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An analysis of the value of supply chain management periodicals

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide rankings of quality of peer reviewed periodicals for faculty research use, rankings of usefuless of both peer reviewed and non‐peer reviewed periodicals for teaching and outreach purposes, and rankings of usefulness of search engines for finding articles.Design/methodology/approach – An online survey was conducted during the Autumn Semester of 2006. 82 periodicals were identified as relevant to the Supply Chain Management field. Respondents were asked to rank their top used journals in terms of use for teaching, outreach and research.Findings – A total of 143 surveys were completed. Journal of Business Logistics, Harvard Business Review, and International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management were the top three ranked journals in the composite index. EBSCO Business Source Premier, ProQuest, and Google Scholar were the top three search engines used to find logistics and SCM articles.Research limitations/implications – A clear global cons.
National brand responses to brand imitation: retailers versus other manufacturers

Data from national brand manufacturers suggest they are more willing to take legal action against other independent manufacturers than against retailers when they think their trademark brands have been infringed. Imitation by other independent manufacturers prompts national brands to be more likely to improve their products than imitation by retailers. Those manufacturers who have taken legal action against imitating retailers are less fearful of possible retaliation tactics, such as delisting, or losing shelf space in the retail environment.
The Role of FDI on Stock Market Development: The Case of Pakistan

The purpose of this study is to empirically analyze the role of foreign direct investment in developing host country’s stock markets and to examine whether they are related or not. The key interest turns around the admiring role of FDI in Stock market development of Pakistan. Our work also aims to investigate the effect of foreign direct investment along with domestic savings, exchange rate and inflation in developing Pakistan stock markets in a rapidly changing political environment. This study applies Ordinary Least Square (OLS) method of regression by using annual time series data for the period 1988-2009 in case of Pakistan to estimate empirical relationships among variables. The results disclose a positive impact of foreign direct investment along with other explanatory variables in developing Stock markets of Pakistan. The study findings can be used to help government policy makers to encourage FDI and take various steps to provide incentives and save foreign investors interest in a volatile political environment that prevailing in the country. Adequate facility of infrastructure can enhance FDI. The volatility of exchange rate and inflation rate should also be minimized through monitory policy while domestic savings must also be encouraged in the country through appropriate and encouraging saving policies. Our effort exclusively study development of Stock markets in Pakistan with special reference to foreign direct investment and other variables. Our study depicts a closer relationship between FDI and Stock Market Development.
Avaliação das Performances das Práticas de Governança Corporativa: Uma Análise Multiperíodo em Empresas Listadas no Brasil Evaluation Performances of Corporate Governance Practices: A multiperiod analysis of Listed Companies in Brazil

Several research have been comparing the companies with better corporate governance practices, others with worst practices and even traditional ones. However, a corporate performance's evaluation in companies with superior and inferior corporate governance indexes, as well the ones which belongs to the traditional market, using a multiperiod analysis considering the 2008 crisis, it’s not
Out-of-School Programming: Assessing the Impact on Asset Development in Young People.

Current literature on youth development supports the theory that out-of-school programming has an effect on youth development. However, little research has been conducted on types of out-of-school programs and comparisons among involvement in various activities in relation to developmental assets. Hence, the purpose of this study was to analyze relationships between students’ participation in out-of-school programs and the development of positive assets. Specifically, this study explored how 4-H participants differ from other students in their attainment of specific assets. Findings support past research that indicate out-of-school programming is making an impact on the development of youth. Strong differences specific to 4-H participation were not found. Instead, findings indicate that asset development is not the result of one program; rather, it is important to provide a variety of options that ensure a good “fit” for the young person.
Assessment of Color Video Quality Based on Quaternion Singular Value Decomposition

Measurement of visual quality is of fundamental importance for numerous video processing applications. In this paper, we proposed a full-reference color video quality assessment based on quaternion singular value decomposition(QSVD), which takes into account the luminance, chrominance and gradient information of each pixel and treats them as a whole. The algorithm is tested on the video quality experts group (VQEG) Phase I FR-TV test dataset. Experiments show that it has good correlation with perceived video quality.
MODELING IMPACTS OF BIOENERGY MARKETS ON NONINDUSTRIAL PRIVATE FOREST MANAGEMENT IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES

Abstract The potential impacts of bioenergy markets on slash pine plantation management on nonindustrial private forestlands in the southeastern United States were analyzed. We developed an integrated Black–Scholes and modified Hartman model to achieve this task. The risk of damage from catastrophic natural disturbances such as wildfires and pest outbreaks associated with the exclusion/incorporation of thinnings and variation in timber salvage rates was also included. Three scenario sets were considered: status quo or no thinning scenario, thinning scenario for pulpwood, and thinning scenario for bioenergy at differing levels of risk and salvage. The results indicated that the incorporation of thinnings either for pulpwood or bioenergy increases the forestland value regardless of the risk when the salvage value of the stand is 0.8. When the two thinning scenarios were compared, the land expectation value for the thinning scenario for bioenergy was greater at any level of risk compared with the thinning scenario for pulpwood, averaging a difference of 11.5% and 11.7% for salvageable portions of 0.8 and 0, respectively.
Myeloperoxidase, a Leukocyte-Derived Vascular NO Oxidase

Myeloperoxidase (MPO) is an abundant mammalian phagocyte hemoprotein thought to primarily mediate host defense reactions. Although its microbicidal functions are well established in vitro, humans deficient in MPO are not at unusual risk of infection. MPO was observed herein to modulate the vascular signaling and vasodilatory functions of nitric oxide (NO) during acute inflammation. After leukocyte degranulation, MPO localized in and around vascular endothelial cells in a rodent model of acute endotoxemia and impaired endothelium-dependent relaxant responses, to which MPO-deficient mice were resistant. Altered vascular responsiveness was due to catalytic consumption of NO by substrate radicals generated by MPO. Thus MPO can directly modulate vascular inflammatory responses by regulating NO bioavailability.
Blacklisting Misbehaving Users for Enhancing Security in Anonymizing Networks

Anonymizing networks such as Tor allow users to access Internet services privately by using a series of routers to hide the client's IP address from the server. The success of such networks, however, has been limited by users employing this anonymity for abusive purposes such as defacing popular Web sites. Web site administrators routinely rely on IP-address blocking for disabling access to misbehaving users, but blocking IP addresses is not practical if the abuser routes through an anonymizing network. As a result, administrators block all known exit nodes of anonymizing networks, denying anonymous access to misbehaving and behaving users alike. To address this problem, we present Nymble, a system in which servers can "blacklist" misbehaving users, thereby blocking users without compromising their anonymity. Our system is thus agnostic to different servers' definitions of misbehavior—servers can blacklist users for whatever reason, and the privacy of blacklisted users is maintained. Nymble is a system in which servers can "blacklist" misbehaving users, thereby blocking users without compromising their anonymity and the privacy of blacklisted users is maintained. Web site administrators routinely rely on IP-address blocking for disabling access to misbehaving users, but blocking IP addresses is not practical if the abuser routes through an anonymizing network. As a result, administrators block all known exit nodes of anonymizing networks, denying anonymous access to misbehaving and behaving users alike.
Perceived informational needs of breast cancer patients receiving radiation therapy after excisional biopsy and axillary node dissection

This study assessed the informational needs of female breast cancer patients receiving radiation therapy after excisional biopsy and axillary node dissection. Two groups of subjects were interviewed: women in the first week of radiation therapy (T1) and women at their first clinic visit after the completion of radiation therapy (T2). A total of 40 women (20 in each group) completed the Informational Needs Questionnaire-Breast Cancer (INQ-BC) to assess their perceived informational need. The INQ-BC assessed the women's informational needs concerning diagnosis, investigative tests, treatment, physical and psychological functioning, family, and available financial resources. All subjects had informational needs on all seven subscales of the INQ-BC. The T1 group had significantly higher scores than did the T2 group. However, for both groups the highest scores were in the Treatment and Physical subscales, suggesting a similarity in the women's informational needs. The results suggest that during the illness experience women seek information about their cancer treatment and related physical care. The results also indicate the importance of assessing the breast cancer patients ' perceived informational needs at various points in the treatment continuum.
Assessing coronary heart disease risk with traditional and novel risk factors

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the industrialized world, and a number of well‐characterized factors, including advanced age, hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes, and smoking, contribute to cardiovascular risk. Integration of these factors using the Framingham calculation estimates the absolute 10‐year risk for coronary heart disease (CHD), which can be used to guide therapy. Recent studies have demonstrated that additional markers, including elevated lipoprotein(a), homocysteine, sitosterol, and particularly C‐reactive protein (CRP), are also associated with increased risk for CHD. In particular, high‐sensitivity CRP has been shown to identify patients with high CHD risk who may not have elevated low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL‐C) and may add to the predictive value of the Framing‐ham functions for CHD risk assessment. Assessment of global risk is particularly important in lipid management, as the LDL‐C target goals are determined by risk category.
Knowledge Management in Supply Chains: The Role of Explicit and Tacit Knowledge

We theorize, building on the knowledge-based view and the theoretical distinction between explicit and tacit knowledge, that knowledge management capability across the supply chain manifests itself in explicit and tacit knowledge, which in turn effectuates supply chain performance. The model is tested with survey data from 195 small- and medium-sized enterprises reporting on their primary supply chain. The results indicate that the supply chain’s knowledge management capability manifests itself in both explicit and tacit knowledge, with the latter being influenced more strongly. Moreover, it was found that while both explicit and tacit knowledge influence supply chain performance, the latter exerts a significantly greater impact than the former. Exploratory post-hoc analyses add robustness to these findings and investigate mechanisms inherent to the transformation of tacit into explicit knowledge. Overall, this research contributes to academic theory development in logistics and supply chain management by the dichotomization of knowledge types and the demonstration of their differential magnitude of effects, and to managerial practice by providing important guidance for logistics managers structuring their knowledge management efforts across supply chains.
Progress in the Function and Regulation of ADP-Ribosylation

Scientists gathered in Zurich, Switzerland, to discuss new insights into cell, structural, and developmental biology of ADP-ribosylation. Adenosine 5'-diphosphate (ADP)–ribosylation is a protein posttranslational modification that is catalyzed by ADP-ribosyltransferases (ARTs), using nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) as a substrate. Mono-ribosylation can be extended into polymers of ADP-ribose (PAR). Poly(ADP-ribosyl)polymerase (PARP) 1, the best-characterized cellular enzyme catalyzing this process, is the prototypical member of a family of mono- and poly(ADP-ribosyl)transferases. The physiological consequences of ADP-ribosylation are inadequately understood. PARP2010, the 18th International Conference on ADP-Ribosylation, attracted scientists from all over the world to Zurich, Switzerland. Highlights from this meeting include promising clinical trials with PARP inhibitors and new insights into cell, structural, and developmental biology of ARTs and the (glyco)hydrolase proteins that catalyze de-ADP-ribosylation of mono- or poly-ADP-ribosylated proteins. Moreover, potential links to the NAD-dependent sirtuin family were explored on the basis of a shared dependence on cellular NAD+ concentrations and the relationship of ADP-ribosylation with intermediary metabolism and cellular energetics.
Competitive Innovative Clusters in India

The presence and competitiveness of industrial clusters has been recognized as a source of job growth, industrial productivity, innovation and regional competitiveness. This paper is an attempt to examine this issue and identify the measures to convert Indian clusters into globally competitive clusters. First, the paper discusses the clusters, their evolution, and the role of inter-firm collaboration. It is followed by a discussion on the determinants of innovation in clusters and presents two innovative clusters - Silicon Valley in USA and ICT cluster in Finland. Finally, the existence of clusters in India, case study of ICT cluster Bangalore and the role of government policy and institutions in supporting clusters in India is examined. The paper concludes with certain observations having policy implications.
Assessment of the factors that influence the market share of different companies marketing pesticides in the Floriculture industry in Kenya

This research project assessed the factors influencing market performance and hence market share of companies marketing pesticides in the floriculture industry in Kenya. The major factors that were studied include product quality, after sales service, brand name or image, contractual obligations and their effect on performance hence market share. Market share analysis was used as a tool of analyzing market performance of pesticide companies marketing pesticides in the floriculture industry in Kenya. The results of this study are expected to contribute towards more insights into factors affecting market share and the relationship of market share to performance. They will also help industry players in determining areas of investment and reasons that would affect their performance in the floriculture sector. Data was collected using questionnaires. The questionnaires were administered to farm/production managers of the farms selected or those responsible for decision on ,I pesticides use and issues/A total of 108 flower farms growing cut flowers in Kenya formed the population of this study out of which 70 farms were sampled using random sampling after grouping them into regions. The researcher used SPSS packages to analyze data using descriptive statistics, frequencies and t-test. Results have been presented using graphs, proportions, and tables where appropriate. The research found that out of fourteen (14) pesticides companies, Bayer has a market share of 31.32% followed by Syngenta with 19.13%. Amiran and Basf are third and fourth with a market share of 1l.01 % and 10.36% respectively.
A Generalized Multidimensional Scale for Measuring Customer Engagement

As firms work tod engage customers better, researchers have attempted to understand customer engagement (CE) empirically. CE goes beyond purchase and is the level of the customer's (or potential customer's) interactions and connections with the brand or firm's offerings or activities, often involving others in the social network created around the brand/offering/activity. Engaged individuals include current as well as prospective customers. Following the expanded relationship metaphor and service-dominant logic, the researchers conceptualize a three-dimensional view of CE, including conscious attention, enthused participation, and social connection. The final 10-item scale is thoroughly developed and subsequently validated in several contexts. In addition, its nomological validity is assessed.
Cardiomyocyte Regeneration

The heart was initially believed to be a terminally differentiated organ; once the cardiomyocytes died, no recovery could be made to replace the dead cells. However, around a decade ago, the concept of cardiac stem cells (CSCs) in adult hearts was proposed. CSCs differentiate into cardiomyocytes, keeping the heart functioning. Studies have proved the existence of stem cells in the heart. These somatic stem cells have been studied for use in cardiac regeneration. Moreover, recently, induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) were invented, and methodologies have now been developed to induce stable cardiomyocyte differentiation and purification of mature cardiomyocytes. A reprogramming method has also been applied to direct reprogramming using cardiac fibroblasts into cardiomyocytes. Here, we address cardiomyocyte differentiation of CSCs and iPSCs. Furthermore, we describe the potential of CSCs in regenerative biology and regenerative medicine.
Case-Based Fuzzy Reasoning for Supply Chain Uncertain Risk Assessment

Supply chain management as a modernization enterprise management mode in the domestic and foreign,has made considerable headway.But along with many significant negative events happened one after another,supply chain has suffered some impacts.So causes the industrial and academic circles enormous attentions to supply chain risk.It is difficult to assess the aftereffect of supply chain risk cause by uncertain events.Therefore,making a reasonable judgment and decision is very important in the first time.This paper provides a method of based-on cases fuzzy reasoning to evaluate the contingency risk of supply chain.
Cost Benefit Analysis for condition based maintenance

Investment in maintenance of machines is significant for industries. In this paper, we suggest a Cost Benefit Analysis model and review most commonly used maintenance strategies like corrective maintenance and preventive maintenance with the model. Here, we presented a method to calculate net revenue generated by machine for optimal and cost effective alternative for machine maintenance. Method used for calculating net revenue is improved using factors such as labor cost, failure rate, utilization factor etc. Formulated net revenue provides satisfactory results when compared with the industrial information on machine maintenance strategies. Realistic data are used to analyze revenue with different maintenance strategies. From the results it is concluded that though condition based maintenance as a maintenance strategy has high initial investment cost with time it has high revenue generation compared to other maintenance polices.
Niche market strategy for a mature marketplace

Purpose – To examine how companies in the maturity stage of the product life cycle can implement and maintain a successful niche market strategy to increase competitiveness in the face of new competition, with particular reference to the global textile industry.Design/methodology/approach – Responsible executives in eight firms in the textile and apparel/clothing sector in the USA were interviewed face‐to‐face or by telephone, or completed an online questionnaire. The sample contains leaders in the industry.Findings – Research results suggest that niche marketing is an effective strategy for countering price competition in a mature industry and can use a niche market strategy. They identify key success factors, the most important factor of which was found to be a thorough understanding of the targeted consumers. It is concluded that the marketing mix plays a more important part than is generally suggested in the literature, by communicating non‐price product attributes to the niche market.Research limitat.
Intracranial and Intratemporal Facial Neuroma

Primary tumors of the facial nerve are relatively rare and have a variety of presenting symptoms. This article reviews 248 cases of facial neuroma in the world's literature and adds seven cases that were managed at the Baylor College of Medicine. Facial weakness was most common symptom, with facial spasm or tics, hearing loss, and masses in the external auditory canal also being frequently seen. At surgery, the tympanic, vertical, and labyrinthine segments were the most commonly involved areas. On the basis of this review, general principles have been drawn up to help the clinician in diagnosis and management of this (at times) difficult problem.
A Description of Lactation Counseling Practices That Are Used With Obese Mothers

Maternal overweight and obesity are associated with failure to initiate breastfeeding successfully and to sustain breastfeeding adequately. The purpose of this study was to describe how health care providers counsel obese mothers about breastfeeding. The authors surveyed (by telephone or in-person interview) health care providers who counsel mothers about breastfeeding in rural upstate New York (n = 89). They also surveyed lactation consultants (n = 31) from New York, New Jersey, Florida, Nebraska, California, and Texas by e-mail. The authors found that the majority of health care providers surveyed neither believed that there was a difference in the success rate between obese mothers and normal-weight mothers nor advised obese mothers differently about breastfeeding. Given the excess risk for premature lactation failure among obese women, these findings suggest that those who care for such women need to be made aware of this risk so that they can develop and provide appropriate services.
GROIN HERNIA REPAIR- REVISITED

One of the difficulties in comparing hernia repair studies is the lack of standardization or differences between studies in what classification they have used (if any). But there seems to be as much controversy about hernia classifications as there is with what hernia repair operation should be used. A couple of the most commonly used classifications include Gilbert’s classification (1980) and Nyhus’ classification (1993). Both of these classifications are anatomically based (2). The Nyhus classification is as follows: