Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The CNOC Cluster Redshift Survey Catalogs. V. MS 1224.7+2007 and MS 1512.4+3647

Photometric and redshift catalogs of galaxies in the field of two rich galaxy clusters: MS 1224.7+2007 (z = 0.327) and MS 1512.4+3647 (z = 0.372) are presented as part of the CNOC cluster redshift survey carried out at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) using the MOS imaging multiobject spectrograph. The imaging and spectroscopic observations span three contiguous MOS fields in the east-west direction for MS 1512.4+3647, covering a total area of approximately 8. ′0 × 27. ′3. A single field of 7. ′1 × 9. ′0 was obtained for MS 1224.7+2007. Redshifts for 287 galaxies in the MS 1512.4+3647 fields and 75 galaxies in the MS 1224.7+2007 field (primarily ranging in magnitude from r = 18-22) were obtained. The spectroscopic information in this paper is supplemented by photometric information for all galaxies in the fields down to Gunn r = 21 mag. The data set is also presented graphically in several forms. The magnitude, color, and geometric selection functions for the redshift sample are presented and discussed.
Development of an Integrated Conceptual Framework for Electronic Hedonic Service Quality (e-HSQ): An Exploratory Study

Abstract The purpose of this research is to investigate and analyze the complex factors impacting electronic service quality (e-SQ) and to apply the outcomes to propose a conceptual integrated framework for electronic hedonic service quality (e-HSQ). The scope of published studies on e-SQ is wide, fragmented, and lacking integrated research efforts, particularly when dealing with hedonic values. This study uses a systematic literature review to trace hedonic aspects of service quality and applies qualitative research methods using two focus group interviews and the RQDA software package with applied funnel mechanism stages to derive a separate e-HSQ scale clustered into two main categories of themes—website experiential and visual—where both are integrated within the context of the Stimuli–Organism–Response framework. This has not been researched before and contributes to current literature by furthering understanding of online purchase behavior within the electronic-hedonic context. The findings and implications are discussed based on the development of the integrated framework and directions for future research are suggested.
ATTITUDE OF GEORGIAN CONSUMERS TO HEALTHY NUTRITION

Work shows that in the modern conditions particular attention is paid to in-depth studying of the population? s practices of healthy nutrition, as dietary norms, traditions and customs comprise integral part of everyday life. Regarding the mentioned, the work analyses the situation with respect of population? s healthy nutrition in Georgia and in the world and identifies the key problems related to it. Attention is focused on the fact that for modern Georgia healthy nutrition is a significant problem and this is reflected in buying behavior of Georgian consumers. Article underlines the role of social marketing in ensuring consumers? healthy nutrition. It emphasizes significance of food labeling, as a marketing instrument for consumers awareness in healthy nutrition. For the purpose of clarification of Georgian consumers? attitude to healthy nutrition the marketing research was conducted. The research showed the levels of the respondents? awareness in healthy nutrition, attitude of the consumers and their trust to the information on the food packages. With respect of attitude to healthy nutrition, the work identifies the consumer types. Applying dispersion analysis we have showed impact of the consumers? awareness, as well as trust to the information on the food packages on buying behavior in relation to healthy nutrition. On the basis of the conducted research the conclusions were made that allow formulation of global vision of Georgian consumers? attitude to healthy nutrition.
South African consumer sentiment towards marketing

Generally the marketing literature suggests that the key to a firm's survival and growth is its satisfaction of consumer needs. This philosophy is embodied in the so-called marketing concept. In order to determine to what extend South African firms succeed in achieving consumer satisfaction, this study investigated empirically, the way in which consumers perceive marketing and marketing related practices. The results of a survey involving 3000 respondents suggest that consumers are fairly dissatisfied with the marketing fraternity and its activities. The 'Index of Consumer Sentiment Towards Marketing' is -16,262 with a theoretical maximum and minimum of +280 and -280, respectively. The only positive index for an individual marketing mix element is that for retailing and the lowest index is that for pricing. The results show that marketers are not perceived as being successful in satisfying market requirements.
Kestävän luontomatkailun uhat ja mahdollisuudet Kolin ja Urho Kekkosen kansallispuistoissa

In the past few decades, sustainable nature tourism has become one of the most growing and debatable fields of the tourism industry. This article focuses on analyzing the possibilities and threats regarding sustainable nature tourism of two Finnish national parks: Koli in North Karelia and Urho Kekkonen National Park in Lapland. The main data of the study consists of the interviews of the park managers and planners and of the survey study of the companies and societies cooperating with the parks. The main findings of the study suggest that the entrepreneurs operating in the national parks have adapted to the sustainability thinking and are developing their businesses in that regard. From the park management’s point of view, the concept of sustainable nature tourism and local cooperation by that means has been an effective tool to improve tourism and the positive attitudes towards the parks. Nevertheless, the concept of sustainability is complex, and there are multiple factors setting different expectations for tourism and the parks. This means that reaching a compromise between the park and tourism development and the limits of sustainability is more or less debatable.
Genetic Basis Of Alzheimer's Disease

Alzheimer's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder and is the most common cause of dementia in elderly people. There are four different genetic loci associated with inherited susceptibility to Alzheimer's disease. The four genes to be identified in association with inherited susceptibility to Alzheimer's disease are amyloid precursor protein, apolipoprotein E epsilon 4, presenilin 1 and presenilin 2. The mutations or polymorphisms in these genes cause excessive cerebral accumulation of the amyloid beta-protein and subsequent neuronal and glial pathology in brain parts which are important for memory and cognition. Other miscellaneous genes involved in Alzheimer's disease are interleukin-1 alpha, interleukin-6, interleukin-10, tumor necrosis factoralpha, cystatin C, neprilysin, angiotensin converting enzyme, BACE 1, cathepsin D and brainderived neurotrophic factor.
Wellness and healthy lifestyle in tourism settings

Purpose This paper aims to examine the concept of wellness as a form of healthy lifestyle in tourism settings. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected through a self-complete questionnaire administered to a sample of guests staying in wellness hotels in Croatia. These data were processed using univariate statistics (general description of the sample), cluster analysis (segmentation purposes), multinomial regression analysis (profiling the clusters) and confirmatory factor analysis (confirmation of wellness-related lifestyle). Findings Six wellness-related lifestyle dimensions (diet, fitness, social interactions, cultural diversity, health awareness and personal development) were confirmed, and four segments emerged (high-level wellness, diet- and health-oriented, fitness-oriented and low-level wellness clusters). They differed in their travel motivation. Originality/value This paper suggests a wellness-related lifestyle scale that integrates the elements of wellness intervention models and healthy lifestyle, confirms the link between healthy lifestyle and travel motivation and establishes the importance of the social, intellectual and spiritual dimensions of a tourist’s lifestyle.
Explorando el valor percibido de los estándares de Responsabilidad Social Empresarial en la cadena de valor del pompón-crisantemo en el altiplano del Oriente antioqueño

El presente documento da cuenta de las lógicas bajo las cuales se alinean empresas productoras de pompón-crisantemo en el altiplano del Oriente antioqueño con los sellos y certificados de Responsabilidad Social Empresarial (en adelante RSE). La metodología empleada se fundamenta en las categorías de análisis trabajadas por Vélez & Palacio (2017), que consta de dos componentes, estándares específicos, y costos y beneficios de los estándares y sellos de RSE. Los resultados de la investigación muestran que las certificaciones en responsabilidad social son de gran importancia a la hora de iniciar procesos de expansión con miras a la internacionalización, ya que abren puertas comerciales y posibilitan pertenecer a cadenas de valor global, dando fe que el proceso de producción cuenta por lo menos con los mínimos legales, tanto a nivel ambiental como humano.
Bronquiectasia e fisioterapia desobstrutiva: nfase em drenagem postural e percusso

Bronchiectasis consists of abnormal, permanent and irreversible dilation of bronchi and bronchia, with recurrent infections, inflammation, hypersecretion and reduction of mucus clearance. It predominantly affects women of between 28 and 48 years old and more frequently affects the inferior lobes. Clinical manifestations are chronic cough, fever and voluminous expectoration, with a fetid odor. The etiology is
Global imbalances and currency politics: China, Europe, and the United States

Dr Andrew Walter is Reader in International Political Economy at the London School of Economics, specializing in the political economy of international money and finance. His recent books are Governing Finance: East Asia’s Adoption of Global Standards (Cornell University Press, 2008) and Analyzing the Global Political Economy (Princeton University Press, 2009). His current research is on the US-China relationship in the global political economy. His other published work concerns the politics of the international monetary and financial system, global financial regulatory standards, comparative technology policies, regionalism, the politics of international investment treaties, and the history of ideas in political economy.
Manejo óptimo de la glucemia en el paciente neurocrítico

Objetivo. Revisar los estudios mas relevantes sobre la fisiopatologia de la hipoglucemia e hiperglucemia en pacientes neurocriticos, y la terapeutica para su control. Desarrollo. Las pruebas disponibles muestran que la hipoglucemia e hiperglucemia aumentan la lesion cerebral y empeoran el pronostico, pero no establecen los niveles adecuados de glucemia. El tratamiento intensivo de insulina, comparado con pautas mas laxas, no ha mejorado el pronostico, provocando mas episodios hipoglucemicos. Conclusiones. La hipoglucemia debe evitarse siempre. Los tratamientos intensivos para controlar la hiperglucemia no ofrecen ventaja e incrementan la posibilidad de hipoglucemia, y no se pueden recomendar en pacientes neurocriticos. No disponemos de evidencias que indiquen la glucemia optima, ni la pauta mas apropiada de insulina, indicandose generalmente su uso cuando la glucemia es superior a 180-200 mg/dL. Persiste aun la incertidumbre del valor del control farmacologico de la glucemia para mejorar el pronostico.
Physiopathologie mitochondriale et syndrome septique Mitochondrial dysfunction in sepsis

A 180 degreex90 degree solar tracking system using two sensors for tracking the sun from sunrise to sunset. A parabolic collector rigidly plumbed to a steam engine which drives an electric generator mounted on the latitude lever. The 180 degreex90 degree movement support is a group of pipes and levers that is powered by household water pressure via three hydraulic rams.
FINRA 529 Plan Share Class Initiative encourages firms to self-report violations

Purpose To explain FINRA’s new 529 Plan Share Class Initiative, which encourages broker-dealers to self-report violations. Design/methodology/approach This article provides an overview of 529 plans, the various fee structures of the underlying investment funds, and guidance that broker-dealers should tailor their recommendations to the needs of the individual customer. The article discusses FINRA’s initiative for broker-dealers to self-report if they have violations in this area. It describes various supervisory failures brokerage firms may experience in connection with recommending 529 plans, eligibility for the self-reporting initiative and benefits of self-reporting. Findings This FINRA initiative provides an opportunity for firms to reflect on their supervisory systems and provide restitution to harmed customers. It also provides relevant fee-based investment information to customers. Practical implications 529 plans are valuable tax-advantaged tools to encourage saving for the future educational expenses of a designated beneficiary. If brokerage firms lack reasonable supervisory procedures to recommend appropriate investments based on the length of the investment horizon, this FINRA initiative provides a unique and limited opportunity for firms to assess their supervisory systems and procedures governing 529 Plan share-class recommendations, to identify and remediate any defects, and to compensate any investors harmed by supervisory failures, while possibly avoiding fines for such conduct. Originality/value Expert guidance from experienced financial services regulatory and public finance lawyers.
The agency origins of insider trading

Insider trading has been a topical issue in recent times. While the debate regarding insider trading usually extends to economic and ethical arguments in favour of or against the practice, in this article we attempt to ascertain the causes of the practice. The origins of insider trading are traced to the separation of ownership and control. It has been argued that insider trading is beneficial to minority shareholders and reduces the agency cost problem; this is shown to be fallacious. The authors conclude that insider trading is an agency problem and that the disciplinary mechanisms described in the literature do not inhibit the phenomena, indeed some of these mechanisms actually facilitate the occurrence of insider trading. This it is argued provides the rationale for government intervention and anti-insider trading legislation. Binnekringtransaksies het onlangs heelwat opspraak gewek. Die debat oor binnekringtransaksies bestaan hoofsaaklik uit die aanvoer van ekonomiese of etiese argumente vir of teen die praktyk. In hierdie artikel word gepoog om die oorsake van hierdie praktyk vas te stel. Die oorsprong van binnekringtransaksies word teruggevoer na die skeiding van eienaarskap en beheer. Daar is al aangevoer dat binnekringtransaksies tot die voordeel van minderheidsaandeelhouers strek, aangesien dit die agentskapsprobleem verminder, maar in hierdie artikel word aangetoon dat dit nie die geval is nie. Die skrywers kom tot die gevolgtrekking dat binnekringtransaksies 'n agentskapsprobleem is en dat die meganismes, wat volgens die literatuur hierdie praktyk aan bande behoort te le, dit in werklikheid vergemaklik. Daar word ook aangevoer dat die beweegrede vir optrede deur die staat, asook wetgewing om binnekringtransaksies te bekamp, hieruit voortspruit.
The Joint Impacts of need for Status and Mobile Apps’ Social Visibility on Hotel Customers’ Behavioral Intentions

ABSTRACT Drawing on the innovation diffusion theory and conspicuous consumption theory, this study examines the post-usage responses from customers with varying levels of need for status after using mobile apps of different levels of social visibility. Contrary to some industry opinions, this research shows that a mobile app with low levels of social visibility might not be the optimal option to satisfy all customer groups, while a mobile app with high levels of social visibility is better received by customers who are high (vs. low) in need for status. Perceived status enhancement is the underlying mechanism explaining the effects.
El comportamiento electoral guatemalteco en las elecciones de 2015 explicado por teorías de alcance medio Guatemalan electoral behavior in the 2015 elections explained by medium-range theories

Este análisis busca responder a un cuestionamiento clave: ¿Es posible identificar un cambio en el comportamiento electoral guatemalteco a partir de las elecciones presidenciales en 2015? Para responder se describen los resultados de elecciones presidenciales recientes y se profundiza en el proceso electoral del 2015, enfatizando en las prácticas de la contienda electoral tras una crisis política que implicó la renuncia del Ex Presidente y la Ex Vicepresidente y su posterior proceso judicial, situación nunca antes vivida en la política guatemalteca. Nuestra idea central es que el resultado atípico en las elecciones de dicho proceso electoral, no significa un cambio en el comportamiento electoral. Por medio de la revisión a los supuestos principales de tres distintas teorías de alcance medio, se desarrolla una reflexión en la que se plantea la continuidad de un patrón que está sustentado sobre tres pilares: (1) Que el votante mediano vota por quien presente la política más deseable; (2) Que toman su decisión en función de evaluar los acontecimientos del pasado; (3) Que se ha estructurado una lógica fundamental de aversión a la pérdida; misma que fue catapultada por la crisis de 2015 y que bien supo capitalizar el equipo del candidato ganador.
Multi-period Investment Strategies with Transaction Costs Under Cumulative Prospect Theory

This paper focuses on optimal investment strategies under cumulative prospect theory (CPT). Considering transaction costs, we investigate CPT investors multi-period optimal portfolios. Our main contributions relative to previous work are expanding a single-period optimization problem to a multi-period optimization problem and investigating the impact of transaction costs on optimal portfolio selections. In a numerical analysis that applied original data on four stocks from the NASDAQ, we examine the effects of different risks on the optimal portfolio. Moreover, in contrast with the results without transaction costs, we come to conclusion that the optimal strategy with transaction costs is less sensitive to risk.
Venous Thrombus Evaluation with Ultra‑ sonographic Tissue Elasticity Imaging

With increasing age venous clots undergo an organization process during which they become adherent to the vessel wall. Therefore, one important factor influencing the decision whether or not to perform thrombolysis or thrombectomy for venous thrombosis is the age of the thrombus. The aim of this study was to examine the diagnostic ability and an appropriate assessment procedure of this method for venous thrombus. Methods: Conventional Ultrasonography (US) and Elastography were performed on 25 patients diagnosed with venous thrombosis in the lower extremities. All images were obtained with an Ultrasound Scanner EUB-8500 (HITACHI Medical Corporation) and analyzed by an external personal computer. First of all, we examined elasticity images obtained with different methods of compression and drew up a certain assessment procedure for evaluating venous thrombi. Secondly, we observed the venous thrombi with B-mode images, Color Doppler images and elasticity images. We estimated the age of thrombi by their appearance in conventional ultrasonographic images and divided them into three phases as follows: acute, sub-acute and chronic. Results: 25 patients, 30 lesions were assessed. We could obtain stable images by vibrating the area of the thrombus after initial compression. It was recommended that the range of the region of interest (ROI) include muscle, and exclude bone and arteries. In general, thrombi in the acute phase were represented as soft elasticity images, and venous thrombi in the chronic phase were represented as hard elasticity images. Meanwhile, thrombi in the acute phase presenting anechoic lesions were not imaged clearly, and with mixed thrombi with a small amount of venous flow it was difficult to differentiate between fresh thrombi and venous flow. Conclusion: Venous thrombi were imaged clearly with appropriate compression by Elastography. We will continue to improve elasticity imaging for assessing venous thrombus.
Elements related to attrition of women faculty at the University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine: A case study

Recent studies have shown that the number of women faculty in academic medicine is much lesser than the number of women that are graduating from medical schools. Many academic institutes face the challenge of retaining talented faculty and this attrition from academic medicine prevents career advancement of women faculty. This case study attempts to identify some of the reasons for dissatisfaction that may be related to the attrition of women medical faculty at the University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine. Data was collected using a job satisfaction survey, which consisted of various constructs that are part of a faculty’s job and proxy measures to gather the faculty’s intent to leave their current position at the University of Pittsburgh or academic medicine in general. The survey results showed that although women faculty were satisfied with their job at the University of Pittsburgh, there are some important factors that influenced their decision of potentially dropping out. The main reasons cited by the women faculty were related to funding pressures, work-life balance, mentoring of junior faculty and the amount of time spent on clinical responsibilities. The analysis of proxy measures showed that if women faculty decided to leave University of Pittsburgh, it would most probably be due to better opportunity elsewhere followed by pressure to get funding. The results of this study aim to provide the School of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh with information related to attrition of its women faculty and provide suggestions for implications for policy to retain their women faculty.
R&D Expenditures - Growth Nexus in Turkey

Technological development and investment in knowledge seem to be very important in order for countries to demonstrate effective growth performance. The first concept that comes to mind when investing in information is the RD It is seen that the effect of GDP changes in Turkey on RD Turkiye’de GSYIH degisimlerinin Ar-Ge harcamalari uzerinde etkisinin yok denilebilecek kadar az oldugu gorulmustur. Ancak Ar-Ge harcamalarinin GSYIH’daki degisimlerden oldukca etkilendigi gorulmektedir
Flexibilité dans les plans pour une planification centrée humain

La flexibilite de l'interaction est une propriete fondamentale en interaction Homme- Machine. Elle est exacerbee en informatique ubiquitaire ou l'utilisateur final devient le programmeur de son environnement : il convient des lors de produire des plans partiellement resolus. Les plans dits flexibles permettent de differer certains choix de conception a l'execution. Dans cet article, nous etudions des plans flexibles car permettant a l'utilisateur de decider de l'ordre d'application d'un traitement specifique (corps de boucle) a un ensemble d'objets (variants de boucle). Nous proposons l'algorithme -graphplan fonde sur l'approche de planification de graphe. -graphplan n'a besoin d'aucune connaissance specifique pour fournir des plans flexibles. En relâchant des contraintes mutex dans le graphe de planification, -graphplan decouvre les variants de boucle et construit des macro-actions constituant le corps des boucles. Nous montrons que -graphplan est performant aussi bien avec des domaines "iteratifs" que "lineaires".