Thirty years ago, in 1984, Dr. Igor A. S. Bitenc, M.D., F.R.C.S.(C), a retired orthopaedic surgeon from Canada, who was of Yugoslav descent, and who had always remained attached to his original homeland, founded a travelling fellowship for young orthopaedic surgeons from former Yugoslavia named the "Anica Bitenc Travelling Fellowship" after his late mother. The first Fellow visited Canada in 19...

the aim of this paper is to review the presented researches in marketing management in recent years. there is a vital need for a research to show trends and gaps of academic researches among iranian universities. to answer this need, a comprehensive framework that covers marketing management is developed and is validated by experts. secondly, 340 accepted papers which are passed 2 peer reviewpr...

Ad-hoc networks are a key in the evolution of wireless networks. Ad-hoc networks are typically composed of equal nodes, which communicate over wireless links without any central control. Ad-hoc wireless networks inherit the traditional problems of wireless and mobile communications, such as bandwidth optimisation, power control and transmission quality enhancement. In addition, the multi-hop na...

Most existing Nash-Cournot models of competition among electricity generators assume that firms behave purely Cournot or Bertrand with respect to transmission decisions by the independent system operator. Such models are unrealistic for markets in which interfaces connecting subnetworks are frequently saturated but the congestion pattern within individual subnetworks is less predictable. We pro...

INTRODUCTION Gradient echo (GRE) imaging has a wide range of clinically useful applications. In particular, GRE imaging is frequently used in the clinic for anatomical/structural imaging and imaging dynamics for diseases that span all organ systems and numerous pathologies. In general, an advantage of GRE imaging is the fact that it is regarded as “fast” owing to the generally short repetition ...

Assessments of uncertainty in climate prediction require a meaningful ensemble of model configurations that represent the limitation of observations to constrain arbitrary choices in model formulation such as the values assigned to its multiple, non-linearly related parameters. We present a data directed importance sampling strategy that makes optimal use of distributed computing resources and ...

13. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIAL TO BE NOTIFIED IF AWARD IS MADE 14. OFFICIAL SIGNING FOR APPLICANT ORGANIZATION Name Robert L. Blackwell Name Michael Dockter Title Vice Chancellor for Business and Finance Title Associate Dean for Research Address The University of Tennessee, Memphis Address The University of Tennessee, Memphis 62 Dunlap St., Suite 300 8 South Dunlap Street, C109 Memphis, TN 38163 M...

IN THE TITLE COMPOUND [SYSTEMATIC NAME: (1R,3S,5R,6S)-8-methyl-3-(4-methyl-phenyl-sulfon-yloxy)-8-aza-bicyclo-[3.2.1]octan-6-yl acetate], C(17)H(23)NO(5)S, the fused piperidine ring exists in a chair conformation with the N atom and one C atom displaced by 0.876 (2) and -0.460 (3) Å, respectively, on opposite sides of the mean plane defined by the other four atoms. The fused pyrrolidine ring ad...

BACKGROUND Forms of address between patients and general practitioners is an underexplored area which may influence productive dialogue within a consultation. This article aims to describe how Australian patients prefer to be addressed by their GP, how patients prefer to address their GP, and the factors influencing these preferences. METHODS Twenty consecutive patients of 13 randomly selecte...