Altogether 18 species of the families Opetiidae and Platypezidae are reported from Romania, based on newly studied material and previously published records. The following three species are recorded from Romania for the first time: Agathomyiavernalis Shatalkin, 1981, Callomyiasaibhira Chandler, 1976, and Lindneromyiahungarica Chandler, 2001. The presented differential diagnosis and a detailed r...

From April 1997 through April 1998, 128 raccoons (Procyon lotor (Linnaeus)) collected from 7 sites representing 4 physiographic areas in South Carolina were examined for gastrointestinal helminth parasites. Four species of nematodes (Gnathostoma procyonis (Chandler), Physaloptera rara Hall and Wigdor, Arthrocephahis lotoris (Schwartz), and Molineus barhatus Chandler) and 2 species of acanthocep...

Organizational capability has been regarded as one of the principle sources of sustainable competitive advantage and the foundation for strategy formulation. Meanwhile, many anecdotal evidences have indicated that information technology (IT) is playing a very important role in building an organization’s capabilities. Although there has been a myriad of research on how IT could help in today’s f...