This report is concerned with the current position of CISAC (International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Creators). Surrounded by a large network of collecting societies and essentially a lobbying organization, CISAC increasingly feels pressures (at least in Europe) to respond to copyright …

In opdracht van Philips Applied Technologies werd tijdens het Simplicity event het concept 'Living Scenes' gepresenteerd. Living Scenes gaf weer hoe verlichting in een hotelkamer een andere dimensie kreeg. De verlichting werd naar eigen gevoel en wens geregeld door een hotelgast. Op deze manier kunnen …

This paper lays the groundwork for building a communication model that will help cultivate communities of practice through the use of strategic communications. Theoretical models describing communities of practice in organizational knowledge generation typically have three main actors; the individual, …

Although there has been an enduring interest in corporate identity and image management, there is relatively little systematic empirical research on the topic. Large due to the diffuse interpretations, and dubious denotation that have characterized the subject of corporate identity so far, the authors …

The title compound, C24H16N2O8, is a twofold symmetric ether with two acetyl groups attached to the O atoms of the 1,1′-bi-2-naphthol. The molecular structure confirms that the nitro substituents are at the 6,6′ positions.

Michael additions of α-nitroesters with enones and α,β-unsaturated aldehydes result in quantitative conversions to the corresponding 1,4-adducts by performing the reactions in water in the presence of ytterbium triflate as water-tolerant Lewis acid.

Plasma urokinase, a plasminogen activator immunochemically related to urinary urokinase (UK), was removed from human plasma (3.5 ng/ml) by immuno-depletion with antibodies raised against UK. The remaining plasminogen activator activity of the depleted plasma could not be inhibited by anti-UK antibodies …