International Journal of Purchasing and Materials Management © Copyright January 1996, by the National Association of Purchasing Management, Inc. Analysis of data from 179 respondents indicated that the concept of the business lunch is alive and well among both purchasing and sales professionals. Neither the purchasing nor sales professionals believed that there was a possibility for a high lev...

introduction: deep neck space infections (dnsi) are serious diseases that involve several spaces in the neck. the common primary sources of dnsi are dental infections, tonsillar and salivary gland infections, malignancies, and foreign bodies. with widespread use of antibiotics, the prevalence of dnsi has been reduced. common complications of dnsi include airway obstruction, jugular vein thrombo...

a m e n t s a t t h e d i s c r i m t h a t s p a n t h e c y t o p l a s m i c s p a c e b e t w e e n a d j a c e n t d i s c s [ 7 , 8 ] , o r b e t w e e n d i s c r i m a n d p l a s m a m e m b r a n e [ 9 ] .

ince Molan last covered this topic in Journal of Wound Care , 1 the re have been a d v a nce s i n t h e s e l e c t i o n o f ho ne y f o r u s e i n w o u n d c a r e , b a s e d o n i t s a n t i b a c t e r i a l p r o p e r t i e s , a n d i n c l i n i c a l protocols for its use. This paper examines wound-healing results achieved with honey in the past five years, the extent of its use a...

We show that the first betti number b1 (0) = d im H 1(0, !R) of a compact Riemannian orbifold 0 with Ricci curvature Ric(O ) ~ -(n 1)k and d iameter diam(O) :5 D is bounded above by a constant r (n, kD2 ) ~ 0 , depending only on dimension , curvature and diameter. In the case when t he orbi fold has nonnegative Ricci curvature, we show that the b1 (0) is bounded above by the dimension dim 0 , a...

We define the notion of d i -regularity and regularity in generalized polygons, thus generalizing the notion of ‘regular point’ in a generalized quadrangle or hexagon. We show that a thick generalized polygon cannot contain too many regular points unless it is a projective plane, quadrangle or hexagon. For certain polygons (thick ‘odd’gons and 8-gons), we show that even a certain number of d2-r...

Vehicular Ad hoc networks ( ) must overcome a myriad of security issues to realize their potential. VANETs are latest research area in network field. are deployed in un-trusted and unsecured environments. Consequently, authentication i s a fo rerunner to a ny secur e interactions in these networks. In this paper, survey of VANETs Authentication is d i s c u s s e d . Different discussed. This w...

Example 1. Set f1 = x d 1 and fi = xi−1 − x d i for i = 2, . . . , n. Then Φ(x) := maxi{|fi(x)|} > 0 for x 6= 0. Let p(t) = (t d , t n−2 , . . . , t). Then limt→0 ||p(t)||/|t| = 1 and Φ(p(t)) = t d . Thus the Lojasiewicz exponent is ≥ d. (In fact it equals d.) This works both over R and C. In the real case set F = ∑ f 2 i . Then degF = 2d, F has an isolated real zero at the origin and the Lojas...

Leprosy is made manifest i n a variety of forms and the classifica­ tion and relat ionships of these forms are matters of controversy . There is , however, wide agreement that communit ies vary i n the relative frequencies of the d ifferent forms of the d i sease and, further­ more, it i s accepted that the symptoms with in a part icular form of the d isease may vary i n d ifferent populations....

—'13 percent of the faculty has tenure ; minori ty group faculty members , however, comprise less than one percent of the tenured faculty. —There is only one minor i ty group member in a posit ion of assistant dean or higher. —Women make up 18 percent of the total faculty and are found mainly in the lower level posi t ions of instructor and assistant professor, —There is a marked pat tern of sa...