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The current problem facing Performance Contracting (PC) in Kenyan public enterprises has been attributed to the failure of organizations to cascade the concept to individual employee level, leading to a discrepancy between the results of PC and the reality on the ground. The purpose of…

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a systemic inflammatory vasculitis of the elderly affecting primarily the large arteries of the head. A huge clinical spectrum of symptoms accompanies the onset of the disease with headaches, jaw claudication and visual disorders being the most common. However, symptoms…

The study explores the concept of collaborative information system through the combined deployment of Quadruple Helix Model (QHM) collaboration promoted by Agensi Inovasi Malaysia, an agency under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation Malaysia (MOSTI) and the “Whole-of-Government” (WoG) concept of ICT implementation across…

The evolutionary theory defines the firm as a set of essential skills, gained from its learning ability. The theoretical assumption that forms the base of this paper is based on the importance of knowing the relationship between firms in different market, recognized at economic level.…

Intussusception is an uncommon cause of intestinal obstruction especially in adult. Adult intussusception accounts for only 5% of all cases of intussusceptions. We presented a case of a 63-year- old lady who presented with 1 week history of right- sided colicky abdominal pain which gradually…

Objective: To report uncommon eye findings in a case of Soto’s Syndrome. Method: Case report Results: A 10-year-old girl with underlying Soto syndrome under multidisciplinary care presented with a history of bilateral, painless and progressive blurring of vision for 1 year. On examination, she had accelerated linear…

Pseudoaneurysm is a rare and a dangerous complication of chronic pancreatitis. The most common artery affected by pseudoaneurysm is thesplenic artery. We hereby report a rare case of rupture of pseudoaneurysm of thegastroduodenal artery due to chronic pancreatitis.

Decision of relaparotomy is usually become a surgical dilemma as one may encounter dense adhesion before reaching the target site. This may end up with unwanted complication such as iatrogenic injury to adjacent structures as well as bleeding. This is a case of a 46-year-old lady…

This exploratory study is aimed at identifying and exploring the key components of Information Technology (IT) capabilities that enable e-banking. It attempts to generate a framework that illustrates the variables, which led to a specific performance. The performance (independent variable) was linked with three dependent…

Background: Diabetes mellitus is the most common cause of autonomic neuropathy. The aims of this study were to determine the prevalence of cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN) in diabetic patients in Basrah by conducting cardiac autonomic function tests as well as to know the predictors of  …