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Plenty of powerful and promising companies have failed in the history of Corporate America. While many factors may have contributed to this outcome, lack of innovation is often one of the factors highlighted. After all, innovation, which can be defined as the successful exploitation of new ideas (Nathan & Lee, 2013), has been found to be a strong predictor of a firm’s future returns. However, what drives the creation of successful corporate innovation is not yet fully understood. On this study, I want to focus on managerial characteristics and how such diversity attributes can drive innovation. Joshi & Jackson (2003) define diversity as “the distribution of personal attributes among interdependent members of a work unit.” The combination of these diversity attributes can generate ideas and fresh perspectives feeding the creativity process which in turn will result in innovation. The diversity attributes at the managerial level are critical as the top management team (TMT) has the ability to define the direction of the firm. The purpose of this study is to assess whether diverse managerial characteristics at the TMT level drives firm innovation. This research question is tested using a sample of S&P 500 firms over the period 2010-2017. Innovation is measured by patent filings and citations. The empirical results show diversity traits such as tenure, culture, education and political affiliation do positively influence innovation. Gender, age and job diversity were found not to be significant.

Abstract Stem cuttings of Leyland cypress [Callitropsis × leylandii (A. B. Jacks. & Dallim.) D. P. Little; syn. × Cupressocyparis leylandii (A. B. Jacks. & Dallim.) Dallim. & A. B. Jacks.] were rooted beginning May 2004. In February 2005, liners were sorted into four grades [1 = firm root ball, top to bottom, 2 = good root ball, but loose in the upper one-third; 3 = no distinct root ball, but with enough roots to survive when potted and grown in irrigated containers; and 4 = roots ≤ 2 cm (0.8 in) in length (discarded)]. Liners from Grades 1 and 2 were transplanted to the field April 2005. Additional liners of Grades 1, 2, and 3 were grown in 3.8-liter (1-gal) containers in a nursery during 2005, and field planted early September 2005. Height and stem diameter were recorded after 1 and 2 years. Containerizing affected stem diameter more than height. Growth during the first 2 years was proportional to initial size, indicating the benefits of grading. After 2 years, the largest plants were Grade 1 liners that went directly to the field April 2005, with no intermediate potting.

Abstract Methods to accurately estimate spatially explicit fuel consumption are needed because consumption relates directly to fire behavior, effects, and smoke emissions. Our objective was to quantify sparkleberry (Vaccinium arboretum Marshall) shrub fuels before and after six experimental prescribed fires at Fort Jackson in South Carolina. We used a novel approach to characterize shrubs non-destructively from three-dimensional (3D) point cloud data collected with a terrestrial laser scanner. The point cloud data were reduced to 0.001 m–3 voxels that were either occupied to indicate fuel presence or empty to indicate fuel absence. The density of occupied voxels was related significantly by a logarithmic function to 3D fuel bulk density samples that were destructively harvested (adjusted R2 = .32, P < .0001). Based on our findings, a survey-grade Global Navigation Satellite System may be necessary to accurately associate 3D point cloud data to 3D fuel bulk density measurements destructively collected in small (submeter) shrub plots. A recommendation for future research is to accurately geolocate and quantify the occupied volume of entire shrubs as 3D objects that can be used to train models to map shrub fuel bulk density from point cloud data binned to occupied 3D voxels.

Since The Lord of the Rings was adapted by Peter Jackson into trilogy film in 2001-03, it has astounded its critics and gratified its fans and students. Many critical journals or graduation papers have also talked about this massive novel. After doing a lot of reading concerning these reviews, it’s clear that most of them analyze this work using psychoanalytical criticism; myth and archetypal criticism; cultural studies, and recently ecocriticism. Among these theories, psychoanalytic interpretation mainly focuses on Freud’s key ideas, namely the id; ego; and superego. According to Freud’s theory that: “Psychoanalytic literary criticism is not simply about interpreting a text’s protagonists. It also seeks to relate the text to the mind of its author.”(Berg, 2003, p.84). In this circumstance, this paper will probably dig some new insights by using this theory. The paper will follow the protagonist’s inner mind through employing Freud’s some key ideas, such as repression and projection. Based upon psychoanalytic analysis of the protagonists, this paper tries to argue that the three Hobbits can acquire happiness as long as they deal properly with the relationship between themselves and the society. In other words, common people can also push the wheel of history as long as they code well with themselves and the society.

Fire is a common source of change for the plant species of Mediterranean-type ecosystems, but little is known about the comparative effects of different fire intensities. Accordingly, nine species of small tree (Acacia binervia, Acacia implexa, Acacia parramattensis, Casuarina littoralis, Casuarina torulosa, Hakea sericea, Jacksonia scoparia, Leptospermum trinervium, Persoonia linearis) were studied 1 year after each of two low-intensity prescribed fires and a high-intensity wildfire at a site in the outer western region of the Sydney metropolitan area, south-eastern Australia. All of the species except H. sericea proved to be at least partly tolerant of the low-intensity fires (40–80% of their stems surviving the fires), but only C. torulosa, L. trinervium and P. linearis were tolerant of the high-intensity fire (20–30% stem survival). All of the fire-tolerant species had more of their smaller stems killed by the fires, and the high-intensity fire killed larger stems than did the low-intensity-fires. The size of surviving stems was related to the fire-tolerance characteristics for these species, specifically the presence or absence of insulating bark and epicormic or lignotuberous buds, as well as stem height (preventing 100% leaf-scorch). Those species with post-fire shoots at the stem base produced them when the upper part of the stem had been killed, with variable response to the fire intensities in the number of shoots produced. Those species with post-fire epicormic shoots produced them if the stem was alive post-fire, usually with fewer shoots produced after the high-intensity than the low-intensity fire. The number of shoots produced was positively related to the size of the stem for both fire intensities. These different sets of responses to the fire intensities have important implications for the ability to predict community responses to fire based on the study of only a few species, as well for the long-term effects of prescribing a particular fire regime.

Abstract Introduction Despite efficacious modern induction combination therapies a subset of myeloma patients have high-risk disease which manifests as either primary refractory disease or early relapse following initial response. The presence of known molecular high-risk lesions explain the majority of these cases but understanding the factors influencing the poor phenotypic outcome for the remainder will help us improve outcomes further. This exploratory analysis of the Myeloma XI+ trial aimed to understand the population of patients with phenotypic high-disease in the context of carfilzomib and lenalidomide induction therapy. Methods The UK NCRI Myeloma XI trial is a phase III randomised controlled trial that recruited 2568 newly diagnosed transplant eligible patients, of which 526 were randomised to receive the induction combination KRdc comprising carfilzomib (K, 36mg/m2 IV d1-2, 8-9,15-16 (20mg/m2 #1d1-2)), lenalidomide (R, 25mg PO d1-21), dexamethasone (d, 40mg PO d1-4,8-9,15-16) and cyclophosphamide (c, 500mg PO d1,8) as part of an adaptive trial design. Induction therapy was planned for a minimum of 4 cycles or to maximum response prior to autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT). There was a subsequent randomisation to lenalidomide maintenance or observation at 3 months post ASCT. Primary refractory disease was defined as not achieving at least a minimal response (MR) at maximum response after at least 4 cycles of induction therapy or progression at any time during induction regardless of initial response. Early relapse (ER) after ASCT was defined as progression within 12 months of ASCT. Molecular risk was defined as the presence of one (high risk) or more than one (ultra-high risk) of the following lesions: del(17p), gain(1q), t(4,14), t(14;16) or t(14;20). Results The incidence of primary refractory disease with the KRdc combination was very low. Only 8/526 (1.5%) patients were primary refractory, all having progression during induction therapy with a median progression free survival of only 126 days. The number of patients is too small to draw any firm conclusions regarding the characteristics associated with primary refractory disease. 401/526 (76%) of patients underwent high dose melphalan and ASCT on trial after KRdc induction. Those that did not proceed to ASCT on trial were either ineligible, mostly due to not completing the minimum required induction therapy, or were deemed not fit to undergo the procedure based on patient/clinician decision. Of those patients who underwent ASCT, 36/401 (9.0%) relapsed within 12 months (ER). These ER patients had both a shorter PFS2 and second PFS suggesting a continued association with adverse outcome beyond first line therapy. Patients in the ER group were compared with those patients not relapsing until beyond 12 months after ASCT (nER). There was no difference in the sex, age or paraprotein or light chain sub-type of patients. There was evidence of a greater impact of bone marrow disease burden in the ER group with a lower haemoglobin (median 99 g/L vs 115, p = 0.0216), lymphocyte count (1.3 x10^9/L vs 1.8, p = 0.0012) and platelet count (187 x10^9/L vs 252, p = 0.0049) at baseline. Median bone marrow aspirate plasma cell infiltration was ER 33% vs nER 23%. There were no significant differences in ISS stage (ER ISS I 19%, II 50%, III 22%, nER ISS I 35%, II 36%, III 22%, p = 0.1434), lactate dehydrogenase, albumin or beta-2 microglobulin. Patients in the ER group were less likely to have received lenalidomide maintenance (ER 12/36 [33%] vs nER 222/365 [61%]). For some (4/36) not receiving lenalidomide was due to relapse occurring prior to reaching the maintenance randomisation point (100 days post-ASCT). For those with available data 75% of patients in the ER group had molecular high (50%) or ultra-high (25%) risk disease, whilst 25% had standard risk using the trial definition. The individual lesions accounting for high-risk status were: gain(1q) in ER 42% vs nER 35%; t(4;14) ER 50% vs nER 10%; del(17p) ER 8% vs nER 7%. Discussion The combination of a second-generation immunomodulatory agent and proteasome inhibitor in the KRdc induction regimen is associated with deep responses and only a very small proportion of patients have primary refractory disease. Early relapse after KRdc and ASCT occurred in 9% of patients and was associated with high bone marrow disease burden and molecular high-risk features. Disclosures Pawlyn: Amgen: Honoraria; Janssen: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Celgene / BMS: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Sanofi: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees. Davies: Amgen: Consultancy, Honoraria; Abbvie: Consultancy, Honoraria; Janssen: Consultancy, Honoraria; Takeda: Consultancy, Honoraria; BMS: Consultancy, Honoraria; Roche: Consultancy, Honoraria. Menzies: Celgene / BMS: Research Funding; Amgen: Research Funding; Merck Sharpe and Dohme: Research Funding. Henderson: BMS / Celgene: Research Funding; Merck Sharpe and Dohme: Research Funding; Amgen: Research Funding; Takeda: Research Funding. Cook: Roche: Consultancy, Honoraria; Pfizer: Consultancy, Honoraria; Karyopharm: Consultancy, Honoraria; Oncopeptides: Consultancy, Honoraria; Sanofi: Consultancy, Honoraria; BMS: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; Amgen: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; Takeda: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding; Janssen: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding. Jenner: BMS/Celgene: Consultancy, Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; Janssen: Consultancy, Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; Pfizer: Consultancy; Takeda: Consultancy. Jones: Janssen: Honoraria; BMS/Celgene: Other: Conference fees. Kaiser: AbbVie: Consultancy; Takeda: Consultancy, Other: Educational support; Seattle Genetics: Consultancy; Amgen: Honoraria; Pfizer: Consultancy; Karyopharm: Consultancy, Research Funding; GSK: Consultancy; Janssen: Consultancy, Other: Educational support, Research Funding; BMS/Celgene: Consultancy, Other: Travel support, Research Funding. Drayson: Abingdon Health: Current holder of individual stocks in a privately-held company. Cairns: Merck Sharpe and Dohme: Research Funding; Amgen: Research Funding; Takeda: Research Funding; Celgene / BMS: Other: travel support, Research Funding. Morgan: BMS: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Jansen: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Karyopharm: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Oncopeptides: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; GSK: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees. Jackson: celgene BMS: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; amgen: Consultancy, Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; takeda: Consultancy, Honoraria, Research Funding, Speakers Bureau; GSK: Consultancy, Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; J and J: Consultancy, Honoraria, Speakers Bureau; oncopeptides: Consultancy; Sanofi: Honoraria, Speakers Bureau. OffLabel Disclosure: The KRdc combination is off label

This paper presents the results of numerical simulations of a ring-core thulium-doped silica fiber (RC-TDF). Enhanced spontaneous emission (ASE) was generated for a fiber with 4wt.% thulium content. An analysis of the formation of the ASE spectrum parameters (λmax, FWHM, output power) as a function of fiber length is also shown. The modal map is presented as a combination of outer and inner core radii and ∆n. Full Text: PDF References Y. Huang, Q. Xu, S. Peng, C. Xu, T. Liao, "2 μm Laser generation and amplification based on dual Tm3+-doped high-Q silica microsphere using an ASE light source for pumping", Opt Laser Technol , 153, 108282 (2022). CrossRef D. Theisen-Kunde, V. Ott, R. Brinkmann, R. Keller, "Potential of a new cw 2 μm laser scalpel for laparoscopic surgery", Med Laser Appl. 22, 139 (2007). CrossRef N.P. Barnes, B.M. Walsh, D.J. Reichle, R.J. DeYoung, "Tm:fiber lasers for remote sensing", Opt Mater (Amst), 31, 1061 (2009). CrossRef S.W. Henderson, C.P. Hale, J.R. Magee, M.J. Kavaya, A.V. Huffaker, "Eye-safe coherent laser radar system at 2.1 μm using Tm,Ho:YAG lasers", Opt Lett, 16, 773 (1991). CrossRef S.D. Jackson, "Cross relaxation and energy transfer upconversion processes relevant to the functioning of 2 μm Tm3+-doped silica fibre lasers", Opt Commun. 230, 197 (2004). CrossRef J. Wu, S. Jiang, T. Luo, J. Geng, N. Peyghambarian, N.P. Barnes, "Efficient thulium-doped 2-μm germanate fiber laser", IEEE Phot Technol Lett. 18, 334 (2006). CrossRef M.J. Barber, P.C. Shardlow, P. Barua, J.K. Sahu, W.A. Clarkson, "Nested-ring doping for highly efficient 1907nm short-wavelength cladding-pumped thulium fiber lasers", Opt Lett. 45, 5542 (2020). CrossRef P. Miluski, K. Markowski, M. Kochanowicz, M. Łodziński, J. Żmojda, W.A. Pisarski, J. Pisarska, M. Kuwik, M. Leśniak, D. Dorosz, T. Ragiń, V. Askirka, J. Dorosz, "Tm3+/Ho3+ profiled co-doped core area optical fiber for emission in the range of 1.6–2.1 µm", Sci Rep. 13, 13963 (2023). CrossRef H. Ono, T. Hosokawa, K. Ichii, S. Matsuo, H. Nasu, M. Yamada, "2-LP mode few-mode fiber amplifier employing ring-core erbium-doped fiber", Opt Express, 23, 27405 (2015) CrossRef M. Kasahara, K. Saitoh, T. Sakamoto, N. Hanzawa, T. Matsui, K. Tsujikawa, F. Yamamoto, "Design of Three-Spatial-Mode Ring-Core Fiber", J. Lightwave Technol. 32, 1337 (2014). CrossRef P. Sillard, M. Bigot-Astruc, D. Boivin, H. Maerten, L. Provost, "Few-Mode Fiber for Uncoupled Mode-Division Multiplexing Transmissions", in 37th European Conference and Exposition on Optical Communications, (2011). CrossRef S. D. Jackson, S. Mossman, "Laser-induced changes on the complex refractive indices of phase-change thin film", Appl Opt. 42, 2702 (2003). CrossRef S. Unger, A. Schwuchow, J. Dellith, J. Kirchhof, "Optical properties of ytterbium/aluminium doped silica glasses", Opt Mater Express, 10, 907 (2020). CrossRef P. Honzatko, Y. Baravets, I. Kasik, O. Podrazky, "Wideband thulium–holmium-doped fiber source with combined forward and backward amplified spontaneous emission at 1600–2300 nm spectral band", Opt Lett. 39, 3650 (2014). CrossRef P. Miluski, M. Kochanowicz, J. M. Zmojda, A. Baranowska, M. Leśniak, D. Dorosz, K. Markowski, J. Dorosz, "Large mode area fibers for single-mode transmission near 2μm", Proc. SPIE 12142, (2022). CrossRef Y. Jung, Q. Kang, H. Zhou, R. Zhang, S. Chen, H. Wang, Y. Yang, X. Jin, F. P. Payne, S. Alam, D. J. Richardson, "Low-Loss 25.3 km Few-Mode Ring-Core Fiber for Mode-Division Multiplexed Transmission", J. Lightwave Technol. 35, 1363 (2017). CrossRef

The relationships between soil chemistry and canopy composition and growth rate were examined in several Nothofagus cunninghamii rainforest associations. There was considerable variation in the concentrations of some of the soil nutrients, with c. 40-fold differences in total phosphorus among surface samples (5–15 cm depth) and 170-fold differences among deep samples (50–60 cm depth). Principal components analysis with rotated axes indicated that surface extractable K, total N and loss of ignition (LOI) contributed most to Component 1. The factors contributing most to Component 2 were total exchangeable bases, extractable Mg and LOI of the deep samples and surface extractable Ca. Total phosphorus (surface and deep), pH and surface C: N contributed most to Component 3. The soils of N. cunninghamii-dominated forests had significantly higher pH and total phosphorus than mixed rainforests (rainforest without a clear dominant species) and a lower C: N ratio than soils of both mixed rainforests and P. aspleniifolius-dominated rainforests (P < 0.05). However, no significant differences were recorded in any soil parameter between the latter two forest types. Factor 3 of the PCA was positively correlated with the abundance of N. cunninghamii and negatively correlated with abundance of P. aspleniifolius and E. lucida (P < 0.05). In addition, the growth rate of N. cunninghamii was positively correlated with total phosphorus after removal of high-altitude sites (≥700 m a.s.l.). These results, together with previous data on comparative growth rates, suggest that phosphorus has a significant influence on the canopy composition of these rainforests via its effect on the growth rate of N. cunninghamii. Concentrations of both total and available phosphorus were very low on some sites, overlapping the range of values recorded in button grass plains, heaths and eucalypt forests from other studies in Tasmania. More comprehensive data are required to allow detailed comparisons among these vegetation formations. However, the results are consistent with Jackson’s (1968, 1983) hypothesis that the absence of rainforest from some low-nutrient soils may be influenced more by fire frequency (via the interactions among soil nutrients, vegetation and fire) than directly by soil nutrients.

Chir pine (Pinus roxburghii Sarg.) and blue pine (Pinus wallichiana A.B. Jacks.) are two common species found in mid-hill forests of Nepal where households largely depend on forest resources for their livelihoods and subsistence. The management of such forests is supported by our understanding of the dynamics in forest structure and species composition and the relationship between different forest community characteristics. This study was designed to determine the variation in species composition and the relationship between various forest community characteristics in two pine forests of Kailash Sacred Landscape, Nepal. Quadrat sampling was applied to collect information on forest species, forest community structure, and disturbance factors.Data was statistically analyzed using IBM SPSS. There were a total of 31 plant species under 28 genera and 20 families in the P. roxburghii forest, and 38 plant species under 37 genera and 19 families in the P. wallichiana forest. Mean DBH, height and canopy diameter of P. roxburghii was 23.98 cm, 12.77 m and 1.97 m, respectively, and that of P. wallichiana was 31.5 cm, 11.48 m and 2.79 m, respectively. The relationship between DBH and both height and crown diameter showed strong relationships in the two forest types. In both forests, DBH and height class distribution showed a hump-shaped (unimodal type) distribution with a greater proportion of medium-sized individuals that indicated disruptive forest regeneration. Fire and tree cut were significant disturbance factors in P. roxburghii forest, while grazing and trampling were significant in P. wallichiana forest. The extent of these disturbance factors as determinants of regeneration and species recruitment is important to assess for effective forest management. Banko JanakariA Journal of Forestry Information for NepalVol. 28, No. 1, 2018, page: 26-36