BACKGROUND/AIMS Colony-stimulating factors (CSFs) are well-known hematopoietic growth factors. Although recent studies revealed that CSFs are involved in many inflammatory conditions, the local production of CSFs and its regulation in the kidney is not well elucidated. Therefore, using cultured human proximal tubular epithelial cells (PTEC), we examined the effect of thrombin on CSFs production...

ERP implementations are complex undertakings. Recent research has provided us with plausible critical success factors (CSFs) for such implementations. This article describes how one list of CSFs (Somers & Nelson, 2001) was used to analyse and explain project performance in one ERP implementation in the aviation industry. In this particular case, poor project performance led to a serious project...

The aim of the present study was to explore Critical Success Factors (CSFs) in implementation, pre-implementation and post-implementation phases of ERP system. A single exploratory case study approach has been employed to analyze the case of an electric supply Government owned company of Pakistan. For the collection of data face-toface in-depth interviews were conducted. NVivo 10 software has b...

The Wellcogen Haemophilus influenzae b, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Neisseria meningitidis (ACYW135) latex agglutination tests (Wellcome Diagnostics, Dartford, England) were evaluated as methods to detect bacterial antigens in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), urine, and serum from patients with meningitis or sepsis. Antigen was detected in 92% of CSFs from H. influenzae b, 100% of CSFs from N. meni...

A lot of ERP implementations are failure, because organizations which bought ERP systems thought that this was all what they should do. But failure cases of ERP implementation showed, that organizations have to do extensive work on implementation. Because of that, organizations have to create conditions, in which they can implement chosen solution in expected time, scope and evaluated costs. Th...

With the development of e-commerce, web store design has attracted much attention. However, what are the critical success factors (CSFs) for online web stores? With a focus on online retailing, this study identifies perceived usefulness and trustworthiness of the retailer as two CSFs for etailing systems. Four major web store design features are then identified, and the relationship between des...

In this paper the authors compare published findings of identified critical success factors (CSFs) for the implementation of Decision Support Systems (DSS) in developed countries with survey findings from a selection of organisations in South Africa. As no previously published literature exists, the authors seek to establish whether these same CSFs exist in South Africa. The authors identified ...

In this paper we present the construction of a highly-interactive computer-supported film set (CSFS) by using elements of contextual design and UML models. Specific aspects of usability, domain functionality, cost, realtime and robustness requirements for systems which are used on the set for supporting the production of feature films and commercials are discussed. Contextual design can lead to...

This paper investigates the highly important critical success factors (CSFs) which are essential for implementing the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, particularly in India. A survey questionnaire was developed, and data collected from 223 manufacturing organizations in India. The study results from the Partial Least Square (PLS) indicate that there were about nine CSFs highly import...