... runs in its own thread and can execute only at certain times (typically when your application reaches the end of a method). While it runs, other The Life and Times ofan Object First, let's ... The process of destroying an object and returning memory back to the heap is known as garbage collection. • You never declare a destructor with parameters, and it cannot take any parameters. ... compiler can make this translation. You can't override Finalize yourself and you can't call Finalize yourself. Why Use the Garbage Collector? In C#, you can never destroy an object...
... made substantial contributions to conception and design, and to the analysis and interpretation of the data. TRM and GWC handled acquisition of data. All authors contributed to the manuscript ... diseases (DMARD) and with registry follow-up at one year, VARA and administrative data were used to create a gold standard and claims-based effectiveness algorithm. The gold standard outcome ... effective. Because of similarities in both the descriptive characteristics of the study populations of biologic and non-biologic DMARD users and the performance characteristics of the effectiveness...
... gift. Ann,many times, said, ‘‘write a book based on your experiences and beliefs about leadership.’’ Our crew—Mark and his wife Maria;Tim, Kathy, and her husband, Keith Olander; Dave, Lisa, and Kevin—echoed ... readable, and enjoyable.Many friends and former colleagues helped along the way. Mythanks to all of them, especially Chet Francke, Chuck LaSalle,Dick Lock, Mike Maggiano, Tom Olander, my brother ... longtime friend and colleague, provided input, in-sight, and the ‘‘nitpicking’’ required to keep me in the fairway. Heis a joy to work with, a ‘‘real leader,’’ and a great human being.Ann and Bill...
... the game and all its subtleties and vagaries grip the soul. Golf is a marvelous blend of tests of skill and character, the quest for continuous improvement, mo-ments of great exultation, and huge ... justover the horizon. Golf and leadership, to be played well, requireunderstanding and consistent practice of basic fundamentals.Both demand, for most of us, the necessity of practice. Tools are ... thechallenges of leadership and the challenges of the game Kevin and I went out to play on that August day in 1994, the marvelousgame of golf. It is a lifelong addiction for many, and the numberskeep...
... the decisions and actions they want.2Organizational ValuesOrganizations, large and small, have increasingly recognized theneed for, and the power of, values. Successful organizations, thosethat ... first likePhil, Johnny, and Ford; walking-the-talk; and establishing and liv-ing organization values like GE’s, GM’s, and Southwest’s. In yourjob or career changes, have organization values played ... centuries, and to guard the spirit of fair,consistent and honest competition. . . . No other sport de-mands so much of its participants in terms of integrity.1In a troubled world, the Rules of Golf...
... into a sand trap next to the green. He blasted out of thesand, his ball landed on the green, and then rolled into the hole.Birdie, match, and the money!The pro walked over to the sand trap ... divot, and the balllands on the green finishing about 12 feet from the hole. Rileycalmly rolls in a birdie putt.Leaders must play a lot of decisions from divots, behind trees, and out of sand ... CH10 02-23-04 16:45:12 PS118Golf and the Game of LeadershipAs of this writing, the number one and number two ranked play-ers in the world, Tiger Woods and Ernie Els, are tied at 29 percentfor...
... Guards, Victoria Cross and Knight of the Garter.’’‘‘Campaigns?’’‘‘Dunkirk, El Alamein, and Normandy, sir.’’‘‘Languages?’’‘‘Private tutor in French, fluent German, and a bit of Greek.’’His Lordship ... specificaccomplishment or perhaps really good work over an extendedperiod of time. Take a plain piece of stationery and prepare ashort handwritten note of recognition. Sign it and mail it to theemployee’s home. ... golf shots can land in the fairway, the rough, the woods, thewater, or even a sand trap, and in every case I need to consider 10589$ CH13 02-23-04 16:45:26 PS156Golf and the Game of Leadershipbackdrop...
... composure, the husband summonedon all his skill and holed the shot from the bunker. He tookthe ball out of the hole and while walking off the green puthis arm around his wife and calmly said, ... hole.1The effectiveness of each and every golf shot is undeniable.The measurement of strokes per hole, strokes per round, and overtime the measure of a handicap all clearly define an individualgolfer’s ... actions:■Reward excellence and acknowledge and reinforce effort,progress, and growth.■Give credit when credit is due and be specific about theaccomplishment and why it is praiseworthy.■Acknowledge...
... themiddle of the block.’’You were patient and kind to me and trusted me to runthose important errands. Once I dropped a whole tray of expensive watches and you calmly helped me pick themup and encouraged ... the layout of the course and importantly knows the 10589$ CH16 02-23-04 16:45:35 PS192Golf and the Game of Leadershipimportance of having a good organizational team and the role of the leader ... quality performance on thatindividual. Andof course you can have all the possibilities of com-binations of good and not-so-good golfing teams. Guess what, theteam with the best balance of good golfers...
... expectancy, and certainty.’’ It is the oppo-site of gloom and despair. An optimistic attitude is essential tothe golfing and personal success of a Norman, a Tway, and an Azinger.Real golfers, and ... histwenty-six-man crew of the Endurance on a two-year odysseyfrom being lost in the Antarctic to eventual return to the safety of civilization. The story of Shackleton and the crew of the Endur-ance ... achieved and accomplishments areapplauded, you can stand up and say, ‘‘It was a team effort.’’ 10589$ CH16 02-23-04 16:45:40 PS209 An Optimistic Outlookoptimistic. You, as a leader, and your...
... prepare own meals and handle money. A limited number of tests of physical performance for assessing the functioning of upper and lower extremities were carried out, using standard procedures. ... included: semi tandem stand, full tandem stand, rising from chair without using arms and shoulder external rotation (full). A younger member of the household present at the time of the interview ... "standing from chair without using arms" (84%), semi tandem stand was completed by 78% and full tandem stand by 72%. The poorest performance was in shoulder external rotation (69%). The proportion...
... Erlander Professorshipfor 2002. Further support for HK came from the NSF under Grant DMS-9970943 and from Eurandom. HK thanks Eurandom for appointing him asEurandom Professor in the fall of ... left-hand sides of (3.31) and (3.60) are the same forthis choice of Λ. We leave it to the reader to check that the right-hand side of (3.60) is at least as large as the right-hand side of (3.31), ... intersection of (3.36) and (3.37). Summing (3.57) over all v ∈C(2C1s), and using (3.54) and (3.56),therefore give728 HARRY KESTEN AND VLADAS SIDORAVICIUSP {A1(s, t) intersects Λ and (3.36),...
... trans-port of anticancer drugs and dyes in and out of cells (Table 2). 4-Chloro-7-nitro-2,1,3-benzoxadiazole(NBD-Cl) caused a prominent increase in rhodaminedye uptake into cells (Fig. 3 and ... Kinetics of the multidrug transporter(P-glycoprotein) and its reversal. Physiol Rev 77, 545–590.12 Wielinga PR, Westerhoff HV & Lankelma J (2000) Therelative importance of passive and P-glycoprotein ... monitored continuously with an excitation wavelength of 555 nm andan emission wavelength of 575 nm. Inhibition of the NBD-Cl-sensitive efflux allowed the uptake of TMRM and its quenching within...
... domains and have a similar mode of activation [1].There are two isoforms of S6 kinase, S6K1 and 2.Both have highly homologous kinase and kinaseextension domains flanked by the less conservedN- and ... phosphorylated and associatedwith PDGFR in a ligand-induced manner. In mamma-lian cells, both events, receptor association and tyro-sine phosphorylation occur simultaneously and peakwithin ... Stephens7, Andrew West7 and Ivan T. Gout2,31 Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, London, UK2 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University College London, UK3 The Institute of Molecular...
... (for an overview, see Fig. 1). H-bonds are indicated in green, a-helix F inorange and parts of b-sheet A in pink. Backbone atoms of the s1A/hF-loop (residues D127 to E130) andof the top of hF and ... W141 with an A leads to substratebehaviour and a low, stable inhibitory activity (Fig. 2 and Table 3). This W is located in the cleft between hF and s2A (Fig. 5), and the presence ofan aromatic ... wild-typeprotein.Inhibitory activity and substrate behaviour of PAI-1(N139A) and PAI-1(T146A) were found to be invariantfor several hours (Fig. 3 and Table 3). Both events require an exposed RCL, and it therefore...