cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Nonparametric Confidence Intervals for Receiver Operating Characteristic Curves
Creators: name: Hall, Peter G.
name: Hyndman, Rob J.
name: Fan, Yanan
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: We study methods for constructing confidence intervals, and confidence bands, for estimators of receiver operating characteristics. Particular emphasis is placed on the way in which smoothing should be implemented, when estimating either the characteristic itself or its variance. We show that substantial undersmoothing is necessary if coverage properties are not to be impaired. A theoretical analysis of the problem suggests an empirical, plug-in rule for bandwidth choice, optimising the coverage accuracy of interval estimators. The performance of this approach is explored. Our preferred technique is based on asymptotic approximation, rather than a more sophisticated approach using the bootstrap, since the latter requires a multiplicity of smoothing parameters all of which must be chosen in nonstandard ways. It is shown that the asymptotic method can give very good performance.
MURO, E. Gil de, Edith Stein, Imolação por Amor, A. O. Braga, Col. «Testemunhas », Edições Carmelo, Oeiras, 1989
Creators: name: Silva, Fernando
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 2004

description: Theologica, v. 39 n. 1 (2004): Identidade social do cristianismo
Manuel Fernando Sousa e Silva, Direito Sacramental – I: Sacramentos da Iniciação Cristã e Sacramentais; José António Gomes da Silva Marques, Direito Sacramental – II: Direito Matrimonial Canónico
Creators: name: Nogueira, Eurico Dias
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 2005

description: Theologica, v. 40 n. 1 (2005): Doutrina social da Igreja: um panorama
Status Quo Bias in Judgements of Active Travel Infrastructure - Study 4
Creators: name: McGowan, Féidhlim
name: Timmons, Shane
name: Lunn, Peter D
name: Andersson, Ylva
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Applied Behavior Analysis
subject: Behavioral Economics
subject: Experimental Analysis of Behavior
subject: Quantitative Psychology
subject: Economics
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: A detailed preregistration document can be found under project files (SQB Study 4 Pre-Reg.pdf)
The role of relationship strength in the formation of the customer-contact employee relationship
Creators: name: Wong, Amy
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: While relationship building and management, or what has been labelled relationship marketing is an old idea, it is also a new focus at the forefront of services marketing/management practice and academic research. The impetus for its development has come from the globalisation of business, technological advances, shorter product life cycles and the evolving recognition of the importance of customer retention and customer relationship economics. Despite the blossoming of relationship marketing, the creation of a conceptual framework for understanding its properties and studying its possibilities is still underdeveloped. This study therefore aims to investigate the antecedents and consequences of relationship strength in the service industry. A conceptual model is proposed that provides a framework for firm-controlled antecedent conditions such as the level of service quality and customer satisfaction provided and the use of relational bonds, and tests their impact on customer trust and commitment. This model then seeks to explore, from a customer's perspective, the influence of customer trust and commitment on attitudinal outcomes such as perceived relationship quality as well as behavioural outcomes such as loyalty to company, propensity to switch and willingness to pay more. Finally, future research is needed to provide empirical support for the proposed correlations between the constructs presented in the relationship strength model.
Is management-by-exception a single factor ?
Creators: name: Densten, Iain L.
name: Gray, Judy
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The current study examines the leadership behavior of Management-by-Exception by using quantitative and qualitative methods. By distinguishing between manifest (observable) and latent (unobservable) variables, the study enabled the concept of Management-by-Exception to be clarified. A sample of 480 senior police officers was used. The results support the notion that Management-by-Exception should be considered as a single latent variable. Qualitative analysis identified three manifest variables that are observable indicators of Management-of-Exception. Implications for investigating leadership using both quantitative and qualitative research methods are discussed.
Two canonical VARMA forms: Scalar component models vis-à-vis the Echelon form
Creators: name: Athanasopoulos, George
name: Poskitt, D. S.
name: Vahid, Farshid
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: In this paper we study two methodologies which identify and specify canonical form VARMA models. The two methodologies are: (i) an extension of the scalar component methodology which specifies canonical VARMA models by identifying scalar components through canonical correlations analysis and (ii) the Echelon form methodology which specifies canonical VARMA models through the estimation of Kronecker indices. We compare the actual forms and the methodologies on three levels. Firstly we present a theoretical comparison. Secondly, we present a Monte-Carlo simulation study that compares the performance of the two methodologies in identifying some pre-specified data generating processes. Lastly we compare the out-of-sample forecast performance of the two forms when models are fitted to real macroeconomic data.
Identification of unmet palliative care needs of nursing home residents: a scoping review protocol
Creators: name: Tabirca, Sabin
name: Crowley, Patrice
name: Cornally, Nicola
name: Saab, Mohamad
name: Ronan, Isabel
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Palliative Care
subject: Medical Specialties
subject: care home
subject: long term care
subject: nursing home
subject: palliative care
subject: scoping review protocol
subject: screening
subject: unmet needs

description: Nursing homes residents have complex characteristics such as life limiting illnesses, multiple comorbidities, and frailty as well as high mortality rates often making them eligible for palliative care (Milte et al., 2022; Kristensen et al., 2023). However, frequently, nursing home residents do not receive palliative care relative to their need resulting in unmet care needs (Lima and Miller, 2018; Temkin-Greener et al., 2015). Identifying residents with unmet palliative care needs has been recognised as a key area for research (Carpenter et al. 2020; Hawley, 2017). Therefore, this scoping review aims to map the available evidence on identifying unmet palliative care needs of nursing home residents.
Public sector reforms in Sri Lanka: an empirical study
Creators: name: Samaratunge, Ramanie
name: Bennington, Lynne
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Despite serious doubts emerging about the efficiency of New Public Management (NPM) in western countries, developing countries may still be adopting part, or all, of this model. This paper examines Sri Lanka's recent experiments with NPM in the context of overall public sector reforms. Interviews with Ministers, ex-Ministers and senior bureaucrats focussed on the level of understanding of the concept, the extent of implementation of NPM, the impact of NPM on the relationship between bureaucrats and politicians and the issues for Sri Lanka. The evidence suggests that some elements of N PM are already to be found in Sri Lanka and there is a trend towards adopting further elements of the NPM model. New initiatives to improve transparency in the public sector management are of paramount importance to the country. The reforms will demand new skills and attitudes from both bureaucrats and politicians but it is questionable whether the necessary political will exists for such reforms.
MOESM1 of Phenotyping analysis of maize stem using micro-computed tomography at the elongation and tasseling stages
Creators: name: Zhang, Ying
name: Ma, Liming
name: Wang, Jinglu
name: Wang, Xiaodong
name: Guo, Xinyu
name: Du, Jianjun
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1. The pseudo-codes of related algorithms and data structure.
How are a partner’s targets in visual search represented?: Investigating co-representation through search time and distractor memory
Creators: name: Sebanz, Natalie
name: Ueda, Yoshiyuki
name: Chifumi Sakata
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences

description: We often experience visual search with another person in our daily lives: for example, we jointly go grocery shopping or browse a menu at a restaurant. While an extensive amount of research has investigated the cognitive mechanisms involved in individual visual search settings, less research has focused on joint search settings (Sakata et al., 2023; Wahn et al., 2018). Interestingly, joint search affects our incidental memory. When participants in a pair search for different targets, they unintentionally remember not only their own target but also the partner’s target better than other distractors. This is called the joint memory effect (Elekes & Sebanz, 2020; Sakata et a., 2023). It results from co-representation of the partner’s task. However, the specific mechanism involved in joint visual search and their effects on memory remain unclear.
When participants search for a certain target, they form a target template to match with items in the search display and detect the target. Likewise, participants acting together may also form a template of the partner’s target. A previous study investigated joint search, where two participants searched for different color targets in cooperation or competition and found that they attended to both colors (Dötsch et al., 2022), suggesting that they may have prepared templates for detecting both their own and the partner’s target color. Alternatively, people may not form such a template of the partner’s target but may still recognize the partner’s target more readily than other distractors because it is salient, given that participants take the other’s task into account. Post-selection processing could then occur (Ort & Olivers, 2020) that interacts with the long-term memory for targets (Wolfe, 2021). The partner’s target may be more deeply encoded than other distractors during this processing, resulting in the joint memory effect.
Genetic variation of wild population Stone lapping minnow (Garra cambodgiensis) in the Wa River (tributary of upper Nan River watershed), Nan province
Creators: name: Chaowalee Jaisuk;Patchara Nithirojpakdee
Publisher: name: Faculty of Agriculture
Year: 2020
Subjects: Stone lapping minnow (Garra cambodgiensis), Genetic variation, Microsatellite

description: Khon Kaen Agriculture Journal, 48, 1, 55-66
Performance Management In The Australian Public Service
Creators: name: Anderson, Eve
name: Leech, B.
name: Teicher, J.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The Australian Public Service (APS) has striven to become a performance-focused public service over the last two decades. This paper provides an overview of potential traps in performance management, particularly in public services, and then assesses the degree to which these traps have been avoided in the Australian Public Service (APS). While most agencies seek to manage employee performance so that it is aligned with organisational outcomes, there are problems, particularly in relation to confidence in the measures chosen, the skills and commitment of management, the fairness of the system and cultural resistance. To assist the APS in improving its performance management, the APS Management Advisory Committee has developed a guide which offers appropriate sentiments with regard to alignment, credibility and integration. However, much of the advice is not tangible, nor does it address the specific complexities of performance management in public services. Nor is there any analysis of the overall costs, benefits and organisational outcomes. While we agree that performance management is a 'work in progress', we see no evidence of the APS receiving clear guidance in avoiding the potential pitfalls, nor any attempt to assess whether performance management has efficiently and effectively contributed to organisational outcomes. The way forward for APS agencies remains a difficult path and future positive outcomes from performance management are far from certain.
The Extent and Consequences of Recent Structural Changes in the Australian Economy, 1997-2002: Results from Historical/Decomposition Simulations with Monash
Creators: name: Giesecke, James
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The paper describes historical and decomposition simulations of the Australian economy undertaken with the MONASH model. The simulations cover the period 1996/97 to 2001/02. The paper first describes the historical simulation. In the historical simulation, many of those sectoral variables in MONASH which represent observable features of the economy are determined exogenously. This allows the model to calculate the outcomes for sectoral variables describing (typically unobservable) features of the economy's structure, such as industry production technologies and household tastes. The estimates for these structural and taste variables play a key role in explaining the observable features of the economy over the study period. To isolate the contribution of each of these structural features to observed economic outcomes, they are fed back into the model as exogenous shocks in the decomposition simulation. The decomposition simulation is then used to explain the causes of major changes in the Australian economy over the period 1996/97 - 2001/02 in terms of changes in technologies, tastes and other structural variables.
Quality Management in the Australian Service Industry: Progress or Problems?
Creators: name: Gray, Judy H.
name: Sohal, Amrik S.
name: Sarros, James C.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This paper reports the results of a two part research project investigating quality management practices in the Australian service industry. The first part of the project was a six months study of Australian daily newspapers. Using content analysis methodology, Australian management's concerns for competitiveness were identified. The paper first reports on the 29 per cent of cases that dealt with Total Quality Management, productivity issues. World Best Practice, customer focus and quality service. Aspects of the business environment that encourage management to re-examine sources of competitive advantage are presented. The second part of the research was an extensive survey of Australian companies in the service industry to evaluate the extent to which quality management practices have been adopted. The survey findings together with qualitative data indicate that the majority of service industry companies surveyed are concerned with the implementation of quality management programs. Impediments to implementation are also examined and implications of the findings and further research are discussed.
Additional file 1 of Exogenous application of xanthine and uric acid and nucleobase-ascorbate transporter MdNAT7 expression regulate salinity tolerance in apple
Creators: name: Sun, Tingting
name: Pei, Tingting
name: Yang, Lulu
name: Zhang, Zhijun
name: Li, Mingjun
name: Liu, Yuerong
name: Ma, Fengwang
name: Liu, Changhai
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Primers used in this study.
Multivariate tests of asset pricing: simulation evidence from an emerging market
Creators: name: Iqbal, Javed
name: Brooks, Robert D.
name: Galagedera, Don U. A.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The finite sample performance of the Wald, GMM and Likelihood Ratio (LR) tests of multivariate asset pricing tests have been investigated in several studies on the US financial markets. This paper extends this analysis in two important ways. Firstly, considering the fact that the Wald test is not invariant to alternative non-linear formulation of the null hypothesis the paper investigates whether alternative forms of the Wald and GMM tests result in considerable difference in size and power. Secondly, the paper extends the analysis to the emerging market data. Emerging markets provide an interesting practical laboratory to test asset pricing models. The characteristics of emerging markets are different from the well developed markets of US, Japan and Europe. It is found that the asymptotic Wald and GMM tests based on Chi-Square critical values result in considerable size distortions. The bootstrap tests yield the correct sizes. Multiplicative from of bootstrap GMM test appears to outperform the LR test when the returns deviate from normality and when the deviations from the asset pricing model are smaller. Application of the bootstrap tests to the data from the Karachi Stock Exchange strongly supports the zero-beta CAPM. However the low power of the multivariate tests warrants a careful interpretation of the results.
Pathways to Occupational Therapy: Experiences of LGBTQIA+ Practitioners
Creators: name: Stephanie Berkowitz, Karly Dean Reyes, Alexis Jessup, Taylor Jordan, Abigail Mccoy, Grace Rettew
name: Linn Wakeford
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2023

description: The poster was created by Masters of Occupational Therapy students for their OCCT 992:Applied Research course. Students interviewed occupational therapy practitioners who identified as part of the LGBTQIA+ community to explore there trajectory to the discipline
Paths to Occupational Therapy: Experiences of Practitioners with Disabilities
Creators: name: Marissa Barber, Faith Best, Kearstyn Brown, Lacy Chronister, Daniel Rosenbaum, Skylar Wheeler and Lauren Winnix
name: Nancy Bagatell
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2023

description: This poster was created by Masters students in the Occupational therapy department for OCCT 992: Applied Research. Students interviewed occupational therapy practitioners that have a disability and explored their trajectory to the discipline.
Is a Quality System Worthwhile if It Doesn't Improve Customer Satisfaction? A Case Study Examining the Value of Implementing an IT-based Business Management System
Creators: name: Seen, Megan
name: Beaumont, Nicholas
name: Mingins, Christine
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This paper reports on the experiences of an Australian software development firm that implemented an information technology (IT)-supported business management system (BMS) to gain ISO 9001 certification. Data was gathered before and after implementation to measure the changes brought about by the BMS. The results indicate that a BMS may ostensibly have little effect on customer satisfaction levels for suppliers that have already implemented effective work practices. However, in these circumstances, a BMS can be implemented and certification obtained at low cost, and other benefits may be realised. Consideration of these and other factors will help managers evaluate the potential value of a BMS to an organisation.
Evaluation of the LIAISE Program
Creators: name: Summers, Michael
name: Batterham, Roy
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This is an evaluation of a three year pilot program, LIAISE, which provides independent living skills training and community integration assistance to people with acquired brain injury who are living in the Victorian Department of Human Services' Southern Metropolitan Region. A combination of methods, including program theory, quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis, and case studies were used in the evaluation. It was found that LIAISE has gradually shifted from primarily providing independent living skills training to a more holistic focus with a substantial increase in the amount of case management services provided. The need for a more holistic approach was substantiated by the literature. In regards to the value and usefulness of LIAISE to its clients and their families, the evaluation was overwhelmingly positive. Many of these people had been living for many years with little or no assistance from the health and community services sector, and found that the quality of their lives substantially improved with their involvement in LIAISE. Service providers interviewed also clearly valued LIAISE and emphasised the gap in services that it now fills. It was therefore recommended that the LIAISE program continue. Recommendations were also made regarding the need to maintain a flexible and holistic approach to meeting the needs of people with ABI living in the community. It is less clear whether LIAISE represents value-for-money and will be viable under the Victorian Department of Human Service's unit costing funding system. Typically unit costing is based primarily on the hours of direct service provision (direct being defined as time spent with the client). LIAISE's direct client hours as a proportion of staff time is approximately half that of other similar services. Given the level of client and service provider satisfaction with the service it may be that the mix of client and non-client time curently provided is generally appropriate, but It was recommended that some small improvements be made to increase direct client time. It was also noted that the application of unit cost funding to LIAISE needed to support rather than restrict its flexibility and the range of services provided.
Additional file 5 of CATI: an efficient gene integration method for rodent and primate embryos by MMEJ suppression
Creators: name: Chen, Hongyu
name: Liu, Xingchen
name: Li, Lanxin
name: Tan, Qingtong
name: Li, Shiyan
name: Li, Li
name: Li, Chunyang
name: Fu, Jiqiang
name: Lu, Yong
name: Wang, Yan
name: Sun, Yidi
name: Luo, Zhen-Ge
name: Lu, Zongyang
name: Sun, Qiang
name: Liu, Zhen
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 5: Table S4. Donor DNA used in this study, related to Method.
Adaptive Premiums for Evolutionary Claims in Non-life Insurance
Creators: name: Gay, Roger
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Rapid growth in heavy-tailed claim severity in commercial liability insurance requires insurer response by way of flexible mechanisms to update premiums. To this end in this paper a new premium principle is established for heavy-tailed claims, and its properties investigated. Risk-neutral premiums for heavy-tailed claims are consistently and unbiasedly estimated by the ratio of the first two extremes of the claims distribution. That is, the heavy-tailed risk-neutral premium has a Pareto distribution with the same tail-index as the claims distribution. Insurers must predicate premiums on larger tail-index values, if solvency is to be maintained. Additionally, the structure of heavy-tailed premiums is shown to lead to a natural model for tail-index imprecision (demonstrably inescapable in the sample sizes with which we deal). Premiums which compensate for tail-index uncertainty preserve the ratio structure of risk-neutral premiums, but make a 'prudent' adjustment which reflects the insurer's risk-profile. An example using Swiss Re's (1999) major disaster data is used to illustrate application of the methodology to the largest claims in any insurance class.
Approximate calculation of functional integrals arising from the operator approach
Creators: name: Ayryan, Edik
name: Buša, Ján
name: Hnatič, Michal
name: Lučivjanský, Tomáš
name: Malyutin, Victor
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We apply the operator approach to a stochastic system belonging to a class of death-birth processes, which we introduce utilizing the master equation approach. By employing Doi- Peliti formalism we recast the master equation in the form of a Schrödinger-like equation. Therein appearing pseudo-Hamiltonian is conveniently expressed in a suitable Fock space, constructed using bosonic-like creation and annihilation operators. The kernel of the associated time evolution operator is rewritten using a functional integral, for which we propose an approximate method that allows its analytical treatment. The method is based on the expansion in eigenfunctions of the Hamiltonian generating given functional integral. In this manner, we obtain approximate values for the probabilities of the system being in the first and second states for the case of the pure birth process.
Unprotective Tariffs, Ineffective Liberalization and Other Mysteries: An Investigation of the Endogenous Dimensions of Trade Policy Formation in Australia
Creators: name: Tombazos, Christis G.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: At the forefront of empirical research on Australia's trade policies two items seem to have attracted consideiable interest (i) the host of determinants of the highly dispersed tariff concessions, and (ii) the impact of liberalization on imports. Studies that investigate the former, in the context of endogenous trade policy formation, examine the impact of import penetration on tariffs, and studies that investigate the latter consider the effect of tariffs on import penetration. Despite the obvious simultaneity of these variables, research lines (i) and (ii) followed separate paths by only considering uni-directional causal relationships. And yet, these paths do converge. The meeting point: perplexing results! Tariffs are found to protect those industries that have the least use for protection, and liberalization is often determined to be entirely ineffectual in stimulating imports. In this paper we argue that the source of these puzzling results is found in the misspecification of the employed frameworks of analysis that ignore relevant feedback effects. This is illustrated using a model that facilitates the simultaneous determination of import penetration and tariffs. the results are startling. When the bi-directional causal relationship between the two variables is "disentangled" the estimated impact of import penetration on the tariff level increases by a fivefold, and that of tariffs on import penetration doubles.
Enterprise Bargaining and Health Services: A Special Case?
Creators: name: Fox, Carol
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The promotion of decentralised collective bargaining and the right to strike were central elements of federal legislative reforms operative from early 1994. The reforms also enabled compulsory arbitration, at tribunal discretion, in essential services. This examination of five public health services disputes reveals decentralised bargaining to be impracticable where significant labour costs are involved. A distinction between nominal and operational bargaining structure is developed and legislative recognition of the reality of centralised, multi-employer bargaining is advocated. The essential services dispute settlement provisions are found to continue the Australian tradition of the co-existence of collective bargaining and compulsory arbitration but in circumstances of greater Commission power. The provisions have proved controversial, with challenges to principal party motives, and the exercise of Commission discretion has involved diverse responses and outcomes. Initially the approach was conservative, favouring arbitration, and coincidentally providing an apparent windfall for unions. Subsequently, the Commission position became less predictable and by the end of 1995 a preference for bargaining over arbitration had emerged. The inherent weaknesses in the provisions are identified and weighed against the benefits of enabling pro-active tribunal intervention directed to protection of the community within a collective bargaining regime legitimising coercive power.
GONZÁLEZ DEL VALLE, José M.ª, Derecho Canonico Matrimonial según el Código de 1983, Eunsa, 3ª ed., Pamplona, 1986
Creators: name: Silva, Fernando
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 2004

description: Theologica, v. 39 n. 1 (2004): Identidade social do cristianismo
MPEC 2024-F80 : 2024 FN2
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2024 FN2

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
From business driven action learning to action science - a review and assessment
Creators: name: Barton, John
name: Haslett, Tim
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: A selection of the cases included in Boshry (2000, 2002) are summarised and conclusions drawn regarding the nature of the processes employed. Revons's version of action learning is reviewed. The fundamental case for the importance of action learning and action research in business is reviewed, and action research and action science are defined and their relationships with action learning explored. Checkland's soft systems methodology is reviewed and its links to Argyris's action science made explicit. The contribution of C.S. Peirce to action research in management is explored. Conclusions are drawn concerning the relationship of action learning, action research and action science to the management process as it relates to open systems.
Optimal combination forecasts for hierarchical time series
Creators: name: Hyndman, Rob J.
name: Ahmed, Roman A.
name: Athanasopoulos, George
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: In many applications, there are multiple time series that are hierarchically organized and can be aggregated at several different levels in groups based on products, geography or some other features. We call these "hierarchical time series". They are commonly forecast using either a "bottom-up" or a "top-down" method. In this paper we propose a new approach to hierarchical forecasting which provides optimal forecasts that are better than forecasts produced by either a top-down or a bottom-up approach. Our method is based on independently forecasting all series at all levels of the hierarchy and then using a regression model to optimally combine and reconcile these forecasts. The resulting revised forecasts add up appropriately across the hierarchy, are unbiased and have minimum variance amongst all combination forecasts under some simple assumptions. We show in a simulation study that our method performs well compared to the top-down approach and the bottom-up method. It also allows us to construct prediction intervals for the resultant forecasts. Finally, we apply the method to forecasting Australian tourism demand where the data are disaggregated by purpose of visit and geographical region.
Linking Health Outcomes to Funding
Creators: name: Richardson, Jeff
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This note is the edited transcript of a commentary delivered at the 1999 Australian Health Outcomes Conference held in Canberra in July 1999. The commentary considers the currently popular argument that because health improvement is the main objective of health programs or health services then payment for the program or service should be linked to the size of the health improvement. It is argued that this conclusion violates the economic theory for achieving the best possible outcome and that implementation of such a pricing scale would be both impracticable and harmful.
Strategic unionism': not enough to stem the decline in trade union membership?
Creators: name: Hose, Kerrie
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: A number of key models of the employment relationship advocate that 'strategic choice', or the use of strategy, is of equal importance to all actors, including trade unions, in the employment relationship. Research into the use of strategy by the Australian trade union movement, however, is a neglected area. This paper reviews the 'strategic unionism' approach formally adopted by the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) in 1987 within the bounds of Fells' model of the employment relationship (Fells 1989). The approach is reviewed in terms of the factors of wider society, the objectives of relevance and effectiveness, its evolution, and the approaches level of success with regard to trade union density and membership. The paper finds that not only has the success of 'strategic unionism' been constrained by environmental conditions, but that several of its key features - the Accord and union amalgamations - may have undermined its potential impact.
MOESM1 of Immune cell extracellular vesicles and their mitochondrial content decline with ageing
Creators: name: Zhang, Xin
name: Hubal, Monica
name: Kraus, Virginia
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1: Figure S1. Reference beads used for size estimation.
FERRO COUSELO, Manuel, Estudios Filosófico-Teológicos, col. «Collectanea Scientifica Compostellana» 13, Instituto Teológico Compostelano, Santiago de Compostela, 2003
Creators: name: Coutinho, Jorge
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 2004

description: Theologica, v. 39 n. 1 (2004): Identidade social do cristianismo
Should Tariff Reducations be Announced? An Intertemporal Computable General Equilibrium Analysis
Creators: name: Malakellis, Michael
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: In this paper the macro and structural implications of three alternative tariff-reduction strategies are examined. Under the first strategy, which is similar to that adopted in Australia in 1973, the tariff cut is implemented without warning. The second strategy is consistent with the current approach of phasing in tariff cuts according to a previously announced schedule. Under the third strategy the tariff cut is implemented several years after it is announced. We find that the long-run effects of the alternative tariff reduction strategies are similar, but that the adjustment paths are not. Our results suggest that if tariffs are to be reduced then it is preferable to implement the policy without warning. The results emphasise the point that the sooner tariffs are reduced the soonerwill the allocative efficiency gains from doing so be realised.
CARVALHO, Daniel Duarte de, Albert Einstein e a Experiência do Conhecimento em Física. A Religiosidade Cósmica como sentimento fundamental do espírito científico, col. «Campo da Filosofia/Noûs» 15, Campo das Letras Editores, Porto, 2002
Creators: name: Fernandes, Oliveira
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 2004

description: Theologica, v. 39 n. 1 (2004): Identidade social do cristianismo
The Information Content of the Term Structure of Interest
Creators: name: Kalev, Petko S.
name: Inder, Brett A.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This paper presents the results of an alternative test of the rational expectations theory of the term structure of interest rates. The validity of the expectations hypothesis of term structure has also been examined by other researchers. While there is more often rejection of the expectations hypothesis, no other theory (data-consistent with the entire yield curve) provides empiricailly adequate expleination of this phenomenon. The study considers postwar U.S. pure discount (zero coupon) bond yields with various maturities, starting from one month throughout 60 months. Based on the ex-post formation of rational expectations, we quantify the expectations error and test the level of truth of the expectations hypothesis, that is, the strength of the departure of the yield curve from the expectations theory. The results suggest that a significant amount of information available at no cost to market agents is not incorporated in forming people's expectations.
An analysis of Watermove water markets
Creators: name: Brooks, Robert D.
name: Harris, Edwyna
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This paper conducts an analysis of the water markets in Victoria covered by Watermove. The analysis in this paper examines the weekly trading activity across trading zones. For the majority of trading zones there is little trading activity that occurs. There are three trading zones in which the markets for temporary water rights are reasonably active and liquid on a weekly basis, and for these zones an analysis is conducted of their demand and supply elasticities and consumer and producer surplus. The results of this analysis suggest a stronger relationship on the supply side between prices, volumes, elasticity and producer surplus.
Additional file 6 of CATI: an efficient gene integration method for rodent and primate embryos by MMEJ suppression
Creators: name: Chen, Hongyu
name: Liu, Xingchen
name: Li, Lanxin
name: Tan, Qingtong
name: Li, Shiyan
name: Li, Li
name: Li, Chunyang
name: Fu, Jiqiang
name: Lu, Yong
name: Wang, Yan
name: Sun, Yidi
name: Luo, Zhen-Ge
name: Lu, Zongyang
name: Sun, Qiang
name: Liu, Zhen
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 6. Review history.
Profiling Australian Small Business Leadership
Creators: name: Gray, Judy H.
name: Densten, Iain L.
name: Sarros, James C.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This study represents the first in-depth investigation of leadership in Australian small businesses (<100 employees) and was based on a nation-wide sample of 655 executives. The Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) (Bass & Avolio,1997) was used to measure transformational, transactional, and laissez-faire leadership and the outcomes of extra effort and effectiveness. Significant differences among sub-groups were identified according to gender, experience, and level of seniority. This study is important for establishing new benchmarks for Australian small business leadership as perceived by executives themselves. Further research should examine the effects of leadership behaviours on strategic decision-making, change management, small business growth, and success.
BRUNO, Sampaio, Teoria nova da Antiguidade, Org. de Joaquim DOMINGUES, Apresentação de Pedro SINDE, col. «Pensamento Português», Imprensa Nacional – Casa da Moeda, Lisboa, 2003
Creators: name: Coutinho, Jorge
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 2004

description: Theologica, v. 39 n. 1 (2004): Identidade social do cristianismo
MOESM1 of The analgesic efficacy and safety of peri-articular injection versus intra-articular injection in one-stage bilateral total knee arthroplasty: a randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Cheng, Kai-Yuan
name: Feng, Bin
name: Peng, Hui-Ming
name: Bian, Yan-Yan
name: Zhang, Lin-Jie
name: Han, Chang
name: Qiu, Gui-Xing
name: Weng, Xisheng
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) at rest or during activity
Evolution of Dollar/Euro exchange rate before and after the birth of Euro and policy implications
Creators: name: Chen, Heng
name: Fausten, Dietrich K
name: Wong, Wing-Keung
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: One possible consequence of the establishment of the Euro is a challenge to the hegemony of the US dollar as the predominant international currency. No other currency has been able to rival the international role of the national currency of the US since World War II. The fact that the unipolar international monetary system can be unstable in the presence of large shocks opens a window of opportunity for the Euro to promote systemic stability. The present study pursues this conjecture by, first, exploring with cointegratlon and ECM techniques the interdependence between the dynamics of the Dollar/Euro exchange rate and economic fundamentals in the context of a monetary exchange rate model. Identification of the Key detemninants of the value of the Euro informs our analysis of the policy stance of the European Central Bank regarding the long-run global role of the Euro. Secondly, we explore whether the opportunity for a prominent systemic role of the Euro has been realized by examining the impact of the Euro on the global financial market.
AA.VV., Cuadernos Doctorales – Derecho Canonico, Derecho Eclesiastico del Estado, 13(1995-1996), «Excerpta e dissertationibus in iure canonico», Centro de Estudios de Derecho Canonico, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, 2002
Creators: name: Silva, Fernando
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 2004

description: Theologica, v. 39 n. 1 (2004): Identidade social do cristianismo
Consumer-preferred company responses following a crisis: the importance of taking responsibility
Creators: name: McDonald, Lyn
name: Hartel, Charmine E. J.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Despite the capacity for a company crisis to cause damage to sales, there are currently few guidelines and little research to indicate optimum company response choice. In fact, there are surprisingly few empirical examinations investigating consumer response to communicated corporate responses following crises. Public relations literature has focused on identifying corporate communication strategies following a crisis, rather than on examining impact on consumers. In order to help practitioners gain a better understanding of response options and likely consumer outcomes, this article reviews the literature on responses and research conducted to date. A review of empirical studies provides evidence that company responses impact on consumer purchase intentions. Based on this evidence, it is argued that a consumer-preferred company response hierarchy may exist. Further, it is argued that this hierarchy is based on the extent to which the response reflects acceptance of corporate responsibility. Gaps in the literature on company responses and future research directions are identified.
Chemical constituents and biological activities of Dianthus elegans var. elegans
Creators: name: Kiymet Mutlu
name: Nazli Boke Sarikahya
name: Ayse Nalbantsoy
name: Suheyla Kirmizigul
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology

description: Chemical investigation of the aerial parts of Dianthus elegans var. elegans afforded two previously undescribed saponins, named dianosides M-N (1–2), together with four oleanane-type triterpenoid glycosides (3–6). Their structures were elucidated as 3-O-α-L-arabinofuranosyl-16α-hydroxyolean-12-ene-23α, 28β-dioic acid (1) and 3-O-α-L-arabinofuranosyl-(1 → 3)-β-D-glucopyranosyl 16α-hydroxyolean-12-ene-23α-oic acid, 28-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1 → 6)-β-D-glycosyl ester (2) by chemical and extensive spectroscopic methods including IR, 1D, 2D NMR and HRESIMS. Both of the saponins were evaluated for their cytotoxicities against HEK-293, A-549 and HeLa human cancer cells using the MTT method. All compounds showed no substantial cytotoxic activity against tested cell lines. However, dianosides M-N and the n-butanol fraction exhibited considerable haemolysis in human erythrocyte cells. The immunomodulatory properties of dianosides M-N were also evaluated in activated whole blood cells by PMA plus ionomycin. Dianosides M-N increased IL-1β concentration significantly whereas the n-butanol fraction slightly augmented IL-1β secretion. All compounds did not change IL-2 and IFN-γ levels considerably.
Additional file 1 of Assessment of anxiety and depression in patients with Posner-Schlossman syndrome
Creators: name: Qian, Chaoxu
name: Soh, Zhi Da
name: Thakur, Sahil
name: Yan, Wen
name: Shao, Xian
name: Zhong, Hua
name: Wang, Kaidi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health
subject: Hematology

description: Supplementary Material 1: Additional file 1 A copy of the HADS, VF and QOL questionnaire, along with the description of each sub-scale
Additional file 1 of Prognostic model on overall survival in elderly nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients: a recursive partitioning analysis identifying pre-treatment risk stratification
Creators: name: Li, Ying
name: Weng, Youliang
name: Huang, Zongwei
name: Pan, Yuhui
name: Cai, Sunqin
name: Ding, Qin
name: Wu, Zijie
name: Chen, Xin
name: Lu, Jun
name: Hu, Dan
name: Qiu, Sufang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: Supplementary Material 1
STROBE Reporting guidelinesImpact of CYP3A4 rs2242480 polymorphisms on Imatinib HPLC determined trough concentration and response in chronic myeloid leukemia in Pakistani patients
Creators: name: Khan, Asma
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 321402
subject: Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics

description: STROBE GUIDELINESImpact of CYP3A4 rs2242480 polymorphisms on Imatinib HPLC determined trough concentration and response in chronic myeloid leukemia in Pakistani patients
Going against custom: on re-considering the situation of foreign companies in China
Creators: name: Vaughan, Edward
name: Zhu, Cherrie Jiuhua
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Problems in Sino-foreign joint ventures are frequently claimed to result from cultural differences, particularly between East and West. It is also often argued that foreign companies in these joint ventures should change their management practices to accord with Chinese custom. Adaptation is not easy, however, because Chinese institutional practices are influenced by conflicting values. Industrial modernisation might require China to make the adjustment.
QUINTEIRO FIUZA, Luis, Repensar la Metafísica. Desde el Realismo Transcendental de J. I. de Alcorta, col. «Collectanea Scientifica Compostellana» 8, Instituto Teológico Compostelano, Santiago de Compostela, 2002
Creators: name: Coutinho, Jorge
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 2004

description: Theologica, v. 39 n. 1 (2004): Identidade social do cristianismo