Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Supply chain analysis : a handbook on the interaction of information, system and optimization

Supply Chain Configurations of Foreign Cosmetics Companies Operating in China. - Structural Supply Chain Collaboration Among Grocery Manufacturers. - Supply Chain Management in the Chemical Industry: Trends, Issues, and Research Interests. - Berth Allocation Planning Optimization in Container Terminals. - Merchandise Planning Models for Fashion Retailing. - Supply Chain Management in the Presence of Secondary Market. - Global Diffusion of ISO 9000 Certification Through Supply Chains. - Risk Management in Global Supply Chain Networks. - Trust and Power Influences in Supply Chain Collaboration. - Foreign Direct Investment or Outsourcing: A Tax Integrated Supply Chain Decision Model. - Integrating Demand and Supply Chains. - Mumbai Tiffin (Dabba) Express.
Innovation management capabilities in the creative sector

The creative sector increases in importance. Still, research focus in the domain remains limited, while it is also suggested how the sector differs from other industries. As with any industrial sector, creative organisations need to renew themselves. Innovation management capabilities denote such abilities. In literature, it is suggested that these abilities are dependent on a number of organisational factors, but these expectedly differ by sector. The purpose of the paper is to synthesize current literature on innovation management capabilities in the creative sector. Findings point to a much more informal, flexible or organic approach to innovation in the creative sector. The heterogeneity of the sector further draws attention to how capabilities may have different characteristics also for different areas of a sector, and only partly be transferable among them.
Effects of Annealing on Magnetic Properties of Electrical Steel and Performances of SRM After Punching

This paper compares the microstructure and magnetic properties of punched electrical steel before and after annealing. The effects of this manufacturing process on performance of a switched reluctance motor (SRM) are also investigated. The punching of laminations distorts the grains near the cut edges, and therefore an anneal process is used to recover the damage caused by punching. In this paper, samples are annealed at 750°C for an hour under a N2 atmosphere. The damaged regions and corresponding recovery after annealing are observed under microscope as the measured core losses are improved up to 37%. The SRM performance is measured and it is found that the torque density can be enhanced when using the annealed electrical steel.
Beyond insulin resistance in NASH: TNF‐α or adiponectin?

Adiponectin has antilipogenic and anti‐inflammatory effects, while tumor necrosis factor α (TNF‐α) reduces insulin sensitivity and has proinflammatory effects. We examined (1) the extent to which hypoadiponectinemia and TNF‐α activation are features of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and (2) whether serum levels of these markers correlate with the severity of histological changes in 109 subjects with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), including 80 with NASH and 29 with simple steatosis. By multivariate analysis, subjects with NASH had reduced adiponectin level and increased TNF‐α and soluble TNF receptor 2 (sTNFR2)—but not leptin levels, compared with controls matched by age, sex, and body mass index; these differences were independent of the increased insulin resistance (by homeostasis model [HOMA‐IR]) in NASH. When compared with simple steatosis, NASH was associated with lower adiponectin levels and higher HOMA‐IR, but there were no significant differences in the levels of TNF‐α and sTNFR2. The majority of subjects with steatohepatitis (77%) had adiponectin levels less than 10 μg/mL and HOMA‐IR greater than 3 units, but only 33% of those with pure steatosis had these findings. HOMA‐IR and low serum adiponectin were also independently associated with increased grades of hepatic necroinflammation. In conclusion, hypoadiponectinemia is a feature of NASH independent of insulin resistance. Reduced adiponectin level is associated with more extensive necroinflammation and may contribute to the development of necroinflammatory forms of NAFLD. (HEPATOLOGY 2004;40:46–54.)
Role of Leadership in Training and Development

HRM Practices are extensively considered as essential features of organizational success. Most significant u n i t o f HRM Practices is Training and Development. It is the only key practice to attain the desired organizational objective. Training and Development can reduce the gap between the desired organizational state and its current state. On the other hand it has been observed, leadership is the imperative aspect of Human Resource Management . It has been observed that organizational leadership is relevant to organizational effectiveness and efficiency. In this research study we have analyzed, if the leadership skills are applied in the Training and Development process then the output would be maximized. The aim of this paper is to report the findings of an empirical study exploring the relationship between Training & Development and Leadership. Elemental directorial features such a s satisfaction, communication and motivation plays crucial role in the training and development and enhanced by Leadership skills as well. The results revealed that, Training & Development process is enhanced by enhancing the leadership skills of trainer. The research discovered Training and development could be further fruitful by adding leadership skills but it does not mean that without eadership skills it would be useless
New antiarrhythmic agents: a conceptually novel approach

Synthesis and biological evaluation of novel phenoxyalkyl amines exhibiting both class Ib and class III type electrophysiological properties are described. Two compounds showed excellent antiarrhythmic effects against reperfusion induced arrhythmias. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Med Res Rev, 20, No. 4, 294–303, 2000
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type III

Spinal muscular atrophy is a relatively stable chronic disease. Patients may gradually experience declines in muscle strength and motor function over time. However, functional progression is difficult to document, and the mechanism remains poorly understood. An 11-year-old girl was diagnosed at 19 months and took a few steps without assistance at 25 months. She was evaluated for 54 months in a prospective multicenter natural history study. Outcome measures were performed serially. From 6 to 7.5 years, motor function improved. From 7.5 to 11 years, motor function declined with increasing growth. Manual muscle testing scores minimally decreased. Motor unit number estimation studies gradually increased over 4.5 years. Compared to the published natural history of spinal muscular atrophy type III, our patient lost motor function over time. However, she walked with assistance 2 years longer than expected. Our report highlights possible precipitating factors that could affect the natural history of spinal muscular atrophy type III.
Changes in Accountancy Costs for Tasmanian SMEs Implementing Computerised Accounting Systems

There have been powerful incentives for Tasmanian Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) to adopt information technology to enable them to remain competitive and to comply with legislative regulations. This research study was undertaken to establish whether SMEs implementing computerised accounting systems have a subsequent change in their external accountancy fees. The research study employed a quantitative methodology using survey questionnaires. The study found that in less than 3% of cases SMEs reported a decrease in accountancy fees, in almost 45% of cases the organisation actually experienced a slight to substantial fee increase while 52% reported no change in accountancy fees.
An Unusual Presentation of Addison’s Disease—A Case Report

Addison’s disease is most commonly due to autoimmune adrenalitis and tuberculosis and refers to primary hypoadrenalism caused by a total or near total destruction or dysfunction of both adrenal cortices. Usual manifestations involve chronic fatigue, muscle weakness, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, hypotension and hyperpigmentation of skin. We herein report a case of primary adrenal insufficiency presenting with fever and seizures in an 11-yr-old boy. His symptoms resolved after starting specific therapy. This kind of presentation of Addison’s disease is rather unusual.
A self-contained steganography combining LSB substitution with MSB matching

LSB substitution steganography only takes the least significant bits in the carrier into account, which has the problems of low security and poor robustness. This paper proposes a self-contained steganography combining the MSB matching and LSB substitution. It contains two types of encoding rules to define the matching result between the secret information binary stream and the most two-significant-bit stream of carrier, then keeps/replaces the least two bits in every byte according to the corresponding matching result. Experiments show that the PSNR by this method is close to 60dB. Compared with traditional LSB substitution method, it has good robustness and concealment and improves the security and capacity, and to some extent, it increases the volume of a carrier.
ongitudinal predictors of addictions treatment utilization in treatment-naïve dults with alcohol use disorders

Background: Despite the substantial prevalence of alcohol use disorders (AUDs), prior research indicates that most people with AUDs never utilize either formal or informal treatment services. Several prior studies have examined the characteristics of individuals with AUDs who receive treatment; however, limited longitudinal data are available on the predictors of receiving AUD services in treatment-naive individuals with AUDs. Methods: This study utilized data from the National Epidemiological Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC) to identify adults in Wave 1 who met criteria for an AUD within the last 12 months and reported no prior lifetime alcohol treatment (N = 2760). These individuals were surveyed again at Wave 2, approximately 3–4 years later (N = 2170). This study examined the Wave 1 demographic and psychiatric conditions that were associated with receipt of AUD treatment services between Waves 1 and 2. Results: In multivariable analyses, use of AUD treatment services between Waves 1 and 2 was significantly more likely among those who were male, non-Caucasian, younger, had lower income, and who had health insurance. Additionally, those who met criteria for a baseline drug use disorder, anxiety disorder or a personality disorder were more likely to receive AUD treatment. Conclusions: Treatment was more often utilized in those who had more severe baseline psychopathology cono als w and in those with fewer e care available to individu
Chlorhexidine anaphylaxis: case report and review of the literature

Chlorhexidine is a widely used antiseptic and disinfectant. Compared to its ubiquitous use in medical and non‐medical environments, the sensitization rate seems to be low. Multivarious hypersensitivity reactions to the agent have been reported, including delayed hypersensitivity reactions such as contact dermatitis, fixed drug eruptions and photosensitivity reactions. An increasing number of immediate‐type allergies such as contact urticaria, occupational asthma and anaphylactic shock have been reported. In the case report, we describe anaphylaxis due to topical skin application of chlorhexidine, confirmed by skin testing and sulfidoleukotriene stimulation test (CAST®: cellular antigen stimulation test). The potential risk of anaphylactic reactions due to the application of chlorhexidine is well known, especially that application to mucous membranes can cause anaphylactic reactions and was therefore discouraged. The use of chlorhexidine at a 0.05% concentration on wounds and intact skin was so far thought to be safe. Besides our patient, only one other case of severe anaphylactic reaction due to application of chlorhexidine on skin has been reported. Hypersensitivity to chlorhexidine is rare, but its potential to cause anaphylactic shock is probably underestimated. This review should remind all clinicians of an important potential risk of this widely used antiseptic.
Efficient robot arm modeling for computer control

This article presents a comparative study of the required number of arithmetic operations necessary for computing robot arm models using the Denavit-Hartenberg symbolic notation and a proposed one. The proposed notation is based on the idea of describing the motion of a robot joint by a pair matrix and the geometry of a link by a shape matrix. This notation needs the use of two coordinate systems for each joint or link. The results prove that the proposed notation reduces the computation time of robot models. For a 6-degrees of freedom robot arm, the computation times of kinematic position, velocity, and dynamic models are reduced respectively by 20%, 5%, and 2%, respectively. The two notations have the same effects on computing the inverse models. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Pulmonary outcome in adolescents of extreme preterm birth: a regional cohort study

Aims: The pulmonary outcome of extreme prematurity remains to be established in adults. We determined respiratory health and lung function status in a population‐based, complete cohort of young preterms approaching adulthood. Methods. Forty‐six preterms with gestational age ±28 wk or birthweight ±1000g, born between 1982 and 1985, were compared to the temporally nearest term‐born subject of equal gender. Spirometry, plethysmography, reversibility test to salbutamol and methacholine bronchial provocation test were performed. Neonatal data were obtained from hospital records and current symptoms from validated questionnaires. Results: When entering the study at a mean age of 17.7 (SD: 1.2) y, a doctor's diagnosis of asthma and use of asthma inhalers were significantly more prevalent among preterms than controls (one asthmatic control compared to nine preterms, all but one using asthma inhalers). Peak expiratory flow (PEF) and forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) were decreased and the discrepancies relative to controls increased parallel to increased severity of neonatal lung disease. Parameters of increased neonatal oxygen exposure significantly predicted FEV1. Adjusted for height, gender and age, FEV1 was reduced by a mean of 580 ml/s in subjects with a history of bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Fifty‐six percent of preterms had a positive methacholine provocation test compared to 26% of controls.
Earnings Management: An Executive Perspective

1. What is Earnings Management? 2. Popular Earnings Management Techniques 3. Why Practice Earnings Management? 4. Ethical, Regulatory, and Legal Considerations 5. Research on Earnings Management 6. Quality of Earning 7. Cookie Jar Reserve? Techniques 8. Big Bath? Techniques 9. Big Bet? on the Future 10. Flushing? the Investment Portfolio Techniques 11. Throw out? a Problem Child 12. If You Don? t Like Your GAAP, Change it 13. Long-Term Asset Write-Off Methods 14. Sale/Leaseback Techniques 15. Above the Line Versus Below the Line 16. Early Retirement of Debt 17. Shrink the Ship? 18. Implementing Earnings Management and Managing Analyst? s Expectations
A Constrained Delaunay Triangle Mesh Method for Three-Dimensional Unstructured Boundary Point Cloud

A constrained Delaunay triangle mesh method is presented to recover the surface from the three-dimensional unstructured boundary point cloud. The surfaces of different three-dimensional object models are recovered by this triangle mesh method. The radius of the tested cylinder model can be accurately estimated from the derived maximum principle curvature. The derived minimum principle curvature of the tested cylinder model displays a zero value, which is the analytical value of a standard cylinder model’s minimum principle curvature. Keyword: constrained Delaunay triangle mesh, advancing front, unstructured point cloud in three dimensions
Cross-Trial Comparisons in the Oncology Arena: When Is This Justified?

A classic example of this highly relevant clinical phenomenon is provided by the initial, and subsequent, phase 3 randomized trials employing the then novel regimen of cisplatin plus paclitaxel in the treatment of advanced stage epithelial ovarian cancer [3, 4] . In the first trial, conducted by the Gynecologic Oncology Group (USA), the median progression-free and overall survivals of this relatively large population treated with cisplatin plus paclitaxel were 18 and 38 months, respectively [3] . However, when the exact treatment regimen ( drugs, doses, schedules) was employed by the same group of oncologists in their next trial, the identical patient population (tumor stage, grade, age, etc.) was found to experience a rather striking reduction in clinical outcome (median progression-free and overall survivals, 14 and 27 months, respectively) [4] . While it is not possible to know precisely why the treated ‘populations’ (as opposed to any individual ovarian cancer patient managed with cisplatin plus paclitaxel) experienced such different outcomes, one can speculate that increasing physician comfort with the potential toxicities of this drug combination (based on the results of the initial landmark study [3] ) led to subsequent study entry of individuals with greater co-morbidity (including histories of pre-existing cardiac dysfunction) and a more It is appropriately appreciated that there are inherent dangers associated with any attempt to directly compare the outcomes observed in independently conducted clinical trials. This is particularly problematic in the oncology arena where it is recognized there is frequently tremendous heterogeneity within patient populations as regards well-defined and currently poorly understood disease characteristics [1] . Further, populations differ in pre-existing co-morbidity, and outcomes may be substantially influenced by provider/institutional skills (particularly in the realm of surgery or technically demanding procedure-oriented medical care) [2] . In the absence of randomization within a single trial, where specific efforts are unable to be employed to ‘control’ for such variations (e.g. tumor grade, age, performance status, etc.) it is far more than a theoretical possibility that any observed differences in outcomes associated with employing different research strategies in ‘identical’ patient populations (tumor type and stage) will actually be due to relevant (but possibly not appreciated) differences in the specific patient populations who were entered into the individual studies, rather than to the superiority (or conversely, inferiority) of one management approach compared to an alternative. Received: January 21, 2011 Accepted: January 21, 2011 Published online: June 14, 2011 Oncology
Epidemiology of severity of temporomandibular disorders in Brazilian women.

AIMS To evaluate the severity of temporomandibular disorders (TMD) of women in the municipality of Araraquara (Brazil) as well as the contribution of the perception of oral health, mandibular functional limitation, and sociodemographic variables on the severity of TMD. METHODS The participants were interviewed by telephone. Information regarding age, marital status, economic level, education, and use and type of dental prostheses was surveyed. To evaluate TMD severity, mandibular functional limitation and perception of oral health, Fonseca's Anamnesic Index (IAF), the Mandibular Function Impairment Questionnaire (MFIQ), and the General Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI) were used. To evaluate the contribution of these variables on TMD severity, a structural equation model (SEM) was fitted to the data and assessed by usual goodness-of- fit indices. RESULTS A total of 701 women with a mean age of 44.36 years (SD = 16.31) participated. According to the IAF, 59.6% (95% confidence interval = 56.0%-63.2%) of the women were classified as having TMD, of which 63.9% presented light, 26.8% moderate, and 9.3% severe TMD. Mandibular functional limitation was low in 91.0% of the women, moderate in 7.1%, and severe in 1.9%. Goodness-of-fit for the structural model was adequate. The predictors explained 43% of the variation in the TMD severity, with significant contributions of the variables dental prostheses (β = -.008; P = .006), perception of oral health (β = -.43; P < .001), and mandibular functional limitation (β = .014; P = 014). CONCLUSION The severity of TMD among Brazilian women was greater in nonusers of dental prostheses and was also associated with greater mandibular functional limitation and poor perception of oral health.
The roles of leadership in the development of dynamic capabilities in the case of Mazoni, S.A.

T he roles of leadership in the development of dynamic capabilities in the This dissertation aims to answer the research question: What is the role of the leaders in the development of a company’s dynamic capabilities. In order to have a better understanding of the problem, the study is applied to a practical case – the shoe company Mazoni, S.A. Before focusing on this issue, defining the concept of dynamic capabilities turned out to be crucial. Therefore, several authors were considered, along with their various designations. A pattern was drawn from what was and was not agreement upon. Firstly, two frameworks were combined in order to best assess the object of this study. The microfoundations of dynamic capabilities by Teece and the leadership agenda*, developed by Dos and Kosonen which evaluates leaders’ roles what they agility” model we S.A. better understand studied in Europe then zoom in on Portugal’s footwear industry. we dissect Mazoni from its foundation to our current days. members
From field to table? The marketing of organic products in Norway

While 3 percent of the fields in Norway are grown organically in the advent of the 21st century, only a small share of the resulting products reaches the consumers as organic food. A number of factors can explain the relative lack of success of organic products through the value chain. Lack of differentiation from conventional foods may discourage consumers. Extra costs limit the interest of processors and retailers. The political decisions and subsidies are directed at production, and have few direct effects on the organization of the value chain. The marketing of organic products has followed different strategies. Organic milk is handled through the national dairy cooperative, and around forty percent is sold as organic varieties of conventional brands. Meat producers have been less successful as only about twenty percent of the certified production is marketed as organic. In some of the more promising cases organic products are marketed in a niche strategy where organic production methods is one of several differentiating product attributes.