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This study supports the labour-friendly nature of product innovation among developers of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. GMM-SYS estimates on a worldwide longitudinal dataset covering 3,500 companies that patented inventions related to AI technologies over the period 2000-2016 show a positive and significant impact of AI patent families on employment. The effect is small in magnitude and limited to service sectors and younger firms, which are front-runners of the AI revolution. We also detect some evidence of increasing returns suggesting that innovative companies more focused on AI technologies are those obtaining larger impacts in terms of job creation. ispartof: FEB Research Report MSI_2306 pages:1-36 status: published

We examine to what extent domestic firms reap differential productivity gains from the presence of manufacturing affiliates of multinational firms in the home country (FDI spillovers), in the context of simultaneous participation in international trade through exporting and importing. FDI spillovers can occur within the industry (horizontal) and across industries due to client (forward) or supplier (backward) linkages of multinational firms, but the mechanisms underlying spillover effects may be attenuated if local firms are less reliant on inputs, clients, and competition in the domestic market. Fixed effects panel analyses on a sample of 4594 domestic Belgian firms during 2000-2007 reveal positive effects from horizontal, backward, and forward FDI spillovers on the productivity levels of domestic firms, as long as these firms do not engage in international trade. Horizontal spillovers from FDI are weaker for firms engaging in trade, while forward FDI spillovers do not benefit importing firms. Two-way traders benefit least from FDI spillovers. Forward and backward spillovers, are enhanced by human capital levels in local firms, while horizontal spillovers are reduced. The findings are broadly consistent with the notion that trade engagement and inward FDI can be substitutes in their effects on domestic firms’ productivity. ispartof: FEB Research Report MSI_2011 pages:1-36 status: published

This report presents key findings of the Innovation Radar Project Coordinators Survey in Framework Programme Research and Innovation projects, a purposeful sample of European Framework Programme (FP) Project Coordinators (PC). The objective is to identify the practices and activities of PCs leading EU FP projects and to understand their impact on innovation outcomes. The survey findings confirm the lynchpin role of PCs in the European FP R&I projects. Their role clearly extends significantly beyond that identified in the Horizon 2020 User Guide which sees the PC as “the main contact point between the consortium and the Commission for a particular grant”. The PC is far more than simply “the proposal initiator in the submission phase” but taking account of their prime role in project conceptualisation and consortia formation, the PC is in effect the principal translator of the EC funded research programme and responsible for how the majority of the European research budget is invested. Identifying the PC as a scientific entrepreneur significantly changes how the PC role is viewed. From an EC perspective, recognising the PC as a scientific entrepreneur means their engagement with the PC during the project should be less about monitoring and oversight during project implementation, and more about providing the entrepreneur with support., JRC.B.6-Digital Economy

PAR-4/LKB1 is maternally expressed and required for the asymmetrical distribution of early embryonic determinants and viability in C. elegans (Morton et al. 1992; Watts et al. 2000; Tenlen et al. 2008). It is also implicated in a variety of postembryonic processes, including germline stem cell quiescence (Narbonne and Roy 2006; Narbonne et al. 2017), neuronal growth and polarity (Kim et al. 2010; Teichmann and Shen 2011), cytoskeletal rearrangements (Narbonne et al. 2010; Chartier et al. 2011), and metabolism (Narbonne and Roy 2009). Its expression pattern and subcellular localization has been determined in fixed animals by antibody staining (Watts et al. 2000). Here, we used CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing to fluorescently label the two longest endogenous PAR-4 isoforms, PAR-4A and PAR-4C, with monomeric Neon Green (mNG) (Shaner et al. 2013), using the self-excising cassette (SEC) system (Dickinson et al. 2015) (Fig. 1A). We found ubiquitous mNG::par-4a & c expression and cytoplasmic and cortical enrichment of mNG::PAR-4A & C proteins in the germ line and early embryos (Fig. 1B-H), as previously described (Watts et al. 2000). Interestingly, we find that mNG::PAR-4A & C cortical enrichment is transiently lost in the pachytene area of the germ line (Fig. 1F), although it remains unclear whether this is functionally relevant. The intermediate strain that still contains the SEC (Dickinson et al. 2015) is predicted to be null for par-4a & c, potentially leaving the shorter par-4b isoform functional. To evaluate the requirement for par-4a & c we examined the embryonic lethality (at 25°C) of the generated SEC-containing and SEC-excised strains. We found that the self-progeny of homozygous SEC-containing (e.g. par-4a & c null) animals is viable (Fig. 1H). This suggests that par-4b alone is sufficient to establish embryonic polarity and sustain the essential function of par-4. Consistent with this, to our knowledge, all existing par-4 alleles that impair embryonic development disrupt par-4b (Morton et al. 1992; Watts et al. 2000).

This research work was pursued to identify the perception of Nigerian students towards OBE enrolled in Bachelor of Science in Marine Transportation (BSMT) and Bachelor of Science in Marine Engineering (BSMarE), to determine the level of awareness of Nigerian students towards OBE and to propose action plan that can increase the level of awareness of every Nigerian student. The researchers used descriptive method of research and questionnaire as the primary data gathering tool. The respondents of the study were fifty (50) Nigerian students of Lyceum International Maritime Academy on the basis of random sampling. Results showed that the respondents have clear perception on OBE and aware to the implementation of OBE. The researchers recommended that Nigerian students may be required to take an assessment examination to measure their learning skills and how effective OBE is to them, Maritime schools like Lyceum International Maritime Academy may provide an OBE program for all their students so as to enhance their skills in studying their courses, Nigerian students who are unaware of the implementation of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) program may be provided seminar about OBE to increase their knowledge and skills in coping up with their courses, the university administrator may conduct trainings and orientations with the professors and students to increase the level of awareness regarding OBE, and faculty members may study more about the courses they are teaching so as to be more professional on their respective fields of studies as new methods of teachings are being applied.

This paper uses Markov Chain Monte Carlo techniques to draw out insight in optimizing the visible light-driven hydrogen production process of Tolod et. al. by specifying which reactions to promote in order to increase the rate of hydrogen gas production from a water-based solution. The objective is to minimize the time it takes to form a new hydrogen gas molecule through controlling the initial concentration of the reactants. An agent-based program has been created to model and simulate the reactor setup. Gibbs sampling has been used to determine a unique and stationary distribution suggesting that reactions producing carbon dioxide and hydronium, when increased, will yield faster hydrogen production for the reactor under study.