Servitization and operations management : a service-dominant logic approach

Managing organisational performance in sectors such as equipment provision has become increasingly complex as competition has heightened and firms have felt pressure to add value through the provision of services (Baines et al, 2007; Howard and Caldwell, 2011; Neely et al., 2011). This provision is commonly referred to as the servitization of manufacturing (Vandermerwe & Rada, 1988). By extending the traditional offering of equipment to include service activities however, underlying operational delivery systems and processes have become more complex to manage and co-ordinate. No longer are firms simply making and shipping products; they are now engaged in a more complex world of design and delivery (Neely et al., 2011). This study aims to explore servitization from a value perspective through the lens of Service-Dominant (S-D) logic, and to propose its implications for operations management

Ramón de Mesonero Romanos and Mariano José de Larra : a comparison

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas, Romance Language and Literature, 1930

CHARACTERIZING THE HYDROGEOLOGIC PROPERTIES OF THICK CLAYSTONE AQUITARDS IN THE WILLISTON BASIN USING GROUTED-IN PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS

Clay-rich (argillaceous) aquitards with low hydraulic conductivity (K ≤ 10-8 ms-1) are widespread throughout the world. Managing and protecting groundwater resources is often dependent on accurate determinations of the hydrogeologic properties of a formation (bulk compressibility, α and K). However, characterizing such deposits has been difficult due to challenges associated with the slow response times of field-based methods, and the difficulty of collecting representative and competent core samples for laboratory analysis. Laboratory tests also tend to overestimate α and underestimate K. Due to these challenges, aquitards remain one of the least understood areas of hydrogeology. This work presents results of in situ measurements of α and K of Cretaceous-aged claystones obtained through the measurement and interpretation of pore pressure responses recorded by grouted-in vibrating wire pressure transducers (VWPs). Ten VWPs were installed in one borehole to a total depth of 325 m BG near the northeastern portion of the Williston Basin (Site 1). The loading efficiency (γ) was determined based on pore pressure responses to barometric pressure fluctuation and was found to decrease with increasing depth (0.93 to 0.6). The γ was then used to calculate the constrained one dimensional compressibility, mv (2.5×10-7 to 2.2×10-6 kPa-1), which also decreased with depth. Measurements of mv from laboratory testing on core samples from the same borehole were as much as an order of magnitude greater than the in situ estimates. The vertical and horizontal hydraulic conductivity (Kv and Kh, respectively) of the claystone at Site 1 was evaluated at different spatial scales using numerical modeling and laboratory analysis. The results highlight the importance of accounting for scale (laboratory vs field) and consideration of the presence of possible secondary features (e.g. fractures) in the aquitard. The findings from Site 1 suggest that fully-grouted VWPs may provide an alternative method to determine the mv and K of overconsolidated aquitards and become a useful tool to increase our understanding of the hydrogeology of aquitards. This conclusion was supported by the results obtained from an additional 27 VWPs installed in 5 boreholes at Site 2, also located in the Williston Basin

ImmunoCap 250 for Diagnostics of Allergy and Autoimmunity

As HLS EU International coordinator, I have planned and led DMUglobal trips for students and staff in 2019 and 2020 to Vilnius Life Science Centre and the COINS Life Science conference, this poster has been presented at this conference in 2020.See Abstract Booklet p.4

Parameterization of cloud microphysical processes in the CSU general circulation model

February 1992.Includes bibliographical references.The chief microphysical processes required to simulate the formation and dissipation of cloudiness have been implemented in the CSU general circulation model (GCM) with the aim to (1) yield a more physically-based representation of the sources and sinks of the atmospheric moisture components, (2) link the fractional cover and optical properties of model-generated clouds to predicted liquid/ice water amounts; and (3) produce more realistic temporal behaviors of the cloud fields. The bulk microphysics scheme encompasses five prognostic variables of water vapor, cloud water, cloud ice, rain, and snow. Cloud liquid and ice water amounts are predicted to form through large-scale condensation and sublimation processes plus detrainment at the top of convective cumulus towers. The instantaneous production of rain and snow is obtained through autoconversion of liquid water droplets and ice crystals. The growth process of rain drops and snow flakes falling through the free atmosphere is simulated using the continuous collection equation. Evaporation of cloud liquid, cloud ice, rain, and snow occurs in subsaturated layers. Melting and freezing are also taken into account. This document gives a description of the cloud microphysics package and its implementation into the CSU GCM.Sponsored by the National Science Foundation ATM-8907414

The Happiness-Income Paradox Revisited

The striking thing about the happiness-income paradox is that over the long-term – usually a period of 10 y or more – happiness does not increase as a country's income rises. Heretofore the evidence for this was limited to developed countries. This article presents evidence that the long term nil relationship between happiness and income holds also for a number of developing countries, the eastern European countries transitioning from socialism to capitalism, and an even wider sample of developed countries than previously studied. It also finds that in the short-term in all three groups of countries, happiness and income go together, i.e., happiness tends to fall in economic contractions and rise in expansions. Recent critiques of the paradox, claiming the time series relationship between happiness and income is positive, are the result either of a statistical artifact or a confusion of the short-term relationship with the long-term one.Easterlin Paradox, life satisfaction, subjective well-being

What the Hake?! Fish Forensics in Maine Markets

Mislabeling of seafood is a widespread issue, not just locally but worldwide. Researchers at the University of New England have developed a molecular method for identifying six species of hake and an additional five groundfish species common to the Gulf of Maine