Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Study on Total Quality Management Activities in Taiwan Tourism Factories

As competition becomes increasingly fierce, how to integrate the concept of information technology involvement into total quality management activities and better serve the customers, thus increasing the effectiveness of their services, has become an important focus for many tourism factories in their selection of an appropriate operational strategy. With the tourism factories in Taiwan as the subjects, this study was therefore set out to investigate the impact of operational strategies, information technology involvement and motivation on the executive degree of total quality management (TQM) activities, as well as the correlation between the executive degree of TQM activities and operational performance. This research was conducted from March to April 2016 using 56 effective questionnaires through a questionnaire survey method. According to the research findings, the higher the executive degree of TQM activities was, the more significant a positive impact it would have on operational performance; the execution of differentiation strategies would have a positive impact on the execution of TQM activities; the more a company was involved in information technology, the more significant a positive impact it would have on the execution of TQM activities; the higher the intrinsic motivation was, the more significant a positive impact it would have on the executive degrees of TQM activities. It is therefore advisable for tourism factories to implement TQM activities, adopt differentiation strategies, seek greater information technology involvement and become more strongly motivated toward TQM implementation in order to improve operational performance.
Sector and Sphere: Towards Simplified Storage and Processing of Large Scale Distributed Data

Cloud computing has demonstrated that processing very large datasets over commodity clusters can be done simply given the right programming model and infrastructure. In this paper, we describe the design and implementation of the Sector storage cloud and the Sphere compute cloud. In contrast to existing storage and compute clouds, Sector can manage data not only within a data center, but also across geographically distributed data centers. Similarly, the Sphere compute cloud supports User Defined Functions (UDF) over data both within a data center and across data centers. As a special case, MapReduce style programming can be implemented in Sphere by using a Map UDF followed by a Reduce UDF. We describe some experimental studies comparing Sector/Sphere and Hadoop using the Terasort Benchmark. In these studies, Sector is about twice as fast as Hadoop. Sector/Sphere is open source.
Sunspots and the Nature of Price Rigidity

It is well known that increasing returns to scale and firms’ market power are two potential sources of sunspot expectations in Neoclassical models. In this paper we show that both the degree of returns to scale and market power can have fundamentally different implications for self-fulfilling expectations in New Keynesian models depending on the nature of price rigidity. As a result, the design of stabilization monetary policy can depend in a delicate way on precise knowledge about these real and nominal features of the economy. Thus, a clear understanding of the specific economic environment and its relevance to monetary policymaking for ensuring macroeconomic stability should be an integrated part of monetary policy practice. JEL classification: E12; E31; E52
Applications of Micellar Liquid Chromatography in Bioanalysis: A Review

Article history: Received on: 30/07/2013 Revised on: 25/12/2013 Accepted on: 09/01/2014 Available online: 30/01/2014 Micellar liquid chromatography (MLC) is one of the very important analytical techniques. It contains mobile phase added with surfactants above its critical micellar concentration and the stationary phase is modified with surfactant monomers. So, micelles alter the solubilising capability of the mobile phase which forms diverse interactions with major implications in retention and selectivity. It is an alternative to conventional reversed phase liquid chromatography. It allows direct injection of physiological fluids, analysis of pharmaceutical compounds, physiological partitioning process. MLC (micelle liquid chromatography) has proved time saving as compared to other analytical technique like HPLC and ion-pairing. Applicability of MLC is increased in the field of bioanalysis. It is used to analyze different samples of drugs in serum, urine, food etc. In this review we have focused on the various examples of use of MLC in bioanalysis. This review also contains basic information about MLC such as micellar mobile phase, stationary phase, surfactants, and fundamental studies such as retention behavior and partition coefficient.
Neonatal androgen or estrogen treatment and the adrenal cortica response to stress in adult rats.

Female rats treated with androgen 120 hr after birth or estrogen 96 hr after birth exhibited normal stress-induced elevations in plasma corticosterone concentrations. Both hormones produced the expected anovulatory condition, and significantly increased adrenal and body weights. Male rats treated with androgen neonatally showed a significant increase in body weight and a slight decrease in testicularweight. No effect was observed in the adrenal cortical response to stress. Neonatal estrogen treatment did significantly elevate the response to stress in adult males. Testicular and body weights were markedly reduced but adrenal weights were increased as a function of neonatal estrogen treatment and were comparable to those of normal females. (Endocrinology 80:1177,1967)
Cooling water for Britain's future electricity supply

Trends in the locations and technologies of UK electricity generation plant suggest that demand for cooling water abstractions from rivers will decrease in the coming decades, unless there is widespread uptake of carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS). CCS may prove to be essential if the UK is to achieve its carbon dioxide and greenhouse gas emission targets. ‘Decarbonisation’ strategies that rely on CCS are therefore potentially at risk of not having sufficient cooling water in periods of low river flows. In this paper, regional freshwater demands for cooling water are assessed against regional freshwater availability at low flows in a scenario of medium climate change. In the strategy with high CCS, demands for water greatly exceed current and future availability in the north-west (NW) England, Humber, East (E) Midlands and Thames regions. These risks can be mitigated by increasing the penetration of hybrid cooling systems or shifting generating capacity to estuaries or the coast. The former could re.
The relationship between internal brand management and brand citizenship behaviour in the financial services sector in South Africa

II DECLARATION . III DEDICATION . IV ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . V TABLE OF CONTENTS . VI LIST OF TABLES . X LIST OF FIGURES . XII CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION . 13 1.1 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY . 13 1.2 CONTEXT OF THE STUDY . 14 1.3 PROBLEM STATEMENT . 19 1.3. 1 MAIN PROBLEM . 19 1.3. 2 SUB PROBLEM 1 . 19 1.3. 3 SUB PROBLEM 2 . 20 1.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY . 20 1.5 DELIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY. 22 1.6 DEFINITION OF TERMS . 24 1.7 ASSUMPTIONS . 25 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW . 26 2.
Antibiotic‐resistant staphylococci in a teaching hospital

A large, continuing outbreak of infection and colonisation with a Staphylococcus aureus which is resistant to methicillin and gentamicin is reported. Affected patients and staff members seen between September, 1980, and August, 1981, are reviewed in detail. Methods of management of such persons and their treatment, if required, are discussed. The antibiotic‐ resistant Staph, aureus is readily disseminated in hospitals and may cause outbreaks of infection in wards, which require isolation of affected patients in the attempt to control the problem. It is suggested that a special isolation unit is needed. Use of the few effective antibiotic agents should be restricted. Despite these measures, the spread of this organism may not be contained.
Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (Chronic Lung Disease of Infancy)

This paper is a review of the changes that have occurred over the past 35 years in the clinical and radiologic presentation of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), now more commonly referred to as chronic lung disease of infancy (CLD). Curent thoughts on etiology are only briefly discussed. The major focus is the management of the patient with CLD by the primary care physician once the patient has been discharged from hospital. Oxygen, diuretic, bronchodilator, antiinflammatory and nutritional therapies are discussed in detail. Finally, current information on long-term prognosis and recommendations for the prevention of RSV and influenza infections are reviewed.
Homozygous germ line mutation in exon 27 of murine Brca2 disrupts the Fancd2–Brca2 pathway in the homologous recombination‐mediated DNA interstrand cross‐links' repair but does not affect meiosis

The role of the region encoded by exon 27 of the Brca2 gene in DNA repair was studied in cells and tissues from Brca2Δ27/Δ27 mice. The COOH‐terminal truncated Brca2 localized to the nucleus in primary mouse embryo fibroblasts from Brca2Δ27/Δ27 mice. Fluorescence‐activated cell sorting (FACS) analysis demonstrated that these fibroblasts were hypersensitive to mitomycin C‐induced cross‐links, but not to double‐strand breaks (DSBs) induced by irradiation. The γH2AX appearance kinetics and comet assay showed that DSBs were repaired through non‐homologous end joining pathways, while interstrand cross‐links were not repaired due to deficient homologous recombination pathways. Immunoprecipitation experiments showed that Fancd2 did not coprecipitate with the mutated Brca2. There were also no detectable Rad51‐positive foci formed in these cells after damage. On the other hand, we did not find any difference during gametogenesis in mice harboring exon 27 truncating mutation of the Brca2 gene and control mice, and in both cases, Rad51 localized to the recombination foci. Our results suggest that exon 27 of murine Brca2 is crucial for the interaction of Brca2 and Fancd2 in Rad51‐mediated recombination in response to DNA damage, but that this interaction is not taking place in the homologous recombination during meiosis. Published 2005 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Effect of Opioid-Related Adverse Events on Outcomes in Selected Surgical Patients

ABSTRACT Purpose: This retrospective study utilized a large, national hospital database to assess the impact of opioid–related adverse events (ORADE) on patient outcomes following selected surgical procedures known to require postoperative pain control. Methods: Outcomes of patients with administratively documented ORADE were compared to those without. Multivariate regression determined differences in hospital costs; length of stay (LOS); odds of individuals being an outlier in total cost and LOS; and having a 30-day all-cause readmission. Results: Among 319,898 surgeries of interest, 12.2% of patients experienced an ORADE. Patients had higher adjusted mean costs ($22,077 [95% CI 21,823–22,333] vs. $17,370 [95% CI 17,238–17,503]; p < 0.0001) and greater LOS (7.6 [95% CI 7.5–7.6] vs. 4.2 days [95% CI 4.2–4.2]; p <0.0001). Adjusted odds of being a total cost and LOS outlier were 2.8 (95% CI 2.7–2.8) and 3.2 (95% CI 3.1–3.3) times greater in the ORADE group. These patients were more likely to be readmitted (OR 1.06, 95% CI 1.02–1.09). Conclusions: Patients exhibiting a documented ORADE had greater overall costs, longer hospitalizations, and increased likelihood for readmission. These results highlight the economic impact associated with opioid use for postsurgical pain management.
Review of the Effect of Corporate Social Responsibility on Organizational Trust, Job Satisfaction and Customer-Orientation (Case Study: Private Hospitals of the City Ahvaz)

Given today's changing and competitive conditions, service and industrial organizations require change and development in proportion with the advancement and development. The status of some of them is very special and sensitive such as hospitals due to the importance, variety and type of the services they provide and the population they cover and the importance of health care services and its impact of the health of the population. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a sensitive issue and has been the center of attention in the recent years and it is considered as the basic factor of the survival of any organization. Excellent organizations, as responding organizations, shall be committed to social responsibility and show it through their values in order to achieve clarity and to respond to their beneficiaries regarding their performance and they should make sure that these commitments are present in the entire organization. Given the mentioned issues, this research is attempting to review the issue of how corporate social responsibility affects organizational trust, job satisfaction and customer-orientation of the employees of private hospitals of the city Ahvaz? The statistical population of the research includes the employees of the private hospitals of the city Ahvaz. The sampling method of the present research was simple random sampling method and the estimated sample volume was equal to 326 employees. In this research, in order to analyze the data, the descriptive and inferential statistics have been used in the environment of SPSS(22.0) and LISREL(8.8) software. Given the results obtained from the data analysis, which confirms all of the research hypotheses, it can be said that social responsibility has a positive impact on the performance of the organization.
Lazy evaluation in logic programming

A method for bringing the concept of lazy evaluation to logic programming in a rigorous yet efficient manner is presented. Its main advantage over previous methods is its considerable efficiency, from both the theoretical and implementation points of view. It is based on making the SLD-resolution rule of inference directly simulate the behavior of a lazy rewriting interpreter satisfying strong computational properties. It thereby yields a powerful system in which one can program with functions, relations, non-determinism, lazy evaluation, and combinations of these all within a single logical framework. The method can also be viewed as contributing to the design and implementation of lazy rewriting. It introduces lazy, nondeterministic rewriting. It proposes a new method of shrinking the search space of reductions to a single branch. It allows a very simple, yet efficient, implementation in Prolog, so programming of many low-level tasks involved in usual implementations of lazy rewriting is avoided altogether. <<ETX>>
Optimisation of Wine and Spirit Inventory Assets in Fine Dining Restaurants

Research on profit optimisation in the travel sector of hospitality industry has been dominated by the development of effective revenue management techniques to help managers in situations where demand is variable, variable costs are low, assets are fixed and perishable. These techniques have been extended to the restaurant sector, with recognition that variable costs are a larger proportion of total costs and not fixed. In fine dining restaurants substantive wine and spirit inventories present operators with the challenge of how to optimise the sales per dollar of inventory. Theoretical foundations of yield management, retail inventory optimisation and menu engineering are reviewed with direct application to the development of the WINSPID model of wine list and wine inventory optimisation. Data from a successful fine dining restaurant are used to illustrate how the model can be used to improve the sales efficiency of the wine list and inventory. Opportunities to extend the model to spirit inventories are proposed.
Relative Performance Evaluation in CEO Compensation: A Talent-Retention Explanation

Relative performance evaluation (RPE) in chief executive officer (CEO) compensation can be used as a commitment device to pay CEOs for their revealed relative talent. We find evidence consistent with the talent-retention hypothesis, using two different approaches. First, we examine the RPE terms in compensation contracts and document features that are consistent with retention motives. Second, using a novel empirical specification for detecting RPE, we find RPE is less prevalent when CEO talent is less transferrable: Among specialist CEOs, founder CEOs, and retirement-age CEOs, as well as in industries and states where the market for CEO talent is more restrictive.
Spatiotemporal Distribution of Satellite-Retrieved 1 Ground-Level PM 2 . 5 and Near Real-Time Daily 2 Retrieval Algorithm Development in Sichuan 3 Basin , China 4 5

Satellite-based monitoring can retrieve ground-level PM2.5 concentrations with 17 higher-resolution and continuous spatial coverage to assist in making management strategies 18 and estimating health exposures. The Sichuan Basin has a complex terrain and several city 19 clusters that differ from other regions in China: it has an enclosed air basin with a unique 20 planetary boundary layer dynamic which accumulates air pollution. The spatiotemporal 21 distribution of 1-km resolution Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) in the Sichuan Basin was 22 retrieved using the improved dark pixel method and Moderate Resolution Imaging 23 Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data in this study. The retrieved seasonal AOD reached its 24 highest values in spring and had the lowest values in autumn. The higher correlation (r = 0.84, 25 N = 171) between the ground-based Lidar AOD and 1-km resolution MODIS AOD indicated 26 that the high-resolution MODIS AOD could be used to retrieve the ground-level PM2.5 27 concentration. The Lidar-measured annual average extinction coefficient increased linearly 28 with the Planetary Boundary Layer Height (PBLH) in the range of 100~670 m, but 29 exponentially decreased between the heights of 670~1800 m. Both the correlation and the 30 variation tendency of simulated PBLH from WRF_SHIN/CALMET were closer to the Lidar 31 observation than that of three other Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL) schemes (the 32 Grenier-Bretherton-McCaa (GBM) scheme, the he Total Energy-Mass Flux (TEMF) scheme 33 and the University of Washington (UW) scheme), which suggested that the simulated PBLH 34 could be used in the vertical correction of retrieval PM2.5. Four seasonal fitting functions were 35 also obtained for further humidity correction. The correlation coefficient between the aerosol 36 extinction coefficient and the fitted surface-level PM2.5 concentration at the benchmark station 37 of Southwest Jiao-tong University was enhanced significantly from 0.62 to 0.76 after vertical 38 and humidity corrections during a whole year. During the evaluation of the retrieved 39 ground-level PM2.5 with observed values from three cities, Yibin (YB), Dazhou (DZ), and 40 Deyang (DY), our algorithm performed well, resulting in higher correlation coefficients of 41 0.78 (N = 177), 0.77 (N = 178), and 0.81 (N = 181), respectively. 42 43
Diagnostic Performance of DWI for Differentiating High- From Low-Grade Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

OBJECTIVE The purpose of our study was to review the diagnostic performance of DWI for differentiating high- from low-grade clear cell renal cell carcinoma (RCC). MATERIALS AND METHODS MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochrane library databases were searched up to March 15, 2017. We included diagnostic accuracy studies that used DWI for differentiating high- from low-grade clear cell RCC compared with histopathologic results of Fuhrman grade based on nephrectomy or biopsy specimens in original research articles. Two independent reviewers assessed methodologic quality using the Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies 2 tool. Sensitivity and specificity of the included studies were pooled and graphically presented using a hierarchic summary ROC plot. For heterogeneity exploration, we assessed the presence of a threshold effect and performed meta-regression analyses. RESULTS Eight retrospective studies (394 patients with 397 clear cell RCCs) were included. Pooled sensitivity was 0.78 (95% CI, 0.68-0.85) with a specificity of 0.86 (95% CI, 0.70-0.94). A considerable threshold effect was observed with a correlation coefficient of 0.811 (95% CI, 0.248-0.964) between the sensitivity and false-positive rate. At meta-regression analysis, apparent diffusion coefficient (× 10 mm2/s) cutoff value (< 1.57 vs ≥ 1.57; p = 0.03) and location of ROI (solid portion vs whole tumor; p = 0.04) were significant factors affecting heterogeneity. Other factors with regard to patients and tumors, study, and MRI characteristics were not significant (p = 0.17-0.91). CONCLUSION DWI shows moderate diagnostic performance for differentiating high-from low-grade clear cell RCC. Substantial heterogeneity was observed because of a threshold effect. Further prospective studies may be needed; all included studies were retrospective.
Solubilization and disaggregation of polyglutamine peptides

A method is described for dissolving and disaggregating chemically synthesized polyglutamine peptides. Polyglutamine peptides longer than about Q20 have been reported to be insoluble in water, but dissolution in – and evaporation from ‐ a mixture of trifluoroacetic acid and hexafluoroisopropanol converts polyglutamine peptides up to at least Q44 to a form readily soluble in aqueous buffers. This procedure also has a dramatic effect on peptides which appear to be completely soluble in water, by removing traces of aggregate that seed aggregation. The protocol makes possible solution studies—including in vitro aggregation experiments—on polyglutamine peptides with repeat lengths associated with increased risk of Huntington's Disease and other expanded CAG repeat diseases. It may also be useful in conducting reproducible, quantitative aggregation studies on other polypeptides.
Multiple Organ Engraftment by Bone‐Marrow‐Derived Myofibroblasts and Fibroblasts in Bone‐Marrow‐Transplanted Mice

Myofibroblasts are ubiquitous cells with features of both fibroblasts and smooth muscle cells. We suggest that the bone marrow can contribute to myofibroblast populations in a variety of tissues and that this is exacerbated by injury. To assess this, female mice were transplanted with male bone marrow and the male cells were tracked throughout the body and identified as myofibroblasts. Skin wounding and paracetamol administration were used to assess whether myofibroblast engraftment was modulated by damage. Following radiation injury, a proportion of myofibroblasts in the lung, stomach, esophagus, skin, kidney, and adrenal capsule were bone‐marrow derived. In the lung, there was significantly greater engraftment following paracetamol administration (17% versus 41% p < 0.005). Bone‐marrow‐derived fibroblasts were also found. We suggest that bone marrow contributes to a circulating population of cells and, in the context of injury, these cells are recruited and contribute to tissue repair.