Among the recent challenges faced by managers is the ability to manage knowledge sharing effectively so that knowledge can be utilized strategically for the benefit of the organization. Since knowledge sharing cannot occur without contribution of knowledge, most research so far has been devoted to the contribution aspect of knowledge sharing. However, knowledge re-use, another important goal of...

Continued use of strategic information systems is not always a given. This study proposes that users’ trust in the system may influence their satisfaction and continuance intention. While trust has been found to have strategic implications for understanding consumers’ technology usage, relatively little research has examined how trust’s influence operates over time. To gain insight into trust’s...

Mild and efficient methods for site-specific methylation of peptide backbone amides are important tools for chemists seeking to modulate the pharmacokinetic properties of peptide drugs. The Mitsunobu reaction was used to selectively methylate N-trifluoroacetamide (Tfa) protected peptides on-resin. The Tfa group was removed quickly and completely by reduction with excess NaBH4, and it was shown ...

Reproductive medical tourism is by some accounts a multibillion dollar industry globally. The seeking by clients in high income nations of surrogate mothers in low income nations, particularly India, presents a set of largely unexamined ethical challenges. In this paper, eight such challenges are elucidated to spur discussion and eventual policy development towards protecting the rights and hea...

BACKGROUND The intention-to-treat principle states that all randomised participants should be analysed in their randomised group. The implications of this principle are widely discussed in relation to the analysis, but have received limited attention in the context of handling errors that occur during the randomisation process. The aims of this article are to (1) demonstrate the potential pitfa...

Privacy refers to controlling the dissemination and use of personal data, including information that is knowingly disclosed, as well as data that are unintentionally revealed as a byproduct of the use of information technologies. This paper argues that the high resolution geospatial images of our earth’s surface, produced from the earth observing satellites, can make a person visually exposed, ...