Entrepreneurial orientation and the threat of imitation: the influence of upstream and downstream capabilities

This paper uncovers the complexity between Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) and performance. The paper explores the effect of the threat of imitation, which is a key external factor to explain competitive dynamics, and hence highlights effectiveness of EO. Also the paper accounts for the role of upstream (technical) and downstream (marketing) capabilities as they influence effectiveness of EO. Our results show that, under threat of imitation, downstream marketing capabilities facilitate taping into opportunities derived from EO, which positively affects performance. Conversely, available upstream technical capabilities do not aim at EO when imitation threats exist in the environment. Of importance is that we question the complexity between EO and performance can be better understood using a configurational approach

Mapping Ecosystem Services in a Mediterranean Watershed in the Context of Socio-ecological Restoration Actions, Adaptation and Mitigation to Climate Change

Human prosperity and well-being of Mediterranean watersheds are underpinned by their natural capital, which among others, provide clean water and multi-functional landscapes, today jeopardized. Historically, water demand for irrigation and industrial use, along with increased population density and land-use changes, has altered the landscape of Mediterranean basins. Mapping Ecosystem Services (ES) is thus key to understanding how basins depend on biodiversity, the effects of shortcutting ES functions, and the consequences to its societies. Based on land-use data and well-known relationships between ES, together with key spatial information for management purposes, we provide maps of a Mediterranean watershed placed in Eastern Spain called El Mijares, aimed at raising awareness about areas of ecosystem goods and services to watershed stakeholders. These outputs will then be used as the point of departure from which to identify ES priorities and discuss potential actions to promote ES with watershed stakeholders, in a participatory way. Lastly and based on the previous steps, different socio-ecological models will be constructed for assisting local actions for sustainable use of El Mijares ES. The methodology developed for El Mijares may be replicated in other Mediterranean watersheds which face similar challenges in water management and desertification. The up-scaling of this pilot study may promote nature conservation, climate protection, and disaster risk reduction in the Mediterranean by considering the scientific literature and the know-how of the local societies. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 202

Sweet Wines Produced by an Innovative Winemaking Procedure: Colour, Active Odorants and Sensory Profile

The colour, aroma-active compounds and sensory properties of sweet wines from Pedro Ximenez grapes produced by means of an innovative winemaking procedure, based on controlled chamber-drying of grapes, partial fermentation of the must (to 4% or 8% vol ethanol) and subsequent accelerated ageing by contact with oak chips, were studied. Fermentation made the musts less brown and more yellow, whereas ageing made them darker and increased their brown, reddish and yellowish hues. Overall, the musts fermented to 8% vol ethanol exhibited higher odour activity values (OAVs). In addition, the musts aged with oak chips were slightly different from those without chips. Expert tasters gave the highest scores to the musts fermented to 8% (v/v) ethanol with 2 g/L of oak chips added. The winemaking process studied would allow the existing range of sweet wines from dried grapes to be expanded by using a fast, flexible, hygienic procedure

Controlling thought and action : a perspective from khat users and cocaine users

The mechanisms that control thought and action vary with the fluctuating and dynamic nature of both internal physiological states and external environmental constraints. Psychoactive drugs have the ability to alter mood state or behavior by acting directly on these mechanisms. The alteration of cognitive processes is a core deficit in drug abuse that leads to a failure in regulating behavior. This thesis investigates whether the abuse of stimulant drugs like khat or cocaine somehow impact the processes that coordinate and combine information from different cognitive systems: cognitive control. In addition, we review the behavioral and physiological effects of the natural psychomotor stimulants khat and the cathinone-derived designer drug mephedrone.University of Granada and Universiteit LeidenUBL - phd migration 201

Constructing Formally Verified Reasoners for the ALC Description Logic

AbstractDescription Logics are a family of logics used to represent and reason about conceptual and terminological knowledge. Recently, its importance has been increased since they are used as a basis for the Ontology Web Language (OWL) used for the Semantic Web. In previous work, we have developed in PVS a generic framework for reasoning in the ALC description logic, proving its termination, soundness and completeness. In this paper we present the construction, from the generic framework, of a formally verified generic tableau-based algorithm for checking satisfiability of ALC-concepts. We do it using a methodology of refinements to transfer the properties from the framework to the algorithm. We also obtain some verified reasoners from the algorithm by a process of instantiation

Validation and Search of the Ideal Cut-Off of the Sysmex UF-1000i (R) Flow Cytometer for the Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infection in a Tertiary Hospital in Spain

Urinary tract infections (UTI) are one of the most prevalent infections. A rapid and reliable screening method is useful to screen out negative samples. The objective of this study was to validate the Sysmex flow cytometer UF-1000i by evaluating its accuracy, linearity and carry-over; and define an optimal cut-off value to be used in routine practice in our hospital. For the validation of the UF-1000i cytometer, precision, linearity and carry-over were studied in samples with different counts of bacteria, leukocytes and erythrocytes. Between March and June 2016, urine samples were tested in the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory at University Miguel Servet Hospital, in Spain. Samples were analyzed with the Sysmex UF-1000i cytometer, and cultured. Growth of >= 10(5) CFUs/mL was considered positive. The validation study reveals that the precision in all the variables is acceptable; that there is a good linearity in the dilutions performed, obtaining values almost identical to those theoretically expected; and for the carry-over has practically null values. A total of 1, 220 urine specimens were included, of which 213 (17.4%) were culture positive. The optimal cut-off point of the bacteria-leukocyte combination was 138.8 bacteria or 119.8 leukocytes with an S and E of 95.3 and 70.4%, respectively. The UF-1000i cytometer is a valuable method to screen urine samples to effectively rule out UTI and, may contribute to the reduction of unnecessary urine cultures

Productividad de la rotación anual raigrás- maíz en galicia: evaluación durante cinco años en regadío y secano y bajo dos sistemas de siembra

Es un estudio sobre la productividad de la rotación anual raigrás- maíz en galicia: evaluación durante cinco años en regadío y secano y bajo dos sistemas de siembr