Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Crystal structure of a new monoclinic polymorph of 2,4-dihydroxybenzaldehyde 4-methylthiosemicarbazone

A new monoclinic (P21/c) polymorph of the title compound has the same overall conformation as a previously reported (Cc) form with the exception of the conformation of the outer hydroxy H atom. This difference results in very different crystal packing based on hydrogen bonding, i.e. supramolecular tubes in the new form as opposed to a three-dimensional architecture in the Cc form.
Indicators of Governance of Marine Ecotourism Resources: Perception of Communities in Pulau Perhentian, Terengganu

To be effective, the establishment of the Marine Protected Areas requires support from various stakeholders, which are directly or indirectly affected by the establishment. The support of relevant agencies to manage the Marine Protected Areas may depend on how the communities perceive the benefits of the establishment. The objective of this paper is to present the results of an analysis on the perception of local communities on the governance of the Marine Protected Areas by the relevant agencies. Data for the study were collected from members of the local communities on Pulau Perhentian using face-to-face interviews. The results show that most members of these communities were aware of the establishment of the Marine Protected Areas, though some were doubtful of the actual benefits of the establishment. Communities on Pulau Perhentian, which were directly dependent on the marine resources for their ecotourism-related businesses, were quite apprehensive of the ability of relevant agencies to act on reducing the encroachment of fishers in protected zones. Generally, the local communities agreed that the relevant agency were doing a good job of enforcing rules and regulations to protect the resources in the marine ecosystem. The cooperation among the stakeholders in adapting to the norms of governance was perceived as helpful in affecting the management of Marine Protected Areas.
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Being part of a competitive generation demands having good marketing policies to attract new customers as well as to retain existing customers. This research outlines a general methodology for segmentation of customers by using the model of Recency, Frequency and Monetary (RFM) to identify types of customers, and then predict their customer profiles, based on demographic and behavioural features. A few previous studies dealt with the question using non-aggregate customer data. We, however, also address the problem by using decision trees, something which has rarely been done before. We applied and demonstrated this tool on a large customer dataset and found useful results.
Influence of autologous platelet concentrate on healing in intra-bony defects following guided tissue regeneration therapy: a randomized prospective clinical split-mouth study.

OBJECTIVES To investigate the influence of autologous platelet concentrate (APC) on early wound healing and regeneration outcomes following guided tissue regeneration (GTR) therapy. MATERIAL AND METHODS In 25 patients, two contralateral deep intra-bony defects were treated with beta-TCP and a bioresorbable GTR membrane. They were randomly assigned to test and control procedure. In test defects, APC was additionally applied. After 3, 6, and 12 months, healing results were assessed by clinical parameters and quantitative digital subtraction radiography. RESULTS Post-operative membrane exposures occurred in 48% of the test sites and 80% of the control sites. Both groups revealed a significant clinical attachment level (CAL) gain of 5 mm after 12 months. Eighty-eight per cent of test and control sites showed a CAL gain of > or =4 mm. No clinical parameter revealed significant differences between test and control sites. A significant bone density gain was found in both groups after 3, 6, and 12 months. Only after 6 months, the bone density gain was significantly greater in the test defects. CONCLUSION Within the limits of this study, autologous platelet concentrate did not seem to have a noticeable influence on the clinical and most of the radiographic outcomes following GTR. However, APC might reduce the occurrence of post-operative membrane exposures and accelerate bone density gain.
Accounting information system change in an agriculture company: Examination using burns and Scapens framework

This paper presents the findings of investigation on the accounting information change (AIS) in an agriculture company following the change in its business model and organisational structure due to government policy. This study adopted the Burns and Scapens’ framework that identified three dichotomies -namely, evolutionary vs revolutionary, progressive vs regressive and formal vs informal in facilitating the understanding of change. Using an interview approach, this study found that the AIS structure has experienced a major transformation due to which the existing SAP system was upgraded and integrated with five new systems. The nature of change in the upgraded SAP is evolutionary in nature. In terms of a progressive or regressive change, the upgrading process of SAP seems to be a progressive one rather than regressive. Finally, the company adopted the top down approach, which is an indication that the company has adopted a formal change. Several strategic allocations such as sufficient resources and funds, the use of external and internal experts, top management participation and also education and training were provided to Received: August, 2018 1st Revision: November, 2018 Accepted: February, 2019 DOI: 10.14254/20718330.2019/12-1/7 Journal of International Studies S ci en ti fi c P a pe rs © Foundation of International Studies, 2019 © CSR, 2019 Journal of International Studies Vol.12, No.1, 2019 106 ensure the success of AIS change. The findings of this study can serve as a guideline for business practices and also contribute to academic knowledge and literature.
Effectiveness of Talent Management Strategies: Evidence from Indian Manufacturing Sector

In a globalized era managing and developing talent has become the critical factor in the success of any organization. In the last two decades, the theme “Talent Management” is the most explored area by both academicians and HR managers. In this competitive corporate environment and lack of availability of highly talented and skilled employees, the major challenge for the HR department is that of attracting the right talent and retaining them to achieve the objectives of the organisation. Now, the HR department is of the opinion that “it’s better to develop talent rather than acquiring talents”. Therefore, the current empirical study has been undertaken to understand the major drivers of the Talent Management practices in Indian manufacturing sector. Based on the exhaustive study, the researchers have identified eight major determinants that influence the intention to stay in the current organisation namely; Supervision, Compensation management, Job engagement, Innovation, Open climate, Career development path, Organisation environment, Quality of working environment. In order to realise the stated objective, a structured questionnaire was administered on 235 highly talented employee respondents across various companies. For this purpose, the instrument’s reliability was adjudged by employing Cronbach’s alpha. The threshold Cronbach’s alpha value fixed for this purpose was 0.7. Only those items whose Cronbach’s alpha value was greater than . 7 was retained for further analysis. In the next phase, frequency table and cross tabulation have been run and inferential statistics have been run to arrive at the meaningful statistical inference. In the last phase, multiple regression has been run to identify the major determinates of intention to stay in the current organisation. The findings revealed that Compensation management, Job engagement, Open climate, Career development path, Quality of working environment were the major factors that drive the dependent variable Intention to stay in the organization. It is recommended to the organisations to integrate career mapping tool and career planning discussions as they help employees think strategically about their career paths and the ways to meet their career goals within the organization. Proper alignment of Talent Management strategies with organizational goals and creating a culture where employees work is valued will be helpful to sustain in the competitive environment for a long period of time. Finally the results have been compared with the possible evidence.
Alcohol and hypertension: gender differences in dose-response relationships determined through systematic review and meta-analysis.

AIMS To analyze the dose-response relationship between average daily alcohol consumption and the risk of hypertension via systematic review and meta-analysis. DESIGN A computer-assisted search was completed for 10 databases, followed by hand searches of relevant articles. Only studies with longitudinal design, quantitative measurement of alcohol consumption and biological measurement of outcome were included. Dose-response relationships were assessed by determining the best-fitting model via first- and second-degree fractional polynomials. Various tests for heterogeneity and publication bias were conducted. FINDINGS A total of 12 cohort studies were identified from the literature from the United States, Japan and Korea. A linear dose-response relationship with a relative risk of 1.57 at 50 g pure alcohol per day and 2.47 at 100 g per day was seen for men. Among women, the meta-analysis indicated a more modest protective effect than reported previously: a significant protective effect was reported for consumption at or below about 5 g per day, after which a linear dose-response relationship was found with a relative risk of 1.81 at 50 g per day and of 2.81 at an average daily consumption of 100 g pure alcohol per day. Among men, Asian populations had higher risks than non-Asian populations. CONCLUSIONS The risk for hypertension increases linearly with alcohol consumption, so limiting alcohol intake should be advised for both men and women.
Geometric sensitivity of localization using airborne mobile anchors with volume probabilistic multilateration

Locating fixed sensing devices with a mobile anchor is attractive for covering larger deployment areas. Probabilistic localization has been shown to reduce error over deterministic approaches, yet the performance sensitivity to the geometric arrangement of anchor beacon positions remains unexplored. This paper presents a detailed description of a new RSSI-based localization algorithm which uses a volumetric probability distribution function to find the most likely position of a node by information fusion from several mobile beacon radio packets. Results show a significant performance improvement of up to 80% over existing approaches. Secondly, simulations are conducted to determine the effect of the 3-D geometry of localization broadcast packets. Compared to both a symmetric circular arrangement of beacons, and an arrangement of beacons in a line, if beacon positions are allowed to move to a more asymmetric arrangement with a range of angles and heights, the localization error is reduced to approximately 1 metre or by up to 96% compared to a poor geometry. This is despite individual ranging errors of much more than 1 metre.
Geochemical discrimination of Early Palaeogene bauxites in Croatia

Two discriminant function models were created in order to distinguish between major- and trace-element geochemical patterns typical of Lower Palaeogene (Palaeocene, Pc) bauxites formed on the portion of the carbonate platform comprising the Karst or External Dinarides. Four groups of bauxites from Istria, North Adriatic Islands, North Dalmatia and Central Dalmatia have been distinguished, according to their specific combinations of major and trace elements, characteristic conditions of formation? , and processes prevailing in the karst environment during subaerial exposure of the carbonate platform. Typically, in both models the first discriminant function explains most of the system variability. However, the trace-element model proves itself as a more helpful predictive tool, representing the straightforward example of classification of the samples into four pre-defined groups of Pc bauxites. Generally, both models follow a characteristic trend in geochemical signature related to the recent geographical position of the bauxite deposits, namely a decrease in K 2 O and an increase in the Cr content in a SE direction (from Istria to Dalmatia). This was most probably the result of environmental conditions during the AdCP Cretaceous-Palaeogene emergent stage (Istria), and emplacement of parent rocks (ophiolite belt) supplying the necessary material for bauxite genesis (Central Dalmatia).
A propos de "c'est-à-dire" et ses correspondants norvégiens

Cet essai s'inscrit dans une recherche plus vaste ayant pour but d'elucider la relation entre la forme et l'emploi de la reformulation introduite par c'est-a-dire telle qu'elle se realise dans le francais ecrit. Pour effectuer cette recherche, principalement fondee sur un corpus journalistique, l'A. propose une approche modulaire, au sein de quatre composantes (structurelle, semantique, pragmatique et textuelle), chacune comportant plusieurs modules
Modelling Store Image in Retail Services

This paper is an effort in understanding the antecedents of brand loyalty in retail. A structural questionnaire was used to collect data (n=840) from department store adult shoppers in India. Latest tools like Exploratory Factor Analysis and Confirmatory Factor Analysis were used to analyse data. Results of the research revealed that factors like merchandise, service interaction, corporate citizenship and convenience play an important role in building store image in retail. The implications for academicians and practitioners are discussed in the paper.
Dentin Topographic Features following Chemomechanical Caries Removal in Primary Teeth.

AIM Study the topographic features of dentin after caries removal with a chemomechanical agent (Papacarie) compared with the conventional drilling method. STUDY DESIGN The sample included 7 exfoliated and extracted primary teeth with carious dentin lesions, not reaching the pulp. Each tooth was sectioned longitudinally through the center of the carious lesions into two halves. The teeth were then divided into two groups according to the method of caries removal. Following caries removal, dentin topography and the cut section were examined using the scanning electron microscope. RESULTS Papacarie produced an irregular, porous, rough and globular dentin appearance. The dentin surfaces were generally free of smear layer, visible bacteria and the dentinal tubules were opened. The dentin cut surfaces showed patent dentinal tubules with open orifices. The drilling method created a smooth and amorphous surface with a continuous smear layer occluding the dentinal tubules. Numerous bacteria were also observed. The cut dentin surfaces showed patent dentinal tubules with their orifices plugged with smear layer. CONCLUSIONS Papacarie produced a rough and porous surface with partial or complete removal of the smear layer and opened dentinal tubules, while the drill produced a smooth surface with uniform smear layer occluding the dentinal tubules.
Role of cloud ERP on the performance of an organization: Contingent resource-based view perspective

Cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) enables an organization to pay for the services they need and removes the need to maintain information technology infrastructure. The purpose of this paper is to empirically test the role of cloud-based ERP services on the performance of an organization. Here, the performance is categorized as supply chain performance and organizational performance that comprises of financial performance and marketing performance. Contingent resource-based view (RBV) theory was used to develop a theoretical framework in which supply base complexity (SBC) acts as a moderating variable on the relationship between cloud ERP and the performance. ,Contingent RBV theory is used to explain the relationship between all identified variables in this paper. Partial least squares (PLS) based on structural equation modeling (SEM) is used to empirically test our theoretical framework. ,The PLS-SEM analysis of 154 respondents supports the contingent RBV theory. Six hypotheses – out of the eight hypotheses formulated in this paper – are supported by data. ,Given this study was conducted in India where the potential of cloud ERP has not been fully implemented yet, the results may reflect more of perceived usefulness of this technology. The authors have attempted to understand the effect of SBC as a moderator in the relationship between cloud ERP and organizational performance which may not be the only moderator affecting this relationship among other potential moderators. ,This paper empirically validates the theoretical framework based on the contingent RBV theory as it mitigates the static nature of the resource-based view approach suggested in the seminal article of Barney (1991).
MULTI-SOURCE 3 D MODELS SUPPORTING ULTRASONIC TEST TO INVESTIGATE AN EGYPTIAN SCULPTURE OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM IN BOLOGNA .

The paper presents the workflow and the results of an ultrasonic 3D investigation and a 3D survey application aimed at the assessment of the internal integrity of an ancient sculpture. The work aimed at highlighting the ability of methods devoted to the 3D geometry acquisition of small objects when applied to diagnosis performed by geophysical investigation. In particular, two methods widely applied for small objects modelling are considered and compared, the digital Photogrammetry with the Structure from Motion (SFM) technique and hand-held 3D scanners. The study concludes with the aim to enhance the final graphical representation of the tomographic results and to subject the obtained results to a quantitative analysis. The survey is applied to the Egyptian naophorous statue of Amenmes and Reshpu, which dates to the reign of Ramses II (1279-1213 BC) or later and is now preserved in the Civic Archaeological Museum in Bologna. In order to evaluate the internal persistency of fractures and visible damages, a 3D Ultrasonic Tomographic Imaging (UTI) test has been performed and a multi-sensor survey (image and range based) was conducted, in order to evaluate the locations of the source and receiver points as accurate as possible The presented test allowed to evaluate the material characteristics, its porosity and degradation state, which particularly affect the lower part of the statue. More in general, the project demonstrated how solution coming from the field of 3D modelling of Cultural Heritage allow the application of 3D ultrasonic tomography also on objects with complex shapes, in addition to the improved representation of the obtained results.
Synergistic antibacterial effects of herbal extracts and antibiotics on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A computational and experimental study

Antibiotic resistance has become a serious global concern, and the discovery of antimicrobial herbal constituents may provide valuable solutions to overcome the problem. In this study, the effects of therapies combining antibiotics and four medicinal herbs on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) were investigated. Specifically, the synergistic effects of Magnolia officinalis, Verbena officinalis, Momordica charantia, and Daphne genkwa in combination with oxacillin or gentamicin against methicillin-resistant (ATCC43300) and methicillin-susceptible (ATCC25923) S. aureus were examined. In vitro susceptibility and synergistic testing were performed to measure the minimum inhibitory concentration and fractional inhibitory concentration (FIC) index of the antibiotics and medicinal herbs against MRSA and methicillin-susceptible S. aureus. To identify the active constituents in producing these synergistic effects, in silico molecular docking was used to investigate the binding affinities of 139 constituents of the four herbs to the two common MRSA inhibitory targets, penicillin binding proteins 2a (PBP2a) and 4 (PBP4). The physicochemical and absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion properties and drug safety profiles of these compounds were also analyzed. D. genkwa extract potentiated the antibacterial effects of oxacillin against MRSA, as indicated by an FIC index value of 0.375. M. officinalis and V. officinalis produced partial synergistic effects when combined with oxacillin, whereas M. charantia was found to have no beneficial effects in inhibiting MRSA. Overall, tiliroside, pinoresinol, magnatriol B, and momorcharaside B were predicted to be PBP2a or PBP4 inhibitors with good drug-like properties. This study identifies compounds that deserve further investigation with the aim of developing therapeutic agents to modulate the effect of antibiotics on MRSA. Impact statement Antibiotic resistant is a well-known threat to global health and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most significant ones. These resistant bacteria kill thousands of people every year and therefore a new effective antimicrobial treatment is necessary. This study identified the herbs and their associated bioactive ingredients that can potential the effects of current antibiotics. These herbs have long history of human usage in China and have well-defined monograph in the Chinese Pharmacopeia. These indicate their relatively high clinical safety and may have a quicker drug development process than that of a new novel antibiotic. Based on the results of this study, the authors will perform further in vitro and animal studies, aiming to accumulate significant data for the application of clinical trial.
Retrospective correction of intensity inhomogeneities in MRI

Medical imaging data sets are often corrupted by multiplicative inhomogeneities, often referred to as nonuniformities or intensity variations, that hamper the use of quantitative analyses. The authors describe an automatic technique that not only improves the worst situations, such as those encountered with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) surface coils, but also corrects typical inhomogeneities encountered in routine volume data sets, such as MRI head scans, without generating additional artifact. Because the technique uses only the patient data set, the technique can be applied retrospectively to all data sets, and corrects both patient independent effects, such as rf coil design, and patient dependent effects, such as attenuation of overlying tissue experienced both in high field MRI and X-ray computed tomography (CT). The authors show results for several MRI imaging situations including thorax, head, and breast. Following such corrections, region of interest analyses, volume histograms, and thresholding techniques are more meaningful. The value of such correction algorithms may increase dramatically with increased use of high field strength magnets and associated patient-dependent rf attenuation in overlying tissues.
A component-tree based method for user-intention guided text extraction

We propose a new component-tree based method with efficient and effective pruning strategies for user intention guided text extraction from scene images. A grayscale image is represented first as two component-trees, whose nodes represent possible candidates of character components. The non-text candidates are then pruned by using contrast, geometric and text line information as well as the constraint imposed by user intention. Bounding boxes of the intended words are then generated by grouping the survived text objects. Finally, the better result is chosen as extracted text from the two trees using an evaluation function. The proposed algorithm is evaluated on ICDAR-2003 benchmark dataset and promising results are achieved.