Existing research on Smallto Medium-sized Manufacturers (SMMs) pays scant attention to factors affecting their growth in the contact of paradigms of competition and, particularly, segments of the supply chain in which they operate. This work adopts a supply chain perspective to propose a business definition and model for the process of the SMMs understanding of, responding to, andinf1uencing cu...

The reliability of the Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube (MGIT) 960 system for rapid detection of mycobacteria in clinical specimens was evaluated and compared to the radiometric method (BACTEC 460TB) and to mycobacterial culture on Lowenstein-Jensen (LJ) medium. Clinical specimens (n = 590) were tested without selection. A total of 121 (20.5%) isolates of mycobacteria were recovered; 98 (81.0...

Abstract Modified water regimes due to climate change are likely be a major cause of freshwater ecosystem alteration. General Circulation Model (GCM)-related uncertainty in environmental flows at 12 gauging stations the Upper Niger Basin and flooding within Inner Delta is assessed using Ecological Risk Flow Alteration method hydrological model forced with projections from GCM groups for RCP 4.5...

OBJECTIVE to assess cardiovascular risk by means of the traditional Framingham score and the version modified through the incorporation of emerging risk factors, such as family history of acute myocardial infarction, metabolic syndrome and chronic kidney disease. METHOD participants were 50 hypertensive patients under outpatient treatment. The clinical data were collected through a semi-struc...

Lines 63-69: Lipopeptide concentrations causing hemolysis are not toxic in vivo. Juola, Kinnunen, Fog Nielsen & Wright (2013) have recently shown that Bacillus subtilis var natto strains isolated from the traditional Japanese breakfast health product Natto as well as extracts from Natto products was clearly hemolytic on sheep blood agar after 2 days and toxic in a boar sperm motility test. BACK...

This study focuses on a specific problem related to the caprock deformation induced by the injection of CO2 at depth. The adopted methodology includes the development of a mathematical model that incorporates the deformable behaviour of storage media and the flow of two immiscible fluids (CO2 and water) within the aquifers while the surface rock or caprock layer is modelled as a thin plate. Gov...

BACKGROUND Nasal colonization of healthy children with Staphylococcus aureus is an important risk factor for different infections. Detection of colonized individuals with methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA) and its eradication is the proper prevention strategy for infection spread in the community and health-care centers. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence, as...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between health risks and workers' compensation (WC) costs. The 4-year study used Health Risk Appraisal data and focused on 1996-to-1999 WC costs among Xerox Corporation's long-term employees. High WC costs were related to individual health risks, especially Health Age Index (a measure of controllable risks), smoking, poor physical hea...

Title: Risk Identification in Offshore Outsourcing of Services in Small and Medium sized Enterprises Authors: Oleksandra Volianska & Christian Schulz Supervisor: Andrea Fried, PD Dr. Background: Development of technologies and worldwide reductions of trade barriers during the last decades increased competition and the need to offer high-quality products and services for a reasonable price. Part...