... firms have the help of sophisticated information systems and data warehouses been able to manage a great deal of data. The challenge isto capture and measure soft and qualitative information. ... the fact that these indicators are much easier to measure. In addition, conventional methods have the advantage of being investment evaluation settings. Their major drawback of evaluation is ... customer retention and other parameters related tothe customer, whereas the role ofthe employees, their satisfaction, loyalty and the link between these variables and profitability is not often...
... knowledge and awareness of the available brand.• Alternative evaluation: this isthe stage whereby the consumers evaluate and rank alternative brand based on the information they have. Such information ... but attaining this objective is not always an easy task due tothe fact that the products and services of many fast food restaurants are similar and their means of distributions are alike. ... ofthe restaurant is good, the drive sound system was clear and well dressed neat and trained staffs”. Therefore MacDonald can be said to have a larger degree of dispersion of data around the...
... CP-pyk(5¢-ACGACTAGTGGATCCATNNNNNAGTTTATTCTTGACANNNNNNNNNNNNNNTGRTATAATNNNNAAGTAATAAAATATTCGGAGGAATTTTGAAATGAATAAACGTGTAAAAATCG-3¢)(N¼ A, T, G, C) and pyk-back (5¢-CTCTACATGCATTTCAACAATAGGGCCTGTC-3¢) for amplification of pyk. The resulting PCR prod-ucts, containing ... We then inserted the leader mRNA from the L. lactis ald gene as follows. A PCR fragment was generated using primer CP-pyk(5¢-ACGACTAGTGGATCCATNNNNNAGTTTATTCTTGACANNNNNNNNNNNNNNTGRTATAATNNNNAAGTAATAAAATATTCGGAGGAATTTTGAAATGAATAAACGTGTAAAAATCG-3¢)(N¼ ... pattern. By coregulatingPK and LDH cells can maintain homolactic fermenta-tion. The fact that the effects of PK and LDH almostcancel each other out may also add tothe explanation of why the...
... This can be attributed toa number of factors includ-ing the practice that food companies keep this material secret inorder to gain a competitive advantage. However, another reason is the lack ... The results of this test concluded that a rating ballot wasuseful in differentiating flavor variations ofthe same product. Datafrom this ballot were evaluated using Analysis of Variance (GLMprocedure) ... list.However, this list is probably a good place to start for those whowish to study the impact of foods on emotions.One clear outcome ofthe present work is that a large number of emotions appear to be...
... innovation, to give a basis for competitive advantage. To reach this goal, the establishing ofa knowledge management (KM) strategy may be considered the best wayto channel the organization’s ... systems andtools. The knowledge management strategydeveloped at IrizarAt Irizar, it is understood that the objective of KM is the promotion of innovation and the capacity of the organization to ... of strategy. It is possible that the quality of the strategy established in a firm can be mea-sured via these same factors, even if the individualcase isa strategy for which new tools are used.The...
... awarded tothe learner is the same as the number of credits allocated tothe component. The full number of credits is always awarded if the student achieves a passing grade; it is never adjusted ... institution of grades awarded by the host institution.In cases of recognition of non-formal and informal learning: the award of • the same number of credits as allocated to formal educational components ... of what they have achieved at each stage of their educational pathway.Credit transfer in ECTS 4.4. From the key features:“Credit s aw arded in one programme may be transferred into another...
... at the various time-points, i.e. the fraction ofthe total amount of PAI-1 forming a stable complex with uPA, was calculated from the amount of PAI-1 required to inhibit half the uPA. The half-life ... substrate behaviour will migrateslightly faster than native PAI-1 due to cleavage of the C-terminal 33 amino acids. Latent PAI-1 or PAI-1 other-wise inert to uPA will comigrate with native PAI-1. ... Thisanalysis showed that the substitutions F10 0A, V12 6A, F12 8A, I13 7A, N13 9A, W14 1A, T14 6A and N15 2A increased the fraction of PAI-1 molecules behaving as a substrate for uPA to between 40 and...
... unsaturated fatty acids as potential substrates.Metabolism of oleic acid by CYP7 7A4 We first incubated mono-unsaturated oleic acid(C18:1). The radiochromatograms obtained after reso-lution of ... suchactivities in plants might help to understand the physi-ological role of CYP7 7A4 . This lack of data couldexplain the small amount of information availabletoday concerning the ability of ... epoxides foraccumulation in seeds as, unlike E. lagascae and plantsbelonging tothe Aesteraceae genera, such as Crepispalaestina, A. thaliana does not store fatty acid epox-ides. Cytochrome P450-dependent...
... study of the mammalian stress response: characterization of changes in cytoplasmic organelles, cytoskeleton, andnucleoli, and appearance of intranuclear actin filamentsin rat fibroblasts after heat-shock ... typical scenario, the activa-tion of growth factor receptors may in turn activate the Ras ⁄ Rac1 pathway, which has been shown to play a critical role in HSF1 activation and HSP up-regula-tion ... cells (data not shown).DiscussionWhereas the importance of HSPs in the pathogenesis of many diseases is well established together with theirpotential therapeutic value, our knowledge ofthe stresssensing...
... Quı´mica, Faculdade de Cieˆnciase Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal;3Facultad de Bioquı´mica y Ciencias Biolo´gicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina The ... ofthe scan rate and proportional tothe square root ofthe enzymeconcentration (not shown), which indicates that the enhanced cathodic current is due tothe catalytic regener-ation ofthe azurin ... cyclicvoltammograms of azurin exhibit a sigmoidal shape, withenhanced cathodic currents and decreased anodic currents,particularly at low scan rates. This behavior is consistentwith a reaction mechanism...
... unreliably, and install even more malware they can use to leverage attacks or spread malware to others. One ofthe most well-known attacks was the Conficker malware detected in late 2008. This malware ... updating. 3 antivirus software will be most effective if the signatures are up to date. Many antivirus and antispyware programs offer automatic updating. Enable that feature so your software ... sure to research these features before disabling or modifying them. The AutoRun feature in Microsoft Windows systems was a default feature at the time ofthe Conficker malware and was one of the...
... Typical concentrations ofthe major weak acids and weak bases in seawater as a function of pH. This diagram is calculated for constant dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) and constant total boric acid ... study was underway, Congress passed another law the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring (FOARAM) Act of 2009—which calls for, among other things, the establishment of a federal ... reserved.Ocean Acidification: A National Strategy to Meet the Challenges ofa Changing Oceanhttp://www.nap.edu/catalog/12904.htmlPrepublication Copy The National Academy of Sciences isa private,...