Although psychotherapeutic observation and empirical data suggest a link between borderline and antisocial personality disorder or traits in adolescents, there is no study on the relationships of borderline personality organization (BPO) and psychopathic traits in adolescents. The aim of this study was to explore the relationship of structural criteria of (BPO) as assessed by the French version...

The stable silver nanorod (AgNR) sol in red was prepared by the two-step procedure of NaBH₄-H₂O₂ and citrate heating reduction. The AgNR had a transverse and a longitudinal surface plasmon resonance (SPR) absorption peak at 338 nm and 480 nm. Meanwhile, two transverse and longitudinal SPR Rayleigh scattering (SPR-RS) peaks at 340 nm and 500 nm were observed firstly using common fluorescence spe...

Many proposals to model service level agreements (SLAs) have been 1 elaborated in order to automate different stages of the service lifecycle such as 2 monitoring, implementation or deployment. All of them have been designed for 3 computational services and are not well–suited for other types of services such 4 as business process outsourcing (BPO) services. However, BPO services sup5 ported by...

To the Editor, Our study aimed to investigate a possible relationship between benign prostatic obstruction (BPO) and Peyronie's disease (PD) characterize psychological profile of patients affected by disease, with or without concomitant BPO. In this study, we have investigated whether there is two diseases. The typical symptoms PD are as follows: penile deformation, local pain, erectile dysfunc...

Process orientation has been empirically linked to corporate performance. Several studies have shown that more process oriented companies perform better than less process oriented companies. Consequently, many researchers attempted to define what makes a company process oriented, which resulted in numerous frameworks and conceptualizations of process orientation. Based on concepts of business p...

Progression of benign tumors to malignant cancer is critical since cancerous lesions are capable of metastatic spread and eventually causing death. Inhibitors of the conversion process, therefore, would likely be useful as cancer chemopreventive agents. In this study, we assessed the protective effect of topical application of a polyphenolic fraction isolated from green tea (GTP) against sponta...

The administration of benzylpenicillin (penicillin) to man has been shown to induce the synthesis of antibodies of several distinct haptenic specificities and of several molecular classes (1-13). Specifically, skin-sensitizing antibodies of benzylpenicilloyl (BPO) haptenic specificity (1-7, 11) and of the minor determinant specificities (6, 7, 11) have been demonstrated. Also, BPO-specific anti...

Increasingly organizations are outsourcing their business processes to offshore locations. The goals cited include cost savings, achieving strategic focus, alleviating skills shortages and seeking to implement best practices. Current reports from actual outsourcing case studies indicate that many organizational goals remain unfulfilled. This paper proposes to study the impacts of BPO on the cli...

The effects of several aldehydes and peroxides on growth and differentiation of normal human bronchial epithelial cells were studied. Cells were exposed to formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, benzoyl peroxide (BPO), or hydrogen peroxide (HPO). The effect of each agent on the following parameters was measured: (a) clonal growth rate; (b) squamous differentiation; (c) DNA damage; (d) ornithine decarboxyl...

Based on cost savings and efficiency gains in past business process outsourcing (BPO) projects, firms increasingly consider outsourcing knowledge-intensive and strategically oriented business processes. However, the success of these strategic BPO projects entails strong commitment from both the client and the service provider to leverage interfirm resources and engage in close collaboration to ...