Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The relative importance of e-tailer website attributes on the likelihood of online purchase

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the results of an experiment in which participants view fictitious e-tailing web pages and indicate the likelihood of purchasing the products displayed by manipulating four attributes (familiarity with the e-tailer, product type, summary product review, and the number of customer reviews) in order to determine their relative importance. Design/methodology/approach – Individual level conjoint models are estimated to determine the relative importance of the manipulated attributes. Furthermore, cluster analysis is used to group individuals into different segments. Findings – The results suggest that the summary review star rating of the product and familiarity with the e-tailer are the two most important attributes. A three cluster solution is obtained and each segment is characterized by the derived relative influence each attribute has on likelihood of online purchase. Originality/value – Understanding how consumers make choices among attributes especially .
Development of a generic procedure model for the enterprise resource planning implementation in small and medium enterprises

This study proposes a component-based approach to develop a generic procedure model for implementing enterprise resource planning (ERP) system in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Although ERP vendors or consultants have their specific implementation procedures, a theoretical model which can be understood and used to manage the ERP implementation by all stakeholders of enterprise organization is not currently available. Based on the concept of life cycle components, the proposed model not only provides a high-level conceptual framework for assisting project managers to manage the implementation project, but also provides a detailed operational approach for the enterprise organization to meet any vendor specific implementation methodology in the implementation work. The proposed model is developed and also verified by a case study of a SME in Taiwan. Meanwhile, the underlined premises for the case of vanilla implementation are also established through the model.
Successful aging at work: an applied study of selection, optimization, and compensation through impression management.

Although many abilities basic to human performance appear to decrease with age, research has shown that job performance does not generally show comparable declines. Baltes and Baltes (1990) have proposed a model of successful aging involving Selection, Optimization, and Compensation (SOC), that may help explain how individuals maintain important competencies despite age-related losses. In the present study, involving a total of 224 working adults ranging in age from 40 to 69 years, occupational measures of Selection, Optimization, and Compensation through impression management (Compensation-IM) were developed. The three measures were factorially distinct and reliable (Cronbach's alpha > .80). Moderated regression analyses indicated that: (1) the relationship between Selection and self-reported ability/performance maintenance increased with age (p < or = .05); and (2) the relationship between both Optimization and Compensation-IM and goal attainment (i.e., importance-weighted ability/performance maintenance) increased with age (p < or = .05). Results suggest that the SOC model of successful aging may be useful in explaining how older workers can maintain important job competencies. Correlational evidence also suggests, however, that characteristics of the job, workplace, and individual may mediate the initiation and effectiveness of SOC behaviors.
Assessment of BIM Implementation among MEP Firms in Nigeria

The purpose of this study is to assess the awareness level and potential challenges for Building Information Modelling (BIM) adoption among the Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) design consultants and contractors in Nigeria, and to get the perspective of BIM in the industry. The research method used in this study was a fieldwork survey using structured questionnaires. The results from the responses were analysed using descriptive statistics, one-way ANOVA test for statistical significant difference, Chi-Square test, and Cross Tab analysis. The findings from the survey show that Nigeria MEP firms have a relatively high level of awareness toward BIM technology. The Most important challenges identified as barriers for BIM adoption are lack of technical expertise on BIM tools utilisation, lack of awareness of BIM technology, and high investment cost in training staff, process change, and software/hardware upgrade.
Craniotopic updating of visual space across saccades in the human posterior parietal cortex

The neural mechanisms underlying the craniotopic updating of visual space across saccadic eye movements are poorly understood. Previous single‐unit recording studies in primates and clinical studies in brain‐damaged patients have shown that the posterior parietal cortex (PPC) has a key role in this process. In the present study, we used single‐pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to disrupt the processing within the PPC during a task that requires craniotopic updating: double saccades. In this task, two targets are presented in quick succession and the subject is required to make a saccade to each location as accurately as possible. We show here that TMS delivered to the PPC just prior to the second saccade effectively disrupts the craniotopic coding normally observed in this task. This causes subjects to revert to saccades more consistent with a representation of the targets based on their positions relative to one another. By contrast, stimulation at earlier times between the two saccades did not disrupt performance. These results suggest that extraretinal information generated during the first perisaccadic period is not put into functional use until just prior to the second saccade.
An Empirical Study on Evolution of the Connectivity for VANETs Based on Taxi GPS Traces

Network connectivity is a fundamental requirement for intervehicle communication and services in VANETs. The fast movement of the vehicles results in rapid changes in network topology generating dynamic variation in network connectivity, which causes dynamic variation in network connectivity. In this paper, we analyze the evolution of the VANETs connectivity based on the realistic data collected by the GPS devices installed on taxis in Shanghai. The study of the evolution characteristics shows that the number of connected components, the size of the giant component, and the connectivity length time series possess strong temporal correlation and long-range dependence. As a result, the short-range dependent processes such as the exponential, normal, or Poisson distributions cannot capture the statistical distribution characteristics. Moreover, all connectivity parameters cannot be described by unimodal distributions. We also conclude that although the whole topology of the VANETs is broken into a large number of small-sized connected components under small transmission radius, the size of the giant component keeps stable when transmission radius reaches the threshold. These results will be helpful to optimize the RSUs deployment and transmission radius to keep the giant component stable and design more efficient strategies to forward the information in VANETs.
Abnormal Pap Smear and Cervical Cancer in Pregnancy

Pregnancy represents a unique opportunity to screen reproductive age women for cervical cancer and abnormal cervical cytology is relatively common in this population. In the absence of large, prospective clinical trials investigating the optimal management strategies for cervical dysplasia in pregnant women, consensus guidelines established by the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology is available with considerations to this special patient population. Modalities for evaluation and management algorithms are reviewed and summarized from largely case series of pregnant women with cervical dysplasia and cervical cancer.
A modified varying‐stage adaptive phase II/III clinical trial design

Conventionally, adaptive phase II/III clinical trials are carried out with a strict two‐stage design. Recently, a varying‐stage adaptive phase II/III clinical trial design has been developed. In this design, following the first stage, an intermediate stage can be adaptively added to obtain more data, so that a more informative decision can be made. Therefore, the number of further investigational stages is determined based upon data accumulated to the interim analysis. This design considers two plausible study endpoints, with one of them initially designated as the primary endpoint. Based on interim results, another endpoint can be switched as the primary endpoint. However, in many therapeutic areas, the primary study endpoint is well established. Therefore, we modify this design to consider one study endpoint only so that it may be more readily applicable in real clinical trial designs. Our simulations show that, the same as the original design, this modified design controls the Type I error rate, and the design parameters such as the threshold probability for the two‐stage setting and the alpha allocation ratio in the two‐stage setting versus the three‐stage setting have a great impact on the design characteristics. However, this modified design requires a larger sample size for the initial stage, and the probability of futility becomes much higher when the threshold probability for the two‐stage setting gets smaller. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Is inherited Thrombphilia in Pregnancy a Risk Factor for Familial Stroke

Context: Inherited thrombophilia is an abnormality of blood coagulation that increases the risk of thromboembolic disease. During pregnancy, the thrombogenic potential of this inherited disorder is enhanced because of the hypercoagulable state produced by normal pregnancy-associated changes in several coagulation factors. Aims: The purpose of this research was to find the association of polymorphisms and mutations of coagulation factors. Settings and Design: This Study is the first comprehensive study of thrombophilia genes in the Iranian population. Methods and Material: This current research was performed in a group of 70 women referred to the Department of Medical Genetics. due to reproductive failures with history of thrombosis in pregnancy, First degree families have a history of heart attacks and strokes. The clinical data on family history of diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, a history of recurrent pregnancy loss has been observed. Results: The most common mutation was PAI-1 with (62.9 %) heterozygote 4G/5G alleles and (14.3%) homozygote 4G/4G alleles. The second and third mutations were MTHFR-C677 T with (44.3%) heterozygote and (8.6%) homozygotes and MTHFR-1298 C with (41.4%) heterozygotes and (12.9%) homozygotes. Conclusions: These data indicate that polymorphic variation in the prevalence of thrombophilia in women with recurrent miscarriage with our population has had a lot of different European populations. Mutations in this gene in the percentage of individuals who have a family history of stroke or heart rate have been observed.
Challenges of analog and I/O scaling in 10nm SoC technology and beyond

Continuous process-level and system-level innovation has driven Moore's Law scaling for the last fifty years, and will continue to do so in the next decades. In the last two decades, there has been an acceleration of new materials and devices into semiconductor manufacturing, such as low-k, strained Si, high-k, and FinFET, in order to continue process and cost scaling. At the same time, ever increasing component integration on SoCs has further driven cost scaling, allowing the current mobile era to take shape. In the next decade, the focus of SoC innovation will be on patterning and low-resistance materials on the process side, and multi-die package integration on the system side.
Genetic instability of chromosome 3 in HPV‐immortalized and tumorigenic human keratinocytes

The HPV‐1811 cell line is derived from primary human foreskin keratinocytes that have been transfected with human papilloma virus type 18. At late passage, these cells produce invasive squamous cell carcinomas when injected into nude mice. A striking, but unstable, aberration of chromosome 3 occurs very early after establishment of the culture; a consistent rearrangement is observed concomitant with tumorigenicity. Using molecular cytogenetic techniques, we characterized the complex development of this aberration. A whole chromosome probe to this chromosome was made by linker‐adapter PCR amplification of a single flow‐sorted chromosome. Hybridization of this probe to normal metaphase chromosomes revealed the der (3) to be composed of chromosome 3, distal 13q, and 21q22. Hybridization of a 3q subtelomeric probe and a glycoprotein V probe which maps to 3qter indicated that this locus is duplicated in the final form of the chromosome, but that much instability occurs prior to its establishment. The ETS2 oncogene, which maps to 21q22, is translocated to the der(3) when the cell line becomes tumorigenic, but not prior to this time. Early‐passage cells which have been induced to become tumorigenic by exposure to the carcinogen nitrosomethylurea also have the localization of the ETS2 at 3qter.
A New Type Single-phase Induction Motor with Negative Sequence Compensatory Winding

Because of the asymmetry of stator configuration, the gap magnetic field and the stator current would be asymmetric in the single phase induction motor. There is a biggish negative sequence magnetic field exited, which would make a disadvantage influence on the temperature of the motor, output torque and efficiency. This paper presents a new type single phase motor with negative sequence compensatory windings which are fixed on the stator to weaken the negative sequence magnetic field and improve the efficiency and power density. The mathematics model of this new type motor is described based on the equivalent circuit. The parameters and the characteristic of the negative sequence compensatory motor are studied by the comparison between the motor and normal motor, which is proved that the efficiency and the performance can be greatly improved.
New algorithm for mining frequent itemsets in sparse database

This paper presents novel algorithm for mining frequent itemsets in sparse database, compared with existing algorithm our algorithm has visible advantage. With this algorithm, the scans is less in transaction database, only one time in little and middle transaction database, and not more than two times in large database. In the algorithm, when the transaction database is scanned, the transaction items are saved in unit triplet, and the count of every transaction item is saved in 1-dimension array so that the frequent itemsets are generated in memory. So I/O spending is reduced greatly. The experimental results show that our algorithm is very promising.
RESTAURANTES CON SERVICIO COMPLETO EN EL DISTRITO FEDERAL ENTRE LA PRODUCTIVIDAD Y COMPETITIVIDAD

La Administracion desde que se tiene memoria, ha dejado grandes beneficios a la humanidad. Sin embargo, en la actualidad esta siendo considerada como parte vital del exito tanto personal como de las organizaciones. El sector de Alimentos y Bebidas ha crecido considerablemente en nuestro pais, genera una gran cantidad de empleos directos e indirectos por lo que su estudio, busca mejorar los resultados y hacer eficiente el servicio que en ellos se brinda para influir de manera positiva en el desarrollo del pais. Luego entonces, el personal es parte esencial para alcanzar el exito de los establecimientos de Alimentos y Bebidas (A y B), por lo que su capacitacion es indispensable para el desarrollo y exito de los mismos. Cuando una persona no esta inmersa en el sector restaurantero, y se plantea la creacion de un negocio, la primera idea que le viene a la cabeza es poner un restaurante. Se tiene la percepcion que, por tratarse de satisfacer una necesidad basica como lo es la alimentacion siempre van a existir clientes y en consecuencia, ventas. Una vez que se adentran al mundo de los restaurantes se percatan que hoy en dia los comensales ya no buscan solamente satisfacer la necesidad de alimentarse, sino que ademas, requieren satisfacer otro tipo de necesidades como lo son la nutricion, la calidad de los platillos y bebidas, la calidad del servicio y hasta la satisfaccion del placer gastronomico y de status. La Camara Nacional de la Industria de Restaurantes y Alimentos Condimentados, (CANIRAC), ha reportado un incremento en negocios relacionados con este tipo de giro, como lo son restaurantes, loncherias, fondas, cafeterias, torerias, taquerias, bares, etc., independientemente si se trata del modelo de negocio tradicional o bajo el diseno de franquicia, han nacido con la finalidad de satisfacer las necesidades de comensales de todos los niveles socioeconomicos que estan demandando este tipo de servicios en la Republica Mexicana. El ensayo intentan mostrar a los interesados en el sector y en especial a los duenos de restaurantes, que partiendo de los datos que presenta el Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geografia (INEGI) en el Censo Economico disponible, existe una relacion directa entre el numero de personal capacitado con la productividad y competitividad, reflejada en el PIB, estatal.
Heritage language acquisition and maintenance: home literacy practices of Japanese-speaking families in Canada

Introduction. In this study, we examine the case of Japanese-speaking families in Canada and their experiences with teaching a heritage language at home, along with the uses and perceived usefulness of public library resources, collections, and services in the process. Methods. We interviewed fourteen mothers who speak Japanese to their children. We complemented the interviews with picture diaries produced by participants about their vision of the 'ideal' library. Analysis. Interviews were transcribed and a thematic analysis conducted through an iterative process. A visual analysis process was performed on the picture diaries. Results. There is a disconnect between the women’s needs and practices relating to heritage language education, and their ability to navigate the 'mainstream' information environment for relevant information. Conclusion. Findings point to the symbolic importance of engaging in heritage language literacy. Although the home remains the crucial site for heritage language literacy practices and the mother plays a critical role in this process, the literacy practices used by Japanese immigrant mothers in Toronto to teach and maintain heritage language are diverse and varied.
21st-century health care: the effect of computer use by physicians on patient satisfaction at a family medicine clinic.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Trust and satisfaction in the physician-patient relationship is the cornerstone of family medicine. Today, computers are playing an increasingly prominent role in the delivery of health care, yet recent data detailing their effect on the physician-patient relationship are limited. For physicians to "first do no harm," it is critical to determine that computers used at the point of care do not decrease patient satisfaction, because this is a good proxy for the physician-patient relationship. This study assessed patients' views of computer use and its effect on patient satisfaction in a family medicine clinic before and after implementation of an electronic environment developed by our institution. METHODS A survey was mailed to patients who had been evaluated at a family medicine clinic for hypertension, high blood pressure without hypertension, or hyperlipidemia. These diseases were selected because they are common and require strong physician-patient relationships for successful treatment. The survey assessed patients' overall satisfaction with health care received at the clinic and their opinions about how their physician's computer use affected their visit. This survey was compared with a survey done in 1995 at the same clinic, before adoption of the electronic environment. RESULTS A total of 478 patients were enrolled in the study; 304 (63.6%) of these returned surveys. A majority of the patients (74.6%) thought that the computer had an overall positive impact on the quality of care provided. There was a positive association between a physician's computer skills, as rated by patients, and the patients' satisfaction with the computer's effect on the visit. There were no differences in overall satisfaction between the 1995 survey and the current survey. CONCLUSIONS This study shows that physician competence with computers plays an important role in patient satisfaction and that computers can be integrated into the office visit without a detrimental effect on patient satisfaction. Surprisingly, patient familiarity with computers was shown to have a slight negative correlation with patient satisfaction. These findings are significant in view of research indicating that compliance, health outcomes, perception of physician competence, and malpractice suits are all related to physicians' interpersonal skills and patient satisfaction.
The Emergence of E-Learning Needs in Participatory Re-Design of e-Service

Several research initiatives are nowdays focusing on the idea of â€œsmartâ€ cities or territories, where â€œsmartâ€ refers to the assumption that information technology would improve the quality of life in the city. In our work, we discuss the contribution we gave to Smart Campus, a research project aimed at creating a community that would enable the emergence of a virtual campus in a university town. Our focus was to improve the quality of the students' participation to the research project. Several interesting findings emerged from the work described in this paper, the most relevant being the importance given to functionalities replacing what students currently do with ad-hoc solutions using a range of unrelated services.
Band-Switchable Substrate-Integrated Waveguide Resonator and Filter

In this paper, we present a new band-switchable substrate-integrated waveguide (SIW) filter structure and its design method. The filter can have a passband either in <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${S}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>- or <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${X}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>-band, or have two passbands—one in <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${S}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>-band and the other one in <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${X}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>-band—at the same time. The presented design method allows us to obtain the bandwidths of two passbands independently. To verify the presented filter structure and design method, we have designed, fabricated, and measured three bandpass filters having three different pairs of bandwidths using frequency-tunable SIW resonators. By virtue of the frequency-tunable resonators, the filter can be continuously tuned in both frequency bands.
Users Tagging Behavior and the Effect of Recommendation

Users' tagging behavior has evolved. Formerly, the majority of users employed tags to label explicit content presented in resources. Now many users assign tags to express more than mere content description. The primary goal of this paper is to investigate how recommender systems change users' tagging behavior. We focused our investigation in the tagging task, modeling tags from a semiotic point of view. The results of a user experiment we conducted show that recommender systems can drive users to change the tag structure adopted.