ICT has been integrated massively in business processes in recent years, thus producing an enormous dependency on these technologies. The potential impact of these dependencies (for example if the IT systems are lacking appropriate security levels) are remarkable – the malfunction or total loss of public energy grids, the banking system, supply chains or public administration can cause enormous...

OBJECTIVE To determine reproductive outcome after in-vitro fertilization/embryo transfer (IVF-ET) in women with primary infertility following hysteroscopic septoplasty of incomplete uterine septum or arcuate uterine anomaly. METHODS This is a historical cohort study. The study group consisted of 156 consecutive patients who underwent a total of 221 cycles of IVF/ET following hysteroscopic sep...

Impact of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) cage culture in Mjoifjordur, Eastern Iceland on the chemistry of the sediment was investigated. Sediment samples were collected using a Shipek grab in December 2003. A core sub-sample was taken from each grab for analyzing total organic matter, total organic carbon, total nitrogen and phosphorus in different depths from three stations at various distances...

Anomalous pulmonary venous connections may provide channels for partial or for complete return of blood from the lungs to the right atrium. These are sometimes the only anomalies, but they also may be part of a complex of abnormalities. The isolated partial anomaly occurs in approximately 0.5 per cent of persons, but among patients with additional cardiovascular anomalies, partial abnormal pulm...

Impact of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) cage culture in Mjoifjordur, Eastern Iceland on the chemistry of the sediment was investigated. Sediment samples were collected using a Shipek grab in December 2003. A core sub-sample was taken from each grab for analyzing total organic matter, total organic carbon, total nitrogen and phosphorus in different depths from three stations at various distances...

Introduction: Although a significant fraction the mascon gravity anomalies can be explained by the flexural support of the mare basalts within the basins, in some cases this explanation does not suffice. A number of the lunar basins exhibit mascons in excess of that which can be accounted for by the maria, and some basins possess central gravity anomalies yet lack mare fill altogether [1]. An e...

We thank the Editor for giving us the opportunity to reply to the ‘Letter to the Editor’ describing the unguarded tricuspid orifice with pulmonary atresia [1]. We congratulate Kariya et al. for successful surgical treatment using a total right ventricular exclusion and total cavo-pulmonary connection (TCPC). Because of the high mortality of this rare anomaly, there are only a few successful rep...

Drought is a period of abnormally dry weather with a serious shortage of water supply. Drought indices can be an advantageous indicator to assess drought for taking further response actions. However, drought indices based on ground meteorological measurements could not completely reveal the land use effects over a regional scale. On the other hand, the satellite-derived products provide consist...