The Bayesian ideal observer is optimal among all observers and sets an absolute upper bound for the performance of any observer in classification tasks [Van Trees, Detection, Estimation, and Modulation Theory, Part I (Academic, 1968).]. Therefore, the ideal observer should be used for objective image quality assessment whenever possible. However, computation of ideal-observer performance is dif...

Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes KF707 is a soil bacterium which is known for its capacity to aerobically degrade harmful organic compounds such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) using biphenyl as co-metabolite. Here we provide the first genetic and functional analysis of the KF707 respiratory terminal oxidases in cells grown with two different carbon sources: glucose and biphenyl. We identified...

Both the photolysis products and absorption of khnology cross sections of the C1O dimer, C1OOC1, are important to the photochemistry of the polar winter. In this work dimer photolysis was studied at the wavelength 254 mn, at 195 K. The dimer was prepared by the photolysis of C120 at 254 nm. As ditner appeared, it absorbed a significant fraction of the 254 nm light, By following the rate of phot...

In this research, we examined the effects of (1) business-related and strategic IT-related knowledge of the chief information officer (CIO) and the top management team (TMT) and (2) engagements between the CIO and members of the top management team on firms’ success in using information technology (IT) to support their business strategies and value-chain activities. Using a cross-sectional fiel...

The simulation and prediction of the Indian summer monsoon (ISM) its intraseasonal component in climate models remain a grand scientific challenge for numerical simulations. Recently, an mode was proposed over tropical Ocean, named central Ocean (CIO) mode. CIO index oscillations (MISO) have high correlation. In this study, simulations sixth phase Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6) a...

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Over the past decades several studies aimed to rank the importance of CIO’s activities. One aspect that stands out in these studies is the difficulty in finding two studies that agree on the relative importance of CIO’s activities. On the one hand, this can be explained by the CIO role evolution. On the other hand, there may be certain variables that influence the perception of the importance o...

When Procter & Gamble’s CEO Bob McDonald set a strategic goal announcing “We want to be the first company that digitizes from end to end” he turned to CIO and head of Global Business Services Filippo Passerini to lead the transformation. Many CIOs tell us their jobs are expanding and many CEOs tell us they would like their CIOs to do more. In addition to providing highquality and cost-effective...

When Annie Stunden came to the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1999 as CIO, she had a vision of providing all students, faculty, and staff their own Web sites where they could store and share documents and files, a place where they could easily and intuitively collaborate with each other. Before joining UW–Madison, Stunden had been CIO at Cornell University, where her team implemented a syst...