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CUTTING ACROSS TEAM BOUNDARIES: ANTECEDENTS AND IMPLICATIONS OF INDIVIDUAL BOUNDARY SPANNING BEHAVIOR WITHIN CONSULTING TEAMS

Title of Dissertation: CUTTING ACROSS TEAM BOUNDARIES: ANTECEDENTS AND IMPLICATIONS OF INDIVIDUAL BOUNDARY SPANNING BEHAVIOR WITHIN CONSULTING TEAMS Jennifer Ann Marrone, Doctor of Philosophy, 2004 Dissertation Directed By: Professor Paul E. Tesluk, Department of Management and Organization Boundary spanning activities, or external team processes such as establishing and managing relationships with key external parties to the team, are critical to the success of many organizational work teams. Surprisingly, however, while the performance benefits of team boundary management have been documented in several seminal pieces by Ancona and her colleagues (e.g., Ancona, 1990; Ancona & Caldwell, 1992), little research has directly explored the role of the individual team members in carrying out these critical activities or if performance benefits exist for those engaging in boundary management for their teams. My dissertation addresses these limitations by considering potential predictors and consequences of individual boundary spanning behavior within a team setting. By investigating several personal and motivational antecedents to boundary spanning, I seek to expand previous teams research by predicting why particular team members engage in critical boundary spanning behaviors. Furthermore, complementing existing support for the performance benefits accompanying boundary management at the team level of analysis, I explore the consequences of boundary spanning on individual level outcomes, namely, peer ratings of individual leadership and contributions to the team. Finally, I present two sets of alternative hypotheses postulating a mediating and a moderating role for information network centrality in the boundary spanning behavior-individual outcome relationship. Hypotheses for this dissertation were tested using data from 27 consulting teams, comprised of 171 full-time MBA students. Data were collected primarily through surveys administered to team members at multiple points in time and were analyzed via hierarchical linear modeling, regression, and social network techniques. Results indicated partial support for the predictive value of self-monitoring, proactive personality, and boundary management self-efficacy on an individual’s engagement in boundary spanning behaviors within their team. Additionally, boundary spanning directed toward clients and general scanning / scouting of the environment showed strong relationships with peer ratings of individual leadership and contributions, revealing that those engaging in boundary spanning behaviors were highly valued team members. Interestingly, the relationships between these boundary spanning behaviors and individual outcomes were fully mediated by information network centrality. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed. CUTTING ACROSS TEAM BOUNDARIES: ANTECEDENTS AND IMPLICATIONS OF INDIVIDUAL BOUNDARY SPANNING BEHAVIOR WITHIN CONSULTING TEAMS
Imbalanced Strong MHD Turbulence

We present a phenomenological model of imbalanced MHD turbulence in an incompressible magnetofluid. The steady state cascades, of waves traveling in opposite directions along the mean magnetic field, carry unequal energy fluxes to small length scales, where they decay as a result of viscous and resistive dissipation. The inertial range scalings are well understood when both cascades are weak. We study the case in which both cascades are, in a sense, strong. The inertial range of this imbalanced cascade has the following properties: (1) The ratio of the rms Elsässer amplitudes is independent of scale and is equal to the ratio of the corresponding energy fluxes. (2) In common with the balanced strong cascade, the energy spectra of both Elsässer waves are of the anisotropic Kolmogorov form, with their parallel correlation lengths equal to each other on all scales, and proportional to the two-thirds power of the transverse correlation length. (3) The equality of cascade time and wave period (critical balance) that characterizes the strong balanced cascade does not apply to the Elsässer field with the larger amplitude. Instead, the more general criterion that always applies to both Elsässer fields is that the cascade time is equal to the correlation time of the straining imposed by oppositely directed waves. (4) In the limit of equal energy fluxes, the turbulence corresponds to the balanced strong cascade. Our results are particularly relevant for turbulence in the solar wind. Spacecraft measurements have established that in the inertial range of solar wind turbulence, waves traveling away from the Sun have higher amplitudes than those traveling toward it. Result 1 allows us to infer the turbulent flux ratios from the amplitude ratios, thus providing insight into the origin of the turbulence.
Short Note Holocene Earthquake History of Cascadia: A Quantitative Test

Motivated by the Holocene history of great Cascadia earthquakes proposed by Goldfinger et al. (2012), we developed a simple model by which we can examine this further. Combining their observation that the plate boundary ruptures in four characteristic segment types with an empirical area versus seismic moment re- lation and an assumption of constant stress drop, we obtain a model for thealong-strike slip distribution for each earthquake type. Summing the slips in each segment over the number of earthquake of all types produces estimates of Holocene plate convergence that quantitatively agree with independent estimates obtained from geodetic and geo- logic data. Because thewidth of the fully coupled subduction interface decreases to the south, the assumption of constant average stress drop in earthquakes requires that their slip also decreases to the south. To satisfy the plate convergence constraints, this re- quires shorter and increasingly numerous earthquakes to finger in toward the south, just as observed in the Goldfinger et al. (2012) paleoseismic record. We conclude the Goldfingeret al. (2012) history is quantitatively consistent with plate tectonic con- straints,andthattheCascadiasubductionzoneisfullycoupledseismically.Theseismic flux release rate averaged over the Holocene is estimated as 2:7 × 10 9 m 3 =yr.
Subadditivity and the Unpacking Effect in Political Opinions

To explain subadditivity in judgments of probabilities, support theory (Tversky and Koehler 1994) emphasizes the increased availability of information about component events. This paper demonstrates that similar processes occur in responses to public opinion questions. When a broad description of a policy is “unpacked” into more specific component policies, support for the component policies exceeds support for the original, broad policy. This effect is especially strong when one or more of the unpacked policies make information available to the decision-maker that was not accessible when the broad description was provided. This behavior violates Luce’s (1959) axiom of independence of irrelevant alternatives, and demonstrates that there are circumstances when applying a nested choice model may be inappropriate in public opinion research. Subadditivity and the Unpacking Effect in Political Opinions
Simulation of a full-duplex microwave photonic filter

A particular Full-Duplex microwave photonic filter is proposed and simulated. The main goal of this work is to demonstrate that filtering effect is formed in a bi-directional way by using a single optical source. The series of simulations carried out allow establishing the optimal conditions for a practical implementation of this architecture in an optical communication system with a high degree of reliability.
The effect of coronary angiography on renal function in preemptive renal transplant candidates

Lorenz EC, Stegall MD, Cosio FG, Gloor JM, Larson TS, Taler SJ. The effect of coronary angiography on renal function in preemptive renal transplant candidates. Clin Transplant 2011: 25: 594–599. © 2010 John Wiley & Sons A/S.
On the Vital Areas of Intrusion Detection Systems in Wireless Sensor Networks

This paper surveys recently proposed works on Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) in WSNs, and presents a comprehensive classification of various IDS approaches according to their employed detection techniques. The three main categories explored in this paper are anomaly detection, misuse detection, and specification-based detection protocols. We give a description of existing security attacks in WSNs and the corresponding proposed IDS protocols to tackle those attacks. We analyze the works with respect to the network structure of WSNs. In addition, we highlight various critical shortcomings that IDSs currently have and define future research tracks for IDSs in wireless sensor networks. Though a few restricted survey works on this topic have already been done, we feel that there is a great need of performing a detailed and comprehensive study on the vital aspects so that the IDS in WSN could be analyzed from all the `need-to-know' angles. Thus, the paper's main aim is to include the most recent advancements in this area as well as to predict the future course of research so that the general as well as expert readers could be greatly benefited.
Cognitive trajectories associated with β-amyloid deposition in the oldest-old without dementia

Objective: To determine whether a high prevalence (55%) of Aβ deposition in a cohort of individuals remaining dementia-free into their 9th and 10th decades is associated with cognitive decline prior to imaging. Methods: A total of 194 participants (mean age 85.5 years, range 82–95) who completed the Ginkgo Evaluation of Memory Study (GEMS) and remained dementia-free subsequently completed Pittsburgh compound B–PET imaging. We examined cross-sectional associations between Aβ status and performance on a broad neuropsychological test battery completed at GEMS entry 7–9 years prior to neuroimaging. We also longitudinally examined cognition over annual evaluations using linear mixed models. Results: At GEMS screening (2000–2002), participants who were Aβ-positive in 2009 had lower performance on the Stroop test (p < 0.01) and Raven's Progressive Matrices (p = 0.05), with trend level difference for Block Design (p = 0.07). Longitudinal analyses showed significant slope differences for immediate and delayed recall of the Rey-Osterrieth figure, semantic fluency, and Trail-Making Test parts A and B, indicating greater performance decline prior to neuroimaging for Aβ-positive relative to Aβ-negative participants (ps < 0.05). Conclusions: Highly prevalent Aβ deposition in oldest-older adults is associated with cognitive decline in visual memory, semantic fluency, and psychomotor speed beginning 7–9 years prior to neuroimaging. Mean differences in nonmemory domains, primarily executive functions, between Aβ-status groups may be detectable 7–9 years before neuroimaging.
Spontaneous development of hepatocellular carcinoma with cancer stem cell properties in PR-SET7-deficient livers

PR‐SET7‐mediated histone 4 lysine 20 methylation has been implicated in mitotic condensation, DNA damage response and replication licensing. Here, we show that PR‐SET7 function in the liver is pivotal for maintaining genome integrity. Hepatocyte‐specific deletion of PR‐SET7 in mouse embryos resulted in G2 phase arrest followed by massive cell death and defect in liver organogenesis. Inactivation at postnatal stages caused cell duplication‐dependent hepatocyte necrosis, accompanied by inflammation, fibrosis and compensatory growth induction of neighboring hepatocytes and resident ductal progenitor cells. Prolonged necrotic regenerative cycles coupled with oncogenic STAT3 activation led to the spontaneous development of hepatic tumors composed of cells with cancer stem cell characteristics. These include a capacity to self‐renew in culture or in xenografts and the ability to differentiate to phenotypically distinct hepatic cells. Hepatocellular carcinoma in PR‐SET7‐deficient mice displays a cancer stem cell gene signature specified by the co‐expression of ductal progenitor markers and oncofetal genes.
Efficient Solution‐Processed Small‐Molecule Solar Cells with Inverted Structure

We successfully demonstrate inverted structure small-molecule (SM) solar cells with an efficiency of 7.88% using ZnO and PEIE as an interfacial layer. Modification of ZnO with a cost-effective PEIE thin layer increases the efficiency of the inverted cell as a result of reducing the work function of the cathode and suppressing the trap-assisted recombination. In addition to the high efficiency, the inverted SM solar cells are relatively stable in air compared to conventional cells.
Efficiency of a glitch detector against electromagnetic fault injection

The use of electromagnetic glitches has recently emerged as an effective fault injection technique for the purpose of conducting physical attacks against integrated circuits. First research works have shown that electromagnetic faults are induced by timing constraint violations and that they are also located in the vicinity of the injection probe. This paper reports the study of the efficiency of a glitch detector against EM injection. This detector was originally designed to detect any attempt of inducing timing violations by means of clock or power glitches. Because electromagnetic disturbances are more local than global, the use of a single detector proved to be inefficient. Our subsequent investigation of the use of several detectors to obtain a full fault detection coverage is reported, it also provides further insights into the properties of electromagnetic injection and into the key role played by the injection probe.
Short-term meditation training improves attention and self-regulation

Recent studies suggest that months to years of intensive and systematic meditation training can improve attention. However, the lengthy training required has made it difficult to use random assignment of participants to conditions to confirm these findings. This article shows that a group randomly assigned to 5 days of meditation practice with the integrative body–mind training method shows significantly better attention and control of stress than a similarly chosen control group given relaxation training. The training method comes from traditional Chinese medicine and incorporates aspects of other meditation and mindfulness training. Compared with the control group, the experimental group of 40 undergraduate Chinese students given 5 days of 20-min integrative training showed greater improvement in conflict scores on the Attention Network Test, lower anxiety, depression, anger, and fatigue, and higher vigor on the Profile of Mood States scale, a significant decrease in stress-related cortisol, and an increase in immunoreactivity. These results provide a convenient method for studying the influence of meditation training by using experimental and control methods similar to those used to test drugs or other interventions.
THE ADOPTION OF SOFTWARE-ASA-SERVICE : AN INDONESIAN CASE STUDY

The goal of this study is to discover the technological, organizational, and environmental determinants for Software as a Service (SaaS) adoption in Indonesian companies. The technologicalorganizational-environmental (TOE) framework was adopted as a primary theoretical lens, combined with five innovation characteristics of Diffusion of Innovation (DOI) theory, which incorporated in technological context of the framework. We used a questionnaire to collect data from 147 of Indonesian companies. A logistic regression was carried out to test our hypotheses. The results confirmed that compatibility, observability, market competition, and government have positive relationship with SaaS adoption in Indonesian, while complexity found to be the negative determinant to its adoption. We also found that the organizational context of TOE framework did not contribute to the prediction of SaaS adoption in Indonesian companies. The findings offer valuable insights for researchers of SaaS and innovation adoption, for Indonesian policy makers that want to encourage SaaS adoption, as well as for SaaS vendors that want to develop strategies to persuade companies in Indonesia to adopt SaaS.
Sacrificing the pulmonary arterial branch to the spared lobe is a risk factor of bronchopleural fistula in sleeve lobectomy after chemoradiotherapy.

OBJECTIVES A sleeve lobectomy is a widely accepted procedure for enabling the pulmonary parenchyma to be spared. Induction chemoradiotherapy (CRT) followed by surgery is one treatment option for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), but CRT is considered to have a negative effect on subsequent surgery, especially for anastomotic healing. In this study, we describe our experience performing sleeve lobectomies and the associated anastomotic complications after induction CRT. METHODS The medical records of NSCLC patients who underwent surgery after receiving CRT were reviewed. The relationships between anastomotic complications and clinicopathological factors were examined. RESULTS Between December 1998 and October 2011, a total of 104 patients received CRT followed by surgery. Among them, 14 NSCLC patients underwent a bronchial sleeve resection: nine patients underwent a right upper lobe resection, two patients underwent a left lingular division and lower lobe resection and one patient each underwent a right lower lobe, a right upper and middle lobe and a right middle and lower lobe resection. A bronchopleural fistula at the anastomosis occurred in two patients. A pulmonary arterial (PA) branch to the spared lobe had been sacrificed in both of these patients because of tumour involvement. In contrast, the PA branches to the spared lobes were preserved in 11 of the 12 patients who did not exhibit anastomotic complications (P = 0.033). CONCLUSIONS Our experience strongly suggests that the sacrifice of the PA branch to the spared lobe is a possible risk factor for anastomotic complications for a sleeve lobectomy after induction CRT.
Target localization methods for frequency-only MIMO radar

In Multi Input-Multi Output (MIMO) radar, the target localization is possible by using only the frequencies of received signals instead of using whole data on the received signals for moving targets. As target is moving, received frequency will be shifted as doppler frequency. Received frequencies which are scattered from non-manouvering and constant speed target, can be written in two dimensional (2D) space with respect to the target coordinates. A cost function can be defined by the help of these frequencies, and than by using grid search, local minimum of this cost function can be found in (x, y) coordinates. In this work, a new target localization method is poroposed for frequency-only MIMO radar.
Nuclear introgression without mitochondrial introgression in two turtle species exhibiting sex‐specific trophic differentiation

Abstract Despite the presence of reproductive barriers between species, interspecific gene introgression has been documented in a range of natural systems. Comparing patterns of genetic introgression in biparental versus matrilineal markers can potentially reveal sex‐specific barriers to interspecific gene flow. Hybridization has been documented in the freshwater turtles Graptemys geographica and G. pseudogeographica, whose ranges are largely sympatric. Morphological differentiation between the species is restricted to females, with female G. geographica possessing large heads and jaws compared to the narrow heads of G. pseudogeographica females. If hybrid females are morphologically intermediate, they may be less successful at exploiting parental feeding niches, thereby limiting the introgression of maternally inherited, but not biparental, molecular markers. We paired sequence data with stable isotope analysis and examined sex‐specific genetic introgression and trophic differentiation in sympatric populations of G. geographica and G. pseudogeographica. We observed introgression from G. pseudogeographica into G. geographica at three nuclear loci, but not at the mitochondrial locus. Analysis of ∂15N and ∂13C was consistent with species differences in trophic positioning in females, but not males. These results suggest that ecological divergence in females may reduce the opportunity for gene flow in this system.
Using Para-Virtualization as the Basis for a Federated PlanetLab Architecture

The federation of islands of large scale distributed systems is a difficult problem, in part because of the variety of systems involved. We categorize solutions into either the systems integration or the virtualization approach. Using the virtualization approach, we enable a federated architecture for the PlanetLab Internet testbed. The current implementation of PlanetLab has a central management authority responsible for the maintenance of the system's nodes and creation of virtual machines for users. We propose two additional entities, which separate aspects of a node and site's management, allowing viable federation, called the Site Manager and Federation Authority. Building on the existing virtualization used by PlanetLab, the realisation of our proposal makes use of Xen, a para-virtualization system for x86 hardware. We present the uses of Xen domains, or virtual machines, as hosts for both PlanetLab nodes and slices. This additional layer of virtualization is the basis of our federation architecture.
Emerging roles of ATF3 in the suppression of prostate cancer

Stress response mediator activating transcription factor 3 (ATF3) engages in diverse oncogenic pathways including the androgen receptor signaling essential for prostatic proliferation. In line with frequent downregulation of ATF3 expression in human prostate cancers, we have provided the first genetic evidence supporting the role of ATF3 as a tumor suppressor in a subset of prostate cancers with PTEN dysfunction.
PSYCHIATRIC ASPECTS OF SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (hereafter termed S. L. E.) is well recognised as a disease entity. Its clinical manifestations are broad, due to widespread lesions of the connective tissue, the vascular system, the dermis and serous and synovial membranes. Both neurological and psychiatric symptoms are frequently described in the course of the illness but the significance of such symptoms, especially psychiatric ones, is often a matter for conjecture. Many papers have been written over the past fifteen years reporting mental symptoms in S. L. E. but the interpretation of them has been, in general, indefinite and unsystematic. The purpose of this paper is to review a selection of the literature on this subject and then to report on a series of patients examined retrospectively on their cases notes, laying special emphasis on the use of present day psychiatric terminology.