jimnoneill/paper-to-field-training huggingface dataset:
A CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE OF FAMILY BUSINESS GROUPS

Field: Business, Management and Accounting (Social Sciences)

ABSTRACT Around the world, some of the largest firms in many countries are controlled by family business groups such as Fiat in Italy, Ford in the US, Hutchison Whampoa in Hong Kong, Samsung in South Korea and many others. Further, many family groups have a long history. Although family business groups are a significant and long standing phenomenon in most parts of the world, their resilience to globalization in their use of different organizational structures have received little attention from a cross-cultural perspective. Drawing on our previous work, the study provides a theoretical framework to classify family business groups on the basis of their organizational choices from a cross-cultural perspective.
β2-Adrenergic receptor-induced proliferation of human cardiac fibroblasts

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)

Conference Abstract| February 01 2002 β2-Adrenergic receptor-induced proliferation of human cardiac fibroblasts N.A. Turner; N.A. Turner 1Institute for Cardiovascular Research, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar K.E. Porter; K.E. Porter 1Institute for Cardiovascular Research, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar W.H.T. Smith; W.H.T. Smith 1Institute for Cardiovascular Research, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar H.L. White; H.L. White 1Institute for Cardiovascular Research, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar A.J. Balmforth A.J. Balmforth 1Institute for Cardiovascular Research, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Author and article information Publisher: Portland Press Ltd Online ISSN: 1470-8752 Print ISSN: 0300-5127 © 2002 Biochemical Society2002 Biochem Soc Trans (2002) 30 (1): A42. https://doi.org/10.1042/bst030a042b Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Cite Icon Cite Get Permissions Citation N.A. Turner, K.E. Porter, W.H.T. Smith, H.L. White, A.J. Balmforth; β2-Adrenergic receptor-induced proliferation of human cardiac fibroblasts. Biochem Soc Trans 1 February 2002; 30 (1): A42. doi: https://doi.org/10.1042/bst030a042b Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsBiochemical Society Transactions Search Advanced Search This content is only available as a PDF. © 2002 Biochemical Society2002 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.
Tourist Perceptions and Acceptance of Modern Waste Solutions in Sustainable Travel Destinations

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

This study investigates tourist perceptions and acceptance of modern waste solutions in sustainable travel destinations. A mixed-methods approach was used, involving surveys of 462 travelers and semi-structured interviews with 15 participants. Key factors such as perceived effectiveness, willingness to pay more for sustainable options, and satisfaction with current waste management practices were analysed. The results indicate that modern waste solutions are generally viewed positively, with a majority of tourists willing to support these initiatives financially. However, there remains a significant desire for improved waste management practices. Comparative analysis showed that innovative technologies and modern solutions were more effective and satisfactory compared to traditional methods, despite their higher costs. This research highlights the importance of continuous improvement and adoption of advanced waste management strategies to enhance sustainability in tourism.
Making Evidence Move Multiplicity and (Im)Mutability

Field: Social Sciences (Social Sciences)

Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is, in short, the attempt to implement the latest and best evidence to medical practice. One institutional means for this implementation is the function of central agencies such as the Cochrane Collaboration, or (in the UK) NICE, that collect, select, summarize and send off research results in systematic reviews and guidelines. In Sweden, at least three central agencies are involved in this porcess, viz. SBU (The Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care), the SoS (The National Board of Health and Welfare), and SALAR (The Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions). SBU is responsible for the production of systematic reviews and may thus be dubbed the agency of medical evidence and EBM in Sweden. SoS is reponsible for a growing library of national guidelines intended for the regional management of hospitals and clinics. SALAR is the organization - out of the three mentioned here - that is closest to the actors in regions, hospitals and clinics. All three organizations are involved in the compilation and implementation of medical evidence, but whereas SBU is closest to the compilation, SALAR is closest to the implementation. SoS is somewhere in between. This paper asks: what happens to medical evidence as it is packaged and re-packaged by these organizations in documents and other activities? Two methods are used to answer the question: interviews and text studies. By interviewing central actors the explicit views on evidence are highlighted. By studying published reports and guidelines the formal evidence and recommendations can be analyzed. Medical evidence is - and is not - the same thing within these organizations, i.e. in their views and in their products. All actors profess a high regard of evidence, but also hold quite different views on the role and meaning of evidence in good medical care. It has been noted in STS and elsewhere that there is a gap between controlled scientific studies and the messy clinic. Just moving between the three organizations displays the mutability and multiplicity of evidence even before it reaches the clinical mess. These observations are further deepened and elaborated by a corresponding theoretical tension within ANT and STS generally. There are a series of concepts trying to capture the varying degrees of stabilization of knowledge and the role of objects’ immutability and/or malleability in the coordination of practices: from black boxes, to boundary objects, packages and standardizations, into the realm of multiple bodies. When considering this range of theoretical solutions the study of how medical evidence move and mutate between the three organizations in Sweden turns into not only an empirically interesting case. Actors are (often) not naive and provide their own sophisticated theories about the relation between mutability and mobility.
Toxicity of the essential oil of basil cultivars and hybrids and its repellent effect on stored grain pests

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)

Essential oils have emerged as an alternative to synthetic insecticides in the control of stored grain pests. The toxicity and repellency of the essential oils of four basil cultivars and three basil hybrids and the monoterpenes linalool, citral, and (E)-methyl cinnamate were evaluated in the stored grain pests Callosobruchus maculatus and Sitophillus zeamais. The essential oils of the cultivar Genovese and the hybrid 'Genovese' x 'Maria Bonita' were more toxic to C. maculatus. Conversely, the essential oils of the cultivar Sweet Dani and the hybrid 'Cinnamom' x 'Maria Bonita' were more toxic to S. zeamais. Among the monoterpenes, (E)-methyl cinnamate was the most toxic to both pests, taking 0.14 and 0.34 µL.mL-1 to kill 50% of the C. maculatus and S. zeamais populations, respectively. All essential oils from cultivars, hybrids, and monoterpenes were repellent to S. zeamais, except for (E)-methyl cinnamate. For C. maculatus, this effect was lower, being citral the most repellent compound. Results demonstrate the insecticidal potential of the essential oil of O. basilicum and its monoterpenes in the control of stored grain pests.
Rising rates of caesarean section: an indicator of defensive medicine practiced by obstetricians

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Background: Defensive medicine can be in the form of excessive tests, procedures, surgeries, or visits by the doctors to primarily reduce their exposure to legal liabilities. It also includes avoidance of high risk patients or procedures. Medical profession has been included under consumer protection act which has led in developing hostile environment for medical practitioners. This has led to increase in defensive medicine. In obstetrics and gynaecology incorporation of defensive medicine can be scrutinized by observing trends in caesarean section.Methods: It is a retrospective study carried out for 1 year from January 2015 to December 2015. All patients in whom caesarean section was done were included in this study. Indications for which Caesarean section was done were studied and results were compared with similar studies in other hospitals.Results: Overall rate of caesarean section observed in this study was 43.3%. Incidence of caesarean section in primigravidae was 59.5%. Only 2.1% of the patients underwent trial of scar resulting in vaginal birth. Foetal distress was one of the most common indicatorsfor caesarean section and its detection was based on foetal cardiotocograph readings. Out of all patients taken for caesarean section due to foetal distress only 28.5% of the babies required neonatal intensive care admission. Rising trend towards caesarean section on maternal request was also seen.Conclusions: Current climate of high professional liability is detrimental to good patient care as defensive medicine provides less benefit and much harm. Practice of medicine should be safe and hassle free. For this, standard protocols should be made and followed and if practitioners are abiding with standard protocols they should be protected against litigation.
Antibiogram of Escherichia coli isolates obtained from cases of neonatal calf diarrhoea in Kerala

Field: Veterinary (Health Sciences)

A study was conducted to determine the antibiogram of Escherichia coli isolated from cases of neonatal calf diarrhoea in Thrissur and Wayanad districts of Kerala. A total of 101 isolates were tested for susceptibility against 12 antibiotics. The antibiotics to which the isolates were most susceptible were Streptomycin (49.51%) and Chloramphenicol (47%). The isolates showed varying degrees of susceptibility to the other antibiotics tested such as Enrofloxacin (8.92%), Ciprofloxacin (15.85%), Gentamicin (23.77%), Tetracycline (20.8%), Amoxicillin/sulbactam (8.92%), Co-trimoxazole (20.8%), and Nitrofuratonin (25.75%). All the isolates were resistant to Cefpodoxime, Penicillin G and Cefotaxime/Clavulanic acid. Many of the isolates were found to be multi-drug resistant which has serious implications for the control of these infections through antibiotic therapy.
Inequalities on medical diagnosis and underdiagnosis of COPD: The PLATINO study

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Background: COPD is a major cause of death worldwide. The study of inequalities in COPD is poorly addressed in scientific field. Aim: to evaluate inequalities on prevalence of medical diagnosis and underdiagnosis of COPD. Methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted in five Latin American cities (Sao Paulo, Mexico City, Montevideo, Santiago and Caracas) as part of the PLATINO study. Medical diagnosis was evaluated by questionnaire and those individuals with FEV1/FVC < 70% after bronchodilator who did not report medical diagnosis were considered as underdiagnosis of COPD. The measure of inequalities was schooling and we calculated the slope index of inequalities (SII) and concentration index (CIX), measures for absolute and relative inequalities, respectively. Results: the overall prevalence of medical diagnosis of COPD was 4.6% and underdiagnosis was 12.8%. Except in Montevideo (SII 0.06, p=0.007; CIX 0.41, p<0.001; pro-schooled pattern) and Santiago (SII -0.07, p=0.006; CIX -0.21, p<0.001; pro-non schooled pattern), no inequalities on medical diagnosis were observed in the other sites. Regarding underdiagnosis, all sites presented a pro-non schooled inequalities pattern. Montevideo had the highest level of inequalities (SII -0.16, p<0.001 CIX -0.16, p<0.001) while Santiago (SII -0.10, p=0.006; CIX -0.08, p=0.044) and Caracas (SII -0.08, p=0.007; CIX -0.12, p=0.007) presented the lower levels of inequalities. Conclusions: inequalities on underdiagnosis of COPD are concentrated in non-schooled individuals and varied according to the site. Only two out of five sites presented inequalities in medical diagnosis of COPD with different patterns.
Spray combustion characteristics of a small-sized flue gas self-circulation diesel burner

Field: Engineering (Physical Sciences)

Low NOX combustion technology is taken more and more seriously. A new type of flue gas self-circulation low-NOx combustion structure was preliminary designed in this paper. The 3D model was established. Using the probability density function (PDF), a comparison of this data with the result of experimental can verify the feasibility of the selected calculation model. In addition, the numerical simulation of the small-sized flue gas self-circulation diesel burner' combustion process was investigated. The results show that: At the exit of the burner head, radial velocity distribution presented a "W" type substantially, the tangential velocity was an inverted "V" type distribution, and those two kinds of velocity both are tend to smooth attenuation till the distal end axially. Near the central exit of new burner, the recirculation zone becomes larger, mainly in the width direction. And circumfluence areas existed in the annular ostial of the outer cylinder. Back flow of flue gas increased. The flame length was shortened and a low NO emission was accomplished.
Exploring heart failure events in contemporary cardiovascular outcomes trials in type 2 diabetes mellitus

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) and heart failure (HF) are closely related, with the onset of one serving as an independent risk factor for the development or progression of the other. The true impact of their relationship is poorly understood. Since various classes of glucose-lowering therapies have been shown to have differing impact on cardiovascular outcomes, cardiovascular effects of such therapies have been increasingly formally evaluated. Areas covered: With the increasing prevalence of concomitant HF and type 2 DM, HF outcomes serve as important endpoints in trials of glucose-lowering therapies. A thorough literature search of recent cardiovascular outcome trials of glucose-lowering therapies was performed. The authors focus on the availability and extent of ascertainment of data related to HF outcomes in these contemporary clinical trial experiences. Expert commentary: Although early cardiovascular outcome trials did not focus on HF events, these outcomes have been increasingly recognized as meaningful end points in cardiovascular outcome trials. The ascertainment of HF end point data needs to become routine and standardized.
Relationship Between Premature ventricular complexes and Neutrophil–Lymphocyte Ratio in asymptomatic healty young men

Field: Medicine (Health Sciences)

Background: Premature ventricular complexes (PVC) are a relatively common electrocardiographic abnormality presenting in individuals without overt cardiovascular disease. There is no clear mortality benefit from VPB suppression in asymptomatic patients. In addition, It has been showed that evidence for structural heart disease consistent with non-ischemic scarring possibly due to inflammation in patients with premature ventricular beats . This situation suggests that the mechanisms by which VPBs can be also generated with include clinical and subclinical inflammation. The neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is an easy, cheap, noninvasive, and universally available laboratory marker used to evaluate clinical and subclinical systemic inflammation.We investigated the NLR in asymptomatic healty young men with PVC(structural heart disease excluded with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging) compared with controls.Methods: The study group consisted of 21 asymptomatic(or atypical complaint) healty young men with PVC ( mean age 22.7 ± 2.0 years.Results:There were no significant differences between the 2 groups with respect to age, gender, body mass index, smoking, as well as glucose, creatinine, total cholesterol, triglyceride, LDL-C, HDL-C, hemoglobin levels, white blood cell count, and red cell distribution width. The NLR was significantly higher among the men with PVC than that of the control group (2.7 ±0.7 vs 1.5 ± 0.4, respectively; P &amp;lt; .001).Conclusions: We found that the NLR is significantly elevated in asymptomatic healty young men with PVC compared with control participants. The increased NLR values might indicate subclinical and clinical inflammation in asymptomatic healty young men with PVC ,and we must consider that there
The Equilibration of Technical Objects: Uncovering Normative Layers of Sensorimotor Engagement

Field: Psychology (Social Sciences)

Abstract In this paper we argue that radically embodied approaches to cognition can be expanded to show that: (a) our sensorimotor engagements with technical objects can be normatively shaped in a direct manner (i.e. not necessarily involving symbolic processes), and that (b) this normativity is not only anchored in the agent but also partially supported by technical objects themselves. We depart from the enactive reinterpretation of Piagetian sensorimotor schemes and his theory of equilibration to establish how both agent-sided and environment-sided support structures (including artefacts) contribute to the autonomous self-maintenance of sensorimotor networks. We will then introduce technical behaviour as a regulatory transformation of the environment enacted to equilibrate certain sensorimotor structures. We will defend that technical objects, as products of technical behaviour, sediment these normative constraints in their material structure. Then, through the dynamics of assimilation and accommodation, we schematize how different scenarios give rise to canonical or alternative uses in the encounter of agents with artefacts. Finally, we will offer a complexification of the normative entanglement of objects and agents by introducing the sociohistorical notion of activity as developed within Activity Theory approaches as collectively articulating individual actions. Based on all of this, we will have offered a picture of technical objects as also radically embodying normative layers, without submitting to an overly-deterministic picture of artefacts as rigidly prescribing behaviour, or to the purely symbolic or culturalist interpretation of them.
How training can add real value to the business: part 1

Field: Business, Management and Accounting (Social Sciences)

This is the first of two ground‐breaking articles set to challenge the training community with a call to action written by Dr Richard Hale, a leading proponent of action learning. Here he argues that the time has come to shatter the myths that have emerged based upon the propositions of Donald Kirkpatrick some 43 years ago. Learning should be seen as the responsibility of the learner not the trainer. Proving learning should be integral to the process of learning not based on before and after statistics. This is based on Richard Hale’s own learning from action with international organisations through the International Management Centres Association.
JSA and HIRADC Analysis of Mold Replacement Process on Inject Stretch Blow Machine

Field: Engineering (Physical Sciences)

In plastic packaging companies using the Inject stretch blow machine (ISBM) process, changing molds is an activity that has the potential for work accidents. This is based on work activities carried out involving equipment that is quite heavy and has enormous dimensions. The purpose of this research is to find out the hazard factors of work accidents that occur and provide the development of solutions to avoid work accidents. This study uses the Job Safety Analysis (JSA) method and the Hazard Identification Risk Assessment and Determining Control (HIRADC) method. The results of this study are the factors that cause work accidents in the mold-changing process at the Inject stretch blow machine (ISBM). The stages carried out in this study are hazard identification, risk assessment, risk control, and residual risk assessment. The results obtained from this research are in the form of designing SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) for production activities and installing warnings on each machine, which will be used as a proposal for appropriate work risk control to prevent work accidents in this company. In addition, personal protective equipment that workers can use is the use of gloves, head protectors, and the use of safety shoes. In addition, workers are always required to check the working tools’ condition before starting work. This will be used as an appropriate work risk control proposal to prevent work accidents in this company. In addition, personal protective equipment that workers can use is the use of gloves, head protectors, and the use of safety shoes. In addition, workers are always required to check the working tools’ condition before starting work. This will be used as an appropriate work risk control proposal to prevent work accidents in this company. In addition, personal protective equipment that workers can use is the use of gloves, head protectors, and the use of safety shoes. In addition, workers are required to always check the working tools’ condition before starting work.
Optimally controlling the human connectome: the role of network topology

Field: Neuroscience (Life Sciences)

To meet ongoing cognitive demands, the human brain must seamlessly transition from one brain state to another, in the process drawing on different cognitive systems. How does the brain's network of anatomical connections help facilitate such transitions? Which features of this network contribute to making one transition easy and another transition difficult? Here, we address these questions using network control theory. We calculate the optimal input signals to drive the brain to and from states dominated by different cognitive systems. The input signals allow us to assess the contributions made by different brain regions. We show that such contributions, which we measure as energy, are correlated with regions' weighted degrees. We also show that the network communicability, a measure of direct and indirect connectedness between brain regions, predicts the extent to which brain regions compensate when input to another region is suppressed. Finally, we identify optimal states in which the brain should start (and finish) in order to minimize transition energy. We show that the optimal target states display high activity in hub regions, implicating the brain's rich club. Furthermore, when rich club organization is destroyed, the energy cost associated with state transitions increases significantly, demonstrating that it is the richness of brain regions that makes them ideal targets.