Growth, repair, and regeneration of adult skeletal muscle depends on the persistence of satellite cells: muscle stem cells resident beneath the basal lamina that surrounds each myofiber. However, how the satellite cell compartment is maintained is unclear. Here, we use cultured myofibers to model muscle regeneration and show that satellite cells adopt divergent fates. Quiescent satellite cells ...

Perspective-taking is a key component of social interactions. However, there is an ongoing controversy about whether, when and how instances of spontaneous visuospatial perspective-taking occur. The aim of this study was to investigate the underlying factors as well as boundary conditions that characterize the spontaneous adoption of another person’s visuospatial perspective (VSP) during social...

There are several factors that drive organizations to consider implementing green supply chain (GSC) initiatives. This paper refines an instrument to empirically test the significance of the following drivers for participation in GSC initiatives: Government Regulation, Buyer/Supply Chain Influence, Internal Readiness, Competitive Advantage, and Corporate Social Responsibility. Corporate Social ...

IntroductIon The spending for RFID (radio frequency identification) BLOCKINhas BLOCKINbeen BLOCKINincreasing BLOCKINrapidly BLOCKINin BLOCKINrecent years. According to Gartner, global spending on RFID is likely to reach US$3 billion by 2010 (CNET, 2005). In addition, interests continue to grow for the adoption of this mobile computing and commerce device in many different types of applications ...

This study examined teachers’ beliefs about technology adoption as a reasoned, deliberate, intentional decision-making process, as reflected in Ajzen’s (1985) Theory of Planned Behavior. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected from teachers in four schools located in the southeastern region of the United States. Overall results indicated that technology adoption decisions were influenc...

I read with interest the article in a recent issue of CHEST (August 2014) by Liberman et al, 1 who performed a prospective lung cancer staging trial in which patients underwent both an endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) and endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) investigation followed by surgical staging. Th e combination of an endobronchial and esophageal approach was superior in detecting (sensitivity, 91%...