Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
How fashion influencers contribute to consumers' purchase intention

This study examines the impact of attitudes toward fashion influencers (FIs) on brand attitude and consumer purchase intention. It also aims to identify factors affecting consumers' attitudes toward FIs. ,To achieve this goal, the authors propose a conceptual model that combines the theory of planned behavior (TPB) and theoretical outcomes of prior literature related to influencer marketing. Based on data collected from 610 Moroccan respondents, the authors empirically test the conceptual model using a partial least squares (PLS) estimation. ,This study illustrates that attitudes toward FIs positively impact brand attitude and consumer purchase intention. The authors also demonstrate that perceived credibility, trust, perceived behavioral control, perceived subjective norms, perceived expertise and perceived congruence positively impact attitudes toward FIs. ,The study findings help marketers and advertisers in the fashion industry to understand how influencer marketing contributes to consumer purchase intention. They also allow marketers to understand factors explaining attitudes toward FIs and therefore better select influencers capable of creating purchase intentions among existing and potential customers. ,The present paper bridges a gap pertaining to antecedents and factors that impact attitudes toward FIs and consumer purchase intention. To the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first of its kind to investigate the impact of attitudes toward influencers on both brand attitude and purchase intention in the fashion industry.
On Mating Systems and Sexual Selection

Certain aspects of the relationships of mating systems, sexual selection, sex ratios, rates of maturation in males, and behavior in grackles and other icterids have been considered. In the promiscuous grackles of the genus Quiscalus, the nestling sex ratio is balanced but differential mortality in the sexes following the nestling stage produces a marked imbalance in the tertiary sex ratio in favor of females. Further imbalance in the sex ratio at the breeding colonies results from the failure of first-year males to breed. Imbalances in the tertiary sex ratio of the population and in the sex ratio at breeding colonies are viewed as consequences of the promiscuous mating system rather than as causal factors promoting promiscuity. An explanation for the failure of first-year males of polygynous and promiscuous species to participate in the breeding effort of the population is sought in terms of individual rather than group selection. Because the probability of a young male obtaining mates in competition with older, experienced males is very low, males which postpone breeding may ultimately have greater total reproduction; and through selection first-year males have become adaptively "handicapped" physiologically and morphologically in competition with adult males for mates. The fact that sympatric hybridization is more frequent among non-monogamous species than among those having a monogamous mating system is attributed in part to the higher sex "drive" and the lower thresholds of response of males to feminine releasers, which arise through strong sexual selection in polygamous and promiscuous mating systems. It is also suggested that the heightened aggressive tendencies of non-mono gamous males place a premium on feminine characters which minimize the chances of the female eliciting aggressive responses on the part of the male at the time of mating.
Exploring the effects of economic growth, population density and international trade on energy consumption and environmental quality in India

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the effects of economic growth, population density and international trade on energy consumption and environmental quality in India. Design/methodology/approach – Taking annual data of 1971-2011, autoregressive distributed lag bounds testing technique is applied to explore the long run link between the series. The Granger causality test is used to determine the direction of causality between the variables. Findings – The obtained results conﬁrm the cointegration of variables, and economic growth and population density are found to have signiﬁcant positive effects on energy consumption in both the short and long runs. CO2 emissions are also positively and signiﬁcantly affected by population density and energy consumption, and negatively affected by economic growth. Originality/value – The paper is original and valuable in the sense that it has considered two relevant additional explanatory variables, namely, population density and trade openness, which got little attention in the past. This research is an improvement over the previous studies because it has looked at the separate effects of explanatory variables on energy consumption, in addition to the effects on carbon emissions. Therefore, the ﬁndings of this research are more reliable because this adopted methodology is better and extensive, and the author has properly addressed the issue of omitted variable bias.
Role of biohydrogenation intermediates in milk fat depression

Fat is the most variable constituent in milk and is reduced on low-fiber/high-concentrate diets or on rations containing lipid supplements rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids. The biohydrogenation theory attributes the causal mechanism underlying diet-induced milk fat depression (MFD) to changes in ruminal lipid metabolism leading to increased formation of specific biohydrogenation intermediates that exert anti-lipogenic effects. Trans-10, cis-12 conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) is the only intermediate shown unequivocally to inhibit milk fat synthesis. However, increases in ruminal trans-10, cis-12 CLA formation do not provide a universal explanation for the reductions in milk fat during diet-induced MFD, suggesting that other biohydrogenation intermediates may also be involved. Post-ruminal infusion experiments have provided tentative evidence that cis-10, trans-12 CLA and trans-9, cis-11 CLA also exert anti-lipogenic effects. Diet-induced MFD is consistently associated with an increase in milk fat trans-10 18:1 concentrations, but recent direct evidence offers little support for a role of this intermediate in the regulation of milk fat synthesis. Further research is required to characterize the structure and function of other biohydrogenation intermediates, as well as considering the contribution of more global changes in ruminal lipid metabolism to provide a more universal explanation of diet-induced MFD.
Temporal and spatial responses of British Columbia steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) populations to ocean climate shifts

The pattern of temporal change in recruitment of steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) entering the ocean between 1963 and 1990 was geographically coherent in all regions of British Columbia. A major increase in recruitment was evident for smolts entering the ocean after 1977. Subsequently, an out-of-phase response occurred after 1990, indicating that the effect of a possible 1990 regime shift had both temporal and geographical structure. Steelhead entering northern regions had increasing recruitment, while steelhead entering southern BC coastal regions had sharply decreasing recruitment. The evidence clearly indicates that the overall recruitment response since 1977 was primarily shaped by changes in marine (not freshwater) survival. Similar sudden changes in adult recruitment also appear to be occurring for other species of Pacific salmon in BC and Oregon, such as coho (O. kisutch), which appear to occur suddenly and show considerable persistence. A possible explanation for the change is that ocean productivity declined in coastal regions of southern BC after 1990, reducing the marine growth of juvenile salmon. The Bakun upwelling index shows a pattern of geographical coherence along the west coast of North America that could in principle explain the observed pattern of changes in recruitment. However, no evidence for a temporal shift in this index occurring around 1977 and 1990 is apparent. The reason for the sudden and persistent decline in ocean survival is therefore uncertain.
Estratégia alimentar para dieta baseada em palma forrageira sobre o desempenho e digestibilidade em vacas em final de lactação - DOI: 10.4025/actascianimsci.v27i2.1233

To evaluate the effects of different feeding strategies in diets based on forage cactus on the performance of lactating dairy Holstein were used five cows in 230 days in milk and 489 kg of live weight were assigned in a 5 x 5 latin square. The treatments were: total ration; separated ingredients; sorghum silage plus concentrate and separate forage cactus; forage cactus plus concentrate and separate silage; silage plus forage cactus and separate concentrate. The averages of intake and dry matter digestibility were 13.18 kg/day e 65.0%, respectively. The averages of daily milk production, fat corrected milk (4%) daily production and fat theor were, 13.35 kg; 12.74 kg e 3.73%. The feeding strategies didn't differ significantly to each other for any evaluated variable
Family Support on the Adherence to Nutrition Intake among Adults with Primary Hypertension in Kalanganyar, Lebak, Banten, Indonesia

Background: An example of hypertension ma­na­gement is compliance with the management of nutritional needs according to the hyper­ten­sion dietary guidelines. Adherence to a hyper­ten­sion diet can be influenced by family support. In Kala­ng­anyar, Lebak, Banten, Indonesia, there is a phe­n­o­menon that many hypertension pa­ti­ents’ are less compliant with dietary management and allegedly due to lack of family support. This study aimed to examine the family support on the ad­herence to nutrition intake in primary hyper­ten­sion patients. Subjects and Method: This was a cross sec­tio­nal study conducted in Kalanganyar, Lebak, Ban­ten, Indonesia. A total of 174 adults with primary hypertension was selected for this study. The de­pe­n­­­dent variable was Adherence to Nutrition in­ta­ke. The independent variables were age, gen­der, level of education, duration of hypertension, and family support. The data were collected by ques­tion­naire and analyzed using a multiple logistic re­gres­sion. Results: Adherence to nutrition intake among hypertension patients increased with female (OR= 2.46; 95% CI= 1.19 to 5.14; p= 0.016), good family support (OR= 2.92; 95% CI= 1.50 to 5.70; p= 0.002), and acute hypertension (OR= 2.41; 95% CI= 1.18 to 4.94; p= 0.015). Older age (OR= 0.31; 95% CI= 0.21 to 4.65; p= 0.398) and low education (OR= 2.00; 95% CI= 0.43 to 9.35; p= 0.375) were not statistically associated with adherence to nutrition intake among hy­per­tensive pa­tients. Conclusion: Adherence to nutrition intake among adults with primary hypertension was associated with gender, supportive family, and period of hy­per­tension. Keywords: hypertension, nutrition intake, family support Correspondence: Chandra Tri Wahyudi. Faculty of Health Science, Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Ja­karta. Jl. Limo Raya, Kota Depok. Email: chan. ­tw­. 1987@gmail.com. Mobile: +628-2299481234 Journal of Epidemiology and Public Health (2020), 05(02): 132-140 https://doi.org/10.26911/jepublichealth.2020. 05.02. 01
Calibration of Advanced Yield Criteria Using Uniaxial and Heterogeneous Tensile Test Data

Conventionally, plastic anisotropy is calibrated by using standard uniaxial tensile and biaxial test results. Alternatively, heterogeneous strain field specimens in combination with full-field measurements can be used for this purpose. As reported by the literature, such an approach reduces the number of required tests enormously, but it is challenging to obtain reliable results. This paper presents an alternative methodology, which represents a compromise between the conventional and heterogeneous strain field calibration technique. The idea of the method is to use simple tests, which can be conducted on the uniaxial testing machine, and to avoid the use of advanced measuring equipment. The procedure is accomplished by conducting standard tensile tests, which are simple and reliable, and by a novel heterogeneous strain field tensile test, to calibrate the biaxial stress state. Moreover, only two of the parameters required for full characterisation need to be inversely identified from the test response; the other parameters are directly determined from the uniaxial tensile test results. This way, a dimension of optimization space is reduced substantially, which increases the robustness and effectiveness of the optimization algorithm.
TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR‐α EXPRESSION IS ALTERED DURING EXPERIMENTAL HEPATOCARCINOGENESIS

In order to characterize the role of transforming growth factor‐α (TGFα) during hepatocarcinogenesis, liver tissue was examined at 10, 16, and 19 weeks following initial 10‐week diethylnitrosamine (50 mg l−1 drinking water) exposure in female Wistar rats. Liver tissue protein extracts were electrophoresed and transferred to nitrocellulose filters. Levels of tissue‐derived TGFα and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFr) were assessed using an anti‐TGFα monoclonal antibody (Ab‐1) and an anti‐EGFr polyclonal antibody (AB‐4), coupled with scanning densitometric quantification. Immunolocalization of TGFα was performed in Bouin's‐fixed, paraffin‐embedded liver tissue sections. The distribution and intensity of TGFα immunoreactivity varied according to the degree of dysplasia, severely dysplastic cells being strongly immunoreactive. At week 10, mild hepatocyte dysplasia and perivenular inflammation were evident, together with a corresponding increase in perivenular TGFα immunoreactivity. By week 16, foci of moderate to severe dysplasia were observed; at this stage, there was a decrease in perivenular immunoreactivity but a further increase in overall liver tissue TGFα levels. Some ‘altered foci’ and dysplastic nodules showed intense immunoreactivity for TGFα. At these time points, immunodetectable liver EGFr was found to decrease significantly in comparison with normal control tissue. TGFα immunoreactivity was observed in fully developed carcinomas at week 19, although some tumours were negative by immunohistochemistry. The up‐regulation of immunodetectable TGFα and the concomitant down‐regulation of EGFr demonstrated positive (P<0·01) and negative (P<0·001) correlations, respectively, with hepatocyte proliferation indices. These findings suggest that the TGFα/EGFr ligand receptor system may be important during tumour promotion and in the stimulation of continued proliferation in hepatocellular carcinomas.
Fast and Slow Investments in Asset Markets: Influences on Risk Taking

Abstract The aim is to investigate whether elevated risk taking in asset market experiments driven by rank-based performance incentives decrease if removing a time limit on choices and minimizing complexity of strategic optimization. In a scenario experiment, business school students (n = 123) acting as investment managers in a fund company make investments at self-paced rates. The results show that investments are influenced by rank-based compensations implemented as a relative comparison standard but not that risk taking is elevated. The motive to minimize losses relative to others appear to counteract risk taking, particularly if poor performance is penalized by reducing the fixed income.
Mixing and jetting analysis using continuous flow microfluidic sample delivery devices

Serial femtosecond crystallography (SFX) methods used at X-ray free electron lasers (XFELs) offer a range of new opportunities for structural biology. A crucial component of SFX experiments is sample delivery. Microfluidic devices can be employed in SFX experiments to precisely deliver microcrystals to the X-ray beam and to trigger molecular dynamics via rapid mix-and-inject measurements. Here, for the first time, we have developed a process based on high-resolution photolithography using SU8 on glass to fabricate microfluidic mix-and-inject devices. In order to characterise these devices a broad range of flow rates are used and the mixing and jetting response of the devices monitored. We observe that a stable jet is formed using these devices when injecting DI-water. Three different jetting regimes, liquid column, ribbon, and cylindrical jet, were observed. Furthermore, fluorescence experiments confirm that rapid and uniform mixing of the two injected solutions is possible using these devices indicating that they could be used to probe molecular dynamics on sub-microsecond timescales.
The Impact of User-Generated Content and Traditional Media on Customer Acquisition and Retention

Customer acquisition and retention are central components of customer relationship management (CRM) and the key drivers of a firm’s long-term profit. However, our understanding of the relative impact of user-generated content (UGC) and traditional media and their synergies on customer acquisition and retention is still underdeveloped. Thus, the purpose of this research is to address two key questions: What is the effect of UGC relative to that of traditional media on customer acquisition and retention? Is there any interaction effect between UGC and traditional media on both customer acquisition and retention? To understand the differential impacts of these media, we develop a conceptual framework and propose several hypotheses. We test our hypotheses using data from the automobile and mobile game industries. Our findings indicate that UGC is much more effective in acquiring customers, while traditional media is more important for customer retention. Moreover, the volume of UGC and traditional media have a synergistic effect on customer retention. This research therefore contributes to the acquisition-retention literature while also providing important insights to managers.
Analytical Approaches and Population Types for Finding and Utilizing QTL in Complex Plant Populations

In the past decade plant geneticists began using complex plant populations to identify QTL by association analysis, and the practice is becoming commonplace. Plant populations present unique challenges for association analyses. Plant populations vary in complexity and structure and analyses generally derived from human genetics have been applied to them,in a broad fashion. We review analytical techniques and their application in different plant populations. Analyses were classified as either family-based (FBAA) or population-based (PBAA). Over time, the different analyses have been generalized to accommodate a variety of populations, and are complementary. The PBAA are suited for populations with individuals that share little ancestry. Use of PBAA in these types of populations has dominated plant association analyses with success, though PBAA is unlikely to detect some important QTL in highly structured populations. Both PBAA and FBAA are suited for populations of related individuals. The use of FBAA in a breeding population warrants special attention due to features such as large population size, availability of phenotypic data, immediate relevance to marker-assisted selection, ease of QTL validation, and the computational simplicity of tests that require linkage for significance. Specific recommendations for PBAA and FBAA are made as well as some suggestions for future directions of research.
An evaluation of potential diets for the culture of postpueruli spiny lobsters Panulirus argus (Palinuridae)

Provision of a suitable feed is paramount for the ongoing success of spiny lobster culture. This study compared and evaluated the performance of seven diets for first instar juvenile spiny lobster Panulirus argus [5–6 mm carapace length (CL)] based on growth rates, survival, and feed conversion ratio. Results demonstrated that a seafood-based juvenile formulation produced the fastest growth rate (3.49% weight gain day−1 and 0.90% CL increase day−1 over a 28-day period). These growth rates were also reflected by a low feed conversion rate (3.04) for this formulated feed. Similar results were also obtained for juveniles fed a frozen seafood diet, however, frozen brine shrimp, Artemia salina (both enriched and un-enriched), frozen enriched mysis shrimp, a dry pellet, and a meal-based juvenile formulation did not produce consistent growth rates. Survival rates ranged between 38% and 85% and demonstrate that juvenile lobsters have better likelihoods of survival in captive culture environments compared to the wild. Although further nutritional refinement is recommended, the results from this research have significant implication for the possible expansion of juvenile spiny lobster growout to a larger scale.
Impact of adenoidectomy or adenotonsillectomy on paediatric quality of life using obstructive sleep apnoea - 18 questionnaire

Background: Recurrent adeno-tonsillitis can lead to problems of secretory otitis media/OSA/sinusitis and thus adenotonsillectomy is one of the most frequent done surgery in children. The present study aimed to evaluate the impact of adenoidectomy or adenotonsillectomy on the quality of life of children using obstructive sleep apnoea- 18 score. Methods: A prospective study was conducted in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery at Ananta Institute of Medical Science, Rajsamand between January 2017 to December 2019. A total of 60 patients of age group 4 to 15 years were included in study who were undergoing adenoidectomy or adenotonsillectomy. All patients were evaluated by using ‘obstructive sleep apnea - 18’ (OSA-18) preoperatively and 6 months post- operative period for impact on quality of life on children after surgery. Results: 60 children with a mean age of 8.6 years were evaluated. The most frequent indication for surgery was recurrent adeno-tonsillitis and obstructive sleep apnoea for adenoid hypertrophy. The total mean score of initial OSA-18 was 85.34, following surgery at 6 months, the total mean score was reduced to 31.23 (p value <0.001). Similarly, there was reduction in mean score of individual domains after surgery which was statically significant (p<0.001). Conclusions: Our study concludes that on evaluation of children with adenoid hypertrophy using OSA-18 pre-operative and 6 months post-operative period, showed adenoidectomy or adenotonsillectomy has positive impact on paediatric quality of life.
A taxonomic study of Eudorina unicocca (Volvocaceae, Chlorophyceae) and related species, based on morphology and molecular phylogeny

Colonial volvocacean algae engage in two types of sexual reproduction: isogamy and anisogamy/oogamy with sperm packets. This difference is an important generic diagnosis within the Volvocaceae. Although Yamagishiella differs from the anisogamous genus Eudorina in its isogamous sexual reproduction, the vegetative morphology and asexual reproduction characteristics of the two genera are indistinguishable, especially between Eudorina unicocca G. M. Smith and Yamagishiella unicocca (Rayburn et Starr) Nozaki. We re-examined morphological characteristics of E. unicocca and related species, using multiple strains of E. unicocca and Y. unicocca and molecular phylogenetic analyses. Strains from two Japanese lakes, which produced aplanospores and were solely asexual, could be assigned to either E. unicocca or Y. unicocca, based on traditional morphological diagnoses. However, a new morphological diagnosis (the difference in the distribution and number of contractile vacuoles on the cell surface) and molecular phylogenetic analyses demonstrated that all were E. unicocca. Furthermore, E. unicocca can be divided into two species on the basis of the presence or absence of individual cellular sheaths in the colonial gelatinous matrix, which are observable with methylene blue staining. These two species, E. peripheralis (Goldstein) T. K. Yamada stat. nov. (= E. unicocca var. peripherialis Goldstein) and E. unicocca (including the Japanese aplanosporic strains), formed two robust monophyletic groups, based on chloroplast gene sequences for the large RuBisCO subunit and internal transcribed spacer regions of nuclear ribosomal DNA.