Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Diferencias de género en la percepción de la calidad del servicio: un estudio exploratorio

This study examines gender differences of the customer and analyses how gender differences affect customers? perceptions of service quality dimensions. The study was based on a survey of 696 women and 369 men that customers were different services. The results of an empirical study support the hypothesis that gender affects service quality perceptions. This paper provides important information for services to use in developing operational, human resource, and in targeting those strategies in terms of the gender differences in quality perceptions among their customers. Also, this research created a baseline and further research is necessary to delve into reasons for differences.
The effect of Oxaliplatin in leading to apoptosis of intestinal cancer cells byinducing PUMA protein expression through reactive oxygen species

Previous studies demonstrated Oxaliplatin, a drug used in treating intestinal cancers by inducing cancer cell apoptosisregulated by p53 upregulated modulator of apoptosis (PUMA) protein gene expression. Increasing the reactiveoxygen species (ROS) level is possible to speed up the expression of PUMA protein in Oxaliplatin. This study aimsto investigate the effect of Oxaliplatin in intestinal cancer cells, leading to its apoptosis by inducing PUMA proteinexpression through ROS, compared to Cisplatin and PBS. The result of the study will provide important insight into thepreclinical effectiveness of Oxaliplatin in intestinal cancer cells, and it also testifies to the underlying mechanism of thisdrug. Future studies should focus on investigating drug combinations with Oxaliplatin that provides synergism towardthe disease and decreases its toxicity.
Workbook for plume visual impact screening and analysis

The Prevention of Significant Deterioration and visibility regulations of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) require the evaluation of a type of visibility impairment which can be traced to a single source or small group of sources known as plume blight. The Workbook presents current EPA guidance on the use of screening procedures to estimate visibility impairment due to plume blight and is an update and a revision to the earlier book. It is being issued as a draft for public comment until a final version is incorporated into the Guideline on Air Quality Models (Revised). It preserves the same 3-level screening approach and includes a new screening model (VISCREEN) that can be run on a personal computer. The VISCREEN model is used for both Level-1 and Level-2 screening analyses, and is designed to evaluate plume visual effects along multiple lines of sight across the plume's length for two different viewing backgrounds and for two different scattering angles.
Predicting conflict over scarce resources: Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) and Fulɓe pastoralists

3 Acknowledgements . 4 Table of Figures . 6 Abbreviations . 7 Introduction . 9 Importance and History of Chimpanzee Conservation . 9 Background on Community-based Conservation . 14 Community-based Conservation Work in Africa Today . 18 Chimpanzee Conservation in Senegal . 20 Methods . 29 Site Description . 29 Data . 32 Data Collection . 32 Geospatial Analysis: Species Distribution Modeling . 37 Point Occurrences . 37 Environmental Predictors . 38 Statistical Analysis of Habitat Use . 43 Results . 45 Which species of trees are the herders using for fodder? 45 Species Distribution Modeling . 46 What habitats are preferred by each group? 46 Is there overlap between the herders’ preferences and chimpanzee preferences? 52 Statistical Analysis of Habitat Use . 53 What habitats are preferred by each group? 53 Is there overlap between the herders’ preferences and chimpanzee preferences? 56 Discussion. 58 Considerations and Recommendations for Management . 66
CARTO-NET: graphic retrieval and management in an automated map library

CARTO-NET est un systeme de recherche et de catalogage de cartes. Ce systeme est completement automatise a partir des regles de catalogage de l'Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AARC2). L'article presente toutes les fonctions et les conditions d'acces a ce systeme. Il evoque aussi les possibilites de liaisons a d'autres systemes tels que des photographies aeriennes ou des images par satellite. La British Library finance le projet depuis 1985. Un reseau de catalogage cooperatif est envisage
New Ediacaran biota from the oldest Nama Group, Namibia (Tsaus Mountains), and re-definition of the Nama Assemblage

Abstract The Nama Group, Namibia (≥550.5 to <538 million years ago, Ma), preserves one of the most diverse metazoan fossil records of the terminal Ediacaran Period. We report numerous features that may be biological in origin from the shallow marine, siliciclastic, lowermost Mara Member (older than ca. 550.5 Ma) from the Tsaus Mountains. These include forms that potentially represent body fossils, Beltanelliformis and an indeterminate juvenile uniterminal rangeomorph or arboreomorph frond, plug trace fossils, Bergaueria, as well as sedimentary surface textures, which are possibly microbially induced. These are the oldest documented macrofossils in the Nama Group. They represent taxa that persist from the Avalon or White Sea assemblages prior to the later appearance of new biota, including calcified metazoans, calcified and soft-bodied tubular taxa including all cloudinids, as well as more complex trace fossils. Using a new age model that allows more accurate stratigraphic placement of major Ediacaran macrofossil morphogroups and taxa, we propose a re-definition of the Nama Assemblage following the practice for Phanerozoic evolutionary faunas to include only new morphogroups of soft-bodied tubular, calcified taxa and complex trace fossils, defined by first appearance of Cloudina, which postdates deposition of the Kanies and lower Mara members and first appears ca. 550 Ma and persists until at least 539 Ma. Finally, the Tsaus Mountain environment is pristine, unspoilt by geologists and naturalists. Following World Heritage Convention, we suggest a pledge of non-destructive excavation that all future scientists should be able to make in publications of work that involve research in this area.
Research on the Quality and Customer Satisfaction of Rural Homestays in Hebei, China

: With the fast-paced lifestyle in urban areas, an increasing number of people are seeking to reconnect with nature, seeking solace and relaxation amidst natural surroundings. Rural tourism has emerged as a popular form of tourism, with many opting to stay in rural hotels, particularly rural homestays. Rural homestays are a vital and advantageous resource for the development of rural tourism, contributing positively to the integration of rural resources, promoting employment and entrepreneurship among farmers, cultivating rural service talent, and comprehensively managing rural ecology. They play an active role in promoting the rapid development of the rural economy. To investigate the personal characteristics of tourists and their satisfaction with rural homestay services, a survey was conducted in Hebei Province, including the regions of Xingtai, Zhangjiakou, Qinhuangdao, Baoding, and Shijiazhuang. A survey comprising 500 questionnaires was distributed and face-to-face interviews were held with rural homestay guests. The study analyzed the current development status of rural homestays in Hebei Province, identified problems and shortcomings in their development, and explored ways to promote their positive and vigorous development. The study also presented some constructive recommendations for the development of rural homestays, rural tourism, and the economic growth of Hebei Province, China.
Impact of Hypocenter Location on Rupture Extent and Ground Motion: A Case Study of Southern Cascadia

The Cascadia subduction zone has well‐documented geological records of megathrust earthquakes with the latest ∼Mw 9 rupture occurring in CE 1700. The paleoseismic observations suggest that southern Cascadia is mature for future earthquakes since the last event. Consequently, it is crucial to investigate the potential rupture scenarios. Although existing interseismic locking models share similar moment deficits, whether future earthquakes would be margin‐wide or segmented, as suggested by paleoseismic records, remains unknown. Accordingly, we aim to investigate: (a) possible rupture segmentation patterns, (b) whether south Cascadia can host margin‐wide ruptures, and (c) whether the existing locking models suggest similar future rupture scenarios. Assuming constant effective normal stress, we estimate the stress distribution constrained by the locking models (i.e., Gamma model from Schmalzle et al. (2014, https://doi.org/10.1002/2013GC005172), the preferred model from S. Li et al. (2018, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JB015620), and the best‐fit model from Lindsey et al. (2021, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-021-00736-x)) from static calculation and discover they lead to different stress distributions, indicating distinct seismic potentials. Our dynamic rupture scenarios show that the south can generate both segmented ruptures (>Mw 7.3–8.4) and margin‐wide ruptures (>Mw 8.6) depending on the hypocenter location. The along‐strike rupture length appears to coincide with rupture lengths hypothesized from paleoseismology, and the Schmalzle model produces reasonable coastal subsidence amplitudes from the CE 1700 event. Therefore, we propose that three high‐slip trench‐breaching patches are sufficient for reproducing historical subsidence records. Our results can be further applied in seismic and tsunami hazard assessment, and serve as a comparison for non‐trench‐breaching scenarios.
Research on Factors Influencing the Development of College English Teachers' Information-based Teaching Ability

: Modern information technologies are developed continuously and popularly used in college English teaching. Successful integration of IT in English teaching requires teachers to rethink their own roles, update teaching concepts, and enhance their teaching competence. The working condition of College English teachers is a multi-dimensional ecological system, which not only regulates, but also stimulates them. Therefore, when discussing the development of IT capabilities for college English teachers, it should be considered within an ecosystem. All the influential factors shall be considered in the education of teachers, and comprehensive supports be provided for the development of informational teaching competence of college English teachers. This article conducts a questionnaire survey on three universities at different stages of informatization technology development. By comparing and analyzing the data, the relationship between the development of information technology teaching ability of English teachers in universities and their living environment was examined. The results show that the 11 factors are related to the status quo of College English teachers' teaching competence with IT. The results of multiple regression analysis show that the most predictive factors for College English teachers' information teaching competence are 3 variables (attitude and awareness, computer self-efficacy, motivation), 3 medium variables (information facility, personal factor, career development) and 3 macro variables (policy and regulation, times requirements, training). Some suggestions to develop the teaching ability of College English teachers with IT are offered.
Forskolin Improves Male Reproductive Complications Caused by Hyperglycemia in Type 2 Diabetic Rats

Background: In many diabetic patients, spermatogenesis complications are frequent causing infertility problems. This study aimed to demonstrate the effect of Forskolin on male reproductive dysfunction caused by type 2 diabetes. Materials and Methods: In this experimental study, type 2 diabetes was induced by a high-fat diet (HFD) for one month and then a low single dose injection (35 mg/kg) of streptozotocin (STZ) in Wistar rats. After 72 hours, rats with more than 200 mg/dl of blood glucose were considered type 2 diabetic rats. Forty rats (200-250 g) were divided into four groups (n=10) including group 1 (G1): rats with normal diet and buffer citrate (STZ solvent) injection, group 2 (G2): control type 2 diabetic rats with HFD and STZ injection, group 3 (G3): type 2 diabetic rats received phosphate buffer saline (PBS) as Forskolin solvent, and group 4 (G4): Forskolin treated diabetic rats (10 mg/kg) for 1 month. Results: In comparison to control group, in diabetic groups (G2 and G3) some parameters are increased significantly: The blood glucose (P=0.00078), testicular malondialdehyde (MDA) level and body weight (P=0.00009) and Bax gene expression (P=0.00007). Unlike, some parameters are decreased significantly: The serum level of testosterone (P=0.0009), testicular superoxide dismutase (SOD, P=0.00007) and glutathione peroxidase (GPX) levels (P=0.00008), sperm concentration (P=0.00008), motility (P=0.00009), normal morphological sperm (P=0.00008) and Bcl-2 gene expression (P=0.00009). However, in Forskolin treated group (G4) the parameters stayed close to control values that was significantly (P=0.00007) higher than in G2 and G3 groups. Therefore, treatment with Forskolin significantly improved these abnormal changes in Forskolin-treated group. Conclusion: Our study demonstrates that Forskolin is an effective antidiabetic agent, which significantly improves sperm concentration, testosterone levels, and antioxidant activity in diabetic rats.
Learning from Low Rank Tensor Data: A Random Tensor Theory Perspective

Under a simpliﬁed data model, this paper provides a theoretical analysis of learning from data that have an underlying low-rank tensor structure in both supervised and unsupervised settings. For the supervised setting, we provide an analysis of a Ridge classiﬁer (with high regularization parameter) with and without knowledge of the low-rank structure of the data. Our results quantify analytically the gain in misclassiﬁcation errors achieved by exploiting the low-rank structure for denoising purposes, as opposed to treating data as mere vectors. We further provide a similar analysis in the context of clustering, thereby quantifying the exact performance gap between tensor methods and standard approaches which treat data as simple vectors.
Supplementary Material of Marching-Primitives: Shape Abstraction from Signed Distance Function

In this supplementary material, we provide the details about the derivations, discussions and experiment settings. In Sec. 1, we provide the detailed derivation of the approximation of the SDF of a superquadric. In Sec. 2, the primitive initialization strategy in the connectivity marching step is detailed. In Sec. 3, we provide the derivation of the probabilistic primitive marching step. Furthermore, Sec. 4 elaborates the fail-safe primitive removal criterion. The overview of the Marching-Primitive algorithm is summarized into pseudo-code in Sec. 5. Finally, in Sec. 6, we detail the experiment implementation and show more qualitative examples.
Banking in the New Europe: The Impact of the Single European Market Programme and EMU on the European Banking Sector

List of Tables List of Figures Preface Synopses of Contributors Introduction B.Moore Belgium R.V. Vennet Denmark M.Balling & A.Grosen France D.Plihon Germany G.Lang Greece C. Gortsos Ireland R.Kinsella & P.Bourke Italy F.Bruni, A.Balzarini & D.Fox Netherlands H.A. Benink & J.J.Sijben Portugal P.S. de Pinho Spain J.M. Pastor & J.Quesada United Kingdom E.P.M.Gardner & P.Molyneux Index
Research on remote sensing image object detection based on convolutional neural network

: With the update of remote sensing equipment and the improvement of technology, remote sensing images not only have advantages in quantity, but also improve in imaging quality. Convolutional neural network has been widely used in object detection, which can extract targets from a large number of images and has a very powerful feature extraction capability. The detection technology for remote sensing images has a promoting role. This paper introduces the application of remote sensing image, analyzes several common convolutional neural network technologies and features, and analyzes the application of convolutional neural network in remote sensing images. Through comparative analysis, the efficiency of convolutional neural network technology is relatively high in remote sensing image target detection, which indeed solves the problems of low detection accuracy and high miss detection rate of remote sensing targets, remote sensing target characteristics and mainstream algorithms in current remote sensing images.
A Novel Mapping Strategy of Repetitive Patterns in Consecutive Recordings to Localize Atrial Fibrillation Sources: an In-Silico Study

In some patients with persistent atrial fibrillation (AF), localized functional mechanisms may sustain AF and thus represent ablation targets. We propose a novel mapping strategy to locate AF sources by combining repetitive patterns from consecutive high-density mapping recordings. The algorithm moves the catheter iteratively upstream of the main repetitive conduction direction to identify an AF source either by direct classification of local activation patterns or by encircling it. We tested the performance and robustness of this approach in two groups of detailed AF simulations, without and with severe structural remodeling ($N=20$ per group, 20 starting positions per simulation), using a $4\times 4$ grid mapping catheter (3mm spacing). Structural remodeling led to more simultaneous sources (median [IQR], 2 [1; 3] vs 3 [2; 5], $p < 0.001)$ that meandered in larger areas (127.5 [82.0; 216.0] vs 188.0 [121.2; 305.5] mm2, $p < 0.05$. The mapping approach localized a source in 6 [4; 9] vs. 5 [5; 8] steps for the groups without and with structural remodeling ($p < 0.001$), with an accuracy of 11 [7; 16] vs 9 [6; 14] mm ($p=0.046$). Sources were localized by encircling in 62.6% vs. 41.4% of the detection in both groups, respectively. The proposed mapping strategy detected AF sources accurately within a few steps, even in complex AF substrates, with a substantial contribution of encircling to detect sources.
Disclosure Initiative: Principles of Disclosure

Paper topic Comment letter feedback—New Zealand Accounting Standards Board staff’s approach to drafting disclosure requirements in IFRS Standards CONTACTS Siobhan Hammond shammond@ifrs.org +44 (0) 20 7246 6937 Kathryn Donkersley kdonkersley@ifrs.org +44 (0) 20 7246 6970 This paper has been prepared for discussion at a public meeting of the International Accounting Standards Board (Board) and does not represent the views of the Board or any individual member of the Board. Comments on the application of IFRS Standards do not purport to set out acceptable or unacceptable application of IFRS Standards. Technical decisions are made in public and reported in IASB Update.
A model to study the socio-cultural determinants of fertility: an extension of Bongaarts model.

This paper analyzes the socioeconomic and other differentials in the proximate determinants of fertility by separating the negative or fertility-inhibiting and positive or fertility-enhancing influence of variable fertility. The effects of the four principal proximate determinants (the proportion married use of contraception induced abortion and postpartum infecundability) have been separately studied by using an extension of the decomposition model suggested by Bongaarts. Data from a 1980 fertility survey of rural south Gujarat India was utilized to illustrate the model. Overall the results indicate the influence of caste/religion couples education occupation of husband and annual income of the family in explaining the fertility behavior of the couples. Religion/caste and husbands occupation and family income were noted to cause favorable changes in fertility by offsetting the fertility-enhancing effect of modernization. In contrast education had little effect on fertility which was attributed to the combination of modest differential in contraceptive prevalence and large differential in postpartum infecundability. Furthermore the results showed a reduction of marital fertility due to socioeconomic changes while decline in marital fertility was slow due to initial fertility-enhancing effect of sociocultural changes.
Inefficient Bank Recapitalization, Bailout, and Post-Crisis Recoveries

We study bailouts in a macroeconomic model where banks provide services that facilitate ﬁrms’ investments but limit their own leverage to prevent costly recapit-alizations. This precautionary motive can generate ﬁnancial crises, in which banks’ limited intermediation capacity discourages investments and dampens growth. Bank recapitalizations are constrained-ineﬃcient because they do not internalize that, in the aggregate, higher equity buﬀers allow for more intermediation, favouring investments and accelerating recoveries. System-wide bailouts can mitigate this ineﬃciency and improve long-run welfare as long as their positive eﬀect on banks’ equity value outweighs their negative impact on risk-taking incentives. (JEL D51, G21)
Influence of natural and anthropogenic aerosols on cloud base droplet size distributions in clouds over the South China Sea and West Pacific

Abstract. Cumulus clouds are common over maritime regions. They are important regulators of the global radiative energy budget and global hydrologic cycle, as well as a key contributor to the uncertainty in anthropogenic climate change projections due to uncertainty in aerosol–cloud interactions. These interactions are regionally specific owing to their strong influences on aerosol sources and meteorology. Here, our analysis focuses on the statistical properties of marine boundary layer (MBL) aerosol chemistry and the relationships of MBL aerosol to cumulus cloud properties just above cloud base as sampled in 2019 during the NASA Cloud, Aerosol and Monsoon Processes Philippines Experiment (CAMP2Ex). The aerosol and clouds were sampled by instruments on the NASA P-3 aircraft over three distinct maritime regions around the Philippines: the West Pacific, the South China Sea, and the Sulu Sea. Our analysis shows three primary sources influenced the aerosol chemical composition: clean marine (ocean source), industrial (Southeast Asia, Manila, and cargo and tanker ship emissions), and biomass burning (Borneo and Indonesia). The clean marine aerosol chemical composition had low values of all sampled chemical signatures, specifically median values of 2.2 µg m−3 of organics (ORG), 2.3 µg m−3 of SO4, 0.3 µg m−3 of NO3, 1.4 µg m−3 of NH4, 0.04 µg m−3 of Cl, and 0.0074 µg m−3 of refractory black carbon (BC). Chemical signatures of the other two aerosol source regions were industrial, with elevated SO4 having a median value of 6.1 µg m−3, and biomass burning, with elevated median concentrations of ORG 21.2 µg m−3 and BC 0.1351 µg m−3. Based on chemical signatures, the industrial component was primarily from ship emissions, which were sampled within 60 km of ships and within projected ship plumes. Normalized cloud droplet size distributions in clouds sampled near the MBL passes of the P-3 showed that clouds impacted by industrial and biomass burning contained higher concentrations of cloud droplets, by as much as 1.5 orders of magnitude for diameters < 13 µm compared to clean marine clouds, while at size ranges between 13.0–34.5 µm the median concentrations of cloud droplets in all aerosol categories were nearly an order of magnitude less than the clean marine category. In the droplet size bins centered at diameters > 34.5 µm concentrations were equal to, or slightly exceeded, the concentrations of the clean marine clouds. These analyses show that anthropogenic aerosols generated from industrial and biomass burning sources significantly influenced cloud base microphysical structure in the Philippine region enhancing the small droplet concentration and reducing the concentration of mid-sized droplets.