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Intellectual Capital and Market Performance: Testing the Mediating Mechanism of Organizational Learning

The aim of this paper is to investigate the interrelationship among intellectual capital, organizational learning capability and market performance in banking sector of Pakistan. Moreover, it also examines the mediating role of organizational learning capability in intellectual capital and market performance relationship. The primary data was collected from 263 branches of 22 public and private scheduled banks operating in Pakistan. The structural equation modeling results reveal that both intellectual capital and organizational learning capability enhances the market performance. The mediating role of organizational learning capability among intellectual capital and market performance is fully supported. The study has implications for both academicians and practitioners. Theoretically, it contributes in literature by providing a mechanism through which intellectual capital may be translated into market performance. From managerial perspective, this study proposes that the top management of banking sector can enhance their market performance if they use their resources for learning capability along with intellectual capital.
Yield and quality of tomato grown in a hydroponic system , with different planting densities and number of bunches per plant 1

an important role in the human diet, offering a diversified blend of nutrients (Ilahy et al. 2016), tomato is rich in protein and carbohydrates (Perveen et al. 2015). However, the main highlight given to tomato composition is the high levels of antioxidant compounds, such as phenolic compounds, vitamin C and carotenoids (Vinha et al. 2014). Tomato cultivation is considered a high-risk activity, mainly due to the great susceptibility to
Does Fluid Viscosity Influence Seismic Velocity

The introduction of the time-lapse methodology requires a clear understanding of how the seismic properties of rock respond to changing reservoir conditions. Perhaps the most fundamental such question is the uid-substitution problem: the attempt to predict the seismic e ect resulting from a change to the saturating uid. Gassmann's theorem (Gassmann 1951) and its extensions (Brown & Korringa 1975) have traditionally formed the theoretical basis for attempts to solve the uid-substitution problem in practice. The formal statement of Gassmann's result is:
Neural and FST-based approaches to grammatical error correction

In this paper, we describe our submission to the BEA 2019 shared task on grammatical error correction. We present a system pipeline that utilises both error detection and correction models. The input text is first corrected by two complementary neural machine translation systems: one using convolutional networks and multi-task learning, and another using a neural Transformer-based system. Training is performed on publicly available data, along with artificial examples generated through back-translation. The n-best lists of these two machine translation systems are then combined and scored using a finite state transducer (FST). Finally, an unsupervised re-ranking system is applied to the n-best output of the FST. The re-ranker uses a number of error detection features to re-rank the FST n-best list and identify the final 1-best correction hypothesis. Our system achieves 66.75% F 0.5 on error correction (ranking 4th), and 82.52% F 0.5 on token-level error detection (ranking 2nd) in the restricted track of the shared task.
Segment Reporting in Brazil : Factors Influencing the Disclosure

This study aims to identify the factors that influence the level of disclosure of information about operating segments of Brazilian companies. The study is initially developed from the analysis of companies’ financial statements with reference to the requirements contained in Pronouncement CPC 22. Subsequently, the statistical model of multiple linear regression analysis is used. The disclosures related to 2010 and 2011 are addressed; 2010 was the first year that the disclosure was mandatory in Brazil. The study encompasses 272 companies distributed across 20 economic sectors. Hypotheses concerning 8 characteristics identified as potential factors affecting the level of disclosure, based on the theory and previous studies on the subject, are tested. No significant results were found for the characteristics “profitability”, “industry concentration”, “profit or loss” and “year of publication”, indicating that these factors do not influence such disclosure. Overall, the results show that with respect to the level of disclosure about segments, (i) the larger the company, the higher the level of disclosure; (ii) the greater the degree of company indebtedness, the higher the level of disclosure; (iii) companies listed in the BM&FBOVESPA’s Levels of Corporate Governance exhibit higher disclosure levels than the others; and (iv) companies audited by one of the “Big Four” display higher disclosure levels than those audited by “other companies”. Thus, it is concluded that the characteristics of “size”, “indebtedness”, “corporate governance” and “audit” are factors that affect the dissemination of information about operating segments in Brazil.
Interim Report IR-13-023 On the convergence of the Escalator Boxcar Train

The Escalator Boxcar Train (EBT) is a numerical method that is widely used in theoretical biology to investigate the dynamics of physiologically structured population models, i.e., models in which individuals differ by size or other physiological characteristics. The method was developed more than two decades ago, but has so far resisted attempts to give a formal proof of convergence. Using a modern framework of measure-valued solutions, we investigate the EBT method and show that the sequence of approximating solution measures generated by the EBT method converges weakly to the true solution measure under weak conditions on the growth rate, birth rate, and mortality rate. In rigorously establishing the convergence of the EBT method, our results pave the way for wider acceptance of the EBT method beyond theoretical biology and constitutes an important step towards integration with established numerical schemes.
EFFICIENCY OF SOME PLANT EXTRACTS , NATURAL OILS , BIOFUNGICIDES AND FUNGICIDES AGAINST ROOT ROT DISEASE OF DATE PALM

Several soilborne fungi were isolated from root rots of date palm trees and offshoots, including: Fusarium oxysporum, F. moniliforme, F. solani, Thilaviopsis paradoxa, Botryodiplodia theobromae and Rhizoctonia solani. In vitro testing, the efficacy of plant extract Marjoram at 100% was the most effective against pathogenic fungi, while garlic as essential oil at 500 ppm and jojoba as fixed oil at 500 ppm were the most effective against pathogenic fungi. Plant-Guard at 3.5 ml/L was the most effective against pathogenic fungi. Topsin M70 was the most effective against pathogenic fungi in vitro. In greenhouse Topsin M70 was the most effective to decreased root rot of date palm.
Towards Computing on Non-Cartesian Lattices

Curious hexagonal shapes appearing in a range of natural structures such as honeycomb or photo-receptors in human eyeballs can be explained by the optimality of the hexagonal lattice for packing disks. Optimal sphere packing structures also appear in crystals and atomic structure of minerals. A brief history of Kepler’s conjecture on optimal sphere packing is presented. The sphere packing problem is demonstrated to have surprising applications in several computational domains such as image and signal processing, visualization, mathematical morphology and numerical computations.
TOWARDS BIO-EFFICIENT AND NON-INVASIVE VETIVER : LESSONS FROM GENOMIC MANIPULATION AND CHROMOSOMAL CHARACTERIZATION

Vetiver is a plant of choice for soil-water conservation and amelioration, and is also an important source of essential oil. However, depending upon specific application of vetiver, specific plant or root ideotype need to be identified from a range of genetic diversity that may be prevalent around its primary centre of origin. This can be best scored from segregating seed progenies. But seed forming vetiver may not be environment friendly since there is an apparent threat of vetiver invasion to the nontarget areas through water or air borne seed dispersal. Therefore, if nonseediness could be achieved in the selected seed forming types then we could realise the twin advantage of having a desired genotype in non-seeding form suitable for controlled cultivation. Polyploidisation realised after genomic duplication could severely affect fertility leading to increased sterility on account of disturbances in meiotic behaviour and deficiency in sexual reproduction, and at the same time enhance the biological efficiency with respect to growth behaviour and metabolic efficiency. With this background, the present study was pursued to realise artificial polyploidy in a seed forming clone of vetiver. The polyploids thus developed evinced not only high gametic and seed sterilty but were also accompanied by enhanced biological potential for the characters associated with increased cell size and physico-physiological efficiency. The study has far reaching implications in utilizing a given ideotype for efficient application of vetiver ecotechnology for its multifarious environmental and industrial applications.
Behavioral responses of free-ranging blue crabs to episodic hypoxia . II . Feeding

Episodic hypoxic events in estuaries can alter the trophic dynamics of important benthic predators. During hypoxic upwelling events mobile predators may reduce their feeding activity as they migrate to relatively shallower, oxygenated water, and may reinvade deep-water habitats during relaxation of hypoxia to exploit vulnerable infaunal prey (e.g. clams and polychaete worms) that have reduced their burial depth in response to hypoxia. We used biotelemetry techniques with concurrent measurements of dissolved oxygen (DO) to monitor the feeding and movement responses of free-ranging blue crabs Callinectes sapidus to episodic hypoxic upwelling and subsequent relaxation events within the Neuse River Estuary (NRE), North Carolina, USA. Although telemetered crabs fed in hypoxic water with DO concentrations as low as 1.01 mg l–1, percent feeding occurrence declined slightly when crabs were exposed to mild (DO = 2 – 4 mg l–1) and severe hypoxia (DO <2 mg l–1), relative to normoxic concentrations (DO > 4 mg l–1). Crabs reduced the proportion of time spent feeding during hypoxic upwelling conditions except for the most severe events when DO dropped rapidly from normoxia to severe hypoxia. The proportion of time crabs spent feeding did not increase and crabs did not reinvade deeper water habitats during relaxation events, as was hypothesized. These results are somewhat inconsistent with previous studies and we suggest that crabs may have fed on prey other than benthic infauna, or that upwelling events may not have lasted long enough to cause infauna to migrate close enough to the sediment surface to be vulnerable to predation by blue crabs. Our study highlights the importance of examining the complex interaction between the hydrodynamics of episodic events and various behaviors (e.g. feeding and movement) when trying to understand the impact of these events on estuarine trophic dynamics.
Pandemic ( H 1 N 1 ) 2009 Risk for Frontline Health Care Workers

(HCWs) are at greater risk for contracting pandemic (H1N1) 2009 than nonclinical staff, we conducted a study of 231 HCWs and 215 controls. Overall, 79 (17.7%) of 446 had a positive antibody titer by hemagglutination inhibition, with 46 (19.9%) of 231 HCWs and 33 (15.3%) of 215 controls positive (OR 1.37, 95% confi dence interval 0.84–2.22). Of 87 participants who provided a second serum sample, 1 showed a 4-fold rise in antibody titer; of 45 patients who had a nose swab sample taken during a respiratory illness, 7 had positive results. Higher numbers of children in a participant’s family and working in an intensive care unit were risk factors for infection; increasing age, working at hospital 2, and wearing gloves were protective factors. This highly exposed group of frontline HCWs was no more likely to contract pandemic (H1N1) 2009 infl uenza infection than nonclinical staff, which suggests that personal protective measures were adequate in preventing transmission.
OPTIMAL DYNAMIC MOMENTUM STRATEGIES

Even though the momentum effect has been documented extensively, few papers have studied the optimal momentum trading strategy. Most studies use the myopic or mean-variance strategy which depends only on momentum and is optimal only for very short horizons. In this paper, we solve the optimal portfolio problem between a riskless asset and a risky asset with momentum. We show that the optimal portfolio weight depends on a weighted average of returns in the look-back period, with more recent returns receive higher weights, in addition to momentum. The optimal portfolio weight is higher than the myopic portfolio weight for hump-shaped paths, while is lower for rebound paths. In fact, the investor may even short the asset with a positive momentum if the price has a rebound path and effectively home-makes an asset with return reversal. Furthermore, the outperformance of the optimal portfolio relative to the myopic strategy is most significant during extreme market periods.
Di ff erent Agricultural Responses to Extreme Drought Events in Neighboring Counties of South and North Korea

Satellite-based remote sensing techniques have been widely used to monitor droughts spanning large areas. Various agricultural drought indices have been developed to assess the intensity of agricultural drought and to detect damaged crop areas. However, to better understand the responses of agricultural drought to meteorological drought, agricultural management practices should be taken into consideration. This study aims to evaluate the responses to drought under different forms of agricultural management for the extreme drought that occurred on the Korean Peninsula in 2014 and 2015. The 3-month standardized precipitation index (SPI3) and the 3-month vegetation health index (VHI3) were selected as a meteorological drought index and an agricultural drought index, respectively. VHI3, which comprises the 3-month temperature condition index (TCI3) and the 3-month vegetation condition index (VCI3), differed significantly in the study area during the extreme drought. VCI3 had a different response to the lack of precipitation in South and North Korea because it was affected by irrigation. However, the time series of TCI3 were similar in South and North Korea. These results meant that each drought index has different characteristics and should be utilized with caution. Our results are expected to help comprehend the responses of the agricultural drought index on meteorological drought depending on agricultural management.
Bagging changes coloration of ‘ Ruby ’ grapefruit 229 Effect of Bagging with Black Paper on Coloration and Fruit Quality of ‘ Ruby ’ Grapefruit 1 A -

Hwang, A. S. , K. L. Huang, and S. H. Hsu. 2004. Effect of bagging with black paper on coloration and fruit quality of ‘Ruby’ grapefruit. J. Agric. Res. China 53:229-238. 'Ruby' grapefruit (Citrus paradisi Macf.) were covered with black paper bags in late May or early June (early bagging) or early July (late bagging), and changes in the peel and flesh color were measured by spectrophotometer in regular intervals till harvest in late November. Bagging increased chroma and lightness but decreased hue angle gradually on peel, thus resulting in a light reddish orange color during maturation period, while control fruits were bright yellow. The most intense color on peel of bagged fruit occurred in late October. The peel color of early-bagged fruit was redder (smaller hue angle) than that of late-bagged fruit. Compared to controls, bagging only slightly enhanced flesh color during maturation period, and there was no significant different between the two different bagging treatments at harvest. Bagging had limited effect on fruit quality.
Prevalence and predictors of Burnout Syndrome among public elementary school teachers

Burnout é um fenómeno psicossocial, expressão de várias crises e desorientação na sociedade, o que tem submetido muitos setores laborais a grande tensão ao longo dos anos. A profissão docente está exposta, no contexto laboral atual, a uma grande quantidade de fatores de estresse psicossocial que, se persistentes, podem levar ao Burnout. O objetivo desse estudo transversal foi identificar a prevalência e os preditores da Síndrome de Burnout (SB) em uma amostra aleatória de 679 professores brasileiros de 37 escolas públicas de ensino básico. Os instrumentos foram o Spanish Burnout Inventory, a Bateria de Riscos Psicossociais e um questionário com variáveis sociodemográficas e laborais. Foi identificada uma prevalência de 7,5% para o Perfil 1 de SB e 18,3% para o Perfil 2 de SB. Os resultados indicaram como preditores das dimensões de Burnout as variáveis autonomia, conflito de papel, ambiguidade de papel, sobrecarga, suporte social e conflitos interpessoais. Os resultados demonstram modelos preditores das dimensões de Burnout compostos de riscos psicossociais derivados do tipo de atividade e dos riscos interpessoais, destacando as variáveis suporte social e sobrecarga, presentes em todas as dimensões. São apresentadas sugestões para estudos futuros e implicações para a prática.
The Work Performance of the Graduates of 3-Yp Vocational High Schools and Its Follow-Up

The fourth industrial revolution and globalization have led to the strong intention to improve the performance quality of three-year vocational high school graduates (3-YP VHS). The improvement can be made precisely if it is initiated with research on graduate work performance. Therefore, this research aims to describe the work performance of the 3-YP VHS graduates and ways to follow it up. This research was conducted at 11 3-YP VHS’s, 13 business sectors and industrial sectors with the respondents consisting of school principals, teachers, students, and alumni of vocational high schools working in industries. The data were collected through a questionnaire, observation, and interviews, and analyzed using the descriptive technique completed with the qualitative one. The result of this research shows that in general the work performance of 3-YP VHS graduates is in a high category, except for the ethics which needs improvement. In addition, there are skills needed by industries but not developed in school, including a special skill to accomplish a task and managerial and public speaking skills. On the other hand, there are subject matters not directly needed by industries but developed in school, including social science, arts, electric installation, heavy instrument operation, introductory test analysis, and map measurement. Based on this result, there is a need to revise the curriculum, i.e. by including materials on special trainings which are interesting to students and relevant to the development of job market. It is also necessary to improve classroom instruction and evaluation by integrating character aspects in teaching and evaluation. Keywords—work performance, graduate, 3-YP VHS follow up Introduction
Paleomagnetic observations at three locations in the Pleistocene lava sequence of southwest and south Iceland

Magnetic polarity measurements on lava samples were introduced in the 1950s as an aid in stratigraphic research in Iceland, and applied by T. Einarsson especially on Pleistocene sequences in southwest and south Iceland. However, the stratigraphy of these sequences is often complex, and Einarsson’s mapping has only been followed up to a limited extent. The present detailed laboratory study on magnetic remanence directions in lava flows is focused on three locations within the above region. In two of these locations (in southwest Iceland), profiles spanning the boundary between the polarity zones named R2 and N2 by Einarsson were sampled. The potential of using this boundary for correlation over short distances was confirmed. In a third location (in south Iceland), three normal-polarity zones are present in a 500 m thick lava and sediment sequence of dominantly reverse polarity. The stability and within-lava agreement of primary remanence vectors is generally excellent. Remanence directions in successive lava units are in many cases very similar, indicating that the volcanism was episodic. In comparison to geomagnetic poles obtained in previous paleomagnetic collections of older lava series in Iceland, the poles derived from these and other Pleistocene lavas are rarely situated in low latitudes.
Ant-mediated seed dispersal: A few ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) benefit many plants

Ants are ecosystems engineers, keystone species and incredibly abundant worldwide. A major cosmopolitan interaction between ants and plants is ant-mediated seed dispersal (myrmecochory). The interaction involves more than 11,000 plant species, but far fewer ant species, possibly just a few dozen keystone species worldwide. Researchers only began recognizing this degree of asymmetry in ant-mediated seed dispersal in recent years, and we explore the ecological and evolutionary implications of the changed perspective. We review what makes ants effective dispersers, how plants co-evolve with ant partners, and how the interaction may benefit both participants. We suggest that morphological adaptations for myrmecochory have evolved repeatedly and independently in many plants lineages worldwide, and these trait adaptations likely select for effective seed dispersing ants. We propose that myrmecochory evolves and spreads only in ecosystems where the ant community includes potentially effective seed dispersers in high abundance. Furthermore, we hypothesize that the evolution and maintenance of the interaction only is possible where the distribution of traits between beneficial and antagonistic ants can fall under plant selection for the best partners.
Identification and evaluation of polymorphisms in FABP 3 and FABP 4 in beef cattle

Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were screened in FABP3 and FABP4 by automatic sequencing of pools of DNA from crossbred animals whose phenotypes belonged to the upper and lower extremes for back fat and marbling, as well as of a pool of DNA from sires used for crossbreeding. Five SNPs were identified in FABP3 and another nine SNPs were identified in FAPB4. Of these, only one SNP had no previous registry in the SNAP database (dbSNP). Three polymorphisms were selected for further evaluation of their association with production traits using restriction fragment length polymorphism-PCR (RFLP-PCR) or real-time PCR genotyping. All 3 markers were in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium at the 5% significance level for all 7 genetic groups analyzed. Significant association was observed between FABP3-G/A with rib eye area (P = 0.035) and the rib eye area/hot carcass weight ratio (P = 0.025) and between FABP4/TasI with marbling (P = 0.052) and meat texture (P = 0.053). No significant association was observed between the FABP4G/C polymorphism and any of the observed traits. Previous association studies with allelic variants in these genes have shown mixed results, 16354 I.M. Z. Blecha et al. ©FUNPEC-RP www.funpecrp. com.br Genetics and Molecular Research 14 (4): 16353-16363 (2015) probably because of the small effect of the genes for these traits, which suggests that results should be replicated in other populations.