Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Analisis Efektivitas Pelaksanaan Bauran Promosi Pada Hotel The Lombok Lodge Dengan Menggunakan Metode Epic Model

Dalam pelaksanaan promosi hotel The Lombok Lodge, hotel tersebut menerapkan promosi melalui periklanan, promosi penjualan, penjualan pribadi dan pemasaran langsung, dimana periklanan dilakukan melalui katalog, promosi penjualan dilakukan melalui pemberian potongan harga sewa, penjualan pribadi dilakukan melalui agen marketing dan pemasaran langsung dilakukan melalui customer service. Terdapat beberapa metode yang dapat digunakan untuk menganalisis efektivitas bauran promosi berdasarkan dampak komunikasi yang ditimbulkan, yaitu: MMP (Media Mix Planing), CRI (Costomer response index), DRM (Direct rating method) dan EPIC Model.EPIC Model yang digunakan untuk mengukur efektivitas bauran promosi yang mencakup empat dimensi kritis, yaitu: empati (empathy), persuasi (persuasion), dampak (dampak) dan komunikasi (communication). Pada penelitian ini jenis data yang digunakan adalah data kualitatif yang dikuantitatifkan.Jenis penelitian yang digunakan adalah penelitian deskriptif eksploratif.Secara keseluruhan pelaksanaan bauran promosi pada hotel The Lombok Lodge telah efektif, terbukti dari hasil analisis EPIC Model secara keseluruhan sebesar 4.01, nilai tersebut masuk dalam rentang skala penilaian 3.41 – 4.20 (Efektif).
Visible light driven photocatalytic nanocomposite for the degradation of Rhodamine B in water

Parallel to the fast growing of population around the world, there has been a rapid increase in the amount of toxic organic waste that end up in water bodies, which is a threat to human health and to the environment. Because of this, there is need for the development of materials that are able to degrade them while using the sunlight. In this work, a Bi2O3/rGO/MoO3 composite was successfully synthesized by a solvothermal method under ambient pressure and low temperature. SEM, STEM and XRD techniques were used to characterize the morphological and crystallographic properties of the composite. It was demonstrated that the amount of GO in the synthesis of the composite has a great effect in the photocatalytic activity and it was found that the best ratio between Bi2O3 and GO was 300:1. The synthesized composite photocatalyst with ratio of 300:1 presented and enhanced photocatalytic activity for Rhodamine B as it was able to degrade around 70 % after 240 min under visible light irradiation, compared to pristine Bi2O3 that was able to degrade around 55 %. Results from this study illustrate the fabrication of a new ternary composite, which shows promising results for its application in the degradation of organic pollutants in water.
Bianisotropy for light trapping in all-dielectric metasurfaces

Magnetoelectric dipole coupling effects in all-dielectric metasurfaces composed of particles with bianisotropic electromagnetic response are investigated. This bianisotropic response is associated with the trapped mode excitation. Maintaining the trapped mode resonant conditions allows one to sufficiently increase the quality factor and reduce radiation losses in all-dielectric nanostructures (metasurfaces). An analytical model accounting for the contributions of both electric and magnetic dipole moments induced in particles by external electromagnetic fields is proposed. We show how bianisotropy can lead to the excitation of the trapped mode in metasurfaces. This mode corresponds to the electromagnetic coupling between the out-of-plane particle dipole moments, which do not radiate collectively from the metasurface plane resulting in the enhanced storage of electromagnetic energy. Our approach reveals a physical mechanism of the trapped mode excitation and demonstrates that the specially initiated bianisotropy of particles enables the energy flow between external electromagnetic waves and the trapped mode. Due to this bianisotropy, one can control the process of light-matter interaction and energy storage in all-dielectric metasurfaces via excitation of trapped modes.
Interrelations between Gibberellic Acid, Cytokinins and Abscisic Acid in Retarding Leaf Senescence

The interrelation between the effects of abscisic acid (ABA) and the effects of cytokinins and gibberellic acid in retarding leaf senescence was investigated. Leaf discs from plants of Taraxacum megallorrhizon, Rumex pulcber and Tropaeolum majus were floated on solutions of cytokinin or GA to which given amounts of ABA were added. After five days, chlorophyll was extracted and the amount estimated spectrophoto-metrically. The interrelation between the effects of abscisic acid and cytokinins differed from that between the effects of ABA and gibberellic acid. Abscisic acid reduced the senescence retarding effect of GA more than that of cytokinins. A high concentration of cytokinins nullified the senescence enhancing effect of low concentrations of ABA. GA did not reverse the effects of ABA.
The Effect of Exposure to Bisphenol A on Spermatozoon and the Expression of Tight Junction Protein Occludin in Male Mice

Although bisphenol A (BPA) has been associated with impaired spermatogenesis, the mechanisms remain unclear. Tight junction occludin plays important roles in spermatogenesis. The objective of the present study was to explore the effects of BPA exposure in adolescent mice. Male mice were orally treated with low-dose (0.05 mg/kg/d), middle-dose (5.0 mg/kg/d), or high-dose (50 mg/kg/d) BPA in corn oil from postnatal day (PND) 35 to 65. Animals were killed on PND 65 and PND 125. On PND 65, the sperm count, sperm motility, and the expression of occludin showed a dose-related decline. On PND 125, the sperm count, sperm motility, and the expression of occludin were in recovery. However, there remained significant decreases in these parameters in the 50 mg/kg/d group on PND 125 compared with the control. The dose-related effects on the measured parameters and occludin expression suggest an early suppressive or damaging effect on the blood–testis barrier followed by recovery after dosing ceased. At a BPA dose of 50 mg/kg/d, recovery did not occur, suggesting that higher doses of BPA may cause irreversible damage to reproduction in male mice.
Prognostic Value of Neutrophil–Lymphocyte Ratio, Platelet–Lymphocyte Ratio, and Combined Neutrophil–Lymphocyte Ratio and Platelet–Lymphocyte Ratio in Stage IV Advanced Gastric Cancer

Background: The prognostic value of neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet–lymphocyte ratio, and the combined NLR–PLR score in patients with stage IV gastric carcinoma (GC) has not yet been clarified. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the potential association of NLR, PLR, and NLR–PLR score with the prognosis of patients with stage IV GC. Methods: This retrospective study included 466 patients with GC diagnosed between 2010 and 2017. High NLR and high PLR were defined using the median values as the cutoff values. We then combined the NLR and PLR value and generated the NLR–PLR score as a new biomarker. Patients were divided into three groups according to their NLR–PLR score. Univariate and multivariate analyses were conducted to compare survival outcomes. Results: Median overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) were 15.5 months (range, 0.7–96.8 months) and 6.7 months (range, 0.5–30.4 months), respectively. The NLR, PLR, and the NLR–PLR scores were correlated with clinical outcomes such as OS and PFS. Median OS for patients with NLR–PLR scores of 0, 1, and 2 was 22.5, 15.7, and 11.2 months, respectively. Median PFS for patients with these NLR–PLR scores of 0, 1, and 2 was 7.8, 7.1, and 5.2 months, respectively (P < 0.001). High NLR–PLR scores predicted poor survival in patients with stage IV GC (all P < 0.05). Conclusion: Our findings provide scientific evidence to support that the NLR–PLR score may be able to independently predict survival outcomes in patients with stage IV GC.
Tillage effects on wheat emergence and yield at varying seeding rates, and on labor and fuel consumption

Conservation tillage systems can play an important role in reducing soil erosion and improving soil quality with the extra benefit of being equal to or more economical than conventional tillage; however, yield variability still remains a major concern among farmers. Field experiments were conducted in 2003 through 2004 and 2004 through 2005 in northern Greece to determine the effect of seeding rate (100, 150, 200, and 250 kg ha -1 ) on wheat establishment and grain yield under three tillage systems (minimum, reduced, and conventional tillage). In addition, labor time and fuel consumption for wheat production under these tillage systems were compared. For all tillage systems, the greatest number of wheat plants was recorded at the two highest seeding rates (P < 0.05). However, wheat plant numbers, averaged over seeding rates, were reduced by 11 to 17% in minimum tillage compared with conventional and reduced tillage systems in both growing seasons. Ear numbers were unaffected by tillage systems but generally increased with the increased seed rate. However, differences were not found in grain yield either among tillage systems or seeding rates. Regarding labor time and fuel consumption, 50 and 53% savings was achieved with minimum tillage, respectively, and 43 and 48% with reduced tillage in comparison with conventional tillage. These findings indicate that wheat can be grown successfully under conservation tillage systems with yields equal to those of conventional tillage and lower labor and fuel inputs. Increasing of seeding rate favored crop establishment in all tillage systems, but it did not provide any grain yield advantage.
Surficial and deep pore water circulation governs spatial and temporal scales of nutrient recycling in intertidal sand flat sediment

This study addresses organic matter decomposition in permeable sediment of a sloping intertidal sand flat (German Wadden Sea) affected by current-induced pore water exchange and pore fluid drainage. Seasonal and spatial scales of aerobic and anaerobic mineralization were investigated at 2 sites, one near the water line and one on the upper flat. Hydrodynamic forcing during inundation caused deeper oxygen penetration through flushing of the uppermost sediment layer. This flushing resulted in higher areal oxygen consumption rates and lower depth integrated sulfate reduction rates in the submerged flat compared to the rates measured during exposure. Mineralization rates in the top 15 cm of the sediment were similar between both study sites and ranged from 38 (winter) to 280 mmol C m–2 d–1 (summer), with sulfate reduction contributing 3 to 25% to total mineralization, depending on the season. At the upper flat, these seasonal differences were reflected in the pore water concentrations of nutrients, dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) and dissolved organic carbon (DOC). Near the low water line, however, pore water nutrient and DIC concentrations were independent of the season and up to 15 times higher compared to the values recorded in the upper flat. The differences in concentrations of metabolic products between the 2 sites resulted from a low tide drainage extending deep below the uppermost flushed layer and causing seepage of pore water near the low water line. Mineralization and nutrient release in these permeable intertidal sediments is affected by 2 circulation processes that work on distinctly different temporal and spatial scales: (1) rapid ‘skin circulation’ through the uppermost sediment layer during inundation that is characterized by short flow paths, low pore water residence time and immediate feedback to the ecosystem, and (2) slow ‘body circulation’ through deeper sediment layers during low tide that is characterized by long flow paths and pore water residence times, and acts as a buffered nutrient source to the ecosystem.
Numbers and Nerds: Exploring Portrayals of Mathematics and Mathematicians in Children’s Media

Media play an important role in young people’s lives as an agent of socialization, both generally and with regard to mathematics. To understand the mathematics-related messages disseminated to young people via popular media, we analyzed portrayals of mathematics and mathematicians in over 40 media examples (television shows, movies, websites, video games, and books). Notably, the selection of media was based on elementary students’ responses to a questionnaire about their media favourites, thus enabling an analysis of the messages to which students are exposed during typical media use. While there were differences in the portrayals across the media types, the messages disseminated consistently related to the invisibility of mathematics, narrow views of mathematics, and stereotypical portrayals of mathematicians. Such messages are problematic as they can influence young people’s views of mathematics and mathematicians, as well as of themselves as mathematics learners.
Environmental Implications of Aquarium-fish Collection in the Maldives, with Proposals for Regulation

Export of aquarium-fish from the Maldives began in 1980 and in 1989 almost 54,000 marine fishes, worth approximately US$ 130,000, were exported. The collection of aquarium species is confined to a relatively small area around the capital island, Malé. Estimates of annual exports of 95 species were obtained by examining packing-lists held by Maldivian Customs. In parallel, the population densities of about 70 aquarium-fish species were estimated by visual assessment. Using a number of assumptions, potential (maximum sustainable) yields for 65 of these species — those for which export data were available — were estimated for the area (530 km2) within a 13-km radius (one hour's journey by local boat) of Malé. For 27 species there were some reasons for concern about the levels of exploitation, although only 12 of these species appeared to be ‘at risk’ in 1986 (the year of highest exploitation). If the assumptions made in estimating potential sustainable yields were valid, these 12 aquarium-fish species were being overexploited or exploited at levels close to maximum sustainable yields. Should the trade expand threefold, a further 12 species are considered to be potentially at risk of overexploitation. Two species of butterflyfish, Chaetodon meyeri and C. triangulum, which feed exclusively on coral polyps and generally die in captivity after a short time, were being exported in significant numbers. Both clownfishes (Amphiprion spp.) and their host sea-anemones were being heavily exploited. Because of the symbiotic relationship between these fishes and their anemone homes, this group may be particularly susceptible to overexploitation. Damage to branching corals may result from the collection of specimens of Dascyllus aruanus, which shelter within them. With many thousands of individuals of this species being exported each year, this could represent considerable collateral coral damage. Although levels of exploitation of ‘cleaner wrasses’ (Labroides bicolor and L. dimidiatus) appear well below potentially sustainable ones, it is unclear whether the health of reef fishes might locally be adversely affected in heavily exploited areas. Monitoring and regulation of the aquarium-fish trade is discussed, together with the need for collection of catch statistics by those involved in the trade. The importance of regulation of collection techniques, of standards of facilities, and of satisfactory packaging of fish for export, is stressed. If more accurate estimates of sustainable yields are to be obtained, there needs to be monitoring of populations of key aquarium-fish species in designated collecting areas where exploitation levels are known. Until such estimates become available, the cautious approach adopted in the Maldives to estimate yields and set species-based quotas will, it is hoped, prevent local overexploitation.
Genome size variation and evolution in the family Asteraceae

The nuclear DNA content data available in “A genome size database in the Asteraceae” (GSAD: www.asteraceaegenomesize.com) have been analyzed, together with other parameters (i.e. ecological, karyological, cytogenetic), in order to establish hypotheses on the systematic, phylogenetic and evolutionary aspects of genome size in one of the largest angiosperm families. The novelty of this work is a comprehensive analysis of the whole family with the following aims: (1) to update the knowledge of genome size values in the Asteraceae; (2) to infer evolutionary trends of genome size, compared with other plant groups; and (3) to detect gaps in this field in the family and outline further research priorities. The analysis of this dataset shows that most Asteraceae genomes (57.23%) range from very small (1C ⩽ 1.4 pg) to small (1C ⩽ 3.5 pg). Gains and losses of DNA occur throughout the phylogeny of the family but although ancestral values for the basal nodes remain mostly equivocal, often small and very small ancestral genome sizes are reconstructed. Most genome size data (96.74%) are concentrated in five tribes, which broadly reflect their species richness. The relationships between genome size and other cytogenetic and ecological features have been analyzed and discussed, highlighting several general patterns. Further studies are needed to fill the gaps in genome size knowledge in the Asteraceae and more detailed research in some groups could provide information about mechanisms regulating genome expansions and contractions.
Water, land use change and ‘new forests’: what are the challenges for south-western Victoria?

Summary Land use change has occurred rapidly in south-western Victoria over the last decade and is expected to continue, albeit at a slower pace over the coming decades. One of those changes has been the development of ‘new forests’—industrial and farm forestry plantations and environmental plantings using indigenous or other species. This paper discusses some of the challenges that these land use changes pose for water and natural resource managers, drawing on results from a ‘Water and Land Use Change’ study. Land use change is expected to substantially reduce potential water yield in four of the region's seven drainage basins. Losses in potential water yield of 8–20% are predicted for these basins and of 7–8% for the region as a whole. New forest development will be the major driver of the hydrologic change that is following land use change. While land use change is not expected to greatly influence yield to the region's major water storages, it is expected to add considerably to the already high level of flow-related stress in the upper and middle reaches of the Lake Corangamite, Hopkins and Glenelg drainage basins.
Reversible arrest of Artemia development by cadmium

Under normal conditions, an encysted Artemia embryo undergoes a developmental process that culminates in the gradual, uninterrupted emergence of the prenauplius from the cyst. The hatching membrane surrounding the emerged organism is then ruptured, usually beginning at the posterior end, and a motile nauplius is released. We have observed this process microscopically in the presence and absence of cadmium and report that cadmium disrupts Artemia development in a dose–dependent manner. At 0.1 μM, cadmium slows emergence but nauplii eventually resume rellatively normal development. Emergence and hatching are either delayed considerably or almost entirely prevented at 1 μM cadmium. Cadmium at 10 μM, completely arrests emergence but development continues at a reduced rate, eventually resulting in hatching of some organisms without need for complete emergence. If organisms exposed to 10 μM cadmium are washed, abnormally shaped emerged forms are released and many of these eventually hatch, although in an unusua.
Adição de betaína ao diluente leite em pó desnatado durante a conservação do sêmen do varrão a 10 C

A betaina e um constituinte do plasma seminal humano, onde baixas concentracoes tem sido relacionadas a infertilidade, entretanto nao ha relatos sobre seus efeitos no semen suino.Objetivou-se verificar os efeitos da adicao de diferentes concentracoes de betaina sobre espermatozoides suinos diluidos e conservados em leite em po desnatado a 10°C. Foram analisados 56 ejaculados, submetidos a 4 tratamentos: 1. LPD; 2. LPD+1g betaina/100mL; 3. LPD+2g betaina/100mL e 4. LPD+3g betaina/100mL. Foram realizadas analises diarias (D0-D4) de vigor e motilidade e no D0 e D4 foi realizado o teste hiposmotico e esfregaco para avaliar a vitalidade e integridade acrossomal. Os resultados de vigor, motilidade e vitalidade espermatica diferiram entre os tratamentos, sendo superior no T1(p<0,05). O T1 tambem manteve o maior percentual de celulas com membrana integra em D0 e em D4, porem, neste ultimo nao diferiu estatisticamente de T4. A betaina nao exerceu efeito protetor sobre a celula espermatica suina diluida e conservada em meio a base de LPD a 10°C. A adicao de concentracoes iguais ou acima de 1g de betaina no diluente influenciaram negativamente a qualidade do semen, portanto, nao sao aplicaveis na conservacao do semen suino resfriado a10°C em LPD.
Detecting Workarounds in Business Processes - a Deep Learning method for Analyzing Event Logs

Business processes performed in organizations often deviate from the abstract process models issued by designers. Workarounds that are carried out by process participants to increase the effectiveness or efﬁciency of their tasks are often viewed as negative deviations from prescribed business processes, interfering with their efﬁciency and quality requirements. But workarounds might also play an important role in identifying and re-structuring inefﬁcient, dysfunctional, or obsolete processes. While ethnography or critical incident techniques can serve to identify how and why workarounds emerge, we need automated methods to detect workarounds in large data sets. We set out to design a method that implements a deep-learning-based approach for detecting workarounds in event logs. An evaluation with three public real-life event logs exhibits that the method can identify workarounds best in standardized business processes that contain fewer variations and a higher number of different activities. Our method is one of the ﬁrst IT artifacts to bridge boundaries between the complementing research disciplines of organizational routines and business processes management.