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geWorkbench: an open source platform for integrative genomics
Authors: Floratos Aris , Smith Kenneth , Ji Zhou , Watkinson John , Califano Andrea 
Published: May 2010

Abstract
Summary: geWorkbench (genomics Workbench) is an open source Java desktop application that provides access to an integrated suite of tools for the analysis and visualization of data from a wide range of genomics domains (gene expression, sequence, protein structure and systems biology). More than 70 distinct plug-in modules are currently available implementing both classical analyses (several variants of clustering, classification, homology detection, etc.) as well as state of the art algorithms for the reverse engineering of regulatory networks and for protein structure prediction, among many others. geWorkbench leverages standards-based middleware technologies to provide seamless access to remote data, annotation and computational servers, thus, enabling researchers with limited local resources to benefit from available public infrastructure.
Availability: The project site (http://www.geworkbench.org) includes links to self-extracting installers for most operating system (OS) platforms as well as instructions for building the application from scratch using the source code [which is freely available from the project's SVN (subversion) repository]. geWorkbench support is available through the end-user and developer forums of the caBIG® Molecular Analysis Tools Knowledge Center, https://cabig-kc.nci.nih.gov/Molecular/forums/
Contact: geworkbench@c2b2.columbia.edu
Supplementary Information: Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
Information models leveraging identification of returnable transport items
Authors: Senneset Gunnar , Midtstraum Roger , Forås Eskil , Vevle Geir , Mykland Ingvill H. 
Published: May 2010

PurposeNew technology for equipping returnable transport items (RTI) with unique identification (e.g. RFID) give food industry companies new opportunities for improving business processes. The efficient exploitation poses new demands on the information technology systems in general and on the underlying information models in particular. This paper aims to introduce a generic information model where functionality for handling RTIs with unique identification is included.Design/methodology/approachFunctional requirements are analysed based on process descriptions and use case examples from a real production environment. Detailed information modelling was then done in several iterations using entity‐relationship diagrams. Validation of the model was done based on use cases typical for the food industry.FindingsThe model described is developed within the broad scope of looking at opportunities for using wireless technology to improve business processes and traceability. This includes RFID, RF based sensors, sensor networks and real time location system (RTLS). It is vital that these large amounts of data are linked to identifiable entities for later retrieval and analysis. Unique identification of RTIs can be utilised to ensure that sensor data can be linked both to the RTI and to the content of the RTI. The links between the RTI and the content of the RTI are a basis for improving traceability.Research limitations/implicationsBased on the information model, the next step is to develop a detailed specification for the implementation of the model. The results from the implementation will be used for further evaluation of the model, and might lead to improvements and changes in the model.Practical implicationsEnabling technologies like RFID often lead to changes in existing processes and systems. This work is a contribution to developing more stable and application‐independent information models in food processing companies.Originality/valueThe paper shows that leveraging unique identification of returnable transport items to provide a finer meshed granularity and increased operational visibility of traceable units will not only improve traceability but will also give a more precise basis for process improvements and product differentiation in a food business.
Cultural forces and historical events to shape organizing principles in Korea
Authors: Kim Bowon 
Published: May 2010

PurposeThis paper aims to explore how cultural forces and historical events interact to form a country's organizing principles.Design/methodology/approachCulture influences management in significant ways. In order to understand true influences of culture on a country's economy and management, the paper looks at the dynamic interface between cultural forces and historical events that occurred in the country during the particular time period in point. It proposes that cultural forces and historical events are combined to form organizing principles in the country, which guide managers and workers in the economy to develop unique sets of work ethics: particular historical events reinforce or suppress particular elements of culture. Detailed case studies in Korea are used to support the proposition.FindingsBased on the case studies in Korea, the paper shows how the country's culture and modern history have been intertwined to form organizing principles, which in turn have influenced and guided the country's economic development and firm's management.Originality/valueThis paper makes a rather unique contribution by suggesting an exploratory perspective that the dynamic interplay between cultural forces and historical events forms an economy's work ethics as organizing principles.
Students' entrepreneurial intentions: an inter‐regional comparison
Authors: Franco Mário , Haase Heiko , Lautenschläger Arndt 
Published: May 2010

PurposeThe central research questions which the paper aims to answer are: What are the entrepreneurial intentions of university students in different European regions? What are the factors that most contribute to entrepreneurial intentions and the potential differences between the regions?Design/methodology/approachThis cross‐sectional study explores the prospective career paths of 988 university students from eastern and western Germany as well as from central Portugal. In exploring the “regional dimension” it uses a wide range of variables such as demographic profile, social background, motives for occupational choice and participation in entrepreneurship education.FindingsJust a small fraction of students is disposed to step into self‐employment, and the vast majority has not yet made the decision. When characterizing the potential “founders”, the findings reveal a non or weak influence of demographic profile, social background and participation in entrepreneurship education, but the underlying motives for occupational choice as well as the “regional dimension” are highly relevant.Research limitations/implicationsSince only data from three universities have been analyzed, a simple generalization should be made cautiously. For this reason, it is suggested that further research be conducted to detect regional differences. In addition, students were asked about their entrepreneurial intentions in some cases years before their occupational choices were made. As their perception may alter in the future, longitudinal studies could compensate for this restriction.Originality/valueThe paper finds several motives predominantly related to the intention to enter an entrepreneurial career, all of them of a non‐economic nature. Furthermore, it uncovered the existence of a “regional dimension”, which is the incising element for molding entrepreneurial individuals. When universities intend to fulfill their mission in fostering entrepreneurship, the importance of entrepreneurship education should not be overestimated.
DELNET – the functional resource sharing library network: a success story from India
Authors: Kaul Sangeeta 
Published: May 2010

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to describe the work of DELNET, the successful resource sharing and information provider in India.Design/methodology/approachThe development of DELNET is described, the services it offers and plans for the future.FindingsThe paper finds that DELNET fulfils a vital role in facilitating resource sharing in India and is expanding its role rapidly.Originality/valueThe paper is an up‐to‐date study of resource sharing in India from the perspective of a successful agency.
Information supply beyond text: non‐textual information at the German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB) – challenges and planning
Authors: Brase Jan , Blümel Ina 
Published: May 2010

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to describe the work being done at The German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB) to make non‐textual information, for example three dimensional objects, more easily accessible. The goal is to create workflows and develop tools that allow academic libraries to treat this data in the same way as textual documents within the library processing chain. This implies content‐based indexing and the offering of new kinds of interfaces for searching and displaying results.Design/methodology/approachThe work of TIB on non textual information is described as well as DataCite and its launch in December 2009.FindingsThat the launch of Datacite ensures that this agency will take global leadership for promoting the use of persistent identifiers for datasets, to satisfy the needs of scientists. It will, through its members, establish and promote common methods, best practices, and guidance.Practical implicationsThe work of TIB and the launch of Datacite will ensure that non textual data will become more easily available to researchers.Originality/valueThe value of this work has been underlined recently with the controversy over the accessibility of climate change data.
Chemical “kick start” for the autocatalytic formaldehyde‐free electroless copper plating process
Authors: Steinhäuser Edith , Stamp Lutz , Brandt Lutz 
Published: May 2010

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the use of additives in formaldehyde‐free copper‐plating solutions with low reducing agent (RA) concentration to improve the start reaction of electroless copper deposition and to enable a copper‐plating process which is more environmentally friendly.Design/methodology/approachDifferent additives were investigated and their influence on the plating reaction and deposition rate was elucidated using several deposition trials.FindingsOn palladium‐activated base material, the additives reacted with the palladium and generated additional electrons in the initial phase of the deposition. Thus, the adequate supply of electrons from two sources (RA and additive) permits the deposition of a homogeneous and compact copper layer.Research limitations/implicationsAt the present time, formaldehyde is the established RA in the electroless copper metallization process used with plated through‐holes. Because of its environmental impact, there is a need to replace formaldehyde. In this investigation, the more environmentally friendly glyoxylic acid is used as an autocatalytic RA. However, glyoxylic acid is more expensive and causes undesirable side reactions. In order to keep process costs under control, the concentration of glyoxylic acid in the copper bath should be reduced without affecting the quality of the copper deposits.Originality/valueAdditives can compensate for the lower RA concentration, and thus the lack of essential electrons for the copper deposition.
An implicit discontinuous Galerkin time‐domain method for two‐dimensional electromagnetic wave propagation
Authors: Catella Adrien , Dolean Victorita , Lanteri Stéphane 
Published: May 2010

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to develop a time implicit discontinuous Galerkin method for the simulation of two‐dimensional time‐domain electromagnetic wave propagation on non‐uniform triangular meshes.Design/methodology/approachThe proposed method combines an arbitrary high‐order discontinuous Galerkin method for the discretization in space designed on triangular meshes, with a second‐order Cranck‐Nicolson scheme for time integration. At each time step, a multifrontal sparse LU method is used for solving the linear system resulting from the discretization of the TE Maxwell equations.FindingsDespite the computational overhead of the solution of a linear system at each time step, the resulting implicit discontinuous Galerkin time‐domain method allows for a noticeable reduction of the computing time as compared to its explicit counterpart based on a leap‐frog time integration scheme.Research limitations/implicationsThe proposed method is useful if the underlying mesh is non‐uniform or locally refined such as when dealing with complex geometric features or with heterogeneous propagation media.Practical implicationsThe paper is a first step towards the development of an efficient discontinuous Galerkin method for the simulation of three‐dimensional time‐domain electromagnetic wave propagation on non‐uniform tetrahedral meshes. It yields first insights of the capabilities of implicit time stepping through a detailed numerical assessment of accuracy properties and computational performances.Originality/valueIn the field of high‐frequency computational electromagnetism, the use of implicit time stepping has so far been limited to Cartesian meshes in conjunction with the finite difference time‐domain (FDTD) method (e.g. the alternating direction implicit FDTD method). The paper is the first attempt to combine implicit time stepping with a discontinuous Galerkin discretization method designed on simplex meshes.
Adaptive backstepping controller for linear induction motor position control
Authors: Boucheta A. , Bousserhane I.K. , Hazzab A. , Mazari B. , Fellah M.K. 
Published: May 2010

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to propose mover position control of linear induction motor (LIM) using an adaptive backstepping approach based on field orientation.Design/methodology/approachFirst, the indirect field‐oriented control LIM is derived. Then, an adaptive backstepping approach based on field‐oriented control of LIM is proposed to compensate the uncertainties which occur in the control. Mover position amplitude tracking objective is formulated, under the assumption of unknown total mass of the moving element, viscous friction, and load force, so that the position regulation is achieved.FindingsThe effectiveness and robustness of the proposed control scheme are verified by numerical simulation using Matlab/Simulink model. The numerical validation results of the proposed scheme have presented good transient control performances and robustness to uncertainties compared to the conventional backstepping control design.Originality/valueThe paper presents an adaptive backstepping approach for LIM control that achieves mover position amplitude tracking objective under mechanical parameter variation.
Numerical solution of Brillouin and Raman fiber amplifiers using bvp6c
Authors: Serdar Gokhan Fikri , Yilmaz Gunes 
Published: May 2010

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to demonstrate an effective and faster numerical solution for nonlinear‐coupled differential equations describing fiber amplifiers which have no explicit solution. MATLAB boundary value problem (BVP) solver of bvp6c function is addressed for the solution.Design/methodology/approachCoding method with the bvp6c is introduced, signal evolution, threshold calculation method is introduced, gain and noise figure are plotted and superiority of the bvp6c solver is compared with the Newton‐Raphson method.Findingsbvp6c function appears to be an effective tool for the solution fiber amplifier equations and can be used for different pump configurations of BFAs and RFAs. The excellent agreement between the proposed and reported results shows the reliability of the proposed threshold power calculation method.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper eases the work of the fiber optic research community, who suffer from two point BVPs. Moreover, the stiffness of the signal evolution which is faced with high pump powers and/or long fiber lengths can be solved with continuation. This superiority of the solver can be used to overcome any stiff changes of the signals for the future studies.Practical implicationsThe main outcome of this paper is the numerically calculation of the threshold values of fiber amplifiers without the necessity of the experiment. The robustness improvement of the solution is that the solver is able to solve the equations even with the poor guess values and the solution can be obtained without the necessity of analytical Jacobian matrix.Originality/valueMATLAB bvp6c solver has proven to be effective for the numerical solution of nonlinear‐coupled intensity differential equations describing fiber amplifiers with two‐point boundary values. Beside the signal evolution, thresholds of Brillouin and Raman fiber amplifiers can also be calculated by using the proposed solver. This is a notable and promising improvement of the paper, at least from a fiber optic amplifier designer point of view.
The granting of loans by German banks to SMEs against the background of international financial reporting
Authors: Zuelch Henning , Burghardt Stephan 
Published: May 2010

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine whether the choice of the financial reporting system can influence the credit rating of an enterprise. It aims to argue that small‐ and medium‐sized entities (SMEs) reporting according to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) can – in some cases – benefit from better credit conditions in comparison with reporting according to the German Commercial Code (German‐GAAP). Therefore, the analysis focuses on the perceptions of German banks.Design/methodology/approachThe paper uses the results of a written questionnaire which has been sent to more than 1,500 German banks, which makes it the most comprehensive empirical analysis of the perceptions of German banks concerning the granting of loans.FindingsThe findings show (amongst others) that bank internal ratings can be a motivation for SMEs to change the system of financial reporting from German‐GAAP to IFRS. Surprisingly, enterprises can in some cases even expect a “rating bonus” in the pricing of the credit, if they provide an IFRS statement instead of a statement prepared in accordance with German‐GAAP.Research limitations/implicationsOwing to the rapidly changing accounting environment (concerning IFRS as well as the German Commercial Code), the findings have to be re‐examined by future research.Originality/valueThis paper draws on the present state of research, complementing it for the first time with representative empirical data from the perspective of the decision makers in German credit institutions.
A theory of reasoned action model of accounting students' career choice in public accounting practices in the post‐Enron
Authors: Law Philip K. 
Published: May 2010

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine factors influencing the accounting students' career choice in public accounting practices.Design/methodology/approachMultinomial logistic regression is used to analyze survey data of 214 accounting students from three universities in Hong Kong. Three dependent variables are: pursue a career in public accounting (CPA); general accounting; and a non‐accounting careers.FindingsResults support the TRA model. The two constructs in the model – “intrinsic factors” (attitude toward the behavior) and “parental influence” (subjective norm), make significant and independent contributions to predicting the career choice of accounting students. Results indicate that “intrinsic factors” and “parental influence” have significant influence on the decision whether to select a CPA career. This result is not consistent with the New Zealand study and the Canadian study. Neither the “financial rewards factor” nor the “high school accounting” factor is an influencing factor on the career choice in the post‐Enron. This result is also in contrast to the findings of the literature in the pre‐Enron. The fact that financial rewards variable has no influence on career choice is an interesting finding. There may be a “cultural” factor in Hong Kong linked to the prestige of professions that may outweigh the financial rewards factor. “Flexibility of career options” factor has the highest influencing power among all the variables, possibly influenced by the US Sarbanes Oxley enactments that result in a buoyant job market, and China's convergence with the International Financial Reporting Standards in 2007. Females dominate over males in entering the CPA career or general accounting career.Research limitations/implicationsThe support of the TRA model in this paper could be applied as a useful theoretical framework to examine other accounting areas.Practical implicationsThe Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Big 4 firms should exercise more efforts to improve the traditional accountants' negative image as boring and methodical so as to attract bright students to enter the accounting profession.Originality/valueThe lack of using a theoretical model and prior studies' limitations make any inferences drawn and generalizations difficult. This paper represents the first to the author's knowledge to use the theory of reasoned action (TRA) model from the social psychological literature to examine the issues into the Hong Kong environment.
Board ownership, audit committees' effectiveness and corporate voluntary disclosures
Authors: Akhtaruddin M. , Haron Hasnah 
Published: May 2010

PurposeThe aim of this paper is to examine the linkages between board ownership, audit committees' effectiveness in terms of the proportion of independent non‐executive directors (INED) and expert members on the audit committee and corporate voluntary disclosures.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is based on a sample of 124 public listed companies in Malaysia for studying differences in corporate governance characteristics which affect the financial disclosure.FindingsThe empirical results indicate that that board ownership is associated with lower levels of voluntary disclosures. The result is consistent with the notion that board ownership increases agency costs resulting from information asymmetry between firm management and outsider investors. The negative relationship between board ownership and corporate voluntary disclosure is, however, weaker for firms with higher proportion of INED on the audit committee indicating that INED moderate board ownership/corporate voluntary disclosure relationship. Overall, the findings lend support for firms with a higher level of board ownership to include more independent directors on the audit committee to increase disclosure levels and reduce information asymmetry between firm management and investors.Originality/valueThis paper demonstrates the usefulness of corporate governance factors mainly board ownership and effective audit committee on financial reporting practices. It is expected that this research will have important policy implication to reduce information asymmetry and improves corporate governance.