... (Table 2) Hydrolysis of xyloglucan chains Fig CD spectra of Cel74A at 25 °C and pH 5.0, with (dashed line) and without (solid line) the addition of 0.1 mgÆmL)1 tamarind xyloglucan Data were collected ... the exoglucanase-like behavior of Cel74A and OXG-RCBH, but the exact mechanism is not yet clear This ‘exo-loop’ also seems to restrict the access of branched residues to subsite + 2, and could ... The Of ce of Biomass Program, within the DOE Of ce of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Tom Desmet holds a fellowship of the Institute for the Promotion of Innovation through Science and Technology...
... represents an average of 52.5% of sales with a range of 2–100% and a standard deviation of 15.0% Due to concerns about lack of independence of observations within the dataset, we use a single randomly ... (Brands Within Company) 5% 5% 4% 4% 3% 3% 2% 2% 1% 1% 0% -2 -1 0% Small Brand in Company -2 -1 Small Brand in Company Large Brand in Company 47 Large Brand in Company Figure 4: The Effect of ... Narayanan, two anonymous referees and seminar participants at the Harvard Business School, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the London Business School Transatlantic Conference and the...
... WinnerRank LoserRank , where PerformanceRank is the rank of fund performance, WinnerRank is the rank of winner proportion, and LoserRank is the rank of loser proportion The theoretical range of ... (2001), Frank et al (2004), Verbeek and Wang (2010), and Brown and Schwarz (2011)), the determinants of portfolio disclosure and its effect on performance and flows (Ge and Zheng (2006)), and the ... Mark, and Sheridan Titman, 1989, Mutual fund performance: An analysis of quarterly portfolio holdings, Journal of Business 62, 394416 Grinblatt, Mark, and Sheridan Titman, 1993, Performance measurement...
... Miles Berry 46 Aninvestigationof the effectiveness of VLE implementation in primary education Analysis A range of statistical techniques were used for quantitative analysis of data obtained ... accommodating of the inherent complexity, sophistication and subtlety of professional life and work in educational institutions” (Nolan & Lambert 2001, p83) and facilitates analysis of qualitative ... perception of professional relevance, reflective thinking, interactivity, cognitive demand Miles Berry 42 Aninvestigationof the effectiveness of VLE implementation in primary education and interpretation...
... The result of a study conducted by Graham, Santos and Vanderplank (2008) and Holden (2004) suggests that learners understand what they hear well if they are aware of the effective ways of using ... the south of Thailand to find out differences in the choice of strategies between two different ability groups of a low intermediate level of listening proficiency and the strategy use of the students ... concentrate on utterances spoken in a particular language, to recognize a certain amount of vocabulary and grammar structures, to separate each utterance into small meaningful units, to translate it with...
... than the headings Chapter is an almanac of Field studies ofnonlinearinternalwaves in lakes on the Globe An up-to-date collection ofnonlinearinternal dynamics is given from a viewpoint of ... studies ofnonlinearinternalwaves in lakes of the world It consists of four sections The first attempts an overview ofinternalwaves in many lakes on the globe and provides a summarising sketch of ... complex than in laboratory tanks, and planning of field campaigns for the study ofnonlinearinternalwaves is therefore more difficult Below, we consider some examples ofnonlinearinternal wave manifestations...
... governance, and private and public sectors’ regulations and compliances Incompatibility and importability ofan IT infrastructure can occur as a result ofan increasing number of mergers and acquisitions ... understand that IT effectiveness and efficiency can lead to better organization performance and support and enable its strategic business needs Ranganathan and Brown (2006) asserted that organizations ... contributes to higher levels of organizational performance and perceived business value from IT (Chen & Kamara, 2008; Luftman, 2005; Luftman & Kempaiah, 2007; Rajendran & Vivekanandan, 2008) Thus, there...
... which an agent represents more than one party to a transaction" (Friedman et al., 2005) Due care – "the stand of conduct required ofan ordinary, prudent, and reasonable person" (Friedman et ... understanding of the principles of scientific management Consequently, managers and real estate professional are incorporating applied management and decision sciences as they connect buyers and ... interest and provide quality services by: assisting and providing resources, encouraging and requiring high standards of knowledge and ethical practices of licensees, investigating and sanctioning...
... Assistant and Tutorial Fellow of the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering at The University of Queensland, Australia In 2005, she joined the School of Electronics and Electrical ... would like to thank Dr Dragan Obradovic and Dr Ruxandra Lupas from Siemens Corporate Reserach, Munich, Germany, for their comments and help towards the final version of this manuscript We also ... 7, and for a processing gain of NPG = 127 and NPG = 15, doppler bandwidth, fD = kHz and fD = 100 Hz The proposed blind ICA detector exhibits nearly equivalent performance to that of the MMSE and...
... eras of Porphyry and Proclus, of Anselm and Abelard, of Ramus, and of Descartes, together with the final protests of Bacon and Locke, rise up before the mind as examples of the remoter influences of ... a man and not a man Now let the meaning of the symbol x be extended from the representing of “men,” to that of any class of beings characterized by the possession of any quality whatever; and ... in this case being in ordinary language that of two substantives, instead of that of a substantive and an adjective as in the previous instance CHAPTER II SIGNS AND THEIR LAWS 21 Let there be...
... 2D plans, where the anterior and posterior borders, and thus the dosimetry to normal structures, were independent of the size of the PTV expansion In a comparison between the IMRT and 3D plans, ... clinical plans resulted in a D95 of 60% of prescription and loose clinical plans resulted in a D95 of 86% of prescription to the PTV In contrast, the IMRT plans were optimized to a D95 of 100% Also, ... Page of Figure Representative Axial Slices of Four Different Plans, a) tight clinical 2D plan, b) loose clinical 2D plan, c) 3D plan with 0.5 cm expansion from CTV to PTV, and d) IMRT plan with...
... study we have employed a version of the branching task that was modified to examine performance changes over time An important feature of this task is that the 'branching condition' is only performed ... us that patients may need a significantly greater amount of training, and that with this, their performance can equal that of controls Importantly, the lack of difficulty on the subsequent conditions ... loss of consciousness, current neurological disorder, current co-morbid Axis I disorder including bipolar disorder or an anxiety disorder, and a history of substance abuse within two months of...
... the demographic profile of respondents is compared with that of users in a random household survey and another study in Toronto that recruited through nonrandom self-selection of respondents Comparing ... reported using marijuana more than once a week on average (half of whom used daily) in the last 30 days To augment the analysis of demographic profiles, in contrast to MRDS and random phone recruitment, ... [10,46], used more cannabis more often than those in other studies Using the criteria of frequency adopted of use of more than once a week over the past month, 75 respondents (two-thirds of whom used...
... duration of the diseases and outcome of the clinical cases are summarized In Table 3, the GT-times and results of blood analysis of the horses are summarized Table shows the mean concentration of se- ... Fatal (euthanasia) Chronic Chronic Fatal (euthanasia) Fatal (euthanasia) Chronic Acute Fatal (euthanasia) Discharged Chronic Fatal (euthanasia) Acute Fatal (euthanasia) Acta vet scand vol 46 ... pigs (Liberg 1979, Hansen 1985, Kovac et al 1993), goats (Satpathy et al 1996, Vihan 1989), mink (Sandholm & Kangas 1973), dogs (Sandholm & Kivisto 1975, Wolff 1986), and zoo animals (O'-Rourke...
... Hollman PC, Katan MB: Health effects and bioavailability of dietary flavonols Free Radic Res 1999, 31(Suppl):S75-S80 Woodman OL, Chan EC: Vascular and anti-oxidant actions of flavonols and flavones ... discussed the manuscript; AC discussed the pharmacological aspects of the manuscript; RO and AV managed the cytofluorimetric analysis; PB directed the research and revised the manuscript Competing ... [19,31,32] and by us [20] and assess putative mechanisms of the observed effects at the nanomolar dose range Quercetin has many targets among intracellular kinases involved in many steps of receptor...
... further guidance I will forever owe Professor Croxton and Professor Knemeyer a debt of gratitude I also would like to thank Professor Martha C Cooper, Professor Walter Zinn and Professor Thomas ... of forecasts is an important goal for a company Second, the effects of poor forecasting transcend the boundaries of a single firm and reach other members of the supply chain Forecast errors of ... better understanding of judgmental adjustments is of interest to researchers and practitioners This research is aninvestigationof judgmental adjustments of statistical forecasts in terms of accuracy...
... with an insurance agent who not only handles the initial sale ofan insurance policy, but also handles the processing of any claims As such, many FLEs within a services organization face an additional ... positive link between an entrepreneurial orientation and firm performance, scholars began to view an entrepreneurial orientation as an intangible resource of the organization that can be used to create ... this degree and start a family simultaneously Knowing that Anna was loved and cared for when I could not be there was the greatest help of all Bryan and I are so thankful for your and Brian’s friendship...
... language research, with the profound understanding of the major principles of cognitive linguistics as well as cognitive semantics in the relationship of language and the way human think, language ... languages 46 In section 3.1, the physical meanings and non-prototypical or extended meanings of these two verbs in English are identified and analyzed from the point of view of cognitive semantics ... prototypical physical meanings and the different non-prototypical extended meanings of these two verbs from the point of view of cognitive semantics Section 3.2 offers an account of Vietnamese equivalents...