Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Effect Of Brand Experience Provider On Brand Experience: Focus On Korean Cosmetic Brand Shop

This present research distinguishes brand experience providers of cosmetic companies that include three elements: Brand identity elements of cosmetic brand shops (feminine and environmental-friendly brand identity); Marketing mix elements (level of iconic product, level of steady-seller product, reasonable pricing, convenience of location, quality of additional service); Cosmetic brand store elements (effective product assortment, atmosphere of a store, availability of testers, proficiency of consultants). This paper aims to explore these elements and the effect of brand experience provider on all brand experience dimensions; sensory, affective, intellectual, and behavioral experience. After the review of extant studies, we propose 11 hypotheses. Based on the collected 295 consumers of experienced cosmetic brand shop, the proposed model is testified with the SPSS 15.0 and AMOS 7.0 is supported. According to the result of empirical analysis, it turns out that, in terms of characteristics of brand experiential provider, 'feminine brand identity', 'iconic product', 'steady seller product', 'convenient location', 'additional service quality', 'assortment', 'atmosphere', 'self-tester', and 'consultant' affected the customers' holistic brand experience of cosmetic brand shop. However, 'environmental-friendly brand identity', 'reasonable price' results to have no influence on the holistic brand experience of brand of cosmetic brand shop. The study produced a theoretical implication on brand experience that it empirically approached to factors of brand experiential provider on holistic brand experience of store. The earlier studies were at best conceptual analysis or they mainly dealt with in-store factor, whereas this paper divides factors that affect the customer's overall experience into 'brand identity', 'marketing mix strategy', and 'physical environment of in-store'.
Relationship between choice and quality of life among residents in long-term-care facilities.

OBJECTIVE This study tested the association between perceptions of personal control and quality of life among older persons. METHOD Two self-report instruments. The Quality of Life Rating (QOLR) and the Duncan Choice Index (DCI), were administered to 21 residents in a long-term-care facility. The DCI was developed for this study to measure the amount of choice available in 29 self-care and leisure activities. RESULTS A significant positive correlation (r = .54; p = .01) between the amount of choice residents perceive they have and their quality of life was found. The DCI was shown to be reliable with preliminary evidence of construct validity. CONCLUSION Enhancing personal control in everyday life may be associated with improved quality of life. Occupational therapy strategies to empower residents through increasing choice and control include increasing community in the facility emphasizing personal responsibility, and enabling choices in everyday tasks.
P1B-1 Diagnostic Results of Elasticity Imaging for Prostate Cancer Detection based on Clinicopathological Analysis

"Real-time Tissue Elastography" has been implemented on our commercial ultrasound scanner (HITACHI EUB-8500) in 2004 [Matsumura, T, et al., 2004] based on our study of the ultrasonic elasticity imaging method since 2002 [Matsumura, T, et al., 2002]. As the first clinical applications, we have reported preliminary results for prostate cancer detection in 2003 [Yamakawa, M, et al., 2003]. In that report, we could suggest that this method is clinically useful for biopsy support technology. In this paper, we present our latest diagnostic results using ultrasonic probe capable of transrectal biopsy, and discuss the limitation of applicability of our method and future prospects
The Impact of Human Resource Management Practices on Labour Turnover in Ghana

The human resources of every organization are considered as the most vital resource required for her growth. Consequently, most organizations have adopted Human Resource Management (HRM) practices and policies to ensure quality human resources are attracted, engaged and retained. Labour turnover on the other hand refers to the movement of individuals in and out of jobs over a particular period. The HRM practices adopted in an organization can go a long way to influence the rate of labour turn over and subsequently affect productivity and growth of the organization. The study therefore assessed the impact of the HRM practices and labour turnover at Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (GRIG). Both primary and secondary data were collected for the study. Questionnaires were administered and semi-structured interviews conducted to collect data from management and staff of CRIG. The data collected was presented and analysed using frequency tables and graphs. The study revealed a labour turnover rate of 11.9% of which only 0.43% left voluntarily over the five-year period under study. Sixty four percent (64%) of respondents rated their level of satisfaction with the HRM practice as good which confirms why about 29% percent of the workforce have been working with the institution for twenty years and above. To assess whether employees would opt for other organisations aside of CRIG or other divisions inside of CRIG, some of the employees sampled responded positively with the comment that workers of the research divisions are treated better than those of the other units. It is therefore recommended that all employees are treated fairly no matter the division or unit. Notwithstanding the low turnover rate and the desire of majority of employees to remain with the institute until retirement, there is the need for some level of labour turnover to allow new ideas, technology and changes to be introduced into the organisation to help bring dynamism into the operations of the organisation.
The high-resolution structure of the triplex formed by the GAA/TTC triplet repeat associated with Friedreich's ataxia.

Expansions of the triplet repeat, GAA/TTC, inside the first intron of the frataxin gene causes Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA). It was of interest to us to examine whether the FRDA repeat forms an unusual DNA structure, since formation of such structure during replication may cause its expansion. Here, we show that the FRDA repeat forms a triplex in which the TTC strand folds on either side of the same GAA strand. We have determined the high-resolution NMR structures of two intramolecularly folded FRDA triplexes, (GAA)2T4(TTC)2T4(CTT)2 and (GAA)2T4(TTC)2T2CT2(CTT)2 with T.A. T and C+. G.C triads. T4 represents a synthetic loop sequence, whereas T2CT2 is the natural loop-folding sequence of the TTC strand. We have also made use of site-specific 15N-labeling of the cytosine residues to investigate their protonation status and their interaction with other protons. We show that the cytosine residues of the Hoogsteen C+. G pairs in this triplex are protonated close to physiological pH. Therefore, it appears that the triplex formation offers a plausible explanation for the expansion of the GAA/TTC repeats in FRDA.
Structure of influenza virus RNP. I. Influenza virus nucleoprotein melts secondary structure in panhandle RNA and exposes the bases to the solvent.

The influenza virus genome consists of eight segments of negative‐sense RNA, i.e. the viral (v) RNA forms the template for the mRNA. Each segment is encapsidated by the viral nucleoprotein to form a ribonucleoprotein (RNP) particle and each RNP carries its own polymerase complex. We studied the interaction of purified nucleoprotein with RNA in vitro, by using a variety of enzymatic and chemical probes for RNA conformation. Our results suggest that the nucleoprotein binds to the vRNA backbone without apparent sequence specificity, exposing the bases to the outside and melting all secondary structure. In this way, the viral polymerase may transcribe the RNA without the need for dissociating the nucleoprotein and without being stopped by RNA secondary structure, and the viral RNPs are ready to start transcription as soon as they enter the host cell.
Efficient Sorting and Searching in Rendering Algorithms

In the proposed tutorial we would like to highlight the connection between rendering algorithms and sorting and searching as classical problems studied in computer science. We will provide both theoretical and empirical evidence that for many rendering techniques most time is spent by sorting and searching. In particular we will discuss problems and solutions for visibility computation, density estimation, and importance sampling. For each problem we mention its specific issues such as dimensionality of the search domain or online versus offline searching. We will present the underlying data structures and their enhancements in the context of specific rendering algorithms such as ray shooting, photon mapping, and hidden surface removal. c © The Eurographics Association 2006. 2 Havran and Bittner / Efficient Sorting and Searching in Rendering Algorithms Organizers bibliographies Vlastimil Havran is an assistant professor at the Czech Technical University in Prague since February 2006. He defended his Ph.D. dissertation on ray shooting algorithms in 2001 at the Czech Technical University in Prague. Later he joined the computer graphics group at Max-Planck-Institute for Informatics in Saarbruecken. He became a research associate at the same institute in 2003. He has contributed to the topic of sorting and searching by his dissertation on ray shooting algorithms which started the area of interactive ray tracing. In addition to sorting and searching he worked on various other topics in rendering. Jiři Bittner holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Czech Technical University in Prague. His main research interests include visibility preprocessing, occlusion culling, real-time rendering, and computational geometry. He has also been active in development of two commercial products dealing with real-time rendering of large scenes. He is currently affiliated with the Vienna University of Technology and the Czech Technical University in Prague. Organizers contact information Vlastimil Havran Czech Technical University in Prague Karlovo naměsti 13 121 35 Praha 2 Czech Republic Phone:+42
Environmental practices of SICs operators

The uncontrolled lodging industry usually caused environmental degradation. However, some lodging operators have started to incorporate green practices in their operation. The objectives of this study are to identify green practices of Small Island Chalets (SICs) operators in Kapas and Tioman Island in Malaysia and to determine the differences of the green practices on the both islands. This study had employed case study method using in-depth interview and structured observation. Six case studies were selected. The findings had identified the difference and several green practices of the operators. Therefore, this study provides a platform for another similar study to be conducted.
Dividend Policy in a Frontier Market and Sector Equity Traded Funds in the United States

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Distribution of immunoglobulin on the surface of mouse lymphoid cells as determined by immunoferritin electron microscopy, Antibody‐induced, temperature‐dependent redistribution and its implications for membrane structure

The ultrastructural distribution of membrane‐bound immunoglobulin (Ig) on mouse spleen lymphocytes has been studied by labeling the surface Ig with anti‐mouse Ig antibody conjugated to ferritin (FT). The distribution is temperature‐dependent. At 0 °C – 4 °C FT appears distributed in small clusters over the entire surface, whereas at 20 °C – 22 °C, in the great majority of the labeled cells, it is concentrated over one pole. This pole corresponds to that part of the cell which contains the Golgi complex and most of the cellular organelles, and which forms the uropod in moving lymphocytes. This polar redistribution is accompanied by endocytosis of part of the labeled membrane.
Control platform design and experiment of a quadrotor

Quadrotor helicopter control is nowadays a hot issue in the field of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) research due to its unique advantages compared with traditional helicopters. However, the complex structure and low loading ability make control platform building and control algorithm verifications very hard. To solve this problem, this paper starts with brief review of the quadrotor history after which the development of quadrotors is analyzed. The advantages of the quadrotor are narrated logically due to their inner relationship. Then, the frameworks of several famous quadrotor UAV are enumerated and the design of an autonomous quadrotor helicopter SIAQR(SIA QuadRotor) is introduced. The paper further elaborated the structure of the whole system and components of the flying robot, and the detail design of the critical subsystems is also discussed. The dynamics of the flying robot in the near hovering mode is analyzed based on Newton-Euler equation. This paper further verified the performance of the control system by implementing the PID control algorithm on the quadrotor platform. The experiments showed the efficiency of the designed control system for SIAQR. Hover flying is achieved through the above mentioned control approach, and the performance is analyzed through the data recorded onboard. At the end of this paper, a conclusion is drawn and we believe that this experimental system paves way for further research.
3D angiography in the evaluation of intracranial aneurysms before and after treatment. Initial experience.

PURPOSE The aim of the study is to evaluate the advantages of 3D angiography as compared to 2D angiography in assessing intracranial aneurysms before and after treatment and, in particular, in selecting and planning the correct treatment. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty intracranial aneurysms were retrospectively reviewed before and after treatment. The study population consisted of 12 men and 18 women (age range: 35-77 years; mean age: 58 years). Eighteen aneurysms were treated surgically, 10 endovascularly and 2 with combined treatment. The 2D and 3D findings before and after treatment were compared, and the pre-treatment angiographic images were compared with surgical findings. The following parameters were assessed and compared: aneurysmal sac and neck size, vascular involvement and evaluation of post-treatment residual mass. RESULTS On the 2D DSA images, visualisation of the sac and neck was optimal in 45% and 15% of cases, adequate in 10% and 35% of cases and inadequate in 5% and 50% of cases, respectively. On the 3D DSA images, visualisation of the sac and neck was optimal in 100% of cases. Three-dimensional DSA was able to detect 8 aneurysms with vessel involvement in all cases (100%). Of these, four (50%) went undetected on 2D DSA; in two cases, two-dimensional DSA erroneously detected the presence of vascular involvement (false positive). Three-dimensional angiography proved superior to 2D angiography in the evaluation of the residual aneurysms treated with clipping. Finally, 3D DSA was able to reduce the number of radiographic projections, the quantity of contrast medium, the time and associated risks necessary for a precise evaluation of the aneurysm. CONCLUSIONS In our first experience, 3D DSA proved useful in reducing the risks and diagnostic time as well as in selecting and planning the treatment. Moreover, it improved the operating conditions of both surgical and endovascular treatment. Technological advances in this field will enable the optimisation of the technique in terms of anatomical detail and reconstruction time.
Distortions in Government Contract Awards, Executive Compensation, and Asset Prices: Three Essays in Finance

II CO-AUTHORSHIP . III ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . IV LIST OF FIGURES . VIII LIST OF TABLES . IX CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION . 1 CHAPTER 2: COMPETITION FOR GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS AND THE PAYOFF TO POLITICAL ACTIVISM . 6 2.1 I. GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACT COMPETITION . 11 2.1. 1 I.A. US Federal Government Procurement . 11 2.1. 2 I.B. Presidential Memorandum on March 4, 2009 . 13 2.1. 3 I.C. Department of Homeland Security . 15 2.1. 4 I.D. Hurricane Katrina. 16 2.2 II. DATA AND SUMMARY STATISTICS . 17 2.3 III. RESEARCH DESIGN . 22 2.4 IV. EMPIRICAL RESULTS . 25 2.4. 1 A. Obama’s March 9, 2009, Memorandum: Dept. of Defense and its Agencies . 26 2.4. 2 B. Formation of the DHS: Dept. of Transport, Dept. of Justice, and the Treasury Department. 31 2.4. 3 C. Hurricane Katrina: Effect on Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama . 34 2.4. 4 D. Robustness Tests . 36 2.5 V. CONCLUSION . 40 2.6 REFERENCES . 43 CHAPTER 3: DISCRIMINATION IN THE C-SUITE: DO DISCRIMINATORY PAY PRACTICES EXIST FOR THE POSITIONS OF CEO AND CFO . 66
Motor and functional changes in different stages of Alzheimer ’ s disease

Background: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most prevalent dementia, being associated with cognitive, behavioral, and functional alterations. However, clarifying the influence of the disease worsening in the decline of these functions is of major relevance. Objective: Compare specific cognitive functions, motor functions and activities of daily living (ADL) of AD patients in different stages of the disease. Methods: Cognitive and motor functions, as well as ADL of 74 AD patients (35 patients CDR1; 20 patients CDR2; 19 patients CDR3) were evaluated. Results: Motor function and independency in the ADL have presented a non-linear decline. While motor function shows a greater decline from the mild to the moderate phase, ADL present a greater decline in the severe stage of the disease. Discussion: Motor function decline is more evident in both moderate and severe stages of AD, associated with losses in physical capacity and increases in risk of falls. The patients’ loss of independency to perform instrumental ADL occurs in a non-linear pattern and it is much greater than both physical and cognitive declines when these parameters are objectively evaluated in the three phases of the disease. Zidan M, et al. / Rev Psiq Clín. 2012;39(5):161-5
Organizational strategies to address stakeholder relationships: a customer portal perspective

The purpose of this study is to understand how portals impact stakeholder relationships within the electronic business environment. The study extends the understanding of information systems through the application of portals as critical stakeholder communication and information channels. The research questions were derived from the literature in the areas of organizational strategy, Internet driven strategies, strategic uses of information systems, as well as stakeholder and portal strategies. The seven primary research questions addressed the areas of strategy, organization and portals. Strategies - How do organizations address stakeholders? (1) What are the strategies for creating customer value? (2) How are customer relationships managed? Organization - What does the organization adapt? (3) How do organizations design their organizational/administrative infrastructure to address customers? (4) How do the organizations design their technological infrastructure to address customers? Portals - What is the role of portals? (5) What portal models are appropriate for addressing customers? (6) What customer attributes affect portal strategies? (7) How do organizations use portals to respond to particular customers? The investigation was carried out using a multiple case study methodology. Eight companies were studied with the exploratory information for four of the companies coming primarily from published data (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Cisco, and Dell) and the confirmatory information for the remaining companies coming primarily from interviews (Lowe's, NetBank, SAIC, and WC Bradley Company). Individual cases were created and analyzed for each company. To aid in the selection and analysis of the companies a focus format matrix was utilized. This focus format matrix placed each company in one of four quadrants based on the company's focus (consumer or business) as well the business focus (e-commerce or multichannel). The findings of this study suggest that companies are utilizing portals, and portal technologies, in unique ways to address customers directly. Portals appear to enhance a company's ability to be customer-centric and augment the overall customer experience. Portals also enable the organization's information system strategy to become better aligned with the organization's strategy.
“It's Just Not the Culture”: A Qualitative Study Exploring Residents' Perceptions of the Impact of Institutional Culture on Feedback

ABSTRACT Phenomenon: Competency-based medical education requires ongoing performance-based feedback for professional growth. In several studies, medical trainees report that the quality of faculty feedback is inadequate. Sociocultural barriers to feedback exchanges are further amplified in graduate and postgraduate medical education settings, where trainees serve as frontline providers of patient care. Factors that affect institutional feedback culture, enhance feedback seeking, acceptance, and bidirectional feedback warrant further exploration in these settings. Approach: Using a constructivist grounded theory approach, we sought to examine residents' perspectives on institutional factors that affect the quality of feedback, factors that influence receptivity to feedback, and quality and impact of faculty feedback. Four focus group discussions were conducted, with two investigators present at each. One facilitated the discussion, and the other observed the interactions and took field notes. We audiotaped and transcribed the discussions, and performed a thematic analysis. Measures to ensure rigor included thick descriptions, independent coding by two investigators, and attention to reflexivity. Findings: We identified five key themes, dominated by resident perceptions regarding the influence of institutional feedback culture. The theme labels are taken from direct participant quotes: (a) the cultural norm lacks clear expectations and messages around feedback, (b) the prevailing culture of niceness does not facilitate honest feedback, (c) bidirectional feedback is not part of the culture, (d) faculty–resident relationships impact credibility and receptivity to feedback, and (e) there is a need to establish a culture of longitudinal professional growth. Insights: Institutional culture could play a key role in influencing the quality, credibility, and acceptability of feedback. A polite culture promotes a positive learning environment but can be a barrier to honest feedback. Feedback initiatives focusing solely on techniques of feedback giving may not enhance meaningful feedback. Further research on factors that promote feedback seeking, receptivity to constructive feedback, and bidirectional feedback would provide valuable insights.
Islamic capital market and debt financing of Shariah-compliant firms in Indonesia

Islamic Capital Market (ICM) is expanding rapidly worldwide and Indonesia is following very closely. Examining 290 shariah-compliant Indonesian firms, we found that certain firm and industry level determinants do influence the debt financing without ignoring the shariah principles governing the decisions. The ICM accelerating growth is very much reflected in the findings, thus contributing significantly in the literature and to the policymakers as well. Being shariah-compliant does not hinder them from engaging in higher debt with Islamic debt instruments employed as alternatives.