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... the room and that while you are out they are to take the pack and count down from the top until they come to the number thought of, which card they are to look at and remember, but they must ... mind, and it becomes the card they are thinking of And, of course, by watching closely you know the card even better than the person with whom you are doing the trick Next get the card that they ... card that they see as you run them over; and then to make that person place the card they are thinking of in their pocket without knowing it Hold the deck squarely in the palm of the left hand in...

Ngày tải lên: 19/03/2014, 13:04

... (αLβ2, αMβ2, αXβ2, and αDβ2), and RGDrecognizing integrins (α5β1, αVβ1, αVβ3, αVβ5, αVβ6, αVβ8, and αIIbβ3) Individual integrins have unique ligand specificities (Table 2) They are further defined ... these are α1, α2, α10, α11, αL, αM, αX, αD, and αE Non-I-domain subunits are α3, α4, α5, α6, α7, α8, α9, αV, and αIIb In Idomain integrins, the I domains play a central role in ligand binding and ... pair comes from gene knockout studies in mouse or from rare hereditary disorders in humans Only a handful of crystal structures of integrins bound to their ligands have been solved From these...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 07:21

... cisplatin, and we discovered and developed carboplatin Cisplatin and carboplatin have been two of the most successful anti-cancer agents ever developed, and are currently used to treat ovarian, lung and ... change relating to tobacco control and sun awareness - Increase our investment in symptom awareness and early diagnosis and lead the NCRI initiative in this area - Develop our activity in medical ... experts and organisations to understand what causes delay in diagnosis, establish the best ways of helping the public to recognise symptoms and to get them checked out by a doctor, and to understand...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 16:21

... Objectives • Describe wireless wide area networks (WWANs) and how they are used • Describe the applications that can be used on a digital cellular telephone ... applications Connect to corporate networks Watch television or on-demand movies Take and transmit pictures and short movies Locate family members and employees using GPS Cellular Telephone Applications (continued) ... cell – Transmitter and base station for that cell handle all of the transmissions • As the user moves toward the next cell – A handoff process occurs • Roaming – User moves from one cellular network...

Ngày tải lên: 13/09/2012, 10:52

... Includes Brazil (from 2002), Caribbean banking centers, Chile (from 2008), Colombia (from 2008), India, Korea, Mexico, Russia (from 2007), Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Turkey (from 2002) 3/ ... Author’s E-Mail Address: jandritzky@imf.org Comments and helpful thoughts are gratefully acknowledged from Serkan Arslanalp, Max Fandl, Martine Guerguil, Manmohan Kumar, Andre Meier, Christian Schmieder, ... Ireland, and Spain While other intragovernmental holdings are often available for other countries, social security and public pension fund holdings are readily available only for Canada and Japan...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 07:20

... protein family homologs, BC1534 and BC3461, which share 21% identity [1] Furthermore, they share 96% and 95% identity with their homologs BA1557 and BA3524, respectively, from B anthracis The LmbE ... interaction between the b8-strand of one monomer and the b6- and b7-strands of the other monomer (B) Surface representation of the enzyme and view of the active site from outside The active site ... exhibited overall 21% identity and 31% similarity with BC3461 Moreover, BC1534 and BC3461 shared 96% and 95% identity with their homologs BA1557 and BA3524, respectively, from B anthracis (Fig 1) The...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 11:20

... reality and for working with the many metro area partners who share this vision Letter from the City manager and Chief environmental officer T he City of Kansas City, Mo has been progressive and ... Bob Mann landscaping and land management, heat island at Bridging The Gap’s Shadowcliff Lodge have been mitigation and retrofits of off-road construction attended by government officials and hundreds ... metro area organizations and individuals are implementing aggressive efforts to improve water and air quality, conserve energy, promote renewable energy, reduce and recycle solid waste and reduce...

Ngày tải lên: 24/03/2014, 21:20

... agents and bots are self-contained tools designed and distributed by people who monitor them and replace or remove them from a network when necessary They are autonomous to some extent in that they ... of these devices are already woven into our buildings, highways, and even our forests and other ecosystems; they are found in personal devices, from our automobiles to printers and cell phones ... necessary, and they have the ability to learn through trial and error or through example and generalization MEMS, agents and bots are the reality today In the near future, as computing and data...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 19:20

... industry, animation careers, and advice and tips from our mentors In addition, you can see what Animation Mentor students are working on and get the inside scoop on how they are creating animation ... professional animators, and students who were interested in pursuing an education in animation They were asked to share with us the criteria they used in choosing a school, and what things they thought ... production-style environment where mentors, who are working studio animators, stand in for directors, and assignments stand in for film or game shots Students learn how to accept guidance and criticism, to...

Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 15:20

... prominent and there is conspicuous brand identity (Chandler et al 2004) 85% of ‘Chuppies’ are aware of the top European designers, and unlike America and Europe most of those purchasing luxury goods are ... countries, “brands merely suggest quality”,whereas for ‘Chuppies’, the “brand defines quality” (Euromonitor International 2007b) Chapter 4: What products are Chuppies demanding and how are providers ... two parents and four grandparents With “six pockets and one mouth” these families spend considerable attention and funds on their only child The children have grown up without siblings so they...

Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 23:20

... hire and promote people who have the right stuff built in You have to get the best people on board in the first place, and make sure that they are in positions where they can grow and develop, and ... Chapters 4, 5, and address the whens, whats, and wheres: when to look, what to look for, and where you’re likely to find what you’re looking for Throughout these chapters (and elsewhere in the book), ... GREAT PEOPLE DECISIONS There are two problems with this strategy First, it is in our nature to judge and classify people, even in cases where we are unprepared, and where we may make bad “snap...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 21:20

... involvement of small joints inhand and feet joints We found that small joint involvement of hands and feet were separately weaker predictors across all three outcomes than hands and feet combined (data ... or less, and patients are followed longitudinally for two years Patients with joint swelling due to trauma, osteoarthritis, crystal arthropathies, and septic arthritis are excluded from followup ... of both RF and anti-CCP to RA development in their study [22] This is in line with our findings, where both RF and ACPA were independently associated with RA diagnosis For RA, both RF and anti-CCP...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22

... hire and promote people who have the right stuff built in You have to get the best people on board in the first place, and make sure that they are in positions where they can grow and develop, and ... Chapters 4, 5, and address the whens, whats, and wheres: when to look, what to look for, and where you’re likely to find what you’re looking for Throughout these chapters (and elsewhere in the book), ... GREAT PEOPLE DECISIONS There are two problems with this strategy First, it is in our nature to judge and classify people, even in cases where we are unprepared, and where we may make bad “snap...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 07:21

... hire never come from an HR background, or from any other executive search firm Never! Instead, we typically hire people from management consulting, or from a hands-on managerial career, on the assumption ... basic tools of the trade While we may not learn from our experience, we still believe we are pretty good In fact, we are not, and we are not even aware of our deficiencies The best studies about ... your own chances of career success I hope you are now convinced that stellar managerial careers are built not only on luck, genetics, a constant development effort, and good career decisions, but...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 07:21

... population scores below 100, and half scores above They are widely used to predict academic performance, job performance, and even socioeconomic success But they work? Do they have what the social ... “Personality”? IQ and experience are “hard” factors, in the sense that they can be more easily verified, and it is somewhat easier to agree on terms and interpretations Personality is a much softer and broader ... Then What” principle: They first got the right people on the bus, the wrong people off the bus, and the right people in the right seats and then they figured out where to drive it.”19 We’ll...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 07:21

... 125 ment from Harvard, and then embarked upon an outstanding journalistic career, which included two nominations for the Pulitzer Prize and a Career Achievement Award for journalism from the ... selfcontrol, transparency, adaptability, achievement orientation, initiative, and optimism); (3) social awareness (empathy, organizational awareness, and service orientation); and (4) relationship ... self-awareness (where the ccc_people_117-156_ch05.qxd 4/3/07 1:11 PM Page 142 142 GREAT PEOPLE DECISIONS respective competencies are emotional self-awareness, accurate selfassessment, and self-confidence);...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 07:21

... Shackleton’s (and few are! ), people fail to act They procrastinate They get distracted Third is the quality issue Most satisfied people aren’t looking for a new job, and therefore aren’t looking ... some outstanding successes and some formidable failures So you should be particularly careful, when things are going well, to look at the future, and make sure that the person you are promoting ... that more candidates should be considered • Demographic and economic trends are reducing the relative supply of qualified candidates Some of the challenges include • Where to look: inside and out...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 07:21

... functions, and sectors Where possible, confirm that they have an internal culture of gathering and sharing information about sources, references, and candidates To be of use to you, the knowledge that they ... colleagues from all over the world, and our CEO, Dan Meiland By that time, we had conducted significant external and internal research, and were analyzing in detail what made for the outstanding performance ... for professionals and managers include interviews, resumes, and references.1 While many other techniques are called upon, they are either inherently suspect (e.g., astrology and graphology), not...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 07:21

... money, and a picture Paint a picture for ccc_people_229-254_ch08.qxd 4/3/07 1:14 PM Page 235 How to Attract and Motivate the Best People 235 them If they are successful, they are the big men And ... what candidates look for, first and foremost, is not more money, but a job where they can their best, with a challenge that perfectly matches their skill level, in a place where they will grow and ... wife María and I spent a delightful New Year’s Eve with the candidate and his wife in the beautiful Patagonian town of San Martín de los Andes, high in the mountains, a thousand miles from our...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 07:21

... out, and the wholesale squandering of trust in our businesses and their leaders We’re aware of the negative consequences for investment, job creation, economic growth, and ultimately our standard ... own accomplishments, and sometimes also in the gaps they left by failing to groom an appropriate successor Alexander the Great and Napoleon are, at once, among the best and worst examples Under ... developed countries, are the best possible people to hold those posts? How many of them are outstanding, and how many are just good enough, in terms of their competence, credibility, and even integrity?...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 07:21