... Role of B vitamins and enzymes B vitamins function as coenzymes inthe synthesis of purines and thymidylate during normal DNA synthesis Diminished levels of these vitamins may result in misincorporation ... understanding ofthe risk factors forvenous thrombosis is necessary in order to increase thepreventionof this disease in high risk individuals and groups of patients The major risk factors for ... formation ofthe fibrin clot The third possible role forthe platelet MP could possibly be in maintaining the integrity of normal resting endothelium (Cambien, 2004) This area is still being actively...
... Role of B vitamins and enzymes B vitamins function as coenzymes inthe synthesis of purines and thymidylate during normal DNA synthesis Diminished levels of these vitamins may result in misincorporation ... understanding ofthe risk factors forvenous thrombosis is necessary in order to increase thepreventionof this disease in high risk individuals and groups of patients The major risk factors for ... formation ofthe fibrin clot The third possible role forthe platelet MP could possibly be in maintaining the integrity of normal resting endothelium (Cambien, 2004) This area is still being actively...
... Topics to address included the test properties and risk:benefit ratio of noninvasive VTE investigations inthe ICU setting, accurate profiling of both the thrombotic and bleeding risk among critically ... standards for diagnostic test research [30], particularly in pulmonary medicine [31] and VTE [32], could better inform clinical decisions and minimize the dissemination of nondiscriminating and unnecessary ... sensitivities of 97–100% and specificities of 19–29% when compared with pulmonary angiogram forthe diagnosis of PE [24] Applying the foregoing test properties of D dimer generated outside the ICU setting...
... Status of Water Quality in India: 2009, Monitoring of Indian Aquatic Resources Series: MINARS 2009-10 (Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India) About the author(s) Alexandra Evans ... river basins, andthe need for their collaborative situation and cause to be hopeful Positive Water pollution in Asia: The urgent need forpreventionand monitoring examples exist inthe region ... understanding and addressing local, regional, and global water challenges The principal objectives ofthe site are to: support capacity building through knowledge sharing; provide a means for informed,...
... consequences for our understanding ofthemanagementof knowledge and innovation and hence for theories ofthe firm andof strategic management. 1 Section provides an overview ofthe role of knowledge in ... specific form of knowledge acquisition and business development Finn Valentin and Lund Jensen examine the distributed forms of innovation induced by biotechnologies inthe food processing industry The ... their core these technologies result from the massive reduction inthe cost of storing, transferring and manipulating data and information The new tools have major implicationsforthe cost and...
... the theory ofthe firm Firms select the mix of internal and external products and services according to the combined costs of production and coordination on the one hand andthe combined costs of ... understanding the role of coordination costs in limiting the size ofthe firm and to the constraints and opportunities ofthe marketplace as an alternative mechanism of governance The analysis of ... retained within the borders ofthe corporation The transaction activity consists inthe use ofthe markets forthe provision of intermediary inputs The borders ofthe firm are assessed according...
... with the notion of utility in what is consumed (and in turn involving the temporal dimension to consumption); and thirdly, linked to this, the co-joint nature and demand of goods and services (in ... 90) for successful consumption These above points highlight a sea change in thinking about the nature, value and importance of consumption in shaping economic change and including innovation In ... services and innovation This will be viewed first within the context of how services in uence the consumption of innovation, before discussing thein uence of consumption on service innovation On the...
... share inthe Internet channel Internet banking is the latest step inthe development of distance banking Internet and other distance banking services hold interesting properties forthe banking ... banking: home banking and machine to machine interactions It also has to make decisions on the marketing ofthe Internet bank service, because the increased involvement ofthe customers inthe ... significantly in part, an emergent property ofthe dynamic interactions between tendencies of tenacity in seeking reuse of capabilities threatened by the embedding of routines, and also ofthe embedding of...
... server The intermediary had the job of configuring the server, designing the web pages, and adapting them to an Internet environment At the same time the BDT team suggested in a document that inthe ... to the group ofthe most Internet-advanced banks in their markets Inthe language of Shapiro and Varian (1999) the banks migrated incumbency and scale advantages into value added aspects of information ... adoption of Internet banking in at least two ways First, by not introducing a potential disadvantage ofthe existing minitel solution and thereby not giving minitel users this incentive to try the...
... regarding the structure of their relationships andthe motives behind the definition of these strategies; analysing the process of establishment andmanagementof distant relationships and discussing ... entrepreneurs andthe set of formal and informal linkages they established during the launch process andinthe early stages of firms’ development, enabled us to conclude that there is a dual in uence of ... partial, outlet for their core business, and only one ofthe firms has already proved the viability of combining the national and foreign markets inthe targeted niche market As a result of these processes,...
... building up foreign relationships, which are basically in uenced by the presence andthe quality ofthe local knowledge base in relevant fields and by the degree of integration of local ROs in international ... presentation of one application theme and one enabler theme, with the keywords absorbed into each theme highlighted inthe map The theme covering pharmaceutical applications referring to intestinal infections ... enablers and applications in fermented foods andin starter cultures On the basis of these findings we tested for differences inthe configuration of skills mobilized within each ofthe above 12 R&D themes...
... methodologies for extending patent data with identification of their inventors and their host organizations and with text mining of their R&D issues Theoretically the distinction introduced inthe chapter ... plentiful point of confluence of information and opportunities, much of which originates from the clients’ process problems (Valentin, 2000) However, this information translates into interesting innovation ... the agenda of these GRIs Furthermore, their science was needed to back the formulation of standards and regulations to handle complex interdependencies inthe value chain of milk comprising farms,...
... changes inthe numbers of single company-authored articles The largest decline occurs for research papers listing only one company We find an accelerating rate of decline in which the share of these ... communityThe correlation and causality between diminishing resources for corporate basic research andthe declining output levels require further investigation Nonetheless, based on the findings ... (David and Foray, 1995; Nonaka and Takeuchi, 1995) The fraction of business funding inthe OECD countries of research conducted inthe university sector has increased from 1.4 per cent ofthe total...
... identify the trajectory only by determining the time span ofthe trajectory It also indicates the timing of various phenomena for innovation, as shown by the timing of venture business, the timing of ... determined by the positive feedback of increases in supply increasing GDP, which shifts the demand function upwards The main features ofthe first four ofthe stages of a Kondratiev wave are therefore ... positioning ofthe curve is determined by the time span ofthe bunch Of course, the vertical axis corresponds strictly to the level ofthe technology or a degree of maturity The nonlinear nature of innovation...
... The Atlantic region inthe northwest ofthe Iberian Peninsula, andthe Mediterranean region, whose influence is predominant across the rest ofthe Peninsula [42], including southern Portugal Reptiles ... designed the investigation, conducted the interviews and wrote all the parts ofthe manuscript MPM conducted the interviews and wrote some parts ofthe manuscript, as also made the statistics ofthe ... as offering the potential to solve a number of conservation problems We documented the gecko-related folklore and TEK ofthe people of southern Portugal, with the particular aim of understanding...
... observed inthe number of patients requiring additive infusion of epinephrine While inthe group of vasopressin only pts (20%) required additional infusion of epinephrine, inthe group of placebo ... observed Inotropes infusion (norepinerhrine and/ or epinephrine) was individually decided, depending on the postoperative hemodynamic status ofthe patients forthe first 24 hours Norepinephrine was infused ... sedated forthe first 12-18 hours, and then they were extubated inthe absence of any hemodynamic instability For maintenance of sedation, a solution of Propofol in a dose of about 40 mg/h was continuously...
... restrictions, inthe dairy industry The Milk Act (1988) [68] was intended to "provide forthe continued home delivery of milk; and to reduce in other respects the regulation ofthe processing, supply and ... including removal of price and margin controls andthe institution of zoning and milk distribution systems Reduction ofthe New Zealand Milk Board's promotional material and programmes 1986 Introduction ... repercussions for milk consumers in New Zealand Regulatory reform ofthe New Zealand Dairy Industry Predominant inthe agricultural sector, the dairy industry has established a strong position inthe global...
... incarceration is often an indicator of social isolation andthe majority of convictions seen in this population are on the basis of illegal drug infractions The relationship between incarceration and increased ... providing a written informed consent, completing an interviewer-administered questionnaire and supplying a blood sample for HIV and hepatitis C testing All SEOSI participants provide informed ... self-injections and this eliminates the high risk behavior of people injecting each other [22] However, this restriction will deter those who require help injecting from attending the SIF and...
... animals inthecommunity forest - Preventionof forest fire - Checking and preventing outsiders from shifting cultivation, illegal logging or hunting, and illegal buying, selling and transporting ... Training courses conducted inthe project area [6] # Training topics Number of direct beneficiaries Land-use planning and land allocation 26 Planning and implementation ofcommunity forest management ... Cost per seedling 309 3.3.3 Agro-forestry models incommunity forest lands The design ofthe agro-forestry model takes into account the need for income generation for communities Expanding market...
... system or nose and throat), but may be exogenous, often from contaminated respiratory equipment According to the findings of some studies conducted inthe United States andinthe Europe, the mortality ... represents a challenge for HAP control andpreventionThe objectives of this study were to determine: (1) The incidence ofand risk factors for HAP in ICU of Bach Mai hospital; and (2) Pathogens, ... pneumococcal infections 1.1.9.3 Precautions forpreventionof aspiration: rinsing oral for patients, positioning the patient supine with the head elevated 30–45 degrees, suctioning measures including...