... protocols – the language - oftheInternet (Transmission Control Protocol /Internet Protocol) that ran officially on the ARPA network (the precursor ofthe internet) in 1983 Because ofthe military and ... disappearance ofthe author and style; in link through the disappearance ofthe image in the icon; in network through the disappearance of cable in mobile and satellite - towards the disappearance ofthe ... wax image ofthe prototype” In Gell’s theory the index is located in the region where the sphere of agency (the primary agent) overlaps with the vulnerability ofthe causal milieu ofthe recipient...
... the amount consumed in lians (50g/lian) per unit of time A lian is the unit of weight in China equivalent to 50 g The reproducibility and validity ofthe FFQ was assessed in a random sample of ... For other participants the average ofthe baseline and follow-up FFQ data were used in the analyses The average daily intake of individual food items (g/day) was combined to compute intake of red ... knowledge there are no other reports of a direct link between poultry consumption and risk of diabetes or of interactions between poultry consumption and BMI andthe risk of type DM Red meat consumption...
... asked to take all ofthe calls perfectly, so I should quickly get thecustomers demands and complete the call to take another • Abroad study knowledge Through questions ofthe customers, I partly ... remember all ofthe counselors’ and C.Os’ names through their extensions within several hours ofthe first day I had made a lot of mistakes in transferring the calls, and I dealt with the call center ... etc Therefore, they usually call to the office and demand to talk with their counselors or C.O (case officers) The company’s call center has fifteen extensions A receptionist has to remember these...
... ofthe paper, the principles of lean production will be examined and how theoretically theInternet might affect the implementation of these principles In the second section some examples of ... Complementarities, Lock-In and Novelty They observe that none ofthe received theories in andof themselves can explain the sources of new value creation in e-business Rather the value creation has ... lean enterprises In the fourth section we reflect on the theoretical grounding of value creation in the combined system of lean production, enterprises andtheInternetThe fifth and final section...
... type” in the dialog box that appears, you can for instance select “JPEG images (∗.jpg)”, andthe resulting JPEG file can be incorporated into the document with a 216 Chapter 10: MATLAB andtheInternet ... choice of downloading the file or “opening” it; if you choose the latter, it will appear in the M-file editor, a slightly stripped-down version ofthe Editor/Debugger Netscape Navigator The situation ... browsers to display M-files in the M-file editor or to launch M-books automatically Microsoft Internet Explorer If MATLAB and Word are installed on your Windows computer then Internet Explorer should...
... aspect under the perfect has the effect of asserting that the beginning ofthe event time is included in the PTS The question of whether the end ofthe event time is included in the PTS or not ... makeup ofthe Perfect participle 285 ing for the perfect - a combination ofthe meaning of [PERFECT] in Asp1 andthe meaning contribution of a viewpoint aspectual projection The semantic role ofthe ... (12b), the left boundary ofthe PTS is asserted to precede the beginning ofthe event time andthe right boundary ofthe PTS is not asserted to be included in the event time Examples such as the...
... discussion ofthe rise ofthe concept of fetal rights and fetal protectionism can be found in Daniels, 1993.) After a brief discussion ofthe social construction of maternity and paternity, I analyse the ... Studies of male reproductive health and toxicity have Between fathers and fetuses concentrated primarily on the eVects of occupational and environmental exposures of men and less on the eVects of ... fathers and fetuses ‘Crack babies’ and ‘pregnant addicts’ By now, the images ofthe crack baby and addicted mother are familiar to anyone who has read news reports of pregnancy and addiction In the...
... thoughts and thought broadcast The essence of thought insertion is not the idea of external origin, but the loss ofthe sense of possession ofthe mental experience This is shared by other passivity ... all forms of auditory hallucinosis Thus these four types of symptoms exhibit variously the loss ofthe sense of possession, loudness and external projection, andthe exact pattern of these three ... attributions of power and control to the people persecuting them or responsible for their hallucinations (Birchwood, 2003; Green et al., 2006) Negative appraisals of symptoms, of self andof others are of...
... price competition While deploying theInternet can expand the market, then, doing so often comes at the expense of average profitability The great paradox oftheInternet is that its very benefits ... increase in the number of competitors and fiercer rivalry than before the advent oftheInternetThe power ofcustomers will also tend to rise As buyers’ initial curiosity with the Web wanes and subsidies ... have been thrown off track by theInternet Forgetting what they stand for or what makes them unique, they have rushed to implement hot Internet applications and copy the offerings of dot-coms Industry...
... k e ) PO = the current price ofthe stock DIV1 = the dividend paid at the end of year ke = the required return on investment in equity P1 = the sale price ofthe stock at the end ofthe first ... Pt + C Pt R = the rate of return on the security Pt+1 = price ofthe security at time t+1, the end ofthe holding period Pt = price ofthe security at time t, the beginning ofthe holding period ... Rationale Behind the Theory Rof > R* ⇒ Pt ↑ ⇒ Rof ↓ Rof < R* ⇒ Pt ↓ ⇒ Rof ↑ until Rof = R* In an efficient market all unexploited profit opportunities will be eliminated Stronger Version ofthe Efficient...
... for the operation ofthe Bank rests with a Board of Directors, which consists of fifteen members: • the governor (currently Mark Carney, who is the chief executive officer and chairman ofthe ... regulatory oversight ofthe national payments system, operated by the CPA • acts as the holder of deposit accounts ofthe federal government, the directly clearing members ofthe CPA, international ... independence (ability to set the goals of policy) • “ 1) in the ordinary course of events, the Bank has the responsibility for monetary policy, and 2) if the government disapproves ofthe monetary policy...
... applications ofthe Rudebusch-Wu model illustrate the range of issues that such a macrofinance model can address The first of these is an exploration ofthe source ofthe Great Moderation the period of reduced ... solved and responses given Quarters ofthe term premium andthe other variables ofthe model to economic shocks can be computed Figures and show the impulse response functions ofthe term premium and ... orthodoxy Therefore, it also seems likely that the recent financial and economic crisis the Great Panic and Recession of 2008 and 2009—will both rearrange the economic landscape and affect the focus of...
... Understanding the surprise component of these announcements is important in order to understand how much of their effect on the day ofthe announcement was already priced in In the case ofthe U.S ... in the case of Federal Reserve announcements, with the effect on the S&P 500 significant at 5percent, and in four of six markets in the case of Bank of England announcements, though none of these ... identify “news” about their recent programs of asset purchases We concentrate on the programs ofthe Federal Reserve andthe Bank of England These central banks both rapidly brought their policy rates...
... Island They would then cross another thirty-two miles of ocean to the southern flank of San Clemente Island, a naval base and artillery range populated by unexploded ordnance and a dwindling herd of ... had seen from the air and set a course that soon put them within earshot of what seemed the loneliest bell on the face ofthe planet The tiny man-made island was laden with guano and inhabited ... breakfast into the deep blue sea The buoys stayed anchored, offering the surfers a point of reference and a measure of relief When the next set of four or five waves broke, they showed that the surf...
... products often build warehouses, handle inventory, and are subject to many ofthe physical constraints of bricksand-mortar companies By contrast, due to the very nature of their business, most ofthe ... to compare and contrast the activities ofthe two types of businesses, and to assess the extent to which they are affected by theInternet All dot coms generate nearly 100 percent of their revenues ... provided by other companies The cost of sales of most physical dot coms consists ofthe cost of merchandise sold and inbound/outbound shipping There are other important distinctions between these two...
... The two phenomena are clearly related and strongly point to the importance of changes in the surface properties ofthe PLB membrane The obvious candidates for the driving forces in the case of ... kinase therefore still remains unclear The main line of evidence for the existence of a PORphosphatase is the observation by Wiktorsson et al [9] of an inhibition, by NaF and ATP, ofthe loss ofthe ... spectral changes in POR and structural changes in PLB The existence of a correlation between the presence ofthe cubic membrane structure ofthe PLB andthe presence of POR-PChlide650 has long...
... younger users have the highest proportion of those mobile phone users who access theInternet via their phone 78% ofthe 10-20 year olds, and 72% ofthe 20-30 year olds The use ofthe phone is different ... and digital broadcast, and we would enter the genuine ubiquitous broadband era in 2008 The mobile phone will play the role of linking all these together The handset would be the gateway for the ... that the use ofthe mobile phone for educational purposes was rare Andthe limitation ofthe phone in the small size ofthe keys and keyboard will mean that the mobile phone will not overtake the...
... L.-I., and Bornholdt, S (2002) Scale-free topology of e-mail networks cond-mat/0201476 Erdös, P and Rényi, A (1960) On the Evolution of Random Graphs Publications ofthe Mathematical Institute ofthe ... request to the US server, which replies to the proxy The proxy then sends the file to the requesting user, and stores the file locally in a cache When additional users send their requests for the file ... proxies benefits not only the ISPs andthe users, but also the websites holding the original content Their content reaches the users more quickly and they avoid being overloaded themselves by two many...
... ofthe Guide to Hollywood andthe Production Code The Guide lists the files in the order in which they were filmed (see Organization of Materials on Microfilm) The Title Index at the end ofthe ... upheavals ofthe Great Depression, the bracing challenges of World War II, the tensions ofthe Cold War, andthe turbulence ofthe 1960s More than a blueprint to the studio system production line, the ... sheets of paper and added to the right side ofthe file after the release ofthe film Since receiving the collection, the library staff has removed the materials from the original folders and transferred...