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Importance of Logistics Service Quality in Customer Satisfaction: An Empirical Study

To create value in logistics services to fill the expectation of customers gets more significant than ever to sustain competitiveness in the market. In this paper, considering there is a small amount of research done in logistic service quality, we aimed to investigate how logistics services affect customer satisfaction. An empirical study was made to measure logistic service quality factors; personnel quality contact, order condition, timeliness, order discrepancy handling, and operational information sharing in logistics services. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation modeling (SEM) has been used in this paper to explore customer satisfaction by using the five constructs of logistics service quality. One of the contributions of this article is; it is the first time the effects of operational information sharing on customer satisfaction in logistics services was investigated under the logistic service quality framework. Customer satisfaction can be explained and improved by applying these five constructs of logistics service quality. Also, this research can help both practice and scholars to understand the fundamental elements of improving customer satisfaction. The results can be used in any firm to gain competitiveness in
Citrus Fruit: Biology, Technology and Evaluation

Post harvest biology and technology of citrus fruits is gaining importance as the therapeutic value of citrus fruits is realized and supported by the increase in health awareness among the general public. This book is the most comprehensive reference on citrus fruit biology, biotechnology and quality. Basic and applied scientific information is interwoven to serve the researcher, marketer, scientist, nutritionist, or dietician. With discussions of fruit morphology, anatomy, physiology and biochemistry and chapters on growth phases, maturity standards, grades and physical and mechanical characteristics of citrus trees, this book provides the foundation for understanding growth, harvest and post harvest aspects of these important plants. Insect-pests and diseases, irrigation, nutrition and rootstocks are also addressed. * Provides practical tips for post harvest management * Includes all aspects of citrus fruit biology, technology and quality evaluation. * Discusses biotechnological applications and potential fresh citrus fruit quality improvement * Evaluates medicinal and therapeutic applications and recent clinical findings * Exhaustive glossary included
Heterosis estimates of garden pea crosses (Pisum sativum L. hortense).

An experiment was conducted to study heterosis in garden pea for different quantitative characters. Analysis of variance for heterosis showed significant differences among all crosses for all characters, indicating that there is ample scope for selection of promising crosses from present gene pool for yield improvement in garden pea. Cross EC 328758 x Swarnamer showed significant heterosis, heterobeltiosis and standard heterosis for pods per plant and seed yield whereas EC 269396 x Pusa Pragati exhibited negative significant heterosis and heterobeltiosis for days to maturity, indicating earliness.
Pressurization of Prerigor Beef Muscle and its Effect on the Solubilization of Myofibrillar Proteins

approved: Dr. Allen F. An^emier Investigations were conducted to evaluate some of the changes occuring in the myofibrillar proteins, particularly solubility properties, resulting from the hydrostatic pressurization (15,000 psi, 2-3 min, 40C) of prerigor semitendinosus and longissimus dorsi beef muscles. Both pressurized muscles showed a sharp decline in pH (" 0.9 unit) as the result of pressurization. Pressurized samples had an average pH of 5.9 as compared to 6.8 for the controls shortly after completion of the pressure treatment. Immediately after pressurization, the pressurized samples had higher Hunter Color "a" and "L" values than the controls indicating an increase in redness and brightness respectively. The water-holding capacity (WHC) of both muscles was influenced by pressurization. Myofibrils isolated from pressurized muscles showed an increase in WHC with increasing molar concentrations of KC1 in which they were suspended. In OM KC1, the WHC increased 29% while an increase of 46% was noted on pressurizing myofibrils suspended in 1.0M KC1. The dye-binding ability of myofibrillar proteins was affected by pressurization. Approximately 25% less protein was detected in the pressurized samples by the dye-binding method than by the biuret procedure. Extractibility of total myofibrillar proteins was reduced by pressurization. Pressurized semitendinosus and longissimus dorsi muscles yielded 39.6 and 34.4% less myofibrils respectively than their controls. When myofibrils isolated from non-pressurized muscles were pressurized and subsequently centrifuged, 35.7 and 36.8% more protein was solubilized in the supernatants of the semitendinosus and longissimus dorsi muscles respectively. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and densitometric tracings of isolated reconstituted myofibrillar pellets from pressurized muscles showed myosin (heavy chain) to be 16.6% less than its control while larger losses of about 30% were observed for M-protein, C-protein, actin, troponin-T, and tropomyosin. Electrophoresis and densitometry of supernatants from isolated pressurized myofibrils indicated actin was most affected by pressurization at low ionic strength (IJO.1) while myosin (heavy chain) was most affected at high ionic strength (p^O.5). Pressure-induced solubilization of actin at low ionic strength was about 48 milligrams percent while that of myosin was about 1 milligram percent. At high ionic strength, solubilization » of myosin increased to 42 milligrams percent while actin was reduced to 23 milligrams percent. Pressurization of Prerigor Beef Muscle and its Effect on the Solubilization of Myofibrillar Proteins by Oguguo Ebisi Nwafor A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Commencement June 1983
Conditional-Robust-Profit-Based Optimization Model for Electricity Retailers with Shiftable Demand

This paper investigates the problem of how to deploy customers’ shiftable load (SL) for electricity retailers’ risk management under uncertainty of the day-ahead (DA) wholesale market price. The robust profit (RP) and the conditional robust profit (CRP) are introduced for a risk-averse retailer’s risk-reward trade-off analysis in its decision-making of electricity procurement from various options. A CRP-based bi-level optimization model is proposed for the risk-averse retailer to determine its electricity procurement strategy taking into consideration customers’ shiftable load. In the upper problem, the retailer decides its electricity procurement from various options and the SL incentive prices to maximize its CRP under a given confidence level, and in the lower problem, the customers shift their load according to the SL incentive prices to minimize their comprehensive costs including the discomfort cost caused by rescheduling electricity consumption. Finally, a case study is used to verify the effectiveness of this model. It is shown that the retailer can achieve larger profit and less risk by utilizing customers’ SL and the retailer’s risk-aversion level has an important impact on its electricity procurement and SL incentive strategies.
Effect of Risk Management, Intellectual Capital on Performance of State Corporations in Kenya: Moderating Approach

Purpose: The main aim of the study was to determine the moderating effect of intellectual capital on the relationship between ERM risk structure practices and organizational performance of state corporations in Kenya. This study was guided by dynamic capabilities theory which attempts to explain the perspective of how intellectual capital and ERM practices affect organizational performance. Design/methodology/approach: The study used explanatory cross sectional survey design. Primary data on ERM risk structure practices, intellectual capital and organizational performance was collected from structured questionnaires. A survey was carried out on 218 state corporations in Kenya. The research hypothesis was tested using hierarchical regression analysis. Finding: The study found that intellectual capital had an enhancing and significant moderation effect on the relationship between ERM structure practice and organizational performance (β =. 314, ρ
The geometric morphometric study of Central European species of the genus Micrasterias (Zygnematophyceae, Viridiplantae)

The relationships of 14 Central European species of the genus Micrasterias were analysed using landmark-based geometric morphometrics. The analysis of relative warps was used to depict the principal components of the variation in shape and cluster analysis to reveal the groupings of individual species within the genus. All the analysed cells were correctly placed in their appropriate species clusters on the basis of geometric morphometric data. The width of the polar lobe associated with depth of the incisions between lateral lobules is the dominant morphological trend in the data investigated.
The significance of early breastfeeding experiences on breastfeeding self‐efficacy one week postpartum

Abstract Many new mothers do not reach their breastfeeding goals. Breastfeeding self‐efficacy is a modifiable determinant influenced by prior and new breastfeeding experiences. More knowledge about factors associated with early breastfeeding experiences and breastfeeding self‐efficacy would allow us to qualify breastfeeding counselling and increase breastfeeding duration. This study aimed to identify prevalence and factors associated with early negative breastfeeding experience, low breastfeeding self‐efficacy in the first week postpartum, and drop in self‐efficacy from late pregnancy to early postpartum period. A prospective longitudinal study was performed in Denmark from 2013 to 2014, including 2, 804 mothers. Results showed that 1 week postpartum almost 10% of mothers had negative breastfeeding experiences, 36% had low breastfeeding self‐efficacy, and 26% drop in self‐efficacy from pregnancy. Negative breastfeeding experiences were significantly associated with epidural analgesia, interrupted skin‐to‐skin contact immediately postpartum, short previous breastfeeding duration, and lacking social support. Low breastfeeding self‐efficacy was associated with low breastfeeding intention, short previous breastfeeding duration, and negative breastfeeding experiences in the first week postpartum. Finally, significant associations of drop in breastfeeding self‐efficacy from late pregnancy were no or short education, early negative breastfeeding experiences, prior short breastfeeding duration, and low general breastfeeding self‐efficacy in pregnancy. Negative breastfeeding experiences in the first week postpartum is crucial for maternal breastfeeding self‐efficacy 1 week following birth. It is important to identify and support mothers at risk of negative breastfeeding experiences in the first week following birth and address factors that might increase the probability of early successful breastfeeding experiences.
DESEO Y EXCITACIÓN SEXUAL EN RELACIÓN CON LA ACTIVIDAD FÍSICA EN JÓVENES ADULTOS

Sexual desire is a state of motivation that can induce to participate in sexual activity. Physical activity is related to the well-being in both social and sexual relationships. The aim of this study was to analyze sexual desire in relation to physical activity and its impact on sexual excitation and inhibition in a population of young adults. The total sample consisted of 485 participants (327 women and 158 men), aged between 18 and 35 years. This study required the fulfillment of a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Sexual Desire Inventory (dyadic and solitary), the Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) and the Sexual Inhibition and Sexual Excitation Scales (SES-SIS). The main results showed that there is a relationship between desire and physical activity with excitement and sexual inhibition, concluding that medium and high activity levels contribute positively in people's sexual behavior. Future research could propose exercise as an intervention in problems of desire.
RESEARCH OPINIONS IN ANIMAL & VETERINARY SCIENCES Feed resources abundance for wild and domestic herbivores in Miombo woodlands of Western Tanzania

Grasses are the main feed resource for both wild and domestic grazing herbivores. Ecological processes associated with grazing have been stable for millions of years since emergence of grasses and grazers in ancient time. However, current expanding human population, escalating , degradation of natural resources, increasing socioeconomic pressures and current climate changes have all increased the complexity associated with the availability of feed resources for both wild and domestic herbivores. This situation compelled initiation of the study to assess feed resources in Miombo woodlands of Western Tanzania. The study involved four districts and twenty six villages. Results indicate that livestock keepers experience feed shortage for grazing herbivores within village lands for a period of 5 to 6 months within a year. Quality of forage feed resources available in Miombo woodland for both wild and domestic herbivore vitiates with advance in dry season. Results indicate Total Digestible Nutrient (TDN) decline with advance of plants maturity from January to December. Furthermore, results indicate that nutritive value of pastures in Miombo woodlands was relatively lower during the dry season than wet season. In addition, results indicate that percentage of unavailable protein (protein bound to lignin) in pastures within Miombo woodlands was relatively lower during the dry season than wet season but the reason for this phenomenon is unknown hitherto. It has been concluded that pastures available within Miombo woodlands of Western Tanzania are relatively lower in quality during the dry season than wet season.
The meat quality of layer males from free range in comparison with fast growing chickens

P < 0.001) in RS at both ages. The proportions of fat in the breast meat were significantly lower ( P < 0.01) in IB at both ages. The value of pH 24 h was significantly higher in IB and the meat was darker ( P < 0.001) in these chickens. The overall acceptability was significantly better ( P < 0.01) in IB at 90 days of age. The laying males are accept - able for an alternative system of poultry meat production from the aspect of meat quality. The quality was comparable or even higher in comparison with fast-growing chickens.
A Retrospective Study in Dogs to Evaluate the Effect of Tetracyclines in Suspected Hemoprotozoan Infection

This study included a total of sixty five affected dogs which were brought to VCC, LUVAS, Hisar from June, 2018 to November, 2018 and were suspected to be affected with haemoprotozoan infection. On the basis of severity of clinical signs, the dogs were categorized into severely and moderately affected categories. The blood picture showed anaemia, thrombocytopaenia, neutrophilia and eosinophilia with negative blood smears for any haemoprotozoan infection. Majority of the affected dogs were males and from the age group of two to five years. Maximum cases were observed in monsoon season i.e. from July to September. Severely affected cases were administered oxytetracycline for five days @10mg/kg i.v. b wt. twice daily along with supportive therapy followed by oral administration of doxycycline for further two weeks. In moderately affected cases, doxycycline was recommended orally for three weeks period. All the severely affected cases showed marked improvement within two days of treatment while moderately affected cases showed clinical improvement only after five days of oral doxycycline therapy.
Micropolitics in School Leadership

The concept of micropolitics in schooling originated in the latter part of the 20th century and contrasted macropolitical analyses of central ministries’ directives, primarily in English-speaking education systems, with more localized forms of governance, as in the United States. Either form of educational governance envelops daily interactions among governmental agencies, school personnel, and stakeholders. As political scientists long have studied macropolitics, sociologists and educationists focused on micropolitics found in schools’ short- and long-term decisions. Typical decisions, which generate micropolitics, include how schools carry on teaching and learning and range from formalized policy implementation to negotiations over scarce resources as big as allocation of teacher–pupil ratios and as momentary and small as distribution of paper and pencils. Given its local focus, scholars of micropolitics assume that the conditions of schooling generate and sustain persistent conflict, and thus they study how such conflict surfaces, who participates, who wins or loses, and what roles school leaders play. Conflicts surround schools’ internal and external communities’ power structures. The power players, groups and individuals, contest the purposes of schooling and work to influence their agenda. These influential moves may reshape macro-policies and directives, making policy implementation a localized project. Internal and external constituencies struggle over resource allocation, frequently under conditions of scarcity, which provides an arena for investigating decision participation. As with studies in macropolitics, the methods vary with the research questions. Because of the high-engagement dynamics in the study of micropolitics in schools, discursive methods that focus on communications, relationships, and media dominate these studies.
Migratory Flyways May Affect Population Structure in Double‐Crested Cormorants

Double‐crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) recovered from a demographic bottleneck so well that they are now considered a nuisance species at breeding and wintering grounds across the United States and Canada. Management of this species could be improved by refining genetic population boundaries and assigning individuals to their natal population. Further, recent radio‐telemetry data suggest the existence of Interior and Atlantic migratory flyways, which could reduce gene flow and result in substantial genetic isolation. In this study, we used 1,784 individuals collected across the eastern United States, a large panel of microsatellite markers developed for this species, and individuals banded as chicks and recaptured as adults to explore the effects of migratory flyways on population structure, quantify the genetic effects of demographic bottlenecks, and determine whether individuals could be assigned to their natal population based on genotype. We found evidence for genetic population division only along migratory flyways, no evidence of genetic bottlenecks, and mixed effectiveness of assignment tests. Our population structure findings suggest that gene flow is high across large scales; for example, individuals from New York, Minnesota, and Alabama are all in panmixia. We also found that traditional subspecies ranges may not be valid because >1 subspecies was present in single genetic populations. The lack of evidence for genetic bottlenecks also likely underscores the vagility of this species, suggesting that even during demographic bottlenecks, populations were not isolated from allelic exchange. Finally, the failure of assignment tests to consistently perform is likely due in part to imperfect a priori sampling of Atlantic and Interior chicks and the high vagility of adults. We conclude that the demographic bottleneck is not likely to have reduced genetic diversity, and that assignment tests remain unreliable for this species. We recommend double‐ crested cormorants be managed by flyway. Further development of genomic resources in this species could improve population subdivision resolution, improve assignment tests, and reveal further information on demographic histories. © 2020 The Wildlife Society.
Biological Properties of Soil after Cultivation of Indigenous Quality Rice under Different Methods of Establishment

Rice is the foremost staple food for more than 50% of the world’s population in Asia, where 90 per cent of the world’s rice is grown and consumed. It is a major staple food crop for many developing countries and not only a main source of calories but also an important source of income and employment for many farmers, particularly poor household. India is blessed with a wide range of indigenous quality rice, which is supporting a large International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 9 Number 2 (2020) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas. com
Physiological and Ecological Studies in Environmental Adaptation of Plants. I. Germination Behavior of Weed Seeds Collected from Different Altitudes.

Weed seeds of 9 species were collected from several sites having different altitudes on the line of about 36015'N, and the relation between the optimum temperature for seed germination and the altitude of the seed origin was investi-gated in each species. The seecls of the most species from the lowest site required from 250 to 3oOC for optimum germination. As their habitats got higher, in general, the optirnum temperature had a tendency to transfer or extend into a lower range. A stratification preceding the germination test was effective in the germination of the seeds of some species, and, in some of these, a more intense stratification was required for their germination as their habitat got higher. The different behavior of seed germination to incubation temperature and the requirment for stratification seem to be adaptively caused by the temperature of the habitat, and the difference seems to be specific for each species. In most species used here, however, the seeds from 30m habitat on the Japan Sea side were different in their germination behavior from those on the Pacific Ocean side, inspite of the same altitude. This difference is considered to be caused by specific meteoro-iogical conditions on the Japan Sea side.
Protecting Wildlife in a Heavily Hunted Biodiversity Hotspot: A Case Study from the Atlantic Forest of Bahia, Brazil

Hunting is one of the principal causes of wildlife declines throughout the tropics. Even with an increase in the number of reserves, protecting wildlife has proven difficult and many reserves remain little different from unprotected areas. In Brazil, private landowners are being encouraged by federal and state governments and non-governmental organizations to participate in a national conservation strategy by setting aside land for preservation. However, due to chronic hunting pressure, the role that private reserves might play remains to be determined. In this study we analyze the potential of private reserves through a case study of the Reserva Ecológica Michelin in Bahia, Brazil. We measured the relative abundances of medium and large mammals before and after the implementation of guard patrols, to determine the efficacy of this management strategy for protecting wildlife. The relative abundance of the fauna increased by 72.6 % after the initiation of guard patrols, from 5.07 to 8.68 encounters/10 km, with preferred game species (Dasypus novemcinctus, Cuniculus paca, Pecari tajacu, and Mazama americana)increasing by 146.7-300%. Similarities between the relative abundances of preferred game species at our site after the initiation of the guard patrols and those of other protected Neotropical reserves indicate that the Michelin reserve is now being effectively protected. Although the cost of $9.4/ha to protect the reserve is high, this study shows that the private reserve initiative can be an effective component of the national conservation strategy.