Nonprofit organizations have become an important part of the U.S. economy, but Information Systems (IS) research in the nonprofit context has been limited so far. In this paper we argue that the nonprofit sector presents a unique context for IS research and call for more research efforts at this new frontier. In particular, we discuss the differences between nonprofit, private, and public conte...

for any organization sound marketing strategy and quality assurance play vital role in the growth of the organization. the price, quality and service, service centers, friendly attitude, discounts on sales, esthetics, store location and appearance, ease of operations, guarantees and warranties, adopting new ideas, and flexible payments terms were considered to study the perceptions of the respo...

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) has over 400,000 traffic signs in its inventory. These signs vary widely by their sheeting grade, age, color, orientation, and proximity to the roadway edge. In a typical year the DOTD replaces about 60,000 of these signs because they are beyond their service life or have been damaged. Currently, the DOTD does not have a systemat...

We test the presence of a change of slope in a logistic regression model with covariate measured with errors. Under the null hypothesis of no change-point, estimation of a single intercept and slope can be carried out straightforwardly by various conditional score based methods. If the alternative hypothesis holds and indeed there exists a change-point, estimation becomes more challenging, neve...

The present paper deals less with Grid computing than with other aspects of this conference, namely numerical software. The goal of our work is to use mathematical modeling and computer simulation to avoid building nonproduction prototypes in manufacturing processes. Of particular interest is to eliminate prototypes associated with painting processes used in the automotive industry. Since paint...

School phobia is characterized by fear to diverse events associated to school such as being beaten by a classmate, bullied or criticised in front of the class, having to speak in public, doing exams, getting undressed to practice sports, etc. and can frequently cause young children to a chronic school refusal leading to significant social and academic difficulties. In older children and adolesc...

Sialyl-Tn antigen (STn) is a short O-glycan containing a sialic acid residue a2,6-linked to GalNAca-O-Ser/Thr. The biosynthesis of STn is mediated by a specific sialyltransferase termed ST6GalNAc I, which competes with O-glycans elongating glycosyltransferases and prevents cancer cells from exhibiting longer O-glycans. While weakly expressed by fetal and normal adult tissues, STn is expressed b...

Forecasted scenarios of climate change are expected to result in a dramatic reduction the provision Ecosystem Services (ES) from forests. Increasing tree species diversity has been proposed as measure for adapting forests and warrantee services, since mixed forests, if compared with monospecific be more productive, resilient stable facing disturbances. In present work we use modelling approach ...

Background: Accidental splash exposure is one of the common occupational health related problem among health care workers. The problem is worse in developing countries in which the safety practice and protective devices do not properly used. However, little is known on the prevalence and associated factors for splash exposure. Therefore, the main objective of this study was to determine the pre...

Component sharing – using the same version of a component across multiple products – is an approach adopted by many assembled product manufacturers to achieve high final product variety with lower component variety and cost. This paper presents a methodology for determining which versions of a set of related components should be offered to optimally support a defined finished product portfolio....