The nature of baptism: examining the instructional writings of Menno Simons and Martin Luther

The article compares the teachings of Martin Luther and Menno Simons on baptism so that contemporary Lutherans and Mennonites can understand one another\u27s positions on issues of baptism more clearly. The method is a comparison of five essential beliefs which each teacher presented in his instructional writings. These comparisons reveal some major grounds for the controversy over infant baptism and the inevitability of the controversy. Indication is also given of the significance of the legal context of the discussion in that time

Patent Reversion: An Employee-Inventor\u27s Second Bite at the Apple

In an attempt to more fully compensate employee-inventors without harming the return on investment of employers, a patent reversion is proposed similar to that already in place in copyright law. In Section II, the background of the relationship between employer and employee-inventor will be discussed in terms of patent rights. This section will outline the problems inherent in the pre-assignment status quo of these rights from employees to employers. Section III will begin with Part A, which is a review of previously proposed solutions to the under-compensation of employee-inventors. The second part of Section III will discuss the proposed patent reversion and why it should be implemented. Part B(1) will begin with a discussion of the reversion found in copyright which terminates transfers and licenses granted by the author based on a statutorily defined process and time period. Part B(2) of Section III will propose applying a reversion of patent rights to the inventor during the last part of the patent’s exclusivity period. Both the theoretical and practical problems associated with a patent reversion are discussed along with how the reversion can be implemented to create solutions. In Section IV, the conclusion will give a brief outline of what was discussed and propose that a patent reversion should be implemented in the future

Higher efficacy in the treatment of fibromyalgia with duloxetine and pregabalin combination than monotherapy

A clinical decision report using: Gilron I, Chaparro LE, Tu D, et al. Combination of pregabalin with duloxetine for fibromyalgia. Pain. 2016;157(7):1532–1540. https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000558 for a patient with chronic pain due to fibromyalgi

Patent Reversion: An Employee-Inventor\u27s Second Bite at the Apple

In an attempt to more fully compensate employee-inventors without harming the return on investment of employers, a patent reversion is proposed similar to that already in place in copyright law. In Section II, the background of the relationship between employer and employee-inventor will be discussed in terms of patent rights. This section will outline the problems inherent in the pre-assignment status quo of these rights from employees to employers. Section III will begin with Part A, which is a review of previously proposed solutions to the under-compensation of employee-inventors. The second part of Section III will discuss the proposed patent reversion and why it should be implemented. Part B(1) will begin with a discussion of the reversion found in copyright which terminates transfers and licenses granted by the author based on a statutorily defined process and time period. Part B(2) of Section III will propose applying a reversion of patent rights to the inventor during the last part of the patent’s exclusivity period. Both the theoretical and practical problems associated with a patent reversion are discussed along with how the reversion can be implemented to create solutions. In Section IV, the conclusion will give a brief outline of what was discussed and propose that a patent reversion should be implemented in the future

An Organizational Perspective on Critical Success Factors for Customer Relationship Management - A Descriptive Case Study

Despite much IS research on CRM in general and CRM-related critical success factors (CSFs) in particular, CRM projects are still subject to high failure rates. Most current CSF studies focus on a project or technological perspective. What they neglect, for instance, is an organizational perspective, i. e. the setting in which people execute operational CRM processes and which should be considered and/or established during CRM projects. In order to provide deeper insights into the organizational perspective, we conducted a descriptive case study within a CRM project at the German sales department of a globally acting company from the electronics and electrical engineering industry. We also had the chance to analyze two of the company’s so-called sales business types (SBTs), namely “product sales” and “solution sales”. We identified 13 organizational CSFs, compiled a ranking for each SBT, and conducted a cross-SBT analysis