Moral perfectionism has a long tradition in philosophical inquiry, but so far has been ignored in psychological research. This article presents a first psychological investigation of moral perfectionism exploring its relationships with moral values, virtues, and judgments. In three studies, 539 university students responded to items of the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (Frost et al...

Salicylic acid (SA) is known to be involved in the immunity against Clavibacter michiganensis ssp. (Cmm) that causes bacterial canker tomato. To identify candidate genes associated with SA-inducible Cmm resistance, transcriptome analysis was conducted via RNA sequencing tomato plants treated SA. SA treatment upregulated various defense-associated genes, such as PR and GST cotyledons. A comparis...

The main objective of this study was to assess whether cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM) shows a stronger relation with the melanocytic nevi count at the site where CMM was diagnosed than with the melanocytic nevi count at other sites, stratifying by histologic CMM type, in a southern Mediterranean population. Cases and controls were selected from a population in southern Spain in 1988-1993. T...

The homeobox family and its subset of HOX gene products represent a family of transcription factors directing DNA-protein and protein-protein interactions. In the embryo, they are central regulators in cell differentiation during morphogenesis. A series of genes of the four HOX gene clusters A, B, C, and D were reported to show aberrant expressions in oncogenesis, particularly in cutaneous mali...

Although the capability maturity model has become an accepted basis for software process improvement in software organizations, its diffusion in IS organizations continues to be slow. This paper describes the experience of piloting the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) process improvement with six different information systems (IS) groups. It brings out the perceptions and reactions of IS de...

Abstr act The purpose of this study is to explore the integrated use of Control Objectives for Information Technology (COBIT) and Balanced Scorecard (BSC) frameworks for strategic information security management (ISM). The goal is to investigate the strengths, weaknesses, implementation techniques, and potential benefits of such an integrated framework. This integration is achieved by “bridging...

OBJECTIVES Healthcare policy makers and payers require cost-effectiveness evidence to inform their treatment funding decisions. Thus, in 2008, the United Kingdom's National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence analyzed the cost effectiveness of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) compared with conventional medical management (CMM) and with reoperation and recommended approval of SCS in selecte...

Point Laser Triangulation (PLT) probes have significant advantages over traditional touch probes. These advantages include throughput and no contact force, which motivate use of PLT probes on Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMMs). This document addresses the problem of extrinsic calibration. We present a precise technique for calibrating a PLT probe to a CMM. This new method uses known informati...

1.1 Introduction Mathematical morphology is a discipline of image analysis that was introduced in the mid-1960s by two researchers at thé Ecole des Mines in Paris: Georges Matheron [1] and Jean Serra [2, 3]. Historically, it was the first consistent non-linear image analysis theory, which from the very start included not only theoretical results but also many practical aspects. Due to the algeb...

Hemodialysis causes fundamental changes in blood pressure and quality of life in patients on hemodialysis. This study aimed to investigate the effect of continuous care model (CMM) on blood pressure and quality of life in patients on hemodialysis in the city of ilam. A randomized clinical trial study with control group was performed on 56 patients undergoing hemodialysis in the Shahid Mostafa h...