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Captured at sea : piracy and protection in the Indian Ocean
\"How is it possible for six men to take a Liberian-flagged oil tanker hostage and negotiate a huge pay out for the return of its crew and 2.2 million barrels of crude oil? In his gripping new book, Jatin Dua answers this question by exploring the unprecedented upsurge in maritime piracy off the coast of Somalia in the twenty-first century. Taking the reader inside pirate communities in Somalia, onboard multinational container ships, and within insurance offices in London, Dua connects modern day pirates to longer histories of trade and disputes over protection. In our increasingly technological world, maritime piracy represents not only an interruption, but an attempt to insert oneself within the world of oceanic trade. Captured at Sea moves beyond the binaries of legal and illegal to illustrate how the seas continue to be key sites of global regulation, connectivity, and commerce today\"--Provided by publisher.
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Factors affecting job performance: an integrative review of literature
Purpose
Job performance is an important variable, which primarily affects outcomes at three levels: the micro level (i.e. the individual), the meso level (i.e. the group) and the macro level (i.e. the organisation). This paper aims to identify, analyse and synthesise factors that affect job performance.
Design/methodology/approach
Through an extensive integrative review of literature, this study identifies and classifies the factors that affect job performance. A synthesised model based on the schema of demands, resources and stressors is also developed.
Findings
The demands identified are grouped into physical, cognitive and affective. Stressors adversely affecting job performance are classified at an individual level, job level and family level. Finally, resources are classified at an individual level, job level, organisational level and social level.
Research limitations/implications
This review enhances the job demands-resources (JD-R) model to job demands-resources-stressors (JD-R-S) model by identifying a separate category of variables that are neither job demands nor resources, but still impede job performance.
Practical implications
The subgroups identified under demands, resources and stressors provide insights into job performance enhancement strategies, by changing, managing or optimising them.
Originality/value
This study helps in better understanding the factors that go on to impact job performance differentially, depending on the group to which they belong. It gives a holistic picture of factors affecting job performance, thereby integrating classifying and synthesising the vast literature on the topic.
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Changes in the 8th Edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) Staging of Head and Neck Cancer: Rationale and Implications
Purpose of ReviewThe objectives of this article are to review the major changes in the staging of head and neck cancers and the rationale for the modifications.Recent FindingsInformation gathered from various institutional reports lead to a better understanding of the clinical and biological behavior of head and neck tumors, resulting in distinct outcomes, which were used to update the staging system.SummaryThis article reviews the changes in the staging of head and neck cancers published in the 8th edition of the AJCC/UICC TNM staging system.
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Photovoltaic science and technology
\"Discusses the principles of operation of photovoltaic devices, their limitations, choice of materials and maximum efficiencies\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Head and Neck cancers - major changes in the American Joint Committee on cancer eighth edition cancer staging manual
The recently released eighth edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) Staging Manual, Head and Neck Section, introduces significant modifications from the prior seventh edition. This article details several of the most significant modifications, and the rationale for the revisions, to alert the reader to evolution of the field. The most significant update creates a separate staging algorithm for high-risk human papillomavirus-associated cancer of the oropharynx, distinguishing it from oropharyngeal cancer with other causes. Other modifications include: the reorganizing of skin cancer (other than melanoma and Merkel cell carcinoma) from a general chapter for the entire body to a head and neck-specific cutaneous malignancies chapter; division of cancer of the pharynx into 3 separate chapters; changes to the tumor (T) categories for oral cavity, skin, and nasopharynx; and the addition of extranodal cancer extension to lymph node category (N) in all but the viral-related cancers and mucosal melanoma. The Head and Neck Task Force worked with colleagues around the world to derive a staging system that reflects ongoing changes in head and neck oncology; it remains user friendly and consistent with the traditional tumor, lymph node, metastasis (TNM) staging paradigm.
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Elastic optical networks: A comprehensive review on emerging technologies
Fixed grid is incapable of delivering and satisfying clients demands, as there is a massive increase in bandwidth demanded. To surmount this constraint, the terminology elastic optical network (EON) has been coined. Utilization and management of spectrum resources can be done effectively through EONs. EONs and their features are discussed, including super channel, the restoration squeeze scheme, and sliceable bandwidth variable transponders. The discussion also covered various modulation formats and transmissions like Nyquist wavelength division multiplexing (NWDM), orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), and time frequency packing (TFP), followed by sliceable bandwidth variable transponder (SBVT) architectures.
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Ultra-fast switching memristors based on two-dimensional materials
The ability to scale two-dimensional (2D) material thickness down to a single monolayer presents a promising opportunity to realize high-speed energy-efficient memristors. Here, we report an ultra-fast memristor fabricated using atomically thin sheets of 2D hexagonal Boron Nitride, exhibiting the shortest observed switching speed (120 ps) among 2D memristors and low switching energy (2pJ). Furthermore, we study the switching dynamics of these memristors using ultra-short (120ps-3ns) voltage pulses, a frequency range that is highly relevant in the context of modern complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) circuits. We employ statistical analysis of transient characteristics to gain insights into the memristor switching mechanism. Cycling endurance data confirms the ultra-fast switching capability of these memristors, making them attractive for next generation computing, storage, and Radio-Frequency (RF) circuit applications.
In this work, the authors demonstrate a 2D memristor with high switching speeds of 120 ps and study its dynamic response with 3 ns short voltage pulses using statistical analysis, simulation, and modeling.
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Multi-objective dynamic economic emission dispatch integration with renewable energy sources and plug-in electrical vehicle using equilibrium optimizer
The thermal power plants, electrical industries, and transportation are the major source of emission of pollutant gases. Renewable energy sources (RES) such as wind plants and plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) have been integrated in multi-objective dynamic economic emission dispatch (DEED) for a day to reduce wind–thermal energy cost and emission of pollutant gases. The several practical and nonlinear constraints have been considered to make system more realistic. The equilibrium optimizer (EO) has been proposed to solve the DEED model with RES and PEVs from different aspects. The four cases of ten and twenty thermal generating units have been considered to validate and analyze the efficacy of different types of integration in the proposed model. The results obtained by proposed technique have been compared with other recently developed techniques to show accuracy, efficiency, and speed of this technique in solving the proposed problem.
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Beneficial role of vitamin K supplementation on insulin sensitivity, glucose metabolism, and the reduced risk of type 2 diabetes: A review
Micronutrients are gaining acceptance as an important nutritional therapy for the prevention and/or management of diabetes and its associated health risks. Although a very small quantity of micronutrients are required for specific functions in our bodies, moderate deficiencies can lead to serious health issues. Impaired insulin sensitivity and glucose intolerance play a major role in the development of diabetic pathophysiology. Vitamin K is well known for its function in blood coagulation. Moreover, several human studies reported the beneficial role of vitamin K supplementation in improving insulin sensitivity and glucose tolerance, preventing insulin resistance, and reducing the risk of type 2 diabetes (T2 D). Both animal and human studies have suggested that vitamin K-dependent protein (osteocalcin [OC]), regulation of adipokine levels, antiinflammatory properties, and lipid-lowering effects may mediate the beneficial function of vitamin K in insulin sensitivity and glucose tolerance. This review for the first time provides an overview of the currently available preclinical and clinical evidences on the effect of vitamin K supplementation in the management of insulin sensitivity and glucose tolerance. The outcome of this review will increase understanding for the development of a novel adjuvant therapy to achieve better control of glycemia and improve the lives of diabetic patients.
•Vitamin K is well-known for its function in blood coagulation.•Several human studies reported the role of vitamin K supplementation in improving insulin sensitivity and glucose tolerance, preventing insulin resistance, and reducing the risk of type 2 diabetes.•Vitamin K-dependent protein (osteocalcin), regulation of adipokines levels, antiinflammatory properties, and lipid-lowering effects may mediate the beneficial function of vitamin K in insulin sensitivity and glucose tolerance.•This review for the first time provides an overview of the currently available preclinical and clinical evidences on the effect of vitamin K supplementation in the management of insulin sensitivity and glucose tolerance.
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