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An Empirical Study on the Factors Influencing Usage Intention of IPTV in Korea

This study examines the factors influencing IPTV (internet protocol television) usage intention. Using Davis's technology acceptance model (TAM) and DeLone and McLean's model of information system success, this study investigates the effects of information system quality (information quality, system quality, and service quality) and media quality on IPTV use in terms of perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and usage intention. We examined the proposed model by employing structural equation modeling and survey data from 222 IPTV users. The results indicate that information quality, service quality, and media quality had significant effects on perceived usefulness and that information quality and media quality had significant effects on perceived ease of use. However, system quality had no effect on perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use. In addition, perceived ease of use influenced perceived usefulness, and perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use influenced of IPTV usage intention. Further, the stability and reliability of IPTV services induced IPTV use, and successful IPTV services showed high media quality.
Goal setting in cancer rehabilitation and relation to quality of life among women with gynaecological cancer

Background. Rehabilitation should be integrated in the routine cancer care of women treated for gynaecological cancers. Goal setting is expected to facilitate the process through patient involvement and motivation. Our knowledge about goal setting in cancer rehabilitation is, however, sparse. Objectives. This study aimed to: 1) analyse rehabilitation goals defined during hospital-based rehabilitation in patients with gynaecological cancer, with regard to number, category, changes over time, and differences between cancer diagnosis, and 2) analyse the association between health-related quality of life and goals defined for rehabilitation. Material and methods. Consecutively, all patients treated surgically for endometrial, ovarian, and cervical cancer were invited for hospital-based rehabilitation at Odense University Hospital, Denmark, including two sessions at the hospital one and three months following surgery and two phone calls for follow-up. Questionnaires from the EORTC were used to prepare patients and facilitate individual goal setting with definitions of up to three goals. All goals were grouped into six categories. Results. A total of 151 (63%) patients accepted the invitation including 50 endometrial, 65 ovarian, and 36 cervical cancers patients. All patients defined goals at the first session, 76.4% defined three goals, 21.9% two, and 1.6% had one goal. Physical goals decreased over time but were the most frequent at both sessions (98% and 89%). At both sessions, the social and emotional categories were the second and third most frequent among patients with endometrial and ovarian cancer. Sexual issues were dominant among the cervical cancer patients. Regression analysis showed significant association between quality of life scores and goal setting within the social and emotional domains. Conclusion. Goal setting seemed feasible in all problem areas. The EORTC questionnaires were helpful during the process although expectations of the sub-scores being predictive of which areas to address were not convincing.
Transglutaminase 2 contributes to a TP53-induced autophagy program to prevent oncogenic transformation

Genetic alterations which impair the function of the TP53 signaling pathway in TP53 wild-type human tumors remain elusive. To identify new components of this pathway, we performed a screen for genes whose loss-of-function debilitated TP53 signaling and enabled oncogenic transformation of human mammary epithelial cells. We identified transglutaminase 2 (TGM2) as a putative tumor suppressor in the TP53 pathway. TGM2 suppressed colony formation in soft agar and tumor formation in a xenograft mouse model. The depletion of growth supplements induced both TGM2 expression and autophagy in a TP53-dependent manner, and TGM2 promoted autophagic flux by enhancing autophagic protein degradation and autolysosome clearance. Reduced expression of both CDKN1A, which regulates the cell cycle downstream of TP53, and TGM2 synergized to promote oncogenic transformation. Our findings suggest that TGM2-mediated autophagy and CDKN1A-mediated cell cycle arrest are two important barriers in the TP53 pathway that prevent oncogenic transformation. DOI: http://dx.doi. org/10.7554/eLife.07101. 001
The role of leadership in developing the innovative manager

Innovative managers, those who foster creativity in their teams, are increasingly important as organisations are required to do more with less (Hamel, 2012) as work grows increasingly complex, unpredictable and knowledge-based (Joo et al., 2013). To prosper in this dynamic environment, organisations must adapt and innovate (Agars et al., 2008), and they depend on the creativity of their employees to do so (George, 2007). This need for creativity makes the innovative manager indispensable for many organisations, and therefore a key leadership priority.
Chief Executive Officer Leadership Role and Small and Medium Enterprises Performance in Southwest Nigeria

The role of leaders in ensuring excellent organizational performance can not be over emphasized. The need to provide road map through which enterprises can thread is important to promoting excellent organization performance. This study seeks to examine Chief Executive Officer (CEO) leadership behaviours and firm performance in order to bring out those critical behaviours that will enhance performance outcomes. The study is descriptive using survey of 550 owner/mangers of registered and active Small and medium Enterprises for a period covering six months between year 2014 and 2015 of three southwest states of Nigeria. Leadership behaviour was measured on Transactional and transformational leadership behaviours and performance was measured on sales growth, profit, market share, and employment growth and owner satisfaction. Data obtained were analysed using factor and ordered logistic regression analyses. Results show that leadership styles were having statistical significance with performance outcomes. Specifically, transformational behaviours of individual consideration and idealized influence were significantly related with sales, profit, employment growth and owner satisfaction, while inspirational motivation and intellectual stimulation relate employment growth, profit and owner satisfaction. Furthermore, transactional behaviours of management by exception and contingent reward were found to be significantly related with sales growth, profit and employment growth. However, these leadership behaviours were either having weak or no significant relationship with market share. Keywords: CEO, Leadership, Performance outcomes, SME, Transformational, Transactional.
Localization of α-Dystroglycan on the Podocyte: from Top to Toe

α-Dystroglycan (DG) is a negatively charged membrane-associated glycoprotein that links the cytoskeleton to the extracellular matrix. Previously, we described that α-DG covers the whole podocyte cell membrane in the rat. However, our finding was challenged by the description of a strictly basolateral localization in human kidney biopsies, using a different antibody against α-DG. Therefore, we studied the exact localization of glomerular α-DG by using these two antibodies in both species. The studies were performed by using monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) IIH6 and VIA4.1 in immunofluorescence, confocal microscopy, and immunoelectron microscopy on both rat and human kidney sections, as well as on cultured mouse podocytes. The apical localization of α-DG on podocytes was more dominant than the basolateral localization. The basolateral staining with MoAb VIA4.1 was more pronounced than that of MoAb IIH6. With both MoAbs, the staining in rat kidneys was more prominent, in comparison to human kidneys. We conclude that α-DG is expressed at both the basolateral and apical sides of the podocyte. This localization suggests that α-DG plays a dual role in the maintenance of the unique architecture of podocytes by its binding to the glomerular basement membrane, and in the maintenance of the integrity of the filtration slit, respectively.
Innovation Capability for better Performance: Intellectual Capital and Organization Performance of the Apparel Industry in Sri Lanka

 Abstract—Innovation depends heavily on knowledge. Intellectual capital is a vital asset of an organization in a knowledge-based economy. The intellectual capital for Innovation capability in advance of motivation should lead to superior performance. This study traces the impact relationship of intellectual capital on innovation capability and organizational performance of the Apparel industry in Sri Lanka for long-term survival. The quantitative method is adopted and the structured questionnaires were administrated as a research instrument to collect the data using simple random sampling technique. Pearson Correlation was used to test the relationship between the components of intellectual capital, innovation capability and the performance of Apparel Industry. The results demonstrated that the component of intellectual capital has significant positive relationship with innovation capability and the organizational performance. The findings of this research will be useful for Apparel Industry to understand and apply intellectual capital to create innovation in their organizations.
A Zigbee Based Mesh Network for ECG Monitoring System

In this paper, we present a portable intelligent electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring system using the Zigbee wireless network technology. The system consist of both hardware and software development. For the hardware development, a Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA), ECG sensor, preprocessing circuit, Zigbee transmission module, and external memory are used. And the FPGA with a Nios II soft-core CPU is the heart of the system, which is used to control all other units. As for the software development, a real-time system called μC/OS-II is used and some related application programs is designed. The objective of this system is to continuously monitor cardiac patients.
Improving the Efficient Use of the Government Budget Allocations for Financing Innovation Activities

The aim of the research is to improve the efficient use of the government budget allocations for financing innovation activities. The subject of the research are the projects of innovation organisations co-financed by the government budget funds in the period 2007-2017 and their financial statements for 2017. The application of the desk research identified the companies that, according to the current legislation, have the status of innovation organisations, and then it indicated the participation of their projects in the total number of projects co-financed by the budget funds of the Republic of Serbia. The research found out the percentage of projects launched by successful innovation organisations in the total number of co-financed projects, as well as projects launched by innovation organisations that no longer exist. Bankruptcy risk was assessed by applying the Altman's Z-score for all innovation organisations, which in 2017 had the “active” status and for which financial reports were publicly available. The assessment of bankruptcy risk for innovation organizations provides the possibility of more efficient use of budget funds in the future. Efficiency is reflected in the reduced risk of budget funds being wrongly used for co-financing of projects of innovation organisations in the distress zone. The research results show that in the Republic of Serbia in 2017, 19% of innovation organisations are in the distress zone characterised by the high bankruptcy risk. There is 30% of innovation organisations in the grey zone with 50% probability of bankruptcy, while 51% of innovation organisations are in the safe zone with a negligible bankruptcy risk.
When the Public has a Right to Know: Using Toulmin's Method to Protect Sensitive Information on Government Websites

Publicly accessible U.S. government websites often provide sensitive information that can be abused by terrorists. For example they may provide extensive information on a region’s nuclear power plants or water supply systems or emergency preparedness. It is possible for terrorists and other malcontents to use such information to identify ‘soft targets’. However, due to laws such as the Freedom of Information Act, and also due to precedent, the government cannot simply choose not to provide much of this information. This calls for a mechanism whereby the government may be able to intelligently control the dissemination of information so as to reduce the probability of sensitive information falling into the wrong hands. In particular, the government needs a system to analyze and assess the legitimacy of claims to information. This paper proposes an agent-based framework that has the potential to allow the government to control, in an intelligent fashion, the dissemination of sensitive information via government websites. This framework employs the ‘Toulmin method for analyzing arguments’ to assess the legitimacy of claims to information on government websites.
Asaia siamensis sp . nov . , an acetic acid bacterium in the α-Proteobacteria

4 Research and Development Centre for Biotechnology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Jalan Raya Bogor Km 46, Cibinong 16911, Indonesia Five bacterial strains were isolated from tropical flowers collected in Thailand and Indonesia by the enrichment culture approach for acetic acid bacteria. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that the isolates were located within the cluster of the genus Asaia. The isolates constituted a group separate from Asaia bogorensis on the basis of DNA relatedness values. Their DNA GMC contents were 58<6–59<7 mol%, with a range of 1<1 mol%, which were slightly lower than that of A. bogorensis (59<3–61<0 mol%), the type species of the genus Asaia. The isolates had morphological, physiological and biochemical characteristics similar to A. bogorensis strains, but the isolates did not produce acid from dulcitol. On the basis of the results obtained, the name Asaia siamensis sp. nov. is proposed for these isolates. Strain S60-1T, isolated from a flower of crown flower (dok rak, Calotropis gigantea) collected in Bangkok, Thailand, was designated the type strain ( ̄NRIC 0323T ̄ JCM 10715T ̄ IFO 16457T).
Complete Genome Sequence of a Novel Human Enterovirus 85 (HEV85) Recombinant with an Unknown New Serotype HEV-B Donor Sequence Isolated from a Child with Acute Flaccid Paralysis

ABSTRACT A Chinese human enterovirus 85 (HEV85) isolate, HTYT-ARL-AFP02F/XJ/CHN/2011, was isolated from a stool specimen of a child with acute flaccid paralysis in Xinjiang, China, in 2011. The complete genome sequence revealed that a natural intertypic recombination event had occurred between HEV85 and a previously undescribed serotype of HEV-B.
Share of Wallet in FMCGs Retailing: Proposing a Conceptual Model

Recent years, the Marketing Science Institute considered marketing performance measurement (MPM) a priority in marketing research and managerial practice. Several contributions on the same topic have been proposed in literature. The ability to measure the marketing performance is considered, a cognitive gap that determined a decrease of marketing relevance within firm and organizations. Based on relevant literature on retailing and an explorative case study, it will be proposed a conceptual and pragmatic model to investigate MPM for a consumer goods retailer. The model is aimed to identify antecedents of “share of purchase”, “share of wallet”, and “share of visit”. An early test of the model has been carried out on three Italian leading chains: Superò, a master franchisee of SMA Spa (owned of 27 small supermarkets under control of the French Auchan Group), Decò-Multicedi (the Group is a multi-channel company based on network of five Ad Hoc cash & carry centers, 253 Decò outlets and three Ayoka pet shops) located in Campania Region. “U2” (the outlets label of Unes Spa, Finiper Group, operating mostly in northern Italy, with a chain of more than 190 direct and franchise supermarkets).
Applying a Scale for Measuring Store Equity in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Store equity is an important source of sustainable competitive advantages for retailers in today’s competitive environment. Therefore, retailers should work hard to develop and improve their store equity. Measuring it should constitute the first stage of the development process. The present research provided a scale for measuring store equity in KSA market. It first discusses the store equity construct and then describes procedures for developing and refining a multiple-item measurement scale for the construct. Scale reliability, factor analysis, and validity are then discussed based on an analysis of the data gathered from the Saudi market. The study concludes with a discussion of some potential applications of the scale.
Sex differences in carpal tunnel syndrome: comparison of surgical and non‐surgical populations

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) patients are known to show gender‐related differences in severity. The main aim of this cross‐sectional study was to determine whether these differences between women and men may be related to age, education or body mass index (BMI) in two populations, one with idiopathic CTS not treated surgically and the other with idiopathic CTS treated by surgical decompression. A secondary aim was to check differences in surgical results between the genders in the surgical population. The non‐surgical population consisted of 172 subjects (126 women and 46 men, mean age 55.1 years) whose data were obtained at electrophysiological examination. The surgical population consisted of 219 patients (177 women and 42 men, mean age 55.1 years) whose data were obtained before surgery. Age, education, BMI, duration of symptoms, electrophysiological and clinical severity of CTS (with ordinal scales), and the self‐administered Boston Questionnaire (BQ) of symptoms and functional status of hands were considered. There were no differences in age or clinical and electrophysiological severity between women and men in either group, except for distal motor latency of the median nerve that was more delayed and duration of symptoms that was shorter in men than women in non‐surgical sample. Men had a higher BMI than women. Women had higher BQ scores in the surgical and non‐surgical samples. These differences remained when the results were analysed matching the men with an identical number of women of the same age, education and BMI. In the surgical population, the results of surgical decompression did not modify the gender‐related differences in severity. As in many other syndromes and diseases, for a given clinical severity, women with CTS were more sensitive than men in reporting their symptoms. Risk factors of CTS, such as age, education and BMI, were not responsible for these differences. The results of surgical decompression were similar in men and women.
Development of Vision based Control Smart Windwhield Wiper System for Intelligent Vehicle

Windshield wipers play a key role in assuring the driver's safety during precipitation. The traditional wiper systems, however, requires driver's constant attention in adjusting the wiper speed and the intermittent wiper interval because the amount of precipitation on the windshield constantly varies according to time and vehicle's speed. Because the manual adjustment of the wiper distracts driver's attention, which maybe a direct cause of traffic accidents, many companies have developed automatic wiper systems using some optical sensors with various levels of success. This paper presents the development of vision-based smart windshield wiper system that can automatically adjust its speed and intermittent interval according to the amount of water drops on the windshield. The system employs various image processing algorithms to detect water drops and fuzzy logic to determine the speed and the interval of the wiper
Comparative analysis of model behaviour for flood prediction purposes using Self-Organizing Maps

Abstract. Distributed watershed models constitute a key component in flood forecasting systems. It is widely recognized that models because of their structural differences have varying capabilities of capturing different aspects of the system behaviour equally well. Of course, this also applies to the reproduction of peak discharges by a simulation model which is of particular interest regarding the flood forecasting problem. In our study we use a Self-Organizing Map (SOM) in combination with index measures which are derived from the flow duration curve in order to examine the conditions under which three different distributed watershed models are capable of reproducing flood events present in the calibration data. These indices are specifically conceptualized to extract data on the peak discharge characteristics of model output time series which are obtained from Monte-Carlo simulations with the distributed watershed models NASIM, LARSIM and WaSIM-ETH. The SOM helps to analyze this data by producing a discretized mapping of their distribution in the index space onto a two dimensional plane such that their pattern and consequently the patterns of model behaviour can be conveyed in a comprehensive manner. It is demonstrated how the SOM provides useful information about details of model behaviour and also helps identifying the model parameters that are relevant for the reproduction of peak discharges and thus for flood prediction problems. It is further shown how the SOM can be used to identify those parameter sets from among the Monte-Carlo data that most closely approximate the peak discharges of a measured time series. The results represent the characteristics of the observed time series with partially superior accuracy than the reference simulation obtained by implementing a simple calibration strategy using the global optimization algorithm SCE-UA. The most prominent advantage of using SOM in the context of model analysis is that it allows to comparatively evaluating the data from two or more models. Our results highlight the individuality of the model realizations in terms of the index measures and shed a critical light on the use and implementation of simple and yet too rigorous calibration strategies.
Mine simulation for educational purposes: A case study

This paper presents a new simulation‐based computer program that provides an interactive and visual environment for teaching and learning of mining engineering related subjects. An actual open pit magnesite mine was selected and whole simulation data were obtained from this mine in order to create a simulation application. The program represents this open pit mine in detail using more than hundred variables, 14 windows, and several modules. It is believed that, with its all components, this educational tool can be used for several mining‐related subjects such as drilling and blasting, excavation and haulage, size reduction and magnetic separation at universities to provide fundamental information to the students and anyone dealing with mining engineering related subjects. It may also be used for mining related departments such as geology and geophysics for giving brief information about mining. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Comput Appl Eng Educ 23:286–293, 2015; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/cae; DOI 10.1002/cae.21598