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How Cloud Services may Enable SMEs to Overcome International Growth Challenges: Finnish SMEs in the IT Industry

Digitalization and technology megatrends such as Cloud services have provided SMEs with a suitable atmosphere and conditions to internationalize and seek for further business growth. There is a limited amount of research on Cloud services from the business perspective and the limitations and challenges SMEs encounter when pursuing international business growth. Thus, the main research question of this study was how Cloud services may enable Finnish SMEs to overcome international growth challenges. The research question was further divided into three sub-questions dealing with matters related to features and characteristics of Cloud services, limitations and challenges Finnish SMEs experience when pursuing international growth of business, and benefits and advantages of utilizing Cloud services to mitigate and suppress international growth challenges. First, the theoretical framework of this study was constructed based on the existing literature on Cloud services, SMEs, and international growth challenges. After this, qualitative research approach and methodology were applied for this study. The data was collected through six semi-structured expert interviews in person with representatives of IBM, Exidio, Big Data Solutions, and Comptel. After analyzing the collected data by applying thematic analysis method, the results were compared with the existing theory and the original framework was modified and complemented accordingly. Resource scarcity, customer base expansion and retention, and lack of courage to try new things and take risks turned out to be major international growth challenges of Finnish SMEs. Due to a number of benefits and advantages of utilizing Cloud services including service automation, consumption-based pricing model, lack of capital expenditures (capex) and huge upfront investments, lightened organization structure, cost savings, speed, accessibility, scalability, agility, geographical expansion potential, global reaching and covering, credibility, partners, enhanced CRM, freedom, and flexibility, it can be concluded that Cloud services can help directly and indirectly Finnish SMEs to mitigate and overcome international growth challenges and enable further business growth.

Effects of temporal muscle detachment and coronoidotomy on facial growth in young rats

This study analyzed the effects of unilateral detachment of the temporal muscle and coronoidotomy on facial growth in young rats. Thirty one-month-old Wistar rats were distributed into three groups: detachment, coronoidotomy and sham-operated. Under general anesthesia, unilateral detachment of the temporal muscle was performed for the detachment group, unilateral coronoidotomy was performed for the coronoidotomy group, and only surgical access was performed for the sham-operated group. The animals were sacrificed at three months of age. Their soft tissues were removed, and the mandible was disarticulated. Radiographic projections-axial views of the skulls and lateral views of hemimandibles-were taken. Cephalometric evaluations were performed, and the values obtained were submitted to statistical analyses. There was a significant homolateral difference in the length of the premaxilla, height of the mandibular ramus and body, and the length of the mandible in all three groups. However, comparisons among the groups revealed no significant differences between the detachment and coronoidotomy groups for most measurements. It was concluded that both experimental detachment of the temporal muscle and coronoidotomy during the growth period in rats induced asymmetry of the mandible and affected the premaxilla.

Energy and charge transfer dynamics in DNA based light harvesting antennae

DNA can serve as a versatile scaffold for chromophore assemblies. For example, light-harvesting antennae have been realized by incorporating phenanthrene and pyrene building blocks into DNA strands. It was shown that by exciting at 320 nm (absorption of phenanthrene), an emission at 450 nm is observed which corresponds to a phenanthrene-pyrene exciplex. The more phenanthrenes are added into the DNA duplex, the higher is the fluorescence intensity with no significant change in quantum yield. This shows that phenanthrene acts as a donor and efficiently transfers the excitation energy to the pyrene. Up to now, the mechanism of this energy transfer and exciplex formation is not known. Therefore, we first aim at studying the photo-cycle of such DNA assemblies through transient absorption spectroscopy. Based on the results, we will explore ways to manipulate the energy transfer by application of intense THz fields. Ground as well as excited state Stark effect dynamics will be investigated.

Na 1 Nachlass Max Horkheimer, 13 - Korrespondenzen u.a. mit Familie Eder (p. I 7, 1-223)

7 Briefe zwischen Edward Mead Earle, American Committee for International Studies, Princeton N. J. und Max Horkheimer, 1940-1941; 3 Briefe zwischen Margaret Ebert und Margot von Mendelssohn, 1941, 28.08.1941; 6 Briefe zwischen C. C. Eckhardt und Max Horkheimer, 1940; 5 Briefe zwischen Kay Eckstein und Max Horkheimer, 1940; 2 Briefe zwischen George Eckstein und Max Horkheimer, 16.05.1939, 35.05.1939; 1 Brief von F. K. Eden an Max Horkheimer, 02.04.1944; 33 Briefe zwischen Leopold Eder, Frieda Eder, Ruth Eder und Max Horkheimer, 1937-1940; 2 Briefe zwischen Dale Edwards und Max Horkheimer, 16.07.1940; 1 Brief von Hedwig Ehrlich an Max Horkheimer; 1 Brief von Max Horkheimer an Albert Einstein, 20.02.1935; 1 Brief von Max Horkheimer an W. Eisemann, 02.11.1939; 1 Brief von Else Eisner an Max Horkheimer, 09.12.1935; 2 Briefe zwischen Edit Elbogen und Max Horkheimer, 24.03.1942, 26.03.1942; 1 Brief von Käte von Hirsch an Max Horkheimer, 03.08.1941; 2 Briefe von Emmy Elbogen an Margot von Mendelssohn, 1945; 2 Briefe zwischen Paul Elbogen und Max Horkheimer, 02.06.1944, 09.06.1944; 4 Briefe zwischen Norbert Elias und Max Horkheimer, 1934-1935; 1 Brief von Werner B. Ellinger an Max Horkheimer, 16.12.1937; 19 Briefe zwischen dem Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars New York und Max Horkheimer, 1938-1944; 2 Briefe zwischen dem Emergency Rescue Committee New York und Max Horkheimer, 12.06.1941, 14.06.1941; 1 Brief von F.L. Neumann an Emhardt, 13.02.1939; 23 Briefe zwischen Alice Engel und Max Horkheimer, 1937-1941; 9 briefe zwischen Paul Doernberg, Sofie Doernberg und Max Horkheimer, 1940-1942; 3 Briefe zwischen der Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society New York und Max Horkheimer, 05.01.1942, 1942; 1 Brief von der Selfhelp of Emigres from Central Europe, New York an Max Horkheimer, 18.08.1941; 2 Briefe zwischen R. Weissmann und Max Horkheimer, 09.01.1941, 03.02.1941; 5 Briefe zwischen Ernst Engelberg und Max Horkheimer, 1939-1940, 07.06.1939; 1 Brief von Fritz Epstein an Max Horkheimer, 10.04.1937; 1 Brief von Erika Ermel an Max Horkheimer, 15.09.1948; 2 Briefe zwischen Max Ernst und Max Horkheimer, 23.01.1936; 4 Briefe zwischen Margot Esser und Max Horkheimer, 1935-1936; 16 Briefe zwischen Rene Etiemble und Max Horkheimer, 1936-1938; 4 Briefe zwischen L.M. Ettlinger und Max Horkheimer, 1937; 8 Briefe zwischen Walter Fabien und Max Horkheimer, 1937-1941; 1 Brief von Max Horkheimer an Henry Pratt Fairchild, 25.03.1941; 2 Briefe zwischen Marvin Farber und Max Horkheimer, 14.03.1940, 17.05.1940; 4 Briefe zwischen Walter Farley udn Max Horkheimer, 1935, 01.10.1935; 8 Briefe zwischen Alexander Farquharson und Max Horkheimer, 1935-1939;

Na 1 Nachlass Max Horkheimer, 69 - Korrespondenzen u..a mit Lilly Eckmeyer (p. II 6, 1-91)

5 Briefe zwischen C. C. Eckhardt und Max Horkheimer, 1942; 41 Briefe und Beilage zwischen Lilly Eckmeyer und Max Horkheimer, 1947-1950; 1 Brief und Beilage von Max Horkheimer an das Colegio de Mexico, 1943; 15 Briefe zwischen K. Heiner Emhardt und Max Horkheimer, 1945-1948; 8 Briefe und Beilage zwischen Ernst Engelberg und Max Horkheimer, 1946-1947; 5 Briefe zwischen Gertrude Speer und Max Horkheimer, 1946 siehe auch Ernst Engelberg; 1 Brief von Max Horkheimer an Erik H. Erikson, 1946; 2 Briefe und Beilage zwischen Esprit [Zeitschrift] und Max Horkheimer, 1947, 1948;

Na 1 Nachlass Max Horkheimer, 634 - Aufsätze für die "Zeitschrift für Sozialforschung" und "Studies in Philosophy and Social Science" (p. IX 9.1-4-IX 10.1-7)

"Montaigne oder die Funktion der Skepsis" (GS 4, S.236-194), veröffentlicht in: Zeitschrift für Sozialforschung VII, 1938, S.1-54, englische Fassung des Aufsatzes, Typoskript, 69 Blatt; Exzerpte: Montaigne im Urteil der Nachwelt, Typoskripte, 29 Blatt; handschriftliche Stichworte zu Montaigne, 10 Blatt; 2 Zeitungsausschnitte; Leihscheine der Columbia University Library für Bücher über Montaigne; "Die Juden und Europa" (GS 4, S.308-331), veröffentlicht in: Studies in Philosophy and Social Science VIII, 1939, S. 115-137, a) Typoskript mit eigenhändigen Korrekturen, 31 Blatt, b) Typoskript mit eigenhändigen und handschriftlichen Korrekturen, 32 Blatt, c) Typoskript mit handschriftlichen Korrekturen, 27 Blatt, d) Typoskript mit handschriftlichen Korrekturen, Teilstücke, 16 Blatt, e) Typoskript mit eigenhändigen und handschriftlichen Korrekturen, 20 Blatt, f) überholte Formulierungen, Typoskript mit handschriftlichen Korrekturen, 10 Blatt; Bemerkungen zum Verhältnis von Liberalismus und Antisemitismus, a) Typoskript, 4 Blatt, b) Typoskript mit eigenhändigen Korrekturen, 9 Blatt (als Nachbemerkung zu: Ernst Engelberg: Exzerpt zu W. Frank und W. Grau), Typoskript, 1 Blatt; Exzerpte zu: Alvin Johnson, Honoré de Balzac, Guy de Maupassant, Paul Mahn, Marcel Proust, Anatole France, Marcel le Goff, Emile Zola, Typoskripte, 58 Blatt; Otto Kirchheimer: "Produktionswandel und Konzentrationstendenzen im Bankgewerbe", Typoskript, 2 Blatt; eigenhändige Adressennotiz, 1 Blatt; Otto Kirchheimer: "Reprivatisierungstendenzen des Faschismus", Typoskript mit eigenhändiger Ergänzung, 12 Blatt; Zeitungsausschnitte zur wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung, 1938, 8 Blatt;

An Escherichia coli chromosomal "addiction module" regulated by guanosine [corrected] 3',5'-bispyrophosphate: a model for programmed bacterial cell death.

"Addiction modules" consist of two genes. In most of them the product of one is long lived and toxic while the product of the second is short lived and antagonizes the toxic effect; so far, they have been described mainly in a number of prokaryotic extrachromosomal elements responsible for the postsegregational killing effect. Here we show that the chromosomal genes mazE and mazF, located in the Escherichia coli rel operon, have all of the properties required for an addiction module. Furthermore, the expression of mazEF is regulated by the cellular level of guanosine [corrected] 3',5'-bispyrophosphate, the product of the RelA protein under amino acid starvation. These properties suggest that the mazEF system may be responsible for programmed cell death in E. coli and thus may have a role in the physiology of starvation.

Heparin: metabolism, physiology and clinical application.

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Blätter für gefängnisskunde.

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Flora der Gegend um den Ursprung der Donau und des Neckars : dann vom Einfluss der Schussen in den Bodensee bis zum Einfluss der Kinzig in den Rhein /

Includes index (v. 1).