Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Strategy Is Destiny: How Strategy-Making Shapes a Company's Future

From the Publisher: How did a pioneering company in the semiconductor industry not only survive but thrive in the face of the explosive change and upheavals that forced it to transform itself twice in the course of its thirty-year history? The answer lies in the quality of its strategy-making process, contends leading strategic management scholar Robert A. Burgelman in this extraordinary book based on an exhaustive twelve-year study he conducted inside Intel Corporation. Granted the opportunity to track Intel's strategy-making through his close teaching collaboration with its chairman, Andy Grove, at Stanford Business School since 1988, Burgelman has written a definitive and far-reaching account of how highly educated top managers groped their way through strategic conundrums. His account of the evolution of key events in Intel's history is illustrated with extensive quotes from its cofounder Gordon Moore, Andy Grove, current CEO Craig Barrett, and dozens of other Intel executives. His study allows these leaders to speak for themselves in scores of highly rendered executive portraits. Using thoroughly tested conceptual tools, Burgelman first documents the key role played by mid-level managers in transforming Intel from a memory company into a microprocessor company during the late 1970s and early 1980s, which led to the heartbreaking decision to abandon the business on which the company had been founded in 1968. He then makes readers eyewitnesses to the complex set of complementary strategic thrusts orchestrated by Andy Grove to make Intel capi- talize on the extraordinary opportunities associated with the phenomenal growth of the PC industry during the late 1980s and the 1990s. He reconstructs Grove's resolution of the struggle between two competing micro- processor architectures within Intel that caused civil war to erupt, and he shows how Intel's superbly run strategy-making process in the core business, paradoxically, made it difficult for internal entrepreneurs to extend the company's strategic reach. This allows him to link the strategic leadership challenges, faced today by Craig Barrett, to Intel's illustrious past and to provide suggestions for how these challenges can be met. At once a history of strategy-making at Intel as well as a strategy-making field manual that any high-technology manager will need to consult frequently, Strategy Is Destiny truly describes strategy-in-action as the way of life of senior executives in the corporation of the future.
Association of age and gender distribution of patient undergoing class ii inlay

: Inlay restorations are one of the intracoronal restorations which is used commonly in dentistry in this era. Inlay restorations are known to be highly retentive compared to composite restorations in restorative procedures. This study was aimed to evaluate the gender prevalence and age distribution among patients undergoing class II inlay restorations who visited saveetha dental college in Chennai. From the record of 86000 cases (June 2019 - April 2020), all cases of class II inlay restorations were used for data analysis. A total of 40 case sheets were retrieved and cross checked for patients age and gender. The collected data was analysed through SPSS 2.0. Pearson correlation test was used for age and gender distribution for patients undergoing class II inlay restoration and Chi square test was done to evaluate the significance between the variables. Results were recorded. The highest age distribution was seen in 34-41 years old (frequency 35.5%) lowest age range for underwent class II inlay restoration was 58-65 years old (frequency 2.5%). The gender distribution showed predominantly male with a frequency of 67.5% (27 patients out of 40 in total), whereas female patients were only 32.5% who had undergone this treatment.Within the limitation of present study, it is concluded that in Saveetha Dental College, statistically no significant difference was seen in age and gender of the patients undergoing class II inlay restoration.
The return of the commission social entrepreneurship before and after the Covid-19 pandemic

ABSTRACT Although a great number of scholars have attested the “slow-burning” crisis of Social Europe between the mid-2000s and the beginning of the 2010s,recent developments in EU social policies show important novelties, especially thanks to the adoption of the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR). Our argument is that the EPSR witnesses a renewed activism of the European Commission-led “supranationalism”, which unfolds through the revival of the “Community Method” in a political environment marked by an increased domestic politicisation of the European integration process. In so doing, the EPSR acted as both a “polity-maintenance” and “policy-trigger” strategy by deepening the EU integration in social policy domain after a decade of substantial polity inertia. The article also discusses the explicit and implicit legacy of the impact of EPSR on Social Europe by looking at the new initiatives and strategies carried out by the von der Leyen Commission.
Modelling Economic Relationships with Smooth Transition Regressions

This paper has been prepared for Handbook of Applied Economic Statistics, edited by David Giles and Aman Ullah. It considers a particular class of single-equation nonlinear multivariate models called smooth transition regression (STR) models. Inference in these models, including testing linearity against STR and testing Granger noncausality, is discussed. A modelling cycle, consisting of the specification, estimation, and evaluation of these models is presented and its different stages considered in detail. Model encompassing also receives attention. Furthermore, the chapter contains a previously unpublished empirical application of the STR model to modelling UK housing price expectations. This example illustrates the workings of the modelling cycle and possible usefulness of the STR model in dynamic macroeconomic modelling.
Scalable multi-robot formations using local sensing and communication

In this paper, the solution of a multi-robot formation task is presented. All robots use only local sensing and local communication as an additional tool for the whole system performance. We assume the solution to be local, robust to the size of the multi-robot team, stable in the case of occurrence of obstacles and able to support many formation shapes. Local inter-robot communication enables the group of robots to organize into a formation without the need of predetermined positions in the formation. We apply a set of social roles that represent the occupation positions in the formations and are dynamically assigned to robots aggregating into the formation using the communication process. The overall algorithm, general strategy, local sensing and communication features are described. A three-layered behavior-based control architecture including social, logical and reactive layers was used. Examples of local formation emergence, dynamic social role assignment, and stability in case of occurrence of obstacles are presented.
Evaluation of Dismounted Infantry Simulation Technologies (E-DIST).

Abstract : This report describes the assessment of five simulators that train dismounted infantry tasks. Subject matter experts (SMEs) worked through leader, soldier, or team scenarios and rated how well each simulator supported performance of subtasks related to military operations in an urban environment. The SMEs also identified characteristics to be considered for future simulators and modifications that would improve the current systems. The recommendations are the basis for characteristics to be considered in the Training Device Requirement for a Dismounted Infantry Module in the Close Combat Tactical Trainer.
Sport, Technology and the Body: The Nature of Performance

Chapter 1: Introduction: Sport, the Body and Performance Technology Chapter 2: The Nature of Sport Chapter 3: The Nature of the Body Chapter 4: The Nature of Performance Chapter 5: The Nature of Health Chapter 6: 'Those Girls with Sideburns': Enhancing the Female Body Chapter 7: Enhancing the Body from Without: Artificial Skins and Other Prosthetics Chapter 8: Drugs, Sport and Australian Identity Chapter 9: The Performance of Nature at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games Chapter 10: Conclusion Bibliography
Managing Construction Projects

Part I Introduction: The management of construction projects The context of construction project management Part II Defining the project mission: Deciding what the client wants Managing stakeholders Part III Mobilising the resource base: Forming the project coalition Motivating the project coalition The dynamics of the supply chain Part IV Riding the project life-cycle: The project life-cycle Defining problems and generating solutions Managing the budget Managing the programme Managing conformance quality Managing uncertainty and risk on the project Managing project information Part V: Leading the project coalition: Designing effective project organisations Infusing the project mission Conclusions: Revaluing construction project management Bibliography
Health implications of arsenic in drinking water

The adequacy of the current maximum contaminant level (MCL) for arsenic is being evaluated by the US Environmental Protection Agency. If recent theoretical estimates of chronic effects and cancer risks prove accurate, the current MCL may not effectively protect health. Knowledge of arsenic pharmacokinetics and mechanisms in humans, however, is not complete enough to provide a definitive answer, and current epidemiologic evidence is too inconsistent and too fraught with uncertainty regarding arsenic exposure to be helpful in assessing low-level risks
Validity: Meaning and Relevancy in Assessment for Engineering Education Research

Ten years ago marked the beginning of a transformative time for engineering education. The January 2005 special issue of this Journal, “The Art and Science of Engineering Education Research,” was characterized as a “milestone event” in the “process of reinventing” engineering education as a discipline (Streveler & Smith, 2006, p. 103). The issue ignited a conversation regarding how the engineering education community would identify itself and make greater contributions as a research discipline, along with calls for increasing the rigor of fundamental research in engineering education (e.g., Gabriele, 2005; Haghighi, 2005; Kerns, 2005; Fortenberry, 2006; Radcliffe, 2006; Streveler & Smith, 2006; Wormley, 2006). During the 2005 and 2006 time period of high momentum, researchers identified the development of assessment strategies and high-quality engineering education assessment instruments as integral parts of the community’s transformation (Lohmann, 2005; Olds, Moskal, & Miller, 2005; Radcliffe, 2006; Streveler & Smith, 2006). Perhaps Olds et al. (2005) stated the importance most clearly:
The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball

Written by three esteemed baseball statisticians, "The Book" continues where the legendary Bill James' "Baseball Abstracts" and Palmer and Thorn's "The Hidden Game of Baseball" left off more than twenty years ago. Continuing in the grand tradition of sabermetrics, the authors provide a revolutionary way to think about baseball with principles that can be applied at every level, from high school to the major leagues. Tom Tango, Mitchel Lichtman, and Andrew Dolphin cover topics such as batting and pitching matchups, platooning, the benefits and risks of intentional walks and sacrifices, the legitimacy of alleged "clutch" hitters, and many of baseball's other theories on hitting, fielding, pitching, and even baserunning. They analyze when a strategy is a good idea and when it's a bad idea, and how to more closely watch the "inside" game of baseball. Whenever you hear an announcer talk about the "unwritten rule" or say that so-and-so is going "by the book" in bringing in a situational substitute, "The Book" reviews the facts and determines what the real case is. If you want to know what the folks in baseball should be doing, find out in "The Book".
Transpolar Arcs: Seasonal Dependence Identified by an Automated Detection Algorithm

Transpolar arcs (TPAs) are auroral features that occur polewards of the main auroral oval suggesting that the magnetosphere has acquired a complicated magnetic topology. They are primarily a northward interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) auroral phenomenon, and their formation and evolution have no single explanation that is unanimously agreed upon. An automated detection algorithm has been developed to detect the occurrence of TPAs in UV images captured from the Special Sensor Ultraviolet Spectrographic Imager (SSUSI) instrument onboard the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) spacecraft, in order to further study their occurrence. Via this detection algorithm TPAs are identified as a peak in the average radiance intensity poleward of 12.5° colatitude, in two or more of the wavelengths/bands sensed by SSUSI. Using the detection algorithm for the years 2010 to 2016, over 5000 images containing TPAs are identified. The occurrence of these TPAs shows a seasonal dependence, with more arcs being visible in the winter hemisphere. The orbital plane of DMSP has been investigated as a possible explanation of the dependences in the results of the detection algorithm. For the spacecraft of interest this leads to a preferential observation of the northern hemisphere with the detection algorithm missing TPAs in the southern hemisphere around 01–06 UT. No seasonal bias has been found for these spacecraft. We discuss the ramifications of these findings in terms of proposed TPA generation mechanisms and suggest reasons for the seasonal dependence including it being a reflection of probability of seeing TPAs due to visibility.
VEHICLE/PAVEMENT INTERACTION AT THE PACCAR TEST SITE. FINAL REPORT

The condition of the U.S. highway system has been and continues to be a major concern of both the highway and trucking communities. This is understandable given the fact that in 1990, combination vehicles with five or more axles accounted for 91% of the 18,000 pound equivalent axle loads (ESALs) on rural Interstate highways. This heavy vehicle traffic and the pavement system it travels on combine to generate a perpetual cycle of pavement deterioration and rehabilitation. Increasing truck traffic leads to predictable pavement damage that in turn contributes to potentially increasing dynamic loading of the pavement. This cycle continues until some form of pavement rehabilitation is undertaken. The trucking community alters the design and operation of their vehicles largely due to economic considerations (profit) but also in response to the ride quality (or lack thereof) of the infrastructure to which they are bound. On the other hand, the pavement community is constantly updating design and construction practice to improve pavement performance. Unfortunately, both parties develop a form of "technical tunnel vision" and work to resolve some of the same concerns without the benefit of a possible mutual effort. As such it was recognized that there was a need to improve our mutual understanding of truck pavement interaction. Often, but not always, a beneficial change in one community (such as smoother pavements) benefits the other (less truck/cargo damage). This report is part of a multiphased research project entitled "Truck/Pavement Interaction" conducted jointly by the University of Washington, University of California-Berkeley, Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), and PACCAR, Inc. This is an attempt to promulgate a mutually beneficial dialog between the pavement and trucking communities. The objective of the research is to investigate how different truck suspensions, tire/axle combinations, tire loads, and tire pressures affect pavement response and conversely how pavement condition affects truck performance and damage. These objectives will be accomplished by operating instrumented trucks over an instrumented pavement section.
Modeling, Modal Properties, and Mesh Stiffness Variation Instabilities of Planetary Gears

Planetary gear noise and vibration are primary concerns in their applications in helicopters, automobiles, aircraft engines, heavy machinery, and marine vehicles. Dynamic analysis is essential to the noise and vibration reduction. This work analytically investigates some critical issues and advances the understanding of planetary gear dynamics. A lumped-parameter model is built for the dynamic analysis of general planetary gears. The unique properties of the natural frequency spectra and vibration modes are rigorously characterized. These special structures apply for general planetary gears with cyclic symmetry and, in practically important case, systems with diametrically opposed planets. The special vibration properties are useful for subsequent research. Taking advantage of the derived modal properties, the natural frequency and vibration mode sensitivities to design parameters are investigated. The key parameters include mesh stiffnesses, support/bearing stiffnesses, component masses, moments of inertia, and operating speed. The eigensensitivities are expressed in simple, closed-form formulae associated with modal strain and kinetic energies. As disorders (e.g., mesh stiffness variation, manufacturing and assembling errors) disturb the cyclic symmetry of planetary gears. their effects on the free vibration properties are quantitatively examined. Well-defined veering rules are derived to identify dramatic changes of natural frequencies and vibration modes under parameter variations. The knowledge of free vibration properties, eigensensitivities and veering rules provide important information to effectively tune the natural frequencies and optimize structural design to minimize noise and vibration. Parametric instabilities excited by mesh stiffness variations are analytically studied for multi-mesh gear systems. The discrepancies of previous studies on parametric instability of two-stage gear chains are clarified using perturbation and numerical methods.
Plugged In: The Generation Y Guide to Thriving at Work

Introduction Part I: Who Are You and What Does that Mean for Your Career? Chapter 1 The Outlines of Your Generation Chapter 2 The Events and Trends that Shaped You Chapter 3 Shared Views and Common Choices Part II: What Work is Right for You? Chapter 4 Find Your Passion Chapter 5 Clarify Your Preferences Chapter 6 Target Your Place Chapter 7 Align the Practical Realities Chapter 8 Find the Perfect Job Chapter 9 Leverage Your Advantages Part III: You Got the Job - Now What? Chapter 10 Make a Multigenerational Workforce Work for You Chapter 11 Business Basics--Communication and the Language of Business Chapter 12 Business Finesse--Soft Skills for Tangible Success Conclusion
Prospective Study of Surgical Drains and Its Neccesasity in Elective Abdominal Surgeries

Introduction - Drains usage has been used in surgery for many years to prevent the accumulation of bodily fluids and improving body function. The first known use of drains was shown by Hippocrates who applied hollow tubes for the management of empyema. Aims & Objectives: Study of surgical drains and its neccesasity in elective abdominal surgeries Methods -All the abdominal surgery cases of both sexes admitted in surgical ward through OPD basis requiring elective abdominal surgeries for various abdominal pathologies will be evaluated with detailed history. It is a cross-sectional study. Discussion- Drains are associated with higher morbidity & mortality rates, furthermore have indirect effect on the post-operative recovery period of the patients. Conclusion -Drain use may lead to similar wound infections, need for additional open procedures for postoperative complications and quality of life scores versus when compared with no drain use. Result -Use of prophylactic drain in abdominal surgeries shows no advantage in helping in reduction of postoperative complications or any other surgical benefit for the same.
Deciphering a potentially hyperdiverse diet of wandering spider, (Phoneutria boliviensis; Araneae: Ctenidae) by DNA metabarcoding of gut contents

Arachnids are the most abundant land predators. Despite the importance of their functional roles as predators and the of necessity to understand their diet for conservation and nutrient ﬂuxes, the trophic ecology of many arachnid species is not fully understood. In the case of the wandering spider, Phoneutria boliviensis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897, only selected ﬁeld and laboratory observational studies about their diet exist. By using a DNA metabarcoding approach, we compared the prey found in the gut content of males and females from three distant Colombian populations of P. boliviensis. By DNA metabarcoding of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI), we detected and identiﬁed 234 prey records belonging to 96 operational taxonomic units (OTUs), as prey for this wandering predator. Our results broaden the known diet of P. boliviensis with at least 75 prey taxa not previously registered in ﬁeldwork or laboratory experimental trials. These results suggest that P. boliviensis feeds predominantly on invertebrates (Diptera, Lepidoptera, Coleoptera and Orthoptera) and opportunistically on small squamates. Intersex and interpopulation diﬀerences are observed. Assuming that prey preference does not vary between populations, these diﬀerences are likely associated with a higher local prey availability. Finally, we suggest that DNA metabarcoding can be used for evaluating subtle diﬀerences in the diet of distinct populations of P. boliviensis, particularly when predation records in the ﬁeld cannot be established or quantiﬁed using direct observation
Ductile fracture modeling : theory, experimental investigation and numerical verification

The fracture initiation in ductile materials is governed by the damaging process along the plastic loading path. A new damage plasticity model for ductile fracture is proposed. Experimental results show that fracture initiation in uncracked ductile solids is sensitive to the hydrostatic pressure and is dependent on the Lode angle. The damage plasticity model is established on a "cylindrical decomposition" system accounting for the pressure dependence, Lode angle dependence and the non-linear damage rule. Two internal variables are adopted to quantify the evolution of material properties. One is the plastic strain and the other is so-called damage variable. The joint effects of pressure and Lode angle define a fracture envelope in the principal stress space. Plastic deformation induced damage is expressed by an integral of the damage rate measured at current loading and deformation status with respect to the fracture envelope. A non-linear damage rule is proposed to characterize the damage accumulation with respect to the plastic strain. Furthermore, a damage related weakening factor is adopted to describe the material deterioration. Aluminum alloy 2024T351 is selected and a series of experiments have been conducted to determine the necessary material parameters for the description of the mechanical and damage properties. The numerical integration procedure is presented. The proposed model is numerically implemented into an explicit code. Simulations were performed andthe results show good agreement with the experimental data. Several representative load conditions are also modeled. These simulations illustrate realistic crack patterns. In addition to the damage plasticity model, the micro void shearing mechanism is also introduced into a Gurson-like material model. Improved simulation results are shown.