198 research outputs found
Depth or breadth : towards a contingency model of innovation strategy in the automotive sector
The thesis explores the strategic choices made by automotive manufacturers in developing and deploying technology that is discontinuous and potentially disruptive. It studies the deployment of seat belts, airbags, hybrid vehicles and fuel cell electric vehicles, drawing on product deployment histories, patents and the opinions of industry experts. The thesis identifies two fundamental strategies called depth and breadth and shows how the different manufacturersβ approach to these four technologies is arrayed along a continuum between these two choices. The thesis contributes to the theory of the technology-based firm which focuses on the management of scale, scope, time and space by making operational the idea of scope with depth and breadth. It also explicitly links the theory to the literature on coevolution and dynamic capabilities and adds to the understanding of the co-evolutionary dynamics at play in the automotive industry by applying the idea of technological pathways to the technologies under study. This discussion yields some potentially interesting insight for practitioners. The thesis also reviews the literature concerning the potential changes to automotive power train technology and adds to it by using the theory of the technology-based firm as well as environmental literature and the non market strategy lens in order to develop a nonbiased view of the state of development of fuel cell and hybrid technology. Finally, the thesis provides a rigorous review of the use of patents in management science over the last 50 years and makes one of the first attempts in the academic literature to study patents using a patent mapping tool to help make sense of the large amounts of data available in line with the new ideas concerning the importance of developing visualisation techniques in data intensive scientific enquiry.EThOS - Electronic Theses Online ServiceGBUnited Kingdo
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HI Selected Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey I: Optical Data
We present the optical data for 195 HI-selected galaxies that fall within
both the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and the Parkes Equatorial Survey (ES).
The photometric quantities have been independently recomputed for our sample
using a new photometric pipeline optimized for large galaxies, thus correcting
for SDSS's limited reliability for automatic photometry of angularly large or
low surface brightness (LSB) galaxies. We outline the magnitude of the
uncertainty in the SDSS catalog-level photometry and derive a quantitative
method for correcting the over-sky subtraction in the SDSS photometric
pipeline. The main thrust of this paper is to present the ES/SDSS sample and
discuss the methods behind the improved photometry, which will be used in
future scientific analysis. We present the overall optical properties of the
sample and briefly compare to a volume-limited, optically-selected sample.
Compared to the optically-selected SDSS sample (in the similar volume),
HI-selected galaxies are bluer and more luminous (fewer dwarf ellipticals and
more star formation). However, compared to typical SDSS galaxy studies, which
have their own selection effects, our sample is bluer, fainter and less
massive.Comment: 14 pages, 8 Figures, accepted for publication in AJ. Complete tables
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An Approach Using PSA Levels of 1.5βng/mL as the Cutoff for Prostate Cancer Screening in Primary Care.
Enabling green skills: Pathways to sustainable development
The purpose of this source book is to support skills planning entities to work with employers to identify and anticipate green skills needs and to build these needs into occupational de-scriptors and sector skills plans. Thus, the source book com-plements the existing Enabling Document (DEA, 2010b) and provides guidelines to support Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) to embed environmental considerations, related occupations and green skills into their skills planning processes
The effect of snow accumulation on imaging riometer performance
In January 1998 an imaging riometer system was deployed at Halley, Antarctica (76Β°S, 27Β°W), involving the construction of an array of 64 crossed-dipole antennas and a ground plane. Weather conditions at Halley mean that such an array will rapidly bury beneath the snow, so the system was tuned to operate efficiently when buried. Theoretical calculations indicate that because the distance between the ground plane and the array was scaled to be 1/4Ξ» in the snow, as snow fills the gap the signal will increase by 0.6β2.5 dB. Similarly, the short antennas are resonant when operated in snow, not in air. Theoretical calculations show that the largest effect of this is the mismatch of their feed point impedance to the receiver network. As the signal for each riometer beam is composed of a contribution from all 64 antennas, for each antenna that buries the signal level will increase by 1/64 of βΌ9 dB. The measured response of the system to burial showed significant changes as snow accumulated in and over the array during 1998. The changes are consistent with the magnitude of the effects predicted by the theoretical calculations. The Halley imaging riometer system, having now been buried completely, is operating more efficiently than if a standard air-tuned configuration had been deployed. The results are of considerable relevance to the ever-increasing community of imaging riometer users regarding both deployment and the subsequent interpretation of scientific data. Some systems will experience similar permanent burial, while others will be subject to significant annual variability as a result of becoming snow-covered during winter and clear during summer
HI Selected Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey II: The Colors of Gas-Rich Galaxies
We utilize color information for an HI-selected sample of 195 galaxies to
explore the star formation histories and physical conditions that produce the
observed colors. We show that the HI selection creates a significant offset
towards bluer colors that can be explained by enhanced recent bursts of star
formation. There is also no obvious color bimodality, because the HI selection
restricts the sample to bluer, actively star forming systems, diminishing the
importance of the red sequence. Rising star formation rates are still required
to explain the colors of galaxies bluer than g-r < 0.3. We also demonstrate
that the colors of the bluest galaxies in our sample are dominated by emission
lines and that stellar population synthesis models alone (without emission
lines) are not adequate for reproducing many of the galaxy colors. These
emission lines produce large changes in the r-i colors but leave the g-r color
largely unchanged. In addition, we find an increase in the dispersion of galaxy
colors at low masses that may be the result of a change in the star formation
process in low-mass galaxies.Comment: 12 pages, 16 figures, published in AJ (138, 796); replaced Figure 16
with higher resolution versio
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A systematic review of the evidence for single stage and two stage revision of infected knee replacement
BACKGROUND:
Periprosthetic infection about the knee is a devastating complication that may affect between 1% and 5% of knee replacement. With over 79 000 knee replacements being implanted each year in the UK, periprosthetic infection (PJI) is set to become an important burden of disease and cost to the healthcare economy. One of the important controversies in treatment of PJI is whether a single stage revision operation is superior to a two-stage procedure. This study sought to systematically evaluate the published evidence to determine which technique had lowest reinfection rates.
METHODS:
A systematic review of the literature was undertaken using the MEDLINE and EMBASE databases with the aim to identify existing studies that present the outcomes of each surgical technique. Reinfection rate was the primary outcome measure. Studies of specific subsets of patients such as resistant organisms were excluded.
RESULTS:
63 studies were identified that met the inclusion criteria. The majority of which (58) were reports of two-stage revision. Reinfection rated varied between 0% and 41% in two-stage studies, and 0% and 11% in single stage studies. No clinical trials were identified and the majority of studies were observational studies.
CONCLUSIONS:
Evidence for both one-stage and two-stage revision is largely of low quality. The evidence basis for two-stage revision is significantly larger, and further work into direct comparison between the two techniques should be undertaken as a priority
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