Learning by exporting and innovation performance: evidence from Thai SMEs

This study aims to analyze the crucial mediating role of tacit knowledge acquisition from foreign markets between the effect of sub-dimensions of export activities and the innovation performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Thailand. The primary purpose is to demonstrate that a Learning-by-Exporting (LBE) concept cannot always enhance SMEs' innovation performance directly, and their relationship is not always linear. Contributing to the LBE literature, the study uses the Knowledge-Based View (KBV) to emphasize a driving mechanism that explains why the LBE concept may not always lead to a firm's innovation performance directly, together with discussing current issues related to the mixed results of LBE effects on innovation performance. Involving 220 Thai Manufacturing SMEs and using structural equation model, the results indicate that tacit knowledge acquisition mediates the relationship between export intensity and process innovation, not product innovation. Besides, the study suggests that the sub-dimensions of export activities are significant factors to reconcile the inconclusive effects between export and innovation performance. Each dimension is also found to provide different significant results on the firm's tacit knowledge acquisition; for instance, while export intensity positively impacts tacit knowledge acquisition, the number of markets negatively affects it. Furthermore, whereas the results of multigroup path analysis for young and mature firms do not support the model-level, a significantly positive impact of the numbers of customers on mature firms’ tacit knowledge acquisition is observed at the path-level, and the direct effect of the number of markets on young firms’ product innovation is noted. The findings of this study shed new light on the LBE literature in the SMEs context by proposing a scrutiny of the ages of firms in further LBE research

รูปแบบการขยายตัวของเมืองและการเปลี่ยนแปลงการใช้ประโยชน์ ที่ดินกรณีศึกษา ตำบลหนองลู อำเภอสังขละบุรี จังหวัดกาญจนบุรี The Pattern of Urban Extension and Land Use Change: A Case Study of Nong Loo Sub-District, Sangkhlaburi District, Kanchanaburi Province

This research aims to study the characteristics of settlement, urban expansion patterns and analyzed the changes in land use in the area of Nong Loo sub-district Sangkhlaburi district Kanchanaburi province. By means of interpreting aerial imagery and satellite imagery to classify and analyzed land use changes. By preparing a 50-year land use map since 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010 and 2020. And study the characteristics of settlements and urban expansion patterns. The results showed that communities in Nong Loo sub-district had Linear settlement, Cluster settlement and Scatter settlement. The forms of urban expansion were Distend grid and Linear and integrated system movement. From the classification and analysis of land use between 1970 and 2020, it was found that land use change was caused by population increase, the dam policy, community expansion and changes into the tourist attraction. Nong Lu Sub-district has changed land use in agricultural land the type of perennial increased the most accounted for 5.45 percent of the total area, Miscellaneous area the type of rangeland increased the most accounted for 1.58 percent of the total area, Water source area the type of natural water bodies increased the most accounted for 1.52 percent of the total area, Urban and built-up land the type of village increased the most accounted for 0.61 percent of the total area, While forest land the type of deciduous forest reduced the most accounted for 11.93 percent of the total area

ASUHAN KEBIDANAN KOMPREHENSIF PADA NY A DI RUMAH SAKIT PRIMA HUSADA SIDOARJO

Angka kematian ibu (AKI) dan angka kematian bayi (AKB) di indonesia masih tinggi. AKI di indonesia mencapai 395/1000.000 KH dan AKB mencapai 32/1000 KH. Dan Provinsi JawaTimur termasuk 10 besar penyumbang AKI dan AKB tertinggi di indonesia ( Kemenkes RI 2015). Faktor penyebab tingginya AKI adalah perdarahan, preeklamsia, dan infeksi, sedangkan faktor penyebab tingginya AKB adalah asfiksia, BBLR, infeksi neonatorum. Maka dari itu tujuan dari laporan tugas akhir ini dibuat untuk memberikan asuhan kebidanan secara Continuity of care pada ibu hamil, bersalin, masa nifas, bayi baru lahir dan keluarga berencana menggunakan manajemen kebidanan. Metode dalam menyusun laporan tugas akhir ini drngan asuhan Kebidanan Komprehensif. Tempat Pelaksanaan di Rumah Sakit Prima Husada Sidoarjo, dan waktu pelaksanaana dilakukan pada tanggaal 04 april-10 juli 2020 di. Subyek peneletian dengan Ny.A G1P0000 UK 37 minggu sebagai subjek dalam pelaksanaan yang dimulai dari masa hamil, persalinan, nifas, bayi baru lahir hingga ibu menggunakan KB yang kemudian didokumentasikan dalam bentuk SOAP dan Data Skunder. Asuhan kebidanan secara Continuity of Care yang dilakukan oleh penulis dimulai dari kehamilan trimester III UK 37 minggu anak pertama dengan kehamilan anemia Ringan, sebanyak 2x asuhan pendampingan, persalinan 1x asuhan,persalian berlangsung fisiologis ditolong bidan, nifas sebanyak 3x asuhan, masa nifas berjalan secara fisiologis, masa involusi berjalan sesuai dengan hari post partumnya, bayi baru lahir sebanyak 4x asuhan,bayi lahir normal tanpa ada komplikasi dan kelainan konginetal serta BB bayi bertambah disetiap kunjungan, dan KB sebanyak 2x asuhan dengan KB suntik 3 bulan. Kesimpulan dari laporan tugas akhir ini didapatkan asuhan kebidanan pada Ny.A sejak masa kehamilan sampai KB tidak ada kesenjangan dan berlangsung fisiologis. Oleh karena itu disarankan klien dapat menerapkan anjuran-anjuran yang sudah diberikan oleh bidan

Population genetics of the spotted seahorse (Hippocampus kuda) in Thai waters : implications for conservation

A population genetics approach was used to investigate the genetic diversity of the spotted seahorse (Hippocampus kuda) in Thai waters; specifically, the degree of genetic differentiation and species evolution was inferred from sequence analysis of 353 bp of the mitochondrial (mt)DNA control region. The data were then used to identify discrete populations in Thai waters for effective conservation and management. Spotted seahorses were collected from 4 regions on the east and west coasts of the Gulf of Thailand and a geographically separated region in the Andaman Sea. Of the 101 mtDNA sequences analyzed, 7 haplotypes were identified, 5 of which were shared among individuals from the east and west coasts of the Gulf of Thailand. The remaining haplotypes were restricted to individuals from the Andaman Sea. Nucleotide and haplotype diversities were similar within the Gulf of Thailand samples, whereas diversity was lower in the Andaman Sea sample. Genetic differentiation appeared between pairs of samples from the Gulf of Thailand and Andaman Sea (FST, p &lt; 0.0001). A large genetic variance appeared among the 2 population groups (94.46%, &Phi;CT = 0.94464, p &lt; 0.01). A Neighbor-joining tree indicated that individuals from the Gulf of Thailand and Andaman Sea formed 2 phylogenetically distinct groups, which were segregated into different population-based clades. While results reported here indicate that populations from the Gulf of Thailand and Andaman Sea should be treated as separate conservation units, a larger sample size from the Andaman Sea is required to confirm this genetic partitioning and low level of diversity observed in the present study.<br /

ASUHAN KEBIDANAN KOMPREHENSIF PADA NY A DI RUMAH SAKIT PRIMA HUSADA SIDOARJO

Angka kematian ibu (AKI) dan angka kematian bayi (AKB) di indonesia masih tinggi. AKI di indonesia mencapai 395/1000.000 KH dan AKB mencapai 32/1000 KH. Dan Provinsi JawaTimur termasuk 10 besar penyumbang AKI dan AKB tertinggi di indonesia ( Kemenkes RI 2015). Faktor penyebab tingginya AKI adalah perdarahan, preeklamsia, dan infeksi, sedangkan faktor penyebab tingginya AKB adalah asfiksia, BBLR, infeksi neonatorum. Maka dari itu tujuan dari laporan tugas akhir ini dibuat untuk memberikan asuhan kebidanan secara Continuity of care pada ibu hamil, bersalin, masa nifas, bayi baru lahir dan keluarga berencana menggunakan manajemen kebidanan. Metode dalam menyusun laporan tugas akhir ini drngan asuhan Kebidanan Komprehensif. Tempat Pelaksanaan di Rumah Sakit Prima Husada Sidoarjo, dan waktu pelaksanaana dilakukan pada tanggaal 04 april-10 juli 2020 di. Subyek peneletian dengan Ny.A G1P0000 UK 37 minggu sebagai subjek dalam pelaksanaan yang dimulai dari masa hamil, persalinan, nifas, bayi baru lahir hingga ibu menggunakan KB yang kemudian didokumentasikan dalam bentuk SOAP dan Data Skunder. Asuhan kebidanan secara Continuity of Care yang dilakukan oleh penulis dimulai dari kehamilan trimester III UK 37 minggu anak pertama dengan kehamilan anemia Ringan, sebanyak 2x asuhan pendampingan, persalinan 1x asuhan,persalian berlangsung fisiologis ditolong bidan, nifas sebanyak 3x asuhan, masa nifas berjalan secara fisiologis, masa involusi berjalan sesuai dengan hari post partumnya, bayi baru lahir sebanyak 4x asuhan,bayi lahir normal tanpa ada komplikasi dan kelainan konginetal serta BB bayi bertambah disetiap kunjungan, dan KB sebanyak 2x asuhan dengan KB suntik 3 bulan. Kesimpulan dari laporan tugas akhir ini didapatkan asuhan kebidanan pada Ny.A sejak masa kehamilan sampai KB tidak ada kesenjangan dan berlangsung fisiologis. Oleh karena itu disarankan klien dapat menerapkan anjuran-anjuran yang sudah diberikan oleh bidan

An interfacial self-assembling bioink for the manufacturing of capillary-like structures with tuneable and anisotropic permeability

Self-assembling bioinks offer the possibility to biofabricate with molecular precision, hierarchical control, and biofunctionality. For this to become a reality with widespread impact, it is essential to engineer these ink systems ensuring reproducibility and providing suitable standardization. We have reported a self-assembling bioink based on disordered-to-ordered transitions of an elastin-like recombinamer (ELR) to co-assemble with graphene oxide (GO). Here, we establish reproducible processes, optimize printing parameters for its use as a bioink, describe new advantages that the self-assembling bioink can provide, and demonstrate how to fabricate novel structures with physiological relevance. We fabricate capillary-like structures with resolutions down to ~10 µm in diameter and ~2 µm thick tube walls and use both experimental and finite element analysis to characterize the printing conditions, underlying interfacial diffusion-reaction mechanism of assembly, printing fidelity, and material porosity and permeability. We demonstrate the capacity to modulate the pore size and tune the permeability of the resulting structures with and without human umbilical vascular endothelial cells (hUVECs). Finally, the potential of the ELR-GO bioink to enable supramolecular fabrication of biomimetic structures was demonstrated by printing tubes exhibiting walls with progressively different structure and permeability

The association between maternal and partner experienced racial discrimination and prenatal perceived stress, prenatal and postnatal depression: findings from the growing up in New Zealand cohort study

Background A growing number of studies document the association between maternal experiences of racial discrimination and adverse children’s outcomes, but our understanding of how experiences of racial discrimination are associated with pre- and post-natal maternal mental health, is limited. In addition, existent literature rarely takes into consideration racial discrimination experienced by the partner. Methods We analysed data from the Growing Up in New Zealand study to examine the burden of lifetime and past year experiences of racial discrimination on prenatal and postnatal mental health among Māori, Pacific, and Asian women in New Zealand (NZ), and to study the individual and joint contribution of mother’s and partner’s experiences of lifetime and past year racial discrimination to women’s prenatal and postnatal mental health. Results Our findings show strong associations between lifetime and past year experiences of ethnically-motivated interpersonal attacks and unfair treatment on mother’s mental health. Māori, Pacific, and Asian women who had experienced unfair treatment by a health professional in their lifetime were 66 % more likely to suffer from postnatal depression, compared to women who did not report these experiences. We found a cumulative effect of lifetime experiences of ethnically-motivated personal attacks on poor maternal mental health if both the mother and the partner had experienced a racist attack. Conclusions Experiences of racial discrimination have severe direct consequences for the mother’s mental health. Given the importance of mother’s mental health for the basic human needs of a healthy child, racism and racial discrimination should be addressed

A Mathematical Model on the Resolution of Extrusion Bioprinting for the Development of New Bioinks

Pneumatic extrusion-based bioprinting is a recent and interesting technology that is very useful for biomedical applications. However, many process parameters in the bioprinter need to be fully understood in order to print at an adequate resolution. In this paper, a simple yet accurate mathematical model to predict the printed width of a continuous hydrogel line is proposed, in which the resolution is expressed as a function of nozzle size, pressure, and printing speed. A thermo-responsive hydrogel, pluronic F127, is used to validate the model predictions. This model could provide a platform for future correlation studies on pneumatic extrusion-based bioprinting as well as for developing new bioink formulations