... (Goetz and Shenoi 2008), the protection of intellectual property of firms and countries (Andrijcic and Horowitz 2006), the financial integrity of investment firms (Jolly 2008), andthe control of ... main safeguards in place, and concludes that there may be a need to reconsider some of them in view ofthe growing role of nonbanks andofthe global reach of risks in the electronic era Introduction ... documents the role played by nonbanks in the EU and U.S retail payment systems Theanalysis is conducted through the use of tables showing, for each ofthe various payment activities and each of the...
... sustain themselves against the downward pull ofthe Second Law of Thermodynamics and how thermodynamics affects the origin of information- rich, living systems Finally, we will explore various scenarios ... account for the diversity of life in the biosphere, it is generally recognized that the origin of life is one ofthe great unsolved mysteries in science (Radetsky1992; Wade 2000) At the heart of this ... quantify theinformation in biopolymers – especially DNA, RNA, and protein, the molecules that are essential for information storage, replication, and metabolism Then we will explore the concept of...
... implied by other requirements, or directly stated and managed The elicitation, analysis, and communication of requirements, with the objective of ensuring that they are visible to and understood ... software tool and placed under strict change control The form of an output is dependent on the type of initiative underway, standards adopted by the organization, and best judgement ofthe business ... address theinformation needs of key stakeholders Multiple KAs There is no assumption that the presence of an input or an output means that the associated deliverable is complete and/ or final The...
... shows that the cost of capital ofthe firm depends on four factors: the risk free rate, the aggregate risk tolerance ofthe market, the expected cash flow ofthe firm, andthe covariance ofthe firm’s ... the ratio ofthe expected future cash flow to the covariance ofthe firm’s cash flow with the sum of all cash flows in the market is a key determinant ofthe cost of capital Next, we add an information ... between firms and managers, the quality ofthe firm’s accounting andinformation system also affects the magnitude of these agency problems, and further changes the equilibrium production and investment...
... between the two offshore islands andthe mainland As part of that expansion ofthe mini-three links, the Taiwanese government also expanded the list of products that the offshore islands can ... total of 152,438 passenger trips between the offshore islands and Fujian Province, including 144,234 from the offshore islands to the mainland, and 8,200 from the mainland to the offshore islands ... NSRD conducts research andanalysis for the Office ofthe Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the Unified Commands, the defense agencies, the Department ofthe Navy, the U.S intelligence community,...
... notion ofinformation on ideas from information theory The function of various measures ofinformationcontent for quantum systems is explored andthe applicability ofthe Shannon information in the ... currently made ofthe concept ofinformation in physics, following the rapid growth ofthe fields of quantum information theory and quantum computation These are new and exciting fields of physics ... to the question ofthe implications of quantum information theory for our understanding ofthe meaning ofthe quantum formalism Following some preliminary remarks, two particular information- theoretic...
... "who" elements and push them to the stack; if the next word is ~: or ~= t h e n Mark the word andthe kept unspecified elements as "what" elements and push them to the stack; else Keep the word as ... elements On the other hand, the algorithm is not highly precise when there is no corresponding element in the article The errors are caused by picking up other elements despite the absence ofthe element ... example (2) trieval and multi-dimensional classification because they only add unnecessary informationand not remove necessary informationThe precision independent ofthe presence ofthe element is...
... at the end: “What about the seven wonders ofthe world, the seven seas, the seven deadly sins, the seven daughters of Atlas in the Pleiades, the seven ages of man, the seven levels of hell, the ... colours, the seven notes ofthe musical scale, andthe seven days ofthe week?” Miller’s idea is illustrated in Figure 1.1, where the xaxis gives the amount ofinformation received andthe yaxis ... blocks and then one block to the left andthe right again for three blocks, then left and then three right, and you’re there,” your chances of getting lost start to increase It is too much information...
... definition is then related to the four steps ofthe decision making process and finally to the three types of error (risk) that occur in each ofthe four steps The paper concludes with an example of how ... are based on analysisof risk The thoroughness oftheanalysis determines the “quality” ofthe decisions High quality decisions are not the best decisions in hindsight They are the best decisions ... follows that the better our informationandthe more balanced and thorough the analysis, the higher can be the quality of our decisions Better decisions are informed, reasoned, and balanced Making...
... descriptive analysisofthe grapheme-phoneme mapping system ofthe French orthography, and we further explore the sensitivity of adult human readers to some characteristics of this mapping The results ... influenced by the frequency of graphemic units in the language and by the predictability of their mapping to phonemes We argue that these results implicate the availability of graded knowledge of grapheme-phoneme ... structure ofthe language? We believe that, in the field of visual word processing, the lack of precise quantitative descriptions ofthe mapping system is one factor that has impeded resolution of these...
... information on the use of, and threats to, the Malaysian coastal and marine resources off the Straits of Malacca andthe adjacent waters ofthe Andaman Sea andthe Indian Ocean In the process, an attempt ... TAI The Straits of Singapore The Straits of Singapore The Straits of Malacca The Straits of Singapore The Straits of Singapore The Straits of Malacca The South China Sea The South China Sea The ... trawlers and purse-seiners landed the most, about 79% ofthe total catch One ofthe main problems in the West Coast fishery is the encroachment of trawlers into the coastal fishing grounds of traditional...
... sub-sector Analysisofthe structure ofthe commodity system usually focuses on the characteristics related to the Chapter number and size of firms in relation to the size ofthe market, the presence ... the beginning and end ofthe projects, stimulate the exchange ofinformation between the project core teams and other stakeholders The following sections provide an overview ofthe main technical ... supply and demand), and it is necessary to understand these changes, how the people themselves perceive these changes and how they have adapted their livelihood strategies in response to these...
... decemlineata (b) theanalysisof mRNA expression profile of L decemlineata, EcR and USP, and (c) the measurement ofthe binding affinity of steroidal and nonsteroidal ecdysone agonists to the in vitro ... the difference of structures ofthe ligand binding pocket In the other study, we demonstrated that the molting hormone activities of ecdysone agonists measured in cultured integument system of ... 6.29 and L migratoria USP showed higher homology to RXR of human and mouse than USP isoforms of dipteran and lepidopteran insects Thus, the functions of USP of L decemlineata, T molitor and L...
... investigate the effect ofthe exact distribution ofthe language inventory size on the nature ofthe degree distribution ofthe consonants through a synthetic approach based on the principle of preferential ... Regime of Figure 3(b) comprises ofthe rest ofthe consonants The point marked as x in both the figures indicates the breakpoint Each ofthe regime in both Figure 3(a) and (b) exhibit a power law of ... indicating the average inventory size andthe right column the breakpoint x Inferences Drawn from theAnalysisof PlaNet In most ofthe networked systems like the society, the Internet, the World...
... Furthermore, theanalysisofthe calculated structures revealed a short distances between NH of Leu7 andthe side chain carboxyl group ofthe Asp6 residue (< 0.28 nm), and NH of Leu7 residue and ... Characterization ofthe secondary structure of these two ligands of ODN receptors should provide useful information for the design of potent, stable and selective agonists and antagonists of these receptors ... ligands [13,14,27] The Ala-scan of OP has revealed that the side chain of each residue is required for the full activity ofthe peptide [12] These data led us to synthesize cyclic analogs of...
... elements of rmGP [4] and EcMalP [3] onto the linear sequence of StP and thus measures the extent of conservation ofthe respective ÔsitesÕ in StP As in other GPs, the catalytic site andthe PLP ... selected andthe inserts sequenced The bottom ofthe figure (B) indicates the positions of BamHI and HindIII fragments, relative to the entire StP structural gene they represent prototypes of regulated ... responsible for the observed tetramer : dimer ratio of % 0.2 in Histagged StP, and likewise the Arg fi Ala mutants thereof The results suggest that if the occurrence of tetrameric and dimeric forms of His-tagged...
... the crack would propagate Prior to performing the analysis, it was necessary to specify the magnitude of crack increment and also the number of steps over which the crack would propagate In the ... Figure (4) shows the results of a crack increment step (Δa) It was noticed that there are no effects on the stability of results andthe very close agreements between the three types of a crack increment ... Description and Boundary Conditions of Load-Carrying Cruciform Welded Joint Figure (3) shows the results of mesh sizes density It was noticed that there are no effects on the stability of results and the...
... (1982), and Cambell and Mankiw (1987) assume the stationarity ofthe rst log difference ofthe real GDP and emphasize on the usage of ARIMA models in an attempt to estimate the long-term trend of ... well as the U.S on aggregate exhibited distinct downturn ofthe real estate cycle between the third quarter of 2006 andthe rst quarter of 2007 Finally we found that the state level economic and ... proximity from the economically dominant states plays quite a signi cant role in the formation ofthe business cycle patterns ofthe former group of states The business cycle patterns ofthe major...
... successfully, (c) the number of packets in the buffer may reach a maximum value and stay at this state until the lth packet arrives, and (d) the number of packets in the buffer then decreases from the maximum ... where x is the smallest integer greater than x χ is the index ofthe last removed packet when packet l arrived and defined as trm,0 = On the other hand, if there are Nof (l) overflow packets, then Qlength ... solutions, the CAC computes the outage probabilities of all mobiles andthe lengthened activity factors of NRT services Iterations are performed to make both the outage probabilities andthe lengthened...
... from the llth to the l6th wk after the start ofthe study (Fig ) These branches appeared from the axil of leaves in an area between the 30th andthe 55th leaf The dates of branch initiation on the ... (Fig 2) These curves showed numerous and pronounced variations over the 61 wk ofthe study These variations corresponded to the appearance and For the 61 wk ofthe experiment, comparison of signals ... between rest periods andthe resumption ofthe activity ofthe main axis This wide range was also seen in the amplitude ofthe growth rhythm Consequently, the characteristics of this rhythmical...