Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Analysing service quality in the hospitality industry

Examines the dimensions of service quality in the hospitality industry by extending the SERVQUAL scale to include eight new items that specifically pertain to the hospitality industry, subsequently referred to as HOLSERV. A total of 1,000 questionnaires were distributed at five mid‐luxury hotels in Australia during July to October 1998 and a response rate of 15.5 per cent achieved. Key findings of the study are that service quality is represented by three dimensions in the hospitality industry, relating to employees (behaviour and appearance), tangibles and reliability, and the best predictor of overall service quality is the dimensions referred to as “employees”. The findings also show that the one‐column format questionnaire provides a valid and reliable, but much shorter, survey. The major implication for managers is that improvements in the behaviour and appearance of their employees is most likely to enhance consumer perceptions of service quality.
Effects of human resource staff ing strategies on organizational performance in catering industry

Catering industry used to emphasize the achievement of finance performance. Nevertheless, with the development of information, the competitive bases have changed from previous finance performance into intangible assets and leadership performance so that the promotion of human resource management in catering industry has become crucial. Human resource staff ing strategies, therefore, are regarded as the important factor for the acquisition of competitive advantages and the achievement of organizational performance Toaban House was chosen as the research subject because it is one of the brands in Wang Steak, which is a dining business and one of the largest restaurant groups in Taiwan. With random sampling, this study has questionnaires distributed and collected on-site. The samples were the customers who had been consuming in the restaurants, and the questionnaires were distributed in primary trading areas in Taipei. With convenient sampling, total 300 questionnaires were distributed with 216 eff ective ones and the response rate of 72%. The findings and conclusions are further discussed
Platelet storage time and cytokine ( IL-2 R , IL-8 , TNF-α ) levels

1Department of Paediatrics and Transfusion Medicine; 2Department of Biochemistry, University of Gaziantep, Gaziantep, Turkey (Correspondence to N. Yılmaz: necatyilmaz@hotmail.com). 3State Hospital of Zekai Tahir Burak, Ankara, Turkey. Received: 18/05/05; accepted: 28/06/05 ABSTRACT This study investigated whether cytokine accumulation in plasma of platelet concentrates obtained from single apheresis donors was beyond the acceptable limits of white blood cell contamination at different storage time-points. Samples were obtained from 11 voluntary apheresis donors. All products were heavily contaminated with leukocytes. Sampling times from stored platelets were 0, 1, 3, 5 days respectively. Platelet, white blood cell counts and cytokines (IL-2R, IL-8 and TNF-α) were measured. The study found significant cytokine accumulation during 5 days of storage time in leukocyte contaminated platelet concentrates, suggesting that the platelet storage time has an effect on IL-2R levels. Temps de conservation des plaquettes sanguines et concentrations de cytokines (IL-2R, IL-8, TNFα) RÉSUMÉ Cette étude avait pour objectif de déterminer si l’accumulation de cytokines dans le plasma de concentrés plaquettaires d’aphérèse (CPA) provenant d’un donneur unique dépassait les limites acceptables de contamination par les leucocytes résiduels à différents points-temps de leur durée de conservation. Des échantillons ont été prélevés auprès de 11 donneurs par aphérèse volontaires. Tous les produits se sont avérés lourdement contaminés par les leucocytes. Les périodes d’échantillonnage sur les concentrés plaquettaires conservés ont été les suivantes : 0, 1, 3 et 5 jours. Les numérations plaquettaire et leucocytaire ainsi que la concentration en cytokines (IL-2R, IL-8 et TNF-α) ont été mesurées. L’étude a mis en évidence une accumulation significative de cytokines pendant la période de conservation de 5 jours, évoquant ainsi l’influence de la durée de conservation du concentré plaquettaire sur les taux d’IL-2R. 6
Bagged Subspaces for Unsupervised Outlier Detection

In many domains, important events are not represented as the common scenario, but as deviations from the rule. The importance and impact associated with these particular, outnumbered, deviant, and sometimes even previously unseen events is directly related to the application domain (e.g., breast cancer detection, satellite image classification, etc.). The detection of these rare events or outliers has recently been gaining popularity as evidenced by the wide variety of algorithms currently available. These algorithms are based on different assumptions about what constitutes an outlier, a characteristic pointing toward their integration in an ensemble to improve their individual detection rate. However, there are two factors that limit the use of current ensemble outlier detection approaches: first, in most cases, outliers are not detectable in full dimensionality, but instead are located in specific subspaces of data; and second, despite the expected improvement on detection rate achieved using an ensemble of detectors, the computational efficiency of the ensemble will increase linearly as the number of components increases. In this article, we propose an ensemble approach that identifies outliers based on different subsets of features and subsamples of data, providing more robust results while improving the computational efficiency of similar ensemble outlier detection approaches.
Innovation Management in Titan Industries Limited

Recent studies have shown that successfully managing innovation demands managing both continuity and change. This article examines how innovation performance leading to improved firm performance is achieved through management of processes within a firm dealing with continuity and change. The author analyzed a case of a leading Indian manufacturing firm by applying the flowing-stream strategy framework. Examining the strategic approach of the firm, relationships between the firm's continuity and change-related processes, and its innovation performance, as well as overall firm performance, have been derived. The findings highlight the dominance of continuity processes in the firm's innovation strategy, particularly those concerned with technology- and organization-related aspects. The author demonstrates a strategic framework for the firm to enhance its innovation performance and its overall performance.
Development of a rule base and algorithm for a quotation preparation process: A case study with a VSM approach

Quotation preparation lead time plays a significant role in the aircraft components manufacturing (ACM) industry. This is especially due to the fact that on each occasion the sub-contracting suppliers have to manufacture component(s) of which they have no previous experience based on the external demand. The quotation preparation takes place between different actors once the request for a manufacturing proposal has been met. Also, a particular ACM organization investigates the potential capabilities of the selected sub-contracting manufacturers and their suppliers. The sub-contracting manufacturers have to select sub-suppliers to purchase necessary semi-finished goods and raw material to meet the anticipated quality requirements posed by the ACM organization. The waste in terms of time is significantly high due to the possible delays in data and information flow during the quotation preparation process (QPP). The time wastages are mainly caused by the delays within the same manufacturing organization between different functional units (i.e. internal time wastages) as well as between suppliers and the client (i.e. external time wastages). This manuscript suggests an approach with the help of tailor-made value stream mapping (VSM) to investigate the challenges and mitigate the delays caused during the QPP.
Contribution of the Left Dorsomedial Thalamus to Recognition Memory: a Neuropsychological Case Study

This study reports a patient with a unilateral left thalamic lesion which was centred on the dorsomedial thalamic nucleus. Cognitive neuropsychological assessment revealed a severe impairment in verbal memory and symptoms of executive dysfunction, in the presence of relatively intact visual and facial recognition, working memory, praxis, language and IQ. Verbal and visual recognition memory were investigated using the remember-know paradigm. The results indicated a profound impairment in recollection-driven verbal recognition memory. These results are discussed in the context of the role of the dorsomedial thalamic nucleus in recognition memory, and functional models of memory.
Towards a Characterization of a Motive whose Ultimate Goal is to Increase the Welfare of the World: Quixoteism

We use the term Quixoteism to refer to a new social motive. The characterization of this motive deals with two aspects: the definition of the ultimate goal (i.e., to increase the welfare of the world) and the proposal of a process that activates it (i.e., a transcendental-change orientation). Three studies were conducted to test this characterization. In Study 1 we developed an empirical measure of the transcendental-change orientation. The participants in Studies 2 and 3 were presented with a need situation. Results showed that the centrality of such an orientation was directly related to an interpretation consistent with the ultimate goal of Quixoteism (Study 2), and that its salience increases the likelihood of performing a high-cost prosocial behavior (Study 3). Se propone la existencia de un motivo social que hemos denominado Quijotismo. La caracterización de este motivo comprende dos aspectos: la definición de un fin último diferenciado (i.e., mejorar el bienestar del mundo) y la propuesta de un proceso que facilita su activación (i.e., orientación al cambio trascendente). Se realizaron tres estudios para contrastar empíricamente dicha caracterización. En el Estudio 1 se desarrolló una medida operativa de la orientación al cambio trascendente. A los participantes de los Estudios 2 y 3 se les presentó una situación de necesidad. Los resultados mostraron que la centralidad de dicha orientación está relacionada con una interpretación consistente con el fin último de mejorar el bienestar del mundo (Estudio 2), y que su saliencia aumenta la probabilidad de realizar una conducta prosocial de alto coste (Estudio 3).
Regulation of myelination: Axons not required for the biosynthesis of basal levels of the major myelin glycoprotein by schwann cells in denervated distal segments of the adult cat sciatic nerve

The adult cat sciatic nerve was examined for Schwann cell biosynthesis of the major myelin glycoprotein (P0) in the distal segments after permanent nerve transection, where there is no axonal regeneration or myelin assembly. Endoneurial slices (intrafascicular tissue) from the distal segment of the desheathed cat sciatic nerves at 10 wk after transection and from normal adult desheathed brachial nerves were incubated with radioactive mannose; [3H]mannose incorporation into P0 was observed by fluorography after sodium dodecyl sulphate‐pore gradient electrophoresis (SDS‐PGE). Analysis of immune precipitates by SDS‐PGE after incubation of an aliquot of an endoneurial fraction with rabbit antichick P0 gamma globulin verified that the [3H]mannose‐labeled glycoprotein was P0. The level of incorporation of [3H]mannose into P0 and into other endoneurial glycoproteins in the normal brachial nerve from the adult cat was at substantially reduced levels compared with the transected nerve. Such incorporation was detectable by fluorography only after prolonged exposure to X‐ray film (15 days). As a result, the level of biosynthesis of P0 in the normal adult cat is substantially reduced, suggesting that the extent of active myelination in the adult cat nerve is at a low level. Furthermore, Schwann cells are capable of continued synthesis of P0 in the adult, permanently transected nerve in the absence of axonal influence, suggesting that axonal association is not an absolute requirement for specifying myelin protein synthesis.
Score based method to find patient similarity on health care system

Healthcare system information is grown an exponential manner. Current management of data base cannot adequately manage the database. Important issues are maintaining huge amount of data. Big data is the solution for managing data base. In the health care system finding patient similarity is the one major problem. Current methods are not satisfied finding similarity between the patients record because of different data sources. The score based simple algorithm has been proposed for improve the accuracy with high confidence and reduces the execution time.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Dear Members of the Audit Committee and Management: In planning and performing our audits of the consolidated financial statements of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and of the financial statements of the First Mutual Transportation Assurance Transit Operating Authority and the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority (collectively the " MTA ") as of and for the year ended December 31, 2011 (on which we have issued our reports dated May 2, 2012 with the exception of the New York City Transit Authority and Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority.), in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, we considered the MTA's internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the MTA's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on the effectiveness of the MTA's internal control over financial reporting. Our consideration of internal control over financial reporting was for the limited purpose described in the preceding paragraph and was not designed to identify all deficiencies in internal control over financial reporting. However, in connection with our audits, we have identified, and included in the attached Appendix A, deficiencies related to the MTA's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2011, that we wish to bring to your attention. We have also issued a separate report to the Audit Committee, dated April 25, 2012, which included a certain matter involving the Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority's internal control over financial reporting that we consider to be a material weakness under standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. The definition of a deficiency is also set forth in the attached Appendix B.Although we have included management's written response to our comments in the attached Appendix A, such responses have not been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in our audits and, accordingly, we do not express an opinion or provide any form of assurance on the appropriateness of the responses or the effectiveness of any corrective actions described therein. This report is intended solely for the information and use of management, the Audit Committee, and others within the organization and is not intended to be, and should not be, used by anyone other than these specified parties.
A model for network traffic anomaly detection

Network traffic anomaly detection can find unusual events cause by hacker activity. Most research in this area focus on supervised and unsupervised model. In this work, we proposed a semi-supervised model based on combination of Mahalanobis distance and principal component analysis for network traffic anomaly detection. We also experiment clustering technique with suitable features to remove noise in training data along with some enhanced detection technique. With the approach of combining anomaly detection and signature-based detection system, we believe the quality of normal dataset will greatly improve.
Brand followers: motivations and attitudes of consumers to follow brands in social media

Social media (SM) strategies are vital for brands to stay connected with consumers. Although the brands' purposes are explicit, consumers' motivations of interacting with brands in SM are more tentative. The aim of this study is to examine consumer motivations and attitudes of following brand pages in SM. A scale development procedure was followed after the literature review and qualitative assessments. Principle component analyses with first sample revealed 'conversation', 'brand affiliation', 'opportunity seeking', 'entertainment', and 'investigation' motives that lead consumers to follow brands in social media. Reliability, validity and predictive properties of motivation constructs were tested with CFA and SEM analyses in a validation sample. Brand affiliation and opportunity seeking were indicated as significant factors on attitudes toward following brands through SM.
Object identification deficits in dementia of the Alzheimer type: Combined effects of semantic and visual proximity

Identification deficits in dementia of the Alzheimer Type (DAT) often target specific classes of objects, sparing others. Using line drawings to uncover the etiology of such category-specific deficits may be untenable because the underlying shape primitives used to differentiate one line drawing from another are unspecified, and object form is yoked to object meaning. We used computer generated stimuli with empirically specifiable properties in a paradigm that decoupled form and meaning. In Experiment 1 visually similar or distinct blobs were paired with semantically close or disparate labels, and participants attempted to learn these pairings. By having the same blobs stand for semantically close and disparate objects and looking at shape–label confusion rates for each type of set, form and meaning were independently assessed. Overall, visual similarity of shapes and semantic similarity of labels each exacerbated object confusions. For controls, the effects were small but significant. For DAT patients more substantial visual and semantic proximity effects were obtained. Experiment 2 demonstrated that even small changes in semantic proximity could effect significant changes in DAT task performance. Labeling 3 blobs with “lion,” “tiger,” and “leopard” significantly elevated DAT confusion rates compared to exactly the same blobs labeled with “lion,” “tiger,” and “zebra. ” In conclusion both visual similarity and semantic proximity contributed to the identification errors of DAT patients. (JINS, 1999, 5, 330–345.)
An Analysis of Web Mining-based Recommender Systems for E-commerce

This article proposes a framework of Web mining- based recommender systems for e-commerce. Building on clustering analysis of data involving Web usage, content and structure, the author demonstrates how to provide users with effective recommender services according to the mining results obtained by recommender engine. Finally, the author reaches his conclusion of the advantages and practicalities of Web mining-based recommender systems for e-commerce. Keywords-E-commerce, Clustering, Recommender Systems, and Personalized Services I. INTRODUCTION As the Internet and E-commerce grows popular, E- commerce systems provide users with vast commodity information and increasing choices. Meanwhile, lost in such vast information, users often find it difficult to locate satisfactory items, for e-commerce systems cannot offer one- to-one recommendation like a salesperson. Recommender systems for e-commerce can simulate salespersons to communicate directly with users and help them find satisfactory commodities, successfully getting browsers into buying, effectively developing user relationships and increasing sales volume. Currently, almost all the large-scale e-commerce systems, such as that of Amazon, eBay, Dangdang and CDNOW, use various recommender systems in different degrees to provide their users with personalized services. Thanks to great progress in theory and practice, successful recommender systems for e- commerce will create enormous economic benefits.
Firms and Products in International Trade: Data and Patterns for Hungary

This paper provides a detailed description of Hungarian trade data and key patters drawn at the firm and product level. The IEHAS-CEFiG Hungary dataset is an almost universal panel of balance sheet information (1992-2006) merged with firm-product-country level customs data (1992-2003) taken until the 2004 EU accession. In the Bernard et al (2007) tradition, statistics describe the prevalence of trading activity, typology of firms by internationalisation, concentration of trade volume within and across sectors as well as geographical features of activities. The aim of this paper is both to offer background statistics to existing studies and to stimulate future research on firms and trade by offering a great deal of descriptive statistics. After describing datasets, the prevalence of trading activity across sectors, concentration of trading volume across and within sectors, spatial distribution on trade and principal trading partners are described. Stylised facts show that trading activity is heavily concentrated, both exporters and importers show better performance than non-traders, and multi-product and multi-county firms are responsible for the bulk of trade volume.
The intrathymic crossroads of T and NK cell differentiation

Summary: T lymphocytes depend on the thymic microenvironment for initiation of the T‐cell developmental program. As the progenitors in the thymus have lost the capacity to self‐renew, this process depends on the constant influx of hematopoietic progenitors that originate in the bone marrow. Nevertheless, thymic emigrants are heterogeneous and retain developmental plasticity for both the myeloid and lymphoid lineages. It is the role of the thymic microenvironment to steer these uncommitted progenitors toward a T‐cell fate. Still, the thymus also generates a unique population of thymic NK cells, thus raising the question of how the T versus NK lymphoid cell fate is determined intrathymically. Many factors have been implicated in the developmental pathways in the thymus, and the processes are characterized by both subtle and not so subtle modifications in gene expression. In this review, we consider the crucial factors governing lineage determination of T cells versus NK cells from bi‐potent thymic NK/T precursors. Recent reports have shed new light on the complex interactions of cytokines and transcription factors at different cell fate decision branch points in thymopoiesis. We discuss the implications of these findings and propose a model that may be applicable at this critical thymic NK/T juncture.