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The effect of market orientation dimensions on multinational SBU's strategic performance An empirical study

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to provide new insights into the link between market orientation (MO) and strategic performance by disaggregating the MO construct. With a focus on responsiveness, a crucial element of MO, this research explores antecedents as well as outcomes in the strategic business units (SBUs) of MNCs. The decision-making structure of the firm was modeled as a moderator of the link between responsiveness and performance. Design/methodology/approach – Survey data from upper level managers employed by 126 MNC SBUs representing 23 industries were collected. Findings – The key findings indicate that: responsiveness mediates the link between intelligence generation and strategic performance; responsiveness also mediates the link between resource flexibility and strategic performance; and the link between responsiveness and strategic performance is moderated by the SBU’s decision-making structure (i.e. centralization). Originality/value – This study contributes to the conceptual precision of the composite construct MO, and also illustrates an avenue to increase strategic performance. Managerially, it provides managers with prescriptive suggestions for leveraging the value of the elements of MO with respect to the firm’s decision-making structure.
Policy Regimes and Performance of the Agricultural Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean During the Last Three Decades

In a review of the policy regimes and agricultural output performance in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) during the past three decades, the linear sequence of pre-reform, crisis and reform, and post-reform recovery is qualified, focusing on a sample of nine LAC countries. The sector did quite well during the ISI policy regime, criticized for its price discrimination, and does not show the assumed characteristics of the ‘lost decade’ during most of the 1980s, as even agricultural exports (in constant terms) remained important, only to suffer from drops in international prices. Residually treated in the macro-oriented reforms, it has never regained the growth rates under the SAP policy regime, while it was expected that it would benefit more than others. These unorthodox conclusions are founded on a detailed investigation into agricultural output and export performance, correlating it with a reform index (on a country basis).
Anesthesia With Propofol Does Not Reduce Interleukin-6 Release in Response to Abdominal Surgery of Varying Severity

Background: Data on whether anesthesia with propofol promotes or attenuates interleukin-6 (IL-6) production are conflicting. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of different doses of propofol, but similar doses of opiates, on plasma concentrations of IL-6 in patients undergoing two distinct operations of different severity and duration. Methods: This study was a prospective, single-center, two-armed observational study. Blood samples were collected in 28 patients undergoing abdominal hysterectomy (H) or vulvectomy (V). IL-6 was measured 24 hours preoperatively, prior to induction, at the end of the operation, and at 24 and 96 hours postoperatively. We tested the effect of propofol on IL-6 levels with linear regression. Results: IL-6 concentrations at the end of surgery were significantly higher in group H than in group V (38.6 (31.3) pg/mL vs. 3.7 (2.7) pg/mL, P < 0.001). Peak levels of IL-6 were seen in group H at the end of operation, while maximum levels in group V were attained 24 hours after surgery. No relationship between administered amount of propofol and IL-6 release could be identified. However, peak levels of IL-6 were significantly correlated to surgery duration in both group H and group V (r = 0.773, P = 0.002 vs. r = 0.568, P = 0.034). Conclusions: Propofol does not diminish perioperative levels of IL-6 in patients undergoing abdominal hysterectomy or vulvectomy. The results also suggest that surgery duration is the main determinant of IL-6 response in both patient groups. Our findings indicate that there may be a clinical benefit to reduce the duration of surgery. J Clin Gynecol Obstet. 2016;5(4):106-111 doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/jcgo413w
Examining bed-bath practices of critically ill patients

Introduction : Daily bed-baths are usually provided for most critically ill patients to improve patient hygiene, promote comfort and improve health outcomes. Critically ill patients are at greater risk for skin colonization and infection with multidrug-resistant organisms. Therefore, it is important to provide critically ill patient with effective personal hygiene especially bed-bath as poor hygiene may increase the risk of infection. The decision for bed-bath depends on the judgment of the caring nurse. The aim of this work was to describe bed-bath practices in intensive care units. Methods : A descriptive design was used. Sixty intensive care unit nurses were involved. Tool: “Bed-bath practices of critically ill patients’ assessment sheet” was used to collect data. Results : More than three quarters of nurses, 79% had improper bed-bath practices. The gap for safe bed-bath practices between nurses’ current bed-bath practices and the bed-bath evidence-based recommendations is wide (83%). Nurses’ self-reported reasons that hinder safe bed-bath practices were financial resources, followed by lack of equipment, no policy, lack of knowledge, and workload. Conclusions : Although, bed-bath is a routine nursing procedure, critical care nurses in the current study had poor skills and knowledge regarding it. The factors affecting bed-bath practice are financial resources, lack of equipment, no policy, lack of knowledge and workload. In-service training program should be conducted for nurses regarding putting priority of nursing care, determining timing and frequency for the bed-bath.
Effects of garlic (Allium sativum) extract on the expression of receptor for advanced glycation end products and proinflammatory cytokines secretion in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Background: Receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) plays a causative role in diabetes. Garlic (Allium sativum) belongs to compounds with anti-glycation activity that can be considered as probable therapeutic approaches in delaying or preventing the onset of diabetes complications. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of garlic on the RAGE expression and proinflammatory cytokines secretion in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Materials and Methods: The PBMCs were isolated from 20 patients with fasting blood sugar level above 126 mg/dl and treated with R10 fraction and whole garlic extract in presence or absence of glycated albumin. The expression of RAGE was detected using flow cytometry and the proinflammatory cytokines secretion was evaluated by ELISA. Results: Glycated albumin increased RAGE expression and proinflammatory cytokines secretion. Treatment with whole garlic extract significantly reduced TNF-α and IL-1β secretion and RAGE expression by PBMCs but R10 fraction augmented the proinflammatory cytokines and RAGE expression in absence or presence of glycated albumin. Conclusion: Downregulation of RAGE expression was associated with decreased secretion of IL-1β and TNF-α from PBMCs after treatment with whole garlic, while R10 fraction of garlic significantly augmented RAGE expression and proinflammatory cytokines secretion. These data indicates that modulation of RAGE expression may be one plausible reason for the garlic effects on proinflammatory cytokines secretion.
Residential child care workers: Relationship based practice in a culture of fear

Reflecting developments in‘out of home care’nationally and internationally (Whittaker, Valle, & Holmes, 2015), the residential child caresector in the Republic of Ireland has been (and remains) a contested space in terms of its purpose, role and function with changes bothreflecting and being shaped by the broader social, cultural and politicalcontext (Fenton, 2015; Gilligan, 2009). Defined as‘a physical setting inwhich children and young people are offered care: physical nurturing;social learning opportunities; the promotion of health and wellbeingand specialized behaviour training’(Fulcher, 2001, p. 418); residentialchild care in the Republic of Ireland currently caters for about 5% ofthe total population in care. It is well documented (Gilligan, 2009;Raftery & O'Sullivan, 1999) that, historically in the Republic of Ireland,the role of the Church was pivotal with religious orders being largelyleft to their own devices in the delivery of institutional care to children.Underpinning discourses that shaped provision at the time namely:rescuing children and young people from‘deprivation’and/or‘deprav-ity’; restoring their physical, moral and spiritual wellbeing; andreintegrating them as fully functioning individuals into their families,communities and society; are reflective of this (Gilligan, 2009;Whittaker et al., 2015). The previously, rarely explored, workings of residential child carebecame the subject of increasing scrutiny from the 1980's onwardswhere, in the Republic of Ireland, the sector has come under sustainedcriticism following revelations of systemic abuse experienced by
Consequences of entropy bifurcation in non-Maxwellian astrophysical environments

Abstract. Non-extensive systems, accounting for long-range interactions and correlations, are fundamentally related to non-Maxwellian distributions where a duality of equilibria appears in two families, the non-extensive thermodynamic equilibria and the kinetic equilibria. Both states emerge out of particular entropy generalization leading to a class of probability distributions, where bifurcation into two stationary states is naturally introduced by finite positive or negative values of the involved entropic index kappa. The limiting Boltzmann-Gibbs-Shannon state (BGS), neglecting any kind of interactions within the system, is subject to infinite entropic index and thus characterized by self-duality. Fundamental consequences of non-extensive entropy bifurcation, manifest in different astrophysical environments, as particular core-halo patterns of solar wind velocity distributions, the probability distributions of the differences of the fluctuations in plasma turbulence as well as the structure of density distributions in stellar gravitational equilibrium are discussed. In all cases a lower entropy core is accompanied by a higher entropy halo state as compared to the standard BGS solution. Data analysis and comparison with high resolution observations significantly support the theoretical requirement of non-extensive entropy generalization when dealing with systems subject to long-range interactions and correlations.
Flow Experience and Internet Shopping Behavior: Investigating the Moderating Effect of Consumer Characteristics

Researchers have recognized that flow is a constructive construct for elucidating consumer behavior in the context of computer-mediated environments. Accordingly, this paper endeavours to investigate the relationship between flow experience and Internet shopping behavior to which the moderating role of consumer characteristics (trust propensity, willingness to buy and self-confidence) is concerned. Data collected from 395 customers of an online shopping store provide support for the proposed research model. The results show that flow experience is significantly and positively related to Internet shopping behavior (continuance intention, purchase intention and impulsive buying). In addition, it also suggests that the relationship between flow experience and Internet shopping behavior is moderated by consumer characteristics. Specifically, when the extent of a customer's trust propensity, willingness to buy or self-confidence is relatively high, the influence of flow experience on Internet shopping behaviors is maximized. According to the findings, the implications and future research suggestions are provided. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Cell-Wall Mechanical Properties of Bamboo Investigated by In-Situ Imaging Nanoindentation

A novel in-situ imaging nanoindentation technique was used to investigate the cell-wall mechanical properties of bamboo fibers and parenchyma cells. In-situ imaging confirmed neither "piling up" nor "sinking in" occurred around the indentations in the cell walls. The load-displacement curves revealed different deformation mechanisms of the cell walls when indented, respectively, in the longitudinal and transverse direction of bamboo fibers. There existed significant differences in MOE between longitudinal (16.1 GPa) and transverse direction (5.91 GPa) for the cell walls of bamboo fibers, while no differences were significant in hardness. Furthermore, the measured longitudinal MOE and hardness of parenchyma cell walls were 5.8 GPa and 0.23 GPa. This corresponds to 33% and 63% of the corresponding value of bamboo fibers. It was found that the longitudinal MOE of the cells of bamboo fibers remained almost constant from the outer portion to the inner portion of bamboo culms, while hardness showed a decreasing tendency. It was concluded that the nanoindentation technique was capable of effectively characterizing the mechanical properties of bamboo at the cellular level, though it might underestimate the real longitudinal MOE of the cell walls. The results highlighted the extreme importance of locating indentations at the nano scale for the mechanical characterization of complicated natural biomaterials such as wood and bamboo.
Inhibitory effect of botanicals on growth and sporulation of Fusarium oxysporum inciting wilt of Chilli (Capsicum annuum L.)

The antifungal activity of twelve botanicals including commercial formulations of neem and garlic at 1, 2, 5 and 10% concentrations was tested against Fusarium oxysporum (i.e., Isolate Fo8) under in vitro conditions. The botanicals revealed marked reduction in mycelial growth and sporulation of the F. oxysporum isolate. Growth inhibition of F. oxysporum increased linearly with an increase in concentration of the botanicals. Among the botanicals, neem oil formulation (Nemazal) and garlic oil exhibited significant effect on the test fungus. The neem oil (Nemazal) and garlic oil at 10 per cent concentration completely inhibited the mycelial growth that was followed by mustard oil (69.26%), Datura (46.67%), Withania somnifera (34.44%), whereas, the effectiveness of rest of the leaf extracts viz., Chrysanthemum (30.37%), Duranta erecta (28.15%), Bougainvillea (26.30%), Clerodendron enerme (24.44%), Parthenium (20.37%), Cannabis sativa (18.52%) and Eucalyptus (16.30%) thereby indicating less effectiveness. Garlic oil was highly effective (100%) even at 5 per cent concentration, whereas, neem oil was comparatively less effective (59.63%). Similarly, complete inhibition in sporulation was observed by the use of neem oil and garlic oil at 10 per cent that were statistically at par to mustard oil (93.75%), Datura (90.94%), Withania somnifera (87.50%), whereas, the effectiveness of rest of the botanicals viz., Chrysanthemum, Duranta erecta, Bougainvillea, Clerodendron enerme, Parthenium, Cannabis sativa and Eucalyptus varied between 12.82 to 70.00 per cent. The rate of sporulation of F. oxysporum decreased linearly with an increase in concentration and the type of botanicals.
Formic Acid ─ Convenient Liquid Hydrogen Storage for Mobile Applications

In the present work, we explored the catalytic effect of graphitic nanofibres (GNF) particularly of two different morphology, namely planar graphitic nanofibre (PGNF) and helical graphitic nanofibre (HGNF) for enhancement of hydrogen desorption from complex aluminium hydrides such as LiAlH4 and LiMg(AlH4)3. We found that the catalytic activity of fibres depends mainly on its morphology. Hence helical morphology fibres possess superior catalytic activity than planar graphitic nanofibres. The desorption temperature for 8 mol% HGNF admixed LiAlH4 gets lowered from 159°C to 128°C with significantly faster kinetics. In 8 mol% HGNF admixed LiMg(AlH4)3 sample, the desorption temperature gets lowered from 105°C to ~70°C. The activation energy calculated for the first step decomposition of LiAlH4 admixed with 8 mol% HGNF is ~68 kJmol, whereas that for pristine LiAlH4 it is 107 kJ/mol. The activation energy calculated for as synthesized LiMg(AlH4)3 is ~66 kJ/mol. Since the first step decomposition of LiMg(AlH4)3 occurs during GNF admixing, the activation energy for initial step decomposition of GNF admixed LiMg(AlH4)3 could not be estimated.
Sediment resuspension and erosion by vortex rings

Particle resuspension and erosion induced by a vortex ring interacting with a sediment layer was investigated experimentally using flow visualization (particle image velocimetry), high-speed video, and a recently developed light attenuation method for measuring displacements in bed level. Near-spherical sediment particles were used throughout with relative densities of 1.2–7 and diameters (d) ranging between 90 and 1600 μm. Attention was focused on initially smooth, horizontal bedforms with the vortex ring aligned to approach the bed vertically. Interaction characteristics were investigated in terms of the dimensionless Shields parameter, defined using the vortex-ring propagation speed. The critical conditions for resuspension (whereby particles are only just resuspended) were determined as a function of particle Reynolds number (based on the particle settling velocity and d). The effects of viscous damping were found to be significant for d/δ<15, where δ denotes the viscous sublayer thickness. Measuremen.
Adsorption Batch Studies on the Removal of Pb(II) Using Maize Tassel Based Activated Carbon

The demand for clean water is on the increase as rapid industrialization is still contributing to pollution. Nowadays, as water is the basic need for mankind, efforts have gathered momentum to decontaminate it in order to address the acute shortage of clean and pure water. Maize tassel was used as the precursor for making activated carbon for the adsorption of Pb(II) ions. The product obtained was characterized and utilized for the removal of Pb(II) from aqueous solutions over a wide range of initial metal ion concentration (10–50 mg/L), contact time (5–300 min), adsorbent dose (0.1–2.5 g), and pH (2–12). The optimum set of conditions for biosorption of Pb(II) ion were found to be initial concentration 10 mg/L, dosage 1.2 g, and pH 5.4. The adsorption data conformed to both the Langmuir and the Freundlich isotherms but fitted best into the Langmuir model. The <path id="x1D445" d="M627 18l-10 -26q-79 6 -116 27t-69 76q-41 71 -71 138q-13 29 -27.5 39t-42.5 10h-46l-27 -145q-13 -74 -2.5 -88.5t78. 5 -20.5l-6 -28h-271l5 28q66 6 82.5 21.5t30. 5 87.5l71 387q12 66 2 78.5t-77 19.5l8 28h233q102 0 147 -29q65 -43 65 -129q0 -69 -45.5 -117 t-115.5 -72q40 -86 66 -133q39 -68 65 -101q28 -37 73 -51zM491 483q0 67 -33.5 101t-91.5 34q-35 0 -51 -10q-13 -8 -20 -48l-45 -245h49q71 0 113 28q79 52 79 140z" /> for Langmuir equation was 0.9997 and that for Freundlich was 0.9515. The Langmuir monolayer adsorption capacity of the activated carbon was calculated to be 37.31 mg/g. The results indicate that activated carbon might be used to effectively adsorb Pb(II) ions from wastewater treatment plants.
The CLISS Project: Receptive Vocabulary in CLIL versus non-CLIL Groups

Basically, Content and Language Integrated Learning, CLIL, aims at increasing language learners’ exposure to a foreign language by using it as the medium of instruction when teaching ordinary school subjects, e.g. biology and history. It is nowadays a widespread educational approach in Europe and research into CLIL is attracting increasing interest. However, research on the effects of CLIL in the Swedish context is scarce. To remedy this to some extent, the large-scale, longitudinal CLISS project, focusing primarily on CLIL as well as non-CLIL students’ proficiency and progress in written academic English and Swedish in upper secondary school, was launched in 2011. In this article, the CLISS project is accounted for in some detail, and the results from the first round of English receptive vocabulary test are presented. As this test, known as the Vocabulary Levels Test, was administered at the very outset of the CLIL experience for the CLIL students, these results represent baseline data. Findings reveal that already from the start, the CLIL students outperform the non-CLIL ones, and also that the males have a larger vocabulary than the females in both groups of students. Some possible reasons for these results are discussed.
Direction dependent thermal conductivity of monolayer phosphorene: parameterization of Stillinger-Weber potential and molecular dynamics study

A Stillinger-Weber interatomic potential is parameterized for phosphorene. It well reproduces the crystal structure, cohesive energy and phonon dispersion predicted by first-principles calculations. The thermal conductivity of phosphorene is further explored by equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations adopting the optimal set of potential parameters. At room temperature, the intrinsic thermal conductivities along zigzag and armchair directions are about 152.7 and 33.0 W/mK, respectively, with a large anisotropy ratio of five. The remarkably directional dependence of thermal conductivity in phosphorene, consistent with previous reports, is mainly due to the strong anisotropy of phonon group velocities, and weak anisotropy of phonon lifetimes as revealed by lattice dynamics calculations. Moreover, the effective phonon mean free paths at zigzag and armchair directions are about 141.4 and 43.4nm, respectively.
TERMINATION AND DOMINANCE OF CORONARY ARTERIES: ON TELANGANA POPULATION

Address for Correspondence: Dr. Bheemesh Pusala, H.No-4/2/704, Indranagr colony, Vikarabad, RangaReddy Dist Telangana, India. Pin-501101 Mob. No.: +919642630764,+917075326427 E-Mail: bheemesh.india@gmail.com Introduction: Coronary arteries supply oxygen rich blood to entire heart muscle, Arterial supply to heart is achieved by two arteries, which are the only branches from ascending aorta. These arteries branch in such a manner that they occupy atrioventricular and interventricular groove in the shape of a crown. Hence they are called the coronary arteries. The artery supplying the Posterior Descending artery (PDA) determines the coronary dominance. the right dominant coronary circulation is one in which the PDA is a terminal branch of Right Coronary Artery (RCA) and in left dominance, PDA arises from left coronary artery Left dominant hearts are at an increased risk of coronary heart diseases. The present survey was therefore conducted to find out the variations in termination and dominance of coronary arteries. Materials and Methods: The material for the present study comprises of adult human heart collected from the cadavers from the dissection hall of anatomy department of S.V. S medical college, Mahabubnagar from 2007 to 2016. The hearts of 80 adult cadavers fixed with 10% formaldehyde , With the help of Scalpel, Forceps, Scissors, we used Dissection method to secure the heart specimen, then KOH method used To separate the heart muscle mass and for highlight the arterial system Fevicryl crimson red colour . For the Angiogram study,20 Coronary angiograms and 20 CT angiograms films were collected from the Department of Cardiology, Yashoda hospital, Secunderabad to compare the coronary arteries in the living with that cadavers. Results: Right coronary artery terminated as a 7.5% before right border, 15% at right border, 22.50% before Crux and 55% at crux or beyond crux. Left coronary artery terminated as a15% at Apex, 85% Lower 1/3rd of Posterior IV groove.and Right Coronary Artery Dominance were found in 70% hearts, Left Dominance were found in 15% hearts and balanced were found in 15% hearts. Conclusions: Better anatomical knowledge about the dominance of coronary artery and its variation is essential for cardiologists and interpretation of coronary angiograms by radiologist.