...
lenders. The branches of GSB take part
in the negotiations with creditors for
partial write-offs ofthe debts and then
refinance the remaining amount at a
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systems for disbursing of loans and collecting
loan repayments.
Another promising track for savings
banks is to invest their savings deposits in
microfinance institutions by specialising ... specialising
in wholesale lending to microfinance
institutions for lending to their micro
borrowers. Savings banks could refinance
well-functioning microfinance institutions
individually or indirectly...
... determined by the accumulation of all the various
aspects ofthe UX while using the software. Design issues tend to weigh dispro-
portionately on the user’s impression ofthe trustworthiness ofthe ... amount of attention to the fourth wall.
They attempt to keep the audience in a constant state of high engagement
through theartof good lmmaking. Theartof lmmaking helps them build
and maintain ... point of software isn’t
necessarily to engross your users inthe experience of using the software, it
is to keep them focused on the ultimate goals they’re trying to accomplish
in using the software,...
... that thesystem sets off all subordinate sentences,
including complement sentences, from the main
sentence. Informal testing ofthe productions of four
informants on the relevant data indicated ... determination of actual
strengths appears to depend on the interaction ofthe
intrinsic strength of a boundary with the strengths of
other boundaries inthe sentence, as well as the
distance between these ... open the treatment ofthe multiple
rightward embedding of non-sentential constituents,
e.g., the NP embedding inThe destruction ofthe good
name of his father. Our approach is to handle these...
... any other row,
as long as we do the same linear combination ofthe rows ofthe b’s and 1
(which then is no longer the identity matrix, of course).
ã Interchanging any two columns of A gives the ... simultaneously interchange corresponding rows ofthe x’s and of
Y. In other words, this interchange scrambles the order ofthe rows in
the solution. If we do this, we will need to unscramble the solution ... liberating point
is that the utility file nrutil.c, listed in full in Appendix B, includes functions
for allocating (using malloc()) arbitrary-offset vectors of arbitrary lengths. The
synopses of these...
... change is having a big impact on
agricultural production and on the lives ofthe people because ofthe intensified
drought, the saline water coming in, as well as the stormy weather. They’ve all ... temperature increase of 0.5
o
C in Can Tho (the
largest city in Mekong River Delta), and the average sea level rise of 3 mm per
year inthe water around the mouth ofthe Delta (ICEM, 4-5). The average ... TAN,
international community to support the Mekong River Delta in adapting to the
growing impacts of climate change. At this point in time, however, whether
these efforts can prevent either...
... Contents
Preface: TheArtof Simple Web Design
The essence ofthe “Save the Pixel” philosophy; web design disciplines, including “Enough and no
more”, Occam's Razor, Designthe Content – not the box”, ... clothing helped the eye to focus on the finer detail.
The same goes for web design. While your mode of interaction with a web site is very different to
a painting, a lot ofthe principles that artists ... thought-provoking things for the sake of it.
Design is a discipline – creating communication with a purpose.
In this book I'll start with the core stuff – you, your mind, and your design discipline. There's...
... re¯ect the inherent uncertainties
in the cost estimation. On the other hand, the
impact of three outliers included inthe database
of industrial wastewater treatment plants could be
in uential inthe ... size or design ¯ow-rate is one ofthe
in uential factors in cost analysis and should be
included inthe model formulation. To explore the
feature of economy of scale, the expression of design
¯ow-rate ... performance in terms
of the index of `sum of squared residual', the FGR
method may present relatively better outputs in
terms ofthe other two indexes considered. Table 9,
representing an integrated...
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pK
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of E399, in addition to it being closer to E187, may
have resulted in a large shift inthe pK
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of E187. Changes
in the dielectric constant ... m
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Bicine buffer 7.0–8.5). The
pH stability of Sfbgly50 was checked by incubation in the
same buffers for a time equal to the assay time and then
determining the activity remaining at the optimum ... Y331F mutant part ofthe decrease in
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may result from destabilization ofthe ES complex,
because the tyrosine residue is thought to interact with the
oxygen ofthe glycone ring in that complex...
... conceive of buildings in terms of parti, or the geometrical underpinnings that
inform one’s composition as a whole and the interrelationships of its parts. This
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TheArtof Building inthe Classical ... in a certain
kind of seeing that is relevant to the question of ideai inthe realm ofart and
building.
Pollitt’s characterization ofthe viewer’s unfolding experience ofthe sleeping
hermaphrodite ... conception ofthe canons of its
methods of production.
Nonetheless, inthe face of each of these pitfalls and several others, the biggest
challenge of interpretation may be the challenge to interpret....
... Brown and Reingen
(Reingen and Kernan 1986; Brown and Reingen
1987)
1987)
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Individual influence inthe buying systems in a
Individual influence inthe buying systems in a
B2B context
B2B ... Advances in Relationship Marketing
Advances in Relationship Marketing
Thought and Practice: The Influence
Thought and Practice: The Influence
of Social Network Theory
of Social Network Theory
Presented ... my investigation
of relationship marketing in virtual communities?
of relationship marketing in virtual communities?
Typical Variables Examined within The
Typical Variables Examined within The...
... was then placed behind a painting on glass and the light traversing the painting produced a
kind of copy upon the prepared paper, those parts in which the rays were least intercepted being ofthe ... Indiana. Drawing and painting being the natural bent
of his mind, be was frequently employed by the professors to make landscape sketches inthe manner
mentioned. The beauty ofthe image of these landscapes ... by introducing, behind the sitter, an engraving or other picture if a
painting, avoid those in which warm and glowing tints predominate. The subject of these pictures may be
applicable to the...
... me articulate what I often do instinctively.
The project that is consuming much of my
attention these days is the construction of The
Broad, our new museum in downtown Los
Angeles. Despite the ... piece of good
fortune. Our marriage remains Exhibit A in my
case for the value of being unreasonable. In love
and in business, if you know what you want, you
have to go for it.
including in New ... daunting amount of work that
is filling their days and nights, Joanne Heyler and
Deborah Kanter found time to contribute their
insights to these pages. I am indebted to them for
their continuing...
... trail,
in the twisting streets, point the way
to a good taverna, trace the path home.
Most of all, they help us
parse the dark syllables in our hearts,
bare them,
and seek cleansing
in the gathering ... T E R
Introduction
The loss of a loved one often leaves behind the loose ends of grief.
— Stephen Levine
Grief, art, and storytelling are an innate part ofthe human experience. Each
of us ... models. The overall theo-
retical basis ofthe course is primarily oriented toward the reconstruction
of meaning inthe lives ofthe participants. Also, the course is primarily
designed to allow the...