Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A review of the relationship between internal marketing and customer orientation

The role of internal marketing on customer orientation especially in service industry such as banking cannot be over emphasized. It goes further to substantiate the fact that self-sufficient employees would go extra mile in taking active and pragmatic approach towards contributing to the success and accomplishment of their employers’ businesses and organizations. Thus, when effective Internal Marketing system is operational, the employees tend to reciprocate by not only giving their best to the organization but also reflect in the ways customers are treated. However, a serious concern to most employers is attracting and retaining employees who can deliver superior value to customers. Being a qualitative and library-based research, the present paper applies the content analysis method to unravel the impact of Internal Marketing on Customer Orientation by surveying the extant literature on the subject. In other words, the paper employs library method to gather information and analyze it by way of comparative and inductive methods. The paper establishes that Internal Marketing impacts positively and significantly on Customer Orientation of banking employees.
Air Pollution, Smoking, and Plasma Homocysteine The Harvard community has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters

B ACKGROUND : Mild hyperhomocysteinemia is independently associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Air pollution exposure induces short-term inﬂammatory changes that may determine hyperhomocysteinemia, particularly in the presence of a preexisting proinflammatory status such as that found in cigarette smokers. O BJECTIVE : We examined the relation of air pollution levels with fasting and postmethionine-load total homocysteine (tHcy) in 1,213 normal subjects from Lombardia, Italy. M ETHODS : We obtained hourly concentrations of particulate matter < 10 µm in aerodynamic diameter (PM 10 ) and gaseous pollutants (carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide , ozone) from 53 monitoring sites covering the study area. We applied generalized additive models to compute standardized regression coefﬁcients controlled for age, sex, body mass index, smoking, alcohol, hormone use, temperature, day of the year, and long-term trends. R ESULTS : The estimated difference in tHcy associated with an interquartile increase in average PM 10 concentrations in the 24 hr before the study was nonsignificant [0.4%; 95% confidence interval (CI), –2.4 to 3.3 for fasting; and 1.1%, 95% CI, –1.5 to 3.7 for postmethionine-load tHcy]. In smokers, 24-hr PM 10 levels were associated with 6.3% (95% CI, 1.3 to 11.6; p < 0.05) and 4.9% (95% CI, 0.5 to 9.6; p < 0.05) increases in fasting and postmethionine-load tHcy, respectively, but no association was seen in nonsmokers ( p -interaction = 0.005 for fasting and 0.039 for postmethionine-load tHcy). Average 24-hr O 3 concentrations were associated with signiﬁcant differences in fasting tHcy (6.7%; 95% CI, 0.9 to 12.8; p < 0.05), but no consistent associations were found when postmethionine-load tHcy and/or 7-day average O 3 concentrations were considered. C ONCLUSIONS : Air particles may interact with cigarette smoking and increase plasma homocysteine in healthy subjects.
Simulation of Buffering Mechanism for Peer-to-Peer Live Streaming Network with Collisions and Playback Lags

— In this paper, an approach to the peer-to-peer live streaming network simulation is presented. The model considers collisions because of limitation of peer’s upload capability and takes into account the data transfer delays, which cause playback lags between peers. As a basis of simulation the mathematical model is considered, which describes in terms of discrete Markov chain the data exchange process between buffers of users in peer-to-peer network. Joint analysis of the two models — simulation and mathematical — leads to better understanding the impact of collisions and playback lags on playback continuity which is necessary when designing the effective peer-to-peer live streaming network.
PATTERN OF INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION A HOSPITAL BASED STUDY

Objective: To determine the pattern of Intestinal Obstruction in local settings. Design and Duration of Study: This is a descriptive study of 100 cases of intestinal obstruction from January 2001 to December 2003 Setting: Rawalpindi Medical College, Rawalpindi. Patients and Methods: 100 cases of intestinal obstruction collected from Rawalpindi General Hospital from January 2001 to December 2003. The data of all patients was analyzed as regards to presentation, treatment and outcome. Results: Total number of cases presented with intestinal obstruction requiring operative management was 100. Among them 81 were males & 19 were females. As far as the age distribution is concerned the age range was 5 months to 82 years. Mean age was 33 years. In our study commonest cause of intestinal obstruction was obstructed inguinal hernia followed by adhesions. Commonest postoperative complication encountered was postoperative fever & wound infection. In our study frequency of mortality was 7 (7%). Conclusion: Despite all the improvements in the health care system, inguinal hernias are the commonest cause of intestinal obstruction in our setup.
Exploring Factor's Affecting Consumer's Purchase Intention Of Halal Food Products For Indonesian Millennials Consumers

The purpose of this research is to explore and investigate the knowledge and awareness of Millennials consumers as participants in Indonesia to buy halal-labeled food products. Research on exploring consumer awareness about the intention to buy food products labeled as halal is still inadequate in Indonesia. This research uses a qualitative method which is an exploratory case study. Primary data collection using semi-structured interviews with participants as many as 15 Millennials consumers in Indonesia who have been determined using purposive sampling method. The results of this study indicate that the majority of Millennials participants have positive awareness of halal-labeled food, including its benefits and the food processing production process. This study concludes that Millennials consumers have high insights and fairly good perceptions about halal food that is clean, safe, hygienic, hygienically produced. Millennials consumers also have a very high interest in repurchasing halal food products.
PRBM_A_274769 1147..1157

1Postgraduate Program in Health and Behavior, Catholic University of Pelotas (UCPel), Pelotas, Brazil; 2Educational Development Center, Federal University of Pampa, Jaguarão, Brazil; 3Psychology Department, Anhanguera Educational College of Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Brazil; 4Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada; 5Department of Student Affairs, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil Objective: This study seeks to investigate the cumulative incidence and risk factors of suicide attempts in an outpatient sample of adults diagnosed with major depressive disorder (MDD). Materials and Methods: This is a longitudinal study with 377 patients aged between 18 and 60 years. Those were diagnosed with MDD with no history of suicide attempts when they sought care at the Mental Health Outpatient Clinic of the Catholic University of Pelotas and evaluated again 3 years after. Participants were evaluated with the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI Plus) and answered instruments of clinical investigation and a sociodemographic questionnaire. Results: The cumulative incidence of suicide attempts in the sample was 10.1%. Youths aged up to 29 years (OR 2.23; 95% CI 1.13 to 4.64), with low schooling (OR 2.35; 95% CI 1.15 to 4.80), who suffered intense physical abuse during childhood (OR 2.77; 95% CI 1.31 to 5.84) and were at prior suicide risk (OR 3.39; 95% CI 1.56 to 7.37) were more likely to attempt suicide. Conclusion: The findings of this study may help health professionals identify depressed patients at greater risk for a first suicide attempt, supporting clinical decision and therapeutic planning.
Experimental Investigation of Biogas Production from Wastewater Sludge

The paper has information about experimental investigation of biogas production from wastewater sludge. The effect of incubation temperature, volatile suspended solids contents, and pressure on the amount of the biogas produced was studied in 2L plastic flasks. The experiments were repeated in 25L vessel using the above conditions showed that the CH 4 content increased with time reaching a maximum value in 16 days then decreased. No H 2 S gas was detected indicating that biogas produced from wastewater sludge is environmental friendly source of energy. The results show the optimum conditions under which digesters should be operated. of biogas production, increased methane concentration and lowered content of hydrogen sulfide in gaseous metabolites of fermentative bacteria. A significant increase was also observed in the effectiveness of COD removal from dairy wastewaters. The objective of this study is to investigate the potential production of biogas from the sludge produced at the wastewater treatment plants and to investigate the effect of various operating parameters such as pH, VSS concentration and reactor pressure and temperature on the biogas production rate. maximum biogas production (0.36 m 3 /kg VS added-day), the maximum reduction of Total Solids (TS) (87.6%), VS (88.1%) and Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) (89.3%) occurred at a feeding rate of 2.9 kg of VS/m 3 -day.Kalloum et al. [20] studied biogas production from the wastewater treatment plant in Adrar city, Algeria. The diluted sludge with a content of 16 g/l of Total Solids (TS) was fermented under anaerobic conditions during 33 days. The biogas produced was 280.31 Nml with a yield of 30 Nml of biogas/mg of COD removed. The biogas production increased for 26 days then started to decrease. During the first 5 days the pH dropped from 7.0 to 6.3 due to formation of
Homogeneous Set of Association Rules

- An important and necessary task prior to knowledge mining from a set of association rules (ARs) is the determination of their interest. Since interesting rules only can lead to extract implicit knowledge. Interesting association rules may mined directly by data mining tools on applying interestingness measures while mining, or their interestingness determined by Interestingness measures after mining. However the consistent of the knowledge extracted from this rules with the actual knowledge present is a challenging question to data mining community. In this work, we developed a method to determine the level of knowledge present in a set of association rules by the value of homogeneity coefficient (HC). HC close to 1 leads to a homogeneous set of association rules, that is maximizing the interest, which will improve the consistency of mined knowledge with the actual knowledge present. Conversely HC close to zero indicates the set of rules may further divided into two or more homogeneous set of association rules.
Range-renewal structure in continued fractions

Let $\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}=[a_{1},a_{2},\ldots ]$ be the infinite expansion of a continued fraction for an irrational number $\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}\in (0,1)$ , and let $R_{n}(\unicode[STIX]{x1D714})$ (respectively, $R_{n,k}(\unicode[STIX]{x1D714})$ , $R_{n,k+}(\unicode[STIX]{x1D714})$ ) be the number of distinct partial quotients, each of which appears at least once (respectively, exactly $k$ times, at least $k$ times) in the sequence $a_{1},\ldots ,a_{n}$ . In this paper, it is proved that, for Lebesgue almost all $\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}\in (0,1)$ and all $k\geq 1$ , $$\begin{eqnarray}\displaystyle \lim _{n\rightarrow \infty }\frac{R_{n}(\unicode[STIX]{x1D714})}{\sqrt{n}}=\sqrt{\frac{\unicode[STIX]{x1D70B}}{\log 2}},\quad \lim _{n\rightarrow \infty }\frac{R_{n,k}(\unicode[STIX]{x1D714})}{R_{n}(\unicode[STIX]{x1D714})}=\frac{C_{2k}^{k}}{(2k-1)\cdot 4^{k}},\quad \lim _{n\rightarrow \infty }\frac{R_{n,k}(\unicode[STIX]{x1D714})}{R_{n,k+}(\unicode[STIX]{x1D714})}=\frac{1}{2k}. \end{eqnarray}$$ The Hausdorff dimensions of certain level sets about $R_{n}$ are discussed.
The Role of Job Satisfaction in Mediating Self-Efficacy and Income Levels on Employee Performance at Aceh Reintegration Agency Secretariat

This study examined the effect of self-efficacy and income levels on job satisfaction and employee performance, the effect of job satisfaction on employee performance, and the mediation effect of job satisfaction between self-efficacy and income levels on employee performance at the Aceh Reintegration Agency Secretariat. Data from 115 respondents was collected by the census method. The analytical tool used was path analysis with the help of the SEM method (structural equation modeling) using Amos. The results indicated that self-efficacy and income levels positively and significantly influenced job satisfaction. Self-efficacy positively and significantly influenced employee performance, while income level did not influence employee performance, and job satisfaction affected employee performance. The mediation effect analysis revealed that job satisfaction partially mediated the effect of self-efficacy on employee performance and job satisfaction cannot mediate income levels on employee performance, because it cannot meet the terms or conditions of mediation.
OTT_A_301127 3119..3131

1Public Health College, Shanghai Jiao Tong University of Medicine, Shanghai, 200025, People’s Republic of China; 2Hongqiao International Institute of Medicine, Shanghai Tongren Hospital/ Clinical Research Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200025, People’s Republic of China; 3The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, China National Nuclear Corporation 416 Hospital, Chengdu, 610051, People’s Republic of China
The Effect of Dietary Crude Protein on Growth, Ammonia Concentration, and Litter Composition in Broilers 1

An experiment was conducted to determine the effect of diets with reduced CP and sup-plemental amino acids on broiler performance, N excretion, litter characteristics, and equilibrium NH 3 gas concentration. Results suggest that reducing CP (and lysine) below 241 g/kg (13.7 g/kg lysine) in the diets fed during the first 3 wk may slightly increase feed:gain and therefore may not be advisable. During the period 22 to 43 d of age there were no significant differences in weight gain and BW at 6 wk of age when reducing CP from 215 g/kg (11.5 g/kg lysine) to 196 g/kg (11.3 g/kg lysine), but feed intake and feed:gain ratio increased. However, reducing CP did cause equilibrium NH 3 gas concentration and litter N to decline by 31 and 16.5%, respectively. Both of these advantages will improve air quality within the housing facility and possibly reduce heating costs during winter associated with higher ventilation rates required to reduce elevated NH 3 gas concentrations.
is a repository copy of A regenerative approach to canine osteoarthritis using allogeneic, adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells. Safety results of a long-term follow-up .

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) are emerging as an effective therapeutic tool in treating canine osteoarthritis (OA). In this report, we focused on the questions of whether MSC transplantation has long-term beneﬁcial effects for the improvement in motion and also evaluated the safety of MSC injection. Visceral adipose tissue, a surgical waste obtained during routine ovariectomy served as a source of allogeneic MSCs and used to treat OA. Altogether, ﬁfty-eight dogs were transplanted in the study suffering from OA in the elbow (42 animals), hip (5), knee (8), ankle (2), and hock (1). The effect of MSC transplantation was evaluated by the degree of lameness at a 4-5-years follow-up period based on the owners’ subjective observations. The results showed that 83% of the OA patients improved or retained improvement in lameness. Clinical safety of the treatment was assessed by evaluating the coincidence of tumors or other diseases and other adverse reactions (such as local inﬂammation) after MSC cell therapy. Two incidences of local inﬂammation for < 1 week at the site of injection were reported. No other adverse reactions were detected post-treatment. Sixteen dogs died during the study, 4 due to cancer and 12 due to other diseases, diagnosed by veterinarians. Overall, our survey suggests that MSC transplantation has long-term beneﬁcial effects in reducing lameness. Moreover, no enrichment in a speciﬁc cause of death was observed in the transplanted animals, compared to reported literature. Our data suggest that MSC treatment could be an effective and safe long-term therapy for canine OA.
The ConWip production control system: a systematic review and classification

In the past decade, a growing body of literature has investigated the CONstant Work In Progress (ConWip) production control system (PCS). In view of the current industrial challenges entailing adaptability, product customisation, decreasing leadtimes and customer satisfaction, ConWip seems to be an effective and adaptive PCS for manufacturers. This paper aims to update the last ConWip systematic review that dates back to 2003 and to provide a guide for understanding through an original classification method. This method enables the differentiation of papers that concentrate on ConWip sizing, performance and context as well as a comparison with other PCSs. In addition to providing a key to interpreting the research approaches, the criteria considered answers questions on how to implement, how to optimise and why and when to use ConWip. Finally, the most relevant research avenues are highlighted to provide future lines of research.
RMHP_A_332098 4063..4072

1Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, Shihezi University, Shihezi, People’s Republic of China; 2Center for Disease Prevention and Control of Tianning District, Changzhou, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, People’s Republic of China; 4Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Suzhou, People’s Republic of China
Identiﬁcation of Lymphomyeloid Primitive Progenitor Cells in Fresh Human Cord Blood and in the Marrow of Nonobese Diabetic–Severe Combined Immunodeﬁcient (NOD-SCID) Mice Transplanted with Human CD34 (cid:49) Cord Blood Cells

Summary Transplantation of genetically marked donor cells in mice have unambiguously identified individual clones with full differentiative potential in all lymphoid and myeloid pathways. Such evidence has been lacking in humans because of limitations inherent to clonal stem cell assays. In this work, we used single cell cultures to show that human cord blood (CB) contains totipotent CD34 (cid:49) cells capable of T, B, natural killer, and granulocytic cell differentiation. Single CD34 (cid:49) CD19 (cid:50) Thy1 (cid:49) (or CD38 (cid:50) ) cells from fresh CB were first induced to proliferate and their progeny separately studied in mouse fetal thymic organotypic cultures (FTOCs) and cocultures on murine stromal feeder layers. 10% of the clones individually analyzed produced CD19 (cid:49) , CD56 (cid:49) , and CD15 (cid:49) cells in stromal cocultures and CD4 (cid:49) CD8 (cid:49) T cells in FTOCs, identifying totipotent progenitor cells. Furthermore, we showed that totipotent clones with similar lymphomyeloid potential are detected in the bone marrow of nonobese diabetic severe combined immunodeficient (NOD-SCID) mice transplanted 4 mo earlier with human CB CD34 (cid:49) cells. These results provide the first direct demonstration that human CB contains totipotent lymphomyeloid progenitors and transplantable CD34 (cid:49) cells with the ability to reconstitute, in the marrow of recipient mice, the hierarchy of hematopoietic compartments, including a compartment of func-tional totipotent cells. These experimental approaches can now be exploited to analyze mechanisms controlling the decisions of such primitive human progenitors and to design conditions for their ampification that can be helpful for therapeutic purposes.
Expression of the Mouse Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Receptor Gene in (cid:1) T3-1 Gonadotrope Cells Is Stimulated by Cyclic 3 (cid:1) ,5 (cid:1) -Adenosine Monophosphate and Protein Kinase A, and Is Modulated by Steroidogenic Factor-1 and Nur77

Regulation of GnRH receptor (GnRHR) expression levels in the pituitary is a crucial control point in reproduction. The promoter of the mouse GnRHR gene contains nuclear recep- tor half-sites (NRS) at –244/ (cid:2) 236 and (cid:2) 15/ (cid:2) 7 relative to the translation start site. Although binding of steroidogenic factor-1 (SF-1) to the –244/ (cid:2) 236NRS is implicated in mediating basal and gonadotrope-specific expression, no function or protein-DNA interactions have previously been described for the –15/ (cid:2) 7NRS. We report that levels of the endogenous GnRHR mRNA in (cid:1) T3-1 cells are stimulated by forskolin and 8-bromo-cAMP. We also show that the orphan nuclear recep- tor Nur77 is expressed in (cid:1) T3-1 cells, and that both SF-1 and Nur77 bind to the –15/ (cid:2) 7NRS and –244/ (cid:2) 236NRS in vitro . We show that the activity of the proximal ( (cid:2) 579/ (cid:3) 1) mouse GnRHR promoter is up-regulated by protein kinase A, via a mechanism that is modulated by SF-1, both positively and negatively, through binding to the –244/ (cid:2) 236NRS or the –15/ (cid:2) 7NRS, respectively. Nur77 appears to be capable of acting as a negative regulator of this response, via the –15/ (cid:2) 7NRS. Fur- thermore, we show that forskolin
PGPM_A_273346 553..561

*These authors contributed equally to this work Background: Epidemiological studies have shown that there are sex differences in blood lipid levels and lipid responses to statins. Previous studies have shown that the rs5888 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the scavenger receptor class B type 1 (SCARB1) gene is associated with serum lipid levels in a sex-specific manner. The present study was undertaken to detect the sex-specific influence of the SCARB1 rs5888 SNP on the serum lipid response to atorvastatin in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Methods: A total of 158 unrelated ACS patients (108 males, 50 females) were enrolled, and all patients received atorvastatin 20 mg/daily after PCI. Genotyping of the rs5888 SNP was performed by polymerase chain reaction and direct sequencing. Serum lipid profiles were determined before treatment and after an average follow-up time of one year. Results: The baseline serum total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and apolipoprotein (Apo)AI levels were higher in females than in males (P<0.05). After treatment with atorvastatin, serum TC, LDL-C, and ApoB were decreased, and ApoAI was increased (P<0.05). The effects of atorvastatin on serum lipid levels were different between males and females, and females had greater decreases in TC, LDL-C and ApoB levels than males (P<0.05). The genotypic frequencies of the rs5888 SNP were not different between males and females. The atorvastatin response was not associated with the rs5888 SNP in males (P > 0.05). Nonetheless, in female individuals carrying the rs5888 T-allele, we observed a greater reduction in TC, LDLC, and ApoB levels after the use of 20 mg/day atorvastatin (P<0.05). Conclusion: This study indicates that the SCARB1 rs5888 T-allele was associated with a greater reduction in serum TC, LDL-C, and ApoB after atorvastatin treatment in female patients with ACS undergoing PCI.
and the Role of Agency Costs

and the role of agency costs in companies listed on Tehran Stock Exchange were investigated. To this end, 127 companies were examined during the period 2011-2016. The required data in this research was extracted, classified and calculated using Excel software and finally, the hypotheses were tested at a 95% sensitivity. Furthermore, no reliable evidence was found in re sensitivity at a 95% confidence level.