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There has been a growing reliance on consumer-generated content as a source of knowledge for hospitality product decision-making. People post their views, ratings, and reviews of products and services on such platforms, and companies and research organizations are interested in analyzing and extracting all of the comments. Hotels must take advantage of online customer review information to better understand their customers and enhance hotel efficiency. However, analyzing guest reviews is challenging as it contains abundant data. Using The St Regis Kuala Lumpur as a case study, the objective of the paper is to 1) profile the online hotel reviews using netnography approach, (2) identify the hotel attributes that guests comment on based on the hotel online reviews and (3) examine the guest satisfaction attitude based on the online hotel reviews. A total of 388 reviews ranging from TripAdvisor were collected. The finding revealed that most hotel guests who left comments were international tourists, couples and left an excellent rating for the hotel. The result shows nine attributes are frequently mentioned; amenities, location, price, service, cleanliness, food and beverages, hotel and room environment. The results also show that guests left positive and negative reviews in a few common categories: hotel cleanliness, hotel environment, and amenities. Among all the attributes, satisfied guests tend to leave positive comments in hotel cleanliness, hotel and room setting, while dissatisfied guests emphasise amenities. The findings from this study make several theoretical and managerial implications regarding identifying hotel attributes that generate guest satisfaction and understanding of satisfied and dissatisfied guests using comments left by guest. The paper concludes with limitations and suggests future research.

Telemetry is an emerging method to study fish ecology and a reliable tool that provides useful information for managing and conserving aquatic fauna and river habitats. However, the reliability of telemetry depends on several technical factors. Implantation of the acoustic transmitter is one of the major aspects that ensure the survivability of the animal subject when released into the wild. Studies on the technicalities involving telemetry methods are limited; therefore, this study investigated the surgical insertion of an acoustic transmitter into the peritoneal cavity of Channa lucius and Neolissochilus soroides or locally known as Bujuk and Tengas. A severity index was used to rate the appearance of surgical wounds observed on the day of release into the river. Fish mortality and complications such as bleeding were not observed in both species post-surgery. The progress and prognosis of wound healing of C. lucius were better compared to N. soroides, with generally lesser inflammation and more sutures shed. Despite visually severe inflammation on N. soroides on day-12 and day-19 post-surgery, there was a good indication that skin integuments were healing. This data suggests that C. lucius has faster wound healing abilities compared to N. soroides. All fishes implanted with the acoustic telemetry method survived up to 244 days upon release into the Tembat River, Hulu Terengganu, Malaysia, and retained the tag throughout the tracking period.

Muscular fatigue (i.e., acute fall in peak power) may result in ATP loss, which is slow to recover in vivo due to the formation of inosine monophosphate (IMP). Slow recovery of ATP may alter the muscle’s ability to resist fatigue during subsequent work; this effect could be more problematic in older muscle. Based on the lower metabolic economy (ME; W·cm-3·mM ATP-1) and greater fatigue reported in older muscle during dynamic contractions, our objective was to use 31-phosphorus magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy to noninvasively quantify changes in intracellular energy metabolites and pH in vivo during and after maximal isotonic knee extensions, to test the hypotheses that fatigue would be greater, and [ATP] would decline more and be slower to recover in older compared with younger muscle. Nineteen young (10 female, 31±5 yr, mean+SD) and 17 older (9F, 72±4 yr) healthy adults completed 120 contractions (0.5 Hz, torque=20% of voluntary maximum) while positioned supine in a 3T MR system. Muscle fatigue: peak power for final 3 contractions/peak power for highest 3 contractions x 100. Muscle fat-free contractile volume, determined by MRI, was used to normalize peak power, yielding specific power (W·cm-3). MR spectra from the vastus lateralis muscle were recorded during rest, contractions, and 10 min of recovery. Phosphocreatine (PCr), inorganic phosphate (Pi), phosphomonoesters (PME) and ATP peaks were fit in jMRUI and relative concentrations determined assuming resting [ATP]=8.2 mM. Intracellular [IMP], pH, ATP production (ATPTOT, mM) and ME (specific power/ATPTOT) were calculated. Statistics: t-test and rmANOVA. Specific power was ~61% greater in young than older (pTOT (p≥ 0.23). In contrast, ME was greater in young than older (p This research was supported by NIH R01-AG058607 (JAK) and an ACSM Foundation Doctoral Student Research Grant from the American College of Sports Medicine Foundation awarded to LFF. This is the full abstract presented at the American Physiology Summit 2023 meeting and is only available in HTML format. There are no additional versions or additional content available for this abstract. Physiology was not involved in the peer review process.

The distribution of the phytoplankton community in different locations of Puah Reservoir, Malaysia was investigated from May to December 2019 to examine the phytoplankton compositions and density. Seven sampling locations were selected namely Terengganu Mati (P1), Limbing Besar (P2), Temba Outlet (P3), Pela-gong (P4), Sireh (P5), Centre Dam (P6) and Power Intake (P7). A total of 543 cell/mL were recorded from 35 genera in the reservoir. These identified species belonged to six major plankton groups: 12 green algae (35.29%), nine blue-green algae (26.47%), nine diatom (23.53%), two golden algae (5.88%), two filamentous (5.88%) and one flagellate (2.94%). During this period, Chlorophyta was the most abundant group (40% of the total phytoplankton), followed by Bacillariophyceae (29%), Pyrrhophyta (19%), Cyanophyta (12%) and Chrysophyceae (1%). The highest composition of phytoplankton was recorded at P7 (32%), followed by P3 (16%), P1 (14%) and P4 and P2 with the lowest (8% and 7%), respectively. The lowest density was observed during dry season (162 cell/mL) and high density during wet season (412 cell/mL). Species richness was discreetly greater in the wet season however, evenness index was ≥0.8, thereby indicating a similarity in species abundance. The water temperature, pH and dissolved oxygen correlate positively with phytoplankton at P = 0.01. The overall mean values of temperature for wet and dry season were 29.3 ± 1.79 °C and 27.5 ± 1.55 °C while dissolved oxygen (DO), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD) and total suspended solid (TSS) were 16.2 mg/L and 4.7 mg/L, 3.4 mg/L and 2.9 mg/L, 15.2 mg/L and 12.7 mg/L, and 0.5 mg/L and 2.3 mg/L, respectively. Water transparency, pH and DO were found to be important factors characterising each sampling location.

Investment in working capital by and large shows better returns than investment in fixed assets. As such proper management of working capital rightfully attracts a lot of attention. The objective of this research is to examine the impact of size and working capital management efficiency on firms’ financial performance using 10 years (2004- 2013) secondary data of 153 firms listed on Pakistan Stock Exchange and employing regression and ratio analyses. Results show that performance-wise large firms are better whereas WCME-wise small and medium firms are better. These findings indicate that better performance of large firms is not because of efficient utilization of working capital - rather it may be due to some other factors and these firms can further improve their performance if working capital is managed more efficiently.

BACKGROUND & AIMS: The Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC) Obeticholic Acid (OCA) International Study of Efficacy (POISE) randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial demonstrated that OCA reduced biomarkers associated with adverse clinical outcomes (ie, alkaline phosphatase, bilirubin, aspartate aminotransferase, and alanine aminotransferase) in patients with PBC. The objective of this study was to evaluate time to first occurrence of liver transplantation or death in patients with OCA in the POISE trial and open-label extension vs comparable non-OCA-treated external controls. METHODS: Propensity scores were generated for external control patients meeting POISE eligibility criteria from 2 registry studies (Global PBC and UK-PBC) using an index date selected randomly between the first and last date (inclusive) on which eligibility criteria were met. Cox proportional hazards models weighted by inverse probability of treatment assessed time to death or liver transplantation. Additional analyses (Global PBC only) added hepatic decompensation to the composite end point and assessed efficacy in patients with or without cirrhosis. RESULTS: During the 6-year follow-up, there were 5 deaths or liver transplantations in 209 subjects in the POISE cohort (2.4%), 135 of 1381 patients in the Global PBC control (10.0%), and 281 of 2135 patients in the UK-PBC control (13.2%). The hazard ratios (HRs) for the primary outcome were 0.29 (95% CI, 0.10-0.83) for POISE vs Global PBC and 0.30 (95% CI, 0.12-0.75) for POISE vs UK-PBC. In the Global PBC study, HR was 0.20 (95% CI, 0.03-1.22) for patients with cirrhosis and 0.31 (95% CI, 0.09-1.04) for those without cirrhosis; HR was 0.42 (95% CI, 0.21-0.85) including hepatic decompensation. CONCLUSIONS: Patients treated with OCA in a trial setting had significantly greater transplant-free survival than comparable external control patients. ispartof: Gastroenterology vol:163 issue:6 pages:1630-1642.e3 ispartof: location:United States status: published

This study aims to determine the level of nine trace elements - As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn in liver, gill and muscle ofKajian ini bertujuan untuk menentukan sembilan unsur surih – As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb dan Zn di dalam hati, insang dan otot

Over the last decade, the issue of work-life balance has gained visibility internationally due to ongoing usage of ICT that creates technostress on employee. Work-life balance should be a key concept to all employers today, especially to those with an increasing number of people in the organization and due to the additional demand for work that they imply. The best work-life balance situation is when an employer can manage work timetables and schedules for some leisure activities in a way that suits the employees. Managing both work and life aspects by ensuring a good relationship between them should be the primary objective. It creates a quality of life for each individual. Therefore, work stress is undoubtedly one of the employees' most significant problems, especially involving computer technology such as mobile phone technology, car alarms, emails, calls, and voicemails. That is called technostress. Technostress is the term used to describe the stress phenomenon induced by the inability to manage, due to using computer technology. A range of literature exists that shows the relationship between technostress creator and worklife balance either based on online data, google scholar, and PhD theses. This systematic literature review had been conducted by using PICO criteria. The four elements included in the PICO used to formulating these research questions are population, intervention, comparison, and outcome. This paper presents a systematic literature review using PRISMA collection method, to provide collective evidence on their implementation and how important work-life balance is for employees. The review reports on 120 sources from 1300 articles, providing insights into the range of technostress creator and work-life balance in existence. It also highlights the benefits and challenges encountered through work-life balance policy implementation for future research.

The tire track eel, Mastacembelus favus, is an economically important freshwater fish in mainland Southeast Asia. Understanding the spatial population structure is important to design an effective and efficient management of the species. The aim of this study was to investigate the genetic diversity and structure of M. favus populations. In total, 519 individuals from 30 locations across its distribution range were genotyped using a set of eight polymorphic microsatellite loci. Results showed that populations in Mekong and Chao Phraya exhibited higher genetic variability than those from Gulf of Thailand and Malay–Thai Peninsula. Clustering results revealed two evolutionarily isolated groups geographically separated at Northeastern Cambodia; the more widespread group was further divided into two subclusters. The spatial genetic variation and structure of its populations are attributed to the evolutionary history and population dynamics of the species. The study provides important information for the management and conservation of M. favus in Southeast Asia.

An investigation study was conducted in Bukit Merah Reservoir (BMR) for the assessment of arsenic concentration in the surface sediment in 23 sampling stations. The sediment samples were digested and analysed for arsenic using Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES). Sediment parameters such as pH (4.42 ± 0.71), redox potential (121.77 ± 42.45 mV), conductivity (205.7 ± 64.07 μS cm–1) and organic matter (25.35 ± 9.34%) were also examined. The main objectives of this study are to determine the arsenic distribution and concentration and at the same time to assess the enrichment of arsenic using the geoaccumulation index (Igeo) and enrichment factor (EF). This study shows the total arsenic concentration in the surface sediment of BMR is 4.302 ± 2.43 mg kg–1 and found to be below the threshold value of Canadian Interim Sediment Quality Guidelines (ISQG). High arsenic concentration is recorded near the southern part of the lake where anthropogenic activities are prevalent. Based on Igeo, 13% of sampling stations are categorised as moderately polluted, 52.2% as unpolluted to moderately polluted and the rest is categorised as unpolluted. EF shows 78.3% stations are classified as extremely high enrichment and the rest as very high enrichment. This finding provides important information on the status of arsenic contamination in BMR and creating awareness concerning the conservation and management of the reservoir in the future.

This study focuses on Feminism in The Power (2017) by Naomi Alderman. It’s a qualitative study which deeply focuses on the text of The Power (2017) with its relation to the contemporary world. The theory selected for the analysis is Feminism which means to rise voice for the rights of women. It highlights the area where women are neglected, subjugated, and suppressed. The novel is the story of women who realizes some special kind of power in themselves. They get the power to emit electricity from their hands. In other words, this is the hour of need for women to realize their power and role in real world. It’s a call for them. In the novel, through these special powers, they are able to control, defeat, and subjugate their men-fellows in different fields of life. They start running the whole machinery of governments and vividly show that they have the capability to perform those acts which are only limited to male lot. This claim is already by real world politics where women have become even Prime Ministers of few countries. In this study, those elements are highlighted and analyzed which women perform in the novel and they show their desire to do that in real world as well. It does not seem from the plot of the novel that women are second or weaker sex and that is the focus of the current study as well. In a nutshell, this study focuses on women’s desire of complete freedom from their patriarchs and equality with men on each and every ground in real life and that is the cry of the day as well.

Accessing behind casing opportunities plays a key role in ensuring that production targets are achieved in the PETRONAS operated fields in Malaysian basin. This is however getting more challenging as these fields comprising mostly of stacked clastic reservoirs get matured. This paper provides a comprehensive review of all thru tubing perforation jobs done over last two years in PETRONAS operated fields in the region with focus on failure reasons and future mitigation measures to ensure higher rate of success. As a part of this study, all the historical thru tubing perforation jobs done to access behind casing opportunities over last 2 years across more than 22 producing fields in the region with PETRONAS as the operator were analyzed in detail. These jobs were then studied with respect to the main factors which impacts overall job success or failure. These included but was not limited to fluid contacts, gun, and charge type, nearby well performance, zone saturation data availability, completion type, contractor performance etc. In addition, post job details like sand production, artificial lift performance which contributed to well behavior post perforation were also evaluated. Exhaustive gun perforation and well model simulations were conducted to model post perforation well performance. Actual data with distribution and impact of the above-mentioned parameters will be discussed at length in the paper. Key findings which contribute to the overall successful thru tubing perforation jobs and lessons learnt for future perforation jobs will be presented in the paper. Based on the comprehensive review and in-depth analysis, the operator has gained great visibility on key focus areas for thru tubing perforation jobs to increase success rate for completing the behind casing opportunities. Results specially re-iterate the importance of saturation data, gun selection and sand control among other parameters for successful thru tubing perforation jobs in matured stacked reservoirs. The study also indicate why these parameters are even more important for multiple tubular perforations such as cement packers, complex dual string completions, multiple tubular perforation etc. Based on the findings from the study, the paper will recommend key points to consider while completing behind casing opportunities in challenging environment. While a lot of literature and study is available on perforations in general, the author could not find any noticeable work which is based on large amount of actual field data on how to improve thru tubing perforation jobs in matured stacked reservoirs in complex completions. This paper aims to help operators improve on the existing practices to ensure better and more successful results while completing behind casing opportunities using thru tubing perforations.

Vertical and longitudinal phytoplankton distribution was conducted (February 2019 - January 2020). Transparency, pH & TSS were high at photic water but decreased gradually into aphotic except pH that was opposite. The chemical parameters were low at the surface and increased with deeper water. The physical parameters except pH were slightly lower during the wet season but conductivity and total phosphorous were slightly higher during the dry season. There were six phytoplankton groups which comprised Chlorophyta(37%), Pyrrhophyta(24%), Bacillariophyceae(20%), Cyanopyta(17%), Chrysophyta(1%) & Charophyta(1%). A total of 1,472 species were recorded from 57 genera. The mean values of phytoplankton (mg/L) in Riverine, Transitional and Lacustrine were 18.79, 13.46 & 24.68 and 2.88, 2.55 & 2.00 for photic & aphotic respectively. The ANOVA results showed significant diference between longitudinal (photic & aphotic) with regards to phytoplankton at P=0.05. This means that the higher phytoplankton density reported at photic shows more availability of nutrients and the water's stability and better health status of the Reservoir. Phytoplankton encountered in the water body reflect the average ecological condition, and therefore, can be used as an indicator of water quality.

There has been a growing reliance on consumer generated content as a source of knowledge for hospitality product decision-making. People post their views, ratings, and reviews of products and services on such platforms, and companies and research organizations are interested in analyzing and extracting all of the comments. It is critical for hotels to take advantage of online customer review information in order to better understand their customers and enhance hotel efficiency. However, analyzing guest reviews is challenging as it contains abundance of data. Using The St Regis Kuala Lumpur as a case study, the objective of the paper is to profile the hotel online reviews using a Netnography approach, identify the hotel attributes that guest comment based on the hotel online reviews and examine the guest satisfaction attitude based on the hotel online reviews. A total of 388 reviews from TripAdvisor were collected. The findings revealed that most of the hotel guests who left comments were international tourists, and couples. Many of whom left excellent ratings for the hotel. The findings show there are nine attributes that are frequently mentioned namely, amenities, location, price, service, cleanliness, food and beverages, hotel and room environment. The results also show that guests left both positive and negative reviews in few common categories such as hotel cleanliness, hotel environment and amenities. Among all the attributes mentioned, satisfied guests tended to leave positive comments for things like hotel cleanliness, hotel and room environment, while dissatisfied guests emphasised the amenities or the lack thereof. The findings of this study make several theoretical and managerial inferences with regards to identifying hotel attributes that contribute to guest satisfaction and improves the understanding of what satisfies and dissatisfies guests from the comments left by the guests on TripAdvisor. The paper concludes with limitations and suggests future research.

The drastic changes in hydroelectric reservoir development created a completely new ecosystem that affects the river, particularly in the inundated area. In this study, five Neolissochilus soroides and Channa lucius were surgically implanted with a unique coded acoustic transmitter to observe the habitat utilisation and movement activity in Tembat Reservoir after the inundation process. All of the individuals were released into the transition zone of the reservoir and observed using passive and active acoustic tracking devices from April to December 2018. Kruskal-Walis test showed no significant difference between the average size of core area for N. soroides and C. lucius, x2(1) = 1.320, p = 0.251. The home range also showed a similar result for N. soroides and C. lucius where there was an insignificant difference, x2(1) = 0.273, p = 0.602. However, duration wise, N. soroides spend more time in the transition zone, R1 (M = 2.71 hrs, SE = 0.38), and C. lucius in the riverine zone, R5 (M = 7.14 hrs, SE = 6.13) and R6 (M = 3.85 hours, SE = 6.36). From the active tracking survey, PCA identified three (62.32%) and four (71.19%) components with eigenvalues greater than 1 for N. soroides and C. lucius, respectively. Three most important habitat parameters for N. soroides were the size of river (r = 0.97), existence of canopy cover (r = 0.77), and substrate type (r = 0.79).While, for C. lucius were mesohabitat type (r = 0.79), distance to riffle (r = 0.97), existence of canopy cover (r = 0.90), and elevation (r = 0.90). A 24-hour movement frequency analysis for both species revealed two active hours of movement at dusk and dawn for both species. From the study, it is known that N. soroides and C. lucius respond differently towards the inundation of the reservoir. The findings in this study can be implemented for effective aquatic management and conservation plan to ensure sustainable dam development.