bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Identifying the customer satisfaction factors in furniture market
Authors: Azizi Majid , Dehghan Seyed Alireza , Ziaie Mohsen , Mohebi Nematollah 
Published: October 2017

Purpose – the purpose of this research is to identify the influential factors on customer satisfaction in the Iranian furniture market in order to get acquainted with the fundamental items for planning future sales programs with the purposes of extolling competitive advantages.
Design/methodology/approach – A commixture of 6 items and 31 factors were educed from interviewing with 20 experts in furniture designing and manufacturing industry. The collected data from customer need indexes in previous research were also used.
Findings – results showed that such factors as economic factors weighting 0.32, product specifications weighting 0.21 and credibility weighting 0.19 were the most important indexes and price weighting 0.195, fame weighting 0.131, quality, durability and resistance weighting 0.116, paying conditions weighting 0.095, designing and decorating in virtual softwares before ordering weighting 0.074, updatedness weighting 0.064 and interaction approach with the weight of 0.42 were the most considerable influential sub-indexes on the satisfaction of the Iranian furniture market customers.
Research limitations/implications – by the enhancement of competition throughout the world markets and the inevitable presence of Iran in it, the market activists’ concentration should shift towards paying comprehensive attention to desires and needs of furniture market customers.
Practical implications – some important issues on planning suitable manufacturing and marketing programs in furniture market are introduce so that the activists be aware of considering the growing knowledge and awareness of end-users which increases the pressure on the manufacturer side. There are also some solutions in terms of internal and external organizational factors with regard to the complex nature of competitive environment in furniture market.
Originality/value – the paper provides an examination of effective factors on customer satisfaction with a focus on past experiments and the perspectives of furniture market experts.
Moderating influence of school culture on the relationship between transformational leadership and organizational health of secondary school teachers in Malaysia
Authors: Arokiasamy Anantha Raj A. 
Published: October 2017

This study aimed to determine the level of transformational leadership practices by school principals in the national secondary schools in the state of Pulau Pinang and Kedah Darul Aman, Malaysia. The three dimensions of transformational leadership studied were vision identification, intellectual stimulation and high performance expectations. The study also looks at the level of organizational health as well as the relationship with the practice of transformational leadership by the national secondary school principals’. The respondents consisted of 226 teachers employed in 16 national secondary schools in the state of Pulau Pinang and Kedah Darul Aman, Malaysia. The data obtained was analyzed using SPSS version 20.0. Descriptive analysis and inferential analysis were used to analyze the influence of the relationship. The study found that school culture functions as a moderator in the relationship between the transformational leadership style of school principals’ and the organizational health of the secondary school teachers’ in the state of Pulau Pinang and Kedah Darul Aman, Malaysia. In addition, school culture as a moderator in the relationship between transformational leadership and organizational health is a new discovery in the field of leadership. This is because the organizational health of secondary schools has never been investigated by local researchers. Most previous studies have highlighted transformational leadership and school culture has a direct influence on school improvement.
Bivariate Legendre approximation
Authors: Zerroug Abdelhamid , Sehili Ismahene 
Published: October 2017

Spectral methods are among the numerical methods commonly used for approximating solutions of boundary value problems. In this paper we propose, a generalization of the spectral Tau method in dimension 2, this method is generalized by the use of a new two-dimensional polynomial basis constructed by a three terms recurrence relation. We also present an estimation of error committed by the proposed method.
Evaluation of Fracture Tearing Resistance of Dissimilar Metal Welds in Laser Welded Thin Steel Sheets
Authors: Ambriško Ľ. , Pešek L. 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
This paper focused on the stable crack growth in laser welds of thin automotive steel sheets. The stable crack growth was monitored using the contactless measurement—the videoextensometry technique on compact tension (CT) specimens with parallel and perpendicular notch orientation to the longitudinal weld axis. Specimens with electro-spark notches were loaded by eccentric tension at two loading rates (0.0217 and 2.17 mm·s−1). From the obtained data, δR-curve and JR-curve were established. From R-curves, the resistance of the stable crack growth for both, base materials, and their laser welds, was determined. Crack growth resistance determined for a CT weld specimen was higher than for the base materials.
Shear Transfer in Normal- and High-Strength Recycled Aggregate Concrete
Authors: Waseem S. A. , Singh B. 
Published: October 2017

AbstractShear strength of interfaces in virgin aggregate and in recycled aggregate concrete has been investigated using initially uncracked pushoff specimens by varying the following parameters: replacement level of the recycled aggregates (0 %, 50 %, and 100 %), concrete grade (normal strength and high strength) and the clamping force on the shear plane. The experimentally observed crack patterns in the pushoff specimens were indicative of the development of truss action for resisting interface shear. A truss-based analysis recommended in the literature, in combination with a simplified failure envelope for concrete subjected to biaxial stresses, has been used for shear-strength prediction of both the concrete types. The proposed methodology has been calibrated, with the help of the experimental results, to obtain a nominal distribution of shear stresses across the slip plane and conservative and reasonably accurate shear-strength predictions were noted for the selected experimental results taken from the literature.
Definition and Quantification of Anchor Ductility and Implications on Seismic Design
Authors: Mahrenholtz P. , Eligehausen R. 
Published: October 2017

AbstractDuctility plays an important role in structural and seismic engineering. Its beneficial effect on load distribution and performance during earthquakes is assumed to be true also for anchors connecting concrete and steel elements. However, a conclusive definition of ductility for post-installed concrete anchors is not given yet in the relevant qualification guidelines and design codes. The goal of this paper is to define anchor ductility based on the load-displacement behavior of installed anchors, and to evaluate available displacement capacities and their impact on seismic anchor design. The background of anchor ductility was investigated and meaningful anchor ductility parameters were developed based on the database of several hundred tests on diverse anchor types. Finally, the effects of anchor displacements on the behavior of structural and nonstructural connections during earthquakes are discussed.
The levels of adipokines in relation to hormonal changes during the menstrual cycle in young, normal-weight women
Authors: Wyskida Katarzyna , Franik Grzegorz , Wikarek Tomasz , Owczarek Aleksander , Delroba Alham , Chudek Jerzy , Sikora Jerzy , Olszanecka-Glinianowicz Magdalena 
Published: October 2017

Context
The aim of this study was to assess the plasma leptin, adiponectin, resistin, visfatin/NAMPT, omentin-1, vaspin, apelin, TNF-α, IL-6 and RBP4 levels in relation to hormonal changes during the menstrual cycle in young, healthy, normal-weight women.

Methods
The study involved 52 young, healthy, normal-weight women. Anthropometric parameters, body composition and levels of plasma leptin, adiponectin, resistin, visfatin/NAMPT, omentin-1, vaspin, apelin, TNF-α, IL-6 and RBP4 in addition to serum FSH, LH, estradiol, progesterone, 17-OH progesterone, androgens, SHBG and insulin concentrations were measured during a morning in fasting state three times: between days 2–4, days 12–14 and days 24–26 of the menstrual cycle.

Results
Plasma adiponectin, omentin-1, resistin and visfatin/NAMPT, apelin, TNF-α, IL-6 and RBP4 concentrations were stable during the menstrual cycle, while leptin and vaspin levels were significantly higher in both the midcycle and the luteal phases than those in the follicular phase. Multivariate regression analyses revealed that changes in leptin and vaspin levels between the follicular and the luteal phase are strongly related to changes in total testosterone levels.

Conclusions
Our results revealed stable levels of adipokines during the phases of the physiological menstrual cycle, except for leptin and vaspin, which showed increased levels in both the midcycle and the luteal phases. This effect was significantly associated with changes in the secretion of testosterone, 17-OH progesterone and insulin in the luteal phase.
Atypical manifestation of parathyroid carcinoma with late-onset distant metastases
Authors: Tsoli Marina , Angelousi Anna , Rontogianni Dimitra , Stratakis Constantine , Kaltsas Gregory 
Published: October 2017

Summary
Parathyroid carcinoma is an extremely rare endocrine malignancy that accounts for less than 1% of cases of primary hyperparathyroidism. We report a 44-year-old woman who presented with fatigue and diffuse bone pain. Laboratory findings revealed highly elevated serum calcium and parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels and a 4.5 × 3 × 2.5 cm cystic lesion in the lower pole of the right thyroid lobe that was shown histologically to be a parathyroid carcinoma. Ten years later, the patient developed brain and pulmonary metastases and recurrence of PTH-related hypercalcemia. Treatment of hypercalcemia along with localized radiotherapy and various chemotherapy regimens failed to induce a biochemical or radiological response. In conclusion, parathyroid carcinoma is a rare neoplasia that may develop metastases even after prolonged follow-up, for which there is no evidence-based treatment besides surgery. Different chemotherapeutic schemes did not prove to be of any benefit in our case highlighting the need for registering such patients to better understand tumor biology and develop specific treatment.

Learning points:

Metastases can develop many years after parathyroid cancer diagnosis.

Surgery is the only curative treatment for parathyroid carcinoma.

Chemotherapy and radiotherapy prove to be ineffective in parathyroid cancer treatment.

Patient registering is required in order to delineate underlining pathology and offer specific treatment.
Massive adrenal incidentalomas and late diagnosis of congenital adrenal hyperplasia in prostate cancer
Authors: Feng Xin , Kline Gregory 
Published: October 2017

Summary
In a 61-year-old Caucasian male with prostate cancer, leuprolide and bicalutamide failed to suppress the androgens. He presented to endocrinology with persistently normal testosterone and incidental massive (up to 18 cm) bilateral adrenal myelolipomas on CT scan. Blood test did not reveal metanephrine excess. The patient was noted to have short stature (151 cm) and primary infertility. Elementary school photographs demonstrated precocious puberty. Physical examination revealed palpable abdominal (adrenal) masses. Abiraterone and glucocorticoid treatment was commenced with excellent suppression of testosterone. Genetic testing revealed a mutation in CYP21A2 confirming 21-hydroxylase-deficient congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). Association of large myelolipomas with CAH has been reported in the literature. Our case highlights the importance of considering CAH in patients with non-suppressed testosterone despite androgen deprivation therapy. Large myelolipomas should raise the suspicion of congenital adrenal hyperplasia.

Learning points:

Adrenal myelolipomas are rare benign lesions that are more common in patients with longstanding untreated congenital adrenal hyperplasia thought to be due to ACTH stimulation.

Consider undiagnosed congenital adrenal hyperplasia in patients with adrenal myelolipoma.

Glucocorticoid replacement may be an efficacious treatment for patients with prostate cancer and CAH. Abiraterone therapy has a risk of adrenal crisis if glucocorticoids are not replaced.
Освітня діяльність чеських музеїв (на прикладі Галереї образотворчого мистецтва у місті Гавлічкув Брод)
Authors: Valenkevych Olga 
Published: October 2017

У статті аналізуються головні аспекти діяльності музею, розглянуто досвід роботи Галереї образотворчого мистецтва м. Гавлічкув Брод (Чеська Республіка) у галузі музейної освіти. Стаття присвячена визначенню місця і ролі музейної педагогіки в організації культурно-освітнього процесу в музеї. Розглядаються освітні функції музейної педагогіки та їх реалізація на практиці.
Здоровий спосіб життя у системі чинників формування здоров’я дітей дошкільного віку
Authors: Trush Nadiia 
Published: October 2017

У статті розглянуто вплив способу життя людини на її здоров’я та самопочуття. Основою формування навичок здорового способу життя в дошкільників стануть знання про будову тіла, засоби збереження та зміцнення здоров’я людини, необхідність дбайливого ставлення до власного здоров’я
Етнічна самосвідомість та ідентичність особистості у поліетнічному просторі сучасного світу: етнопсихологічний підхід до проблеми
Authors: Lysenko Olexandra 
Published: October 2017

У статті проаналізовано глобалізаційні проблеми сучасного світового співтовариства щодо поліетнічності та міжкультурної взаємодії.
Автором наголошується на процесі нівеляції національної ідентичності, поглиблення поліетнічності людства, що спостерігається практично у всіх державах.
Проаналізовано питання ідентичності в історичному зрізі його становлення та розвитку.
Акцентовано увагу, що переважна більшість людей у сучасному світі не належить до жодної етнічної групи, вони є членами одного чи кількох суспільств, носіями кількох культур.
Формування читацьких інтересів учнів засобами зарубіжної літератури в українських гімназійних бібліотеках Галичини другої половини ХІХ – початку ХХ ст.
Authors: Rozman Irina 
Published: October 2017

У статті проаналізовано діяльність українських гімназійних бібліотек у Галичині в другій половині ХІХ – на початку ХХ ст., коли за складних суспільно-політичних умов вони істотно вплинули на формування генерації українських діячів культури, літератури, освіти, формування читацьких смаків та інтересів учнівського юнацтва. Визначено продуктивність цього досвіду для посилення ролі бібліотек у вихованні сучасного молодого покоління.
Концептуальні засади розвитку наукової діяльності педагогічного університету на сучасному етапі розвитку суспільства
Authors: Kolomiets Alla , Lazarenko Nataly , Gromov Eugene 
Published: October 2017

У статті визначено основні концептуальні засади організації наукової діяльності педагогічних університетів, проблеми і завдання, що стоять перед ними. З’ясовано, що невирішеними проблемами залишаються: імплементація найсучасніших наукових досягнень у зміст підготовки вчителів-предметників; популяризація і маркетинг науково-педагогічних здобутків; посилення наукових зв’язків з іноземними ВНЗ; розширення участі в міжнародних наукових проектах тощо.
Визначені основні принципи і пріоритетні напрями наукового забезпечення підготовки висококваліфікованих педагогічних і науково-педагогічних кадрів. Проаналізовані практичні результати організації наукової роботи в педагогічному університеті з урахуванням визначених концептуальних засад.
Noncanonical GA and GG 5′ Intron Donor Splice Sites Are Common in the Copepod Eurytemora affinis
Authors: Robertson Hugh M 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
The noncanonical 5′ intron donor splice sites GA and GG are exceedingly rare in described eukaryotic genomes; however, they are present in ∼12% of introns in the genome of the copepod Eurytemora affinis. Failure to recognize the high frequency of these donor sites compromised the modeling of genes in this newly sequenced genome, including 10 conserved ionotropic glutamate receptor (GluR) family genes curated herein. These introns appear to have been acquired recently, along with many additional idiosyncratic introns. Their high frequency implies the evolution of modified intron donor splice site recognition in this copepod.
Understanding microRNA Regulation Involved in the Metamorphosis of the Veined Rapa Whelk (Rapana venosa)
Authors: Song Hao , Qi Lu , Zhang Tao , Wang Hai-yan 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
The veined rapa whelk (Rapana venosa) is widely consumed in China. Nevertheless, it preys on oceanic bivalves, thereby reducing this resource worldwide. Its larval metamorphosis comprises a transition from pelagic to benthic form, which involves considerable physiological and structural changes and has vital roles in its natural populations and commercial breeding. Thus, understanding the endogenous microRNAs (miRNAs) that drive metamorphosis is of great interest. This is the first study to use high-throughput sequencing to examine the alterations in miRNA expression that occur during metamorphosis in a marine gastropod. A total of 195 differentially expressed miRNAs were obtained. Sixty-five of these were expressed during the transition from precompetent to competent larvae. Thirty-three of these were upregulated and the others were downregulated. Another 123 miRNAs were expressed during the transition from competent to postlarvae. Ninety-six of these were upregulated and the remaining 27 were downregulated. The expression of miR-276-y, miR-100-x, miR-183-x, and miR-263-x showed a &gt;100-fold change during development, while the miR-242-x and novel-m0052-3p expression levels changed over 3000-fold. Putative target gene coexpression, gene ontology, and pathway analyses suggest that these miRNAs play important parts in cell proliferation, migration, apoptosis, metabolic regulation, and energy absorption. Twenty miRNAs and their target genes involved in ingestion, digestion, cytoskeleton, cell adhesion, and apoptosis were identified. Nine of them were analyzed with real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR), which showed an inverse correlation between the miRNAs and their relative expression levels. Our data elucidate the role of miRNAs in R. venosa metamorphic transition and serve as a solid basis for further investigations into regulatory mechanisms of gastropod metamorphosis.
ARSDA: A New Approach for Storing, Transmitting and Analyzing Transcriptomic Data
Authors: Xia Xuhua 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
Two major stumbling blocks exist in high-throughput sequencing (HTS) data analysis. The first is the sheer file size, typically in gigabytes when uncompressed, causing problems in storage, transmission, and analysis. However, these files do not need to be so large, and can be reduced without loss of information. Each HTS file, either in compressed .SRA or plain text .fastq format, contains numerous identical reads stored as separate entries. For example, among 44,603,541 forward reads in the SRR4011234.sra file (from a Bacillus subtilis transcriptomic study) deposited at NCBI’s SRA database, one read has 497,027 identical copies. Instead of storing them as separate entries, one can and should store them as a single entry with the SeqID_NumCopy format (which I dub as FASTA+ format). The second is the proper allocation of reads that map equally well to paralogous genes. I illustrate in detail a new method for such allocation. I have developed ARSDA software that implement these new approaches. A number of HTS files for model species are in the process of being processed and deposited at http://coevol.rdc.uottawa.ca to demonstrate that this approach not only saves a huge amount of storage space and transmission bandwidth, but also dramatically reduces time in downstream data analysis. Instead of matching the 497,027 identical reads separately against the B. subtilis genome, one only needs to match it once. ARSDA includes functions to take advantage of HTS data in the new sequence format for downstream data analysis such as gene expression characterization. I contrasted gene expression results between ARSDA and Cufflinks so readers can better appreciate the strength of ARSDA. ARSDA is freely available for Windows, Linux. and Macintosh computers at http://dambe.bio.uottawa.ca/ARSDA/ARSDA.aspx.
Bűnözői típusok azonosítása a bűncselekmény-narratívumokban
Authors: Boros János , Kovács Zsuzsanna , Patyi Dániel , Szucsáki Melinda , Kovács Katalin 
Published: October 2017

Háttér és célkitűzések
Magyarországon elsőként került alkalmazásra a Canter és Youngs-féle interjú módszer (Canter és Youngs, 2012), amelynek célja bűnelkövetői típusokat azonosítani a bűncselekmény-narratíva alapján. Négy bűnelkövetői típusról beszélhetünk: a Profi hideg fejjel hajtja végre a bűncselekményt, a Bosszúálló úgy tekint önmagára, mint aki küldetést teljesít, a Tragikus hős nem tudja elkerülni az események kedvezőtlen kibontakozását, az Áldozat pedig környezetét hibáztatja a bűncselekmény kapcsán.

Módszer
101 fogvatartott vett részt a vizsgálatban Magyarország három börtönéből. A Canter-Youngs Narrative Experience interjú és a hozzá tartozó kérdőívcsomag került rögzítésre. Az interjúk szövegét három kódoló értékelte.

Eredmények
Mind a négy elkövetői típus azonosítható a vizsgálatban részt vevő bűnözők között: a megoszlásuk azonban nem egyenletes, a Profik száma lényegesen nagyobb volt, mint a többi típus képviselőié.

Következtetések
A Profik jelentős többsége a mintában tükrözi a hazai bűnelkövetői populáció jellemzőit: az ún. szubkulturális bűnözők érzelmi és viselkedési mintázata azonosítható náluk. Eredményeink illeszkednek a brit kutatók eredményeihez, ezért a vizsgálat további folytatása és nemzetközi kibővítése is javasolt.
Maternal mortality in a tertiary care hospital: a five-year review
Authors: Kaur Manjeet , Mohi Manjit K. , Aggarwal Sangeeta , Kaur Balwinder 
Published: October 2017

Background: This study was aimed at analyzing the maternal mortality ratio over five years, the causes leading to maternal deaths in a tertiary care hospital and factors which are preventable.Methods: The records of maternal death from August 2010 to July 2015 (5 years) were collected and analyzed. Various factors like maternal age, parity, literacy, place of residence, antenatal registration, admission-death interval, mode of delivery and causes of deaths were reviewed.Results: The mean maternal mortality ratio (MMR) was 1039. The direct causes of maternal mortality were hemorrhage (22.4%), eclampsia (21.2%), sepsis (18.78%) and amniotic fluid embolism (8.48%). Indirect obstetric deaths were due to hepatitis (10.9%), anemia (3.6%), respiratory diseases (6.06%), heart diseases (3.03%), CNS disease (5.45%). Most of the deaths (69.7%) occurred in age group 20 and30 years. 63.6% were multigravida and 85.4% were unbooked cases.Conclusions: Antenatal care, screening and management of high risk pregnancies are most important to prevent complications and maternal deaths by timely detection and intervention.