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Economic impacts of SEZs: Theoretical approaches and analysis of newly notified SEZs in India

This study aims at examining the economic impacts of SEZs in the Indian context. While doing so, it addresses the conceptual confusion about SEZs, outlines the evolution of SEZs; traces economic philosophies explaining the rationale and benefits of SEZs; extends existing theoretical literature to explain the economic impacts of SEZs; assesses the economic impacts of newly notified SEZs in India; reviews the strategies followed by various state governments in the implementation of the policy ; and draws policy implications. It argues that the existing economic theories donot adequately explain the rationale and contribution of SEZs. These approaches need to be extended by integrating the provisions of the theories of agglomeration economies and global value chains within the existing theoretical frameworks. It analyses the economic impacts of SEZs within the extended theoretical framework. It finds that while SEZs are stimulating direct investment and employment, their role appears to be more valuable in bringing about economic transformation from a resource-led economy to a skill and technology-led economy; from low value added economic activities to high value added economic activities; from low productive sectors to high productive sectors; and from unorganised to organized sectors, both at the national and regional levels. They have the potential of promoting new knowledge intensive industries; augmenting existing industrial clusters/industrial states; diversifying the local industrial base; and localizing global value chain. However, a strategic approach is required to reap the opportunities offered by SEZs.
Speech Rate In Phonetic -Phonological Anal Ysis of Public Speech (Using the Example of Political and Media Speech )

Abstract The speech rate is comparatively ignored in linguistic and phonetic research and monographs. Most often it is discussed from the viewpoint of feeling, linguistic sense (a slow, fast, or suitable speech rate) and mainly in connection with rhythm, which includes volume and stress. The speech rate depends on the topic and purpose of communication, as well as the personal (and colloquial) attributes of the speaker. With the development of electronic media and the technical revolution, the speech rate is becoming more and more important, especially due to the significance of speed and the rapid life tempo. On television, seconds are worth thousands or even millions of dollars/Euros, which makes the speech rate and the passing of information all the more important. Nevertheless, the speech rate must be appropriate to the language and the topic so that listeners and viewers can understand the message. Values that will be presented in this article are an important point of reference for Slovenian and other languages. The rate of Slovenian speech in regards to measurements is mostly 4.5 - 6.5 syllables per second, deviations are, of course, also possible.
Application of eddy covariance measurements to the temperature dependence of soil organic matter mean residence time

The micrometeorological technique of eddy covariance is a powerful tool for characterizing the carbon (C) budget of terrestrial ecosystems. However, few attempts have been made to link canopy‐scale eddy exchange to soil C processes. Here we develop a simple means of using calculations derived from a global database of eddy flux measurements to examine the role of climate on soil C decomposition rates. We then compare the results of the eddy covariance calculations to the temperature dependence of soil C residence times determined by four common methods: laboratory incubations, direct soil respiration measurements, radiocarbon uptake, and stable C isotope change following land conversion. In all five methods, the soil organic C turnover time decreases exponentially with increasing mean annual temperature. The similar slopes and intercepts of the eddy flux and chamber measurements lend support for the robustness of micrometeorological techniques in measuring respiration. The similarities in the response of soil C turnover to temperature for the eddy flux and 14C‐derived turnover times is especially encouraging in that bomb‐14C measurements do not rely on any of the assumptions that were used to calculate soil C turnover from eddy flux data. However, the 13C isotope method yields a significantly different slope and intercept than the other three techniques. The results of this work reinforce the recognized temperature dependence of soil C turnover and suggest that eddy flux experiments are a useful and additional approach for studying the soil C budget.
Aerodynamic forces of revolving hummingbird wings and wing models

A central challenge to the study of animal aerodynamics has been the measurement of forces generated by flapping wings. Relative to wings of other birds, hummingbird wings are of particular interest in that the smaller species operate in more viscous regimes (5000 < Re < 10 000) for which substantial drag and reduced lift:drag coefficients might be expected. Lift and drag forces were measured on mounted hummingbird wings and wing models spinning in continuous tipwise revolution about the wing base. Lift coefficients tended to increase as wing models became more realistic (i.e. with sharpened leading edges and with substantial camber). Lift:drag ratios of real wings were substantially higher than those of wing models, suggesting morphological contributions of feathers to lift enhancement and drag reduction. At Re= 5000, high values of the lift:drag ratio (8–16) at low angles of attack suggest that wings of hummingbirds are exceptionally good at producing lift.
Quantifying Carbon Cycle Feedbacks

Abstract Perturbations to the carbon cycle could constitute large feedbacks on future changes in atmospheric CO2 concentration and climate. This paper demonstrates how carbon cycle feedback can be expressed in formally similar ways to climate feedback, and thus compares their magnitudes. The carbon cycle gives rise to two climate feedback terms: the concentration–carbon feedback, resulting from the uptake of carbon by land and ocean as a biogeochemical response to the atmospheric CO2 concentration, and the climate–carbon feedback, resulting from the effect of climate change on carbon fluxes. In the earth system models of the Coupled Climate–Carbon Cycle Model Intercomparison Project (C4MIP), climate–carbon feedback on warming is positive and of a similar size to the cloud feedback. The concentration–carbon feedback is negative; it has generally received less attention in the literature, but in magnitude it is 4 times larger than the climate–carbon feedback and more uncertain. The concentration–carbon feed.
Preference Based Book Recommendation System

ISSN 2277-5099 | © 2016 Bonfring Abstract--Preference based Recommendation system deals with providing the service list to the users based on the preferences of the diverse users. Preferences play an important role in providing the appropriate services. User preferences are indicated by keywords and user-based collaborative algorithm is applied to generate the recommendations. In the current scenario, most of the recommendation systems suffer from issues such as scalability and efficiency in order to overcome these issues, the system is implemented on Hadoop. Hadoop is distributed computing platform that makes use of MapReduce framework. In this project, Hadoop is implemented on single node cluster. This system improves the scalability and accuracy over the existing systems.
Cash is King What the Market Learns about Targets through Merger Bids

Returns to merger announcements are commonly used to measure the expected value created by mergers. We provide evidence that a signi…cant portion re‡ects, instead, a revaluation of the target. Using a sample of withdrawn deals from 1980 to 2008, we show that tar- gets of cash oers are revalued by +15% post-withdrawal. Stock bids, on the other hand, do not seem to provide target information: targets with equity oers fall back to their pre-announcement levels after withdrawal. The results are not driven by future takeover activity since cash targets are insigni…cantly less likely to receive future merger bids. The results are also independent of the speci…c type of withdrawal reason. Our …ndings, as well as the observed value changes in acquirers, are consistent with cash bids indicating target undervaluation while stock bids signal acquirer overvaluation. JEL classi…cation: G14, G34, D03, D82
Effects of Agricultural Sales CDE Modules on Content Knowledge and Argumentation Skill.

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of the type of training module on argumentation skill, student content knowledge achievement, and performance in an agricultural sales practicum completed by secondary school agriculture students. Current research has concluded that most students do not possess the academic or transferable skills to be successful in the workplace. This quasi-experimental study sought to evaluate students’ development of academic and transferable skills through the use of researcher-developed agricultural sales training modules. Two sets of training modules were used, one with and one without argumentation infused into the lessons. Results indicated that both groups of students had increases in content knowledge and argumentation skill; further, there was no statistically significant difference between groups.
Foreland deformational pattern in the Southern Adriatic Sea

Two major deformation belts occur in the portion of the Adriatic Sea offshore the Gargano Promontory. Although these two belts display similar characters on seismic profiles, they are different in other respects. The NE-SWtrending Tremiti Deformation Belt, located north of the Gargano Promontory, originated during the Plio-Quaternary, while the E-W-trending South Gargano Deformation Belt, located south of the Gargano Promontory, formed in a time span that goes from Eocene to early Pliocene. On the ground of structural and stratigrafic evidence these deformation belts are interpreted as originated by tectonic inversion of Mesozoic extensional faults. This inversion tectonics, of Tertiary age, can be related to the evolution of the fold-and-thrust belts that surround the Adriatic Sea. A moderate seismic activity, recorded around the Tremiti Island, and historical seismological data suggest that the whole of study area is, at present, seismically active. Therefore, this portion of the Adriatic block still represents a preferental site of deformation.
Radiation-transfer Calculations for the Diffuse Reflectance from Pigmented Coatings

We use a numerical solution of radiation transfer equations to calculate the diffuse reflectance of a pigmented film composed by a transparent pigment embedded in a latex resin. We introduce in the calculation experimentally determined values for the optical absorption of the resin as well as for the particle size distribution of the pigment, and analyze the sensitivity of the diffuse reflectance to the different parameters of the model.
Comparative ecology of bird-pollinated and bird-dispersed New Zealand plants

Abstract I observed birds forage for flowers and fruits for six consecutive years in a North Island forest to compare patterns in nectivory and frugivory in plants that rely on birds for both mutualistic services. Birds visited fewer flowering plant species (n=9) than fleshy fruited plant species (n=23). Four ‘bird plant’ species were identified (i.e., plant species that are co-dependent on birds for both pollination and seed dispersal). Visitation rates to flowers produced by bird plants were correlated with visitation rates to fruits, indicating that if a bird plant relied heavily on a particular bird species to visit its flowers, it tended to rely on the same bird species to visit its fruits. Coupled rates nectivory and frugivory raises a significant conservation concern, as it indicates that the loss of specific bird species may have a two-fold, negative effect on the reproductive fitness of plants that rely on birds for both pollination and seed dispersal.
Method of Comparator Offset Manipulation by Fowler-Nordheim Stress

In this paper, we propose a method to manipulate offsets of comparator circuits. By selective FN stressing on MOS transistors, it alters MOS threshold voltages and the comparator offset resultantly. This method has numerous advantages over the conventional offset cancelling methods, not increasing circuit area, nor degrading operation timings, nor demanding the floating gate process. This method also can be utilized for a readonly memory cell by intentionally implanting positive or negative offsets, which is multiple times programmable with the standard CMOS process. We apply it to the latch-type comparator and show that the offset get adjusted to the desired value through experiments.
Effects of different Juncus acutus: maize silage ratios on digestibility and rumen cellulolytic bacteria.

The objectives of this study were to estimate the digestibility of different ratios of Juncus acutus and maize silage and to investigate the effects of them on rumen bacteria. Three different ratios of Juncus acutus and maize silage 100:0 (A), 50:50 (B) and 0:100 (C) were prepared and their gas productions were determined at 0, 3, 6, 12, 24, 48, 72 and 96 h incubation times by ANKOM RF gas production system. OMD%, MEOMD, MEGP, and b values of A, B, C were 42.06, 51.06 and 60.21%; 6.72, 8.16 and 9.63 MJ/kg DM; 5.15, 6.28 and 7.55 MJ/kg DM; 20.85, 35.24 and 48.11 mL respectively. There were significant variations between the chemical composition, gas production, OMD%, MEGP and MEOMD values of A, B and C (P<0.05). Abundance of ruminal bacteria were as following Fibrobacter succinogenes>Ruminococcus flavefaciens>Ruminococcus albus values at all incubation times. In conclusion, mixing of Juncus acutus with maize silage in 50:50 ratio increased the amount of rumen cellulolytic bacteria and 22% of both OMD and ME of Juncus acutus. Supplementation of maize silage to Juncus acutus in ruminant diet may improve the utilization of Juncus acutus through providing of nitrogen and fermentable carbohydrates to rumen bacteria.
Creating value from business analytics systems: a process-oriented theoretical framework and case study

Business analytics can potentially create value and improve competitive advantage for firms. We argue that dynamic and operational capabilities, enabled by business analytics technology, lead to improved firm performance. We develop a process-oriented theoretical framework that explains how dynamic and operational capabilities interact over time to create value. We use the framework to explain how business value was achieved from business analytics systems in a case study at a financial institution. A number of implications of the study are discussed and suggestions for future work are provided.
The Impact of Bioinformatics on Vaccine Design and Development

Vaccines are the pharmaceutical products that offer the best cost‐benefit ratio in the pre‐ vention or treatment of diseases. In that a vaccine is a pharmaceutical product, vaccine development and production are costly and it takes years for this to be accomplished. Several approaches have been applied to reduce the times and costs of vaccine develop‐ ment, mainly focusing on the selection of appropriate antigens or antigenic structures, carriers, and adjuvants. One of these approaches is the incorporation of bioinformatics methods and analyses into vaccine development. This chapter provides an overview of the application of bioinformatics strategies in vaccine design and development, supply‐ ing some successful examples of vaccines in which bioinformatics has furnished a cutting edge in their development. Reverse vaccinology, immunoinformatics, and structural vac ‐ cinology are described and addressed in the design and development of specific vaccines against infectious diseases caused by bacteria, viruses, and parasites. These include some emerging or re‐emerging infectious diseases, as well as therapeutic vaccines to fight can‐ cer, allergies, and substance abuse, which have been facilitated and improved by using bioinformatics tools or which are under development based on bioinformatics strategies. antigenic B‐cell (IEDB) and CTL epitopes (NetCTL.1.2 server). They determined, by in silico studies, surface accessibility, surface flexibility, hydrophilicity, homology modeling (MODELLER ver. 9.12, CHARMM, WhatIF, PROCHECK, Verify 3D), and structure‐based epitope prediction for E protein, NS3, and NS5. They performed molecular docking of the ZIKV‐E protein with HLA‐A0201, of the ZIKV‐NS3 protein with HLA‐B2705, and of the ZIKV‐NS5 protein with HLA‐C0801 (PatchDock rigid‐body docking server, FireDock server). these
Analysis of Equation of State for Carbon Nanotubes

Compression behavior of carbon nanotube bundles and individual carbon nanotubes within the bundle has been studied by using the Suzuki, Shanker, and usual Tait formulations. It is found that the Suzuki formulation is not capable of explaining the compression behavior of nanomaterials. Shanker formulation slightly improves the results obtained by the Suzuki formulation, but only usual Tait’s equation (UTE) of state gives results in agreement to the experimental data. The present study reveals that the product of bulk modules and the coefficient of volume thermal expansion remain constant for carbon nanotubes. It has also been found that the individual carbon nanotubes are less compressible than bundles of carbon nanotubes.
Audibility of the timbral effects of inharmonicity in stringed instrument tones

Listening tests were conducted to find the audibility of inharmonicity in musical sounds produced by stringed instruments, such as the piano or the guitar. The audibility threshold of inharmonicity was measured at five fundamental frequencies. Results show that the detection of inharmonicity is strongly dependent on the fundamental frequency f0. A simple model is presented for estimating the threshold as a function of f0. The need to implement inharmonicity in digital sound synthesis is discussed.
Photonic-crystal fiber characteristics benefit numerous applications

Photonic-crystal fibers (PCFs) are among the most specialized optical lightguides. Ranging from fibers with low levels of nonlinearities supporting high-power pulses to highly nonlinear counterparts for supercontinuum generation, PCF is an attractive and versatile technology. It is based on a microstructured arrangement of lowand high-refractive-index materials. The high-index background material is typically undoped silica while the low-index region is usually provided by air holes along the fiber length. They can be made using a stack-and-draw fabrication process (see Figure 1), which is based on stacking glass capillaries and rods into a preform, allowing precise control of the core and cladding-index properties. Rare-earth and stress-element components are introduced simultaneously. Once the desired preform has been constructed, it is drawn into a fiber. PCFs are constructed using one of two basic design types, containing either a solid or hollow core. The former is typically made of silica—see Figure 2(left)—which, as for most conventional fibers, relies on total internal reflection. The latter typically contains air: see Figure 2(right). It relies on a photonic band gap to restrict guidance to the core (some solid-core fibers work similarly). These basic PCF types encompass a range of fiber designs suited for a variety of applications because they have properties not found elsewhere. For example, unique features of hollowcore fibers include small nonlinearities, low light loss, and the option to fill air cores with gases and liquids. As a result, they are being considered for use in many applications, including sensors, high power-pulse transmission, and medical use. While many hollow-core fiber applications are in relatively early developmental stages, solid-core PCF applications are more mature. These designs also exhibit novel properties, such Figure 1. Stack-and-draw photonic-crystal-fiber (PCF) fabrication process.
Organizational Structures and Working Practices in Elite European Professional Football Clubs: Understanding the Relationship between Youth and Professional Domains

Abstract Professional football clubs are service enterprises engaged in the business of performance, entertainment and financial profit. Developing young players may reap both sporting and financial rewards to clubs, players and football agents. This paper explores the organizational structure and working practices of professional football clubs concerning young player development. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with heads of youth development within elite clubs (n =26) across five European countries. The study reveals the presence of organizational homogenization within formal youth structures across Europe. Developing players for first team, player's personal development and financial profit were predominant aims of all youth programmes. Operational differences included roles, responsibility, youth to professional transitions and the dominant presence of a club orientation towards player development (n=22). Lack of proximity and formal communication between youth and professional environments, regardless of structure, led to staff dissatisfaction and appeared to hinder the coherent progression of young players into the professional environment.
Comparison of Different Doses of Clonidine as an Adjuvant to Intrathecal Bupivacaine for Spinal Anaesthesia in Patients Undergoing Lower Limb Orthopedic Surgery

Background: Clonidine is added to local anaesthetics as adjuvant in spinal anaesthesia to improve quality and duration of sensory and motor block. Dose of Clonidine used is varied from 15μg to 150 μg and most of the studies are with low dose (8mg to 12mg) hyperbaric bupivacaine. Aim: Aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the effects of addition of three different doses of clonidine (15, 30 and 45 μg) to 18 mg hyperbaric bupivacaine in patients undergoing lower limb orthopedic surgery under spinal anaesthesia Study design: Prospective, randomized, double-blind, controlled study. Materials and Methods: 120 patients enrolled in the study were randomly divided into four groups of 30 each. Group I ,II, III,and IV received 0,15,30 and 45μg of clonidine respectively as an adjuvant to 18 mg hyperbaric bupivacaine. The volume of the solution was kept constant to 4 ml by adding normal saline. Results: The mean time for two segment regression, mean duration of sensory and motor block were higher in all the Clonidine groups. Mean arterial pressure was lower and vasopressor requirement was higher with an increase in the dose of Clonidine. Conclusion: To conclude, the addition of 15 μg of clonidine as an adjuvant to hyperbaric bupivacaine for spinal anaesthesia was found to be effective compared to 30 μg of clonidine, 45μg of clonidine as it causes significant prolongation of motor and sensory block duration without causing any hemodynamic derangements.