Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Influence of Service Quality and Customer Relationship Marketing on Customer Loyalty Using Trust as a Mediation Variable in the Village Credit Institution (LPD) of Customary Village

This study aims to determine the effect of service quality and customer relationship marketing on customer loyalty with trust as a mediating variable. This research was conducted at the Kerobokan Customary Village LPD. The population in this study were all customers of the Kerobokan Customary Village LPD with a total of 26,768 people. The sample is determined using the slovin formula with a total sample of 100 samples. Collecting data in this study using questionnaires with data analysis techniques is SEM-PLS. The results of this study indicate that 1. E-service quality has a positive effect on customer loyalty. 2. Customer relationship marketing has a positive and significant effect on customer loyalty. 3. Trust has a positive and significant effect on customer loyalty. 4. Service quality has a positive and significant effect on trust. 5. Customer relationship marketing has a positive and significant effect on trust. 6. Trust is able to mediate the effect of service quality on customer loyalty. 7.Trust is able to mediate the influence of customer relationship marketing on customer loyalty.
Migration of the Acadian orogen and foreland basin across the northern Appalachians

4 Introduction. 4 Acknowledgments. 5 Regional Geology. 6 Determining the Timing of Collisional Orogeny from the Rock Record . 9 Paleontological and Stratigraphic Evidence for the Timing of Acadian Orogenesis. 11 Passamaquoddy Bay, Maine and New Brunswick. 11 Fredericton Trough, Maine and New Brunswick . 11 Canterbury Inlier, New Brunswick . 11 Carlisle Area, New Brunswick. 15 Presque Isle Quadrangle, Maine. 15 Central Maine Basin. 16 Littleton and Vicinity, New Hampshire. 17 Southwestern Moose River Synclinorium, Maine. 17 Northeastern Moose River Synclinorium, Maine. 19 Traveler-Chesuncook Area, Maine . 19 Munsungun Anticlinorium, Maine . 20 Pennington Anticlinorium, Maine . 20 Madawaska Region, New Brunswick. 21 LaPatrie and Ste. Cecile de Whitton, Eastern Townships, Quebec. 22 Northwest Margin of the Connecticut Valley-Gaspe Basin, Quebec . 22 Montreal, Quebec. 22 Isotopic Ages of Acadian Plutons . 23 U/Pb Analytical Methods. 23 ^Ar/^Ar Analytical Methods.26 Ludlow, Pridoli, and Lochkovian Plutons. 26 Early Emsian Plutons. 28 Late Emsian to Eifelian Plutons. 34 Givetian to Early Tournaisian Plutons. 34 The Silurian-Devonian Time Scale. 36 Location Through Time of the Acadian Deformation Front and Foreland Basin . 36 Palinspastic Considerations. 40 Early Ludlow . 42 Early Lochkovian. 42 Pragian. 43 Early Emsian. 43 Late Emsian to Early Eifelian . 43 Late Eifelian to Early Givetian. 44 Base of Frasnian. 44 Implications. 45 Age of the Acadian Orogeny. 45 Rate and Trajectory of Deformation-Front Migration. 45 Physical Setting of Magmatism. 46 Syn-Collisional Versus Pre-Collisional Plate Geometry. 46 Hinterland Deformation Regimes and Regional Partitioning of Acadian Deformation. 47 Foreland Deformation Regimes . 48 Suggestions for Further Work . 48 References Cited. 49
Enhanced Spin-Orbit Torques in Rare-Earth 
Pt/[Co/Ni]2/Co/Tb
 Systems

We report the enhanced spin-orbit torque (SOT) effect due to the rare-earth metal Tb in a Pt/[Co/Ni]2/ Co/Tb multilayer with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA). Due to the large spin-orbit coupling in Tb, the effective dampinglike efficiency, ξ eff DL, is determined to be 0.55 for 9-nm Tb as compared to ξ eff DL = 0.18 for the reference Pt/[Co/Ni]2/Co/Ta stack. A relatively large effective spin Hall efficiency of Tb, θ eff SH,Tb, is determined to be −0.480 for Tb with a 9-nm thickness through a Hz-biased harmonic measurement. Enhanced magnetization switching efficiency is observed with increasing Tb thickness, affirming the sizable antidamping torque responsible for deterministic switching. Furthermore, due to a more substantial interfacial coupling in Co/Tb interface than in Co/Ta interface, strong angular dependence of the dampinglike and fieldlike terms is, but diminishes with increasing Tb thickness. These results affirm that Tb plays a significant role in tuning the SOT efficiency in these structures as the increased Tb concentration leads to an enhancement of the effective spin Hall angle and switching efficiency.
A conditional mean squared error of small area estimators

This paper suggests estimating the conditional mean squared error of small area estimators to evaluate their accuracy. This mean squared error is conditional in the sense that it measures the variability with respect to the sampling design for a particular realization of the smoothing model underlying the small area estimators. An unbiased estimator for the conditional mean squared error is easily constructed using Stein’s Lemma for the expectation of normal random variables. This estimator can be calculated for any shrinking strategy; composite and empirical Bayes estimators are considered in this work. It can be calculated when the small area estimators are benchmarked to coincide with direct estimators at high level of aggregation. It can accommodate skewness in the data and estimated variances. The conditional mean squared error estimator does not rely on any smoothing model. The price to pay for this property is a high variance; the new estimator is unstable under heavy shrinking. In these situations, it still provides useful diagnostic information about the shrinking model. It can also be seen as a building block for estimators of unconditional mean squared errors such as Prasad and Rao’s (1990). Examples dealing with the estimation of the under-coverage in the Canadian Census illustrate the application of this new estimator.
Policy uncertainty, geopolitical risks and China’s carbon neutralization

Abstract In the present study, it was explored how the volatility of the carbon neutrality concept index (CNCI) was affected by China economic policy uncertainty (CEPU) index, climate policy uncertainty (CPU) index, and geopolitical risk (GPR) index. According to the research of Amendola et al. the GARCH-MIDAS model was improved by introducing the realized kernel volatility of China stock market into the short-term volatility component. On this basis, the GARCH-RKV-MIDAS model was constructed. Meanwhile, both GARCH-MIDAS and GARCH-RKV-MIDAS models were applied to identify the influencing factors for CNCI volatility during the period between January 2018 and June 2022, with CNCI predicted. According to the research results, both the CPU index and the GPR index exert a significant effect on the long-term volatility of CNCI, despite no significant difference made by the CEPU index to the long-term volatility of CNCI. As for the prediction of CNCI volatility, the GARCH-RKV-MIDAS model clearly outperforms the GARCH-MIDAS model. Moreover, the CPU index outperforms the GPR index and the CEPU index in predicting the volatility of the CNCI.
Three-Dimensional Sand Bed Instability Due to Bed Load Motion

Kennedy clarified that the lag of sediment transport for bed form plays an important role for sand bed instability, but this lag could not been evaluated quantitatively to date. In this study, the role and constitution of the lag has been clarified by inspecting the instability analysis compared with theory of bed load transport process. Particularly, based on the writers' research on bed load transport process by stochastic approaches, the lag distance of bed load transport rate for bed shear stress has been reasonably clarified. Furthermore, improving the flow model based on the potential flow theory by introducing the effect of flow acceleration or deceleration which can be expressed by local variation of flow depth, the phase lag between bed shear stress and bed form has been estimated. After clarification of these lags, an instability analysis has been conducted and the possibility of instability of bed surface has been investigated against hydraulic conditions.
UNDERSTANDING PRIVACY PARADOX: AN EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH TO STUDY PRIVACY CONCERNS AND ACTUAL DISCLOSURE AMONG APP USERS

ABSTRACT Consumers increasingly protest invasions of privacy by digital applications and platforms, yet they habitually reveal more information than their disclosure intent. This paradoxical behavior has been explained using rational and irrational reasons (cognitive biases and heuristics), but they have been essentially conjectural. Thus, in this research, we empirically verify the existence of the privacy paradox and test four such reasons using quasi-experiments: privacy calculus as a rational explanation, information asymmetry as part of bounded rationality, bandwagon effect as a cognitive bias, and trust as a decision-making heuristic. A dummy app was developed to collect data from 594 mobile application users. The existence of the privacy paradox was tested using regression between privacy concern and actual disclosure. Following this, the reasons for the privacy paradox were tested using ANOVA. We concluded that privacy paradox exists in the defined sample, and the two reasons that explain the privacy paradox are information asymmetry and the peanut effect.
International biathlon season during the COVID-19 pandemic was based on frequent on-site PCR-testing protocol with rapid result management

The resumption of professional sports during the COVID-19 pandemic has been described in team sports but less in individual sports. The International Biathlon Union implemented a COVID-19 concept for the 2020–2021 season aimed to mitigate the risks of transmission by rules designated for the professional biathlon environment. The “bubble” model was based on regular reverse transcript polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing with rapid results and efficient result management protocol. The objective of this study was report incidence and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 among professional biathletes and staff undergoing frequent PCR testing and risk reduction measures during the international season 2020–2021. The efficiency of risk mitigation measures was also evaluated based on the incidence data. During the 4-month season, altogether 22,182 SARS-CoV-2 PCR tests were conducted on all individuals participating in international biathlon season (athletes, team staff and organizing committee). Ninety-six (0.4%) PCR tests were positive and 30% of the positive PCR tests were considered “persistent positive” following recovery from a recent COVID-19 infection. No transmission events were detected following contact with “persistent positive” cases during the season. A great majority of the positive PCR tests were recorded during the first days after arrival in the “bubble”, often in the first entry test taken by the on-site laboratory. In conclusion, a “bubble model” based on frequent PCR testing and hygiene rules was efficient in keeping the infection rate low. The competition activity including international travel was safe, and most of the infections seemed to originate from outside of the “bubble”.
The Making of a Slave-Trading Entrepôt: Rio de Janeiro in the Economic Spaces of Mining, 1565-1763

This work explores the making of Rio de Janeiro as a key supplier of enslaved Africans to the silver and gold mining areas of Latin America over the early modern period. The city became a critical component of the South Atlantic system during the long seventeenth century, supplying captives to Spanish America in exchange for Peruvian silver. In the following century, it became an essential part of the Brazilian gold boom that radically transformed Portuguese America. The article discusses the role of coerced Amerindian and African labor in the creation of the basic city structures that allowed for the reproduction of those connections to mining zones and reflects on the broader meanings of this story, framing the specific history of Rio de Janeiro within the broader context of a capitalist world economy.
The historical earthquakes of Syria: an analysis of large and moderate earthquakes from 1365 B.C. to 1900 A.D.

The historical sources of large and moderate earthquakes, earthquake catalogues and monographs exist in many depositories in Syria and European centers. They have been studied, and the detailed review and analysis resulted in a catalogue with 181 historical earthquakes from 1365 B.C. to 1900 A.D. Numerous original documents in Arabic, Latin, Byzantine and Assyrian allowed us to identify seismic events not mentioned in previous works. In particular, detailed descriptions of damage in Arabic sources provided quantitative information necessary to re-evaluate past seismic events. These large earthquakes (I0>VIII) caused considerable damage in cities, towns and villages located along the northern section of the Dead Sea fault system. Fewer large events also occurred along the Palmyra, Ar-Rassafeh and the Euphrates faults in Eastern Syria. Descriptions in original sources document foreshocks, aftershocks, fault ruptures, liquefaction, landslides, tsunamis, fires and other damages. We present here an updated historical catalogue of 181 historical earthquakes distributed in 4 categories regarding the originality and other considerations, we also present a table of the parametric catalogue of 36 historical earthquakes (table I) and a table of the complete list of all historical earthquakes (181 events) with the affected locality names and parameters of information quality and completeness (table II) using methods already applied in other regions (Italy, England, Iran, Russia) with a completeness test using EMS-92. This test suggests that the catalogue is relatively complete for magnitudes >6.5. This catalogue may contribute to a comprehensive and unified parametric earthquake catalogue and to a realistic assessment of seismic hazards in Syria and surrounding regions.
Intermediate-energy proton knockout to probe single-particle structure and nuclear spin alignment in the "island of inversion" isotopes 31,33MG

INTERMEDIATE-ENERGY PROTON KNOCKOUT TO PROBE SINGLE-PARTICLE STRUCTURE AND NUCLEAR SPIN ALIGNMENT IN THE “ISLAND OF INVERSION” ISOTOPES 31,33MG By David Miller The “island of inversion” isotopes 31,33Mg were investigated through a proton-knockout reaction from 32,34Al at 90 MeV/u at National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL). Single-particle states, with no neutron excitations across the N = 20 shell gap from the sd-shell, were identified through the determination of the partial cross sections in the residue. The single-particle states identified lie above the ground state agreeing with the placement of these magnesium isotopes in the island of inversion. Nuclear spin alignment is evident following the reaction as determined by the angular distribution of emitted gamma rays. Angular-distribution analysis constrained by the outgoing residue longitudinal momentum allows for the determination of multipolarity when combined with linear polarization measurements. Incorporating momentum constraints factors out possible systematic uncertainties of determining the in-beam gamma-ray detection efficiency. Development of digital data acquistion systems provides enhanced capabilities for angular distribution and linear polarization measurements. Instrumentation developed for the array of gamma-ray detectors (SeGA) at NSCL and considerations for next-generation gamma-ray detectors are discussed.
Econometric analysis of profit efficiency of broiler farms in Ondo state, Nigeria

Researchers have recently focused their attention on the chicken producers' inability to produce in sufficient quantities and quality, which contributes to the high price of locally produced chickens. The study investigated the profit efficiency of broiler farms in Ondo state, Nigeria. In order to collect cross-sectional data from sixty owners of broiler poultry farms in the study area between October 2021 and January 2022 for the 2021 production year, a multistage survey technique was used. The data were an-alyzed using descriptive statistics, gross margin and Cobb-Douglas stochastic profit frontier model. Average stock size and mortality rate of farmers were 1826 birds and 3.3% respectively while Ross strain of birds was most preferred birds. The result indicated that broiler farming is a lucrative busi-ness with a profitability index of 45.5 %. The results reveal that the cost of feed, cost of labour used and day-old chicks were the variables that significantly explained the profit efficiency of broiler poul-try farms while household size, years of experience and other income source were the profit inefficien-cy variables. The study recommends government supports to broiler farms in form of input subsidies to enhance efficiency
Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Target Attainment of Continuous Infusion Piperacillin–Tazobactam or Meropenem and Microbiological Outcome among Urologic Patients with Documented Gram-Negative Infections

(1) Objectives: To describe the relationship between pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) target attainment of continuous infusion (CI) piperacillin–tazobactam or meropenem monotherapy and microbiological outcome in a case series of urological patients with documented Gram-negative infections. (2) Methods: Patients admitted to the urology ward who were treated with CI piperacillin–tazobactam or meropenem monotherapy for documented Gram-negative infections and underwent real-time therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM)-guided expert clinical pharmacological advice (ECPA) program from June 2021 to May 2023 were retrospectively retrieved. Average steady-state (Css) piperacillin–tazobactam and meropenem concentrations were determined, and the free fractions (fCss) were calculated. Optimal PK/PD target attainments were defined as an fCss/MIC ratio >4 for CI meropenem and an fCss/MIC ratio of piperacillin >4 coupled with an fCss/CT ratio for tazobactam >1 for piperacillin–tazobactam (joint PK/PD target). The relationship between beta-lactam PK/PD targets and microbiological outcome was explored. (3) Results: Sixteen urologic patients with documented Gram-negative infections (62.5% complicated urinary tract infections (cUTI)) had 30 TDM-guided ECPAs. At first TDM assessment, beta-lactam dosing adjustments were recommended in 11 out of 16 cases (68.75%, of which 62.5% decreases and 6.25% increases). Overall, beta-lactam dosing adjustments were recommended in 14 out of 30 ECPAs (46.6%). Beta-lactam PK/PD target attainments were optimal in 100.0% of cases. Microbiological failure occurred in two patients, both developing beta-lactam resistance. (4) Conclusion: A TDM-guided ECPA program may allow for optimizing beta-lactam treatment in urologic patients with documented Gram-negative infections, ensuring microbiological eradication in most cases.
PALB2 Variants Extend the Mutational Profile of Hungarian Patients with Breast and Ovarian Cancer

Simple Summary PALB2 is the third most important breast cancer susceptibility gene after BRCA1 and BRCA2, presenting with varying prevalence and mutational profiles in different populations. We prospectively evaluated the prevalence of germline PALB2 genetic variants in 1848 (1280 breast and 568 non-breast) consecutive Hungarian cancer patients between 2021 September and 2023 March. In addition, 191 young (<33 years, yBC) breast cancer cases were also tested. These data were compared with data of 134,187 non-cancer individuals retrieved from the Genome Aggregation Database. Twenty-one breast cancer (1.4%) and one non-breast cancer patient (0.17%) carried pathogenic/likely pathogenic PALB2 variants. One particular variant (NM_024675.4:c.509_510delGA) was relatively common, presented in one-third of the cases among Hungarian patients with PALB2 variants. Including PALB2 in the routine molecular genetic testing of breast cancer patients is recommended because it is associated with high cancer risk, and preventive and screening programs in PALB2 carriers may improve their life expectancy similarly to BRCA1/2 carriers. Abstract Background: The pathogenic/likely pathogenic (P/LP) variant detection rate and profile of PALB2, the third most important breast cancer gene, may vary between different populations. Methods: PALB2 was analyzed in peripheral blood samples of three independent cohorts: prospectively between September 2021 and March 2023 (i) in 1280 consecutive patients with breast and/or ovarian cancer (HBOC), (ii) in 568 patients with other cancers (controls), and retrospectively, (iii) in 191 young breast cancer (<33 years, yBC) patients. These data were compared with data of 134,187 non-cancer individuals retrieved from the Genome Aggregation Database. Results: Altogether, 235 cases (235/1280; 18.3%) carried at least one P/LP variant in one of the HBOC susceptibility genes. P/LP PALB2 variants were identified in 18 patients (1.4%; 18/1280) in the HBOC and 3 cases (1.5%; 3/191) in the yBC group. In the control group, only one patient had a disease-causing PALB2 variant (0.17%; 1/568) as a secondary finding not related to the disease, which was similar (0.15%; 205/134,187) in the non-cancer control group. The NM_024675. 4:c. 509_510delGA variant was the most common among our patients (33%; 6/18). We did not find a significant difference in the incidence of PALB2 disease-causing variants according to age; however, the median age of tumor onset was lower in PALB2 P/LP carriers versus wild-type patients (44 vs. 48 years). In our cohort, the odds ratio for breast cancer risk in women with PALB2 P/LP variants was between 8.1 and 9.3 compared to non-HBOC cancer patients and the non-cancer population, respectively. Conclusions: PALB2 P/LP variants are not uncommon among breast and/or ovarian cancer patients. Their incidence was the same in the two breast cancer cohorts studied but may occur rarely in patients with non-breast/ovarian cancer. The c. 509_510delGA variant is particularly common in the studied Hungarian patient population.
The Response Time of Glaciers in Iceland to Changes in climate

Records of the time variation of the terminus position of Icelandic glaciers since 1700 show clear responses to the little ice age and to the warm period from 1930 to 1960. These data are used to deduce limits for the response time of the glaciers. The response time turns out to be of the order of one or two hundred years. This is much shorter than the “long response time” of Nye’s kinematic wave theory.
Transcriptome and methylome of the supraoptic nucleus provides insights into the age-dependent loss of neuronal plasticity

The age-dependent loss of neuronal plasticity is a well-known phenomenon that is poorly understood. The loss of this capacity for axonal regeneration is emphasized following traumatic brain injury, which is a major cause of disability and death among adults in the US. We have previously shown the intrinsic capacity of magnocellular neurons within the supraoptic nucleus to undergo axonal regeneration following unilateral axotomization in an age-dependent manner. The aim of this research was to determine the age-dependent molecular mechanisms that may underlie this phenomenon. As such, we characterized the transcriptome and DNA methylome of the supraoptic nucleus in uninjured 35-day old rats and 125-day old rats. Our data indicates the downregulation of a large number of axonogenesis related transcripts in 125-day old rats compared to 35-day old rats. Specifically, several semaphorin and ephrin genes were downregulated, as well as growth factors including FGF’s, insulin-like growth factors (IGFs), and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). Differential methylation analysis indicates enrichment of biological processes involved in axonogenesis and axon guidance. Conversely, we observed a robust and specific upregulation of MHCI related transcripts. This may involve the activator protein 1 (AP-1) transcription factor complex as motif analysis of differentially methylated regions indicate enrichment of AP-1 binding sites in hypomethylated regions. Together, our data suggests a loss of pro-regenerative capabilities with age which would prevent axonal growth and appropriate innervation following injury.