Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A study of tourist satisfaction using service quality dimensions for homestay ventures in Labuan

Service quality is important to the service providers. However, the service provider faces lots of problem when they want to deliver quality services to their customer. In Homestay Labuan, they did not know either their guests are satisfied or not with their service quality. Therefore, this study has identified the satisfaction levels and examined the significantly influence of the service quality on customer satisfaction of the guests at Homestay Labuan. In conducting this study, there were five dimensions of service quality that will be observed which included tangible, reliability, responsiveness, assurance, and empathy that might convince the up and down of reputation of the homestay programme in Homestay Labuan. This study has employed quantitative approach and the descriptive study has been undertaken in order to ascertain and be able to describe the characteristics of the variables of interest in a situation. The researcher used correlational investigation because this research is about to observe the influence among the variables. Besides, individual level used as the unit of analysis for this research. For the time horizon of this study, a cross sectional study was the appropriate technique and the respondents were the guests which can be divided into two groups which are domestic and foreign guests. To gain response and information from particular respondents which afterwards the data has been used to been analyzed and tested in order to achieve the research objective, the questionnaire and the survey has been used to complete this study. All the dimensions (tangibility, responsiveness, assurance, and empathy) are significantly influence on customer satisfaction except for perceived reliability. It is important for the service providers to satisfy their customers which can be resulted the repeat purchase from their customers. It was also found out that by providing better service quality would lead to customer satisfaction.
Structural MRI Changes of the Brain in Depression

For many years, investigators have been trying to identify the neuroanatomical structures responsible for the development of neuropsychiatry disorders, specifically depression and schizophreniform disorders. The available data were based on observations made in neurological patients who developed a psychiatric comorbid disorder following the neurologic insult. With the advances in high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging and functional neuroimaging studies, we have witnessed in the last decade a wealth of new data that identify structural neuroimaging changes in mesial temporal structures, prefrontal cortex and basal ganglia in major depressive disorders. The purpose of this article is to briefly review the publshed data on neuroanatomical structural changes associated with major depressive and bipolar disorders.
Elements contributing to meaningful participation for children and youth with disabilities: a scoping review

Abstract Purpose: To synthesise research literature describing elements of community recreation and leisure activities that create meaningful participation experiences for children and youth with disabilities. Method: Database searches of Medline, Embase, PsycINFO, ERIC, SportDiscus, CINAHL, Scopus and Web of Science were conducted. Studies describing the experience of participating in a community-based programme or activity from the perspectives of children and youth with a disability aged 0–21 or their parents, and published in English were included. Meta-ethnography was used to synthesise qualitative data, and resulting themes were conceptualised in the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health-Child and Youth version. Consultation with stakeholders occurred throughout the review process. Results: The search identified 9544 articles, of which 20 were included for review. Ten elements contributing to meaningful participation experiences were identified and organised as follows: person-based elements (n = 5; having fun, experiencing success, belonging, experiencing freedom, developing an identity); environment-focused elements (n = 4; authentic friendships, the opportunity to participate, role models, family support) and activity-related elements (n = 1; learning). Conclusions: Elements contributing to meaningful leisure participation are interrelated. This review reveals the substantial contribution that meaningful interactions and relationships have in creating and facilitating positive and engaging experiences. Outcomes of this review may assist professionals in the design of targeted interventions to facilitate leisure participation. Implications for Rehabilitation Elements identified in this review may operate as core components of interventions that aim to optimise participation outcomes in community-based leisure activities. Supportive relationships and the availability of services are specific aspects of the environment that needs to be considered by health professionals to facilitate meaningful participation. Understanding the perspectives of the child is critical for assessing needs, preferences and goals relating to leisure participation in the community.
A Survey of the Quality of Web Based Information on the Treatment of Schizophrenia and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Objective: To systematically assess the quality, accountability and readability of Internet information on the treatment of schizophrenia and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), using a standardized pro forma. Method: We analysed the 20 most highly ranked pages on the treatment of ADHD and schizophrenia, identified by five common Internet search engines. Results: There was little overlap in the sites identified by different search engines. In the case of schizophrenia, one site was identified three times and another eight sites twice; while for ADHD four sites were identified twice. Accountability (Silberg score), presentation and readability, as assessed by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score, were poor. Mean Silberg, presentation and Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level scores were 3.2 (range 0–9) out of 9, 1.9 (range 0–4) out of 4, and 11.5 (range 6.5–12.25), respectively. There was no statistical difference in scores between the two diagnoses. Depending on the recommendation, agreement with evidence-based practice for schizophrenia ranged from only 2 to 55% (mean = 2.8 (range 0–9) out of 12), while that for ADHD was from 14 to 54% (mean = 1.6 (range 0–6) out of 6). Only 50% of the sites advised readers to clarify information with an appropriate health professional. Interrater reliability in pro forma scores for schizophrenia and ADHD was high (r = 0.96 and 0.95, respectively, p < 0.0001). Sites in the top 10% of scores were significantly more likely to be owned by an organization or have an editorial board than those in the bottom 10%. Conclusions: The Internet contains misleading information on both schizophrenia and ADHD. The methodology used in this paper could be adapted for other psychiatric conditions.
Private Web Browser Forensics: A Case Study of the Epic Privacy Browser

Organised crime, as well as individual criminals, is benefiting from the protection of private browsers provide to those who would carry out illegal activity, such as money laundering, drug trafficking, the online exchange of child-abuse material, etc. The protection afforded to users of the Epic Privacy Browser illustrates these benefits. This browser is currently in use in approximately 180 countries worldwide. This paper outlines the location and type of evidence available through live and post-mortem state analyses of the Epic Privacy Browser. This study identifies the manner in which the browser functions during use, where evidence can be recovered after use, as well as the tools and effective presentation of the recovered material.
Effect of Intensive Outpatient Physical Training on Gait Performance and Cardiovascular Health in People With Hemiparesis After Stroke

Background Stroke can result in severe motor deficits, and many people who have survived a stroke have poor cardiovascular fitness, with potentially disabling effects on daily life. Objective The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of intensive physical training on gait performance and cardiovascular health parameters in people with stroke in the chronic stage. Design This was a single-group, pretest-posttest experimental study. Methods Fourteen people with hemiparesis after cerebrovascular injury (mean age=58.4 years, mean time since injury=25 months) participated in a 12-week training intervention, 5 times per week for 1.5 hours per session. The intervention consisted of high-intensity, body-weight–supported treadmill training; progressive resistance strength training; and aerobic exercise. The main outcome measures were gait performance (Six-Minute Walk Test, 10-Meter Walk Test, and aerobic capacity) and parameters of cardiovascular health (systolic and diastolic blood pressures, body mass index, and resting heart rate). Results Significant improvements in all main outcome parameters were observed in response to the intervention. Gait speed during the Six-Minute Walk Test increased 62%, and systolic and diastolic blood pressures decreased 10% and 11%, respectively. Weekly testing of walking speed showed that most of the increase in the walking speed occurred in the first 8 weeks of training. Correlation analyses showed that improvements were unrelated to age, chronicity, or level of functioning. Conclusions High-intensity physical training for people with stroke in the chronic stage increased walking speed regardless of chronicity, age, or level of functioning. Further studies should investigate the intervention duration needed to reach the full potential of gait recovery.
Effective supply chain management

Purpose Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings As soon as the UK voted to leave the European Union (EU) in 2017, one of the key discussions among businesses throughout Europe centered on what the likely impact would be on supply chains involving UK companies. Whether you were a mainland European country with supply chain partners in the UK, or a UK manufacturer that depended on European companies for supplies, the uncertainty and potential disruption to well-grooved supply chain processes became a major headache. At first, it was the uncertainty that proved the major issue as governments played politics and refused to define the likely deal that would enable supply chain terms to be put in place. As the UK left the EU and the terms of the overall deal became clearer, firms then had to work out how whether any necessary changes to their supply chains were required. Practical implications Provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world’s leading organizations. Original/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.
Convincing the Skeptics: Concrete Claims with Supporting Images Persuade Skeptical Consumers to Support Companies Promoting Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives

Skepticism has been identified as one of the main impediments to successful CSR communication and previous research has established a robust effect of individual differences in ad skepticism on negative responses to advertising. However, little work has explored how ad skepticism impacts responses to CSR communication. Integrating work on CSR communication and ad skepticism, the present work advances a conceptual model addressing how concrete CSR claims and images supporting those claims can override skeptical consumers’ less favorable response to CSR advertising. Results show that highly skeptical consumers (a) respond less favorably to CSR ads than less skeptical consumers, overall; (b) respond more favorably to CSR ads that contain a combination of concrete (vs. vague) CSR claims and images (vs. no images) supporting those claims; and (c) respond as favorably as less skeptical consumers when ads feature concrete CSR claims with supporting images. Additional results reveal that images are especially effective among highly skeptical consumers because skeptical consumers have a reduced ability to visualize advertising claims. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed.
The human beta‐globin promoter; nuclear protein factors and erythroid specific induction of transcription.

We have shown that the promoter of the human beta‐globin gene contains three regions in addition to the known CAC, CAAT and TATA box regions that are important for the induction of transcription in erythroid cells. By using DNaseI footprinting and gel mobility shift assays we were able to show that two of these regions bind the erythroid specific nuclear factor NF‐E1 (and ubiquitous factors). The third region binds a ubiquitous CAAT‐box factor (CP1). Deletion experiments suggest that only the combination of NF‐E1 and CP1 binding sites, but not each of the sites alone, are capable of mediating the induction of transcription of a minimal (CAC, CAAT, TATA box) beta‐globin promoter in mouse erythroleukaemia (MEL) cells.
Instanton-induced inelastic collisions in QCD

We show that the instanton-induced inelastic processes, leading to multigluon production in high-energy parton-parton scattering, are considerably enhanced (by a factor of 100) over the quasielastic ones. The basic instanton-induced inelastic contribution causes the parton-parton cross section to increase as ln s, due to prompt production of multigluon clusters of mass 2--3 GeV close to QCD sphalerons. The cross section is related to the Pomeron slope and intercept in the usual parametrization, which are evaluated. We show that the small intercept is due to the diluteness of the instantons in the QCD vacuum, while the small size of the Pomeron (seen via its slope) is related to the smallness of the instanton sizes.
Virulence of serotype M3 Group A Streptococcus strains in wax worms (Galleria mellonella larvae)

Group A Streptococcus (GAS) causes human infections that range in severity from pharyngitis ("strep-throat") to necrotizing fasciitis ("flesh-eating disease"). To facilitate investigation of the molecular basis of host-pathogen interactions, infection models capable of rapidly screening for differences in GAS strain virulence are needed. To this end, we developed a Galleria mellonella larvae (wax worm) model of invasive GAS infection and used it to compare the virulence of serotype M3 GAS strains. We found that GAS causes severe tissue damage and kills wax worms in a dose-dependent manner. The virulence of genetically distinct GAS strains was compared by Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and determining 50% lethal doses (LD50). Host-pathogen interactions were further characterized using quantitative culture, histopathology and TaqMan assays. GAS strains known to be highly pathogenic in mice and monkeys caused significantly lower survival and had significantly lower LD50s in wax worms than GAS strains associated with attenuated virulence or asymptomatic carriage. Furthermore, isogenic inactivation of proven virulence factors resulted in a significantly increased LD50 and decreased lesion size compared to the wild-type strain, a finding that also strongly correlates with animal studies. Importantly, survival analysis and LD50 determination in wax worms supported our hypothesis that a newly emerged GAS subclone that is epidemiologically associated with more human necrotizing fasciitis cases than its progenitor lineage has significantly increased virulence. We conclude that GAS virulence in wax worms strongly correlates with the data obtained in vertebrate models, and thus, the Galleria mellonella larva is a useful host organism to study GAS pathogenesis.
Horizon-based Value Iteration Peng Zang Arya Irani

We present a horizon-based value iteration algorithm called Reverse Value Iteration (RVI). Empirical results on a variety of domains, both synthetic and real, show RVI often yields speedups of several orders of magnitude. RVI does this by ordering backups by horizons, with preference given to closer horizons, thereby avoiding many unnecessary and incorrect backups. We also compare to related work, including prioritized and partitioned value iteration approaches, and show that our technique performs favorably. The techniques presented in RVI are complementary and can be used in conjunction with previous techniques. We prove that RVI converges and often has better (but never worse) complexity than standard value iteration. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first comprehensive theoretical and empirical treatment of such an approach to value iteration.
Information to Members of Dc Pension Plans: Conceptual Framework and International Trends

In recent years, the shift towards defined contribution (DC) pension plans has been a key trend in the field of private pension provision. In this context, where a wide range of options may potentially be available to individual plan members, it is crucial to ensure that they have the information necessary to make appropriate choices. Based on the findings of an IOPS survey, this paper offers a conceptual framework for considering information provision within the context of the pension system and related factors (such as the range of choices offered to individuals, the use of default options, the level of financial literacy, etc). It goes on describing the different general approaches followed across countries regarding the information to be given to members and the role played by the supervisory authority in this context. After a classification of the information documents used, a detailed description of the evidence collected follows, focusing on specific contents of the information directed to members: pension projections, investments and returns, costs, contributions paid. Finally, the paper identifies common wisdom and good practices, stressing the complementary relationship between information and financial education and the importance of (and information signals provided by) default options. The conclusions indicate aspects of the matter that deserve further work.
Analysis of Response of the Micro-Machined Poly-Silicon Cantilever Subjected to Vibration Environment

With the decrease in the dimension the microstructure, the effect of the interaction between the surfaces of the neighboring structures on the dynamic characteristics cannot be ignored. We present a comparison of the dynamic responses of the beam with and without considering the adhesive forces by simulating the dynamic behavior of the beam with a commercial software ANSYS. With the effect of the adhesive forces, the dynamic characteristics of the beam deviate from that of the beam without considering the adhesive forces. The reliability and the precision of the MEMS products using cantilevers are diminished
Low-power adiabatic sequential circuits using two-phase power-clock supply

Complementary pass-transistor adiabatic logic (CPAL) circuits can be driven by two-phase or four-phase power-clocks. CPAL circuits have more efficient energy transfer and recovery, as the non-adiabatic energy loss of output loads has been completely eliminated using complementary pass-transistor logic for evaluation and transmission gates for energy-recovery. In this paper, the design of adiabatic asynchronous sequential circuits based on the two-phase CPAL is presented. A practical sequential system realized with two-phase CPAL circuits is demonstrated. A two-phase nonoverlap sinusoidal power clock circuit for the two-phase CPAL is also presented
Mining the International Consumer

This paper discusses the values of qualitative research for international businesses to obtain consumer understanding for the benefit of the company and its brands in local, regional and global markets. Four core issues where the applications of qualitative research are especially relevant are examined: (1) the influence of cultural values on branding; (2) social change; (3) global campaigns vs global concepts; (4) branding and extensions. Some of the practical issues involved in the conduct of qualitative research in international markets are considered, as well as methodological approaches which are particularly suitable for different regions.
The Global Apparel Value Chain, Trade and the Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities for Developing Countries

This paper examines the impact of two crises on the global apparel value chain: the World Trade Organization phase-out of the quota system for textiles and apparel in 2005, which provided access for many poor and small export-oriented economies to the markets of industrialized countries, and the current economic recession that has lowered demand for apparel exports and led to massive unemployment across the industrys supply chain. An overarching trend has been the process of global consolidation, whereby leading apparel suppliers (countries and firms alike) have strengthened their positions in the industry. On the country side, China has been the big winner, although Bangladesh, India, and Vietnam have also continued to expand their roles in the industry. On the firm side, the quota phase-out and economic recession have accelerated the ongoing shift to more streamlined global supply chains, in which lead firms desire to work with fewer, larger, and more capable suppliers that are strategically located around the world. The paper concludes with recommendations for how developing countries as well as textile and apparel suppliers can adjust to the crisis.
Genomics, immune studies and diseases in bivalve aquaculture

Diseases are a critical bottleneck for the culture of bivalves causing important yield losses. The study of bivalve diseases has relied on histological techniques and has focused on pathogen morphology, the effect of external factors on the pathogens and infectivity, and on the development of immune and molecular diagnostic techniques. Recently, significant advances in the study of bivalve pathology have been reported; however, increased efforts using “omics tools” are required to explain key physiological/immunological processes. Transcriptomic analysis in parallel with detailed functional studies of gene expression and cell biology in in vitro and in vivo experimental models are needed. Another important factor is the identification of “resistance traits” and a deeper understanding of the processes that contribute to the welfare of bivalves in culture. Additionally, the definition of "abnormal mortalities" is critical for managing and legislating bivalve aquaculture. The new technologies clearly “opens the door” for the directed manipulation of bivalves to improve the modern intensive aquaculture systems. The future of bivalve research is exciting, and there is an obvious need to develop multidisciplinary international research studies involving research groups and growers organisations to work on shellfish pathology.