A ‘Richter scale’ for impacts

Josef Richter

Wolfram F . Richter

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IMPACTS AND CHALLENGES OF CLOUD COMPUTING FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE BUSINESSES IN NIGERIA

Cloud computing technology is providing businesses, be it micro, small, medium, and large scale enterprises with the same level playing grounds. Small and Medium enterprises (SMEs) that have adopted the cloud are taking their businesses to greater heights with the competitive edge that cloud computing offers. The limitations faced by (SMEs) in procuring and maintaining IT infrastructures has be...

Heather Richter

INTRODUCTION My research career began as an undergraduate in Software Engineering, exploring formal specification of functional models. My interest in the human aspects of software engineering led me to Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Ubiquitous Computing as a graduate student, where I have investigated automated meeting capture and access. I implemented and evaluated prototypes that captu...

How we treat Richter syndrome.

Richter syndrome (RS) is defined as the transformation of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) into an aggressive lymphoma, most commonly diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). RS occurs in approximately 2% to 10% of CLL patients during the course of their disease, with a transformation rate of 0.5% to 1% per year. A combination of germline genetic characteristics, clinical features (eg, advanced...