BACKGROUND The World Health Organization recommends that nations implement evidence-based nutritional guidelines and policies in settings such as schools and childcare services to improve public health nutrition. Understanding the causal mechanism by which implementation strategies exert their effects could enhance guideline implementation. The aim of this study was to assess the mechanisms by ...

The purpose of this paper is to develop a conceptual framework and to explore the possible types of Information System (IS)-capability models especially in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) environment. Based on current literature, capability is considered from the perspectives of individual, organisation, and the skill to utilise IS innovations. The different perspectives ex...

most of the biological phenomena are influenced by intermolecular recognition and interaction. thus, understanding the thermodynamics of biomacromolecule ligand interaction is a very interesting area in biochemistry and biotechnology. one of the most powerful techniques to obtain precise information about the energetics of (bio) molecules binding to other biological macromolecules is isothermal...

This paper reviews some of the challenges faced by individuals who design and implement clinical trials of potential antidepressant medications. Particular emphasis is placed on questioning the validity of some of the theoretical assumptions that form the underpinnings of most conventional trials. Work from our group developing clinical trial methodology for minor depression is used as an examp...

Elucidation of the energetic principles of binding affinity and specificity is a central task in many branches of current sciences: biology, medicine, pharmacology, chemistry, material sciences, etc. In biomedical research, integral approaches combining structural information with in-solution biophysical data have proved to be a powerful way toward understanding the physical basis of vital cell...

Induced technological change (ITC),whereby the relative price effects of reducing greenhouse gas emissions stimulate innovation that mitigates the cost of abatement, is both tantalizing to decision makers and challenging to represent in the computational economic and engineering models used to analyze climate change policy. This overview reconciles the divergent views of technology and technolo...

2014 Ionic thermocurrent measurements ITC were carried out on NaF doped with 50 ppm Mg+2. The ITC spectrum of a preheated crystal consists of two bands with maximum at 236 and 251 K. The analysis of these bands leads to a migration enthalpy hm of 0.78 and 0.83 eV and to a migration entropy sm of 2.1 and 2.6 K respectively. The value of the ratio sm/hm is comparable to the results of other proce...