This paper analyzes welfare under differential versus uniform pricing across oligopoly markets that differ in costs of service. We establish necessary and sufficient conditions on demand properties---cross/own elasticities curvature---for by symmetric firms to raise aggregate consumer surplus, profit, total welfare. The analysis reveals intuitively why is generally beneficial though not always-...

The first small-molecule fluorogenic probe A1 for imaging the human Ether-a-go-go-Related Gene (hERG) potassium channel based on the photoinduced electron transfer (PET) off-on mechanism was described herein. After careful biological evaluation, this probe had the potential of detecting and imaging the hERG channel at the molecular and cellular level. Moreover, the competitive binding mechanism...

Application Service Providing (ASP) represents an attractive solution for many power companies that want to conduct their business more efficiently. Fast implementation, the outsourcing of the responsibilities for application development, operation and maintenance, low investment costs and the client’s ability to concentrate on core competencies are the driving forces that promise a competitive...

Today in order to stay in businesses and prosper, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are seeking higher electiveness and competitiveness across the entire cycle of marketing, product design, manufacture, test and sales. SMEs play an increasingly important role in all aspects of competitiveness: both products and production techniques, but also management methods, the organization of the firm a...

The principles of sequential saturation as a form of competitive binding assays are discussed in detail and differentiated from those of equilibrium techniques. The rationale of its applicability in practice and its potential to increase sensitivity under certain assay conditions are demonstrated with three binding systems involving digoxin, insulin, and folates. The advantages and disadvantage...