Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Managing Global Innovation: Uncovering the Secrets of Future Competitiveness

Challenges and Trends: Challenges of Organizing International Research & Development. - Extent of R&D Internationalization. - Foreign R&D in China. - Internal Drivers. - External Drivers. - Establishing Overlaying Structures. - Organizing Virtual R&D Teams. - Emerging Patterns: The Market as a Challenge for R&D. - Technology Listening Posts. - Managing the International R-to-D Interface. - Transnational R&D Processes. - Information & Communication Technologies. - Directors of International R&D Labs. - Managing Knowledge and Human Resources. - Best-in-Class: The Pharmaceutical and Chemical Industry: DuPont: Gaining the Benefits of Global Networks - from the Science Base to the Market Place. - Hoffmann-La Roche: Global Differentiation between Research and Development. - Schering: Synchronized Drug Development. - Ciba: International Research Laboratories in Japan: Practical Validation of a Strategic Concept. - Kao: Localizing R&D Resources. - Best-in-Class: The Electronics, Software, and Service Industry: Xerox: The Global Market and Technology Innovator. - Canon: R&D - Driver for Continuous Growth and Diversification. - Hewlett-Packard: Planet-Wide Patterns in the Company's Technology Tapestry. - IBM: Using Global Networks for Virtual Development. - SAP: Global Intellectual Property Management in the Software Industry Sector. - Unisys: Localization of Software Development. - Huawei: Globalizing through Innovation. - Fujitsu: Solutions for the Ubiquitous Networking World. - Swiss Re: Global Intellectual Property Management in the Financial Services Industry. - Best-in-Class: The Electrical and Machinery Industry: ABB: Management of Technology: Think Global, Act Local. - Daimler: Global Knowledge Sourcing and Research. - Schindler: Institutionalizing Technology Management and R&D Core Competencies. - Hitachi: Management Practices for Innovation in Global Industrial Research. - Leica Microscopy: International Transfer of R&D Activities. - MTU: Partner in International High-Tech-Cooperations. - BMWW Group: Strategic Framework for Global Innovation to Enhance the Efficiency of Global R&D. - Siemens: Flying with the Dragon - Innovation in China. - Implications for Organizing Global R&D: Implications for Organizing Global R&D.
The Effectiveness of ‘Work from Home’ In a Private Service Company

This descriptive quantitative research determined the significant relationship between the effectiveness of work from home and the employees’ job performance. It also determined the significant difference in the work performance of the 300 employee-respondents in terms of their demographic profile. Data were gathered through a self-made questionnaire in the form of 4-Likert scale questions. The work from home program was effective and the work performance was of high level. Based from the results, it was concluded that there was direct and significant relationship between the reorganization, work-life balance and the speed; supervision and work quality; and reorganization, work-life balance and target. In addition, there was a significant difference in the work performance of the employees according to gender and educational attainment. Based from the findings of the study, it was recommended that Human Resource Department develop scheme to identify positions and employees appropriate under the program. There may also be an establishment of proper mechanism for the continuity and sustainability of the program and maintenance of the work quality may be a shared responsibility.
Vibration analysis of cracked aluminium plates

This research is concerned with analytical modelling of the effects of cracks in structural plates and panels within aerospace systems such as aeroplane fuselage, wing, and tail-plane structures, and, as such, is part of a larger body of research into damage detection methodologies in such systems. This study is based on generating a so-called reduced order analytical model of the behaviour of the plate panel, within which a crack with some arbitrary characteristics is present, and which is subjected to a force that causes it to vibrate. In practice such a scenario is potentially extremely dangerous as it can lead to failure, with obvious consequences. The equation that is obtained is in the form of the classical Duffing equation, in this case, the coefficients within the equation contain information about the geometrical and mass properties of the plate, the loading and boundary conditions, and the geometry, location, and potentially the orientation of the crack. This equation has been known for just over a century and has in the last few decades received very considerable attention from both the analytical dynamics community and also from the dynamical systems researchers, in particular the work of Ueda, Thompson, in the 1970s and 1980s, and Thomsen in the 1990s and beyond. An approximate analytical solution is obtained by means of the perturbation method of multiple scales. This powerful method was popularized in the 1970s by Ali H.Nayfeh, and discussed in his famous books, ‘Perturbation Methods’ (1974) and ‘Nonlinear Oscillations’ (1979, with D.T.Mook), and also by J.Murdock (1990), and M.P.Cartmell et al. (2003) and has been shown to be immensely useful for a wide range of nonlinear vibration problems. In this work it is shown that different boundary conditions can be admitted for the plate and that the modal natural frequencies are sensitive to the crack geometry. Bifurcatory behaviour of the cracked plate has then been examined numerically, for a range of parameters. The model has been tested against experimental work and against a Finite Element model, with good corroboration from both. In all events, this is a significant new result in the field and one that if implemented within a larger damage detection strategy, could be of considerable practical use.
A Study on Parametric Wave Estimation Based on Measured Ship Motions

The paper studies parametric wave estimation based on the ‘wave buoy analogy’, and data and results obtained from the training ship Shioji-maru are compared with estimates of the sea states obtained from other measurements and observations. Furthermore, the estimating characteristics of the parametric model are discussed by considering the results of a similar estimation concept based on Bayesian modelling. The purpose of the latter comparison is not to favour the one estimation approach to the other but rather to highlight some of the advantages and disadvantages of the two approaches.
Management Control Systems and Multiple Goals

This study explores whether alignment of management control systems and organizational integration mechanisms leads to performance improvements when the firm pursues multiple goals. The paper develops the argument that making consistent choices among control systems and integration mechanisms lead to better performance, provides an empirical analysis that demonstrates simultaneous performance improvements in growth and profitability as a consequence of alignment. Additional analyses explore whether environmental turbulence moderate the effects of alignment.
Unraveling the Consumer Value Components of Science-Based Cooking: The Producer Perspective

ABSTRACT This study unravels the consumer value components of science-based cooking and examines how science-based cooked foods should be marketed in line with this value constructivism. A qualitative study approach was adopted based on the data from 22 semi-structured interviews with executive chefs in Turkey. Five interrelated consumer value components of science-based cooking were identified, namely functional, emotional, social, artistic, and epistemic. By highlighting the consumer value components of science-based cooking in the marketing context, the study contributes to the food-marketing literature and provides various suggestions for restaurant marketers.
Experimental Mechanical and Fluid Mechanical Investigations of the Brass Instrument Lip-reed and the Human Vocal Folds

The mechanical properties of the lips are of crucial importance to the function of a brass instrument. The natural resonance modes must be able to usefully interact with the instrument air column in order to sustain oscillations. Mechanical frequency responses of human and artificial lips used to play a brass instrument were measured using a high-speed digital video technique in an attempt to classify the true nature of the lipreed. The results revealed the presence of at least two lip modes that exhibited the characteristic outward-inward striking behaviour seen in many in vitro replica lip-reed measurements. The Q-values of the human lip resonances were considerably lower than those seen for the replica lips. Transverse mechanical response measurements were also performed on an in vitro lip-reed to investigate the coupling between the outward and inward striking modes. The two dimensional motion of the lips during full oscillations was investigated. It is shown that a computational four degree-of-freedom model would be required to fully simulate the observed mechanical motion. The fluid behaviour downstream from an in vitro vocal fold model was investigated using particle image velocimetry (PIV). A ‘free jet’ configuration with no downstream acoustical coupling was first investigated. The measurements revealed an unsteady glottal jet flow, consisting of a high velocity jet core, a transitional region of high jet deceleration and a turbulent mixing region. The jet was consistently skewed at angles to the glottal centreline, and appeared to oscillate back and forth across the centreline during the glottal cycle. The behaviour of the jet core was investigated in detail. A temporal asymmetry was observed in the mean velocity across the jet core such that the highest jet velocities were encountered during the closing phase of the vocal folds. The overall jet behaviour also showed a strong turbulent asymmetry between the opening and closing phases. High levels of vorticity and turbulent motion encountered during the closing phase were associated with the deceleration of the jet. Three vocal fold configurations that included static replicas of the ventricular bands were finally investigated with the aim of characterising the aerodynamic interaction between the ventricular bands and the vocal folds. A marked effect on the glottal jet was observed for all configurations. The most physically realistic configuration appeared to stabilise the glottal jet, leading to a reattachment of the jet to the ventricular bands and a subsequent secondary flow separation from the downstream end. The implications of the aerodynamic interaction is discussed, with particular note to its possible relevance to the lip-reed and mouthpiece interaction in brass playing.
The Prevalence and Characteristics of Paediatric Driveway Accidents in Queensland

Objectives: This study was designed to investigate the incidence and characteristics of non-traffic child pedestrian accidents in Queensland to which the Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) responded between January 1998 and December 2000. Method: Both quantitative and qualitative data from ambulance report forms were utilised in the analyses. Cases were selected on the basis of the child's age (up to 15 years) and the location of the incident (non-traffic areas). The main outcome measures were the child's Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score, respiratory rate and ambulance dispatch code (life-threatening or non life-threatening) recorded on arrival by the paramedics. Results: In total, 76 driveway incidents out of a total of 1105 paediatric accidents were identified over the three-year period. The incidents predominantly involved vehicles reversing at low speed out of driveways, often with a parent driving. Four-wheel drive (4WD) and heavy vehicles were over-represented in the statistics and were associated with more severe injuries to the child. Peak times for the incidents were afternoons and during holiday months, when children were more likely to be playing around non-traffic areas. The incidents were also more likely to involve males (57%) and 51% involved children under the age of four years. In regards to severity, one child was deceased and six were unconscious on arrival of the ambulance. Conclusions: Non-traffic pedestrian accidents in Queensland remain a considerable risk for children under four years of age. A number of strategies may prove effective at reducing this risk, however greater driver awareness in non-traffic locations and the use of methods to enhance driver visibility when reversing may prove to be important factors in preventing these accidents.
ANALISIS FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI KINERJA SISTEM INFORMASI AKUNTANSI

This study is meant to test the effect of involvement variable, capability of personnel Information System (IS), organization size, top management support and formalization to the system use and satisfaction of Accounting Information System (AIS) users as the surrogate of AIS performance. Besides, it is also meant to test the differences of AIS performance in relation to the users education and training program, steering committee of IS and the independence of IS department location. This study is based on Sugiharto's study (2001) with the change that lies on research focus i.e. at general ledger sub-system, research object, data processing analysis, and the instrument used to measure the satisfaction of AIS users. The research data are obtained by means of mail survey, enumerator service, and walk-in done by the researcher, directly to the respondents. There are 83 manufacturing business involved in this research showing the level of 24.93 % response out of 333 population. The analysis method of research comprises influence test using multiple regression analysis, t-test, F-test, coefficient of determination. Meanwhile, differential test uses Mann Whitney U-test. The result of partial regression test shows that involvement variable, organization size, top management support, and formalization have a significant effect to the users' satisfaction. Besides, involvement variable, capability, and top management support affect significantly to the use of AIS. Meanwhile, on the simultaneity test, all independent variables perceived to have an effect on the AIS performance. Furthermore, coefficient of determination for users' satisfaction variable (Y 1) and the system use (Y2) is 41.2% and 32.4% accordingly. On difference test using Mann Whitney U-test is to be found evidence that there is no difference of AIS performance in line with whether or not there is a steering committee, user training and education program, and the independence or dependence of the IS department. The result of the research heralds three implications for the hereinafter research. First, some variables of organizational context and moderating variables require to be entangled. Second, it needs exploration and definition of techniques and approaches for user training and education program. Third, it needs elaboration of special purpose of the software developed by the respondents.
Investigation into digital circuit design with GaAs/Ga2O3 heterostructure MOSFETs

In this thesis, GaAs heterostructure MOSFETs are investigated as a potential technology for digital circuit design. The devices under investigation are 0.6 μm gate length, enhancement mode, heterostructure MOSFETs, with a high-κ dielectric (Ga2O3), and an InGaAs channel. Historically silicon CMOS technology has been the natural choice for digital circuits, however the realisation of GaAs MOSFET digital circuits could allow full integration of RF, optoelectronic and digital circuits on a single system-on-chip. Additionally, there are potential performance advantages in using GaAs due to it's high electron mobility. For the first time compact models of complimentary GaAs/Ga2O3 MOS are developed to enable an investigation into establishing a digital design methodology for GaAs MOS. Drift-diffusion models are developed and calibrated to measured device data. These models then provide information on the necessary device parameters to build compact models of these devices. BSIM3v3.2 compact models are developed based on this to enable GaAs MOS technology to be investigated using standard circuit design tools. The compact models have been adapted to ensure that they are physically relevant for GaAs devices. This includes some necessary approximations using effective medium theory. Further adjustments, or ratio corrections, are introduced to ensure that the internal physical parameters of BSIM will be correct. The models are compared to similarly-sized silicon devices to investigate the difference in performance between GaAs and silicon MOSFETs. As expected, the GaAs NMOS devices demonstrate improvements in drive current over silicon. However, the GaAs PMOS devices do not offer this advantage due to low hole mobility. Therefore, as a consequence of the high mobility ratio in GaAs, it is important to consider alternative digital design methodologies to CMOS to optimise performance. The performance of benchmark circuits is investigated for this technology in various digital design styles including CMOS, NMOS saturated enhancement load, and NMOS precharge. GaAs digital circuits gain a signifcant advantage in using alternative design styles to CMOS due to the relatively poor performance of the PMOS devices. In using the alternative styles the number of PMOS devices used can be minimised, and it is shown that NMOS precharge offers both speed and power advantages for this technology. The particular GaAs technology investigated does not outperform silicon in terms of speed and power. However, it has allowed a methodology to be established for future device generations, where performance is anticipated to improve signifcantly.
Elucidating musical structure through empirical measurement of performance parameters

The differences between a musical score and an instance of that music in a performance, communicates a performer’s view of the information contained in that score. The main hypothesis in this thesis is that by measuring quantiﬁable parameters such as tempo, dynamics and motion from live performance, the performer’s interpretation of musical structure can be detected. This will be tested for pieces for which the structure is explicit and obvious, and then used to discover musical structure from looking at patterns of aural and visual performance parameters in performances of more ambiguously structured pieces. This thesis is in two strands. The ﬁrst part covers the acquisition of multi-modal parameters in piano performance. This will explore current technologies in acquiring MIDI information such as accurate onset timings and key velocities as well as motion tracking systems for measuring general body movements. A new cheap, portable and accurate system for tracking the intricacies of pianists’ ﬁnger movement is described as well as methods and tools available for analysis and visualisation of musical data. The second strand of this thesis will explore uses of these capture systems in empirically measuring performance parameters to elucidate musical structure. Two experiments follow which test the hypothesis of detecting musical structure from parameters such as tempo, dynamics and movement, before using these patterns as a basis for discovering structure in performances of the ﬁnale of Chopin’s B ﬂat minor sonata. Body movement is discovered as an indicator of phrasing boundaries, which when combined with the measured aural parameters provides interpretations of the performed music. Phrasing boundaries are identiﬁed correctly for the control piece (Chopin’s Prelude in A major Op.28, No.7) and consequently for the ﬁrst test piece (Chopin’s Prelude in B minor Op.28 No.6). The proceeding experiment identiﬁes performers’ style of phrase endings through performances of the control piece and tests them against patterns found in the second test piece (Chopin’s B Flat minor Sonata Finale). Five out of the six performers conﬁrm the musicological hypothesis that bar 5 is not the entry of a new theme but the continuation of the the theme beginning in bar 1.
Experimental Study of Breast Cancer Detection Using UWB Imaging

Breast cancer detection using UWB imaging is presented in this paper. The study is performed experimentally. Homogeneous breast phantom is constructed using pure petroleum jelly. The tumor is modeled using mixture of water and wheat flour. The breast fatty tissue and tumor tissue are put in breast shaped glass which mimics the skin. The dielectric properties values are comparable to previous study. Neural Network (NN) was trained and tested using feature vector which is prepared by performing discrete cosine transform (DCT) of the received UWB signals. Very encouraging results were obtained. Up to 100 % tumor existence detection was achieved. Tumor size and location detection rate were 91.3% and 95.6% respectively.
Impact of Western Pacific Subtropical High on Ozone 
Pollution over Eastern China

Abstract. Surface ozone is a major pollutant in Eastern China, especially during the summer season. The formation of surface ozone pollution highly depends on meteorological conditions as generally controlled regional circulation patterns. Here we show that summertime ozone pollution over Eastern China is distinctly modulated by the variability of West Pacific Subtropical High (WPSH), a major synoptic system that controls the summertime weather conditions of East Asia. Composite and regression analyses indicate that positive WPSH anomaly is associated with higher than normal surface ozone concentration over Northern China but lower ozone over Southern China. We show that this is mainly driven by changes in meteorological variables with stronger than normal WPSH leading to higher temperatures, stronger solar radiation at the land surface, lower relative humidity, and less precipitation in Northern China, favoring the production and accumulation of surface ozone. In contrast, all variables show reverse changes in Southern China under stronger WPSH. GEOS-Chem simulations reasonably reproduce the observed ozone changes associated with the WPSH and support the statistical analyses. Detailed contributions of different processes are quantified through budget diagnosis, which emphasizes the decisive role of chemistry. Natural emission of precursors from biogenic and soil sources accounts for ~30 % of the total surface ozone changes.