Small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) have been receiving lesser focus from the software vendors than large enterprises (LEs).Research on the implementation of ERP in certain European countries shows that the job of implementing an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is a riskier business for SMEs than for LEs. In this paper, a framework has been adopted to cover both the national (Indian) an...

All living organisms are exposed to ionizing radiation comprising cosmic rays coming from outer space, terrestrial nuclides occurring in the earth’s crust, building materials, air, water and foods and in the human body itself. The exposures are constant and uniform for all individuals everywhere including the dose from ingestion of 40K in food. Cosmic rays are, more intense at higher alt...

The segment polarity gene hedgehog plays a central role in cell patterning during embryonic and post-embryonic development of the dipteran, Drosophila melanogaster. Recent studies have identified a family of hedgehog related genes in vertebrates; one of these, Sonic hedgehog is implicated in positional signalling processes that show interesting similarities with those controlled by its Drosophi...

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Aimery de Gramont, Hôpital Saint Antoine, Paris, France Daniel G. Haller, Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Daniel J. Sargent, Mayo Clinic, Cancer Center Statistics, Rochester, MN Josep Tabernero, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Medical Oncology Service, Barcelona, Spain Alastair Matheson, Foundation ARCAD, Paris, France Richard L. Schilsky, Universit...