bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
The Effect of IT Integration on Supply Chain Agility Towards Market Performance (A Proposed Study)
Authors: Maleki Far Shaghayegh , Akbari Mohammadreza , J Clarke Steven 
Published: October 2017

Aim/Purpose	: An important objective of any firm is escalation of its performance and the achievement of competitive advantages. Supply chain agility plays a prominent role to enhance the level of firm’s performance. Moreover, information technology (IT) plays a foundational role in supply chain management practices. Hence, this study proposes the relationship between IT integration as the competency of IT and firm’s market performance both directly and through mediating role of supply chain agility.

Background:	Many studies have been done to date on the impact of supply chain agility on overall firm’s performance. However, the effect of an agile supply chain on firm’s market performance per se needs to be studied. Furthermore, there is a gap in the literature about the effect of IT competency such as IT integration on firm’s market performance both directly and through mediating role of supply chain agility.

Recommendation for Researchers:	The first direction this study gives to researchers is to consider the different factors which have significant effect on the agility of supply chain, particularly the IT related ones. The second direction is about the study on the effect of IT competencies and supply chain agility on each category of firm’s performance separately instead of considering it as a one construct.

Impact on Society	: Although this is a conceptual study, it can highlight the importance of IT competency not only in our daily life, but also in our businesses and industries.

Future Research:	This study only proposes some relationships based on theory and literature. Future researchers can test these proposed relationships in different contexts and compare the results. Furthermore, this study proposes the relationships for large manufacturing sector in developing countries. The model could be tested for SMEs as well. In addition, the proposed theoretical model in this study might be tested in both developing as well as developed countries to compare the results which will be contributed to the body of knowledge.
An Analysis of the Effectiveness of the Constructivist Approach in Teaching Business Statistics
Authors: Maheshwari Greeni , Thomas Susan 
Published: October 2017

Aim/Purpose: The main aim of the research is to examine the performance of second language English speaking students enrolled in the Business Statistics course and to investigate the academic performance of students when taught under the constructivist and non-constructivist approaches in a classroom environment.

Background: There are different learning theories that are established based on how students learn. Each of these theories has its own benefits based on the different type of learners and context of the environment. The students in this research are new to the University environment and to a challenging technical course like Business Statistics. This research has been carried out to see the effectiveness of the constructivist approach in motivating and increasing the student engagement and their academic performance.

Methodology	: A total of 1373 students were involved in the quasi-experiment method using Stratified Sampling Method from the year 2015 until 2016.

Contribution: To consider curriculum adjustments for first year programs and implications for teacher education.

Findings: The t-test for unequal variances was used to understand the mean score. Results indicate students have high motivation level and achieve higher mean scores when they are taught using the constructivist teaching approach compared to the non-constructivist teaching approach.

Recommendations for Practitioners: To consider the challenges faced by first year students and create a teaching approach that fits their needs.

Recommendation for Researchers:	To explore in depth other teaching approaches of the Business Statistics course in improving students’ academic performance.

Impact on Society	: The constructivist approach will enable learning to be enjoyable and students to be more confident.

Future Research: The research will assist other lectures teaching Business Statistics in creating a more conducive environment to encourage second language English speaking students to overcome their shyness and be more engaged.
Social Networking – Boon or Bane? Student’s Perception of the Role Social Networking Plays in Helping (or Hindering) Learning
Authors: Sagrario Resurreccion Simbulan Maria 
Published: October 2017

Aim/Purpose: The study focuses on how 107 third and fourth year college students use social networking sites to communicate, to coordinate activities, and to collaborate with family members, classmates, and friends.
Background	This research study looks at the students’ social networking site usage patterns, their frequency of use, online social behavior as well as awareness of risks relating to privacy and unsolicited attention from strangers.

Methodology: This study used a questionnaire to elicit business management students’ perception of social networking’s impact on learning, on relationships with peers, and on the development of critical social and business skills.

Contribution: This research study seeks to explore students’ perception of the importance of social networking sites in their lives as students. This offers an insight to how the respondents use social networking sites, who they interact with on these sites, and how it impacts their family life and academic life.

Findings: The study finds that overall, the impact of social networking among these respondents has been positive though it has yet to help all of the students to find a balance between their personal and academic lives.

Recommendations for Practitioners: Studying the social networking usage behavior of students can help teachers assist and guide them, even beyond class hours, on academic, personal, and career matters.

Impact on Society: While focused on a very small sample of third and fourth year students in the Philippines, the study hopes to offer parents, elders, faculty, and school administrators an insight into the impacts of social networking sites on the lives of students, and to present possible ways to help these young people cope with the pressures of living in a networked, totally connected, 24/7 world.

Future Research: Instances and responses to cyberbullying; the possibility of self-harm or feelings of isolation stemming from unrestricted social networking site use; the role of self-discipline in limiting use of social networking sites during school days.
Natural Catastrophes and Sovereign Bond Prices
Authors: N Schrage Burkhard 
Published: October 2017

Aim/Purpose: This study investigates effects of natural catastrophes on the cost of sovereign debt in developing countries and discusses MNC financing strategies.

Background:	Over the last decades, natural disasters have increased in both number and severity. The combination of higher event frequency and intensity, coupled with fragile economic conditions in emerging market countries, may affect sovereign bond prices—particularly in developing countries—and consequently may have effects on the financing strategy of MNCs

Methodology: Parametric and non-parametric analyses and event study method.

Contribution: The current literature in International Business research has overlooked natural catastrophes as a source of heterogeneity across countries for investment decisions. We develop the theory and demonstrate empirically that both researchers and practitioners should take into account natural disasters when making internationalization decisions.

Findings: We find that natural disasters have a material impact on the bond returns issued by developing country governments and consequently on MNCs’ host-country financing costs.

Recommendations for Practitioners: Practitioners may consider the likelihood of natural disasters when making investment decisions in foreign countries.

Recommendation for Researchers:	Researchers may consider including natural disasters when in internationalization research; our research adds in particular a new dimension to the location choice literature.

Impact on Society: Governments—in particular those in emerging markets—may rethink their strategies of how to “insure” themselves against natural disasters. Not being insured against these disasters result in negative secondary effects on economic development through higher cost of capital, and possible through lower FDI activities.

Future Research: Future research can be done. There are several avenues: using our insights and applying them to governmental reinsurance strategies would be a worthwhile topic. On a different level, one could also investigate further the contingencies of our findings and extend the theoretical framework towards developed markets.
A REVIEW ON THE USE OF REGRESSION ANALYSIS IN STUDIES OF AUDIT QUALITY
Authors: Muliawan Agung Dodit 
Published: October 2017

This study aimed to review how regression analysis has been used in studies of abstract phenomena, such as audit quality, and important concept in the auditing practice (Schroeder et al., 1986), yet is not well defined. The articles reviewed were the research articles that include audit quality as a research variable, either as dependent or independent variables. The articles were purposefully selected to represent a balanced combination between audit specific and more general accounting journals and between Anglo Saxon and Anglo American journals. The articles were published between 1983-2011 and from the A/A class journal based on ERA 2010s classifications. The study found that most of the articles reviewed used multiple regression analyses and treated audit quality as a dependent variable and measured it by using a proxy. This study also highlights the size of the data sample used and the lack of discussions about the assumptions of the statistical analysis used in most of the articles reviewed. This study concluded that the effectiveness and validity of multiple regressions do not only depend on its application by the researchers but also on how the researchers communicate their findings to the audience. ABSTRAKKajian ini bertujuan untuk mereviu bagaimana analisa regresi digunakan dalam suatu fenomena abstrak seperti kualitas audit, suatu konsep yang penting dalam praktik audit (Schroeder et al., 1986) namun belum terdefinisi dengan jelas. Artikel yang direviu dalam kajian ini adalah artikel penelitian yang memasukkan kualitas audit sebagai variabel penelitian, baik sebagai variabel independen maupun dependen. Artikel-artikel tersebut dipilih dengan cara purposif sampling untuk mendapatkan keterwakilan yang seimbang antara artikel jurnal khusus audit dan akuntansi secara umum, serta mewakili jurnal Anglo Saxon dan Anglo American. Artikel yang direviu diterbitkan pada periode 1983-2011 oleh jurnal yang masuk dalam kategori A/A berdasarkan klasifikasi ERA pada tahun 2010. Kajian ini menemukan bahwa sebagian besar artikel-artikel tersebut menggunakan analisa regresi berganda dan menjadikan kualitas audit sebagai variabel dependen serta mengukurnya menggunakan proksi. Kajian ini juga menyoroti ukuran data sampel yang digunakan dan kurangnya pembahasan mengenai asumsi yang digunakan dalam analisa statistik. Kajian ini menyimpulkan bahwa efektivitas dan validitas penggunaan analisa regresi berganda dalam penelitian tidak hanya bergantung pada kemampuan peneliti untuk menggunakannya, namun juga pada kemampuan peneliti untuk mengkomunikasikan hasil penelitiannya kepada pembaca.
PENGELOLAAN SEKTOR MINYAK BUMI DI INDONESIA PASCA REFORMASI: ANALISIS KONSEP NEGARA KESEJAHTERAAN
Authors: Roziqin Roziqin 
Published: October 2017

Oil is a very important commodity in Indonesia, so it should have a significant contribution to public welfare. The objective to create public welfare is in line with the founders of Indonesia's dream as they stated that Indonesia is a welfare state on the preamble of the 1945 constitution. This study aims to analyze problematic factors of oil, oil management policy, and the implementation of the welfare state in the oil sector in Indonesia after the reform. This study uses a qualitative descriptive method that interviews oil-gas experts and auditors of the Audit Board of the Republic of Indonesia. the result of the research in Indonesia has been trying to implement the concept of the welfare state in the oil sector with the active role of the state and efforts to achieve the prosperity of the people. However, the implementations still need continuous improvement. Moreover, Indonesia has not applied economic democracy as the initial spirit of the formation of the welfare state as stated in Article 33 of the Constitution of 1945. This is mainly due to the inclusion of concept market economies which successfully shifted the economic democracy. Thus, the postreform Indonesia has not fully implemented the concept of the welfare state in the oil sector. AbstrakMinyak bumi merupakan komoditas penting di Indonesia sehingga seharusnya dapat berkontribusi banyak dalam mewujudkan kesejahteraan masyarakat. Cita-cita mewujudkan kesejahteraan masyarakat sejalan dengan cita-cita para pendiri Indonesia yang telah mendeklarasikan Indonesia sebagai negara kesejahteraan pada pembukaan Undang-Undang Dasar 1945. Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis faktor-faktor yang dipermasalahkan dari minyak bumi, kebijakan pengelolaan minyak bumi di Indonesia dan implementasi konsep negara kesejahteraan dalam sektor minyak bumi di Indonesia pasca reformasi. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif deskriptif dengan narasumber dari pengamat migas dan auditor Badan Pemeriksa Keuangan Republik Indonesia. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pasca reformasi Indonesia sudah berusaha mengimplementasikan konsep negara kesejahteraan dalam sektor minyak bumi dengan adaya peran aktif negara dan upaya mewujudkan kemakmuran rakyat. Namun demikian, implementasi tersebut masih perlu pembenahan terus menerus. Terlebih, Indonesia belum menerapkan demokrasi ekonomi sebagaimana semangat awal pembentukan negara kesejahteraan dalam Pasal 33 UUD 1945. Hal ini terutama karena masuknya paham ekonomi pasar yang berhasil menggeser demokrasi ekonomi. Dengan demikian, pasca reformasi Indonesia belum sepenuhnya mengimplementasikan konsep negara kesejahteraan dalam sektor minyak bumi.
SMASH: Survey of the MAgellanic Stellar History
Authors: Nidever David L. , Olsen Knut , Walker Alistair R. , Vivas A. Katherina , Blum Robert D. , Kaleida Catherine , Choi Yumi , Conn Blair C. , Gruendl Robert A. , Bell Eric F. , Besla Gurtina , Muñoz Ricardo R. , Gallart Carme , Martin Nicolas F. , Olszewski Edward W. , Saha Abhijit , Monachesi Antonela , Monelli Matteo , de Boer Thomas J. L. , Johnson L. Clifton , Zaritsky Dennis , Stringfellow Guy S. , van der Marel Roeland P. , Cioni Maria-Rosa L. , Jin Shoko , Majewski Steven R. , Martinez-Delgado David , Monteagudo Lara , Noël Noelia E. D. , Bernard Edouard J. , Kunder Andrea , Chu You-Hua , Bell Cameron P. M. , Santana Felipe , Frechem Joshua , Medina Gustavo E. , Parkash Vaishali , Navarrete J. C. Serón , Hayes Christian 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds are unique local laboratories for studying the formation and evolution of small galaxies in exquisite detail. The Survey of the MAgellanic Stellar History (SMASH) is an NOAO community Dark Energy Camera (DECam) survey of the Clouds mapping 480 deg2 (distributed over ∼2400 square degrees at ∼20% filling factor) to ∼24th mag in ugriz. The primary goals of SMASH are to identify low surface brightness stellar populations associated with the stellar halos and tidal debris of the Clouds, and to derive spatially resolved star formation histories. Here, we present a summary of the survey, its data reduction, and a description of the first public Data Release (DR1). The SMASH DECam data have been reduced with a combination of the NOAO Community Pipeline, the PHOTRED automated point-spread-function photometry pipeline, and custom calibration software. The astrometric precision is ∼15 mas and the accuracy is ∼2 mas with respect to the Gaia reference frame. The photometric precision is ∼0.5%–0.7% in griz and ∼1% in u with a calibration accuracy of ∼1.3% in all bands. The median 5σ point source depths in ugriz are 23.9, 24.8, 24.5, 24.2, and 23.5 mag. The SMASH data have already been used to discover the Hydra II Milky Way satellite, the SMASH 1 old globular cluster likely associated with the LMC, and extended stellar populations around the LMC out to R ∼ 18.4 kpc. SMASH DR1 contains measurements of ∼100 million objects distributed in 61 fields. A prototype version of the NOAO Data Lab provides data access and exploration tools.
Target Selection for the SDSS-IV APOGEE-2 Survey
Authors: Zasowski G. , Cohen R. E. , Chojnowski S. D. , Santana F. , Oelkers R. J. , Andrews B. , Beaton R. L. , Bender C. , Bird J. C. , Bovy J. , Carlberg J. K. , Covey K. , Cunha K. , Dell’Agli F. , Fleming Scott W. , Frinchaboy P. M. , García-Hernández D. A. , Harding P. , Holtzman J. , Johnson J. A. , Kollmeier J. A. , Majewski S. R. , Mészáros Sz. , Munn J. , Muñoz R. R. , Ness M. K. , Nidever D. L. , Poleski R. , Román-Zúñiga C. , Shetrone M. , Simon J. D. , Smith V. V. , Sobeck J. S. , Stringfellow G. S. , Szigetiáros L. , Tayar J. , Troup N. 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
APOGEE-2 is a high-resolution, near-infrared spectroscopic survey observing ∼3 × 105 stars across the entire sky. It is the successor to APOGEE and is part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV (SDSS-IV). APOGEE-2 is expanding on APOGEE’s goals of addressing critical questions of stellar astrophysics, stellar populations, and Galactic chemodynamical evolution using (1) an enhanced set of target types and (2) a second spectrograph at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile. APOGEE-2 is targeting red giant branch and red clump stars, RR Lyrae, low-mass dwarf stars, young stellar objects, and numerous other Milky Way and Local Group sources across the entire sky from both hemispheres. In this paper, we describe the APOGEE-2 observational design, target selection catalogs and algorithms, and the targeting-related documentation included in the SDSS data releases.
Resolved Structure of the Arp 220 Nuclei at λ ≈ 3 mm
Authors: Sakamoto Kazushi , Aalto Susanne , Barcos-Muñoz Loreto , Costagliola Francesco , Evans Aaron S. , Harada Nanase , Martín Sergio , Wiedner Martina , Wilner David 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
We analyze the 3 mm emission of the ultraluminous infrared galaxy Arp 220 for the spatially resolved structure and the spectral properties of the merger nuclei. ALMA archival data at ∼0.″05 resolution are used for extensive visibility fitting and deep imaging of the continuum emission. The data are fitted well by two concentric components for each nucleus, such as two Gaussians or one Gaussian plus one exponential disk. The larger components in the individual nuclei are similar in shape and extent, ∼100–150 pc, to the centimeter wave emission due to supernovae. They are therefore identified with the known starburst nuclear disks. The smaller components in both nuclei have about a few 10 pc sizes and peak brightness temperatures (

) more than twice higher than those in previous single-Gaussian fitting. They correspond to the dust emission that we find centrally concentrated in both nuclei by subtracting the plasma emission measured at 33 GHz. The dust emission in the western nucleus is found to have a peak

K and an FWHM of about 20 pc. This component is estimated to have a bolometric luminosity on the order of

and a 20 pc scale luminosity surface density

. A luminous active galactic nucleus is a plausible energy source for these high values while other explanations remain to be explored. Our continuum image also reveals a third structural component of the western nucleus—a pair of faint spurs perpendicular to the disk major axis. We attribute it to a bipolar outflow from the highly inclined (

) western nuclear disk.
¿Ornamento y delito? De Loos a Venturi & Scott Brown.
Authors: Arnau Orenga P. Inés , Bruns Banegas Sergio , Lozano Velasco José María 
Published: October 2017

<p><em>El ornamento en arquitectura ha estado siempre envuelto de polémica, en muchos casos influenciada por una lectura banal de la famosa conferencia de 1908 de Adolf Loos titulada “Ornamento y delito”. Una lectura más profunda de sus textos y el análisis de su obra nos lleva a comprender su posición respecto al ornamento e identificar aquellos elementos que el maestro vienés estaba realmente criticando. No se trata tanto de una crítica directa al ornamento, como de la censura al uso inadecuado del ornamento. Los ejemplos del café Museum o su edificio en Michaelerplatz ilustran sus teorías, al igual que maestros coetáneos como Otto Wagner o Frank Lloyd Wright. Debemos despojarnos de nuestros prejuicios sobre el ornamento, para entender la postura de Adolf Loos. Una postura que no ha perdido vigencia en la arquitectura contemporánea. </em></p>
Bayesian inverse modeling and source location of an unintended 131I release in Europe in the fall of 2011
Authors: Tichý Ondřej , Šmídl Václav , Hofman Radek , Šindelářová Kateřina , Hýža Miroslav , Stohl Andreas 
Published: October 2017

Abstract. In the fall of 2011, iodine-131 (131I) was detected at several radionuclide monitoring stations in central Europe. After investigation, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was informed by Hungarian authorities that 131I was released from the Institute of Isotopes Ltd. in Budapest, Hungary. It was reported that a total activity of 342 GBq of 131I was emitted between 8 September and 16 November 2011. In this study, we use the ambient concentration measurements of 131I to determine the location of the release as well as its magnitude and temporal variation. As the location of the release and an estimate of the source strength became eventually known, this accident represents a realistic test case for inversion models. For our source reconstruction, we use no prior knowledge. Instead, we estimate the source location and emission variation using only the available 131I measurements. Subsequently, we use the partial information about the source term available from the Hungarian authorities for validation of our results. For the source determination, we first perform backward runs of atmospheric transport models and obtain source-receptor sensitivity (SRS) matrices for each grid cell of our study domain. We use two dispersion models, FLEXPART and Hysplit, driven with meteorological analysis data from the global forecast system (GFS) and from European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) weather forecast models. Second, we use a recently developed inverse method, least-squares with adaptive prior covariance (LS-APC), to determine the 131I emissions and their temporal variation from the measurements and computed SRS matrices. For each grid cell of our simulation domain, we evaluate the probability that the release was generated in that cell using Bayesian model selection. The model selection procedure also provides information about the most suitable dispersion model for the source term reconstruction. Third, we select the most probable location of the release with its associated source term and perform a forward model simulation to study the consequences of the iodine release. Results of these procedures are compared with the known release location and reported information about its time variation. We find that our algorithm could successfully locate the actual release site. The estimated release period is also in agreement with the values reported by IAEA and the reported total released activity of 342 GBq is within the 99 % confidence interval of the posterior distribution of our most likely model.