Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
African-ingredient branding as a marketing strategy: Examining the evaluations of export-market consumers

Previous research demonstrated that the marketing strategy of ingredient branding can enhance brand value, whilst enlarging outcomes for the value chain. Although, African-ingredient branding—using commodities produced/grown in Africa as a product attribute—has been considered theoretically, it has never been explored experimentally. It is therefore unclear whether this particular marketing strategy could increase brand equity. By conducting two experimental studies, this research work explores whether African-ingredient branding can enhance the evaluation of food items by export-market consumers and examines whether the strength of host brands and/or attitudes towards specific African countries of origin might also influence consumer evaluation processes with regard to African-ingredient branded products. The results reveal that African-ingredient branding is a valuable marketing strategy, which can have a positive influence on the evaluation of food items by export-market consumers. They further illustrate that evaluations of these products are only affected by the strength of the host brand, suggesting that the strategy is more effective for strong brands than for weak brands. Consumer attitudes towards specific African countries are apparently not decisive for their evaluations of hedonic products branded according to African ingredients. The research work provides primary experimental evidence of the positive effects of African-ingredient branding as a valuable marketing strategy, indicating theoretical and practical-normative implications, as well as suggestions for future research. Key words: Marketing, ingredient branding, African-ingredient branding, export-market consumer.
Investment Property, Cost Model, Fair Value Model and Value Relevance: Evidence From Malaysia

The purpose of the study is to investigate the value relevance of investment property of Malaysian listed firms based on cost model and fair value model for measuring their investment properties. Some studies suggested fair value model is more value relevant and some other studies suggested cost model is more value relevant. The sample was selected using a simple random sampling so that all listed firms have equal chance to be selected. A final sample of 108 firm-year from various industries was selected for a period from 2018 to 2019. Equity valuation models developed by Landsman (1986) and Ohlson (1995) were used to test the value relevance of investment property employed by listed firms in Malaysia. The models were used to test the value relevant of pooled sample, fair value sample and cost sample. The results show that firms’ investment properties are value relevant regardless whether cost model or fair value model was selected. It was also found that depreciation included in cost model and fair value gain or loss included in fair value model net profits are value relevant. The study implicates that cost model is more value relevant in measuring investment property. The result provides useful insight to standard setter about the effect of selection of fair value model and cost model towards share market value. Standard setters, researchers and academics would benefit from this as prior research in Malaysia suggests that investment properties (in general) are not value relevant even though investment properties of property companies are value relevant.
Why do we know what we know about development? Knowledge production in Canadian academic-civil society research partnerships

ABSTRACT This article examines how power operates through processes of knowledge production in the Canadian political economy. I draw from the sociology of knowledge to explore four dimensions of power. The first considers implicit power through values and norms; the second, control of means and resources; the third, the exercise of power in social relations; and the fourth, “power as capacity” – that is, how participants engage with research partnerships differently from other forms of development practice. My case studies illustrate the variety of ways in which research partnerships in Canada both reproduce and challenge knowledge hierarchies domestically and globally.
Genetic boundary and gene flow between 2 parapatric subspecies of brown rats

Abstract Two parapatric Rattus norvegicus subspecies, R. n. humiliatus (RNH) and R. n. caraco (RNC), are classified according to morphological divergence and are mainly distributed in North and Northeast China. Here, we aimed to explore the population genetic structure, genetic boundary, and gene flow in these rats using 16 microsatellite loci. Structure analysis and principal component analysis revealed 3 ancestral clusters. We found that the intermediate cluster exhibited higher genetic diversity and a lower inbreeding coefficient than the other 2 clusters. The genetic differentiation between the 3 clusters was significant but weak, with a higher FST value being observed between the clusters on both sides. The subspecies boundary inferred from microsatellite markers may indicate the existence of an admixture or hybridization area covering Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, and Jilin Provinces, rather than corresponding to the administrative provincial boundaries between Liaoning and Jilin. The RNH and RNC subspecies presented moderate gene exchange and an asymmetric bidirectional gene flow pattern, with higher gene flow from the RNH subspecies to the RNC subspecies, constraining speciation. Such genetic characteristics might be explained by biological processes such as dispersal ability, mate choice, and dynamic lineage boundaries.
“Me” Versus “We” in Moral Dilemmas: Group Composition and Social Influence Effects on Group Utilitarianism

The paper is one of the first empirical attempts that builds on the moral dilemmas and group rationality literature to explore the way in which group composition with respect to group members’ individual choices in moral dilemmas and social influence processes impact on group moral choices. First individually and then, in small groups, 221 participants were asked to decide on 10 moral dilemmas. Our results show that emergent group level utilitarianism is higher than the average individual utilitarianism, yet, lower than the highest individual utilitarianism within groups. We also show that average individual utilitarianism positively predicts group utilitarianism while group fragmentation in individual utilitarianism has a negative effect on group utilitarianism. Next to group composition, minority influence processes explain additional variance in group utilitarianism, cognitive dissent having a positive influence, while normative deviance a negative influence on group utilitarianism. Majority influence has no significant influence on group utilitarianism. Finally, our results show that the relationship between group fragmentation in individual utilitarianism and emergent group utilitarianism is mediated by the two forms of minority influence.
Walnut Response to Multiple Exposures to Simulated Drift of Bispyribac-Sodium

Abstract A field study was established to evaluate symptoms, growth, yield, and nut quality of walnut trees subjected to multiple exposures of simulated bispyribac-sodium drift. Nut yield the year following simulated drift treatment was also evaluated because tissue differentiation for future fruiting position occurs in the prior season. Bispyribac-sodium was applied four times, at weekly intervals, at 0.5% and 3% of the use rate in rice (45 g ai ha-1). Injury from the 0.5% rate exceeded 5% after three applications. In general, the severity of the symptoms peaked 14 d after last application (23% and 40% injury for 0.5% and 3% rate, respectively) and subsequently remained nearly constant over the duration of the study. Growth of shoots treated with the 0.5% rate was initially delayed during the treatment regime but recovered after treatments ended; however, walnut shoots exposed to the higher rate had fewer internodes than nontreated trees at the end of the season. No measurable reduction in walnut yield or average nut weight either in the year of exposure or in the subsequent year was observed. However, both rates negatively affected walnut kernel color in the year of exposure. Nomenclature: Bispyribac-sodium; rice, Oryza sativa L. ; walnut, Juglans regia L.
Digital Games (Gamification) in Learning and Training: an Approach to Adaptation and Integration in the Classroom

This article is the result of the SGI 2174 project. Its objective is to identify how elements, techniques and mechanics game (gamification) have been implemented, as an ICT-mediated learning strategy for learning and training in the education. A systemic literary review of works on the subject is carried out to contextualize and identify methods, techniques, tools and platforms of gamification. The results make an analysis of the articles reviewed, and describe and describe the technologies and methodologies of gamification and the most relevant results with which gamification has been implemented in educational and business environments. This project is developed in the research groups TelemaTICs and TICA, and funded by DIN-UPTC
Volatile emission and essential oil composition of Sambucus nigra L. organs during different developmental stages

Abstract Volatile organic compounds (VOC) and essential oils (EO) extracted from different organs of Sambucus nigra (leaves, flower buds, flowers, unripe and ripe fruits), were evaluated in this work. VOC analyses highlighted that oxygenated monoterpenes were the major class for both flowers and ripe fruits with percentages of 71.1% and 35.1%, respectively. The ripe fruit showed a considerable amount of linalyl acetate (26.3%) while cis-linalool oxide (pyranoide) (38.6%) was the main constituent of the flowers. This latter compound was also one of the major constituents of the leaf extracts (10.3% of the total identified fractions). The leaves evidenced a high percentage of esters (31.6%) with (Z)-3-hexenol acetate (15.1%) as the major constituent. Alcohols were exclusively represented by 1-hexanol (42.5%) and (E)-3-hexen-1-ol (31.1%) in the unripe fruits, while β-caryophyllene (42.0%) was the characteristic component of the buds. All the studied EOs showed non-terpene derivatives as the main class of volatiles even though its percentage varied in an organ-dependent manner. Alkanes were predominant and especially represented by heneicosane (the highest percentage of 32.9% in the fresh flowers) and nonadecane (the highest percentage of 17.2% in the buds,). Benzaldehyde was the main aldehyde in the leaves (17.8%) while acids, chiefly n-hexadecanoic acid, were also found in quite high amounts in the ripe fruits (14.3%).
Conserving and Sustaining Culture through Sarawak Traditional Malay Woman Headscarves

The traditionally Sarawak Malay woman headscarf is known as Tudong Selayah Keringkam. It is a hand-made identical embroidery headscarf, produced with articulate skills, creativity, and imagination and worn as a social identity among the Malay women in Sarawak. This paper argues that the Selayah and the Keringkam are two different pieces of headscarves artwork. This paper also foresees the reasons behind the depletion of interest and skills of producing this artifact among the younger generation, to a large extent, making the cultural sustainability of the traditional headscarves in Sarawak to become less significant. Hence, the objectives of this paper are to explore the distinction between Selayah and Keringkam. In this transcendental phenomenological paper, the ‘framing approach’ is used in the in -depth interviews conducted with Selayah Keringkam weavers and Malay elders. This paper apparently has found the little provision to the distinction between Selayah and Keringkam. However, there are five elements posited which have contributed to the depletion of interest among the young generation in the production of Selayah Keringkam. Those elements are labelled as Price, Realism, Technology, Proficient and Insight. Nonetheless, this paper is significant in highlighting the Selayah Keringkam as one of the key material cultures in sustaining Sarawak Malay heritage. Preserving and sustaining the social identity is crucial which potentially becomes central to the tourism products and commercially plated onto the international arena of fashion, art, and design.
A response to the persistent digital divide: Critical components of a community network ecosystem

The recent COVID-19 pandemic, and associated mitigation strategies of social distancing and self-isolation, has elevated the importance of telecommunications networks. In the current era there is little dispute amongst governments and at the highest levels of the United Nations in respect of the right of all citizens, regardless of their station in life, to have unfettered access to the Internet. However, despite substantive investments in telecommunications infrastructure development, a plethora of policy interventions and three world summits on the Information Society, more than half of the world’s population remain unconnected. Over recent years, an emerging solution to the problem has been a bottom-up model of telecommunications ownership, referred to as community networks. There are varying approaches to community networks and different modes of implementation are observed across the globe. However, there is little evidence and consensus on what are all of the necessary elements of the system that comprise a successful community network. In light of this, this paper takes a first step towards the development of a comprehensive framework of the community network ecosystem. Based on the extant literature, a four-pronged People, Technology, Organization and Environment (PTOE) framework is derived. This is then subjected to qualitative analysis against descriptive reports of 11 existing community networks. The final framework and its sub-components provides a holistic and comprehensive perspective of the community network ecosystem. It serves as a basis for further analysis and research of community networks models and also as a means of informing practical implementation of both current and future community networks.
Digital transformations of logistics customer service business models

The article presents the results of expert surveys conducted by international organizations as a method of empirical research to identify current problems, features and trends of customer-oriented logistics services to consumers in the context of digital space. The statistical analysis of the indicators characterizing the level of use of information and communication technologies at management of mutual relations with consumers at the Ukrainian enterprises is executed. The key barriers that hinder the digital transformation of the logistics service have been identified, which are conditionally classified into 6 groups: trading, transport, marketing, information, organizational and financial and economic. The content structure of CRM-system implementation as a customer relationship management tool is proposed. The expediency of the complex approach application to digital transformation of consumers logistic service on the basis of customer orientation is substantiated and the formula of an estimation of synergetic effect from its realization is offered.
Synthesis of super magnetite(Fe3O4)/ bentonite nanocomposite for efficient remediation for industrial wastewater effluents

The goal of the current work was to prepare magnetite/bentonite nanocomposite and testing for expulsion effectiveness of cationic methylene blue (MB) and anionic methyl orange (MO) dyes, phenol and Ni2+ from industrial wastewater in individual and combined systems. Batch experiments have been done to observe the best adsorption by altering various parameters such as temperature, pH, the dose of adsorbent, initial pollutants concentration and contact time. The results demonstrated that the optimum pH for removing (MB) was 9.0, (MO) was 4.0, phenol was 7.0 and 4.0 for Ni2+. The optimum concentration, temperature, contact time and adsorbent dose were 100 mg/L, 80 oC, 120 min and 1g of adsorbent, respectively. The sorption process was modeled utilizing Langmuir and Freundlich equations. The adsorption isotherm demonstrated a superior fit to Freundlich than Langmuir equation. The analysis was also modeled using the pseudo-first and second order equations. The pseudo-second-order equation gave better fit with an R2 value; 0.999 for all pollutants. This implies that our proposed magnetitebentonite nanocomposite can be utilized as a cheap and excellent adsorbent for expulsion of cationic and anionic dyes, phenol and cationic heavy metal ions from industrial wastewater.
Pruning Level and Maceration-Fermentation Length Influence on Phenolic Composition of Cabernet Sauvignon in Tarnave Vineyard

Technological strategies on vines and winemaking conditions influenced the phenolic composition of wine. Cabernet Sauvignon vines were pruned at 20, 28 and 36 buds/vine. Grapes from each pruning variant were microvinified and macerated for 8 and 16 days. Gallic acid, trans-resveratrol, peonidin-3-monoglycoside and malvidin3-acetyl glycoside were most significantly influenced by pruning level, maceration-fermentation period and interaction between these factors.
PERSPECTIVES OF THE SOCIAL ECONOMY IN ROMANIA

For a sector with high development potential, like social economy in Romania, a precisely designed research method was used, focused rather on the future than the past or present status. The Delphi method can produce relevant information about evolution perspectives of any topic observed, mainly emergent facts or domains with uncertain progress. Initially developed in the Cold War context, to anticipate the impact of the technology on warfare, it starts from the premise that individual predictions were better than group ones. This tool aims to reach the best consensus on opinions from a group of experts within the specific domain studied, using questionnaires applied individually and mixed with relevant feedback from the researchers. The present research used the Delphi technique and dedicated experts’ contribution, in order to scrutiny analyze the evolution of the social economy in Romania, the current situation and the encountered problems, the legislative, institutional and fiscal framework and also how the European financial support works for this domain. Not least, a 10-year scenario is tested and advanced, along with some conclusions and questions for the future.
EFL teachers’ credibility, nonverbal immediacy, and perceived success: Astructural equation modelling approach

Abstract Since the role of teacher success is highly important in the adequacy of teaching and learning, the present study intended to examine the role of two factors, namely language teachers’ credibility and nonverbal immediacy, with respect to their success across intermediate and proficient levels. To this end, 135 EFL students of Golestan University voluntarily participated in this study. First, an Oxford Quick Placement Test (QPT) was administered to identify the differences in participants’ language proficiency level. Then, three questionnaires, namely the Nonverbal Immediacy Scale (NIS), the Source Credibility Scale (SCS), and the Characteristics of Successful Teachers Questionnaire (CSTQ), were distributed among the respondents. Using Cronbach’s alpha and correlational analyses, first, the reliability of the questionnaires and the associations among NIS, SCS, and CSTQ were examined. The results of Pearson correlations reveal that there are significant positive correlations among all three scales. These findings were also confirmed by Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) results; teacher perceived success is predicted positively and significantly by both credibility and nonverbal immediacy. Findings of the present study suggest that teachers’ credibility and nonverbal immediacy are highly beneficial to their perceived success. This study also outlined which elements of teachers’ credibility could be more useful for their success. The implications are also discussed.
CRISPR-Cas Systems: A Review of their Role as Non-Canonical Antimicrobials to Combat Drug Resistance

Background: Since their discovery in 1928, antibiotics have revolutionized modern human medicine. A direct consequence of their widespread use and abuse is the concomitant development of sophisticated resistance mechanisms by microbes to most of these antibiotic agents. With a sharp fall in the number of new antibiotic agents under development, due to a decline in sectoral investment by the major pharmaceutical firms, now more than ever, there is an urgent need for alternative antimicrobial agents, to overcome the global health crisis of antimicrobial resistance. One such alternative are the CRISPR-Cas systems. In this review, we discuss the discovery and evolution of the CRSIPR-Cas system, their classification, their application as antimicrobial agents and the current limitations to their use. Main Body: Since their discovery in 1987, the CRISPR-Cas systems have evolved to possess several applications in biomedical science, including their use in gene editing, genome engineering and for treating genetic diseases. One potential application that has received less attention however is their use as sequence-specific antimicrobials. The three steps in their mechanism of action – spacer acquisition, biogenesis and interference, have been demonstrated to be effective for the highly-specific elimination of targeted bacterial strains from a mixed population of bacteria in a microbial community, as well as for driving a positive selection pressure for the development of antibiotic-sensitive bacterial strains, even to the point of reversing antimicrobial resistance through the elimination of the resistance genes. However, the use of CRISPR-based antimicrobials is fraught with several challenges, ranging from concerns about delivery platforms (phage-based vs. conjugative plasmids), their application on complex microbial communities, safety considerations, to the possibility of resistance and the many regulatory hurdles against their widespread use. Conclusion: While their efficacy has been confirmed, more studies are required to further establish CRISPR-Cas based antimicrobials in conventional medical practice.
Work–Life balance policies and organisational outcomes – a review of literature from the Indian context

In the past decade, the rapid globalisation and modernisation has resulted in an increased focus of organisations on implementation of family friendly work–life balance (WLB) policies for enhancing employee retention. The purpose of this study is to review the importance of WLB policies and programmes and its impact on organisational outcomes. ,Using Deery’s (2008) framework as the conceptual framework, the current study attempts to provide an integrated literature review of the empirical studies conducted in the area of WLB and employee retention in India for a decade from 2007 till 2017. ,The analysis of the extant literature revealed that the research on WLB for Indian organisations really surged since 2013. Most of the empirical studies conducted in this area use a positivist paradigm. Numerous industry sectors including the information technology (IT) and business process outsourcing sectors have benefitted from WLB policies, but the banking and higher education sector have generously implemented employee-friendly WLB policies. ,The study stresses upon the implementation of employee friendly WLB policies for achieving high organisational outcomes. Furthermore, the findings may be useful for human resource management and human resource development professionals to understand and appreciate the organisational components, settings that are necessary to facilitate better WLB in Indian organisations, thereby resulting in better organisational outcomes. ,The study provides us with a comprehensive review of different WLB studies conducted in India till date and its possible impact on various organisational outcomes.