A market orientation (MO) has long been an essential concept in marketing discipline. Advanced information technologies show a great potential for information acquisition, sharing, and dissemination, all of which are the essential processes of an MO. This paper proposes a framework of an Internet-mediated market orientation (IMO), in which the Internet functions as a transformer of the traditio...

This paper examines Internal Market Orientation (IMO) in the context of international businesses (Multinational Corporations, MNCs) that execute human resources management (IHRM) to manage their workforce overseas. Grounded conventional IMO theory, this study suggests a novel iIMO framework introduces utilisation ICTs and sets business performance metrics as an outcome implementation. The viabi...

Ballast water has been a major source of non-indigenous species introductions. The International Maritime Organization has proposed performance standard that will establish an upper limit for viable organisms in discharged ballast. Here we test different sampling efforts for zooplankton in ballast water on a commercial vessel. We fit different probability density functions to find the most repr...

In this work, we investigated how thermally stable ImO(N):NaN(O) and ImN(O):NaO(N) pairs are recognized by the Klenow fragment (KF). As a result, these complementary base pairs, especially the ImN(O):NaO(N) pair, were recognized selectively due to the four hydrogen bonds between the nucleobases and the shape complementarity of the Im:Na pair similar to the purine:pyrimidine base pair.

U. S. B. Anyaehie, E. Nwobodo, G. Oze, U. I. Nwagha, I. Orizu, T. Okeke, and G. E. Anyanwu Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, Enugu; Department of Physiology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi Campus, Anambra; Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Imo State University, Owerri; and D...

According to IMO forecasts, CO2 emissions from world shipping could double by the year 2050. Although shipping is in most cases the most efficient mode of transport per unit of transport supply, it is still heavily reliant on heavy fuel oil to power its propulsion. The IMO has introduced regulations to bring about reductions in the emissions of ships, including an Energy Efficiency Design Index...

A study was conducted to determine the incidence cases of HIV/AIDS infection in Owerri West L.G.A of Imo State, Nigeria, between Apirl 2007 and September, 2009. Data was collected from the HIV/AIDS co-ordination and control unit, Owerri General Hospital Umuguma, Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria. It was observed that a total number of seventeen thousand nine hundred and si...

Ekezie Dan Dan and Opara, Jude Department of Statistics, Imo State University PMB 2000, Owerri, Nigeria. Corresponding Author: Ekezie Dan Dan -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Abstract This paper is on the estimation of bivariate regression data using Theil’s algorithm. This method was adopted since all errors ...

Persistence of malaria symptoms after treatment with over the counter available antimalarial drugs has resulted in a gradual loss of faith in orthodox drugs. There is thus an increased tendency towards the use of herbs in the treatment of malaria in Imo State, Nigeria. In this study we report activities of two herbalists in the treatment of malaria as well as the effectiveness of the herbal tre...