Introduction: The accuracy of the patient setup and tumor location are major factors that determine the efficacy of radiotherapy treatment planning. In the prostate radiotherapy, reproducibility of the prostate location for each treatment fraction is problematic owing to varying filling of the rectum and bladder. According to this, the aim of this study was to measure the inte...

The article describes the methodological features of conversation analysis (CA) and a special understanding sociology which is embedded in its program reflected categories observational science, radical empiricism, micro-interactions “talk-in-interaction”. interpretation concept social order incorporated presented. “Turn-taking” “one speaker at time” principle are discussed. They shown to be cr...

the relationship between technology and international competitiveness dates back to the neo-technological trade theories of the 1960s. this approach considers difference in technology as the primary motive for difference among nations in terms of trade performance. the technology gap approach emphasizes inter-country differences in innovativeness as the basis for international trade flows. the ...

In response to the difficulties experienced by the automotive industry in adopting new procurement technology this research investigates an emerging phenomenon: electronic interorganizational collaborative platforms consisting of e-Hubs, WebEDI, and CAD networks. A study of eight European cases explores collaborative working and information sharing using e-procurement to transform value creatio...

This paper uses a novel source of fine-grained data on IT labor mobility to test the hypothesis that patterns of productivity growth observed after the dot-com bust can be partially explained by spillovers of e-commerce know-how from IT industries to other industries. The analysis treats the timing and geographic concentration of dot-com layoffs as a source of exogenous variation in the effects...