Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
THE MODEL OF BUILDING LOYALTY TO BEAUTY PARLOR BUSINESS IN BANGKOK

A business market growing trend and the business entrepreneurs’ potential to expand rapidly in health care in Thailand has made more and more people pay more attention to their health in order to have good health and good external appearance in society to look better.Based on this trend, it can be seen that the beauty parlors are facing increasingly high competition from new entrants who have just entered into the market and the hospitals. The objectives of this research were to: 1) study the current extend to which the state of service innovation, service quality, perceived value, satisfaction, and loyalty effect on beauty parlor business in Bangkok; 2) examine the influences of service innovation, service quality, perceived value, and satisfaction on the loyalty to the beauty parlors in Bangkok; and 3) develop a model building customers’ loyalty to the beauty parlors in Bangkok. This research employed a mixed research methodology combining quantitative and qualitative methods. For the quantitative research part, the research sample consisted of 420 people in Bangkok who were in 20s and above. The sample size was determined based on the criterion of 20 times the observed variables. They were selected via multi-stage sampling. Data were collected with the use of a questionnaire and analyzed with a structural equation model. As for the qualitative research component, indepth interviews were conducted with 20 key informants who were the entrepreneurs of the beauty parlors in Bangkok.Data were analyzed with content analysis.The findings showed that:1)service innovation, service quality, perceived value perception, satisfaction, and loyalty to the beauty parlors in Bangkok were rated at a high level; 2) service innovation, service quality, perceived value, and satisfaction had the influence on the loyalty to the beauty parlors in Bangkok and they could predict the loyalty to the beauty parlors by 78 percent,at a . 05 level of statistical significance, and 3) the model for developing the loyalty to the beauty parlors in Bangkok, developed by the researcher, was called the IPSQ model,consisting of I (referring to innovation), P (referring to perceived value); S (referring to satisfaction), and Q (referring to quality). In addition, the driving forces which represented the main components of this model consisted of operating business with morality, providing services with standards, creating a good image for the organization, continuously developingthe service personnel, having modern equipment and tools for service provision, and opening to customer opinions. These research finding can be used as a guideline in determining policies for promoting management strategies. Differentiation through innovation to achieve diversity in the quality of service create different values and develop employees' competence to maintain service quality standards. It can be used as a guideline for developing business strategies. To strengthen customer loyalty for a competitive advantage in the beauty parlor business in Bangkok.
Physiological model controlled sweating thermal manikin: can it replace human subjects?

Sweating thermal manikins are extensively used to assess clothing before performing human trials. Because thermal manikins cannot simulate human physiological responses and psychological perceptions, a recent hot research on incorporating various physiological models with thermal manikins has been highlighted. Can such physiological model regulated sweating manikins replace human subjects? A thermal manikin is an instrument which simulates an average human being in terms of body dimensions. The first thermal manikin was introduced in 1940s by the US Army [1]. It was a one-segment copper manikin. Afterwards, more advanced ones such as multisegment, sweating and moveable male and female manikins have been developed as new technologiesadvance [2-5]. The idea of incorporating a human physiological model with a sweating manikin was first proposed in 2005 [6]. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (Golden, CO) designed such a physiological model controlled manikin ADAM and used it to evaluate liquid cooling garments. The controlling system is comprised of three units: the sweating manikin, the physiological control model and the empirical thermal comfort model. In this study, the comparison of data from model controlled manikin and physiological data from subject tests was not accomplished due to various reasons such as different test conditions were used. Nevertheless, the comfort and thermal sensations obtained from the model controlled manikin showed expected trends.
An analysis of the embodied energy of office buildings by height

Aims to compare the energy embodied in office buildings varying in height from a few storeys to over 50 storeys. The energy embodied in substructure, superstructure and finishes elements was investigated for five Melbourne office buildings of the following heights: 3, 7, 15, 42 and 52 storeys. The two high‐rise buildings have approximately 60 percent more energy embodied per unit gross floor area (GFA) in their materials than the low‐rise buildings. While building height was found to dictate the amount of energy embodied in the “structure group” elements (upper floors, columns, internal walls, external walls and staircases), other elements such as substructure, roof, windows and finishes seemed uninfluenced.
Epitope Screening Using Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange Mass Spectrometry (HDX-MS): An Optimized Workflow for Accelerated Evaluation of Lead Monoclonal Antibodies

Background: Epitope mapping is an increasingly important aspect of biotherapeutic and vaccine development. Recent advances in therapeutic antibody design and production has enabled candidate mAbs to be identified at a rapidly increasing rate resulting in a significant bottleneck in the characterization of ‘structural’ epitopes, that are challenging to determine using existing high throughput epitope mapping tools. Here, Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange Mass Spectrometry (HDX-MS) epitope screening workflow was introduced that is well suited for accelerated characterization of epitopes with a common antigen. Main methods and major results: The method is demonstrated on set of 6 candidate mAbs targeting Pertactin (PRN). Using this approach, five of the six epitopes was unambiguously determined using two HDX mixing timepoints in 24 hours total run time, corresponding to substantial decrease in the instrument time required to map a single epitope using conventional HDX workflows. Conclusion: An accelerated HDX-MS epitope screening workflow was developed. The two-timepoint ‘screening’ workflow mapped all six mAbs and generated high confidence epitopes for five of the six mAbs assayed. The substantial improvement in the rate of data collection can advance HDX-MS for higher throughput investigations supporting the ability to evaluate a broader number of mAb candidates at an earlier stage of vaccine development.
Accurate finite element modal solution of photonic crystal fibres

The imaginary distance full vectorial finite element based beam propagation method (IDVFEBPM) is applied to perform an accurate modal solution to photonic crystal fibres (PCFs). The robust perfectly matched layer (PML) boundary condition is employed at the edges of the computational window in order to account for the leakage property of the modes. The effects of the number of holes and the geometrical parameters of the PCF on the effective index, the confinement losses, the effective mode area and the dispersion of the fundamental mode have been thoroughly studied.
Co-ethnic networks and inter-provincial migration destination choice of ethnic minority migrants in China

ABSTRACT Previous research shows that co-ethnic networks are an important factor in explaining the concentrated pattern of distribution of ethnic minority migrants. This study uses pooled data from the National Migrant Dynamics Monitoring Survey, to examine the role co-ethnic networks play in ethnic minorities’ inter-provincial migration destination choices and how it is moderated by education in China. Conditional logit models reveal that except for Manchus, ethnic minority migrants are more likely to go to provinces with large co-ethnic networks. There are also group differences in the effect of co-ethnic network size, with it being greater for Tibetans and Dong than for the rest of minority groups in the study. It is further found that higher levels of education reduce the effect of co-ethnic networks on Tibetan and Korean migrants’ destination choice. For the rest of the ethnic minority groups in the study, education’s moderating effect is either positive or not statistically significant.
Traffic Police Officers’ Experience of Post-crash Care to Road Traffic Injury Victims: A Qualitative Study in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Background Recently, road traffic injuries (RTIs) have become a major health problem affecting health systems in many low- and middle-income countries. Regardless of whether an ambulance is available for evacuation, police officers have been shown to arrive at the crash scene first, becoming, in effect, the first responders to RTI victims. The experiences of traffic police officers who have provided care to RTI victims in the prehospital environment was therefore the focus of the present study. Method The study used a qualitative approach in which data were obtained from 10 in-depth interviews and three focus group discussions. Data were collected in Dar es Salaam Region, Tanzania, in three phases from December 2017 to June 2018 by means of an interview guide designed by the researchers. Qualitative content analysis was used to analyse all the materials. Results Three themes emerged from the analysis. The theme “Maintain safety while saving injured victims’ lives and facilitating access to a health facility” was comprised of safety, sorting, initial help, and assisting access to hospital care. “Overwhelmed working with limited resources and support” included limited care and transport resources, police fatigue, and little or no support. “Improving supportive system and empowering frontline personnel” included the need for an emergency care system, availability of resources and an emergency medical support system, and training for police and drivers regarding victims’ first-aid care, and road safety. Conclusion The study findings characterize an environment in which the police first responders have no knowledge or skills and no equipment and supplies to provide care to RTI victims at the scene before rushing them to definitive care. The results suggest a favorable climate for training and equipping police officers so that they can deliver competent postcrash care at the scene while emergency medical services are yet to be established. However, more research will be needed to determine the efficacy of such training and its acceptability in the Tanzanian context.
Stirling Cycle Engine Analysis

This book is a timely, accurate and comprehensive monograph which presents a solid foundation for the development of Stirling engine analysis by covering computer, mathematical and experimental techniques which affect the structured analysis. The subject requires a familiarity with the design and operational mode of the Stirling engine being analyzed, and the thermodynamics and aerodynamics of fluid flow and simultaneous heat transfer. Contents, abridged: Isothermal analysis. Free-piston machines. Heat exchanger analysis. Parasitic losses. Appendices. Index.
Mechanical properties and impact resistance of roller-compacted concrete containing polypropylene fibre

In this study, the effect of polypropylene fibre content on mechanical properties and impact resistance of roller-compacted concrete (RCC) was investigated. The polypropylene fibre was used as 0%, 0·25%, 0·50% and 0·75% per 1 m3 of concrete; thus, four different mixtures of RCC were prepared. The water content of those mixtures was determined using the maximum density method (soil compaction method). Optimum water content values for the maximum dry density of each RCC mixture were calculated with this approach. The compressive strength, splitting tensile strength, flexural strength, modulus of elasticity and impact resistance of RCC mixtures were determined at different ages. As a result of the experimental study, it was observed that the use of polypropylene fibre in RCC mixtures increases the water requirement and water/cement ratio. The mechanical properties of RCC mixtures containing polypropylene fibre decreased by 20% compared to the control mixture without polypropylene fibre. This phenomenon can b.
Optimal Partial Reconfiguration for Permanent Fault Recovery on SRAM-Based FPGAs in Space Mission

In this paper, we present a technique to maximize the lifetime of SRAM-based FPGAs in space mission. We focus on recovering permanent faults induced by SEE (single-events effect). In our technique, we use a fix-sized fault detection module to detect permanent faults and propose a permanent fault recovery mechanism for fault recovery. By using partial reconfiguration, we develop a system lifetime estimation model to find the optimal partition for designing the module-based fault recovering with the maximum system lifetime. We conduct experiments with a set of real applications including SpaceWire, Wavelet, AC97, MEPG-4, 8086, and Ethernet on Xilinx XUP platforms. The experimental results show our technique can effectively improve the lifetime compared with the previous work.
A novel Bayesian adaptive method for mapping the visual field

Measuring visual functions such as light and contrast sensitivity, visual acuity, reading speed, and crowding across retinal locations provides visual-field maps (VFMs) that are extremely valuable for detecting and managing eye diseases. Although mapping light sensitivity is a standard glaucoma test, the measurement is often noisy (Keltner et al., 2000). Mapping other visual functions is even more challenging. To improve the precision of light-sensitivity mapping and enable other VFM assessments, we developed a novel hybrid Bayesian adaptive testing framework, the qVFM method. The method combines a global module for preliminary assessment of the VFM's shape and a local module for assessing individual visual-field locations. This study validates the qVFM method in measuring light sensitivity across the visual field. In both simulation and psychophysics studies, we sampled 100 visual-field locations (60° × 60°) and compared the performance of qVFM with the qYN procedure (Lesmes et al., 2015) that measured light sensitivity at each location independently. In the simulations, a simulated observer was tested monocularly for 1,000 runs with 1,200 trials/run, to compare the accuracy and precision of the two methods. In the experiments, data were collected from 12 eyes (six left, six right) of six human subjects. Subjects were cued to report the presence or absence of a target stimulus, with the luminance and location of the target adaptively selected in each trial. Both simulations and a psychological experiment showed that the qVFM method can provide accurate, precise, and efficient mapping of light sensitivity. This method can be extended to map other visual functions, with potential clinical signals for monitoring vision loss, evaluating therapeutic interventions, and developing effective rehabilitation for low vision.
Compact bandstop filter using signal interference technique

A signal interference technique is proposed to design a compact wideband bandstop filter (BSF). Two parallel transmission lines of different lengths and characteristic impedances are used. The signal propagates through these two paths and interferes at the other end with different phases and magnitudes. By varying these phases and magnitudes two finite transmission zeros can be obtained. To improve the stopband rejection level another zero is obtained using an open-circuited quarter-wavelength stub at the stopband centre frequency (fc). One single section prototype fabricated BSF of fc=0.449 GHz has 3 and 40 dB fractional bandwidths of 50.6 and 22.3%, respectively. The filter implementation area is 0. 116λg×0. 163λg, λg being the guided wavelength at fc.
Generalized Stochastic Processes: Linear Relations to White Noise and Orthogonal Representations

We present two linear relations between an arbitrary (real tempered second order) generalized stochastic process over $\mathbb{R}^{d}$ and White Noise processes over $\mathbb{R}^{d}$. The first is that any generalized stochastic process can be obtained as a linear transformation of a White Noise. The second indicates that, under dimensional compatibility conditions, a generalized stochastic process can be linearly transformed into a White Noise. The arguments rely on the regularity theorem for tempered distributions, which is used to obtain a mean-square continuous stochastic process which is then expressed in a Karhunen-Lo\`eve expansion with respect to a convenient Hilbert space. The first linear relation obtained allows also to conclude that any generalized stochastic process has an orthogonal representation as a series expansion of deterministic tempered distributions weighted by uncorrelated random variables with summable variances. This representation is then used to conclude the second linear relation.
Passivity-based control of HVDC transmission system based on modular multilevel converter under unbalanced grid conditions

This paper investigates the passivity-based control of Euler-Lagrange model for modular multilevel converter based HVDC (MMC-HVDC) under unbalanced grid conditions. The topology and operation principle of MMC are firstly introduced. Then the d-q Euler-Lagrange (EL) mathematics model of MMC is derived, and the passivity-based control rule is also deduced with the consideration of desired equilibrium point, state and state error. On the basis of them, the passivity-based control scheme of MMC, for unbalanced grid conditions, is proposed including the inner decoupled positive-negative sequence passivity-based controller and the outer loop controller. An improved outer loop active power controller is integrated DC voltage control unit to reduce DC voltage fluctuation caused by grid faults. At last, the simulation model of 21-level MMC-HVDC transmission system is built in PSCAD/EMTDC. The results show that the proposed control strategy has better dynamic characteristics and stability under different fault conditions.
Derivation of Fundamental Solution of Heat Equation by using Symmetry Reduction

The objective of this article is to present the fundamental solution of heat equation using symmetry of reduction which is associated with partial derivatives of heat equations through its initial conditions (ICs). To emphasize our main results, we also consider some important way of solving of partial differential equation. The main results of our paper are quite general in nature and yield a very large interesting fundamental solution of heat equation and it is used for problems of differential mathematics and mathematical physics special in the area of thermodynamics.
Preliminary cost and risk analysis for transporting spent fuel and high-level wastes to candidate repository sites

The Transportation Technology Center (TTC) at Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) analyzed the costs and risks of transporting spent nuclear fuel to each of nine potential candidate repository sites. The total amount of spent fuel to be shipped was assumed to be 70,000 tHM (tons of heavy metal). The transport of 30 canisters of high-level wastes from West Valley (WVHLW) and 6720 canisters of defense high-level wastes (DHLW) from Savannah River, which may be sent to the repository, also was evaluated in this study, and the cost and risk estimates given below are totals for all three waste forms. As in the previous study, two scenarios, in which 100% of all shipments are by truck and 100% of all shipments are by rail, respectively, were analyzed as bounding conditions. The transport scenarios maximize the number of trips for each mode. Since estimates of radiological and nonradiological impacts are proportional to the number of miles traveled and, hence, to the number of shipments, analyses of transport exclusively by truck and exclusively by rail yield estimates that are expected to bound the range of impacts that might actually occur under the assumptions used. This comparison of the two analyses for the once-through scenariomore » reveals the impact on transportation-related costs and risks of changes in cask capacity and transport index (TI), where TI is a function of both fuel age and packaging shielding. Recent changes in the base-case scenario options including: (1) insertion of a potential repackaging or MRS facility; and (2) consideration of alternative modal options and operational considerations (e.g. barge transport and multiple-car rail shipments), could affect these cost and risk estimates. Analyses of these options will be documented to support the environmental and siting requirements of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act. 9 references, 1 figure, 4 tables. « less
Cardiac complications during DLBCL treatment using R-CHOP

DOI: 10.24292/01.0R. 119080319 Copyright © Medical Education. All rights reserved. AbstrAct Diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most frequent of non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas in the world. Immunochemotherapy with rituximab, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, and prednisone (R‐CHOP) is the first-line treatment in this disease. Rituximab is a chimeric murine-human monoclonal anti-CD20 antibody, which binds specifically with CD20 receptor located on majority of mature B-cell lymphocytes. We are presenting the case of sudden cardiac arrest with ventricular fibrillation after intravenous injection of rituximab in a patient with DLBCL type NGC.
Modeling and Measuring Place-based Differences in Crime Composition

Questions about the compositional mixture of crime types have not featured prominently in studies of the geography of crime. We develop an extension of the passive sampling model of crime diversity to examine whether similarities or differences in crime problems between places can be attributed to stochastic processes. The model provides formal expectations for three comparative measures of crime composition similarity between places of any area size (i.e., shared crime types, unshared crime types, Jaccard similarity). The model is then tested against observed crime patterns in St. Louis, Missouri during 2017 (N = 46,855 crimes across 161 unique offense types). The passive sampling model fits observed crime patterns with limited qualifications, implying that stochastic processes may play a substantial role in why places have dissimilar crime composition. Places may display divergent crime diversity patterns despite a common underlying crime generating process. Differences are largely due to the occurrence of uncommon, though not exceptionally rare crime types. This suggests that crime prevention strategies may be better suited for identifying general crime hot spots of all offenses, rather than focusing on hot spots of specific offense types.