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14
Mar
2013

Prevalence of Tuberculosis in Cattle and Buffalo at Various Livestock Farms in Punjab

International Journal of Veterinary Medicine: Research & Reports
Tuberculosis is an infectious diseases of animals which causes heavy economic losses in livestock. A total of 17601 animals including 9021cattle and 8580 buffalo were screened for tuberculosis at five government and fifty private livestock farms in Punjab, Pakistan from 2006 to 2010. Out of…
05
Mar
2013

Enhancing Data Privacy and Access Anonymity in Cloud Computing

Communications of the IBIMA
There is a growing interest in cloud computing due to its various benefits such as the efficient utilization of computing resources. However, privacy and security concerns are among the main obstacles facing the widespread adoption of this new technology. For instance, it is more desirable…
27
Feb
2013

An Approach to Audit Dynamic Changes within Project Development Life Cycle — A Case of Omani Public Organization

Communications of the IBIMA
In the field of project management, rapidly changing environments are newly recognized and of increased challenge. Old-fashioned inflexible methods, focused around process control, are considered obsolete. Along with the increasing diffusion of project management worldwide, a comprehensive governance principle does not yet address this objective.…
27
Feb
2013

Present Moment Effects: Pain, Distress, and Cancer

Advances in Cancer Research & Treatment
Cancer patients experience distress during their disease that likely will be exacerbated at some point by pain. Poor pain control is common among those with cancer, and the primary medical treatment is the prescription of opioid medications. The purpose here was to investigate the efficacy…
27
Feb
2013

Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology as a Primary Diagnostic Modality in Evaluation of Mesenchymal Lesions

Advances in Cancer Research & Treatment
Since mesenchymal lesions (bone and soft tissue) are heterozygous and classified on histogenetic basis, it is difficult to cytologically categorize and subtype them into specific entities. Nevertheless, the necessity for determining at least the general category of these neoplasms as benign or malignant arises since,…
27
Feb
2013

Laser Segmental Resection for Pulmonary Tumors

Advances in Cancer Research & Treatment
The laser plays a significant role in the lung parenchyma sparing resection for pulmonary neoplasms. The high performance Nd: YAG laser system emitting the 1318 nm wavelength exclusively up to a power of 120 W was used, consisting of the thin flexible quartz fibres (400…
27
Feb
2013

Hela Cells Consist of Two Cell Types, as Evidenced by Cytochemical Staining for Alkaline Phosphatase Activity: A Possible Model for Cancer Stem Cell Study

Advances in Stem Cells
Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) is known to be expressed in the several somatic stem cells and cancer cells. To investigate whether ALP may be a promising marker for cancer stem cells (CSCs), we examined the expression of ALP in human squamous cell carcinoma HeLa cells using…
27
Feb
2013

Forecasting Holding Periods for Leveraged ETFs Using Decay Thresholds: Theory and Applications

Journal of Financial Studies and Research
Due to the interplay between daily rebalancing and volatility, Leveraged Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) may experience a cumulative return different from the product of their daily leverage ratio and the periodic index return.  When the leveraged ETF’s return over a particular time frame minus the…
27
Feb
2013

Common Agricultural Policy Implications in the Evolution of Romanian Agriculture Geography

Journal of Economics Studies and Research
This paper is focused on patterns and changes in regional specialization and geographic concentration of agriculture as economic activity. The study is focused mainly on the evolution of Agriculture, as economic activity. It is studied the evolution of regional specialization and geographic concentration in Romania…
27
Feb
2013

Factors Contributing to Product Innovation in a Value Chain: Three Case Studies

Journal of Innovation Management in Small and Medium Enterprises
A company’s capabilities can be categorized into business networks, knowledge acquisition, and strategic management.  These capabilities are influenced by the constructs of the following orientations: EO (Entrepreneurial Orientation), MO (Market Orientation), LO (Learning Orientation) and TO (Technological Orientation). We propose an Innovation Conceptual Model to…