Abstract Almost two decades ago, Prahalad and Hammond [Harv Bus Rev, 80(9):48–59, 2002] introduced the base/bottom of pyramid (BOP) approach to profitably serving poor with business models adapted from developed markets while alleviating poverty. In response disappointing results ethical criticism, BOP evolved a just-for-profit passive role an inclusive development that integrates principles tr...

•Progressive compression and transmission. •For a given total transmission bit budget and packet loss rate: –How many layers to be sent? –How much protection should be used for each of the sent layers? •Previous work: –Constrained exhaustive search not optimal. –Poor block of packets (BOP) construction. •Our proposed solution: [1, 2, 4] –An exact algorithm linear time and space Optimal solution...

Reliability analysis of the electrical control system of a subsea blowout preventer (BOP) stack is carried out based on Markov method. For the subsea BOP electrical control system used in the current work, the 3-2-1-0 and 3-2-0 input voting schemes are available. The effects of the voting schemes on system performance are evaluated based on Markov models. In addition, the effects of failure rat...

The current IEEE 802.15.4 standard restricts the beacon enabled approach to star networks, while they support multi-hop networking in mesh but with no synchronization. In this paper there is proposal of a distributed IEEE802.15.4 MAC modification to improve GTS usability in cluster networks. Location of BOP in inactive period with Virtual GTS is proposed and throughput is observed for chain top...

AIM The aim of the present study was to assess the effectiveness of mechanical debridement (MD) with and without adjunct antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) in the treatment of periodontal inflammation among patients with prediabetes. METHODS Demographic information was collected using a questionnaire. Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels were measured at baseline and at 3 and 6 months' follow...

AIM To compare the effectiveness of two anti-infective protocols for the treatment of peri-implant mucositis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-nine patients with one implant diagnosed with peri-implant mucositis (bleeding on probing [BOP] with no loss of supporting bone) were randomly assigned to a control or test group. Following an assessment of baseline parameters (probing depth, BOP, suppurat...

This article criticises current BoP approaches for under-appreciating two issues that play vital roles in projects targeting the poor at the BoP: heterogeneity among the poor, and the intricacies of participatory partnerships between TNCs, the non-profit sector (NGOs) and local poor communities in the global south. Our main contention is that the extant BoP literature has a naïve view of what w...

Improving the yield of unnatural amino acid incorporation is an important challenge in producing novel designer proteins with unique chemical properties. Here we examine the mechanisms that restrict the incorporation of the fluorescent unnatural amino acid εNH2-Bodipy576/589-lysine (BOP-Lys) into a model protein. While the delivery of BOP-Lys-tRNA(Lys) to the ribosome is limited by its poor bin...

We use a new, quantum-mechanics-based bond-order potential (BOP) to reveal melt growth dynamics and fine scale defect formation mechanisms in CdTe crystals. Previous molecular dynamics simulations of semiconductors have shown qualitatively incorrect behavior due to the lack of an interatomic potential capable of predicting both crystalline growth and property trends of many transitional structu...

Bacteriorhodopsin, the photosynthetic protein of Halobacterium salinarum, is optimally expressed under anaerobic growth conditions. We identified Brz (OE3104F, bacteriorhodopsin-regulating zinc finger protein), a new regulator of the bop gene. It is a small protein with a zinc finger motif, encoded directly upstream of the bop gene in the same orientation. Deletion of the brz gene caused a larg...