Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Strategic use of corporate and scientific boards in the internationalisation of biotech firms

Biotech firms are faced with particularly complex decisions early in their development. Because of the specific nature of their products, their growth strategy rapidly entails the internationalisation of their activities, especially through alliances. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) wishing to develop and access complementary skills may use corporate boards and scientific advisory boards. The resource-based view provides a compelling rationale for efficiently using these external sources of knowledge in order to access the key resources SMEs need to improve their performance. This study investigates how corporate and scientific advisory boards are involved in the internationalisation of biotech firms through strategic alliances. Based on semi- structured interviews and secondary data from 22 biotechnology firms, we describe the characteristics of these external sources of strategic advice and explore their impact on the firms' internationalisation. A discussion of the results, along with their implications for future research and managerial practices are also presented.
Karyotype, constitutive heterochromatin and nucleolar organizer regions (NORs) in Belosacris coccineipes (Acrididae-Leptysminae)

Several techniques including C-banding, fluorochromes and silver staining were used to obtain information about heterochromatin patterns in the grasshopper B. coccineipes. Conventional staining showed a karyotype with 2n = 23 chromosomes in males and 2n = 24 in females, as well as XO:XX sex determination and acrotelocentric chromosomes. The medium-sized X chromosome was heteropycnotic positive at the beginning of prophase I and negative in metaphase I. C-banding revealed heterochromatic blocks in the pericentromeric regions of all chromosomes. Silver nitrate staining in this species showed three small bivalents (S9-S11) as nucleolar organizers with NORs located in the pericentromeric regions. CMA3-positive blocks were seen in pericentromeric regions of pairs M6, S9, S10 and S11. Sequential staining with CMA3/AgNO3 revealed homology between the CMA3-positive bands and NORs of the bivalents S9, S10 and S11. The CMA3-positive block of the bivalent M6 could represent a latent secondary NOR. The results obtained permit us to distinguish two categories of the constitutive heterochromatin in B. coccineipes.
“Made for the World” vs. “Made with the World”: What would be the Future of “Made in China”?

Abstract The dramatic growth of “Made in China” products is primarily a consequence of political will of the Chinese authorities to take advantage of the new international division of labour for its development. Until now “Made in China” products should be more qualified with “Made with China” products than “Made by China” products, because in many cases, they are the result of a globally organized production, involving activities realized in different countries. As the development of “Made in China” products has a lot of major impacts on the global economic order, only efforts of China to shift from “China Price” to “China value” or “Chinese Brand” could not guarantee the future success of “Made in China” in the international market. The future of “Made in China” seems to go rather with “Made with the World” than “Made for the World”.
An Equilibrium Analysis on the Relationship between Economic Growth and Urbanization-Based on Statistical Data from 1990 to 2015 in Heilongjiang Province

The statistical data about annual real per capita GDP and annual proportion of urbanization from 1990 to 2015 was selected as a sample in order to study the relationship between economic growth and urbanization in Heilongjiang Province. It made an empirical analysis by the Granger causality test, unit root test, cointegration test. It showed that there were a one-way Granger causal relationship and long-term equilibrium relationship between economic growth and urbanization in Heilongjiang Province. The economic growth in Heilongjiang Province can Granger cause the level of urbanization. It has obvious explanatory ability to the level of urbanization. So it should promote the construction of new urbanization, pay attention to the adjustment and optimization of industry structure, expand demand by the urbanization effect, stimulate economic growth and improve the urbanization level in Heilongjiang Province. The benign, coordinated and interactive development between economic growth and urbanization would be realized through the above mentioned measures. Keywords—urbanization; economic growth; Heilongjiang; cointegration test; Granger causality test
THE CASE FOR SUBDIVISION SURFACES IN BUILDING DESIGN

In his seminal 2010 IASS Journal paper titled “New Challenges for the Structural Morphology Group”, Andrew Borgart outlined the need for radical new techniques for the design, engineering and construction of complex geometry structures in order to continue to produce innovative and beautiful design solutions in the current economic and environmental climate. He concluded that unorthodox solutions were needed, and that these would only be provided through transfer of technologies from a wide range of disciplines. This paper rises to Borgart’s challenge, by demonstrating through a case study project that the adoption of Subdivision Surfaces as a new modeling framework for engineering design would go a long way towards addressing these problems and would reinvigorate the Shell and Spatial Structure design community.
A new approach to horizon-scanning: identifying potentially invasive alien species and their introduction pathways

Invasive alien species (IAS) are considered an important threat to global biodiversity due to major ecological impacts. In 2014, the European Union (EU) introduced a regulation (EU) No 1143/2014 on the prevention and management of the introduction and spread of IAS. The first risk prioritized list of IAS of EU concern was adopted on the 3rd of August 2016. EU member states are required within 18 months to carry out a comprehensive analysis and prioritisation of the pathways of unintentional introduction and spread of these IAS in their territory. Horizon-scanning is a method of IAS prioritisation through the systematic analysis of potential future IAS and identification of new opportunities for IAS management. However, horizon-scanning has mostly been applied on a national basis only, leading to a fragmented approach within the EU and ignoring the potential for IAS to cross international borders. We present a novel framework for horizon-scanning applicable at a continental scale. Our method maximises the use of available data from climatically matched countries by applying a harmonisation and aggregation method, and elucidates the relationship between pathways, impact types and species groups for risk prioritised IAS. Application of the method produced a list of potential IAS for the Netherlands revealing that the international trade in plants and animals is the most important pathway for the introduction of IAS. The horizon-scanning provided a starting point for the design of preventative, early identification and rapid action measures for the effective management of potential IAS.
Usage possibilities of mulberry leaves in poultry nutrition.

Mulberry is a popular medicinal plant belongs to family Moraceae and genus Morus. Genus Morus (Mulberry) is an example that contains more than 150 species, Morusalba L. (White mulberry) is dominant specie among them. The leaves of mulberry are mainly used as food for the silkworms and they are some times eaten as vegetable or used as cattle fodder in different parts of the world. Mulberry leaves contain moisturizer from 71.13 to 76.68%, protein from 4.72 to 9.96%, fat from 0.64 to 1.51% and carbohydrates from 8.01 to 13.42%. While in dried mulberry leaves the moisture content decreases and it ranged from 5.11 to 7.24%, from 15.31 to 30.91% for protein, from 2.09 to 4.93% for fat and from 9.70 to 29.64% for carbohydrates. Also, they are very good source of ascorbic acid, β-carotene, antioxidant components, which includes rutin. Mulberry leaves are nontoxic natural therapeutic agents known to possess antidiabetic, antimicrobial, antimutagenic, antioxidant, anticancer, anxiolytic, anthelmintic, antistress, immunomodulatory, hypocholesterolemic, nephroprotective, hepatoprotectiveactivities. The purpose of this review is to explicate the usage possibilities of mulberry leaves in poultry nutrition by revealing the important Pharmacological activities.
Non Uniform Random Walks Nisheeth Vishnoi

HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of scientific research documents, whether they are published or not. The documents may come from teaching and research institutions in France or abroad, or from public or private research centers. L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires publics ou privés. Non Uniform Random Walks Nisheeth Vishnoi
Environmental controls of the northern distribution limit of yellow birch in eastern Canada

To evaluate environmental controls of yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis Britton) distribution at its northern distribution limit in eastern Canada, we analyzed abundance, age structure, biomass accumulation rate, and growth sensitivity to climate of this species at 14 sites along a 200 km latitudinal gradient spanning three bioclimatic domains and reaching frontier populations of this species in western Quebec. We observed a large variability in seedling density across domains and presence of sites with abundant yellow birch regeneration within all three bioclimatic domains. Seedling density was positively correlated to mean age and abundance of yellow birch trees in the canopy, while sapling density was positively associated with dryer habitats. Growth patterns of canopy trees showed no effect of declining temperatures along the south-north gradient. Environmental controls of birch distribution at its northern limit were realized through factors affecting birch regeneration and not growth of canopy trees. At the stand scale, regeneration density was strongly controlled by local site conditions and not by differences in climate among sites. At the regional scale, climate variability could be an indirect driver of yellow birch distribution, affecting disturbance rates and, subsequently, availability of suitable sites for regeneration.
A consideration of joint angles and joint angle variability of the upper limb in the female overarm lacrosse shot

Very little research so far has considered the biomechanics involved in the sport of women’s lacrosse. Within this study, the basic biomechanical elements occurring in the upper limb during a lacrosse shot were examined and considered in relation to participant playing level. Five female participants undertook a series of lacrosse shots with three different sticks, two straight and one offset. Motion data was collected using CODA (frequency: 100Hz) and video capture in order to calculate joint angle and joint angle variability data. Joint speeds increased in a proximal to distal pattern across segments in all participants, suggesting a basic coordination pattern is present throughout the lacrosse shot. Elite players showed reduced variability in joint angles at the ball release point towards the end segments of the movement whilst novice players recorded higher levels of variability of release point joint angles throughout all segments. However, both groups showed an overall reduction in variability in joint angles at release as segments become more distal. Ball release times were consistently maintained across all three sticks with the most experienced participant showing the earliest ball release times. The offset stick caused a statistically significant reduction in stick release angle variability when compared to the other sticks. In conclusion, none of the theories surrounding variability are exclusively conclusive as to how variability changes with playing level. Instead, aspects of each are required to work in unison to create the pattern of variability shown.
Motivation, Cognition, Learning—Basic Factors in Consumer Behavior

This is a comprehensive application of contemporary psychological theories to the analysis of consumer behavior. Although modern marketing is drawing heavily upon psychology, there is a tendency for the emphasis to become somewhat “one-sided,” as observed in the stress on motivation research. The danger is that concentration upon only one aspect of behavior will obscure other important psychological dimensions necessary to understanding the behavior of consumers.
Isokinetic assessments in rehabilitation

Isokinetic exercises are the best exercises that increase muscle strength. There is muscle contraction at maximum resistance throughout the range motion of joint during exercise. Complicated devices are required for isokinetic exercises. The velocity of movement is maintained constant by isokinetic dynamometer and the resistance applied to the muscle is equal throughout the range of movement. Muscle strength, muscle power and endurance are objectively evaluated and also, muscle training and rehabilitation can be performed by this dynamometer. Because of these properties, isokinetic dynamometer is commonly used in the rehabilitation of sportive injuries and in evaluation of muscle performance.
Towards a better understanding of Hipparcos

Abstract The formal errors on the astrometric data in the 1997 publication of the Hipparcos catalogue are, for stars brighter than about magnitude 9, largely the result of inaccuracies in the description of the along-scan attitude of the satellite. A detailed study of the dynamics of the Hipparcos satellite has led to a much improved understanding and modelling of the satellite attitude, taking into account peculiarities in the rotation of the payload (scan-phase jumps) as well as the detections of small hits. A new reduction of the Hipparcos data was initiated, in which the attitude modelling is a direct description of the dynamics of the satellite. In this so-called fully-dynamic attitude modelling the underlying torques acting on the satellite are reconstructed, and rates and error angles are obtained through integrations. Both the hits and the scan-phase jumps could be taken into account in the context of this model. The new model, including the provisions for discontinuities, led to a factor five reduction in the attitude noise. A new reduction, based on a global iterative solution like is also planned for Gaia, was started in 2004, and completed, after some 15 iterations, in 2007. In the process of this reduction, also the sensitivity of the solution to optimal connectivity between the data in the two fields of view was exposed and taken care of, as well as a couple of small-scale calibrations. The latter had not been possible to solve for in the original reductions. In the catalogue that resulted from this new reduction, the errors on the astrometric data for all but stars brighter than magnitude 4, are dominated by photon noise. Error-correlation levels in the underlying abscissa data are down by more than an order of magnitude, and play no longer any significant role. This feature very much simplifies the analysis of, for example, wide-binary stars and open cluster data.
Job Creation, Destruction, and Regional Employment Growth: Evidence from Korean Establishment-level Data

Using the Census on Establishments collected by Statistics Korea, we analyze how the patterns of job creation and destruction differ across counties (si-gun-gu). We measure aggregate employment changes due to establishment startups, expansions, contractions, and shutdowns for each county and quantify the role of such reallocations in explaining variation in employment growth across counties. Overall we find that both rates of net entry and job creation play an important role in explaining differences in net job creation rates across regions. Moreover, counties with high employment growth rates also tend to have high exit and job destruction rates, which suggests that an active process of job reallocation is a key source of regional employment growth.
ALCOHOLISM: AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEUROSYSTEMIC APPROACH INVOLVEMENT WITH AYURVEDA

Alcohol consumption is an integral part of daily life in many societies. In general it is related to lower health status, more health problems and a shorter life expectancy. being a social stigma, Â it ranks among the top 5 risk factor of diseases. Ayurveda considers addiction under the topic of Madatya , Â which means intoxication. Madatya is the state or symptoms that arise due to continuous use or a high dose of substances that are intoxicating. According to Ayurveda, Madya (alcohol/drug) is the complete opposite of ojas (source of energy) which is a prerequisite for good health and wellness. Madya finishes Oja in the body and when a person reaches that stage, Â he experiences the symptoms of Madya. According to modern medicine there are four stages of addiction â€“ Acute intoxication, withdrawal symptoms, Â drug dependence and finally drug abuse. The stage of Madatya can be compared to the 3 rd and 4 th stage. In Charak Siddhisthana it says that the Hridaya present in Shira effects the Gyanendriya and Karmendriya . and this Shira is effected by the Madya which disrupts the Ojha . Going through various research study it has been proved that alcohol leads to Neurodegeneration, which changes in the neuronal function viz reward circuits and neurotransmitter system particularly dopamine system, Â opiod system, Â gamma- aminobutyric acid system acid system, Â glutamate system etc. Thus an humble attempt has been made to understand the neurosystem involvement and degeneration caused by alcohol ( Madya ) by both Ayurveda and modern science.
The effects of Boxy/Peanut bulges on galaxy models

We examine the effects that the modelling of a Boxy/Peanut (B/P) bulge will have on the estimates of the stellar gravitational potential, forces, orbital structure and bar strength of barred galaxies. We present a method for obtaining the potential of disc galaxies from surface density images, assuming a vertical density distribution (height function), which is let to vary with position, thus enabling it to represent the geometry of a B/P. We construct a B/P height function after the results from a high-resolution, N-body+SPH simulation of an isolated galaxy and compare the resulting dynamical model to those obtained with the commonly used, position-independent `flat' height functions. We show that methods that do not allow for a B/P can induce errors in the forces in the bar region of up to 40 per cent and demonstrate that this has a significant impact on the orbital structure of the model, which in turn determines its kinematics and morphology. Furthermore, we show that the bar strength is reduced in the presence of a B/P. We conclude that neglecting the vertical extent of a B/P can introduce considerable errors in the dynamical modelling. We also examine the errors introduced in the model due to uncertainties in the parameters of the B/P and show that even for generous but realistic values of the uncertainties, the error will be noticeably less than that of not modelling a B/P bulge at all.
A modified polynomial-based controller for enhancing the positioning bandwidth of nanopositioners.

Abstract Polynomial-based damping techniques such as Positive Position Feedback (PPF) and Positive Velocity and Position Feedback (PVPF) have been applied successfully to a number of lightly damped systems to overcome resonance-induced vibration issues. These control designs exhibit several advantages such as substantial damping performance, relative ease of design and adequate robustness in the presence of plant parameter uncertainties. Their formulation is based on the well-known pole-placement technique where damping is achieved by pushing the poles of the close-loop system arbitrarily away from the jω axis and in to the left-half plane. Current designs result in changing the real part of the poles while keeping the imaginary part unaltered; thus keeping the resonant frequency of the closed-loop, damped system unchanged, compared to the original undamped, open-loop system. In this work, we present a pole-placement technique which results not only in the substantial damping of the resonance but also in shifting the system resonance to a substantially higher frequency. This result is beneficial to a number of systems such as nanopositioners employed in Scanning Probe Microscopes, where maximizing the positioning bandwidth is a major goal and the achievable bandwidth is severely limited by the resonant frequency of the positioner.
Evaluating the effectiveness of Common-Factor Portfolios

In this paper we use the standard factor models to compose common-factor portfolios by a novel linear transformation extracted from large data sets of asset returns. Although the transformation proposed here retains the basic properties of the usual common factors, some interesting new properties are further included in them. The advantages of using common-factor portfolios in asset pricing are: (i) they produce a dimension reduction in the asset- pricing data-base while preserving the usual restrictions imposed by the asset-pricing equation, and (ii) from the empirical perspective, their performance is better than those of standard factor models. The practical importance is confirmed in two applications: the performance of common-factor portfolios is shown to be superior to those of the asset returns and factors commonly used in the finance literature.