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Exploring the Determinants of Location Choice Decisions for Offshored R&D Projects

If you believe this document infringes copyright then please contact the KAR admin team with the take-down information provided at http://kar.kent. ac.uk/contact.html Citation for published version Rodgers, Peter and Khan, Zaheer and Tarba, Shlomo and Nurgabdeshov, Assylbek (2017) Exploring the Determinants of Location Choice Decisions for Offshored R&D Projects. Journal of Business Research . ISSN 0148-2963.
Graphene based heterostructures used for high performance broadband photodetectors

The intrinsic optical responsivity of pure graphene-based photodetectors is usually poor (∼10−2 AW−1) due to its relatively low absorption cross-section and fast recombination rate of photocarriers. This has led to the formation of heterostructures of graphene with other 2D materials to obtain enhanced performance in these hybrid structures. Here, we reported novel heterostructures based on graphene-perovskite, graphene-MoTe2, and graphene-black phosphorus (BP) and their application for broadband photodetectors. Our results show that the graphene-perovskite photodetector exhibits significantly enhanced photoresponsivity (97 AW−1, visible light) than the pure perovskite photodetector. The graphene-MoTe2 heterostructure photodetector achieves a high responsivity of ∼970.82 AW−1 at 1064 nm and the graphene-BP heterostructure photodetector shows an ultrahigh responsivity of 3.3×10s AW−1 at telecommunication band of 1550 nm wavelength. The high performance in broadband range demonstrated in these work pave the way for practical applications of 2D materials in remote sensing, biological imaging and environmental monitoring.
High-Speed Time-Domain En Face Optical Coherence Tomography System Using KTN Optical Beam Deflector

We developed high-speed time-domain (TD) en face optical coherence tomography (OCT) system using KTN optical beam deflector. The KTN optical beam deflector operates at a high repetition rate of 200 kHz with a fairly large beam deflection angle. We proposed a high-speed en face OCT system that used a KTN optical deflector as the sample beam scanning. In the experiment, we obtained en face OCT images of human fingerprint with a frame rate of 800 fps, which is the fastest speed obtained by a TD-OCT imaging. Furthermore, a 3D-OCT image was also obtained at 0.2 s (=5 volumes/s) by our imaging system.
The Dependence of China’s Monetary Policy Rules on Interest Rate Regimes: Empirical Analysis Based on a Pseudo Output Gap

Although a large number of scholars have studied the policy preferences and monetary policy rules of China’s central bank, most have found no evidence that China’s central bank has adjusted the nominal interest rates against the output gap. By constructing the pseudo output gap defined by the deviation of the real output growth rate and the target growth rate, this paper finds that China’s central bank prefers to adjust the nominal interest rates against the pseudo output gap. The monetary policy preferences and rules of China’s central bank in different interest rate regimes are investigated based on the threshold Taylor rule model. It is found that, in the high-interest-rate regime, the central bank adjusts the nominal interest against the inflation gap and the pseudo output gap, while in the low-interest-rate regime, there is no evidence that the central bank adjusts the nominal interest rates against the pseudo output gap. The lower bound of interest rate reduction and the weakening of interest rate policy effects caused by the liquidity trap of the interest rate are the possible reasons for China’s central bank not to adjust the nominal interest rates against the pseudo output gap.
Integrative metabolomics as emerging tool to study autophagy regulation

Recent technological developments in metabolomics research have enabled in-depth characterization of complex metabolite mixtures in a wide range of biological, biomedical, environmental, agricultural, and nutritional research fields. Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and mass spectrometry are the two main platforms for performing metabolomics studies. Given their broad applicability and the systemic insight into metabolism that can be obtained it is not surprising that metabolomics becomes increasingly popular in basic biological research. In this review, we provide an overview on key metabolites, recent studies, and future opportunities for metabolomics in studying autophagy regulation. Metabolites play a pivotal role in autophagy regulation and are therefore key targets for autophagy research. Given the recent success of metabolomics, it can be expected that metabolomics approaches will contribute significantly to deciphering the complex regulatory mechanisms involved in autophagy in the near future and promote understanding of autophagy and autophagy-related diseases in living cells and organisms.
Mapping hydrothermal minerals using remotely sensed reflectance spectroscopy data from Landsat

exploration and exploitation of mineral resources to sustain their economic growth. Usually, the traditional mineral exploration techniques require enormous finances, prolonged time, and tremendous manpower, particularly in areas that are not easily reachable (Maduaka, 2014). Furthermore, mineral exploration required state-of-the-art techniques and expertise along with geological, geochemical, and geophysical datasets, which may not be easily available or may be lacking where access is problematic (Kaiser et al., 2002; Bemis et al., 2014). Modern remote sensing technology has proved to be one of the highly efficient and robust techniques used for mineral exploration. The use of remote sensing satellite images for geological mapping and mineral exploration usually involves studying the physicochemical properties of rocks and weathering soils, such as mineralogy, landforms, geochemical signatures, and the spatiall distribution of lineaments (Bhattacharya et al., 2012). A fundamental principle of mineral exploration is that it is quite possible that undiscovered deposits will be located in the close vicinity of discovered ones. For example, if mining is taking place in a particulat area, then similar minerals will be more likely found nearer to the discovered deposit, and as the distance increases, the likelihood of new discoveries will decrease. In that situation, before drilling exploratory boreholes at new locations, remote sensing can be used effectively to identify regions with higher chances of mineralization, mainly through multior hyperspectral remote sensing images (Gholami, Moradzadeh, and Yousef, 2012; Ciampalini et al., 2013). The use of reflectance spectroscopic information derived from remote sensing data allows effective localization of mineral exploration and reduces the cost and time spent on fieldwork for geological, geophysical, and geochemical studies (Short and Lowman Jr, 1973; Tedesco, 2012; Marjoribanks, 2010). Several remote sensing studies for mineral exploration and lithological mapping have been done in arid and semi-arid regions. In areas with good geological exposure, satellites in orbit are capable of acquiring spectral reflectance data directly from rock or/and soils (Sabins, 1999; Di Tommaso and Rubinstein, 2007; Zhang et al., 2007; Pour and Hashim, 2012; Mahboob, Iqbal, and Atif, 2015). Mapping hydrothermal minerals using remotely sensed reflectance spectroscopy data from Landsat
The Effect of School Culture on the Management of Professional Development in Secondary Schools in Malaysia.

This study explores the influence of school culture on the management of professional development in secondary schools in Malaysia. It illustrates how school culture influences the school professional development management. The instrument used in this study is a self-administered questionnaire involving 515 secondary school teachers. The results of the study reveal that school culture correlates with the management of professional development and found that two out of five (40%) constructs of school culture influence the school professional development management. This finding shows that only two constructs of school culture, namely collective efficacy and communication, can become predictors of the management of professional development in schools. This study has clearly shown the importance of school culture to management of professional development in secondary schools. As for the contribution to the body of knowledge, this study has introduced a new construct, identified as Total Evaluation, to evaluate the management for professional development. This will help improve the existing measurement currently used.
Tutorial on evaluating recommender systems

In this tutorial we discuss the evaluation of recommender systems. We discuss the main reason for evaluating recommender systems, i.e., the selection task. We overview some general guidelines for conducting evaluation tests. We then discuss the evaluation of the system accuracy given specific system tasks. We also overview many properties of recommender systems, and explain how these properties can be evaluated.
Evaluation of machine, technician, and interpreter effects on ultrasonic measures of backfat and longissimus muscle area in beef cattle.

Before slaughter, 44 Hereford-sired steers were measured ultrasonically for backfat (UFAT) and longissimus muscle area (ULMA) between the 12th and 13th ribs by three technicians (TECH) using two different machines (MACH) on two consecutive days (DAY). Each TECH interpreted (INT) his own images in addition to other TECH images. The absolute values of the difference between the 2 DAY's ultrasound measurements for ULMA (magnitude of LMAR) and UFAT (magnitude of FATR) were analyzed with a model including fixed effects of MACH and TECH with a random effect of steer and all interactions. For both magnitude of LMAR and magnitude of FATR, MACH x TECH was significant (P < .10). Correlations between the 2 DAY's measurements ranged from . 36 to . 90 and . 69 to . 90 for ULMA and UFAT, respectively. Simple statistics to quickly evaluate TECH and MACH were developed. Root mean squared errors (RMSE) and error standard deviations (ESD) between repeated measurements ranged from 3.89 to 11.32 and 3.93 to 11.34 cm2 for ULMA and . 12 to . 20 cm and . 12 to . 20 cm for UFAT, respectively. For accuracy, the absolute values of the difference between the ultrasound and carcass measurement for fat (magnitude of FATD) and longissimus muscle area (magnitude of LMAD) were analyzed with a model accounting for fixed effects of DAY, TECH, and MACH and a random effect of steer with all higher-order interactions. For magnitude of LMAD, TECH x MACH was a significant source of variation (P < .001). Also, a similar model was fit that included the fixed effects of TECH, MACH, and INT and a random effect of steer with all interactions. The MACH x INT interaction was found to be significant for magnitude of LMAD (P < .05). From this research, TECH and MACH differences do exist. Ultrasound is a valid means of measuring carcass traits in live steers if appropriate personnel and equipment are selected.
Flash in Action: Scalable Spatial Data Analysis Using Markov Logic Networks

The current explosion in spatial data raises the need for eﬃcient spatial analysis tools to extract useful information from such data. However, existing tools are neither generic nor scalable when dealing with big spatial data. This demo presents Flash ; a framework for generic and scalable spatial data analysis, with a special focus on spatial probabilistic graphical modelling (SPGM). Flash exploits Markov Logic Networks (MLN) to express SPGM as a set of declarative logical rules. In addition, it provides spatial variations of the scalable RDBMS-based learning and inference techniques of MLN to eﬃciently perform SPGM predictions. To show Flash eﬀectiveness, we demonstrate three applications that use Flash in their SPGM: (1) Bird monitoring, (2) Safety analysis, and (3) Land use change tracking.
Empirical Identification and Validation of Eating Disorder Phenotypes in a Multisite Clinical Sample

Identified problems with the classification system of eating disorders (EDs), including its imperfect application to clinical samples, challenge its validity and limit its utility. The present study aimed to empirically identify and validate ED phenotypes in a multisite clinical sample using latent profile analysis (LPA). ED symptom data collected from 687 individuals were included in LPA. Identified latent profiles (LPs) were compared on clinical validators. Five LPs were identified: LP1 (n = 178), objective bingeing and multiple purging methods; LP2 (n = 172), objective bingeing without purging; LP3 (n = 130), objective bingeing and vomiting; LP4 (n = 108), low/normal weight and excessive exercise; LP5 (n = 99), low/normal weight and absence of ED symptoms. Validation analyses demonstrated the most extreme psychopathology/medical morbidity in LP1 and the least in LP5. LP1 and LP3 were most likely to report medication treatment for EDs. Identified LPs imperfectly resembled diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders-IV-TR EDs. Multiple purging methods and the absence of ED cognitions marked differences in severity across groups, whereas low weight did not. Clinical differences in psychopathology, medical morbidity, and treatment utilization validated groups. Future research should examine longitudinal stability of empirically-derived phenotypes and incremental validity of alternative classification schema to inform DSM-V.
A Nonparabolic Bandstructure Model for Computationally Efficient Quantum Transport Simulations

With the increasing focus on III-V materials as potential candidates for next-generation nanotransistors, advanced bandstructure models going beyond the parabolic band approximation are required to ensure accurate device simulations. For that purpose, we present a straightforward way to include nonparabolic (NP) bandstructure effects into quantum transport calculations based on the effective mass approach. This scheme does not only properly account for the NP effects present in the thermionic current of transistors, but also in their source-to-drain tunneling leakage. The method is validated by simulating 2-D and 3-D In0.53Ga0. 47As nanoscale transistors with two variants of the proposed NP model. An excellent agreement with full-band results is demonstrated in all the cases.
Synthesis , Characterization and Antibacterial Activities of Schiff Base Complexes of Co ( II ) and Ni ( II ) Derived From 2-Hydroxy-1-Naphthaldehyde and 4 -

DOI: 10.21276/sjams.2017. 5.10. 28 Abstract: A new series of transition metal complexes of Co (II) and Ni (II) were synthesized from the Schiff base ligand derived from 2-hydroxy-1-naphthaldehyde and 4-aminophenol which gives (1-[(4-Hydroxy-phenylimino)-methyl]naphthalen2-ol) as the ligand They were characterized using different analytical techniques like IR, magnetic susceptibility, melting point and molar conductivity. The IR results revealed bands at 1616cm-1 indicating the formation of azomethine (C=N) confirming the formation of Schiff base, 441cm-1for (M-O) and 657cm-1 for (M-N) bands in the spectra of the complex supporting coordination of Schiff base with respective metal . The Schiff base and its metal (II) complexes were colored with Sharp melting point. An octahedral geometry was suggested on the basis of magnetic moment data. The molar conductance values indicated that the complexes are non-electrolytes. The schiff base and its metal complexes have been tested in vitro against (Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia Coli) in order to assess their antibacterial activities.
Long and Plosser Meet Bewley and Lucas∗

We develop a N -sector business-cycle network model a la Long and Plosser (1983), featuring heterogenous money demand a la Bewley (1980) and Lucas (1980). Despite incomplete markets and a well-defined distribution of real money balances across heterogeneous households, the enriched N -sector network model remains analytically tractable with closed-form solutions. Relying on the tractability, we establish several important results: (i) The economy’s input-output network linkages become endogenously time-varying over the business cycle– thanks to the influence of the endogenous distribution of money demand on cross-sector allocations of commodities. (ii) Despite flexible prices, money is not neutral and monetary injections can generate highly-persistent effects on sectoral output, thanks to the time-varying input-output linkages. (iii) Although money injection is distributed equally across households by design, the real effects are asymmetric across production sectors, e.g., the impact of money is strongest on downstream sectors which purchase intermediate goods from the rest of the economy (such as construction and transportation), but weakest on upstream sectors which supply intermediate goods to the other sectors (such as mining and manufacturing), in sharp contrast to the case of sectoral technology shocks and government spending shocks. Our model also shows that movements in the distribution of money demand could be an important source of the labor wedge documented by the business-cycle accounting literature.
A synergetic approach for the retrieval of aerosol optical thickness from both AATSR data and MODIS BRDF data over Land

As is known that multi-angle sensor can provide more information to characterize the angular spectral reflectance, which is important for the inversion of most geophysical parameters, including aerosol optical thickness (AOT). In this paper, a synergetic approach for simultaneous retrieval of AOT over land at a 1 km spatial resolution for 0.55, 0.66 and 0.87 mum from Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR) TOA radiance is presented which exploits the synergy of AATSR dual-angle view capabilities and semi-empirical linear kernel-driven bi-directional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) model product from NASA. In this approach, the BRDF characteristics of land surface are used to retrieve AOT by combining the geometrical information extracted from AATSR and linear kernel-driven BRDF parameter product. No assumptions are required about the land surface spectral properties, thus allowing for quantitative retrieval of aerosol particles over virtually arbitrary land surface. A retrieval example is given by validating against AERONET Beijing in-situ AOT measurements with the maximum standard deviation of 0.06, which suggests that the retrieval precision of AOT be favorable by accounting for BRDF effects through this synergetic approach developed in this paper.
Does Marketing Attract Less Ethical Students? An Assessment of the Moral Reasoning Ability of Undergraduate Marketing Students

This article assesses the level of moral reasoning ability (MRA) of undergraduate marketing students and compares the results with the MRA of students in a range of other business disciplines. The aim was to determine if marketing attracts individuals who have a greater predisposition to unethical behaviors given that marketing is often reported as the most unethical of all business activities. The Defining Issues Test (DIT) was used to measure MRA. Although frequently used to measure the MRA of undergraduate students, the DIT has not been used within the marketing domain. The findings indicate that marketing students do not exhibit a lower level of MRA than other business disciplines. Marketing students are no less ethical in their thinking than those pursuing other business careers. The perception of unethical behavior is more likely to be a product of the visible nature of marketing activities to consumers.
The diagnostic use of the rhTSH/thyroglobulin test in differentiated thyroid cancer patients with persistent disease and low thyroglobulin levels

background Serum thyroglobulin (Tg) measurement after TSH stimulation, by either thyroid hormone withdrawal or recombinant human TSH (rhTSH) administration, is the most sensitive method for early detection of patients with persistent or recurrent differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) after total thyroidectomy and 131I ablation. The use of rhTSH is now increasing because it avoids thyroid hormone suppressive therapy (THST) withdrawal and the consequent symptoms of severe hypothyroidism. Current guidelines suggest measurement of serum Tg 4 days after starting a 2‐day course of rhTSH injections, and assumes that Tg reaches maximum serum levels at that time.
UAV-Aided Wireless Communication Designs With Propulsion Energy Limitations

In this paper, we investigate wireless communication systems where an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) supports data transmissions of multiple ground nodes (GNs) while maneuvering over the operating area. The propulsion energy consumption of the UAV is taken into consideration in this system, thus the UAV should operate under the certain threshold of the velocity and the acceleration. We formulate the minimum average rate maximization problem and the energy efficiency (EE) maximization problem by jointly optimizing the trajectory, velocity, and acceleration of the UAV and the uplink transmit power at the GNs. As these problems are non-convex in general, the successive convex approximation (SCA) scheme is employed. To utilize this technique, the non-convex constraints are turned into proper convex approximations, and iterative algorithms are proposed which converge to a local optimal point. From the numerical results, it is demonstrated that the proposed algorithms outperform baseline schemes for both problems. Especially for the EE maximization problem, the proposed algorithm exhibits about 109% gain over the baseline scheme.
Replication of Colorado tick fever virus within human hematopoietic progenitor cells

Significant neutropenia, as well as thrombocytopenia and a mild anemia, occurs in patients infected with Colorado tick fever virus. In this study, human bone marrow CD34+ cells and KG-1a cells, a human hematopoietic progenitor cell line, were infected in vitro with Colorado tick fever virus. The time course and morphological appearance of viral replication in human progenitor cells were similar to those seen in erythroblasts and in HEL cells and suggest one possible mechanism for the clinical hematologic findings.
The Role of Individual Rate Coefficients in the Performance of Compression Ignition Engine Models

We have continued our study of compression ignition performance using a recently developed reduced biodiesel surrogate model. Among the calculations undertaken in Ref. 1 was the study of global and local sensitivities of ignition delay times with respect to the uncertainties in the reaction rate coefficients for the biodiesel surrogate kinetic model under homogeneous conditions. In this work, we extend Ref. 1 by studying the sensitivity of ignition delay times for the biodiesel surrogate directly in the engine simulations, which are high-fidelity, three-dimensional computations. A number of reactions were theoretically characterized and analyzed in the earlier work based on their sensitivities in the homogeneous case. In the present work, it has been found that many of the reactions that showed significant sensitivities to ignition under some homogeneous conditions also appeared as sensitive reactions within the engine simulations. However, there are some reactions that have high sensitivity in the engine simulations that were low in the homogeneous ignition calculations, indicating the need for a complete global sensitivity analysis (GSA) directly in the engine simulations. Within the uncertainty calculations for the engine simulations, we also studied how features of the chemical-kinetic calculation of individual rate coefficients, for example reaction barrier heights and tunneling corrections, affected the ignition delay time in the engine simulations. The goal of the study is to eventually perform GSA of the chemical kinetics in engine simulations, and we discuss how to perform this analysis for very small sample sizes.