Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Controlling kapitału intelektualnego - koncepcja rozwiązania

WSTĘP W dzisiejszych czasach utrzymanie przewagi konkurencyjnej wymaga od przedsiebiorstw metodycznego podejścia do kwestii gromadzenia oraz pomnazania zasobow kapitalu intelektualnego. To wlaśnie aktywa intelektualne stanowią ten element, na ktorym opierac sie powinny dlugofalowe strategie rozwoju przedsiebiorstwa 1 . Zastosowanie takiego wlaśnie podejścia gwarantuje wypracowanie unikatowej kombinacji aktywow intelektualnych, ktore to aktywa determinują w znacznej mierze poziom konkurencyjności przedsiebiorstwa. Zastanawiając sie glebiej nad tą kwestią warto zadac sobie pytanie, w jaki sposob systematycznie kreowac te cenne aktywa, aby w efekcie zagwarantowac przedsiebiorstwu sukces rynkowy. Niezwykle uzytecznym rozwiązaniem wydaje sie zastosowanie w tym celu koncepcji controllingu, ktora odpowiednio porządkuje podejście przedsiebiorstwa do planowania, kontroli oraz pomnazania zasobow kapitalu intelektualnego.
Advanced Cellular Network Planning and Optimisation: 2G/2.5G/3G...Evolution to 4G

A highly practical guide rooted in theory to include the necessary background for taking the reader through the planning, implementation and management stages for each type of cellular network. Present day cellular networks are a mixture of the technologies like GSM, EGPRS and WCDMA. They even contain features of the technologies that will lead us to the fourth generation networks. Designing and optimising these complex networks requires much deeper understanding. Advanced Cellular Network Planning and Optimisation presents radio, transmission and core network planning and optimisation aspects for GSM, EGPRS and WCDMA networks with focus on practical aspects of the field. Experts from each of the domains have brought their experiences under one book making it an essential read for design practitioners, experts, scientists and students working in the cellular industry. Key Highlights * Focus on radio, transmission and core network planning and optimisation * Covers GSM, EGPRS, WCDMA network planning & optimisation * Gives an introduction to the networks/technologies beyond WCDMA, and explores its current status and future potential * Examines the full range of potential scenarios and problems faced by those who design cellular networks and provides advice and solutions all backed up with real-world examples This text will serve as a handbook to anyone engaged in the design, deployment, performance and business of Cellular Networks. "Efficient planning and optimization of mobile networks are key to guarantee superior quality of service and user experience. They also form the essential foundation for the success of future technology development, making this book a valuable read on the road towards 4G. " -Tero Ojanpera, Chief Technology Officer, Nokia Networks
The First 25 Years of the Bled eConference: Themes and Impacts

The Bled eConference is the longest-running themed conference associated with the Information Systems discipline. The focus throughout its first quarter-century has been the application of electronic tools, migrating progressively from Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) via Inter-Organisational Systems (IOS) and eCommerce to encompass all aspects of the use of networking facilities in industry and government, and more recently by individuals, groups and society as a whole. This paper reports on an examination of the conference titles and of the titles and abstracts of the 773 refereed papers published in the Proceedings since 1995. This identified a long and strong focus on categories of electronic business and corporate perspectives, which has broadened in recent years to encompass the democratic, the social and the personal. The conference's extend well beyond the papers and their thousands of citations and tens of thousands of downloads. Other impacts have included innovative forms of support for the development of large numbers of graduate students, and the many international research collaborations that have been conceived and developed in a beautiful lake-side setting in Slovenia.
Development of a Food Image Recognition Algorithm Using Machine Learning

Background: Researchers and consumers have limited options for objectively collecting or tracking data related to food choices. Objective: To develop and pilot test an algorithm that could accurately categorize food items from a meal photograph. Methods: We used a dataset of 7721 meal photographs taken by patrons in a cafeteria setting. We designed 22 broad categories recognizable by image that are parents of the original 1239 types of items in the photographs. We split the dataset into 3 mutually exclusive subsets: a training set (5250 images), a validation set (1312 images), and a test set (1159 images). Using a convolutional neural network and standard machine learning techniques, we tested the operating characteristics of the algorithm. Results: Salad recognition had the lowest specificity (0.74), while multiple categories had specificities close to 1.0 (e.g. cereals, pastries, sushi, yogurt). Areas under the ROC curve (AUCs), reflecting trade-offs between sensitivity and specificity, ranged from 0.73 (for yogurt) to 0.97 (for sushi). Conclusions: This work provides proof-of-concept for an algorithm that can categorize food items from a meal photograph.
Managing the Kuala Lumpur road network with the Integrated Transport Information System

The Integrated Transport Information System (ITIS) project for the Klang Valley was initiated by the Federal Government in early 2001 and successfully completed and handed over in June 2005. Using a spectrum of different technologies and equipment, the ITIS has since been gainfully used for management of network operations and in particular for management of incidents over a network comprising over 200kms of roadways. This paper discusses the technologies used in the ITIS; network operations (in particular in the detection and management of incidents); and lessons learnt to-date as well the roadmap for future operations and ITS related deployment.
How do technologists do “ICT for development”? A contextualised perspective on ICT4D in South Africa

ABSTRACT We take a layered approach to contextualise Information Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) to understand digital technologists’ motivations to implement technologies to address socio-economic issues based on their capabilities and kinship affiliations. We adopt an interpretive approach to conducting an inductive qualitative study of digital technologists based in South Africa. We propose three mechanisms (emotional connectedness, user-centred technologies, and symbiotic relations) through which digital technologists undertake ICT4D to exercise their agency and enhance the socio-economic well-being of disadvantaged members of society. Taking the kinship perspective and capability approach as underlying motivations for undertaking ICT4D projects allows us to contribute to the ICT4D literature.
ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN THE UNITED STATES

Since U.S. transportation is highly dependent on imported oil supply, technical options (such as the electric vehicle) are being actively pursued through a number of national research and development programs. The hybrid and electric vehicle program, which has been funded by the United States Department of Energy, intends to advance E&HV technology and to demonstrate E&HV market potential. This paper presents the research and development activities in electric transportation and the status of current projects. (Author/TRRL)
Successful training strategies : twenty-six innovative corporate models

PrefaceThe Authors Introduction: How Leading Companies Are Reshaping Their Training Strategies Part One: Aligning Training Strategy with Corporate Goals 1. The Travelers Corporation: Expanding Computer Literacy in the Organization 2. Keeping Track of Training Quality and Costs: New-England Telephone 3. The Motorola Training and Education Center: Keeping the Company Competitive 4. Corning Glass Works: Total Quality as a Strategic Response 5. American Transtech: Learning as Part of the Job 6. Improving Operations and Employee Opportunity Through Technical Training: Gilroy Foods, Inc. Part Two: Continuous Learning for All Employees 7. A Participative Approach to a Technological Challenge: General Electric's Aerospace Electronic Systems Department 8. Training and Development at General Foods: A Participative Process 9. Training in a Team Environment: S. B. Thomas, Inc. 10. Pacific Bell and Communications Workers of America: Retraining for the Computer Age Part Three: Manufacturer-User Training Partnerships 11. Learning from Customers: Control Data Corporation's Training Advisory Board 12. A Proactive Approach Toward HighTechnology Training: General Motor's Linden, New Jersey, Plant 13. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company: Building a Training Commitment into the Contract 14. Ford Sharonville: An Emphasis on User-VAndor Cooperation 15. The VAndor's Role in Training to Support Computer Integrated Manufacturing: Caterpiller Inc. 16. Miller Brewing Company and Amatrol: A Succesful Partnership in Training for New Technology Part Four: Designing and Delivering Training Cost-Effectively 17. Achieving Cost Savings and Quality Through Education: IBM's Systems Approach 18. Manpower Temporary Services: Keeping Ahead of the Competition 19. Reducing Maintenance Costs Through Supervisory Education and Involvement: Travenol Laboratories, Inc. 20. A Training Consortium: General Motors' Automative Service Educational Program 21. National Technological University: Learning by Satellite Part Five: Combining Continuous Learning and Employment Security 22. Xerox's Critical Skills Training Program: A Commitment to Retraining Pays Off 23. Linking Retraining with Job and Income Security: The Packard Electric Experience 24. General Electric, Fort Wayne, Indiana: High Tech Comes to the Rust Belt 25. Pacific Northwest Bell: A Job Skills Bank 26. Hewlett-Packard: Partnerships for New Careers ReferencesIndex
The Six Sigma Way: How GE, Motorola, and Other Top Companies are Honing Their Performance

Part I: An Executive Overview of Six Sigma. Chapter 1: A Powerful Strategy for Sustained Success. Chapter 2: Key Concepts of the Six Sigma System. Chapter 3: Why Is Six Sigma Succeeding Where Total Quality "Failed"? Chapter 4: Applying Six Sigma to Service and Manufacturing. Chapter 5: The Six Sigma Roadmap. Part II: Gearing Up and Adapting Six Sigma to Your Organization. Chapter 6: Is Six Sigma Right for Us Now? Chapter 7: How and Where Should We Start Our Efforts? Chapter 8: The Politics of Six Sigma: Preparing Leaders to Launch and Guide the Effort. Chapter 9: Preparing Black Belts and Other Key Roles. Chapter 10: Training the Organization for Six Sigma. Part III: Implementing Six Sigma: The Roadmap and Tools. Chapter 12: Identifying Core Processes and Key Customers (Roadmap Step 1). Chapter 13: Defining Customer Requirements (Roadmap Step 2). Chapter 14: Measuring Current Performance (Roadmap Step 3). Chapter 15: Six Sigma Process Improvement (Roadmap Step 4). Chapter 16: Six Sigma Process Improvement (Roadmap Step 4A). Chapter 17: Expanding & Integrating the Six Sigma System (Roadmap Step 5). Chapter 18: Advanced Six Sigma Tools: An Overview. Conclusion: Twelve Keys to Success.
Water Fitness After 40

Explains how adults can use water exercises to stay healthy, active and independent throughout their lives. The book offers a safe and convenient exercise programme which lessens the risk of injury, reduces muscle soreness, and banishes boredom. Regardless of their age or fitness level, readers should find water activities which will help slow the effects of ageing; improve how they feel and look; speed up their metabolism so that they will burn calories faster; enhance strength, flexibility and endurance; and make exercising enjoyable.
Getting Results: Five Absolutes for High Performance

This book outlines a practical and innovative process for getting results. The authors outline a step-by-step guide that shows how to focus company-wide efforts on desired results, create a positive working environment that encourages achievement, and practice continuous improvement to sustain and improve operating results. It includes a wealth of illustrative case studies, vignettes and self-assessments, based on extensive research and includes data gathered from more than 1200 managers.
Using population-based incremental learning to optimize feasible distribution logistic solutions

This thesis introduces an adaptation of the Population-Based Incremental Learning (PBIL) meta-heuristic implemented on a variant of the General Pickup and Delivery Problem. The mapping of the customers in the problem and the vehicle routes on a time grid enables the utilization of the powerful genetic search that the PBIL algorithm provides in liaison with competitive learning. The problem consists of a number of customers who may at any time of the day place an order on another customer for some package. The fleet of vehicles travelling between the customers must then combine powers to pickup and deliver the package as fast as possible without ever leaving their assigned routes. The solution to this problem then, is a set of routes for the fleet that will minimize some percentile of the delivery times between customers. The PBIL meta-heuristic provides the blueprint of the final algorithm, where the final algorithm is actually just a normal PBIL algorithm with some external solution generation and evaluation techniques employed. The final algorithm can easily solve an instance of the problem in polynomial time, given that the resolution of the time grid used is not too small.
Reducing Fatalities and Severe Injuries on Florida’s High-Speed Multi-Lane Arterial Corridors; Part I: Preliminary Severity Analysis of Driver Crash Involvements

Severe injury involvements on arterial roads account for a quarter of the total severe injuries reported statewide. Crash severity analysis was conducted and consisted of six road entity models and twenty crash type models. The data preparation and sampling was successful in allowing a robust dataset. The overall model was a good candidate for the analysis of driver injury severity on high-speed multilane roads. Driver injury severity resulting from angle and left turn crashes were best modeled by separate unsignalized intersection crash analysis. Injury severity from rear-end and fixed object crashes was best modeled by combined analysis of pure segment and unsignalized intersection crashes. The most important contributing factors found in the overall analysis included driver-related variables such as age, gender, seat belt use, at-fault driver, physical defects and speeding. Crash and vehicle-related contributing factors included driver ejection, collision type (harmful event), contributing cause, type of vehicle and off-roadway crash. Multivehicle crashes and interactions with intersection and off road crashes were also significant. The most significant roadway-related variables included speed limit, adt per lane, access class, lane width, roadway curve, sidewalk width, non-high mast lighting density, type of friction course and skid resistance. Two additional models of crashes for urban and rural areas were successfully developed. The land use models’ goodness of fit was substantially better than any other combination by road entity or the overall model.
Benchmarking and readiness assessment for concurrent engineering in construction (BEACON)

In the increasingly competitive business environment reduced project cost, improved time-to-market, better quality products, and customer involvement are becoming the key success factors for any product development process. Many organisations within different industries are now focusing on Concurrent Engineering (CE) to bring improvements to their product development process in order to keep pace with the competitive environment. The adoption of CE has shown positive effects on project quality, cost, lead time, schedule, and customer satisfaction. For a targeted and effective implementation, it is recommended to carry out a readiness assessment of an organisation prior to the adoption of CE. This thesis discusses the adoption of CE within the construction industry, reviews existing CE readinessa ssessmentto ols used in other industry sectors,a nd assessesth eir applicability to construction. It then presentsa new developedC E readinessa ssessmentto ol for construction called the 'BEACON Model', its associated questionnaire, and an associated software. Description and results of CE readiness assessment case studies, which were conducted within five sectors of the construction industry, are then presented. At the end of the thesis, CE implementation strategiesa nd considerationsa re presentedb asedo n the assessmenrte sults, followed by conclusions, recommendations and future work. The most important conclusion, which could be drawn from the research, is that the construction industry as a whole still needs improvements in most of the critical areas identified by the BEACON Model in order to adopt CE effectively.
Service Development as Action Design Research: Reporting on a Servitized E-Recruiting Portal

In this paper we reflect retrospectively on an e-recruiting service design and development project action design research. The project itself pre-dated the publication of the Action Design Research Method by Sein, Henfridsson et al., (2011). When viewed as action design research, we find that many of the principles of ADR, such as defining the problem as an instance of a class of problem, practice inspired research, mutually influential roles and guided emergence are not only synergistic with service design, but in fact, the effective design of services embeds and requires a similar approach. To this extent, we considered ADR to be an appropriate choice for services research, development and implementation at the nexus of theory and practice. We further identified some extensions and elaborations to the ADR method in a service development context. In particular, we posit that guided emergence occurs between the theoretical foundations of a service project and the artefact development, as well as between the artefact development and the organizational context. We find that in a multi-disciplinary project, theoretical contributions may be emergent, and multiple theoretical contributions are possible using a range of different lenses. We also identify some practical difficulties with reporting the learning from service development projects. Overall, we found that ADR was likely to be a highly appropriate approach for framing and deriving learning from innovative service design projects, but may require further enhancement.
Format Development and its Effects on Store Image – A Case Study on the inner-city IKEA Hamburg-Altona

Purpose The purpose of this research is to explore the effects of format development of an original single-format general merchandise retailer on store image. Theoretical Perspectives This study is grounded on the alignment of existing literature in the fields of format development and store image. The theoretical framework build thereupon is bridging the two fields and develops a model to measure store image and customer perceptions in general merchandise retailing. Methodology Given the exploratory purpose, the study is designed as a qualitative case study using the inner-city IKEA store Hamburg-Altona as a suitable case with the management and customers as embedded units. An abductive approach and hermeneutic analysis are applied to collect and analyze the data. Empirical Data Underlying the principle of multiple sources of evidence as recommended for case studies, the first step includes documentation and direct observation followed by 30 semi-structured customer interviews and a focus group. Both supported by photo-elicitation. The last step consists of four semi-structured interviews with IKEA managers. Conclusions The study explored how the fields of format development and store image are interrelated. The caused effects on store image are measured on store image related attributes. The research revealed that effects on store image after developing the format are indispensable. This is related to the fact that format development most likely involves a new or adjusted location, layout, assortment and broadened clientele, all of which are connected to new perceptions. Thereby, the key to success lies in not trying to transfer the “old” store image to the new format but trying to comprehend how the new format will affect the customer perceptions from the outset. Thereupon, an intended image should be created in order to minimize the gaps to the actual store image of customers.
An Amplitude-Based Estimation Method for International Space Station (ISS) Leak Detection and Localization Using Acoustic Sensor Networks

The development of a robust and efficient leak detection and localization system within a space station environment presents a unique challenge. A plausible approach includes the implementation of an acoustic sensor network system that can successfully detect the presence of a leak and determine the location of the leak source. Traditional acoustic detection and localization schemes rely on the phase and amplitude information collected by the sensor array system. Furthermore, the acoustic source signals are assumed to be airborne and far-field. Likewise, there are similar applications in sonar. In solids, there are specialized methods for locating events that are used in geology and in acoustic emission testing that involve sensor arrays and depend on a discernable phase front to the received signal. These methods are ineffective if applied to a sensor detection system within the space station environment. In the case of acoustic signal location, there are significant baffling and structural impediments to the sound path and the source could be in the near-field of a sensor in this particular setting.
An Illustrated Guide to Pruning

1. Introduction to Pruning. 2. Plant Selection, Placement, and Management: The Best Way to Minimize Pruning Needs. 3. Tree Structure. 4. Tree Biology. 5. Pruning Cuts. 6. Pruning Tools. 7. When to Prune. 8. Nursery Shade Tree Production Pruning: Developing the Trunk and Leader. 9. Nursery Shade Tree Production Pruning: Developing the Crown. 10. Developing and Maintaining Special Forms. 11. Structural Pruning of Shade Trees in the Landscape: Strategies. 12. Structural Pruning of Shade Trees in the Landscape: Execution 13. Pruning Types on Established Trees. 14. Mature and Storm Damaged Trees. 15. Maintaining Special Trees and Sites. 16. Root Pruning. 17. Standards and Specifications. 18. Shrub Pruning.
Reduced Social Risk-Taking in Depression

Evolutionary models of depression posit that depressed mood represents an adaptive response to unacceptably low social status, motivating the inhibition of social risk-taking in favor of submissive behaviors which reduce the likelihood of social exclusion. We tested the hypothesis of reduced social risk taking using a novel adaptation of the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART) in participants with major depressive disorder (MDD; n = 27) and never-depressed comparison participants (n = 35). The BART requires participants to pump up virtual balloons. The more the balloon is pumped up, the more money a participant gains on that trial. However, more pumps also increase the risk the balloon will burst such that all money is lost. Prior to performing the BART, participants took part in a team induction in small groups in order to prime social-group membership. Participants then completed two conditions of the BART: an Individual condition where they risked only their own money, and a Social condition, where they risked the money of their social group. The groups did not differ in their performance in the individual condition (Cohen's d = 0.07). However, the MDD group risked fewer pumps in the Social condition than the never-depressed group (d = 0.57). The study supports the notion of an aversion to social risk-taking in depression.