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03
Sep
2013

Turning The Coin: A Competition Model to Evaluate Mergers

Journal of Research in Industrial Organization
Some mergers are so complex that antitrust authorities and courts are probably very tempted to decide by flipping a coin. In this paper I try to reconcile the economic approach to the evaluation of mergers with the one employed in other sciences to study the…
02
Sep
2013

Do Small Firms Possess Innovative Behavior? Evidence from Malaysia

Journal of Innovation Management in Small and Medium Enterprises
The aim of this article is to describe patterns of innovative behaviors among small firms in Malaysia.  The significant of this study lies in its attempt to differentiate innovation practices by small firms from the general innovation prescriptions which dominated by large firms.The underlying theoretical…
02
Sep
2013

Service Quality of a Public University in Saudi Arabia

Journal of e-Learning and Higher Education
This study investigated the discrepancy between students’ service expectations and their perceptions of the service performance in a college of business in one of the public universities in Saudi Arabia. Using the SERVQUAL instrument, this study collected data from 166 students. To test the dimensionality…
31
Aug
2013

The Influence of Materialistic and Ethical Values on the Purchase Intention of Counterfeit Luxury Goods: The Case of Malaysian Undergraduates

Journal of Marketing Research and Case Studies
This study aims to measure Malaysian undergraduate students’ ethical and materialistic values, and their relationships with the purchase intention of non-deceptive luxury counterfeit goods. 200 questionnaires were distributed physically and via online. Items were adapted from the Muncy-Vitell, Spears-Singh, and Belks scales to measure ethics,…
30
Aug
2013

Intraosseous Lymphoma Presenting as a Fracture of the Femoral Neck

International Journal of Case Reports in Medicine
Intraosseous lymphomas are uncommon bone malignancy, and most of them present with bone pain. Herein, we describe a case of 64-year-old male who suffered from a painful swelling over his hip after a motor vehicle accident initially, and radiography showed femoral neck fracture. He received…
30
Aug
2013

Failure of Fiber Reinforced Composite Archwires

Journal of Research and Practice in Dentistry
The Objective of this article is to investigate the mechanical properties and surface morphology of fiber-reinforced composite (FRC) wires. FRC (Optis) wire and a NiTi 0.016 in diameter were evaluated with a 3-point bending test on a universal testing machine at temperatures of 23±1oC and…
29
Aug
2013

Proinflammatory Cytokines in the Saliva, Gingival Crevicular Fluid and Serum of Diabetic Patients with Periodontal Disease

Journal of Research and Practice in Dentistry
Periodontal disease (PD) is a complication of diabetes mellitus (or diabetes). Various proinflammatory cytokines are expressed in the saliva, gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) and serum of diabetic patients with PD. The aim of this study was to review the proinflammatory cytokinees that are expressed in…
29
Aug
2013

Non-Verbal Approach to Screening Diagnostics of Depression and Anxiety

Research in Neurology: An International Journal
In a range of clinical situations evaluation of depression and anxiety is important but problematic. For instance, depression and anxiety are risk factors of poor outcomes of cardiac operations. However, verbal approaches to the diagnostics of depression and anxiety commonly increases nervousness in patients. Therefore,…
29
Aug
2013

SIDS Risk Factors: Time for New Interpretations. The Role of Bacteria

Pediatrics Research International Journal
The aim of this paper is to help draw attention to perceived ideas regarding the risk factors and the implied pathogenesis of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), and SIDS research in general. Our paper shows there is little if any evidence to support the broadly…
29
Aug
2013

The Use of two Mesenchymal Stem Cell Doses as a Treatment for a Horse with Superficial Digital Flexor Tendinopathy

International Journal of Veterinary Medicine: Research & Reports
A clinical examination and ultrasonograph of an eight year old gelding revealed tendinopathy of a superficial digital flexor tendon (SDFT) after an injury in a cross-country race. The horse was treated using ex vivo-expanded autologous mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) derived from bone marrow because of…