Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer (p2p) electronic cash system that uses a distributed timestamp service to record transactions in a public ledger (called the Blockchain). A critical component of Bitcoin’s success is the decentralized nature of its architecture, which does not require or even support the establishment of trusted authorities. Yet the absence of certification creates obstacles to its wid...

The possibility of cloning humans challenges deeply held beliefs about creation and mankind’s relationship with God. If God is seen as the only Creator and creation as a completed act, then there would be no right for man to tamper with it. Others, however, regard God as the Power of Creation and creation as a transformative process, and therefore find a role for human participation. Some Jewis...

With the development of e-commerce in China, some obstacles, such as poor Internet infrastructure and logistics problems have been gradually removed. Consumers’ distrust of online stores becomes the main problem impeding the acceptance of online shopping. Initial trust is the focus of this study because most Internet users in China have no experience of online shopping. Although the technology ...

Breech presentation is encountered in 3 to 4% of term pregnancies and has been a significant driver of the increased rate of cesarean deliveries over the last 4 decades. External cephalic version (ECV) is recommended at term by most professional organizations in an effort to reduce the prospect of cesarean deliveries. The authors propose the use of regional anesthesia to increase efficacy and r...

Traditional Chinese medicine-based herbal medicines have gained increasing acceptance worldwide in recent years and are being pursued by pharmaceutical companies as rich resources for drug discovery. For many years, traditional Chinese medicines (TCM) have been applied for the treatment of cancers in China and beyond. Herbal medicines are generally low in cost, plentiful, and show very little t...

Despite the recent economic downtown in the Internet and ICT sectors, legitimate concerns regarding privacy and trust remain obstacles to growth and important issues to JIBC April 2009, Vol. 14, No. 1 2 both individuals and organizations. Studies on the adoption of business-to-consumer ecommerce have not simultaneously considered trust and risk as important determinants of adoption behavior. Th...

Behavioral weight loss programs achieve substantial short-term weight loss; however attrition and poor weight loss maintenance remain significant problems. Recently, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) has been used in an attempt to improve long-term outcomes. This conceptual article outlines the standard behavioral and ACT approach to weight control, discusses potential benefits and obstac...

Windows NT was not designed as a real-time operating system, but market forces and the acceptance of NT in industrial applications have generated a need for achieving real-time functionality with NT. As its use for real-time applications proliferates, based on an experimental evaluation of NT, we quantitatively characterize the obstacles placed by NT. As a result of these observations, we provi...