... products on the system agents, joint venture, opening branches and representative offices in areas where demand 2.3 How companiesand consumers benefit from the competition? 2.3.1 Benefits for companies ... determine the difference of products in terms of quality, brand and price There is a team of high skilled labor and talents to improve productivity Improving the competitiveness of the enterprise’s ... businesses to improve the quality of goods and services they sell – to attract more customers and expand market share Prices for a product can be the same or sometimes even higher than the price offered...
... candidates (CEcandidates), and then choose the answer among the candidates In this paper, we only present the results of two types: “Greater or lesser” and “Superlative.” As we will see in the ... is tagged z thefollowing word of k is tagged z the second preceding word of k is tagged z the second following word of k is tagged z the preceding word of k is tagged z, andthefollowing word ... symbol “N” And, thefollowing two example processes are for “P” In addition to the above examples, several processes are performed We regard all the “N”s as CE-candidates for SE/OE and all the “P”s...
... history As they leave the workforce in the next 15 to 20 years, fewer people will replace them In the harsh light of supply and demand—understanding that the situation won’t last forever, and is ... heightened in the workplace From the Library of ALESSANDRO CAROLLO • UNDERSTAND WHY EMPLOYEES COME AND WHY THEY STAY 19 only by the changing the nature of the family, especially since the end of ... the missing links, and then they created a vision for what these players were capable of becoming They motivated them to achieve that, being careful to point out the importance of each role the...
... by the adsorption and desorption of gas molecules on the surface of the sensing structure To understand the origin of the difference in the sensing performance of the three kinds of sensors, the ... pits on the nanorod surfaces The diameter of these pits is 5–9 nm The presence of the pits may be due to the decomposition of ␣-FeOOH and release of H2 O Fig 5a and b show SEM image and XRD pattern ... Fe3+ –H2 O hydrothermal system To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of the selective synthesis of ␣-Fe2 O3 superstructures and nanocubes The gassensing properties of the ␣-Fe2 O3...
... AZ, AD and KTG installed and adapted the optical set-up WA participated in the design of the study and performed the statistical analysis FS, AD, EN and MS performed the data analysis and assessment ... [20] We then used 47 parts for calculating the PCA and training the LDA andthe remaining part for testing This was repeated for all 48 parts so that the predictions for all observations in the data ... (PC 2) and 0.65% (PC 4) of the optical variance of the types of tissue Starting with the fourth PC, chosen for the tissue differentiation (PC and 9), the curves get more disturbed by the influence...
... AZ, AD and KTG installed and adapted the optical set-up WA participated in the design of the study and performed the statistical analysis FS, AD, EN and MS performed the data analysis and assessment ... [20] We then used 47 parts for calculating the PCA and training the LDA andthe remaining part for testing This was repeated for all 48 parts so that the predictions for all observations in the data ... (PC 2) and 0.65% (PC 4) of the optical variance of the types of tissue Starting with the fourth PC, chosen for the tissue differentiation (PC and 9), the curves get more disturbed by the influence...
... the submitter of this thesis The papers have been published or submitted for publication at the time of the thesis submission The thesis is divided into eight chapters The objectives of the thesis ... MIL-100 and MIL-101 as the result of the increase in the dimension of the STs The internal diameters of the mesocages are 39 Å and 47 Å Although the mesocages are larger, the apertures of the windows ... governed by the host-guest interaction andthe flexibility of MOF skeleton The structural variation results in a dynamic change in the pore size and shape During the breathing, the position of the Bragg...
... for the proposed metadirectory includes defining the naming context, which is the top level name for the metadirectory namespace, and defining the organizing structure of the metadirectory andthe ... identified during the metadirectory planning phase will be used during the design and development of the metadirectory Thefollowing table identifies the phase in the design and development process ... meets the needs of an organization By working with the deliverables from the planning phase the next step is to design and develop the metadirectory During this process, you will perform the following: ...
... provide standard error data We therefore imputed the mean value of the standard errors of the other studies, and performed sensitivity analyses across the range of reported standard errors of these ... used a random-effects model assessing the weighted mean difference in the meta-analysis The overall pooled analysis included the mean changes of the FVC andthe DLCO after 12 months of therapy ... [16] The FVC andthe DLCO were assessed in both cohorts at baseline and after 12 months, and these cohorts were analyzed separately In the three randomized controlled clinical trials, patients and...
... suitable therapist to conduct the intervention and liaise with them over the progress that they were making with the clients allocated to them, and this applied to both EPC and SEC therapists ... on the outside, and were opened by the Research Team upon completion of a baseline interview Other features which contributed to the protection of the validity of the Trial and maximising the ... quality of the data included the written protocol that was followed, the manual-guided treatment interventions, and quality control of the interventions through the rating and assessing of a random...
... albicans, Candida tropicalis, Candida parapsilosis, Candida glabrata versus other Candida spp Candida parapsilosis versus other Candida spp Candida krusei versus other Candida spp Neutropeniaa at ... the racial composition of the ICU and non-ICU groups in this worldwide study The percentage of Black subjects in the ICU group was less than that in the nonICU group (2.2% versus 6.8%), andthe ... subjects and across the ICU and non-ICU subgroups (Table 3) Overall and across the analysis groups, a non-albicans Candida species was more frequently isolated at baseline than Candida albicans The...
... without the guidance andthe help of several individuals who in one way or another contributed and extended their valuable assistance in the preparation and completion of this study First and foremost, ... inside the lysosomes to yield free molecules and escaped into the cytoplasm and finally into the nucleus, while the vehicle FITCSWCNT were trapped inside the lysosomes, without entering the nucleus ... phospholipid and PEG through noncovalent adsorption to solubilize the SWCNTs and then Pt(IV) complex c,c,t-[Pt(NH3)2Cl2(OEt)(O2CCH2CH2CO2H)] was tethered to the surface of soluble SWCNTs [128] The SWCNT-tethered...
... OF THESIS This chapter describes the main objectives and motivation for the thesis and highlights the organization of the thesis 2.1 Objectives and motivation of thesis Though widely used, PLGA-based ... is described by the flowchart in Figure 2.1 The general introduction is presented in Chapter 1, andthe objectives and motivation of the thesis is presented in Chapter In thefollowing chapters, ... necessarily from the body In the first half of 20th century, research on materials synthesized from glycolic acid and other hydroxyl acids was abandoned for further development because the resulting...
... but the exothermic peak is absent in all the DSC curves of fibrous samples The lack of the exothermic peak suggests the lack of HAp clusters in all the fibrous samples and this shows that the ... efficiency of the BMP-2 in the fibers is the ratio of the actual amount of BMP-2 loaded into the fibers to the theoretical amount of BMP-2 loaded (Xie and Wang, 2005) by thefollowing equation: EE ... Generally, the proportion of all the protein conformations are well maintained for the BMP-2 loaded in all the scaffolds, with the proportion of the α-helix structure at the Amid I band of the protein...
... Chapter 65 the fragment was reversed and put back to its original site in the tibia and fixed on both ends with the other parts of the tibia using an intramedullary needle perfectly (similar to the ... and osteoconduction was taken by the dead bone segment and intra-medullary wire (see Appendix A1) While the scaffolds were just placed near the fractures and took the role as a BMP-2 source The ... (F2, F3 and F4) are more rigid andthe strong three dimensional frameworks give much less resistance to DCM evaporation than F1 As expected, scaffolds F2 and F4 have the same HAp content and their...
... properties and morphology We further explored the in vitro study of plasmid DNA by investigating the effects of HAp content andthe different methods of DNA loading on the physical and Chapter ... Another major advantage of using the electrospinning method is that the physical properties of fabricated fibers can be easily controlled by parameters like the composition of the emulsion andthe ... could be released within thefollowing 4-5 days This time scale of release is comparable to other dosage forms, like nanoparticles and microparticles On the other hand, the release curves for group...
... from group A On the other hand, in group C samples, DNA/chitosan nanoparticles were incorporated inside fibrous scaffolds and therefore their release were the lowest As a result, the BMP-2 concentration ... control Another possible reason is the low transfection efficiency of naked DNA, and thus the low expression of naked plasmid released from A1 and A3 Consequently, the serum BMP-2 levels of A1 and A3 ... sustainable and lasting Nonetheless, these observations clearly show the advantages of groups B and C over group A for long-term performance For different samples in each group (A, B and C), the effects...
... into the pores of the sample After these cycles the volume of the liquid and liquid-impregnated sample is V2 When the liquid-impregnated sample was removed, the remaining liquid volume is V3 The ... viability in day and In contrast, the high viscosity and strength of chitosan coated on the surface of F1 and F2 might hinder and slow down the degradation of -COOH groups Therefore, the foam structure ... adding the aqueous and organic phases together, the mixture was sonicated for about 10 seconds andthe resultant emulsion was transferred to a Buchi 191 Mini Spray Drier (Flawil, Switzerland) The...
... between the carboxyl groups of DNA andthe amine groups added to the foams F1 and F2, the release rates of DNA from the K4- and K20-functionalized foams are more sustained in comparison to the blank ... However, the lysine peptides (K4 and K20) used in the current study are short in length and are covalently immobilized to the foam matrix Therefore, they are not easy to detach from the foam ... attributed to the synergic effects of cytotoxicity of F0 samples and their poor sustainability of DNA release Around 70% of the DNA entrapped in F0 is released within the first days andthe following...