One of the most important therapeutic advances obtained in the field of rheumatology is the availability of the so-called bio(techno)logical drugs, which have deeply changed treatment perspectives in diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis. According to the steadily increasing attention on gout, due to well-established prognostic and epidemiology implications, in the la...

Innovation of education is highly topical. It is obviously boosted by a range of new technologies, which enable new modes of learning that, are independent of time and place through Web-based delivery and computer-mediated communication. However, innovators in education often encounter intrinsic conservatism or even deliberate obstructions. For innovators it is important to be aware of and to u...

As the Software-Defined Networking (SDN) paradigm gains momentum, every network operator faces the obvious dilemma – when and how to migrate from existing IP routers to SDN-compliant equipments. A single-step complete overhaul of a fully functional network is impractical, while at the same time, the immediate benefits of SDN are obvious. A viable solution is thus a gradual migration over time, ...

In this article we offer an analysis of the practical and theoretical paradigm of media education as a fundamental pedagogical model for the adequate development of the current methods of digital literacy. In a society dominated by the flow of information and communicative processes -in which digitalization has led to techno-media convergence, the complete uniting of ICT novelties and tradition...

This thesis consists of uncertainty and techno-economic studies of two different biofuels production pathways (catalytic pyrolysis and gasification). The objective of this paper is to obtain a side-by-side techno-economic comparison of in situ and ex situ catalytic pyrolysis, and gasification state-of-technology and target scenarios that addresses both sensitivity and uncertainty analysis in th...

7 Conversion of lignocellulose to value-added products is normally focussed on fuel 8 production via ethanol or heat. In this work, a techno-economic assessment of a 9 biorefinery with three product streams, cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin is presented. 10 Moreover, the techno-economic assessment is evaluated in the context of the supply 11 chain through optimisation. A mixed integer linear...

Since the year 2000, there has been a significant growth in the ICT4D component of South Korea's aid programme. Given Korea's ICT capabilities and demands for ICT4D support from developing nations, this may make good sense. In this paper, though, we analyse a little deeper, starting to ask some initial questions about underlying perspectives and actual performance. We provide an overview of ICT...

Innovation of education is highly topical. It is obviously boosted by a range of new technologies, which enable new modes of learning that, are independent of time and place through Web-based delivery and computer-mediated communication. However, innovators in education often encounter intrinsic conservatism or even deliberate obstructions. For innovators it is important to be aware of and to u...

Organizational reliance on information and communication technology (ICT) is more likely to induce techno-stress as a detrimental effect, which has negative impact productivity. Businesses should make organizational efforts decrease counter-productivity, effect of techno-stress, create sustainable productivity by taking advantage technology. The purpose this study was explore the roles self-eff...