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INTERFACE MANAGEMENT—A FACILITATOR OF LEAN CONSTRUCTION AND AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT

This paper aims to establish and clarify the close relationships between Interface Management (IM) and the two emerging construction management philosophies: lean construction and agile project management (APM). The applications of these two approaches face great challenges from a project’s complexity. IM, managing and controlling interrelationships or interactions among elements of complex project systems, can help augment these two strategic approaches and facilitate the implementation of related techniques and methods in the dynamic built environment. This paper first briefly introduces the new concept of IM and its benefits to construction management. Then, it reviews lean construction and APM respectively. During the review, this paper simultaneously investigates the benefits that IM can offer to these two approaches in regard to philosophy and technique. In conclusion, it is assessed that IM can greatly improve the implementation of lean production and APM in construction and help optimize overall performance of construction project systems.
Modeling Behavior-Realistic Artificial Decision-Makers to Test Preference-Based Multiple Objective Optimization Methods: Report of Working Group #1

Citation for published version (APA): Branke, J., Corrente, S. , Greco, S. , Kadzinski, M. , Lopez-Ibanez, M. , Mousseau, V. , . Slowinski, R. (2015). Modeling Behavior-Realistic Artificial Decision-Makers to Test Preference-Based Multiple Objective Optimization Methods: Report of Working Group #1. (“Understanding Complexity in Multiobjective Optimization”). Schloss Dagstuhl. https://doi.org/10.4230/DagRep.5. 1.96
A Quantile Monte Carlo Approach to Measuring Extreme Credit Risk

We apply a novel Quantile Monte Carlo (QMC) model to measure extreme risk of various European industrial sectors both prior to and during the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). The QMC model involves an application of Monte Carlo Simulation and Quantile Regression techniques to the Merton structural credit model. Two research questions are addressed in this study. The first question is whether there is a significant difference in distance to default (DD) between the 50% and 95% quantiles as measured by the QMC model. A substantial difference in DD between the two quantiles was found. The second research question is whether relative industry risk changes between the pre-GFC and GFC periods at the extreme quantile. Changes were found with the worst deterioration experienced by Energy, Utilities, Consumer Discretionary and Financials; and the strongest improvement shown by Telecommunication, IT and Consumer goods. Overall, we find a significant increase in credit risk for all sectors using this model as compared to the traditional Merton approach. These findings could be important to banks and regulators in measuring and providing for credit risk in extreme circumstances.
SOA modeling

Modeling of secondary organic aerosol yields from laboratory chamber data M. N. Chan, A. W. H. Chan, P. S. Chhabra, J. D. Surratt, and J. H. Seinfeld Division of Engineering and Applied Science, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA Received: 19 March 2009 – Accepted: 24 March 2009 – Published: 9 April 2009 Correspondence to: J. H. Seinfeld (seinfeld@caltech.edu) Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union.
Using Smartphones and Mobile Web 2.0 to Create a Mobile Computing Platform for Tertiary Education.

Today’s smartphones are mobile multimedia computers, in Nokia’s words: “It’s what computers have become”. Smartphone manufacturers have seen the potential to partner with online social software (Web2.0) sites (e.g. Flickr, YouTube, Vox, Ovi etc…) to produce a mobile computing platform to capture and share our daily lives with friends and family, anywhere, anytime. These tools can be utilized within tertiary education to create context independent collaborative learning environments. Pedagogical design of learning experiences using mobile web2.0 allows a tutor to create rich learning environments for students beyond the classroom or lecture theatre. This paper illustrates this by analysing students responses to a third year Product Design project that transformed a traditionally paper-based learning journal into an interactive, collaborative, online eportfolio using mobile web2.0 technologies facilitating an explicit social constructivist pedagogy. Students were provided with a Nokia N95 smartphone, a bluetooth folding keyboard, and a 1GB 3G data account. They created an online eportfolio, and used the smartphones to capture and record learning events and ideas from a variety of contexts. The learning outcomes included the development of a far more media rich and critically reflective collaborative experience than was previously possible using traditional approaches.
Toxicological considerations of clinically applicable nanoparticles

Summary In recent years, nanoparticles (NPs) have increasingly found practical applicationsin technology, research and medicine. The small particle size coupled to their unique chemicaland physical properties is thought to underlie their exploitable biomedical activities. Here, wereview current toxicity studies of NPs with clinical potential. Mechanisms of cytotoxicity arediscussed and the problem of extrapolating knowledge gained from cell-based studies into ahuman scenario is highlighted. The so-called proof-of-principle approach, whereby ultra-highNP concentrations are used to ensure cytotoxicity, is evaluated on the basis of two consider-ations; rstly, from a scientic perspective, the concentrations used are in no way related tothe actual doses required which, in many instances, discourages further vital investigations.Secondly, these inaccurate results cast doubt on the science of nanomedicine and thus, quitedangerously, encourage unnecessary alarm in the public. In this context, the discrepanciesbetweenin vitro andin vivoresults are described along with the need for a unifying protocolfor reliable and realistic toxicity reports. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Shoot tip culture and thermotherapy for recovering virus-free plants of garlic

Garlic shoot tip culture associated with dry heat thermotherapy (cloves exposed to 37°C for 35 days) were essential for recovering virus free plants of the cv Amarante. In this condition 70% of the explants developed in vitro and produced plants. A total of 77% of those plants was virus free when indexed by ISEM, which resulted in a final index of 54% of virus free plants from treated cloves. The percentage of regeneration decreased to 20% as the temperature increased up to 40°C. However 90% of those plants were virus free, leading to a final index of 18% virus free plants out of treated cloves.
Comment on "Using groundwater age and hydrochemistry to understand sources and dynamics of nutrient contamination through the catchment into Lake Rotorua, New Zealand" by Morgenstern et al. (2015)

Abstract. This comment addresses a key conclusion in the paper entitled "Using groundwater age and hydrochemistry to understand sources and dynamics of nutrient contamination through the catchment into Lake Rotorua, New Zealand" by Morgenstern et al. (2015). The authors analyse hydrochemistry data and conclude that "the only effective way to limit algae blooms and improve lake water quality in such environments is by limiting the nitrate load". We undertook the crucial task of examining this conclusion because it contradicts the current strategy of limiting both phosphorus and nitrogen loads to the lake, supported by a multi-million dollar programme of action. Following careful consideration, we believe that the conclusion is invalid and outline four reasons to support our assessment. Our comments do not relate to the methodology or results that are presented by Morgenstern et al. (2015), and we recognise that their paper makes an otherwise highly valuable contribution to understanding hydro-chemical processes in the catchment.
Measuring the quality of a quantum reference frame: The relative entropy of frameness

In the absence of a reference frame for transformations associated with group G, any quantum state that is noninvariant under the action of G may serve as a token of the missing reference frame. We here present a measure of the quality of such a token: the relative entropy of frameness. This is defined as the relative entropy distance between the state of interest and the nearest G-invariant state. Unlike the relative entropy of entanglement, this quantity is straightforward to calculate, and we find it to be precisely equal to the G-asymmetry, a measure of frameness introduced by Vaccaro et al. It is shown to provide an upper bound on the mutual information between the group element encoded into the token and the group element that may be extracted from it by measurement. In this sense, it quantifies the extent to which the token successfully simulates a full reference frame. We also show that despite a suggestive analogy from entanglement theory, the regularized relative entropy of frameness is zero and therefore does not quantify the rate of interconversion between the token and some standard form of quantum reference frame. Finally, we show how these investigations yield an approach to boundingmore » the relative entropy of entanglement. « less
RNA editing modulates the transcriptional repression activity of CtBP1

i TABLE OF CONTENTS . ii LIST OF FIGURES . iii LIST OF TABLES . iv ABBREVIATIONS . v INTRODUCTION . 1 MATERIALS AND METHODS . 3 Cell culture and transfection . 3 Plasmids . 3 RNA editing analysis . 3 Immunofluorescent staining . 4 Protein purifications . 4 In vitro GST-pull down assay . 5 Dehydrogenase activity assay . 5 Microarray analysis . 5 RNA purification and quantitative real-time PCR . 6 Lentivirus-based shRNA . 6 Chromatin immunoprecipitation . 7 Primers . 7 RESULTS . 10 1. CtBP1 mRNA editing in breast cancer cell lines . 10 2. The characteristics of an edited CtBP1 protein . 14 3. The change of gene expression patterns by CtBP in mouse embryonic fibroblast . 19 4. Transcriptional repression activity of edited CtBP1 . 25 DISCUSSION . 31 REFERENCES . 34 국문초록 . 40
Video Copy Detection Based on Fusion of Spatio-Temporal Features

A video copy detection method based on fusion of spatio-temporal features is proposed in this paper. Firstly, trajectories are built and lens boundaries are detected by SURF features analyzing, then normalized histogram is used to describe spatio-temporal behavior of trajectories, the bag of visual words is constructed by trajectories behavior clustering, word frequency vectors and SURF features with behavior labels are extracted to express spatio-temporal content of lens, finally, duplicates are detected efficiently based on grade-match. The experimental results show the performance of this method is improved greatly compared with other similar methods.
Defence spending and economic growth: A causal analysis for Greece and Turkey

There are a number of studies which consider the relation between military spending and economic growth using Granger causality techniques rather than a well‐defined economic model. Some have used samples of groups of countries, finding no consistent results. Others have focused on case studies of individual countries, which has the advantage of the researchers bringing to bear much more data than the cross country samples and a greater knowledge of the structure of the economy and the budget. This paper adds to the literature by providing an analysis of two countries, Greece and Turkey, which are particularly interesting case studies given their high military burdens, the poor relations between the two and the resulting arms race in the area. In addition to analysing the data using standard “pre‐cointegration” Granger causality techniques, this paper employs modern vector autoregressive (VAR) methodology that utilises cointegration via Granger's representation theorem. The standard Granger causality tests suggest a positive effect of changing military burden on growth for Greece, but this is not sustained when the cointegration between output and military burden is taken into account. The only evidence of significant Granger causality is a negative impact of military burden on growth in Turkey.
Security and Privacy Protection of Smart Home Based on IPv6

At home and abroad, smart home, after more than ten years development is getting more and more widely welcomed. Smart home technology is developing rapidly, and with the emergence of IPv6, smart home based on IPv6 is becoming a trend. Meanwhile, security and privacy protection of smart home is receiving more attention. Although IPv6 is more secure than IPV4, there are still issues of privacy loss. In this paper, we focus on the security and privacy protection of smart home based on IPv6 and propose two different solutions respectively, that is, security and privacy protection based on trust as well as that based on strategy. These two solutions achieve security and privacy protection via model about trust and strategy mechanism respectively. On the basis of these two solutions, a framework of security and privacy protection system of smart home is designed. Through the system we designed, the security and privacy protection of smart home based on IPv6 is achieved.
YOUSIF A.A.1*, MAHMOOD N.M.2 AND AL-TAAI N.A.2

Enterotoxigenic E. coli is the most common enteropathogen that causes diarrhea in newborn farm animals. The bacteria cause diarrhea by adhering to colonizing and producing enterotoxins in the small intestine they are not invasive [2]. Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) strains as the important cause of sever diarrhea in newborn calves carry fimbriae (such as F5 (K99) and F41) mediating binding of the bacteria to microvilli of enterocytes of the small intestine [3,4]. Osman, et al [5] report that the large and small ruminants could be a potential source of infection with enterovirulent Escherichia coli pathotypes in humans in Egypt.
LCZ 696, a New Treatment for Patients with Heart Failure

Heart failure represents the final stage of evolution of a large majority of cardiovascular diseases. Nowadays, due to prolonged survival of patients with chronic cardiovascular diseases, heart failure has become a major problem of healthcare systems, with increasing prevalence, especially among persons over 70 years of age. The cornerstone of heart failure treatment is the blockade of the reninangiotensin-aldosterone system. Neprilysin is an enzyme that breaks down the natriuretic peptides, a family of hormones involved in the balance of sodium and water. By maintaining the fluid homeostasis, natriuretic peptides protect the cardiovascular system from the negative effects of fluid overload. In patients with heart failure, the increases of natriuretic peptides are ineffective in clearing the fluid overload. Neprilysin inhibition is an alternative therapeutic strategy in these patients. The first drug acting as a dual neprilysin and reninangiotensin system inhibitor was omapatrilat. Despite initial promising results of omapatrilat in patients with heart failure and arterial hypertension, further trials failed to demonstrate a substantial benefit of omapatrilat versus an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, enalapril [1]. Moreover, the great incidence and severity of angioedema in hypertensive patients treated with omapatrilat led to the withdrawal of this drug by the Food and Drug Administration. LCZ696 appeared as a first-in-class angiotensin receptor neprilysin inhibitor. LCZ696 is a complex composed of sacubitril (a neprilysin inhibitor) and valsartan (an angiotensin receptor blocker).
Historic Designation and Residential Property Values

The State of California enacted the Mills Act in 1972. This act allows local municipalities the option of setting up a historic designation program. The main feature of the program is to allow the owners of historic buildings a reduction in their property taxes in return for an agreement to not alter the exterior facade of the designated building. This paper uses hedonic regression analysis to estimate the impact of the historic designation on the value of single-family residences in the City of San Diego. The results suggest that the designation creates a 16 percent increase in housing value. This is higher than the capitalization of the property tax savings would suggest, implying market value in the historic designation itself. The Mills Act represents an innovative approach to historic structure management and may provide guidance to governments elsewhere in the U.S. as well as internationally when designing historic preservation programs.
Mildly obscured active galaxies and the cosmic X-ray background

The diffuse cosmic X-ray background (CXB) is the sum of the emission of discrete sources, mostly massive black-holes accreting matter in active galactic nuclei (AGN). The CXB spectrum differs from the integration of the spectra of individual sources, calling for a large population, undetected so far, of strongly obscured Compton thick AGN. Such objects are predicted by unified models, which attribute most of the AGN diversity to their inclination on the line of sight, and play an important role for the understanding of the growth of black holes in the early Universe. The fraction of obscured AGN at low redshift can be derived from the observed CXB spectrum assuming AGN spectral templates and luminosity functions. We show that high signal-to-noise average hard X-ray spectra, derived from more than a billion seconds of effective exposure time with the Swift/BAT instrument, imply that mildly obscured Compton thin AGN feature a strong reflection and contribute massively to the CXB. A population of Compton thick AGN larger than that effectively detected is not required, as no more than 6\% of the CXB flux can be attributed to them. The stronger reflection observed in mildly obscured AGN suggests that the covering fraction of the gas and dust surrounding their central engines is a key factor in shaping their appearance. These mildly obscured AGN are easier to study at high redshift than Compton thick sources.
A Study on Lung Cancer in Jianghan Plain

This study was to investigate the epidemiology of lung cancer in Jianghan Plain, providing scientific basis for prevention and treatment of lung cancer. Pathology and clinical data of 1290 patients diagnosed lung cancer from the largest hospital in Jianghan Plain were collected and analyzed. Results found that the lung cancer incidence increased gradually from the age of 40 and at the peak during 61 to 70 years old; the male to female ratio was 2.45:1; Smoking patients were 841 cases, accounting for 65.2% of all cases. Smoke index > 400 was 771 cases accounting for 91.7 percent of smokers and smoking index < 400 was 70 cases accounting for 8.3% of smoking patients. 93.6% of the patients were to start smoking at a young age. The rate of patient pathological cytology diagnosed by fiberoptic bronchoscopy was 31.8%, which showed that it was an important diagnostic method for lung cancer. The main reason for smoking is to break up the monotony and although many patients know nicotine, carbon monoxide is the main smoking harmful substances and smoking may cause lung cancer; not many people can take the initiative to quit smoking. It also showed that squamous cell carcinoma was the main type in smoking patients, while adeno-carcinoma in non-smoking patients. The comprehensive epidemiological analysis suggested that smoking is an important factor in causing lung cancer, smoking cessation education and regular medical examinations to strengthen the prevention of lung cancer have a positive meaning to their family members.
Application of Detached Eddy Simulation to Lagrangian Spray Simulations

In this study, the influence of turbulence models on the prediction of turbulent structures is investigated by example of a hollow-cone spray. The focus is put on the general character of the turbulence models, i.e. the production and dissipation of turbulence and the dispersion of the disperse phase. The models in focus include five RANS and LES models, and a Detached Eddy Simulation, which shows LES behavior in the free flow, and falls back to a RANS simulation in regions of small turbulent length scales. Results indicate that Detached Eddy Simulations are less mesh sensitive than true LES, while resolving turbulent features in an LES manner.
CEO emotional bias and dividend policy: Bayesian network method

This paper assumes that managers, investors, or both behave irrationally. In addition, even though scholars have investigated behavioral irrationality from three angles, investor sentiment, investor biases and managerial biases, we focus on the relationship between one of the managerial biases, overconfidence and dividend policy. Previous research investigating the relationship between overconfidence and financial decisions has studied investment, financing decisions and firm values. However, there are only a few exceptions to examine how a managerial emotional bias (optimism, loss aversion and overconfidence) affects dividend policies. This stream of research contends whether to distribute dividends or not depends on how managers perceive of the company’s future. We will use Bayesian network method to examine this relation. Emotional bias has been measured by means of a questionnaire comprising several items. As for the selected sample, it has been composed of some 100 Tunisian executives. Our results have revealed that leader affected by behavioral biases (optimism, loss aversion, and overconfidence) adjusts its dividend policy choices based on their ability to assess alternatives (optimism and overconfidence) and risk perception (loss aversion) to create of shareholder value and ensure its place at the head of the management team.
The English Pub: A History

The idea that ale and beer are good, honest, nourishing and make men strong has been deeply ingrained in the English psyche for 2,000 years. This is the story of English drink and the places where it was consumed during those 2,000 years. The history of the alehouse and the pub was never an easy one. At one time or another the Church, war, Puritans, temperance crusaders and the taxman have tried to curb the boisterous habits of the English. All to no avail. Tracing the Englishman's drinking habitat through all its manifestations from rude hovel to alehouse, tavern, inn and beershop to pub, this book examines the various phases in its history, the golden days of the coaching inns to the darkest days of the gin fever.