Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Brand Extensions and Different Types of Consumer Attitude

Specifically, a brand’s owners concern more about extensions’ concept than non-owners and non-users; because any dilution of parent image will impair owners’ interests and shake the foundation of their prior brand choice Incumbent traditional brands have an initial advantage over new entrants to a market. Brand extension, influential factors on it and the manner in which brand extension affects the consumer’s attitude toward the parent brand are the main subjects of this article with traditional brands, marketers have spent many dollars and many years to establish brand awareness and build equity. Building and managing strong brands is considered to be one of the key drivers of success in the hospitality industry. A brand extension strategy is followed when a company uses an established brand name to introduce a new product. This practice has been widely used by a variety of firms to introduce new products. This study reviews the application and trends of brand extension in the hotel industry and contributes to research and theory on brand extensions by developing a model of the process by which a transfer occurs based on the brand extension model of Aaker and Keller in the hotel industry. Keywords: Brand extension, brand equity, brand quality, Attitude toward Extension, Attitude toward Extension Category
EVALUATION OF POTENTIALLY INAPPROPRIATE DRUG USE AND MEDICAL NON-ADHERENCE IN A COMMUNITY-DWELLING ELDERLY POPULATION : A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

1 Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi T›p Fakültesi, Halk Sa¤l›¤› Anabilim Dal› ISPARTA 2 Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi T›p Fakültesi, Farmakoloji Anabilim Dal› ISPARTA 3 Gönen Toplum Sa¤l›¤› Merkezi ISPARTA 4 Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi T›p Fakültesi, Psikiyatri Anabilim Dal› ISPARTA Yonca SÖNMEZ1 Halil AfiCI2 Gülflen OLGUN ‹ZM‹RL‹3 Duru GÜNDO⁄AR4 Fatma Nihan CANKARA2 fiükriye YEfi‹LOT2 EVALUATION OF POTENTIALLY INAPPROPRIATE DRUG USE AND MEDICAL NON-ADHERENCE IN A COMMUNITY-DWELLING ELDERLY POPULATION: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY
Parents seeking a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder for their child

This study examined the parents’ journey in the search of a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) for their child and it was accomplished in two stages. The Stage 1 included the analysis of 20 records of children diagnosed with ASD attended in a clinic (2015-2017). We verified that the symptoms had been noticed between ages 13-24 months by most parents; the most reported symptom was verbal communication delay and different neuropediatricians were suspicious of the diagnosis; the most performed treatment was speech therapy. The Stage 2 was implemented to complement the findings of stage 1 and to characterize the clinic (311 cases in total). In this sample, we verified that 65.5% of the children were diagnosed with ASD; the parents and a single neuropediatrician were responsible for the referral. Despite the early detection of changes and seeking help, the parents sometimes received guidance that the child’s development matched the expected for the age.
Argument schemes—an epistemological approach

The paper develops a classificatory system of basic argument types on the basis of the epis- temological approach to argumentation. This approach has provided strict rules for several kinds of argu- ments. These kinds may be brought into a system of basic irreducible types, which rely on different parts of epistemology: deductive logic, probability theory, utility theory. The system reduces a huge mass of differ- ent argument schemes to basic types and gives them an epistemological foundation.
Nodipecten subnodosus ( Baja California Peninsula , Mexico )

Pacific lion-paw scallops were collected from natural aggregations in Laguna Ojo de Liebre (Pacific Ocean), the Gulf of California, and from aquaculture facilities for genetic diversity analyses. Mitochondrial DNA sequencing uncovered two highly supported clades separated by 2.5% divergence. Data from ten microsatellite markers suggest individuals from these mitogroups are introgressed, raising questions about the mitotype origin. Some evidence suggests gene flow between La Paz and Ojo de Liebre; otherwise the Gulf of California and Ojo de Liebre are acting as two distinct populations. It is unclear whether translocations between sites have influenced the observed genetic structure or whether gene flow has been facilitated by past geologic events. Finally, scallops spawned for aquaculture are unique from the wild and have significantly less diversity. These results warrant the attention of managers and producers who should work to monitor and conserve genetic diversity in both wild and aquaculture populations.
Low Levels of Genetic Differentiation among Populations of the Coral-Inhabiting Snail Coralliophila violacea (Gastropoda: Coralliophilidae) in Regions of the Kuroshio and South China Sea

Low levels of genetic differentiation among populations of the coral-inhabiting snail Coralliophila violacea (Gastropoda: Coralliophilidae) in regions of the Kuroshio and South China Sea. Zoological Studies 47(1): 17-24. The coral-inhabiting snail, Coralliophila violacea, is a common species in Indo-Pacific coral reefs and usually aggregates on the surfaces of living massive Poritis corals. A previous study indicated a low genetic diversity (Nei's genetic distance of ＜0.003) for C. violacea of southern Taiwan (Lin 1992). Herein, we attempted to determine whether the low genetic differentiation extends to the South China Sea (SCS) by examining allozyme variations at 6 polymorphic loci. Snails were sampled from the Kuroshio region around Taiwan and the SCS which are 1500 km apart. The mean observed heterozygosity among the 7 populations varied from 0.155 to 0.293, with all indicating heterozygote deficiencies. We detected small but significant genetic differentiation among all populations (mean F(subscript ST) of 0.078); however, genetic distances (Nei's D) between populations were relatively low, ranging from 0 to 0.093. There was a positive trend, although insignificant, between the geographic distance and Nei's genetic distance (Mantel test, Z=575.7, r=0.66, p=0.13). This pattern was confirmed by a UPGMA cluster analysis which showed that geographical-closed populations did not cluster together. The Kuroshio intrusion, high larval dispersal capability, and the availability of host poritid corals may be responsible for these heterogeneities.
Cylinder-based Simultaneous Registration and Model Fitting of Laser-scanned Point Clouds for Accurate As-built Modeling of Plant Piping Systems Authors:

Introduction: Three-dimensional laser scanning and as-built CAD modeling of complex piping systems are increasingly used in plant engineering. In as-built modeling, multiple partially scanned point clouds of objects largely composed of cylindrical pipes are captured from different viewpoints by a terrestrial laser scanner (TLS). The registration process aligns these point clouds into a consistent coordinate system. The pipe parameters are then estimated by fitting cylinders to the registered point clouds. Therefore, both the registration and cylinder model fitting must be sufficiently accurate for as-built modeling of piping systems. As shown Fig. 1. , we propose a new algorithm for registration and model fitting of laser-scanned point clouds. The algorithm is specialized for as-built modeling of the cylindrical pipes of plants. Unlike the ICP-based method, our model simultaneously solves the fine registration and model fitting problem by expressing them as a single nonlinear constraint equation. This fine registration works even when the overlap between scans is completely absent, and achieves a more accurate registration and fitting than the ICP-based method. The coarse registration is automated by assigning the cylindrical surfaces in the scans as geometric features for the alignment. This paper describes the proposed algorithm and compares its accuracy with that of a conventional ICP-based method in scan simulations.
Do Redistributive Pension Systems Increase Inequalities and Welfare

Using a capital-skill complementarity technology, we analytically show that an increase in the direct redistributivity of Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) pension systems has a positive impact on wages and on wage inequalities. We also show that life expectancyinequalities play an important role in the achievement of these results. Then, we calibrate our model and we and that, if life expectancy inequalities are suffciently high, a more redistributive pension system increases the wealth and the welfare of every agent of the economy. Moreover, such a policy decreases the tax rate of the pension system.
Category : preliminary communication

From day to day, taking part in the collaboration process in different business aspects, especially in the innovation process continues to gain in importance. Innovation enables companies to strive for a more powerful market position, while inter-organizational cooperation is perceived as an efficient means of enhancement of firm innovativeness. The purpose of this paper is to present the state of inter-organizational collaboration for innovation among manufacturing companies in Vojvodina, analyzing cooperation among manufacturing firms with different external parties, in different innovation areas. Furthermore, the aim is to examine the effects of inter-organizational collaboration on the innovativeness of manufacturing firms in Vojvodina. The data used in this paper was gathered within the international project European Manufacturing Survey. The results are presented using descriptive statistics and they demonstrate that the existence and frequency of inter-organizational collaboration, although quite present, depends on external parties as potential cooperation partners and on different innovation areas in which collaboration could occur. Also, the research shows there is a notable relation between interorganizational collaboration and firm innovativeness.
Impact of Agricultural Financing Policy and Deposit Money Bank Loan on Agricultural Sector Productivity in Nigeria

Agricultural sector lending in Nigeria started when banks played significant role in the activities of the marketing board and as agents for farmers by granting loans to farmers to embark on projects since agriculture was the strength of the economy in the pre and immediate postindependence era (Ojiegbe & Duruechi 2015). Apart from providing over 50% employment of the Abstract In transforming the economic situation of Nigeria, the impact of agriculture cannot be overemphasized. Agriculture was the primary foreign exchange earner for Nigeria, until the mid-seventies when it lost its prime position to the mineral sector. One important factor affecting agricultural sector productivity is inadequate capital. The objective of the study is to evaluate the impact of agricultural financing policy and deposit money bank loans to agricultural sector on agricultural productivity. The study used time series linear regression model employing data covering the period of 1981 and 2015. The result revealed that deposit money bank loans (CBF) and agricultural financing policy proxy by Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund (ACGSF) have significant positive impact on agricultural productivity in Nigeria while lending rate (LR) shows a significant negative impact on agricultural productivity. It is recommended that commercial bank should complement the agricultural financing policy of the government by making agricultural finance accessible, easier and at low rate of interest for farmers. Farmers should also be sensitized on the benefit of accessing funds from the policy and banks to enhance productivity. The study further recommends that government should encourage financial inclusion for the farmers.
Atmospheric icing effects of S816 airfoil on a 600 kW wind turbine's performance

The aerodynamic loads and energy losses for a typical 600 KW wind turbine with S816 airfoil blade under two different icing conditions, have been studied. Three sections at different radial positions are considered for estimation of the icing effect along the blade. Ice accretion simulations in wet and dry regimes are performed, using the NASA LEWICE 3.2 computer program. The airflow simulations are carried out with CFD methods and implementing the SST k-ω turbulence model. The results of these simulations including; streamlines, surface pressure, skin friction, lift, and drag coefficients are inspected for both clean and iced-airfoils. In the case of wet iced-airfoil, a separation bubble is created in the leading edge due to a horn shaped ice and further downstream, the airflow is reattached. Ice-induced separation bubbles dominate the flow field and the aerodynamic performance of the wind turbine. In order to assess the production losses, the Blade Element Momentum (BEM) theory is used to calculate the power curves for clean and iced wind turbine blades. In the case of dry regime, the performance deterioration is about 30% and in another case, the turbine fails to produce any power at all.
A Review of Ddos Attack and Their Countermeasure in TCP Based Network

Now a day, the chief medium for communication is internet which is valuable for a lot of users across the World but in chorus, it marketable nature make increase vulnerability to increase cyber crimes and also has been a vast increase in the number of DDOS (distributed denial of service attack) attacks on the internet over the past few decade. The victims of DDOS attacks are the network recourses like web server, throughput, bandwidth of the network and network switches etc. This paper will summarize almost techniques of DDoS and its countermeasures by using different In this paper basically summarizing different techniques of DDoS and its countermeasures by different schemes for instance Trace Back method, Independent Component Analysis and TCP Flow Analysis ,Bloom Filter
Cybersecurity Testbed Experimentation of a Resilient Control System for Power Substations

This paper focuses on the vulnerability of cyber-attacks to the open, connected control systems engaged in safetycritical applications and on the resilience of a newly proposed control system which is principled around diversity in hardware architecture. Our research has conducted vulnerability assessment of the existing control systems and validation of resilience of the new control system using two methods: lab hardware experiment and network simulation. This paper reports the result of the network simulation on a cybersecurity testbed, DeterLab. The paper briefs first on the architecture of the diversified computer control system and then details the cybersecurity testbed simulations for existing and new control systems presumably deployed for power substation applications. The DeterLab simulation demonstrates the cyber-resilient and fail-operate characteristics of the new diversifiedhardware control system against cyber-attacks.
On The Residual Effective Potential within Global One-Dimensional QuantumGravity

The global one-dimensional quantum gravity is the model of quantum gravity which arises from the global one dimensionality conjecture within quantum general relativity, first considered by the author in 2010 and then in 2012. In this model the global dimension is a determinant of a metric of three-dimensional space embedded into an enveloping Lorentizan four-dimensional space-time. In 2012, it has already been presented by the author that this model can be extended to any Lorentzian D + 1-dimensional space-time, where D is a dimension of space, and resulting in the global one-dimensional model of a higher dimensional quantum gravity. The purely quantum–mechanical part of this model is a minimal effective model within the quantum Geometrodynamics, introduced by J.A. Wheeler and B.S. DeWitt in the 1960s, but the effective potential is manifestly different from the one considered by Wheeler & DeWitt. Moreover, in our model the wave functionals solving the quantum gravity are one-variable smooth functions and, therefore, the troublesome mathematical technique of the Feynman functional integration present in the Hawking formulation of quantum gravity, is absent is this model, what makes it a mathematically consistent theory of quantum gravitation. In this paper, we discuss in some detail a certain part of the global one-dimensional model already proposed in 2010, and then developed in 2012. The generalized functional expansion of the effective potential and the residual approximation, which describe the embedded spaces which are maximally symmetric three-dimensional Einstein’s manifolds, whose lead to the Newton–Coulomb type potential in the quantum gravity model, are considered. Furthermore, scenarios related to few selected specific forms of the effective potential are suggested as physically interesting and discussed.
Network Transmission of Images Containing Public Opinion Data: Analysis and Countermeasures Based on Digital Watermarking Technology

Abstract — As an important branch of information hiding, digital watermarking is an effective method for copyright protection. A practical watermarking algorithm for the copyright protection of JPEG image is proposed in this paper. By operating on the pixel matrix of the compressed JPEG image, we can use the DCT coefficients to embed the watermark. Recently, empirical research has shown that this technology can not only effectively prevent the illegal spread of administrative information and avoid malicious tampering and forgery, but also can distinguish between true and false images so as to make the image information transmission legitimate and secure.
Problems and Solutions in the Creation of Czech and Slovak Lexica for Speech Technology Applications: General Experiences and LC-Star2 Lexica

Abstrakt — This paper presents results of interdisciplinary research which is devoted to design and collection of lexica for speech technology applications. Such lexica are required by automated speech recognizers (ASR), text-to-speech synthesis systems (TTS), or translation systems. For the design and creation of such lexica, linguistics or phonetics solutions are sometimes constrained by the nature of ASR or TTS systems. Within this paper, we would like to present our general experiences in this field and also some experiences from creation of Czech and Slovak LC-Star2 Lexica.
Teacher ratings of the ADHD-RS IV in a community 6 sample : Results from the ChiP-ARD study 7 8

35 Objectives: Validated instruments to assess ADHD are still unavailable in many languages other than English 36 for teachers, which constitutes a clear obstacle to screening, diagnosis and treatment of ADHD in many 37 European countries. Method: Teachers rated 892 youths using the ADHD rating scale (ADHD-RS). We 38 investigated the factor structure, reliability, and measurement invariance based on Confirmatory Factor 39 Analyses. Results: Results support a bifactor model including one general ADHD factor and two specific 40 Inattention and Hyperactivity-Impulsivity factors. But the latter is improperly defined calling into question the 41 existence of a Predominantly Hyperactivity-Impulsivity subtype. The measurement invariance is fully supported 42 across gender, age groups and gender x age groups. Conclusion: Results supports the multiple pathways 43 hypothesis and suggests that a total ADHD score is meaningful, reliable and valid, as well as specific 44 assessments of Inattention. Some youths – especially older ones – may present a profile of ADHD particularly 45 marked by Inattention symptoms. 46 Keywords— ADHD, Bifactor model, Rating scales, Children, Adolescent, Teacher rating 47
A zero-sum game between a singular stochastic controller and a discretionary stopper

We consider a stochastic differential equation that is controlled by means of an additive finite-variation process. A singular stochastic controller, who is a minimizer, determines this finite-variation process, while a discretionary stopper, who is a maximizer, chooses a stopping time at which the game terminates. We consider two closely related games that are differentiated by whether the controller or the stopper has a first-move advantage. The games' performance indices involve a running payoff as well as a terminal payoff and penalize control effort expenditure. We derive a set of variational inequalities that can fully characterize the games' value functions as well as yield Markovian optimal strategies. In particular, we derive the explicit solutions to two special cases and we show that, in general, the games' value functions fail to be $C^1$. The nonuniqueness of the optimal strategy is an interesting feature of the game in which the controller has the first-move advantage.
Modelling of aroma compounds diffusion in polymeric films using artificial neural networks

Sorption of flavour compounds to inner layer of polymeric packages and subsequent transfer through package results in loss of food flavour, so study of the variables governing aroma diffusion in polymers could have numerous applications in food packaging. Modelling the whole phenomena based on these variables to predict aroma-polymer system diffusion coefficient could help package engineer to design a suitable food package. In current work, artificial neural networks have been applied in order to model polymer diffusivity to aroma molecules. Selected aroma molecule characteristics for modelling were molecule shape, molecular volume, and polarity. Crystallinity was chosen as polymer characteristic and environmental variables were relative humidity and temperature. In experimental part, sets of data from permeability experiments together with associated measured diffusion coefficients were obtained. Aroma molecules were selected based on chemical group, size, molecular shape, and presence in essential oils. In learning step, a part of data was introduced to a feed forward back propagation neural network algorithm, in other words the algorithm was trained with data and learned how to establish proper weighted relationships among input variables and output variable. In recall step, the algorithm was again exposed to the same data, so proper settings were carried out on network to make it more reliable. Finally, in generalization step the generated network was verified by introducing a new set of data to the network. Based on this research, the generated model revealed good agreement between predicted and experimental Diffusion coefficient values. In a wider perspective, the model can be later used to estimate aroma flux through polymeric packages over time. Concentrated beverages, essential oils, fruit concentrates and many other concentrated flavour containing products are packed in high density polyethylene containers and this model could be used to calculate transfer of flavours through these products with good accuracy.