Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Developing a Comprehensive Framework for Crowd Funding Factors by Using the Hexagon Technique

In recent years, crowd funding has seriously been considered as a novel method of financing start-up businesses and innovative ideas. In its short life time so far, the method has significantly grown in different aspects such as the number of proposed platforms, the number of campaigns and their success rate, the amount of capital provided, and the number of proposed models. In addition, various researchers have investigated the phenomenon from different points of view. Nevertheless, just a few studies have carried out a comprehensive review of the factors affecting this method. The main purpose of this research is to design and implement a comprehensive framework for factors that affect crowd funding. In order to achieve this goal, the effective factors in this regard were first identified through systematic review of the literature on crowd funding. Then, they were classified and clustered in a hexagonal framework based on the stakeholder's model. In other words, a qualitative method is used to extract the factors affecting crowd funding. The hexagons extracted from the literature were in 82 clusters out of which 38 were accounted for by capital seekers, 16 by investors and platforms, and 12 by other stakeholders. This study is the first effort to design a comprehensive framework for factors that affect crowd funding. Doi: 10.28991/HIJ-2021-02-02-07 Full Text: PDF
“I am Delighted!”: The Effect of Perceived Customer Value on Repurchase and Advocacy Intention in B2B Express Delivery Services

Express parcel delivery has increased significantly in recent years because of changes in technology and consumer habits, as has the number of express parcel delivery companies and the competitiveness among them. For an express parcel business to be sustainable, it must succeed in increasing customer perceived value (CPV). This study aims to investigate the business-to-business (B2B) performance between companies and their main express parcel service provider. The main objective was to analyze the impact of CPV on both the intention to repurchase services and the intention to recommend such services in the business-to-business (B2B) express parcel delivery sector. This study develops a research model that is analyzed in the express parcel sector in Spain using the variance-based structural equation technique, partial least squares (PLS-SEM), for data analysis. The findings reveal that with express parcel services in the B2B sector, perceived value was positively associated with the customer’s perceived satisfaction and trust, which in turn enhances the intention to repurchase and stimulates advocacy. In a market as competitive as the express parcel market in the B2B environment, customer perceived value is a critical factor in ensuring company sustainability.
Fate of Artificially Injected Oxygen in the Hypolimnion of a Two‐Basin Lake: Amisk Lake, Revisited

Bubble‐plume diffusers are increasingly used to add dissolved oxygen (DO) to the hypolimnion of lakes and reservoirs. Bubble plumes are successful at replenishing hypolimnetic DO, but they also introduce mixing energy that induces subtle changes in the thermal structure of the reservoir, driving changes in plume behavior. To account for this complex plume‐reservoir interaction, a double bubble‐plume model is coupled with a three‐dimensional hydrodynamic model. The coupled model is used to reassess a field‐scale analysis of the bubble‐plume diffuser in two‐basin Amisk Lake, aiming at evaluating the relative role of bubble‐induced circulation and internal‐seiching in driving inter‐basin transport under stratified conditions. A large‐scale plume‐induced circulation was previously thought to be the main driver of inter‐basin oxygen transport. This interpretation was based on the attribution of the time‐averaged circulation in the channel due to plume operation. However, the intrinsic complexity of the hydraulic system and the sparseness of the field data introduced large uncertainties in the previous analysis. Here, we demonstrate that the time‐averaged circulation is primarily the result of wind‐driven internal seiches. Oxygen exchange is shown to be controlled by the interaction between internal seiche‐driven horizontal transport along the channel, and, the rate at which added oxygen reaches the layers above the sill, which is mainly controlled by plume‐induced circulation. Internal‐seiche driven transport through basin constrictions will vary depending on the magnitude of the wind forcing, depth of the thermocline and the channel geometry. These results highlight the importance of understanding water movement prior to introducing restoration actions in lakes.
Critical impact of radiotherapy protocol compliance and quality in the treatment of retroperitoneal sarcomas: Results from the EORTC 62092‐22092 STRASS trial

The European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer 22092‐62092 STRASS trial failed to demonstrate the superiority of neoadjuvant radiotherapy (RT) over surgery alone in patients with retroperitoneal sarcoma. Therefore, an RT quality‐assurance program was added to the study protocol to detect and correct RT deviations. The authors report results from the trial RT quality‐assurance program and its potential effect on patient outcomes.
Interplay between Vortex Dynamics and Superconducting Gap Structure in Layered Organic Superconductors

Layered organic superconductors motivate intense investigations because they provide various unexpected issues associated with their low dimensionality and the strong electron correlation. Since layered organic superconductors possess simple Fermi surface geometry and they often share similarities to the high temperature oxide superconductors and heavy fermion compounds, research on layered organic superconductors is suitable for understanding the essence and nature of strongly correlated electron systems. In strongly correlated electron systems, one of the central problems concerning the superconducting (SC) state is the symmetry of the SC gap, which is closely related to the paring mechanism. Thus, experimental determination of the SC gap structure is of essential importance. In this review, we present the experimental results for the in-plane angular variation of the flux-flow resistance in layered organic superconductors k-(ET)2Cu(NCS)2, β″-(ET)2SF5CH2CF2SO3, and λ-(BETS)2GaCl4. The interplay between the vortex dynamics and nodal structures is discussed for these superconductors.
Long non-coding RNAs regulating multiple proliferative pathways in cancer cell

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) belong to an extremely heterogeneous class of non-coding RNAs with a length ranging from 200 to 100,000 bp. They modulate a series of cellular pathways in both physiological and pathological context. It is no coincidence that they are expressed in an aberrant way in pathologies such as cancer, so as to deserve to be subclassified as oncogenes or tumor suppressors. These molecules are also involved in the regulation of cancer cell proliferation. Several lncRNAs are able to modulate cell growth both positively and negatively, and in this review we have focused on a small group of them, characterized by the simultaneous action on different pathways regulating cell proliferation. They have been considered in the light of their behavior in three different subtypes of proliferative pathways that we can define as (I) tumor suppressor, (II) oncogenic and (III) transcriptionally-driven. More specifically, we have characterized some lncRNAs considered oncogenes (such as H19, linc-ROR, MALAT1, HULC, HOTAIR and ANRIL), tumor suppressors (such as MEG3 and lincRNA-p21), and both oncogenes/tumor suppressors (UCA1 and TUG1) in a little more detail. As can be understood from the review, the interactions between lncRNAs and their molecular targets, only in the context of controlling cell proliferation, give rise to an intricate molecular network, the understanding of which, in the future, will certainly be of help for the treatment of molecular diseases such as cancer.
Tracking hidden innovations in tourism

Hidden innovations are innovations that have been overlooked, forgotten or ignored. In this context, this study explores hidden innovations in tourism — innovations not captured by frequently used quantitative instruments such as the Eurostat's community innovation survey (CIS). The study also explains why several innovations have remained hidden in the tourism industry. It identifies and analyses processes producing hidden innovations and determines the characteristics and types of these innovations. The study analyses 13 interviews in four tourism businesses — one Alpine centre and three hotels. Empirical testing indicates the inadequacy of CIS measurement in capturing these innovations. The findings reveal several hidden innovations. In the tourism context, we find two types of hidden innovations — hidden stage-wise and stage-merged innovations. These hidden innovations have two triggers. The first trigger refers to the evaluation of work processes carried out at the decentralized levels of companies. The second trigger is the work climate combining staff willingness (W) and opportunities (O) (WO-oriented work climate) — where the employees are willing to engage with innovation and are provided with an innovation opportunity. This study has important implications for extending the understanding of hidden innovations, especially in tourism, and guiding managers to facilitate, motivate and support work environments that allow employees' freedom and help them take responsibility to generate ideas and innovations.
Across the Administrative Boundaries—The First Mile of the Long-Distance Trail Collaboration in Taiwan

ABSTRACT Government agencies are only given the power to govern their administrative areas; however, long-distance trails usually span across different local governments and supervised by different central ministries. In Taiwan, trails with good-way marking are limited in the distance because there is no legislation neither a resource integration division on trail management. Taiwan Thousand Miles Trail Association (TMI Trail) is an NGO aims to promote long-distance trails. Since 2014, TMI has worked on the reconstruction of the Tamsui-Kavalan Historical and Cultural Trails. The trail system 300 km cultural route was built in the nineteenth century and now governed by eight government units. To Solve up-to-date problems, a public-private platform was created in 2016 and an annual great assembly is hosted in different cities. Today, many people hike on the trails and create great economi opportuines. Because of its success, a system of seven themed national greenways is planned, portraying the unique historical and cultural heritage.
Does Action vs. State Orientation Really Matter in the Susceptibility to Sunk Cost Fallacy? A Conceptual Replication Study

The theory of action versus state orientation suggests that state-oriented people are more susceptible to sunk cost fallacy than action-oriented people because they ruminate about past costs and are reluctant to change their course of actions. However, research on the role of action versus state orientation in sunk cost fallacy is fairly limited. Therefore, the present paper aims to conceptually replicate the seminal study by van Putten et al. (2010) and verify whether action versus state orientation really matters in the susceptibility to sunk cost fallacy. We also examined the role of gender and goal internalization in the susceptibility to sunk cost fallacy. Participants (N = 205) filled an Action Control Scale and solved two sunk cost fallacy tasks in two experimental conditions. In the intrapersonal condition, the sunk costs belonged to a decision-maker. In the intrapersonal condition, an investor was not identical with the decision-maker. Eventually, our study failed to replicate the results of van Putten et al. (2010). Action versus state orientation did not predict the susceptibility to sunk cost fallacy. Moreover, neither gender nor internalization moderated the relationship between action versus state orientation and susceptibility to sunk cost fallacy. We suggest further replications to examine the roles of reluctance to change and rumination in the relationship between action versus state orientation and susceptibility to sunk cost fallacy. Our findings also highlight the importance of high-powered replications that are an essential part of good research practice.
Homonegativity and sport: A systematic review of the literature

Abstract The hypermasculine subculture of individual and team sports is a context where discriminatory attitudes toward lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) people can occur at a higher rate, although conflicting results emerged in the literature. In order to clarify these data, a systematic review was conducted following the PRISMA statement, with the aim to analyze the research on expressed homonegativity among athletes and the discrimination perceived by LGB people involved in sport contexts. Thirty-eight articles were included. Although half of the included research identified, mainly among younger generations, positive attitudes toward homosexuality, an adherence to an orthodox masculinity and veiled discriminatory expressions persist. In addition, several papers identified overt discrimination, and LGB athletes often perceive sport contexts as discriminatory. Even seemingly “positive,” results should therefore be interpreted with caution. Evidence suggests the connection with stereotypical requirements and a heteronormative and homonegative cultural system could be maintained in apparently innocuous behaviors and expressions. Further interventions are necessary in order to sensitize sporting contexts regarding homosexuality-related issues and to promote inclusive attitudes.
Use of crushing residue as nutrients source in the cocoa seedlings development in Medicilândia – PA

The use of milled rocks has been postulated as an efficient way to provide nutrients to the plants. The objective of this work was to evaluate the cocoa seedlings agronomic performance in different Diabase Penatecaua powder treatments. The study comprehends the following phases: i) involved waste characterization, ii) treatments definition and sampling; iii) monitoring and evaluation; iv) systematization and results discussion. The experiment was realized with cocoa seedlings germinated in commercial organic substrate in the period from July to September 2019. The used rock dust was extracted at Km 85, Transamazônica highway, Medicilândia municipality – Pa. The extraction area lithology is formed by igneous rocks of Diabase Penatecaua. The experimental delineation was entirely randomized, with four repetitions per treatment, being them respectively in the dosages 0, 25, 50 and 75 (g / plant), being 16 plants per block, totaling 64 plants, and their irrigation done manually in the first hours of the day. Therefore, the results showed that the dosages were absorbed by the cocoa seedlings according to the plant's need allied to pH balance, which was caused by good nutritional cycling with the organic matter high rate present in the commercial substrate when in contact with the Diabase Penatecaua powder worked granulometry. However, the experiment time wasn’t enough to obtain statistically a significant difference. Thus, it is necessary that new studies be done aiming the temporal deepening of the studied doses for the culture.
Human capital matters:intergenerational occupational mobility in rural China

ABSTRACT Intergenerational occupational mobility often indicates inequality in society, and occupational mobility in rural China reflects the labour migration from rural to urban areas. Human capital is critical to occupational mobility; however, studies on occupational mobility in rural areas spanning over three generations, from the human capital perspective, are scant. This study analyzes data of three generations from Chinese Rural Development Surveys to examine intergenerational occupational mobility of rural Chinese households. Specifically, considering that the term ‘mobility’ refers to differences in occupation of parents and their offspring, this study examines education and skills training differences between the two as independent variables to ascertain their influence on occupational mobility, rather than simply examining parents’ education and skills training. A series of descriptive analysis and regressions confirm that education and workforce skills training are the key determinants that enable farmers to move upward in occupational status. These variables also influence the direction and distance of occupational mobility for rural households. This indicates that the government should invest more in human capital, especially by supporting increased access to both education and training.
Corporate social responsibility strategy, sustainable product attributes, and export performance

The current article is one of the first studies to address the role of corporate social responsibility strategy (CSRS) in the development of performance-oriented sustainable product attributes (SPA) mix in manufacturing firms. We specifically analyze whether the extent of SPA development by the firm's CSRS matches SPA contribution in export performance or do firms need to adapt CSRS to develop a performance-oriented SPA mix. The empirical analysis uses a panel dataset of 433 manufacturing firms from the United States during 2002 – 2017. The findings reveal the difference between SPA's outcome (contribution) and SPA development in firms. Further analysis of disaggregated SPA explains the reasoning behind this difference because the firm's CSRS' emphasis on developing distinct attributes of SPA tends to mismatch the proportionate contribution of distinct attributes of SPA in export performance. Our study contributes to SPA, CSRS, and export performance literature by establishing the differences in performance contribution and development of aggregated and disaggregated SPA in manufacturing firms.
Metal Oxide Nanoparticles for Asphaltene Adsorption and Oxidation

This study investigates the adsorption and oxidation of asphaltenes onto nanoparticles. Six different metal oxide nanoparticles were employed, namely, Fe3O4, Co3O4, TiO2, MgO, CaO, and NiO. Batch adsorption experiments were carried out at different initial asphaltene concentrations. Asphaltene adsorption was evaluated by measuring the asphaltene concentration using thermogravimetric analysis, and adsorption kinetics and isotherms were obtained. For all the six nanoparticles, the isotherm data fitted well to the Langmuir model. Results showed that asphaltene adsorption is metal-oxide-specific and the adsorption capacities of asphaltenes onto the oxides followed the order CaO > Co3O4 > Fe3O4 > MgO > NiO > TiO2. Furthermore, oxidation of asphaltene was investigated after adsorption onto NiO nanoparticles. The oxidation temperature of asphaltene decreased by ∼140 °C in the presence of nanoparticles, showing their catalytic effect. The activation energies calculated by the Coats−Redfern method for asphaltene o.
Visible-Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy for Nondestructive Analysis of Red Wine Grapes

Composite samples of intact grape berries were collected weekly from veraison until harvest. Each sample comprised ~400 berries selected following the preharvest row sampling protocol specified by the vineyard manager. The grape cultivars and corresponding number of samples of each collected in 2009 and 2010 were as follows: Cabernet Sauvignon (43, 36), Cabernet franc (83, 80), and Syrah (38, 36). Reflectance spectra for the composite samples in a wavelength range of 350 to 850 nm were collected with a diode array spectrometer. Chemical analyses for soluble solids content, Brix, pH, titratable acidity (TA), total phenols, and total anthocyanins were carried out for all samples. Chemometric calibrations for corresponding reflectance data were developed using trained partial least squares regression models with several preprocessing methods (smoothing, normalization, differentiation) and subjected to variable selection by recursive feature elimination. Trained models were externally validated with data from the alternate year. Best performing models for Brix, pH, TA, phenols, and anthocyanins in 2009 had root mean square errors (RMSEP) of 0.65, 0.05, 0.59 g/L, 31.2 mg/L, and 75 mg/L, respectively, with corresponding R2 values of 0.84, 0.58, 0.56, 0.27 and 0.65. The best 2010 models had RMSEP of 0.65, 0.05, 0.86 g/L, 27.9 mg/L, and 111 mg/L, respectively, with corresponding R2 values of 0.89, 0.81, 0.58, 0.25, and 0.17. The 2009 calibrations were used for estimating Brix and pH from spectral data of the samples collected in the next growing season and yielded RMSEP performance of 0.87 and 0.05 and R2 values of 0.71 and 0.56, respectively. Principal component analysis decomposition of 2009 and 2010 reflectance data showed similarities in the resultant loadings, indicating a similar underlying data structure.
Physiological and Biochemical Characterization of the GABA Shunt Pathway in Pea (Pisum sativum L.) Seedlings under Drought Stress

The physiological and biochemical role of the γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) shunt pathway in green pea seedlings (Pisum sativum L.) was studied in response to soil water holding capacity levels: 80%, 60%, 40%, 20%, and 10% grown under continuous light at 25 °C for 7 days and 14 days, separately. Characterization of seeds germination pattern, seedlings growth (plant height, fresh and dry weight, and chlorophyll contents), GABA shunt metabolite (GABA, glutamate, and alanine) levels, total protein and carbohydrate levels, and oxidative damage (MDA level) were examined. Data showed a significant effect of drought stress on seed germination, plant growth, GABA shunt metabolites level, total protein and carbohydrate contents, and MDA level. A significant decline in seed germination percentage was recorded at a 20% drought level, which indicated that 20% of soil water holding capacity is the threshold value of water availability for normal germination after 14 days. Seedling fresh weight, dry weight, and plant height were significantly reduced with a positive correlation as water availability was decreased. There was a significant decrease with a positive correlation in Chl a and Chl b contents in response to 7 days and 14 days of drought. GABA shunt metabolites were significantly increased with a negative correlation as water availability decreased. Pea seedlings showed a significant increase in protein content as drought stress was increased. Total carbohydrate levels increased significantly when the amount of water availability decreased. MDA content increased slightly but significantly after 7 days and sharply after 14 days under all water stress levels. The maximum increase in MDA content was observed at 20% and 10% water levels. Overall, the significant increases in GABA, protein and carbohydrate contents were to cope with the physiological impact of drought stress on Pisum sativum L. seedlings by maintaining cellular osmotic adjustment, protecting plants from oxidative stress, balancing carbon and nitrogen (C:N) metabolism, and maintaining cell metabolic homeostasis and cell turgor. The results presented in this study indicated that severe (less than 40% water content of the holding capacity) and long-term drought stress should be avoided during the germination stage to ensure proper seedling growth and metabolism in Pisum sativum L.