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The role of customer management capabilities in public–private partnerships

Commercial organisations are increasingly asked to perform tasks traditionally associated with governmental bodies, such as law enforcement. The rationale for these public–private partnerships is that there are synergies between traditional business skills and those required to achieve certain societal goals. However, there is a lack of research into whether this is, indeed, the case. This paper addresses this gap by investigating one particular type of public–private partnership: anti-money laundering (AML). The study explores the potential synergies between customer relationship management (CRM) and those required for AML. A quantitative survey-based approach is used to identify the overlaps and connections between these two areas of competence. The findings reveal tensions between financial institutions’ dual roles as both commercial organisations and players in the battle against money laundering. The consequences for these firms are explored, and the wider implications for other organisations supplying non-commercial services to government are considered.
PERSONAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS INFLUENCING GLOBAL SELF- ESTEEM OF MEDICAL STUDENTS IN A NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY

The study investigates the role of personal and demographic characteristics in global self-esteem among 262 (183 male and 79 female) final year medical students of 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 sessions of University of Benin. The study utilised a cross-sectional survey design and adopted the convenience sampling technique. to collect data on the Big Five personality traits, self-esteem, and locus of control. All the personality traits jointly accounted for a significant variance in global self-esteem, F (5, 256)= 14.61; p <. 001), with R 2 = 22.2. Relatively, conscientiousness (β =.16; t = 2.53; p <.012), neuroticism (β = -.33; t = -5.07; p <.000), and openness to experience (β = .14; t = 2.33; p <.021) contributed significantly to the variance in global self-esteem. Also, the subscales of locus of control (internality, chance, and powerful others) jointly accounted for the variance in global self-esteem, F (3, 258) = 3.87; p <. 05) with R 2 = 4.3. However, there were no significant differences in global self-esteem based on age groups, gender, ethnicity and marital status. The findings revealed that personal characteristics are likely predictors of the global self-esteem of medical students. Therefore, as part of clinical education, personal characteristics should be considered as an important tool for increasing the sense of self-esteem of medical students.
Corners of invo-clean unital rings

We prove that if R is an invo-clean ring and e is an idempotent, then the corner subring eRe is also invo-clean. In particular, if for any n ∈ N the full matrix n× n ring Mn(R) is invo-clean, then so is R. This supplies our recent publications in Bull. Iran. Math. Soc. (2017), Internat. Math. Forum (2017) and Internat. J. Contemp. Math. Sci. (2018). Mathematics Subject Classification: 16U99; 16E50; 13B99
A Flipped Writing Classroom: Effects on EFL Learners’ Argumentative Essays

According to the literature, flipped teaching is a relatively new pedagogical approach in which the typical activities of classroom lectures followed by homework in common teaching practice are reversed in order, and most often integrated or supplemented with some types of instructional materials, such as instructional videos or PowerPoint files. This experimental study, using a pre-test-treatment-posttest-delayed posttest design, was aimed at investigating the effect of flipped instruction on Iranian EFL learners’ quality of argumentative essays. The participants were 55 students, who were assigned to two groups: the flipped classroom (FC) and the traditional classroom (TC). Each group received 3 sessions of treatment. First, whether there was any significant difference between the FC and TC in the overall quality of the essays was investigated. The FC group significantly outperformed the TC one. Then, whether the difference between the groups varied over time was explored, and it was revealed that the FC was still significantly superior over the TC. Next, whether there would be any significant change in the FC in the long run was examined, and no significant change was seen. The promising results found in FC group can be attributed to not only the flipped instruction but also the process of actively engaging the learners in their learning in addition to incorporating different techniques, such as the video screencasting, collaborative writing, as well as in-class teacher-learner interaction and negotiation because it is argued that the crucial point in flipped instruction is how teachers best use in-class-time with students.
CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF WATERSOLUBLE, CONDUCTING POLY (N-PHENYLGLYCINE)

ABSTRACT Key Words: Chemical Synthesis and Characterization of Water-soluble, Conducting Poly ( N -phenylglycine) Mohammad Reza Nabid 1* , Soheil Salman Taheri 1 , Roya Sedghi,and Ali Akbar Entezami 2 (1) Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Shahid Beheshti University,Tehran-1983963113, Iran(2) Faculty of Chemistry, Tabriz University, Tabriz-5166414766, IranReceived 20 November 2007; accepted 7 April 2008 M any attempts have been made in the last decade to improve the solubility andprocessability of polyaniline (PANI) and various procedures have been devisedin this direction, such as copolymerization, "precursor", "composite" and emul-sion methods. It seems that the presence of an electron withdrawing group or an elec-tron donating group decreases orbital overlap of the π-electrons and the nitrogen lonepair and leads to enhancement of solubility and processability of PANI. N -Phenylglycine (PG) has a similar structure to aniline, but it has a carboxyl group at thesite of nitrogen. Polymerization of PG in presence of template results in a water-solu-ble, conducting polymer. A strong polyelectrolyte acid such as sulphonated polystyrene(SPS) is the most favourable template. Poly (
The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Strategic Management of Reputation Risk: The Case of the Petroleum Industry

The petroleum industry is institutionally complex and its operations are integrated across the entire supply chain. In case of accidents, there are always major economic losses and serious environmental consequences which can damage the reputation of the companies. This makes reputation risk management very important and a major priority for the petroleum industry as it has the potential of erasing the business of any company in the industry. As a policy strategy, CSR plays significant role in shaping the perceptions of stakeholders about the activities of companies, hence has the potential of protecting companies against reputational crises. This study aims to critically examine the role CSR plays in Reputation Risk Management in the petroleum industry. It investigates and critically analyses Reputation Risk Management policies and the influence CSR initiatives have on stakeholders. After a general background introduction to the petroleum industry, it discusses the nature of reputation and reputation risk management, highlighting the existence of policy issues and the approach adopted in managing reputation risk in the petroleum industry. The study combined both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies. The findings reveal that reputation is driven by regulatory compliance, strong financial performance, employees and customer satisfaction, good corp orate governance and leadership. It findings also show that being corporate responsible and insuring effective communication can drive reputation. A further investigation reveals that CSR programs implementation lead to the generation of these driving factors. However, analyses of responses show that reputation management depends on these benefits indicating that CSR as a policy strategy plays a significant role in RRM. In this regard, the study concluded that CSR initiatives can positively influence the desire to manage the reputation of companies in the petroleum industry. The study in it capacity as an empirical research recommends CSR as a holistic approach capable of building an everlasting reputation for companies within and outside the petroleum industry and therefore calls on companies to fully adopt CSR as a risk management strategy.
Foraging habitat and food intake of satellite-tracked king penguins during the austral summer at Crozet Archipelago

The relationsh~ps between the foraging strategy of seabirds, hydrographic features and food availability are poorly understood. We investigated the movements at sea, time spent per oceanic sector, food intake, and d ~ e t of king pengulns Aptenodytespatagonicus in the Crozet Islands (Southern Indian Ocean) during summer, as a function of the position of major frontal zones. Fifteen trips at sea were monitored using satelhte transmitters over 3 austral summers (1992 to 1994). During each season, satellite transmitters were used in conjunction with stomach temperature recorders in order to investigate feeding activity. The at-sea distribution of klng penguins was closely related to the localisation of major hydrographic frontal systems. Intense prospecting areas were observed mainly in zones corresponding to the northern h i t of the Polar Front (50" to 51°S), southern limit of the Sub-Antarctic Front (44.50' to 45O S], and a zone between 47' and 48" S. During trips directed south, 2 distinct phases based on travelling speed were detected. The myctophids Electrons carlsbergi, Krefftichtys anderssoni and Protomyctophurn tenisoni dominated the diet. The est~mated average amount of food ingested per day at sea was 2.4 kg. Between 17 and 64 kg of food was captured during 7 to 25 d at sea. Approximately 80% of the food intake occurred during the first phase of the trip. Food intake was related to trip duration and relative amount of time spent in particular oceanic sectors. The sections 47' to 48" S and 48.5" to 50.50" S appeared particularly favorable for food intake, the latter coinciding with the northern limit of the Polar Front. King penguins fed ~ntensively on several distinct patches when traveling towards the Polar Front. The foraging range seems to be related to the foraging success during the first phase of the trip. The foraging strategy of king penguins during the summer favors displacements toward frontal zones where food availability is optimal.
Brand commitment in a consumer bank services context : an exploratory study

Glossary p.iv attempts new marketing definition of the concepts of 'commitment' and 'inertia' in the consumer banking services context. Section 1 of the 'Addendum' might help postgraduate researchers with 'defence of qualitative research' or 'defence of interpretivist research techniques' as Table 1 links a list of qualitative research techniques with the relevant criteria for carrying out trustworthy Interpretivist research. Section 2 of the 'Addendum' contains key original findings from the main thesis, including a proposed 'Model of Commitment Components' on p. 21 and a 'Typology of Commitment' for consumer banking customers on p. 26. These summary findings are of interest to those researchers in Marketing studying (company or corporate): 'Brand Commitment' or 'Brand Loyalty' in services marketing and especially within a consumer bank services context. Appendix B of the 'Addendum' contains a (proposed but untested) 'Commitment measuring scale', which could be useful to other researchers attempting to measure Attitudinal Commitment to consumer banking provider/s [or to corporate service brand/s].
Employee Attrition: What Makes an Employee Quit?

Albeit to varying degrees, employee attrition is a costly challenge faced by many employers [13]. In this paper, we present a model for predicting employee attrition, as well as discuss the seri-ous ethical implications of using such a model within organizations. To accomplish this, we examined publicly available data from the Oﬃce of Personnel Management, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and IBM. With these sources, we determined a set of statistically signiﬁcant factors that correlate to an employee’s decision to quit, and determined to which types of occupations our model may be applied. After applying Principal Component Analysis and classiﬁcation methods K-Nearest Neighbors and Random Forest, it was Logistic Regression that allowed us to simplify the model and predict employee quits with the highest accuracy of our testing methods, achieving a greater than seventy-four percent success rate.
Phyllostomid bats of a fragmented landscape in the north-eastern Atlantic forest, Brazil

This paper addresses the effects of habitat fragmentation on the phyllostomid bats of the Atlantic rain forest in Brazil, by comparing community structure (species richness and capture frequency) and the frequency of three bat species sampled along 36 transects encompassing six habitat categories: interiors and edges of large (>1000 ha) and small fragments (<100 ha), and the surrounding matrix of second-growth forests and areas of shade cocoa plantation. Species composition, richness and total captures were not directly affected by forest size per se, although the frequency of one dominant forest species (Artibeus obscurus) was significantly lower in small fragments compared with larger ones. The high connectivity among forest patches in the study area and the ability of some species to use the surrounding matrix of secondary forests and shade cocoa plantations possibly precludes the insularization effect. Qualitative habitat changes induced by fragmentation, such as edge formation and forest regrowth affected bat community structure; both modified habitats comprised a limited subset of the species assemblage found in the interiors of mature forests. The results presented here provide evidence of impoverished bat assemblages in man-modified habitats linked with deforestation and overall disturbances related with forest fragmentation.
Larval recruitment in a region of strong, persistent upwelling and recruitment limitation

Author(s): Morgan, SG; Fisher, JL; MacE, AJ | Abstract: Larvae are thought to be highly vulnerable to offshore transport of upwelling regions, limiting recruitment to infrequent wind relaxation and downwelling events. However, larvae could also be transported onshore by upwelled bottom waters, onshore wind-forcing or internal tides throughout the water column. We determined the relative importance of these hypothetical mechanisms for the timing of recruitment of 8 invertebrate taxa during the peak upwelling season in a region of strong, persistent upwelling. Recruitment was determined for 5 yr at an open embayment near the surface and bottom of the water column to examine the interaction of behavioral and physical processes regulating larval recruitment. Postlarvae consistently recruited near the surface or near the bottom depending on the species. Onshore delivery of larvae during wind relaxations and reversals did not best explain recruitment patterns in our area for most taxa. Only mussels consistently recruited more during these events, and they recruited in bottom rather than surface waters. Six crab taxa recruited primarily during upwelling. Recruitment of 7 taxa was intermittently correlated with the maximum tidal range, suggesting that internal waves also may deliver larvae onshore. Thus larvae may recruit by multiple processes in upwelling regions rather than being limited to infrequent relaxation events, leaving the mechanisms responsible for observed spatial patterns in larval recruitment and adult densities unexplained. Comprehensive studies of the behavioral and physical processes underlying larval recruitment and post-settlement mortality are needed to explain observed temporal and spatial variation in population dynamics and community structure in upwelling regions. © Inter-Research 2009.
Scaling of electrical and thermal conductivities in an almost integrable chain

Many low-dimensional materials are well described by integrable one-dimensional models such as the Hubbard model of electrons or the Heisenberg model of spins. However, the small perturbations to these models required to describe real materials are expected to have singular effects on transport quantities: integrable models often support dissipationless transport, while weak non-integrable terms lead to finite conductivities. We use matrix-product-state methods to obtain quantitative values of spin/electrical and thermal conductivities in an almost integrable gapless chain (an XXZ spin chain with staggered fields, or equivalently a spinless fermion chain with staggered on-site potentials). The results at low temperatures validate a scaling theory based on bosonization.
Distribution and Severity of Dry Root Rot of Chickpea Caused by Rhizoctonia bataticola in Parts of North Karnataka

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is one of the most important food legumes and India accounts for approximately 75% of world’s chickpea production. Despite the high total production, yields of chickpea are low due to many biotic and abiotic constraints. Among the biotic constraints more than 50 diseases have so far been reported on chickpea. Among them soil borne disease dry root rot caused by Rhizoctonia bataticola, is the major limiting factor in chickpea production. The survey on the incidence of dry root rot of chickpea was carried out to know the prevalence and distribution of the disease in eight districts of North Karnataka viz., Bidar, Kalaburgi, Yadgir, Raichur, Koppal, Ballari, Dharawad and Vijaypura representing chickpea growing rainfed situations during rabi, 2015-16.
Perception of Information Technology Enablers for Effective Supply Chain Management

This paper reports a study on the importance of enablers in order for IT to support effective supply chain management, as perceived defined by different positions in the supply chain. In the study, a significant difference for the enabler “Funds for IT enablement” is found between the supplier position and other positions. Furthermore relations between the enablers are examined and research is done into why certain factors are being perceived more important than others.
Sosu, Edward (2014) Predicting maternal aspirations for their children's education : the role of parental and child

The current study investigates the nature of maternal educational aspirations and factors that influence mother’s aspirations for their children’s education in the preschool years. Data were drawn from the Growing Up in Scotland survey (N=1999). Findings showed that while majority of mothers (74%) held high educational aspirations for their children, a substantial proportion (12.4%) only aspired for their children to attain high school education and below. Consistent with hypothesis of the transactional model (Sameroff and Mackenzie 2013) used in this study, both parental (socioeconomic status, household size and age) and child characteristics (birth order, gender and conduct problems) significantly predicted mothers’ aspirations for their children’s education. The educational and policy implications of these findings are discussed.
Female Economic Participation With Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Advancement: Evidence From Sub-Saharan Africa

This study complements existing literature by investigating how the advancement in information and communication technology affects the formal economic participation of women. The focus is on 48 African countries for the period 1990-2014. The empirical evidence is based on Ordinary Least Squares, Fixed Effects and the Generalized Method of Moments regressions. The results show that improving communication technology increases female economic participation with the following consistent order of increasing magnitude: mobile phone penetration; internet penetration, and fixed broadband subscriptions. The findings are robust to the control for heterogeneities across countries. Policy implications are discussed.
Factors affecting the formation of acrylamide in coffee.

Four types of green coffee beans (Robusta and Arabica) were roasted in a laboratory roaster and in an oven. The samples were analysed for acrylamide using liquid chromatography with UV detection. Significant difference inacrylamide content was observed in different coffee types. Robusta coffee beans, roasted to different degrees of browning contained more acrylamide than Arabica varieties. Roasting time and temperature had a great influence on the acrylamide formation in coffee beans. Coffee beans roasted for longer time had less acrylamide. Additionally, coffee beans roasted at higher temperatures contained less acrylamide compared to those roasted at lower temperatures.
HEAVY LMETALS ACCUMULATION AND MACRONUTRIENTS IN THE LIVERS OF SOME FISH SPECIES OF BARDAWIL LAGOON AND THEIR HISTOLOGICAL CHANGES

Fish samples of Solea vulgaris. Mugil cephalus, Liza ramada and Spams aurata were collected during November 2001 from El Telol location in Bardawil lagoon, north eastern of Egyptian Mediterranean coast. The study was conducted to assess the effect of the heavy metals (Fe. Mn. Zm Cm Pb and Cd) and the macro nutrients (Na, K, Ca, and Mg) on livers tissues of the four fish species. The results showed that the concentrations of Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Pb, and Cd in the livers of the four fish species ranged between 48.680- 121.940, 1.270* 2.170. 15.220- 32.570. 82.280- 30L830. 1.100- 4.960 and 0.180- 0.300 mg/ Kg respectively. The concentrations of Na, K. Ca and Mg in the livers of the four species ranged between 1131.601702. 00, 327.60- 507.00, 74.490- 398.300 and 72.180- 170.590 mg/ Kg respectively. Microscopical examination of livers tissues of Solea vulgaris, Liza ramada* Mugil cephalus and Spams aurata showed different degrees of injuries, including fatty degeneration, ballooning degeneration, accumulation of hemosiderin pigment and necrosis.
Measuring core inflation in India: An asymmetric trimmed mean approach

Abstract The paper seeks to obtain an optimal asymmetric trimmed mean-based core inflation measure in the class of trimmed mean measures when the distribution of price changes is leptokurtic and skewed to the right for any given period. Several estimators based on asymmetric trimmed mean approach are constructed and estimates generated by use of these estimators are evaluated on the basis of certain established empirical criteria. The paper also provides the method of trimmed mean expression “in terms of percentile score. ” This study uses 69 monthly price indices which are constituent components of Wholesale Price Index for the period, April 1994 to April 2009, with 1993–1994 as the base year. Results of the study indicate that an optimally trimmed estimator is found when we trim 29.5% from the left-hand tail and 20.5% from the right-hand tail of the distribution of price changes.
Traditional knowledge of the Himalayan people on production of indigenous meat products.

Ethnic people of the Himalayan regions of India, Nepal, Bhutan and China (Tibet) prepare various types of indigenous meat products using their traditional knowledge. Some of these ethnic meat products as sausages, dried or smoked meats are sold in local markets contributing local economy. There is no literature on traditional processing of indigenous meat products of the Himalayas. The paper is aimed to document the traditional knowledge of the ethnic Himalayan people on preparation of various traditionally processed meat products such as kargyong, kheuri, satchu, suka ko masu, chilu, chartayshya, gemma and arjia.