Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
International services marketing: an integrative assessment of the literature国际化服务行业市场营销：综合文献分析

ABSTRACT Despite the considerable importance of the services sector in international marketing, scholarly research in the area is limited and unsystematic. This article examines the domain and literature of international services marketing in 41 academic journals from 1999 to 2018 and provides a future research agenda. The investigation reveals 942 published articles, or approximately 2% of all articles published in the journals during the period. Research in the area is under-represented, particularly in premier journals. Scholarly use of theories, models, and other theoretical perspectives is relatively sparse. We devise an integrative summary of thematic areas and contrast this with the revealed literature. After identifying the top publication outlets for recent research, we highlight the most salient theoretical perspectives and thematic areas. This article identifies gaps in the literature, proposes a research agenda, and specifies avenues for advancing scholarship in international services marketing.
Fungal nasal septum abscess caused by Aspergillus flavus complicating sinonasal surgery

The fungal nasal septum abscess is a rare localized invasive form of fungal rhinosinusitis. Rare cases have been described in the literature. In this article, we intend to describe a new case of fungal nasal septum abscess caused by Aspergillus flavus in diabetic patient after sinonasal surgery. A 53-year-old woman with a history of uncontrolled type 2 diabetes and asthma developed a nasal septum abscess after a sinonasal endoscopic surgery which was performed for nasal polyposis. Needle aspiration of the abscess was performed and the pus cultures were positive for Aspergillus flavus. The patient was treated with antifungal drugs and surgical drainage of the abscess. A clinical and biological improvement was observed. Her case has been followed up for 18 months, and there hasn't been any recurrence of the infection. The fungal nasal septum abscess should be suspected in patients who do not respond adequately to standard treatment of nasal septum abscess, especially patients with risk factors of fungal rhinosinusitis.
Molecular genetic monitoring of bacterial communities in manzala lake, egypt, based on 16S rRNA gene analysis

A first molecular genetic study on the diversity of bacterial communities at Manzala Lake, Egypt, was determined by culture-independent 16S rRNA gene analysis. Bulk DNAs were extracted from water and sediment at two different sampling sites namely; Bashtir and Genka, in the lake. The 16S rRNA gene was positively amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) from bulk DNA of each sample, cloned and sequenced. The sequence analysis of one hundred clones from each clone library obtained number of phylotypes ranged from 8 phylotypes, in Genka water, to 20 phylotypes in each of the sediment samples. The 16S rRNA gene showed diversity in sediment samples higher than in water samples. Based on Libshuff pairwise clone library comparisons, the 16S rRNA gene phylotypes from Bashtir water encompassed the phylotypes of Genka water, while the phylotypes of Genka water account only a portion of those of Bashtir water. Both water and sediment samples were dominated by phylotypes closely related to different classes of the phylum Proteobacteria. Most of the recovered water phylotypes from the two sites were localized in the branches of Cyanobacteria, Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes. Genka water was differentiated from Bashtir by harbouring a phylotype related to the phylum Firmicutes. Several phylotypes from Bashtir and Genka sediments were affiliated to species from the phyla Proteobacteria, Chloroflexi, Bacteroidetes, and Planctomycetes. Genka sediment sample had two phylotypes affiliated to Fusobacteria, a character differentiated this sample from that of Bashtir, which characterized by a phylotype belonging to Actinobacteria. Other sediment phylotypes constituted unique phylogenetic lineages, suggesting new bacterial phyla. The obtained results clearly demonstrated that each studied site has unique bacterial phylotypes that can be used as site-characterizing biomarkers. The successes of this study were the determination of the actual composition of bacterial populations in the studied samples and the discovery of novel bacterial phylotypes, never recorded by traditional techniques.
Patient Safety in Nursing Teaching: A Scoping Review

Objective: To identify and map the teaching of Patient Safety in nursing. Methods: This is a scoping review. Data collection took place in July 2017, in 15 national and international databases. For data analysis, the following indexes were used: year of publication; country of publication; methodological design; level of evidence; modality of teaching; basic patient safety protocols addressed; teaching strategies used; and content addressed. Results: The sample was made up of eight studies, which were published from 2008 to 2017, mostly originating from the United Kingdom and Canada. Most studies addressed aspects related to the international goals for Patient Safety. Conclusion: It became clear that the teaching of patient safety in the nursing courses has been consolidating, although the number of publications on the subject is still low, and there is a remarkable scarcity of studies that address some themes related to patient safety.
Reversing the Shrinking of Civic Spaces: Insights for Strategies to Expand and Strengthen Activism and Organizations in Mozambique

Resumo Como reverter a contração dos espaços cívicos? Este artigo sugere uma abordagem analítica para identificar os mecanismos que causam a contração dos espaços cívicos em Moçambique e apresenta um ponto de partida para a construção de estratégias para reagir a este processo. Com base em entrevistas e observação participante no terreno, explora eventos e episódios em que questões cruciais ou agrupamentos de ativistas foram neutralizados e visita a teoria da defiance na sociedade civil, poder e contentious politics para explicar como a contração dos espaços cívicos tem vindo a ocorrer em Moçambique nos últimos dez anos. É razoável afirmar que os ativistas precisam lidar com as barreiras culturais e cognitivas para enfrentar as várias expressões de poder estatal e do mercado em Moçambique. As organizações da sociedade civil precisam trabalhar com os seus doadores para criar uma nova relação mútua, onde questões de accountability, por exemplo, não ponham em risco espaços e projetos cívicos que fazem diferença positiva na vida das pessoas. Além disso, os ativistas precisam se concentrar em um lobby para a construção de um quadro legal que facilite a emergência de novos espaços cívicos nas áreas urbanas e rurais.
Use of trichloroacetic acid for closure of lesion by extensors in lobules of
 ears

Introdução: O uso de alargadores de lóbulos de orelhas provoca um defeito circular cujo fechamento se torna um desafio para o cirurgião plástico. Existem múltiplas técnicas com mobilização de retalhos locais na tentativa de promover o fechamento e devolver o formato natural do lóbulo. Nossa proposta é apresentar o ácido tricloroacético (ATA) como alternativa para a correção dessas lesões. Métodos: Foram selecionados um total de 5 pacientes com lesões por alargadores nos lóbulos das orelhas e utilizado ATA 90% para o fechamento dos defeitos. Resultados: Após a aplicação do produto, observouse uma hiperemia ao redor da área onde foi aplicado o ácido nos primeiros dias, a área de frosting foi substituída por uma crosta, que foi se soltando com o passar dos dias, concomitante a redução do diâmetro da lesão com fechamento progressivo do defeito. Conclusão: Apesar de mais estudos serem necessários, a utilização de ATA 90% se mostrou uma opção simples e eficaz para o fechamento de lóbulos de orelhas alargados. ■ RESUMO
Molecular Identification of Pseudomonas syringae (Savastoni) pv. Phaseolicola in Mung Bean (Vigna radiata L. Wilczek) Seeds Grown in Rajasthan State, India

Mung bean is popular in developing countries as a rich source of vitamins, minerals and proteins (Tang et al., 2014; Jayaprakash Priya et al., 2012; Mubarak, 2005). AVDRC in its report in 2009 declared it as valuable crop as like other legumes. It converts nitrogen from the air into helpful compounds that contribute to plant growth and soil fertility and has contributed to improving rural household income, expanding employment opportunities, diversifying diets, increasing nutritional security, and enhancing soil fertility in Asia (Jayaprakash Priya et al., 2012). It suffers from a large number of bacterial diseases caused by various members of pseudomonadae.
Evaluation of Multifrequency Power Electronic Converters: Concept, Architectures, and Realization

There exist two well-known types of power transfer ac or dc. Power transfer at multiple frequencies has not yet gained much attention. This article aims at bringing out such topologies, which are capable of integrating different electrical power sources (ac or dc) irrespective of its frequency of generation, form a multifrequency (MF) bus, transmit power over a single line, and extract/convert them at the load side. This leads to the definition of unified utility/grid concept. For this, this article presents more insight into three possible MF converter topologies with renewable energy sources (RESs)/battery integration. The proposed topologies work on the principle of orthogonal power transfer. Furthermore, power transfer at multiple frequencies shows an effective way of decoupling the individual sources of the system. Finally, the feasibility of transferring power at multiple frequencies is validated experimentally and the results are discussed herein along with its potential benefits.
Design of an Energy Efficient Line-Start Two-Pole Ferrite Assisted Synchronous Reluctance Motor for Water Pumps

Electric motors used for irrigation applications contribute to a major part of worldwide energy demand. Efficiency improvement of motors used in these applications is the need of the hour. Usually, line-start (LS) induction motors are used in these applications. However, they are relatively inefficient compared to permanent magnet (PM) motors. On the other hand, PM motors have high initial cost compared to induction motors. In view of this, magnet-less machines like synchronous reluctance motors (SyRM) and PM assisted SyRM are being preferred. SyRM has poor power factor compared to induction motor and hence PM assisted SyRMs are becoming popular. In this article, a 2-pole multi-barrier LS ferrite assisted SyRM is proposed for a bore-well submersible water pump. Two-pole rotor geometry is not extensively studied for LS SyRMs. Further, the issues of ferrite magnet demagnetization for 2-pole LS applications are not explored. A separate cage is avoided by utilizing the rotor flux barriers as a cage, thereby reducing the number of ribs while housing the magnets. This improves the power factor and efficiency of proposed motor. Analytical and finite element analysis (FEA) are used for design of the proposed motor. Further, a prototype is fabricated and experimental results are presented.
The fog of genetics: Known unknowns and unknown unknowns in the genetics of complex traits and diseases

Associating genetic variants with phenotypes is not only important to understand the underlying biology but also to identify potential drug targets for treating diseases. It is widely accepted that for most complex traits many associations remain to be discovered, the so-called “missing heritability. ” Yet missing heritability can be estimated, it is a known unknown, and we argue is only a fraction of the unknowns in genetics. The majority of possible genetic variants in the genome space are either too rare to be detected or even entirely absent from populations, and therefore do not contribute to estimates of phenotypic or genetic variability. We call these unknown unknowns in genetics the “fog of genetics. ” Using data from the 1000 Genomes Project we then show that larger genes with greater genetic diversity are more likely to be associated with human traits, demonstrating that genetic associations are biased towards particular types of genes and that the genetic information we are lacking about traits and diseases is potentially immense. Our results and model have multiple implications for how genetic variability is perceived to influence complex traits, provide insights on molecular mechanisms of disease and for drug discovery efforts based on genetic information.
Quadruple Neutrosophic Theory And Applications Volume I

Smarandache introduce neutrosophic quadruple sets and numbers in 2016. In a neutrosophic quadruple set, the values T, I and F are same for each element. Where T, I and F have their usual neutrosophic logic means. In this chapter, we generalize neutrosophic quadruple set and number [45]. For each element in a neutrosophic quadruple set, we define new operations according to the different T, I and F values. Thus, generalized neutrosophic quadruple sets and numbers would be more useful for decision making applications. In this way, we obtain new results for neutrosophic quadruple set and number.
Object naming is facilitated by semantic richness but inhibited by semantic density: Electrophysiological and behavioral evidence

Abstract Language production ultimately aims to convey meaning. Yet, words differ widely in the richness and density of their semantic representations and these differences impact conceptual and lexical processes during speech planning. Here, we replicate the recent finding that semantic richness, measured as the number of associated semantic features according to semantic feature production norms, facilitates object naming, while intercorrelational semantic feature density, measured as the degree of intercorrelation of a concept’s features, has an inhibitory influence, and investigate the electrophysiological correlates of the obtained effects. Both the facilitatory effect of high semantic richness and the inhibitory influence of high feature density were reflected in an increased posterior positivity starting at about 250 ms, in line with previous reports of posterior positivities in paradigms employing contextual manipulations to induce semantic interference during language production. Furthermore, amplitudes at the same posterior electrode sites were positively correlated with object naming times between about 230 and 380 ms. The observed effects follow naturally from the assumption of conceptual facilitation and simultaneous lexical competition, and are difficult to explain by language production theories dismissing lexical competition.
Robust Design and Optimization for a Permanent Magnet Vernier Machine With Hybrid Stator

This article tackles the design problem for a permanent magnet Vernier machine with hybrid stator to achieve a high structure robustness, enhanced torque and improved power factor simultaneously. The key of the solution is divided into two parts. One is to solve the conflict between torque and power factor by deterministic optimization. The other is to optimize its robustness with the help of robust optimization. Firstly, sensitivity analysis is adopted to stratify design parameters. Afterwards, a multi-objective deterministic optimization is applied to achieve an optimal balancing design between the two competing objectives, torque and power factor. However, the deterministic optimization ignores the size deviation in actual production, which most likely results in the poor structure robustness. Therefore, robustness analysis is employed to check its robustness. Then, through the robustness optimization, the robustness of this machine is further improved on the basis of the deterministic optimization. Finally, a prototype machine is built and the experiments on the prototype machine are carried out to verify the validity of the robust optimization.
Microstrip-Fed Circular Ring-Slot Antennas With Very Wideband Harmonic Suppression

A microstrip-fed circular ring-slot antenna excited at 2.45 GHz band for wireless local area network (WLAN) 2.4 GHz operation is initially studied to achieve very wideband harmonic suppression between 3 and 20 GHz (7 fc) in which the technique of integrating a stepped impedance resonator that has a low-pass filter characteristic and open stubs that possesses band-stop characteristic into the slot antenna is applied. By further loading two dissimilar slots into the single-band design, a triple-band operation for WLAN 2.4/5.2/5.8 GHz with the harmonic suppression of up to 7.86 fc (2.73–21.9 GHz) is realized.
Softwarized Industrial Deterministic Networking Based on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Guaranteeing network transmission is one of the most challenging issues in industrial informatization. In the industrial sites without proper networking infrastructure, by deploying unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), transmission-oriented cyber–physical system (CPS) is an excellent candidate to exploit to provide transmission. In this article, we focus on establishing deterministic network transmission (DNT) using UAV-based CPS, complying with the principles in time sensitive network/deterministic networking in industrial internet. The software-defined networking (SDN) paradigm is adopted for UAVs-based CPS to achieve global optimization. First, we build the coordinate-based global topology view in the SDN controller to manage and control UAVs by integrating UAVs into the view and applying the network positioning method. Then, we introduce a hop-limited time synchronization approach to improve accuracy by reducing synchronization deviation. Last, based on the view, a geometric multipath generating method is proposed to enhance reliability by reducing the joint degree of multiple paths and facilitating convergence. The extensive simulation experiments show that our proposed UAV-CPS allows DNT to provide better reliability with reduced latency.
Benchmarking miniaturized microscopy against two-photon calcium imaging using single-cell orientation tuning in mouse visual cortex

Miniaturized microscopes are lightweight imaging devices that allow optical recordings from neurons in freely moving animals over the course of weeks. Despite their ubiquitous use, individual neuronal responses measured with these microscopes have not been directly compared to those obtained with established in vivo imaging techniques such as bench-top two-photon microscopes. To achieve this, we performed calcium imaging in mouse primary visual cortex while presenting animals with drifting gratings. We identified the same neurons in image stacks acquired with both microscopy methods and quantified orientation tuning of individual neurons. The response amplitude and signal-to-noise ratio of calcium transients recorded upon visual stimulation were highly correlated between both microscopy methods, although influenced by neuropil contamination in miniaturized microscopy. Tuning properties, calculated for individual orientation tuned neurons, were strongly correlated between imaging techniques. Thus, neuronal tuning features measured with a miniaturized microscope are quantitatively similar to those obtained with a two-photon microscope.
Learning to Hash With Dimension Analysis Based Quantizer for Image Retrieval

The last few years have witnessed the rise of the big data era, in which approximate nearest neighbor search is a fundamental problem in many applications, such as large-scale image retrieval. Recently, many research results demonstrate that hashing can achieve promising performance due to its appealing storage and search efficiency. Since the complex optimization problems for loss functions are difficult to solve, most hashing methods decompose the hash codes learning problem into two steps: projection and quantization. In the quantization step, binary codes are widely used because ranking them by Hamming distance is very efficient. However, the huge information loss produced by the quantization step should be reduced in applications, such as image retrieval where high search accuracy is required. Since many two-step hashing methods produce uneven projected dimensions in the projection step, in this paper, we propose a novel dimension analysis based quantization method (DAQ) on two-step hashing methods for image retrieval. We first perform an importance analysis of the projected dimensions and select a subset of them that are more informative than the others, then we divide the selected projected dimensions into several regions with our quantizer. Every region is quantized with its corresponding codebook. Finally, the similarity between two hash codes is estimated by Manhattan distance between their corresponding codebooks, which is also efficient. We conduct experiments on three public benchmarks containing up to one million descriptors and show that the proposed DAQ method consistently leads to significant accuracy improvements over state-of-the-art quantization methods.
Plant constituents affecting food selection by sika deer

We directly observed the feeding behaviors of Yaku sika deer (Cervus nippon yakushimae), the smallest subspecies of Japanese sika deer, by following 6 wild, habituated, and individually identifiable animals in a natural warm-temperate forest on the island of Yakushima, southern Japan, 2005–2006. Deer fed on various plant species and parts but predominantly on the fallen leaves, fruits, seeds, and flowers of woody plants (ca. 82% of food items) at 59 natural feeding plots. We analyzed 8 key plant constituents of eaten and uneaten items at the feeding plots, and examined the effects of each constituent on food selection by multivariate and univariate generalized linear mixed models. The multivariate analysis, which evaluated the effect of each plant constituent on food selection by controlling influences of the other constituents in the food items, showed that deer selected food items with higher contents of crude fat, crude protein, and total phenolics but with lower contents of lignin and condensed tannin from the available items at the feeding plots. Neither soluble nor structural carbohydrate, nor ash content affected selection of food items. It may be advantageous for these small ungulates with shorter gastrointestinal tracts to select foods that are relatively rich in fat because of the higher energy content of fat compared with carbohydrates. Furthermore, it appears that non-tannin phenolics may have beneficial functions in this species. The univariate analyses showed different effects of crude protein and structural carbohydrate on food selection compared to those derived from the multivariate analysis. We demonstrate that accounting for influences of other plant constituents by using multivariate analyses is important to ensure that any effects of individual plant constituents are not overlooked or overstated.