SMEs are widely recognized as an important driving force of economic growth, yet, their uptake of ICT is still very low. To support SMEs ICT adoption and to foster regional development, in 2000, the Lisbon Strategy on the Information Society and Knowledge-based economy created a vision for 2010 towards the creation of the European Digital Business Ecosystems (DBE). This paper is positioned with...

We examine photonic crystals PhC made of periodic stacks of anisotropic dielectric layers with a split band edge SBE on the band diagram. Just below the band edge frequency, the dispersion relation k of SBE PhCs can be approximated as a linear combination of a quadratic term and a quartic term. This is in contrast to regular conventional band edge PhCs, which produce a quadratic dispersion rela...

This is the first report of through-thescope (TTS) self-expanding metal stent (SEMS) placement, using a newly developed, short-type, double-balloon endoscope (S-DBE), for the palliation of malignant afferent-loop obstruction (ALO). The endoscope has a 3.2mm working channel and 152cm working length (EI-580BT; Fujifilm, Tokyo, Japan). The SEMS is a new Niti-S D pyloric/duodenal uncovered stent, w...

various levels of sedation ranging from conscious sedation to general anesthesia with participation of anesthesiologists. One of these studies reported only five sedation-related complications (2.3%) in the elderly (3 hypoxia cases and 2 aspiration pneumonias), while none were reported in the other studies. It is likely that because these studies focused on the overall safety of DBE and not onl...

This paper explores the importance of two forms interactions, namely marketer–traveler interaction and traveler–traveler in driving destination brand engagement (DBE) dimensions, their effect on travelers' short-term long-term behavioral intentions based impulse buying external search behavior. Using multi-group analysis, impact DBE dimensions behavior across Generation-Z travelers (aged betwee...

Project funded by the European Community under the " Information Society Technology " Programme DBE Project (Contract no 507953) Short Description: In this report, a two coupled networks model as a simplified version of the DBE is presented. The upper layer is the business network layer and the lower layer is P2P FADA network layer. How the performance of the P2P network depends on the network ...

The management of pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) complications for pancreatic injuries in children is rarely reported. We performed PD for an 8-year-old boy with severe pancreatic injury due to a traffic accident. However, the patient suffered from anastomotic stricture of hepaticojejunostomy. We performed repeated double balloon endoscopy (DBE) dilation and stenting for the anastomotic stricture...

Starch production in all plants examined is altered by mutations of isoamylase-type starch-debranching enzymes (DBE), although how these proteins affect glucan polymer assembly is not understood. Various allelic mutations in the maize (Zea mays) gene sugary1 (su1), which codes for an isoamylase-type DBE, condition distinct kernel phenotypes. This study characterized the recessive mutations su1-...

AIMS Transmural extent (TME) of myocardial scar, contractile reserve, and perfusion all predict improvement in regional myocardial function after coronary revascularization. We sought their association with regional remodelling after infarction. METHODS AND RESULTS We studied 89 patients (age 62 +/- 10 years) with left ventricular (LV) dysfunction, at least 1 month post infarction. Viability ...

The objective of the study was to effects spent bleaching earth (SBE) and deoiled (DBE) filler-based NPK fertilizers on agronomical characteristics soybean as a model crop. A field experiment arranged in single factor randomized complete block design (RCBD) with four blocks replications. treatments were 1) fertilizer 10% BC (control), 2) 5% + SBE, 3) DBE. variables observed levels heavy metals ...