This study investigates the adoption of total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis to improve sourcing decisions. TCO can be seen as an application of activity based costing (ABC) that quantifies the costs that are involved in acquiring and using purchased goods or services. TCO supports purchasing decision-makers in focusing on total value received and not simply price, and it extends ABC concepts...

The new potential tracer of bone imaging, AHBDP-Sn(II)-TcO.3H(2)O was synthesized by reducing the TcO(4) (-) to TcO(2) (+) in the presence of AHBDP and Sn(ll)'s reducing agent. We found that tin rapidly forms a stable complex with AHBDP, giving AHBDP-Sn(II).3H(2)O. In the excess of AHBDP-Sn(ll).3H(2)O, the AHBDP-Sn(II).3H(2)O coordinates with TcO(2) (+) to give AHBDP-Sn(II)-TcO.3H(2)O which cou...

This study evaluated the usage of Beckman Coulter AU680 analyzers for measurement of TCO 2 in horse serum, and the effect of sodium bicarbonate administrations on serum TCO 2 levels in resting horses. Treatment of horses with sodium bicarbonate did not result in any adverse events. Mean TCO 2 concentration was significantly higher from 1 to 8 h in the sodium bicarbonate-treated horses compared ...

The purpose of this paper is to develop a differentiated approach to the cost management tool, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). Existing TCO related literature has investigated the tool from a focal buyer perspective and has consequently neglected to study TCO from an inter-organisational perspective. Based on empirical data, this paper develops a differentiated approach to the use of TCO consist...

In this paper, we introduce a novel surveillance system based on thermal catadioptric omnidirectional (TCO) vision. The conventional contour-based methods are difficult to be applied to the TCO sensor for detection or tracking purposes due to the distortion of TCO vision. To solve this problem, we propose a contour coding based rotating adaptive model (RAM) that can extract the contour feature ...

Colorectal cancer is the most common cancer. It has high morbidity and mortality worldwide, and more effective treatment strategies need to be developed. Toxicarioside O (TCO), a natural product derived from Antiaris toxicaria, has been shown to be a potential anticancer agent. However, the molecular mechanisms involved remain poorly understood. In this study, our results demonstrated that TCO ...

[1] Interannual variation in global tropospheric ozone associated with meteorological variability is characterized in this study using a global chemical transport model CHASER. We focus on five meteorological variability: El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD), Arctic Oscillation (AO), Hadley, and monsoon circulations. Results show that the anomaly in tropospheric column...

We analyze tropospheric column ozone (TCO) data observed by satellite instruments over East Asia for 15 years (from 1995 to 2009), and investigate the relationship between enhanced TCO (E-TCO) and ozone intrusion from the stratosphere near the subtropical jet (STJ). A belt of E-TCO is observed at mid-latitude over East Asia throughout the year; the belt is located at latitudes approximately equ...

Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) was applied to characterize the microstructure of Tc metal and technetium dioxide synthesized by the decomposition of NH(4)TcO(4). The morphology of the Tc metal and well-resolved TcO(2) particles were characterized using bright-field TEM and scanning TEM modes. Structural characterization of these two samples using high-resolution (HR) TEM was successfull...