Determinants Of Consumers’ Perception Towards PIRATEDirated Products; The Case Of Social Entrepreneurs And Marketers In Music Industry

Music is generally viewed as a platform for preaching and imparting social values. As a result of this, entrepreneurs in music industry seem to have succeeded in branding themselves as social entrepreneurs. They engage business models as well as profit-making strategies in championing and/or promoting societal values. Unfortunately, piracy has been a major clog in their business wheels. The study explored the possible determinants of consumer attitude toward pirated products in music industry. Interviews were conducted to explore these possible determinants and two of these determinants were subjected to hypothetical tests. The study revealed that price of the product and the state of the economy has significant effects on consumer attitude towards pirated products. Based on the findings, it was recommended that government should provide enabling environment for the social entrepreneurs in music industr

Dataset on customer experience and satisfaction in health care sector of Nigeria

The central aim of the study was to show a dataset that empirically examines the connection between customer experience(CE)and customer satisfaction(CS). Few or no research have investigated how customer experience can be used to improve customer satisfaction in the health care sector of Nigeria. The study therefore adopted a survey research and the data were generated via a structured questionnaire. A total of 365 copies of the questionnaire were retrieved from the customers of the selected four private hospitals in Lagos State. The questionnaire administered were analysed using SPSS(version22). Using the descriptive and the Categorical Regression CATREG analysis, the data explained how customer experience have a significant relationship with customer satisfaction. The data gathered is provided openly so as to facilitate further analysi

ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION AND BUSINESS PERFORMANCE OF NON-OIL EXPORTING SMEs IN LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA

Evidences abound on the importance of entrepreneurship and its orientation on the development of economy of the world. It has been established by literature that to keep growing especially in a developing economy like Nigeria, SMEs are key factors due to their resilience attitude propelled by their orientations. This study therefore assessed how the entrepreneurial orientation (EO) (innovativeness, risk-taking and pro-activeness) influenced the performance of exporting small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Lagos State Nigeria. It adopted a Descriptive research design via the structured survey instrument- questionnaire administered to a sample of 134 exporters handling non-oil export in medium and low-technology manufacture industries, mechanised agriculture and as suppliers of merchandise. The data collected were analysed using regression analysis with aid of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS version 23). The result of the descriptive data imply that entrepreneurial orientation works better when all the features are put to use as a whole than as individual, then the contributions will have greater impact on the performance of the firm. However, their innovativeness was low. Therefore, entrepreneurial innovativeness should be encouraged and enhanced by improving the domestic and foreign technological networking for competitive innovations in the foreign markets. Besides, entrepreneurship education should be promoted to permeate the socio-economic environment with attributes necessary for sustainable growth, the export production base should be upgraded technologically to enhance innovativeness, as well as stable and positive trade policies and regulations among other factors should be entrenched in the system to improve the socio-economic environment stressor

A dataset of customer loyalty and variation in perception of customers across demographic characteristics In health care sector of Nigeria

The datadepictedoncustomerloyaltyinthehealthcaresectorwas concentratedonthevariationinperceptionacrossdemographic characteristicsonthesubjectmatter.Thedatafocusedonselected privatehospitalsadjudgedtobethebestfourinLagosState, Nigeria. Inthisdataarticle,thevariablesforcustomerloyaltywere categorizedinto(repeatpurchase,brandinsistence,switching restraintandcustomersatisfaction)forhealthcareservicesectorin Nigeria. Thedatamadeusedofthepersonalprofile ofthe respondents astheindependentvariablestoestablishalink between theaimsofthestudyandthedemographiccharacteristics via the quantitative method. Data weregatheredfrom365 respondents throughtheuseofstructuredquestionnaire.The Kruskal WallisTestwascarriedouttoinvestigateandidentify what accountedforthevariationinthecustomers’ perceptionon the subjectmatter.TheSPSS(22)wasutilizedtoanalysedthedata. This datasetispresentedopenlyforeasyaccessibilityforagreater critical examinatio

Garcinolic Acid Distinguishes Between GACKIX Domains and Modulates Interaction Networks

Natural products are often uniquely suited to modulate protein-protein interactions (PPIs) due to their architectural and functional group complexity relative to synthetic molecules. Here we demonstrate that the natural product garcinolic acid allosterically blocks the CBP/p300 KIX PPI network and displays excellent selectivity over related GACKIX motifs. It does so via a strong interaction (KD 1 μM) with a non-canonical binding site containing a structurally dynamic loop in CBP/p300 KIX. Garcinolic acid engages full-length CBP in the context of the proteome and in doing so effectively inhibits KIX-dependent transcription in a leukemia model. As the most potent small-molecule KIX inhibitor yet reported, garcinolic acid represents an important step forward in the therapeutic targeting of CBP/p300

Dataset on humanic clues and customer loyalty in selected hospitals in Lagos State, Nigeria

This article describes survey result on humanic clues and customer loyalty in selected hospitals in Lagos State,Nigeria. This paper obtains information from the customer experience management strategy in considering the techniques in which customer loyalty can be built.365 copies of questionnaires were retrieved from the customers of the selected four private hospitals in Lagos State. The data gathered from the survey customers were subjected to inferential and descriptive statistics in order to as certain the sum,mean,standard deviation and the relative importance index(RII).The retrieved copies of questionnaires were analysed utilising SPSS(22). Using the Categorical Regression CATRE G analysis,the data article establish that humanic clues have positive influence on customer loyalty. The data collected is openly presented to enhance further analysi

A national perspective on exposure to essential surgical procedures among medical trainees in Nigeria: a cross-sectional survey and recommendations

Background In sub-Saharan Africa, recent graduates from medical school provide more direct surgical and procedural care to patients than their counterparts from the Global North. Nigeria has no nationally representative data on the procedures performed by trainees before graduation from medical school and their confidence in performing these procedures upon graduation has also not been evaluated. Methods We performed an internet-based, cross-sectional survey of recent medical school graduates from 15 accredited Federal, State, and private Nigerian medical schools spanning six geopolitical zones. Essential surgical procedures, bedside interventions and three Bellwether procedures were incorporated into the survey. Self-reported confidence immediately after graduation was calculated and compared using cumulative confidence scores with subgroup analysis of results by type and location of institution. Qualitative analysis of free text recommendations by participants was performed using the constant comparative method in grounded theory. Results Four hundred ninety-nine recent graduates from 6 geopolitical zones participated, representing 15 out of a total of 44 medical schools in Nigeria. Male to female ratio was 2:1, and most respondents (59%) graduated from Federal institutions. Students had greatest practical mean exposure to bedside procedures like intravenous access and passing urethral foley catheters and were most confident performing these. Less than 23% had performed over 10 of any of the assessed procedures. They had least exposures to chest tube insertion (0.24/person), caesarean Sect. (0.12/person), and laparotomy (0.09/person). Recent graduates from Federal institutions had less procedural exposure in urethral catheterization (p  Respondents that studied in the underserved North-East and North-West performed the highest median number of procedures prior to graduation. Cumulative confidence scores were low across all graduates (maximum 25/60), but highest in graduates from Northern Nigeria and private institutions. Graduates recommended prioritizing medical students over senior trainees, using simulation-based training and constructive individualized non-toxic feedback from faculty. Conclusion Nigerian medical students have poor exposure to procedures and low confidence in performing basic procedures after graduation. More attention should be placed on training for essential surgeries and procedures in medical schools

Gene content evolution in the arthropods

Arthropods comprise the largest and most diverse phylum on Earth and play vital roles in nearly every ecosystem. Their diversity stems in part from variations on a conserved body plan, resulting from and recorded in adaptive changes in the genome. Dissection of the genomic record of sequence change enables broad questions regarding genome evolution to be addressed, even across hyper-diverse taxa within arthropods. Using 76 whole genome sequences representing 21 orders spanning more than 500 million years of arthropod evolution, we document changes in gene and protein domain content and provide temporal and phylogenetic context for interpreting these innovations. We identify many novel gene families that arose early in the evolution of arthropods and during the diversification of insects into modern orders. We reveal unexpected variation in patterns of DNA methylation across arthropods and examples of gene family and protein domain evolution coincident with the appearance of notable phenotypic and physiological adaptations such as flight, metamorphosis, sociality, and chemoperception. These analyses demonstrate how large-scale comparative genomics can provide broad new insights into the genotype to phenotype map and generate testable hypotheses about the evolution of animal diversity

Sporadic naturally occurring melanoma in dogs as a preclinical model for human melanoma

Melanoma represents a significant malignancy in humans and dogs. Different from genetically engineered models, sporadic canine melanocytic neoplasms share several characteristics with human disease that could make dogs a more relevant preclinical model. Canine melanomas rarely arise in sun-exposed sites. Most occur in the oral cavity, with a subset having intra-epithelial malignant melanocytes mimicking the in situ component of human mucosal melanoma. The spectrum of canine melanocytic neoplasia includes benign lesions with some analogy to nevi, as well as invasive primary melanoma, and widespread metastasis. Growing evidence of distinct subtypes in humans, differing in somatic and predisposing germ-line genetic alterations, cell of origin, epidemiology, relationship to ultraviolet radiation and progression from benign to malignant tumors, may also exist in dogs. Canine and human mucosal melanomas appear to harbor BRAF, NRAS, and c-kit mutations uncommonly, compared with human cutaneous melanomas, although both species share AKT and MAPK signaling activation. We conclude that there is significant overlap in the clinical and histopathological features of canine and human mucosal melanomas. This represents opportunity to explore canine oral cavity melanoma as a preclinical model