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Intellectual Capital and BI-tools in Private Healthcare Value Creation

The demand for data-driven decision making in the healthcare sector has increased, not only on the clinical side, but also from the managerial perspective; this is especially true in the private healthcare sector. Utilisation of internal and external data requires certain capabilities, such as intellectual capital (IC), as different data sources (structural capital) and organisational competences (human capital) can become organisational value. We study the utilisation of business intelligence (BI) tools and IC dimensions in creating value in the Finnish private healthcare sector. IC components and a modified value creation capabilities model are used as a framework for considering data utilisation and BI tools’ role in value creation. Our study includes private healthcare organisations in Finland and management and BI technology consulting representatives. Thematic interviews of key personnel responsible for BI were conducted to elucidate the value creation capabilities, IC components and BI tool utilisation in the Finnish private healthcare industry. Data-driven decision making is currently one of the most discussed topics in private healthcare sector organisations. By analysing the current data source utilisation and organisational competences in data utilisation, we gain a better understanding of IC and BI tool–enabled value creation in private healthcare organisations. The study’s outcomes will provide valuable information and a deep understanding concerning the influence of BI tools and IC dimensions on value creation in private health care in Finland. In addition, it will provide insight into future-oriented value creation factors that can enable new business concepts for private healthcare companies. Advanced capability of data utilisation will increase the value creation ability in private healthcare sector companies. However, in addition to the technology and data, human capital or capability of BI tool utilisation and data-driven decision making are crucial.
A CULTURAL BRIDGE FOR THE ACADEMIC CONCEPT OF PLAGIARISM : A COMPARISON OF CHINESE AND BRITISH CULTURAL CONCEPTS OF PLAGIARISM BY CHINESE MASTER ’ S GRADUATES OF UK INSTITUTIONS EMPLOYED BY SINO-FOREIGN JOINT VENTURES IN SHANGHAI , CHINA

Cultural and developmental perspectives (Flowerdew & Li, 2007) of plagiarism are explored through interviews with Chinese graduates of UK Master’s degrees after they have returned to work in China. Plagiarism in the context of the participants’ educational history, life in the UK and their return to China were investigated. These accounts provided narratives of their development of the concept of plagiarism and a cultural comparison of the British and Chinese cultural understandings of the term. Narratives were analysed for the use of interpretive repertoires (Gilbert and Mulkay, 1984) to identify the significant commonalities and inconsistencies within and between the participants’ accounts. The findings suggest that the participants use UK institutional vocabulary for plagiarism which they have developed on their Master’s course and in subsequent work. Furthermore, participants insist that the cultural concepts of plagiarism in China and the UK are equivalents, the only difference being the strictness with which rules are applied in the UK system. In contrast, their accounts of Chinese pre-university and undergraduate education reveal how educational expectations shape a divergent Chinese concept of plagiarism. Finally, the potential for these returning Chinese graduates to act as a cultural bridge for a rigorous application of plagiarism regulations within TNHE education is discussed.
It’s in the Game

In-game advertising has a history almost as old as video games themselves, and like the medium in which they take place, games have gone through considerable changes over time. This section chronicles the history of in-game ads and touches on some of the reasons for its recent explosion in popularity. This is not meant to be an exhaustive history1, but simply an overview noting key events of in-game advertisement history and providing some perspective on its recent developments. In-game advertisements did not originate solely in early video games, but can be traced back to the coin-operated devices that preceded video games, including pinball. In 1964 there was a Mustang pinball machine that feature artwork resembling the car that Ford released that year, but it is not known if the brand name was licensed (Vedrashko, 2006). This may not be the very first example of gaming-related advertising, but it is certainly similar to some of the early and current AbstrAct
Dense Electron-Positron Plasmas and Ultra-Intense Bursts of Gamma-Rays from Laser-Irradiated Solids

C.P. Ridgers, C.S. Brady, R. Duclous, J.G. Kirk, K. Bennett, T.D. Arber, A.P.L. Robinson, A.R. Bell Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PU, UK Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QX, UK Centre for Fusion, Space and Astrophysics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique, DAM DIF, F-91297 Arpajon, France Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Postfach 10 39 80, 69029 Heidelberg, Germany
An Analysis on the Influence of Financial Variables to Capital Structure and Firm Value ( Studies in Manufacturing Companies Sector of Consumer Goods Industry Listed on the Bei )

This study analyzes the relationship of variables that effect on capital structure and firm value simultanous. Research actually aims to find out and anlyze the influence of profitability, growth and volatility on capital structure and firm value simultanous, also to find out the role of capital structure in mediating the relationship between profitability, growth and volatility on firm value. The research was held on 22 manufacturing companies sector of consumer goods industry listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange period of 2010 to 2014 using path analysis as research data analysis. Research findings suggest that profitability has negative and significant effect on capital structure, whereas growth and volatility has no significant effect on capital structure. In addition, profitability has positive and significant effect on firm value and volatility has negative and significant effect on firm value, whereas growth has no significant effect on firm value. The results of this research indicate that capital structure has no effect in mediating the relationship between profitability, growth and volatility on firm value.
The First Phase Order Sampling for the Second Phase Stratification

A two-phase sampling design with order sampling in the first phase and stratified simple random sampling in the second phase is studied in the paper. Order sampling is a sampling design without replacement and with the elements selected with probabilities proportional to their size. The second-phase stratification using suitably chosen sample sizes in the strata allows us to equalize the design weights for elements. Calculation of the first-phase inclusion probabilities is computationally complicated, therefore the quasi-Horvitz-Thompson estimator of the total is used. Its approximate variance, the estimator of this variance and simulation results are presented.
Urinary excretion of 1 dA is not predictive of cancer development : A prospective nested case – control study

Human biomonitoring of the lipid peroxidation DNA modification 1,N -ethenodeoxyadenosine (1dA) excreted into urine is thought to be a potential marker for oxidative stress-related DNA damage and human cancer. We have tested this hypothesis in a prospective, nested case–control study. During the years 1984–1989, 24-h urines were collected from 1956 men in the Kuopio Ischaemic Heart Disease (KIHD) Risk Factor Study. 1dA concentrations were measured by LC-MS/MS in 24-h urine samples from 47 men with cancer diagnosed at follow up until 2001 and from 31 cancer free smoking-matched control subjects. Odds ratio for having higher than control median 1dA excretion rate and cancer, estimated by binary logistic regression, was 0.73 (95% CI 0.29–1.80, p 1⁄4 0:49). In this study, the urinary excretion of 1dA provides no additional prediction of cancer development in males after controlling for smoking.
FRACTIONAL CALCULUS OF GENERALIZED K- WRIGHT FUNCTION

In this paper, authors studied fractional calculus properties viz. Riemann-Liouville fractional integral and derivative of the generalized K-Wright function pΨq (z) . Family of Mittag-Leffler function introduced by several authors ([2], [3], [5], [6], [8], [9], [10], [11]) are particular cases of generalized KWright function.
Tai Chi Training and Educational Intervention Improved Self-care Behaviors and Lowered Blood Pressure in Hypertensive Outpatients

Purpose: Self-care is important for numerous reasons. Self-care can reduce health costs, improve patient quality of life, and increase mental well-being. Self-care is also a mediating factor of chronic disease and increases patient confidence when facing challenges associated with the disease. However, how to improve blood pressure control and promote self-care behaviors in hypertensive cohorts is not as well understood. The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of two interventions (Tai chi training and educational program) in lowering blood pressure and improving selfcare behaviors. Methods: A quasi-experimental, two-group repeated-measures design was used. The control group (n=31) received standard medical treatment as prescribed by a supervising physician. The experimental group (n=27) received an eight-week Tai chi training and educational intervention. Self-care behavior was measured by the Self-Help Questionnaire. Blood pressure was measured at three time-points: a baseline prior to study commencement, week four, and week eight of the study. Results: The experimental group showed significant improvement in self-care behavior (F= 6.28, P=0. 000), self-efficacy (F=3.23, P=0.001), and quality of life (F=5.44, P=0.002), as well as a significant reduction between in systolic blood pressure (t=2.57, p<0 .001) and diastolic blood pressure (t=2.86, p <0.001) compared to the control group. Conclusions: The results are encouraging and suggest that Tai Chi training and educational program may be effective in lowering blood pressure and increasing self-care behaviors in hypertensive outpatients.
Living on the edge : effectiveness of buffer strips in protecting biodiversity in boreal riparian forests

The objective of this thesis is to evaluate the ecological consequences of buffer strip retention on riparian and terrestrial biodiversity. Earlier studies on forest buffer strips have evaluated their effectiveness in relation to water quality and aquatic biota. However, forests along streams are species rich habitats for many organism groups. Buffer strip management is assumed to be important also for protecting such species. Current approaches to biodiversityoriented forest management practices need to be scientifically evaluated. In this thesis the effects on bryophytes and land snails have been evaluated. A before-and-after experiment along 15 small streams in northern Sweden showed that buffer strips of 10 m on each side of the stream moderated the negative effects exhibited at the clear-cuts. The number of land snail species remained similar as to before logging and the number of vanished bryophyte species was lower in the buffer strips than in the clear-cuts. The ground moisture influenced the survival rate of land snails at the clear-cuts. At mesic sites many species vanished but at wet sites the snail fauna was unaffected by the logging. Many bryophyte species, most of them liverworts, decreased or disappeared in the buffer strips. These were mostly growing on substrates elevated from the forest floor, such as logs, stumps and tree-bases. A number of nationally red-listed species, sensitive for changes in microclimate, were among those decreasing most. Thus, for the species in most need of protection the buffer strips were too narrow. An experiment with bryophyte transplants followed over a season showed that wet ground moisture moderated the negative edge effects in narrow buffer strips. On the other hand, the growth in mesic and moist sites was almost as low as in comparable clear-cuts. Microclimatic edge effects are stronger at south facing than north-facing edges of forest clear-cuts. This was shown in an experiment using bryophyte growth as an indicator of differences in microclimate. However, the depth of edge influence seemed to be similar between northand south-facing forest edges, >30 m for one species. An explanation for this could be that wind penetrates deeper into edges than solar radiation and has a more variable direction. In conclusion, narrow buffer strips consist entirely of edge habitat. For many species the environment in buffer strips is good enough for persistence. For others, most notably bryophyte species on convex substrates, wider buffer strips are needed to ensure long-term survival.
Calculation of Effect Size in Single-Subject Experimental Studies: Examination of Non-Regression-Based Methods

It is observed that meta-analysis studies have not been included in single-subject experimental studies as much as the experimental studies. In order to overcome this deficiency in the literature, regression-based and nonregression-based indexes that can be used as the effect size in single subject experimental studies have been recently developed. Since most of the regression-based indexes are affected by the serial dependency of singlesubject experimental data, non-regression-based indexes that were less affected by this dependency and were preferred more than regression-based indexes were the main subject of this study. Although there are many indexes that are not based on regression in single-subject experimental studies, it is observed that most of the researchers prefer the percentage of non-overlapping data (PND) and percentage of zero data (PZD). There are many controversies in the literature especially on the use of the PND index. In the absence of a study describing the alternative indexes of PND and PZD in Turkey literature, the examination of non-regression-based indexes makes this study important. The aim of this study is to examine the non-regression methods used to calculate the effect size in single-subject experimental studies and to show how these methods will be applied in single-subject experimental research. In this aim, how to prepare the data, how to analyze it, how to synthesize it for more than one study and how to interpret the results are discussed. In this study, suggestions were made for the researchers based on 10 different indexes.
Upward Influence and Career Outcomes: The Mediating Role of Leader-Member Exchange and Organizational Support

We hypothesized that leader-member exchange (LMX) and organizational support would mediate the differential effectiveness of upward influence behavior on career outcomes. To test this hypothesis, we developed an extended model of influence tactics use and examined it on a sample of 229 employees and their 109 immediate supervisors from 63 manufacturing and service organizations located in Northern Malaysia. As expected, the use of rational tactics positively predicted all three indicators of career outcomes: salary progression, career satisfaction, and promotability. The analysis also indicated that supervisor reports of LMX partially mediated the relationship of rational tactics with salary progression and promotability. Interestingly, the full mediation effect of subordinate-rated LMX was evident for the relationship between rational tactics and career satisfaction. Organizational support, however, did not appear to mediate the hypothesized influence-career outcomes relationships. The implications of these findings for future research on career development are discussed. ------------------------
Phytochemical Investigation and Antioxidant Screening of Crude Leaves Extract from Epipremnum aureum

Objective: Epipremnum aureum belonging to the family Araceae is commonly known as money plant having indoor air pollution removing capacity. The aim of the present study was to investigate the presence of various phytochemical constituents which is responsible for the medical activities of the plant. Methods: The leaves were successively extracted in three different solvents viz. ethanol, acetone and chloroform. The phytochemical analysis of plant extract was performed using thin layer chromatography and preliminary screening methods. Different concentration of the crude plant extract was evaluated for antioxidant activity using DPPH scavenging activity and reducing power activity. Results: Preliminary qualitative chemical test for different extract shows the presence of steroids, terpinoids, alkaloids, saponins, tannins and flavonoids. All the three extracts were proven effective against free radicals. Ethanol extract was found to possess highest antioxidant activity compared to acetone and chloroform. Conclusion: Thus the positive results suggest that Epipremnum aureum extracts should be further studied to determine the bioactive chemical compounds as well as to understand the possible mechanism of action and evaluate their toxicity looking towards pharmaceutical actions.
The SUMO-Targeted Ubiquitin Ligase Subunit Slx5 Functional Interacts with the SUMO E3 Ligase Siz1

PAGE Posttranslational modifications by the small proteins ubiquitin and SUMO control the localization, activity and degradation of intracellular substrates. In recent years our knowledge of the crosstalk between the SUMO and ubiquitin systems has expanded significantly as exemplified by a novel class of enzymes called SUMO-targeted Ubiquitin Ligases (STUbLs). This study focuses on the Slx5/Slx8 heterodimer, a STUbL with an important role in genome maintenace and regulation of SUMO-conjugate levels in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The Slx5/Slx8 STUbL relies on SUMO-interacting motifs (SIMs) in Slx5 for substrate targeting and a carboxy-terminal RING domain in Slx5 and Slx8 for substrate ubiquitylation. In budding yeast cells Slx5 and Slx8 reside in the nucleus, form distinct foci, and can associate with double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) breaks. We hypothesized that distinct targeting and protein interaction domains in Slx5 affect its binding with substrates, Slx8, and SUMO. Therefore, we constructed and analyzed truncations of the Slx5 protein. Our structure function analysis revealed a specific domain in Slx5 that is required for nuclear localization. A truncation mutant, Slx5(1-207), that lacks this domain fails to enter the nucleus, accumulates in the cytosol, and is enriched at the bud-neck of dividing yeast cells where it co-localizes with septin proteins. In a two-hybrid assay Slx5(1-207) failed to interact with the septins Cdc3, Cdc11, and Shs1, but interacted strongly with the SUMO ligase Siz1. Since Siz1 localizes to the bud-neck in a cell cyclespecific manner and is required for septin sumoylation we tested whether Slx5 functionally interacts with Siz1. First, we found that both full-length and Slx5(1-207) interact robustly with Slx5 in a two-hybrid assay and in co-precipitation assays. Second, deletion of SLX5 and SLX8 result in dramatically reduced septin sumoylation in G2/M arrested cells. Third, a purified Siz1 protein is an in vitro ubiquitylation target of the Slx5/Slx8 STUbL. This study provides the first evidence that STUbLs may regulate the sumoylation of cytosolic proteins and functionally interact with the SUMO ligase Siz1 in vivo and in vitro.
Efficacy Of Artemisia Annua Against Eimeria Spp . Infection In Broiler Chickens In A Battery Trial

The goal of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of A. annua as essential oil in preventing Eimeria infection in broilers. Sixty broilers of fourteen days were randomly divided in 3 groups of 20 chickens as follows: negative control (NC) (uninfected, unmedicated), positive control (PC) (infected, unmedicated) and experimental group (EG) (infected, medicated). Experimental infection was done with 1x10 oocysts of Eimeria spp. and treatment with 0.15 ml essential oil of A. annua/l water for 27 days. The chickens were kept in batteries, fed and watered ad libitum, and were exposed to continuous light. Essential oil of A. annua was obtained from a Romanian variety through a hydro-distillation process of plants vegetative parts, blooms and flowers. Efficacy of A. annua against Eimeria spp. infection was evaluated by: (i) oocysts shedded per gram of feces; (ii) lesional score; (iii) body weight gain; (iv) feed conversion ratio; and (v) mortality rate. The inoculum used for experimental infection consisted in E. tenella 35.0%, E. acervulina 32.5%, E. mitis 25.0%, and E. maxima 7.5%. All chicks survived in NC and EG, in PC 2 chickens died , at 7 and 10 days after challenge. Chickens treated with essential oil of A.annua produced with 97.1% less oocysts than chickens from PC, while the mean lesion score was lower only with 35.3% (EG = 0.86; PC = 1.33). Following the intestinal segment the highest reduction of lesion score in EG was registered in duodenum (1 and 2 in PC) and caeca (0.4, and 1 in PC), while in the jejunum was higher than in PC (1.2, and 1 in PC). Body weight gain and feed conversion ratio were higher in chickens medicated with A. annua and in chickens from NC at 7 days postinfection, but at 27 days post-infection chickens from PC presented a higher body weight gain and a lower feed conversion ratio. According to our results, A. annua Romanian variety as essential oil can be used with good results to treat coccidiosis mainly caused by E. tenella and E. acervulina in chickens, and not for prevention. Further analysis must be done.
Elionurus purpureus E.J.Thomps. (Panicoideae: Andropogoneae: Tripsacinae), a new species for Queensland: circumscription and breeding system

Thompson, E.J. (2017). Elionurus purpureus E.J.Thomps. (Panicoideae: Andropogoneae: Tripsacinae), a new species for Queensland: circumscription and breeding system. Austrobaileya 10(1): 139–162. A new species of Elionurus Willd. endemic to northeast Queensland is described and illustrated. It is distinguishable from E. citreus by the annual growth habit and spikelet morphology. The leaf anatomy of the two Australian species of Elionurus is illustrated and compared. The spikelet morphology of the two Australian species is contextualised within Elionurus, Tripsacinae and Rottboellinae. A new distinguishing morphological character for Elionurus is presented, viz. the proximal beak on the sessile spikelets, which is shared by the African genus Urelytrum Hackel (Tripsacinae), and some Australian genera in other subtribes of Andropogoneae. The breeding system that involves cleistogamy is discussed for the two Australian species of Elionurus.