How to promote knowledge sharing in cross-functional NPD teams

This paper investigates the common issues that may arise in cross-functional new product development (NPD) teams from a Knowledge Management perspective. The study has been built around a contextualized trigger, where several factors were preventing a new-born NPD team from performing effectively. The purpose of this paper is to give insights of the main dynamics involved in the knowledge sharing process throughout the application of a systematic problem-solving approach to the case investigated by the authors. Due to the impossibility of building a universal recipe suitable for every team in every situation, this work represents a compromise trying to exemplify how to prioritise interventions in a given context, in order to provide a benchmark for similar circumstances. This paper, using an action research method within a single case context, takes shape around the advises and suggestions made by authors to Electronic Connected Ltd (disguised name), a small-medium enterprise (SME) in a situation of NPD paralysis. In particular, the paper emphasizes the importance of effective leadership and supporting environment in facilitating communication, enhancing cohesiveness, fostering joint commitment and giving direction in order to enable knowledge sharing and to leverage capabilities to conclusively deliver new products

Effects of Individual Secularity, Institutional Secularity and Campus Activity Involvement on College Student Suicidal Ideation and Attempts

Using undergraduate data from a recent study on the Nature of College Student Suicidality, this paper explored the impact of campus activity involvement, individual secularity and institutional secularity as risk and/or protective factors for college student suicidal ideation and attempts. Results revealed that students who participated in at least one campus activity and students who affiliate with a Christian faith were less likely to seriously consider suicide in the last twelve months. Gender differences were found in the relationship between institutional secularity and serious consideration of suicide, with non-secular institutions serving as a protective factor for women, but not men. Individual secularity was the only independent variable correlated with reduced rates of suicide attempts. Implications for higher education decision-making and counseling center practices are discussed, and future research directions are proposed

A Study of Aquatic Insects of Logan River, Utah

The author\u27s main purpose is to discover and record what insects are present at different locations in the Logan River during the months of September, 1953, to June, 1954

The influence of the water supply on the bioactive compounds of different tomato varieties

The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of irrigation on the composition and content of phenolic compounds and carotenoids in different tomato cultivars using HPLC/DAD-UV technique and reverse-phase (RP) chromatographic columns for analysis. Among phenols, the quercetin derivatives and hydroxycinnamic acids and their derivatives were the major compounds, while lycopene was the dominant carotenoid in the extract of tomato. It was found that the response of tomatos to shortage of water is affected by genetic factors and seasonal environmental variations. In general, 100% irrigation yielded tomatoes with the lowest level of carotenoids and polyphenols. In 2012, when the temperature and number of sunny hours were at record levels, the non-irrigated plants of cultivar Strombolino yielded tomatoes with significantly higher levels of carotenoids and phenols than that of the other cultivars

Being resilient for society: evidence from companies that leveraged their resources and capabilities to fight the COVID-19 crisis

This study adopts a resilience perspective to explain how companies managed to contribute innovative solutions to fight the COVID-19 crisis. We studied how five companies operating in different industries (three in automotive, one in printing, and one in rubber and plastic products manufacturing) managed to reorganize activities and employ their R&D and innovation capabilities to enhance their resilience. Simultaneously, they increased the health system’s capacity to cope with the outbreak. Through a qualitative inductive study, based on interviews with company managers, we found that the firms mobilized their resources and capabilities to expand their ability to adapt and cope with adversity at the organizational level. In addition, moved by the sensitivity to the extreme context and a perceived sense of urgency, the firms deployed the same endowments to strengthen the community’s response to a crisis. Our study shows that an organization can directly and positively foster the broader social system’s resilience. This study contributes to the innovation literature by identifying innovation capabilities as fundamental antecedents of resilience building for organizational response, paving the way for strengthening the link between resilience and innovation

ENHANCING RESIN/DENTIN BOND DURABILITY: THE EFFECT OF CHITOSAN/RIBOFLAVIN MODIFICATION

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Serum Anti-Nuclear Antibodies and their patterns on immunofluorescence in patients with joint pain from Lahore, Pakistan

Background: Autoimmunity is the deviation of the immune system from its natural course and evoking a potent inflammatory response against organs or systems of its own body. Anti-nuclear antibodies (ANA) are an important marker for the diagnosis of autoimmune. The incidence of autoimmune diseases is increasing globally due to advancements in civilization, so it becomes crucial to monitor its trends. The current study aimed to determine the prevalence of ANA and its specific pattern in individuals with joint pain.Methods: The duration of this cross-sectional study was 6 months, from December 2018 to May 2019. ANA profiles of 155 subjects were evaluated using the indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) technique.Results: Amongst 155 enrolled subjects 101(65.2%) were females and 54(34.8%) were males. Rheumatoid factor was positive in 61 (39.3%) patients. ANA was found positive in 35 (22.5%) individuals, 5(14.3%) males, and 30(85.7%) females. Homogenous pattern was positive in 25(71.4%), 5(14.3%) fine speckled, 5(14.3%) centromere, and 1(2.8%) presented nuclear dots. The most frequent titer observed was 1/320 in 14(40%) individuals.Conclusion: The homogenous pattern was frequently observed patterns ANA positive subjects. There was also a significant relationship between age group and their patterns. The homogenous pattern was most frequent among the 60-69-year age group

Visible reflectance and content of isomeric ratio of lycopene in commercial and elevated lycopene tomato varieties by different technological traits

Quantification of red pigment content of fruits using destructive techniques is expensive and it enables only the analysis of batches but not of individual items. This study examined the feasibility of using non-destructive, spectrophotometric method to predict one of the most valuable internal quality indices, lycopene, in individual tomato fruits. An open field experiment was conducted to study the effect of irrigation and potassium supplementation on the yield and lycopene content of processed tomato fruit. Three different treatments (regularly irrigated RI, irrigation cut-off 30 days before harvest CO, and rainfed RF unirrigated control) and two different potassium fertilisations (P) were applied. Regular irrigation significantly decreased the lycopene content of tomato fruits. The CO treatment resulted in the highest total lycopene without potassium supplementation. Potassium supplementation, given at the time before fruit maturity, significantly increased the lycopene concentration of cultivar Brigade F1, independently of irrigation. The closest correlation was at 700 nm R2=0.38 and R2=0.45, between reflectance and the (all-E)-lycopene and the (9Z)+(13Z)-lycopene isomers, respectively

The role of public finance in the economic development of Newfoundland, 1949-64

The purpose of this study is to analyze the role of public finance in the economic development of Newfoundland since 1949. The thesis starts with a discussion of some of the imminent economic problems of the Province and a description of those features of its economy which have bearing on public revenue and expenditure. A short history of public finance in the Island is sketched from the second half of the 19th century highlighting the financial features which culminated in Confederation in 1949. A survey of public revenue. and public expenditure is presented with a view to show how I conducive the structure of revenue and pattern of expenditure is to the development of Newfoundland The accuracy of revenue is discussed and the elasticity of individual· tax revenues is calculated. Finally capital formation is discussed in relation to fiscal policy and comparison is made between public and private capital formation. Some of the principal findings of this thesis are: 1. Although the revenue from provincial sources has increased rapidly yet the federal aid remains the biggest source of revenue. 2. The common argument that conditional grants distort the provincial priorities does not apply in the case of Newfoundland. 3. Revenue raised from provincial sources suffers from a high degree of rigidity due to earmarking of funds for certain uses and due to low elasticity of tax revenue 4. The revenue estimates suffer from a bias towards under estimation and there is no definite evidence of improvement in them. 5. While public expenditure on material and supplies has been increasing over the years, social welfare has remained the top priority despite the inadequacy of social capital. 6. Public capital formation accounts for a high share of total capital formation and the gross rate of public capital accumulation has been much higher than that of the private

Experimental investigation of NO reburning during oxy-coal burner staging

This study presents an investigation into the impact of varied burner staging environments on an oxy-fuel flame and the rate of the NO formation and destruction processes. The experimental data was extracted from the use of a 250 kWth down-fired combustion test facility with a scaled-down model of an industrial low-NOx burner (LNB). Two oxy-coal combustion regimes were investigated by varying a fixed flow of oxidant between the secondary and tertiary registers, so as to impact the stoichiometry in the fuel-rich region and flame structure, and using various NO recycling regimes, to test the impact of these different burner configurations on NO reburning. The data was collected by monitoring key emissions in the flue gas and in the flame, as well as temperatures throughout the furnace and the unburned carbon content of the ash. A detailed investigation encompassing the impact of secondary oxidant proportion for different oxidants on NO emissions, together with the quantification of recycled NO destruction, is discussed. This investigation finds that 85 % to 95 % of the recycled NO is destroyed at a range of burner configurations using OF 27 and OF 30 at 170 kWth. In addition to this, NO formation and carbon burnout are found to be significantly affected with changing burner configurations. Further to this, OF 30 flames appear to be more sensitive to burner configuration than OF 27 flames with regards to both NO formation and destruction, possibly due to the decreased density of the OF 30 oxidant. Radial profiles of two burner configurations at OF 27 and OF 30, as well as an axial profile of two burner configurations at OF 30, are analysed. The profiles appear to show that burner staging aids in controlling the products of NO reburning, hence maximising the destruction of recycled NO