Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
INFLUENCE OF NON-DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS ON INDONESIAN CONSUMERS PURCHASE INTENTION TOWARDS GREEN PRODUCTS

This research analyzed the influence of non-demographic factors to Indonesian consumers’ attitude towards green products. Furthermore, this research also investigated the relationship between consumers’ attitude and the intention to purchase green products. This research used questionnaire data from 350 respondents selected by judgemental sampling. Data was analyzed using regression method. The research found that only five out of six non-demographic factors tested were proven to influence the Indonesian consumers’ attitude towards green products. Based on their magnitude of influence, the five factors are altruism, perceived consumer effectiveness, collectivism, perceived benefit, and environmental knowledge. Meanwhile, the interpersonal influence, another factor tested, was not proven to affect the consumers’ attitude towards green products. Consumers’ attitude towards green products also influence consumers’ intention to purchase those products.
A comparative analysis between Mannheim peritonitis score and acute physiological and chronic health evaluation II score in predicting prognosis of patients of perforation peritonitis

Background: The early assessment and recognition of peritonitis patient is required in surgical emergency. Various scoring system have been designed successfully to assess the prognosis and outcome of peritonitis. The present study was carried out with an aim to evaluate the usefulness and severity of Mannheim peritonitis (MPI) score in comparison to acute physiological and chronic health evaluation II (APACHE II) scoring system for prediction of the outcome in patients with perforation peritonitis and thus decision making in perforation peritonitis. Methods: A prospective observational study was carried out at Department of Surgery, King George’s Medical University (KGMU), Lucknow for a period of one year from July 2018 to June 2019. A total of 100 patients were enrolled in the study. Results: Majority of patients were males compared to females. Maximum number of patients (40%) was aged 51-60 years. Maximum number of patients (42%) had duodenal perforation. A significant association between higher MPI scores and mortality was seen (p<0.001). Statistically, the association between APACHE II scores and mortality was significant (p<0.001). Conclusions: APACHE II had a slightly higher sensitivity as well as specificity as compared to MPI. MPI is easy to calculate but accuracy of APACHE II is more, compared to MPI.
Rainbow Darter (
 Etheostoma caeruleum
 , Storer, 1845) predation on early ontogenetic stages of Lake Sturgeon (
 Acipenser fulvescens
 , Rafinesque, 1817)

Previous molecular diet analysis identified lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens, Rafinesque, 1817) DNA in the gastrointestinal tracts of stream‐resident rainbow darters (Etheostoma caeruleum, Storer, 1845) during the egg incubation, free embryo, and larval drift stages. The objectives of this experimental study were to: (a) quantify levels of predation by rainbow darters on lake sturgeon at the egg and free‐embryo stages; and (b) evaluate whether predation varied as a function of substrate size and rainbow darter body size. We conducted experimental trials in 23‐L polycarbonate tanks 0.41 m (L) × 0.33 m (W) × 0.30 m (D) with a standardized benthic area of 0.14 m². The tanks were randomly assigned one of two different substrate size classes: large rock (51.35 mm ± 0.91 mm) or small rock (27.68 mm ± 0.57 mm). We stocked individual rainbow darter, which were deprived of feed for 48 hr, with lake sturgeon (133 individuals/m²) in each of 12 replicates per ontogenetic stage and substrate type. The number of surviving lake sturgeon was quantified following a 24‐hr predation exposure period. We used a generalized linear model with a binomial distribution to assess the influence of ontogenetic stage, substrate size, and rainbow darter body size on proportional lake sturgeon survival. Predation on lake sturgeon occurred at both egg (6.25 ± 1.16 individuals, mean ± 2SE) and free embryo (3.08 ± 1.08 individuals, mean ± 2SE) stages. Egg proportional survival was generally lower than at the free embryo stage in both substrate sizes; however, free embryo proportional survival was greater in small substrate trials. Rainbow darter total length did not affect the probability of lake sturgeon survival at either developmental stage. Results demonstrate that rainbow darters prey on early ontogenetic stages of lake sturgeon, corroborating previous results based on genetic diet analysis. Results fill a major knowledge gap concerning the vulnerability of pre‐drift sturgeon to predation by an abundant river resident species that was previously discounted as a predator for early ontogenetic stages of lake sturgeon due to its small body size.
The influence of IT governance and innovation management practices on the innovation of large-scale logistics systems in the upstream offshore oil and gas industry

The current context of the oil and gas industry and its need for more efficient operations have resulted in the examination of the potential for digital innovations to reduce costs, enhance productivity and boost performance. Specifically, digital innovations in large-scale logistics systems, referred to as Information Infrastructures (IIs), represent an opportunity for more efficient logistics strategies. However, there is limited research on how to enable digital innovations in this domain. This research focuses on the innovation of IIs and is conducted in the context of logistics in the upstream offshore oil and gas industry. The present study identifies IT governance and innovation practices which have been found to influence IS innovation and examines their influence on the innovation of IIs in the domain of logistics in the oil and gas industry. Through a Delphi study, a total of 47 practices that are perceived to influence the innovation of logistics IIs in the oil and gas industry were found. Further, the levels of impact of these practices in terms of their “effectiveness” and “ease of implementation” were determined, and a minimum baseline of practices that can be applied in organizations to foster innovation was proposed. These findings have theoretical and practical implications not only for the oil and gas industry but also can be applied to other systems/industries.
Police Use of Force: Examining the Factors Relating to Police Officers Shooting Unarmed Black Males

The purpose of this study was to examine the factors relating to police officers shooting unarmed Black males and to seek to understand what impact, if any, a police officer’s race, age, years of service, or place of residence has on the decision to shoot an armed or unarmed suspect. The study examined whether or not these factors impacted the decision-making process in shoot/don’t shoot scenarios. Thirty sworn police officers participated in the quantitative study that was conducted using a Ti Lab firearms highfidelity video simulator and a laser-modified Sig Sauer P380 handgun to engage in four shoot/don’t shoot video scenarios. The findings suggest that the police officers displayed implicit bias, but there was no activation of the bias against the Black male suspects. The participants were able to override their implicit bias. The participants shot armed White males more quickly than armed Black males, and the participants took significantly longer to shoot an armed White female than an armed Black or White male. It is recommended that future studies use a mixed-methods design to understand the preand postdecision points of the participants when engaging in different scenarios. Further, consideration should be given to comparing officer behavior in a simulator to an officer’s in-the-field behavior while wearing a body camera. Document Type Dissertation Degree Name Doctor of Education (EdD) Department Executive Leadership First Supervisor Sister Remigia Kushner Second Supervisor Kishon Hickman Subject Categories Education This dissertation is available at Fisher Digital Publications: https://fisherpub.sjfc. edu/education_etd/412 Police Use of Force: Examining the Factors Relating to Police Officers Shooting Unarmed Black Males
New Directions for Causal Inference With Complex Data in Health Care, Social Science, and Beyond

With the rise of the online marketplace and the digitization of data from administrative databases and electronic health records, we now have access to more comprehensive and more complex data than ever before. And while the digital revolution has created a new frontier for empirical research that promises exciting insights about human health and behavior, it has also given rise to a number of theoretical and computational complexities that call for statistical innovation. This dissertation focuses on research directions that apply classical statistical frameworks to large, messy modern datasets with a focus on settings where inferences are complicated due to the presence of unstructured text or electronic health data. Both types of data have the potential to help advance scientific understanding for example, about the impacts of a non-randomized intervention on the health or sentiments of a population but these data are commonly overlooked because of the theoretical or computational obstacles they impose. In particular, text is inherently high-dimensional and difficult to model, and electronic health data are often inconsistent or incomplete due to large measurement errors and non-ignorable missing values. In the chapters that follow, we first provide some background on the potential outcomes framework, describe how the literature has evolved over time, and characterize a new frontier for methodological research in causal inference with complex, modern data. We then present new statistical methods to address challenges that arise when making causal inferences with text data and in longitudinal observational studies. Throughout, we illustrate the proposed methods with case studies examining real data in health care and social science.
Biochemical composition of seaweeds from Veraval coastal regions along Saurashtra coast of Gujarat, India

Seaweeds are the macrophyte marine algae; a primitive variety of plants absent of true roots, steam and leaves. The term seaweed gives the erroneous impression that it is a useless plant but seaweeds are miracle plants of the sea and extremely useful plants. Among all these Indian coastal states Tamil Nadu and Gujarat states contributes more seaweed resource. Seaweeds were mainly utilized for food, medicine, fertilizers etc. In this study, four seaweed species were identified viz., red seaweed species Gracilaria corticata and Hypnea musciformis, Green seaweed species Ulva reticulata and Brown seaweed species Sargassum cinctum. The biochemical composition of those species were studied for Crude Protein, Fat, Carbohydrate, Moisture and Ash content. The values of biochemical composition were varies from; crude protein: 12.21±0.01-16.59±0.03%, lipid content: 0.20±0.02-3.10±0.04%, carbohydrate content: 46.74±0.03-58.16±0.05%, moisture content: 2.75±0.01-7.90±0.03 and ash content: 21.86±0.02-32.08±0.01%, which represents these available seaweed resources in future could become one of the supreme important resource and so in future this scenario ultimately causes the utilization and demand of seaweed was goes on increasing, not only along the India, but also from all over the world.
“Before alone or (well) accompanied”? The Use of Projective Marketing Techniques

Projective techniques, widely used in marketing research, encourage interviewees to talk about other people so that researchers can discover deep feelings and circumvent psychological prejudices. The present study analyzes empirical publications that involve the use of projective techniques in marketing. For this, two specific objectives were defined: to analyze if the publications are using only projective techniques or are being combined with other techniques and to identify which types of projective techniques are being used. The results were divided into bibliographic analysis and semantic analysis. In the first one, the evolution of the publications per year and the periodicals that most published articles using projective marketing research techniques, as Qualitative Market Research and the International Journal of Market Research, are presented. In the second, a qualitative analysis was performed, observing that half of the publications used only projective techniques while the other part combined with other data collection techniques such as interviews, focus groups, case studies and quantitative studies. The types of projective techniques more frequently employed were word association, sentence completion, Haire’s shopping list, thematic perception test, collages, drawings, scenarios, and third-person technique.
Production and Optimization of Xylanase Enzyme from Bacillus subtilis using Agricultural Wastes by Solid State Fermentation

Background: Xylan, a major hemicellulosic polysaccharide found in the plant cell wall, represents up to 30-35% of the total dry weight of land plants. It is a heteropolysaccharide made up of a backbone of 1, 4-linked β-D-xylopyranosyl residues which can be substituted to varying degrees with glucopyranosyl, α-L-arabinofuranosyl, acetyl, feruloyl and/or p-coumaryl side chain groups. Hemicelluloses are used in various industries such as fuel, food, detergent, animal feed, agriculture, wine, beer, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. The main objective of the study is to explore easy and cost effective method to produce the xylanase using sugar cane bagasse, wheat bran and rice bran as substrates, which is an agro waste. Materials and Methods: Xylanase producing bacteria were isolated from soil. Among the isolates, three strains show the maximum activity on xylan agar plates. Among the three strains, a strain was shows maximum enzyme activity, which was measured by Dinitro Salicylic Acid (DNS) method. The isolates were identified as Bacillus subtilis and which was identified by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. Optimization of the fermentation medium for production of maximum xylanase was carried out via solid state fermentation (SSF). Results: The highest production of xylanase was obtained on 3% xylose as a carbon source, 3% malt extract as a nitrogen source and 3% sugarcane bagasse at 40°C, pH 9, 3.5% Inoculum level at 48 hr. Bacillus subtilis are capable to produce the xylanase. Conclusion: The isolated strain Bacillus subtilis shows the maximum level of xylanase production at pH 9.0 and 40°C temperature on 48 hr incubation on 3% xylose, 3% malt extract and 3% sugarcane bagasse as a substrate during solid state fermentation.
Variables Correlated with Physical Activity and Conformance to Physical Activity Guidelines in Healthy Children and Children with Down Syndrome

Zusammenfassung Ziel Kinder mit Down-Syndrom zeigen körperliche und geistige Entwicklungsverzögerungen. Aus diesem Grund können sie möglicherweise die Empfehlungen für Bewegung nicht erfüllen. Hauptziel dieser Studie war es, das Maß der körperlichen Aktivität und die Gehleistung von Kindern mit Down-Syndrom zu beurteilen. Material und Methoden Querschnittsstudie. Es wurden Kinder mit Down-Syndrom und gesunde Kinder im Alter von 8 bis 12 Jahren untersucht. Die körperliche Aktivität wurde über 7 Tage mittels Pedometer gemessen und die Gehfähigkeit wurde mittels 6-Minuten Gehtest (6MWT) bewertet. Ergebnisse Kinder mit Down-Syndrom sind körperlich weniger aktiv als gesunde Kinder. Der Test der durchschnittlichen Gehfähigkeit ergab in allen Altersgruppen signifikante Unterschiede zwischen gesunden Kindern und Kindern mit Down-Syndrom. Es bestand ein enger Zusammenhang zwischen der täglichen Schrittzählung und der Gehfähigkeit. Schlussfolgerung In unserer Studie konnten wir feststellen, dass Kinder mit Down-Syndrom einen höheren BMI haben, weniger körperlich aktiv sind und im Vergleich zu normal entwickelten Kindern eine geringere Gehfähigkeit aufweisen.
Does Religious Orientation Matter? Reassessing the Role of Brand Credibility and Customer Loyalty on the Controversial Brand in Emerging Market

This study Indonesia is a country with a Muslim-majority population. Halal labels on products and services, especially on food, become essential things to consider in food consumption. Food products that do not have a halal label will certainly cause consumer doubts and become a controversial brand for Muslim consumers in Indonesia. Controversial brands often have high brand credibility in the community in terms of popularity, but do not have a halal label. This study aims to investigate the role of religious orientation, brand credibility, and customer loyalty to controversial brands of food products. Using survey techniques, data obtained from 170 respondents were processed and analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The analysis showed that customer loyalty was influenced by brand credibility, while brand credibility was formed by the positive influence of trustworthiness and perceived quality. Religious orientation moderated the influence of trustworthiness and perceived quality on brand credibility.
Mutual Funds: Skill and Performance

The authors summarize the recent literature on mutual fund manager skill and performance. They discuss the latest contributions in the field and reinterpret them through the lens of the rational expectations framework (efficient market hypothesis). They further discuss the importance of (1) the choice of benchmark model and (2) the time-series and cross-sectional sample selected in performance studies. The article has three main conclusions. First, although net alpha is a measure of the abnormal return of an extra dollar invested in a particular fund (i.e., performance), it does not measure mutual fund manager skill. To measure the latter, the product of gross alpha and the size of the fund—value added—is needed. Second, the set of real-time available index funds is the relevant counterfactual to use when assessing the skill and performance of investment managers. Nontradable factors that are constructed with the benefit of hindsight are not a realistic benchmark. Third, the authors can think of no good reason to exclude high-quality mutual fund data either in the cross section or time series when making inferences regarding skill and performance. TOPICS: Manager selection, mutual fund performance, performance measurement Key Findings • Net alpha is not an appropriate measure of mutual fund manager skill; value added, the product of assets under management and gross alpha, is a measure of mutual fund manager skill. • The set of real-time available index funds is the relevant counterfactual investment opportunity set for assessing skill and performance of investment managers. • Studies of skill and performance should not exclude high-quality data on mutual funds from either the cross section or the time series.
Synthesis N-Doped Activated Carbon from Sugarcane Bagasse for CO2 Adsorption

Nitrogen-doped activated carbon (SBACN) was synthesized from sugarcane bagasse waste as acarbon source and urea as nitrogen source through potassium hydroxide (KOH) activation for 2 h at high temperature via two step methods. The synthesized SBCN was characterized using X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), and Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR). The results showed that the SBCN has low degree crystallinity and graphitization with highly developed micropores due to synergistik activation effect of KOH and urea. These characteristics provide an important contribution to carbon dioxide adsorption capacity, which can reach up to 11,20% wt and this value is higher than pristine activated carbon. The results indicating that the presence of this nitrogen functionalities is found to have a beneficial influence on the carbon dioxide adsorption characteristic in standart condition and exhibit considerable potential in solid adsorption. KeywordsNitrogen-doped Nitrogen-doped Activated Carbon, Sugarcane Bagasse, KOH and Urea Activation, CO2 Adsorption.
Psychosocial Needs of Bisexual People: Findings from a Mixed-Methods Research Study

Abstract More attention has recently been paid to the unique experiences and health needs of LGBTQ + people. To date, there has been a limited focus on the distinct psychosocial needs of bisexuals. A larger mixed-methods study explored the wider needs of a LGBTQ + cohort. The aim of this paper is to report the specific experiences of bisexuals and highlight their distinct psychosocial issues and concerns. The online survey instrument contained Likert-scale and qualitative questions and was completed by a total sample of LGBT people (n = 125), of which 19 participants self-identified as bisexual. The qualitative responses of the bisexuals were extracted and analyzed separately to identify emergent themes that were: accessing responsive services, culturally competent services, supports and interventions, and knowledge, skills and confidence. The study findings inform and enhance the understanding of the issues that impact upon the health and well-being of bisexuals, thereby contributing to promoting the wider social inclusion and human rights agenda by guiding mental health service developments, policy initiatives, education provision and future research.
Review on Treatment of Substance Use Disorders

Services for mental and substance use disorders have typically been neglected, and in many countries segregated from mainstream health care with resources allocated not commensurate with the burden. The attention given to mental and substance use disorders cannot be compared to other diseases such as HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Cancer, and Diabetes among others. Mental and substance use disorders account to about 7.4% of disease burden worldwide. These disorders are responsible for more of the global burden than HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis, diabetes, or transport injuries. The increasing number of cases of SUDs globally presents a public health challenge that requires effective evidence based interventions. One of the major challenges is inadequate treatment for SUDs which mostly plague developing countries. It may be difficult to measure the efficacy of treatment as a result of unique patient characteristics that contribute to person’s treatment experience. Care factors such as duration of treatment and length of stay have been studied as having influence on the outcome of treatment. Others include patient and environmental factors. Globally, poor treatment outcomes mostly reported include dropout rates as high as 90%; relapse rates as high as 91% and high after treatment mortality rates. Research findings have identified many evidence-based treatment strategies for managing substance use disorders, nevertheless there is a gap that continues to exist, that of a lack of success of effective interventions to be spread and implemented so as to improve the lives of those affected. Other studies have also reported these differences in the outcomes and effectiveness of treatment of substance use disorders. There is need for enhanced interventional research that aims at providing an overview of conceptual issues relating to factors that influence treatment outcomes and identifying gaps and directions for improving treatment and treatment outcomes. The fundamental objective of enhanced research in substance use treatment is to reduce the increasing prevalence rates of substance use disorders.