79 Association between perinuclear antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies and infection: a retrospective study Shun-Ban Tai, Chen-Hung Chen, Chun-Chi Lu, Ning-Chi Wang, Tony Szu-Hsien Lee, Deh-Ming Chang Division of Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy, Department of Internal Medicine, Zuoying Armed Forces General Hospital, Taiwan Division of Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy, Department of Internal Me...

We present in this paper a new method for "ltering an image, based on a new de"nition of its entropy. A large number of examples illustrate the results. Comparisons are performed with other wavelet-based methods. 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. Nous preH sentons dans cet article une meH thode nouvelle pour le "ltrage des images, baseH e sur une deH "nition nouvelle de son entrop...

In view of the galloping pace of globalization that is transforming the world into a global village, close international cooperation is essential in the detection , prevention, and control of communicable diseases.

Unemployment is a universal problem with which the political leadership of almost every country has to wrestle. Even the United States of America which has emerged as the dominant economy of the global village, is forced to invest considerable resources in job creation and economic development programmes aimed at reducing institutional unemployment. This matter has become so significant in the ...

The economy of the Regional Integrated Energy System (RIES) scheduling scheme is affected by parameter accuracy different energy conversion equipment models. traditional static hub (EH) model regards efficiency as a constant and ignores variable condition characteristics changing with load rate. This paper presents an optimal method RIES considering under operating conditions. Firstly, architec...

We explore the potential for and implications of musical (or proto-musical) social interaction and collaboration using currently available technologies embedded into mobile phones. The dynamics of this particular brand of social intercourse and the emergence of an associated aesthetic is described. The clichéd concept of a global village is made a vibrant reality by introducing instruments with...

The Internet revolution has made long-distance communication dramatically faster, easier, and cheaper than ever before. This, it has been argued, has decreased the importance of geographic proximity in social interactions, transforming our world into a “global village” with a "borderless society". We argue for the opposite: while technology has undoubtedly increased the overall level of communi...

Purpose – This paper seeks to examine whether cultural context facilitates the emergence of different leadership styles. The key objective of the paper is to consider whether leadership styles are culturally-linked and/or culturally-biased. Design/methodology/approach – A multifactor leadership questionnaire was utilised to measure differences in leadership styles and to offer explanations as t...

Nowadays, the globalisation complex and confused scenarios show that the industrialism cycle has arrived to an impasse; sustainable and long-lasting progress requests strong changeovers. The technology challenge needs solving the overpollution and over-consumption figures of the current industrialism: to that purpose the world ought to radically modify the political set-up moving to global vill...