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Stability assessment of a small islanded power network with high penetration of renewable energy

Electricity generation using renewable energy sources especially wind and solar photovoltaic is increasing rapidly and replacing fossil generation. The impact is more significant in small islanded networks which historically have relied on diesel engines for generation. Since wind and photovoltaic generation is intermittent and unpredictable, it becomes difficult to schedule and manage a small network with varying load demand. Therefore, conventional generation or some kind of energy storage is required to maintain the balance between total network generation and load demand. This paper presents a case study of a small islanded electrical network in Western Australia with various combinations of wind turbines, photovoltaic modules and diesel generators. It studies their impact on voltage and frequency stability of the network with a view to maximize the penetration of renewable energy.
BIM adoption and implementation within a mechanical contracting firm

This paper presents the preliminary findings of an on-going research project which aims to study the adoption and implementation of building information modeling (BIM) within a small or medium enterprise (SME) working in the Mechanical contracting field. The objectives of the research are to: document the BIM adoption and implementation process for a specialty contractor in the AEC industry; evaluate the impact of this transformational process within the organization and across it’s project network; determine avenues of development for productivity gains using BIM and other IT tools. The paper focuses on three determinant axis of BIM deployment within a SME: (a.) Driving BIM adoption throughout the organization; (b.) Driving BIM implementation at the project network level from the organizational perspective, and. (c) assessment. The paper concludes by presenting and discussing a series of factors which have been identified as having an influence on the BIM adoption and implementation process at the speciality contractor level.
Banks, retailers and their customers: a relationship marketing perspective

As retail organisations offer financial services to their customers at an increasing rate, this paper uses the emerging relationship marketing paradigm to gain strategic insights. The first level of analysis is at the organisation/customer interface. Four scenarios are analysed, which have recently emerged in international situations. These show that retail organisations are reducing the interaction and communication that banks have with their customers. Relationship marketing theory is then used to understand the implications that these scenarios pose for banks. The second analysis is at the business‐to‐business level. The application of the concept of relationship marketing at this level suggests that banks and retail organisations should focus on co‐operation rather than competition. This paper proposes strategic alliances will enable both parties to achieve more together than individually.
Successful Sino-Western Business Negotiation: Participants' Accounts of National and Professional Cultures

Chinese and Western interviewees related their experiences of culture in Sino-Western business negotiation focusing on the Chinese. Regard ing Chinese cultural influences on negotiations, both groups pointed to the Chinese cultural value of personal relationship and Chinese business practices as major factors and considered communication and social etiquette as a minor factor. Chinese interviewees but not West erners further identified system constraints as a main factor. Profes sional culture elements also emerged as important to Sino-Western business negotiations. The Chinese wanted improvements in their stan dard procedures, professional symbolic systems, instrumental relation ships, and professional ethics, whereas Westerners expressed their need to adapt. Successful strategies by Chinese negotiators focused pri marily on rational, professional approaches while those by Westerners centered on effective coping with Chinese social values.
Governance and Smallholder Farmer Competitiveness in High Value Food Chains

We are indebted to many colleagues with whom we have discussed these issues and with whom we have collaborated over the years. We would like to thank in particular Hamish Gow, Tom Reardon, Liesbeth Dries, Bart Minten, Nivelin Noev, Jan Falkowski, Etleva Germenji, Marc Sadler, Matt Gorton, Siemen van Berkum, Chris Barrett, Julio Berdegue, Steve Jaffee, Kees van der Meer, Csaba Csaki, Jim Vercammen, Jikun Huang, and Scott Rozelle.
Inter-Market Competition and Bank Loan Spreads: Evidence from The Securities Offering Reform

I provide evidence of a new mechanism by which access to public securities mitigates the bank hold-up problem and reduces loan spreads – it increases a borrower's bargaining power vis-a-vis a lender by offering a bank loan substitute. Difference-in-differences results indicate that loan spreads decline following legislation that makes public securities more attractive, but only when public securities represent a credible substitute for the bank loan (i.e., for term loans taken out by credit rated borrowers). Spreads on revolving lines of credit, which are more complementary with public securities, increase.
Venice Chart International Consensus Document on Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

Venice Chart International Consensus Document on Atrial Fibrillation Ablation ANDREA NATALE, M.D.,∗ ANTONIO RAVIELE, M.D.,† THOMAS ARENTZ, M.D.,‡ HUGH CALKINS, M.D.,¶ SHIH-ANN CHEN, M.D.,∗∗ MICHEL HAISSAGUERRE, M.D.,†† GERHARD HINDRICKS, M.D.,‡‡ YEN HO, M.D.,¶¶ KARL HEINZ KUCK, M.D.,∗∗∗ FRANCIS MARCHLINSKI, M.D.,††† CARLO NAPOLITANO, M.D.,‡‡‡ DOUGLAS PACKER, M.D.,¶¶¶ CARLO PAPPONE, M.D.,∗∗∗∗ ERIC N. PRYSTOWSKY, M.D.,†††† RICHARD SCHILLING, M.D.,‡‡‡‡ DIPEN SHAH, M.D.,¶¶¶¶ SAKIS THEMISTOCLAKIS, M.D.,† and ATUL VERMA, M.D.,∗∗∗∗∗ for the Venice Chart members From the ∗Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, USA; †Department of Cardiology, Arrhythmologic Section, Umberto I Hospital, Venice-Mestre, Italy; ‡Arrhythmia Service, Herz-Zentrum, Bad Krozingen, Germany; ¶Department of Cardiology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, USA; ∗∗Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine and Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; ††Hospital du Haut Leveque, CHU Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France; ‡‡University Leipzig, Heart Center, Department of Cardiology, Leipzig, Germany; ¶¶National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College and Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals, London, UK; ∗∗∗Second Medical Department, St Georg General Hospital, Hamburg, Germany; †††Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA; ‡‡‡Molecular Cardiology Laboratory, University of Pavia, Salvatore Maugeri Foundation, Pavia, Italy; ¶¶¶Department of Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA; ∗∗∗∗Department of Cardiology, Electrophysiology and Cardiac Pacing Unit, San Raffaele University Hospital, Milan, Italy; ††††St. Vincent Hospital and Health Care Center Program, Indianapolis, USA; ‡‡‡‡St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, UK; ¶¶¶¶Cardiology Cantonal Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; ∗∗∗∗∗University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Conjugated linoleic acid and trans fatty acid composition of cows' milk fat produced in lowlands and highlands

Conjugated linoleic acids (CLA) have become very significant due to their possible anticarcinogenic as well as their antiatherogenic, immunomodulatory, growthpromoting and lean body mass-enhancing properties (MacDonald, 2000; Parodi, 1999). On the other hand, trans fatty acids are considered a possible potential risk factor for coronary heart disease (Willett et al. 1993; Shapiro, 1997). In milk, these two fatty acid groups are intermediate products of the biohydrogenation of linoleic acid (c9,c12-octadecadienoic acid) to stearic acid by the rumen bacterium Butyrovibrio fibrisolvens (Kepler et al. 1966). There are several isomers of CLA, of which the c9,t11-isomer accounts for more than 82% of the total CLA concentration (Chin et al, 1992). Other isomers in milk fat are, e.g. : c9,c11-; t9,c11-; t9,t11; c10,c12; c10,t12; t10,c12and t10,t12-octadecadienoic acid. The CLA concentration of milk can vary within a broad range. In 1756 milk fat samples Precht & Molkentin (1999) found a CLA content from 0±10 g}100 g up to 1±89 g}100 g milk fat. CLA in milk can be influenced by several factors such as animal breed (Lawless et al. 1999), feeding regimen: feed allowance (Stanton et al. 1997a), feeding dietary oils (Stanton et al. 1997a ; Kelly et al, 1998; Dhiman et al. 1999, 2000) or feeding full fat rapeseeds or soybeans (Lawless et al. 1998). Further determining factors are age of the animals (Stanton et al. 1997a ; Lal & Narayama, 1984) and season (Parodi, 1977; Stanton et al. 1997b ; Collomb & Bu$ hler, 2000). The influence of the botanical composition of grass on milk composition has been studied in the lowlands (altitude 600–650 m), mountains (900–1200 m) and highlands (1275–2120 m) (Project description: Jeangros et al. 1997). The lowland grassland is composed only of grasses and legumes and its botanical diversity is distinctly less than that of the highland permanent pastures. With rising altitude, we noticed a decrease in the proportion of grasses and an increase in numerous dicotyledonous species, particularly Compositae, Rosaceae and Plantaginaceae (Table 1) (Jeangros et al. 1999).
Event detection in NILM using Cepstrum smoothing

Event detection plays an important role in nonintrusive load monitoring to accurately detect the switching of appliances in a residential environment. Improving the detection ratios of those methods while keeping the computational cost under control is important. This paper presents a new event detection mechanism that works in the frequency domain and uses Cepstrum smoothing to eliminate noise. We explore the potential of our method by comparing with the χ GOF method on the BLUED dataset. The results indicate that our method is competitive with the state-of-the-art having as advantage that the same feature can also be used for appliance detection.
A high frequency of XO offspring from XPafY* male mice: evidence that the Paf mutation involves an inversion spanning the X PAR boundary

It has previously been reported that 19% of the daughters of males carrying the X-linked mutation patchy fur (Paf) are XO with a maternally derived X chromosome. We now report that hemizygous Paf males that also carry the variant Y chromosome Y*, show a much increased XO production (∼40% of daughters). We hypothesize that the Paf mutation is associated with an inversion spanning the pseudoautosomal region (PAR) boundary, and that this leads to preferential crossing over between the resulting inverted region of PAR and an equivalent inverted PAR region within the compound Y* PAR. This would lead to the production of dicentric X and acentric Y products and consequent sex chromosome loss. This interpretation is supported by analysis of the sex chromosome complements at the second meiotic metaphase, which revealed a high incidence of dicentrics. Another curious feature of the Paf mutation is that mice that are homozygous Paf have more hair than mice that are hemizygous Paf. This can be explained if the Paf mutation is a hypomorphic mutation that escapes X inactivation because, unlike the wild type allele, it is now located within the PAR.
Increasing shareholder value through building Customer and Brand Equity

Marketers are under increasing pressure to become more accountable and build shareholder value. Two major marketing intangibles at their disposal are Customer Equity, the net present value of the future profit streams from all its customers, and Brand Equity, the inherent value of the brand to the firm and the customer. This paper reviews the current state of the Brand Equity/Customer Equity debate, analysing the different models of Customer Equity and the different measurements of Brand Equity, and draws some comparisons between the similarities and differences of the two approaches. It then develops a model or framework to guide research and to drive an organisation's focus on either or both of the two concepts.
CHAPTER 1 Social Exclusion and Social Policy Research : Defi ning Exclusion

This chapter examines recent social policy research on social exclusion, exploring the way in which the term has been conceptualized and defi ned. It discusses research on the multidimensional measurement of social exclusion, on the process of social exclusion, and on the use of social indicators to monitor trends in social exclusion across countries over time. The empirical research that has captured and measured multidimensional disadvantage has identifi ed various dimensions, including material and situational circumstances, with the aim of exploring the extent of social exclusion. The research indicates that there is a degree of consensus in the social policy literature and that material poverty is not the same as social exclusion. Overall, the results from these studies tend to suggest that, although some people and groups experience relatively high rates of social exclusion as measured by these indicators, there is not a large degree of overlap across the various dimensions.
Why consumers are not using internet banking: a qualitative study

Purpose – This paper illustrates why consumers are resistant to using internet banking.Design/methodology/approach – A survey was used to acquire data from 127 consumers who were not internet bank users.Findings – Using a content analysis procedure, eight factors were identified which explain why consumers are not using internet banking. In order of frequency, the factors are: perceptions about risk; the need; lacking knowledge; inertia; inaccessibility; human touch; pricing and IT fatigue.Research limitations/implications – A list of those consumers who were not internet banking users could not be sourced, meaning that a random sample could not be carried out. The factors which emerged, however, appear to provide a comprehensive understanding of why certain consumers are not internet banking users. The factors provide a useful basis for researchers to conduct studies to better understand what influences a consumer decision not to use the internet as a means of sourcing banking services.Practical implicat.
Systemic Risk in Central and Eastern European Banking and its Determinants. Merton Option Model Approach.

Last crisis and instability of financial markets caused considerable interest within public and academic community in measuring and management systemic risk. This article introduces a new framework for measuring systemic risk by using a risk-adjusted balance sheet approach. In this regard, the analysis of 21 largest commercial banks operating in 7 countries from Central and Eastern Europe, shows potential risk which could threaten all the financial system. The paper concludes new directions for measuring systemic risk by using Merton option model. It shows how risk management tools can be applied in new ways to measure and analyze systemic risk in European banking system. The research results is a systemic risk map for the CEE banking systems. The survey finds also instability risk determinants.
From e-CRM to s-CRM. Critical factors underpinning the social CRM activities of SMEs

Abstract This paper builds on previous research that investigated the critical factors underpinning the e-CRM activities of SMEs. However, marketing practice has moved on from the ‘e’ in e-CRM. Today, the disruptive technologies in CRM are social media. This is particularly true for SMEs, where social media are free tools that can be used to foster engagement between organization and consumer, and thus social CRM (s-CRM). An online survey was completed by 156 SMEs, and exploratory factor analysis uncovered seven factors underpinning their s-CRM activities. Findings illustrate the importance of a customer relationship orientation, uncover support and data issues around social media use, promote the importance of customer engagement in online communities, and recognise the driving role of information processes. This study contributes to theory by measuring s-CRM in SMEs through a dynamic capabilities lens. For SME owner-managers, it emphasises the need to strategically combine social media use with CRM activities.
Detecting State and Trait Anxiety from Auditory and Visual Cues: A Meta-Analysis

Observers’ ability to detect state anxiety and trait anxiety in others was evaluated in a meta-analysis that also included a critical moderator variable, communication channel. The overall effect size (r) for accuracy was. 39 for the 46 state anxiety studies and. 26 for the 34 trait anxiety studies. However, the effect of communication channel was very substantial in magnitude and highly significant; it also interacted with the type of anxiety. State anxiety was correctly identified more often from audio-only stimuli (M r =. 49) compared with video-only cues (r =. 24), whereas the opposite was true for trait anxiety, where video-only cues resulted in greater accuracy (r =. 31) compared with audioonly stimuli (r =. 05). Results indicated that the moment-to-moment change in emotion (state anxiety) may be better communicated with vocal/verbal stimuli, whereas more stable features of personality (trait anxiety) may be more apparent from body and facial cues.
Brainstorming Reconsidered: A Goal-Based View

In this paper I propose goal setting as a mechanism for linking brainstorming research to organizational creativity. Using the large body of literature on brainstorming as a prototype, I develop a goal-based view of intervention in idea generation. A goal-based view provides new insight into the conduct and evaluation of brainstorming research that improves its relevance to management, and it suggests a broader agenda for defining expectations for creative ideas and tailoring interventions to match these definitions.
Health-improving lifestyles of organic and functional food consumers

Purpose – The desire for health and well-being is a strong driver in the food market. Scientific publications show that health is an important motive for both functional and organic food consumption. The aim of this study is to investigate whether functional and organic food consumers have the same understanding of health, and which health and well-being improving lifestyles are characteristic for them. Based on this, the authors identify dimensions for a wellness-orientated lifestyle model. Design/methodology/approach – In order to measure the different well-being and health lifestyles, AIO dimensions were adapted to theoretical wellness concepts. The results of the conducted factor and multiple OLS regression analyses are based on the data of an online survey of 500 German consumers. Findings – Consumers of functional food have a similar concept of health and well-being to organic consumers, but differ in certain aspects in their way of achieving this. The purchase of organic and functional food is driv.
Cohort Replacement in Earnings Mobility? – Empirical Evidence from Europe and the United States

Based on representative longitudinal data (CNEF 1980-2013) the paper analyzes the level and the determinants of earnings dynamics for different cohorts of female and male employees in Germany, Great Britain, and the United States. Notwithstanding country differences concerning the existing institutional settings of the labor markets, educational systems, and family role models the empirical results show decreasing earnings mobility in the work history. Earnings mobility in Germany and Great Britain is significantly higher than in the United States. Initial wage, education, occupational choice, career stage, birth cohort, and the economic condition continue to influence earnings mobility. The empirical results partly corroborate the cohort replacement hypothesis for female employees in Germany. Gender differentials of earnings mobility origin at the beginning of the work career and continue to contribute to persistent gender differences in economic and social status.
Determinants of Competitor Response Time to a New Product Introduction

This research studies a neglected dimension of competitive defensive strategy—the speed of a competitor's reaction to the introduction of a new product. Building on the literature in organizational and strategic management, the authors investigate how the strategic pressures facing a firm and its organizational characteristics influence the speed with which it is willing and able to respond. A model that considers the ordered nature of the dependent measure is specified and estimated using PIMS data on industrial and consumer product manufacturers. Market growth, the market share of the reacting firm, the typical new product development time and the frequency of product changes in the industry, and the market share of the threatening firm appear to be significant determinants of reaction time.
Cost Analysis on L-shape Composite Componenet Manufacturing

In this work, cost analysis in connection with quality of L-shape composite parts made by Autoclave and Out-of-Autoclave (OOA) techniques was carried out. Both convex and concave molds were used. The cost components include material cost, labor cost, tool and equipment costs (purchasing, maintenance and depreciation cost) and energy cost. A few steps can be taken in parallel for both autoclave and OOA processes. The results indicate that the production time and cost would be saved by using parallel steps. The results show that using OOA leads to lower production cost. The higher material cost associated with OOA process is compensated mainly by the savings on equipment cost.
Molecular detection and characterization of noroviruses from children in Botswana

Stool specimens were collected from 100 children in Botswana. RT‐PCR analysis detected noroviruses (NoVs) in 24% of samples tested. Genogroup I and genogroup II strains were identified. There was no association between NoV detection and age or gender. This study is the first indication that NoVs circulate widely in Botswana. J. Med. Virol. 82:321–324, 2010. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.