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THE IMPACT OF BRAND EQUITY ELEMENTS ON THE REPURCHASE INTENTION OF XIAOMI SMARTPHONE IN XIAOMI USERS SMARTPHONE (RESEARCH ON STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITAS BRAWIJAYA, MALANG)

The Aim of this study is to examine the influence of Brand Equity elements (Brand Awareness, Brand Association, Perceived Quality and Brand Loyalty) on Repurchase Intention of Xiaomi Smartphone on College Student in Brawijaya University Malang as Scope. The Research is Explanatory Research which explains the casual relation between the variables through hypothesis testing. The data collection technique of this study uses questionnaires. This study used 120 samples of the student who ever used Xiaomi Smartphone. The research time was held in February 2019. The sampling technique used purposive sampling and the research instruments were tested using the Validity Test, Reliability Test. The hypothesis used Partial (t-Test) using Partial Linear Square (PLS) analysis technique to analyze the data. The result from this study showed that variable of brand awareness, brand association, perceived quality and brand loyalty provides good value and each of them made a significant effect on Repurchase Intention. Keywords: Brand Equity, Brand Awareness, Brand Association, Perceived Quality, Brand Loyalty and Repurchase Intention.
Analysis and design of a subthreshold CMOS Schmitt trigger circuit

In this thesis, the classical CMOS Schmitt trigger (ST) operating in weak inversion is analyzed. The complete DC voltage transfer characteristic is determined, including analytical expressions for the internal node voltage. The resulting voltage transfer characteristic of the ST presents a continuous output behavior even when hysteresis is present. In this case, the output voltage characteristic between the hysteresis limits is formed by a metastable segment, which can be explained in terms of the negative resistance of the NMOS and PMOS subcircuits of the ST. The minimum supply voltage at which hysteresis appears is determined carrying out small-signal analysis, which is also used to estimate the hysteresis width. It is shown that hysteresis does not appear for supply voltages lower than 75 mV at 300 K. The analysis of the ST operating as a voltage amplifier was also carried out. Optimum transistor ratios were determined aiming at voltage gain maximization. The comparison of the ST with the standard CMOS inverter highlights the relative benefits and drawbacks of each one in ULV applications. It is also shown that the ST is theoretically capable of operating (voltage gain 1) at a supply voltage as low as 31.5 mV, which is lower than the well-known limit of 36 mV, for the standard CMOS inverter. As an amplifier, the ST shows considerable higher absolute voltage gains than those showed by the conventional inverter at the same supply voltages. Three test chips were designed and fabricated to study the operation of the ST at supply voltages between 50 mV and 1000 mV.
EVALUATION OF THE QUALITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS BY EMPLOYERS: THE CASE OF THE TOURIST DESTINATION IN JARDINES DEL REY, CUBA

In recent years, interest in the impact of higher education on the economic and social development of the regions has increased. One of the ways to achieve impact is the quality of human capital formation in relation to the needs of the labor market. Universities are therefore encouraged to embed key skills in their curricula, yet there is often a considerable gap between what educational institutions offer and what is needed and required by the industry. At the international level, many institutions of higher education maintain a constant monitoring of the quality of their graduates, this is achieved through the evaluation of employer satisfaction with the training of graduates. The University of Ciego de Ávila, Cuba (UNICA) improves its strategic management processes through the application of the Balanced Scorecard principles. One of the indicators of greatest strategic value is the satisfaction of employers with the training of graduates. The tourism industry is an important sector of growth in the Cuban economy, in the province of Ciego de Ávila the demand for professionals in this sector is high. This study examines the quality of UNICA graduates from the perspective of the employer at the Jardines del Rey tourist destination. The results report that the satisfaction of the results with the training of the graduates is conditioned by the acquisition of transversal competences. Among the most valued stand out lifelong learning, work in the team and leadership, the ability to analyze and solve problems and effective communication.
Impact of the Biological Cotreatment of the Kalina Pond Leachate on Laboratory Sequencing Batch Reactor Operation and Activated Sludge Quality

Hauling landfill leachate to offsite urban wastewater treatment plants is a way to achieve pollutant removal. However, the implementation of biological methods for the treatment of landfill leachate can be extremely challenging. This study aims to investigate the effect of blending wastewater with 3.5% and 5.5% of the industrial leachate from the Kalina pond (KPL) on the performance of sequencing batch reactor (SBR) and capacity of activated sludge microorganisms. The results showed that the removal efficiency of the chemical oxygen demand declined in the contaminated SBR from 100% to 69% and, subsequently, to 41% after the cotreatment with 3.5% and 5.5% of the pollutant. In parallel, the activities of the dehydrogenases and nonspecific esterases declined by 58% and 39%, and 79% and 81% after 32 days of the exposure of the SBR to 3.5% and 5.5% of the leachate, respectively. Furthermore, the presence of the KPL in the sewage affected the sludge microorganisms through a reduction in their functional capacity as well as a decrease in the percentages of the marker fatty acids for different microbial groups. A multifactorial analysis of the parameters relevant for the wastewater treatment process confirmed unambiguously the negative impact of the leachate on the operation, activity, and structure of the activated sludge.
Modeling deformable objects using local rigid body simulation

ABSTRACT As two common types of objects in the world, rigid and deformable bodies are usually simulated with different models in computer graphics. In this work, we study how to reuse the rigid-body simulation techniques for modeling deformable objects. A deformable object is first decomposed into several overlapping patches. These patches are then simulated as rigid bodies. Finally, these patches are explicitly stitched to obtain the deformed shape. We tested our method with various configurations and show that rigid body simulation techniques can be effectively reused to model deformable objects.
Confucianism and Generation Y: how do two contrary value sets influence the hotel industry and East Asian young employees

ABSTRACT The generational diversity has attracted attention from academics, whose work has been largely conducted within Western social contexts, but which implies the importance for business managers to have a thorough understanding of this issue. In Australia, the number of East Asian staff is continuously increasing in the service industries, and most of them belong to Generation Y. Thus, organizations need to gain clear insights into this group, because they may be influenced by two different values in the workplace, Confucianism and Gen Y values. Consequently, the clarification of the possible co-influence of the two values in this group of staff on their attitudes and reactions to employee empowerment is essential if Australia’s service organizations are to be able to effectively apply empowerment and ensure a high standard of service quality. For the purpose of clarifying this critical issue, semi-structured interviews were conducted. The data obtained demonstrate that Gen Y values have considerable influence on Confucianism-based Gen Y employees because a higher individualistic sense was presented by those interviewees compared to general Confucianism-based employees. The co-existence of the two values in this cohort is still evolving, and further research on this is recommended.
Development of an actuation system for a specialized fixture: providing two degrees of freedom for single point incremental forming

In this thesis, an actuation system is developed for a Two-Axis Gyroscopic (TAG) adapter. This adapter is a fixture with two auxiliary axes which is used for the Single Point Incremental Forming (SPIF) technique to enhance a three-axis mill to have five-axis capabilities. With five-axis mill capabilities, variable angles between line segments of the toolpath and the tool can be obtained. To achieve specialized angles between a line segment and the SPIF tool, the sheet is rotated. Inverse kinematic equations for the TAG adapter are derived to calculate the required rotations for the TAG adapter’s auxiliary axes for a line segment of a toolpath. If the next line segment requires a different orientation of the sheet, the sheet is rotated while the tool follows the rotation of the sheet to maintain its position at the connecting point of the line segments of the toolpath. Five equations of motions are derived to calculate the three translations of the mill and two rotations of the TAG adapter’s frames, during forming. A toolpath execution algorithm is implemented in MATLAB which uses the five equations of motion to execute a toolpath. The algorithm generates an array of data points that can be used by a Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) machine to follow a desired path. A visual representation for the execution of the toolapth is implemented in MATLAB and is used to illustrate the successful completion of a toolpath. A computer controlled motor system is selected and tested in this thesis which will ultimately be integrated with a worm gear system and a CNC machine to develop a full CNC actuation system.
Maestro: Autonomous QoS Management for Mobile Applications Under Thermal Constraints

Power densities of modern mobile system-on-a-chip designs can quickly exceed the thermal design limits during typical application use such as gaming or Web browsing. Resulting high temperatures lead to frequent thermal throttling and significant loss in quality-of-service (QoS) delivered to users. Thus, a joint consideration of thermal constraints and QoS requirements is essential to maximize the overall user experience. Prior techniques either rely on users to determine the best tradeoff point between QoS and temperature, or greedily utilize the thermal headroom to maximize performance, causing QoS to drop below user tolerable levels over extended durations of use. This paper introduces the MAESTRO framework to automatically manage QoS at runtime depending on application characteristics and thermal constraints. MAESTRO builds on the observation that increased temperatures can be tolerated for applications with bursty compute patterns due to idle periods between activities, while causing large QoS degradations for long-running applications with continuous computations. MAESTRO: 1) detects such continuous computations that are susceptible to throttling; 2) proactively finds a QoS level to balance user experience and temperature; and 3) performs closed-loop DVFS and thermally efficient thread mapping to meet the target QoS on a heterogeneous multicore CPU. Such application-adaptive control of QoS-temperature tradeoffs allows MAESTRO to sustain a target QoS level within a user tolerable range for longer durations without sacrificing the performance of latency-sensitive bursty computations. Evaluations on a real system prototype validates MAESTRO’s ability to accurately detect potential throttling-induced QoS degradations and demonstrates 41% to $6.7\boldsymbol {\times }$ longer durations of sustained QoS compared to state-of-the-art for a set of mobile applications.
Bringing It All Together: Mapping Continuing Resources Vocabularies for Linked Data Discovery

ABSTRACT Out of the many Linked Data vocabularies available for use, several have emerged in the past few years as candidates for the description of continuing resources. Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative (BIBFRAME) 2.0, PRESSoo, Resource Description and Access Registry, and Schema.org all contain classes and properties designed for the application of Linked Data for serials, but are not necessarily alike in their conceptual frameworks or completeness. This article examines possible alignments between elements most likely to be employed for describing serials, as well as how such alignments might remedy previously identified issues with certain vocabularies and aid discovery. Conceptual heterogeneity between the vocabularies remains the principle challenge to greater alignment.
Turbulent Flow Pressure Losses in Gasoline Particulate Filters

Gasoline Particulate Filter (GPF) technology is the key method of meeting the new regulations for particulate matter emissions from gasoline cars. Computer Aided Engineering is widely used for the design of such systems, thus the development of accurate models for GPFs is crucial. Most existing pressure loss models require experimental calibration of several parameters. These experiments are performed at room temperatures, or on an engine test bench where gas properties cannot be fully controlled. This paper presents pressure loss measurements for clean GPF cores performed with uniform airflow and temperatures up to 680°C. The flow regime in GPF is shown to be different to that in the Diesel Particulate Filters (DPF) due to high flow rates and temperatures. Therefore, most of the existing models are not suitable for design of the new generation of aftertreatment devices. To separate pressure loss contribution from different sources, unplugged filter cores are tested. A new model to describe pressure losses in GPFs is proposed and validated, taking into account turbulent friction losses and pressure variation along the filter channels. It is shown that friction losses are dominant in clean GPFs, thus shorter filters with high cross-section area may need to be considered - at least for the uncoated GPF applications, - which provide high filtration area while maintaining short channel length and lower pressure loss. It is suggested how the developed "0D" model can be implemented in 3 dimensions using the porous medium approach. Thus, collected data and the proposed models will facilitate the development and design of new aftertreatment systems for modern powertrains, especially engines with Gasoline Direct Injection. The method of separating and assessing the pressure losses from different sources gives an insight into properties of several types of flows (laminar flows with contraction/expansion, slip flows, flows with suction/injection), and opens new avenues for investigation of such flows.
‘Fear and loathing across party lines’ (also) in Europe: Affective polarisation in European party systems

Several scholars in the United States have recently addressed an increased partisan animosity between Democrats and Republicans, and have termed this phenomenon ‘affective polarisation’. This surge in partisan affective polarisation is perceived to be highly problematic, as it has been found to have a negative impact on the functioning of the party system and even society at large. The aim of this article is to study the concept of affective polarisation in European party systems. It introduces the Affective Polarisation Index (API) that allows for measuring and comparing levels of affective polarisation also in multiparty systems. This novel measure is applied to 22 European democracies and the United States between 2005 and 2016. The results indicate that affective polarisation is acutely present in European party systems, as partisans are often extremely hostile towards competing parties. The most affectively polarised countries are in Central Eastern and Southern Europe where the degree of affective polarisation is notably higher than it is in the United States, while Northwestern European countries are more moderate in terms of partisan feelings. Further analysis reveals that affective polarisation is significantly correlated with ideological polarisation, but the relationship between the two appears to be conditional: in some Western European political systems ideological polarisation does not lead itself to strong interparty hostility, while in Central Eastern Europe a high degree of affective polarisation can be present even in ideologically centrist party structures. These findings validate the claim that ideological and affective polarisation are two distinct aspects of polarisation, and that the latter also merits additional attention.
Factors of Persistence and Voluntary Decisions of Withdrawal Among Nontraditional Age College Students: A Theoretical Approach

This research investigated factors associated with the academic persistence of 165 nontraditional age college students from four Chicago-area private institutions. Three questionnaires were developed and presented over a 16 month period based upon Pascarella and Terenzini's research (1980) on Tinto's model of institutional departure (1975, 1987). Additional questions were added pertaining to adult student needs and outside commitments. Variables associated with pre-entry attributes, goals and commitments, academic integration, and impediments to adult persistence proved statistically significant; with very little significance found among those items measuring social integration. In particular items associated with: intent to seek a bachelor's degree, continuing goal and institutional commitments, adult needs concerning basic skill development and child care, employment and financial concern, choice of college attended, college major, number of class hours enrolled, and the number of hours completed at previous colleges were found to differentiate persisters, stopouts and withdrawals. Furthermore, nontraditional age students were found to be much more highly invested in the academic rather than the social system of the college. Recommendations were made both to clarify these factors in future research and apply the results to enhance the retention of adult students. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS My sincere gratitude is extended to Dr. Don Hossler, who served as chairperson of my dissertation committee. His constant encouragement, mentorship, and selfless support will always be appreciated. Likewise my deep appreciation for the continued support and assistance from my other committee members, Dr. Terry Williams, and Dr. Ernest Pascarella. Thanks to Dr. Jan Perney, whose special advice throughout this research is gratefully acknowledged. Appreciation is also extended to Ms. Jan Devita and Ms. Polly Toeller who gave many sleepless nights in typing this manuscript. Finally, a special thanks to all my friends and family who have supported me throughout thi~ effort. To Father Robert Herne, whose prayers and support will always be appreciated. To my wonderful parents, Art and Jeanette Abene, whose constant encouragement was invaluable. To my wife, Patricia, whose patience, loyalty, and support throughout this longitudinal study will always be remembered, and deeply appreciated. And of course, a special thanks to my young son Andrew for his special support and understanding. Yes, son, we now will have more time for reading stories, playing games, and -of coursebasketball!
Mining Public Opinion on Transportation Systems Based on Social Media Data

Public participation plays an important role of traffic planning and management, but it is a great challenge to collect and analyze public opinions for traffic problems on a large scale under traditional methods. Traffic management departments should appropriately adopt public opinions in order to formulate scientific and reasonable regulations and policies. At present, while increasing degree of public participation, data collection and processing should be accelerated to make up for the shortcomings of traditional planning. This paper focuses on text analysis using large data with temporal and spatial attributes of social network platform. Web crawler technology is used to obtain traffic-related text in mainstream social platforms. After basic treatment, the emotional tendency of the text is analyzed. Then, based on the probabilistic topic modeling (latent Dirichlet allocation model), the main opinions of the public are extracted, and the spatial and temporal characteristics of the data are summarized. Taking Nanjing Metro as an example, the existing problems are summarized from the public opinions and improvement measures are put forward, which proves the feasibility of providing technical support for public participation in public transport with social media big data.
Is Mental Health Screening Necessary as Part of the Comprehensive Health Screening for Refugees Resettled in Maryland

Refugees are vulnerable populations who have been forced to leave their homes and countries of origin as a result of persecutions, wars, political and civil unrest, etc. and are unable to return back. A significant number of the refugees resettled in the United States are resettled in the state of Maryland. The Federal Refugee Act of 1980 entitles refugees being resettled in the U.S to be screened systematically. This screening, though not mandatory, is intended to ensure that the unique health needs of refugees which may impede successful resettlement are addressed, while protecting public health. In Maryland the refugee health screening provided is geared towards reducing the spread of infectious diseases. Mental health screening is not part of this initial health screening. This paper looks at the policy issues around refugee health screening provided in Maryland. It focuses on the justification for mental health screening to be included as part of the comprehensive screening provided for refugees in Maryland outlining the mental health needs of refugees being resettled. Refugees have been shown to have psychological needs as a result of experiences undergone prior to, during flight and after resettlement. Post traumatic stress disorders, depression, and somatic illness are the mental illness commonly reported in refugees. These psychological problems can affect individual functioning and thus impede their ability to achieve the resettlement goal of financial self-sufficiency in good time. The benefits of knowing the mental health needs new refugees may have supports including mental health screening as part of the initial general health screenings provided for newly arrived refugees in Maryland. This will provide the refugee health program the