Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
New Technology @ Work

This book is about the ways in which new information and communication technologies have enabled changes in the way work is organised in contemporary society. The book takes up two major themes about new technologies that may be briefly summarised as follows: a critical response to those accounts that accord to technology an independent role in determining workplace change; an emphasis on the social processes that influence the way that technology is utilised in the workplace; and a focus on the manner in which technological developments have been applied in quite different ways to different segments of the employed population.
A study on knowledge management implementation in property management companies in Malaysia

Purpose – This paper seeks to identify the manner in which the knowledge management (KM) concept can be implemented in property management companies in Malaysia.Design/methodology/approach – The KM strategies for property management companies were designed and then tested among the property management companies in Malaysia. Sixteen companies were involved in this research to provide empirical results of the KM concept implementation in property management organisations.Findings – The research findings suggest that the KM concept is becoming increasingly important and that the property management companies are practising some of the relevant activities. The findings also integrate the concept of KM and property management activities.Research limitations/implications – The research is based only on 16 companies registered under the Board of Valuers, Appraisers and Estate Agents, Malaysia, which governs property management activities in Malaysia.Originality/value – This paper proposes to property management .
Struktur‐Untersuchung überkonsolidierter Tone mit dem Raster‐Kraft‐Mikroskop (AFM)

Vorbelastete feinkörnige Böden zeigen von der Entstehungsgeschichte und insbesondere von der geologischen Vorbelastung und der Probenorientierung abhängige mechanische Eigenschaften. Die zur Charakterisierung des mechanischen Verhaltens üblicherweise verwendeten Größen "effektive Spannung" und "Porenzahl" genügen zur Strukturbeschreibung nicht, da sie makroskopische Mittelwerte darstellen. Dasselbe gilt für daraus abgeleitete Größen, wie z. B. das Überkonsolidierungs‐Verhältnis. Um Basisdaten für eine genauere Beschreibung der Teilchen‐ und Porenraumstruktur zu gewinnen, wurden mit zwei Tonböden Strukturaufnahmen mit verschiedenen bildgebenden Verfahren angefertigt und quantitativ ausgewertet. Vergleichsaufnahmen erfolgten mit dem Rasterelektronenmikroskop (REM) und dem Lichtmikroskop (LM). Insbesondere wurde das Raster‐Kraft‐Mikroskop (Atomic Force Microscope, AFM) eingesetzt, ein für Untersuchungen von Oberflächen im Nanometer‐Bereich in den 80er Jahren entwickeltes leistungsfähiges Werkzeug. Die Erkenntnisse gehen z. B. in verbesserte mikromechanische Modelle der Wasserbindung in Böden ein, wo das AFM für die Bodenmechanik noch ungenutzte Möglichkeiten bietet.
Understanding catchment behaviour through model concept improvement

This thesis describes an approach to model development based on the concept of iterative model improvement, which is a process where by trial and error different hypotheses of catchment behaviour are progressively tested, and the understanding of the system proceeds through a combined process of modelling and experimenting. We show a number of case studies where we demonstrate the need of combining the power of physical laws and established scientific theories with qualitative understanding of natural phenomena, which requires creativity and intuition. We emphasize the importance of the 'Art' of modelling, which is often a neglected aspect of scientific research. We address topical research issues such as reducing model structural uncertainty through progressive understanding of catchment behaviour, incorporating process knowledge in the different stages of model development, linking modelling and experimentation, and understanding the contribution of data to process understanding.
Five Forces Model: Analysis from an Emerging Economy

The five-force model of competition was first introduced by Porter in 1980 in his book on Competitive Strategy. For 30 years since the concept was first outlined, the model has been considered an important tool in understanding industry structures and analyzing industry attractiveness. In a recent video interview, Porter has emphasized his faith in the model and has provided examples from the airline and steel industries to argue that the model is universal. The model is an integral part of books on management in general and on strategy in particular. Thus, the five-force model can be seen as a torch-bearer of robust theory. The question however arises as to whether the model is equally applicable in all situations. Should managers use this as the ultimate tool in formulating strategy? To understand the practical implications, the author has studied a number of industries from an emerging economy, India. For many years, India has shown a robust growth of 9% per year and even in the midst of a global recession, has managed a decent growth of about 6%. Against this scenario, an attempt has been made to test the efficacy of the five-force model on a variety of industries. This is a work-in-progress and due to limitations on length, the results from one industry are presented in this paper. The initial results seem to indicate that managers need to exercise caution while using the model. Particularly in the context of emerging economies, the results obtained so far seem to suggest that a re-thinking of the model may be necessary. This interesting but paradoxical intersection of strategy theory and strategy practice is the focus of this paper. Obviously, a lot more needs to be done in terms of gathering data not only from the Indian context but also from other economies notably China, Korea, Brazil, Russia, and the ASEAN countries before more forceful conclusions can be drawn. The author’s hope is that the findings would stimulate objective discussion on the scope of interpreting theoretical frameworks in practical situations.
Comparative transcriptome analysis of leaves from two grapevine species reveals an early gene expression profile associated with Elsinoe ampelina resistance

Background: Anthracnose ( Elsinoe ampelina ) causes extensive damage to grapevine ( Vitis vinifera ) production worldwide, but the defense mechanisms exhibited by grape are not well understood. Results: In present study, the transcriptome differences of two grape species that exhibit either strong resistance (HR) or sensitivity (HS) to E . ampelina were determined at different time points up to 72 hours post infection (hpi) using RNA-seq profiling. Approximately 172 million high quality reads were obtained from a total of 40 samples. As a result, 3414 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified, with 2,246 in the HR grape V . q uinquangularis Shang-24 accession and 2,019 in the HS grape V . vinifera Red Globe. More up-regulated than down-regulated genes were identified both in the HR and HS samples at each time point except 48 hours post infection. Conclusions: Gene ontology (GO) function and pathway enrichment analysis suggested that the grape transcriptional response to E . ampelina infection involves genes encoding protein kinases, transcription factors, metabolite synthesis, and phytohormone signaling. Although most of the GO functional categories and enriched pathways in response to E . ampelina infection were the same in the two species, the response was apparent much earlier in the HR grape (6 hours post infection and 24 hours post infection) than in the HS grape (48 hours post infection and 72 hours post infection), which may be associated with the contrasting resistance phenotypes. This study provides new insights into the grape defense system involved in responses to E . ampelina infection, and has identified several candidate genes that may be exploited in future biotechnological approaches to increase disease resistance in grapevine.
Impact of a Large San Andreas Fault Earthquake on Tall Buildings in Southern California

In 1857 a large earthquake of magnitude 7.9 (Sieh 1978b) occurred on the San Andreas fault with rupture initiating at Parkfield in Central California and propagating in a southeasterly direction over a distance of more than 360 km. Such a unilateral rupture produces significant directivity toward the San Fernando and Los Angeles basins. Indeed, newspaper reports (Agnew and Sieh 1978; Meltzner and Wald 1998) of sloshing observed in the Los Angeles river point to long-duration (1-2 min) and long-period (2-8 s) shaking, which could have a severe impact on present-day tall buildings, especially in the mid-height range. Using state-of-the-art computational tools in seismology and structural engineering, validated using data from the Northridge earthquake, we determine the damage in 18-story steel moment-frame buildings in southern California due to ground motion from a hypothetical magnitude 7.9 earthquake on the San Andreas fault. Our study indicates that serious damage occurs in these buildings at many locations in the region, leading to wide-spread building closures and seriously affecting the regional economy.
The Effect of GIL Assisted Phyphox in Physics Learning towards Creative Thinking

This study aims to determine how the effect of the Phyphox application on GIL based physics learning on students' creative thinking abilities. The sample of this research is students of class X IPA 3 SMA Negeri 1 Sukoharjo through purposive sampling technique. This study uses the One Group Pretest-Posttest design. The treatment was carried out through GIL based practicum activities on a simple pendulum assisted by Phyphox application. Data on students' creative thinking abilities were obtained using tests in the form of description questions. Data analysis technique using Paired Sample T-test. Based on data analysis, the average score of creative thinking ability has increased by 44%. Learning on simple pendulum materials assisted by Phyphox applications in five groups has an average acceleration due to gravity of 9,87 with an accuracy rate of 98,6%. The result is that GIL based physics learning assisted with the Phyphox application affects students' creative thinking abilities and produces accurate investigative data. Keywords: Creative Thinking Abilities, GIL, Online, Phyphox applications, Smartphone
69.2: Distinguished Paper: High Reliable a-IGZO TFTs with Self-Aligned Coplanar Structure for Large-Sized Ultrahigh-Definition OLED TV

Self-aligned coplanar oxide TFTs have been developed for large-sized UHD OLED TV. Metallized active films were employed as source/ drain regions. By applying light shield layer, it was made possible to suppress photo-induced threshold voltage shift and obtain excellent output characteristics. The maximum difference of threshold voltages of a-IGZO TFTs on Gen. 8.5 glass is approximately 0.57V. Also, a-IGZO TFTs reveal good reliability showing threshold voltage shift of 0.07V and 0.03V after 1h of PBTS and 10h of CS, respectively. This work should play an important role in commercializing large-sized UHD OLED TV.
NASM Essentials of Corrective Exercise Training

Section 1 Introduction to Corrective Exercise Training Chapter 1 The Rationale for Corrective Exercise Scott C. Lucett Chapter 2 Introduction to Human Movement Science Micheal A. Clark, Scott C. Lucett Chapter 3 An Evidence-Based Approach to Understanding Human Movement Impairments Micheal A. Clark Section 2 Assessing for Human Movement Dysfunction Chapter 4 Health Risk Appraisal Scott C. Lucett Chapter 5 Static Postural Assessment Marjorie A. King Chapter 6 Movement Assessments Micheal A. Clark, Scott C. Lucett Chapter 7 Range of Motion Assessments William Prentice Chapter 8 Strength Assessments Lindsay Distefano Section 3 Corrective Exercise Techniques Chapter 9 Inhibitory Techniques: Self-Myofascial Release Russell D. Fiore Chapter 10 Lengthening Techniques Melanie McGrath Chapter 11 Activation and Integration Techniques Michael Rosenberg Section 4 Corrective Exercise Strategies Chapter 12 Corrective Strategies for Foot and Ankle Impairments Cathleen N. Brown Chapter 13 Corrective Strategies for Knee Impairments Gregory D. Myer Chapter 14 Corrective Strategies for Lumbo-Pelvic-Hip Complex Impairments Kim D. Christensen, Jeff Tucker Chapter 15 Corrective Strategies for Shoulder, Elbow and Wrist Impairments Chuck Thigpen Chapter 16 Corrective Strategies for Cervical Spine Impairments Kim D. Christensen, Jeff Tucker Appendix A Sample Corrective Exercise Program Strategies Appendix B A Guide to Common Myofascial Dysfunction Glossary
Evaluation of the ITU-R Objective Audio Quality Measurement Method

The. ITU-R recommended method for objective quality measurements of wide-bandwidth audio systems was evaluated by predicting the subjective performance of several perceptual audio codecs. The results show that the predicted quality ratings for the codecs correlate well with subjective ratings obtained from a formal listening test. Further, the objective quality measurements averaged over audio items were statistically indistinguishable from similarly averaged subjective quality ratings. Finally, mean objective codec quality measurements generated from a larger number of preselected audio items were found to be similar to the subjective ratings and objective quality measurements for a few critical items chosen for the listening test.
GDPR consent pop-ups. How are we thinking about them? An Elaboration Likelihood perspective

Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) led to some substantial changes to the overall user experience, one of it being the usage of pop-ups for cookie consent. One issue that emerged from this practice is the constant interruption of the users while they are browsing websites. The purpose of this paper is to determine how those pop-ups are perceived by the regular user, using the concept of elaboration likelihood, that states that people can process information in 2 different ways, either centrally (carefully thinking about the information) or peripherally (attitudes are based on superficial elements). We used 3 dimensions for measuring elaboration – Interest, Awareness and Cognitive Engagement. We conducted a Confirmatory Factor Analysis and the results were used for predicting the habit of changing the default settings of the cookie consent pop-ups and for correlation check with other variables. We found out that Cognitive Engagement is not a significant variable for predicting the behaviour of changing the defaults, while Interest and Awareness about the subject are significant predictors. The main implications of this study lead to a broader discussion about this practice and makes us wonder if the pop-up is the best solution to ask for cookie consent.
Role of Organizational Structures in Supply Chain and Operational Management

To determine the value of having effective organization structures in operation activities in an organization. It is important to understand the context of the application organization structures in operation management. Basically, the role of organizational structures is to enable strategic change and improve business performance in several dimensions. Efficient and effective organization structures helps in rapid delivery of top-quality communication, meeting the mission and vision of organizations, product development, supplier development, supports organizations in meeting high standards in customer care, and it provides the means to compress design and development times in order have the competitive advantage in the market. Good organization structures helps to launch new products more frequently, to explore and enter new markets faster, and to seek new distribution channels. All of these dimensions can give companies a powerful competitive edge. Failure to have effective, well organized structures in operation management the company cannot realize business objectives in today’s competitive, often global environment. To determine the role played by organizational structures like coordination, specialization, control and so on . It is important to first understand the context of the organization structures applications, history and roles. The first part of this chapter provides a review of the evolution of the role and application of organization structures, leading to its role in today’s competitive markets. The second chapter will tackle the roles of organization structures and advantages of effective management in organization’s operations. Keywords : Operation Management, Organizational structures, Formalization, Lean production
Formalization of Embodied Sensorimotor Coupling System

Theoretical conception of an active behavior of the system is one of the most challengeable topics in complex systems research. Recently, especially in the fields of robotics and artificial intelligence, there broadly exists the study to understand the interface between the system and its environment by creating an autonomous agent that carries a sensorimotor coupling. In this paper, an embodied sensorimotor coupling system is discussed. Applying a generative pointer, the system is formalized to contain an intrinsic discrepancy induced by heterarichical duality in a flow construction by using category theory. In the system, the body plays a positive role as a dynamical mediator, or interface, between two conflicting layers, a relational layers and a constituent layers. As a result, it induces a structural change of the system itself. Implementing the construction to a Braitenberg type vehicle, we observed dynamical changes of system parameters and its behavior revealed various motion patterns compared wit.
Clinical Evaluation of a Gamma Knife Inverse Planning System

The clinical evaluation of an in-house developed gamma knife inverse planning system is presented. This system utilizes morphological characteristics (skeleton) of a target to search for optimal shots. The planning process is very efficient and accurate as it determines shot locations and shot sizes (i.e., collimator size and weight combination) simultaneously, taking into consideration the target size as well as its shape. In addition, the process guarantees an optimal spatial arrangement among shots so that excessive ‘hot spots’ are avoided and the global dose distribution conforms to the target shape. Patient cases with different target volumes and shapes were tested retrospectively using this inverse planning system. For the patient cases presented, the number of shots used ranges from 7 to 20, the planning time is in the range of 1–3 min (2-GHz Pentium 4 workstation). The dose conformity indices range from 1.36 to 1.62.
Phase Noise in Signal Sources

This book contains a thorough treatment of phase noise, its relationship to thermal noise and associated subjects such as frequency stability. The design of low phase noise signal sources, including oscillators and synthesisers, is explained and in many cases the measured phase noise characteristics are compared with the theoretical predictions. Full theoretical treatments are combined with physical explanations, helpful comments, examples of manufactured equipment and practical tips. Overall system performance degradations due to unwanted phase noise are fully analysed for radar systems and for both analogue and digital communications systems. Specifications for the acceptable phase noise performance of signal sources to be used in such systems are derived after allowing for both technical and economic optimisation. The mature engineer whose mathematics may be somewhat rusty will find that every effort has been made to use the lowest level of mathematical sophistication that is compatible with a full analysis and every line of each mathematical argument has been set out so that the book may be read and understood even in an armchair. Due to a novel approach to the analytical treatment of narrow band noise, the book is simple to understand while simultaneously carrying the analysis further in several areas than any existing publication.
The study of acoustic emission method for detection of partial discharge in power transformer

Six kinds of typical oil gaps were designed and tested to simulate partial discharges (PD) in the insulation of power transformers. The frequency spectra of acoustic emission (AE) of PD in those gaps were presented and investigated with a computer-aided measuring system. The attenuation of AE and the variation of its frequency spectrum in oil and in oil-impregnated paper were studied. Peak frequencies in the frequency spectra of AE of PD in these gaps were distributed in the 70-150-kHz range. Based on test results, the frequency bandwidth of 70-180 kHz was recommended for the AE measuring system of PD detection in power transformers. <<ETX>>
Book review: The Engineering of Knowledge-based Systems Theory and Practice by Avelino J. Gonzales and Douglas D. Dankel (Prentice Hall, 1993)

The Engineering of Knowledge-based Systems --- Theory and Practice is a textbook whose objective "is to serve as an introduction to the branch of AI known as knowledge-based systems. " Comprising 523 pages, it provides a wide-ranging survey of the field in seventeen chapters, each including a number of examples, figures, and end-of-chapter problems. Several chapters include interesting historical perspectives on the field and brief case studies of real-world systems. In addition, the book is accompanied by PC diskettes which contain a copy of version 5.0 of NASA's CLIPS software (C Language Implementation Production System), and a demonstration version of the TI Personal Consultant Plus shell.
A method to quench and recharge avalanche photodiodes for use in high rate situations

A circuit has been developed which allows operation of avalanche photodiodes (APDs) in Geiger mode at rates compatible with Superconducting Super Collider experiments. The circuit is described and tests of Geiger mode APDs for high-energy physics applications are discussed. While the efficiency of the APDs in the circuits considered is limited by the limited bias voltage, even the 30% detection efficiency achievable is quite good in comparison to readily available photocathodes. <<ETX>>