Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Idiosyncratic Values of IT-enabled Agility at the Operation and Strategic Levels

: Although research recognizes the role of IT and organizational agility on firm performance, a research gap to investigate IT-enabled agility at strategic and operational levels exists. In this study, we define operation-level agility as a firm’s ability to respond to market changes or emerging opportunities by quickly modifying its business routines. In contrast, we define strategic-level agility as a firm’s ability to define long-range investment decisions and implement them to accommodate strategic moves and business initiatives. We investigate how IT can empower these two levels of agility, and, in turn, how these two levels of agility can influence firm performance. We also examine the relative roles of the two levels of IT-enabled agility in manufacturing and service settings. We use survey data to validate the proposed hypotheses. The results indicate that, in general, IT leads to superior firm performance through agility at both levels. Further analyses, however, suggest that IT-enabled operation-level agility is a stronger success factor for service firms and IT-enabled strategic-level agility is more critical in manufacturing firms. Our findings provide a theoretical insight regarding the industry-specific values of IT-enabled agility at operation and strategic levels and practical implications for organizational IT deployment under specific industrial settings.
Evaluation of the Innovation Influences and Effects in Hotel Industry in Slovenia

This paper’s purpose is to evaluate an overview on input sources on the innovation process and effects of the innovation process as innovation outputs in the hotel industry as a supporting tool for hotel management. The paper defines current different influences and effects of innovation in hotel industry and future modern approaches in the hotel innovation management. It analyses the role of innovation knowledge among the hotel managers in Slovenia. The paper provides a better knowledge of hospitality innovation, especially of the influences and effects of innovation in hotel industry in general and it presents the evaluation report of hotel managers in Slovenia about influences on and effects of innovation process from literature and it gives particular reference to modern approaches (such as open innovation) about upcoming trends in innovation activities in hotel industry.
Unmodified and phosphorylated prolactin and gamma delta T cell development and function

This manuscript discusses our studies to date concerning the effects of unmodified prolactin (PRL) and phosphorylated PRL on immune function. Most of the discussion refers to effects of changing the ratio of these two forms in maternal PRL on gd T cell development in rat pups in utero, but limited experiments where adult animals have been directly treated are also discussed. The manuscript begins with some general background on gd T cells and the different forms of PRL and then proceeds to a discussion of experimental findings. Results demonstrate that the ratio of unmodified to phosphorylated PRL during rat pregnancy is crucial to normal epidermal gd T cell development in the pup thymus. Elevation of phosphorylated PRL in the dams, by administration of a recombinant molecular mimic of phosphorylated PRL, produces a defect in epidermal gd T cell seeding and subsequent function in the offspring. In contrast, a functional defect is not seen for uterine gd T cells in the offspring, a finding likely reflective of the continued availability of precursors to these cells after the fetal period. Preliminary results from treatment of the NZB/NZW mouse model of lupus with the two forms of PRL suggest opposing effects of unmodified and phosphorylated PRL on one measure of the disease.
A Compact Dual-Band Beam-Sweeping Antenna Based on Active Frequency Selective Surfaces

A dual-band beam-sweeping antenna based on two independent cylindrical active frequency selective surfaces (AFSSs) is proposed in this paper. This antenna is composed of a dual-band omnidirectional monopole antenna operating at 2.45 and 5.2 GHz and two cylindrical AFSS screens. The dual-band omnidirectional monopole antenna is designed as a radiating source and surrounded by the proposed two cylindrical AFSS screens. The unit cells of the two proposed AFSS screens consist of two metallic crosses connected by a pin diode vertically. By switching the pin diodes, the transmission and reflection characteristics of unit cell of the two AFSS are investigated, respectively, at their own operating frequency. This leads to the variation of the radiation pattern when the cylindrical AFSS screens are loaded around the monopole antenna. Therefore, by switching the pin diodes with specified combinations, the dual-band beamforming antenna with multiple discrete states can be achieved at 2.45 and 5.2 GHz.
Adolescent and Adult Rats' Aversion to Flavors Previously Paired with Nicotine

Abstract: Despite the high prevalence of adolescent smoking, few studies have examined nicotine sensitivity during this developmental period. In the present study we examined adolescent and adult rats' preference/aversion for a flavor previously paired with nicotine. Paired (nicotine + Kool‐Aid) and unpaired (Kool‐Aid) solutions were presented in the home cage on alternating nights, with water given during the light phase for six days. A choice test was conducted 24 hr after the last night of conditioning, with both flavors presented simultaneously during the dark cycle. On test day, although the flavor previously paired with nicotine was not preferred at either age, adolescent rats consumed significantly more of the paired flavor than adults. These results suggest that adolescent rats are less sensitive to the aversive properties of nicotine. This finding taken together with adolescents' increased sensitivity to the rewarding properties of nicotine, may result in an increased vulnerability to nicotine dependence.
Estimation of genetic and phenotypic parameters for daily milk yield of Black Bengal does

The objective of this study was to evaluate the genetic and phenotypic parameters for daily milk yield (DMY) in Black Bengal does. Genetic parameters were estimated using a residual maximum likelihood procedure, fitting an animal model while ignoring maternal genetic or permanent environmental effects. The least squares mean for DMY was 354.76 g. DMY was significantly (P < 0.01) affected by parity, litter size, and season of kidding. The heritability of DMY was low (0.15) and the fact that the trait can only be measured in females suggests that progeny testing may be the best sire selection method for this trait.
The Role of Adenosine Signaling in Headache: A Review

Migraine is the third most prevalent disease on the planet, yet our understanding of its mechanisms and pathophysiology is surprisingly incomplete. Recent studies have built upon decades of evidence that adenosine, a purine nucleoside that can act as a neuromodulator, is involved in pain transmission and sensitization. Clinical evidence and rodent studies have suggested that adenosine signaling also plays a critical role in migraine headache. This is further supported by the widespread use of caffeine, an adenosine receptor antagonist, in several headache treatments. In this review, we highlight evidence that supports the involvement of adenosine signaling in different forms of headache, headache triggers, and basic headache physiology. This evidence supports adenosine A2A receptors as a critical adenosine receptor subtype involved in headache pain. Adenosine A2A receptor signaling may contribute to headache via the modulation of intracellular Cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) production or 5' AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activity in neurons and glia to affect glutamatergic synaptic transmission within the brainstem. This evidence supports the further study of adenosine signaling in headache and potentially illuminates it as a novel therapeutic target for migraine.
Firm, industry, and country level determinants of capital structure: evidence from Pakistan

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to find out firm, industry, and country level determinants of capital structure of Pakistani listed non-financial firms. Design/methodology/approach The authors use a fixed effects panel data model over a 39 years (1972-2010) unbalanced panel data of Pakistani non-financial listed firms to determine the factors that influence capital structure of these firms. Findings The authors find that Pakistani firms prefer retained earnings to finance their business projects, and debt is easily available for experienced firms. Moreover, socio-economic collusive networks, poor corporate governance mechanism along with weak legal system provide these firms an opportunity to pass on their risk to the creditors (banks). Research limitations/implications The data set does not contain factors characterizing inter-industry heterogeneity, therefore, the authors use mean industry leverage and mean industry profitability to explore if any relationship exists between leverage of firms, and their respective industry leverage/profitability. Practical implications Pakistani non-financial firms are highly leveraged increasing their probability to face financial distress in erratic economic conditions. As such, the policy makers need to develop capital markets of Pakistan to enable a resilient corporate capital structure. Further, erratic economic conditions of Pakistan create uncertain business environment yielding short-term opportunities and to finance them Pakistani firms use short-term debt as a main financing source. The policy makers need to improve corporate governance mechanism and strengthen legal system that will go a long way to develop Pakistani capital market on sound and sustainable footing. Originality/value This is the first study that uses an extended number of variables and discovers financial behavior of firms in a bank-based economy having limited financing options, and facing erratic economic conditions.
Kapacitásszámítási modell fejlesztése Developing of Capacity analysis method

Capacity planning is strategic significance in companies' life. The strategic of capacity enlarging in fluencies the competitiveness of companies. There are several method for determination of long-term capacity from simple ones to expensive, high calculation requiring processes. We have to rearrange the production for the increasing demand, it is not so simple because it needs some investments. We must scrutinize that is it worth for us? The aim of this study is to investigate whether capacity enlarging is going to be realizable without investments only the eliminate of waste. In this method needs exact determine of the current capacity so we use modified, extended capacity model. In this model we consider the availability, quality and efficiency of the machine more over we observe the effect of the service program of the machine.
Object detection using Google Glass

Using Wearable devices have recently become a common trend. Having a joyful and efficient interaction with the surrounding environment is one of the main goals of using these new technologies. Object and gesture detection on wearables as primary steps to achieve this goal are big challenges and critical features to prepare them for every-day uses. This research aims to study object detection with see-through wearable devices, such as Google Glass. A combination of vision-based techniques has been used to train the Computer Vision Library for object detection with the Google Glass. The result of this research can be applied widely on see-through head-mounted wearable devices for detecting objects and help people for monitoring purposes.
The Role of CD40-CD154 Interaction in Antiviral T Cell-Independent IgG Responses1

Polyomavirus (PyV) infection elicits protective T cell-independent (TI) IgG responses in T cell-deficient mice. The question addressed in this report is whether CD40 signaling plays a role in this TI antiviral IgG response. Because CD40 ligand (CD40L) can be expressed on numerous cell types in addition to activated T cells, it is possible that cells other than T cells provide CD40L to signal through CD40 on B cells and hence positively influence the antiviral TI IgG responses. In this study we show, by blocking CD40-CD40L interactions in vivo with anti-CD40L Ab treatment in TCR β×δ−/− mice and by using SCID mice reconstituted with CD40−/− B cells, that the lack of CD40 signaling in B cells results in a 50% decrease in TI IgG secreted in response to PyV. SCID mice reconstituted with CD40L−/− B cells also responded to PyV infection with diminished IgG secretion compared with that of SCID mice reconstituted with wild-type B cells. This finding suggests that B cells may provide the CD40L for CD40 signaling in the absence of T cell help during acute virus infection. Our studies demonstrate that, although about half of the TI IgG responses to PyV are independent of CD40-CD40L interactions, these interactions occur in T cell-deficient mice and enhance antiviral TI Ab responses.
COPS Usage for Managing Media Authorization

KHAN, KHURRAM MATIN. COPS Usage for Managing Media Authorization (Under the direction of Dr Douglas Reeves) The unreliable nature of packet networks leads to unpredictable service for the end user. It is hence desirable to negotiate end-to-end QoS before establishing multimedia calls. Different mechanisms for the reservation of resources have been defined to allow guaranteed service levels on packet networks, e.g. Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) and Differentiated Services (Diffserv). Authorization of network resource usage is, however, necessary before the resources can be reserved for a host and a multimedia session is established. To prevent fraud and facilitate a coherent view of the resource usage throughout the network, coordination between call signaling and resource reservation is necessary. The media authorization framework being developed by IETF addresses these issues. When a host initiates a multimedia call, it is issued a media authorization token. This token is then transparently forwarded to the network edge router with the resource reservation request sent by the host. We have identified a few requirements that are not addressed by the current framework. For example, the network currently has no way of revoking an already issued authorization. Proper checks need to be in place to ensure that the token is not misused. Also, there is a need for closer cooperation between the network elements to allow a consistent view of the resources reserved by the user. This is of special significance in situations where different administrative domains involved have service agreements based on the actual resource usage (e.g. for billing purposes). A solution is proposed to overcome these problems and afford new possibilities in the framework, like sub delegation of resources. The objective of the proposed extensions is to provide greater flexibility in the framework and facilitate better coordination between the session setup process and the reservation of resources. Common Open Policy Service (COPS) protocol is extended to exchange the additional messages and a new COPS client is defined. COPS Usage for Managing Media Authorization
A Topic Model Based on Poisson Decomposition

Determining appropriate statistical distributions for modeling text corpora is important for accurate estimation of numerical characteristics. Based on the validity of the test on a claim that the data conforms to Poisson distribution we propose Poisson decomposition model (PDM), a statistical model for modeling count data of text corpora, which can straightly capture each document's multidimensional numerical characteristics on topics. In PDM, each topic is represented as a parameter vector with multidimensional Poisson distribution, which can be easily normalized to multinomial term probabilities and each document is represented as measurements on topics and thereby reduced to a measurement vector on topics. We use gradient descent methods and sampling algorithm for parameter estimation. We carry out extensive experiments on the topics produced by our models. The results demonstrate our approach can extract more coherent topics and is competitive in document clustering by using the PDM-based features, compared to PLSI and LDA.
PENGARUH INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL DISCLOSURE DAN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE TERHADAP NILAI PERUSAHAAN (Studi Empiris pada Perusahaan Manufaktur Terdaftar di BEI)

The aims of this study are to analyze the effect of Intellectual capital disclosure and corporate governance (managerial ownership, institutional ownership, independent commissioner and audit committees on firm value.Firm value was measured using Tobins’Q. This research was conducted using secondary data. Sampling technique used was random sampling, fourty three manufacturing companies listed on Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI) since 2011-2013. The analysis method used is multiple linear regression analysis. By using regression analysis, the result of this study indicated Intellectual capital disclosure significant positive effect on firm value. Managerial ownership hasn’t significant effect on firm value. Institutional ownership has significant positive effect on firm value. Independent commisoner hasn’t significant on firm value.Audit committee has significant positive on firm value.
Fragmented ownership in shopping centres:the influence of fragmented ownership on the value of retail units

Disclaimer This document contains a student thesis (bachelor's or master's), as authored by a student at Eindhoven University of Technology. Student theses are made available in the TU/e repository upon obtaining the required degree. The grade received is not published on the document as presented in the repository. The required complexity or quality of research of student theses may vary by program, and the required minimum study period may vary in duration.
User Generated Content vs. Advertising: Do Consumers Trust the Word of Others Over Advertisers?

This study examined consumer reliance on user generated content and consumers’ trust of advertising as it relates to user generated content and word of mouth. An eight-question survey was answered by 90 participants. It was found that 66.3% of consumers surveyed do rely heavily on user generated content when attempting to make purchasing decisions. It was also found that 65% of consumers trust word of mouth on the Internet more than content produced by advertisers. This research can be used by marketers and advertisers to assist in effectively reaching their targets.
An Elaboration on the Procedure of Human Resource Training and Development

Every organization wants to attract, motivate, and keep qualified employees and match them to jobs for which they are well suited. Human resources managers accomplish this by directing the administrative functions of human resource departments. Their work involves overseeing employee relations, regulatory compliance, and employee-related services such as payroll, training, and benefits. They supervise the department’s specialists and support staff and ensure that tasks are completed accurately and on time. For success in any industry, companies must appeal to and match employees to jobs for which they are best cut out for. Nevertheless, several organizations are too big for direct interaction between top management and workers. This is therefore provided by human resources, training, and labor relations managers and specialists. At one time, these workers have dealt with functions in administration; these include: managing employee benefits concerns or recruiting, conducting interviews, and appointing new personnel in compliance to top managements’ policies and requirements. Current human resources workers balance these responsibilities and more and more discuss strategic planning with top executives. Moving from unnoticed support, they now lead companies as they give recommendations and change policies. Top executives recognize the asset that the human resources department is to ensuring economic success. In addition to their assistance of refining morale and efficiency and restricting job turnover; human resources workers support their firms to effectively utilize employee abilities, give coaching to maximize those abilities, and improve employees’ contentment with their jobs and working environment. Handling people remains to be an integral part of the job, although some jobs in the human resources field require only limited contact with people outside the office A human resources generalist may require a wide range of knowledge to manage all parts of work human in a little company. According to what an employer needs, the responsibilities of human resources generalists can differ significantly. The principle human resources executive in large businesses usually creates and synchronizes staff programs and guidelines. These guidelines typically are put into operation by a human resources director or manager, and sometimes a business relations director. The present paper examines the procedure of human resource training and development in more detail.
The influence of board characteristics and ownership structure on the extent of internet financial disclosure in Saudi Arabia

This study investigates whether board characteristics and ownership structure affect the extent of internet financial disclosure in Saudi Arabia listed companies (SLC). A total of 90 companies were selected as a sample from 168 companies listed on the Tadawul website in Saudi Arabia for the year 2013. This study aim to shows that board characteristics (board independence, board size, role duality and board activity) and ownership structure (concentration of ownership, private ownership, foreign ownership and government ownership) affect the extent of financial disclosure on the company websites. The result for this study indicated that concentration of ownership is significant in explaining the extent of internet financial disclosure on Saudi companies' websites. This paper extends the stream of research that confirms the widespread use of internet in disclosing financial information. The paper provides insights into internet financial reporting in Saudi Arabia that will benefit all stakeholders with an interest in corporate reporting in this region. The findings highlight the need for improvement by Saudi Companies in many areas, especially in regard to the regular updates of information provided on their websites. This paper also provides a better understanding of the choice of the internet to release information in Saudi Arabia, where internet reporting is not standardized.
Fast design of microstrip antenna arrays exploiting surrogate models

A methodology for fast design of antenna arrays is presented. Our approach allows for simultaneous control of the radiation pattern as well as reflection coefficients. We exploit an analytical antenna array model that embeds the simulated radiation and reflection responses of individual radiators. To lower the design cost, the analytical model is based on coarse-discretization simulations and subsequent model correction to ensure accuracy. The proposed technique is illustrated using a planar 4 by 4 array of microstrip antennas.
Investigation and analysis on EMC reduction with impedance matching technique in wireless power transfer system

Impedance matching techniques were previously investigated for maximum power transfer efficiency in wireless power transfer system (WPT). In this paper, similar discipline is investigated and analyzed for reducing magnetic EMC in wireless power transfer system. Basic theory is reviewed, leading to appropriate application in the WPT system while investigating and analyzing the EMC reduction effect.