Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A New Dimension of Entrepreneurial Marketing and Key Challenges: A Case Study from Pakistan

PurposeNumerous studies have explored entrepreneurial marketing (EM) activities in the firms that are established for a few years, but the research exploring the EM activities and challenges, particularly during the start-up phase, is scant. To cover this wide gap, the current study explores in-depth the EM activities and EM challenges faced during the start-up phase by a graduate entrepreneur who has exposure to both marketing and entrepreneurship education and practical EM experiences.
Physicochemical quality maintenance and bioactive compounds enhancement of Thai guava fruit cv. ‘Kim Ju’ by using combinative hot water and methyl jasmonate immersion

Postharvest life of Thai guava fruits is limited due to skin damage and physicochemical changes during cold storage. Both methyl jasmonate (MeJA) and heat treatments are potential approaches maintaining postharvest quality of fruits. Thus, the aim of this work was to investigate the effects of hot water and MeJA immersion on physicochemical quality of ‘Kim Ju’ guava fruit during storage at 12 ± 1 °C for 18 d. The fruit were immersed in hot water at 40 °C for 30 min (H), 0.1 mM MeJA for 10 min (0.1 mM MeJA) or H followed by 0.1 mM MeJA (H + 0.1 mM MeJA) and untreated fruit were used as control. The determined parameters were visual appearance, colour, texture, pectin substances, antioxidant activities, bioactive compounds and antioxidant enzymes activities. The results showed that H + 0.1 mM MeJA treatment maintained visual appearance and colour as compared to 0.1 mM MeJA, H or control treatment, consequently. The treatment of H + 0.1 mM MeJA retarded softening according to the inhibition of soluble pectin increase and insoluble pectin decrease. The treatment enhanced the both antioxidant and free radical scavenging activities as compared to control. These were accompanied with the increments of bioactive compounds such as ascorbic acid, total phenols, flavonoids and peroxidase activity and the retardation of catalase activity decrease. In conclusion, the H + 0.1 mM MeJA treatment could maintain postharvest qualities involving visual appearance and texture and enhanced nutritional value of guava fruit during cold storage.
Environmental accounting for sustainable development: An empirical study in Vietnam

Article history: Received: November 3, 2019 Received in revised format: November 28 2019 Accepted: December 3, 2019 Available online: December 3, 2019 This article provides an overview of environmental accounting for sustainable development such as approach, measurement of sustainable accounting and assess the impact of factors on the application of environmental accounting for sustainable development. The information of 80 companies used for research have been representatively selected from manufacturing, mining and processing industries, state ownership and non-state ownership, in export processing zones and outside export processing zones at all scales of number of employees, equity, revenue in Vietnam. Data is analyzed using multivariate linear regression. Research shows that factors such as managers' perceptions of costs and benefits, environmental changes, characteristics of the scale of production and business activities of enterprises, pressures to announce sustainable environmental information and reporting have significant influences on the development of environmental accounting for sustainable development. © 2020 by the authors; licensee Growing Science, Canada
Comparison of self-ligating Damon3 and conventional MBT brackets regarding alignment efficiency and pain experience: A randomized clinical trial

Background. Self-ligating brackets might be more efficient than conventional appliance systems during the initial alignment stage of orthodontic treatment due to reduced frictional resistance. This study aimed to compare the alignment efficiency and pain experience of Damon3 self-ligating and MBT pre-adjusted brackets in the initial alignment stage. Methods. In this randomized clinical trial, 30 patients aged 14‒20 years, who needed non-extraction treatment in both maxillary and mandibular arches, were randomly assigned to two groups; 15 patients were treated with MBT pre-adjusted brackets, and 15 patients received Damon3 self-ligating brackets, both with 0.022-in slots. Alginate impressions were taken at the start of treatment (T0) and four monthly visits (T1, T2, T3, and T4). Little’s irregularity index (LII) was used to assess the tooth displacements. The patients rated their pain experience immediately after the insertion of the archwire, 4 hours, 24 hours, 3 days, 7 days, and at each monthly visit using a visual analog scale (VAS). Results. The rate of upper dental alignment between T0 and T4 was significantly higher with the Damon3 compared to MBT brackets (P=0.015). Although significantly more changes in the lower LII scores were observed during the first three months with the Damon3 system, the rate of improvement in the irregularity of lower teeth over the 4-month period was not significantly different between the two groups (P=0.50). The patients’ pain experience was not significantly different between the bracket groups (P=0.29). Conclusion. During the four-month alignment stage, significantly more improvement in the upper dental irregularity was observed with self-ligating compared to conventional brackets. The bracket type had no effect on pain experience during the alignment stage.
Principal component analysis of litter traits in crossbred piglets

This investigation was undertaken to derive fewer independent reproductive traits through principal component analysis. Accordingly, records of 2 litter traits at birth, 4, 6 and 8 week from 42 crossbred (75% Landrace X 25% Bareilly local) pigs, farrowed between September 2017 and April 2018 were used in the present investigation. Principal component analysis was done using PROC PRINCOMP Module of SAS 9.3 software. High correlation coefficients were observed among most of the litter traits. Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin measure of sampling adequacy, Bartlett’s Test of Sphericity and communality were calculated. A single principal component (PC) was extracted for litter traits. It accounted for 82.24% of total variance. PC1 was represented by litter size at 4, 6 and 8 week. This factor seemed to be representing the overall performance of the litter. Accounted PC may be exploited in breeding and selection program for reproductive traits.
Optimizing rhabdomyosarcoma treatment: Assessing the role of imaging and local treatment in pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma

This thesis is focused on pediatric patients with rhabdomyosarcoma. The first part is focused on questions around the value of imaging techniques and measurements performed at time of diagnosis, during treatment and during follow-up. The second part is focused on local therapy in patients with head-neck rhabdomyosarcoma. Radiological and functional imaging play an important role in the diagnosis, during treatment and during follow-up in pediatric patients with rhabdomyosarcoma, however the evidence for decision-making based on these images was ambiguous at best. The first part of this thesis consist of three cohort studies assessing the following aspects; 1. The significance of small pulmonary nodules in newly diagnosed patients, 2. The value of early radiological response to chemotherapy on survival, 3. The value of surveillance imaging after end-of-treatment. Furthermore, it contained two systematic reviews assessing current available evidence on the prognostic value of early radiological response on survival and the accuracy of ¹⁸F-FDG-PET/CT for the detection of distant metastases in newly diagnosed patients. Finally, the views and experiences of parents during the follow-up period was evaluated. Around 40% of all rhabdomyosarcoma cases occur in the head-neck area. Patients treated for head-neck rhabdomyosarcoma frequently suffer from adverse events, mainly caused by local therapy. In the second part of this thesis we evaluated the psychosocial well-being of survivors of head-neck rhabdomyosarcoma. Furthermore, we reported on the results of our local experience with a local therapy approach combining surgery, brachytherapy and reconstructive surgery in patients with relapsed head-neck rhabdomyosarcoma after prior radiotherapy.
ANALYSIS OF THE INFLUENCE OF TRUST, EASINESS IN SHOPPING, PRODUCT QUALITY TO CUSTOMER SATISFACTION TO INCREASINESS IN SHOPPING CONSUMER LOYALTY ONLINE SHOPPING

Based on research We Are Social and Hootsuite 2017 Internet users in Indonesia grew 51% within a one year which make Indonesia is a country that experienced a boom of internet users. During 2017, the most consumer complaints to the Indonesian Consumers Foundation is the online shopping transactions. In this research, the sampling method used is nonprobability sampling with judgment sampling technique along with 200 respondents who have been doing shopping online. Data collection was done using questionnaire, while the data analysis is using path analysis and processed with SPSS version 21. The results showed the easiness in shopping and quality of products have significant effect on customer satisfaction while the trust did not have significant effect on customer satisfaction. Easiness in shopping, product quality and customer satisfaction also have significant positive effect on consumer loyalty while the trust did not have significant effect on consumer loyalty. The result of this research also shows that easiness in shopping, product quality has not directly influenced the consumer loyalty and through consumer satisfaction as mediating variable.
Social networks in entrepreneurial startups development

DOI: 10.14254/2071789X.2019/12-3/13 ABSTRACT. The paper focuses on researching the role of social networking in the development of startup companies in the Czech Republic. The goal is to identify key groups that help startups to set up and develop, identify areas where startups get help through the social networks of their founders and/or key members, and analyze the relationship between the types of the contacts and help provided. The paper presents the results of a deep questionnaire survey of startup founders from 51 out of approximately 1450 startups in the Czech Republic. IBM SPSS Statistics 21 software and Fisher's exact test were used in two-dimensional data analysis at the significance level of 0.05 and 0.01. The results demonstrate the use of strong and weak ties in the establishment and development of a startup business. Key groups include business partners and friends, both in terms of their utilization rates, their key role and the amount of assistance provided, and business angels in terms of fundraising, and technology and marketing advice. The importance of some weak ties does not correspond to their use (both positively and negatively). The results of the survey showed the contradictory role of incubators and accelerators. While 63% of startups used the help of business incubators, the support for building networks and links with the external environment in the incubators seems to be underestimated. Our results imply that the support programs for the startups should include the networking programs with the external parties.
Fall-related self-efficacy in adults poststroke: A cross-sectional study

Aims: The overall aim was to describe and examine if there is a difference between men and women in fall-related self-efficacy (SE). Another aim was to examine the strength of associations between fall-related SE and physical function and health-related quality of life (QoL) in communityliving individuals poststroke. Methods: A crosssectional study was conducted within two weeks of admission to rehabilitation or first week followup after discharge from hospital. Used tests were fall-related self-efficacy (FES-S), Functional Ambulation Classification (FAC), 10 meter walking test (10 mWT), the functional independence measure (FIM), and health-related QoL (EQ5D). The analysis was based on 37 individuals with a mean age off 68.5 years. Results: The results showed that physical factors but not QoL had association with perceived confidence in task performing without falling. No gender difference was shown. Conclusion: In this study physical function was associated with fall-related SE.
The Nursing Home Care Module in Improving Self Care Agency of Patient with Pulmonary Tuberculosis in the City of Bima, West Nusa Tenggara

Background : Pulmonary TB disease suffered by individuals will have a very big impact on their lives, will physically cause complications such as the spread of infection to other organs, nutritional deficiencies, severe coughing up blood, resistance to many drugs, economically TB sufferers will lose annual income around 20-30%, in addition to other adverse effects are socially stigmatized and even ostracized by the community. Objective : this study was to analyze the effect of implementing Nursing Home Care Module in improving self-care agency in pulmonary TB patients. Methods : preexperimental study with a one grouppretest-posttest design was used. Results : the selfcare agency of pulmonary tuberculosis patients in the majority of the pre-test results was in enough category (50.0%) and only a few in the good category (15.6%). While the post-test results showed that most respondents were in enough category (65.6%) and the rest (34.4%) were in a good category. The paired t-test results showed the value of p = 0.001 (p <0.05), this indicates that the research hypothesis was accepted, which means that there is an influence of the application of the Nursing Home Care Module in improving self-care agency in patients with pulmonary TB. Conclusion : The ability of self-care agency for pulmonary tuberculosis patients who have increased include knowledge of pulmonary tuberculosis, treatment of TB symptoms, regulation of diet, prevention of transmission and adherence to treatment programs. Further research is suggested to be able to explore nursing interventions that can improve the self-care ability of patients with pulmonary TB.
M-Eigenvalues-Based Sufficient Conditions for the Positive Definiteness of Fourth-Order Partially Symmetric Tensors

M-eigenvalues of fourth-order partially symmetric tensors play important roles in the nonlinear elastic material analysis and the entanglement problem of quantum physics. In this paper, we introduce M-identity tensor and establish two M-eigenvalue inclusion intervals with n parameters for fourth-order partially symmetric tensors, which are sharper than some existing results. Numerical examples are proposed to verify the efficiency of the obtained results. As applications, we provide some checkable sufficient conditions for the positive definiteness and establish bound estimations for the M-spectral radius of fourth-order partially symmetric nonnegative tensors.
Biological control of root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita infecting tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)

The field experiment conducted to evaluate the relative efficacy of different biopesticides against gram pod borer complex Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) and pod fly, Melanogromyza obtusa (Malloch) infesting Pigenopea during Kharif season 2018-19. The population was recorded at different days after spraying of insecticides and it was found that the number of larvae varied non-significantly different from the control in both spray application. The pod borer H. armigera was found lowest in Chlorantraniliprole 18.5 SC @ 30 g a.i/ha (6.25%), followed by Azadirachtin 1500 ppm @ 5.0 ml/l (7.33%) and Bt. kurastaki @ 1.0 g/l (9.33%) as compared to control (13.89%). Grain damage varied from minimum (8.42%) due to pod fly, M. obtusa and pod borer, H. armigera (3.35%) Chlorantraniliprole 18.5 SC @ 30 g a.i/ha followed by Azadirachtin 1500 ppm @ 5.0 ml/l (14.25%) as compared to (27.63%) due to pod fly, M. obtusa and (13.89%) pod borer, H. armigera in untreated control.
Morphology of Mitochondria in Syncytial Annelid Female Germ-Line Cyst Visualized by Serial Block-Face SEM

Mitochondria change their morphology and distribution depending on the metabolism and functional state of a cell. Here, we analyzed the mitochondria and selected structures in female germ-line cysts in a representative of clitellate annelids – the white worm Enchytraeus albidus in which each germ cell has one cytoplasmic bridge that connects it to a common cytoplasmic mass. Using serial block-face scanning electron microscopy (SBEM), we prepared three-dimensional ultrastructural reconstructions of the entire selected compartments of a cyst at the advanced stage of oogenesis, i.e. the nurse cell, cytophore, and cytoplasmic bridges of all 16 cells (15 nurse cells and oocyte). We revealed extensive mitochondrial networks in the nurse cells, cytophore and mitochondria that pass through the cytoplasmic bridges, which indicates that a mitochondrial network can extend throughout the entire cyst. The dynamic hyperfusion state was suggested for such mitochondrial aggregations. We measured the mitochondria distribution and revealed their polarized distribution in the nurse cells and more abundant accumulation within the cytophore compared to the nurse cell. A close association of mitochondrial networks with dispersed nuage material, which seems to be the structural equivalent of a Balbiani body, not described in clitellate annelids so far, was also revealed.
Visual representation of bug report assignment recommendations

Software development projects typically use an issue tracking system where the project members and users can either report faults or request additional features. Each of these reports needs to be triaged to determine such things as the priority of the report or which developers should be assigned to resolve the report. To assist a triager with report assigning, an assignment recommender has been suggested as a means of improving the process. However, proposed assignment recommenders typically present a list of developer names, without an explanation of the rationale. This work focuses on providing visual explanations for bug report assignment recommendations. We examine the use of a supervised and unsupervised machine learning algorithm for the assignment recommendation from which we can provide recommendation rationale. We explore the use of three types of graphs for the presentation of the rationale and validate their use-cases and usability through a small user study.
Dextran-Thyme Magnesium-Doped Hydroxyapatite Composite Antimicrobial Coatings

The dextran-thyme magnesium-doped hydroxyapatite (10MgHAp-Dex-thyme) composite layers were prepared by a dip-coating procedure from stable suspensions and further analyzed for the first time. Different characterization techniques were employed to explore the physical-chemical features of the 10MgHAp-Dex-thyme suspensions and derived coatings. Information regarding the 10MgHAp-Dex-thyme suspensions was extracted on the basis of dynamic light scattering, zeta potential, and ultrasound measurements. The crystalline quality of the biocomposite powders—resulting after the centrifugation of suspensions—and the layers deposited on glass was assessed by X-ray diffraction in symmetric and grazing incidence geometries, respectively. The chemical structure and presence of functional groups were evaluated for both powder and coating by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy in attenuated total reflectance mode. The extent of the antimicrobial effect range of the biocomposite suspensions and coatings was tested against different Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis, Escherichia coli, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa) and fungus (Candida albicans) strains with promising results.
Global bifurcation analysis of Topp system

In this paper, we study the 3-dimensional Topp model for the dynamics of diabetes. First, we reduce the model to a planar quartic system. In particular, studying global bifurcations, we prove that such a system can have at most two limit cycles. Next, we study the dynamics of the full 3-dimensional model. We show that for suitable parameter values an equilibrium bifurcates through a Hopf-saddle-node bifurcation. Numerical analysis suggests that near this point Shilnikov homoclinic orbits exist. In addition, chaotic attractors arise through period doubling cascades of limit cycles.
Impact of Agency Costs on Firm Performance: Evidence from Vietnam

An assumption in agency costs theory is that agency costs can exert a negative impact on firm performance. In this study, we examine the impact of agency costs on firm performance of Vietnamese listed companies. Our sample includes 736 companies in Vietnam during the period om 2010 to 2015. We find that agency costs exert a negative impact on firm performance. Our results are robust to alternative econometric models, including an instrumental variables technique and a system generalized method of moment model. In addition, we show that a debt instrument can be a useful tool to reduce the negative impact of agency costs on firm performance.
Towards a pedagogy of participation? – Exploring children’s experiences in regional youth councils

This article approaches children’s participation in the context of regional youth councils in Finland.Based on the survey data and thematic interviews of children aged 9 to 16, the aim is to deepenthe understanding on what children consider they are gaining from their membership in the councils.For children, participation refers to their ability to express their own opinions and take part inthe decision-making, while being able to interact with their peers is regarded as equally important.Regional youth councils are considered spaces for learning about the democratic culture, and theactual skills and knowledge essential to act in it. Children note this as also being important for theirfuture lives. Based on children’s experiences, this article argues that to make participation arenasmore meaningful and effective for all participants, pedagogical perspectives should be strengthened.In the final part of the article, some premises for the pedagogy of participation will be outlined.Keywords: children, participation, regional youth council, pedagogy of participation
Impact of the Next GEN PET Curriculum on science identity

The Next Gen Physical Science and Everyday Thinking (PET) curriculum was designed for physical science courses for future elementary teachers. However, this curriculum may also be used in general education conceptual science courses. The materials are aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards and use a guided-inquiry approach. Next Gen PET is currently being implemented at many universities nationwide. We examine the impact of this curriculum on students’ science identities at a subset of these universities. The identity framework consists of three dimensions. Recognition is the extent to which a student believes that parents, peers, and professors view them as a science person. Interest describes their enjoyment of science. Finally, performance/competence represents a student’s belief in their abilities to understand science and complete science related tasks. The shift in science identities was measured with items adapted from a previously developed physics identity instrument. We found positive shifts in the science identities of students enrolled in face-to-face courses targeted at pre-service teachers using the Next Gen PET curriculum, but a slight negative shift in the science identity of students enrolled in an online course targeted at non-science majors which did not use the Next Gen PET curriculum.