0377-2217/$ see front matter 2010 Elsevier B.V. A doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2010.03.012 * Corresponding author. E-mail addresses: [email protected] (H. Xu), shinin [email protected] (S.-h. Ma), mskklai@cityu We investigate a contract setting problem faced by a manufacturer who can procure major modules from an overseas supplier, as well as a local supplier. The overseas supplier is prime and of...

Difficult tracheal intubation (DI) is more common in thyroid than in other surgical branches due to thyromegaly. Proper preoperative airway evaluation is necessary in order to reduce the potential numerous complications. The study examined the incidence of DI in thyroid surgery and the influence of tracheal dislocation and other risk factors on DI. A prospective study was conducted on 2379 pati...

0377-2217/$ see front matter 2008 Elsevier B.V. A doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2008.07.002 * Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 631 632 7172; fax E-mail addresses: [email protected] ( com (K.A. Lock), [email protected] (T.R Effective organizations need capabilities relevant to their missions and must manage those capabilities efficiently. We anticipate capability is more important in in...

0377-2217/$ see front matter 2010 Elsevier B.V. A doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2010.06.031 * Tel.: +49 40 6541 2591. E-mail address: [email protected] The article presents theoretical and experimental investigations of computational intelligence techniques for machine sequencing problems. Contrary to other approaches, which are experimentally driven only, our work is motivated by gaining insights in t...

Can J Surg, Vol. 52, No. 1, February 2009 59 M esothelioma is a rapidly progressing, asbestos-related tumour. This tumour was once rare and is now showing an increasing incidence worldwide following the vast mining of asbestos, which peaked in the 1970s. Presently, although asbestos-related activities have been curtailed in most countries, the enormous historical production and use of asbestos ...

We succeeded in cloning the gene encoding the murine epidermal-type fatty acid binding protein (E-FABP). To avoid the screening of pseudogenes, the presence of which was shown by PCR, we designed an intron-specific probe and screened a bacterial artificial chromosome library from mouse embryonic stem cells. One of the clones obtained was analysed by restriction with various enzymes and an 11-kb...

The methanol extract of kirinyuh leaves ( Chromolaena odorata (L). R.M.King & H.Rob. ) is able to inhibit the growth gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus so that it has potential as an active substance for hand washing soap. In this study, liquid soap was made with a concentration 0.01% leaf using base gelling agent Carbopol. optimum Carbopol viscosity 2217 cPs 0.6%. preparation analyzed inc...