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Business Model Innovation of JF Logistics Company
No full text摘要 随着全球化经济的发展，市场竞争变得越来越复杂。信息时代使得物流供应链管理已上升到企业的战略管理高度。在这样的背景下，本文应用翁君奕老师的介观商务模式创新观点，对JF物流公司所处行业现状进行剖析，重新审视了外部客户市场以及内部自身情况，找出了JF物流公司自身的优势，并结合外部市场客户的需求，提出了“为客户提供个性化的集物流、资金流、信息流于一体的供应链物流服务”这一价值主张，并在此基础上，重新定位客户市场，创新服务产品，理顺内部管理架构和业务流程以支撑和保持这一价值主张。文中同时以例证来说明依据新价值主张所创新的服务产品给JF物流公司所带来的变化，以此说明通过商务模式创新来实行自身的战略...Abstract With the development of the global economy, the competition in market becomes more complicated. In the era of information, logistics and supply chain management is regarded as important as part of the company strategy. Under such background , the author of this essay uses the concept of “JieGuan Business Model Innovation” proposed by Professor Weng Junyi of Xiamen University, and analy...学位：管理学硕士院系专业：管理学院高级经理教育中心（EMBA项目）_管理经济学学号：X200615614
Temporal and spatial variability in speakers with Parkinson's Disease and Friedreich's Ataxia
No full textSpeech variability in groups of speakers with Parkinson's disease (PD) and with Friedreich's ataxia was compared with healthy controls. Speakers repeated the same phrase 20 times at one of two rates (fast or habitual). A non-linear analysis of variability was performed which used some of the principles behind the spatio-temporal index (STI). The STI usually employs variation in lip displacement over repetitions of the same utterance and a linear analysis of such signals is conducted to represent the combined variation in spatial and temporal control. When working with patients, audio measures (here we used speech energy) are preferred over kinematics ones as they are minimally disruptive to speech. Non-linear methods allow spatial variability to be estimated separately from temporal variability. The results are tentatively interpreted as showing that PD speakers were distinguished from healthy control speakers in spatial variability and ataxic speakers were distinguished from controls in temporal variability. These findings are consistent with the speech symptoms reported for these disorders. We conclude that the non-linear analysis using the speech energy measure is worth investigating further as it is potentially revealing of the differences underlying these two pathologies
Spatial Diffusion of Social Policy in China: Spatial Convergence and Neighborhood Interaction of Vocational Education
No full textThere has been a vast amount of discussion about the positive and negative regional effect on policy diffusion. During this debate, the role of neighborhood structure is ignored and the linear assumption is still prevailing in this field. By analyzing the spatial convergence of local vocational education development with data of 31 provinces from 1995 to 2008 in China, we explore the effects of neighborhood interactions on policy diffusion, paying specific attention to the dynamical role of neighborhood structures in policy diffusion. The empirical results clearly indicate that the development of local vocational education systems in China is spatially autocorrelated to the neighboring provinces. Local vocational education systems converge more slowly if a spatially lagged dependent variable is introduced, while they converge faster if a spatially error variable is introduced. The policy transition between neighbors considering their local spatial context is analyzed with Spatial Markov Chain and a fundamental nonlinear connection between neighborhood structure and policy transition is unveiled. Using spatial econometric models, we also find that the socio-spatial diffusion patterns with the social factors such as consumption, urban/rural distribution and occupation serve as barriers to and amplifiers of policy diffusion. These results not only resonate with conventional linear wisdom on policy diffusion but also offer a new nonlinear perspective on socio-spatial patterns of policy diffusion that are clearly embedded within the local neighborhood [email protected]
Additional file 6 of Prevalence of chronic cough in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis
No full textAdditional file 6. Fig. S1. Distribution of children with chronic cough across Mainland China. NOTE: Red star in the map represents Beijing City. The map was developed in XL Toolbox NG by ourselves, without the conflict of copyright. Fig. S2. Pooled chronic cough prevalence of adults stratified by region. Abbreviations: CI, confidence intervals. NOTE: The three author labels of ZHANG JF 1999 are from the same literature, and the two author labels of Venners 2001 are from the same literature. Fig. S3. Pooled chronic cough prevalence of adults stratified by diagnostic criteria. Abbreviations: CI, confidence intervals. NOTE: The three author labels of ZHANG JF 1999 are from the same literature, and the two author labels of Venners 2001 are from the same literature. Fig. S4. Pooled chronic cough prevalence of adults stratified by year of publication. Abbreviations: CI, confidence intervals. NOTE: The three author labels of ZHANG JF 1999 are from the same literature, and the two author labels of Venners 2001 are from the same literature. Fig. S5. Pooled chronic cough prevalence of adults stratified by age. Abbreviations: CI, confidence intervals. NOTE: The three author labels of ZHANG JF 1999 are from the same literature, and the two author labels of Venners 2001 are from the same literature. Fig. S6. Pooled chronic cough prevalence of adults stratified by sampling methods. Abbreviations: CI, confidence intervals. NOTE: The three author labels of ZHANG JF 1999 are from the same literature, and the two author labels of Venners 2001 are from the same literature. Fig. S7. Pooled chronic cough prevalence of adults stratified by sample size. Abbreviations: CI, confidence intervals; ES, Effect Size. NOTE: The three author labels of ZHANG JF 1999 are from the same literature, and the two author labels of Venners 2001 are from the same literature. Fig. S8. Pooled chronic cough prevalence of adults stratified by prevalence definitions. Abbreviations: CI, confidence intervals; ES, Effect Size. NOTE: The three author labels of ZHANG JF 1999 are from the same literature, and the two author labels of Venners 2001 are from the same literature. Fig. S9. Pooled chronic cough prevalence of adults stratified by chronic cough definitions. Abbreviations: CI, confidence intervals; ES, Effect Size. NOTE: The three author labels of ZHANG JF 1999 are from the same literature, and the two author labels of Venners 2001 are from the same literature. Fig. S10. Pooled chronic cough prevalence of adults stratified by quality of articles assessed by AHRQ. Abbreviations: CI, confidence intervals; ES, Effect Size. NOTE: The three author labels of ZHANG JF 1999 are from the same literature, and the two author labels of Venners 2001 are from the same literature. Fig. S11. Pooled chronic cough prevalence of children stratified by region. Abbreviations: CI, confidence intervals. NOTE: The four author labels of ZHANG JF 2002 are from the same literature. Fig. S12. Pooled chronic cough prevalence of children stratified by diagnostic criteria. Abbreviations: CI, confidence intervals. NOTE: The four author labels of ZHANG JF 2002 are from the same literature. Fig. S13. Pooled chronic cough prevalence of children stratified by year of publication. Abbreviations: CI, confidence intervals. NOTE: The four author labels of ZHANG JF 2002 are from the same literature. Fig. S14. Pooled chronic cough prevalence of children stratified by sample size. Abbreviations: CI, confidence intervals. NOTE: The four author labels of ZHANG JF 2002 are from the same literature. Fig. S15. Pooled chronic cough prevalence of children stratified by chronic cough definitions. Abbreviations: CI, confidence intervals; ES, Effect Size. NOTE: The four author labels of ZHANG JF 2002 are from the same literature. Fig. S16. Pooled chronic cough prevalence of children stratified by quality of articles assessed by AHRQ. Abbreviations: CI, confidence intervals. NOTE: The four author labels of ZHANG JF 2002 are from the same literature. Fig. S17. Pooled chronic cough prevalence of children stratified by prevalence definitions. Abbreviations: CI, confidence intervals. NOTE: The four author labels of ZHANG JF 2002 are from the same literature. Fig. S18. Funnel plot for prevalence in studies of adults for chronic cough. Fig. S19. Sensitivity analysis for prevalence in studies of adults for chronic cough. Abbreviations: CI, confidence intervals. NOTE: The three author labels of ZHANG JF 1999 are from the same literature, and the two author labels of Venners 2001 are from the same literature. Fig. S20. The prevalence of chronic cough in adults after exclusion of the nationwide study (Li JC 2018). Abbreviations: CI, confidence intervals. NOTE: The three author labels of ZHANG JF 1999 are from the same literature, and the two author labels of Venners 2001 are from the same literature. Fig. S21. The prevalence of chronic cough in adults after exclusion of the low prevalence study (ZHANG JF 1999). Abbreviations: CI, confidence intervals. NOTE: The two author labels of ZHANG JF 1999 are from the same literature, and the two author labels of Venners 2001 are from the same literature. Fig. S22. Funnel plot for prevalence in studies of children for chronic cough. Fig. S23. Sensitivity analysis for prevalence in studies of children for chronic cough. Abbreviations: CI, confidence intervals. NOTE: The four author labels of ZHANG JF 2002 are from the same literature. Fig. S24. Pooled prevalence of chronic cough in China (including adults and children). Abbreviations: CI, confidence intervals. NOTE: The three author labels of ZHANG JF 1999 are from the same literature, the two author labels of Venners 2001 are from the same literature, and the four author labels of ZHANG JF 2002 are from the same literature
Joint faulting behaviour of innovative short concrete slabs
No full textPavements are one of the largest assets of a city and their functional condition (ride quality) is priority for their clients. In jointed plain concrete pavements (JPCPs), the presence of joint faulting (JF) reduces the ride quality. Today, short slabs are available as a cost-effective JPCP innovation. The objective of this paper is to analyse the JF behaviour of JPCPs with short slabs. For this, a deterioration model to predict it and trends of JF observed in short slabs of Chile and the United States are considered. The HDM-4 model always yields lower JF per joint in short slabs than in traditional ones. However, real-world short slabs show not only lower JF per joint (that the modelled JF), but also that more joints do not necessarily mean more JF per length of pavement that affect the ride quality. One of the relevant explanatory factors for it is the radical reduction of crack width at joints, which produces a fundamental increase of the load transfer efficiency. To maintain favourable behaviour observed in the field it is recommended to assure joint activation and to provide adequate stiffness of the layers below the short slabs.Pavement Engineerin
Metabolism of archidonic acid by 5-lipoxygenase in guinea-pig lung
No full textPT: J; CR: BURKA JF, 1981, PROSTAG OTH LIPID M, V22, P683 BURKA JF, 1983, J PHARMACOL EXP THER, V225, P427 PARKER CW, 1982, BIOCHEM BIOPH RES CO, V109, P1011 SAAD MH, 1983, PROSTAGLANDINS, V25, P741 SAAD MH, 1984, EUR J PHARMACOL, V100, P13 SCHIANTARELLI P, 1981, EUR J PHARMACOL, V73, P363; NR: 6; TC: 6; J9: PROSTAGLANDINS; PG: 2; GA: TU225Source type: Electronic(1
The Relation between Treated Maternal Urinary Tract Infection and Adverse Maternal, Prenatal Outcomes in Pregnant Women of Ardabil, Iran
No full textBackground and Objective: Urinary tract infection is one of the most common bacterial infections during pregnancy and has also been implicated as a risk factor for adverse maternal and prenatal outcomes. The aim of our study was to determine the relation between maternal urinary tract infection and adverse maternal, prenatal outcomes in pregnant women of Ardabil, Iran.
Material and Methods: This retrospective-case-control study was conducted on prenatal file records of pregnant women in Ardabil (2011). The pregnant women who had a positive urine culture in their prenatal files (N= 211) were considered as a case group and 232 ones without urinary tract infection as a control. Using a research- made questionnaire, the data related to present pregnancy and prenatal information was collected and analyzed by KrusKal Wallis, Chi- Square and Fisher statistical tests.
Results: Maternal age of under 25 (%61.6 vs. 56.5), body mass index of more than 30 (%18.3 vs. 15.6), primigravida (%55 vs. 48.8), hypertension (%2.4 vs. 1.3), hyperemesis Gravidarum (%14.8 vs. 12.6), frequency and dysuria (%1.9 vs. 0.9), low birth weight (%95.4 vs. 93.2), congenital malformation (%3.5 vs. 1.8), artificial milk feeding (%6.5 vs. 2.7), neonatal death (%0.9 vs. 0.0) are higher in urinary infection group, however the differences are not statistically significant. Other maternal and prenatal adverse outcomes such as diabetes, pre-eclampsia , hemoglobin level, prematurity, abortion and stillbirth have not significant relation with urinary infection.
Conclusion: Because of low level of adverse maternal or prenatal outcomes reported in our study, we conclude that screening and treatment of urinary tract infection in Ardabil health service is appropriate; therefore, no change is needed for present screening or treatment processes
Regional cerebral glucose utilization reveals widespread abnormalities in the motor system of the rat mutant dystonic
No full textRats with an inherited movement disorder (dystonic, dt), their phenotypically normal littermates, and normal unrelated controls were studied using a metabolic mapping technique, 2-deoxyglucose autoradiography. This approach was used to identify potential sites of abnormality underlying the movement disorder, as no morphological abnormalities using light and electron microscopic techniques have been identified in this mutation. There was a significant overall glucose utilization (GU) reduction in the dt rats and their littermate controls when they were at rest and not displaying abnormal movements. Conversion of GU values to standard scores showed abnormalities in dt compared with both control groups in the following areas: deep cerebellar nuclei, locus coeruleus, pontine gray, ventrolateral- ventromedial thalamic complex, nucleus of the third nerve, lateral habenula, and basolateral amygdala. Littermates were different from nonlittermates in several regions, including the dentate and red nuclei. A study of relative GU performed in animals displaying dystonic movements also showed abnormalities in the deep cerebellar nuclei and locus coeruleus, and in the red nucleus, external cuneate, and medial septum. Correlations computed for GU in pairs of regions with known anatomical connections suggested that cerebellar, substantia nigra, and basal ganglia efferents may be abnormal. These studies complement existing biochemical and neuropharmacological data which show abnormalities in the cerebellum of the dt rat. Additionally, the function of brain stem and even basal ganglia nuclei is affected in this mutant, perhaps as a consequence of abnormal cerebellar activity. The partial effects in the littermates suggest that abnormalities in only a few regions are not sufficient to produce the movement disorder, and a gene dose effect may exist.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)</jats:p
Microstructure observation and quantification of the liquid fraction of M2 steel grade in the semi-solid state, combining confocallaser scanning microscopy and X-ray microtomography
No full textMicrostructure is of crucial importance to the flow behavior of semi-solid slurries during the thixoforging process. Therefore, a thorough understanding of the microstructure evolution is required. In order to achieve this, high temperature confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) and high energy X-ray microtomography were used to investigate the microstructure evolution of several steel grades (M2, 100Cr6 and C38LTT) during the heating process from as-received conditions to the semi-solid state. It was found that the microstructure development of M2 can be directly studied at high temperature via these two techniques. Two types of small carbides (MC and M6C) were present in the as-received state, while totally new interconnected carbides of specific size and composition were formed from liquid zones after cooling. It was also noted using CLSM that the diffusion rate of the alloying elements during the cooling of M2 was very low. This confirms that the volume fraction of the liquid phase of M2 at high temperature can be evaluated by threedimensional X-ray microtomography in situ at high temperature and on quenched specimens. Contrary to M2, the microstructure of the steel grades 100Cr6 and C38LTT in the semi-solid state can only be revealed by CLSM at high temperature. All these observations are discussed in terms of microstructural development and liquid fraction during heating
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