The superoxide radical O2.-, whether produced by the xanthine/xanthine oxidase reaction or infused as KO2, solubilized by a crown ether in dry dimethyl sulphoxide, initiated a free-radical chain oxidation of anionic 2-nitropropane. Superoxide dismutase, but not catalase, inhibited oxidation of the nitroalkane. Xanthine oxidase suffered a syncatalytic inactivation, during the co-oxidation of 2-n...

The production of quantum states required for use in quantum protocols & technologies is studied by developing the tools to re-engineer a perfect state transfer spin chain so that a separable input excitation is output over multiple sites. We concentrate in particular on cases where the excitation is superposed over a small subset of the qubits on the spin chain, known as fractional revivals, d...

In this paper we explore the impact of electronic commerce on the industry structure and market power allocation of China’s pharmaceutical industry. Firstly, we describe the overall characteristics of the pharmaceutical Industry in general. Secondly, we develop a value chain based framework of analysis for China’s pharmaceutical industry. We divide the pharmaceutical industry value chain into t...

Deploying critical services (e.g. VPN etc.) over the Internet X-domain topology requires to be able to guarantee end-to-end QoS. For this, and to guarantee privacy, Service Level Agreements (SLAs), also called QoS contracts, are committed pairwise between domains. If local QoS control issues inside on each participating domain can be considered solved, open problems persist in the eld of end-to...

This study dives deep into a lateral supply chain network for perishable food products and aims to determine optimal re-order order up levels multiple e-groceries within common using simulation-based optimization technique. The algorithm minimize the average inventory carried while accounting parameters like reduced wastage, improved customer satisfaction level, limited number of replenishments.

An adaptive control concept for supply chains is presented. Its background is a complex supply chain scenario originating from the machine building domain with a focus primarily on the development of an agentbased method concerning the adaptive coordination of customer orders along the supply chain. It aims at flexibly handling disturbances in relation to the re-allocation of alternative suppli...

The demand for research and development of enterprise networks and logistics has been on an upward trajectory over the last decades. With a need for more innovative and responsive enterprise network structure, technology and supply chain to deal with an ever-changing and highly competitive market, the agility of processes, organisations and their supply chain, particularly in a manufacturing en...

Leptospirosis and scrub typhus are major causes of acute febrile illness in rural Asia, where co-infection is reported to occur based on serologic evidence. We re-examined whether co-infection occurs by using a molecular approach. A duplex real-time polymerase chain reaction was developed that targeted a specific 16S ribosomal RNA gene of pathogenic Leptospira spp. and Orientia tsutsugamushi. O...

Integrating environmental considerations into supply-chain management has become an increasingly important issue for industry, government and academic researchers. Supply chain managers are being required to respond to the challenges of new legislation, standards and regulations; changing customer demands; drivers for efficiency, cost effectiveness and return on investment; while simultaneously...

China’s domestic supply chain networks are getting flat and unbalanced despite its spectacular growth and rise to the enviable position in the global supply chain arena in recent times. The aftermath of continued investment explosion, especially in the coastal areas of the mainland, calls for an interwoven relationship of Chinese companies with the rest of the global supply chains. However, wit...