Ethyl 4-hy­droxy-6-(4-hy­droxy­phen­yl)-4-trifluoro­methyl-2-sulfanyl­idene-1,3-diazinane-5-carboxyl­ate ethanol monosolvate

The title compound, C14H15F3N2O4S·C2H5OH, was prepared by reaction of 4-hy­droxy­benzaldehyde, ethyl 4,4,4-trifluoro-3-oxobutano­ate and thio­urea. The hexa­hydro­pyrimidine ring adopts a half-chair conformation, the mean plane formed by the ring atoms excluding the C atom bonded to the eth­oxy­carbonyl group has an r.m.s. deviation of 0.0333 Å, and the dihedral angle between this plane and the benzene ring is 56.76 (5)°. The mol­ecular conformation is stabilized by an intra­molecular O—H⋯O hydrogen bond, generating an S(6) ring. The crystal structure is stabilized by inter­molecular O—H⋯O, O—H⋯S, N—H⋯O and N—H⋯S hydrogen bonds. The ethyl group of the ester unit is disordered over two positions, with an occupancy ratio of 0.757 (10):0.243 (10)

Key Successful Factors in Knowledge Transfer during M&A in Traditional Industries: An Empirical Study

This paper describes a study on identifying key successful factors in knowledge transfer resulting from business mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in those (so-called) traditional industries (e.g., textile and steel & iron) with the data collected in the steel and iron industry in Southwestern China. Specifically, this research investigates the relationship between prior-gained knowledge of merging companies, preparation and implementation processes, and actual performance after knowledge transfer. The result reveals that such prior-gained knowledge of merging companies will have a significant positive impact on the motivation for proposed M&A, while it, in contrast, may only have a limited impact on other factors such as the levels of transferred knowledge, its investments, implementation process, and the final performance. In fact, the prior-gained knowledge about the transferred knowledge among involved firms in the M&A is often mutually complementary. This research suggests that intensive motivation for M&A will have a positive impact on the desire levels of knowledge transfer, which will in turn have a positive impact on the success of knowledge transfer implementation process, and a successful implementation process then certainly will make a positive contribution to the effectiveness of knowledge transfer. Managerial implications and suggestions for future research are also discussed

Key Success Factors in Knowledge Transfer during M&A in Traditional Industries: An Empirical Study

This paper describes a study on identifying key successful factors in knowledge transfer resulting from business mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in those (so-called) traditional industries (e.g., textile and steel & iron) with the data collected in the steel and iron industry in Southwestern China. Specifically, this research investigates the relationship between prior-gained knowledge of merging companies, preparation and implementation processes, and actual performance after knowledge transfer. The result reveals that such prior-gained knowledge of merging companies will have a significant positive impact on the motivation for proposed M&A, while it, in contrast, may only have a limited impact on other factors such as the levels of transferred knowledge, its investments, implementation process, and the final performance. In fact, the prior-gained knowledge about the transferred knowledge among involved firms in the M&A is often mutually complementary. This research suggests that intensive motivation for M&A will have a positive impact on the desire levels of knowledge transfer, which will in turn have a positive impact on the success of knowledge transfer implementation process, and a successful implementation process then certainly will make a positive contribution to the effectiveness of knowledge transfer. Managerial implications and suggestions for future research are also discussed

Get Tired of Socializing as Social Animal? An Empirical Explanation on Discontinuous Usage Behavior in Social Network Services

This research aims to explain users’ discontinuous usage behavior in social network context. With system features increasing, information flooding and personal network expanding of SNSs, users begin to emerge social network fatigue, and ultimately induce discontinuous usage intention. To explain this phenomenon, we develop a research model based on a cognition-affection-conation framework. This study examines the role of perceived overload (in terms of system feature overload, information overload and social overload) in influencing users’ negative affections of SNSs including social network fatigue and dissatisfaction, and the effects of such emotions on users’ discontinuous intention, which are validated through an empirical survey. The findings of this study contribute to a better understanding of the relationship among perceived overload, social network fatigue and users’ discontinuous usage behavior, and give some implications to SNSs providers to improve this situation

Quantum logical gates with four-level SQUIDs coupled to a superconducting resonator

We propose a way for realizing a two-qubit controlled phase gate with superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) coupled to a superconducting resonator. In this proposal, the two lowest levels of each SQUID serve as the logical states and two intermediate levels of each SQUID are used for the gate realization. We show that neither adjustment of SQUID level spacings during the gate operation nor uniformity in SQUID parameters is required by this proposal. In addition, this proposal does not require the adiabatic passage or a second-order detuning and thus the gate is much faster.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figure