BACKGROUND Prescribing is a complex and challenging task that must be part of a logical deductive process based on accurate and objective information and not an automated action, without critical thinking or a response to commercial pressure. The objectives of this study were 1) develop and implement a discipline based on the WHO's Guide to Good Prescribing; 2) evaluate the course acceptance by...

The reaction of luciferase-bound Z is known to result in the formation of a long-lived intermedlate in the bioluminescent reaction (1). This intermediate was isolated and ,haracterized as the luciferase-peroxyflavin (2), whose struc~ture was later shown to be the flavin 4a-substituted peroxyadduct (3). In the earlier work this peroxy intermediate had been shown to exhibit a single peak at about...

Rotary ultrasonic machining (RUM) is one of the machining processes for advanced ceramics. Edge chipping (or chamfer), commonly observed in RUM of ceramic materials, not only compromises geometric accuracy but also possibly causes an increase in machining cost. In this paper, a three-dimensional finite element analysis (FEA) model is developed to study the effects of three parameters (cutting d...

Two major difficulties in using default logics are their intractability and the problem of selecting among multiple extensions. We propose an ap­ proach to these problems based on integrating non­ monotonic reasoning with plausible reasoning based on triangular norms. A previously proposed system for reasoning with uncertainty (RUM) performs un­ certain monotonic inferences on an acyclic graph....

Marketing practitioners and academics have shown a keen interest in the processes that drive consumers’ choices since the early work of Guadagni and Little (1982). Over the past decade or so, a number of alternative models have been proposed, implemented and analyzed. The common behavioral assumption that underlines these models of discrete choice is random utility maximization (RUM). The RUM a...

Based on a series of thoughts, heavily influenced by the sun and rum, this paper attempts to synthesise a number of disparate influences including micro-businesses in Barbados, marketing in rapid growth markets, mainstream texts, and creativity in marketing and in smaller firms. This journey is undertaken in order to seek inspiration for a theory of small firm marketing but questions are raised...

by Glen S. Corso The University F o rum meet­ ing yesterday fo r its second sess­ ion o f the year spent nearly four hours discussing four major areas o f concern to the Notre Dame com m unity . The four areas discussed were “ S tuden t G overnm ent” , “ C ur­ rent Issues on C am pus,” “ Uni­ versity Priorit ies,” and “ Campus Life.” The first three were alloletl forty minutes of discussion tim...