BACKGROUND: Chemiluminescence immunoassay (CIA) is used to detect hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody status on the basis of signal-to-cutoff (S/Co) ratios. Positive results of antibody to HCV (anti-HCV) are followed by either recombinant immunoblot assay (RIBA) to confirm anti-HCV positivity or reverse transcription (RT)-PCR to detect viremia. We hypothesized that by analyzing S/Co ratios, we cou...

im A. Eagle, MD, FACC,* Cecelia K. Montoye, MSN,*† Arthur L. Riba, MD, FACC,‡ nthony C. DeFranco, MD, FACC,§ Robert Parrish, MM,¶# Stephen Skorcz, MPH,** atricia L. Baker, MS,†† Jessica Faul, MPH,††‡‡ Sandeep M. Jani, MPH,* Benrong Chen, PHD,†† anopy Roychoudhury, PHD,†† Mary Anne C. Elma, BA,§§ Kristi R. Mitchell, MPH,§§ ajendra H. Mehta, MD, MS, FACC* nn Arbor, Dearborn, West Bloomfield, Flin...

due to the increasing importance of internet banking and the critical actions taken by banks in order to offer internet banking services in iran and also according to the increasing number of people using internet banking services, it is essential for bank marketers to understand internet banking customers better. only through this comprehension the marketers are able to develop strategies and ...

Allan M. Ross, MD, FACC,* Karin S. Coyne, PHD, RN, MPH,* Jonathan S. Reiner, MD, FACC,* Samuel W. Greenhouse, PHD,† Cynthia Fink, MPH,* Anthony Frey, MD,* Eduardo Moreyra, MD, FACC,* Mouhieddin Traboulsi, MD, FACC,‡ Normand Racine, MD,§ Arthur L. Riba, MD, FACC,\ Mark A. Thompson, MD, FACC,¶ Steven Rohrbeck, MD, FACC,# Conor F. Lundergan, MD,* for the PACT Investigators Washington, DC; Calgary,...

Information technology is considered as the key driver for the changes taking place around the world. Internet banking (IB) is the latest and most innovative service offered JIBC April 2010, Vol. 15, No.1 2 by the banks. The transformation from the traditional banking to e-banking has been a 'leap' change. The evolution of e-banking started from the use of Automatic Teller Machines (ATMs) and t...

Internet banking is changing the banking industry, having the major effects on banking relationships. Banking is now no longer confined to the branches were one has to approach the branch in person, to withdraw cash or deposit a cheque or request a statement of accounts. In true Internet banking, any inquiry or transaction is processed online without any reference to the branch (anywhere bankin...

Advances in electronic banking technology have created novel ways of handling daily banking affairs, especially via the online banking channel. The acceptance of online banking services has been rapid in many parts of the world, and in the leading ebanking countries the number of e-banking contracts has exceeded 50 percent. Investigates online banking acceptance in the light of the traditional ...

Electronic banking is generally an extension of traditional banking, using the internet as an electric delivery channel for banking products and services. The banking today is redefined and re-engineered with the use of IT and it is sure that the future of banking will offer more sophisticated services to customers with the continuous product and process innovations. Thus there is a paradigm sh...