In our paper we discuss the existence of narcissism as instinct; a Mendelian trait that can be inherited from either parent. This instinct is an essential component of five different personalities in our model and these personalities can be classified into two groups: Narcissistic and Obsessive. How these personalities manifest in individuals and how the individual interacts with the healthcare...

Blood samples of two cases were analyzed preliminarily by a classical spectrophotometric method (VIS) and by an automated headspace gas chromatographic method with nitrogen-phosphorus detector (HS-GC/NPD). In the former, hydrogen cyanide (HCN) was quantitatively determined by measuring the absorbance of chromophores forming as a result of interaction with chloramine T. In the automated HS-GC/NP...

New product development (NPD) is indeed the cornerstone for companies to maintain and enhance the competitive edge. However, developing new products is a complex and risky decision-making process. It involves a search of the environment for opportunities, the generation of project options, and the evaluation by different experts of multiple attributes, both qualitative and quantitative. To perc...

Most knowledge hiding studies focus on its dark side. In contrast, we theorize the potential positive effect of rationalized in context entrepreneurial firms’ new product development (NPD) speed. We extended and integrated theoretical perspectives trust theorizing that accelerates NPD—a component considered critical to firm survival growth. developed analyzed two datasets founder CEOs CTOs 279 ...

— The isotropic luminosity function (LF) and formation rate history (FRH) of long GRBs is by the first time constrained by using jointly both the observed GRB peak-flux and redshift distributions. Our results support an evolving LF and a FRH that keeps increasing after z = 2. We discuss some interesting implications related to these results. PACS 98.70.Rz – gamma ray bursts. The primordial and ...

3 Most of the research studies in New Product development (NPD) are descriptive, outlining the Critical Success Factors (CSFs) of successful new products. This paper will go beyond the surface of these CSFs to investigate how a knowledge resource can be generated from these factors through a more rigorous approach to the process of knowledge management (KM). It has been evidenced that the ineff...

The research reported in this paper is aimed at developing knowledge on organizing NPD systems to optimize their contribution to performance. To this end, a systems approach to fit is used to explain the context-structure-performance relationships for NPD performance, specifically in terms of fit with market demands of the product concept and fit with time constraints of the development process...

This paper focuses on improving the management of New-Product Development (NPD) processes within the particular context of a cluster of enterprises that cooperate through a network of intraand inter-firm relations. Ceramic tile design chains have certain singularities that condition the NPD process, such as the lack of a strong hierarchy, fashion pressure or the existence of different origins f...

A construction of nonlinear-PD control (NPD control) is considered which applies increased control effort when the system output is moving away from its desired value and reduced effort when the output is moving toward the goal point. Such NPD control has been described previously in the literature and experimentally demonstrated; but to date, no stability proof has been given. For strictly pro...

Objective: To evaluate whether the differences in colors and structures observed in dermoscopic images from non-polarized dermoscopes (NPD) and polarized dermoscopes (PD) can impact physicians’ diagnostic ability and their confidence levels. Participants: 100 dermatologists who attended a one-day course on the fundamental of dermoscopy course at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Design: T...