Please (2012), Summary. — Microcredit and small and medium enterprise (SME) finance are often pitched as alternative strategies to create employment opportunities in low-income communities. So far, though, little is known about how employment patterns compare. We integrate evidence from three surveys to show that, compared to Bangladeshi microcredit customers, typical SME employees in Banglades...

We propose a rigorous comparison of two widely known dynamic information flow mechanisms: Secure Multi-Execution (SME) and Multiple Facets (MF). Informally, it is believed that MF simulates SME while providing better performance. Formally, it is well known that SME has stronger soundness guarantees than MF. Surprisingly, we discover that even if we approach them to enforce the same soundness gu...

The application of silicalite for improvement of enzyme adsorption on new stainless steel electrodes is reported. Glucose oxidase (GOx) was immobilized by two methods: cross-linking by glutaraldehyde (GOx-GA) and cross-linking by glutaraldehyde along with GOx adsorption on silicalite-modified electrode (SME) (GOx-SME-GA). The GOx-SME-GA biosensors were characterized by a four- to fivefold highe...

Several approaches have been proposed to support situational method engineering (SME), each of them providing different techniques and using different basic concepts. In this work, we propose a framework for comparing SME approaches based on a generic SME process model. Three approaches are presented and compared by using this framework.

In this paper we describe one of the authors’ experiences working for an IT service provider in an SME environment. The paper starts with an analysis of the factors typical for the SME business environment and discusses the typical shortcomings resulting from this constellation. Finally, a theory is proposed why the potential of object-oriented methods is not yet realized in the SME environment...

The complementary blending of cold-pressed meadowfoam seed oil methyl esters (MFME) with soybean and waste cooking oil methyl esters (SME and WCME) was investigated. MFME prepared from cold-pressed meadowfoam oil exhibited an exceptionally high induction period (IP) of 66.2 h whereas SME and WCME yielded considerably lower values of 5.9 and 4.5 h, respectively. The kinematic viscosities (KVs) o...

At present, low-carbon economy has become the great trend in the development of global economy under the serious climate environment gradually. China’s small and medium enterprises (SME) have taken the large proportions in national economy, which face large amount of opportunities and challenges in the wave of reform. This article analyses the current situation and the problems on development s...

Adoption of e-business technologies among Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) has enormous potentials. However, much of the current e-business literature to date concentrates on adoption concerns from SME buyers’ perspective, little research has so far been reported from the viewpoint of SME suppliers. Participation of SME suppliers needs to be ensured in order to exploit the full potenti...

BACKGROUND Sonchus arvesis is traditionally reported in various human ailments including hepatotoxicity in Pakistan. Presently we designed to assess the protective effects of methanolic extract of Sonchus arvesis against carbon tetrachloride induced genotoxicity and DNA oxidative damages in hepatic tissues of experimental rats. METHODS 36 male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into 6 ...