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Remote Management: The Newly Emerging Style of Management

This study attempts to introduce up-to-date thoughts on management discipline and profession incorporating concepts, views, and tools of public and business literature in the light of current realities of electronic era. It adopts open systems, futurist, and interdisciplinary and logically practical perspective on management. The study presented a concise analysis of the historical dialectic on traditional and somewhat ongoing discussions on public/business interrelationships. It has suggested the so-called (Remote Management) as an emerging futurist model of management in the context of digital era. Remote management incorporates current realities including globalization, democratization, privatization, high-tech and knowledge centered world into the discipline and profession of management. Basic features of remote management include diffused organizational structures, performance-focus, remote space locations, remote control systems, and professional codes of ethics, technology-centered work systems, and huge capital investment in technology and human resources. Practical experience and evidence showed gradual movement towards remote management applications in the form of e-family mechanisms (e-government, e-commerce, etc.). The study recommended a comprehensive restructuring of management thought and practices on the basis of strategic planning and thinking and environment analysis.
THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF EDUCATION ON SMALLHOLDER CROP PRODUCTION SYSTEMS IN AFRICA: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM BOTSWANA

Massive expansion in educational programmes has been reported for Sub-Sahara African (SSA) countries in recent years. Yet, the economic role of education in agriculture—the main source of livelihood for the majority of SSA population is still debatable. The purpose of this paper is to provide empirical evidence on how formal education affects smallholder crop production systems in Africa. The analysis uses 1997/98 farm management survey data on 60 randomly selected rural households from Botswana. It is concluded from the results that education has a positive and significant effect on crop incomes of smallholder traditional farmers. Therefore, continuing investments in education among SSA countries are important and warrant supportive government action to improve the lives of millions of peasant farmers in SSA.
The Effects of Boundary-Spanning Search, Network Ties, and Absorptive Capacity for Innovation: A Moderated Mediation Examination

Innovation is a key driver for organizations to survive and thrive in increasingly hyper-competitive markets. This study investigates the effects of boundary-spanning search on innovation capability. Specifically, it examines the mediating and moderating effects of network ties and absorptive capacity on boundary-spanning search and innovation in Chinese companies. We constructed a theoretical model of an organization’s boundary-spanning search and innovation capability and distributed a survey questionnaire to a sample of specific industries with upstream and downstream relations in Sichuan Province in China for their responses. Results from the study reveal that boundary-spanning search has a positive and significant impact on innovation capability as well as a positive moderating effect on absorptive capacity and innovation capability. This paper shows that enterprises need to continuously focus on exploring networking opportunities in direct and indirect ways to get access to effective flow and diffusion of resources, which in turn can enhance innovation capability.
Attention Allocation Over the Business Cycle

The invisibility of information precludes a direct test of attention allocation theories. To surmount this obstacle, we develop a model that uses an observable variable – the state of the business cycle – to predict attention allocation. Attention allocation, in turn, predicts aggregate investment patterns. Because the theory begins and ends with observable variables, it becomes testable. We apply our theory to a large informationbased industry, actively managed equity mutual funds, and study its investment choices and returns. Consistent with the theory, which predicts cyclical changes in attention allocation, we find that in recessions, funds’ portfolios (1) covary more with aggregate payoff-relevant information, (2) exhibit more cross-sectional dispersion, and (3) generate higher returns. The results suggest that some, but not all, fund managers process information in a value-maximizing way for their clients and that these skilled managers outperform others.
CHAIN MIGRATION, ETHNIC NEIGHBORHOOD FORMATION AND SOCIAL NETWORKS.

Migration is patently more complex than that merely mechanical reshuffling of heads which is assumed by crude economic "push-pull" models. Numerous contemporary studies in Africa, Asia and Latin America pay attention to the sociological factors involved in induction of manpower into growing economies. This paper draws attention to the possibilities of illuminating current problems by historical studies. The vast documentary material on the sociology of migration and labor force reorganization in the past in Europe and North America is largely neglected by current studies. From the standpoint of organization, migration may occur in several ways. Among these are two contrasting extremes: "chain migration" and "impersonally organized migration. "l Chain migration can be defined as that movement in which prospective migrants learn of opportunities, are provided with transportation, and have initial accommodation and employment arranged by means of primary social relationships with previous migrants. Chain migration is thus distinct from impersonally organized
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Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disease of unknown cause. The osteoarticular involvement in sarcoidosis is rare and is often associated with cutaneous and long-standing chronic multisystem disease. More common in black women, osseous sarcoidosis is difficult to diagnose, with an incidence of 3 to 13%. The most characteristic radiological clinical picture evidences rounded, well-defined cysts, with no periosteal reaction and without peripheral sclerosis. The small bones of hands and feet are the most frequently involved sites. This report aims to demonstrate a rare case of osteoarticular sarcoidosis with characteristic clinical presentation, and highlight the importance of detecting osteoarticular involvement in this pathology.
Adult Still's Disease: Manifestations, Disease Course, and Outcome in 62 Patients

Clinical and laboratory manifestations, disease course, outcome, and HLA associations were studied in an inception cohort of 62 subjects with adult Still's disease (ASD) from 5 Canadian universities. Twenty-eight patients (45%) were female and the median age at disease onset was 24 years. In general, the clinical features observed in our patients were identical to those in other published series. However, significantly higher frequencies of sore throat (92%), weight loss (76%), lymphadenopathy (74%), pleuritis (53%), pneumonitis (27%), and abdominal pain (48%) were noted in our patients compared to those in a recent literature review. Liver involvement with hepatomegaly (44%) or abnormal liver function tests (LFTs) (76%) was common and was responsible for the 2 deaths attributed to Still's disease in our series. Severe liver failure always occurred in conjunction with aspirin or NSAID therapy. Therefore, whether or not aspirin or other NSAIDs are used, we recommend close monitoring of LFTs in patients with ASD, especially early in the disease course. Laboratory manifestations were similar to those already reported. Leukocytosis (greater than or equal to 15,000/mm3) was present in 50 patients (81%), a normochromic, normocytic anemia (hemoglobin less than or equal to 10 g/dl) in 42 (68%), and an elevated ESR in all. The mean follow-up of the 62 patients was 70 months (range, 2-163). Twenty-one patients (34%) had a self-limited disease course, 15 (24%) an intermittent course, and 22 (36%) a chronic disease course. Four patients (6%) died, and 2 of these deaths were attributed to Still's disease. For those patients who experienced a recurrence of ASD, the flares were usually of shorter duration and milder in severity than the initial episode. No initiating factor for disease exacerbation was identified in our patients. Although 22 of 62 patients (36%) had a chronic disease course, 52 (90%) were in ARA Functional Class I, and only 4 and 2 patients were in ARA Functional Class II and III, respectively. Patients with Still's disease had higher scores than the controls on the Pain (P less than 0.01) and Physical Disability (P less than 0.05) subscales of Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales health status questionnaire. Joint radiographs performed at the follow-up evaluation disclosed typical carpometacarpal and intercarpal involvement in 16 of 39 patients. In our series, HLA-B17, B18, B35, and DR2 were significantly associated with ASD. Three significant predictors of an unfavorable outcome, either a chronic disease course or a longer time to clinical remission, were identified. (ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
Development of an attractive target for the sheep blowfly Lucilia sericata

Abstract. Coloured, odour‐baited, sticky targets, designed to catch the sheep blowfly Lucilia sericata Meigen are described and the results of field trials are presented. The number of L.sericata caught by the targets was positively related to target surface area and was dependent on target colour. The performance of the coloured targets is described by a model in which catch is related negatively to reflectivity in the 300–450 nm (ultra‐violet/blue) band of the spectrum and positively to the reflectivity in the 450–580nm (blue‐green‐yellow) band. Of the Lucilia blowflies caught by the targets, 13–16% were L.sericata and 72–75% of the L.sericata were female. The number of L.sericata caught appeared to be positively related to the availability of sheep over a relatively localized area and showed a marked decline following insecticidal dipping of sheep. The further development of targets and the implications of the results for L.sericata control are discussed.
Measurement of the B 0 s mixing phase using B 0 s → φφ

Using 3 fb−1 of collision data collected by the LHCb collaboration in proton-proton collisions the Bs mixing phase, φs in the Bs → φφ decay mode is determined to be φs = −0.17 ± 0.15 (stat) ± 0.03 (syst). This is consistent with the Standard Model expectation that CP violation in this channel is small.
Steady-state correlations of two atoms interacting with a reservoir

We consider two two-level atoms fixed at different positions, driven by a resonant monochromatic laser field, and interacting collectively with the quantum electromagnetic field. A Born-Markov-secular master equation is used to describe the dynamics of the two atoms and the steady-state is obtained analytically for a configuration of the atoms. The steady-state populations of the energy levels of the free atoms, entanglement, quantum and geometric discords and degree of mixedness are calculated analytically as a function of the laser field intensity and the distance between the two atoms. It is found that there is a possibility of considerable steady-state entanglement and left/right quantum discord and that these can be controlled either by increasing/decreasing the intensity of the laser field or by increasing/decreasing the distance between atoms. It is shown that the system of two atoms can be prepared in a separable mixed state with non-zero quantum discord that turns into an X-state for high laser field intensities. The behavior and relationships between the different correlations are studied and several limiting cases are investigated.
Phosphorylation of Akt/PKB is required for suppression of cancer cell apoptosis and tumor progression in human colorectal carcinoma

Akt/protein kinase B (PKB), which is included in phosphatidyl inositol‐3‐OH kinase (PI3K) signaling, controls many intracellular processes, such as the suppression of apoptosis and the promotion of the cell cycle. Therefore, the authors investigated phosphorylated Akt (Ser473) in colorectal carcinomas to reveal the role of PI3K signaling during the development of colorectal carcinoma.
Early experience with balloon brachytherapy for breast cancer.

HYPOTHESIS Partial-breast irradiation for carcinoma by a single source of radiation placed in the center of a balloon inserted in the lumpectomy cavity is an effective method of treating breast cancer. Previous interstitial radiation therapy using iridium seeds placed within multiple catheters has been shown to be effective but impractical and cosmetically unacceptable to women. DESIGN Prospective registry study. SETTING Three university and community hospitals. PATIENTS Women 40 years and older with histologically diagnosed in situ and invasive T1 through T2 and N0 or N1 breast cancer treated with lumpectomy and axillary node sampling were invited to enter this institutional review board-approved study. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Evaluation of immediate and short-term complications, patients' acceptance of the treatment, and cosmesis are reported. RESULTS Of the 129 eligible patients enrolled, 112 completed the treatment. Of these, transient skin erythema was noted in 28, localized edema in 3, and skin blisters adjacent to the balloon in 9. Infection developed in 7, necessitating drainage and antibiotic administration. In 10 patients, sonographically demonstrated seromas that developed after removal of the device were aspirated percutaneously. In 4 patients, punctured or ruptured balloons had to be replaced before the treatment could be completed. Patients quickly adjusted to the breast distension caused by the balloon, and their acceptance of the procedure was good. The cosmetic outcome was rated high. There were no recurrences during this very short follow-up. CONCLUSIONS Our early short-term experience indicates balloon brachytherapy to be an acceptable alternative to external beam radiation for selected operable breast cancers. The 1-week treatment time allows working women and those who live at a distance from radiation centers to choose breast conservation rather than mastectomy.
A One-Layer Recurrent Neural Network With a Discontinuous Hard-Limiting Activation Function for Quadratic Programming

In this paper, a one-layer recurrent neural network with a discontinuous hard-limiting activation function is proposed for quadratic programming. This neural network is capable of solving a large class of quadratic programming problems. The state variables of the neural network are proven to be globally stable and the output variables are proven to be convergent to optimal solutions as long as the objective function is strictly convex on a set defined by the equality constraints. In addition, a sequential quadratic programming approach based on the proposed recurrent neural network is developed for general nonlinear programming. Simulation results on numerical examples and support vector machine (SVM) learning show the effectiveness and performance of the neural network.
Dietary calcium, phosphorus, vitamin D, dairy products and the risk of colorectal adenoma and cancer among French women of the E3N‐EPIC prospective study

A protective effect of calcium and/or dairy products on colorectal cancer has been reported in epidemiological studies but the findings are considered inconsistent. In particular, it is unclear whether they act at a particular step of the adenoma‐carcinoma sequence. To investigate the effect of dairy product consumption and dietary calcium, vitamin D and phosphorus intake on the adenoma‐carcinoma sequence in the French E3N‐EPIC prospective study. The population for the study of risk factors for adenomas was composed of 516 adenoma cases, including 175 high‐risk adenomas, and of 4,804 polyp‐free subjects confirmed by colonoscopy. The population for the colorectal cancer study was composed of 172 cases and 67,312 cancer‐free subjects. Diet was assessed using a self‐administered questionnaire completed at baseline. There was a trend of decreasing risk of both adenoma (ptrend= 0.04) and cancer (ptrend=0.08) with increasing calcium intake, with RRs for adenoma and cancer of 0.80 (IC 95%=0.62–1.03) and 0.72 (95% CI=0.47–1.10), respectively, in the fourth quartile compared to the first. A protective effect of dairy products on adenoma (RRQ4 vs. Q1= 0.80, 95% CI=0.62‐1.05, ptrend= 0.04) was observed and of milk consumption on colorectal cancer (RRQ4vs. Q1= 0.54, 95% CI=0.33–0.89, ptrend= 0.09), although the latter did not reach significance. Phosphorus intake also decreased the risk of adenoma (RRQ4 vs. Q1=0.70, 95% CI=0.54–0.90, ptrend= 0.005). No vitamin D effect was identified. Our data support the hypothesis that calcium, dairy products and phosphorus exert a protective effect at certain steps of the adenoma‐carcinoma sequence. © 2005 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
The influence of the mother's parenting styles of warmth and control on her preschooler's emotional language and emotional behaviour

x I: INTRODUCTION AND LITERATURE REVIEW 1 The Social Construction of Emotions 6 Harre's theory of the social construction of emotions 7 Vygotsky's social interaction theory of emotions 10 Comparison of Harre's and Vygotsky' s theories 13 Preschoolers' Emotional Language 14 Summary of results 21 Summary of methodology 23 Subject matter for elicitation 24 Parenting Styles of Warmth and Control 25 Theories 25 Children's emotional behaviour 28 Summary of results 38 Summary of methodology 39 Upbringing and beliefs 41 . Summary of results 49 Summary of methodology 50 Overall Summary of Literature Review 51 II: RATIONALE, AIMS AND HYPOTHESES 53 Rationale 53 Aims and Hypotheses 57 Emotional language 58 Emotional behaviour 59 iii III: GENERAL METHOD 60 Participants 60 Measures 61 Questionnaires 61 Tasks 62 Videotape coding 64 Audiotape coding 65 Procedure 69 IV: STUDY OF YOUNGER PRESCHOOLERS 71 Method 71 Participants 71 Procedure 71 Reliability 72 Results 74 Descriptive analyses 75 Correlational analyses 76 Regressional analyses 84 Discussion 91 Influence of parenting styles of warmth and control 91 Mothers' variables 92 Emotional bahaviour: Positivity 93 Emotional language: Positivity 97 Emotional language: Uniqueness 97 Emotional language: Amount 99 Across different media 102 V: STUDY OF OLDER PRESCHOOLERS 104 Method 104 Participants 104 Procedure 104 Reliability 105 Results 106 Descriptive analyses 107 Correlational analyses 108 Regressional analyses 115 Discussion Influence of parenting styles of wannth and control Mothers' variables Emotional bahaviour: Positivity Emotional language: Positivity Emotional language: Uniqueness Emotional language: Amount Across different media VI: COMPARISON OF PRESCHOOLERS Influence of Parenting Styles of Warmth and Control Younger preschoolers Older preschoolers Comparison of younger and older preschoolers VII: GENERAL DISCUSSION Influence of Parenting Styles of Warmth and Control Preachoolers' variables Mothers' parenting styles Across different media Re-appraisal of parenting styles of warmth and control Implications of the results Directions for future research Conclusion REFERENCES iv 123 123 124 125 127 129 131 133
Walking Children Through a Minefield: How Professionals Experience Exploring Adverse Childhood Experiences

Understanding the challenges of professionals in addressing child adversity is key to improving the detection, protection, and care of exposed children. We aimed to synthesize findings from qualitative studies of professionals’ lived experience of addressing child adversity. Through a systematic search, we identified eight qualitative studies and synthesized them using metaethnography. We generated three themes, “feeling inadequate,” “fear of making it worse,” and “facing evil,” and one overarching metaphor, “walking children through a minefield. ” The professionals felt that they lacked the means necessary to explore child adversity, that they were apprehensive of worsening the child’s situation, and that their work with child adversity induced emotional discomfort. This metasynthesis indicated that the professionals’ efficiency in exploring abuse relied upon their ability to manage emotional and moral distress and complexity. To support children at risk, we propose developing professionals’ ability to build relationships, skills in emotion regulation, and proficiency in reflective practice.
NATURAL DISASTERS

, the massive magnitude 9.0 Great East Japan Earthquake occurred near the northeast coast of Honshu, Japan, which triggered a devastating tsunami that swept some coastal villages out to sea and caused major damage along the coast. This earthquake was the fifth most powerful earthquake in the past century and the most powerful on record in Japan. The earthquake also damaged the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, and thousands of residents in the region were evacuated as authorities worked to prevent a nuclear meltdown at those facilities. Heavy casualties and extensive damage were caused by this series of disasters. Over half a million residents were left homeless, and millions were without electricity or water for weeks following the earthquake and tsunami. Hundreds of thousands of residents were displaced or relocated, and over 18,000 people died (with an additional 10,000 people unaccounted for). For weeks there were widespread concerns regarding water and food contamination and the potential spread of disease. Hundreds of aftershocks of up to magnitude 7.2 created further anxiety during the following weeks. Prime Minister Naoto Kan called this Portions of this chapter were adapted from
Understanding public perceptions of anti-social behaviour: problems and policy responses

Anti-social behaviour (ASB) has emerged as a major community safety concern over the past decade. Reducing the number of incidents of ASB and lessening the impact these have upon the publics’ quality of life have become key components of criminal justice policy. The British Crime Survey has provided evidence of the types of ASB being experienced and quantified the proportion of people perceiving high levels of ASB in their local area. This research suggests strong links between high levels of deprivation and perceiving high levels of ASB. Attempts have also been made to determine what factors drive these perceptions, in order to produce evidence-based ASB reduction policies. This thesis builds upon existing research into public perceptions of ASB by exploring public perceptions in-depth, using a mixed methods strategy. A three phase, explanatory sequential design was employed. Phase one quantified public perceptions in selected hardpressed ACORN areas. These findings were utilised to inform the topics for further qualitative elaboration in phase two. The third phase qualitatively explored how practitioners address public perceptions of ASB. Inferences were generated from all three phases of data collection, providing a holistic, coherent and contextualised discussion of potential policy implications of the findings. The findings presented within this thesis uncover new attitudinal based factors that are statistically and independently associated with public perceptions of ASB. In addition, primary and secondary drivers of public perceptions were qualitatively identified in the hardpressed areas studied. New insight has also been provided into the methods practitioners use to address public perceptions, particularly into the difficulties associated with measuring perceptions and the reciprocal relationship that exists between practitioners and the public. The inferences generated suggest that public perceptions of ASB are complex, with the factors influencing perceptions often interconnected. This thesis calls for greater strategic clarification regarding the role perceptions play in ASB policy, in order for accurate, locally applicable perception measurement to be achieved and a reduction in perceived high levels of ASB to be obtained.