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The animation industry, like many information-technology-enabled services sectors, has been of interest to many developing countries interested in developing services outsourcing industries. We analyze the case of the Philippines...
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The animation industry, like many information-technology-enabled services sectors, has been of interest to many developing countries interested in developing services outsourcing industries. We analyze the case of the Philippines’ animation industry. This paper investigates the outsourcing process in animation and the nature of capabilities within that, with the goal of contributing to a more general understanding of services outsourcing. We examine the industry''s history, interview data with industry participants, and secondary data. We find that strong labor force skills have been central to capabilities rather than organizational abilities. Outsourcing of production takes place only so far as the work is codifiable, i.e., instructions and interface documents, or that tacit interactions between providers and their clients can facilitate the transfer of the work. This makes it extremely difficult for the industry to move into higher value work such as the conceptualization stage of product development. A major downturn in the past and technological automation shows that the industry has not been sustainable in the face of external influences, but stronger policies and company strategies that support investments in upgrading capabilities and workforce skills could ameliorate some of these effects. A strong foreign presence has also been found to support the development of the industry.
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A theory is developed to improve the signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio of clamp-on Doppler blood-flow probes by optimizing their operating frequency for the tubing utilized in extra-corporeal blood circuits. The theoretical results can ...
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A theory is developed to improve the signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio of clamp-on Doppler blood-flow probes by optimizing their operating frequency for the tubing utilized in extra-corporeal blood circuits. The theoretical results can be used to increase the magnitude of both the S/N and Doppler frequency shift and to produce a greater tolerance of S/N to variations in the dimensions and acoustic parameters of Tygon tubes. It is shown that thin tube walls improve the S/N and reduce the effect of temperature variations on the magnitude of the S/N. Measurements were performed on various Tygon tubes and their acoustic attenuations obtained. These values were used to predict an optimum operating frequency of 1.78 MHz for the de facto standard tubing having 3/32-in wall thickness. If a 1/16-in wall thickness were substituted, then the optimum operating frequency would be 2.67 MHz and the S/N would increase by 14.54 dB.
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