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The Dynamics of Technological Catching-up: The Case of Iran's Gas Turbine Industry

Today, fostering gas-fired power plants is recognised as a significant step towards a low-carbon economy. Gas fired-power plants are favoured over other types of fossil-fuelled power plants due to their various advantages, including lower emissions, flexibility of technology, higher efficiency, short construction times and lower capital investment. The gas turbine is the main machine and the most technologically advanced part of a gas-fired power plant. There have been a limited number of companies in industrialised countries that have developed these sophisticated technologies over the last 50 years. The global market for land-based gas turbines has an oligopolistic structure. The evolution of these technologies has been greatly influenced by countries’ government policies, and in particular energy policies. In this light, one question is: to what extent have industrialising countries built their technological capabilities in gas turbines? Consequently, one focus of interest here is the way in which, and the extent to which, industrialising countries have synthesised their indigenous technology development efforts with overseas technology inflows. Countries such as Iran, India and China, which have large and growing domestic electricity markets, are appropriate candidates for research in order to understand the possible technological gaps and associated dynamics between the industrialised and industrialising worlds. To answer these questions, this thesis research deals with Iran’s gas turbine industry and, for the first time, systematically examines this industry in the context of a developing country. The study delves deeply into the dynamics of interactions between indigenous technology development and overseas technology inflows. It casts light upon the influences, challenges, and difficulties associated with technological catching-up processes. The framework of the analysis is based on an extensive literature review on technological catch-up, the substitution/complementarity debate, and the gas turbine industry. The framework was operationalized through qualitative interviews as well as supplementary documents. The thesis uses a ‘dynamic approach’, and argues that understanding the interaction processes cannot be reduced to examining only the type of relationship between the two technology sources. Instead, far more attention needs to be devoted to analysing the complexity and associated influences on this relationship. The thesis also provides empirical insights into the development of gas turbine capabilities in India and China, the two largest emerging economies. It reveals that a high level of state involvement in developing countries is a prominent feature of the industry. It also demonstrates that the evolution of the industry also in both developed and developing countries is closely interrelated with each country’s national energy policies.
Adaptabilitas Genotipe Gandum Introduksi di Dataran Rendah

The experiment was conducted to study the adaptability of ten introduced wheat genotypes in Bogor, held at SEAMEO BIOTROP Experimental Field, Tajur, Bogor in March-July 2011. Experiments using Randomized Completely Block Design, single factor and three replications. The factor was genotype consisting of wheat genotypes introduced from India (OASIS / SKAUZ / / 4 * BCN-Var 28, HP 1744, LAJ/MO88, RABE/MO88), Turkey (Basribey, Alibey and Menemen), CIMMYT (G-21, G-18 and H-21), as well as two national varieties (Dewata and Selayar) as a control. The results showed that the varieties significantly affect the overall character except number of tillers and number of productive tillers. Menemen is introduced genotype that showed better or no different performance for almost all the characters than Dewata and Selayar as controls. Key words: Dewata, low altitute, Menemen, Selayar
Nutritional evaluation of complementary porridge formulated from orange‐fleshed sweet potato, amaranth grain, pumpkin seed, and soybean flours

Abstract Supplementing breastmilk with poor energy and nutrient‐dense complementary foodstuffs for young children and infants has resulted in malnutrition, poor growth, and retardation of infant development in many sub‐Saharan African countries. Ensuring nutrient adequacy for infants because of their lower consumption requires energy and nutrient‐dense food. In this context, the nutritional composition of porridge from complementary flour blends of locally available foodstuffs (orange‐fleshed sweet potato, pumpkin seeds, amaranth grains, and soybeans) was carried out. Complementary flours formulated from flour blends of pumpkin seeds, extrusion cooked soybean, and orange‐fleshed sweet potato, as well as germinated and extrusion cooked amaranth grains, resulted in varieties of complementary porridges (SAPO1–SAPO5). From these, proximate composition, mineral content (sodium, iron, magnesium, calcium, phosphorus, and zinc), vitamin contents (A and C), and nutrient density of the formulated complementary porridge were determined. Results showed that all the formulated complementary porridge were able to meet the stipulated standards of energy and nutrient (zinc, iron, vitamin A, and protein) densities. Flour blend ratio, germination process, and extrusion cooking significantly (p < .05) influenced the targeted nutrients of interest, as well as the nutrient and energy densities of the formulated complementary porridge. Specifically, the formulated complementary porridge with 40% amaranth grain, 25% orange‐fleshed sweet potato, 20% soybean, and 15% pumpkin seed composite mixture had 76.92% compliance level with recommended standards, which assure adequate nutrient complementation to breastfeeding. The present study provides a valuable insight that complementary foods from locally obtainable foodstuffs are potential solutions for mitigating childhood malnutrition and adequate complementation to breastfeeding by proffering the needed energy and nutrient densities required for the immunity, well‐being, growth, and development of young children and infants, without fortification.
The relationship between proactive personality and employees’ creativity: the mediating role of intrinsic motivation and creative self-efficacy

Abstract Employees’ creativity is one of the most important factors in the success of organizations which has attracted the attention of researchers in recent years. Recent research has suggested that proactive personality fosters creativity. However, there is a lack of research into the mechanisms that make this link possible. The main purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between proactive personality and employee creativity by focusing on the mediating roles of intrinsic motivation and creative self-efficacy. Data from 178 Iranian agriculture experts were collected and analyzed by conducting structural equation modeling. The results indicated that proactive personality was directly and positively related to employees’ creativity. Additionally, the results showed that intrinsic motivation and creative self-efficacy partially mediated the relationship between proactive personality and employees’ creativity. The findings not only shed light on mechanisms that underlie in the proactive personality -creativity linkage but they also highlight the importance of intrinsic motivation and creative self-efficacy in the linkage. Together, the study extends the effect of proactive personality on creativity and the mediation mechanisms underlying this relationship. The theoretical and practical implications, limitations, and future research directions are discussed.
Efficacy and Safety of Local Radiotherapy to All Oligometastatic Sites in Elderly Patients with Metachronous Oligometastatic Cancers After Initial Treatment for the Primary Tumor

Background and Purpose This study aimed to investigate the efficacy and safety of maintenance therapy combined with local radiotherapy at all oligometastatic sites (LRTOS) in elderly patients with metachronous oligometastatic cancers (MOC). Patients and Methods A total of 242 elderly patients with MOC (≤5 metastases) and primary tumor well controlled after definitive treatment was retrospectively analyzed between August 2014 and February 2020 at Beijing Geriatric Hospital and Air Force General Hospital. Patients were divided into maintenance therapy group (maintenance therapy alone) and local radiotherapy group (maintenance therapy combined with LRTOS). Results There were 86 patients in the local radiotherapy group and 156 patients in the maintenance therapy group. The median length of follow-up was 36 months (range, 8.0–62 months). Median overall survival (mOS) was 25 months (95% CI: 21.1–28.9) in the local radiotherapy group and 16 months (95% CI: 14.5–17.6) in the maintenance therapy group (p < 0.001). Multivariate analyses demonstrated that LRTOS (hazard ratio (HR) = 0.49, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.35–0.67, p < 0.001), good Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status (ECOG PS, HR = 0.69, 95% CI: 0.49–0.97, p = 0.032), longer duration between diagnosis of primary tumor and occurrence of progression (HR = 0.87, 95% CI: 0.78–0.97, p = 0.015), and subsequent systemic treatment (HR = 0.52, 95% CI: 0.38–0.72, p < 0.001) were independent predictors of good OS. In patients who did not receive subsequent systemic treatment, their mOS was 21 months (95% CI: 12.8–29.2) for those treated with LRTOS and 14 months (95% CI: 11.4–16.6) for those who did not receive local radiotherapy (p = 0.001). Further multivariate analysis showed that LRTOS was the only independent factor for predicting good OS (HR = 0.47, 95% CI: 0.26–0.83, p = 0.010). Patients with metachronous oligometastatic lung cancer, colorectal cancer, prostate cancer, and breast cancer had higher survival benefits following LRTOS. Most patients suffered from grade 1–2 toxicities, but no treatment-related death was recorded. Conclusion This retrospective study shows that elderly patients with MOC treated with LRTOS may have better survival outcomes.
Human Response to a Step Change in Noise Exposure Following the Opening of a New Railway Extension in Hong Kong

A study was undertaken to determine the change in exposure of dwellings to road traffic and railway noise and the residents' annoyance reactions in a new town in Hong Kong following the opening of an 11.4-km railway extension line. The acoustic changes were determined by noise mapping and validated by field measurements. Social surveys were performed six months before, three months following and one year after operation of the railway. The results show that despite railway noise and a small increase in total noise exposure, the annoyance of the residents decreased with time during the study period, showing that annoyance was not significantly related to noise levels or the magnitude of change in exposure level. The results of path analysis show that factors affecting annoyance reactions changed during the study period covering different stages before and after operation of the railway. While the current research design does not provide temporal human response data long enough to ascertain whether the annoyance reaction just before opening of the railway was an overreaction, the study has nonetheless demonstrated that annoyance did attenuate over time. Possible factors affecting human annoyance reactions and implications for environmental management are examined in the paper.
Marketability of the textile and apparel master's graduate to business and industry employers

The purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions and attitudes of textile and apparel industry human resource representatives toward what they consider marketable skills possessed by textiles and apparel Master's graduates. Overall, this study explored the willingness of textile and apparel business and industry employers to huie Master's graduates, and the types of skills, coursework, and experience needed and wanted in employees with a Master's degree. Data were collected with a mail survey of human resource representatives from 100 textile and apparel manufacturers, store retailers, and catalog retailers with an annual organizational revenue of over $25 million. Results indicated that the possession of a Master's degree was not considered valuable by most employers in the textile and apparel industry. However, if a Master's graduate possessed the resources of previous work experience, high interpersonal skills, and high intellectual skills and had an emphasis in marketing or production management, the overall value to some textile and apparel employers increased. Textile and apparel Master's graduates were rated relatively high in intellectual abilities, but in comparison, lower on interpersonal skills and knowledge gained from work experience. Conn-asted against the qualifications that human resources personnel weighted most strongly when making hiring decisions, textiles and apparel Master's graduates are only perceived to be well qualified in one of three important areas. Textiles and apparel Master's graduates are perceived as possessing more design and merchandising knowledge; however, employers indicated that business-related knowledge was more desireable for their employees to have. Results indicate that Master's programs in textiles and apparel should be evaluated to determine if they are providing effective education for students wanting to go into industry. For applied programs, curricular requirements should incorporate possible work experience credit or internship credit to ensure that Master's students are obtaining some previous work
Deep learning approaches for data-independent acquisition proteomics

ABSTRACT Introduction Data-independent acquisition (DIA) is an emerging technology for large-scale proteomic studies. DIA data analysis methods are evolving rapidly, and deep learning has cut a conspicuous figure in this field. Areas Covered This review discusses and provides an overview of the deep learning methods that are used for DIA data analysis, including spectral library prediction, feature scoring, and statistical control in peptide-centric analysis, as well as de novo peptide sequencing. Literature searches were performed for articles, including preprints, up to December 2021 from PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science databases. Expert Opinion While spectral library prediction has broken through the limitation on proteome coverage of experimental libraries, the statistical burden due to the large query space is the remaining challenge of utilizing proteome-wide predicted libraries. Analysis of post-translational modifications is another promising direction of deep learning-based DIA methods.
Commonly Used Outcome Measurement Tools in Pediatric Physical Therapy Telerehabilitation in the Philippines: A Quantitative Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study

With the COVID-19 pandemic, the adoption of telerehabilitation has rapidly increased to improve access and minimize cross-infection risk to patients. Nevertheless, Filipino pediatric physical therapists (PTs) must ensure that they conduct evidence-based procedures for specific tests and measures to determine patient outcomes. This investigation reported the most common pediatric outcome measurement tools (OMTs) used in telerehabilitation by Filipino pediatric PTs treating 0 to 21-year-olds in the Philippines. Validation and pilot testing of an adapted questionnaire on OMT usage was undertaken before dissemination via email and social media. Pediatric PTs reported that the commonly used OMTs in telerehabilitation are Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM) (100%)—including both versions of GMFM-88 and GMFM-66 followed by Pediatric Balance Scale (PBS) (30%). These findings support the use of feasible OMTs in pediatric telerehabilitation due to their applicability in the online setting.
YOUNG AND STRONG: WHAT INFLUENCES INJURY RATES WITHIN BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION?

Research has shown that young workers (<25 years old) are more exposed to injuries than older workers. However, young workers seem to be exposed to less severe injuries than older workers. The aim of this study is to explore risk factors for injuries among workers in the Norwegian construction industry, focusing especially on young workers. The study consists of a questionnaire survey (N=456) conducted in the building and construction industry in Rogaland County, Norway. Target group in the survey were workers older than 18 years within all disciplines and company sizes. The questionnaires were mainly filled out at the workers’ own work site within the period Nov 2008 - Feb 2010. Logistic regression was performed on the survey data. The results show that young workers are at a higher risk for involvement in workplace injuries compared to older workers, also when controlling for company size and type of discipline. However, when adding variables for physical and psychosocial work environment in the model, age seems to be of less importance. Physical demands (vibration and heavy lifting) and control over work pace are associated with increased risk for injuries. This may indicate that the distribution of work tasks between different age groups has an impact on injury risk. Safety climate is not associated with risk for injuries. The study indicates that the distribution of work tasks between age groups should be further explored in relation to injury risk.
Gender equity approach to policing in Kenya: Lessons, challenges and prospects

Despite ample evidence of women's value, ensuring gender equity–equality is a major challenge for police departments worldwide. Using survey data gathered from a sample of 455 male and female police officers in the Kenya Police Service, this study examines the non-western plights of women in policing and describes a theory change to formulate gender-equity strategies for improved recruitment and retention of women in police service. Findings indicate that women officers can undertake most tasks better than or to the same degree as men, except for a small proportion of line duties, mirroring the literature on women in policing internationally. However, family commitments, an emphasis on physical strength for promotion, performance based on male standards, and male supervisors’ attitudes present severe challenges for women in the police service, reflecting the organizational climate and prevailing cultural norms. Implications for theory, policy and research are discussed.
MRI-based radiomics analysis to evaluate the clinicopathological characteristics of cervical carcinoma: a multicenter study

Background Preoperative prediction of clinical pathological indicators of cervical cancer (CC) is of great significance to the formulation of personalized treatment plans for CC. Purpose To investigate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) radiomics analysis for the evaluation of pathological types, tumor grade, FIGO stage, and lymph node metastasis (LNM) of CC. Material and Methods A total of 235 patients with CC from three institutes were enrolled in the study. All patients underwent T2/SPAIR and contrast-enhanced T1-weighted (CE-T1WI) imaging scans before radical hysterectomy by pelvic lymph node dissection surgery. Radiomics features extracted from T2/SPAIR and CE-T1WI imaging were selected by the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) methods for further radiomics signature calculation. These radiomic features were used to construct regression and decision tree models to evaluate the performance of radiomic features in distinguishing clinicopathological indicators. Results The area under the curve (AUC) of T2/SPAIR and CE-T1WI imaging were 0.777 and 0.750, respectively, for differentiating between adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. From the two sequences, the AUC of the verification group that distinguished low FIGO stage from high FIGO stage was 0.716 and 0.676, respectively. The AUC for moderately well and poorly differentiated tumors were 0.729 on T2/SPAIR and 0.749 on CE-T1WI imaging. The AUC of the verification groups for LNM was 0.730 and 0.618 on T2/SPAIR and CE-T1WI imaging, respectively. Conclusion MRI radiomics features can be used as a non-invasive method to evaluate the clinicopathological indexes of CC and provide an important auxiliary examination method for patients to determine individualized treatment plans before operation.
Source second-harmonic control for high efficiency power amplifiers

A novel technology that drastically improves output power and efficiency of amplifiers has been developed, where source and load second-harmonic impedances, as well as the fundamental impedances, are optimally terminated in the input and output matching circuits. A record high 74% power-added efficiency (PAE) with 31.4 dBm (1.4 W) output power at a frequency of 930 MHz has been achieved as a single-stage saturated amplifier using an ion-implanted GaAs MESFET under the low supply voltage of 3.5 V. As a single-stage linear amplifier, an excellent PAE of 59% with 31.5 dBm output power has been realized at V/sub d/=4.7 V and f=948 MHz. Saturated and linear two-stage power modules operating at 900 MHz band with 31 dBm (1.25 W) output power have been demonstrated for analog and digital cellular applications respectively, the volume of which is as small as 0.4 cc. The saturated power module has achieved a PAE of 66% at V/sub d/=3.5 V, and the linear one has realized a PAE of 50% at V/sub d/=4.7 V.
Investigations of polarisation purity and SAR for personal satellite communications antennas using a hybrid computational method

The use of the hybrid method of moments/finite difference time domain technique can be effective for solution of electromagnetic problems which are intractable for a single numerical method. Using this method, a study of the effects of human proximity on the polarisation purity of different types of circularly-polarised handset antennas for personal satellite communications was undertaken. Associated with this, assessments of the specific absorption rate in the head were made. The method gave stable results, in accordance with physical expectations; good agreement with the pure method of moments was shown in simplified cases omitting the head.
The Use of Multimedia Courseware in Teaching Sign Language to Hearing Impaired Students

This quasi-experimental study was aimed to see the effect of using interactive multimedia software in teaching the Kod Tangan Bahasa Melayu (KTBM) to students with hearing impairments. In this study two types of software developed by the researcher have been used as teaching materials. The built-in multimedia is called Koswer Multimedia Interaktif Bahasa Melayu (KoMIBM) and Koswer Multimedia Bahasa Melayu (KoMBM). The respondents of the study consisted 60 students of year three and four from Sekolah Kebangsaan Pendidikan Khas program for hearing impairment in Malaysia. The data were collected through pre and posttest and analyzed using MANCOVA statistics. The results of the data analysis show that there is a significant difference in the correct hand code usage score between experimental group and control group. The MANCOVA analysis results show the following results [F (1, 49) = 5.996, p <0.05]. The findings show that students using KoMIBM demonstrate better score than students who use KoMBM in proper use of the KTBM. Based on the findings of this study, it can be concluded that the use of interactive multimedia software can increase the mastery of KTBM among the hearing impairment students.