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... know the price of a mousetrap?Customers no longer need to know the price of servers, software and the rest ofthe parts making up the IT service stack. This knowledge is as useful as knowing the ... undertaking a Return on Investment (ROI) without taking into consideration the time value of money, or where applicable, foreign currency exposure. The title of this ebook hints at the error in this ... articulate the value of their cloud investment.How do you know if you are getting value from your cloud services provider? In the traditional model, most customers would simply compare their existing...
... on what entails success inthe microfinance industry also makes a systematic review of the evidence ofthe impact of microfinance timely.And inthe latter half of 2010 the microfinance industry ... Details of 35 studies included inthe map 83Appendix 4.1: Further details of 15 studies included inthe in- depth synthesis 85Appendix 4.2: Narrative synthesis of findings relating to the impact of ... Robinson 1995). One aspect ofthe commercialisation ofthe microfinance industry is its formalisation, i.e. microfinance institutions (MFIs) transforming themselves into banks and turning...
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... of the model, the behavior ofthe G261A variant can beinterpreted in terms of constraints introduced by the Alaside chain. The presence ofthe additional Gly at position261 possibly offers increased ... importance ofthe Gly pair, located inthe vicinity of the active site ofthe cold adapted enzyme and to study itspotential roleinthe establishment of its psychrophiliccharacter.This work uses, in ... respectively. By introducing an Ala residue inthe place of Gly it is expected that the conformational flexibility of the main chain can be constrained with a minimum perturba-tion ofthe local structure,...
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... Cardie, Vincent Ng, David Pierce,Chris Buckley. Ex-amining theroleof statistical and linguistic knowledgesources in a general-knowledge que stion answering sys-tem. In Proceedings ofthe 6th ... example, inthe case of questionQ209: “Who invented the paper clip ?”, the expected answer type is PERSON and so is the subject ofthe verb invented , lexicalized as the nominalization inventor. ... Reims?Q-711 :What are the names ofthe tourist attractions in Reims?Q-712 :What do most tourists visit in Reims?Q-713 :What attracts tourists to Reims?Q-714 :What are tourist attractions in Reims?Q-715:What...
... graduation. Bussey (1967), in a study inthe U.K., found that the most popular occasion is Christmas, which is followed by birthday. This finding is just reverse ofthe finding of Belk (1973). Ruth, ... choice of gift is one ofthe most important decisions inthe study of consumer in gift-giving behavior. Lows et al. (1971), inthe British study, categorized the most relevant types of gifts ... their brand attitude, may suggest an interesting implication for the new brand advertising strategy. Instead of focusing on the content ofthe message which only emphasizes the benefits of...
... predictors of wilt. Race is significant in some models (with Blacks having an advantage) but not others. Somewhat surprisingly, income is never significant. Also, when youth savings is included inthe ... school. Conley (2001) finds that a doubling of net worth results in an 8.3% increase inthe probability of attending college. Further, when net worth is included inthe model, Black youth are ... size ofthe effect depends on whether a youth has also designated a portion ofthe savings in that account for school and whether log of net worth or categorical net worth is included in the model. ...
... that the increase of Glc6P inthe presence of S4048 was caused by the inhibition of Glc6P hydro-lysis inthe absence of detectable changes in glucosephosphorylation.S4048 causes inactivation of ... control of glycolysis and glycogen synthesis by glucokinase overexpres-sion. The validity of S4048 for testing theroleof Glc6P was supported byits lack of effect on glucokinase binding and ... Seoane J, Guinovart JJ &Agius L (2000) Theroleofthe regulatory protein of glucokinase inthe glucose sensory mechanism of the hepatocyte. J Biol Chem 275, 10597–10603.24 Gomis RR, Cid...