Web Appendix

This Web Appendix consist of three parts (A-C). Part A includes tables that give an overview on the literature on single Solution Business-Specific Capabillities (SBSCs) and comprehensive categorizations of SBSCs and show how these relate to the capability elements that were empirically measured in the study. Part B consists of tables that provide information on the sample characteristics and the measurement model evaluation for the Solution Business Fitness (SBF) construct. Part C includes tables that give information on the analyses that were conducted to test the relation between SBF components and firm performance. The Web Appendix provides additional information (Tables) to the paper "Solution Business Fitness: Measuring and Managing Across Business Logics" by Kleinaltenkamp, M., Nenonen, S., Raithel, M., & Storbacka, K. published in the Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing

A content-based retrieval system for UAV-like video and associated metadata

In this paper we provide an overview of a content-based retrieval (CBR) system that has been specifically designed for handling UAV video and associated meta-data. Our emphasis in designing this system is on managing large quantities of such information and providing intuitive and efficient access mechanisms to this content, rather than on analysis of the video content. The retrieval unit in our system is termed a "trip". At capture time, each trip consists of an MPEG-1 video stream and a set of time stamped GPS locations. An analysis process automatically selects and associates GPS locations with the video timeline. The indexed trip is then stored in a shared trip repository. The repository forms the backend of a MPEG-211 compliant Web 2.0 application for subsequent querying, browsing, annotation and video playback. The system interface allows users to search/browse across the entire archive of trips and, depending on their access rights, to annotate other users' trips with additional information. Interaction with the CBR system is via a novel interactive map-based interface. This interface supports content access by time, date, region of interest on the map, previously annotated specific locations of interest and combinations of these. To develop such a system and investigate its practical usefulness in real world scenarios, clearly a significant amount of appropriate data is required. In the absence of a large volume of UAV data with which to work, we have simulated UAV-like data using GPS tagged video content captured from moving vehicles

Rights Management in SFU AtoM

Paper discusses the handling of access and copyright restrictions on archival records in SFU AtoM (Access-to-Memory), SFU\u27s online portal for descriptions of archival materials held at the university. AtoM is an open-source web-based software for archival description and access. The paper provides an overview of development work sponsored by SFU Archives to address the problem of managing access to born-digital archival materials that may contain sensitive personal or confidential information or include copyright-protected works authored by third-parties

Consumer Loyalty on Online Administrations of Al-Arafah Islami Bank Ltd.

During these few decades an comprehensive improvement of internet based services, from small organizations to multi-organizations that are developing online services. Customers’ fulfillment with web managing an account in the Al-Arafah Islami Bank context has been an issue of considerable debate. This analysis tries to identify factors that determine customers’ satisfaction with online banking within the AIBL banking circumstance. The main way for the data collection was a questionnaire that was designed of a five point liker dimensions. Through this survey, the study determined important factors that would lead to customer satisfaction. Based on this it is recommended that more emphasis should be placed on targeting corporate and individual customers on improved service technology through involvement, seminars and symposium on the adoption of internet banking technologies as well as creating the desired satisfaction among the different customers. The survey starts with the earlier literature review to identify the influential service quality factors that affect customer satisfaction and to focus on other study area. Then there has detail information of AIBL. Quantitative study approach was applied to get better understanding of the current issue. Information presentation and investigation were finished by utilizing the MS Excel. At long last, the exchange and conclusion were shown by finding of overview inquiry's answers.This report is exhibited in a few sections in a successive way. At initially, highlighted the brief history of Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited, its item and administrations. Here additionally depict about the routine and managing an account framework and obviously "Consumer loyalty on online administrations of Al-Arafah Islami Bank Ltd." Keywords: Online Services, Customer fulfillment, AIBL, Questionnaire

Managing Executive Transitions

A handbook for nonprofits going through or anticipating executive transitions

The Out-Front Western Region: An Overview

This report is part of a series of 21 state and regional studies examining the rollout of the ACA. The national network ---- with 36 states and 61 researchers ---- is led by the Rockefeller Institute of Government, the public policy research arm of the State University of New York, the Brookings Institution, and the Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania.This first "Special Analysis Report" focuses on the Western region, which has the largest number of states -- six out of thirteen -- that are affirmatively implementing the Affordable Care Act. That is, they have state-administered health insurance exchanges and have expanded Medicaid as authorized under the law. Altogether, there are eleven states in the Western region of the contiguous states, and nine of them are in our sample. This report describes the policy setting and goal alignment of all nine Western sample states, with emphasis on five states -- California, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, and Nevada -- that are clearly out front as ACA-affirming states. New Mexico is also an affirming ACA state, although its exchange will not be state run until 2014. Arizona and Idaho occupy an "In-Between" category; that is, in between affirming and oppositional. Arizona rejected the state-run exchange option but accepted Medicaid expansion. Idaho so far has done the opposite, accepting the state-run exchange option while tabling Medicaid expansion. Utah is the one fully oppositional state in our sample, choosing in 2013 not to run its exchange or expand Medicaid

Comparison between capacitive and resistive electronic transfer therapy and high-intensity laser therapy in pain conditions related to musculoskeletal disorders

Introduction: Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) imply damage to muscular or skeletal systems, which usually develop due to strenuous, repetitive activity, or an inflammation process. The therapy with capacitive and resistive electronic transfer (CRet) and high-intensity laser therapy (HILT) have mainly been applied for pain relief in these conditions. This paper aims to provide an overview of the efficient results of CRet therapy and HILT in managing pain associated with musculoskeletal disorders found in the available literature. Methods: Articles related to musculoskeletal disorders were searched through electronic databases, such as PubMed, Web of Knowledge, Lilacs, Cochrane, Research Gate, and available website search tools. After excluding records that are not clinical trials and studies (such as review articles, patient information, and Ph.D. papers) and articles which did not deal with pain in musculoskeletal disorders, 61 articles met our criteria and were included in the overview. Results: By reviewing the selected articles related to CRet therapy and HILT effects on pain in musculoskeletal disorders, it was found that both therapies have a favorable effect on pain reduction. Conclusion: The selected papers showed that both therapies are powerful tools for pain reduction. Although there are no specific protocols, including the number and frequency of therapies applied and other parameters, in both therapy modalities, pain alleviation occurs during or immediately after a therapy cycle application

Electronic Ticket and Check-in System for Indico Conferences

Project Specification: This project should build on the existing participant registration module of Indico and provide additional functionalities for managing the check-in process. While in small conferences it is easy to keep track of participants with a simple paper list, such techniques become inefficient when the need to scale the process up arises. Therefore Indico’s participant registration module would be extended with the functionality to generate electronic tickets. This will allow conference organizers to keep track of attendees after they finish the registration process. As part of this project it is also necessary to develop a mobile application that will be used to scan the electronic tickets, identify the user and mark them as checked in when they arrive at the conference. Additionally Indico’s HTTP API would be extended to be used by the mobile application to retrieve data about conferences and attendees. Abstract: The main goal of this project is to simplify the check-in process for conferences that use the Indico conference management system. This is archived by extending Indico’s core to include electronic ticket generation functionality and developing a mobile application that is used to scan the electronic tickets during the check-in process. Indico’s HTTP API is also extended to provide the mobile application with the necessary data

Applying Blockchain Solutions to Address Research Reproducibility and Enable Scientometric Analysis

A worldwide reproducibility crisis around published scientific studies has gained attention from academics, journalists, and concerned citizens in recent decades. The inability to reliably reproduce experiments from scholarly research—especially in areas of high- impact science—has far-reaching social and economic implications. Fraud may seem an obvious culprit, but in our data-intensive world, vague methods, unclear standards, and even accidental mismanagement of digital resources can all be contributing factors. Reproducibility is an area of increasing focus within the scientometrics community and looking to emerging technologies to help mitigate reproducibility challenges makes practical sense. In the Web 3.0 era, the promise of distributed computing, the maturation of cloud services, and other novel convergences point toward new ways to enable bibliometric reproducibility. Concurrently, research artifacts beyond the peer-reviewed article are growing in prominence—datasets, algorithms, pre-prints—all serve an expanding role in research dissemination and discovery. In this paper we present an overview of some new approaches—with particular focus on the benefits of blockchain-based software systems—for managing research information and improving scientometric reproducibility

Semantic Web-based product lifecycle management with protected interactive 3D collaboration via remote rendering

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is the activity of managing products over their lifecycle. The goal is to achieve a total integration of all components to better understand products and their environments and to establish competitive advantages. This thesis proposes the use of semantic web technologies to support PLM. An overview of the semantic web briefly describes the basic building blocks. A review of literature reveals many useful applications from automated question answering to information security. The framework for semantic web-based PLM collaboration is examined and an ontology development process is presented in the context of PLM. Software systems were developed to perform semantic web automation and interactive 3D visualization. Applications of semantic web technologies for information retrieval, step by step process support, and design and manufacturing support are demonstrated. A novel 3D collaboration approach that protects 3D virtual assets via remote rendering and the service of a trusted shared mask broker was developed. The novelty of the proposed approach is that companies can collaborate on shared digital mockups without having to share their 3D models. Instead, only the required views for specific tasks are automatically exchanged, thereby eliminating the need for 3D navigation