Exploring the key behavioural, functional and strategic competencies in Indian management education

Purpose: The study’s primary purpose is to identify the critical sustainable competencies and their importance in Indian management education perceived by the stakeholders. Research Methodology: The study adopted an explanatory research design and a standardised questionnaire to gather data from stakeholder groups. Results: The results suggest that the competency clusters considered necessary by the main stakeholder groups are behavioural, functional and strategic. Limitations: Broader perspective with more samples at various locations will add more value to the idea. Contribution: This paper aims to support both business and academia by recommending a positive collaborative process and building a workforce ready for work

Dynamic and hybrid variational multiscale models for the simulation of bluff-body flows on unstructured grids

The computation of massively separated flows is a challenging problem of particular in- terest in industrial applications. For the purpose of properly simulating these complex flows on not too heavy unstructured meshes as usually employed in industry, appropriate numerical and turbulent models must be used. In the present work, the computation of the flow past a circular cylinder at different Reynolds numbers is chosen as benchmark. The spatial discretization is based on a mixed finite element/finite volume formulation on unstructured grids. The numerical dissipation of the upwind scheme is made of sixth-order space derivatives in order to limit as far as possible the interactions between numerical and subgrid scale (SGS) dissipation, which could deteriorate the accuracy of the results [4]. A variational multi-scale large-eddy simulation (VMS-LES) with dynamic SGS models and a RANS/VMS-LES model are evaluated on the proposed benchmark for subcritical and supercritical flow regimes respectively (see Fig. 1 and Tab. 1). In the VMS-LES used in this work, the separation between the large and the small resolved scales is obtained through a variational projection operator based on spatial average on agglomerated cells [1]. The dynamic procedure allows the adaptation of the constant of the SGS model to the spatial and temporal variation of the flow characteristics, while the VMS formulation restricts the SGS model effects to the smallest resolved scales. The dynamic versions of the Smagorinsky and of the WALE SGS models are considered herein. The non-dynamic counterparts of these SGS models are also used in order to evaluate the impact of dy- namic SGS modeling in the considered VMS-LES approach for the simulation of massively separated flows. However, the Reynolds number range useful for LES-like simulation is limited as LES grid needs to be sufficiently fine to resolve a significant part of the turbulence scales. With the aim of simulating high Reynolds number flows, it is considered in the present work a hybridization strategy using a blending parameter, such that a VMS- LES simulation is obtained where the grid resolution is fine enough to resolve a significant part of the turbulence fluctuations [2], while a RANS model is acting in the regions of coarse grid resolution, as, for instance, near the body surface

Factors associated with emergency department green zone utilization in hospital

Introduction: In hospital, emergency departments are highly utilized by patients. Overcrowding, congestion and long waiting time were among the issues highlighted resulting from it. In Selangor, there has been a steady increase in utilization of emergency department of government hospitals over the past five (5) years. Utilization of green zone was the highest in these hospitals. Being a department that provides a comprehensive emergency service and provides easy access for the community, issues of appropriateness utilization arise. This study aims to determine the level of appropriateness of green zone utilization by patients attending Emergency Department in Serdang Hospital and factors influencing its utilization. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Emergency Department of Serdang Hospital. Sample sizes of green zone adult patients were obtained by systematic random sampling. Emergency Medicine and Trauma Services Policy Malaysia 2012 were used to classify patients to appropriate and inappropriate utilization of green zone. Pre-tested self-administered questionnaire were used to interview patients. Descriptive statistics, chi-square test and logistic regression used to analyse the data collected. Data analysis conducted using IBM SPSS Statistics version 22 and p value significant at <0.05. Result: There were 793 (90.7%) patients in this study. It was found that level of appropriateness utilization in green zone emergency department was 83.6% appropriate and 16.4% was inappropriate. Median age of patients were 29 years old (IQR ± 25th, 75th; 23, 40). Majority were Malays (74%). The results of chi-square test indicated that there were significant association between marital status (p=0.032), patients attending emergency department because treatment cost is cheap (p=0.025), emergency department operates 24 hours (p=0.045) and time of patient presentation to emergency department (p=0.001). From the study, the multivariate results revealed that the odds of married patients (AOR=1.481, 95% CI: 1.008, 2.174) to utilize the emergency department were higher than not married patients, the odds of patients utilize emergency department not because of the cheap treatment (AOR=1.614, 95% CI: 1.073, 2.469) was almost two times more and lastly the odds of utilization after office hours were two times more than during office hours (AOR=2.117, 95% CI: 1.388, 3.227). Conclusion: The study revealed majority of patients utilized green zone appropriately. Married patient, patient attend emergency department not because treatment cost is cheap and patient attending after office hour were significantly associated with appropriateness utilization of emergency department. Further study needed to determine the cause and effect relationship

Exploitation of Tolerance of Wheat Kernel Weight and Shape-Related Traits from Aegilops tauschii under Heat and Combined Heat-Drought Stresses

Kernel weight and shape-related traits are inherited stably and increase wheat yield. Narrow genetic diversity limits the progress of wheat breeding. Here, we evaluated kernel weight and shape-related traits and applied genome-wide association analysis to a panel of wheat multiple synthetic derivative (MSD) lines. The MSD lines harbored genomic fragments from Aegilops tauschii. These materials were grown under optimum conditions in Japan, as well as under heat and combined heat–drought conditions in Sudan. We aimed to explore useful QTLs for kernel weight and shape-related traits under stress conditions. These can be useful for enhancing yield under stress conditions. MSD lines possessed remarkable genetic variation for all traits under all conditions, and some lines showed better performance than the background parent Norin 61. We identified 82 marker trait associations (MTAs) under the three conditions; most of them originated from the D genome. All of the favorable alleles originated from Ae. tauschii. For the first time, we identified markers on chromosome 5D associated with a candidate gene encoding a RING-type E3 ubiquitin–protein ligase and expected to have a role in regulating wheat seed size. Our study provides important knowledge for the improvement of wheat yield under optimum and stress conditions. The results emphasize the importance of Ae. tauschii as a gene reservoir for wheat breeding