Naturally occurring items such as plants or minerals are, in general, ineligible for utility patent protection because they are viewed as belonging in the public domain. There is a dichotomy between those items that are naturally occurring, and consequently unpatentable, and those items that are not found in nature, which are patentable. Portions of items found in nature are eligible for patent...

OBJECTIVE To assess the first year's use with the GyneFix intra-uterine device. This has been used in Liverpool since early 1997. It is offered mainly to nulliparous women wishing to use an effective non-hormonal method and parous women who have had pain with, or expulsion of, a framed device previously. It is also used as emergency contraception. DESIGN Retrospective study, by means of casen...

alignment of information technology in business increases performance and effectiveness of information technology used in organization’s business and improves goals, strategies, resources, integration, investment and other relevant factors in the business. methodologies used and aligned technology to business always was considered by firms, large and small companies and organizations. until now...

during the past two decades business and manufacturing have observed significant and radical changes. companies have used automation in the manufacturing, in order to improve quality and competency. it was expected that along with these changes, management accounting systems, which focus on monitoring and analyzing management decisions, should adapt with and encourage the changes. many authors ...

in spite of importance of it deployment, nowadays in many organizations we are witness of appearing problems related to dissatisfaction of business needs due to high investment in the field of it. the fervent debate concerning it productivity–or lack of such productivity- named productivity paradox persuade us to survey relationship between it–business alignment and business performance. the pu...

The high Increas business competition makes many organizations in any field to be able run their more quickly and effectively achieve goals. Business processes are a series of activities carried out by organizational goals, manufacturing companies the procurement process is one main organization. Therefore, this study, an analysis was then designed optimal targeting engineering for analyzing us...