Background: Acute pain is one of the most common symptoms experienced by patients
following trauma, yet under two-thirds receive analgesic medication when presenting to the …

Severe sepsis remains a poorly understood systemic inflammatory condition with high
mortality rates and limited therapeutic options in addition to organ support measures. Here we …

The application of functionalized nanocarriers on photothermal therapy for cancer ablation
has wide interest. The success of this application depends on the therapeutic efficiency and …

The 2000 WebNet conference addressed research, new developments, and experiences
related to the Internet and World Wide Web. The 319 contributions of WebNet 2000 contained …

Purpose This study aimed to describe the cognitive associations existing among specialty
coffee consumers through the means-end chain theory and personal values. Design/…

Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan and Tanzania share a past and present as authoritarian
states. Dominant parties are in power in Tanzania and Kazakhstan, while elections are …

This book explores how far messianism, the conviction that Russia has a special historical
destiny, is present in, and affects, Russian foreign policy. Based on extensive original research…

The establishment of microbial populations in the gastrointestinal (GI)-tract is a complex
process, involving microbial and host interactions eventually resulting in a dense and stable …

While varying definitions of “big data” exist, for the purpose of this session, we encourage
authors to consider a helpful definition by Groves (2011) about organic data, described in …

Most studies on organisational lean transformation have been conducted in the North-Western
hemisphere. This questions the cross-cultural generalisability and understanding of …