Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
EXAMINING THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN CUSTOMER SATISFACTION AND REPURCHASE BEHAVIOR IN FASHION RETAILING

In general, when customers are satisfied with a product, service, and/or brand, the possibility of customer repurchase is expected to be stronger. However, previous research indicates that this relationship between customer satisfaction and customer repurchase is difficult to predict. This current research aims to examine this issue within the retail fashion clothing context by proposing five mediating variables to add further predictive power: information sharing, customer trust, customer commitment, perceived product value, and perceived instore service value. Fashion-clothing retail shops in Bangkok, Thailand, were chosen as the context for a survey of 374 existing customers. Structural equation modeling was used for data analysis. The findings indicate that satisfied customers will have a higher chance of repurchase when the customers’ trust toward the retail shop is higher, which in turn results in higher commitment with the shop. Specifically, two types of mediation—partial and complete—are found. When either customer trust or customer commitment mediates the customer satisfaction-repurchase relationship, partial mediation is supported. However, when the customer satisfaction-repurchase behavior relationship is first mediated by customer trust and then mediated by customer commitment, complete mediation is supported. Particularly, the customer satisfaction-repurchase relationship is reduced to non-statistical significance. Variance in repurchase behavior increases from 17% in the non-mediated model to 38% in the mediated model. With respect to this current research, there is a need to develop the current theory explaining and predicting the customer satisfaction on repurchase behavior. Although the current findings did not support a significant mediating effect of perceived values: product and in-store service values on the customer satisfaction-repurchase relationship, the in-depth interview results showed an expected impact of the perceived values. For the future research, a reinvestigation on the conditions of significant and insignificant effect of the perceived values on the customer satisfaction-repurchase model should be conducted. In addition, suspected moderating variables, shopping involvement, variety-seeking behavior, and customer demographics should be included in the model.
Habitat selection of honey badgers: are they at the risk of an ecological trap?

Human-induced environmental changes have dramatically changed habitats worldwide, decreasing the quantity and quality of habitats for wildlife and putting wild populations at risk. In the current study habitat suitability of the honey badger (Mellivora capensis) across its distribution range in Southern Iran was investigated. We combined presence-only field data with environmental and anthropogenic variables, generating an ensemble model of habitat suitability based on four species distributionmodels. The contribution scores of anthropogenic variables (human footprint index and village density) in the model were noticeable, indicated that honey badgers do not avoid humanmodified areas. The ensemble model further revealed large areas of low quality of natural habitats across the study area. Land use changes may have led honey badgers to settle in poor-quality habitats, where their fitness may be lower than in other available habitats. Therefore, there is a possible risk of an ecological trap due to the lack of protected high-quality habitats. Further research on honey badger fitness, in human-modified areas, is required to evaluate the hypothesis of ecological trap.
Structural relationships and a phase diagram for (Ca,Sr)TiO3 perovskites

Sets of lattice parameter data have been obtained from high resolution neutron and synchrotron x-ray powder diffraction patterns collected in situ as a function of temperature for perovskites in the (Ca,Sr)TiO3 solid solution. An updated phase diagram is proposed in which there is a stability field for the I4/mcm structure at all compositions across the solid solution. The transition is close to tricritical in the composition range 0–70% SrTiO3 component and then evolves towards second order character (Landau 246 solution) in the range 85–100% SrTiO3. Transition temperatures as a function of composition for and transitions at lower temperatures show a break in slope at ∼60% SrTiO3. Variations of octahedral tilt angles and spontaneous strains are much the same for Pbcm structures as they are for Pnma structures. Nearly cubic lattice geometry of orthorhombic structures at intermediate compositions is ascribed to only weak coupling between octahedral tilting and the shear strain e4. The phase diagram topology and variations in structural evolution at different compositions indicate that there is a distinct change in the behaviour of the solid solution at ∼85% SrTiO3.
Using Learning Theories for the Creation of a Distance Digital Course in Mathematics for Higher Education

This article presents the results of research on the effectiveness of distance education in Mathematics for higher education students. A digital course in Differential Calculus was created, which was evaluated by the students who participated in it. The aim of the quantitative research carried out was to identify the conditions needed for the implementation of a digital distance education model. The design includes the integration of activities based on learning theories at targeted points of the distance learning. From the results, it appears that the students achieved the learning outcomes that were identified. Moreover, the integration of the relevant activities had a positive impact on the students, who a) positively evaluated the program they attended and b) stated that their knowledge was enhanced at the issues negotiated on the course.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PATELLAR AND ACHILLES TENDONS IN SENIOR BADMINTON PLAYERS

The purposes of the study were to describe the structural and mechanical properties of the patellar and Achilles tendons in senior badminton players (>35 years) and to detect possible asymmetries between the dominant and nondominant side. Two hundred and six senior badminton players (52.2±9.6 years old) who participated in the 2018 Senior European Championship volunteered to participate in the study. The structural properties of the patellar and Achilles tendons (thickness, width and cross-sectional area) were assessed with a Logiq® S8 ultrasound system and the mechanical properties (elasticity, tone, stiffness and elastography index) with myotonometry and sonoelastography. The results showed that thickness (5.34±19.90%, p=0.027) and width (1.57±8.52%, p=0.036) were greater in the non-dominant Achilles tendon, while the dominant patellar tendon showed higher values for tone (2.09±12.96%, p=0.002) and stiffness (4.41±21.11%, p=0.002) compared to the non-dominant one. Rev.int.med.cienc. act. fís. deporte vol. X número X ISSN: 1577-0354 2
A Deep Learning Approach for Characterizing Major Galaxy Mergers

Fine-grained estimation of galaxy merger stages from observations is a key problem useful for validation of our current theoretical understanding of galaxy formation. To this end, we demonstrate a CNN-based regression model that is able to predict, for the first time, using a single image, the merger stage relative to the first perigee passage with a median error of 38.3 million years (Myrs) over a period of 400 Myrs. This model uses no specific dynamical modeling and learns only from simulated merger events. We show that our model provides reasonable estimates on real observations, approximately matching prior estimates provided by detailed dynamical modeling. We provide a preliminary interpretability analysis of our models, and demonstrate first steps toward calibrated uncertainty estimation.
NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF TRANSIENT TURBULENT COMPRESIBLE FLOW IN A NATURAL GAS PIPELINE

Transient compressible natural gas flow through a pipeline was studied by the use of a finite volume method in 2D axisymmetric cylindrical coordinates. To account for turbulence within the pipeline system, the standard k − ε turbulence equations were modeled together with the Navier Stokes equations via the Reynolds-Averaged method. The equation of state employed was the Soave-Redlich-Kwong equation. The Pressure Implicit with Splitting of Operators (PISO) algorithm was then used for calculating the pressure and velocities on a staggered grid. Computer simulation was carried out to determine pressure variation, density variation, velocity variation and temperature variation within the pipeline system. The shapes of the profiles obtained from the results were in agreement with those obtained in validated literature results.
Usability Evaluation using Eye-Tracking on E-Commerce and Education Domains

The rapid consumption of content on the web and the creation of online businesses and educational platforms require improved usability for the user. It also calls for concerted effort to understand users' interactions with these digital products and services. This study was carried out to investigate the search and scan patterns employed by users interacting with the selected web interface from the e-commerce and education domains and also to establish the possibility of a localized interface design patterns in Nigeria. Usability evaluation was conducted using OGAMA software as an eye-tracking tool, to record as well as to analyze eye and mouse tracking data from slideshow eye-tracking experiments concurrently. During the evaluation period, fixation count, fixation length and saccade length of each website were taken into the consideration. Findings revealed that educational based site delivers users’ need than that of e-commerce due to less level of distraction as a result of fewer images and pictures. The study recommends that interface designs should be void of the display of excessive ad contents and include proper formatting of navigation items to contribute towards an enhanced user experience.
Impact of lime and NPK fertilizers on yield and quality of oats on pseudogley soil and their valorisation

In order to determine the effect of fertilization, environment, and their interactions on the yield and oats yield components. Five fertilization treatments (T1-control, T2-80 kg N ha-1, T3-120 kg N ha-1, 80 kg P2O5 ha-1 and 80 kg K2O ha-1, T4-N120P80K80 + 5 t ha-1 of lime and T5-N120P80K80 + 5 t ha-1 of lime + 30 t ha-1 of farmyard manure) were examined during three growing seasons in Kraljevo location in Western Serbia. Grain yield (GY), 1000 grain weight (TGW), hectolitre weight (HW), plant height (PH), panicle length (PL), number of grains per panicle (NGP) and protein content (PC) were analysed. The aim of the study was to determine the effect of organic and mineral fertilization and calcification on the yield and oats yield components. On average, for all fertilizer variants, during the three-year trial, the highest yield of oats 3802 kg ha-1 was obtained in the fertilizer variant with the combined application of NPK fertilizers, lime and manure. Positive highly significant correlation, during in the study trial were found between yields with PH, PL and NGP. Negative and highly significant dependencies were found between protein content with GY, PH and NGP. The results of these studies indicate the importance of rational introduction of adequate quantities of fertilization, calcification and humization in order to make oats as profitable as possible in the agro-ecological conditions in Pannonian Environments.
Assessment of Rice Farming Sustainability: Evidence from Indonesia Provincial Data

Indonesia is rated the highest rice consumer and the third-largest producer in the world, consequently, farming is one of the most strategic production systems in the country. Therefore, this study aims to assess the sustainability of rice farming at the provincial level in Indonesia. Furthermore, 32 sustainability indicators, which are categorized into five dimensions, namely economic, ecological, social, technological, and institutional were used. The rapid appraisal approach (Rapsusagri), consisting of multi-dimensional scaling (MDS) analysis was adopted to assess the sustainability of rice farming. Monte Carlo simulation was used to define the validity and sensitivity analysis to assess the dominant attributes which affect sustainability. The result showed that the economic and social dimensions are at a better level, meanwhile the ecological, technological, and institutional still have various weaknesses and needs improvement. Furthermore, irrigated paddy areas, agricultural infrastructure, rice productivity, use of chemical and organic fertilizers, cropping index, land suitability, village accessibility, officers, and agricultural extension institution were pointed out as the leveraging indicators for sustaining the rice farming system. Also, provinces in Java Island were found to have higher sustainability levels than others. However, it is predicted that this condition will last for a short period due to rapid land conversion, therefore Indonesia needs to consider the development of rice production areas outside Java islands.
Market Orientation Impacts on Business School Performance, Esprit De Corps, and Organizational Commitment: A Gender Study of AACSB Accounting Department Leaders

This manuscript reports the results of a national survey of AACSB business schools examining the impact of student market orientation on perceived business school performance, employee esprit de corps, and employee organizational commitment. The paper extends previous research by including respondent gender, examining causal models for male and female respondents and also examining Pearson correlation analyses of the consequence variables for males and females. Accounting Department Leaders (101 total, 78 male and 23 female) of AACSB Business Schools were the respondents in the study.
Antibiotic Susceptibility of Staphylococcus epidermidis among Undergraduate Students in Malaysia Public University Health Campus

Staphylococcus epidermidis (S. epidermidis) has become one of the major concerns in the hospital setting due to its ability to cause hospital-acquired infection particularly from medical device contamination. The management of S. epidermidis infections become more challenging with the increase of antimicrobial resistance cases over the past years. Limited reports on S. epidermidis antibiotic resistance among healthy people leave uncertainty about the magnitude of antimicrobial resistance spreads among the community. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the antibiotic susceptibility pattern of S. epidermidis isolated from healthy undergraduate students in one of Malaysia public universitieshealth campuses. Ninety-six hand palm swab samples were collected and undergo several tests, including microscopic, biochemical identification tests and antibiotic susceptibility test for erythromycin, oxacillin, gentamicin, penicillin and tetracycline following Kirby-Bauer test. A total of 43 samples showed the presence of S. epidermidis (44.8%), where 72.1% of the isolates showed resistance towards at least one type of antibiotic. The highest and lowest resistance was observed for penicillin and gentamycin, respectively. Although there is no significant difference of antibiotic susceptibility pattern was observed between genders, the presence of high antibiotic resistance in S. epidermidis among these healthy communities should warrant further investigation since the spreading of the resistant strain could occur in the wider community population without notice.
Scrub Typhus: An Alert for Physicians: 2 Case Reports

Scrub typhus is an acute febrile illness caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi. This is a vector borne zoonotic disease that spreads through blood and lymphatics in humans. All patients present with fever. Some of them show poor localizing features while some develop features of multi-organ involvement. Fatal outcomes can occur if not treated. However, many cases remain undiagnosed due to not only lack of diagnostic aids but also not considering it as a diagnosis. We report here a series of two scrub typhus cases admitted in the medicine inpatient of a tertiary care teaching hospital in Sylhet, Bangladesh. Of them, one is a 44 year old poultry farmer presenting with features of meningo-encephalitis and the other is a 45 year old housewife having a 14 day high fever not responding to multiple antibiotics. Diagnosis of both the cases are based on the presence of acute fever, black eschars, raised Weil-Felix test titers and prompt clinical response to doxycycline.
Dynamics of Changes of Selenium Content in Soil and Red Clover (Trifolium pratense L.) Affected by Long-Term Organic Fertilization on the Background of Selected Soil Oxidoreductases

The aim of the present research was to determine the effect of fertilization applying various doses of manure on the selenium content in soil and red clover on the background of the activity of selected soil oxidoreductases. The soil was affected by organic fertilization in a form of manure in the doses of 0, 20, 40, 60, and 80 t·ha -1 . The content of total selenium in control soil was, on average, 0.101 mg·kg -1 . A comparison of results reported in literature shows that the studied soil was poor in that element. The application of the highest manure dose resulted in a 1.7-fold increase in the content of Se in soil. Fertilization with manure resulted in an increase of dehydrogenases and catalase activities in soil with increasing doses of manure. The bioaccumulation and translocation coefficients of selenium demonstrated that above-ground red clover biomass absorbed and transported selenium more easily from soil without manure or treated with FYM at a dose of 20 t·ha -1
Analyzing Labor Productivity in Iranian Mines

Mining is impossible without employing labor. The production and extraction of minerals require a combination of labor, machinery and energy. In this paper, through a review of the stylized facts of the Iranian mines under operation, first the factors affecting labor productivity are identified, and then, by specifying an econometric model, their effects on productivity are estimated over the period 1983-2017. Given the non-stationary variables, the Johansen-Juselius co-integration test confirms the existence of a long-term relationship among the variables. Accordingly, the share of skilled labor, private ownership of mines, capital-labour ratio, and wages and salaries positively influence labor productivity. According to the findings, designing a payment and reward system related to the added value of employees, using labor-saving technologies (advanced mining equipment) in the extraction of deep and high-risk mines, privatization of non-strategic mines, increasing the share of the labour force in the profit and sale of minerals, paying attention to the substitution and complement inputs( labor, energy and capital) in mineral extraction and processing are recommended to increase labor productivity in mines.
Electrochemical determination of L-Cysteine by an elbow shaped, Sb-doped ZnO nanowire-modified electrode

Elbow shaped Sb-doped ZnO nanowires (SZO NWs) have been synthesized via thermal evaporation and thoroughly characterized. A glassy carbon (GC) electrode was modified by these NWs for the determination of L-cystein (L-CySH). Detailed electrochemical measurements of the modified electrode towards L- CySH oxidation are investigated. The response current of L-CySH oxidation at the SZO/GC electrode is found to be much higher than that of the bare GC and ZnO/GC electrodes. This change in the electrochemical properties of the modified electrode is due to the reduction in band gap and an increased amount of deep-level defects in SZO NWs, which leads to a significant role in the L-CySH determination. The modified electrode exhibits a reproducible sensitivity of 400 nA μM−1, within a response time of less than 6s, a detection limit of 0.025 μM and a linear range of 0.075 to 100 μM. Furthermore, the modified electrode shows high stability and good resistance to interference. Our investigation demonstrates that SZO NWs are very sensitive to L-CySH and can be employed in the development of biosensors for future biological and medical applications.
EFFECT OF RECYCLE ON FLUIDIZED-BED COMBUSTION AND EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS OF HIGH-SULFUR LIGNITE

The effect of recycle on gaseous pollutant emissions from fluidized-bed combustion of high-quality coals has extensively been investigated and is well documented. However, the effect of recycle on gaseous emissions from combustion of Turkish lignites with high ash, volatile matter, and sulfur contents has not been investigated to date. Recent trends in the utilization of indigenous lignites in fluidized-bed boilers necessitated investigation of pollutant emissions and adaptation of fluidized-bed combustion technology to these lignites. In this study, experimental results of various runs pertaining to gaseous emissions from the Middle East Technical University 0.3 MWt atmospheric bubbling fluidized-bed combustor test rig burning a typical indigenous lignite, Beypazari, at various recycle ratios, with and without limestone addition, are presented. Measurements show that the effect of recycle on already high combustion efficiency in once-through operation is not pronounced. As for the gaseous emissions, introduction of recycle reduces NOx and SO2 emissions but enhances CO emission.
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY TRAJECTORIES USING ACTIGRAPH DATA

Rapid technological developments in accelerometers have generated substantial interest in monitoring human activity. Wearable devices, such as wrist-worn sensors that monitor gross motor activity (actigraph units) continuously record the activity levels of a subject, producing massive amounts of high-resolution measurements. Analyzing actigraph data needs to account for spatial and temporal information on trajectories or paths traversed by subjects wearing such devices. Inferential objectives include estimating a subject’s physical activity levels along a given trajectory; identifying trajectories that are more likely to produce higher levels of physical activity for a given subject; and predicting expected levels of physical activity in any proposed new trajectory for a given set of health attributes. We devise a Bayesian hierarchical modeling framework for spatial-temporal actigraphy data to deliver fully model-based inference on trajectories while accounting for subject-level health attributes and spatial-temporal dependencies. We undertake a comprehensive analysis of an original dataset from the Physical Activity through Sustainable Transport Approaches in Los Angeles (PASTA-LA) study to formally ascertain spatial zones and trajectories exhibiting significantly higher levels of physical activity.