When searching for information, people often seek help from others. However, while people can benefit from communicating with others, they can usually satisfy their information needs, to some degree, without help. Because establishing explicit collaborations is often seen as onerous, there are many missed opportunities where shared experiences could save time and effort. In this work, we propos...

Many governments are actively considering whether and how to provide their population with assistance with smoking cessation. Arguments have been raised against this, but these are often based on fallacies (e.g. most smokers stop without help so assistance is unnecessary). This editorial counters these fallacies so that a constructive debate can be had about the role of cessation assistance in ...

To my parents and anyone who has been part of my life ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First, I would like to thank everyone who has helped me in my life, no matter whether it was when I was still a child or during my graduate study. I would not be who I am without help from all of you. I would like to especially thank my parents. I could not make it without their endless support for my life. I know I owe t...

ABSTRACT Sweat is produced by the apocrine glands, if infected bacteria that play a role in decay process will certainly produce foot odor. Some of cause, including Staphylococcus epidermis, Corynebacterium acne and there one bacterium causes pungent odor Bacillus subtilis. subtilis enzyme leucine dehydrogenase highest, resulting isovaleric acid Lime peel (Citrus aurantifolia) has potential to ...

Background Brucellosis in pigs at East Java Indonesia has not only cause great economic losses due to a decrease in productivity of livestock but also are zoonotic. Infection on free brucelosis pigs were initially begun with the infected pigs both male and female, or the use of superior male pigs together. The elimination of the disease either on a group or population is considered as the most ...

Before the nature of “bound” pantothenic acid was established, McIlwain and Hughes (1) showed that incubation of pantothenic acid with various streptococci or Proteus morganii led to its “inactivation” as a growth factor for these organisms. This inactivation reaction was dependent upon glycolysis, but independent of growth and the presence of oxygen, and was inhibited by pantoyltaurine (2). Mc...

The present study was conducted for the determination of physicochemical and microbial quality changes non-sulfited sun dried apricots (NSDAs) with three various moisture contents (MCs); 137 g/kg (MC137), 235 (MC235), 270 (MC270); at different temperatures (4, 10, 20, 30°C) during 12 months in bulk packaged storage. NSDAs were subjected to physical (moisture, water activity, pH reflectance colo...

Oxford Houses are democratic, mutual help-oriented recovery homes for individuals with substance abuse histories. There are more than 1200 of these houses in the United States, and each home is operated independently by its residents, without help from professional staff. In a recent experiment, 150 individuals in Illinois were randomly assigned to either an Oxford House or usual-care condition...

"Business Process Engines manage the most important business state both in a fast in-memory environment and in close coordination with back-end databases. Business Process Engines process many user requests without help from a database." [1] In addition, they specialize in complex business rule processing, because their ability to maintain state is a special advantage in performing such process...