Oocyte nuclear maturation was greatest (91.7%) when oocytes were cultured with cumulus cells. The reduction in maturation when oocytes were cultured without cumulus cells (to 59.2%) was significant (p < 0.02) only when serum was not present in the medium. Fertilization i,i vitro of oviducal oocytes, measured by the number of two-cell ova formed, was greatest (90.1%) when the medium contained 30 mg/ml protein and the oocytes were fertilized with adhering cumulus cells. The removal of the cumulus cells from the oocytes prior to fertilization reduced (p < 0.001) the number of two-cell ova formed (90.1% to 46.3%). Using the optimum conditions which produced 91.7% nuclear maturation and 90.1% fertilization, 37.5% of oocytes matured in vitro were fertilized In vitro. When serum was omitted from the maturation medium a significant drop (p < 0.01) to 22.5% fertilization occurred. When oocytes matured and fertilizedin vitro were transferred into foster mothers, 3.2% developed into 15-day-old fetuses, thus demonstrating that normal oocyte maturation processes can occur in vitro.
The effect of motivation on trust in the acceptance of internet banking in a low income country

Purpose – The aim of this study is to find out the type of motivation that provokes an individual to trust and use the internet banking system in a low income country. In this paper, extrinsic motivation and intrinsic motivation are studied that may build trust in an individual to accept internet banking technology.Design/methodology/approach – With the sample size of 109 respondents, structural equation modeling is used to find the measurement and the structural model for this research.Findings – Extrinsic motivation did not fit within the measurement model and was therefore excluded. Finally, the research model showed that intrinsic motivation is responsible in building user's trust in the acceptance of internet banking.Research limitations/implications – This research is difficult to generalize because of the relatively small sample size. However, the sample has been taken from the biggest city of Pakistan, Karachi, which accommodates people from almost every region of the country suggesting that the r.
A typology of internet users based on comparative affective states: evidence from eight countries

Purpose – The role of affective states in consumer behaviour is well established. However, no study to date has examined online affective states empirically as a basis for constructing typologies of internet users and for assessing the invariance of clusters across national cultures. This paper aims to address this issue.Design/methodology/approach – Four focus groups were carried out with internet users to adapt a set of affective states identified from the literature to the online environment. An online survey was then designed to collect data from internet users in four Western and four East Asian countries.Findings – Based on a cluster analysis, six cross‐national market segments are identified and labelled “Positive Online Affectivists”, “Offline Affectivists”, “On/Off‐line Negative Affectivists”, “Online Affectivists”, “Indistinguishable Affectivists”, and “Negative Offline Affectivists”. The resulting clusters discriminate on the basis of national culture, gender, working status and perceptions tow.
Brain Death Guidelines Explained

Abstract Brain death is diagnosed in the minority of patients with acute severe brain injury. Guidelines have been developed in many countries in the world and physicians usually work through a set of criteria. The clinical evaluation starts with determination of futility of any medical or surgical intervention and an unmistakable certainty that the underlying diagnosis is correct. The actual neurologic evaluation in a patient suspected of being brain dead requires 25 tests and verifications. Brain death determination demands perfect diagnostic accuracy and thus requires skill and expertise. The overriding principle is simple: establish cause, exclude confounders, determine futility of interventions, examine brainstem reflexes, and test for apnea. In this review, the author revisits the American Academy of Neurology guidelines, and examines the details behind the guidelines. The 2010 guidelines have eliminated unnecessary tests and observation delays, and maintain a principle of simplicity.
The impact of individual debiasing efforts on financial decision effectiveness in the supplier selection process

Purpose – The nascent behavioral supply management (BSM) research stream has raised the level of attention given to deviations from the standard assumptions of the rational paradigm in economics. The adaptation of cognitive heuristics, which add vulnerability to judgment and decision making, creates a pressing need to identify and develop mitigation strategies to debias decision making in the supply chain management environment. The purpose of this paper is to investigate debiasing measures, corresponding contextual variables in the supplier selection process, and their implications for financial decision effectiveness.Design/methodology/approach – The authors used a large‐scale empirical survey among 306 buyers to investigate the relationships among individual and organizational contextual factors, debiasing measures in the supplier selection decision, and the financial effectiveness of the supplier selection decision.Findings – It was found that organizational and individual contextual factors have diff.
On the growth of foreign affiliates: multinational plant networks, joint ventures, and flexibility

We take a flexibility perspective to analyse employment growth in a large sample of Japanese manufacturing affiliates in nine Asian countries during the years leading up to and into the Asian financial crisis (1995–1999). We find that joint ventures are less flexible than wholly owned affiliates in responding to changing environmental conditions in the focal country, and underperform in high-growth environments. Multinational enterprises (MNEs) use the flexibility created by their multinational plant network to adjust affiliate employment in response to labour cost changes in other countries in which they operate plants. However, no evidence was found that the presence of joint ventures in multinational plant networks reduces this network flexibility. Our findings suggest that more research is needed on the heterogeneous responses of MNEs and their affiliates to changing economic environments.
Global value chains, development, and emerging economies 1

In recent decades, profound changes in the structure of the global economy have reshaped global production and trade and have altered the organisation of industries and national economies into global value chains (GVCs). As GVCs became global in scope, more intermediate goods were traded across borders, and more imported parts and components were integrated into exports. In 2009, world exports of intermediate goods exceeded the combined export values of final and capital goods for the first time. New governance structures reinforce the organisational consolidation occurring within GVCs and the geographic concentration associated with the growing prominence of emerging economies as key economic and political actors. Emerging economies are playing significant and diverse roles in GVCs. During the 2000s, they were simultaneously major exporters of intermediate and final manufactured goods (China, South Korea, and Mexico) and primary products (Brazil, Russia, and South Africa). However, market growth in emerging economies has also led to shifting end markets in GVCs, as more trade has occurred between developing economies (often referred to as South-South trade in the literature), especially since the 2008-09 economic recession. China has been the focal point of both trends: it is the world's leading exporter of manufactured goods and the world's largest importer of many raw materials, thereby contributing to the primary product export boom.
Human resource accounting (HRA) disclosure of Bangladeshicompanies and its association with corporate characteristics

This study reports the relationship between corporate characteristics and Human Resource Disclosure (HRAD) level in fifty five randomly selected companies of Bangladesh. The relationships were determined using a HRAD Index (HRADI) under a number of hypotheses. The results of the study show that companies averagely disclose 25% of the total HRAD items. In this study, HRAD has been found significantly related with the size of the company, category of the company (financial or non-financial) and profitability. However, HDAD had no influence on the age of companies.
Malignancy, weight loss, and the small intestinal mucosa

The mucosal architecture and mucosal dynamics of the small bowel have been studied in patients with malignant disease not of the gastrointestinal tract but associated with severe weight loss. Mucosal changes in malignant disease are demonstrated by stereomicroscopy, mucosal architectural measurement, and decreased lactose utilization. Measurement of the epithelial DNA loss rate indicates, in association with mucosal measurement, that the architectural changes are caused by a hypoplasia of the epithelium. Similar findings are demonstrated in patients with profound weight loss due to other non-malignant wasting diseases. Although mucosal changes undoubtedly occur in malignant disease, the changes are not specific for malignancy and the concept of `cancer enteropathy' is not tenable. It is suggested that mucosal changes are the effect of and not the cause of cachexia.
Sustained Spending and Persistent Response: A New Look at Long-Term Marketing Profitability

An intuitively appealing decision rule is to allocate a company's scarce marketing resources to where they have the greatest long-term benefit. This principle, however, is easier to accept than it is to execute, because long-run effects of marketing spending are difficult to estimate. The authors address this problem by examining the behavior of market response and marketing spending over time and identify four common strategic scenarios: business as usual, hysteresis in response, escalation, and evolving business practice. The authors explain and illustrate why each scenario can occur in practice and describe its positive and negative consequences for long-term profitability. The authors propose to use multivariate persistence measures to identify which of the four strategic scenarios is taking place and illustrate this approach in the pharmaceutical and packaged-food industries. The results substantiate the authors’ proposition that the strategic scenario is a major determinant of marketing effectiveness and long-term profitability. This conclusion sets up a substantial agenda for further research.
Moderators of change in problem behavior

This study investigates moderators of change in an empirically supported family-centered intervention (the Family Check Up) for problem behavior in early childhood, among low-income families screened for risk family stress and early onset problem behavior. 731 2-3 year-olds were randomized to the Family Check Up intervention, or to a control group. Latent Growth Models examined socio-demographic and parent psychological risk factors as potential moderators of change in problem behavior between age 2, 3 and 4. Results revealed two moderators of intervention effectiveness. Caregivers with the lowest educational levels were more responsive to the family-centered intervention, and two-parent families were more responsive to the intervention. Other risk factors showed no predictive effects. Overall, findings suggest that this brief family-centered intervention can be equally effective in reaching the most distressed and disadvantaged families, compared to those who are more advantaged. However, these results suggest that more attention is needed to address the intervention needs of single parent families in reducing problem behavior in early childhood.
A Characterization of Ternary Simulation of Gate Networks

Ternary simulation techniques provide efficient methods for the analysis of the behavior of VLSI circuits. However, the results of ternary simulation have not been completely characterized. In this paper we prove a somewhat modified version of the Brzozowski-Yoeli conjecture (stated in 1976) that the results of the ternary simulation of a gate network N correspond to the results of the binary race analysis of Ñ in the ``multiple-winner'' model, where Ñ is the network N in which a delay has been inserted in each wire.
Slow component of O2 uptake during heavy exercise: adaptation to endurance training.

Seven untrained male subjects [age 25.6 +/- 1.5 (SE) yr, peak O2 uptake (VO2) 3.20 +/- 0.19 l/min] trained on a cycle ergometer 4 days/wk for 6 wk, with the absolute training workload held constant for the duration of training. Before and at the end of each week of training, the subjects performed 20 min of constant-power exercise at a power designed to elicit a pronounced slow component of VO2 (end-exercise VO2-VO2 at minute 3 of exercise) in the pretraining session. An additional 20-min exercise bout was performed after training at this same absolute power output during which epinephrine (Epi) was infused at a rate of 100 ng.kg-1.min-1 between minutes 10 and 20. After 2 wk of training, significant decreases in VO2 slow component, end-exercise VO2, blood lactate ([La-] and glucose concentrations, plasma Epi ([Epi]) and norepinephrine concentrations, ventilation (VE), and heart rate (HR) were observed (P < 0.05). Although the rapid attenuation of the VO2 slow component coincided temporally with reductions in plasma [Epi], blood [La-], and VE, the infusion of Epi after training significantly increased plasma [Epi] (delta 2.22 ng/ml), blood [La-] (delta 2.4 mmol/l) and VE (delta 10.0 l/min) without any change in exercise VO2. We therefore conclude that diminution of the VO2 slow component with training is attributable to factors other than the reduction in plasma [Epi], blood [La-] and VE.
Destination Image: A Comparative Study on Pre and Post Trip Image Variations

The concept of destination image has gained great significance by both practitioners and academicians. Although there are numerous studies emphasizing the different features and influential relations of image, little research has been conducted to determine the image variations of pre and post trip experiences about the destination. This study aimed to examine the differences—if any—of the destination image between the tourists who just arrived (arriving tourists) and the tourists who are about the leave the destination (departing tourists). Out of 27 image attributes, six factors were obtained: Environmental Conditions, Destination Advantages, Activities, Attractiveness, Facilities and Climate. It is found that there are significant differences in terms of Environmental Conditions, Attractiveness, and Climate factors between two groups, indicating that the destination possesses a more positive image for departing tourists. The study also examines whether the frequency of visits to the destination influences the future travel plans of both arriving and departing tourist groups. The findings show that there is no difference between two groups, but it is also found that the more frequently tourists visit the destination, the more likely they plan to spend their next holiday in the same destination.