Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Does Brand Awareness Influences Purchase Intention? The Mediation Role of Brand Equity Dimensions

This paper aims to identify the antecedent role of brand awareness in other dimensions of consumer-based brand equity (CBBE) and its impact on purchase intention. It is a quantitative study based on a survey conducted with 622 smartphone users. The theoretical hypothesis test was performed by structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) and ordinary least squares (OLS) regression to analyze the mediation effect. The results demonstrate that brand awareness does not directly impact purchase intention. This effect is only observed when it is mediated by the three dimensions of CBBE - perceived quality, brand associations, and brand loyalty. This investigation makes two major contributions. First, it demonstrates that knowing a brand is not enough to generate consumers’ purchase intent. Second, it uses the mediating effect of the other dimensions of CBBE (associations, loyalty, and perceived quality) to demonstrate that brand awareness acts as a first step in building brand value for consumers.
A guideline for the prevention and treatment of thromboembolism in COVID-19 patients

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was first emerged from Wuhan, China, in late 2019, and has since been spreading progressively all around the world. Its prevalence is climbing increasingly and almost all countries worldwide are confronting this pandemic. As of April 11, 2020, reports obtained about the management of COVID-19 patients indicate that the mortality rate of the disease is around 5% with consideration of the active cases and 21% of the closed cases
Training Need Perception of Beekeepers with Respect to the Scientific Beekeeping Practices in Jammu Province

Beekeeping has established itself as an economic activity and a commercial enterprise in several countries which benefit their agricultural and horticultural development besides providing manufacturing of valuable nutritive and medicinal products. It has a great potential for self-help of the rural people of the country. It provides the employment, new sources of income generation, food and nutritional security and improves rural economy. Several valuable contributions to the art and science of beekeeping made by beekeepers and agricultural scientists have led to beekeeping International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 9 Number 9 (2020) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas. com
Middle School Students’ Graph Skills and Affective States about Graphs

This survey design study was designed to test whether the graph skills and affective states of middle school students about graphs differ by their gender, grade level, and graph types (line, bar, and pie). The data collection instruments consisted of two scales developed by the authors and a Graph Skills Test, which consisted of graph questions from the previous TIMSS and PISA exams. Based on the findings, while middle school students were found to succeed at reading the data level graph questions, they were found to struggle in questions requiring higher graph skills, such as graph interpretation and graph construction. As for the affective states investigated, participants were found to hold high self-efficacy beliefs and positive attitudes toward graphs. No significant difference among the dependent variables (graph skills, self-efficacy beliefs about graphs, attitudes toward graphs, and graph literacy perceptions) was found by gender; however, grade level and graph type variables were found to impact students’ graph skills, graph attitudes, and personal graph literacy perceptions. Middle school students with less school experience with graphs (seventh graders) were found to hold more positive attitudes toward graphs than the eighth graders. On the contrary, eighth graders were found to perform better at graph questions requiring interpretations of the graph data. Also, participants in all subgroups were found to hold significantly higher personal graph literacy perceptions for the bar graphs, than the line graphs and pie charts. Based on the findings of the study, while middle school students were found to hold positive affective states about graphs, they were found to lack advanced graph skills. In agreement with the previous literature, it is recommended that graph literacy should become a dedicated part of the school curriculum.
Impact on the ionic channels of sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone) due to the incorporation of polyphosphazene: a case study in direct methanol fuel cells

Blend membranes are fabricated from sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone) (SPEEK) and poly[bis(phenoxy)phosphazene] (POP). The effect of POP content on the distribution of ionic channels is investigated by atomic force microscopy (AFM). The water uptake and methanol permeability for the blend membranes are also investigated. The blend membranes are characterized in terms of their thermal and mechanical properties in conjunction with their ionic conductivity. The proton conductivity of the blend membranes slightly decreased with increasing POP content in comparison with the pristine SPEEK membrane. The hydrophobic nature of POP blocks the ionic channels in the SPEEK matrix, subsequently decreasing its water uptake and methanol permeability. The blend membranes showed higher power density compared to a pristine SPEEK membrane in direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs).
Value Re-Orienation in the Era of Change

The issue of value re-orientation has come to a point of crescendo, value re-orientation of students in our traditional society has honesty, hard work, integrity. A survey research design was employed, the population is made up of all senior secondary three (3) in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area. Which amounted to two thousand eight hundred and ten (2810). Random sampling technique was employed in the process three hundred (300) were sampled through balloting. The instrument for data collection was developed by the researcher and titled “Value re-orientation questionnaire” (VRQ), Test generated from the classroom. In asserting the validity of the instrument, three experts in the area of test and measurement validated the instrument and the emphasis was on content and face validities. Reliability of the instrument was ascertained by the use of Cronbach Alpha which resulted to 0.85 this gave a high confidence level for the use of instrument. , data adopted frequencies and percentages to answer the research questions while analysis of variance and t-test were used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 of level of significance Some recommendations were made, the right legislation should be enacted to enforce the right values on the students.
Pulsed Current Gas Metal Arc Welding under Different Shielding and Pulse Parameters; Part 2: Behaviour of Metal Transfer

The behaviour of metal transfer and arc stiffness understood in terms of arc pressure (Pa) of pulsed current gas metal arc welding (P-GMAW) using mild steel filler wire have been studied with respect to change in pulse parameters under different gas shieldings of Ar+2%CO2 and Ar+18%CO2. The arc environment revealing the droplet transfer from electrode to weld pool in bead on plate weld deposition has been studied by high speed video graphy. Effect of pulse parameters has been considered by their hypothetically proposed summarized influence defined by a dimensionless factor φ, mean current (Im) and arc voltage. The droplet diameter and velocity of droplet at the time of detachment are found to vary significantly with the variation of φ. At a given φ the experimentally measured behaviour of metal transfer is found well in agreement to their corresponding theoretical estimates. The average droplet diameter transferred per pulse predominantly reduces but, the velocity of metal transfer at the time of detachment enhances with the increase of φ under both the shielding gases. In general a higher values of φ, Im and arc voltage enhances the Pa depending upon type of gas shielding. The use of Ar+2%CO2 shielding gas reduces the droplet diameter and enhances the arc pressure than that observed under Ar+18%CO2 gas shielding.
Mechanical Properties and Fluoride Release of Glass Ionomer Cement with Enhanced Antimicrobial Activity Derived from Addition of Schiff Base of Tetronic 1107

Abstract: Objectives: To synthesize and characterize Schiff base of Tetronic 1107 (T1107SB) to be added to GIC powder to enhance its antimicrobial activities and to evaluate the compressive strength (CS), elastic modulus (E), Vickers microhardness (HV) and fluoride release (FR) of the synthesized GIC. Materials and methods: T1107SB was synthesized by chloroacetylation of T1107, amination of chloroacetylated T1107 and modification of aminated T1107 with vanillin. Characterization of T1107SB was carried out by Fourier transform infra-red spectroscopy (FTIR), Elemental micro-analysis and Thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA). Antimicrobial activity of T1107SB-modified GIC (T-GIC) was studied by the "cut plug method" and minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) test. CS and E were investigated in a universal testing machine according to the ISO 9917:2007. HV was evaluated by a Digital Microhardness Tester. Fluoride levels in ppm were obtained using the ion-selective electrode method. A one-way ANOVA and Bonferroni test were used to analyze the data (p ≤ 0.05). Results: Synthesis of T1107SB was confirmed by FTIR, elemental micro-analysis and TGA. T-GICs exhibited an enhanced antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus cereus as confirmed by the growth inhibition zones. T-GICs showed no improvement in the antimicrobial activity against Candida albicans, compared to C-GIC. Significant differences were found between studied groups in CS, E, HV and FR. Increasing the percent of T1107SB resulted in a systematic reduction these properties. Conclusions: Addition of T1107SB is promising in enhancing the antibacterial activity of GIC materials without deteriorating their mechanical and fluoride-releasing properties.
Impact of Structural Capital and Company Size on the Growth of Firm Value through Financial Performance with Good Corporate Governance as a Moderating Variable: Property and Real Estate Business in Indonesia

Purpose: This study aims to examine the role of good corporate governance in moderating the effect of capital structure and firm size on financial performance and its impact on the value of property and real estate companies in Indonesia. Approach/Methodology/Design: The study population is a company incorporated in Indonesia's property and real estate industry and was listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) in 2013-2018. Data collection is done by distributing questionnaires offline and online using Google forms that have been tested with validity and reliability testing. The data analysis technique used is the SEM-PLS Analysis technique. Findings: The results showed that the mechanism of good corporate governance in the form of board affiliation, the size of the board of directors, and the presence of an audit committee moderated the decision of capital structure and firm size that influenced financial performance and firm value. This study also proves the direct and indirect effect of capital structure decisions on financial performance and firm value. Another finding is the indirect effect of company size on firm value through financial performance. Practical Implications: Board affiliation can reduce asymmetric information so that management will make decisions and act on shareholders' interests. Originality/Value: Mechanism through good corporate governance and the use of debt as control over the manager's performance will reduce the occurrence of agency problems.
Average Vaporisation Rate in Turbulent Subcritical Two-Phase Flow

This work considers alternative expressions for turbulent evaporation rate used in the framework of an entirely Eulerian model based on a transport equation for the average liquid surface area. Commonly employed expressions for vaporisation rate derived from Spalding-Godsave theory fail to account for vaporisation enhancement induced by turbulence; moreover, they do not describe experimentally observed fact that the pressure affects vaporisation rate differently in a turbulent and a laminar flow. To address these shortcomings, an alternative formula for the vaporisation rate is proposed based on an assumption that the vaporisation rate is governed by a small-scale turbulence. This model is assessed for a range of pressure and temperature conditions, using experiments of Brandt et al. (1997a) performed in a premix duct with a flat-bed atomiser as the test case. Turbulence intensities and scales in the chosen test case are typical for a modern gas-turbine combustion chamber. This new expression results in prediction of evaporation rate and SMD in a good agreement with experimental results.
Early effect of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure therapy on Right Ventricular Function in patients with newly diagnosed Obstructive Sleep Apnoea

Introduction: There is a paucity of studies on right ventricular (RV) function in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). Depressed RV function is related to sleep apnoea severity based on the apnoea hypopnea index (AHI). Therefore we used basic echocardiographic measurements of RV function to evaluate early systolic changes (improvements) pre and post the application of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP). Aim: To investigate RV function and the effect of CPAP on RV function in patients with newly diagnosed OSA. Methods: Newly diagnosed patients with OSA were selected. Eleven patients with an Apnoea–hypopnea index (AHI) greater than 10 were enrolled to receive CPAP therapy and were assessed after 12 weeks. CPAP compliance was set at >4hrs usage per night on 70% of all nights. Echocardiography (ECHO) including RV assessment was performed at baseline and after 12 weeks of CPAP therapy. Right Ventricular Diameter (RVD1), Total Annular Plane Systolic Excursion (TAPSE) and Fractional Area Changes (FAC) were measured. Results: Our measurements showed that Right Ventricular Size (RVD1) and FAC was reduced and RV function had improved as assessed by TAPSE over the 12 weeks and these improvements were statistically significant: (p Conclusion: RV function can improve as early as 12 weeks into CPAP therapy as assessed by simple echocardiography measurements of RV size and function.
Multipolar Contributions of the Second Harmonic Generation from Silver and Gold Nanoparticles

Hyper Rayleigh scattering is used to investigate the second harmonic light collected from a liquid suspension of silver metallic particles, the diameter of which ranges from 20 nm up to 80 nm. From the dependence of the quadratic hyperpolarizability as a function of the particle size, it is inferred that retardation effects of the electromagnetic fields play a major role in the frequency conversion process. The hyper Rayleigh scattering intensity was also recorded as a function of the angle of polarization of the incident fundamental wave. For the particles with a diameter of 20 nm, the harmonic response is dominated by the dipolar contribution arising from the deviation of the particle shape from that of a perfect sphere. It is therefore concluded that the origin of the nonlinear polarization for the smaller silver particle sizes arises from the surface similarly to the case of the gold metallic particles. For larger diameter particles, retardation effects in the interaction of the electromagnetic fields.
Identifying the Determinants of Financial Distress for Public Listed Companies in Malaysia

ABSTRACT Companies that face financial distress are always regarded as the root cause of enormous financial and economic losses for many stakeholders and at the same time, contribute to social unrest within the society. Identifying the determinants of financial distress in advance will bring many advantages to stakeholders so that they can manage their companies effectively. This study aimed to identify the determinants of financial distress for Malaysian public listed companies (PLC) by utilising ﬁnancial ratios and market data. Additionally, this study focuses on finding a better distress prediction model between the traditional statistical approach that utilises a logistic regression and an artificial neural networks (ANN) model. Sixteen ratios were selected in the study and two techniques were used to assess the data of 192 Malaysian PLC. The empirical findings from this research show that current assets turnover (CAT), working capital to total assets (WCTA,) and retained earnings to total assets (RETA) display the highest ability to distinguish between financially distressed and non-distressed groups. The results also indicate that the mentioned variables possessed a high discriminant and predictive power. This study also found that the ANN model has a higher predictive accuracy compared to the logistic regression model. Keywords: Financial distress prediction; Malaysian public listed companies; emerging market; artificial neural networks; logistic regression analysis ABSTRAK Syarikat-syarikat yang menghadapi tekanan kewangan lazimnya dianggap sebagai punca utama kerugian ekonomi yang besar bagi banyak pihak berkepentingan dan pada masa yang sama, menyumbang kepada pergolakan sosial dalam masyarakat. Mengenalpasti penyebab kesulitan kewangan pada peringkat awal akan membawa banyak kelebihan kepada pihak berkepentingan supaya mereka boleh mengurus syarikat mereka dengan berkesan. Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti penyebab kesulitan kewangan bagi syarikat-syarikat awam Malaysia dengan menggunakan nisbah kewangan dan data pasaran semasa. Selain itu, kami juga menumpukan kepada mencari model ramalan yang lebih baik antara pendekatan statistik tradisional yang menggunakan regresi logistik dan model rangkaian saraf buatan (ANN). Enam belas nisbah dipilih dalam kajian ini dan dua teknik digunakan untuk menilai 192 data syarikat-syarikat awam Malaysia. Penemuan empirikal dari kajian ini menunjukkan bahawa perolehan aset semasa (CAT)), modal kerja kepada jumlah aset (WCTA) dan pendapatan terkumpul kepada jumlah aset (RETA) menunjukkan keupayaan tertinggi untuk membezakan antara kumpulan kewangan yang bermasalah dan tidak bermasalah. Hasil kajian ini juga menunjukkan bahawa pembolehubah tersebut mempunyai kekuatan diskriminasi dan ramalan yang tinggi. Kami juga mendapati bahawa model ANN mempunyai ketepatan ramalan yang lebih tinggi berbanding dengan model regresi logistik. Kata Kunci: Ramalan kesulitan kewangan; syarikat-syarikat awam Malaysia; pasaran baru muncul; rangkaian saraf buatan; analisis regresi logistik.
Electron rate coefficients in gases under non-uniform field and electron density conditions

The theory of perturbation is used to describe electron rate coefficients in gases under non-uniform field and electron-density conditions when the deviation from spatial uniformity is small. It is shown that the space-dependent rate coefficients can be represented as a sum of the local values and the product of new rate coefficients dependent on the local field and the gradients of the field and of the electron density. By solving the Boltzmann equation in a two-term approximation, the new rate coefficients are calculated for , , and Ar. The results of our calculations are compared with experimental data on the relative excitation rates in a steady-state Townsend discharge in a mixture and with results of previous Monte Carlo simulations of the electron swarm behaviour in non-uniform fields.
Anandamide Level in Men with Oligoasthenoteratozoospermia

Background: Male infertility is a relatively common medical condition. Male partners are found to be solely responsible for 20–30% of infertility cases. Oligoasthenoteratozoospermia (OAT) is the most common laboratory finding in infertile men. Endocannabinoids are endogenously produced substances, that primarily act at cannabinoid receptors (CBRs), thus reproducing some of the biological actions of the natural cannabis sativa components (the “cannabinoids”). The endocannabinoid system is involved in several physiological processes, including fertility and body weight control. Objective: The aim of this study was to detect the level of anandamide (AEA) in patients with OAT and its relation to BMI. Patients and methods: This study was a case control study. It was hold between June 2018 to April 2019 in the Dermatology, Venereology and Andrology Department at Aswan University Hospital. The study included 20 patients with OAT and 9 as controls. Semen analysis using CASA was done. AEA level in seminal plasma was measured using ELISA kits. BMI was calculated. Results: AEA level in seminal plasma significantly decreased in men with ligoasthenoterat- ozoospermia than control (P < 0.009). AEA concentration on seminal fluid was significantly increased with an increase in BMI (P= 0.023). On the other hand, a significant negative relationship was present between BMI and semen volume (P= 0.03). Conclusion: AEA concentration in seminal plasma was significantly decreased in patients with OAT. AEA concentration in seminal fluid was significantly increased with an increase in BMI. On the other hand, a significant negative relationship was present between BMI and semen volume.
Disabled but not deserving? The perceived deservingness of disability welfare benefit claimants

While disability benefits make up the largest group of claimants in high-income countries, we know surprisingly little about which disabled people are seen as ‘deserving’ benefits, nor whether different people in different countries judge deservingness-related characteristics similarly. This is surprising given they are increasingly the focus of retrenchment, which often affirms the deservingness of ‘truly deserving’ disabled people while focusing cuts and demands on those ‘less deserving’. This article addresses this gap using two vignette-based factorial survey experiments: (i) the nine-country ‘Stigma in Global Context – Mental Health Study’ (SGC-MHS); (ii) a new YouGov survey in Norway/the UK, together with UK replication. I find a hierarchy of symptoms/impairments, from wheelchair use (perceived as most deserving), to schizophrenia and back pain, fibromyalgia, depression and finally asthma (least deserving). Direct manipulations of deservingness-related characteristics also influence judgements, including membership of ethnic/racial ingroups and particularly blameworthiness and medical legitimation. In contrast, the effects of work ability, age and work history are relatively weak, particularly when compared to the effects on unemployed claimants. Finally, for non-disabled unemployed claimants, I confirm previous findings that right-wingers respond more strongly to deservingness-related characteristics, but Norwegians and Britons respond similarly. For disabled claimants, however, the existing picture is challenged, with, for example, Britons responding more strongly to these characteristics than Norwegians. I conclude by drawing together the implications for policy, particularly the politics of disability benefits, the role of medical legitimation and the legitimacy challenges of the increasing role of mental health in disability benefit recipiency.