Business Intelligence (BI) is one of the fastest growing software sector and software vendors are rapidly developing multiple BI tools to support the growing data analysis needs of organisations. In order to be sustainable in a briskly changing turbulent environment, organisations need to have access to information about their operational performance. BI tools play a vital role in supporting th...

The possibility of binding one and two excess electrons by a molecule with two polar ends, each of which is capable of binding one electron, is studied using electronic structure methods. In the case of the singly charged anion, we find, as expected, a pair of nearly degenerate 2 S and 2 S states. For the dianion, stable open-shell triplet and singlet electronic g u states are reported, both of...

A framework to develop proactive BI is presented and discussed in this chapter. In a proactive process, analysis develops as a scientific investigation or research, where analysts must discover an initial set of hypotheses and then test or evaluate the hypotheses. The steps of the framework are presented and ways to perform each step are discussed. Data mining techniques are associated to this ...

A framework to develop proactive BI is presented and discussed in this chapter. In a proactive process, analysis develops as a scientific investigation or research, where analysts must discover an initial set of hypotheses and then test or evaluate the hypotheses. The steps of the framework are presented and ways to perform each step are discussed. Data mining techniques are associated to this ...

Although many IT and business managers today may be lured into business intelligence (BI) investments by the promise of predictive analytics and emerging BI trends, creating an enterprise-wide BI capability is a journey that takes time. This article describes Norfolk Southern Railway’s BI journey, which began in the early 1990s with departmental reporting, evolved into data warehousing and anal...

Business Intelligence (BI) is one of the fastest growing software sector and software vendors are rapidly developing multiple BI tools to support the growing data analysis needs of organisations. In order to be sustainable in a briskly changing turbulent environment, organisations need to have access to information about their operational performance. BI tools play a vital role in supporting th...

There are so many ISO documents to understand and utilize for validation studies and routine control. A biological indicator (BI) is essential for conducting sterilization validation and routine control. ISO 11138-1 and ISO 14161 are the major documents to follow for BI manufacturers and BI users, respectively. In ISO 11138-1, BI manufacturers must utilize a BI with 106 CFU/carrier as an initia...

Glioblastomas (GBM) are associated with high rates of relapse. These brain tumors are often resistant to chemotherapies like temozolomide (TMZ) and there are very few treatment options available to patients. We recently reported that polo-like kinase-1 (PLK1) is associated with the proliferative subtype of GBM; which has the worst prognosis. In this study, we addressed the potential of repurpos...

The incorporation of Bi in GaSb1 xBix alloys grown by molecular beam epitaxy is investigated as a function of Bi flux at fixed growth temperature (275 1C) and growth rate ð1 μm h Þ. The Bi content is found to vary proportionally with Bi flux with Bi contents, as measured by Rutherford backscattering, in the range 0oxr4:5%. The GaSbBi samples grown at the lowest Bi fluxes have smooth surfaces fr...