Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Attributes that impact on the Satisfaction of Customers of Technical Services of Vehicle Dealers in Brazilian Federal District

According to data from IBGE-Cidades, the Federal District presented, in 2015, an average of 0.40 cars per inhabitant, 66% higher than the national average. Faced with this concentration of vehicles, the demand for after-sales services in the sector increases, especially through technical assistance. In general, the auto industry consists of three components: a) manufacturers of auto parts and other raw materials; B) vehicle assemblers; and C) distributors. In these last ones, there are the car dealership with the attribution of car sales, part sales and after-sales service, especially those of technical assistance (maintenance of vehicles performed in the taller (Guajardo el al., 2015). One of the key factors in the decision to buy a vehicle is the after-sales service offered by the automakers through the car dealership (Guajardo el al., 2015). According to Olivier (2015), the satisfaction of the customer with the after-sales services must be intensified and will increasingly represent a discriminating factor in the motivation to purchase. Researchers such as de Guajardo el al. (2015), García-Madariaga and Rodríguez-Rivera (2017), Pulles et al. (2016); Tontini and Sant’ana (2007), Martilla e James (1977) and Kano (1984)associate customer satisfaction with the performance of attributes of the product or service. The activities of the car dealerships (or vehicle local distribution), acting according to the needs of the customers, would play a much more important role in the process of buying a vehicle. Considering the relevance of technical assistance services to the automotive industry, it is expected that an improvement in the services provided as a means of differentiation between competitors will be achieved. In this line, this study verifies which are the attributes that impact the satisfaction of the customers of technical assistance services of vehicle dealers in the Brazilian Federal District.Studying the Brazilian car dealerships also becomes significant for future research because it considers local factors not observed in other studies. Also, most customer satisfaction surveys study developed markets in the U.S., UK and Canada(Guajardo et al., 2015). For this, a multi-method study was carried out that allowed to classify, from the Competitive Analysis of Improvement Gaps, the attributes (required, indifferent, attractive and one-dimensional) that impact customer satisfaction considering the provision of technical services in vehicle dealerships (Tontini and Sant’ana, 2007).
Does a well-defined scoring rubric lead to an improvement in student results?

BACKGROUND In order to achieve an accurate and reliable measurement of students’ performance in a subject, good quality assessment and evaluation tools must be used. One such tool is a detailed and well-defined rubric (Arter & McTighe, 2001). A rubric is a clear and unambiguous indication of what is expected of students in order to achieve the various grade levels for a piece of assessment (Rubrics, 2012; Moskal, 2000). Rubrics are often used to aid academics in measuring the ability of students to use and apply factual, conceptual and procedural knowledge (Bloom, 1956; Anderson & Krathwohl, 2001). Littlefair (2008) has presented work on the use of rubrics to identify the key areas of assessment and has shown these methods to reduce the impact of subjectiveness in the marking of engineering projects.
Evaluating Pictogram-based Patient Information Leaflet among Children Attending Kindergarten

This preliminary research is aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of pictogram-based patient information leaflet leaflets among kindergarten students from the rural and the urban areas. Three pre-schools were selected for each area, whereby the target respondents evaluated the suitability of pictograms. The interview was conducted face-to-face and survey data was assessed using Likert scale (1=agree, 2=not sure, and 3=disagree). ChiSquare test was used to analyse data and the significant difference was set at p < 0.05. Three out of 10 questions showed significant differences while six questions presented with no significant differences (p>0.05). It is suggested that the level of understanding between the rural and the urban kindergarten students are quite discriminant towards the pictogram. At the age of six, the major difficulty faced by the students was reading. Findings showed that pictogram pictogram-based patient information leaflets aided the students’ understanding of medical instruction.
Getting ready for strategic change: surviving business process redesign

Recent statistics show that less than 45% of companies that try business process redesign are successful at achieving their intended goals. This may seem surprising, but change management specialists assert that fewer than one in five endeavors to implement major change initiatives in companies succeed. Because business process redesign (BPR) represents major organizational and cultural change, organizations should not be discouraged by this low rate of success. Businesses can succeed at redesign if they are deliberate and if they conscientiously understand what they are undertaking.
Treatment practices and perceived challenges for European physicians treating opioid dependence

This survey investigated the current practices and challenges of physicians treating opioid dependence in Germany, France, Italy and the UK. Doses favoured in Europe appeared to conflict with recommended best practice, with low mean methadone and buprenorphine maintenance doses reported (44.3 and 9.5 mg, respectively). Mean time to buprenorphine maintenance doses was longer than recommended at 14.4 days. Respondents also rated diversion and misuse management as their most difficult challenge in treating opioid dependence. These data suggest that prescribing practices are likely to increase this problem, as well as impeding treatment success by decreasing compliance and retention.
ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY OF POWER TWO WHEELERS

Power Two Wheelers (PTWs) safety risk factors are examined in relation to the road infrastructure characteristics and the extent and magnitude of their influence to the PTW accidentology is discussed. In view of the above, a variety of published articles, European and international research reports and other public studies have been collected and analyzed with respect to specific road infrastructure characteristics such the type of the area and location of the accident, the road geometry and roadside installations, issues of lighting and visibility, collision type and road surface condition. Analysis results indicate a significant number of factors that contribute to the increase PTW accident risk, for example accidents occurring inside urban areas, or at the vicinity of extreme road geometries such as severe bends and high gradients. Moreover, disharmonic alignment design and maintenance defects emerged as critical in the present study. The paper also addresses several interdependencies between different risk factors. Finally, the paper provides a discussion on the importance of each risk factor revealed with respect to the existing literature dedicated to the specific factor, as well as the need for further research.
Consunler evaluations of brand extensions : an integration of previous research 1

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A heuristic model of socially learned migration behaviour exhibits distinctive spatial and reproductive dynamics

We explore a “Go With the Older Fish” (GWOF) mechanism of learned migration behaviour for exploited ﬁsh populations, where recruits learn a viable migration path by randomly joining a school of older ﬁsh. We develop a non-age-structured biomass model of spatially independent spawning sites with local density dependence, based on Paciﬁc herring ( Clupea pallasii ). We compare a diffusion (DIFF) strategy, where recruits adopt spawning sites near their natal site without regard to older ﬁsh, with GWOF, where recruits adopt the same spawning sites, but in proportion to the abundance of adults using those sites. In both models, older individuals return to their previous spawning site. The the GWOF model leads to higher spatial variance in biomass. As total mortality increases, the DIFF strategy results in an approximately proportional decrease in biomass among spawning sites, whereas the GWOF strategy results in abandonment of less productive sites and maintenance of high biomass at more productive sites. A DIFF strategy leads to dynamics comparable to non-spatially structured populations. While the aggregate response of the GWOF strategy is distorted, non-stationary and slow to equilibrate, with a production curve that is distinctly ﬂattened and relatively unproductive. These results indicate that ﬁshing will disproportionately affect populations with GWOF behaviour.
Woodstein : a Web interface agent for debugging e-commerce

RESEARCH ASSISTANT AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, EECS DEPARTMENT January 2004 to June 2009 Designed and developed Brussell, the first system to extract and combine information from multiple news articles describing multiple component events of specific ongoing “news situations”. By presenting these situations as timelines integrated with the web browser, it contextualizes and enriches the article or web page a user reads.
Alternanthera mosaic virus-an alternative ‘model’ potexvirus of broad relevance

Alternanthera mosaic virus (AltMV) is a member of the genus Potexvirus which has been known for less than twenty years, and has been detected in Australasia, Europe, North and South America, and Asia. The natural host range to date includes species in at least twentyfour taxonomically diverse plant families, with species in at least four other families known to be infected experimentally. AltMV has been shown to differ from Potato virus X (PVX), the type member of the genus Potexvirus, in a number of ways, including the subcellular localization of the Triple Gene Block 3 (TGB3) protein and apparent absence of interactions between TGB3 and TGB2. Differences between AltMV variants have allowed identification of viral determinants of pathogenicity, and identification of residues involved in interactions with host proteins. Infectious clones of AltMV differing significantly in symptom severity and efficiency of RNA silencing suppression have been produced, suitable either for high level protein expression (with efficient RNA silencing suppression) or for Virus-Induced Gene Silencing (VIGS; with weaker RNA silencing suppression), demonstrating a range of utility not available with most other plant viral vectors. The difference in silencing suppression efficiency was shown to be due to a single amino acid residue substitution in TGB1, and to differences in subcellular localization of TGB1 to the nucleus and nucleolus. The current state of knowledge of AltMV biology, including host range, strain differentiation, host interactions, and utility as a plant viral vector for both protein expression and VIGS are summarized.
3D Objects Watermarking and Tracking of Their Visual Representations

In the context of 3D watermarking, most of the state-of-the-art techniques analyze a 3D/3D approach where the insertion and the extraction of the mark take place over the object itself, whereas the most common use of 3D objects is done through its 2D projections or eventually stereovision. In this paper we present a work in progress in the context of 3D watermarking that introduces an asymmetrical approach 3D/2D which will allow the extraction of the mark without access to the 3D object. The extraction will be carried out from one or several 2D views with the aim of protecting the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) associated to the object in its projections.
Non-deterministic Shape Optimisation of Wind Cowls by applying Simulated Annealing and Fast Fluid Dynamics

In this study a Java tool is developed and applied in order to optimise the geometry of rotating wind cowls in terms of ventilation performance. Fast Fluid Dynamics is adapted and coupled with the optimisation method of Simulated Annealing – an algorithm able to solve complex problems. The practical application of this research is to explore the integration of numerical fluid simulation with optimisation algorithms for shape finding. Since the performance of a wind cowl is influenced by its exposure to the wind – a highly dynamic force – an efficient evaluation and optimisation tool is needed. Hence, the application of Simulated Annealing and Fast Fluid Dynamics seem justified. The main contribution of this work is to integrate performance evaluation and design processes. It is shown that a computationally enhanced design strategy can lead to more efficient and higher performing solutions.
Gestión del valor de marca en las empresas de prensa. El caso de La vanguardia

Las empresas de prensa han extendido sus marcas gracias a las oportunidades de distribucion de contenidos que los nuevos medios les ofrecen. El valor de sus marcas constituye su principal ventaja competitiva. Sin embargo, la mayoria de ellas no gestionan ese activo. Se analiza por un lado la literatura sobre gestion de marca en empresas de prensa y por otro se estu dia el valor de marca de una reputada cabecera: La vanguardia . A partir de una encuesta a 1.175 usuarios de esa marca se subraya la necesidad de que los productos y el comportamiento de esa empresa reflejen de forma mas clara sus principios editoriales para generar un mayor valor de marca. Se propone como uno de los medios adecuados para conseguirlo la implantacion de un sistema de comunicacion integral y estrategico. Asimismo se anima a estudiar otros casos analogos para verificar hasta que punto las empresas de prensa gestionan el valor de sus marcas y para concretar metodos que les ayuden a afianzarlo.
Capturing the Fervor of Cognitive Psychology's Emergence

Giving students a sense of the fervor surrounding cognitive psychology's rapid emergence between 1950 and 1970 is difficult when examining the discrete events presented in cognitive psychology textbooks. The following small-group activity requires students to tabulate the references in Neisser (1967) by decade of publication. The resulting frequency histogram visually portrays the explosive growth of cognitive research in the 1960s, provides students with a richer sense of cognitive psychology's recent history, and reflects Neisser's monumental achievement of publishing his seminal book.
ong cold storage influences the microbiological quality of aw goat milk nderson

Storage of goat milk production in cold temperatures is a current Brazilian legislation request, however there is no specification of a limit period for this. The present work aimed to characterize the microbiological characteristics of raw goat milk produced in a specific region of Brazil, as well as the influence of the storage system and period on its quality. Sixtyone samples from 12 goat farms were collected and subjected to analysis to enumerate hygiene indicator microorganisms, psychrotrophics and proteolytic psychrotrophics. The obtained counts were described and compared considering the system and period of storage (ANOVA, Tukey). Despite presenting low counts of mesophiles, the samples presented high counts of other groups and a relevant presence of proteolytics. Samples collected from bulk tanks presented higher counts of mesophiles and psychrotrophics when compared to immersion tanks and freezers (p < 0.05). When stored for a period of 48 h or longer, the counts of mesophiles, coliforms, Escherichia coli and psychrotrophics were also significantly higher when compared to a storage period of 24 h or less (p < 0.05). The results indicate specific problems in goat milk production in the studied area and the need of establishing a period limit for raw goat milk collection in Brazil.
Effect of lac culture on seed quality traits of Pigeonpea [ Cajanus cajan ( L . ) Millsp . ]

Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan) commonly known as arhar, red gram or tur of family Fabaceae is an important source of protein, carbohydrates, B-group vitamins, and certain minerals (iron and iodine). It is also known for lac culture, harboring rangeeni strain of Indian lac insect (Kerria lacca Kerr). The present study was planned to investigate the effect of lac culture on seed quality in selected germplasm. Lac culture decrease 100 seed weight (5.4 %) and seed yield (10.5 %). Higher income has been achieved from seed yield along with lac cultivation on MAL 13, IPA 9-1 and KA 9-2 but seed contributed most in income. However, Assam local 1, Assam local 2 and RCMP 5 lines of pigeonpea had significantly higher profit percent under lac cultivation where income from lac culture contributed the most. Lac culture decreases seed soluble protein (10.3 %) and starch (14.7 %) and increases total sugar and free phenol by 8.8 % compared to control. Thus, it can be concluded that farmers will get more income from these three germplasm through combination of seed as well as lac culture than from seed as sole crop.
A DISCUSSION OF STATISTICAL METHOD USED TO ESTIMATE THE AIR TEMPERATURE AT 5 CM ABOVE GROUND IN URBAN AREA

The multiple regression method has been used to illustrate a statistical approach for the estimation of air temperature at 5 cm in urban area. For this purpose, hourly data (air temperature, cloudiness, air pressure and wind speed) at the Zagreb-Maksimir Observatory (Croatia) for the period June-August 2005 have been used. A clustering procedure has been applied to form groups of days having similar diurnal variations in air temperature difference between 5 cm and 2 m (∆T). The diurnal variations of the correlation coefficients between ∆T and other weather element (cloudiness, wind speed and air pressure) for Zagreb-Maksimir have also been examined. Through clustering, systematic error has been discovered in this approach which is briefly discussed.
Architecture of object-oriented middleware for personal robot's network integration

Considering personal robot as a special class of autonomous distributed system, the several requirements have to be met. These are scalability, portability, heterogeneity and real-time. An architecture of Object-oriented Middleware for Robot's network Integration (OMRI) was proposed. The OMRI explores idea of component-based software engineering. Architecture of two main components was proposed. The first is network handling component and the second is application management component. Components are independent and communicate through defined interfaces. The features of OMRI are support of heterogeneous networks, handling applications according to the object-oriented paradigm and possibility for extensions by additional components. Middleware was implemented and ported onto different platforms.
A new human fingerprint identification approach

The paper presents a fingerprint classification system and its performance in an identification system. The classification scheme is based on fingerprint feature extraction, which involves encoding the singular points (Core and Delta) together with their relative positions and directions obtained from a binaries fingerprint image. Image analysis is carried in four stages, namely, segmentation, directional image estimation, singular-point extraction and feature encoding. A fuzzyneural network classifier is used to implement the classification of input feature codes according to the well-known Henry system. Fingerprint images from NIST-4database were tested and, 98.5% classification accuracy was obtained for the five classesproblem.
RASGRP 2 Suppresses Apoptosis via Inhibition of ROS Production in Vascular Endothelial Cells

We have identified ras guanyl releasing protein 2 (rasgrp2) as a blood vessel related gene from Xenopus embryo. In addition, we reported that RASGRP2 is also expressed in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC). It is known that RASGRP2 activates Ras-related protein 1 (Rap1). However, the function of RASGRP2 in human vascular endothelium remains unknown. Therefore, we performed functional analysis of RASGRP2 using immortalized HUVEC (TERT HUVEC). We established a stable RASGRP2 overexpressing cell line (TERT HUVEC R) and mock cell line (mock). Furthermore, we compared the activity of Rap1 and the generation of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS), which is related to cell death, in both cell lines. Significant increase in Rap1 activity was observed in the TERT HUVEC R compared to the mock. Furthermore, apoptosis by tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) stimulation was significantly more reduced in the TERT HUVEC R than in the mock. In the mock, apoptosis induced by TNF-α stimulation was decreased by pretreatment with diphenyleneiodonium (DPI), which is an inhibitor of NADPH oxidase (NOX). However, in the TERT HUVEC R, apoptosis induced by TNF-α stimulation was not reduced after pretreatment of DPI. Furthermore, there was no reduction in ROS production in the TERTHUVEC R after DPI pretreatment. In addition, the difference in the degree of apoptosis induced by TNF-α stimulation in both cell lines was consistent with the difference in ROS production in the cell lines. From these results, it was suggested that RASGRP2 activates Rap1 and the activated Rap1 suppresses apoptosis via NOX inhibition.
Cellular plasticity and metastasis in breast cancer: a pre- and post-malignant problem

As a field we have made tremendous strides in treating breast cancer, with a decline in the past 30 years of overall breast cancer mortality. However, this progress is met with little affect once the disease spreads beyond the primary site. With a 5-year survival rate of 22%, 10-year of 13%, for those patients with metastatic breast cancer (mBC), our ability to effectively treat wide spread disease is minimal. A major contributing factor to this ineffectiveness is the complex make-up, or heterogeneity, of the primary site. Within a primary tumor, secreted factors, malignant and pre-malignant epithelial cells, immune cells, stromal fibroblasts and many others all reside alongside each other creating a dynamic environment contributing to metastasis. Furthermore, heterogeneity contributes to our lack of understanding regarding the cells’ remarkable ability to undergo epithelial/non-cancer stem cell (CSC) to mesenchymal/CSC (E-M/CSC) plasticity. The enhanced invasion & motility, tumor-initiating potential, and acquired therapeutic resistance which accompanies E-M/CSC plasticity implicates a significant role in metastasis. While most work trying to understand E-M/CSC plasticity has been done on malignant cells, recent evidence is emerging concerning the ability for pre-malignant cells to undergo E-M/CSC plasticity and contribute to the metastatic process. Here we will discuss the importance of E-M/CSC plasticity within malignant and pre-malignant populations of the tumor. Moreover, we will discuss how one may potentially target these populations, ultimately disrupting the metastatic cascade and increasing patient survival for those with mBC.