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The management of natural resources: : An overview and research agenda

The author discusses the management of natural resources. Topics discussed include the growth of competition for land among countries, energy crops and food growers, and financial investors, the impact of oil price reduction on the energy minerals, and the use of the term "resources" in the "Academy of Management Journal. " Also mentioned the factors that makes the scarcity in resources.
The application of Halal in supply chain management: in‐depth interviews

Purpose – The paper aims to describe the basic requirements of Halal food supply chains in order to ensure the integrity of Halal food at the point of consumption, which is an obligation for Muslims.Design/methodology/approach – This exploratory research paper is based on in‐depth interviews to better understand what is Halal, the Islamic sources that are essential for Halal supply chains, and identify the guidelines and principles which are essential for the integrity of Halal supply chains.Findings – Halal supply chain management is based on avoiding direct contact with Haram, addressing the risk of contamination and ensuring that it is in line with the perception of the Muslim consumer. In particular, the product and market characteristics are important variables in the supply chain management of Halal supply chains. Further empirical research is needed to measure the perception of the Muslim consumer. A better understanding is also required into the principles in organising the Halal supply chain for .
Corporate image, loyalty, and commitment in the consumer travel industry

Abstract This article examines the impact and interrelationship of corporate image, satisfaction, and commitment on customer loyalty in the travel industry. A corporate image–commitment–loyalty model was developed and tested. Partial least squares (PLS) was used to test the direct and indirect linkages between the four variables, and an alternative model was proposed. The tourism and travel industry is highly price sensitive and competitive with low levels of customer loyalty. Customer loyalty is a valuable asset in highly competitive markets, and understanding factors affecting customer loyalty is important to travel agencies who are seeking ways to maintain a strong customer base. The results of a mail survey conducted in New Zealand indicate that corporate image has a positive significant influence on customer commitment and customer satisfaction. Affective commitment is the focal point in the relationship and contributed most in predicting customer loyalty. The influence of customer satisfaction, on the other hand, contributed a much smaller effect. The key implications for travel agencies are build strong emotional bonds with customers and improve corporate image through trust and service delivery.
Dissociated expression of c-myc and a fos-related competence gene during cardiac myogenesis

Cardiac myocytes irreversibly lose their proliferative capacity soon after birth, and cardiac DNA synthesis becomes uncoupled from mitotic division. Therefore, we examined cardiac muscle for developmental down regulation of inducible proto-oncogenes associated with cell proliferation. c-myc mRNA decreased continuously from day 13 of embryonic development and was dissociated from expression of the fos-related gene r-fos, which decreased precipitously between days 3 and 7 after birth.
Industry Effects of Bank Lending in Germany

We investigate the industry dimension of bank lending and its role in the monetary transmission mechanism in Germany. We use dynamic panel methods to estimate bank lending functions for eight industries for the period 1992-2002. Our evidence shows that bank lending growth predominantly depends on the industry composition of bank loan portfolios, both through the underlying cyclical fluctuations in industry-specific bank credit demand and through industry-specific credit supply effects.
International Variation in the Business-Government Interface: Institutional and Organizational Considerations

This article combines concepts from institutional analysis in modern political economy and from organizational behavior better to understand variation in the business-government interface among major industrialized democracies. We contend that differences in business-government relations across countries can be better understood by examining the institutions through which business and government interact with particular attention to formal constraints such as rules that individuals devise and informal constraints—such as culture and norms of behavior. We also submit that attributes of the institutions involved in the interaction of business and government can be better understood by examining how individuals are attracted to, selected by, and choose to remain as members of institutions. From this theoretical framework we have developed some implications for the types of economic policies that are likely to be adopted in different countries and the tactics and strategies that businesses may use to represen.
The role of the technology acceptance model in explaining effects of image interactivity technology on consumer responses

Purpose – The impact of web site interactivity on e‐commerce has been emphasized in industry and empirical literature. The purpose of this paper is to focus on image interactivity technology (IIT) of a web site and apply the technology acceptance model (TAM) to examine factors influencing consumers' attitude toward an online retailer.Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected from 206 respondents using a between‐subject experimental design and were analyzed using LISREL 8.54 to examine a proposed model.Findings – Results of the present study support the positive effect of web site IIT on attitude and behavioral intention toward the online retailer and show TAM aspects help explain the effects of IIT on consumer responses. All three aspects of TAM, perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and perceived enjoyment, significantly enhanced consumer attitude and behavioral intention towards an online retailer. Hedonic shopping orientation had a significant effect on one aspect of TAM (perceived enjoym.
Methylation of the HOXA10 homeobox gene promoter is associated with endometrial cancer: A pilot study

Methylation in the promoter region represents an epigenetic mechanism that silences expression of various homeobox genes in cancers. We compare the methylation profile of HOXA10 promoter gene in 19 histologically proven endometrioid cancers and 27 normal endometrial tissues. Endometrial cancer tissue displays significantly higher methylation status in HOXA10 gene promoter than normal tissue, suggesting a possible role of epigenetic changes in HOXA10 gene regulation in tumorigenesis. Further studies in human tissue and cell lines are necessary to validate these preliminary results and to investigate HOXA10 expression according to methylation status in endometrial cancer.
Using Pollution Load Index (PLI) and Geoaccumulation Index (I-Geo) for the Assessment of Heavy Metals Pollution in Tigris River Sediment in Baghdad Region

Six stations along Tigris river in Baghdad region were chosen to collect and assess the Mn, Ni, Pb, Cu and Cd contamination in sediments by using pollution load index (PLI) and geo-accumulation index ( I -geo). Cd was found at the lowest concentration ranged between 0.31. 3 µg/g dry weight. Whereas, Mn was the highest ranging between 166 - 426 µg/g dry weight. Geo-accumulation index indicates that the sediment in the most of studied stations were slightly polluted (grade 1) with respect to Pb and Cd, while the sediments in all studied stations were unpolluted (grade 0) with respect to Mn, Cu and Ni. The values of Pollution Load Index (PLI) were found to be very low, and varied between 0.301-0.970, indicating that the studied stations in Tigris river were unpolluted by total of studied heavy metals.
The relationship between types of sports club and English government policy to grow participation

Sports clubs run by their members account for a significant proportion of sports participation in England and are central to government policy to grow participation. A survey of clubs in the United Kingdom shows that clubs can be clustered into three groups reflecting different levels of formality. While it is not possible to make a definitive estimate of the proportions of English clubs in each of the three groups, the more formal types of clubs probably offer the most viable policy instrument for increasing sports participation. These are split into two groups: large clubs for adults and juniors, owning their own facilities; and clubs focused predominantly on junior participants and relying on hired facilities. These two types of clubs will require different types of support. The third group of clubs are small informal/traditional clubs, with only adult members. As a group they make an important contribution to participation growth but their informality probably makes them a less viable medium for this policy objective.
Market Distorsions and Corporate Governance

This paper studies corporate governance when a firm operates in imperfect markets. We derive firms' decisions from utility maximization by individuals. This reduces the usual monopoly distortion. Corporate governance can effect the equilibrium in the product (or input) markets. This enables us to endogenize the objective function of the firm. If the firm cannot commit not to change its constitution, we find a Coase-like result where all market power is lost in the limit. We present a more abstract model of governance in the presence of market distortions and discuss its implications for the governance of universities.
The effects of regulatory fit on customer brand engagement: an experimental study of service brand activities in social media

ABSTRACT When utilising social media to establish customer–brand relationships beyond exchange, service brands must understand which activities stimulate customer brand engagement (CBE) and brand preference. Founded in ideas from regulatory engagement theory, this study examines regulatory fit as a key driver of CBE and brand value experience. Regulatory fit theory assumes that promotion orientation, focusing on attaining a desired end state, fits with eager and active customer strategies while prevention orientation, focusing on avoiding an undesired end state, fits with vigilant and watchful customer strategies. This experimental study of a Nordic insurance firm’s Facebook brand activities (n = 429) identified positive regulatory fit, non-fit and simple effects on psychologically anchored (emotional, cognitive and intentional) and behavioural (‘likes’, comments) CBE dimensions. Consistent with regulatory fit theory, the study found that a prevention-oriented brand activity best evoked positive cognitive CBE among customers applying vigilant strategies. Opposing existing theory, promotion-oriented brand activity best evoked positive emotional CBE regardless of customer strategy and a prevention-oriented brand activity best evoked positive intentional CBE among those applying eager strategies, The findings contribute to a better understanding the multidimensionality of CBE and the role of fit in regulatory engagement theory. The findings are also of direct relevance to how service firms should engage their customers, and show that service providers can benefit from the use of prevention-oriented activities in social media if such activities are in accordance with their brand values.
Towards a network place branding through multiple stakeholders and based on cultural identities

Purpose – This paper aims to analyse the creation of a place brand for Colombia’s coffee region, within the framework of the evolution of place branding from traditional, one institution-led marketing approaches towards a more modern concept of network branding involving multiple stakeholders. The production of quality coffee in this region has been complemented with the development of coffee-themed rural tourism, which helps Colombia to enhance the value and positioning of its resources in the context of the economic and cultural exchanges inherent in globalisation. Design/methodology/approach – Following a theoretical and conceptual analysis of place branding, this paper explores the case of the Coffee Triangle, examining the network of interrelationships involved in the process of business-led coffee branding and place branding by public institutions to achieve a dynamic identity asset shared by various parties. This study entailed fieldwork in Colombia to visit the region and hold meetings with manage.
Microtorus: a high-finesse microcavity with whispering-gallery modes.

We demonstrate a 165-mu;m oblate spheroidal microcavity with a free spectral range of 383.7 GHz (3.06 nm), a resonance bandwidth of 23 MHz (quality factor Q approximately 10(7)) at 1550 nm, and finesse F>/=10(4) . The highly oblate spheroidal dielectric microcavity combines a very high Q factor, typical of microspheres, with a vastly reduced number of excited whispering-gallery modes (by 2 orders of magnitude). The very large free spectral range in this novel microcavity-a few hundred gigahertz instead of a few gigahertz as in typical microspheres-is desirable for applications in spectral analysis, narrow-linewidth optical and rf oscillators, and cavity QED.
Resource allocation mechanism based on two-step mapping for saving energy in wireless network virtualization

The current network is designed for peak loads, which results in lower network resource utilization and great energy waste. In case of meeting the wireless coverage and user requirements, how to make more base stations in wireless networks into a sleeping state has become an important means of energy saving. Virtualization network technology makes it possible that centralized scheduling wireless network resources and deploying intelligent energy perception network. According to the characteristics of the underlying virtual network mapping and base station energy consumption situation, the virtual cell resource mapping multi-objective decision making energy saving model is proposed in this paper. And then, the two-step mapping algorithm is used for solving the model. At last, the results of theoretical analysis and simulation experiments show that this algorithm can effectively reduce the system energy consumption.
The virucidal spectrum of a high concentration alcohol mixture.

The virucidal spectrum of a high concentration alcohol mixture (80% ethanol and 5% isopropanol) was determined for a broad series of lipid-enveloped (LE) and non-lipid-enveloped (NLE) viruses covering all relevant blood-borne viruses. LE viruses were represented by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV), a specific model virus for hepatitis C virus (HCV), pseudorabies virus (PRV), and vaccinia virus. For the NLE viruses hepatitis A virus, canine parvovirus (a model for human parvovirus B19), and reovirus type 3 (Reo-3) were used. PRV, vaccinia, and Reo-3 served as general model viruses. The alcohol mixture was spiked with 5% (v/v) virus, mixed and tested for residual virus after 5 min treatment. Complete clearance (reduction by a factor of >10(6)) was observed for LE viruses, whereas incomplete to insignificant clearance (ranging from no reduction up to a maximum factor of 10(4)) was found for NLE viruses. In a second series of spiking experiments using the LE viruses BVDV, HIV, and PRV, complete clearance (reduction by a factor of >10(6)) was found after 20 s treatment. These data strongly suggest that treatment with a high concentration alcohol mixture has a high virucidal potential in particular for the blood-borne LE-viruses HIV, hepatitis B virus, and HCV. Such mixtures are well suited for rapid and frequent disinfection in dental practice being non-hazardous and non-toxic.
Modulation of type‐iv collagenase activity and invasive behavior of metastatic human melanoma (A2058) cells in vitro by monoclonal antibodies to type‐iv collagenase

Monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against human type‐IV collagenase were developed and used for studies on enzyme activity and tumor‐cell invasion in vitro. Fifteen MAb clones were generated against the enzyme purified from serum‐free culture medium of human melanoma cells (A2058). Five clones affecting the activity of type‐IV collagenase were selected for further characterization. All the selected clones could be used for a single‐step purification of type‐IV collagenase using IgG‐Sepharose affinity columns. One of the antibodies activated the enzyme when 3H‐proline‐labelled type‐IV collagen was used as substrate. The activation was dependent on the enzyme antibody ratio. Four clones caused more than 30% inhibition of the activity, maximal inhibition being 50%. Interestingly, the same antibody which activated the enzyme also increased the invasion of A2058 cells through a reconstituted basement membrane in an in vitro invasion assay. The 4 inhibitory antibodies decreased the penetration of A2058 cells through the reconstituted basement membrane. The results strongly support previous findings about the importance of type‐IV collagenase in tumor‐cell invasion.
Green HR for Businesses

This probing study conducted to explain various advantages of Green HRM in all types of businesses such as having green products, environmental safety products, efficient use of natural resources etc. The main purpose this study is to identify the advantages and importance of GHRM adopted by the business organizations. Through this research it is also investigated that how the firm can improve its HR practices by emerging the policies with GHRM and what methods can be adopt to increase the efficiency of workforce. It is qualitative type of research in which a conceptual framework has been developed through the thorough study of previous work on GHRM. This research provides the recommendations for HR managers to improve HR system in their organizations and also this research can be used as literature review in future researches. In this study literature review presented firstly which comprehensively describe that what the GHRM is and what is the importance of the implementation of GHRM in various organizations.
Identification and Characterization of Assembly Proteins of CS 5 Pili from Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

Identification and Characterization of Assembly Proteins of CS5 Pili from Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Thomas G. Duthy,† Paul A. Manning, and Michael W. Heuzenroeder* Discipline of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Molecular BioSciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide SA 5005, and Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia, and AstraZeneca R&D Boston, Waltham, Massachusetts 02451
Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding and Conformational Preferences of Arzanol—An Antioxidant Acylphloroglucinol

Arzanol is a naturally-occurring prenylated acylphloroglucinol isolated from Helichrysum italicum and exhibiting anti-oxidant, antibiotic and antiviral activities. The molecule contains an α-pyrone moiety attached to the phloroglucinol moiety through a methylene bridge. The presence of several hydrogen bond donor or acceptor sites makes intramolecular hydrogen bonding patterns the dominant stabilising factor. Conformers with all the possible different hydrogen bonding patterns were calculated at the HF/6-31G(d,p) and DFT/B3LYP/6-31+G(d,p) levels with fully relaxed geometry in vacuo and in three solvents—chloroform, acetonitrile and water (these levels being chosen to enable comparisons with previous studies on acylphloroglucinols). Calculations in solution were performed with the Polarisable Continuum Model. The results show that the lowest energy conformers have the highest number of stronger intramolecular hydrogen bonds. The influence of intramolecular hydrogen bonding patterns on the other molecular properties is also analysed.
The Development of Earnings Quality in Germany and its Implication for Further Research: A Quantitative Empirical Analysis of German Listed Companies Between 1997 and 2006

This paper investigates the development of earnings quality for a sample of 5,817 firm years during the period between 1997 and 2006 using seven different measures (accounting- and market-based). As a result, overall earnings quality of German firms improves over time. However, the measures of timeliness and value relevance indicate a decreasing earnings quality. These findings are tested by taking firm-specific accounting style into consideration using firm fixed effects.
The Interaction between Financial and Human Resource Slack and its Effect on Venture Performance

We study how the interaction between financial and human resource slack affects venture performance. For this purpose, we use a large-scale longitudinal database comprising privately-held technology-based ventures located in six European countries. Results show that the effects of both financial slack and human resource slack on venture performance are inverse U-shaped. More significantly, the interaction between financial slack and human resource slack is negative. Our findings indicate that having both high levels of financial and human resource slack or low levels of financial and human resource slack are detrimental for venture performance. We discuss these findings from both academic and practical points of view.
The Difficulty of Modeling Ripple Field Losses in Superconductors Using the Eddy Current Model

The eddy current (EC) model is a widely used tool for simulating hysteresis losses in superconductors. It is a reliable way to estimate losses in 50 Hz transport current, applied field or AC-AC cases. However, in some applications, such as synchronous electric motors with superconducting field windings, a small multifrequency external magnetic field is present while a superconducting coil carries a DC current. In such cases, the use of the EC model becomes challenging. In this paper, we investigate the challenges confronted in such cases by using the EC model in their simulation. It is observed that the EC model using the power law resistivity leads to current density profile homogenization even when no changes happen in the driving quantities. Also, modeling uncoupled cases in which a DC bias current flows in the conductor is troublesome.
Housing Tenure and Informational Asymmetries

The paradigm shift of focus from rental apartments to owner occupied units on the Swedish property market has led to a substantial number of rental apartments being converted to cooperative apartments. Such conversions typically are done at prices far below market value. This provides a setting with strong financial incentives for tenants involved in such a conversion to take advantage of their informational advantage regarding the financial management of a cooperative, as compared to less informed neighbors and buyers on the general market. This setting also provides a reliable way of estimating the persistence and effects of such an informational asymmetry through nearly 200,000 apartment transactions in Stockholm, Sweden during the period of 2005 to mid-2014. We find strong support towards a behavior concurrent with moral hazard; as such insiders mismanage the cooperatives by setting monthly fees artificially low in order to increase the probability of a conversion as well as apartment values. Lastly, market participants seem to discount this informational asymmetry as recently converted apartments sell at lower prices.