cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Service charters - global convergence or national divergence? A comparison of initiatives in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States
Creators: name: McGuire, Linda
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This paper examines the transfer of NPM strategies by comparing service charter initiatives in the United Kingdom (UK), United States (US) and Australia. These three countries, together with Canada and New Zealand, are part of what has been described as the "core" New Public Management (NPM) policy community (Common 1998). Service Charters are a NPM strategy intended to change the culture of public service delivery to focus on the needs of the users, identified as 'clients' or 'customers'. The objectives are to make service providers more responsive to users by guaranteeing specific standards for service delivery, providing a substitute for competition and a benchmark for measuring service quality. The first section examines the historical and political context of the development of the Citizen's Charter and Service First programs in the UK, Customer Service Plans in the US and Government Service Charters in Australia. The second section of the paper explores the similarities and differences between these charter initiatives based on analysis of public documents. There is evidence of convergence at the ideological level as managerial values underpin the service charter frameworks in all three jurisdictions (Walsh 1994; Pollitt 1995; Kettl 1997). Despite drawing from a similar toolkit influenced by private sector techniques, significant differences between the country contexts have resulted in divergent strategies. Timing in the three countries examined suggests that national politics rather than global policy convergence is more significant in explaining the development of service charters. This case study provides evidence of policy transfer rather than policy convergence (Common 1998). The final section of the paper considers the limitations of the customer service model. Monitori ng quality is central to the programs in all three countries. Performance monitoring is essentially a quantitative methodology that requires criteria and indicators for measuring the quality of service delivery and program outcomes. Two problems are considered. The first is the difficulty of specifying and measuring service quality. The second problem is that quality indicators derived from services marketing and management research do not take into account the characteristics of public services. 2
Supply Chain Initiatives in the Australian Textiles Footwear, Clothing and Leather Industry
Creators: name: Petrovic-Lazarevic, Sonja
name: Sohal, Amrik
name: Perry, Marcia
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This paper examines case studies on supply chain management (SCM) in twelve Australian textile, clothing and footwear industry companies. The companies were recipients of Australian government assistance aimed at enhancing supply chain and global competitiveness in the Textiles, Clothing and Footwear and Leather (TCF&L) industry. The findings are similar to those in academic literature and government reports that an increased strategic and global focus by the supply chain needs to be supported by adequate information flow, appropriate value-adding processes, of suitable leading technology application and people-valuing and innovation-fostering company environment. Important too, for, company prosperity is continuous reduction of waste and cost. The findings further reflect the general instability of trading arrangements in the Australian TCF&L industry as companies, and hence the respective supply chains, adjust, not always with success, to global competition and a shrinking industry infrastructure.
Fuzzy control model in the hospitality industry
Creators: name: Petrovìc-Lazarevìc, Sonja
name: Wong, Amy
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Fuzzy set theory supports business decision making processes. So far it has been implemented in many industries but the hospitality industry. This paper is an attempt to apply general fuzzy control model to service quality processes in the hospitality industry (SQHI). In this respect, the SQHI fuzzy control model is created. The example underlines possible practical use of the model in controlling service quality processes in order to achieve or sustain competitive advantage.
Leadership in higher education: are substitutes for leadership a reality or a reason?
Creators: name: Anderson, Mary
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: During the previous two decades, the processes of restructuring, globalisation, leadership and change management have been consistent with the developments associated with private business organizations and business education studies. Moreover, while these changes have been traditionally associated with the business community, these developments have been occurring simultaneously to institutions of higher education. With the radical changes that have taken place in educational policy over the past decade and a half, one needs to consider how we, as members of faculty, view the changing role of leadership in order to keep pace with the turbulent environment within which we operate. The aim of this paper is twofold: firstly, a literature review of relevant leadership theories and their relationship to higher education; and, secondly, to discuss the application of Kerr and Jermier (1978) substitutes for leadership model and its applicability to higher education.
Rating forecasts for television programs
Creators: name: Meyer, Denny
name: Hyndman, Rob J.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This paper investigates the effect of aggregation and non-linearity in relation to television rating forecasts. Several linear models for aggregated and disaggregated television viewing have appeared in the literature. The current analysis extends this work using an empirical approach. We compare the accuracy of population rating models, segment rating models and individual viewing behaviour models. Linear and non-linear models are fitted using regression, decision trees and neural networks, with a two-stage procedure being used to model network choice and viewing time for the individual viewing behaviour model. The most accurate forecast results are obtained from the non-linear segment rating models.
Relationship Between Job Security and Fearless Advice? Evidence from Councils in Victoria, Australia and Penang, Malaysia
Creators: name: Haidar, Ali
name: Nyland, Chris
name: Pullin, Len
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This paper explores the theoretical association between job security and the provision of fearless advice in public management. The findings are based on two local government case studies, one set in Victoria, Australia and the other in Penang, Malaysia. They indicate that the assumption of a simple association between permanent employment and fearless advice cannot be sustained.
Population Ageing and Labour Supply Prospects in China 2005 to 2050
Creators: name: Peng, Xiujian
name: Fausten, Dietrich K.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Increasing life expectancy and rapid fertility decline in China since the 1970s have accelerated the rate of population ageing, fuelling the prospects of an ageing workforce and a significant slow-down in the growth of the working age population. The present paper examines the trend of labour supply in China over the next 45 years under alternative fertility scenarios by taking account of the demographic composition effect and potential trends of the age-and sex-specific labour force participation rates. The main finding is that the labour supply contraction will accelerate from 2020 onwards in response to population ageing and the probable attrition of the LFPR of the young population. Relaxing the current one-child policy may moderate the adverse labour market consequences by increasing the base of the working age population and decelerate the rate of population ageing.
Complexity And Conflict - The Influence Of Stakeholders In Strategic Planning Processes In Nonprofit Voluntary Associations
Creators: name: Inglis, Loretta
name: Minahan, Stella
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This paper explores the experiences of two Australian nonprofit member benefit associations as they attempt to strategically plan and emphasises the influence of their many stakeholders in this process. We discuss strategic planning and the influence of stakeholders in nonprofit organizations. We suggest a typology of stakeholders that may be of use in analysing their salience and contribution to the effectiveness of strategic planning. Overall, we conclude that strategic planning was a complex, conflict-ridden, and largely unsuccessful process for these two nonprofit associations because of the number and commitment of their stakeholders. Therefore we suggest that future research should focus on clarifying if such corporate management techniques as strategic planning are actually appropriate for all nonprofit organizations. Rather than drawing from for profit ideas, we advocate specific research in nonprofits to identify how best they can be managed taking into account the needs and commitment of their stakeholders.
Intercultural communication and mediation: a framework for analysing intercultural competence of Chinese tour guides
Creators: name: Yu, Xin
name: Weiler, Betty
name: Ham, Sam
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This paper draws on theories of intercultural communication and mediation to develop a conceptual framework and research approach for examining the intercultural competence (IC) of Chinese tour guides and the relationship of guides' IC to Chinese tourists' experiences. The paper begins with a discussion of the importance of the Chinese inbound market globally, and in particular for Australia, and then the paper examines the role of tour guides in intercultural settings. These discussions, which are offered to establish the need for systematic inquiry in this area, are followed by a detailed presentation of a research rationale and conceptual model in which key variables and hypothesised relationships are discussed, measurement issues are addressed, and implications for research are given.
Language and labour in South Africa : a new approach for a new South Africa
Creators: name: Cornwell, Katy
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This paper considers the role of language in labour earnings in South Africa over the period 1996 to 1998. Our pooled cross-section comprises of over 160,000 working age adults, and the analysis considers the decision to participate in the labour force, employment prospects and labour earnings. Models include variables for individual mother tongue in addition to population group. After conditioning on a number of socio-economic and demographic factors, we find that having English as one's mother tongue is one of the pivotal determinants of labour earnings. These results are robust across two models of sample selection. Such findings shed light on the economic consequences of South Africa's national policy of linguistic heterogeneity.
title: Projet de recherche "La Méditerranée: héritage, tolérance, ouverture, circulation, le naufrage des relations euro méditerranéennes ?" Chaire d'excellence Aristote 2015
Creators: name: Boussois, Sébastien
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2020

description: Candidature de Sébastien Boussois à la chaire d'excellence Aristote, initiée dans le cadre du LabexMed.
title: Fruits of Nandina domestica are (Sometimes) Cyanogenic and (Sometimes) Hazardous to Birds
Creators: name: Zona, Scott
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2022

description: A 12-month survey of cyanogenesis in the fruits and leaves of Nandina domestica (Berberidaceae) revealed that the leaves are strongly cyanogenic throughout the year, as measured by the Feigl-Anger test. Fruits vary in their cyanogenic potential depending on the degree of ripeness and clone. Green fruits are strongly and rapidly cyanogenic, but most ripe fruits are weakly and slowly cyanogenic. Some fruits tested negative for cyanide. Fruits tend to become less cyanogenic the longer they remain on the plant, so birds feeding on older fruits are at a lower risk of poisoning. More than other frugivores, cedar waxwings (Bombycilla cedrorum) are susceptible to cyanide poisoning by N. domestica fruits because of their tendency to consume large numbers of fruits in a single feeding bout. Hypotheses are examined that might explain the evolutionary paradox of why N. domestica fruits are toxic to potential dispersers.
Competitor-oriented objectives: the myth of market share
Creators: name: Armstrong, J. Scott
name: Green, Kesten C.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Competitor-oriented objectives, such as market-share targets, are promoted by academics and are common in business. A 1996 review of the evidence indicated that this violation of economic theory led to reduced profitability. We summarize the evidence as of 1996 then describe evidence from 12 new studies. All of the evidence supports the conclusion that competitor-oriented objectives are harmful. However, this evidence has had only a modest impact on academic research and it seems to be largely ignored by managers. Until this situation changes, we expect that many firms will continue to use competitor-oriented objectives to the detriment of their profitability.
Identification of potential leukocyte antigen-related protein (PTP-LAR) inhibitors through 3D QSAR pharmacophore-based virtual screening and molecular dynamics simulation
Creators: name: Du, Shan
name: Yang, Bing
name: Wang, Xin
name: Li, Wei-Ya
name: Lu, Xin-Hua
name: Zheng, Zhi-Hui
name: Ma, Ying
name: Wang, Run-Ling
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified

description: Owing to its negative regulatory role in insulin signaling, protein tyrosine phosphatase of leukocyte antigen-related protein (PTP-LAR) was widely thought as a potential drug target for diabetes. Now, it was urgent to search for potential LAR inhibitors targeting diabetes. Initially, the pharmacophore models of LAR inhibitors were established with the application of the HypoGen module. The cost analysis, test set validation, as well as Fischer’s test was used to verify the efficiency of pharmacophore model. Then, the best pharmacophore model (Hypo-1-LAR) was applied for the virtual screening of the ZINC database. And 30 compounds met the Lipinski’s rule of five. Among them, 10 compounds with better binding affinity than the known LAR inhibitor (BDBM50296375) were discovered by docking studies. Finally, molecular dynamics simulations and post-analysis experiments (RMSD, RMSF, PCA, DCCM and RIN) were conducted to explore the effect of ligands (ZINC97018474 and Compound 1) on LAR and preliminary understand why ZINC97018474 had better inhibitory activity than Compound 1 (BDBM50296375). Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma
Some Extended Grounds for on-the-spot Dismissals from Employment. Common Law or Local Rules?
Creators: name: Moore, Len
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: A State-funded Welfare agency in Victoria has produced for its staff a Contract of Employment which includes some novel grounds for summary dismissal. The paper examines those contractual terms and analyses them for enforceability at Common Law and under the Industrial Relations Reform Act 1993 (Commonwealth). Particular attention is paid to the requirements for procedural fairness under the Act (Sec 170DC/DB) and the employee's performance as distinct from capacity.
Identification of potential leukocyte antigen-related protein (PTP-LAR) inhibitors through 3D QSAR pharmacophore-based virtual screening and molecular dynamics simulation
Creators: name: Du, Shan
name: Yang, Bing
name: Wang, Xin
name: Li, Wei-Ya
name: Lu, Xin-hua
name: Zheng, Zhi-hui
name: Ying, Ma
name: Wang, Run-Ling
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Owing to its negative regulatory role in insulin signaling, protein tyrosine phosphatase of leukocyte antigen-related protein (PTP-LAR) was widely thought as potential drug target for diabetes. Now it was urgent to search for potential LAR inhibitors targeting diabetes. Initially, the pharmacophore models of LAR inhibitors were established with the application of the Hypogen module. The cost analysis, test set validation, as well as Fischer’s test was used to verify the efficiency of pharmacophore model. Then the best pharmacophore model (Hypo-1-LAR) was applied for the virtual screening of the ZINC database. And 30 compounds met the Lipinski’s rule of five. Among them, 10 compounds with better binding affinity than the known LAR inhibitor (BDBM50296375) were discovered by docking studies. Finally, molecular dynamics simulations and post-analysis experiments (RMSD, RMSF, PCA, DCCM and RIN) were conducted to explore the effect of ligands (ZINC97018474 and Compound 1) on LAR and preliminary understand why ZINC97018474 had better inhibitory activity than Compound 1 (BDBM50296375). Abbreviation: PTP-LAR, protein tyrosine phosphatase of leukocyte antigen-related protein; DS, Discovery Studio; RMSF, root mean square fluctuations; HBD, hydrogen bond doners; QSAR, quantitative structure–activity relationship; HBA, hydrogen bond acceptors; NI, negative ionizable; HYP, hydrophobe area; MM/GBSA, molecular Mechanics combined with generalized Born and surface area solvation; RMSD, root mean squared deviation; PME, particle mesh Ewald; SPC, single-point charge; DCCM, dynamic cross‐correlation mapping; RIN, residue interaction network; PCA, principal component analysis; VDW, van der Waals.
Creating internal customer delight: towards improved employment practices for casual workers in the registered clubs industry of New South Wales, Australia
Creators: name: Lowry, Diannah S.
name: Simon, Alan
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: It is argued in this paper that management holds erroneous assumptions about casual employees' affective orientation towards the workplace. Such assumptions allow management to obviate the need for provision of certain employment systems. The research, which provided the basis for this paper, investigated the relevant work context factors associated with casualisation and the effects of casual work arrangements on employee job satisfaction and commitment. A generative methodology, using both quantitative and qualitative methods was used to gather the data. A total of454 casual employees were surveyed: forty-two employees in a sample of 6 clubs within the top 200 registered Clubs in NSW were interviewed, twenty-eight casual employees took part in a pre-test of the questionnaire, and three hundred and eighty four returned questionnaires from a sample of sixteen clubs. Key findings of the research include the observation that casual employees experience varying levels of commitment and satisfaction according to their perceptions of work context factors in their organisation. This implies that casual employees are not homogenous in the way they perceive their work environment, and should not be assumed to be indifferent to their work environment and work opportunities. Therefore, a model of employment systems is proposed that is relevant to the highly casualised enterprise. The model is intended to create equitable work context factors which emphasise opportunities for the entire organisation rather than a 'mythical core'.
Trade Unions and the Social Clause: A North-south Union Divide?
Creators: name: Griffin, Gerard
name: Nyland, Chris
name: O'Rourke, Anne
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The notion that the right to engage in international trade should be linked to respect for core labour standards has become one of the more contentious issues in the current globalisation debate. Within this debate conflicting claims have been made about the level of support for this stance found among unions in developing economies. This paper draws on surveys of the industry-level affiliates of two global union federations and of the national-level affiliates of the main international union confederation to assess the validity of these competing claims. We conclude that Southern unions - unions from developing economies - are strong supporters of linking international trade with recognition and enforcement of core labour standards.
Model Selection Criteria for Segmented Time Series from a Bayesian Approach to Information Compression
Creators: name: Hanlo, Brian
name: Forbes, Catherine S.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The principle that the simplest model capable of describing observed phenomena should also correspond to the best description has long been a guiding rule of inference. In this paper a Bayesian approach to formally implementing this principle is employed to develop model selection criteria for detecting structural change in financial and economic time series. Model selection criteria which allow for multiple structural breaks and which seek the optimal model order and parameter choices within regimes are derived. Comparative simulations against other popular information based model selection criteria are performed. Application of the derived criteria are also made to example financial and economic time series.
Additional file 1 of Thyroid function and age-related decline in kidney function in older Chinese adults: a cross-sectional study
Creators: name: Wei, Lu
name: Bai, Yun
name: Zhang, Yu
name: Yong, Zhenzhu
name: Zhu, Bei
name: Zhang, Qun
name: Zhao, Weihong
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1: Supplementary Table 1. Incidence of reduced kidney function with different thyroid function.
title: 03_0816
Creators: name: Wesley Baldwin, John
name: Baldwin, John W.
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris

description: L'ensemble de ces notes ont été crée par John Baldwin lors d'une de ses premières périodes de résidence à Paris. Ces documents comprennent tous les magistri qu’il avait pu rencontrer dans ses sources. Aux XIIème et XIIIème siècles, les universités n'existant pas encore, le titre de magister s'il évoque certainement une compétence n'est pas rattaché de façon systématique au passage par les écoles. De surcroît, les magistris sont le plus souvent désignés par leur seul prénom. La lecture de ces données est donc difficile et suppose un long travail pour tenter d'identifier un individu auquel on pourrait rattacher plusieurs mentions. John Baldwin avait donc renoncé à utiliser ces données pour donner un prolongement à sa magnifique étude sur les gradués d'université et leur emploi par les Capétiens et les Plantagenêts. Néanmoins, il a conservé ces données et elles sont potentiellement très utile dans le cadre de Studium, comme le sont toutes les mentions dans les volumes des Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae de chanoines portant ce titre de magister sans autres précisions. L'ampleur des dépouillements rend ces données très utiles et nous devons une grande reconnaissance à John Baldwin pour avoir pris la peine de faire photocopier ses fiches et de nous les avoir transmises amicalement.
Les données ainsi que les images des fiches sont accessibles sur le site Internet à l'adresse suivante : http://studium-baldwin.lamop.fr/.
Les transcriptions des fiches ont été effectuées par des étudiants de Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne mais elles n'ont pas été corrigées par la suite.
description: Relation: https://lamop.hypotheses.org/
Issues in the economic evaluation of health promotion in the workplace
Creators: name: Segal, Leonie
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The National Centre for Health Program Evaluation(NCHPE) was commissioned by the National Heart Foundation(NHF) to prepare a paper describing a framework for the economic evaluation of health promotion in the workplace. This paper is the outcome of that work and designed to contribute to an understanding of the role of the workplace setting for health promotion activities. This paper should be of interest to agencies with a charter to deliver health promotion, groups delivering health promotion programs and all companies and enterprises with a concern about the health status of their work-force and the interface between worker health, organisational health and company performance.
Pricing Currency Options in Tranquil Markets: Modelling Volatility Frowns
Creators: name: Lim, G.C.
name: Martin, Gael M.
name: Martin, V.L.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Volatility smiles arise in currency option markets when empirical exchange rate returns distributions exhibit leptokurtosis. This feature of empirical distributions is symptomatic of turbulent periods when exchange rate movements are in excess of movements based on the assumption of normality. In contrast, during periods of tranquility, movements in exchange rates are relatively small, resulting in unconditional empirical returns distributions with thinner tails than the normal distribution. Pricing currency options during tranquil periods on the assumption of normal returns yields implied volatility frowns, with over-pricing at both deep-in and deep-out-of-the-money contracts and under-pricing for at-the-money contracts. This paper shows how a parametric class of thin-tailed distributions based on the generalised Student t family of distributions can price currency options during periods of tranquility.
Action research and systemic thinking
Creators: name: Walker, Beverly
name: Haslett, Tim
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This paper discusses action research intervention and total systems intervention (TSI) and their application in a not-for-profit membership based organisation undergoing strategic change. Specifically the use of strategic assumption surfacing and testing (SAST) to explore the divergent views of managers on membership is discussed. The effectiveness of the SAST methodology when used in conjunction with action research is considered.
Additional file 2 of Thyroid function and age-related decline in kidney function in older Chinese adults: a cross-sectional study
Creators: name: Wei, Lu
name: Bai, Yun
name: Zhang, Yu
name: Yong, Zhenzhu
name: Zhu, Bei
name: Zhang, Qun
name: Zhao, Weihong
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 2: Supplementary Table 2. Association between thyroid function and prevalence of eGFR < 75ml/min/1.73m2*.
A system dynamics analysis of the victorian workcover authority insurer scheme
Creators: name: Haslett, Tim
name: Moylan, Gerard
name: McKee, Peter
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The Victorian Workcover Authority is charged with responsibility of administering insurance for work related injuries in the state of Victoria, Australia with a cost of work related injuries at over $1B ($1,072,000,000 for 1998/99) per year. The Authority contracts the claims management and premium collection to major insurance companies. The companies are paid according to the size and risk of their portfolio and their performance in injury prevention, early return to work for injured workers and claims cost reduction. The companies are rewarded for improved performance and for maintaining good performance. A system dynamics model was built to provide the insurers with a clear indication of the financial implications of their being able to improve their portfolios performance. The model was also designed to show the impact of gaining and/or losing clients whose overall performance may differ from the average performance of any given portfolio. This model raised a series of questions, which are discussed in the paper, about appropriate strategies for improving the financial performance of individual portfolios. The model was also used to examine the effectiveness of the incentive aimed at improving the portfolio performance. The paper also discusses a series of related issues which involved questions of whether different financial performance by the insurers is related to structural considerations in the survival curves of injury claims or performance of individual insurers in handling claims. The reward calculations used by the Authority builds significant delays into this process. The impact of these delays is discussed in paper.
Rv0807, a putative phospholipase A2 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Elucidation through sequence analysis, homology modeling, molecular docking and molecular dynamics studies of potential substrates and inhibitors
Creators: name: Sundar, Shobana
name: Thangamani, Lokesh
name: Manivel, Gowdham
name: Kumar, Praveen
name: Shanmughavel, Piramanayagam
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) has the ability to scrounge off the host macrophages and create a cordial environment for its survival. Identification of mechanisms favoring this purpose leads to novel treatment strategies for tuberculosis. In this study through in silico approaches, we intend to identify the putative role for Rv0807 from Mtb and its essentiality for mycobacterium survival within the macrophages. Through sequence analysis, we hypothesize that Rv0807 could be a Phospholipase A2 of Mtb. Moreover, through insilico mutation studies we have predicted certain residues to be a part of the catalytic process of the Rv0807 homodimer. Rv0807 could be a potential drug target as it binds phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate (PI3P) and could be involved in processing the host cell PI3Ps, thereby blocking the phagosomal maturation. A pharmacophore hypothesis was generated for the Rv0807 homodimer based on the ligand binding site and a set of Pretomanid related compounds were screened against the Rv0807 homodimer. The top five compounds which had better docking scores and good ADME properties were selected as best inhibitory compounds and analyzed further. Molecular dynamics (MD) studies of Rv0807 homodimer with PI3P and with the top scored compound in docking studies, demonstrated a lot of conformational changes in the protein structure as it gets occluded through the course of simulation. The movement of a loop atop the ligand binding site, suggests of a lid-like region as seen in many other phospholipases. MD simulation of the mutant structures was also performed and its effect on the protein conformational changes was discussed. List of Abbreviations: Mtb - Mycobacterium tuberculosis, ADME - Absorption, Distribution, metabolism and excretion, MD - Molecular Dynamics, MM-PBSA - Molecular Mechanics/Poisson-Boltzmann Surface Area, PI3P - phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate, TB – Tuberculosis
Trial Program Budgeting and Marginal Analysis (PBMA) to Assist Cancer Control Planning in Australia: Full Report
Creators: name: Carter, Rob
name: Stone, Christine
name: Vos, Theo
name: Hocking, Jane
name: Mihalopoulos, Cathy
name: Peacock, Stuart
name: Crowley, Steven
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: In mid-1999, the Cancer Strategy Group (CSG) of the National Health Priorities Committee, resolved to trial the use of the Program Budgeting and Marginal Analysis (PBMA) approach. The trial was to address whether PBMA is an appropriate technique to include in CSG's strategic planning process, as well as assist with what specific options might be included in the next National Cancer Strategy.
How Much Should We Spend on Health Services
Creators: name: Richardson, Jeff
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This paper considers five questions relating to the cost of health services. These are: (1) What is causing the growth of health care expenditures? (2) Why do we limit resource use in health care? (3) How much should we spend on health services? (4) What is the value of a human life? (5) What are the equity and ethical issues which must be resolved before a satisfactory answer to the fourth question can be given? The paper concludes that there are no satisfactory answers to these questions and even the importance of the ethical questions is often not recognised.
Creating an image: film-induced festivals in the American West
Creators: name: Frost, Warwick
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Film and television are major forces in shaping destination image and encouraging tourism visitation. A growing literature reports on how film and television either directly attract tourists or is incorporated into destination marketing campaigns. However, there has been little research examining how film and television may be used in festivals and events and how destinations may actively use such festivals as a medium for creating their destination image. This article considers film-induced festivals in the small American towns of Lone Pine and Jamestown. Both have been extensively used as film locations since the 1920s, primarily for Westerns. Lone Pine has been the location for over 350 films, and Jamestown has been the location for 150 films. Through film-themed festivals, these towns have reshaped their destination images as idealised and romanticised Western locales. In contrast other aspects of their heritage have been downplayed causing some dissonance between stakeholders.
On Generating Confidence Intervals for Nonparametric Methods
Creators: name: Wildman, John
name: Hollingsworth, Bruce
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Nonparametric techniques provide no analytical solutions for confidence intervals. The bootstrap and jackknife methods are applied to Data Envelopment Analysis to generate different confidence intervals, which affect the probability of committing a type I error.
Additional file 3 of Predictive value of total psoas muscle index for postoperative physical functional decline in older patients undergoing emergency abdominal surgery
Creators: name: Yamaguchi, Keishi
name: Matsumoto, Shokei
name: Abe, Takeru
name: Nakajima, Kento
name: Senoo, Satomi
name: Shimizu, Masayuki
name: Takeuchi, Ichiro
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Hematology

description: Additional file 3. Interaction analysis between the effect of total psoas muscle index and sex.
Outcomes of Rigour & Relevance From a Study Which Showed a Statistically Significant Relationship Between Customer Care and Profitability
Creators: name: Simon, Alan
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Over the last 7 years that I have been teaching in Management Schools I've learned to combine rigour and relevance meaningfully by applying the concept of "enlightened" self-interest (McLean 1995). Enlightened self-interest is an extrapolated honest form of "Win-Win" in that the University wins and I win when operating in this paradigm. Combining rigour and relevance in this way provides a means for the Management School lecturer to publish as well as meaningfully engage with at least the business sector of the economy.
Supply chain management in building and construction industry: case of Australian residential sector
Creators: name: Petrovic-Lazarevic, Sonja
name: Matanda, Margaret
name: Worthy, Russell
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: In the recent literature the effective management of the supply chain has been identified as of significant importance to achieving and sustaining a competitive advantage for industrial companies. Concepts and definitions of supply chain management (SCM) diverge from logistics, management of distribution channels from suppliers to end users, to good relationship with business partners. In building and construction industry (BCI) SCM deals with management of materials and information and financial flows between contractors, designers and clients. Based on a recent research project conducted in the Australian BCI residential sector organisations, this paper highlights an understanding and application of SCM mainly from the project manager point of view. The paper indicates the importance of having good relationship with suppliers in terms of developed partnership, trust and bonding in order to remain competitive.
Work/life Balance Strategies: Progress and Problems in Australian Organizations
Creators: name: Cieri, Helen De
name: Holmes, Barbara
name: Abbott, Jacqui
name: Pettit, Trisha
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Work/life balance (WLB) is an issue increasingly recognised as of strategic importance to organizations and of significance to employees. We argue that an organization's need to attract and retain valued employees in a highly competitive labour market is a strong motivating factor for increased organizational awareness and action with regard to implementation and management of WLB strategies. This article reports the findings of three surveys conducted from 1997 to 2000 of organizations in Australia. We explore the range and usage of WLB strategies in Australian organizations, and identify the barriers to those strategies. It is evident that, while some progress has been made over the years, there remain substantial challenges for the implementation and management of WLB strategies.
Development and characterization of cocoa butter alternatives from palm-based oils for chocolate application
Creators: name: NIRUPAM BISWAS
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 90899 Food Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Other engineering and technologies

description: Cocoa butter (CB) is the main ingredient of chocolate, which is expensive among the vegetable fats/oils. This study was undertaken to produce a suitable alternative to CB in terms of melting profile and chemical composition from palm-based oils using blending and/or enzymatic interesterification. Cocoa butter substitute (CBS) made from palm oil fractions was used to produce dark chocolate and its physical and sensorial properties such as taste, appearance and hardness were evaluated. CBS made dark chocolate possessed physical and sensory properties similar to CB made dark chocolate, making the CBS a potential low-cost alternative to formulate chocolate.
Size Matters: Organizational Culture in Small, Medium, and Large Australian Organizations
Creators: name: Gray, Judy H.
name: Densten, Iain L.
name: Sarros, James C.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Despite extensive research on corporate culture, very little empirical research has examined the culture of small organizations. An updated version of the Organizational Culture Profile (OCP) (O'Reilly, Chatman and Caldwell, 1991) was used in an Australia-wide survey (N=1918). Executives from small, medium, and large organizations recorded perceptions of the culture of their organizations. The results indicate that small organizations (<100 employees) were perceived to be significantly more supportive, competitive, innovative, and performance-oriented than large organizations. Practical and theoretical implications and directions for future research are discussed.
Additional file 1 of Efficacy and safety of extracorporeal shockwave therapy in chronic low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 632 patients
Creators: name: Liu, Kun
name: Zhang, Qingyu
name: Chen, Lili
name: Zhang, Haoran
name: Xu, Xiqiang
name: Yuan, Zenong
name: Dong, Jun
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1: Quality of evidence assessment by GRADE of the included studies.
Resistance: A Constructive Tool for Change
Creators: name: Waddell, Dianne
name: Sohal, Amrik
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Traditionally, resistance has been cast adversarial - the enemy of change that must be defeated if change is to be successful. While it is apparent that classical management theory viewed resistance in such a manner, subsequent years research contains much evidence that suggests resistance may indeed by usefial and not to be simply discounted. Present day suggestions and prescriptions for managing resistance have evidently disregarded this research and left little room for utility in resistance. This paper finds that the difficulty of organisational change is often exacerbated by the mismanagement of resistance derived from a simple set of assumptions that misunderstand resistance's essential nature. It is suggested that change management may greatly benefit from techniques that carefiilly manage the phenomenon resistance to change by looking for ways of utilising it rather than overcoming it.
Towards understanding attitudes to pay systems: cultural, socio-psychological, economic and organizational influences
Creators: name: Mamman, Aminu
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Despite research on pay and the system that determines it, a lot remains relatively unknown about the subject. The main purpose of this paper is to discuss some of the factors that can influence employees' attitudes to pay systems. Another aim of the paper is to highlight the implications of the literature reviewed.. The paper is divided into three sections. Section one deals with theories and ideas pertaining to employees' attitudes to pay systems. Section two discusses factors that can be important in explaining employees preference for pay systems. The final section highlights some implications for research and practice.
Underpricing, Stock Allocation, Ownership Structure and Post-Listing Liquidity of Newly Listed Firms
Creators: name: Pham, Peter K.
name: Kalev, Petko S.
name: Steen, Adam B.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This study investigates the relationships between underpricing, ownership structure and post-listing liquidity of Initial Public Offerings (IPOs). It is argued that increasing the degree of underpricing induces both broader investor participation and creates a more diffuse ownership structure. These two factors in turn are positively associated with the level of post-listing trading, and therefore offer an explanation of how underpricing can influence liquidity. Our results indicate that underpricing is related to the shareholder distribution formed after the allocation process. Moreover, it is positively associated to post-listing liquidity. These relationships are robust and possess a high degree of statistical and economic significance.
title: Exode rural. 1936-1952
title: Exode rural. 1936-1952
Creators: name: :Unkn
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Mobilités
subject: Migration
subject: Exode rural

description: Cartographie
description: BESM-carto_1957-76-p479_76-02
description: 479
description: 76
description: Bulletin économique et social du Maroc
description: Source: Maison méditerranéenne des sciences de l'homme, Cité numérique de la Méditerranée (Cinumed), Bibliothèque nationale du Royaume du Maroc (BNRM)
description: Source: Bulletin économique et social du Maroc
description: Source: Bulletin économique et social du Maroc (BESM) > BESM (Cartographie)
description: Relation: https://cinumed.mmsh.univ-aix.fr/idurl/1/81922
description: Coverage: Maroc
description: Coverage: XXe siècle
description: Temporal: XXe siècle
description: Bibliographic citation: « Exode rural. 1936-1952 », In Bulletin économique et social du Maroc (BESM), n° 76, 1957
description: Provenance: Maison méditerranéenne des sciences de l'homme, Cité numérique de la Méditerranée (Cinumed), Bibliothèque nationale du Royaume du Maroc (BNRM)
description: Provenance: https://cinumed.mmsh.univ-aix.fr/
Perceived Support, Received Support, and Source of Strain: An Exploratory Study of the Characteristics of Workplace Relationships for Managers
Creators: name: Lindorff, Margaret
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This research explores two areas of social support and social relationships that have remained relatively unexamined: the characteristics of workplace social relationships, and the association between perceived available social support and the social support received when under stress. Firstly, few of the 572 managers in the sample regarded work relationships as a source of available support, and frequently indicated that such relationships contributed to their stress. Secondly, workplace relationships primarily provided support for work, rather than nonwork, stressors. Thirdly, when confronted with a stressful event those with larger support networks sought support from a larger number of relationships, and received more emotional and informational support; those who were satisfied with their available support sought support from a larger number of relationships, and received more emotional support.
VARMA versus VAR for macroeconomic forecasting
Creators: name: Athanasopoulos, George
name: Vahid, Farshid
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: In this paper, we argue that there is no compelling reason for restricting the class of multivariate models considered for macroeconomic forecasting to VARs given the recent advances in VARMA modelling methodology and improvements in computing power. To support this claim, we use real macroeconomic data and show that VARMA models forecast macroeconomic variables more accurately than VAR models.