Production networks, profits, and innovative activity: Evidence from Malaysia and Thailand

Cross-border production networks have been playing an increasingly important role in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries' trade in recent years, but micro-level studies are rare. This paper uses firm-level data from the two most active ASEAN countries in production networks (Thailand and Malaysia) and examines the effect of participating in production networks on profits and technological capabilities of firms. The empirical results show that participating in production networks raises profits. The evidence further suggests that participation in production networks is also positively correlated with technology upgrading, measured by a technological capabilities index

Media And Information Literacy Curriculum For Teachers

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Concurrent hypercube system with improved message passing

A network of microprocessors, or nodes, are interconnected in an n-dimensional cube having bidirectional communication links along the edges of the n-dimensional cube. Each node's processor network includes an I/O subprocessor dedicated to controlling communication of message packets along a bidirectional communication link with each end thereof terminating at an I/O controlled transceiver. Transmit data lines are directly connected from a local FIFO through each node's communication link transceiver. Status and control signals from the neighboring nodes are delivered over supervisory lines to inform the local node that the neighbor node's FIFO is empty and the bidirectional link between the two nodes is idle for data communication. A clocking line between neighbors, clocks a message into an empty FIFO at a neighbor's node and vica versa. Either neighbor may acquire control over the bidirectional communication link at any time, and thus each node has circuitry for checking whether or not the communication link is busy or idle, and whether or not the receive FIFO is empty. Likewise, each node can empty its own FIFO and in turn deliver a status signal to a neighboring node indicating that the local FIFO is empty. The system includes features of automatic message rerouting, block message transfer and automatic parity checking and generation

A case of septicaemic anthrax in an intravenous drug user

<p><b>Background:</b> In 2000, Ringertz et al described the first case of systemic anthrax caused by injecting heroin contaminated with anthrax. In 2008, there were 574 drug related deaths in Scotland, of which 336 were associated with heroin and or morphine. We report a rare case of septicaemic anthrax caused by injecting heroin contaminated with anthrax in Scotland.</p> <p><b>Case Presentation:</b> A 32 year old intravenous drug user (IVDU), presented with a 12 hour history of increasing purulent discharge from a chronic sinus in his left groin. He had a tachycardia, pyrexia, leukocytosis and an elevated C-reactive protein (CRP). He was treated with Vancomycin, Clindamycin, Ciprofloxacin, Gentamicin and Metronidazole. Blood cultures grew Bacillus anthracis within 24 hours of presentation. He had a computed tomography (CT) scan and magnetic resonance imagining (MRI) of his abdomen, pelvis and thighs performed. These showed inflammatory change relating to the iliopsoas and an area of necrosis in the adductor magnus.</p> <p>He underwent an exploration of his left thigh. This revealed chronically indurated subcutaneous tissues with no evidence of a collection or necrotic muscle. Treatment with Vancomycin, Ciprofloxacin and Clindamycin continued for 14 days. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) device was applied utilising the Venturi™ wound sealing kit. Following 4 weeks of treatment, the wound dimensions had reduced by 77%.</p> <p><b>Conclusions:</b> Although systemic anthrax infection is rare, it should be considered when faced with severe cutaneous infection in IVDU patients. This case shows that patients with significant bacteraemia may present with no signs of haemodynamic compromise. Prompt recognition and treatment with high dose IV antimicrobial therapy increases the likelihood of survival. The use of simple wound therapy adjuncts such as NPWT can give excellent wound healing results.</p&gt

Kidneyconomics: The Black Market, Scarcity, and the Need to Realign the System of Incentives and Disincentives in the Laws Governing Kidney Donations

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Notes from the Field: Learning to Talk Weather in the Coastal Philippines

This journal has been published at different time periods under the following titles: Explorations: A Graduate Student Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Explorations in Southeast Asian Studies, and The Journal of the Southeast Asian Studies Association

Discovering the Multiple Intelligences of Student-Nurses in Selected Nursing Schools in the Philippines

This descriptive-correlational study aims to discover the level of multiple intelligences of the nursing students in selected nursing schools as perceived by the two groups of respondents with respect to the different multiple intelligences indicator. There were 700 students who participated in the study from two higher education institutions that offer BS Nursing program which include Tomas del Rosario College and Asia Pacific College of Advance Studies. They were selected using stratified random sampling technique. To test the significant difference between the perceptions of the nursing student-respondents on the levels of multiple intelligence of the nursing students’ in selected nursing schools in Bataan, the analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used. It was revealed in the study that  majority of the students-respondents belong to the 16 years old bracket, second year college and female nursing students. The student-respondents assessment on the levels of multiple intelligences of the nursing students in selected nursing schools found to be above average in the four specific areas namely; musical strength, verbal strength, intrapersonal strength, and visual strength, while on the logical strength, interpersonal strength, and kinesthetic strength the nursing students found to be average. In the light of findings and conclusions of the study, it was recommended that students should understand how to look into themselves and become aware on the significance of learning and developing their skills. Students should know themselves more fully in order for them to overcome the difficulties involves in attaining knowledge in order for them to learn