Ultraminiaturized mass spectrometers are highly sought-after tools, with numerous applications in areas such as environmental protection, exploration, and drug development. We realize atomic scale mass sensing using doubly clamped suspended carbon nanotube nanomechanical resonators, in which their single-electron transistor properties allows self-detection of the nanotube vibration. We use the ...

The days of rewritable paper are coming, printers of the future will use water-jet paper. Although several kinds of rewritable paper have been reported, practical usage of them is rare. Herein, a new rewritable paper for ink-free printing is proposed and demonstrated successfully by using water as the sole trigger to switch hydrochromic dyes on solid media. Water-jet prints with various colours...

This research focuses on the incongruity between positive attitudinal responses but a lack of purchase behavior in organic markets. According to cognitive dissonance theory, consumer orientations toward the benefits attributed to organic products (environmental protection, health, hedonic) relieve the dissonance that results from this attitude-behavior incongruity. Knowledge also functions as a...

Boyacigiller et al (2006 p81) have stated that ‘A key difference between domestic and global managers is the need for global managers to deal with significantly greater complexity and to be open to the outside world.’ However, Baruch (2002 p36) has made the point that ‘although the concept of globalization reflects true business reality, the idea that there is a certain template-a “gingerbread ...

Responses of twins to an 11-item neuroticism scale extracted from questionnaires administered on two widely separated occasions were subjected to a genetic analysis. The results confirm earlier findings concerning the genetic determination of neuroticism and reveal that there is a genetic component in the inconsistency of the test measured by the interaction of subjects and test items. Variatio...

Background: Although biomonitoring studies demonstrate that the general population experiences exposure to multiple chemicals, most environmental epidemiology studies consider each chemical separately when assessing adverse effects of environmental exposures. Hence, the critical need for novel approaches to handle multiple correlated exposures. Methods: We propose a novel approach using the G-f...

environmental optimizing of pest management strategies and improving theirs trends towards minimum environmental risks programs is a matter of considerable concern of food scientists particularly in developing countries. this study evaluates the environmental impacts of pesticides consumption based on environmental impact quotient (eiq) model in different sugar beet (beta vulgaris l.) productio...

The use of voluntary environmental protection instruments is expanding significantly around the world. Although there is a large literature dealing with what drives companies to adopt voluntary instruments, there has been relatively little research on the impact that some of these tools have on the actual environmental performance of companies. The existing literature in this area presents cont...