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Eco-Driving With Partial Wireless Charging Lane at Signalized Intersection: A Reinforcement Learning Approach
Get PDFConsumer electronics such as advanced GPS, vehicular sensors, inertial measurement units (IMUs), and wireless modules integrate vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) within internet of thing (IoT), enabling connected autonomous electric vehicles (CAEVs) to optimize energy optimization through eco-driving. In scenarios with traffic light intersections and partial wireless charging lanes (WCL), an eco-driving algorithm must consider net and gross energy consumption, safety, and traffic efficiency. We introduced a deep reinforcement learning (DRL) based eco-driving control approach, employing a twin-delayed deep deterministic policy gradient (TD3) agent for real-time acceleration planning. This approach uses reward functions for acceleration, velocity, safety, and efficiency, incorporating a dynamic velocity range model which not only enables the vehicle to smoothly pass the signalized intersections but also uses partial WCL efficiently and time-adaptively while ensuring traffic efficiency in diverse traffic scenarios. Tested in Simulation of Urban Mobility (SUMO) across various intersections with partial WCL, our method significantly lowered net and gross energy consumption by up to 44.01% and 17.19%, respectively, compared to conventional driving, while adhering to traffic and safety norms.10.13039/501100001809-National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Number: 62206062
Autonomy as a Strategic Dial: A Dynamic Framework for Managing Acquired Subsidiaries
Get PDFManaging acquired subsidiaries can be daunting. Parent and affiliate executives strive to co-create value, but fixed mindsets around subsidiary autonomy can result in diverging interests and outcomes. Through a longitudinal study of Audi’s post-acquisition integration of supercar manufacturer Lamborghini, this article provides guidance on how to manage the level of acquired subsidiary autonomy as a strategic dial that can be dynamically adjusted over time for mutual benefit. This dynamic approach to autonomy rests on three specific managerial levers—appraisal respect, organizational identity, and resource orchestration. These can enable the renewal of competitive capabilities and sustain post-acquisition success
Exploring the process of digital artifact adoption in entrepreneurship education
Get PDFThis thesis was submitted for the award of Doctor of Philosophy and was awarded by Brunel University LondonEntrepreneurship education (EE) has become an important subject that many higher education institutions (HEIs) are currently offering it to their learners. Furthermore, the use of digital technology in teaching EE has been among the recently discussed topics, and the use of digital artifacts (DA) in teaching entrepreneurship has been studied. However, existing literature lacks a theoretical framework that identifies the different factors that facilitate and/or impede the process of adoption of DA in EE. The process of technology adoption in EE remains understudied. This study investigates the process of how adoption of DA unfolds in EE, in Oman.
Applying grounded theory approach, the study explores the facilitating and the impeding factors to technology adoption, and the strategies to overcome the impeding factors. Data collection was achieved through semi-structured interviews with 30 entrepreneurship educators from different Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Oman.
The findings demonstrate that learners’ positive attitude, embracing the available different technologies, educators’ positive role, and management support are the main facilitating factors to DA adoption. However, the main impediment factors include the following: first, the learners’ background and mentality, and their focus on grades and marks over acquiring learners. Second, educators’ teaching style, their incompetency in teaching the subject, and their high teaching load. Third, the absence of management awareness, understanding, and support, and the lack of entrepreneurial culture among the institution.
Effective technology adoption involves the active engagement of various stakeholders, including learners, educators, and management. However, the educators play a predominant role in technology adoption and in improving teaching approaches. This research contributes by developing a framework illustrating the process of how DA adoption in EE unfolds overtime
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No full textThis article is a preprint and has not been certified by peer review.Accurate and complete gene annotations are indispensable for understanding how genome sequences encode biological functions. For twenty years, the GENCODE consortium has developed reference annotations for the human and mouse genomes, becoming a foundation for biomedical and genomics communities worldwide. Nevertheless, collections of important yet poorly-understood gene classes like long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) remain incomplete and scattered across multiple, uncoordinated catalogs, slowing down progress in the field. To address these issues, GENCODE has undertaken the most comprehensive lncRNAs annotation effort to date. This is founded on the manual annotation of full-length targeted long-read sequencing, on matched embryonic and adult tissues, of orthologous regions in human and mouse. Altogether 17,931 novel human genes (140,268 novel transcripts) and 22,784 novel mouse genes (136,169 novel transcripts) have been added to the GENCODE catalog representing a 2-fold and 6-fold increase in transcripts, respectively - the greatest increase since the sequencing of the human genome. Novel gene annotations display evolutionary constraints, have well-formed promoter regions, and link to phenotype-associated genetic variants. They greatly enhance the functional interpretability of the human genome, as they help explain millions of previously-mapped "orphan" omics measurements corresponding to transcription start sites, chromatin modifications and transcription factor binding sites. Crucially, our targeted design assigned human-mouse orthologs at a rate beyond previous studies, tripling the number of human disease-associated lncRNAs with mouse orthologs. The expanded and enhanced GENCODE lncRNA annotations mark a critical step towards deciphering the human and mouse genomes.This project was supported by Award Number 2 U24 HG007234 and U24 HG011451 from the National Human Genome Research Institute, Wellcome Trust [WT222155/Z/20/Z]; European Molecular Biology Laboratory. This work and its publication were also supported by the National Science Center PL grant 2021/42/E/NZ2/00434 to B.U.R. and by FWF Austrian Science Fund V-762 (Elise-Richter Program) to A.T. We acknowledge support of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation through the Centro de Excelencia Severo Ochoa (CEX2020-001049-S, MCIN/AEI /10.13039/501100011033), the Generalitat de Catalunya through the CERCA programme and to the EMBL partnership. R.J. is supported by Science Foundation Ireland through Future Research Leaders award 18/FRL/6194 and by the Irish Research Council through Consolidator Laureate award (IRCLA/2022/2500)
Fashion Brands in the Metaverse: Redefining Digital Marketing and Branding Landscapes
No full textIn the rapidly evolving digital world and the emergence of virtual reality platforms, fashion brands must establish their presence in these new landscapes. Current frameworks require the redefinition and development of major concepts, such as digital marketing and branding. Despite the novelty of the metaverse, the fashion industry has recently witnessed a surge in investment, with major brands such as Nike, Ralph Lauren, and Gucci reaping returns of billions of dollars. The rise of the metaverse presents unprecedented opportunities for innovation in branding and marketing strategies in various sectors. However, there is a significant lack of theoretical and empirical research focusing on the digital marketing strategies employed by different fashion brands in the metaverse realm. In this new frontier of digital fashion within the metaverse, brands are exploring innovative strategies to redefine their digital marketing and branding techniques. Therefore, this study aimed to synthesize fashion brand companies in the metaverse realm and investigate their digital marketing strategies. It also presents the possible impact of metaverse marketing strategies on brand equity and brand experience, documented in the extant literature review. To bridge this gap, a thematic analysis approach was adopted to offer novel insights to both practitioners and academia. This study is regarded as one of the first to address this subject. It acknowledges the multifaceted dimensions of metaverse marketing including NFTs, avatars, gaming, immersive technologies, virtual spaces, and influencers.Copyright © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024 A. Hamdan and A. Harraf (eds.), Business Development via AI and Digitalization, Studies in Systems, Decision and Control 538
Mindset and Sexual Health: Does Mindset Impact Receptiveness to Sexuality Education Curricula?
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Data is available via https://github.com/tagtarap/MindsetXSexualHealth . The HEART program belongs to Dr. Widman and colleagues with the Teen Health Lab at North Carolina State University; all inquiries to use said program must be directed to Dr. Laura Widman at [email protected] Availability:
Open script and code are available via https://github.com/tagtarap/MindsetXSexualHealth .Introduction:
Sexual health programs have been found to facilitate improved physical and social well-being, yet the role that individual differences play in shaping program outcomes is under-explored. This study addresses how mindset variation in adherence to social norms influences experiences in a sexual health program.
Methods:
Between June 2022 and January 2023, participants (UK residents; N = 125, age 22.09 (SD = 2.10)) engaged in a pretest–posttest design with a gamified sexual health training program. Variables (i.e., mindset, STI-related stigma/shame, sexual self-efficacy, comfort, sex guilt) were measured at three time points (Time 1 (T1): 1-week pre-training (N = 125); Time 2 (T2): immediate post-training (N = 98); and Time 3 (T3): 1-week post-training (N = 87)). Multilevel modeling was used, predicting that changes after engagement with the program will be more true for “looser” rather than “tighter” mindsets.
Results:
Participation in the program appeared to reduce STI-related shame significantly (T2: b = − 0.31; T3: b = − 0.39) and increased sexual self-efficacy (T2: b = 0.24; T3: b = 0.16) and comfort (T2: b = 0.18; T3: b = 0.14). Modest reductions in STI-related stigma occurred (T2: b = − 0.06; T3: b = − 0.06), but not in sex-related guilt (T2: b = − 0.02; T3: b < 0.01). Main effects revealed that looser mindsets were associated with greater comfort (b = − 0.26), while tighter mindsets showed marginal associations with higher sexual self-efficacy (b = 0.24) and sex guilt (b = 0.15). Interaction effects revealed that mindset differences influenced the variable of comfort, with tighter mindsets showing larger increases post-training (T2: b = 0.22; T3: b = 0.20).
Conclusions:
(1) online sexuality education programming was effective at producing changes in some, but not all, measured sexual health outcomes, and (2) mindset is relevant to sexual health.
Policy Implications:
This work suggests that the tightness-looseness framework can guide person-centered approaches, enhancing effectiveness and responsiveness in sexual health training curricula.This research was funded via the corresponding author’s research funds allocated by their institution. No grants or other support were received during the preparation of this manuscript
Sexism in business schools (and universities): Structural inequalities, systemic failures, and individual experiences
Get PDFData Availability Statement: Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no new data were created or analyzed in this study.Guest editorial: Call for papers.This article also appears in::Sexism in business schools: Structural inequalities, systemic failures and individual experiences of sexism. available online at:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1111/(ISSN)1468-0432.Sexism-in-business-schools .#Me Too. #Times Up. #Stop. We no longer need to pretend that our lives are not imbued with sexism – sexism permeates every part of our lives. Sexism in academia is experienced at both the systemic and individual levels, often culturally normalized and personally violent yet cloaked beneath veneers of professional activity and working relationships. The silence surrounding sexism in academia is deafening (Teixeira, Silva, Mesquita and Rampazo, 2018). Patriarchy and masculine imperatives embedded in cultural, social and professional aspects of living and working in academia (Benchop and Brouns, 2003) have provided fertile ground for sexism. This Special Issue of Gender, Work and Organization breaks this silence and seeks to investigate how sexism is experienced in business schools globally. Sexism has been prevalent from early feminist debates through to contemporary conversations focus on the normalization of sexism in the university, the effects of women’s lives and careers, the inherent silence regarding sexism and resistance to sexism. Intersectional considerations of race, class, age, ethnicity, disability, gender and sexual orientation have been acknowledged given that histories of societies and individuals are not constituted by single exclusionary markers (Crimmins, 2019; Stauß and Boncori, 2020). Nash reminds us that subjects are oppressed and privileged in different ways (Nash, 2008). Writings have presented inclusive accounts of the experience of sexism often involving critical reflections, self-history, collective stories, resistance to struggles in academic spaces
Performance and stability analysis of interacting multiple model estimator under unobservable packet loss
Get PDFFor a system with packet loss, if the estimator cannot observe the packet-loss status (PLS), the system is called an unobservable-packet-loss (UPL) system. Otherwise, it is called an observable-packet-loss (OPL) system. This paper studies the interacting multiple model (IMM) estimator for UPL systems, and the main contributions are twofold. (i) Estimation accuracy of the unobservable PLS. For an unstable UPL system, we prove that the UPL system will become an OPL one with time, since the PLS can be exactly estimated with time. For a stable UPL system, there exists an accuracy threshold such that the estimation accuracy of the PLS cannot be better than this threshold. (ii) Stability of the IMM estimator. For an unstable UPL system, we establish a necessary and sufficient condition: there exists a threshold such that the IMM estimator is stable almost everywhere if and only if the packet-arrival rate is greater than this threshold. For a stable UPL system, we show that the IMM estimator is stable, no matter what value the packet-arrival rate is.The work was supported in part by National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant (62273286) and Grant (61873148), in part by the Scientific Research Startup Fund for Shenzhen High-Caliber Personnel of SZPT (6021310027K), in part by Shenzhen Polytechnic University Research Fund (602331015PQ), in part by Industry-University-Research Innovation Fund of Chinese University (2021ZYB05002), in part by Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Macau Technology Research Programme (SGDX20230821091559019), and in part by GRF (17203922)
The Idea of Education in Golden Age Detective Fiction
No full textCopyright 2025. Table of contents. Introduction 1. Learning in the Age of Sleuthing 2. Detective as learner and teacher 3. The learning spaces of Golden Age Detective Fiction 4. The limits of detective learning 5. Detective fiction in education.This book presents an exploration of how Golden Age detective fiction encounters educational ideas, particularly those forged by the transformative educational policymaking of the interwar period. Charting the educational policy and provision of the era, and referring to works by Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Edmund Crispin and others, this book explores the educational capacity and agency of literary detectives, the learning spaces of the genre and the kinds of knowledge that are made available to inquirers both inside and outside the text. It is argued that the genre explores a range of contemporaneous propositions on the balance between academic curriculum and practicum, length of school life and the value of lifelong learning. This book’s closing chapter considers the continuing pedagogic value for contemporary classrooms of engaging with the genre as a rich discursive and imaginative space for exploring educational ideas. Framing Golden Age detective fiction as a genre profoundly concerned with learning, this book will be highly relevant reading for academics, postgraduate students and scholars involved in the fields of English language arts, twentieth-century literature and the theories of learning more broadly. Those interested in detective fiction and interdisciplinary literary studies will also find the volume of interest
Refugee entrepreneurs: Typologies of emancipation and impact
Get PDFThe economic and social impacts of refugee entrepreneurs on host countries are becoming increasingly significant. Drawing on interviews with 33 Syrian refugee entrepreneurs from different backgrounds in Turkey, we theorise the conditions, mechanisms and outcomes of individual and collective emancipation that refugee entrepreneurs garner. Our qualitative study offers two theoretical contributions to the literature. First, we develop a typology of emancipation (self-made, political, resource-driven and complete emancipation) among refugee entrepreneurs and identify two emancipation mechanisms (i.e. seeking autonomy and crafting/strengthening) that transform the conditions of refugee entrepreneurs. Second, we demonstrate how emancipation fosters individual empowerment, collective success and positive societal impact. We connect these theoretical expansions to suggest evidence-based policy and practice recommendations on integration and support the emancipatory potential of refugee entrepreneurship.The author(s) received no financial support for the research, authorship and/or publication of this article
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