Mutual prodrug is a form of prodrug in which two pharmacologically active agents are attached to each other in such a way that each drug acts as a promoiety/carrier for each other and vice versa. The association may be “synergistic” if the carrier shows the same biological action as that of parent drug or may provide “additional” benefit if it shows new pharmacological action which is lacking i...

In this paper, we present the results of a study where a GDSS-approach was used for a SWOT-based strategy analysis of the Finnish forest industries. Forest industries belong to the basic, strategic industries in the world, and they have a great importance for the Finnish economy. This study is the first part of a research program that aims at finding visions and alternative strategies in the fi...

Good performance within a company is the result of correct interaction of business management with its internal and external environment. The recognition of internal strengths and weaknesses, as well as external opportunities and threats, takes place on the basis of a SWOT-analysis. However, despite their importance, many companies often only have vague ideas of their competitive strengths and ...

Electronic government (e-gov) may present a considerable number of opportunities but can also pose some threats. For the opportunities to be exploited and threats avoided, this study presents a SWOT analysis of the services provided by e-gov sites from the states of São Paulo, Paraná, Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina, Brazil. This analysis enabled the development of a SWOT mat...

E-government has become an important phenomenon which attracted every country toward itself. However e-government is facing challenges which have significant effects on its performance. In order to overcome these challenges good strategies are inevitable for the e-government implementation. In this paper we analyzed Saudi Arabia's e-government using strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and...

Iranian Red Crescent Society is a charitable and nonprofit organization playing an active role in publicbenefiting and humanistic affairs and services offered for rescue operations. The prospect of this society has been mentions as Red Crescent Society should be accountable for all kind of events in all parts of Iran with the highest possible efficiency and with minimal time required for servic...

It is an indisputable that Wal-Mart did not operate smoothly in China. based on the development dilemma, this paper analyzes the internal and external factors of Wal-Mart developing in Chinese market, founds that differences in consumption habits and management culture, friction with China suppliers result WalMart developed unlucky in Chinese market. Finally, According to Wal-Mart’s SWOT analys...

The paper deeply analyzes the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of development of the five rural banks in Heilongjiang province by the SWOT analysis. Economic advantages and its own advantages lay the foundation for development of rural banks.The weaker earning ability, the larger operating risk and the absence of effective regulation become the fetters.The support policies,curre...

The importance of epoxides as synthetic intermediates in a number of highly added-value chemicals, as well as the search for novel and more sustainable chemical processes have brought considerable attention to the catalytic activity of manganese and iron complexes towards the epoxidation of alkenes using non-toxic terminal oxidants. Particular attention has been given to Mn(salen) and Fe(porphy...