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Collaboration in Multi-stakeholder, Multi-cultural Organizational Environments
Authors: A Straka Douglas 
Published: October 2017

Aim/Purpose: Governments, private business, and academia have become increasingly aware of the importance of collaboration in multi-stakeholder, multicultural environments. This is due to the globalization and (developing) mutual relationships with other global partners, due to the often varying visions and goals between the respective organizations in managing projects that span those environments.

Background: This research conducts a survey of literature pertaining to organizational collaboration in multi-stakeholder, multicultural environments in government, private business, and academic sectors, conducting an analysis to identify the gaps in the basic questions thus far explored in the literature. The gap analysis will expose the opportunities for greater collaboration in these environments.

Methodology: The author conducted a literature review to identify existing research gaps to focus interviews that will develop multiple case studies in future research.

Contribution/Findings: This literature review has determined gaps in understanding how contributing factors to cultural communication impact collaboration in multi-cultural, multi-stakeholder organizations, encouraging additional research in this area.

Recommendations for Practitioners: Practitioners have the opportunity to develop their use of cultural communication contributing factors, potentially increasing their collaboration efficiency.

Recommendation for Researchers:	Researchers have opportunity to gather empirical evidence that factors of cultural communication may influence collaboration in the multi-cultural, multi-stakeholder environment.
Impact on Society	Improved understanding of how cultural communication factors influence collaboration in multi-cultural, multi-stakeholder organizations can improve organizational efficiency.

Future Research: Gather empirical evidence that factors of cultural communication may influence collaboration in the multi-cultural, multi-stakeholder environment.
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

[This Proceedings paper was revised and published in Informing Science: the International Journal of an Emerging Transdiscipline (InfoSci)]

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.
The Impact of User Interface on Young Children’s Computational Thinking
Authors: Pugnali Alex , Sullivan Amanda , Umashi Bers Marina 
Published: October 2017

Aim/Purpose: Over the past few years, new approaches to introducing young children to computational thinking have grown in popularity. This paper examines the role that user interfaces have on children’s mastery of computational thinking concepts and positive interpersonal behaviors.

Background: There is a growing pressure to begin teaching computational thinking at a young age. This study explores the affordances of two very different programming interfaces for teaching computational thinking: a graphical coding application on the iPad (ScratchJr) and tangible programmable robotics kit (KIBO).

Methodology	: This study used a mixed-method approach to explore the learning experiences that young children have with tangible and graphical coding interfaces. A sample of children ages four to seven (N = 28) participated.

Findings: Results suggest that type of user interface does have an impact on children’s learning, but is only one of many factors that affect positive academic and socio-emotional experiences. Tangible and graphical interfaces each have qualities that foster different types of learning
PENGARUH KARAKTERISTIK KEUANGAN DAN HASIL PEMERIKSAAN PADA KESEJAHTERAAN MASYARAKAT DI PROVINSI SUMATERA UTARA
Authors: Mangkunegara Irfan 
Published: October 2017

One of the implications of decentralization is a performance measurement of local government. Local government performance can be seen from the Evaluation of Local Government Performance score (Mustikarini & Fitriasari, 2012), the efficiency ratio (Marfiana & Kurniasih, 2013), and the Human Development Index (Prasetyaningsih, 2015). HDI is also an indicator of public welfare, so it can be concluded that local government performance can be measured from the level of its public welfare. This research aimed to describe the relationship between the financial characteristics of local government and BPK's audit findings. It uses 34 data from local governments in North Sumatera from 2011 to 2013 and refers to a research model that is composed of Prasetyaningsih (2015). Research shows that the financial characteristics of local government (total asset and capital expenditure) and audit findings have a significant effect on HDI in the local government of North Sumatera Province within the 2011-2013 period. AbstrakSalah satu implikasi dari desentralisasi adalah pengukuran kinerja pemerintah daerah. Kinerja pemerintah daerah dapat dilihat dari nilai Evaluasi Kinerja Penyelenggaraan Pemerintah Daerah (Mustikarini dan Fitriasari, 2012), rasio efisiensi (Marfiana dan Kurniasih, 2013) dan Indeks Pembangunan Manusia (Prasetyaningsih, 2015). IPM juga merupakan indikator kesejahteraan masyarakat, sehingga dapat disimpulkan bahwa kinerja pemerintah daerah dapat diukur dari tingkat kesejahteraan masyarakatnya. Kajian ini dilakukan untuk menggambarkan hubungan karakteristik keuangan pemerintah daerah dan hasil pemeriksaan BPK terhadap kinerja pemerintah daerah dalam mewujudkan kesejahteraan masyarakat yang diproksikan dengan IPM. Kajian ini mengacu pada model penelitian yang disusun oleh Prasetyaningsih (2015) dengan data panel dari 34 pemerintah daerah di Sumatera Utara selama tahun 2011-2013. Hasil kajian ini menunjukkan bahwa terdapatpengaruh yang signifikan antara karakteristik keuangan daerah (total aset dan belanja) dan hasil pemeriksaan atas IPM di Pemerintah Daerah Sumatera Utara periode Tahun 2011-2013.
Temporal population genetic structure in the pollen pool for flowering time: A field experiment with Brassica rapa (Brassicaceae)
Authors: Ison Jennifer L. , Weis Arthur E. 
Published: October 2017

PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Assortative mating by flowering time can cause temporal genetic structure in species with heritable flowering times. A strong temporal structure, when coupled with a seasonal shift in selection, may lead to adaptive temporal clines. We implemented a prospective and retrospective method to estimate the temporal genetic structure in the pollen pool of Brassica rapa.METHODS:The prospective method uses flowering schedules to estimate the seasonal shift in the pollen donors’ phenotype. By examining the offspring generation, we can get a direct estimate of temporal genetic structure, i.e., a retrospective estimate. However, this estimate is problematic because of the phenotypic correlation of the trait of interest, flowering time, between dam and sire. We developed a novel retrospective method that isolates flowering time by holding the maternal contribution constant and sampled the pollen pool in eight open‐pollinated field plots throughout the flowering season.KEY RESULTS:We found temporal genetic structure for flowering time in seven of the eight field plots. Interestingly, the direct (retrospective) temporal structure estimate was 35% larger than the prospective estimate based on flowering schedules. Spatial clumping of pollen donors did not affect temporal structure, but structure intensified when heritability was experimentally enhanced.CONCLUSIONS:Temporal genetic structure, especially for flowering time, likely occurs in many plant populations and may be underestimated using a prospective method. We discuss the genome‐wide consequences of temporal genetic structure and the potential for adaptive temporal clines in plant populations.
Linking wood traits to vital rates in tropical rainforest trees: Insights from comparing sapling and adult wood
Authors: Osazuwa‐Peters Oyomoare L. , Wright S. Joseph , Zanne Amy E. 
Published: October 2017

PREMISE OF THE STUDY:Wood density is the top predictor of growth and mortality rates (vital rates) but with modest explanatory power at best. Stronger links to vital rates are expected if wood density is decomposed into its anatomical properties at sapling and adult stages, since saplings and adults differ in wood traits and vital rates. We examined whether anatomical determinants of wood density and strength of the relationship between wood traits and vital rates shift between saplings and adults.METHODS:Using wood segments from near pith (sapling) and near bark (adult) for 20 tree species (three adults each) from Barro Colorado Island, Panama, we quantified wood traits. Vital rates for saplings and adults were obtained from an earlier study.KEY RESULTS:Anatomical predictors of wood density were similar for sapling and adult wood, with wood density variation largely explained by fiber lumen area and fiber wall fraction. In sapling wood only, growth rates decreased with fiber wall fraction and increased with fiber lumen area, while mortality rates increased with vessel area but decreased with fiber wall fraction and vessel density.CONCLUSIONS:Wood traits of sapling trees provide functional insight into the growth–mortality tradeoff. Sapling wood with relatively large fiber lumen area and wide vessels, enabling faster hydraulic transport but less mechanical strength, is associated with fast growth and high mortality. Sapling wood with relatively more fiber wall and many narrow vessels, enabling greater mechanical strength but slower hydraulic transport, is associated with slow growth and low mortality.
The Pointing Self-calibration Algorithm for Aperture Synthesis Radio Telescopes
Authors: Bhatnagar S. , Cornwell T. J. 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
This paper is concerned with algorithms for calibration of direction-dependent effects (DDE) in aperture synthesis radio telescopes (ASRT). After correction of direction-independent effects (DIE) using self-calibration, imaging performance can be limited by the imprecise knowledge of the forward gain of the elements in the array. In general, the forward gain pattern is directionally dependent and varies with time due to a number of reasons. Some factors, such as rotation of the primary beam with Parallactic Angle for Azimuth–Elevation mount antennas are known a priori. Some, such as antenna pointing errors and structural deformation/projection effects for aperture-array elements cannot be measured a priori. Thus, in addition to algorithms to correct for DD effects known a priori, algorithms to solve for DD gains are required for high dynamic range imaging. Here, we discuss a mathematical framework for antenna-based DDE calibration algorithms and show that this framework leads to computationally efficient optimal algorithms that scale well in a parallel computing environment. As an example of an antenna-based DD calibration algorithm, we demonstrate the Pointing SelfCal (PSC) algorithm to solve for the antenna pointing errors. Our analysis show that the sensitivity of modern ASRT is sufficient to solve for antenna pointing errors and other DD effects. We also discuss the use of the PSC algorithm in real-time calibration systems and extensions for antenna Shape SelfCal algorithm for real-time tracking and corrections for pointing offsets and changes in antenna shape.
The Dependence of Convective Core Overshooting on Stellar Mass: A Semi-empirical Determination Using the Diffusive Approach with Two Different Element Mixtures
Authors: Claret Antonio , Torres Guillermo 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
Convective core overshooting has a strong influence on the evolution of stars of moderate and high mass. Studies of double-lined eclipsing binaries and stellar oscillations have renewed interest in the possible dependence of overshooting on stellar mass, which has been poorly constrained by observations so far. Here, we have used a sample of 29 well-studied double-lined eclipsing binaries in key locations of the H–R diagram to establish the explicit dependence of

on mass, where

is the free parameter in the diffusive approximation to overshooting. Measurements of the masses, radii, and temperatures of the binary components were compared against stellar evolution calculations based on the MESA code to infer semi-empirical values of

for each component. We find a clear mass-dependence such that

rises sharply from zero in the range

, and levels off thereafter up to the 4.4

limit of our sample. Tests with two different element mixtures indicate the trend is the same, and we find it to also be qualitatively similar to the one established in our previous study with the classical step-function implementation of overshooting characterized by the free parameter

. Based on these measurements, we infer an approximate relationship between the two overshooting parameters of

, with a possible dependence on stellar properties.
The Chemical Abundance Structure of the Inner Milky Way: A Signature of “Upside-down” Disk Formation
Authors: Freudenburg Jenna K. C. , Weinberg David H. , Hayden Michael R. , Holtzman Jon A. 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
We present a model for the

distribution of stars in the inner Galaxy,

, measured as a function of vertical distance

from the midplane by Hayden et al. (H15). Motivated by an “upside-down” scenario for thick disk formation, in which the thickness of the star-forming gas layer contracts as the stellar mass of the disk grows, we combine one-zone chemical evolution with a simple prescription in which the scale-height of the stellar distribution drops linearly from

to

over a timescale t

c
, remaining constant thereafter. We assume a linear-exponential star formation history,

. With a star formation efficiency timescale

, an outflow mass-loading factor

,

, and

, the model reproduces the observed locus of inner disk stars in

and the metallicity distribution functions (MDFs) measured by H15 at

,

, and

. Substantial changes to model parameters lead to disagreement with the H15 data; for example, models with

or

fail to match the observed MDF at high-

and low-

, respectively. The inferred scale-height evolution, with z

h
(t) dropping on a timescale

at large lookback times, favors upside-down formation over dynamical heating of an initially thin stellar population as the primary mechanism regulating disk thickness. The failure of our short-t

c
models suggests that any model in which thick disk formation is a discrete event will not reproduce the continuous dependence of the MDF on

found by H15. Our scenario for the evolution of the inner disk can be tested by future measurements of the

-distribution and the age–metallicity distribution at

.
IL-17A–Induced PLET1 Expression Contributes to Tissue Repair and Colon Tumorigenesis
Authors: Zepp Jarod A. , Zhao Junjie , Liu Caini , Bulek Katazyna , Wu Ling , Chen Xing , Hao Yujun , Wang Zhenghe , Wang Xinxin , Ouyang Wenjun , Kalady Matthew F. , Carman Julie , Yang Wen-Pin , Zhu Jun , Blackburn Clare , Huang Yina H. , Hamilton Thomas A. , Su Bing , Li Xiaoxia 
Published: October 2017

Abstract
This study identifies a novel mechanism linking IL-17A with colon tissue repair and tumor development. Abrogation of IL-17A signaling in mice attenuated tissue repair of dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced damage in colon epithelium and markedly reduced tumor development in an azoxymethane/DSS model of colitis-associated cancer. A novel IL-17A target gene, PLET1 (a progenitor cell marker involved in wound healing), was highly induced in DSS-treated colon tissues and tumors in an IL-17RC–dependent manner. PLET1 expression was induced in LGR5+ colon epithelial cells after DSS treatment. LGR5+PLET1+ marks a highly proliferative cell population with enhanced expression of IL-17A target genes. PLET1 deficiency impaired tissue repair of DSS-induced damage in colon epithelium and reduced tumor formation in an azoxymethane/DSS model of colitis-associated cancer. Our results suggest that IL-17A–induced PLET1 expression contributes to tissue repair and colon tumorigenesis.
<i>Dryopteris filix-mas</i> (Dryopteridaceae) leaves inhibit mouse uterine activity
Authors: Bafor Enitome E. , Omokaro Wellington O. , Uwumarongie Osamuyi H. , Elvis-Offiah Uloma B. , Omoruyi Osemelomen , Viegelmann Christina V. , Edrada-Ebel RuAngelie 
Published: October 2017

Background: The plant Dryopteris filix-mas has been used traditionally for its uterine-stimulant effects.Aim: The current study is therefore aimed at investigating and determining the effect of the leaves of D. filix-mas on uterine contractility in vitro.Setting: Fresh leaves of D. filix-mas were collected from a river bank in the south-western part of Nigeria.Methods: The leaves of D. filix-mas were cleaned, dried and extracted in methanol. The extract (0.07 µg/mL–21.0 µg/mL) was tested on the isolated mouse uteri in order to determine activity on spontaneous-induced uterine contractions. Subsequently the extract (0.005 mg/mL and 0.05 mg/mL) was tested on oxytocin-induced contraction (0.00017 ng/mL–4.98 ng/mL) in calcium-containing media, submaximal oxytocin-induced contraction (0.116 ng/mL) in calcium-free media and in the presence of high KCl-induced uterine contractions (80 mM). The extract was also subjected to mass spectrometric determination of secondary metabolites.Results: The plant extract inhibited spontaneous-induced contractions with IC50 amplitude = 658.41 ng/mL ± 0.11 ng/mL and IC50 frequency = 175.32 ng/mL ± 0.53 ng/mL. The plant extract inhibited oxytocin-induced and high KCl-induced uterine contractions (p < 0.01 at 0.5 mg/mL). The plant extract had no effect on oxytocin-induced contractions under calcium-free conditions. Secondary metabolites belonging to classes of fatty acids, alkaloids, saponin glycosides, amino acids, limonoids, terpenes and porphyrins were identified.Conclusion: The current study reports an inhibitory effect of the plant on uterine contractility in this study, suggesting possible application as a tocolytic or as a contraceptive, as most contraceptive plants have shown uterine-relaxing effect.
Vivienda en Villarcayo, Burgos, España.
Authors: Arquitectos Pereda Pérez 
Published: October 2017

<p>Obra: Vivienda en Villarcayo, Burgos, Spain.</p><p><span>Arquitectos: Carlos Pereda Iglesias y Óscar Pérez Silanes. </span></p><p>Fecha de proyecto y obra: 2007/9 y 2012/10</p>
Centro de día para el Valle de Losa, Burgos, España
Authors: Arquitectos Pereda Pérez 
Published: October 2017

<p>Obra: Centro de día para el Valle de Losa, Burgos, España</p><p>Arquitectos: Carlos Pereda Iglesias y Óscar Pérez Silanes</p><p>Fecha proyecto y fin de obra: 2015/02. En construcción</p><p> </p>
A modelling study of eddy-splitting by an island/seamount
Authors: Yang Shengmu , Xing Jiuxing , Chen Daoyi , Chen Shengli 
Published: October 2017

Abstract. A mesoscale eddy's trajectory and its interaction with topography under the planetary β and nonlinear effects in the South China Sea are examined using the MIT General Circulation Model (MITgcm). Warm eddies propagate to the southwest while cold eddies propagate to the northwest. The propagation speed of both warm and cold eddies is about 2.4 km day−1 in the model. The eddy trajectory and its structure are affected by an island or a seamount, in particular, under certain conditions, the eddy may split during the interaction with an island/seamount. We focus this research on two parameters R and S (where R and S are two dimensionless parameters of the island size and submergence depth; R is the ratio of the island radius to the eddy radius, and S is the ratio of the seamount submergence depth to the eddy vertical length). The results of sensitivity experiments with varying island or seamount geometry indicate that the eddy would split in the qualitative range of 1∕4  <  R  <  2 and S  <  1∕5. The scale of the secondary eddy split-off decreases as the island diameter or the seamount submergence depth increases. In the splitting process, besides the off-spring eddy, there are also some filaments or eddies with opposite vorticity appearing around the eddy. Eddy-splitting, therefore, is an important way to transform energy from the mesoscale to sub-mesoscale in the ocean.