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Creditworthiness and access to finance of SMEs in Malaysia: do linkages with large firms matter?
Year: 2020

This study investigates the influence of inter firm linkages between small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and large firms on the relationship between an SME's creditworthiness and its access to finance.,Survey questionnaire was distributed to 456 SMEs in the manufacturing sector in the Selangor and Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur regions and a total of 145 useable responses were gathered. Investigation into the possible differences in the effect of creditworthiness and its dimensions on access to finance for SMEs with and without linkages are examined using Partial Least Squares Multi Group Analysis (PLS MGA),It is found that the relationship between creditworthiness and access to finance is significant for both SMEs with and without links to large firms. However, no significant difference is found in the effect of creditworthiness on access to finance for both types of SME. Further analysis on the five different dimensions of creditworthiness shows statistically significant differences between SMEs with links and those without for the dimensions of collateral and condition. This implies that alliances formed between SMEs and large firms do not have much of an influence on the overall creditworthiness but do influence the collateral and condition of the SME.,This study contributes to the understanding of the effects of interfirm linkages on SME creditworthiness and access to finance. To the authors' knowledge no such study has been conducted on links between SMEs and large firms, especially in a developing country such as Malaysia.
Enhancing Engagement With Faculty and Staff to Facilitate Student Success: An Evaluation of a Parent Intervention
Venue: Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
Year: 2019

Many low income and first generation students who enroll in college experience less desirable outcomes during their first year. Researchers have increasingly investigated the important role of college knowledge and engagement with faculty and staff for student success. Through a randomized controlled trial intervention, this study leverages the relationship between parents and students to encourage student engagement with faculty and staff during the first year of college. Results of a survey administered to treatment and control students show positive effects of this low cost, light touch intervention on parent student discussions, student attitudes, and intent to persist into the second year of college.
New concepts in acute pain management: strategies to prevent chronic postsurgical pain, opioid induced hyperalgesia, and outcome measures.
Venue: Anesthesiology clinics
Year: 2011

Chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP) is a pain syndrome that has attracted attention for more than 10 years. CPSP is a pain syndrome that develops postoperatively and lasts for at least 2 months in the absence of other causes for pain (eg, recurrence of malignancy, chronic infection, and so forth) Pain continuing from a preexisting disease is not considered as CPSP. In this article, the authors discuss the etiopathogenesis of CPSP and interventions that can help prevent and treat this condition.
Deep Gaussian processes for weakly supervised learning: tumor mutational burden (TMB) prediction
Year: 2019

Deep Gaussian process (DGP) model  a hierarchical composition of multiple Gaussian processes, can provide a more flexible prior distribution over functions than a single Gaussian process (GP) can. In this work, we propose a DGP based classification method for tumor mutational burden (TMB) prediction from histopathology whole slide images (WSIs) TMB (a quantitative measurement of the number of mutations in a patient's tumor) which can be fully assessed by next generation sequencing (NGS) technology, has been suggested as a biomarker to predict a patient's treatment response to immunotherapy in several cancer types, including lung and bladder cancer [3, 6] However, one key challenge is that not all patients would have adequate fresh tumor tissue samples or would be able to undergo biopsy to get tumor tissues. On the other hand, WSIs are widely available, as a standard diagnosis tool, for most cancer patients. We hypothesize that the morphological image features calculated from whole slide images could be used to predict TMB status.
[Clinical Response of Metastatic Colon Cancer to Chemotherapy with S 1 and Oxaliplatin A Case Report]
Venue: Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer chemotherapy
Year: 2015

Chemotherapy with S 1 and oxaliplatin is a new treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer. We present the first case of S 1, oxaliplatin, and bevacizumab therapy in our hospital. The patient was a 69 year old woman with ascending colon cancer and multiple lung and liver metastases. She tended to suffer from constipation; stenoses at the cecum and colon cancer were detected by colon fiberscopy. Following surgical resection of the primary tumor, the patient received systemic chemotherapy with S 1, oxaliplatin, and bevacizumab. Following chemotherapy, CT showed no cancer in the lung and cancer reduction in the liver or dissemination. The patient had diarrhea and no appetite at first, so we reduced the oxaliplatin dose by 80% After reduction of the oxaliplatin dose, we could treat the patient with S 1 and oxaliplatin continuously with no toxicity. S 1 and oxaliplatin chemotherapy is cost effective, and has less toxicity than other chemotherapies, if proper measures are taken. It seemed to have a non inferior response rate and disease control compared to other chemotherapies, such as FOLFOX. Thus, this chemotherapy is a valid choice for metastatic colorectal cancer.
Optimization of heating characteristics of gas insulated switch gear (GIS)
Year: 2018

Protection types of equipment are the mainstay of a power system. Recently, gas insulated metal enclosed switch gear (GIS) has developed the most important part of a power system protection. High pressure gas insulated metal enclosed switchgear may suffer overheating and can cause fatal accidents. The miniaturization and high performance of electrical equipment highlight the importance of thermal analysis. In this paper, the model simplification method of gas insulated metal enclosed switchgear is studied and the complex structure of GIS is simplified according to the heat source of GIS. The heat source of GIS includes Joule heat of conductor and contact resistance heating. Furthermore, this paper considers the cooling effect of natural convection SF6. By employing the method of AC electromagnetic analysis and fluid solid coupling analysis, harmonics under the effect of eddy current losses and the contact resistance method for the convection heat dissipation for shell and air) have been selected. Finally, obtain the temperature distribution of gas insulated metal enclosed switchgear. The simulation results are verified by temperature rise test. Thermal simulation analysis of gas insulated metal enclosed switchgear is carried out, which can provide a theoretical and experimental reference for further research and design of improved protected products.
Facial emotion recognition and detection
Year: 2021

Face and Emotion recognition presents a challenging problem in the field of image analysis and computer vision. The security of information is becoming very significant and difficult. Security cameras are presently common in airports, Offices, University, ATM, and Bank and in any locations with a security system. Face recognition is a biometric system used to identify or verify a person from a digital image. The Face recognition system should be automatically able to detect a face and their emotions. This system would be able to perform for multiple people at a time.
Sodium signaling and astrocyte energy metabolism
Venue: Glia
Year: 2016

The Na+ gradient across the plasma membrane is constantly exploited by astrocytes as a secondary energy source to regulate the intracellular and extracellular milieu, and discard waste products. One of the most prominent roles of astrocytes in the brain is the Na+ dependent clearance of glutamate released by neurons during synaptic transmission. The intracellular Na+ load collectively generated by these processes converges at the Na,K ATPase pump, responsible for Na+ extrusion from the cell, which is achieved at the expense of cellular ATP. These processes represent pivotal mechanisms enabling astrocytes to increase the local availability of metabolic substrates in response to neuronal activity. This review presents basic principles linking the intracellular handling of Na+ following activity related transmembrane fluxes in astrocytes and the energy metabolic pathways involved. We propose a role of Na+ as an energy currency and as a mediator of metabolic signals in the context of neuron glia interactions. We further discuss the possible impact of the astrocytic syncytium for the distribution and coordination of the metabolic response, and the compartmentation of these processes in cellular microdomains and subcellular organelles. Finally, we illustrate future avenues of investigation into signaling mechanisms aimed at bridging the gap between Na+ and the metabolic machinery. GLIA 2016;64:1667 1676
Multimodal Visual Grammar Analysis of Chinese Martial Arts Movie Posters
Year: 2018

As a major way of publicity of cinema, film poster is like a window showing core content of film story to attract potential audiences by using words, images and role styles in a single picture space. Poster of Chinese martial arts film, as one of typical Chinese cultural semiotics, is worth to be explored so as to find out how it creates visual meaning to express the theme of movie story and how it catches the attention of potential audiences. This paper applies visual grammar theoretical framework to analyze four posters of Chinese martial arts films in order to find out how do film posters construct their visual meanings and represent core information of Chinese martial arts films. Besides that, the paper also intends to understand how film posters realize the purpose of film promotion in the market of mass cultural consumption.
Metode Montessori Berbantu Alat Peraga Matematika Berbahan Limbah Karet Spons untuk Mengembangkan Partisipasi Aktif Siswa SD
Venue: Pedagogia Jurnal Pendidikan
Year: 2019

The purpose of this study is to determine the implementation of Montessori learning methods based on mathematical props made from sponge rubber waste in developing active participation of fifth grade elementary school students. This study uses descriptive qualitative research methods using instruments in form of observation sheets, interview sheets, questionnaire sheets, and documentation. The collected data is analyzed by triangulation. The results showed that Montessori learning based on mathematics teaching aids made from sponge rubber waste can develop active participation of fifth grade students. Active participation of fifth grade students looks better when teachers apply Montessori learning method. This can be seen from the increase in the average value of students' active participation at each meeting. At the first meeting the average value of active student participation was 66.67, the second meeting was 73.91 and the third meeting was 81.52. This study recommends implement the learning methods needed with interesting tools, so that it can increase students' active participation.
Nuevos Descriptores en Ciencias de la Salud para clasificar y recuperar informacion sobre equidad
Venue: Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica
Year: 2020

RESUMEN El vocabulario Descriptores en Ciencias de la Salud (DeCS) establece un lenguaje unico y comun que permite la organizacion y facilita la busqueda y recuperacion de la literatura tecnica y cientifica en salud disponible en las fuentes de informacion de la Biblioteca Virtual en Salud. El DeCS, creado por el Centro Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Informacion en Ciencias de la Salud (BIREME) un centro especializado de la Organizacion Panamericana de la Salud/Organizacion Mundial de la Salud (OPS/OMS) es la traduccion y la extension del vocabulario Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) mantenido por la National Library of Medicine de los Estados Unidos. BIREME, en coordinacion con expertos de America Latina y el Caribe, ha incluido en el DeCS los temas de equidad, genero, etnicidad y derechos humanos temas transversales en el marco programatico de la cooperacion tecnica de la OPS/OMS para garantizar una mejor recuperacion y uso de la informacion y evidencia cientifica relacionadas a estos temas. El objetivo de este articulo es describir el metodo de revision terminologica del DeCS e informar los resultados obtenidos y los impactos de la ampliacion terminologica en el area de equidad, que comprendio la inclusion de 35 nuevos descriptores.
Endocrine therapy resistance in estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer.
Venue: Drug discovery today
Year: 2016

Estrogen receptor (ER) positive breast cancer represents the majority ~70% of all breast malignancies. In this subgroup of breast cancers, endocrine therapies are effective both in the adjuvant and recurrent settings, although resistance remains a major issue. Several high throughput approaches have been used to elucidate mechanisms of resistance and to derive potential predictive markers or alternative therapies. In this review, we cover the state of the art of endocrine resistance biomarker discovery with regard to the latest technological developments, and discuss current opportunities and restrictions for their implementation into a clinical setting.
Integrative medicine in residency education: developing competency through online curriculum training.
Venue: Journal of graduate medical education
Year: 2012

The Integrative Medicine in Residency (IMR) program, a 200 hour Internet based, collaborative educational initiative was implemented in 8 family medicine residency programs and has shown a potential to serve as a national model for incorporating training in integrative/complementary/alternative medicine in graduate medical education.  The curriculum content was designed based on a needs assessment and a set of competencies for graduate medical education developed following the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education outcome project guidelines. The content was delivered through distributed online learning and included onsite activities. A modular format allowed for a flexible implementation in different residency settings.  TO ASSESS THE FEASIBILITY OF IMPLEMENTING THE CURRICULUM, A MULTIMODAL EVALUATION WAS UTILIZED, INCLUDING: (1) residents' evaluation of the curriculum; (2) residents' competencies evaluation through medical knowledge testing, self assessment, direct observations, and reflections; and (3) residents' wellness and well being through behavioral assessments.  The class of 2011 (n 61) had a high rate of curriculum completion in the first and second year (98.7% and 84.2% and course evaluations on meeting objectives, clinical utility, and functioning of the technology were highly rated. There was a statistically significant improvement in medical knowledge test scores for questions aligned with content for both the PGY 1 and PGY 2 courses.  The IMR program is an advance in the national effort to make training in integrative medicine available to physicians on a broad scale and is a success in terms of online education. Evaluation suggests that this program is feasible for implementation and acceptable to residents despite the many pressures of residency.
New Design of Ion Blower Based on Needle Dielectric Needle Bipolar Corona Discharge
Venue: IEEE Access
Year: 2019

We present here a new design of ion blower based on bipolar corona discharge of needle dielectric needle configuration. With the help of the dielectric plate, the new ion blower can endure higher voltage before spark than the traditional bipolar corona discharge, with the similar discharge characteristics and current voltage curve. The high operating voltage provides a much greater ionic wind velocity compared with the traditional needle to needle corona. The neutral ionic wind can reach as far as 0.45m with a velocity of 0.2m/s. This feature is very helpful for eliminating mechanical rotating components in the design of ion blowers, so that the size of ion blower can be greatly compressed and the noise significantly reduced, which is more suitable for electrostatic elimination in small areas and some specific scenarios. The design of self balancing regulation unit can effectively monitor the charged characteristics of mixed ion wind and make corresponding adjustments to ensure the neutrality of positive and negative discharge. This new ion blower has an excellent performance, including an offset voltage of 5V, a short discharge time of 5s or less at distance of 20cm.
Generative Adversarial Models for Unsupervised Domain Adaptation in Semantic Segmentation
Year: 2019

In this thesis we implement an unsupervised domain adaptation framework designed for semantic segmentation and tested in a synthetic to real adaptation scenario. First, we propose a pixel level adaptation strategy based on a cross domain image mapping to transfer visual attributes from an unlabelled target dataset to a fully annotated source one. In a second moment, we introduce an additional feature level adaptation to enforce feature distribution alignment between source and target domains.
Do Customer Perceptions of Corporate Services Brand Ethicality Improve Brand Equity? Considering the Roles of Brand Heritage, Brand Image, and Recognition Benefits
Year: 2019

In order to be competitive in an era of ethical consumerism, brands are facing an ever increasing pressure to integrate ethical values into their identities and to display their ethical commitment at a corporate level. Nevertheless, studies that relate business ethics to corporate brands are either theoretical or have predominantly been developed empirically in goods contexts. This is surprising, because corporate brands are more relevant in services settings, given the nature of services (i.e. intangible, heterogeneous, inseparable and perishable) and the fact that services settings comprise a greater number of customer brand interactions and touch points than goods contexts. Accordingly, the purpose of this article is to empirically examine the effects of customer perceived ethicality of corporate brands that operate in the services sector. Based on data collected for eight service categories using a panel of 2179 customers, the hypothesized structural model is tested using path analysis. The generalizability theory is applied to test for measurement equivalence between these categories. The results of the hypothesized model show that, in addition to a direct impact, customer perceived ethicality has a positive and indirect impact on brand equity, through the mediators of recognition benefits and brand image. Moreover, brand heritage negatively influences the impact of customer perceived ethicality on brand image. The main implication is that managers need to be aware of the need to reinforce brand image and recognition benefits, as this can facilitate the translation of customer perceived ethicality into brand equity.
Segregation in water fluidized beds of sand particles
Year: 2013

Fluidization experiments were conducted on four fractions of filtration (quartz) sand using columns of 144 and 64 mm i.d. The size distribution of the fractions obtained by sieving followed an approximately modified normal (Gaussian) particle size distribution with respect to the projected particle diameter, while the shape factor decreased linearly with increasing projected particle diameter. The expansion characteristics of the sand particles followed a Richardson Zaki relationship. The intercept velocity, i.e. the extrapolated value of the fluid superficial velocity to e 1 on the plot log U vs. log e agreed quite well with the experimentally determined mean free settling velocity of the cloud of about 30 randomly selected particles. During fluidization, the beds were hydraulically separated into 10 sub fractions, which are then analyzed. For the mixture d p 0.75 1.25 mm during fluidization at an overall bed expansion of 35% the bed partially segregated since, remarkably, the smallest particles were concentrated at the top, while the largest particles were concentrated in the bottom zone. In the remaining part of the bed (about 80% of total mass) the particles were well mixed. Similar experiments were performed with sand mixtures d p 1.60 2.00 mm, d p 1.40 2.00 mm and d p 1.166 2.00 mm. By analyzing the particle size distribution at the bottom and at the top of the bed, it was concluded that the bed was well mixed if the sieving ratio of the largest to smallest sieve opening was less than about 1.5.
Pengaruh Pembelajaran ICT dan Minat Belajar terhadap Kesiapan Membaca Anak Usia Dini
Year: 2020

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh pembelajaran ICT dan minat belajar terhadap kesiapan membaca, menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif dengan metode eksperimen. Populasi penelitian seluruh anak TK B usia 5 6 tahun di Kabupaten Pasaman Barat. Teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan multistage random sampling. Teknik analisis data menggunakan ANAVA. Hasil penelitian menemukan bahwa 1) Terdapat perbedaan kesiapan membaca anak yang menggunakan pembelajaran ICT berbasis interaktif dan berbasis non interaktif. Hasil perhitungan a= 0,05 di peroleh F hitung untuk pembelajaran ICT sebesar 5,849 sedangkan F tabel 4,11. 2) Terdapat perbedaan kesiapan membaca antara anak yang memiliki minat belajar tinggi dan minat belajar rendah. Hasil perhitungan a= 0,05 diperoleh F hitung untuk minat belajar sebesar 4,588 sedangkan F tabel 4,11. 3) Pengaruh interaksi pembelajaran ICT dan minat belajar terhadap kesiapan membaca anak. Hasil perhitungan a= 0,05 diperoleh F hitung F tabel (74,602 4,11) Dampak dari penelitian ini adalah guru lebih memahami cara penggunaan pembelajaran ICT pada anak usia dini.
Effects of minor Sr addition on the microstructure, mechanical properties and creep behavior of high pressure die casting AZ91 0.5RE based alloy
Year: 2017

Effects of minor Sr (x=0, 0.2, 0.6, 1.0 wt% addition on microstructure, mechanical properties and creep behavior of high pressure die casting AZ91 0.5RE based alloys were thoroughly investigated. Experimental results show that the addition of Sr to HPDC AZ91 0.5RE based alloys can refine the microstructure including externally solidified crystal a Mg and eutectic compound b Mg17Al12. On the other hand, when the content of Sr reaches 1.0% a small amount of plate like Al4Sr phase can be formed. Moreover, minor of Sr addition can significantly decrease the volume fraction of b Mg17Al12 precipitates of AZ91 0.5RE based alloys. In addition, the mechanical properties of AZ91 0.5RE based alloys can be improved remarkably with Sr addition, and the alloy containing 0.2% Sr exhibits the best mechanical properties at ambient temperature. Fractographic analyses demonstrate that the fracture modes of the alloy without and with Sr are quasi cleavage fracture and ductile fracture, respectively. Furthermore, Creep properties of HPDC AZ91 0.5RE based alloys were obviously improved by adding Sr element. And creep mechanisms of the alloys with and without Sr at 150 degC/30 70 MPa and 50 MPa/140 160 degC are both considered to be dislocation climb controlled creep based on the analyses of the stress exponent and apparent activation energy. The AZ91 0.5RE 1.0Sr alloy presents the best creep resistance among the studied alloys, which is mainly attributed to the presence of thermally stable intermetallic compound of Al4Sr phase at the grain boundaries.