Building an internationally oriented open regional innovation system : a paradox perspective

An open regional innovation system is often characterised by the firms' adoption of an open innovation strategy, which is closely linked to absorptive capacity. This study explores the effects of the firms' absorptive capacity on open regional innovation systems by investigating how regional firms respond to the development of an internationally oriented open regional innovation strategy. A living lap approach is adopted in this study based on the case of Sino-Finnish innovation capacity building in the Vaasa region in Finland. By addressing the tensions between exploitation and exploration innovation strategy, this research identifies three types of organisational paradox in relation to organisational absorptive capacity: (1) knowledge bases, (2) organisational policies, and (3) dominant logic. This paper also indicates the gradual evolution of the regional innovation system - the move from a centralised regional innovation system to a distributed regional innovation system, driven by the trend of globally distributed knowledge sharing.©2019 International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM)fi=vertaisarvioitu|en=peerReviewed

Isolates of Liao Ning Virus from Wild-Caught Mosquitoes in the Xinjiang Province of China in 2005

Liao ning virus (LNV) is related to Banna virus, a known human-pathogen present in south-east Asia. Both viruses belong to the genus Seadornavirus, family Reoviridae. LNV causes lethal haemorrhage in experimentally infected mice. Twenty seven isolates of LNV were made from mosquitoes collected in different locations within the Xinjiang province of north-western China during 2005. These mosquitoes were caught in the accommodation of human patients with febrile manifestations, or in animal barns where sheep represent the main livestock species. The regions where LNV was isolated are affected by seasonal encephalitis, but are free of Japanese encephalitis (JE). Genome segment 10 (Seg-10) (encoding cell-attachment and serotype-determining protein VP10) and Seg-12 (encoding non-structural protein VP12) were sequenced for multiple LNV isolates. Phylogenetic analyses showed a less homogenous Seg-10 gene pool, as compared to segment 12. However, all of these isolates appear to belong to LNV type-1. These data suggest a relatively recent introduction of LNV into Xinjiang province, with substitution rates for LNV Seg-10 and Seg-12, respectively, of 2.29×10−4 and 1.57×10−4 substitutions/nt/year. These substitution rates are similar to those estimated for other dsRNA viruses. Our data indicate that the history of LNV is characterized by a lack of demographic fluctuations. However, a decline in the LNV population in the late 1980s - early 1990s, was indicated by data for both Seg-10 and Seg-12. Data also suggest a beginning of an expansion in the late 1990s as inferred from Seg-12 skyline plot

NTIRE 2018 Challenge on Single Image Super-Resolution: Methods and Results

This paper reviews the 2nd NTIRE challenge on single image super-resolution (restoration of rich details in a low resolution image) with focus on proposed solutions and results. The challenge had 4 tracks. Track 1 employed the standard bicubic downscaling setup, while Tracks 2, 3 and 4 had realistic unknown downgrading operators simulating camera image acquisition pipeline. The operators were learnable through provided pairs of low and high resolution train images. The tracks had 145, 114, 101, and 113 registered participants, resp., and 31 teams competed in the final testing phase. They gauge the state-of-the-art in single image super-resolution