Knowledge Management literature lays emphasis on the fact that a major chunk of knowledge dissemination occurs through the various forms of social networks that exist within the organizations.A social network is a simple structure comprising of set of actors or nodes that may have relationships ties with one another.The social network Sound Absorbi
Hydrothermal dispatch establishes the suitable relation between hydraulic and thermal generation with optimal operative cost in a planning period, according to generation, transmission and load restrictions; moreover, it establishes the rational and efficient use of the energetic resources in the power electric systems.Normally the hydrothermal dis
Managed-care organizations have a unique opportunity, still largely unrealized, to collaborate with health-care providers and epidemiologists to prevent health care-associated infections.Several attributes make these organizations logical collaborators for infection control programs: they have responsibility for defined populations of enrollees and
Background/Aim.The beneficial effects of medicinal plants are well-known from the ancient times.However, expansion of phytopharmacy and phytotherapy occured during the last decades.Medicinal plants can absorb environmental contaminants from the ground and consequently may cause harmful effects on human health.Quality control usually comprises stand
One of the goals of current particle physics research is to obtain evidence for new physics, that is, physics beyond the Standard Model (BSM), at accelerators such as the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN.The searches for new physics are often guided by BSM theories that depend on many unknown parameters, which, in some Contours cases, makes test