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ISSN 0832-7203 Starting with the End in Mind : Building Capabilities to Integrate Electronic Commerce Applications with Internal Information Systems

Tous droits réservés pour tous pays. Toute traduction et toute reproduction sous quelque forme que ce soit est interdite. HEC Montréal, 3000, chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3T 2A7. Les textes publiés dans la série des Cahiers du GReSI n'engagent que la responsabilité de leurs auteurs. Prière de faire parvenir toute correspondance à Pierre-Majorique Léger. Résumé En se basant sur la perspective évolutive de l'adoption du commerce électronique (EC), sur l'approche des capacités dynamiques et sur la vue relationnelle de la firme, cette recherche relate les facteurs qui influencent les entreprises à développer les capacités nécessaires pour qu'elles soient en mesure d'intégrer leurs applications de commerce électronique à leurs systèmes d'information internes. Le modèle théorique est testé à l'aide de données recueillies auprès de 159 membres de la haute direction de compagnies oeuvrant dans l'industrie des télécommunications sans-fil. Les résultats obtenus à l'aide d'une technique de modélisation d'équations structurelles (Mplus) indiquent que le développement des capacités en matière de commerce électronique suit une trajectoire évolutive. Les firmes qui planifient développer davantage leurs capacités de commerce électronique déploient les efforts nécessaires pour être en mesure d'intégrer leurs applications de commerce électronique à leurs systèmes d'information internes. Les pressions exercées par différents groupes externes influencent positivement le développement des capacités en matière de commerce électronique mais n'ont pas d'impact sur le développement des capacités nécessaires à l'intégration des applications de commerce électronique aux systèmes d'information internes. Le modèle de recherche a été testé à deux reprises : d'abord dans un contexte où les activités de commerce électronique soutiennent les relations des firmes avec leurs fournisseurs et ensuite dans un contexte où les activités de commerce électronique soutiennent les relations des firmes avec leurs clients. Les résultats indiquent que les relations significatives entre les construits sont les mêmes dans les deux cas. Abstract Based on the evolutionary view of electronic commerce (EC), the dynamic capabilities approach and the relational view of the firm, this paper investigates the factors firms to develop capacities to integrate their business-to-business EC applications with their internal information systems (IS). This theoretical model is tested with data collected from 159 executive managers practicing in the wireless sectors. Results obtained with a structural equation modeling technique (Mplus) indicate that the development of firms' EC capabilities follows an evolutionary path. Firms that are planning to further develop their EC capabilities put the necessary efforts into integrating their EC applications …
Taxonomic revision of the genus Callimerus Gorham s. l. (Coleoptera, Cleridae). Part I. latifrons species-group

Abstract The latifrons species-group (=Brachycallimerus sensu Chapin 1924, Corporaal 1950; = flavofasciatus-group sensu Kolibáč 1998) of Callimerus Gorham is redefined and revised. Five species are recognized including one new species Callimerus cacuminis Yang & Yang sp. n. (type locality: Yunnan, China). Callimerus flavofasciatus Schenkling, 1902 is newly synonymized with Callimerus latifrons Gorham, 1876. Callimerus trifasciatus Schenkling, 1899a is transferred to the genus Corynommadius Schenkling, 1899a. Callimerus gorhami Corporaal, 1949 and Callimerus pallidus Gorham, 1892 are excluded from the latifrons species-group (their assignment to a species-group will be dealt with in a subsequent paper). A key to species of the latifrons species-group is given and habitus of each type specimen, male terminalia, and other diagnostic characters are illustrated.
STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN

This paper assesses the evolution and relative strength of different channels of monetary policy transmission mechanism, including interest rate, credit, assets price and exchange rate channels. We have used Structural Vector Autoregressive (SVAR) method on monthly data from 1991 to 2019 for this purpose. The results show that monetary policy effectiveness has improved over time. And the credit channel is a relatively more effective in transmitting the changes in monetary policy stance to the economy as compared to other channels.
Search for top-squark pair production in the single-lepton final state in pp collisions at s√=8 TeV

: This paper presents a search for the pair production of top squarks in events with a single isolated electron or muon, jets, large missing transverse momentum, and large transverse mass. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 19.5 fb−1 of pp collisions collected in 2012 by the CMS experiment at the LHC at a center-of-mass energy of s√=8 TeV . No significant excess in data is observed above the expectation from standard model processes. The results are interpreted in the context of supersymmetric models with pair production of top squarks that decay either to a top quark and a neutralino or to a bottom quark and a chargino. For small mass values of the lightest supersymmetric particle, top-squark mass values up to around 650 GeV are excluded. Abstract This paper presents a search for the pair production of top squarks in events with a single isolated electron or muon, jets, large missing transverse momentum, and large transverse mass. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 19.5 fb − 1 of pp collisions collected in 2012 by the CMS experiment at the LHC at a center-of-mass energy of √ s = 8 TeV. No signiﬁcant excess in data is observed above the expectation from standard model processes. The results are interpreted in the context of supersymmetric models with pair production of top squarks that decay either to a top quark and a neutralino or to a bottom quark and a chargino. For small mass values of the lightest supersymmetric particle, top-squark mass values up to around 650 GeV are excluded.
Identification of species by multiplex analysis of variable-length sequences

The quest for a universal and efficient method of identifying species has been a longstanding challenge in biology. Here, we show that accurate identification of species in all domains of life can be accomplished by multiplex analysis of variable-length sequences containing multiple insertion/deletion variants. The new method, called SPInDel, is able to discriminate 93.3% of eukaryotic species from 18 taxonomic groups. We also demonstrate that the identification of prokaryotic and viral species with numeric profiles of fragment lengths is generally straightforward. A computational platform is presented to facilitate the planning of projects and includes a large data set with nearly 1800 numeric profiles for species in all domains of life (1556 for eukaryotes, 105 for prokaryotes and 130 for viruses). Finally, a SPInDel profiling kit for discrimination of 10 mammalian species was successfully validated on highly processed food products with species mixtures and proved to be easily adaptable to multiple screening procedures routinely used in molecular biology laboratories. These results suggest that SPInDel is a reliable and cost-effective method for broad-spectrum species identification that is appropriate for use in suboptimal samples and is amenable to different high-throughput genotyping platforms without the need for DNA sequencing.
The Analysis of the Two-dimensional Diffusion Equation With a Source

This study presents a new variant analysis and simulations of the twodimensional energized wave equation remarkably different from the diffusion equations studied earlier studied. The objective functional and the dynamical energized wave are penalized to form a function called the Hamiltonian function. From this function, we obtained the necessary conditions for the optimal solutions using the maximum principle. By applying the Fourier solution to the first order differential equation, the analytical solutions for the state and control are obtained. The solutions are simulated to give visual physical interpretation of the waves and the numerical values.
Focalization: A Numerical Test for Smoothing Effects

1. INTRODUCTION13 In this paper, we are interested in the evolution of a system of14 particles injected in a bounded region all with the same velocity and15 undergoing collisions with heavier particles present in the domain. When16 a particle (e.g. a photon) collides with a heavier particle (e.g. neutron or17 ions) we can consider that the collision is elastic: the velocity modulus18 does not vary (or equivalently, the kinetic energy is conserved); the veloc-19 ity modulus can be treated as a parameter of the problem. On the other20 hand, the velocity direction is changed by the scattering event. This behav-21 ior is modeled by the so called Boltzmann–Lorentz collision operator (see22 [6]), which in the two-dimensional case reads:
Yield Effects of Tissue Culture Bananas in Kenya : Accounting for Selection Bias and the Role of Complementary Inputs

We analyze yield effects of tissue culture (TC) banana technology in the Kenyan small farm sector, using recent survey data and an endogenous switching regression approach. TC banana plantlets, which are free from pests and diseases, have been introduced in East Africa since the late-1990s. While field experiments show significant yield advantages over traditional banana suckers, a rigorous assessment of impacts in farmers’ fields is still outstanding. A comparison of mean yield levels between TC adopters and non-adopters in our sample shows no significant difference. However, we find a negative selection bias, indicating that farmers with lower than average yields are more likely to adopt TC. Controlling for this bias results in a positive and significant TC net yield gain of 7%. We also find that TC technology is more knowledgeintensive and more responsive to irrigation than traditional bananas. Simulations show that improving access to irrigation could lift TC productivity gains to above 20%. The analytical approach developed and applied here may also be useful for the evaluation of other knowledgeintensive package technologies and innovations in perennial crops.
Effect of Submarine Canyons on Tsunami Propagation: A Case Study of the Biobio Canyon, Chile

The 2010 Chile tsunami had different effects along the Chilean coast. Seawater surged hundred meters into many rivers, though field surveys showed that the 2 km wide Biobio River did not experience any flooding. In a similar manner, the coastal zones south of the river had an inundation height of less than 2 m. To ascertain why these areas were not greatly affected by the event, the behavior of tsunami waves propagating over a submarine canyon was investigated by means of numerical simulations over a simplified and idealized bathymetry. The main variables which define the size of the canyon were varied, and three different tsunami wave lengths were tested. The results show that submarine canyons have a strong influence on tsunami propagation and run-up such that there is a spatial variation of wave amplitude along the coast and this behavior is very sensitive to the canyon size. The run-up directly behind the canyon is lower than in the case without the canyon, while there are zones of wave amplification at both sides of the canyon. These idealized results compare well with what happened during the 2010 Chile tsunami, and provide a useful insight into the behavior of tsunamis around other submarine canyons in other regions of the world.
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY

In the fall, J. Scott Van Der Meid, Assistant Dean of Academic Services and Director of Study Abroad, presented four programs for the provisional approval of the UCC. All of these programs met the criteria for new program approval (academic credentials, program duration and credit hours, language requirements, student services, course offerings, faculty and peer institutional support). The UCC granted provisional approval to: CIEE/Jordan, Diplomacy and Policy Studies at Jordan Institute of Diplomacy in Amman, Jordan; CET/Intensive Japanese Language & Culture Studies at Osaka Gakuin University in Osaka, Japan; SIT/France, Language Community and Social Change at the Institut Catholique Toulouse in Toulouse, France; and Michigan State University/Forensic Anthropology and Human Identification in London, England.
Title An fMRI study of grammatical morpheme processing associatedwith nouns and verbs in Chinese

This study examined whether the degree of complexity of a grammatical component in a language would impact on its representation in the brain through identifying the neural correlates of grammatical morpheme processing associated with nouns and verbs in Chinese. In particular, the processing of Chinese nominal classifiers and verbal aspect markers were investigated in a sentence completion task and a grammaticality judgment task to look for converging evidence. The Chinese language constitutes a special case because it has no inflectional morphology per se and a larger classifier than aspect marker inventory, contrary to the pattern of greater verbal than nominal paradigmatic complexity in most European languages. The functional imaging results showed BA47 and left supplementary motor area and superior medial frontal gyrus more strongly activated for classifier processing, and the left posterior middle temporal gyrus more responsive to aspect marker processing. We attributed the activation in the left prefrontal cortex to greater processing complexity during classifier selection, analogous to the accounts put forth for European languages, and the left posterior middle temporal gyrus to more demanding verb semantic processing. The overall findings significantly contribute to cross-linguistic observations of neural substrates underlying processing of grammatical morphemes from an analytic and a classifier language, and thereby deepen our understanding of neurobiology of human language. Citation: Yu X, Bi Y, Han Z, Law S-P (2013) An fMRI Study of Grammatical Morpheme Processing Associated with Nouns and Verbs in Chinese. PLoS ONE 8(10): e74952. doi:10.1371/journal.pone. 0074952 Editor: Mark Aronoff, Stony Brook University, United States of America Received May 31, 2013; Accepted August 7, 2013; Published October 11, 2013 Copyright: 2013 Yu et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Funding: This study was supported by a General Research Fund from the Research Grant Council of Hong Kong (HKU 746608H). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. * E-mail: splaw@hku.hk
Surgical Ventricular Restoration

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Molecular cloning and sequence of Sparus aurata skeletal myosin light chains expressed in white muscle : developmental expression and thyroid regulation

tissues, consists of two heavy chains (MHCs) and four light chains (MLCs), which combine to form a long coiled α-helical tail and two heads. Each head contains an actin-binding site and ATPase activity. The formation of the head structure involves the N-terminal half of two MHCs and one pair of light chains (Lowey, 1994). The light chains belong to the troponinC supergene family that also includes the Ca 2+-binding proteins calmodulin and parvalbumin (Periasamy et al., 1984). The light chains are classified into two classes: the alkaliand dinitrobenzoic acid (DTNB)-removable light chains (Weeds and Lowey, 1971). In skeletal muscle, there are two different types of alkali light chain, MLC1 and MLC3. An association between the alkali light chains and the MHC head region has been documented; it is believed to be involved in the interaction between myosin and actin, and a linear correlation has been reported between the MLC1:MLC3 ratio and the shortening velocity of the contractile apparatus (Lowey and Trybus, 1995). The DTNB-removable light chains are termed MLC2 and have a regulatory if not a catalytic role binding Ca 2+
Hydrophobin Film Structure for HFBI and HFBII and Mechanism for Accelerated Film Formation

Hydrophobins represent an important group of proteins from both a biological and nanotechnological standpoint. They are the means through which filamentous fungi affect their environment to promote growth, and their properties at interfaces have resulted in numerous applications. In our study we have combined protein docking, molecular dynamics simulation, and electron cryo-microscopy to gain atomistic level insight into the surface structure of films composed of two class II hydrophobins: HFBI and HFBII produced by Trichoderma reesei. Together our results suggest a unit cell composed of six proteins; however, our computational results suggest P6 symmetry, while our experimental results show P3 symmetry with a unit cell size of 56 Å. Our computational results indicate the possibility of an alternate ordering with a three protein unit cell with P3 symmetry and a smaller unit cell size, and we have used a Monte Carlo simulation of a spin model representing the hydrophobin film to show how this alternate metastable structure may play a role in increasing the rate of surface coverage by hydrophobin films, possibly indicating a mechanism of more general significance to both biology and nanotechnology.
The crustal evolution of South America from a zircon Hf‐isotope perspective

Hf‐isotope data of >1100 detrital zircon grains from the Palaeozoic, south‐central Andean Gondwana margin record the complete crustal evolution of South America, which was the predominant source. The oldest grains, with crustal residence ages of 3.8–4.0 Ga, are consistent with complete recycling of existing continental crust around 4 Ga. We confirm three major Archaean, Palaeoproterozoic (Transamazonian) and late Mesoproterozoic to early Neoproterozoic crust‐addition phases as well as six igneous phases during Proterozoic to Palaeozoic time involving mixing of juvenile and crustally reworked material. A late Mesoproterozoic to early Neoproterozoic, Grenville‐age igneous belt can be postulated along the palaeo‐margin of South America. This belt was the basement for later magmatic arcs and accreted allochthonous microcontinents as recorded by similar crustal residence ages. Crustal reworking likely dominated over juvenile addition during the Palaeozoic era, and Proterozoic and Archaean zircon was mainly crustally reworked from the eroding, thickened Ordovician Famatinian arc.
Program on Education Policy and Governance Working Papers Series Effects of Adult Education Vouchers on the Labor Market : Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment *

Lifelong learning is often promoted in ageing societies, but little is known about its returns or governments’ ability to advance it. This paper evaluates the effects of a large-scale randomized field experiment issuing vouchers for adult education in Switzerland. We find no significant average effects of voucher-induced adult education on earnings, employment, and subsequent education one year after treatment. But effects are heterogeneous: Low-education individuals are most likely to profit from adult education, but least likely to use the voucher. The findings cast doubt on the effectiveness of existing untargeted voucher programs in promoting labor market outcomes through adult education. JEL-Code: I22, J24, H43, C93, M53
Program on Education Policy and Governance Working Papers Series Paying to Learn : The Effect of Financial Incentives on Elementary School Test Scores

In recent years, policymakers and academics have become increasingly interested in applying financial incentives to individual decision-making in education. This paper presents evidence from a pay for performance program which took place in Coshocton, Ohio. Since 2004, the Coshocton City Schools has provided cash payments to students for successful completion of their standardized testing. Students in third, fourth, fifth, and sixth grade who passed district and state-mandated standardized exams are eligible for these rewards. Coshocton determined eligibility for the program using randomization. By exploiting the randomization of Coshocton's incentive program, this paper attempts to identify the effects of student incentive programs on students' academic behavior. Additionally, the structure of Coshocton's program creates some "kinks" in student incentives. These kinks reveal places where students who were eligible for the incentive program no longer had any incentive for subsequent "high stakes" work. The results present evidence that young children respond to incentives. Math scores improved about 0.15 standard deviations higher for elementary school students who were eligible for the program relative to the control group. We find little evidence that reading, social science, and science test scores changed in response to the incentive program. However, students' behavior at the specific discontinuities in the cash incentive program suggests that students respond to incentives even in ways which may not be desirable to educators. The author thanks Bob Simpson and the Coshocton City Schools, especially Patty Cramer, Wade Lucas and David Hire, for help throughout the project. The author also thanks Jim Rebitzer, David Cooper, Michael Kremer, Bridget Long, Ted Miguel, Phil Oreopoulos, and seminar participants at Case Western Reserve University, University of British Columbia, University of Arizona, University of Pittsburgh, Stanford University, UCLA, Georgetown, and Ohio State University for helpful comments. All opinions and mistakes are my own.