Purpose: Small And Medium Enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in the development of economies despite a plethora of problems that stifle their growth.The study unpacked the application of the Technological, Organisational, Environmental (TOE) framework as a guide for the adoption of CRM strategies.Design/methodology/approach: A quantitative r
Functional performance of a bi-layered chitosan-nano-hydroxyapatite osteochondral scaffold: a pre-clinical in vitro tribological study
Osteochondral grafts are used for repair of focal osteochondral lesions.Autologous grafts are the gold standard treatment; however, limited graft availability and donor site morbidity restrict use.Therefore, there is a clinical need for different graft sources/materials which replicate natural cartilage function.Chitosan has been proposed for this
X-ray phase contrast reveals soft tissue and shell growth lines in mollusks
Abstract High-resolution 3D imaging of species with exoskeletons such as shell-bearing mollusks typically Super Pump Parts involves destructive steps.Nondestructive alternatives are desirable since samples can be rare and valuable, and destructive steps are time-consuming and may distort the tissue.Here, we show for the first time that propagation-