Nowadays social websites have become a major trend in the Web 2.0 environment, enabling abundant social data available. In this paper, we explore the role of two types of social relationships: membership and friendship, while being fused with traditional CF (Collaborative Filtering) recommender methods in order to more accurately predict users’ interests and produce recommendations to them. Thr...

The comprehensive literature data and our findings about calcium-regulating hormones participant in the glucose metabolism is analyzed. It is showed calcitonin hyperglycemic effect and its mechanisms, established contra-insulin effect of calcitonin to insulin under the pre-receptor, cell level and liver. It is ascertained the impairment of glucose metabolism under calcitonin hyperglycemia, insu...

Chronic itch could be a presenting sign of malignancy. Pruritus of lymphoma is the common prototype of paraneoplastic itch and can precede other clinical signs by weeks and months. Paraneoplastic pruritus has also been associated with solid tumors and is an important clinical symptom in paraneoplastic skin diseases such as erythroderma, Grovers disease, malignant acanthosis nigricans, generaliz...

Automatic knowledge reuse for Semantic Web applications imposes several challenges on ontology search. Existing ontology retrieval systems merely return a lengthy list of relevant single ontologies, which may not completely cover the specified user requirements. Therefore, there arises an increasing demand for a tool or algorithm with a mechanism to check concept adequacy of existing ontologies...

T study replicates and extends Ferdows and De Meyers’ observed ‘sand cone’ model of cumulative competitive capabilities by means of Roth’s related competitive progression theory (CPT). Using path analysis, we model and test the relationships among the generic competitive capability constructs of conformance quality, delivery reliability, volume flexibility, and low cost as predicted by CPT. Our...

Cyclocarya paliurus is an edible and medicinal plant containing various bioactive components with significant health benefits. A combinative method using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) fingerprint and quantitative analysis was developed and successfully applied for characterization and quality evaluation of C. paliurus leaves collected from 18 geographical locations of China. For...

Evaluating and selecting alternatives investment projects needs considering all relevant and important aspects. In traditional methods, the focus is just on tangible monetary criteria. Also in the traditional methods, either all the information’s about factors must be known precisely or sufficient objective data must be available for applying probability theory. In this paper, a combinative app...

Intermodal transportation is the use of multiple modes transportation, which can lead to greater sustainability by reducing environmental impact and traffic congestion increasing efficiency supply chains. One preconditions for efficient intermodal transport terminal (IT). ITs allow smooth handling cargo, thus time, cost, transportation. Adequate selection subsystem technologies significantly im...