Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
About introvert incumbents and extravert start-ups: An exploration of the dialectics of collaborative innovation in the Dutch journalism field

This article analyzes the way different types of news organizations address collaboration in innovation. A qualitative analysis of 31 expert interviews in the Dutch news field shows that especially incumbents are perceived internally oriented when it comes to organizing their innovation processes. Although they might acknowledge that the challenges are demanding and the stakes are high, they speak of innovation mainly in terms of competition, and are therefore still subject to a traditional bounded rationality. Also, in the Dutch context, the tensions between commercial news organizations and publicly financed news organizations are mentioned as obstacles to a more open approach to innovation. Newcomers and smaller organizations speak more in terms of synergy and describe the added value of opening up and working together to be able to face the future with confidence. In this article, this rather stereotypical conceptualization of collaboration in innovation is put in a critical perspective.
AGENESIS OF VULVA AND TERMINAL URETHRA WITH ATRESIA ANI ET RECTI IN A BUFFALO CALF

Congenital defects, genetic or non genetic, involving only an organ or a part of the body are of various types. Atresia ani may occur either alone or associated with other defects like atresia recti, rectovaginal fistula, recto-cystic fistula, vaginourethral agenesis, taillessness, hypospadiasis, cleft scrota etc., (Tyagi and Jit Singh, 1999). Anomalies of the urethra are not common (Arey, 1961). This paper reports a rare case of atresia ani et recti associated with agenesis of the vulva and terminal urethra in a buffalo heifer calf.
Seismic Performance of Underground Reservoir Structures: Insight from Centrifuge Modeling on the Influence of Backfill Soil Type and Geometry

AbstractThe seismic response of underground reservoir structures is a complex soil–structure interaction problem that depends on the properties of the earthquake motion, surrounding soil, and structure. More experimental and field data of the response of these structures under different boundary conditions are needed to validate analytical and numerical tools. This paper presents the results of four centrifuge experiments that investigate the seismic performance of reservoir structures, restrained from rotational movement at their roof and floor, buried in dry, medium-dense sand and compacted, partially saturated, silty sand. This study focuses on the influence of backfill soil properties, cover, and slope on accelerations, strains, lateral distortions, and lateral earth pressures experienced by the buried structure. The structure to far-field acceleration spectral ratios were observed to approach unity with added soil confinement, density, and stiffness. Both dynamic thrust and accelerations on the struc.
Testing the Importance of Cleansing Procedures for Overlaps in Administrative Data

Process-generated and administrative datasets have become increasingly important for labour market research over the past ten years. Major advantages of this data are large sample sizes, absence of retrospective gaps and unit non-responses. Nevertheless, the quality and validity of the information remain unclear. This paper contributes to this subject, focusing on the variation of research results due to alternative data cleansing procedures. In particular, the paper uses the general set up for data cleaning proposed by Wunsch/Lechner (2008) in evaluating the outcome of training programmes in Germany. First results are limited to the sensitivity of the construction of the sample populations used for the counterfactual analysis. The results emphasize that sample construction seems to be robust to the scenario used for the data cleansing.
Information control in conversations: Honesty is not always the best policy

This exploratory research in the sociology of talk is focused on three questions for analysis: (1) to what extent does verbal information control occur in interaction, (2) what forms of verbal information control are used by people, and (3) what reasons do people give for controlling verbal information? One hundred and thirty (130) dyadic encounters were recorded and analyzed; the "actor" is the respondent and the "other" is the person with whom actor has the conversation. An analysis of these encounters revealed that nearly two-thirds of the 870 instances of verbal communications were talk which controlled information. Frequency tables and typologies delineate (1) forms of information control and (2) reasons for information control. Although most codes of ethics, religious canons, and humanitarian ideals deprecate deception in whatever form, conversations in everyday life are noticeably characterized by forms of deceit ranging from "white lies" to exploitative prevarication. Analysis of dyadic conversations shows that not only are forms of deception frequently employed, they are necessary, even mandatory discursive elements. In everyday conversations, honesty is not always the best policy.
Investigating the interaction between rPvDBPII and duffy antigen on human erythrocytes

Erythrocyte invasion by P. vivax has been considered to be dependent on the interaction between P. vivax Duffy Binding protein (PvDBP) and Duffy antigen (Fy). There exist two important single point mutations on the FY gene, which results in different Duffy genotypes and consequently varied susceptibility to vivax malaria. Our study has a twopronged objective. Firstly, using an erythrocyte-binding assay, we show that rPvDBPII binds to the red cells in a concentration dependent manner. We observe, variation in the percent binding between donor erythrocytes of the same Duffy genotype despite similar Fy6 antigen expression. This could suggest the presence of other red blood cell polymorphisms surrounding the Fy antigen or post-translational modifications. Secondly, we see that, rPvDBPII binds to a chymotrypsin sensitive unknown receptor on Duffy negative erythrocytes. This result could imply the presence of an alternative pathway or other essential Erythrocyte Binding Proteins than PvDBP.
On the rotational behaviour of parent stars of extrasolar planets

We analysed the behaviour of the rotational velocity in the parent stars of extrasolar planets. Projected rotational velocity v sin i and angular momentum were combined with stellar and planetary parameters, for a unique sample of 147 stars, amounting to 184 extrasolar planets, including 25 multiple systems. Indeed, for the present working sample we considered only stars with planets detected by the radial-velocity procedure. Our analysis shows that the v sin i distribution of stars with planets along the HR diagram follows the well-established scenario for the rotation of intermediate to low main-sequence stars, with a sudden decline in rotation near 1.2 M� . The decline occurs around T eff ∼ 6000 K, corresponding to the late-F spectral region. A statistical comparison of the distribution of the rotation of stars with planets and a sample of stars without planets indicates that the v sin i distribution for these two families of stars is drawn from the same population distribution function. We also found that the angular momentum of extrasolar planet parent stars follows, at least qualitatively, Kraft’s relation J ∝ (M/M� ) α . The stars without detected planets show a clear trend of angular momentum deficit compared to the stars with planets, in particular for masses higher than about 1.25 M� . S tars with the largest mass planets tend to have angular momentum comparable to or higher than the Sun.
Active high-resolution seismic tomography of compressional wave velocity and attenuation structure at Medicine Lake Volcano, northern California Cascade Range

We determine compressional wave velocity and attenuation structures for the upper crust beneath Medi- cine Lake volcano in northeast Califomia using a high-resolution active source seismic tomography method. Medicine Lake volcano is a basalt through rhyolite shield volcano of the Cascade Range, lying east of the range axis. The Pg wave from eight explosive sources which has traveled upward through the target volume to a dense array of 140 seismographs provides 1- to 2-km resolution in the upper 5 to 7 km of the crust beaeath the volcano. The experiment tests the hypothesis that Cascade Range volcanoes of this type are underlain only by small silicic magma chambers. We image a low-velocity low-Q region not larger than a few tens of cubic kilometers in volume beneath the summit caldera, suppog the hypothesis. A shallower high-velocity high-density feature, previously known to be present, is imaged for the first time in full plan view; it is east-west elongate, paralleling a topographic lineament between Medicine Lake volcano and Mount Shasta. This lineament is interpreted to be the result of an old crustal weakness now affecting the emplace- meat of magma, both on direct ascent from the lower crust and mantle and in migration from the shallow sil- ltic chamber to summit vents. Differences between this high-velocity feature and the equivalent feature at Newberry volcano, a volcano in central Oregon resembling Medicine Lake volcano, may partly explain the scarcity of surface hydrothermal features at Medicine Lake volcano. A major low-velocity low-Q feature beaeath the southeast flank of the volcano, in an area with no Holocene vents, is interpreted as tephra, flows, and sediments from the volcano deeply ponded on the downthrown side of the Gillem fault, a normal fault mapped at the surface north of the volcano. A high-Q normal-velocity feature beneath the north rim of the summit caldera may be a small, possibly hot, subsolidus intrusion. A high-velocity low-Q region beneath the eastern caldera may be an area of boiling water between the magma chamber and the ponded east flank material These structural data are useful both for understanding Cascade Range volcanism and for geother- mal development in progress on the volcano.
Quantification of non-tariff measures

The increase in the relative importance of non-tariff measures has increased awareness of the various deficiencies in existing non-tariff measures (NTM) data collections. This paper is concerned with the measurement of non-tariff measures (NTMs) for use in the formulation of trade policy. First, NTMS are defined and classified. Second, the effects of NTMs and how to compute those effects are reviewed. Third, there is a brief discussion on sources of data on NTMs, which is followed by some results on the landscape of NTMs in the Asia-Pacific region. Finally, this paper concludes with a discussion on how to proceed with the issue of enhancing the collection and measurement of NTM data.
SECOND ORDER DYNAMICS OF ECONOMIC CYCLES

The monthly data of the industrial production in Romania after the structural discontinuity occurring at the end of 1989 show an under-damped oscillatory behavior that suggests an evolution of second order systems excited by a step function. Since this behavior is well described in control systems we are doing what the literature usually calls a reversed engineering of the data in order to identify the specific parameters for the economic cycle of industrial production. The final goal is to determine the second order differential equation that may be associated to the economic process related to industrial production evolution. This paper is a first contribution that opens an alternative approach to describe the economic dynamics.
Nutrient supply enhanced the increase in intrinsic water‐use efficiency of a temperate seminatural grassland in the last century

Under the increase in atmospheric CO2 during the last century, variable increases in the intrinsic water‐use efficiency (Wi), i.e., the ratio between carbon assimilation rate (A) and stomatal conductance (gs), of C3 vegetation have been observed. Here, we ask if long‐term nutrient status and especially nitrogen supply have an effect on the CO2 response of Wi in a temperate seminatural C3 grassland. This analysis draws on the long‐term trends (1915–2009) in Wi, derived from carbon isotope analysis, of archived hay and herbage from the Park Grass Experiment at Rothamsted (South‐East England). Plant samples came from five fertilizer treatments, each with different annual nitrogen (N; 0, 48 or 96 kg ha−1), phosphorus (P; 0 or 35 kg ha−1) and potassium (K; 0 or 225 kg ha−1) applications, with lime as required to maintain soil pH near 7. Carbon isotope discrimination (13Δ) increased significantly (P < 0.001) on the Control (0.9‰ per 100 ppm CO2 increase). This trend differed significantly (P < 0.01) from those observed on the fertilized treatments (PK only: 0.4‰ per 100 ppm CO2 increase, P < 0.001; Low N only, Low N+PK, High N+PK: no significant increase). The 13Δ trends on fertilized treatments did not differ significantly from each other. However, N status, assessed as N fertilizer supply plus an estimate of biologically fixed N, was negatively related (r2 = 0.88; P < 0.02) to the trend for 13Δ against CO2. Other indices of N status exhibited similar relationships. Accordingly, the increase in Wi at High N+PK was twice that of the Control (+28% resp. +13% relative to 1915). In addition, the CO2 responsiveness of 13Δ was related to the grass content of the plant community. This may have been due to the greater CO2 responsiveness of gs in grasses relative to forbs. Thus, the greater CO2 response of grass‐rich fertilized swards may be related to effects of nutrient supply on botanical composition.
Yield Gains in Extra‐Early Maize Cultivars of Three Breeding Eras under Multiple Environments

1 Maize is an important staple food, animal feed, and industrial crop in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The savannas of the subregion offer ideal environments for maize production because they are characterized by high solar radiation, low night temperatures, low incidence of pests, and diseases. However, recurrent drought, low soil nitrogen (low-N), and Striga hermonthica (Del.) Benth. limit maize production and productivity in the savannas. Drought can reduce grain yield of maize by as much as 90% when it occurs at the most sensitive stage of the crop growth, that is, a few days before anthesis to the beginning of grain-filling period (NeSmith and Ritchie, 1992). Nitrogen is a major requirement for high levels of maize productivity but it is the most limiting nutrient in tropical soils. A fertilizer rate of 90 to 120 kg N ha–1 is recommended for increased maize grain yield in WCA. However, fertilizer application rates are still far below the recommended doses in the subregion due to the unavailability or the exorbitant prices of inorganic fertilizer for resource-poor farmers. The estimated annual loss of maize yield due to low-N stress varies from 10 to 50% per year in the subregion (Wolfe et al., 1988). Breeding for tolerance to low-N offers the most economical and sustainable approach for increased maize yields in the subregion. Striga infestation can cause total crop failure (Badu-Apraku et al., 2010) and has often forced farmers in the subregion to abandon their farmlands. Under field conditions, drought, Striga and soil nutrient deficiency occur simultaneously and the combined effects can be devastating (Cechin and Press, 1993; Kim and Adetimirin, 1997). For example, Badu-Apraku et al. (2004) reported a grain yield loss of 53% under drought and 42% under Striga Yield Gains in Extra-Early Maize Cultivars of Three Breeding Eras under Multiple Environments
Entrepreneurial Intention Among Undergraduates: Review of Literature

Purpose of this study is to formulate the unique model to the entrepreneurial intention among undergraduates. We reviewed the existing studies in the field of entrepreneurial intention in the Asia, Europe, Africa and cross cultural perspective. Based on the review of literatures in the entrepreneurial intention, we have formulated the unique model as entrepreneurial Intention for entrepreneurial Career. Based on the Model creation, the entrepreneurial motivation is the recognized as the key fact to enhance the entrepreneurial intention among undergraduates in the globalized level. Meanwhile, this model is unique and highly suitable to the Asian perspective. Researchers or scholars in the field of entrepreneurship can utilize this model to predict the influence of the entrepreneurial motivation on the entrepreneurial intention among undergraduates.
Innovation in Low-Tech Industries - An Example of the Food Industry in China

The importance of investing in low-tech industries has been underestimated for a long time because of its low R&D input to output ratio. But in reality, so-called high-tech industries only account for 3 per cent of value added in the OECD, while low-tech industries, such as the food industry, indeed do not lack the opportunities of benefiting from innovation. The driving forces of innovation have been constructed and separately examined in a series of former studies. However, there is rare study discussing about cumulative effect of those factors or further reflecting the factors on empirical world. Shedding light on the low-tech industries, the common sectors with largest labor employment, could be a possible way of finding new sources for developing countries to promote economic growth. This thesis focuses on filling in the gap between theory and reality. It first concludes critical factors that influence innovation from micro and macro level and then assesses the driving forces under a systematic review method in order to understand the relation between cumulative effects of innovation drivers and realistic innovation activities. Through decomposing the innovation activities in the Chinese food industry, the result shows that the dynamic interaction between different factors indeed drives the vitality of the innovation activities in the Chinese food industry. (Less)
Polymorphism in glutathione S-transferase P1 (GSTP1) on the effect of epirubicin or doxorubicin chemotherapy among breast cancer

To investigate the glutathione S-transferase P1 (GSTP1) expression with chemotherapy polymorphisms involved in the prognosis of breast cancer patients with epirubicin or doxorubicin chemotherapy among breast cancer. 219 primary breast cancer patients who were consecutively recruited in our study have been treated with anthracycline-based (epirubicin [E] or doxorubicin [A]) chemotherapy between March 2006 and March 2007. All the patients were followed up until January 2012. Genotyping was based upon duplex polymerase-chain-reaction with polymerase chain reaction with confronting two-pair primers(PCR-CTPP) method. The frequencies of GSTP polymorphisms were found have significant difference in progesterone receptor status (P<0.05). GSTP1 Val/Val genotype had significantly higher rates of response to chemotherapy when compared to GSTP1 Ile/Ile genotype, and the adjusted odds ratios (OR) (95% confidence interval, CI) of 2.19 (1.23 to 4.21). Additionally, the GSTP1 Val allele genotype had significantly higher rates of response to chemotherapy, with adjusted OR (95% CI) of 1.71 (1.12 to 2.76). Patients with glutathione S-transferase M1 (GSTM1) null genotype had a longer average survival time and significantly lower risk of death than those with non-null genotypes [Hazard ratio (HR) (95% CI) = 0.66 (0.31 to 0.93)]. Similarly, those carrying GSTP1 Val/Val genotype had 0.54-fold the risk of death of those with GSTP1 Ile/Ile [HR (95% CI) = 0.54(0.29 to 0.90)]. GSTP1 expression was found to be associated with response to chemotherapy treatment of breast cancer and Estrogen receptor (ER) status had some mechanism between GSTP1 polymorphism and response to chemotherapy. Key words: Glutathione S-transferase P1 (GSTP1), breast cancer, epirubicin or doxorubicin chemotherapy.
Using observed river flow data to improve the hydrological functioning of the JULES land surface model (vn4.3) used for regional coupled modelling in Great Britain (UKC2)

Abstract. Land surface models (LSMs) represent terrestrial hydrology in weather and climate modelling operational systems and research studies. We aim to improve hydrological performance in the Joint UK Land Environment Simulator (JULES) LSM that is used for distributed hydrological modelling within the new land–atmosphere–ocean coupled prediction system UKC2 (UK regional Coupled environmental prediction system 2). Using river flow observations from gauge stations, we study the capability of JULES to simulate river flow at 1 km2 spatial resolution within 13 catchments in Great Britain that exhibit a variety of climatic and topographic characteristics. Tests designed to identify where the model results are sensitive to the scheme and parameters chosen for runoff production indicate that different catchments require different parameters and even different runoff schemes for optimal results. We introduce a new parameterisation of topographic variation that produces the best daily river flow results (in terms of Nash–Sutcliffe efficiency and mean bias) for all 13 catchments. The new parameterisation introduces a dependency on terrain slope, constraining surface runoff production to wet soil conditions over flatter regions, whereas over steeper regions the model produces surface runoff for every rainfall event regardless of the soil wetness state. This new parameterisation improves the model performance across Great Britain. As an example, in the Thames catchment, which has extensive areas of flat terrain, the Nash–Sutcliffe efficiency exceeds 0.8 using the new parameterisation. We use cross-spectral analysis to evaluate the amplitude and phase of the modelled versus observed river flows over timescales of 2 days to 10 years. This demonstrates that the model performance is modified by changing the parameterisation by different amounts over annual, weekly-to-monthly and multi-day timescales in different catchments, providing insights into model deficiencies on particular timescales, but it reinforces the newly developed parameterisation.
Cross Listing and Dividend Policy: Evidence From Cross Listings within East Africa

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of cross listing on dividend policy for cross listed firms within East Africa and to test the substitute hypothesis. The study first conducts univariate analysis for the before-after effects of cross listing using paired tests, then includes non cross listed firms in multivariate analysis using pooled Time Series Cross Section, Panel Corrected Standard Errors regressions for a period of 13 years (1998 to 2010). The study's findings provide empirical evidence to indicate that the dividend payouts for cross listed firms were relatively higher than the dividend payouts for then non cross listed firms. The findings lend credence to the substitute hypothesis, the payment of higher dividends by cross listed firms may well result from a voluntary commitment on the part of these firm to protect their investors and maintain credible reputation for fair treatment. These findings are contrary to the prediction investor recognition/visibility hypothesis.
Asymmetries between 'traditional' and reverse knowledge flows in multinational firms: A study of acquisitions in transition economies

Leveraging knowledge from geographically disparate subsidiaries is a crucial source of competitive advantage for multinational enterprises. This study investigates the determinants of knowledge transfers to and from newly acquired subsidiaries in transition economies. We hypothesize that the determinants of ‘traditional’ parent-to-subsidiary knowledge transfers and ‘reverse’ subsidiary-to-parent knowledge transfers are based on different transfer logics. Organizational characteristics are important in ‘traditional’ knowledge flows, while knowledge characteristics are important in ‘reverse’ flows. Based on a survey of 105 acquired subsidiaries in three Central and Eastern European countries, we find empirical support for our hypotheses. Host country locations have significant moderating effects.