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ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PSEUDOMONAS-AERUGINOSA MUTANTS BLOCKED IN THE SYNTHESIS OF PYOVERDIN
No full textHypermedia knowledge acquisition and a BDI agent for navigation assistance. A case study: the Herculaneum Excavations
No full textHypermedia knowledge acquisition and a BDI agent for navigation assistance. A case study: the Herculaneum Excavations
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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Mechanism of serpin-proteinase inhibition: role of catalytic site residues on SDS-stability of thrombin-antithrombinIII and thrombin-protease nexin-1 complex
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Urease loaded alginate microparticles for blood purification
No full textIn this paper a device, based on urease-loaded microspheres, is presented. The first task of this work was the optimization of a procedure for the alginate microspheres realization, having a radius as close as possible to the optimal one necessary to achieve the maximum enzyme exploitation. This optimal radius was calculated theoretically through a mathematical model which describes the concentration of substrate (urea) inside the microspheres on the assumption of a diffusion-reaction mechanism. The enzyme-loaded microspheres were successfully tested in a prototypal device aimed at the depletion of urea from a circulating fluid simulating blood flow: the results showed that urea concentration in the circulating fluid drops down to less than 25% of the initial value after 5 h
FinTech in the financial system: Towards a capital-intensive and high competence human capital reality?
No full textDigital transformation has generated a multifaceted shift in the financial industry through financial technology (FinTech). This study focuses on the effect that a series of the most impactful technological tools adopted by banks have on their business model, with a special focus on the evolution of human capital and traditional capital intensity in the sector. To our knowledge, the latter represents a gap in current intellectual capital literature that our paper aims to fill by investigating the impact of digital transformation on human capital efficiency and intensity in the European banking system. Our data on 1,250 banks in the European Union suggest the banking sector is going through a transformation of its very core business model, further translated into improved efficiency and profitability. Evidence highlights a shift of banking institutions towards a more capital-intensive model, contradicting centuries-old business traditions, as well as a simultaneous rise in the competency level and intensity of highly qualified human capital that shape the new model
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