Servitization in the manufacturing industry implies a shift from an offer based mainly on standard goods, to a wider value proposition composed of solutions aimed at solving specific customers’ problems, obtained by integrating tangible and intangible elements. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the servitization strategies of manufacturing firms, more specifically about: (i) how manuf...

Let us consider the interval [0, 1) as a billiard table rectangle with perimeter 1 and a sequence F(m) ∈ [0, 1),m ∈ N ∪ {0}, of successive rebounds of a billiard ball against the sides of a billiard rectangle. We prove that if I is an open segment of a billiard rectangle, then the differences between the successive values of m for which the F(m) lies in I , take at most one even and at most fou...

Recent evidence suggests that electrical coupling plays a role in generating oscillatory behaviour in networks of neurons; however, the underlying mechanisms have not been identified. Using a cellular automata model proposed by Traub et al (Traub R D, Schmitz D, Jefferys J G and Draguhn A 1999 High-frequency population oscillations are predicted to occur in hippocampal pyramidal neural networks...

Purpose: The paper suggests a way to support work-integrated learning for knowledge work which poses a great challenge for current research and practice. Methodology/Approach: We first suggest a Workplace Learning Context Model which has been derived by analyzing knowledge work and the knowledge sources used by knowledge workers. We then focus on the part of the context which specifies competen...

This document briefly introduces the existing mechanisms that could be utilized for IPv6 site renumbering and tries to cover most of the explicit issues and requirements associated with IPv6 renumbering. The content is mainly a gap analysis that provides a basis for future works to identify and develop solutions or to stimulate such development as appropriate. The gap analysis is organized by t...

Current Status • In the last IETF meeting, there were two practice & gap analysis drafts presented. – draft-liu-dmm-of-deployment-00 – draft-zuniga-dmm-gap-analysis-03 • The authors decide to merge those two drafts according to the chairs suggestion. – draft-ietf-dmm-best-practices-gap-analysis-00 Progress • Progress: – Initial proposal for the structure of the draft. – WG draft has been submit...

In 1965 Willmore conjectured that the integral of the square of the mean curvature of a torus immersed in R3 is at least 2π2 and attains this minimal value if and only if the torus is a Möbius transform of the Clifford torus. This was recently proved by Marques and Neves in [13]. In this paper, we show for tori there is a gap to the next critical point of the Willmore energy and we discuss an a...

The central spindle regulates cleavage furrow formation and cytokinesis and is composed of antiparallel microtubules bundled by microtubule-associated proteins and kinesin motors. One key protein in the central spindle is a Rho family GTPase-activating protein, CYK-4/MgcRacGAP, whose target is the subject of two new studies that arrive at divergent models.

With the ever-increasing role of technology as an innovative force in society, we have witnessed major changes in the types of education being developed and in how learning and instruction is conceptualised. Consider, for example, the dramatic rise in the number of Internet-based courses offered in higher education as well as the evolving role of the teacher as creator of learning environments....