Recent years have seen a renewed interest in experimental tests of Lorentz and CPT symmetry. Observable signals of Lorentz and CPT violation can be described in a modelindependent way using effective field theory (Kostelecký and Potting, 1995). The general realistic effective field theory for Lorentz violation is called the standard-model extension (SME) (Colladay and Kostelecký, 1997; 1998; Ko...

Bedrový kĺb je jedným z hlavných nosných kĺbov v tele. Pretože je tento kĺb často postihnutý degeneratívnymi procesmi, ktoré vedú k imobilizácii pacienta, skúmajú sa faktory, ktoré ovplyvňujú jeho vývoj. Predpokladá sa, že dlhodobo zvýšený tlak na kĺbovú chrupku urýchľuje vývoj koxartrózy [22, 51]. Preto sa v predchádzajúcich štúdiách používala na popis stavu kĺbu maximálna hodnota tlaku. Objav...

The blaTEM-1 β-lactamase gene has become widespread due to the selective pressure of β-lactam use and its stable maintenance on transferable DNA elements. In contrast, blaSME-1 is rarely isolated and is confined to the chromosome of carbapenem resistant Serratia marcescens strains. Dissemination of blaSME-1 via transfer to a mobile DNA element could hinder the use of carbapenems. In this study,...

This paper presents the results of a mail survey used to investigate the relationship between continuous improvement/innovation management practices and SME performance in Australia. Multi-item scales were developed and used to measure key components of continuous improvement and innovation management. Nine dimensions of SME performance were measured, for example, speed to market, success rate ...

[Context and motivation] Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) have become the weak spot of our economy for cyber attacks. These companies are large in number and often do not have the controls in place to prevent successful attacks, respectively are not prepared to systematically manage their cybersecurity capabilities. [Question/problem] One of the reasons for why many SME do not adopt cyb...

Purpose: The aim of this paper is to unveil the reasons that have led to the recent deterioration of the economic situation of pharmacies in Portugal, using as the metric of analysis the characteristics in the management of these units. Methodology: The paper opted for a comparison of economic indicators adopted by pharmacies which hold the official SME Excellence distinction and the pharmacies...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the safety and efficacy of complementary treatment of breast cancer patients with the standardized mistletoe extract (sME) HELIXOR in routine practice during aftercare through a multicenter comparative epidemiological cohort study with 53 randomly selected hospitals/practices representatively distributed in Germany, including oncologists, gynaecologists and general pra...

The "subsequent memory paradigm" is an analysis tool to identify brain activity elicited during episodic encoding that is associated with successful subsequent retrieval. Two commonly observed event-related potential "subsequent memory effects" (SMEs) are the parietal SME in the P300 time window and the frontal slow wave SME, but to date a clear characterization of the circumstances under which...