Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Business Process Excellence: Aris in Practice

Table of Content. - ARIS: From the Vision to Practical Process Control. - The ARIS Toolset. - Business Process Management: A Core Task for any Company Organization. - Using SCOR and Other Reference Models for E-Business Process Networks. - Strategy and Processes. Two in One Project at ZEC Bydgoszcz SA. - Using ARIS to Manage SAP Interoperability. - Business Process Improvement and Software Selection Using ARIS at a Mid-Market Manufacturing Company. - Business Process Management: Combining Quality and Performance Improvement. - Process Design and Implementation with ARIS. - Using BPR Tools in Business Process Education. - Process Modelling and Simulation in the Media Industry: The Television New Zealand Example. - Business Process Analysis and Design for Performance Improvement in Utilities Companies. - Design of a Process Model with ARIS Toolset for a Telecommunication Company. - ISO 9001 Certification of the Selection and Recruitment Department of Air France (DP.GS). - ARIS in BT. - Appendix: The Authors.
A Study of Key Factors in the Introduction of RFID into Supply Chains through the Adaptive Structuration Theory

Since 2003, the Radio Frequency Identification System (RFID) technology has gained importance and has been widely applied. Numerous statistics indicate a high potentiality for RFID development in the near future.This study focuses on the issues derived from RFID technology and explores the impact of its introduction into supply chains. Based on the framework of the Adaptive Structuration Theory (AST), a questionnaire is designed for collecting research data, and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) is adopted in order to identify the relationships among research constructs. The research findings indicate that technological features, promoters, and group cooperation systems of RFID have significant effects on the supply chain operation structure and indirectly influence factors of RFID introduction. It is evident from this study’s results that certain factors of RFID and a good supply chain operation structure have positive effects on the introduction of RFID into supply chains.
Effect of Pilot and Air Traffic Control Experiences and Automation Management Strategies on Unmanned Aircraft Systems Mission Task Performance

The demand for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs) capabilities is rapidly increasing in the civilian sector. UAS operations, however, will not be carried out in the National Airspace System until safety concerns are alleviated. Among these concerns is determining the appropriate level of automation in conjunction with a suitable pilot who exhibits the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities to safely operate these systems. This research examined two levels of automation: management by consent (MBC) and management by exception (MBE), in conjunction with pilot experiences while operating an unmanned aircraft simulator. The user experiences encompass three individual groups: pilots, air traffic controllers (ATC), and non‐pilot/non‐ATCs. Performance, workload, and situational awareness data were examined. Results show no significant differences among pilot experiences groups, automation strategies, or the interaction between these two. Limitations and design implications are discussed to help pave the way for future research. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Effects of international migration and remittances on rural households in Edo State, Nigeria

This paper focuses on the effects of international migration and received remittances on rural households in Edo State, Nigeria. The empirical results are based on a quantitative and qualitative survey of 240 household heads. The findings show that some households in the study received remittances from migrants outside the country in cash and items; the dominant channel for receiving money being Western Union money transfer. The mean amount received by households in the past 12 months was N543,000. Households who received money in the past 12 months used it for the purchase of food items, debt repayment and the education of household members. Data revealed that international migration affected households' agricultural productive capacity in ways such as a decline in food production and farming activities. There was a significant difference in assets such as plots of land and the number of houses owned after migrants left overseas. Considering the poverty reduction effect that international remittances have, this type of remittances must be encouraged. Moreover, policies to encourage better use of remittance funds could be focused more on small household size, female-headed households and households with elderly heads as they are likely to receive more remittances.
Determinants of Productivity and Efficiency of Resettled Farmers in Benishangul Gumuz Region, Ethiopia: A Comparative Analysis of Stochastic Frontier and Data Envelopment Approaches

The study measured the extents and principal determinants of productivity and technical efficiency of resettled farm households in Western Ethiopia using 2016 survey using stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) and data envelopment approach (DEA). Multi-stage sampling technique was used to collect data of 285 resettled farm households. Stochastic frontier approach showed that land, labor, local seed, oxen, improved seed and manure having enhanced effect on resettled farmers’ productivity. The mean technical efficiency is found as 0.738 and hence forgone an income of 8,746.53 Birr due to their inefficiency. The mean scale efficiency was found to be 89 %. This reveals an increasing returns to scale nature of production technology. Spearman’s correlation test revealed a significant agreement between SFA and DEA estimation. Tobit model revealed that livestock size, land fragmentation, crop diversification, technology adoption and sharecropping as having significant effect on TE. Therefore, the study recommends government and other concerned bodies to enhance local best farming practices, timely supply of improved inputs in fair price, strengthening mixed farming system, providing trainings and education, encouraging crop diversification, consolidating farm plots, encouraging soil management practices, strengthening tenancy security and providing appropriate health services that lead to boost their food security.
High-Level Synthesis Framework for Crosstalk Minimization in VLSI ASICs

Capacitive crosstalk noise can affect the delay of a switching signal or induce a glitch on a static signal causing timing violations or chip failure. Crosstalk noise depends on coupling parasitics, driver strength, signal timing characteristics, and signal transition patterns. Layout level crosstalk analysis techniques are generally pessimistic and computationally expensive for large designs due to lack of design flexibility at lower-levels of design hierarchy. The architectural decisions such as type of interconnect architecture, number of storage and execution units, network of communicating units, data bus width, etc., have a major impact on the quality of design attributes such as area, speed, power, and noise. To address all these concerns, we propose a high-level synthesis framework to optimize for worst-case crosstalk patterns on coupled nets, a floorplan driven high-level synthesis framework to minimize coupling capacitance, and an on-chip technique to dynamically detect and eliminate worst-case crosstalk pattern on bus-based macro-cell designs. Due to Miller coupling effect, the switching activity pattern on adjacent nets may increase the effective capacitance seen by a victim net and thereby it may cause a worst-case signal delay on the victim net. However, signal activity pattern on coupled nets are dependent on data correlations which in turn depend on resource sharing. The resource sharing in turn depends on scheduling, allocation, and binding during high-level synthesis flow. Therefore, we propose a Simulated Annealing (SA) based design space exploration of HLS design subspace, bus line re-ordering, and encoding subspaces to optimize for worst-case crosstalk pattern in bus-based macro-cell designs. We demonstrate that the proposed framework will aid layout level techniques in eliminating false positive violations. We also propose an SA based algorithm to explore floorplan and HLS subspaces to optimize coupling capacitances in bus-based macro-cell designs. We have integrated an RTL floorplanner in HLS flow to estimate coupling capacitances between bus lines. Crosstalk analysis using Cadence Celtic shows that the designs generated by the proposed framework results in less number of crosstalk violations compared to designs generated through traditional ASIC design flow. We also propose an on-chip crosstalk detection and elimination technique that dynamically detects and eliminates worst-case crosstalk pattern with minimum area penalty compared to other layout level techniques reported in the literature.
AutoCAD Civil 3D

Az AutoCAD® Civil 3D® intelligens rajzi objektumaival atfogo megoldast nyujt a kulturmernoki teruleten tevekenykedő mernokok szamara. Hasznalataval egy komplex terv hozhato letre, mely minden .
Change tolerance, group focus and students' entrepreneurial intentions: does gender matter?

PurposeThis study examines the impact of cultural dimensions on entrepreneurial intentions (EIs) and the mediating role of planned behavior (TPB) determinants between change tolerance (CT), group focus (GF), and EIs for both men and women in the context of international business schools.Design/methodology/approachUsing a quantitative research design, data were collected in France through anonymous questionnaires. The data consisted of responses from 480 business students. Structural equation modeling (SEM) and the bootstrap method with PROCESS macro were used to determine the significance of the mediation effects.FindingsResults reveal the strong impact of CT on the EIs of both men and women through TPB antecedents. They also indicate that GF has an indirect effect on EIs through TPB antecedents for men and an indirect multiple mediation effect on EIs through CT and TPB antecedents for both men and women.Originality/valueThe extended TPB model is original in that it supports both the determinants of planned behavior and cultural dimensions and provides a valuable perspective through its findings on cultural and gender diversity in entrepreneurship.
Interpreting IEEE STD 519 and meeting its harmonic limits in VFD applications

IEEE Std 519 was first introduced in 1981 to provide direction on dealing with harmonics introduced by static power converters and other nonlinear loads so that power quality problems could be averted. It is being applied by consulting engineers and enforced by utilities more frequently in recent years as the use of variable frequency drives and other nonlinear loads has grown. Two of the more difficult aspects of applying IEEE Std 519 are (j) determining an appropriate point of common coupling (PCC) and (ii) establishing a demand current at the design stage. This is because the standard does not provide a concise definition of the PCC and the recommended definition of demand current is a value that can only be determined by measurements taken after installation. This paper represents the authors'-best interpretation of IEEE Std 519. It attempts to provide clarity in the determination of the PCC and offers a means by which IEEE Std 519 can be applied at the design stage when the precise demand current is unknown.
The Role of Dominant Design in a Product Developing Firm's Digital Innovation

Digital technology offers new options for product-developing firms. However, to reap the benefits of digital technology, firms need to handle the tensions between these options and the institutionalized practices established over long periods of incremental innovation. We report a 20-month intensive case study of a global automaker’s efforts to innovate instrument clusters and explore the influencing role of established innovation practices. We develop a conceptual model for understanding how digital technology shapes, and is conditioned by, the dominant design of a product class. Our research contributes to the emerging literature of digital innovation and offers lessons learned for established firms dealing with the contradictory logics of digitized products.
Strategic database marketing

Part I: Database Marketing and the Web Introduction Chapter 1. Strategic Database Marketing and the Web: An Overview Chapter 2. "The Vision Thing" Part II: Strategy Development Chapter 3. Lifetime Value--The Criterion of Strategy Chapter 4. Designing a Successful Customer Strategy Chapter 5. Building Profits with Recency, Frequency, and Monetary Analysis Chapter 6. Communicating With Customers Chapter 7. Building Customer Loyalty Chapter 8. Using Customer Profiles in Marketing Strategy Chapter 9. Strategy Verification: Testing and Control Groups Chapter 10. Finding Customers Through the Web Part III: Profiting Through Experience Chapter 11. Retailing and Packaged Goods Chapter 12. Building Retention and Loyalty in Business Customers Chapter 13. Financial Services Chapter 14. Why Databases Fail Chapter 15. Database Types That Succeed Chapter 16. Choosing Business Partners Chapter 17. Database Marketing and the Internal Struggle for Power A Farewell to the Reader Appendix A. How to Keep Up with Database Marketing and Commerce on the Web Appendix B. Answers to Executive Quizzes Appendix C. Glossary Index
Management of root rotting fungi and root knot nematode with endophytic fluorescent Pseudomonas associated with Salvadora species

Root diseases caused by soilborne plant pathogens are responsible for the losses of billions of dollars in agricultural crops annually. The biological control of soilborne pathogens with microbial antagonists is gaining popularity in the crop protection system, due to the adverse effects of chemicals. In this study 40 isolates of fluorescent Pseudomonas were isolated from roots, shoots and leaves of Salvadora persica L. and S. oleoides Decne. Most of them showed strong suppressive effect on root rotting fungi Macrophomina phaseolina, Rhizoctonia solani, Fusarium solani and F. oxysporum In vitro. Significant nematicidal activity against root knot nematode (Meloidogyne javanica) was also observed by the cellfree culture filtrates of these isolates. Identification of six potential isolates was confirmed by using molecular biology tools. Out of which 3 were identified as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, one each as P. putida and P. monteilii, while one appeared as uncultured Pseudomonas. Experiments conducted on sunflower both in clay pots and field plots, test isolates of endophytic Pseudomonas were found effective in suppressing the root rot disease with improved plant growth as compared to untreated control. Efficacy of some isolates was found comparable with commercial fungicide carbendazim. Some isolates were also found effective in reducing the infestation of root knot nematode under field condition with improved flower weight.
Journal Bearing Analysis in Engines Using Simulation Techniques

This paper describes the features and capabilities of a comprehensive yet flexible computational tool ORBIT developed for analyzing journal bearings (e.g. connecting rod bearings and crankshaft bearings) in internal combustion engines. Several techniques for solving the hydrodynamic Reynolds Equation have been developed within this methodology which can be used appropriately by bearing designers/analysts depending on the level of detail required. Besides ideal circular bearings, this simulation tool also enables the analyst to consider the influence of a) non-circular journal bearing geometry, b) oil-feed holes/grooves, c) surface roughness, d) journal misalignment, e) rise in oil temperature and f) bearing elasticity effects (EHL) on bearing performance. The capabilities of the simulation code are demonstrated through a series of validation and case studies.
Memphis: Research, Experiences, Results, Failures, and Successes of New Design

Founded in 1981, the international group of architects, Memphis, shook the design world to its foundations. Based in Italy and led by Ettore Sottsass, it overturned and re-shaped the pre-suppositions on which the production of so-called Modern Design is based. It became the almost mythical symbol of the New Design. Laughing out loud at our culture and at itself, Memphis pulled out all stops when it came to colour, pattern, decoration and ornamentation. Written by a founder-member of the group, author of "Ettore Sottsass: A Critical Biography", this document is about the group and its designs. It sets out to contribute to the continuing dialogue on pop culture, the avant-garde and design.
HUMAN ENGINEERING FOR AN EFFECTIVE AIR-NAVIGATION AND TRAFFIC-CONTROL SYSTEM, AND APPENDIXES 1 THRU 3

Abstract : (1)The Nature of Human-Engineering Research. (2)The Air-Traffic Control Problem. (3)Some Basic Questions in Designing an Air-Navigation and Traffic-Control System. (4)A General Approach to the Human Operator as Part of a Communication Systems. (5)Visual Information Displays. (6)Problems of Direct Vision from Aircraft. (7)Voice Communication. (8)System Research, Analysis, and Evaluation. (9)Putting Human-Engineering Data to Use. (App. 1)The Present System of Air-Traffic Control. (App. 2) A Survey of the Opinions of Sixty Air Traffic Control Towers. (App. 3)The Criterion Problem.
Temperature and interconnect aware unified physical and high level synthesis

Aggressive scaling of nanoscale CMOS integrated circuits has created significant design challenges arising from increasing power densities, thermal concerns, and rising wire delays. The main contribution of this dissertation is the development of unified physical and high-level synthesis techniques for the design of ASICs with optimal chip temperatures and interconnect delays. Thermal issues are becoming a serious problem in high-performance VLSI circuits, adversely impacting performance, reliability, power consumption, and cooling costs. To address this, we present a temperature-aware behavioral synthesis (TABS) framework that combines power minimization with temperature-aware task scheduling, resource binding, and floorplanning. Compared to conventional low-power synthesis methods, our approach is effective in synthesizing circuits with lower chip temperatures and more uniform thermal distributions, with temperature reductions up to 23% when compared to low-power synthesis. We propose three techniques to address interconnect delays during high-level synthesis: (1) a simulated annealing (SA) based layout-aware high-level synthesis technique for 3-D integrated circuits, that tightly couples the synthesis tasks of resource binding and 3-D floorplanning. The proposed algorithm significantly outperforms a conventional synthesis flow that separates the binding and floorplanning steps, with improvements in the total wirelength by 29% and of the longest wirelength by 21%; (2) a floorplan-aware high-level synthesis technique that uses the topology of multi-terminal nets to improve interconnect delay estimates during resource binding. Experiments show that the use of accurate wire delay estimates during binding can reduce wire delays by as much as 49% in 70nm technology; (3) an iterative high-level design-space exploration engine that uses a priori stochastic wirelength estimates to guide binding decisions during high-level synthesis. The proposed approach offers a significant speed-up during design space exploration when compared to approaches that use traditional place-and-route to evaluate candidate solutions. Finally, we present a genetic algorithm (GA) based approach for high-level synthesis. We propose novel GA encoding, crossover, and mutation operators for the problem. The quality of the results generated by the GA are superior to those of several other techniques reported in the literature.
Toward Sustainable Development?: Struggling Over India's Narmada River

This timely book takes a wide-angled look at how the field of community development is evolving in an era of reduced resources, changing priorities, privatization, competition, and performance management at the federal, state, and local government levels, as well as for non-profits and private sector entities. It shows how community development organizations and programs are offering many new services, entering into new partnerships, developing extensive networks, and attracting new and alternative sources of funding - and how, in the process, these organizations are becoming more innovative, leaner in their operations, more competitive, and much more effective than ever before.Students, researchers, and policy-makers will all appreciate the numerous policy examples from the local, state, and federal levels, including a wide range of developments in housing, transportation, smart growth, education, and crime prevention. "Reengineering Community Development for the 21st Century" is an invaluable source for insights into the latest developments in community development financing and performance management.
Long-term iron deficiency and iron supplementation exacerbate acute DSS-induced colitis and are associated with significant dysbiosis

Patients taking oral iron supplementation often suffer from gastrointestinal side effects. We have previously shown that acute alterations in oral iron exacerbate dextran sodium sulphate (DSS) induced colitis and are associated with dysbiosis. As patients take iron supplementation for long periods, we asked whether this too would influence colitis and the microbiome. We assessed the impact of long-term changes in dietary iron, by feeding chow containing 100ppm, 200ppm and 400ppm (reflecting a deficient, normal or supplemented diet, respectively) for up to 9 weeks to female wild-type C57BL/6 (WT) mice in presence or absence of chronic colitis, or acute colitis induced after 8 weeks, induced by DSS. Assessment was made based on (i) clinical and histological severity of colitis, and (ii) faecal microbial diversity, as assessed by sequencing the V4 region of 16S rRNA. In mice with long term changes to their dietary iron, reduced iron intake (100ppm iron diet) was associated with increased weight loss and histology scoring in the acute colitis model. Chronic colitis was not influenced by altering dietary iron however there was a clear change in the faecal microbiome in the 100 and 400ppm iron DSS-treated groups and in controls consuming the 400ppm iron diet. Proteobacteria levels increased significantly at day-63 compared to baseline and Bacteroidetes levels decreased in the 400ppm iron DSS group at day-63 compared to baseline; mirroring our previously published work in acute colitis. Long term dietary iron alterations clearly affects gut microbiota signatures but do not appear to exacerbate chronic colitis. However, acute colitis is exacerbated by changes in dietary iron. More work is needed to understand the impact of iron supplementation of the pathologenesis of IBD and rise that possiblity that the change in the microbiome, in patients with colitis, is a consequence of the increase in luminal iron and not simply the presence of colitis.