Factors Influencing the Adoption of Agile Methodology within SMEs in Cape Town

In South Africa the modern outlook towards time may be said to have started in 1948. Both the two major observatories, The Royal Observatory in Cape Town and the Union Observatory (now known as the Republic Observatory) in Johannesburg had, of course, been involved in the astronomical determination of time almost from their inception, and the Johannesburg Observatory has been responsible for the official time of South Africa since 1908. However the pendulum clocks then in use could not be relied on to provide an accuracy better than about 1/10 second, which was of the same order as that of the astronomical observations. It is doubtful if much use was made of even this limited accuracy outside the two observatories, and although there may – occasionally have been a demand for more accurate time, it was certainly not voiced.

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Factors influencing adhesive bonding at the bone/implant interface

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100130201 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 50 (2) ◽

pp. 1114-1115

Author(s):

Julie A. Martini ◽

Robert H. Doremus

Keyword(s):

Electron Microscopy ◽

Adhesive Bonding ◽

Microscopy Study ◽

Electron Microscopy Study ◽

Bone Implant ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

Lr White ◽

Transmission Electron ◽

New Zealand White Rabbits ◽

Scanning Electron

Tracy and Doremus have demonstrated chemical bonding between bone and hydroxylapatite with transmission electron microscopy. Now researchers ponder how to improve upon this bond in turn improving the life expectancy and biocompatibility of implantable orthopedic devices.This report focuses on a study of the- chemical influences on the interfacial integrity and strength. Pure hydroxylapatite (HAP), magnesium doped HAP, strontium doped HAP, bioglass and medical grade titanium cylinders were implanted into the tibial cortices of New Zealand white rabbits. After 12 weeks, the implants were retrieved for a scanning electron microscopy study coupled with energy dispersive spectroscopy.Following sacrifice and careful retrieval, the samples were dehydrated through a graduated series starting with 50% ethanol and continuing through 60, 70, 80, 90, 95, and 100% ethanol over a period of two days. The samples were embedded in LR White. Again a graduated series was used with solutions of 50, 75 and 100% LR White diluted in ethanol.

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Factors Influencing Electrophysiologic Responsivity in Normal Adults

Journal of Speech and Hearing Research ◽

10.1044/jshr.0804.323 ◽

1965 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

pp. 323-347

Author(s):

Robert Goldstein ◽

Benjamin RosenblÜt

Keyword(s):

Conditioned Stimulus ◽

White Light ◽

Pure Tone ◽

Alpha Rhythm ◽

White Women ◽

White Men ◽

Inverse Relation ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

Electrodermal Responses ◽

Normal Adults

Electrodermal and electroencephalic responsivity to sound and to light was studied in 96 normal-hearing adults in three separate sessions. The subjects were subdivided into equal groups of white men, white women, colored men, and colored women. A 1 000 cps pure tone was the conditioned stimulus in two sessions and white light was used in a third session. Heat was the unconditioned stimulus in all sessions. Previously, an inverse relation had been found in white men between the prominence of alpha rhythm in the EEG and the ease with which electrodermal responses could be elicited. This relation did not hold true for white women. The main purpose of the present study was to answer the following questions: (1) are the previous findings on white subjects applicable to colored subjects? (2) are subjects who are most (or least) responsive electrophysiologically on one day equally responsive (or unresponsive) on another day? and (3) are subjects who are most (or least) responsive to sound equally responsive (or unresponsive) to light? In general, each question was answered affirmatively. Other factors influencing responsivity were also studied.

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