Managers make informed information technology investment decisions when they are able to quantify how IT contributes to firm performance. While financial accounting measures inform IT’s influence on retrospective firm performance, senior managers expect evidence of how IT influences prospective measures such as the firm’s market value. We examine the efficacy of IT’s influence on firm value com...

Purpose The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between initial probing depth (IPD) and changes in clinical parameters following non-surgical periodontal treatment (NPT) in chronic periodontitis patients. Subjects and Methods A total of 1672 periodontal pockets having 3mm≤IPD≤9mm of depth in 15 chronic periodontitis patients were included. NPT consisting of oral hygiene instruc...

Agrobacterium tumefaciens is established as a vector for gene transfer in many dicotyledonous plants but is not accepted as a vector in monocotyledonous plants, especially in the important Gramineae. The use of Agrobacterium to transfer genes into monocot species could simplify the transformation and improvement of important crop plants. In this report we describe the use of Agrobacterium to tr...

Disturbed endochondral ossification in X-linked hypophosphatemia indicates an involvement of P(i) in chondrogenesis. We studied the role of the sodium-dependent P(i) cotransporters (NPT), which are a widely recognized regulator of cellular P(i) homeostasis, and the downstream events in chondrogenesis using Hyp mice, the murine homolog of human X-linked hypophosphatemia. Hyp mice showed reduced ...

Background: Primary care physicians (PCPs) are optimally situated to identify and manage early stage chronic kidney disease (CKD). Nonetheless, studies have documented suboptimal PCP understanding, awareness, and management of early CKD. The TRANSLATE CKD study is an ongoing national, mixedmethods, cluster randomized control trial that examines the implementation of evidence-based guidelines fo...

Inserts bearing the coding sequences of NPT II and beta-glucuronidase (GUS) were placed between the nuclear inclusion b (NIb) and coat protein (CP) domains of the wheat streak mosaic virus (WSMV) polyprotein ORF. The WSMV NIb-CP junction containing the nuclear inclusion a (NIa) protease cleavage site was duplicated, permitting excision of foreign protein domains from the viral polyprotein. Whea...

First put forth by Hedley Bull in the 1970s, notion of ‘accommodation’ is an often-neglected approach to understanding role, rights and responsibilities emerging nuclear powers from Global South order. The existing literature looks at avenues conditions through which institutions order grant accommodation. However, analysis demands raised rising various stages order's development severely lacki...

This study examines the factors affecting emergence of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which is main mechanism international regime formed to prevent spread nuclear weapons, through basic assumptions theories. addresses following question: What were at play when NPT was formed? study’s research method testing theoretical with a case study. Within this framework, theories used in concern...

In this work, we study the adsorption behavior of naphthalene derivatives: (NPT), naphthalenesulfonate (NPTS), hydroxynaphthalenesulfonate (HNPTS) and ethoxylated ?-napthalenesulfonic acid (ENSA, a commonly used additive in tin electroplating industry), on gold electrodes their effect electrodeposition process, by means situ ex surface analysis techniques (cyclic voltammetry, Surface Enhanced R...