Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
International Journal of Hospitality Management the Effects of Ethical Leadership on Manager Job Satisfaction, Commitment, Behavioral Outcomes, and Firm Performance

This study investigates the effects of ethical leadership on a hotel middle manager's job satisfaction and affective commitment, which in turn influence that manager's behavioral outcomes (e.g., extra effort and turnover intention) that can also impact the hotel's performance. Mail surveys were distributed to 30 U.S. hotels, representing more than 8 different national and international brands, and 324 middle managers participated in the survey. This study demonstrates that executives' ethical leadership is positively related to their middle managers' job satisfaction and their affective organizational commitment. Middle managers' job satisfaction is positively related to organizational commitment, but job satisfaction does not necessarily lead to their willingness to exert extra effort. The positive linkage between middle managers' extra effort and the hotel's competitive performance is also confirmed.
Radiolabeled NGR-Based Heterodimers for Angiogenesis Imaging: A Review of Preclinical Studies

Simple Summary The increasing prevalence of malignant diseases and related metastases warrants the need for the establishment of specific diagnostic vectors that ensure timely as well as selective tumor identification. Since the application of multivalent ligands serves as an effective way to increase the binding ability of peptide-based molecular vectors, multi-target imaging is emerging as an intensively investigated area of cancer research. Given the colocalization of asparagine-glycine-arginine (NGR tripeptide) motif with angiogenesis-related Aminopeptidase N (APN/CD13), radiolabelled NGR-containing bispecific compounds may be valuable tools in the molecular diagnostics of APN/CD13 overexpressing tumors. Overall, the establishment of vascular-homing heterobivalent probes would not only broaden the horizon of cancer diagnostics but also contribute to the ultimate goal of the establishment of personalized tumor imaging. Abstract Since angiogenesis/neoangiogenesis has a major role in tumor development, progression and metastatic spread, the establishment of angiogenesis-targeting imaging and therapeutic vectors is of utmost significance. Aminopeptidase N (APN/CD13) is a pivotal biomarker of angiogenic processes abundantly expressed on the cell surface of active vascular endothelial and various neoplastic cells, constituting a valuable target for cancer diagnostics and therapy. Since the asparagine–glycine–arginine (NGR) sequence has been shown to colocalize with APN/CD13, the research interest in NGR-peptide-mediated vascular targeting is steadily growing. Earlier preclinical experiments have already demonstrated the imaging and therapeutic feasibility of NGR-based probes labeled with different positron emission tomography (PET) and single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) radionuclides, including Gallium-68 (68Ga), Copper-64 (64Cu), Technetium-99m (99mTc), Lutetium-177 (177Lu), Rhenium-188 (188Re) or Bismuth-213 (213Bi). To improve the tumor binding affinity and the retention time of single-receptor targeting peptides, NGR motifs containing heterodimers have been introduced to identify multi-receptor overexpressing malignancies. Preclinical studies with various tumor-bearing experimental animals provide useful tools for the investigation of the in vivo imaging behavior of NGR-based heterobivalent ligands. Herein, we review the reported preclinical achievements on NGR heterodimers that could be highly relevant for the development of further target-specific multivalent compounds in diagnostic and therapeutic settings.
Examining the Role of Advertising Value Perceptions in Driving Engagement: A Framework for Assessing Hotel/Restaurant Paid Advertising Effectiveness on Facebook

Drawing on the uses & gratifications theory (UGT) and Ducoffe’s advertising value model, this study aims to present a comprehensive framework for assessing Facebook paid advertising effectiveness, incorporating antecedents of Facebook advertising value and the effect of this advertising value on advertising engagement. The data were collected through an online questionnaire survey, and the final sample consisted of 290 young respondents in Sri Lanka, who had the experience of using Facebook and being exposed to hotel/restaurant paid advertisements embedded on Facebook for the past year. The conceptual framework was tested with a structural equation modeling (SEM) approach using AMOS 21.0. The results indicated that perceived informativeness, entertainment, credibility, and interactivity of hotel/restaurant Facebook paid advertising were positively related to advertising value, which in turn affected advertising engagement. Interestingly, the findings highlighted that credibility was the strongest predictor of advertising value, with interactivity in second place. The study emphasizes the importance of meeting customer perceptions in driving engagement with the paid advertisements embedded on Facebook. Accordingly, in order to optimize Facebook paid advertising, marketers should employ strategies to provide customers with informative, entertaining, credible and interactive advertising content. While providing novel insights into both academics and Facebook marketers, this study highlights the importance of determining Facebook advertising campaign success with respect to its ability to influence both customer perceptions and online behaviors. As such, the novelty of this paper is that its focus on both customer perceptions and engagement in assessing Facebook paid advertising effectiveness.
High resolution spatial mapping of the electrocaloric effect in a multilayer ceramic capacitor using scanning thermal microscopy

Scanning thermal microscopy (SThM) is emerging as a powerful atomic force microscope based platform for mapping dynamic temperature distributions on the nanoscale. To date, however, spatial imaging of temperature changes in electrocaloric (EC) materials using this technique has been very limited. We build on the prior works of Kar-Narayan et al (2013 Appl. Phys. Lett. 102 032903) and Shan et al (2020 Nano Energy 67 104203) to show that SThM can be used to spatially map EC temperature changes on microscopic length scales, here demonstrated in a commercially obtained multilayer ceramic capacitor. In our approach, the EC response is measured at discrete locations with point-to-point separation as small as 125 nm, allowing for reconstruction of spatial maps of heating and cooling, as well as their temporal evolution. This technique offers a means to investigate EC responses at sub-micron length scales, which cannot easily be accessed by the more commonly used infrared thermal imaging approaches.
Patient Measure of Safety Scale: The Study of Adapting the 30 and 10-Item Form to Turkish

their perspective. 8,9 Qualitative research has been conducted in hospitals to investigate the meaning of feeling safe to learn patients’ perspectives, perceptions and experiences with respect to clinical safety. Results of these studies showed that patients’ understanding of safety was different from that of health professionals. Safety for patients encompasses not only “error-free” but also continuity of care, psychological support, trust, effective communication and
Inequalities in Childhood Nutrition, Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour and Obesity in Italy

Unhealthy diets, physical inactivity and high body mass index (BMI) are preventable risk factors for non-communicable diseases throughout a person’s lifespan. The higher prevalence of these risk factors in children from lower socio-economic groups has been generally observed. The aim of this study is to explore the effect of parents’ socio-economic conditions on children’s consumption of fruit, vegetables and sugar-sweetened drinks, and inactivity, sedentary behaviour, overweight and obesity. This study used data from the sixth cross-sectional survey of the surveillance “OKkio alla Salute” (Italian COSI), involving 2467 schools and 53,275 children in 2019. All the information was collected through four questionnaires addressed to parents, children, teachers and head teachers. The weights and heights of the children were measured with standard techniques and equipment to classify overweight/obesity according to the WOF-IOTF cut-offs. The results showed a high percentage of children who do not adhere to health recommendations and a high prevalence of overweight and obesity. In particular, “less healthy” behaviours and higher BMI were more frequent in children from families with a lower socio-economic status and those residing in Southern Italy. These findings highlight the need for effective interventions that address the differences in these health-related behaviours.
Continental‐scale trends of daily precipitation records in late 20th century decades and 21st century projections: An analysis of observations, reanalyses and CORDEX‐CORE projections

We apply a methodology to identify and count records (events of unprecedented intensity) in daily precipitation time series to two sets of data: (1) different observational and reanalysis products for recent decades and (2) twenty‐first century projections (RCP8.5 and RCP2.6 scenarios) completed with two regional climate models driven by three global climate models over nine continental‐scale domains. Comparison of the detected (or actual) number of records with the corresponding number theoretically expected in stationary climate conditions (or “reference” number of records) provides indications of trends in daily precipitation extremes, as expected in a changing climate. In particular, we measure deviations from stationary conditions using the ratio of actual to reference records (RAtR) as a basic metric. We find that the observational products provide mixed indications of precipitation record trends across regions, while in the reanalysis products and the model simulations for the historical period the RAtR value shows a prevailing increasing trend with time over most continents. The RAtR shows a consistent and pronounced increase in all RCP8.5 continental‐scale projections, when sustained warming occurs throughout the 21st century, while smaller to no significant trends are found in the RCP2.6 scenario, when the warming stabilizes after about mid‐21st century. These results are indicative of an increase in precipitation extremes with global warming as measured by the higher number of local precipitation events of unprecedented intensity compared to what expected in stationary climate conditions, although a marked variability of this response is found across different regions. Our method can have useful applications in detection and attribution of hydroclimatic extremes and in impact and vulnerability assessment studies.
Utilization of Active Life Leaflets on Improving Physical Activities of Integrated Islamic Junior High School Students in Bekasi

Introduction: Science and technology advancements not only provide various benefits to humans, but also make humans inactive. This is exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which limits human physical activity even more. In Indonesia, the proportion of the inactive population aged over ten years has increased over the last five years (2013-2018). A preliminary survey of Integrated Islamic Junior High School students in Bekasi revealed a large number of inactive students. As a result, researchers were curious about the Effect of utilizing Active Life Leaflets on Changes in Physical Activity. Methods: The research with a pre-experimental design was carried out in April– December 2018 at Integrated Islamic Junior High School Students Bekasi. A sample of 37 students was selected using a simple random sampling method. The intervention was in the form of active life education, using active live leaflets as media every week for 6 weeks. Data was collected by interview using a physical activity questionnaire. Data analysis consisted of univariate and bivariate analysis with a paired T-test. Results: The average physical activity before and after the intervention was 19.9 minutes/day and 60.8 minutes/day. There was a change in physical activity of 40.9 minutes/day with a p-value of 0.000000002. Conclusion: Utilization of leaflets as a medium of active life education significantly increased physical activity. This method can be applied to other schools by involving sports teachers.
Evaluation of apple (Malus domestica) cider vinegar and garlic (Allium sativum) extract as phytogenic substitutes for growth-promoting dietary antibiotics in sexed broiler chickens

Abstract Tightening global regulations on the use of subclinical dietary antibiotics to enhance broiler growth are in response to increasing concern about the risk of resistance and their residues in animal products. The study evaluated the potential of apple cider vinegar (ACV) and garlic extract (GAE) as safer, phytogenic alternatives. A batch of 390 mixed-sex Ross 308-d-old broiler chicks was received into an open, deep litter house, and feather sexed in the second week into 30 experimental units of 13 birds per 2.03 m2 pen. From days 1 to 22, all chicks were on a 200 g/kg crude protein, coccidiostat-treated commercial starter diet. During the grower (16 to 28 days) and finisher (29 to 42 days) phases, chick pens were assigned treatments in a 2 (sex) × 5 (additives) factorial experiment replicated three times. The GAE was a pure extract, while ACV was produced by fermenting 1,000 g fresh apple and 80 g supplementary brown cane sugar in 1.3 liters of water for 4 wk. The five treatments comprised antibiotic (15% granular zinc bacitracin and 12% valinomycin sodium, each at 500 g/tonne) grower (190 g/kg crude protein, 13.0 MJ ME/kg) and finisher (165 g/kg crude protein, 13.2 MJ ME/kg) commercial diets with untreated drinking water as positive controls (PC), antibiotic-free duplicates of the PC diets with untreated drinking water as the negative controls (NC), with 3 mL/L filtered ACV in drinking water (T1), 2 mL/L filtered GAE-treated drinking water (T2), or mixed (3 mL/L ACV + 2mL/L GAE) additive drinking water (T3). Males had higher (P < 0.05) feed intake than females in both growth phases. Birds on the PC gained more (P < 0.05) weight than others. Birds on the PC consumed more feed (P < 0.05) during the finisher phase than T1, T2, and the NC. Birds on the PC had a lower (P < 0.05) grower-phase feed convesion (feed:gain) ratio (FCR) than others, and lower (P < 0.05) FCR during the finisher phase than birds on T1 and T3. Birds on the PC had higher (P < 0.05) percent spleen weight than birds on T1, with smaller proventriculi (P < 0.05) than on NC, T1, T2, and T3, and smaller gizzard weight than birds on the T2 and T3. Birds on the NC exhibited less dressing percentage (P < 0.05) than all other treatments. Meat pH was higher (P < 0.05) in males. In conclusion, in contrast to dietary antibiotics, except for improved dressing percentage, the ACV and GAE did not express phytogenic benefit at the experimental dosage.
The isolation of benzo[a]pyrene‐degrading strain and its cometabolic bioremediation with salicylic acid of long‐term PAH‐polluted soil

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are typical contaminants in soil, and the high‐molecular‐weight (HMW) PAHs are especially recalcitrant to remove. Microbial degradation as a promising approach has been used in PAH‐polluted soil remediation; however, the removal of HMW PAHs still needs to be further explored. In order to isolate more HMW‐PAH‐degrading strains and improve the removal of HMW PAHs in long‐term contaminated soil. Benzo[a]pyrene (BaP), as a representative HMW PAH was selected to explore the removal of HMW PAHs from soil. A BaP‐degrading strain named Achromobacter xylosoxidans B‐2 was isolated, and its degradation ability was explored in mineral salt medium (MSM) and PAH‐contaminated soil. Cosubstrates were added to enhance the removal of PAHs in soil. The results showed that A. xylosoxidans B‐2 could remove 87% of BaP at a concentration of 1 mg/L within 15 days in MSM. The average removal efficiency of HMW PAHs in soil was 19.92% after 30‐day bioremediation by A. xylosoxidans B‐2. Salicylic acid as cosubstrate increased the removal efficiency by 11.32%–14.66% for five‐ring PAHs and 9.72%–13.02% for six‐ring PAHs, respectively. The addition of cosubstrate not only improved the soil properties but also stimulated the soil microbial activity to enhance the removal of HMW PAHs. This study may provide new insights into bioremediation for HMW‐PAH‐contaminated soil.
Therapeutic Relationship between Nurses and Patients in a Tertiary Level Hospital, Bangladesh

Background: Therapeutic relationship (TR) between nurses and patients is accepted as the cornerstone of caring. It is an interpersonal engagement aims to help patients to enhance their wellbeing through establishing a mutual trust relationship. Objective: To explore the therapeutic relationship between nurses and patients at tertiary level hospital in Bangladesh. Methods: Descriptive study was conducted among nurses and patients of Khulna Medical College Hospital. Sample was selected using convenient sampling technique and the sample size was 112 (56 nurses & 56 patients). Data were collected using structured questionnaire from the study participants. Questionnaire consists of two parts: Part I (For nurses), Part II (For patients). The descriptive statistics was used to organize the present socio-demographic characteristics of both nurses and patients. Inferential statistics including t-test, one way ANOVA was used to explore the relationship between nurses and patients’ socio-demographic characteristics and their perceived therapeutic relationship. Results: The total TR perceived by nurses was 44.52(SD=2.86) while patients were 16.55(SD=7.34) and there was significant different (p=.00) between the TR perceived by nurses and patients, where the overall mean score of the nurses was 44.52(SD=2.86) and patients was 16.55(SD=7.34). Therapeutic relationship perceived by nurses was in higher level while therapeutic relationship perceived by patients was low to moderate level. Conclusion: The study showed the therapeutic relationship perceived by nurses was high while the therapeutic relationship perceived by patients was low to moderate level.
Association of Possible Sarcopenia or Sarcopenia with Body Composition, Nutritional Intakes, Serum Vitamin D Levels, and Physical Activity among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Taiwan

This study estimates the association between sarcopenia and blood biochemical parameters, nutritional intake, anthropometric measurements, physical performance, and physical activity in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Participants were recruited from a primary care clinic in Kaohsiung City. According to the diagnosis criteria of the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia (AWGS) in 2019, 110 patients with T2DM (aged 50–80 years) were divided into three groups: non-sarcopenia (n = 38), possible sarcopenia (n = 31), and sarcopenia (n = 41). Blood samples were collected, and nutritional intake was evaluated by a registered dietitian. A food frequency questionnaire and a Godin leisure-time exercise questionnaire were used to assess their daily vitamin D intake and physical activity. There were significant differences in age, serum vitamin D levels, nutritional intake, anthropometric measurements, and physical performance between the three groups. In elderly patients with T2DM, reduced serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] levels and daily energy intake were significantly associated with possible sarcopenia. Age, lower BMI, reduced serum 25(OH)D, and reduced dietary protein and vitamin D intake were significantly associated with sarcopenia. These findings may serve as the basis for intervention trials to reduce the prevalence of sarcopenia.
Determinants of working capital management for noncertified and certified firms from the EFQM Excellence Model

Abstract The study’s main aim is to examine the important determinants that affect working capital (WRC) for non-quality-certified and quality-certified firms from the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) Excellence Model and to explore the impacts of quality certificates on WRC. The study is conducted using the secondary data of 328 firms, including 21 quality-certified firms. The secondary data were retrieved from the Albertina database from 2017 to 2021. The two-step system generalized method of moments (GMM) estimation was employed to test the hypotheses. The empirical findings indicate that firm size and operating cash flow have a positive impact on WRC. On the other hand, financial leverage and profitability have a negative relationship with WRC. The quality certificates from the European Foundation have a positive impact on both types of WRC. The findings of this study will be beneficial to the firms’ directors, managers, academics, and leaders to sustain the optimum level and forecast future WRC requirements.
UV-converted heterogeneous wettability surface for the realization of printed micro-scale conductive circuits

Achieving high precision in the fabrication of electronic circuits through additive manufacturing requires breaking the resolution limit of traditional printing processes. To address this challenge, we have developed a novel approach that involves preparing a heterogeneous wetting surface using a light-sensitive NBE-acrylate resin. By creating differences in surface energy on the substrate, we can limit the spread of the ink and surpass the limitations of conventional processes, achieving a printing resolution of 5 μm. The NBE-acrylate resin can be cross-linked under white LED light illumination (with λ > 400 nm) to yield a hydrophobic surface, which can be converted to a hydrophilic surface by UV light illumination (λ = 254 nm). The photochemical reaction of the NBE-acrylate resin under different light irradiation was confirmed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and atomic force microscope (AFM) microforce measurements. In combination with a photomask, patterned heterogeneous wettability surfaces were prepared, which can be utilized for printing precision electronic circuits. Micrometer-scale printed circuits with a low line-to-space (L/S) of 5/50 and 10/10 μm were successfully achieved by optimizing the ink formulation, which is significantly beyond the printing resolution. In the end, fully printed thin film transistor arrays based on semi-conducting carbon nanotubes were achieved, which showed higher charge carrier mobilities of 1.89–4.31 cm2 s−1 V−1 depending on the channel width, demonstrating the application of this precision printed technique.