background & objectives: streptozotocin (stz) is used for induction of type-1 diabetes mellitus in animal models. its beta-cytotoxic action results in sudden release of insulin leading to severe hypoglycaemia and even mortality. however, its sensitivity varies with species. present investigation was aimed at studying stz induced acute clinical effects in rabbits. methods: streptozotocin@ 65...

In recent years Supply Chain Management (SCM) in general and SCM information systems in particular have raised growing interest among researchers from several knowledge areas, such as Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Simulation, Telecommunications, Economics and Business Management, among others. Based upon a recent survey that we have undertaken, and which updates a prior one, in ...

Knowledge management is deemed as an effective way to maintain organization competitive advantage. However, researchers and practitioners began to question function of knowledge management on performance and try to measure knowledge management performance more precisely. To better understand the relationship between knowledge management and performance, we combine transactive memory systems wit...

Knowledge management (KM), through learning from past projects, has been considered as an effective means for continuous improvement. However, many KM initiatives have failed to meet this expectation, due to the top-down, controlled approach and an ineffective transferring mechanism. To address this challenging issue, this paper proposes a project-based KM system that helps to acquire and trans...

The promise of knowledge management systems is challenged by implementation problems. This CRM case illustrates that technology-driven approaches are not likely to succeed. It also indicates some limitations of top-down managerial interventions, arguing that we need a deeper understanding of learning processes to be able to implement KM systems successfully. A more experimental implementation s...

introduction: knowledge serves as the most essential career point and is more important than facilities and equipments. since many companies are destined to vanish unless they are innovative, the ability to learn, change and adapt seems to be vital. therefore, this study evaluated the performance of hashemi nejad hospital in 2007 based on the measurement, analysis, and knowledge management cate...

the purpose of this research is to predict knowledge sharing through dimensions of social capital. knowledge sharing occurrence depends directly upon tendency of knowledge holder to sharing as well as knowledge receiver to take it from holders. in other side, social capital is defined as linkage among people and their unifying factors such as trust. in this research, social capital is conceptua...