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At present, cell therapy with adult stem cells offers hope for treating neurological diseases considered incurable. In this paper, we review our current experience with delayed intracerebral transplantation of bone marrow stromal cells (BMSC) as a potential treatment of established neurological deficits occurring after intracerebral…

In the present study total polyphenols, antioxidants and antimicrobial activities of the bark powder extracts of Pajanelia longifolia in water, ethanol, methanol and ethyl acetate were estimated and analysed. Soxhlet method was employed for preparation of bark extracts in different solvents. FRAP assay was used…

Patients who left without being seen (LWBS) by a physician from a pediatric emergency department (ED)/urgent care (UC) center have become a serious challenge facing emergency medicine practitioners and hospitals. Not only does this serve as an indicator of patient dissatisfaction and delay of treatment,…

This research suggests studying the concept of structural bilingualism through the case of Franco-Arabic bilingualism in Maghreb countries. Methodologically, the research attempts to identify groups of consumers’ languages, by an effective marketing segmentation, through a valid measure of Franco-Arabic bilingualism. Several exploratory qualitative and quantitative…

Knowledge is recognised as an important asset in any organisations these days. Unfortunately, many organisations are not doing enough to effectively manage this important asset in creating and maintaining their competitive advantage. The objective of this study was to investigate the implementation of knowledge management…

The objective of this study is to identify the level of students’ entrepreneurial intention in doing information-related business and to compare the entrepreneurial intention between gender, role of family background, discipline of study and family income. Using a quantitative approach of study, questionnaires were distributed…

The paper presents the impact of socio economic changes induced by the global financial crisis on the apparel industry in Romania that focuses largest number of SMEs in the industry. Article highlights the fact that in the new context, the companies from this domain must…

The growing importance of Information System (IS) to support business operation demands for adequate IS planning. Good IS planning enables organizations to closely align the IS and strategic business objectives. Such alignment ultimately ensures organizations to gain competitive advantages from IS-related investment. Despite extensive works…

At the firm level, intense competition under the global economic framework requires small and medium enterprises to reconsider their competitive position vis-à-vis their rivals, amongst others, through innovation. This justifies why innovation, in the last two decades, becomes a centre stage in small business literature,…

Engineering asset maintenance practices rely on access to information and team expertise from different locations. Many engineering asset organisations have several interdependent departments and sub-systems that collaborate on various productions and maintenance.  Maintenance personnel in the form of individual and/or teams communicate, coordinate, integrate and…