a strategic key factor for firms

... image products (fine wines), and products for special occasions (flowers for a funeral) However, as a practical matter, elasticity data is usually not available to horticultural firms Qualitative ... company’s sales forecast This method can be advantageous if the salesforce is knowledgeable about the market and well informed about the firm’s marketing plan q Market -Factor Analysis The key to ... assumes that futures sales will be determined by the same variables (market factors) that cause past sales and that the relationships among the variables will remain the same It is suitable for...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 21:20

... Peninsular Malaysia and the states of Sabah and Sarawak in the north of Kalimantan Kuala Lumpur, the national capital, Labuan UNEP/SCS – National Report Malaysia and Putra Jaya form the Federal territories ... the Earth (Sahabat Alam Malaysia), World Wildlife Fund for Nature (Malaysia), Malaysian Institute of Marine Affairs (MIMA), Malaysian Nature Society, Malaysian Fisheries Society, Environmental ... meters and with a tidal stream of over knots The West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia has an equatorial climate, with an average annual rainfall of more than 2500mm and a daily temperature that ranges...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 15:21

... GACTCATGACTGTTGTTACAACC-3' and reverse 5'-TCTCAGGACTCTCTTAGGTACTA-3' that amplify a 493 bp fragment, and primers for β-actin are: forward 5'-TGGAGAAGAGCTATGAGCTGCCTG-3' and reverse 5'-GTGCCACCAGACAGCACTGTGTTG-3' ... (Foster City, CA) For each sample (analyzed in triplicate), a pool containing Brilliant qPCR master mix (Stratagene, La Jolla, CA), Taqman probes, along with the cDNA was prepared, and then aliquoted ... phospholipase A2 in reactive astrocytes in response to transient focal cerebral ischemia in the rat brain J Neurochem 2004, 90(3):637-645 Yagami T, Ueda K, Asakura K, Hata S, Kuroda T, Sakaeda T, Takasu...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 22:20

... to the associated inflammation intubated, the lungs were mechanically ventilated (S/5 Aespire Config; Datex-Ohmeda Ins., Madison, WI, USA) with a mixture of air and O2 Anesthesia was maintained ... hemiparesis (MRC grade 3) and complete motor aphasia The only medication that he was taking was carbamazepine 2× 200 mg for epileptic prophylaxis On the cranial computed tomography (CT) scan without ... intracranial infections as a provoking factor for intraoperative TCR occurrence has been identified Intracranial infections, as in the current case of subdural empyema, could lead to a pathological...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 02:22

... Catalunya We thank Nalisoa Randriamahefa for her excellent technical assistance We also thank DFG for support Author details Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, ... (F32-F33) with an average age at onset of 43 years and an average age at recruitment of 51 years Sample was further subdivided according to Leonhard’s classification systematic schizophrenias (n = 228), ... Elkin A, Muir WJ, McGhee KA, Williamson R, MacIntyre DJ, McLean A, St Clair D, VanBeck M, Pereira A, Kandaswamy R, McQuillin A, Collier DA, Bass NJ, Young AH, Lawrence J, Ferrier IN, Anjorin A, Farmer...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 15:22

... is also preparing a publication on climate risk management and adaptation Liana Zanarisoa Razafindrazay is a Consultant on the East Asia and the Pacific Disaster Risk Management team She specializes ... ARPDM ASEAN Regional Programme on Disaster Management ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations AusAID Australian Agency for International Development BNPB Indonesian National Disaster Management ... AAL average annualized loss ADB Asian Development Bank ADPC Asian Disaster Preparedness Center ADRC Asian Disaster Reduction Center AIFDR Australia-Indonesia Facility for Disaster Reduction ARPDM...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2015, 19:23

... of statistical databases for LRFD calibration, e.g maintenance, operations and geotechnical databases Development of performance standards for security Completion and adoption state-of-the-art ... be warranted Additionally, there are areas of the specification that are currently undergoing major revision A new conditional evaluation manual including the load and resistance factor rating ... professional training (including practices, materials and policies) Development of educational materials (materials appropriate to undergraduate education as opposed to available professional education...

Ngày tải lên: 06/09/2012, 14:24

... nowadays Although the literature provides evidence that an all-progressive chain gives at least as good an image quality as an all-interlaced chain with the same channel bandwidth, recent research ... visual information Until a few years ago, digital image communication research was still confined to universities and research laboratories of telecommunication or broadcasting companies Nowadays, ... storage media Moreover, personal computers and workstations have become important platforms for multimedia interactive applications that advantageously use a close integration of digital compression...

Ngày tải lên: 10/12/2013, 14:15

... goals and their associated KPIs will vary Speak with and analyse the requirements of each department and work out what level of resource is available f or social media Def ine goals Analyse any ... are f ar more ef f ective at measuring social media ROI and they will be resilient to any tactical changes Assign values t o KPIs Work with each department to analyse and assign a monetary value ... orget that all tactics will have a cost You will need to establish and record what these costs are in order to accurately calculate ROI Select analyt ics Next identif y social analytics that are...

Ngày tải lên: 07/01/2014, 15:27

... levels are f ar more ef f ective at measuring social media ROI and they will be resilient to any tactical changes # Assign values t o KPIs Work with each department to analyse and assign a monetary ... associated KPIs will vary Speak with and analyse the requirements of each department and work out what level of resource is available f or social media # Def ine goals Analyse any cross-over that ... orget that all tactics will have a cost You will need to establish and record what these costs are in order to accurately calculate ROI # Select analyt ics Next identif y social analytics that are...

Ngày tải lên: 08/02/2014, 20:25

... Comparative analysis of cobalamin binding kinetics and ligand protection for intrinsic factor, transcobalamin, and haptocorrin J Biol Chem 277, 99899996 Cannon MJ, Myszka DG, Bagnato JD, Alpers ... ẳ DA352 ỵ DA361 ị IF0 DAmax ỵ DAmax ị 352 361 where, e.g., DA352 corresponds to change of absorbance at wavelength 352 nm in the reaction sample after incubation time t; DAmax ẳ jACNCbl AH2 ... Station, NJ, USA), Roche Molecular Biochemicals (Mannheim, Germany), Sigma-Aldrich (Cambridge, MA, USA) H2OCbl CNCbl and 57Co-labeled Cbl were obtained from Sigma-Aldrich and ICN Pharmaceutical...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 05:20

... (5¢-GCAAATGCAACTGGA AGCGG-3¢) and A1 (5¢-ACAGCCTGCTAGCAAAGA GG-3¢) for amplification of HRT1, and primers S2 (5¢-GAAGAATCCTCTAAGGATAA-3¢) and A2 (5¢-TA CAAGGATTAATCCCTTGC-3¢) for amplification ... AAM92890), AAM92881, AAM92879, BAB92023 (AAM92883, AAM92884, AAM92885, AAM92887, AAM92888), BAB92024 and AAM92882 (AAM92886) (submitted to GenbankTM and DDBJ by Coldren et al and Sando et al respectively) ... template and then sequenced Finally, two cDNAs were obtained and designated HRT1 and HRT2, respectively DNA sequencing analysis Materials and methods Plant materials and RNA isolation Latex and various...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 21:20

... environmental factors Key factors for a successful online community ORGANIZATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS: SOME USEFUL QUESTIONS • How does organizational power and control show up within and around ... these factors, starting with social and cultural Online Communities: a new opportunity - Key factors for a successful online community - page Social and cultural factors Community is a social interaction ... • Although facilitated by technology, these communities are profoundly influenced by social, cultural, environmental, organizational and technical factors • The social and cultural factors that...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 20:20

... (Fig 2B) For supershift assays, lL of rat mAb antiGATA1 (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Santa Cruz, CA, USA) was added Samples were incubated for 30 at room temperature and resolved on 5% acrylamide ... we prepared the following mutant probe: biotin- 5¢-GGGACTATGAT GATGGGTTTGTGAGGAAATGT-3¢ and 5¢-ACATTTC CTCACAAACCCATCATAGTCCC-3¢ HEL cell nuclear proteins carried by the probes were separated using ... detect Aly ⁄ REF and Rh transcripts were for Aly ⁄ REF: sense, 5¢-CTGGTCGCAGCTTAGG AACAG-3¢ and antisense, 5¢-AATGTTCATGGGGCGGC CATC-3¢, for RH: sense, 5¢-GCAACGATACCCAGTTT GTC-3¢ and antisense,...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 19:20

... signaling through a novel mechanism involving nuclear accumulation of interferon regulatory factor J Virol 83, 2178–2187 Nakao K, Nakata K, Yamashita M, Tamada Y, Hamasaki K, Ishikawa H, Kato ... estimate distributions obtained for each gene on each array when performing RMA analysis Normalization ensures that the median standard error across all arrays is for each gene Problematic chips are ... crucial determinant for amplified IFNa-mediated antiviral signalling, and additionally identified the IRF9 level to be vital for a rapid response As a key regulator shaping the early phase of IFNa...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 03:20

... Capacity Development Results Framework A strategic and results-oriented approach to learning for capacity development Samuel Otoo, Natalia Agapitova and Joy Behrens June 2009 Abstract The Capacity ... translate into operational solutions without standardized indicators that break the factors down into observable and measurable units Standard indicators for each capacity factor, adaptable to contexts ... policy-related, and organizational) relevant to the goal Measurable indicators for each factor are identified, along with changes in those indicators that can be facilitated by learning The needs assessment...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 01:20

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 01:20

... Synthesis and characterization of a photoactivatable analog of corticotropin-releasing factor for specific receptor labeling Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 93, 10609–10613 Bonk, I & Ruhmann, A (2000) Novel ... discriminate between the size and charge of the N terminal dipeptide fragment of antisauvagine-30 analogs However, the photoactivatable antisauvagine-30 analog did not cross-link to membrane homogenates ... G.J., Patel, A & Dautzenberg, F.M (2001) 125I-Antisauvagine-30: a novel and specific high -a nity radioligand for the characterization of corticotropin-releasing factor type receptors Neuropharmacology...

Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 08:20

... is based on the levels of assessment and appraisal as shown in Table The appraisal of health care services presumes that preferences can be measured and can be made available to the policy and ... at least as important as the reduction of an elevated HBA1c (Tables and 3) This means that weight loss and reduction of an elevated HBA1c may be used as equivalent endpoints in pragmatic trials, ... with the Adaptive Conjoint Analysis (ACA) software 1997 (Sawtooth Software, Inc., Sequim, Washington, USA) Like the most established approaches in conjoint analysis the ACA is based on a main-effects...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... threat After capturing a node, an attacker can gain additional advantage by selectively eavesdropping on nodes that are known to share keys with the captured one To prevent this attack, the key ... KAIS: An International Journal on Knowledge and Information Systems and a Member of the Editorial Board of IJBRA International Journal of Bioinformatics Research and Applications She is a Member ... Lab at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, the University of Texas at Dallas Her research interest is mainly in database systems, especially in spatial database with applications...

Ngày tải lên: 22/06/2014, 22:20