Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Pengaruh Relationship Marketing, Trust, Commitment, Citra, Dan Fasilitas Pada Customer Loyalty

Objective of this study is to examine the influence of relationship marketing, customer trust, customer commitment, image and facility on customer loyalty. Sample size consists of 200 customers that have intention to loyal toward Hotel Pondok Indah Boyolali-Jawa Tengah. This sample was taken by purposive sampling technique. Validity and reliability testing were done to assurance the truth of data quality that was collected from survey. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was chosen to elaborate the linkage among of these observed variables. The result indicates that customer loyalty significantly influence by trust, commitment, image, and facility. Insignificantly result and implication for further research are also discussed in this study.
The fit of competitive strategies, management accounting systems and information technology systems and its effect on business unit performances / Diana Zuhroh

This study aims to provide empirical support for the arguments that the performance of Fit Low Cost business units is better than that of Misfit Low Cost business units and that the performance of Fit Differentiation business units is better than that of Misfit Differentiation business units. The Balanced Scorecard was used to measure the performance of business units, including their financial, customer, internal process, and learning/growth performance. A survey method was employed using a questionnaire. Nonparametric multivariate analysis of variance (Kruskal Wallis test) was used to analyze the data. The business unit of a large manufacturing company in East Java Province was used as the unit of analysis. We find that Fit Low Cost business units do not outperform Misfit Low Cost business units, while Fit Differentiation business units outperform Misfit Differentiation business units. Therefore, the results for Fit Differentiation and Fit Low Cost support and reject contingency theory, respectively. These findings strengthen contingency theory and promote its relevance in practice. Given their prevalence in actual practice, some of the current management accounting practices must be analyzed by academics and included in their classroom lecture materials.
Impact of a School-Based Sexual Abuse Prevention Education Program on the Knowledge and Attitude of High School Girls

Sexual abuse has been considered a public health issue because of the various health implications resulting from it. The school nurse has a responsibility in assisting the high school girl to prevent victimization. This study adopted a quasi-experimental design in which a sexual abuse prevention education package was developed and used to educate high school girls in a selected school in Nigeria. Evaluation of the impact of the package revealed a significant increase in the knowledge mean scores of the girls at first postintervention stage and this increase was maintained at second postintervention stage. No significant shift was observed for the attitude of the girls. Education is a significant tool that could be used in improving the knowledge of sexual abuse prevention among high school girls, but attitude supporting sexual abuse prevention can only be improved when myths of sexual abuse are corrected in the larger society.
Insulin-sensitivity response to a single bout of resistive exercise in type 1 diabetes mellitus.

CONTEXT Little is known about the acute effects of resistance exercise on insulin sensitivity in people with type 1 diabetes. DESIGN Repeated-measures design with 2 independent variables: group (exercise and nonexercise control) and time (preexercise and 12 and 36 h postexercise). SETTING General Clinical Research Center, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA. PATIENTS 14 physically active subjects (11 men and 3 women) with type 1 diabetes. INTERVENTION The exercise group completed 5 sets of 6 repetitions of strenuous (80% 1-RM) quadriceps and hamstring exercises while the control group performed only activities of daily living. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Insulin sensitivity was assessed with the euglycemic-hyperinsulinemic-clamp technique preexercise and 12 and 36 h postexercise. RESULTS Insulin-sensitivity values were not significantly different between the exercise and control groups (P = .92) or over time (P = .67). CONCLUSIONS A single bout of strenuous resistance exercise does not alter insulin sensitivity in people with type 1 diabetes.
Strategic training and development and organization performance- A critical analysis

In this global world, the business environment has changed with intense pressure on organizations to become competitive. Organizations that wish to be successful should confront with increased competition resulting from economic environments, changes in technology and globalization. The survival of an organization thus lies with its ability to train and develop its human resource to be innovative, creative and inventive for enhancement of organization performance. For training and development to be effective in an organization, it must be aligned to the overall business strategy leading to the concept of strategic training and development. Training and development needs assessment is also imperative towards the success of an organization. Strategic training and development thus focuses on the design and implementation of training and development systems to successfully impact organizational performance. Critical review of literature shows that little if any is known about the relationship of strategic training and development on organization performance. Most of the studies have isolated training and development thus relating them to either employees’ performance or organizational performance. This study therefore critically examined the existing gap which necessitated a further study on the relationship between strategic training and development on organization performance. The study reviewed existing literature on training and development using desktop research design.
THE ROLE OF T SUPPRESSOR CELLS IN THE MAINTENANCE OF SPONTANEOUSLY ACCEPTED ORTHOTOPIC RAT LIVER ALLOGRAFTS

Orthotopic liver allografts from BN donors to LEW recipients are spontaneously accepted, and the recipients develop donor-specific immunological unresponsiveness. This unresponsiveness may be mediated by suppressor T cells. Immunomagnetically purified splenic T cells from LEW rats bearing BN liver grafts were shown to adoptively transfer suppression of skin, heart, and kidney graft rejection in a donor-specific manner, prolonging the survival of BN but not thirdparty DA grafts. However, the suppressor T cells were sessile, being resident in the spleen but not present in thoracic duct lymph. The presence of a nonrecirculating suppressor T cell in rats spontaneously accepting liver transplants is strongly suggestive of an important function in the maintenance of donor-specific unresponsiveness, although the contribution of other possible mechanisms of unresponsiveness has not been investigated.
Mechanisms of Foraging in Mammalian Herbivores: New Models of Functional Response

The outcome of many high-order processes in ecology depends on the way in which the abundance and distribution of plants affect the eating rate of mammalian herbivores. However, simple, mechanistic models describing the operation of the functional response of these animals have failed to emerge. We offer new models describing the effects of spatial and morphological characteristics of plants on the intake rate of plant tissue by mammalian herbivores feeding within plant patches. We structure our models to respond to three patterns of plant availability: (1) spatially dispersed, apparent plants; (2) spatially dispersed, nonapparent plants; and (3) spatially concentrated plants. We depart from the traditional representations of predator functional response in assuming that searching for food and processing it can overlap in time. Our models illustrate that several distinct mechanisms can account for Type II functional responses frequently seen in herbivores. We show how differences among these mechanisms can explain anomalies in the empirical literature on regulation of intake rate of mammalian herbivores including divergence in functional responses between grazers and browsers, linear functional response curves, and curves showing zero slope throughout the domain of food availability.
Apollo 17 Seismic Profiling: Probing the Lunar Crust

Apollo 17 seismic data are interpreted to determine the structure of the lunar crust to a depth of several kilometers. Seismic velocity increases in a marked stepwise manner beneath the Taurus-Littrow region at the Apollo 17 site. A thickness of about 1200 meters is indicated for the infilling mare basalts at Taurus-Littrow. The apparent velocity is high (about 4 kilomleters per second) in the material immediately underlying the basalts.
Direct Tramadol Application on Sciatic Nerve Inhibits Spinal Somatosensory Evoked Potentials in Rats

We sought to determine the possible neural conduction blockade of tramadol and whether there is evidence of localized neural toxicity with spinal somatosensory evoked potential (SSEP) measurements. Male Wistar rats were used. SSEP, elicited by supramaximally stimulating the hind paw and recorded from the thoracolumbar and the first and second lumbar interspinous ligaments, was monitored. SSEPs were obtained before drug application as the pretreatment baseline and measured every 15 min after treatment for 2 h and at 60-min intervals thereafter until SSEP returned to baseline or for another 4 h. Two small strips of Gelfoam (0.6 × 1.0 cm2) soaked with the drug were placed under and over the left sciatic nerve for a 30-min period. Gelfoam was prepared with tramadol hydrochloride (Tramal; the US trade name is Ultram) 5, 2.5, and 1.25 mg, diluted if needed with saline to a total volume of 100 &mgr;L (5%, 2.5%, and 1.25%, respectively). The control data were obtained from the right side limb with normal saline by following the same method. Spinal SSEPs were measured after 48 h to detect the late neural damage. The results showed that direct tramadol application on sciatic nerves dose-dependently reduced both the amplitude and conduction velocity of SSEPs when compared with the pretreatment baseline. All SSEPs returned to pretreatment baseline, and no significant changes of SSEP between bilateral limbs were noted at the 48-h measurements. No evidence of irreversible conduction blockade indicative of local neural toxicity was seen. Pretreatment with naloxone 1 mg/kg failed to block the changes of SSEP produced by 2.5% tramadol 100 &mgr;L. We conclude that tramadol exerts a local anesthetic–type effect on peripheral nerves.
5-Azacytidine stimulates fetal hemoglobin synthesis in anemic baboons.

In an attempt to stimulate Hb F synthesis in baboons by means other than erythropoietic stress, we considered the possibility that an agent that inhibits methylation of CpG sequences in DNA may be effective. 5-Azacytidine, a cytosine analogue that cannot be methylated, is such an agent. Animals whose packed red cell volume was maintained at approximately 20% by bleeding were given 10 daily intravenous injections of the drug (6 mg/kg) in 12 days. Hb F levels in these animals started to increase on day 5 of this regimen and peak levels, which were 6-30 times higher than those produced by bleeding alone, occurred 5-7 days after the last dose of the drug. In animals previously identified as genetically "high" or "low" Hb F responders, the maximal Hb F levels were 70-85% and 35-40% respectively. In dose-response studies 5-azacytidine given daily at 3-4 mg/kg produced maximal Hb F increases. The drug did not correlate the percentage (number) of Hb F-containing cells (F cells) beyond the maximal number achieved by bleeding alone and thus its main effect was to increase Hb F per F cell. The finding that Hb F synthesis can be modulated to such a high degree by a drug may have therapeutic implications--e.g., in sickle cell anemia, in which stimulation of Hb F synthesis may prevent sickling.
CONTINUATION STUDY TO EVALUATE THE IMPACTS OF THE SR 91 VALUE-PRICED EXPRESS LANES. FINAL REPORT

iii PREFACE This is the final report for the continuation phase of a Caltrans and U.S. DOT-sponsored study to evaluate the impacts of the value-priced express lanes located in the median of the Riverside Freeway (State Route 91) in Orange County, CA. The express lanes have been in service since December 27, 1995. The overall objective of the study was to develop information and insights for understanding changes in traffic, travel behavior, and the public's reactions to market-based road pricing and other innovative features of this unique facility. The study findings are based on an extensive compilation of field observations, surveys, and other sources assembled during more than five years, including about a year and a half prior to the facility's opening. These data sets are themselves an important study product. Many of these data may be found on-line at: In addition, John Kew provided computer expertise to make many of these results possible. The study team owes a great deal of thanks to many people who helped in the data collection and analysis. Persons from state and local public and private organizations who generously assisted our efforts and offered useful advice through the course of the work are too numerous to list here. We offer our sincere appreciation for their help and for the pleasure of meeting new colleagues. The study was conducted under contract with the California Department of Transportation, with major funding from the Federal Highway Administration. We recognize the assistance of John Berg and Patrick DeCorla-Souza, who led the FHWA Value-Pricing Program at different times during the study and provided valuable guidance. In addition, successful completion of the study would have been impossible except for the outstanding continuing assistance of Caltrans. Throughout the study, we were assisted by a project monitoring and review team consisting of Caltrans contacts as well as Jeff Holm and Theresa Smith of FHWA and Kiran Bhatt and Thomas Higgins of K.T. Analytics, Inc. This review team provided invaluable help in both refining the study scope and in reviewing the draft final report. The contents of this report reflect the views of the authors who are alone responsible for the findings and accuracy of the information presented herein. The contents do not necessarily reflect the official views or policies of the State of California. The report does not constitute a standard, specification or regulation.
Organizational Factors in the Adoption of Cloud Computing in E-Learning

Information and communication technology (ICT) plays a significant role in education. Cloud computing is a relatively new technology in ICT. It has drastically changed the way ICT services are used in organisations. In education sector, many education institutions have started to recognise the usefulness and importance of adopting cloud computing technology, and some have started to adopt the technology in the organisation. There are several issues that must be taken into account when adopting cloud computing. They encompass technological factors, environmental factors and organisational factors. This paper aims to highlights the organisational factors within the context of cloud computing adoption in education, focusing on the e-learning domain area.
Oct4/Sox2-Regulated miR-302 Targets Cyclin D1 in Human Embryonic Stem Cells

ABSTRACT Oct4 and Sox2 are transcription factors required for pluripotency during early embryogenesis and for the maintenance of embryonic stem cell (ESC) identity. Functional mechanisms contributing to pluripotency are expected to be associated with genes transcriptionally activated by these factors. Here, we show that Oct4 and Sox2 bind to a conserved promoter region of miR-302, a cluster of eight microRNAs expressed specifically in ESCs and pluripotent cells. The expression of miR-302a is dependent on Oct4/Sox2 in human ESCs (hESCs), and miR-302a is expressed at the same developmental stages and in the same tissues as Oct4 during embryogenesis. miR-302a is predicted to target many cell cycle regulators, and the expression of miR-302a in primary and transformed cell lines promotes an increase in S-phase and a decrease in G1-phase cells, reminiscent of an ESC-like cell cycle profile. Correspondingly, the inhibition of miR-302 causes hESCs to accumulate in G1 phase. Moreover, we show that miR-302a represses the productive translation of an important G1 regulator, cyclin D1, in hESCs. The transcriptional activation of miR-302 and the translational repression of its targets, such as cyclin D1, may provide a link between Oct4/Sox2 and cell cycle regulation in pluripotent cells.
The Effect of Venture Capitalists Straying from Their Industry Comfort Zones

Abstract I empirically test and find evidence that venture capital industry experience is more informative and impactful in venture capital investment when measured at the low non-aggregated industry level. Additional evidence shows that venture capital investments made outside of a venture capitalist's preferred investment industry suffer from significant decreases in exit success likelihood. This effect becomes stronger the more distant the investment industry is from the venture capitalist's preferred investment industry.
Path-based computations in colour image processing

Path-based computations have been brought into image processing with the purpose of reducing the two-dimensional structure of images into one dimension. There may be different reasons to do that, for example often one-dimensional algorithms are much simpler and more efficient than their two-dimensional counterparts. Also, in some cases, two-dimensional algorithms might not exist at all. In this thesis we examine the role of various curves in different aspects of image processing. In colour-based image retrieval, we show that Lissajous curves generate a set of optimal interpolation points that we use for the approximation of chromaticity histograms. Extensive tests show that the method we propose matches and in some cases improves the retrieval results of existing techniques based on the DCT and PCA. We then take into account two aspects of image enhancement: the appearance of colour images and the generalised conversion from colour to greyscale. A classic algorithm for image enhancement is retinex. Originally devised as a model for human colour vision 40 years ago, it still plays a prominent role, finding applications for example in the tone mapping of high dynamic range images. Retinex was initially proposed as a path-based algorithm, and later it was shown to work very well with Brownian paths. However, the implementation was computationally prohibitive because it had to generate several paths per pixel. In this context, we propose an efficient pseudo-Brownian path generator with very useful constraints: it guarantees the minimum and the average number of times each pixel is visited, which is very important for image enhance-
Factors Influencing the User Behaviour Intention of Online Recruitment Websites

The quality of real-time communication over the Internet is an reason why online recruitment websites become the main job-hunting platform for job seekers. The purpose of the study is to learn whether the web service quality of the online recruitment website perceived by the users would affect their satisfaction and perceived risk towards the website. The study also is intended to see the effect of satisfaction on the intention of continual usage, loyalty and word-of-mouth communication. This study uses online survey questionnaire to collect samples. A total of 601 valid questionnaires were collected. Structural Equation Model (SEM) is used to validate the research hypothesis. The study results: 1. Continuance intention, loyalty, word-of-mouth communication are positively affected by satisfaction. On the contrary, perceived risk is negatively affected by satisfaction; 2. Web service quality is positively influenced by satisfaction but negatively influenced by perceived risk. Continuance intention and loyalty are indirectly influenced by satisfaction and perceived risk; 3. The searching service of online recruitment websites is most frequently used by job seekers; 4. Online recruitment website operators have to emphasize more on risk management.
Breakdown of two-phase random resistor networks.

We describe the failure of two-component square- and cubic-lattice random resistor networks. The model behavior is dependent on the ratio of the conductances of the two components [ital g], the ratio of the (brittle) failure thresholds of the two components [ital i], the volume fraction [ital p], and the sample size [ital L]. For much of the parameter space, the average strength of the networks shows a rather weak size effect, and a scaling argument suggests that this size effect is logarithmic. As usual, near the percolation points, there can be algebraic scaling provided [ital i] and [ital g] are very large or small. Near the limits [ital p]=0 and [ital p]=1, there is a logarithmic ( dilute-limit'') singularity in average strength. The ability to absorb damage is very strongly dependent on the model parameters. When one phase is more conducting and weaker than the other, and the strong phase is connected, the damage is usually extensive. Basically most of the weak bonds fail prior to the failure of the whole network. In the other regions of parameter space, damage is not extensive, but it does sometimes scale in a nontrivial way with the sample size.
Effects of the Crisis and the Disclosure on the Information Asymmetry in the Brazilian Stock Market

This study examined the effects of the Subprime Crisis and the Disclosure of Financial Statements on the information asymmetry that exists in the Brazilian stock market. For this, we analysed the trading in shares of 164 companies listed on BM&FBOVESPA between the years 2008 and 2012. From intraday trading data it was estimated the Probability of Informed Trading (PIN), which was related to other information asymmetry proxies identified in the literature. Based on correlation analysis, mean differences and Tobit regressions with data organized in pooled, we can see that the results confirm previous evidence of a positive relationship of the PIN with Risk, Cost of Equity, Liquidity and Size. In addition, there is a positive relationship of the PIN with Abnormal Return and Volatility, and a negative relationship with Corporate Governance and issuance of ADR. Among his main contributions stand out the evidence that both the Crisis and the Disclosure show negative and significant effects on the information asymmetry.
Redesigning the Wearable Camera Pipeline to Detect Key Body Parts at Low Power

This paper addresses the problem of designing wearable devices suited for continuous mobile vision. Given power budgets, it is infeasible either to stream all video off board for analysis, or to perform all analysis on board. A compromise is to off-load only “interesting” frames for further analysis. We identify windows containing people and parts of their bodies as being interesting. We show that using a careful combination of emerging thermal sensors and ultra-lowpower coarse stereo enabled by modern low-power FPGAs, it is possible to detect the presence of these “key” body parts at well within wearable power budgets. We combine our (hardware) binary presence detector with a mobile CPU running a classifier to identify which body part is detected. Using this combination, we show how to detect faces, hands (of the video wearer) and bodies of those in the field of view at under 30mW; running on just the phone draws over 1W.