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Aspects of Online Reviews and their Effects on Consumer Decisions

Title of Dissertation: ASPECTS OF ONLINE REVIEWS AND THEIR EFFECTS IN CONSUMER DECISIONS Jared Joseph Watson, Doctor of Philosophy in Business and Management, 2018 Dissertation directed by: Ralph J. Tyser Professor of Marketing, Amna Kirmani, Department of Marketing Assistant Professor, Anastasiya Pocheptsova Ghosh, Department of Marketing As online reviews increase in their prominence as a critical resource for consumers, investigation into their influences are necessary. This dissertation investigates various aspects of online reviews and how they affect consumers’ decisions. In Essay I, the role average product ratings and review volumes are investigated, and the conditions by which the relative influence of these two summary attributes are defined. While average product ratings tend to be more diagnostic, and therefore more influential, than review volumes, when review volumes in a choice set are low or when the average product ratings are somewhat negative, consumers are more likely to rely on review volumes to also inform their decisions. In Essay II, consumer responses to information veracity disclosures are investigated. Some websites now report when they have identified fake reviews, and we demonstrate that consumers may be overreacting to these alerts due to the salience of the information. Furthermore, we argue that consumers not only attempt to correct for fake reviews, but also punish brands who solicit them. Both essays have implications for theory and practice, while providing interesting avenues for future research. ASPECTS OF ONLINE REVIEWS AND THEIR EFFECTS IN CONSUMER DECISIONS
Assessment Practices in Mathematics: Local to Global Contexts

The main purpose of this paper is to explore the present mathematics assessment practices in local and global contexts. For this, I decisively review educational policies, practices, curricular documents and contemporary researches. In doing so, I select the Finland, China, USA, as they have stood in the significant positions in an international comparative study such as TIMSS, PISA and Nepal. It reveals that the assessment practices in mathematics are not an isolated phenomenon that have been executed by an external authority at the end of the academic sessions to quantify the individual attributes relating to mathematical performances. It is largely embedded in educational activities from the very beginning and simultaneously works throughout the programme for enriching mathematical outcomes and performances of students. I capture two major trends of assessment practices of these countries; post-positivist approaches of assessment and integral approaches of assessment. The post/positivist perspective incorporates summative evaluation techniques and assessment of learning whereas integral perspectives concentrate on assessment for learning as having broad goals of reconstructing, reframing and transforming the entire programs. These trends of assessment practice largely blend with philosophy of mathematics education. The comparing and contrasting views of assessment practices would be helpful for the policy makers, educators, mathematicians and other related personnel for critically re-evaluate their respective assessment practices and thus encourage to transform the deep-rooted conventional assessment practice that is one of the major hindrance to sanction the mathematics education within the positivistic paradigm. The Sapta Gandaki JournalVol. IX, 2018 Feb. Page: 1-16
Aptamer Chimeras for Therapeutic Delivery: The Challenging Perspectives

Nucleic acid-based aptamers have emerged as efficient delivery carriers of therapeutics. Thanks to their unique features, they can be, to date, considered one of the best targeting moieties, allowing the specific recognition of diseased cells and avoiding unwanted off-target effects on healthy tissues. In this review, we revise the most recent contributes on bispecific and multifunctional aptamer therapeutic chimeras. We will discuss key examples of aptamer-mediated delivery of nucleic acid and peptide-based therapeutics underlying their great potentiality and versatility. Achieved objectives and challenges will be highlighted as well.
Okul Öncesi Öğretmenlerinin Öz Yeterlik İnançlarının Bazı Değişkenlere Göre İncelenmesi

Bu calismanin amaci farkli kurumlarda okul oncesi ogretmeni olarak gorev yapan ogretmenlerin oz yeterlik inanclarinin cinsiyet, yas, mesleki deneyim ve calisilan kurum turu degikenine gore farklilasip farklilasmadigini ortaya koymaktir. Arastirmanin calisma grubunu Konya il merkezinde gorev yapan 108 okul oncesi ogretmeni olusturmustur. Calismada veri toplama araci olarak arastirmaci tarafindan gelistirilen “Demografik Bilgi Formu” ile Tepe ve Demir (2012) tarafindan gelistirilen besli likert “Okul Oncesi Ogretmenlerinin Oz-yeterlilik Inanclari Olcegi” kullanilmistir. Calismanin verileri SPPS paket programi kullanilarak bagimsiz gruplar t testi ve tek yonlu varyans analizi ile (ANOVA) analiz edilmistir. Calismanin sonucuna gore okul oncesi ogretmenlerinin ozyeterlik inanclarinin cinsiyet, yas, mesleki deneyim ve calisilan kurum turu degiskenine gore anlamli farklilasmadigi bulunmustur Bu arastirmada elde edilen sonuclar alanyazinda yapilan arastirmalarla benzer sonuclar ortaya koymustur. Bundan sonra yapilacak calismalar icin degisik branslarda calisma gruplari ile farkli degiskenlerle calismalarin yapilmasi ve nitel verilerle desteklenerek derinlemesine analizler yapilmasi onerilebilir.
Performance of data mining algorithms in unauthorized intrusion detection systems in computer networks

----------------------------------------************************---------------------------------Abstract: In this article, we first normalized data by using random sampling conducted and chose a limited number of data. Then we determined the two types of clusters using hours and non-working hours and hours, and we implement the clusters ID3 and Decision tree algorithms. The results of our proposed method show that ID3 algorithm for high power at sorting and classification acts better than Decision tree. The purpose of this paper is to compare the performance of these two algorithms.
Analisis Kinerja Anggaran Belanja Pada Dinas Kebudayaan Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta Tahun 2012 – 2016

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis kinerja anggaran belanja Dinas Kebudayaan Daerah istimewa Yogyakarta tahun 2012 – 2016. Analisis yang digunakan meliputi: analisis varians belanja, analisis pertumbuhan belanja, analisis keserasian belanja, rasio efisiensi belanja dan rasio efektivitas. Analisis ini tepat digunakan karena dapat mengukur penggunaan anggaran belanja secara ekonomis, efektif, dan efisien. Metode yang digunakan adalah metode kualitatif yang diolah menggunakan analisis deskriptif. Data yang digunakan adalah laporan realisasi anggaran yang diperoleh langsung dari Dinas Kebudayaan Daerah istimewa Yogyakarta. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian dapat diketahui bahwa: (1) hasil analisis varians belanja dan analisis pertumbuhan belanja di Dinas Kebudayaan Daerah istimewa Yogyakarta sudah berjalan dengan baik; (2) analisis keserasian belanja menunjukkan bahwa dinas sudah melakukan harmonisasi belanja daerah; (3) Dinas Kebudayaan Daerah istimewa Yogyakarta sudah melakukan efisiensi dengan menggunakan anggaran tidak melebihi realisasinya. Namun, terdapat salah satu program yang tidak berjalan secara efisien dan untuk hasil perhitungan dari rasio efektivitas dinas terkait dinilai sudah efektif dalam menggunakan anggaran belanja tidak langsung. Secara keseluruhan, kinerja anggaran belanja Dinas Kebudayaan Daerah istimewa Yogyakarta tahun 2012-2016 baik.
Offline Strategies for Online Set Expansion

Set expansion aims at expanding a given query seed set into a larger and more complete set by adding elements that are likely to belong to the same grouping as the elements of the query set. This thesis studies the problem of efficient set expansion; in particular, given a collection of data sets, each corresponding to an object grouping, and a query set, we develop offline strategies to preprocess and organize the data sets such that online set expansion queries can be answered efficiently. We show how those strategies can be tuned for different set expansion semantics. We also evaluate our algorithms on a real dataset, constructed from the Wikipedia tables.
Contrast-Enhanced Mammography: A Systematic Guide to Interpretation and Reporting.

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this article is to discuss the essential steps involved in performing, interpreting, managing, and reporting findings on contrast-enhanced mammography for successful implementation into clinical practice. CONCLUSION To successfully implement contrast-enhanced mammography into clinical practice, an understanding about the acquisition of images, image interpretation, and reporting of the spectrum of negative, benign, and malignant findings is essential.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Compatible Non-Invasive Fibre-Optic Sensors Based on the Bragg Gratings and Interferometers in the Application of Monitoring Heart and Respiration Rate of the Human Body: A Comparative Study

The publication presents a comparative study of two fibre-optic sensors in the application of heart rate (HR) and respiratory rate (RR) monitoring of the human body. After consultation with clinical practitioners, two types of non-invasive measuring and analysis systems based on fibre Bragg grating (FBG) and fibre-optic interferometer (FOI) have been designed and assembled. These systems use probes (both patent pending) that have been encapsulated in the bio-compatible polydimethylsiloxane (PMDS). The main advantage of PDMS is that it is electrically non-conductive and, as well as optical fibres, has low permeability. The initial verification measurement of the system designed was performed on four subjects in a harsh magnetic resonance (MR) environment under the supervision of a senior radiology assistant. A follow-up comparative study was conducted, upon a consent of twenty volunteers, in a laboratory environment with a minimum motion load and discussed with a head doctor of the Radiodiagnostic Institute. The goal of the laboratory study was to perform measurements that would simulate as closely as possible the environment of harsh MR or the environment of long-term health care facilities, hospitals and clinics. Conventional HR and RR measurement systems based on ECG measurements and changes in the thoracic circumference were used as references. The data acquired was compared by the objective Bland–Altman (B–A) method and discussed with practitioners. The results obtained confirmed the functionality of the designed probes, both in the case of RR and HR measurements (for both types of B–A, more than 95% of the values lie within the ±1.96 SD range), while demonstrating higher accuracy of the interferometric probe (in case of the RR determination, 95.66% for the FOI probe and 95.53% for the FBG probe, in case of the HR determination, 96.22% for the FOI probe and 95.23% for the FBG probe).
Interpreting the Public Sentiment Variations

: The multiple users of shares their opinions on Social media sites, creating it a valuable platform for trailing and analyzing public sentiment. Such trailing and analysis will offer important data for higher usually process in in existing large number domains. During this work, we have a way of behaving to move one step any to interpret sentiment variations.In this paper, we explain an approach using both dictionary based and collection based method to determine the semantic orientation of opinion words in tweets in Social media. Due to the increase of social networking sites, there has been large number of user created content existing. The social networking sites have millions of people sharing their thoughts regularly on daily basis because of its characteristics short and simple manner of expression by other people. We propose and reviews a typical example to mine the public sentiment from a popular Computing social media services like Twitter, where users post real time replies to and opinions about “everything”. A case study is that you can get to illustrate the use and effectiveness of the proposed system by classifying the tweets based on positive and negative tweets.
'It is unbelievable how many come to us': : A study on community librarians' perspectives on digital inclusion in Sweden

In advanced, digitalized democratic communities the demands for literacy are a prerequisite for engagement and inclusion, at the same time different forms of divides are omnipresent. By providing access and qualified support to all citizens, public libraries play a central function in the building of democratic and inclusive local communities, being increasingly relied upon by governments to deliver access and support for e-services. Based on a case study of community library services in Sweden, Östergötland, this paper aims to study digital inclusion as reflected in daily practices through the perspective of librarians. In this paper we argue that while advancing digitalisation involves opening of new access and engagement opportunities through empowering digital tools and Internet, it also involves different challenges of exclusion for those who cannot use, choose not to use or have other needs
Cyclic AMP stimulates apical V-ATPase accumulation, microvillar elongation and proton extrusion in kidney collecting duct A-intercalated cells

Kidney proton-secreting A-intercalated cells (A-IC) respond to systemic acidosis by accumulating the vacuolar ATPase (V-ATPase) in their apical membrane and by increasing the length and number of apical microvilli. We show here that the cell permeant cAMP analog CPT-cAMP, infused in vivo, results in an almost two-fold increase in apical V-ATPase accumulation in AE1-positive A-IC within 15 min, and that these cells develop an extensive array of apical microvilli compared to controls. In contrast, no significant change in V-ATPase distribution could be detected by immunocytochemistry in B-intercalated cells at the acute time point examined. To show a direct effect of cAMP on A-IC, we prepared cell suspensions from the medulla of transgenic mice expressing EGFP in IC (driven by the B1-subunit promoter of the V-ATPase) and exposed them to cAMP analogs in vitro. 3D-reconstructions of confocal images revealed that cAMP induced a time dependent growth of apical microvilli, starting within minutes after addition. This effect was blocked by the PKA inhibitor, myristoylated PKI. These morphological changes were paralleled by increased cAMP-mediated proton extrusion (pHi recovery) by A-IC in outer medullary collecting ducts measured using the ratiometric probe BCECF. These results, and our prior data showing that the bicarbonate-stimulated soluble adenylyl cyclase (sAC) is highly expressed in kidney intercalated cells, support the idea that cAMP generated either by sAC, or by activation of other signaling pathways, is part of the signal transduction mechanism involved in acid-base sensing and V-ATPase membrane trafficking in kidney intercalated cells.
Life and career skills of primary school students: A tentative model and an online scale

Life and career skills are essential attributes for living in the 21st century because they are important to both learning and working in local and international workplaces. This study tried to create a measurement model of life and career skills and develop an online scale for investigating the psychometric property of the scale. The participants consisted of 646 primary students in Northern, Central, Southern and North eastern regions of Thailand. Then, the classical test theory, the multidimensional item response theory and the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were used for data analysis. The analysis of data appeared as item of difficulty index, discrimination power index and reliability of the scale. In addition, the multidimensional analysis and the CFA of data showed item fit and construct validity of the scale. This may lead to the development of clear and correct measure of students’ life and career skills structure. Policy implications are discussed.
Improving Students` Badminton Smash Skill Through Game Modifications

This study aims to determine the improvement of the results of badminton smash training through game modification in extracurricular students of Junior High School 4 South Sinjai. The subjects in this study were 25 students. The research method used is the action research with the design of kemmis and Mctaggart. This study consists of two cycles which each cycle consists of eight meetings. The test is done at the end of each meeting. The test is a badminton smash test. The results of the study of 20 students showed the results of a complete precycle test of 6 students. Students increased in cycle I as many as 14 students and continue to increase in cycle II as many as 18 students. Therefore, in the second cycle of success criteria has been achieved then the researchers do not need to take action on the next cycle. Thus it can be concluded that the exercise by using game modification can improve the result of badminton smash skills on the extracurricular students of Junior High School 4 South Sinjai-Sinjai regency. Keywords—Badminton Smash Skill, Game Modification
The Effect of Sequence Repeat Time on Auditory Cortex Stimulation During Phonetic Discrimination

Acoustic noise generated by the MR scanner gradient system during fMRI studies of auditory function is a very significant potential confound. Despite these deleterious effects, fMRI of the auditory cortex has been successful and numerous practitioners have circumvented the problem of acoustic masking noise. In the context of auditory cortex fMRI, the sequence repeat time (TR) has the effect of altering the length of time during which the scanner is quiet. Indeed, the move to whole-brain fMRI makes the problem of acoustic noise more acute and points to the need to examine the role of TR and its influence on the BOLD signal. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of varying the TR time on activation of auditory cortex during presentation and performance of a phonetic discrimination task. The results presented here demonstrate that the influence of sequence repeat time is considerable. For a short repeat time it is likely that the noise from the scanner is a significant mask and hinders accurate task performance. At the other extreme, a repeat time of 9 s is also suboptimal, probably due to attentional effects and lack of concentration and not least because of the longer overall measurement times. The results of this study point to a complicated interplay between psychophysical factors as well as physical parameters; attention, acoustic noise, total duration of the experiment, consideration of the volume of acquisition, and overall difficulty of the task have to be assessed and balanced. For the paradigm used here, the results suggest an optimal TR of around 6 s for a 16-slice acquisition.
Exploring an Integrative Lens of Identity for a High School Mathematics Teacher.

Driven largely by societal discourse regarding the underrepresentation of African American males pursuing science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) majors, careers and professions, it becomes salient to understand how African American males experience mathematics in K-12 public schools in relation to their mathematics identity development. Mathematics teachers play a critical role in developing African American male mathematics identity. Utilizing an integrative lens of identity, this study examined one teacher’s mathematics identity development and its influence on her teaching of students. The analysis focuses on how mathematics teachers’ identities shape mathematics instruction for African American students, ultimately impacting their emerging identities as learners of mathematics. I argue that foregrounding teacher identity in mathematics within an integrative lens of identity can enhance our current understanding of how K-12 mathematics instruction impacts career trajectories in STEM for African American students.
Predicting Microsleep States Using EEG Inter-Channel Relationships

A microsleep is a brief and an involuntary sleep-related loss of consciousness of up to 15 s. We investigated the performances of seven pairwise inter-channel relationships–covariance, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, wavelet cross-spectral power, wavelet coherence, joint entropy, mutual information, and phase synchronization index–in continuous prediction of microsleep states from EEG. These relationships were used as the feature sets of a linear discriminant analysis (LDA) and a linear support vector machine classifiers. Priors for both classifiers were incorporated to address the class imbalance in the training data sets. Each feature set was extracted from a 5-s window of EEG with the step of 0.25 s and was demeaned with respect to the mean of first 2 min. The sequential forward selection (SFS) method, based on a serial combination of the correlation coefficient, Fisher score-based filter, and an LDA-based wrapper, was used to select features from each training set. The comparison was based on 16-channel EEG data from eight subjects who had performed a 1-D visuomotor task for two 1-h sessions. The prediction performances were evaluated using leave-one-subject-out cross-validation. For both classifiers, non-normalized feature sets were found to perform better than normalized feature sets. Furthermore, demeaning the non-normalized features considerably improved the prediction performance. Overall, the LDA classifier with joint entropy features resulted in the best average prediction performances (phi, AUCPR, and AUCROC) of (0.47, 0.50, and 0.95). Joint entropy between O1 and O2 from theta frequency band was the most informative feature.
Ethnic Minority Health in Ireland—Co-creating knowledge (EMH-IC): a participatory health research protocol

Introduction International policy recommends continuous, cost-effective monitoring of health data to enable health services to identify and respond to health inequities as experienced by different ethnic groups. However, there is a lack of routinely collected ethnicity data, particularly in primary care, and very little implementation research internationally to understand how ethnic identifiers are introduced, embedded and used in healthcare settings. This paper describes a protocol for a novel participatory health research project with the objective of building the evidence base on ethnic minority health in Ireland. Findings on the participatory appraisal of ethnic identifiers as an intervention to generate useful data about minority and majority ethnic groups will have relevance in other settings and countries. Methods and analysis This multidisciplinary project is designed as a participatory health research study where all stakeholders, including ethnic minority communities, participate in co-design of the research protocol, project governance, collaborative data interpretation and disseminating findings. A national catalogue of all routinely collected health data repositories will be electronically searched for any repositories that contain information on ethnicity. A secondary quantitative analysis of a population-representative cohort study, Growing Up in Ireland, will be carried out to compare the health of ethnic minority and majority groups. A qualitative case study informed by normalisation process theory will be carried out at three primary care sites to monitor the implementation of an ethnic identifier and identify barriers and levers to implementation. Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval for the qualitative case study has been granted by the Irish Council for General Practitioners (06/09/17). Permission to access data from Growing Up in Ireland has been granted by the Director General of the Central Statistics Office. Dissemination will be carried out at community events and academic conferences, in peer-reviewed journal publications, and through academic and healthcare provider networks.