Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Barriers of knowledge sharing in Malaysian hotels

The purpose of this research is to identify the important barriers in knowledge sharing in luxury hotels and consider significance of motivational points for managers in using knowledge sharing base on knowledge management strategy for their requirement, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.This qualitative research was selected through 23 persons semi-structured interviews with managers and some senior staff of three (four-five) hotels in Malaysia.The progressive comparative analysis was applied in this article.The result shows that barriers in work environment, personnel attitude, and knowledge transfer within the organization, are the main barriers observed in luxury hotels in Malaysia.Identifying the barriers of sharing knowledge and overcoming them in hotel industry of Malaysia as a tourism country can help the stakeholders in this industry to increase the organizational capability and effectiveness, and gain more intellectual assets in terms of knowledge as their competitive advantages.
USAGE INTENTION FOR REAL-TIME PRODUCTION CAPABILITY INFORMATION SYSTEM

With the prosperity and the growing trend of online information system applications, consumers and business alike have been changing their behavioral models for obtaining information. This brings enormous commercial opportunities to the catering industry. In order to promote its competitive advantages, Napoli Pizza, a chain restaurant in Taiwan, implemented a real-time kitchen production capability information system (e-KS). This research aims at helping Napoli Pizza to identify factors affecting employeesâ€™ attitude toward e-KS usage intention. The results show that employees have positive impressions and evaluations of e-KS, and the most influential factor is employeesâ€™ â€œattitude toward usingâ€, which has a significant effect on their usage intention. To cite this document: Tsuen-Ho Hsu, Ling-Zhong Lin, and Chih-Kwang Yang, "Usage intention for real-time production capability information system", International Journal of Electronic Commerce Studies, Vol.6, No.1, pp.69-86, 2015. Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi. org/10.7903/ijecs.1396
Strong brands : how brand strategy and brand communication contribute to build brand equity : the case of navigator

In a world of global competition that we are living nowadays, brands are each time more used by companies as a strategy to create value and differentiation and this way to be one step ahead of their rivals. A "brand" is the result of the recognition and the personal attachment that forms in the hearts and minds of the customers through their accumulated experience with that “brand”. These experiences contribute to increased consumer trust and loyalty and allow building strong relationships with the “brand”. By this way, “brands” promote the increase of shareholder value and establish a long-term advantage in the marketplace for organisations. Companies recognise that strong brands are and have been historically associated with accelerated revenue growth and improved returns to shareholders. That is why, each time more organisations focus their strategies on building powerful brands as they represent competitive advantage and they are a key success factor in creating value to the customer and at the same time value to the company. In this regard, this study intends to show how effective brand strategy and brand communication contribute to build brand equity and consequently create a strong brand. For this purpose, the case study of Navigator was chosen, being a good example to show how the brand has been managed to become a powerful brand in the premium office paper segment.
Antenna Selection and Hybrid Beamforming for Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer in Multi-Group Multicasting Systems

In this paper, low-cost alternatives to full digital beamforming, namely, antenna selection and hybrid beamforming, are proposed for simultaneous wireless information and power transfer in a multi-group multicasting scenario. The joint problem can be outlined as the design of beamformer weight vectors and power splitting ratios in order to satisfy both signal-to-interference-plus-noise-ratio and harvested power constraints at each user with minimum transmission power. We first develop an efficient algorithm for antenna selection by converting the original mixed integer programming problem into a continuous one and adapting feasible point pursuit-successive convex approximation. Second, a new hybrid beamforming structure is presented for multi-group multicasting. Both continuous and discrete-phase hybrid beamformers are considered in this content. Two algorithms for continuous-phase case are developed by employing two competing techniques. In addition, a special two-bit discrete-phase hybrid beamformer design is considered for practical systems. The integer constraints are converted into linear equality and inequalities for this specific structure and an efficient algorithm is designed. The proposed algorithms are compared for different scenarios revealing some interesting characteristics of each technique.
Child gender and the transition to marriage

We estimate the effect of a child’s gender on the mother’s probability of marriage or remarriage using data from the PSID Marital History and Childbirth and Adoption History Files. We find that the birth of a son speeds the transition into marriage when the child is born before the mother’s first marriage. A competing-risks analysis shows that the positive effect of a son is stronger for marriages to the child’s biological father than for other marriages. We find no significant effect of child gender on the mother’s remarriage probabilities when the children are born within a previous marriage. These results are consistent with a marital-search model in which sons, more than daughters, increase the value of marriage relative to single parenthood.
In Vivo Efficacy of a Cocktail of Human Monoclonal Antibodies (CL184) Against Diverse North American Bat Rabies Virus Variants

Following rabies virus (RABV) exposure, a combination of thorough wound washing, multiple-dose vaccine administration and the local infiltration of rabies immune globulin (RIG) are essential components of modern post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP). Although modern cell-culture-based rabies vaccines are increasingly used in many countries, RIG is much less available. The prohibitive cost of polyclonal serum RIG products has prompted a search for alternatives and design of anti-RABV monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) that can be manufactured on a large scale with a consistent potency and lower production costs. Robust in vitro neutralization activity has been demonstrated for the CL184 MAb cocktail, a 1:1 protein mixture of two human anti-RABV MAbs (CR57/CR4098), against a large panel of RABV isolates. In this study, we used a hamster model to evaluate the efficacy of experimental PEP against a lethal challenge. Various doses of CL184 and commercial rabies vaccine were assessed for the ability to protect against lethal infection with representatives of four distinct bat RABV lineages of public health relevance: silver-haired bat (Ln RABV); western canyon bat (Ph RABV); big brown bat (Ef-w1 RABV) and Mexican free-tailed bat RABV (Tb RABV). 42–100% of animals survived bat RABV infection when CL184 (in combination with the vaccine) was administered. A dose-response relationship was observed with decreasing doses of CL184 resulting in increasing mortality. Importantly, CL184 was highly effective in neutralizing and clearing Ph RABV in vivo, even though CR4098 does not neutralize this virus in vitro. By comparison, 19–95% survivorship was observed if human RIG (20 IU/kg) and vaccine were used following challenge with different bat viruses. Based on our results, CL184 represents an efficacious alternative for RIG. Both large-scale and lower cost production could ensure better availability and affordability of this critical life-saving biologic in rabies enzootic countries and as such, significantly contribute to the reduction of human rabies deaths globally.
Activity Report 2016 Team POLARIS Performance analysis and optimization of LARge Infrastructures and Systems

GameSeer is a tool for students and researchers in game theory that uses Mathematica to generate phase portraits for normal form games under a variety of (user-customizable) evolutionary dynamics. The aim of GameSeer is a) to provide a numerical integration kernel for phase portrait and equilibrium set generation; and b) to provide a graphical user interface that allows the user to employ said capabilities from a simple and intuitive front-end
Contrasting genetic diversity patterns in two sister kelp species co‐distributed along the coast of Brittany, France

We investigated patterns of genetic structure in two sister kelp species to explore how distribution width along the shore, zonation, latitudinal distribution and historical factors contribute to contrasting patterns of genetic diversity. We implemented a hierarchical sampling scheme to compare patterns of genetic diversity and structure in these two kelp species co‐distributed along the coasts of Brittany (France) using a total of 12 microsatellites, nine for Laminaria hyperborea and 11 for Laminaria digitata, of which eight amplified in both species. The genetic diversity and connectivity of L. hyperborea populations were greater than those of L. digitata populations in accordance with the larger cross‐shore distribution width along the coast and the greater depth occupied by L. hyperborea populations in contrast to L. digitata populations. In addition, marginal populations showed reduced genetic diversity and connectivity, which erased isolation‐by‐distance patterns in both species. As L. digitata encounters its southern range limit in southern Brittany (SBr) while L. hyperborea extends down to mid‐Portugal, it was possible to distinguish the effect of habitat continuity from range edge effects. We found that L. digitata did not harbour high regional diversity at its southern edge, as expected in a typical rear edge, suggesting that refuges from the last glacial maximum for L. digitata were probably not located in SBr, but most likely further north. For both species, the highest levels of genetic diversity were found in the Iroise Sea and Morlaix Bay, the two regions in which they are being currently harvested. Preserving genetic diversity of these two foundation species in these areas should, thus, be a priority for the management of this resource in Brittany.
Dynamic equilibrium between vesicular stomatitis virus glycoprotein monomers and trimers in the Golgi and at the cell surface

Previous studies have shown that trimers of the vesicular stomatitis virus glycoprotein (VSV G protein) are in rapid equilibrium with monomeric subunits after folding and assembly in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). To determine whether G protein trimers were in equilibrium with monomers in other cellular compartments, we studied heterotrimer formation between VSV G protein and a mutant G protein (G mu protein) containing a 3-amino-acid cytoplasmic domain replacing the normal 29-amino-acid domain. The G mu protein is transported from the ER much more slowly than G protein, although both G and G mu proteins form trimers rapidly in the ER. In coexpression experiments, we observed that VSV G protein molecules exited the ER about sixfold faster than G mu protein molecules, and we observed no heterotrimer formation in the ER, probably because of rapid reassortment of the mutant and wild-type trimers. However, heterotrimer formation between the two proteins was observed after long chase periods that allowed time for trimers of the mutant protein to reach the plasma membrane and reassort with the G protein subunits. Additional studies showed that heterotrimers of the two proteins could form in the Golgi or in the ER if exit of the G protein from either compartment was blocked.
Echinococcus of the liver.

There are two forms of echinococcus that affect the liver of humans, E granulosus and E multilocularis. The second is comparatively rare and geographically isolated. Differentiation between the two is important and easy using specific serological tests. Treatment and prognosis differ considerably; E granulosus is comparatively simple to treat and death is exceptional, whereas E multilocularis is often inoperable and death has until recently been common in all but early disease although chemotherapy is now changing the outcome. The clinical presentations of both forms of hydatid disease are comparatively nonspecific. The past 10 years have seen considerable changes in the treatment of hydatid disease. The introduction of mebendazole, albendazole, and praziquantell-3 has improved treatment. What now are the relative places of surgery and chemotherapy? Patients with genuinely inoperable disease and those who are unfit for surgery should clearly receive medical treatment while the young and fit with symptomatic, easily removable cysts should have surgery but adjuvant chemotherapy may reduce the risks of recurrence.4 5 The treatment of asymptomatic cysts is less clear. For large cysts, surgery should be favoured but many patients can now be successfully treated medically. The treatment of patients who do not fall into these extremes is less clear. Most patients probably remain best served by an operation but with both pre and postoperative chemotherapy.
Sentinel lymph node biopsy in melanoma patients: the medical oncologist's perspective

With the advent of sentinel node (sN) biopsy in melanoma patients, elective lymph node dissection (ELND) can be considered an exceeded procedure. Regardless of the possible therapeutic benefits, sN biopsy efficiently predicts prognosis avoiding the morbidity rate of ELND. The importance of the sN is underlined by multivariate analyses, which show that the sN status represents the most important prognostic factor influencing disease‐free and distant disease‐free survival in patients with stage I and II melanoma. Moreover, sN biopsy provides a minimally invasive method for identifying those patients with subclinical nodal metastasis who actually have stage III disease, with a very high risk of occult distant metastases and who may benefit by adjuvant therapy. J. Surg. Oncol. 2004;85:162–165. © 2004 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Universities as patent- and licensing income-generating institutions: a survey in Taiwan

This study examines the preliminary results of patenting and licensing activities in Taiwanese Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) from 1997 to 2001. We propose a framework to analyse the influence of a university's internal Intellectual Property Right (IPR) management and external research partnerships on creating income through patenting and licensing. Through a postal questionnaire survey, all 122 HEIs in Taiwan were surveyed. The empirical results demonstrate that internalised IPR management capability and external research partnerships have substantially increased the amount of academic patents and licensing income. The paper reveals that the relation between external research partnership and patterns of academic licensing is moderated by industry research funding, towards more domestic and partner-oriented licensing. This has crucial policy implications for enhancing effective national triple-helix interactions.
Stark Contrast in Denitrification and Anammox across the Deep Norwegian Trench in the Skagerrak

ABSTRACT Environmental anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) was demonstrated for the first time in 2002, using 15N labeling, in homogenized sediment from the Skagerrak, where it accounted for up to 67% of N2 production. We returned to some of these original sites in 2010 to make measurements of nitrogen and carbon cycling under conditions more representative of those in situ, quantifying anammox and denitrification, together with oxygen penetration and consumption, in intact sediment cores. Overall, oxygen consumption and N2 production decayed with water depth, as expected, but the drop in N2 production was relatively more pronounced. Whereas we confirmed the dominance of N2 production by anammox (72% and 77%) at the two deepest sites (∼700 m of water), anammox was conspicuously absent from two shallower sites (∼200 m and 400 m). At the shallower sites, we could measure no anammox activity with either intact or homogeneous sediment, and quantitative PCR (16S rRNA) gave a negligible abundance of anammox bacteria in the anoxic layers. Such an absence of anammox, especially at one locale where it was originally demonstrated, is hard to reconcile. Despite the dominance of anammox at the deepest sites, anammox activity could not make up for the drop in denitrification, and assuming Redfield ratios for the organic matter being mineralized, the estimated retention of fixed N actually increased to 90% to 97% of that mineralized, whereas it was 80% to 86% at the shallower sites.
The blood flow in the human forearm following venous congestion

Bayliss in 1902 and Folkow in 1949 found that increasing or decreasing the internal pressure in blood vessels in the cat's hindleg caused the tone of the vessel wall to increase or decrease respectively. As this response still occurred after complete denervation of the vessels Folkow concluded that it was a property of the vessel wall and was not neurogenic in origin. Hilton (1953) noted an absence of reactive hyperaemia following venous occlusion in the hindlimbs of the cat and attributed this to the fact that the intravascular pressure did not decrease during this procedure. The experiments to be described were devised to see if such an increase in tone could be obtained by increasing the pressure within the vessels of the human forearm, and if so, whether it was an inherent property of the vessel wall, or was mediated through nervous pathways.
Segmentation of high-resolution multispectral image based on extended morphological profiles

High-resolution multispectral remote sensing image provides both spectral and structural information about land cover/land use types. In segmentation of such complex image scenes with obvious texture, the efficient image segmentation is required. In this study, a method for high resolution image segmentation based on the extended morphological profiles is proposed. First, fundamental morphological vector operations (erosion and dilation) are defined by the extension, taking into account the spatial and spectral information in simultaneous fashion. Theoretical definitions of extended morphological operations are used in the formal definition of the concept of extended morphological profiles, which is constructed based on the repeated use of openings and closings by reconstruction with a structuring element (SE) of increasing size. Then, the morphological multiscale characteristic (MMC) of each pixel is gained through the derivative of the extended morphological profiles (DEMP). A modified method was proposed to obtain the right morphological characteristics of the pixel, which will be used for the final segmentation results. Finally, a simple region merging method based on the distance between two centroids of the neighboring regions was adopted to further improve the segmentation result. The proposed approach is applied to high- resolution QuickBird multispectral images from urban, agricultural and forest areas for evaluation and comparison with existing methods, in terms of qualitative visual inspection and quantitative criteria. The proposed method demonstrated better performance than the classical morphological segmentation approaches.
Governance, Management and Professional Influences on Infection Control in Canterbury Public Hospitals 1978-2008

III PREFACE V List of Tables xii List of figures xiii ABBREVIATIONS XIV CHAPTER ONE-INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Background 1 1.2 Aims of this study 1 1.3 Background to Infection Control in New Zealand. 2 1.4 Public Health significance 3 1.5 Overview of Research Process 3 1.6 Outline of structure of the thesis 4 CHAPTER TWO-INFLUENCES ON INFECTION CONTROL 1978-2008 5 2.
Control Plane Optimization in Software-Defined Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks

The vehicle ad hoc network (VANET) is an emerging network technology that is expected to be cost-effective and adaptable, making it ideal to provide network connection service to drivers and passengers on today's roads. In the next generation of VANETs with fifth-generation (5G) networks, software-defined networking (SDN) technology will play a very important role in network management. However, for infotainment applications, high latency in VANET communication imposes a great challenge for network management, whereas direct communication through the cellular networks brings high cost. In this paper, we present an optimizing strategy to balance the latency requirement and the cost on cellular networks, in which we encourage vehicles to send the SDN control requests through the cellular networks by rebating network bandwidth. Furthermore, we model the interaction of the controller and vehicles as a two-stage Stackelberg game and analyze the game equilibrium. From the experimental results, the optimal rebating strategy provides smaller latency than other control plane structures.
Identification and molecular characterization of serological group C streptococci isolated from diseased pigs and monkeys in Indonesia

The present study was designed to comparatively investigate 34 beta-hemolytic streptococci isolated from infected pigs and monkeys from various islands in Indonesia. According to the serological and biochemical data, all 34 isolates were Lancefield's serological group C streptococci and could be identified as Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus. Of the 34 group C streptococci investigated, 28 grew on solid media in large, mucoid colonies, in fluid media at a uniform turbidity, and in soft agar in diffuse colonies. A decapsulation test with a hyaluronidase-producing Staphylococcus aureus strain revealed the hyaluronic acid nature of the capsular material. The remaining six streptococci grew on solid media in small, nonmucoid colonies, in fluid media as sediment with clear supernatant, and in soft agar in compact colonies. Determination of surface hydrophobicity by salt aggregation revealed a hydrophilic surface for the encapsulated bacteria and a hydrophobic surface for the unencapsulated group C streptococci. To further analyze the epidemiological relationships, all 34 mucoid and nonmucoid isolates from pigs and monkeys were subjected to protein and DNA fingerprinting. The latter was performed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. The protein profiles of all 34 isolates and the DNA profiles of 32 isolates appeared to be identical, with the DNA profiles of 2 isolates being closely related, indicating that a single virulent clone is responsible for this disease outbreak in Indonesia.
Performance, characteristics, and case mix in Japanese and American teaching hospitals.

The studies of Iglehart, Ikegami, and Yoshikawa1-3 have described the Japanese health care financing and delivery system. However, answers as to why Japan only spends 6.8% of its gross domestic product on health care,4 while having more hospitals and beds than the United States, no apparent limits on universal access to care, and maintaining a mostly private fee-for-service provider system, have remained largely speculative. To begin to shed light on differences between Japan and the United States at a institution-specific rather than national