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The Best Way to Internationalise Business: Acquisitions versus Organic Development

Most companies generally decide to internationalise their business by considering internal companies’ factors and host countries attractiveness aspects. No single strategy fits all circumstances to enter international markets. The best way of entry into host countries between acquisitions and “do it yourself” is not unconstrained. The appropriate selection depends on contexts, benefits gained, companies’ capabilities and the experience of management. Acquisitions and organic development have their own positives and shortcomings. To examine choices of global expansion modes of entry, Transaction Cost Theory, Real Options Framework, and Resource Based View Framework are utilised as tools to analyse each context to determine the best mode of entry. Key factors in choosing acquire company in host countries or go it alone are level of urgency, level of uncertainty, types of capabilities, and modularity of capabilities. If there is a high urgency and uncertainty, acquisitions will be the best way. Then, if soft capability is a mandatory, organic development is the most accurate mode by considering the consistency of culture. Next, if there is high level of modular capabilities, “go it alone” seems more effective than acquisitions.
Human pluripotent stem-cell-derived cardiomyocytes in cardiovascular drug discovery and development

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is an alarming health problem responsible for a large percentage of fatality worldwide. Current treatment is limited and research is ongoing to address this serious health problem. As mortality rates rise, the demand for novel therapeutics has pressed the pharmaceutical industry to explore alternative approaches for CVD drug development. Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) hold great promise in bringing new effective cardiovascular treatments to the market through providing an improved testing platform for pre-clinical drug screening. Both stem cells derived from pre-implantation human embryos or somatic cells by reprogramming are under intense investigation for their potentially valuable attributes of cell renewal and pluripotency. This approach aims to overcome the lack of appropriate human cardiac disease models for toxicology testing by providing a novel system that is scalable, reproducible and from an inexhaustible source. Here we review the opportunities for cardiomyocytes derived from human stem cells in the field of cardiovascular drug development.
Entrepreneurial Orientation as Growth Predictor of Small Enterprises Evidence from Tigray Regional State of Ethiopia

The primary objective of this study was to examine how and to what extent entrepreneurial orientation affect growth of small enterprises, following the resource based view on determinants of growth as theoretical frameworks. The research was conducted in the text of LDCs by taking one regional state of Ethiopia (i.e. Tigray). The study intends to address two basic questions: (1) To what extent are EO dimensions of proactiveness, innovativeness, and risks taking get demonstrated by small enterprise owners? (2) How and to what extent does entrepreneurial orientation influence growth of small enterprises? In order to address these questions, a mixed explanatory cross-sectional research design was crafted that is inclined towards quantitative approach. Data were collected from both primary and secondary sources through a standardized questionnaire, key informant interview (KII), direct observation, and documentary analysis. A combination of purposive, systematic, and simple random sampling techniques was employed to choose appropriate samples. Accordingly, primary data were collected from 333small enterprises operating in five urban towns of Tigray. These were selected out of 2765 small firms operating in the target areas. In this research descriptive statistics, statistical difference tests, and regression analysis were applied for the purpose of data analysis, with the help of Stata version 12 software. It was found that majority of the SEs (54%) in the study area demonstrate moderate entrepreneurial orientation and entrepreneurial orientationhas highly significant positive influence on growth of small enterprises (p < 0.01). This suggests that an entrepreneurial orientation is one of the key determinants to attain above average returns and sustained competitive advantage and growth by taking risks to introduce new and innovative products/services and proactively responding to changing market competition.Moreover, the study confirms the uni-dimensionality of entrepreneurial orientation that suggests that the three components of entrepreneurial orientation (innovativeness, proactiveness, and risk taking) are of equally important to explain the growth of small enterprises. Hence, the researcher suggests the use of summed index of the three dimensions in future studies instead of mean score of individual dimension. Key words : Entrepreneurial orientation, Growth, Small Enterprises, Tigray-Ethiopia
Effect of Nitrogen and Magnesium Fertilization on the Production of Trachyspermum ammi L (Ajowan) Plants under Sinai Conditions

The ni trogen fertilization wi th am monium sulphate a t 3 00 or 45 0 kg/fed. Plus magnesium sulphate fertilization at 25 or 50 kg/fed. in the sandy soil at El-Magara region, middle of Sinai were applied to Trachyspermum ammi L. plant. The effective treatment was 450 kg/fed. nitrogen fertilization plus 25 kg mag nesium s ulphate f ertilization. This treatment increased t he vegetative growth a nd r esulted in significant increase in fruit and oil yield comparing to application of 10 m3/fed. chicken or 300 kg/fed. nitrogen fertilization al one or plus magnesium s ulphate at 25 or 25 kg/fed. The thymol compound was the highest component i n the oil. The oil constituents did not largely affect by t he applied treatments. Total nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium an d m agnesium percentages in t he leaves in a dditional to l eaf pigments showed enhanced response to nitrogen and magnesium application.
Variation in abundance across a species' range predicts climate change responses in the range interior will exceed those at the edge: a case study with North American beaver

The absence of information about how abundance varies across species' ranges restricts most modeling and monitoring of climate change responses to the range edge. We examine spatial variation in abundance across the northeastern range of North American beaver (Castor canadensis), evaluate the extent to which climate and nonclimate variables explain this variation, and use a species–climate envelope model that includes spatial variation in abundance to predict beaver abundance responses to projected climate change. The density of beaver colonies across Québec follows a roughly logistic pattern, with high but variable density across the southern portion of the province, a sharp decline in density at about 49°N, and a long tail of low density extending as far as 58°N. Several climate and nonclimate variables were strong predictors of variation in beaver density, but 97% of the variation explained by nonclimate variables could be accounted for by climate variables. Because of the peak and tail density pattern, beaver climate sensitivity (change in density per unit change in climate) was greatest in the interior and lowest at the edge of the range. Combining our best density–climate models with projections from general circulation models (GCM) predicts a relatively modest expansion of the species' northern range limit by 2055, but density increases in the range interior that far exceed those at the range edge. Thus, some of the most dramatic responses to climate change may be occurring in the core of species' ranges, far away from the edge‐of‐the‐range focus of most current modeling and monitoring efforts.
Vehicle tyre and handling model identification using an extended Kalman filter

This paper uses an Extended Kalman filter in an unusual way to identify a vehicle handling model and its associated tyre model. The method can be applied as an off-line batch process, or in real-time; here we concentrate on batch analysis of data from a Jaguar XJ test vehicle. The Identifying Extended Kalman Filter (IEKF) uses the full state measurement that is available from combination GPS / inertia instrumentation packs. Previous IEKF studies have shown success in identifying a bicycle model with a tyre force function for each axle. This paper extends to identification of a single, load dependent tyre model which applies to all four wheelstations, identified within a yaw-roll-sideslip model structure. The resulting model provides impressive open-loop state replication, including accurate tyre slip prediction across the fully nonlinear slip range of the tyre.
Monophyletic groups within 'higher land birds' - comparison of morphological and molecular data

The relationships within the ‘higher land birds’ and putatively related taxa are analysed in a study using 89 morphological characters and DNA sequences of three nuclear, protein-coding genes, c-myc, RAG-1, and myoglobin intron II. Separate analyses of the different data sets and a ‘total evidence’ analysis in which the data sets of the morphological and molecular analyses were combined are compared. All three analyses support the hitherto disputed sister group relationship between Pici (Ramphastidae, Indicatoridae and Picidae) and Galbulae (Galbulidae and Bucconidae). Previously unrecognized osteological synapomorphies of this clade are presented. All analyses further resulted in monophyly of the taxon [Aegothelidae + (Apodidae/Hemiprocnidae + Trochilidae)]. Analysis of the morphological data and of the combined data set also supported monophyly of the taxon [Strigiformes + (Falconidae + Accipitridae)]. The morphological data further support monophyly of the taxon (Upupidae + Bucerotidae). Other placements in the three analyses received either no or only weak bootstrap support.
AUTOMATIC RAIL EXTRACTION AND CELARANCE CHECK WITH A POINT CLOUD CAPTURED BY MLS IN A RAILWAY

Abstract. Recently, MLS (Mobile Laser Scanning) has been successfully used in a road maintenance. In this paper, we present the application of MLS for the inspection of clearance along railway tracks of West Japan Railway Company. Point clouds around the track are captured by MLS mounted on a bogie and rail position can be determined by matching the shape of the ideal rail head with respect to the point cloud by ICP algorithm. A clearance check is executed automatically with virtual clearance model laid along the extracted rail. As a result of evaluation, the accuracy of extracting rail positions is less than 3 mm. With respect to the automatic clearance check, the objects inside the clearance and the ones related to a contact line is successfully detected by visual confirmation.
Optimization ofVarious Bank Loans Based on Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)..

Banking system operation is classified into two main groups of resource collection and use of funds, has a direct correlation with banking interest. On the other hand, most banking uses are related to payment of different kinds of loans. Therefore, in this research, to optimize various bank loan portfolios the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) of investment has been used in Melli Bank of Iran. To this end, various loans provided by the bank were classified in 10 groups and it was tried, using CAPM model, to find the optimum combination of various loans. The obtained results of the fund portfolio calculation revealed that if the expected return and higher risk is considered, the allocated value is moved toward civil participation loans, leasing, hire purchase, and bailment of a capital.
Could Neuromuscular and Proprioceptive Training Programs Prevent Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries in Womenâs Football

Anterior cruciate ligament injury constitutes a serious problem in terms of athletic involvement and overall wellbeing of affected female athletes, both recreationally as well as competitively. Post-operative rehabilitation can take at least 6-9 months, delaying return to sport and in some cases preventing return to prior intensity and skill level. In football, the rate of anterior cruciate ligament injury is between four to eight fold higher in female players than in male players. One theory to account for higher knee and anterior cruciate ligament injury incidence in female athletes is that the absence of neuromuscular control of the knee joint, due to training deficiencies, developmental differences, or perhaps hormonal influences, lead to higher rates of injury.
Abstract. Accumulation of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the displacement loop (D-loop) of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) may be associated with disease outcome. Our team investigated the prediction power of D-loop SNPs in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

Accumulation of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the displacement loop (D-loop) of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) may be associated with disease outcome. Our team investigated the prediction power of D-loop SNPs in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) outcome. In an overall multivariate analysis, allele 16390 was identified as an independent predictor for NSCLC outcome. The length of survival of patients with allele 16390A was significantly shorter than that of patients with allele 16390G (relative risk, 0.323; 95% CI, 0.109-0.951; p=0.040). The analysis of genetic polymorphisms in the mitochondrial D-loop can help identify NSCLC patient subgroups at a high risk for a poor disease outcome.
Evaluation et prise en charge des processus de récupération en mémoire dans la maladie d’Alzheimer

L’objectif de ce travail de these etait d’evaluer l’etat des processus de recuperation en memoire dans la maladie d’Alzheimer afin de developper des programmes de prise en charge cognitive novateurs. Les deux premieres etudes ont porte sur la caracterisation de ces processus a travers l’evaluation des performances de patients avec une maladie d’Alzheimer a des tâches de reconnaissance mnesique. Les deux etudes suivantes se sont interessees au developpement de programmes d’intervention cognitive ayant pour objectif de reduire les troubles cognitifs et leur retentissement, l’un en ameliorant les processus cognitifs alteres a partir d’un entrainement cognitif appliquant la repetition-lag procedure et l’autre, en sollicitant les processus cognitifs preserves a partir d’un apprentissage par des techniques de rehabilitation cognitive, a recourir a l’utilisation d’aides externes. Les resultats ont mis en evidence une deterioration selective des processus de reconnaissance chez les patients a un stade leger de la maladie ; la recollection serait particulierement alteree alors que la familiarite resterait preservee. De plus, le deficit des capacites de reconnaissance de la source serait lie a l’alteration des processus strategiques de reconnaissance de la source, les processus associatifs resteraient preserves. Ensuite, le programme d’entrainement cognitif experimental s’est revele efficace, des gains cognitifs ont ete objectives a des tâches cognitives de transfert. De meme, le programme de rehabilitation cognitive par le biais d’un apprentissage combinant les techniques de la recuperation espacee et de l’apprentissage sans erreur a permis de reduire l’impact des troubles cognitifs dans la vie quotidienne
Intimate Partner Violence and HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa

We investigate the relationship between intimate partner violence (IPV) and HIV among married women using Demographic and Health Survey data from ten sub-Saharan African countries, and find a strong association. The association is due to higher HIV risk among violent men; neither women’s decreased ability to protect themselves from HIV transmission within marriage, nor their risky sexual behavior, explains the link. Thus, it is not violence per se that drives the spread of HIV, but the fact that violent men are more likely to become HIV positive and then infect their wives. Programs that aim at reducing HIV by eliminating IPV should therefore also focus on men’s risky sexual behavior.
EUPHEMISMS THROUGH TIME: THE RHETORICAL POWER OF PALLIATION

The paper is an overview of the ideas and theoretical frameworks relevant to studying euphemisms, words/expressions used for the purpose of avoiding the negative effect associated with non-euphemistic more negatively connoted alternatives. Euphemisms are discussed in relation to rhetoric, stylistics, pragmatics and discourse analysis, which all provide insight into the motives for the use of these palliative expressions. The overview of the ideas shows that different theoretical frameworks, though they belong to different periods of time, recognize euphemisms as a convenient tool for communicating meaning in a way that can support only the speakerʼs interests. This means that euphemisms can be discussed as a type of language use by means of which the speaker can impose a preferred interpretation of meaning, and, as far as the motives for euphemization are concerned, they should be examined more closely in accordance with the specificities of context and discourse in which euphemisms are used.
EFFECTS OF AQUEOUS EXTRACT OF PERSEA AMERICANA ON THE HISTOLOGY OF THE KIDNEY OF ALBINO RATS.

D. S. Amaza 1* , J. V. Zirahei 2 , A. D. T. Goji 2 , Helga B. Ishaya 2 , H. Mari 3 and N. Victoria 2 . 1. Department of Human Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Kaduna State University, Kaduna State, Nigeria. 2. Department of Human Anatomy, College of Medical Sciences, University of Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. 3. Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. Manuscript Info Abstract . Manuscript History
Fluid Planning: A Meaningless Concept or a Rational Response to Uncertainty in Urban Planning?

Many contemporary writers have developed and elaborated upon various fluid metaphors to capture aspects of contemporary social life (Urry, 2000). Flows and fluidity are some of the catchwords in social, cultural, and urban thinking that is used as building blocks in theorizing contemporary trends with a focus on process, connectivity, and mobility at the expense of the previous focus on boundedness, hierarchy, and form (Simonsen, 2004: 1333). Fluidity and flows could even be seen as a whole new paradigm (Shield,1997). In the social science literature these consepts are primarily used as metaphors to describe turbulence and instability. Also in the planning field, fluidity is a concept that first of all is used as a metaphor to describe conditions of uncertainty. Today’s turbulent conditions represent particular challenges for planning and policy making, including new spaces of politics, radical uncertainty, awareness of interdependence, the importance of “difference,” and dynamics of trust and identity (Hajer and Wagenaar, 2003). Strategic spatial planners are faced with a world of potentialities, possibilities and uncertainties that are mostly beyond their control (Hillier et al., 2011). Traditional strategic spatial planning practices are failing to cope with contingency and uncertainty. In the planning literature, fluidity is however, more than a metaphor. The conditions of radical uncertainty also call for new forms of planning that in a sense are fluid too. Situations of uncertainty require a form of planning that is more exploratory and open to change; planning could be more equivalent to a “voyage of discovery” rather than a “road map” (Balducci, 2011: 2).
Concept for a Knowledge Base on ICT for Governance and Policy Modelling regarding eGovPoliNet

Abstract The EU project eGovPoliNet is engaged in research and development in the field of information and communication technologies (ICT) for governance and policy modelling. Numerous communities pursue similar goals in this field of IT-based, strategic decision making and simulation of social problem areas. Though, the existing research approaches and results so far are quite fragmented. The aim of eGovPoliNet is to overcome the fragmentation across disciplines and to establish an international, open dialogue by fostering the cooperation between research and practice. This dialogue will advance the discussion and development of various problem areas with the help of researchers from different disciplines, who share knowledge, expertise and best practice supporting policy analysis, modelling and governance. To support this dialogue, eGovPoliNet will provide a knowledge base, which's conceptual development is the subject of this thesis. The knowledge base is to be filled with content from the area of ICT for strategic decision making and social simulation, such as publications, ICT solutions and project descriptions. This content needs to be structured, organised and managed in a way, so that it generates added value and the knowledge base is used as source of accumulated knowledge, which consolidates the previously fragmented research and development results in a central location. The aim of this thesis is the development of a concept for a knowledge base, which provides the structure and the necessary functionalities to gather and process knowledge concerning ICT solutions for governance and policy modelling. This knowledge needs to be made available to users and thereby motivate them to contribute to the development and maintenance of the knowledge base.
A score test for the agronomical overlap effect in a two-way classification model Test score para el efecto del solapamiento agronómico en un modelo de clasificación de dos vías

RESUMEN In some agricultural research, a treatment applied to an experimental unit may affect the response in the neighboring experimental units. This phenomenon is known as overlap. In this article, a test to evaluate this effect in the Draper and Guttman model was developed by imposing side conditions on the parameters of a two-way classification model to obtain a re-parameterized model which can be used in different neigh boring patterns of experimental units, usually plants within a crop, whenever the nearest neighbor is considered a directly affected experimental unit and the two-way model is used. Three methods, namely maximum likelihood, least squares with side conditions and generalized inverse, were used to estimate the parameters of the original model in order to calculate the value of the test statistics for the null hypothesis associated with the absence of the overlapping effect. The three alternatives were invariant with respect to the use of test. The proposed test is simple to adopt and can be implemented in agronomy since its asymptotic nature is in agreement with the large number of experimental units which generally exist in this type of research, where each plant represents the experimental unit being assessed. En algunas investigaciones agricolas, un tratamiento aplicado sobre una unidad experimental puede afectar la respuesta de unidades experimentales vecinas. Este fenomeno es conocido como solapamiento. En este articulo se desarrollo un test para evaluar este efecto, sobre el modelo de Draper y Guttman, mediante la imposicion de condiciones laterales sobre los parametros del modelo de clasificacion de dos vias para obtener un modelo reparametrizado, el cual puede usarse bajo diferentes patrones de vecindad de las unidades experimentales, usualmente plantas dentro de un cultivo, siempre y cuando sea considerado el vecino mas cercano como la unidad experimental directamente afectada y el modelo sea de dos vias. Fueron usados tres metodos para estimar los parametros del modelo original, a saber, el metodo de maxima verosimilitud, el metodo de minimos cuadrados con imposicion de condiciones laterales y el uso de una inversa generalizada para calcular el valor del estadistico de prueba para la hipotesis nula asociada a la ausencia del efecto de solapamiento. Las tres alternativas resultaron invariantes con respecto al uso del test. La prueba propuesta es sencilla de adoptar y se puede implementar en el campo de la agronomia, ya que su naturaleza asintotica esta de acuerdo con el gran numero de unidades experimentales que generalmente existen en este tipo de investigaciones, donde cada planta representa la unidad experimental evaluada.