Successful business model renewal requires the companies to understand the changes that the new business model causes with respect to their activities, value drivers and value appropriation logic.The study employs a comparative case study strategy.Conceptualizing business models as activities, the changes that adopting an integrated solution busine
Kathleen M Antony,1,2 Judy Levison,1 Melissa A Suter,1 Susan Raine,1 Grace Chiudzu,3 Henry Phiri,3 Joseph Sclafani,1,3,4 Michael Belfort,1 Peter Kazembe,4 Kjersti M Aagaard1 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Universit
Objective: Performance agreement (PA) has been used in the Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, as a system of performance appraisal for more than two years.This study is aimed to evaluate the conceptual understanding of PA among personnel of the faculty in order to improve the quality of the system.Methods: The study was performed form October,
This paper presents the feasibility of automated and accurate in vivo measurements of vascular parameters using an ultrasound sensor.The continuous and non-invasive monitoring of certain parameters, such as pulse wave velocity (PWV), blood pressure (BP), arterial compliance (AC), and stiffness index (SI), is crucial for assessing cardiovascular dis
Summary: Vesicle-associated membrane protein (VAMP)-associated proteins (VAPs) are highly conserved endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-resident proteins that establish ER contacts with multiple membrane compartments Accessories in many eukaryotes.However, VAP-mediated membrane-tethering mechanisms remain ambiguous.Here, focusing on fission yeast ER-plasma