Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A Study of the Relationship between Customer Expectations and Feelings of Quality and Satisfaction Gap–Take the Four Logistics Companies in China for Example

The purpose of this study is to enable a business engaged in a flow industry fully feel the quality and key factors of customers they serve in the competitive logistics industry and to enable that service quality is the quality that the customer pays attention to and the quality of the customers who deliver goods. Do customers' perceptions of the service quality of logistics industry come from their original expectations and actual perceived differences? Is the difference in perception is the key factor in satisfaction? In addition, is domestic customer service to foreign logistics industry similar to domestic counterparts? This study tries to find out its relevance and difference. And this paper uses Parasuraman, Zeithaml and Berry et al. (2015) to put forward the cross industry structure of quality and customer satisfaction, then applies it to the logistics industry as the main axis of this research and finds out how it is suitable. Keywords—Customer expectations; Satisfaction gap; Case study; Logistics
The impact of hearing conservation programs on incidence of noise-induced hearing loss in Canadian workers.

BACKGROUND Noise exposure remains one of the most ubiquitous of occupational hazards. Hearing conservation program legislation and the programs themselves were designed to lower risk of resulting occupational noise-induced hearing loss, but there has been no broad-based effort to assess the effectiveness of this policy. METHODS The incidence of a 10-dB standard threshold shift was examined in a group of Canadian lumber mill workers, using annual audiogram series obtained from the Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia for the period 1979-1996 and using Cox proportional hazard models. RESULTS Mean cumulative noise exposure was 98.1 dB-years. The audiograms from 22,376 individuals, among whom there were 2,839 threshold shifts of 10 dB or greater (i.e., a "standard threshold shift"), were retained in multivariable analyses. After adjusting for potential confounders, continuous use of hearing protection, and initial hearing tests later in the study period, the risk for standard threshold shift was reduced by 30%. Risk increased sixfold, however, in those with the highest noise exposure. CONCLUSIONS Hearing conservation programs may be effective in reducing overall incidence of hearing loss. In the absence of noise control at source, however, highly exposed workers remain at unnecessary risk.
Microelectromechanical deformable mirrors

A new class of silicon-based deformable mirrors is described. These devices are capable of correcting time-varying aberrations in imaging or beam forming applications. Each mirror is composed of a flexible silicon membrane supported by an underlying array of electrostatic parallel plate actuators. All structural and electronic elements were fabricated through conventional surface micromachining using polycrystalline silicon thin films. A layout and fabrication design strategy for reducing nonplanar topography in multilayer micromachining was developed and used to achieve nearly flat membrane surfaces. Several deformable mirrors were characterized for their electromechanical performance. Real-time correction of optical aberrations was demonstrated using a single mirror segment connected to a closed-loop feedback control system. Undesirable mirror contours caused by residual stress gradients in the membrane were observed.
A Visual Framework for Interaction Detection in Soccer Matches

In the last decade, soccer video analysis has received a lot of attention from the scientific community. This increasing interest is motivated by the possible applications over a wide spectrum of topics: indexing, summarization, video enhancement, team and players statistics, tactics analysis, referee support, etc. The application of computer vision methodologies in the soccer context requires many problems to be faced: ball and players have to be detected in the images in any light and weather condition, they have to be localized in the field, tracked over time and finally their interactions have to be detected and analyzed. The latter task is fundamental, especially for statistic and referee decision support purposes, but, unfortunately, it has not received adequate attention from the scientific community and a lot of research remains to be done. In this paper a multicamera system is presented to detect the ball player interactions during soccer matches. The proposed method extracts, by triangulation from multiple cameras, the 3D ball and player trajectories and, by estimating the trajectory intersections, detects the ball-player interactions. An inference process is then introduced to determine the player kicking the ball and to estimate the interaction frame. The system was tested during several matches of the Italian first division football championship and experimental results demonstrated that the proposed method is robust and accurate.
Biocomposites: Influence of Matrix Nature and Additives on the Properties and Biodegradation Behaviour

Composite materials are material systems which consist of one or more discontinuous phases embedded in a continuous phase. Thus, at least two distinct materials that are completely immiscible are combined to form a composite. The continuous phase are termed matrix and the discontinuous phase can be a reinforcement (reinforcing agent) or filler. Also, other additives as plasticizers, pigments, heat and light stabilizers are frequently added in order to provide certain properties. The type and reinforcement geometry impart strength to the matrix and the resultant composite shows optimized properties such as high specific strength, stiffness and hardness with respect to the specific components [1].
Diversifying the medical workforce requires a step change in widening participation - Putting the cat amongst the pigeons!

This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. Worldwide there is a call for diversifying the healthcare workforce through widening participation (WP) necessitating a significant change in current recruitment and selection policies and practices. However this is advocated without a well understood conceptualisation of WP or consensus between stakeholders about its purposes. Employers, and patients, require a medical workforce that is both caring and competent but also accessible. This presents a significant challenge for most countries, especially in some areas of healthcare, for both common and varying reasons. For example Australia and NZ have long struggled to recruit healthcare workers to remote and rural parts of their countries, whilst currently general practice within the UK, is in crisis due to under recruitment and low morale. Higher Education institutions wish to recruit the best students but it is not clear who the “best students” are and who will progress to fulfil future workforce requirements. Globally universities are concerned by market forces and face significant financial constraints often directly competing with WP policies. Furthermore an established culture of meritocracy, schemes to “top-up” perceived deficits within certain student groups, and fears surrounding the performance of non-traditional students once at university, deter both would be students and the institutions themselves from increasing diversity. Whilst medical schools may aspire to the aims of social justice and fair opportunities such a trajectory is plagued with difficulties, such as university tariff leagues tables, and concerns with student attrition and differential attainment. However considering the aforementioned workforce issues it is timely to look afresh at what our priorities are in selecting for the future medical workforce. Better understanding the available evidence and the inherent tensions within WP would help us make the required step change that facilitates selecting a more appropriate medical workforce.
Logistics and supply chain management research in Africa

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to review the literature on logistics and supply chain management (SCM) in Africa over the last few decades. It provides a comprehensive assessment of theory application regarding the research articles published between 1994 and 2016.Design/methodology/approachIn this structured systematic literature review, a set of 110 articles on SCM research in Africa is assessed.FindingsThe authors present the state-of-the-art review on logistics and SCM research in Africa. Extant literature shows that most research works focused on operational aspects of logistics and SCM and that papers drew heavily on theories inspired by strategic management, marketing, micro/macroeconomics and organizational behavior theories. Also, most of the papers with theoretical background can be categorized into theory matching and theory dressing and only a minority of theoretical papers belongs to theory suggestion category. Furthermore, based on the findings, the authors present a framework to characterize the peculiar aspects of Africa-based SCM and logistics practices and provide research propositions related to underexplored aspects of logistics and SCM in Africa.Research limitations/implicationsThis study has a number of implications. Practitioners and researchers will gain a greater understanding of how logistics and SCM are carried out in Africa and the type of issues that have been addressed. Furthermore, researchers will be able to identify areas that need greater research attention in Africa.Originality/valueThis study is one of the first literature reviews of publications on logistics and SCM in Africa. It presents an overarching map of the research to date and a series of propositions to inform future research.
Sibling Adjustment to Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: A Case‐Controlled Pilot Study

Objective:To assess depressive symptoms, self-concept, and behavior in non-affected siblings of children with severe pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI). Design:Cross-sectional study with case controls. Setting:Children's hospital tertiary care center. Participants:Twelve siblings of children consecutively admitted to an inpatient rehabilitation unit after a severe TBI. Case controls were randomly selected from the sibling's classmates. Main Outcome Measures:The Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), the Teacher's Report Form of the CBCL (TRF-CBCL), the Self-Perception Profile for Children and the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI). Results:No statistical differences were found in depressive symptoms, self-concept, or behavior between the siblings and their classmates 3 to 18 months after injury. Poorer functional outcomes in the child with a TBI were found to correlate significantly with lower self-concept and more symptoms of depression in the siblings. Conclusions:Further research is needed to evaluate the potential impact on sibling adjustment after pediatric TBI.
Treatment Outcome of Radiotherapy for Localized Primary Ocular Adnexal MALT Lymphoma--Prognostic Effect of the AJCC Tumor-Node-Metastasis Clinical Staging System.

AIM To analyze the treatment outcome of radiotherapy for localized primary ocular adnexal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma (POAML) and evaluate the prognostic effect of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) clinical staging system for POAML. PATIENTS AND METHODS Seventy-three patients with Ann Arbor stage IE POAML who were treated with radiotherapy alone were analyzed. T-Factor based on the AJCC staging system was T1 in 28, T2 in 33 and T3 in 12 patients. RESULTS Out of nine patients with relapse, six had distant and three had contralateral ocular adnexal relapse. One patient died of lymphoma progression. The 5-year local control and progression-free survival (PFS) rates were 100% and 81.5%, respectively. T-Factor was not significantly associated with PFS. CONCLUSION Radiotherapy achieved excellent local control and survival rates for stage IE POAML. The AJCC TNM clinical staging system was not significantly predictive for PFS of stage IE POAML.
Pronomina im Diskurs: deutsche Personal- und Demonstrativpronomina unter 'Zentrierungsperspektive'. Grammatische Überlegungen zu einer Teiltheorie der Textkohärenz

The category of personal pronouns are explicitly exbraciated from syntactic constraints in the framework of Chomskyan Universal Grammar. The binding rules target reflexives ('anaphors', in modern syntactic jargon), but not pronouns. The present article is an attempt to fill this gap. The framework that provides the necessary syntactic instruments is 'Centering Theory'. It is demonstrated that the binding constraints holding for personal pronouns in German, as opposed to the pronominal article and demonstrative pronouns, are crucially based on discourse functions such as thema and rhema. This proves once again that discourse constraints partly overwrite clause-grammatical constraints in discourse-configurational languages like German.
Charge-burping theory correctly predicts optimal ratios of phase duration for biphasic defibrillation waveforms.

BACKGROUND For biphasic waveforms, it is accepted that the ratio of the duration of phase 2 to the duration of phase 1 (phase-duration ratio) should be < or = 1. The charge-burping theory postulates that the beneficial effects of phase 2 are maximal when it completely removes the charge delivered by phase 1. It predicts that the phase-duration ratio should be < 1 when the time constant of the defibrillation system (tau s) exceeds the time constant of the cell membrane (tau m) but > 1 when tau s < tau m. This study tested the hypothesis that the optimal phase-duration ratio depends on tau s (the product of the defibrillator capacitance and pathway resistance). METHODS AND RESULTS In a canine model of transvenous defibrillation (n = 8), we determined stored-energy defibrillation thresholds (DFTs) for biphasic waveforms from conventional capacitors (140 microF. tau s = 7.1 +/- 0.8 ms) and very small capacitors (40 microF. tau s = 2.0 +/- 0.2 ms). Each capacitance was tested with phase-duration ratios of 0.5, 1, 2, and 3. The duration of phase 1 approximated the optimal monophasic waveform, 6.3 +/- 0.7 ms for 140-microF waveforms and 2.8 +/- 0.2 ms for 40-microF waveforms. For 140-microF waveforms, the DFT was lower for phase-duration ratios < or = 1 than for phase-duration ratios > 1 (P = .0003). The reverse was true for 40-microF capacitors (P = .0008). There was a significant interaction between the effects of capacitance and phase-duration ratio on DFT (P = .0002). The lowest DFT for 40-microF waveforms was less than the lowest DFT for 140-microF waveforms (4.9 +/- 2.5 versus 6.4 +/- 2.4 J, P < .05). CONCLUSIONS The optimal phase-duration ratio is < or = 1 for conventional capacitors and > 1 for small capacitors. This supports the predictions of the charge-burping theory.
Pharmacokinetics and Safety of Oral Posaconazole in Neutropenic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients

ABSTRACT The pharmacokinetics of posaconazole oral suspension in neutropenic patients undergoing high-dose chemotherapy and stem cell transplantation were evaluated, and the association of plasma posaconazole exposure with the presence and severity of oral mucositis was explored in this nonrandomized, open-label, parallel-group, multiple-dose pharmacokinetic study. Thirty patients were enrolled and received one of three regimens (group I, 200 mg once daily; group II, 400 mg once daily; group III, 200 mg four times daily) for the duration of neutropenia. The mean total exposure for day 1, as shown by the area under the concentration-time curve from 0 to 24 h (AUC0-24), was 1.96 mg · h/liter in group I and was 51% higher in group II and in group III. Increases in AUC0-24 and maximum plasma concentration (Cmax) in groups II and III were dose related. The AUC0-24 and Cmax values on day 1 were similar between groups II and III. There was interpatient variability of up to 68% in the pharmacokinetic values for our study population. Steady state was attained by days 5 to 6. Average steady-state plasma posaconazole trough values were 192, 219, and 414 ng/ml in groups I, II, and III, respectively. The AUC0-24 and apparent oral clearance increased by increasing dose and dosing frequency. Mucositis appeared to reduce exposure but did not significantly affect mean total posaconazole exposure (AUC and Cmax) at steady state (P = 0.1483). Moreover, this reduction could be overcome by increasing the total dose and dosing frequency. Posaconazole was safe and well tolerated.
Patient-reported outcome measures in arthroplasty registries Report of the Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Working Group of the International Society of Arthroplasty Registries Part II. Recommendations for selection, administration, and analysis

Repository Citation Rolfson O, Bohm E, Franklin PD, Lyman S, Denissen G, Dawson J, Dunn J, Eresian Chenok K, Dunbar M, Overgaard S, Garellick G, Lubbeke A, Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Working Group of the International Society of Arthroplasty Registries. (2016). Patient-reported outcome measures in arthroplasty registries Report of the Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Working Group of the International Society of Arthroplasty Registries Part II. Recommendations for selection, administration, and analysis. University of Massachusetts Medical School Faculty Publications. https://doi.org/10.1080/ 17453674.2016. 1181816. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed. edu/faculty_pubs/1072
Cytomorphological diagnosis of lymphadenopathy by fine needle aspiration cytology in HIV positive patients and its correlation with CD4 count- a hospital based 2 years cross sectional study

Background and objective: To evaluate the role of fine needle aspiration cytology in diagnosis of lymphadenopathy in HIV infected patients and to find out the correlation between cytological findings and CD4 count. Material and methods: It is a hospital based cross sectional study for 2 years (January 1999 to December 2011). Patients having lymphadenopathy with HIV infections were included in the study. FNAC of the lymph node(s) were done and from the aspirates, the smears were made and air dried and fixed in 95% ethyl alcohol. Slides were stained routinely with MGG and AFB or other special stains. CD4+ T cell was counted using Fluorescent activated cell sorters. Descriptive statistics and significance testing were carried out by using ANOVA and Post hoc test. Results: The mean age of presentation was 31.38 years. NSRL (42.1%) was the most common lesion followed by tubercular lymphadenitis (38.84%). Granulomatous lymphadenitis (9.92%), acute suppurative lymphadenitis (6.61%) and one case (0.83%) each of NHL, metastatic lymph node and fungal (P. marneffei) lymphadenitis were the other cytological diagnoses. Maximum number of cases was associated with CD4 count range 101-200 (43.8%).
Programas de Financiamiento Productivo a pymes, acceso al crédito y desempeño de las firmas: Evidencia de Argentina

In the last years, Argentinian’s Government has implemented several productive programs for financing MSMEs. The main objective of these programs was increasing the productivity of firms. However, to the best of our knowledge, there is no work that measures the effectiveness of programs over the beneficiary firms; moreover, the micro data used in this work have not been used ever. In this paper, we evaluate three productive programs: the National Development Fund for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (FONAPYME), the Rate Bonus Regime (RBT) and the Reciprocal Guarantee Societies (SGR). On the base of administrative micro data and combining statistical matching techniques with the fixed effects model, we estimate the causal effect of the programs over different variables associated with firm’s productivity. Results show that programs have, on average, positive and significant effects over average employment, average salary, probability of access to credit, and the volume of financial debt. The impact comes mainly from young companies, and specifically in employment, from smaller companies. When comparing the programs, it seems that the RBT rate subsidy is the one with the most profound effects on the overall performance of the firms.
An analysis of hospital trauma care performance evaluation.

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this article was to report on a study on the hospital trauma care performance evaluation based on a database of trauma events of participating UK and European hospitals. METHODS Performance evaluation has become increasingly important in the quality assessment of health care in general and trauma care in particular. For many years, attempts to quantifying the performance of trauma care systems on a numerical scale have been developed and applied, including the use of Ws statistic. The Trauma Audit and Research Network collected and managed the data. We first investigated the currently used approaches in the evaluation of trauma care systems, and then proposed an alternative using a statistical control based approach for the comparison of different hospitals at one time. Different control charts and types of calculations were also proposed for the chronologic outcome chart, which plots the variation of trauma care within one hospital over time. RESULTS New graphical methods for hospital trauma care performance evaluation based on statistical process plots were developed and tested on the project database. CONCLUSION A control chart approach to the presentation of the outcome charts for hospital trauma care performance evaluation is presented in this article. The charts are more meaningful than the "caterpillar" plot traditionally used, and avoid the ranking of institutions into "league tables".
Integral accessibility: a matter of social inclusion : recommendations on measures for Dutch policy on accessibility in the public built environment to comply with the UN "Convention of Rights of Persons with Disability"

Throughout history social aspects of sustainability have received less attention than the ecological and economic dimensions. The underlying reason is that it is a fragmented notion and not clearly defined in policy and practice. The United Nations 'Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities' opens up opportunities to drive forward socially inclusive policy. This Convention is an important milestone in the history of accessibility developments, of which an overview is presented in this paper. The Netherlands will ratify the Convention in 2015, therewith committing itself to creating an integral accessible environment in order to facilitate social inclusion. Since Dutch regulations regarding accessibility in the public built environment lack important aspects for fulfilling this promise, ratification will not be without consequences. Although the goal of this Convention is clear, it does not provide practical suggestions for facilitating social inclusion. This research therefore makes recommendations for measures to improve Dutch regulations. These recommendations are based on an analysis of current regulations, comprising literature research and detailed regulation investigation and comparison. The research considers disabilities that hinder interaction with the built environment: visual, auditory and mobility disabilities. It is found that legally mandatory regulations mainly concern the latter and that this legislation mainly regards the building's primary structure, while e.g. finishings, electrical services and fixed facilities are unspecified. Conclusions on this analysis and the link to practice are explored through an expert meeting. By signing the Convention the EU has committed herself to creating a barrier-free Europe, hence the authors recommend on the inclusion of integral accessibility requirements in the public built environment for further development of a European sustainability standard.