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Beyond Enterprise Resource Planning Projects: Innovative Strategies forCompetitive Advantage

A rapidly changing business environment and legacy IT problems has resulted in many organisations implementing standard package solutions. This 'common systems' approach establishes a common IT and business process infrastructure within organisations and its increasing dominance raises several important strategic issues. These are to what extent do common systems impose common business processes and management systems on competing firms, and what is the source of competitive advantage if the majority of firms employ almost identical information systems and business processes? A theoretical framework based on research into legacy systems and earlier IT strategy literature is used to analyse three case studies in the manufacturing, chemical and IT industries. It is shown that the organisations are treating common systems as the core of their organisations' abilities to manage business transactions. To achieve competitive advantage they are clothing these common systems with information systems designed to capture information about competitors, customers and suppliers, and to provide a basis for sharing knowledge within the organisation and ultimately with economic partners. The importance of these approaches to other organisations and industries is analysed and an attempt is made at outlining the strategic options open to firms beyond the implementation of common business systems.
Coalescence of drops with mobile interfaces in a quiescent fluid

Abstract A study on the axisymmetric near-contact motion of drops with tangentially mobile interfaces under the action of a body force in a quiescent fluid is described. A long-time asymptotic analysis is presented for small-deformation conditions. Under these conditions the drops are nearly spherical, except in the near-contact region, where a flattened thin film forms. According to our analysis, a hydrostatic dome does not form in the near-contact region at long times, in contrast to the assumption underlying all previous analyses of this problem. Instead, the shape of the film in the near-contact region results from the absence of tangential stresses acting on it. As a result, the long-time behaviour of the system is qualitatively different than previously predicted. According to the theory presented herein, the minimum film thickness (rim region) decays with time as ${h}_{m} \sim {t}^{- 4/ 5} $ , and the thickness at the centre of the film decays as ${h}_{0} \sim {t}^{- 3/ 5} $ , which is a faster decay than predicted by prior analyses based on a hydrostatic dome. Numerical thin-film simulations quantitatively confirm the predictions of our small-deformation theory. Boundary-integral simulations of the full two-drop problem suggest that the theory also describes qualitatively the long-time evolution under finite-deformation conditions.
Spiritually Oriented Cognitive Processing Therapy for Spiritual Struggle in Christian Sexual Assault Survivors with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

iii Acknowledgements . iv List of Tables . xiv List of Figures . xv List of Abbreviations . xvi CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION . 1 Background to the Problem . 2 Prevalence of PTSD . 2 Meaning-Making of Trauma . 3 R/S Belief Changes in PTSD Population . 4 Role of R/S Belief Changes . 4 Gaps in Current Literature and Treatment . 5 Prominence of Christian Population . 5 Treatment Needs of Christian Survivors . 6 Inclusion of Spiritual Interventions in Treatment . 6 Challenges for Inclusion of Spiritual Interventions . 7 Statement of the Problem . 7 Purpose of the Study . 8 Research Questions . 9 Assumptions and Limitations . 10 Research Design . 11
Agent reasoning on the web using web services?

In this paper we present an approach for reusing agent-based reasoning capabilities by making them available for invocation as Web services. In this way, we provide the missing link between the highly interoperable Web services and the autonomicity and intelligence of agent-based systems, so that the latter can be seamlessly integrated into the knowledge-rich SemanticWeb environment without being compromised by isolated communication platforms and languages or restricted to only one or just few reasoning formalisms. We have achieved this by extending the EMERALD framework for agent based reasoning with a Web service interface. Our approach is exemplified by the development of an online system for intelligent brokering of apartment rentals. The broker intelligence is captured as a defeasible knowledge base, while its problem solving process involves the invocation of third party defeasible reasoning Web services included into the EMERALD framework.
The iron chelator deferasirox enhances liposomal amphotericin B efficacy in treating murine invasive pulmonary aspergillosis.

OBJECTIVES Increased bone marrow iron levels in patients with haematological malignancies is an independent risk factor for developing invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA), suggesting an important role for iron uptake in the pathogenesis of IPA. We sought to determine the potential for combination therapy with the iron chelator deferasirox + liposomal amphotericin B (LAmB) to improve the outcome of murine IPA compared with LAmB monotherapy. METHODS In vitro MIC and minimum fungicidal concentration (MFC) values of the iron chelator, deferasirox, for Aspergillus fumigatus were determined by microdilution assay. In addition, we studied the efficacy of deferasirox alone or combined with LAmB in treating immunocompromised mice infected with A. fumigatus via inhalation. RESULTS Deferasirox was cidal in vitro against A. fumigatus, with an MIC and MFC of 25 and 50 mg/L, respectively. Deferasirox monotherapy modestly prolonged survival of mice with IPA. Combination deferasirox + LAmB therapy synergistically improved survival and reduced lung fungal burden compared with either monotherapy alone. CONCLUSIONS Iron chelation therapy with deferasirox alone or in combination with LAmB is effective in treating experimental IPA. Further study of deferasirox is warranted as adjunctive therapy for IPA infections.
Learning microarchitectural behaviors to improve stimuli generation quality

Microarchitectural information regarding various aspects of instruction execution can help processor-level stimuli generators more easily reach verification goals. While many such aspects are based on common microarchitectural concepts, their specific manifestations are highly design-specific. We propose using an automatic method for acquiring such microarchitectural knowledge and integrating it into the stimuli generator. We start by extracting microarchitectural data from simulation traces. This data is fed to a decision tree learning algorithm that produces rules for microarchi-tectural behavior of instructions; these rules are then integrated into the testing knowledge of the stimuli generator. This testing knowledge can provide users with the ability to better control the microarchitectural behavior of generated instructions, leading to higher quality test cases. Experimental results on the POWER7 processor showed that our proposed method can improve the microarchitectural cover-age of the design
Developing a Quality Spoken Componentof the Australian National Corpus

The creation of a quality spoken component of the Australian National Corpus (AusNC) will allow us to deepen our understandings of Australian English (AusE) and to open up new areas of analysis. To make the most of this opportunity we contend that not only must the data be of high quality but that the corpus must also be constructed in such a way that the data is of maximal use to researchers with differing interests. Toward these aims, we begin by drawing on other spoken corpora and our collective experience to lay out a set of design principles for creating a quality spoken corpus (Section 2). Using a sample recording, we then demonstrate the value of the information which can be obtained through putting such design principles in place (Section 3). We conclude with what we believe is a viable proposal for generating a quality spoken component of the AusNC (Section 4).
Face recognition based on binary images for link selection

A face recognition system which utilizes binary facial images and a bitwise similarity calculation method is proposed for link selection between mobile devices. As a pre-processing step, normalized differences of Gaussian and facial region estimation were used to handle illumination conditions. Binary images were used to extract facial feature sets that did not exceed 700 bytes. Scale pyramids and XNOR+AND similarity scores were used for fast feature matching between reference data sets and pre-processed test data. The proposed method achieved about an 85.9% recognition rate with a database that consisted of 135 facial images with various head poses, obtained by enrolling one reference data set per subject.
Sleep Patterns and Sleep Disruptions in Kindergarten Children

Assessed sleep patterns and sleep disruptions in kindergarten children and investigated the relation between sleep measures derived from objective and subjective evaluation methods. The sleep patterns of 59 normal kindergarten children (mean age = 5.5 years) were monitored for 4 to 5 consecutive nights by means of activity monitors (actigraph) and by means of parental daily sleep logs. The correlation between the actigraphic measures and the daily parental logs indicated that parents were accurate reporters of sleep schedule measures. However, parents were less accurate in assessing sleep quality measures, significantly underestimating the number of night-wakings and overestimating the quality of their children's sleep. Fragmented sleep was found, by means of activity monitoring, in 41% of the children.
Programmable implementations of MIMO-OFDM detectors: Design, benchmarking and comparison

Programmable MIMO-OFDM detector design, benchmarking and comparison of implementations have been considered in this paper. We emphasize the significance of co-optimizing the algorithm, software and hardware together in order to reach demanding energy, latency and area restrictions introduced in current standards. We compare energy consumption of the detection algorithms based on the theoretical complexities in function of signal-to-noise ratio. Applying co-optimizing we show how a carefully designed programmable architecture can achieve the 3G long term evolution (LTE) detection rate requirements with a reasonable energy consumption.
Hidden Markov Models Suitable for Text Generation

The paper presents the application of Hidden Markov Models to text generation in Polish language. A program generating text, taking advantage of Hidden Markov Models was developed. The program uses a reference text to learn the possible sequences of letters. The results of text processing have been also discussed. The presented approach can be also helpful in speech recognition process. Key-Words: Natural language processing, Text generation, Hidden Markov model
Multilevel Study on Psychological Empowerment and Perception of Barriers to Innovation: the Moderating Influence of Collectivism Orientation and Job Formalization

This research builds and tests a conceptual model on the process how psychological empowerment affects perception of barriers to innovation after synthesizing concerned theories. Based on statistical analysis to the survey data collected from south China, we find that, as anticipated, personal level psychological empowerment and team level psychological empowerment positively affects each other, and the interaction between the two levels psychological empowerment has a combined negative effect on perception of barriers to innovation. Besides, collectivism orientation moderates the connection between personal and team psychological empowerment, also job formalization plays a moderating role in the relationship between team psychological empowerment and perception of barriers to innovation.
Bose-Einstein condensation in the presence of contact interaction

It is shown that Bose-Einstein condensation occurs for an ideal gas in two and three spatial dimensions, in the presence of one impurity which is described quantum mechanically in terms of a point-like vortex and contact interaction. PACS numbers : 03.75. Fi, 03.65. Bz-Ge, 05.30. Jp DFUB/00-12 July 2000 Submitted to Phys. Rev. D
A framework for semantic reasoning about Byzantine quorum systems

We have defined a class of shared variables called TS-variables that includes those implemented by the various Byzantine quorum system constructions of Malkhi and Reiter, and developed a number of definitions and theorems enabling us to reason about these variables abstractly. Using these tools, we have reduced the problem of Lamport's atomic semantics for such variables to the simpler problem of regular semantics. We discuss the fact that both these problems have remained stubbornly difficult to solve for some types of Byzantine quorum system variables (notably masking quorum system variables) by showing that they are not solvable by traditional approaches in an asynchronous environment. Finally, for such variables we define the notion of pseudoregular and pseudoatomic semantics, and state briefly that a similar reduction holds for these concepts.
A Quick-Response Real-Time Stepping Stone Detection Scheme

Stepping stone attacks are often used by network intruders to hide their identities. To detect and block stepping stone attacks, a stepping stone detection scheme should be able to correctly identify a stepping-stone in a very short time and in real-time. However, the majority of past research has failed to indicate how long or how many packets it takes for the monitor to detect a stepping stone. In this paper, we propose a novel quick-response real-time stepping stones detection scheme which is based on packet delay properties. Our experiments show that it can identify a stepping stone within 20 seconds which includes false positives and false negatives of less than 3%.
Based on improved BP neural network model generating power predicting for PV system

In this work the artificial neural networks (ANN) and the optimization algorithm of nonlinear damping least squares (Levenberg-Marquardt) were applied to estimate the generating power of photovoltaic system in China. And the MATLAB was applied to establish prediction model. Finally, the training samples were measured data of 30 days, 90 days and 180 days. Under the three samples, it researched generating output power forecasting of photovoltaic system. The predicted results show LMBP overcomes the shortcomings of BP neural network; it has better convergence and accuracy. After compare with all predicting data, predicting results of 30 days data is the most accurate among three training samples.
The Contraceptive Agent Provera Enhances GABAA Receptor-Mediated Inhibitory Neurotransmission in the Rat Hippocampus: Evidence for Endogenous Neurosteroids?

Neurosteroids typified by 5α-pregnan-3α-ol-20-one (5α3α) have emerged as the most potent endogenous positive modulators of the GABAA receptor, the principal mediator of fast inhibitory transmission within the CNS. Neurosteroids can be synthesized de novo in the brain in levels sufficient to modulate GABAA receptor function and, thus, might play an important physiological-pathophysiological role. Indirect support for this proposal comes from the observation that neurosteroid action is region and neuron selective. However, the mechanism(s) that imparts specificity of action remains primarily elusive. Although neurosteroids are relatively promiscuous toward different GABAA receptor isoforms, the contribution of local neurosteroid metabolism has been relatively unexplored. Here, we investigate the role of neurosteroid metabolism by using electrophysiological techniques to compare the actions of 5α3α and its metabolically stable synthetic analog ganaxolone on inhibitory neurotransmission in CA1 and dentate gyrus neurons. Furthermore, we evaluate the contribution of a key enzyme in neurosteroid metabolism [i.e., 3α-hydroxysteroidoxidoreductase (3α-HSOR)] to the inactivation of endogenous, or exogenously applied 5α3α. We show that low concentrations of ganaxolone, but not of 5α3α, enhance inhibitory transmission in dentate gyrus, whereas both steroids are similarly effective in CA1 neurons. Furthermore, inhibition of 3α-HSOR by the contraceptive agent Provera results in enhanced synaptic and extrasynaptic GABAA receptor-mediated inhibition in the dentate gyrus but not in the CA1 region. Collectively, these findings advocate a crucial role for local steroid metabolism in shaping GABAA receptor-mediated inhibition in a regionally dependent manner and suggest a novel action by the contraceptive agent on inhibitory centers in the CNS.
DEPOGIT: dense power-ground interconnect architecture for physical design integrity

In recent deep submicron VLSI design, signal integrity (SI) and power-ground integrity (PGI) have become very important to design in a short time. As a solution, we propose DEPOGIT, which is a new dense power-ground interconnect architecture that realizes more robust physical design integrity. This architecture is a method of running both the power and ground wires adjacent to the signal wires. This provides not only the general shielding effect but also explicit decoupling capacitance (decap) by means of the wires. Using this architecture also guarantees regularity, thus reducing manufacturing variations in interconnects. As a result of quantitative analysis performed using 90 nm technology node, we demonstrate that high-quality decap of over 50 nF in a 10 mm square chip can be obtained, the resistive IR-drop can be less than 20% of that of a conventional power grid, transient peak noise can be reduced by about 80%, and the inductive crosstalk effect of the signal wire can be greatly reduced.
New examples of four dimensional AS-regular algebras

This thesis deals with AS-regular algebras, first defined by Michael Artin and William Schelter in Graded Algebras of Global Dimension 3. All such algebras of dimension three have been classified, but the corresponding prob-lem in higher dimensions remains open. We construct new examples of four dimensional AS-regular algebras, and provide some information about their module structure. Results are provided for proving the regularity of such algebras. In addition we classify the AS-regular algebras of dimension four satisfying certain conditions.
Possible Orientation Effects to the Phase Diagram of Fundamental Composite Particles

We obtain possibly valuable information about the phase diagram of rather dense composite particles at high fermion as well as boson number density but low temperature, which is not accessible to relativistic heavy ion collision experiments. Our calculations could qualitatively measure the number of thermodynamic degrees of freedom at the time at which the matter (produced in heavy ion collisions which might be a deconfined quark-gluon plasma) comes into approximate local thermal equilibrium and begins to behave like a hydrodynamic fluid. Possible observational signatures associated with the theoretically proposed states of matter inside compact stars are discussed as well.
Trends in tuberculosis incidence and their determinants in 134 countries.

OBJECTIVE To determine whether differences in national trends in tuberculosis incidence are attributable to the variable success of control programmes or to biological, social and economic factors. METHODS We used trends in case notifications as a measure of trends in incidence in 134 countries, from 1997 to 2006, and used regression analysis to explore the associations between these trends and 32 measures covering various aspects of development (1), the economy (6), the population (3), behavioural and biological risk factors (9), health services (6) and tuberculosis (TB) control (7). FINDINGS The TB incidence rate changed annually within a range of +/-10% over the study period in the 134 countries examined, and its average value declined in 93 countries. The rate was declining more quickly in countries that had a higher human development index, lower child mortality and access to improved sanitation. General development measures were also dominant explanatory variables within regions, though correlation with TB incidence trends varied geographically. The TB incidence rate was falling more quickly in countries with greater health expenditure (situated in central and eastern Europe and the eastern Mediterranean), high-income countries with lower immigration, and countries with lower child mortality and HIV infection rates (located in Latin America and the Caribbean). The intensity of TB control varied widely, and a possible causal link with TB incidence was found only in Latin America and the Caribbean, where the rate of detection of smear-positive cases showed a negative correlation with national incidence trends. CONCLUSION Although TB control programmes have averted millions of deaths, their effects on transmission and incidence rates are not yet widely detectable.
Interference effect on Raman spectrum of graphene on SiO 2 / Si

The intensity ratio between two major Raman bands in graphene is one of the most important information for physics of graphene and has been believed to represent various intrinsic properties of graphene without critical assessment of extrinsic effects. We report a micro Raman spectroscopy study on the Raman intensity ratio of the 2D band to the G Raman band of graphene varying the thickness of dielectric layers (SiO_2) underneath it. The ratio is shown to change by almost 370% when the thickness is varied by 60%. The large variation in the ratio is well explained by theoretical calculations considering multiple Raman scattering events at the interfaces. Our analysis shows that the interference effect is critical in extracting the intrinsic 2D to G intensity ratio and therefore must be taken into account in extracting various physical properties of graphene from Raman measurements.
A Build-in Self-Test Technique for RF Low-Noise Amplifiers

A built-in self-test (BIST) technique suitable for RF low-noise amplifiers (LNAs) is presented in this paper. With fully integrated amplitude detectors and logarithmic amplifiers, the BIST module can be employed as a generic platform for gain extraction of the device-under-test (DUT) without expensive testing instruments, while maintaining a reasonable hardware overhead and minimum loading effects to the DUT. Using a 0.18-mum CMOS process, a 5-GHz variable-gain LNA with the proposed BIST module is implemented. Based on the experimental results, on-chip gain extraction of the LNA has been demonstrated with an error less than 1 dB for various gain modes. The additional chip area required for the BIST functionality measures 0.042 mm2, which is considerably small compared with the physical size of the RF amplifiers.
Teaching science to French-speaking students in English Canada using an instructional congruence model involving discourse-enabling strategies

Outside the province of Quebec in Canada, most Francophones live in a minority-language context in which English dominates the linguistic and cultural landscape. In North America and the world, the English language has become the lingua franca of the scientific community and of society, generally. Enhancing the teaching of science for Francophones will require providing a rich array of discursive opportunities in the minority language while moving students from contextualised to de-contextualised language. Cormier (2004) developed a model for teaching science to minority Franco-phone students where reading, talking, and writing are core activities. The authors present a revised model that better addresses the needs of all linguistic minority learners in the science classroom.