Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Does the mode of opportunity identification influence the innovativeness of Small Businesses?a Study in Sri Lanka

There is a growing concern about the heterogeneity of the nature of small businesses in a given context. The difference between opportunity discovery and creation (mode of opportunity identification) may explain this heterogeneity. Then the wealth creating ability also may vary with the mode of opportunity identification although entrepreneurship literature is silent in this regard. Then the purpose of this study is to explore the wealth creating potential (innovativeness) of small businesses with regard to the mode of opportunity identification. Entrepreneurship literature informs that opportunity discovery under risk is different from opportunity creation under uncertainty although these terms has been used interchangeably. Few studies show that context may have influence over the opportunity identification. Few studies show that entrepreneurs who create opportunities are ordinary and attempt to avoid uncertainty while those who discover opportunities are unique in ability of discovering opportunities and bear some risk. However studies which explore the relationship between the wealth creating potential and mode of opportunity identification are rare. Exploring gaps in research knowledge base on the nature of businesses emerged under opportunity discovery and opportunity creation with regard to research question ‘How the mode of opportunity identification influences the innovativeness of small businesses’. In consistent with entrepreneurship literature, the nature of business viewed in this study as wealth creating potential. This study builds on theories and assumptions pertinent to opportunity discovery and creation and employs case study method to explore the behaviour of small business owners in rural and urban settings. The rationale of selecting rural setting is that rural entrepreneur has no prior business experience to understand the probability of outcomes while urban entrepreneurs have prior business experience to understand the probability of outcomes to take calculated risk. This study has selected six cases after screening 178 cases in the rural setting and 111 cases in the urban settings in the North Western Province of Sri Lanka in 2010. Analysing within cases and cross cases employing pattern matching technique, this study shows that businesses created in the rural context are comparatively non-innovative than those small businesses discovered under opportunity risk. The Kelaniya Journal of Management, Vol. 4(1); 2015: 65-89
Managing Vulnerabilities in Networked Systems

Most organizations recognize the importance of cyber security and are implementing various forms of protection. However, many are failing to find and fix known security problems in the software packages they use as the building blocks of their networks and systems, a vulnerability that a hacker can exploit to bypass all other efforts to secure the enterprise. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) initiative seeks to avoid such disasters and transform this area from a liability to a key asset in the fight to build and maintain secure systems. Coordinating international, community-based efforts from industry, government and academia, CVE strives to find and fix software product vulnerabilities more rapidly, predictably, and efficiently. The initiative seeks the adoption of a common naming practice for describing software vulnerabilities. Once adopted, these names will be included within security tools and services and on the fix sites of commercial and open source software package providers. As vendors respond to more users requests for CVE-compatible fix sites, securing the enterprise will gradually include the complete cycle of finding, analyzing, and fixing vulnerabilities.
Therapeutic Effects of Glycyrrhizic Acid

Glycyrrhizic acid (GA), belonging to a class of triterpenes, is a conjugate of two molecules, namely glucuronic acid and glycyrrhetinic acid. It is naturally extracted from the roots of licorice plants. With its more common uses in the confectionery and cosmetics industry, GA extends its applications as a herbal medicine for a wide range of ailments. At low appropriate doses, anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic, antioxidant, anti-tumor, antimicrobial and anti-viral properties have been reported by researchers worldwide. This review summarizes the effects of GA on metabolic syndrome, tumorigenesis, microbes and viruses, oxidative stress, and inflammation, as well as the reported side effects of the drug.
Cold Regions Hydrology High-Resolution Observatory for Snow and Cold Land Processes

Snow is a critical component of the global water cycle and climate system, and a major source of water supply in many parts of the world. There is a lack of spatially distributed information on the accumulation of snow on land surfaces, glaciers, lake ice, and sea ice. Satellite missions for systematic and global snow observations will be essential to improve the representation of the cryosphere in climate models and to advance the knowledge and prediction of the water cycle variability and changes that depend on snow and ice resources. This paper describes the scientific drivers and technical approach of the proposed Cold Regions Hydrology High-Resolution Observatory (CoReH2O) satellite mission for snow and cold land processes. The sensor is a synthetic aperture radar operating at 17.2 and 9.6 GHz, VV and VH polarizations. The dual-frequency and dual-polarization design enables the decomposition of the scattering signal for retrieving snow mass and other physical properties of snow and ice.
Navigating person-branding in the fashion blogosphere

Abstract Fashion blogs have received much attention since their emergence in 2002. Yet, little is known about how fashion bloggers succeed or fail in building their brand in the fashion industry. This article examines how fashion bloggers navigate person-brand building by focusing on how fashion bloggers accumulate – or fail to accumulate – status and audience, on the basis of a new form of capital and construct: person-brand capital. Based on an 18-month netnography in the fashion blogosphere and a Bourdieuian theoretical approach, we find that to build a strong person-brand, fashion bloggers must engage in at least two sets of practices that help fuel person-brand capital. Fashion bloggers must signal that they belong to and play a valuable role in the field of fashion and in the subfield of blogging. Our findings also demonstrate that engaging in practices rooted in either a lack of cultural capital in the field of fashion or weak social capital in the subfield of blogging can hinder person-brand capital development. Overall, our research provides insight into successful person-brand building in the fashion blogosphere and offers implications for fashion brands that want to benefit from the unique showcase that they can offer.
ASSESSING INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROLS OF THE LANDS COMMISSION OF GHANA

Internal control systems exist to help organizations meet their goals and objectives, promote efficiency, reduce the risk of loss, and help ensure financial statement reliability and compliance with laws and regulations. This study assesses the internal financial controls in of the Lands Commission of Ghana. The study adopts the case study design using the officials of the Commission in the northern region as the population. A sample of 30 officials of the Commission was drawn for the study using the simple random combined with purposive sampling technique. Both primary and secondary data are used with the aid of questionnaires, interviews and documentary review. The existing controls are said to be inadequate and a lot is required to ensure sound financial management in the sector. Some financial legislations are complied with, whiles others are virtually ignored, particularly in the area of procurement. It is recommended that financial controls are strengthened and enforced with authority and commitment; the internal audit function should also be reviewed by decentralizing to ensure that all activities are vetted before and not after the activities are undertaken.
The Butler Pinkerton Model for Company-Specific Risk Premium—A Critique

Abstract Recently,1 a new method for adjusting the required rate of return for privately held companies has been proposed, currently being referred to as the Butler Pinkerton Model (BPM)2 for Company-Specific Risk.3 The authors have updated their model and explanation in several articles.4 The website of Business Valuation Resources, which sells the model, provides sample calculations, various review references, and a list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ). 5 In one such FAQ, the authors state, “We have a standing invitation to the business valuation community to critique the calculation. ” This article accepts the challenge and goes further by challenging the very foundations for their assertions contained in these articles and the claims contained in their answers in the FAQ.
A compact wideband differential interconnect for complete series DC-isolation of integrated circuits above 100 GHz

A wideband interconnect with complete DC-isolation property (both in the Signal and Ground paths) for differential TEM transmission lines (like broadside-coupled striplines) is presented. The overall length of the proposed structure is only 0. 1λg at the center frequency of 100 ∼ 500 GHz frequency band. The simulated interconnect shows more than 20 dB of return losses at the input and output ports in 130 ∼ 280 GHz band (about 0.7 octave). In addition, more than 15dB of return losses is achieved in the simulations in the entire 100 ∼ 500 GHz frequency band. The built-in DC-isolation property of both the Signal and Ground paths, makes the presented interconnect a suitable solution for Signal-Ground swapping applications of integrated active circuits, like that of the microstrip to inverted-microstrip transitions. The presented design procedure is applicable to various standard IC fabrication processes.
SHOW ME: enhancing OASIS functional assessment.

Have you ever felt that the search for Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) accuracy is endless? In 2007, the administrators and clinical managers at Professional Healthcare Resources, Inc. (PHRI) looked at the agency’s functional outcome indicators (improvement in bathing, transferring, ambulation/locomotion, and management of medications) and shook our heads. Once again, the outcomes did not seem to capture our intuitive sense of the degree to which our patients actually did functionally improve under our care. Why were these outcomes not better? Our home health agency has 8 offices in the Maryland, Virginia, and the metro DC area. Each week, our administrators and clinical managers meet to discuss quality issues via a conference call. As we reviewed the most recent Home Health Compare outcomes for each office, we considered possible causes for outcome reports that did not match clinicians’ reports of patient progress. The clinical managers of PHRI review their teams’ patient outcomes at discharge. When patients do not improve, the managers frequently discuss the outcomes with the clithan a therapist would at admission. Nurses tend to overestimate patients’ functional abilities at admission, whereas therapists seem to capture the patient’s functional status adequately at discharge. This interrater variability leads to an erroneous “no improvement” when patients’ functional abilities actually have improved significantly.
Achieving Strategic-Fit in Private Banks - A Study of Indian Banking Sector

The key objective of the study is to examine that whether strategic fit exists between various business and human resource strategies of private banks in India. Strategic Human Resource Strategies (SHRM) processes used by the organisations can be aligned, integrated or separate. To reach at strategic fit, it is important that HR strategy to be a part of business strategy forming an integrated process. Data collection is done by the way of Questionnaire and is personally administered to clarify the data. The respondents consist of 50 Managers with diverse roles and functions. These 50 respondents comprised 30 General Managers (i.e., Managers of the strategic Business units) and 20 Managers in charge of the Human Resource function at these Banks. The results propose that in order to study the presence of a strategic role orientation, a wider analytical outline is required that both includes multiple elements within the HR function – especially its structure, extent of devolution of HR activities and skill-set of workforces – and responds to the various and differing viewpoints of different participants in a complex and fast-changing industry environment.
Late cardiac tamponade in adults secondary to tip position in the right atrium: an urban legend? A systematic review of the literature.

s and proceedings of scientific meetings. The authors also attempted to identify unpublished or ongoing case series or even case reports by contacting companies and experts in the field and searched in 2 trials registers (Current Controlled Trials, ClinicalTrials.gov). The authors independently screened the articles and abstracts of reports identified by electronic searching. All potentially relevant studies were retrieved and evaluated at least by one author, in fulltext version. Disagreements on relevant papers were resolved by discussion. Once disagreements were resolved, the extracted data were recorded on the final data extraction form.
Insulin Resistance, Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, and Lifestyle Modification

Purpose of Review: This article provides an overview of the effects of obesity, metabolic syndrome, and insulin resistance on stroke risk; outlines the association between healthy lifestyle habits and stroke; and summarizes features of effective lifestyle interventions. Recent Findings: General obesity, abdominal obesity, insulin resistance, and the metabolic syndrome are all independently linked with stroke risk and may worsen outcomes after stroke. Five key lifestyle factors-regular exercise, abstinence from smoking, a diet rich in fruits and vegetables, a body mass index of 18.5 to 24.9 kg/m2, and moderate alcohol use-have been shown to lower the risk of stroke. Collaborative, multidisciplinary, intensive, patient-centered interventions tend to be the most effective for lifestyle change. Summary: Mounting obesity rates are threatening the gains that have been made in reducing stroke incidence through traditional risk factor control. In order to mitigate the burden of stroke, physicians need to regularly address lifestyle factors when caring for patients.
Production systems comparing early weaning to normal weaning with or without creep feeding for beef steers.

A 2-yr study was conducted to determine the effects of three weaning management systems on cow and steer performance. Cow-calf pairs were randomly assigned to one of three treatments, in which the steer calves were 1) early-weaned (yr 1, 177 +/- 9 d; yr 2, 158 +/- 21 d of age) and placed on a finishing diet (EW), 2) supplemented with grain for 55 d on pasture (yr 1, 177 to 231 d; yr 2, 158 to 213 d of age) while nursing their dams and then placed on a finishing diet (NWC), and 3) on pasture for 55 d while nursing their dams (yr 1, 177 to 231 d; yr 2, 158 to 213 d of age) and then placed on a finishing diet (NW). In yr 2, potential breed differences were evaluated using steers of three breed types: 1) Angus x Hereford (BRI); 2) Angus x Simmental (CON); and 3) Angus x Wagyu (WAG). In yr 1, EW steers gained 100% faster (P = .0001) than the average of NWC and NW steers, and NWC steers gained 32% faster (P = .02) than NW steers before weaning. In the feedlot, EW steers had lower intakes (7.70 vs 8.16 kg/d, P = .008) and better feed conversions (.170 vs .153, P = .002) than the average of NWC and NW steers. Marbling score was improved for EW steers compared with the average of NWC and NW steers (P = .003). In yr 2, EW steers had higher gains (P = .0006) during the entire study than the average of NWC and NW steers, and NWC steers had higher gains (P = .003) than NW steers. The EW steers had lower intakes (7.29 vs 7.68 kg/d, P = .0008) and better feed conversions (.160 vs .141, P = .0001) than the average of NWC and NW steers. The CON steers were heavier at slaughter than BRI steers (P = .01), and BRI steers were heavier than WAG steers (P =.0004). Early weaning improved the percentage of steers grading Average Choice or higher by 40%. The percentage of BRI steers grading Choice or greater was 21% higher and percentage of steers grading Average Choice or greater was 33% higher than CON. Cows with EW steers had higher ADG than cows with NW steers (.38 vs -.17 kg/d, P = .0001) before weaning. Cows with EW steers gained in body condition score (.23 vs .00, P = .04), and cows with NW steers did not change. Early weaning improved feed efficiency and quality grades of beef steers.
Call for Papers—Service Science Special Issue: Multi-actor Value Creation in Service Innovation

Collaborative value creation builds on orchestrated social action among the different stakeholders involved. In service innovation, joint value creation calls for specific network leadership and resource integration capabilities, because advanced service entails complex configurations of people, technologies, organizations, and shared information. Hence, mutually beneficial outcomes may be difficult to achieve within such configurations through traditional approaches to innovation. Previous research in service has emphasized the cocreation of value. It has improved our understanding of the constituents of value in both business and consumer settings. However, the cocreation of value becomes more complex as the number of participants in the cocreation activity increases. Therefore, we would like to encourage you to submit research articles on collaborative value creation in service to this special issue, focusing especially on the questions of multi-actor value creation associated with innovation in service. This special issue explores the perspectives on joint value creation in both consumer business and business-to-business contexts, placing special emphasis on multi-actor service systems. In particular, we encourage attention to the processes, practices, means, and challenges of value creation in service innovation. This special issue calls for both conceptual and empirical research investigating the topic using multiple methodological approaches.
Human action recognition using histogram of motion intensity and direction from multiple views

This study presents a human action recognition system from multi-view image sequences. The authors' approach to human action recognition is based on an estimation of local motion from multiple camera views. The authors propose a new motion descriptor, called histogram of motion intensity and direction, to capture local motion characteristics of human activity. After image normalisation, they estimate motion flow using dense optical flow. Using regular grids, they extract local flow motion and estimate the dominant angle and the intensity of optical flow. The histogram of the dominant angle and its intensity are used as a descriptor for each sequence. After the identification of head direction, they concatenate descriptors in each view as a single feature vector from multiple-view sequences. Classification based on the proposed feature vector using support vector machine shows better performance than three-dimensional optical flow-based approaches, but with lower computational requirements. The authors evaluated action recognition on the publicly available i3DPost and the Institut de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (INRIA) Xmas Motion Acquisition Sequences database. Experimental results show promising state-of-the-art results and validate the advanced performance of the authors' approach.
Measuring the Impact of Sales Promotion, Service Quality and Customer Experience: A Case of e-Ticketing

Abstract With the advent of the internet and e—commerce, there has been a paradigm shift in the marketing and selling of product and services in the hospitality and tourism industry. The internet is changing the way a corporation conducts business with their consumers who have become very demanding and expects high level of services; they are time conscious, and demanding more convenience in buying those products and services. According to the surveys carried out by many companies e- service quality is an essential part to achieve success in the business. The objective of this study is to examine whether promotion, service quality, customer experiences have affected the customer satisfaction in purchasing the e tickets in India. The study result shows that promotion, service quality, customer experiences has significantly affected customer satisfaction in a purchasing pattern and decision making while purchasing online tickets and it was found that sales promotion has significantly influenced the customer satisfaction than the others determinants.
Using Consumer Behavior and Decision Models to Aid Students in Choosing a Major

In these tight economic times, the selection of a college major is viewed with more intensity than ever and college faculty are working harder because of the effects of tight institutional budgets. However, the institution's goal remains the same; to have satisfied customers. This study finds that using consumer behavior and decision models to guide students to a major can be useful and enjoyable for students. With students' considering many of the basic parameters through multiattribute and decision analysis models, time with professors, who were found to be the most influential group, can be used for more individual and special-situation discussion.
Advertising Slogan Generation System Reflecting Preferences of Users on the Web

Increased demand for web advertising has resulted in a corresponding increase in the need to develop online personalized advertisement. This paper proposes an advertising slogan generation system reflecting preferences of users on the web. By using a social networking service (SNS) site as knowledge base of word preferences, and by employing an advertising slogan corpus, the proposed system aims to generate slogans that reflect advertising posts on SNS. Using model slogans selected from the corpus containing 24,472 slogans, the proposed system generates slogan candidates using the knowledge obtained from a post on SNS. These slogan candidates are selected by the following three indexes; the natural level given by a large scale balanced corpus, the semantic relations score using the advertising slogans, and the preference level obtained from SNS sites. Especially, the proposed system extracts preference data from these SNS fan pages and estimates preference level on each word based on bag-of-words model. This enables the proposed system to select slogans in fashion. The authors conducted an objective experiment to examine the quality of generated slogans. The result shows that (1) the natural level and semantic relation level are effective to select slogans that reflect a post (2) the preference level index contributes to select preferred slogans that interest people.
The research and implement of smart home system based on Internet of Things

With the rapid development of Internet of Things, smart home which regarded as one of the main application domains, obtained more and more people's attention. In this paper, the characteristics and disadvantages of smart home system are analyzed. Then a smart home system based on B/S(Browse/Server) module is introduced. Through publishing the household wireless sensor network data to the web page of a remote server, users can control the household devices conveniently and remotely. Its system architecture, hardware design and implementation approach are given. This system provides a more flexible and more convenient control for smart home system and is beneficial for the popularity and promotion of smart home system.