Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Relationship betweenE-Service Quality , E-Satisfaction , E-Trust , E-CommitmentIn Building Customer E-Loyalty : A Literature Review

Increasingly more intense competition and the global nature require a shifting from transactional marketing paradigm to relational marketing, especially in e-business to meet increasing and varied customer’s demands. Company management must establish e-loyalty to maintain and retain customers. This paper aims to explain the relationship model of e-service quality, e-satisfaction, e-trust, e-commitment and customer e-loyalty. This relationship is based on the relationship marketing theory based on the online perspective in building the customer e-loyalty. Results of this study show that e-service quality, e-satisfaction, etrust and e-commitment play a key role in building the e-loyalty of the online customer.
Effect of estrogen therapy on cerebral arteries during stroke in female rats

Objective: To investigate the effect of estrogen therapy on the structural and functional properties of the middle cerebral artery during ischemia and reperfusion. Design: Ovariectomized (OVX; n = 8) and ovariectomized with estrogen therapy (OVX+EST; n = 8) female Sprague-Dawley rats were exposed to 1 hour of ischemia using a model of temporary focal ischemia of the middle cerebral artery with 24 hours of reperfusion and compared to sham controls (CTL; n = 8). After occlusion and reperfusion, right middle cerebral arteries were removed from the brain and mounted on glass cannulas in a chamber that allowed for control over transmural pressure and measurement of lumen diameter. Lumen diameter was measured in response to increased transmural pressure (myogenic tone) as well as response to nitro-L-arginine, serotonin, and nifedipine. Cerebrovascular reactivity was compared to other stroke outcome measures, including infarct volume (%) and neurologic deficit. Results: Serum estrogen was increased in OVX+EST rats (60.5 ± 18.2 pg/mL) compared to OVX (0.2 ± 0.2 pg/mL P < 0.05 vs OVX+EST) and CTL animals (1.3 ± 1.0 pg/mL P > 0.05 vs OVX). OVX showed significantly less myogenic tone at 75 mm Hg (13.8 ± 3.6%, P < 0.05 vs CTL) than CTL (29.8 ± 4.7%) that was partially restored by estrogen therapy (21.2 ± 4.5; P > 0.05). At serotonin concentrations of 10−7M, 3×10−7 M, and 10−6 M, the vessels from ischemic OVX rats showed significantly greater constriction (20.9 ± 2.1%, 35.0 ± 3.9%, and 39.4 ± 3.4%, respectively) compared to nonischemic CTL rats (6.3 ± 1.1%, 11.3 ± 1.8%, and 16.8 ± 2.5%, respectively P < 0.05). Estrogen therapy resulted in intermediate responses (18.2 ± 5.3%, 25.2 ± 6.6%, and 28.2 ± 6.5%, respectively) that were not significantly different from the other groups. In addition, ischemia resulted in significantly greater dilation in response to 0.01 μM nifedipine in vessels from OVX animals (51.1 ± 8.0%) compared to nonischemic CTL (18.0 ± 3.8%; P < 0.05) and estrogen therapy resulted in an intermediate response (38.0 ± 10.6; P > 0.05). Both reactivity to nitro-L-arginine and passive distensibility were not different among groups. There were no differences in percent infarct or neurologic deficit between ischemic groups. Conclusions: The influence of ischemia and reperfusion on vessel function was more dominant than that of estrogen therapy. However, estrogen therapy seemed to partially restore vessel function to similar levels as nonischemic vessels.
Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 5 B ( eIF 5 B ) Cooperates with eIF 1 A and eIF 5 to Facilitate uORF 2-Mediated Repression of ATF 4 Translation

A variety of cellular stresses lead to global translation attenuation due to phosphorylation of the alpha subunit of eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (eIF2), which decreases the availability of the eIF2-GTP-Met-tRNAi ternary complex. However, a subset of mRNAs continues to be translated by non-canonical mechanisms under these conditions. In fact, although translation initiation of activating transcription factor 4 (ATF4) is normally repressed by an upstream open reading frame (uORF), a decreased availability of ternary complex leads to increased translation of the main ATF4-coding ORF. We show here that siRNA-mediated depletion of eIF5B—which can substitute for eIF2 in delivering Met-tRNAi—leads to increased levels of ATF4 protein in mammalian cells. This de-repression is not due to phosphorylation of eIF2α under conditions of eIF5B depletion. Although eIF5B depletion leads to a modest increase in the steady-state levels of ATF4 mRNA, we show by polysome profiling that the depletion of eIF5B enhances ATF4 expression primarily at the level of translation. Moreover, eIF5B silencing increases the expression of an ATF4-luciferase translational reporter by a mechanism requiring the repressive uORF2. Further experiments suggest that eIF5B cooperates with eIF1A and eIF5, but not eIF2A, to facilitate the uORF2-mediated repression of ATF4 translation.
The Effect of In-game Brand Placement Prominence and Players ’ Flow Experience on Brand Recall : The Moderating Role of Game Genre

This research examines whether the game genre, either role-playing or virtual reality, impacts the effect of brand placement prominence and players’ flow experience on players’ brand recall. Two hundred and fifty college students participated in a 2 (brand placement prominence: prominent or subtle)  2 (players’ flow experience: high or low)  2 (game genre: role-playing or virtual reality) between-subject experimental design measure and data were analyzed by between-subject ANOVA to test hypotheses. Results showed that the game genre has a moderating effect on the relationship between brand placement prominence and brand recall while the moderating effect of the game genre was not significant on the relationship between players’ flow experience and brand recall. It is suggested that marketers adopt prominent brand placement advertising in a role-playing game will stimulate players to perceive distinct brand recalls.
Acoustic analysis of intonation in parkinson's disease

The aim of this study was to explore the prosodic characteristics of speakers with Parkin son’s disease (PD) in the marking of intonations. Twenty-four German PD speakers with either mild or moderate degree of dysarthria were compared with twelve non-dysarthric control speakers on the production of imperatives, questions and statements. Acoustic analyses of fundamental frequency (average F0, F0 range and F0 envelop), intensity (average intensity, intensity range and intensity envelop) and speech rate (number of syllable per second) were conducted to investigate the effect of PD on intonation marking. The results showed that the dysarthric and non-dysarthric speakers differed significantly in all F0 measures, with higher average F0 and reduced F0 variability noted for the PD speakers. Although the PD speakers were more monotonous in prosody, they showed similar intonation contrasts between intonations as in non-dysarthric speakers.
Comparison of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacogenetics of Once- and Twice-Daily Tacrolimus in the Early Stage After Renal Transplantation

Background This study investigated pharmacokinetic and pharmacogenetic differences between a modified-release once-daily formulation of tacrolimus (Tac-QD) and the original formulation requiring twice-daily intake (Tac-BID) in de novo renal transplant recipients. Methods Forty-seven and 25 patients who received Tac-BID and Tac-QD, respectively, were enrolled. The pharmacokinetics and CYP3A5 6986A>G and ABCB1 3435C>T pharmacogenetics of each formulation were analyzed on day 28 posttransplantation. Results The dose-adjusted trough level (C0) and area under the concentration-time curve (AUC0-24) of tacrolimus were approximately 25% lower for Tac-QD than Tac-BID. However, there was a good correlation between the AUC0-24 and C0 in the Tac-BID and Tac-QD groups (r2=0.575, P<0.001; and r2=0.638, P<0.001, respectively) and a similar coefficient in each regression equation. The dose-adjusted AUC0-24 was approximately 25% lower in carriers of the CYP3A*1 allele (CYP3A5 expressers), but not individuals with the CYP3A*3/*3 genotype (nonexpressers), for TAC-QD than Tac-BID. In the Tac-QD group, the interpatient variability for dose-adjusted parameters was small, and the interquatile ranges of dose-adjusted parameters differed between CYP3A5 expressers and nonexpressers and did not overlap. The ABCB1 polymorphism was not associated with any pharmacokinetic parameters of Tac-QD. Conclusions C0-guided monitoring may lead to similar AUC0-24 values for both formulations. However, to maintain the same AUC0-24 value, a higher dose of Tac-QD than Tac-BID may be needed, especially for CYP3A5 expressers, in the early stage posttransplantation. The narrow interindividual variability of Tac-QD pharmacokinetics and its difference between CYP3A5 expressers and nonexpressers might contribute to a dosing strategy based on CYP3A5 genotype.
Running Head : FORGIVENESS INTERVENTION FOR AGGRESSIVE VICTIMS Forgiveness Intervention for South Korean Female Adolescent Aggressive Victims

We investigated an intervention designed to help female aggressive victims improve their levels of psychological and school adjustment. Adolescent aggressive victims are youth who demonstrate heightened levels of aggressive behavior and are frequently victimized by others. A program focused on the psychology of forgiveness was implemented and tested against both an alternative skillstreaming program and a no-treatment control group. Forty-eight female adolescent aggressive victims in South Korea (age 12 to 21 years) were recruited from a middle school and a juvenile correctional facility. Participants were randomly assigned to groups. Both forgiveness and skillstreaming interventions were implemented in a small-group format for 12 weeks. Participants in the forgiveness group reported significant decreases in anger, hostile attribution, aggression, and delinquency at posttest and follow-up; they also reported significant increases in empathy at posttest and follow-up and grades at posttest. We discuss implications for the psychological development of adolescent aggressive victims.
Athymic Nude Rats Develop Severe Pulmonary Hypertension following Monocrotaline Administration

Objective: To investigate the significance of the presence or absence of the thymus in the development of pulmonary hypertension (PH) following monocrotaline (MCT) administration, the degree of MCT-induced PH (MCT-PH) in athymic nude (F344/N Jcl-rnu) rats was compared with that in their euthymic (rnu/+) littermates. Methods: Histopathological studies of the lung in terms of interstitial edema, congestion, thickening of the alveolar wall, inflammatory cell infiltration and degeneration of arteries were performed by staining with hematoxylin-eosin (HE), elastin van Gieson and Masson’s trichrome. The medial wall thickness of the small pulmonary arteries and the weight ratio of the right ventricular free wall (RV) to that of the left ventricle plus septum [RV/(LV + S) weight ratio] were used as indices of the degree of PH. Toluidine blue staining was performed to estimate the number of the mast cells in the lung interstitium. Results: Interstitial edema was significantly severer in MCT- injected euthymic rats than in MCT-injected athymic nude rats (p < 0.01); in contrast, the thickening of the alveolar wall was severer in MCT-injected athymic nude rats than in MCT-injected euthymic rats (p < 0.05). The degree of MCT-PH, as determined by the medial wall thickness of the small pulmonary arteries and RV/(LV + S) weight ratio in MCT-injected athymic nude rats, was significantly severer than in MCT-injected euthymic rats (p < 0.05 and p < 0.01, respectively). The number of mast cells was significantly greater in MCT-injected athymic nude rats than in MCT-injected euthymic rats (p < 0.01). The degree of the medial wall thickness of the small pulmonary arteries was significantly correlated with RV/(LV + S) weight ratio (p < 0.05) as well as with the number of mast cells in MCT-injected rats. Conclusions: Athymic nude rats developed severer PH than euthymic rats along with a greater number of mast cells and severer histopathological changes, such as thickening of the alveolar wall. Mast cell proliferation was considered to play a pivotal role in the development of PH in MCT-PH.
Fe3O4 nanoparticles as a saturable absorber for giant chirped pulse generation

Fe3O4 nanoparticles (FONPs) are magnetic materials with a small band gap and have well-demonstrated applications in ultrafast photonics, medical science, magnetic detection, and electronics. Very recently, FONPs were proposed as an ideal candidate for pulse generation in fiber-based oscillators. However, the pulses obtained to date are on the order of microseconds, which is too long for real application in communication. Here, we report the use of FONPs synthesized by a sol–hydrothermal method and used as a saturable absorber (SA) to achieve nanosecond pulses in an erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) for the first time. The proposed fiber laser is demonstrated to have a narrow spectral width of around 0.8 nm and a fixed fundamental repetition rate (RPR) of 4.63 MHz, whose spectra and pulse dynamics are different from the mode-locked lasers reported previously. It is demonstrated that the proposed fiber laser based on a FONP SA operates in the giant-chirp mode-locked regime. The most important result is the demonstration of a pulse duration of 55 ns at an output power of 16.2 mW, which is the shortest pulse based on FONPs for EDFLs reported to date. Our results demonstrate that the FONP dispersion allows for an excellent photonic material for application in ultrafast photonics devices, photoconductive detectors, and optical modulators.
Online tuning method for notch filter depth in industrial servo systems

This paper presents an online tuning method for notch filter depths in industrial servo systems. Notch filters are commonly utilized to suppress resonances in servo systems. Using a damping ratio of notch-filter zeros is especially important when the resonance has a damped behavior. This paper develops an online tuning method to adjust the damping ratio of notch-filter zeros, by adjusting the depth parameter of a bi-quad notch filter. The developed tuning method uses the electrical current command of a servo system as an input to detect a resonance. When a resonance occurs, the tuning method increases the depth parameter to decrease the damping ratio of notch-filter zeros, and then the tuning method checks whether the resonance is suppressed. If the resonance is not suppressed and the depth parameter has not reached the upper limit, the tuning method repeats the process of increasing the depth parameter. After several iterations, an appropriate depth parameter is selected and the resonance can be suppressed. Experiments are performed using two servo systems which are coupled with a ball-screw-drive load and a belt-drive load, respectively. The resonance of the belt-drive load has a behavior that is more highly damped behavior than that of the ball-screw-drive load. Experimental results show that the resonances of both systems are successfully suppressed using the developed tuning method.
Equivalent hydraulic conductivity of an experimental stratigraphy: Implications for basin‐scale flow simulations

Critical issues facing basin‐scale groundwater flow models are the estimation of representative hydraulic conductivity for the model units and the impact of nonrepresentation of within‐unit conductivity heterogeneity on the model flow prediction. In this study, high‐resolution, fully heterogeneous basin‐scale hydraulic conductivity map is generated by scaling up an experimental stratigraphy created by physical sedimentation processes and by assuming increasing conductivity for increasing gray scale (proxy for sand content). A fully heterogeneous model is created, incorporating the complete conductivity variation. Two hydrogeologic framework models are also created, one of coarser stratigraphic division. A novel numerical up‐scaling method is developed to compute an equivalent conductivity for each irregularly shaped framework model unit by conducting basin‐scale flow experiments in the fully heterogeneous model. In each experiment, different boundary conditions are specified, subjecting the basin to various flow conditions. To evaluate the impact of using equivalent conductivity on the prediction of basin‐scale hydraulic head and groundwater flow, the flow experiments conducted in the fully heterogenous model are repeated in the framework models. Results indicate that for most deposits, the behavior of the equivalent conductivity with increasing ln(K) variance is consistent with the prediction of an analytic‐stochastic theory. The equivalent conductivity is also insensitive to the boundary condition and the number of flow experiments performed, indicating the possible emergence of an effective conductivity. Although all equivalent conductivities are full tensors, the off‐diagonal term is 2–3 orders of magnitude smaller than the diagonal terms. Ignoring the off‐diagonal term has minimal impact on the framework‐model‐predicted hydraulic head and groundwater flow paths, when compared to the impact of nonrepresentation of within‐unit conductivity heterogeneity. Under certain boundary conditions, significant head deviation can develop within framework model units that contain trended or strongly stratified deposits. However, the accuracy of head prediction is improved when the length of the no‐flow boundary is increased. In a topography‐driven system, progressive degradation is observed in the prediction of basin‐scale flow pattern, flow rate, and location of recharge/discharge, when the progressively up‐scaled framework models are used. In summary, the accuracy of the framework models is controlled by the level of stratigraphic division, conductivity heterogeneity, and boundary conditions.
Consumer’s attitude towards green packaging: a study on Trincomalee district

The current rapid growth in the economy and the patterns of consumers’ consumption and behavior worldwide are the main cause of environmental deterioration. As the environment continues to worsen, it has become a persistent public concern in the developed countries and has recently awakens developing countries to the green movement. In Sri Lankan context, central environmental authority has conducted a survey, according to that Trincomalee District has been identified as poor in recycling and it cause to environment pollution and arisen of most health issues. In this context, this study initiated to find consumers’ attitudes toward green packaging with special reference to the Trincomalee District with four objectives, the main objective is to identify whether consumer attitudes towards green packaging is positive or not in Trincomalee District and in addition to that to identify the most effecting factor or factors on consumer attitudes toward green packaging and also to identify the relationship between independent variables (Demographic factor, Product characteristics, Environmental concern and Government role) and dependent variable (Consumer’s attitude towards green packaging) and to identify whether consumers attitude towards green packaging is varied according to their demographic factors. 200 consumers were considered for this study in Trincomalee District and they were selected by using random sampling method and data were collected from by using structured questionnaires. Descriptive analysis, correlation analysis, regression analysis and chi square analysis were used in analysis and key findings are consumer’s attitude towards green packaging in Trincomalee District is strong positive, most effecting factors on consumer’s attitude towards green packaging is product characteristics, all the independent variables have positive relationship with the dependent variable and consumer’s attitude towards green packaging is varied according to income level except other demographic factors. Finally, it was concluded that consumers in Trincomalee District highly concern about their environment and their health condition. Therefore, findings of this research contributed to government to identifying what action should be applying to prevent the environment pollution in Trincomalee District and contributed to manufactures by identifying what would be the consumer’s response if manufactures used environmental friendly packaging materials for their products.
Ni doping effects in YBa 2 Fe 3 O 8 + w

By doping Ni into YBa2Fe3O8+w (YBFO) system, we obtained the phase YBa2Fe3-xNixO8+w (YBFNO, x=0, 0.05, 0.10, 0.15, 0.30, 0.50, 1.00). This paper discusses the changes in crystal structural, resistivity and magnetoresistivity (MR) of YBFO samples due to the incorporation of transition metal Ni. The results show that Ni substitution for partial Fe in YBFO does not substantially transform the structure of parent phase, but results in tiny changes in the lattice parameters. The YBFO crystal with Ni doped is semiconducting.
A New Solution for UWB Localization : Online Algorithms , Implementation and Testbed

In several cyberphysical systems applications such as in robotics, transportation and sensor networks, it is imperative to devise low-power and low-complexity solutions for positioning and tracking. In this paper, we present a custom testbed in which agents equipped with Arduino microcontrollers and UWB transceivers are organized in a wireless ad hoc network. Ranging estimates are continually obtained and processed in real time to provide accurate position estimates via numerical schemes such as multilateration, Recursive Least Squares and Kalman Filtering. We expose illustrative experimental findings.
IDENTIFICATION OF DROUGHT-RELATED QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI (QTLs) IN SUGARCANE (Saccharum spp.) USING GENIC MARKERS A Dissertation by VIVEK SHARMA

Identification of Drought-Related Quantitative Trait Loci (QTLs) in Sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) Using Genic Markers. (May 2009) Vivek Sharma, B.Sc.; M.Sc., Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India Co-Chairs of Advisory Committee: Dr. Jorge Da Silva Dr.William L. Rooney Population based association studies in crops that were established by domestication and early breeding can be a valuable basis for the identification of QTLs. A case control design in a population is an ideal way to identify maximum candidate sites contributing to a complex polygenic trait such as drought. In the current study, marker loci associated with drought related QTLs were identified in sugarcane (Saccharum spp), one of the most complex crop genomes, with its polyploid nature (>8), chromosome number (>100) and interspecific origin. The objectives of this investigation were: 1) development of genic markers, which can be used for marker-assisted selection of drought tolerant genotypes of sugarcane. 2) genotypic characterization of sugarcane population at drought related loci using EST-SSR markers. Using 55 microsatellite markers, 56 polymorphisms were scored among 80 modern sugarcane genotypes. Homogeneity of the population was confirmed by determining the distribution of allele frequencies obtained by random genomic microsatellite markers. This analysis was conducted in the STRUCTURE program and the population was divided in 3 subgroups based on the allelic distribution. Phenotypic data to evaluate drought tolerance among the genotypes was collected by measuring chlorophyll content, chlorophyll fluorescence, leaf temperature and leaf relative water content. A generalized linear model in SPSS was used to find association between marker loci and phenotypic data. Markers with significant association (P≤0.001 level) with the trait were subjected to linear regression to screen the spurious associations. Based on the results, 21 EST-SSR markers and 11