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The image of the city as 'good': The creation of a city's promotional package through a strategic framework analysis of city marketing procedure
(2003)The purpose of this paper is to present some very important prerequisites / criteria under which, Place/city Marketing procedure could become an effective tool for city's development and competitiveness and not a waste ... -
Imaging modalities for renal artery stenosis in suspected renovascular hypertension: Prospective intraindividual comparison of color Doppler US, CT angiography, GD-enhanced MR angiography, and digital substraction angiography
(2007)The aim of the study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of Color Doppler US, CT Angiography (CTA), and GD-enhanced MR Angiography (MRA) compared with digital subtraction angiography (DSA) for the detection of renal ... -
Imaging of traumatic lesions of abdominal viscera
(2002)Trauma to the abdomen accounts for approximately 10% of trauma deaths. The injury may be blunt or penetrating. Abdominal organs are frequently injured from blunt trauma. Rapid acceleration-deceleration of abdominal viscera ... -
Imaging performance of silicon photomultipliers coupled to BGO and CsI: Na arrays
(2013)The aim of this study is to investigate the imaging performance of a silicon photomultiplier array (ArraySL-4) photodetector for possible PET and potentially SPECT applications using BGO and CsI(Na) pixellated scintillators. ... -
IMAS-Fish: Integrated Management System to support the sustainability of Greek Fishery resources. A multidisciplinary web-based database management system: implementation, capabilities, utilization and future prospects for fisheries stakeholders
(2013)This article describes in detail the "IMAS-Fish" web-based tool implementation technicalities and provides examples on how it can be used for scientific and management purposes, setting new standards in fishery science. ... -
Imbalance of tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMP)-1 and-4 serum levels, in patients with inflammatory bowel disease
(2008)Background: Tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) play a key role in tissue degradation and remodeling. Since chronic inflammation is associated with tissue remodeling in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), we ... -
Immediate and short-term consequences of secondhand smoke exposure on the respiratory system
(2011)Purpose of review This review critically evaluates the existing biological evidence regarding the immediate and short-term respiratory consequences of secondhand smoke (SHS). Recent findings A 1-h exposure to SHS at ... -
Immune inspired information filtering in a high dimensional space
(2010)Adaptive Information Filtering is a challenging computational problem that requires a high dimensional feature space. However, theoretical issues arise when vector-based representations are adopted in such a space. In this ... -
Immune learning in a dynamic information environment
(2009)In Adaptive Information Filtering, the user profile has to be able to define and maintain an accurate representation of the user's interests over time. According to Autopoietic Theory, the immune system faces a similar ... -
The immune system in neonates and infants: Mechanisms and clinical correlates
(2010)Immaturity of the neonatal immune system has been suggested in the past as the factor underlying the high rates of morbidity and mortality from infections in newborn infants and the impairment of the neonatal immune response ... -
An immunocompetent patient presenting with severe septic arthritis due to Ralstonia pickettii identified by molecular-based assays: A case report
(2009)Introduction: Ralstonia pickettii is an infrequent pathogen of invasive infections in healthy individuals. The microorganism is supposed to be of relatively low virulence, but can cause infections, mainly of the respiratory ... -
Immunoepigenetics: the unseen side of cancer immunoediting
(2007)Cancer immunosurveillance representing, till recently, the explanatory framework relating cancer and the immune system, does not convincingly explain tumor escape. At the beginning of the decade, a new theory emerged, ...
