... heavily on the goods and services they provide to one another Golf also has its customers and suppliers, but not in the way you might imagine The golfer is the supplier of all the elements and factors ... up the swing, and even the frequency ofthe swing But then who is the customer? The answer is the ball! This particular customer is perhaps the most demanding, unpredictable, frustrating, and ... satisfying the requirements ofthe customer and losing their business? Leadership Lessonsfromthe Game of Golf explores these differences and what you can about them New Leadership Golf_fin...
... susceptibility of mollicutes to melittin andthe LK peptides was independent ofthe amount of cholesterol in the membranes of these bacteria Table Antibacterial activities of LK peptides and melittin ... check whether these rules hold also for the antimicrobial activity of these peptides In this work, we have taken advantage ofthefact that bacteria ofthe class Mollicutes are devoid of an outer ... cell shape and membrane potential MDC50 and MDC100 are the minimal concentrations (lM) required for the deformation of 50% and 100% ofthe cells, respectively, upon of action No stands for no...
... responsibilities, the organization ofthe work, the cooperation and cohesiveness ofthe group, the sufficiency of resources and support provided to the group, andthe coordination of work group activities ... what the institution stands for The presence of these heroes sustains the reputation ofthe institution and allows the workforce to feel good about itself and about the workplace The deeds and ... (4) the development of men and women for others; and (5) service to the underserved and marginalized, or his concept of social justice At the core ofthe Ignatian vision is the concept of the...
... exploring the development and work ofthe IMP, andthe statements applicants made initially about the potential users of their research Questionnaire to the thirty-six lead applicants of IMPfunded ... outputs ofthe IMP andofthe commissioning process Our findings regarding the impact ofthe work funded and about the difficulties faced by those developing that programme have implications for the ... the Health Economics Research Group (HERG), Brunel University, to undertake a brief evaluation ofthe IMP (funded to £20K) The aim was to explore the quality ofthe outputs ofthe programme and...
... search out the massed wheeling circles ofthe stars, my feet no longer touch the earth, but, side by side with Zeus himself, I take my fill of ambrosia, the food ofthe gods Quote from Kepler ... who made the Lamb, make thee? Tyger! Tyger! burning bright, In the forests ofthe night, What immortal hand or eye Dare frame thy fearful symmetry? Lesson The mother of mathematics is astronomy/astrology ... fire? • And what shoulder, and what art? Could twist the sinews of thy heart? And when thy heart began to beat, What dread hand, and what dread feet? What the hammer? What the chain? In what furnace...
... action of CY in the stomach in this study was due to the activation of p53 and therefore leading to the suppression ofthe c-Myc/ODC pathway All these findings could explain the mechanism of CY ... conducted with the consent ofthe Committee on the Use of Live Animals in Teaching and Research ofthe University of Hong Kong Male ICR mice (weighing 25–30 g) were reared on a standard laboratory ... the blood supply and proliferating cell number in both the gastric and duodenal mucosae Subcutaneous administration of AP at the dose of mg/kg daily significantly promoted the recovery rate of...
... United States In the United States, the Clean Air Act mandates the protection of human health and welfare fromthe effects of exposure to tropospheric O3 through the setting of primary and secondary ... Scandinavia andthe UK (32a) This implies that most of Europe could be losing at least 5% of its annual wheat yield The AOT40 concept forms the basis ofthe “level 1” analysis ofthe potential risk of ... Effect of factors such as variation between species and strains, variations in climate and soil type, the timing of O3 episodes relative to the stage of plant growth, and effect of water and heat...
... entrenching the position ofthe Big 4" Academics Group auditors should have access to the reports and other documentation of all auditors of components ofthe group 22 4 SUPERVISION The Profession Professional ... have the choice of two auditors 5.3 Mandatory rotation and retendering (Q.29) The Profession Professional bodies and associations linked to the profession There is strong rejection of mandatory ... Waterhouse and Coopers and Lybrand andthe 2002 takeover by Deloitte and Ernst and Young of certain Andersen partners and activities were approved by the European Commission Mid Tier Firms and SMPs They...
... after the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers Taking into account the characteristics oftheevolutionof real credit, the variable under analysis in the rest of this paper is defined as the change in the ... and Ito (2008) index The higher the value ofthe index, the lower the restrictions to cross-border movements of capital The value ofthe index fluctuates between –2.5 and 2.5 Sources: Chinn and ... members ofthe Monetary and Economic Department ofthe Bank for International Settlements, andfrom time to time by other economists, and are published by the Bank The papers are on s ubjects of topical...
... its unusual and unique membrane-embedded motor This is the starting point for a detailed analysis ofthe stucture and function ofthe rotor ofthe Na+ F1F0-ATP synthase from A woodii, the first containing ... summary, these experiments clearly demonstrated the presence of subunits a, b, c1 and c2 ⁄ in the membrane-embedded rotor ofthe purified Na+ F1F0-ATP synthase from A woodii Table Purification ofthe ... preparations fromthe close relatives Moorella thermoautotrophicum and Moorella thermoacetica were also devoid of subunits a and b, it was suggested in the literature that the ATP synthases of acetogenic...
... models explain theevolutionof credit bureaus andthe lending markets they support? Japelli and Pagano (1999) provide one ofthe very few attempts to test the predictions ofthe theoretical models ... either the likelihood a loan is repaid (and thus, the cost of a loan) or the availability of credit These results highlight the distinct tradeoff between 1) limiting the collection and use of ... other things, that much ofthe predictive power in the full model derives from how customers acquire and handle their bank credit cards Given the deep penetration ofthe bank card product in the...
... selection on the PB1-F2 itself match in the herd immunity ofthe population and in the protection ofthe seasonal influenza vaccine containing the A/Moscow/10/99(H3N2) strain [29] The fitness ofthe Fujian-like ... 2001 and spread to many countries [4,25,26] The H1N1 component in the vaccine for that season matched the H1 andthe H3N2 component matched the N2 subtypes ofthe reassortant strain Thereby, the ... that new pandemics emerge through shifts with strains fromthe avian reservoir, as was the case ofthe pandemics of 1957 and 1968, or by direct introduction of an avian strain into the human...
... abandon farms, the agronomic and social impacts ofthe evacuation, the rationale and execution of livestock evacuation, andthe factors that encouraged farmers to return to evacuated or abandoned farms ... exacerbated and mentally crushing for displaced elderly farmers, who either expected to retire on their land or use the money fromthe sale of their farm to support retirement The death of animal ... impacts andthe stresses of transport The lack of capacity within the local livestock market and lack of available grazing for the influx of transported livestock were important failings ofthe evacuation...
... abandon farms, the agronomic and social impacts ofthe evacuation, the rationale and execution of livestock evacuation, andthe factors that encouraged farmers to return to evacuated or abandoned farms ... exacerbated and mentally crushing for displaced elderly farmers, who either expected to retire on their land or use the money fromthe sale of their farm to support retirement The death of animal ... impacts andthe stresses of transport The lack of capacity within the local livestock market and lack of available grazing for the influx of transported livestock were important failings ofthe evacuation...
... benefit most at the end ofthe day is the original creator ofthe platform And these people will, quite naturally, be the big winners ofthe 21st century How much of a “place” can you offer to people? ... at first hand whether or not the other person is reliable and whether or not there appears to be any chance of doing some fun work with them in the future I gather that the question of “Do you ... part ofthe alliance should keep or store the information, rather than sorting it on my own In this way the stream of new information ends up going through the Mr As andthe Mr Bs ofthe world, and...
... response These include genetic factors, both genes that affect the severity ofthe disease and genes that affect the handling ofthe drug Then there are psychosocial factors such as adherence to and ... of any inflammatory activity in their joints while they are off treatment Persistence is the opposite of remission There are problems in the literature regarding the definition of remission and ... ofthe PADI4 gene andthe presence, the extent or the progression of erosions or the development of anti-CCP antibodies [34] Further publications have confirmed an association between PADI4 and...
... contributed to the design ofthe study VJ performed conception and design ofthe study and substantially contributed to interpretation of data, drafting and critical revision ofthe manuscript and final ... with the cytotoxic action ofionizingradiation On the other hand, it is known from earlier investigations that the antineoplastic efficacy of ErPC3 is increased in human tumor cells when the ... cells the down-regulation ofthe two anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 proteins may contribute to the antineoplastic effects of ErPC3 and radiotherapy In contrast, the radiation- induced down-modulation of the...
... to further our understanding of arthritic processes and concomitant cartilage and bone destruction, and have provided novel insights and treatment targets However, final proof ofthe use of data ... lacking the 3’ AU-rich elements, confirming the role of these elements in the maintenance of a physiological TNF response in the joint [48] A proposed mechanism for this is the inability of natural ... autoimmune pathology, including joint inflammation The major breakthrough and beauty ofthe KRN model is the elucidation ofthe driving antigen andthe identification that Available online http://arthritis-research.com/content/11/5/250...
... taxa to the Strongylida are members ofthe Rhabditina, including C elegans, and both are grouped in Clade V ofthe Nematoda, on the basis of small subunit rRNA sequence analysis [48] The set of 742 ... rather than the conserved, andthe conclusion drawn here would remain valid over a wide range of prediction accuracies Has there been evolutionary acquisition of signal peptides? The subset of signal-peptide-encoding ... we have addressed the question of whether secreted proteins of parasitic nematodes show accelerated evolution, and our results indicate that this is the case The predominance of predicted secreted...