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The silent epidemic
Biofilm is a complex structure of microbiome having bacterial colonies adhere to the surface. These cells are embedded in extracellular polymeric substances, a matrix generally composed of eDNA, proteins and polysaccharides, showing high resistance to antibiotics. Quorum sensing plays an important role in regulating the biofilm formation. Biofilm is one of the major causes of infection persistence especially in nosocomial settings through indwelling devices. There are many approaches being used to control biofilm. Indeed, the adhesive characteristics of natural human flora are now considered as a tool for preventing the adhesion of pathogenic bacteria to avert infection. These antibiofilm approaches represent a promising therapeutic target in the treatment of biofilm infections and development of a strong capability to interfere with different phases of the biofilm development.
The sharing economy in Europe : Developments, practices, and contradictions
Considers the development of the sharing and collaborative economy with a European focus, mapping across economic sectors, and country-specific case studies. It looks at the roles the sharing economy plays in sharing and redistribution of goods and services across the population in order to maximise their functionality, monetary exchange, and other aspects important to societies. It also looks at the place of the sharing economy among various policies and how the contexts of public policies, legislation, digital platforms, and other infrastructure interrelate with the development and function of the sharing economy.
The Sanitation Triangle : Socio-Culture, Health and Materials
In this book, we present the concept of the Sanitation Triangle, which considers the interconnections of health, materials, and socio-culture in sanitation, as a holistic approach, and the case studies based on the Sanitation Triangle by diverse disciplines such as Cultural Anthropology, Development Studies, Health Sciences, Engineering, and Science Communication. By the deep theoretical examinations and inter-dialogues between the different disciplines, this book explores the potentialities of inter-disciplinary studies on global sanitation.
The Routledge Companion to Corporate Branding
The first section is an introductory one, which underscores the evolution of brand management thinking over time, presenting the corporate brand management field, introducing the current debates in the literature, and discussing the key dimensions of the emerging corporate brand management paradigm. The next five sections focus in turn on one of the key dimensions that characterize the emerging approach to corporate brand management: co-creation, sustainability, polysemic corporate narratives, transformation (history and future) and corporate culture.
The Routledge companion to architectural drawings and models : From translating to archiving, collecting and displaying
Fills a lacuna in current scholarship, questioning the significance of the lives of drawings and models after construction. Including emerging, well-known, and world-renowned scholars in the fields of architectural history and theory and curatorial practices, the thirty-five contributions define recent research in four key areas: drawing sites/sites of knowledge construction: drawing, office, construction site; the afterlife of drawings and models: archiving, collecting, displaying, and exhibiting; tools of making: architectural representations and their apparatus over time; and the ethical responsibilities of collecting and archiving: authorship, ownership, copyrights, and rights to copy.
The role of six sigma culture in supporting the organizational culture in Syrian banks
Aims to try to try to highlight on the impact of the new administrative methodologies (six sigma) on the culture of a sample of banks in Syria (the International Islamic Bank and Al-Sharq Bank) and the extent of the banks' willingness to apply the Six Sigma approach. The results of the comparison between the two banks showed that there were statistically significant differences between the two banks in favor of Syria International Islamic Bank, as it has more six sigma components in all cultures than the components of Al Sharq Bank.
The role of six sigma
Banking Systems face a lot of changes and challenges, which necessitate applying new management and performance improvement concepts, as an attempt to achieve excellence, Six Sigma is considered to be one of the best methodologies that help in this regard because it may be utilized in improving banks performance and decrease defects in their processes. This study aimed to highlight the role of six sigma approach to improve the performance of Syrian banks according to the application of six sigma model elements (DMAIC) and selecting six sigma team (Improvement Team). Conclusions of the study show the importance of implementing Six Sigma methodology in all local sections including industrial and service organizations, and there is a tendency in the Syrian banks to utilize six sigma approach.
The role of internal audit in Improving internal control : A case study in an insurance company
This research aims to clarifying the definition of internal audit and how developing internal control and give recommendation to improve controls. research was approached as a case study on an insurance company in Syria of 2021 by using primary and qualitative data with the motor department, the medical, life and travel department, and the technical department and randomly withdraw sample for each claims and policies to evaluate controls and keep up with policies and procedures. Internal audit has a big role to avoid and protect companies from mistakes, omission and fraud and provide value to company and to reducing the risks. Internal audit influences an organization positively by service assurance of internal control.
The Road To General Intelligence
"The recent notable successes of Machine Learning has lead to conjecture that it might be the appropriate technology for delivering General Intelligence. This book argues that the framework of machine learning is fundamentally at odds with any reasonable notion of intelligence and that essential insights from previous decades of AI research are being forgotten. Details the pragmatic requirements for real-world General Intelligence / Describes how machine learning fails to meet these requirements / Provides a philosophical basis for the proposed approach / Provides mathematical detail for a reference architecture / Describes a research program intended to address issues of concern in contemporary AI."
The Responsibility of Science
This book provides an overview of issues of scientific responsibility. The volume comprises three types of contributions: first, analyses of the responsibility of science; second, analyses of the structural conditions for science and its responsibility; and third, normative versions of scientific responsibility. The questions and problems dealt with include science as a profession, ambivalence of research and dual-use, innovation vs. precaution, notions of responsibility, the role of science within society and its relation to human rights, as well as scientific and public discourses. The book addresses scholars in the fields of Science Studies and Research Policy.
The Python Book
Discover the power of one of the fastest growing programming languages in the world with this insightful new resource. Guides to learning Python for anyone who works with data but does not have experience in programming. The author, an experienced data scientist and Python programmer, shows readers how to use Python for data analysis, exploration, cleaning, and wrangling. Readers will learn what in the Python language is important for data analysis, and why. Will also learn: How to use highly useful Python programming libraries, including Pandas and Matplotlib / How to write Python functions and classes / How to write and use Python scripts / To deal with different data types within Python
The Psychosocial Reality of Digital Travel : Being in Virtual Places
Takes a fresh look at the nature of the digital travel experience, at a time when more and more people are engaged in online social interaction, games, and other virtual experiences essentially involving online visits to other places. It examines whether these experiences can seem real to the virtual traveller and, if so, under what conditions and on what grounds. The book unpacks philosophical theories relevant to the feeling of being somewhere, emphasising the importance of perception and being-in-the-world.
The pricing model revolution : How pricing will change the way we sell and buy on and offline
In The Pricing Model Revolution: How Pricing Will Change the Way We Sell and Buy On and Offline, world renowned pricing expert Danilo Zatta delivers an essential and engaging blueprint to building an enduring competitive advantage with insightful pricing models. In the book, you’ll learn to identify the best monetization approaches for your products and how to execute the one that makes the most sense for your business.
The Poetics of Arabian Suqs : A Hermeneutic Reading of the Development of Arabian Sūqs from the Pre-Islamic Era to Present
Investigates the history of Arabian sūqs from their pre-Islamic beginnings to the present. Collecting evidence from archaeological ruins, Islamic towns, modern cities, Arabic poetry, philosophical debates, political conflicts, puppet shows and the insights of modern-day market-goers, the book presents new and unforeseen interpretations of the Arabian sūq’s meaning and its transformation through time and place. The finding that such meaning is tied to ancient trade rituals, where temple and market presented a holistic socio-urban unit, re-questions some instrumental assumptions regarding the value of sūq-ness in Arabia’s everyday practices. Such a finding, which locates the fadaā/tareeq duality as a central theme in Arabia’s socio-urban discourse, emphasizes the importance of lived experiences and poetics as key sources for understanding socio-urban phenomena.
The Plaston Concept : Plastic Deformation in Structural Materials
This book presents the novel concept of plaston, which accounts for the high ductility or large plastic deformation of emerging high-performance structural materials, including bulk nanostructured metals, hetero-nanostructured materials, metallic glasses, intermetallics, and ceramics.
The Pharmacology of Taste
The Pharmacology of Taste is comprised of contributions by leading scientists from the field of chemosensory research, presented all together in the context of pharmacological principles of receptor function. The chapters cover all levels of scientific inquiry, from molecular and physiological mechanisms underlying taste signaling to its manifestation in overt behavior. The overarching objective of this volume is to inspire the application of concepts and methods of pharmacology to the study of the chemosenses
The Pathway to publishing : A guide to Quantitative writing in the health sciences
Writing manuscripts is central to the advance of scientific knowledge. For an early career aspiring scientist, writing first author manuscripts is an opportunity to develop critical skills and to credential their expertise. Writing manuscripts, however, is difficult, doubly so for scientists who use English as a second language. Many science students intentionally avoid a writing-intensive curriculum. Careful, thorough reviews of draft manuscripts are difficult to secure, and experienced scientific supervisors face more demands on their time than they have time available. Weak draft manuscripts discourage supervising scientists investing the time to coach revisions. It is easier for experienced scientists to ignore the request, or to simply rewrite the article. Early career scientists are motivated to address these barriers but specific advice is difficult to find, and much of this advice is behind a pay wall. his essential, open access text presents writing lessons organized as common errors, providing students and early-career researchers with an efficient way to learn, and mentors with a quick-reference guide to reviewing. Error descriptions include specific examples drawn from real-world experiences of other early-career writers, and suggestions for how to successfully address and avoid these in the future.
The Pandemic of Argumentation
This book addresses communicative aspects of the current COVID-19 pandemic as well as the epidemic of misinformation from the perspective of argumentation theory. Argumentation theory is uniquely placed to understand and account for the challenges of public reason as expressed through argumentative discourse. The book thus focuses on the extent to which the forms, norms and functions of public argumentation have changed in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. This question is investigated along the three main research lines of the COST Action project CA 17132: European network for Argumentation and Public PoLicY analysis (APPLY): descriptive, normative, and prescriptive.
The open handbook of linguistic data management
This handbook contains principles and methods for the management, archiving, sharing, and citing of linguistic research data-especially digital data-with an eye toward engaging growing trends in transforming linguistics into a more data-driven and reproducible scientific endeavor
The New Retirement : The Ultimate Guide to the Rest of Your Life
The book includes surveys, questionnaires, and worksheets to help readers understand and apply the critical steps affecting retirement planning.
