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Paradoxes and management approaches of competing for work in creative professional service firms
No full textDespite their business relevance, creative professional service firms are under-researched, in particular with regard to how they compete for work. Competing for work is key to survival, but also extremely challenging due to the complexity of the services offered. In this paper we use a paradox framework to investigate the opposing demands that creative professional service firms experience when competing for work. Based on a set of semi-structured interviews in the context of architectural competitions, we show that creative professional service firms face two interwoven paradoxes which relate to the strategic intent (why to compete) and the design intent (what to propose) of client propositions. We describe these paradoxes and explain how organizations manage and cope with them through both synthesis and separation management approaches. Contributions of this study can be found in theorizing paradoxes of competing for work from the professional service provider's perspective, and in fostering the firms’ paradoxical mind-set, which facilitates the acceptance and resolution of complexity and different competing demands.Accepted Author ManuscriptPublic Commissionin
Neolindus brachati Volker, 2012, sp. n.
No full text<i>Neolindus brachati</i> sp. n., <i>Neolindus luciamans</i> sp. n. <p> <b>Zusammenfassung</b></p> <p> Zwei Arten der Gattung <i>Neolindus</i> Scheerpeltz, 1933 werden beschrieben, abgebildet und von ähnlichen bzw. geographisch nahen Arten unterschieden: <i>N. luciamans</i> sp. n. (Peru: Provinz Huanuco) und <i>N. brachati</i> sp. n. (Venezuela: Provinz Carabobo). <i>Neolindus rudiculus</i> Herman, 1991 wird erstmals seit der Originalbeschreibung nachgewiesen.</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p> The subtribe Cylindroxystina is one of the few Neotropical paederine taxa that have been subject to modern revisions. According to Herman (1991), it comprises two genera and 47 species, <i>Cylindroxystus</i> Bierig, 1943 (14 species) and <i>Neolindus</i> Scheerpeltz, 1933 (33 species). Four additional species of <i>Neolindus</i> were described recently by Asenjo (2011) and Irmler (2011).</p> <p> Both <i>Cylindroxystus</i> and <i>Neolindus</i> have been collected remarkably rarely and in small numbers; numerous species are represented only by single specimens. The revision by Herman (1991) is based on a total of merely 37 (<i>Cylindroxystus</i>) and 79 specimens (<i>Neolindus</i>), respectively. Most of them were found in leaf litter and at lower elevations, but the reproduction habitat is essentially unknown.</p> <p> In material of Staphylinidae collected by Volker Brachat (Geretsried) in Venezuela in 2005 and 2007 and by Günter Riedel (München) in Peru in October 2010, five specimens of <i>Neolindus</i> were discovered, a female of unknown identity (probably undescribed), a female of <i>N. rudiculus</i> Herman, 1991, and three specimens (two males and one female) belonging to two undescribed species from Peru and Venezuela.</p> <p>Material and methods</p> <p>The material treated in this study is deposited in the author´s collection.</p> <p>The morphological studies were conducted using a Stemi SV 11 microscope (Zeiss Germany) and a Jenalab compound microscope (Carl Zeiss Jena). A digital camera (Nikon Coolpix 995) was used for the photographs.</p> <p>Head length was measured from the anterior margin of the frons to the posterior margin of the head, elytral length at the suture from the apex of the scutellum to the posterior margin of the elytra, total length from the anterior margin of the mandibles to the apex of the abdomen, the length of the forebody from the anterior margin of the mandibles to the posterior margin of the elytra, aedeagal length from the apex of the internal structures or from the apex of the dorsal plate (whichever is the longest) to the base of the capsule. The parameral side of the aedeagus (i.e., the side where the sperm duct enters) is referred to as the ventral, the opposite side as the dorsal aspect.</p>Published as part of <i>Volker, A., 2012, Two new species of Neolindus from Peru and Venezuela (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae: Cylindroxystina), pp. 291-297 in Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 62 (6)</i> on pages 291-292, DOI: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.62.2.291-297, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/4812846">http://zenodo.org/record/4812846</a>
COVID-19 and the Internet: Lessons Learned
Full text linkThe COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the ‘real’ world and substantially impacted the virtual world and thus the Internet ecosystem. It has caused a significant exogenous shock that offers a wealth of natural experiments and produced new data about broadband, clouds, and the Internet in times of crisis. In this chapter, we characterise and evaluate the evolving impact of the global COVID-19 crisis on traffic patterns and loads and the impact of those on Internet performance from multiple perspectives. While we place a particular focus on deriving insights into how we can better respond to crises and better plan for the post-COVID-19 ‘new normal’, we analyse the impact on and the responses by different actors of the Internet ecosystem across different jurisdictions. With a focus on the USA and Europe, we examine the responses of both public and private actors, with the latter including content and cloud providers, content delivery networks, and Internet service providers (ISPs). This chapter makes two contributions: first, we derive lessons learned for a future post-COVID-19 world to inform non-networking spheres and policy-making; second, the insights gained assist the networking community in better planning for the future.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Cyber Securit
Valorization of Chickpea Flour with Selected Microbial Strains to Improve its Nutritional, Functional and Gut Health-Promoting Properties
No full textRaw data and scripts for "The Period-Modulated Harmonic Locked Loop (PM-HLL): A low-effort algorithm for rapid time-domain multi-periodicity estimation"
No full textThis package contains all required scripts to generate the simulations and figures from the study "The Period-Modulated Harmonic Locked Loop (PM-HLL): A low-effort algorithm for rapid time-domain multi-periodicity estimation" by Volker Hohmann, published in Acta Acustica:
The Period-Modulated Harmonic Locked Loop (PM-HLL): A low-effort algorithm for rapid time-domain multi-periodicity estimation
Volker Hohmann
Acta Acust. 5 56 (2021)
DOI: 10.1051/aacus/2021050
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Method patented: DE Patent DE102021207339B3
Author: Volker Hohmann, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, GermanyFunded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) – Project-ID 352015383 – SFB 1330 – project B2
Monetary theory and monetary policy : reflections on the development over the last 150 years : [Version 8 Dezember 2012]
No full textIn this paper, we provide some reflections on the development of monetary theory and monetary policy over the last 150 years. Rather than presenting an encompassing overview, which would be overambitious, we simply concentrate on a few selected aspects that we view as milestones in the development of this subject. We also try to illustrate some of the interactions with the political and financial system, academic discussion and the views and actions of central banks
Phenylalanine Metabolism Regulates Reproduction and Parasite Melanization in the Malaria Mosquito
Full text linkThe blood meal of the female malaria mosquito is a pre-requisite to egg production and also represents the transmission route for the malaria parasite. The proper and rapid assimilation of proteins and nutrients in the blood meal creates a significant metabolic challenge for the mosquito. To better understand this process we generated a global profile of metabolite changes in response to blood meal of Anopheles gambiae, using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS). To disrupt a key pathway of amino acid metabolism we silenced the gene phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) involved in the conversion of the amino acid phenylalanine into tyrosine. We observed increased levels of phenylalanine and the potentially toxic metabolites phenylpyruvate and phenyllactate as well as a reduction in the amount of tyrosine available for melanin synthesis. This in turn resulted in a significant impairment of the melanotic encapsulation response against the rodent malaria parasite Plasmodium berghei. Furthermore silencing of PAH resulted in a significant impairment of mosquito fertility associated with reduction of laid eggs, retarded vitellogenesis and impaired melanisation of the chorion. Carbidopa, an inhibitor of the downstream enzyme DOPA decarboxylase that coverts DOPA into dopamine, produced similar effects on egg melanization and hatching rate suggesting that egg chorion maturation is mainly regulated via dopamine. This study sheds new light on the role of amino acid metabolism in regulating reproduction and immunity
Private International Law – Incapacity and contracts – the European dimension
No full textThe author considers the international and European dimensions of law to protect incapable adults in respect of their person and their property. Article by Dr Volker Lipp (University of Mannheim, former Visiting fellow of the IALS) published in Amicus Curiae - Journal of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and its Society for Advanced Legal Studies. The Journal is produced by the Society for Advanced Legal Studies at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London
Monetary theory and monetary policy : reflections on the development over the last 150 years
Full text linkIn this paper, we provide some reflections on the development of monetary theory and monetary policy over the last 150 years. Rather than presenting an encompassing overview, which would be overambitious, we simply concentrate on a few selected aspects that we view as milestones in the development of this subject. We also try to illustrate some of the interactions with the political and financial system, academic discussion and the views and actions of central banks
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