Over the years, the role of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) has evolved from one of being a Functional Head to a Strategic Partner to today’s demands for that of a Business Integrator and Innovator. Many CEOs now expect their CIOs not just to specify and manage the IT infrastructure but to drive the transformation agenda. However, what our research is indicting is that CIOs are struggling w...

Increased uncertainty in the economic and business environments have placed IS function and IS leadership in a quandary today. In this paper, we empirically examine the remuneration of CIOs, and examine their association with firm performance, size and industry membership. Based on compensation data of 213 CIOs in 2002, we test several hypotheses linking the total, annual cash, and long term co...

In this study, Barber's [(1961). Resistance by scientists to scientific discovery. Science, 134, 596-602] analysis of scientists' resistance to discoveries is examined in relation to an 18-year controversy between the dominant cognitive-behavioral paradigm or zeitgeist and its chief rival - eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in treating trauma-related disorders. Reasons for pe...

Graphical models are fundamental tools for modeling images and other applications. In this paper, we propose the Logistic Random Field (LRF) model for representing a discrete-valued graphical model. The LRF model is based on an underlying quadratic model and a logistic function. The chief advantages of the LRF are its convenience and flexibility. The quadratic model makes inference easy to impl...

dear colleagues, welcome to the fourth issue of the journal of cardio-thoracic medicine. we are grateful that with support and cooperation of our dear colleagues, the first year of jctm publication passed successfully. we are expecting to promote the indexing of journal of cardio-thoracic medicine in the following year. in this issue, a valuable review article has been written by dr.corlateanu ...

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trichomoniasis, the most widespread sexually transmitted disease is caused by trichomonas vaginalis. this parasite is site specific for the genitourinary tract and recruitment of macrophages as well as polymorphonuclear nutrophils (pmn) to the site of infection is the first line of defense as a component of non-specific resistance and immunity. in this study, balb/c mice were infected with 10 i...

Over a hundred cases of toxicosis due to weight reducing drugs containing thyroid preparations were recently observed in various areas in Japan. The most frequent cause was the drug "Baset Super" which contains 20mg of Jodocasein and 20mg of desiccated thyroid per tablet. Cases of toxicosis due to weight reducers containing Jodocasein have not previously been reported. The patients had generall...