The paper conceptualises digital technology as a source of innovation in value co-creation (VCC) at the bottom pyramid (BOP) markets through fieldwork focused on vegetable supply chains Indon...

A firm’s virtual communication with customers (VCC) simulates face-to-face through the Internet. This study is motivated by low level of small family-owned businesses’ VCC in Hong Kong during Covid-19 pandemic when restricted social distancing measures. decomposed into four subsets based on major functions it performs: product promotion (pp), customization (pc), customer service (cs), and order...

We present the results of a Keck spectroscopic study of globular clusters associated with the Virgo Cluster dwarf elliptical VCC 1386. We analyze blue spectroscopic absorption lines from 3500-5500 Å for 13 globular cluster candidates and confirm that five are associated with VCC 1386. By comparing metal and Balmer line indices of these globular clusters with α-enhanced single stellar population...

This paper considers the implementation of an exergy-based multiple degree of freedom (MDOF) optimization and control methodology for the operation of VCC systems. The optimization problem for the standard VCC is characterized in terms of 4 thermodynamic variables and 1 fluid-dynamic variable. The resulting control problem is then analyzed, and a design variable, Λ, is introduced which allows t...

BACKGROUND To find the correlations and differences between the nerve fiber layer parameters of a GDx (polarimetric retinal nerve fiber analyzer) in single high quality images and those in the mean image from three high quality images. METHODS The results of scanning laser polarimetry were selected from 63 eyes of 63 patients (31 male and 32 female). Complete ophthalmic examinations included ...

Gonadal steroids profoundly influence several brain functions and are apparently responsible for gender-specific differences in the regulation of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) secretions. In this study, we examined the so-called "activational" effects of gonadal steroids on the glucocorticoid-mediated regulation of the gene transcription of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) and corti...

Quantifying the response of vegetation cover change (VCC) to climatic variables is a gap that mandatory for conservation and rehabilitation natural landscapes ensure sustainability. Based on temperature rainfall data, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) dataset, district statistical we investigated spatiotemporal variations temperature, rainfall, urban land, VCC in all suburban areas ...

BACKGROUND The aim of our study was to assess the role of laser polarimetry and visual evoked potentials (VEP) as potential biomarkers of disease progression in multiple sclerosis (MS). PARTICIPANTS A total of 41 patients with MS (82 eyes) and 22 age-related healthy volunteers (44 eyes) completed the study. MS patients were divided into two groups, one (ON) with a history of optic neuritis (1...

PURPOSE To compare the diagnostic performance of automated imaging for glaucoma. DESIGN Prospective, direct comparison study. PARTICIPANTS Adults with suspected glaucoma or ocular hypertension referred to hospital eye services in the United Kingdom. METHODS We evaluated 4 automated imaging test algorithms: the Heidelberg Retinal Tomography (HRT; Heidelberg Engineering, Heidelberg, Germany...

A 40-year-old male patient suffered from traumatic optic neuropathy in his right eye. Scanning laser polarimetry was arranged at 2 weeks, 9 weeks, 13 weeks, 24 weeks, and 34 weeks after the trauma. Manual or automated visual field testing was also arranged at 1 week, 5 weeks, 16 weeks, and 28 weeks correspondingly. The data revealed using scanning laser polarimetry (program GDx, version 1.0.05;...