... creation of novel activity”, is proposed as one effective mechanism in facilitating creativity (Crossan et al 2005) and enabling innovativeness (Moorman and Miner 1998) Inthe remaining part ofthe thesis, ... captured the evolution of dominant logic in their studies For instance, Von Krogh et al (2000) investigated the change inthe “bandwidth” of dominant logic to illustrate its evolution inthe telecommunication ... thus the dominant logic ofthe project managers is influenced by the dominant logic ofthe large corporation Generally, the dominant logic of a corporation is inert to change because ofthe proven...
... to n and whose label sets form a partition of {1, 2, , n} into l disjoint groups The goal of labelled counting is to establish a relation between the cardinality ofthe sets of hands andthe ... Let dk denote the cardinality of Dk and set dk d(z) = k zk k! Similarly let hnl denote the cardinality ofthe set of hands of weight n and size l, and set zn h(y, z) = hnl y l n! nl The exponential ... pictures of weight k A card of weight k is a pair consisting of a picture of weight k and a k-element subset of N that we will call the label set ofthe card A hand of weight n and size l is a set of...
... contribution of other factors involved in speaking 1.3 Cultural factors inthe teaching and learning of speaking skills in classrooms 1.3.1 What cultural factors influence on the teaching andthe learning ... concept include a group’s way of thinking, feeling, and acting, and fixed patterns for doing certain things According to Thompson (1990:132), the pattern meaning embodied in symbolic forms, including ... effectively However, inthe thesis, the researcher wants to find out the attitudes, as well as the cultural awareness in teaching and learning spoken English ofthe teachers andthe students of 10 th grade...
... parallels that of Reference The main purpose for creating and maintaining the NBI is to monitor the condition of bridges carrying public highways Therefore, for funding and reporting purposes, the FHWA ... span length, number of main and approach spans, deck width, skew • Material and structure type for main span and approach spans, if any • Condition and appraisal ratings of structure • Traffic ... herein, and who will accept total responsibility for the application of this information The Portland Cement Association DISCLAIMS any and all RESPONSIBILITY and LIABILITY for the accuracy of the...
... preference and consumption of organic products The Model and Methods A sample of 200 consumers was drawn randomly from rural and urban locations inthe two main regions ofthe Eastern Cape, namely the ... management of illness (35.4% of consumers); (iii) They have a better appearance and taste (30.8% ofthe consumers) and (iv) they are safe to consume (27.7% ofthe consumers) and because they saw them ... reasons advanced is that organic products are expensive according to 60% ofthe consumers inthe Transkei, 54.2% of consumers inthe Ciskei, 62.5% of peri-urban consumers and 81.8% of urban consumers...
... (for instance swabs, transport media and candle jars) • training laboratory technicians and building capacity for performing culture and AMR testing • increasing the availability of routine laboratory ... policies and principles for the prevention and care of STIs, to offer guidance to ministry of health officials who have the responsibility of developing and implementing interventions for the control ... the costing of aspects of AMR and control ofthe impact of AMR, in order to transfer the knowledge and capacities from one setting to another and better plan for scale-up Global action plan to...
... on antibodies and their genes, and performed a systematic scanning ofthe CDR3 loops of mAb4E11 by mutagenesis of their residues into alanine (Ala scanning) The affinities ofthe purified mutant ... diversity and junction, encoded by the D segment, andthe VH-D, D-JH, and VL-JL junctions [17] They are located at the center ofthe antibody combining site [18,19] and provide the major part ofthe ... residues were introduced during the formation ofthe VH-D and D-JH junctions, likely by the terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase, and they translate into the amino-acid residues H-Gly95 and H-Gly98,...
... analysis and interpretation DS participated in data analysis, interpretation and write-up GB involved in study design and critically revised the manuscript FA involved in study design, data analysis ... study design, data analysis and write-up ofthe manuscript and critically revised the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript ML is the guarantor ofthe paper Acknowledgements ... treatment On the other hand, the findings from this survey indicate that pastoral communities living in both ofthe study areas had basic awareness about the symptoms and treatment of PTB, which...
... groups of peaks at 6.85 and 7.15 p.p.m correspond to the aromatic resonances ofthe seven tyrosines inthe protein, andthe inset 2D expansion ofthe 1H-1H COSY shows that the seven are indistinguishable ... ofthe six ITAM tyrosines in TCRf and simulated trypsin digest of His-cTCRf The ITAM tyrosines have been named according to the ITAM they are inand their position within each ITAM (towards the ... Waksman, G (2000) Role of electrostatic interactions in SH2 domain recognition: salt dependence of tyrosyl-phosphorylated peptide binding to the tandem SH2 domain ofthe Syk kinase andthe single...
... Impacts of Introductions and Stocking of Exotic Species inthe Mekong Basin and Policies for Their Control x The Impacts of Introductions and Stocking of Exotic Species inthe Mekong Basin and Policies ... Introductions and Stocking of Exotic Species inthe Mekong Basin and Policies for Their Control iv The Impacts of Introductions and Stocking of Exotic Species inthe Mekong Basin and Policies for Their ... The Impacts of Introductions and Stocking of Exotic Species inthe Mekong Basin and Policies for Their Control The Impacts of Introductions and Stocking of Exotic Species inthe Mekong Basin...
... are: the murder of Wilson Pinheiro and Francisco “Chico” Mendes inthe Amazon rain forest, the massacre of Father Nery Lito Satur and several others inthe Philippines, andthe public hanging of ... crackdown in Bayelsa and Delta states in December 1998 and January 1999 led to the killings of more than 100 people, the torture and inhuman treatment of several individuals, and arbitrary arrests and ... to a standard of living adequate for the health and wellbeing of him/herself and his/her family, including food, clothing, housing, and medical care and necessary social services, andthe right...
... after charring in perchloric acid, according to Fiske and Subarrow [39] and modified as in Svennerholm and Vanier [40] Protein determination Protein was quantitated using the protein quantitation ... referring to all of them as caveolae, was demonstrated by their content of both caveolin-1 and caveolin-2 The coexistence of caveolin-1 and caveolin-2 in all three caveolae subclasses is in line ... corresponding to the three caveolae peaks were analysed by SDS ⁄ PAGE and immunoblotting by loading equal amounts of protein (lanes and 4, VHD-caveolae; lanes and 5, HD-caveolae; lanes and 6, LD-caveolae)...
... release The increased mechanistic understanding gained from this study should allow incremental advances inthe design and production of inhibitors and mimetics of CNS and other enzymes inthe pathways ... contacts Inthe docking studies of Mosimann et al [12], the hydroxyl group of Tyr179 lies within hydrogen-bonding 2784 distance of O7 and O9 ofthe glyceryl moiety of Neu5Ac, and a network of noncovalent ... Percentage change of activity of wild-type CNS and mutants upon the addition of MgCl2 to a concentration of 10 mM The rate of reaction for each variant using 154 lM CTP and 615 lM Neu5Ac in standard...
... symptoms of anaphylaxis, and giving IM epinephrine • An anaphylaxis emergency action plan (see sample plan on the next page) NIAID I GUIDELINES FOR ThE DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF FOOD ALLERGY INThE ... professional if you have egg allergy and are thinking about getting the influenza vaccine Rabies and yellowfevervaccines NIAID I GUIDELINES FOR ThE DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF FOOD ALLERGY IN ... GUIDELINES FOR ThE DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF FOOD ALLERGY INThE UNITED STATES Howwere the Guidelinesdeveloped? The Guidelines are the culmination of a 2-year effort in which the National Institute...
... along the upper Euphrates Inthe south, there is a clustering of sites inthe valley ofthe Jordan river and its branches, including sites in Transjordan Another grouping of sites leads from the ... provide the framework of analysis for the study of consumption and demand of Mycenaean pottery found inthe Levant, Cyprus andthe central Mediterranean These three areas possess the majority of sites ... archaeological point of view, however, it is more suitable to make a distinction between the coastal plain and valleys on the one hand andthe uplands and Transjordan on the other.31 During the Late...
... having uncles and/ or aunts that were associated with the health profession, with 24% having friends working inthe discipline and 30% noting other reference people similarly involved The main ... international NGO andthe remainder financed their studies by other means Main difficulties reported The most frequent difficulties reported by the students during the medical training were: "lack of available ... http://www.human-resources-health.com/content/5/1/11 graphical origins and their expectations and difficulties regarding their education and professional future Methods A piloted, standardized questionnaire, with both definite and open-ended questions,...
... [33,34], and was assumed to be 0.05 inthe primary analyses of many ofthe studies used here Changes in ETT and CCS that have been considered clinically important differences in many ofthe cardiac ... with EQ-5D index inthe CECaT groups than in most ofthe angina groups, perhaps reflecting greater physical disability inthe angina groups allowing for larger changes inthe EQ-5D index The relationship ... levels of CHD severity with sex, the scales ofthe SAQ and CCS angina severity class and a smaller relationship with age and ETT The variation seen inthe relationship between the EQ-5D index and these...
... the items ofthe subscales VT, SF and MH, only “external” determinants were found and they can therefore be classified as missing at random (MAR) Missingness for all other items depended on their ... determinants of missingness The type of missingness was defined according to Little and Rubin [17,18]: when the probability of missingness depends on what would have been the true answer, the item missingness ... score and can therefore be classified as missing not at random (MNAR) Age had a strong and similar effect on missingness for almost all items, with an increase inthe proportion of missing data of...
... physical findings was reduced in 35 and increased in 18 out ofthe 69 subjects inthe intervention group andin 13 and 10, respectively, ofthe 28 controls that were physically examined twice ... significant Incident symptoms and findings For subjects scoring less than two on pain at the first measurement (meaning minimal pain) we have analysed the change at follow-up of summarized pain score ... (elbow) andthe posterior interosseous nerve, andinthe control group for the infraclavicular portion ofthe brachial plexus (Table 5) Summarized individual findings The summarized individual...