Printing electronics has led to application areas which were formerly impossible with conventional electronic processes. Solutions are used as inks on top of large areas at room temperatures, allowing the production of fully flexible circuitry. Commonly, research in these inks have focused on organic and metal-oxide ink materials due to their printability, while these materials lack in the elec...

In the second half of nineteenth century, Portugal undertook in its mainland and colonial territories an ambitious modernising programme based on technoscientific grounds. From late 1870s onwards, such was widely advertised Occidente, most important illustrated journal time that published several drawings original photographs. this paper, I will analyse imagery authentic photography related to ...

The development of the stochastic approach, based on queuing modelling and simulation, to solve the problem of resource decentralization in the distributed production network (DPN) is examined in the paper. The problem of performance optimisation of DPN is formulated as task of non-linear integer programming with stochastic parameters. A branch and bound algorithm, based on sequential use of qu...

Abdominal Imaging seeks to meet the professional needs of the abdominal radiologist by publishing clinically pertinent original, review and practice related articles on the gastrointestinal and genitourinary tracts and abdominal interventional and radiologic procedures. Case reports are generally not accepted unless they are the first report of a new disease or condition, or part of a special s...

The AAAS Board of Directors has approved an increase of $4 in dues for Regular members and an increase of $5 for Student and Emeritus members receiving Science. Institutional subscriptions will increase by $5. Spouse memberships will remain the same at $17 as will Emeritus memberships not including Science. While some Association costs have remained relatively constant or increased only slightl...

The technology of computer graphics and digital cameras are prevalent. High-resolution display and printer are available. High-resolution images are needed in order to produce high quality display images and high quality prints for use in desktop publishing, large artistic printing, mobile phone etc. However, since high-resolution images are not usually provided, there is a need to magnify the ...

Prêt à Voter is one of the most well-known and most extensively analysed electronic voting systems for polling stations. However, an analysis from a legal point of view has not yet been conducted. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the readiness of Prêt à Voter for legally binding federal elections in Germany. This case is of particular interest as Germany has with the Constitutional Court...

One of the challenges in the printing industry is the presence of extra lines in printing design. This problem is due to the improper surface roughness of carved cylinders. This research endeavors to specify and optimize the effective parameters on the surface roughness of chrome coated printing cylinders in the finishing process that is done using a finish star machine. Investigated parameters...

Transaction value analysis (TVA) integrates the concepts of resource heterogeneity and transaction cost economics into a single framework, which emphasizes both value creation and value claiming in firms’ vertical integration decisions. Using a TVA perspective, we develop hypotheses to explain the firm’s intent to outsource application services. A sample of 178 firms in the publishing and print...