Technology is a key resource of profound importance for the well being of a national economy as well as international competitiveness; it is also vital for corporate profitability and growth. Development and commercialization of new technologies has inherent uncertainties and associated risks. In a competitive world of scarce resources, new technologies fight for survival against developed tech...

To promote the appropriate use of new or emerging endoscopic technologies and those technologies that impact on endoscopic practice, the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Technology Assessment Committee has developed a series of status evaluation papers. This process presents relevant information about these technologies to practicing physicians for the education and the care of t...

Driven by the fast growth of wireless communication, the trend of sharing spectrum among heterogeneous technologies becomes increasingly dominant. Identifying concurrent technologies is an important step towards efficient spectrum sharing. However, due to the complexity of recognition algorithms and the strict condition of sampling speed, communication systems capable of recognizing signals oth...

BACKGROUND New information and communication technologies such as email and text messaging have been shown to be useful in some aspects of primary care service delivery. Little is known about Scottish GPs' attitudes towards the adoption of these technologies as routine consultation tools. OBJECTIVES To explore GPs' perceptions of the potential place of new non-face-to-face consultation techno...

eBusiness technologies has been suffered continuous transformation in the last years, adapting itself to the new technologies, even if old, obsolete technologies are still in use. The explosion of the web services and XML-based technologies has revealed new technologies in the field of eBusiness, on the background of updated workflow technologies. VISP (Virtual Internet Service Provider) is an ...

Simultaneous with the industries increasing growth, thecompanies must acquire the new technologies to achieve the core competency,survival and improvement and also effectiveness in market. Choosingthe suitable acquisition mode of required technology is one of thecritical strategic decisions in the field of technology management. Dueto the importance of technology acquisition, the main objective...

Design scholars from diverse fields have attempted to assist marginalized social groups by redirecting design thinking toward their needs. By offering alternatives to dominant design activities, “alternative design” scholarship seeks to understand how unequal power relations are embodied in, and result from, mainstream design practice and products. Alternative design scholars analyze how techno...