... treatment and the quality ofthe water discharged tothe river is high They are willing to pay about half as much to increase the treatment capacity ofthe STP to treat all the wastewater generated ... programme attributes, n isthe number of wastewater treatment programme attributes considered, and the vectors of coefficients to n are attached tothe vector of attributes (Z) The assumptions about the ... of wastewater treated 15 Table 3: CLM and RPLM estimates for wastewater treatment programme attributes CLM Attributes ASC Quality of treated wastewater Quantity of treated wastewater Regeneration...
... in nature, two experienced evaluators independently examined each the dot plots and assigned a score based on whether there was a clustered population A score of was given when there was no obvious ... parts ofthe manuscript LP coordinated the collection and assembly of data, did all statistical analysis and was involved in the interpretation ofthe data and manuscript writing SJ did the overall ... exploratory research to Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) All labs followed their own, previously established protocols There were large differences in the experience level ofthe operator as reported...
... in nature, two experienced evaluators independently examined each the dot plots and assigned a score based on whether there was a clustered population A score of was given when there was no obvious ... parts ofthe manuscript LP coordinated the collection and assembly of data, did all statistical analysis and was involved in the interpretation ofthe data and manuscript writing SJ did the overall ... exploratory research to Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) All labs followed their own, previously established protocols There were large differences in the experience level ofthe operator as reported...
... correlate with painful lesions ofthe pars interarticularis [18-21] The diagnosis of spondylolisthesis is not made with scintigraphy Once spondylolisthesis develops, bone stress may be absent atthe ... arrows pointtothe scintigraphic abnormality on SPECT] bone stress If this stress has not yet resulted in a fracture, changes may not be visible on CT The identification of patients with this pattern ... MRI is not as sensitive as SPECT for identifying bone stress ofthe pars interarticularis and does not delineate bony detail tothe same extent as CT [16,25] MRI is, however, attractive as an...
... DISCUSSION The diagnosis ofthe metastatic carcinoma of unknown origin can be very difficult The determination ofthe primary site ofthe metastasis is a challenge to both oncologists and pathologists, ... helping to distinguish these adenocarcinomas from adenocarcinomas of many other primary sites [9-15] The CK7−/CK20+ pattern was identified in 65% to 95% ofthe colorectal adenocarcinomas in different ... tumor has proved to be a useful aid in differential diagnosis of carcinomas, since primary and metastatic tumors tend to retain the cytokeratin profiles ofthe epithelium from which they arise [13]...
... see their way clear Not all ofthe economic malaise ofthe years 2000 to 2002 is due to these two developments, or factors; some of it is certainly due tothe uncertainty elevated by the attacks ... about the needs and wants the relationship is trying to satisfy and how the relationship should go about satisfying them Then, in the actual process of conducting the relationship, the assumptions ... build the alliance of business partners that provide the additional competencies required to profitably satisfy the customer This member isthe choreographer, as noted before in the example of the...
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... see their way clear Not all ofthe economic malaise ofthe years 2000 to 2002 is due to these two developments, or factors; some of it is certainly due tothe uncertainty elevated by the attacks ... about the needs and wants the relationship is trying to satisfy and how the relationship should go about satisfying them Then, in the actual process of conducting the relationship, the assumptions ... build the alliance of business partners that provide the additional competencies required to profitably satisfy the customer This member isthe choreographer, as noted before in the example of the...
... Vol 11 No Ahlqvist et al The Scientific Basis of Rheumatology: A Decade of Progress This article is part of a special collection of reviews, The Scientific Basis of Rheumatology: A Decade of Progress, ... it is likely that these genes truly are involved in the pathogenesis of RA, this remains to be proven; as for candidate studies, this type of reasoning is counter to one ofthe main aims: hypothesis-free ... arthritis spontaneously [51] The autoantigen isthe ubiquitously expressed enzyme glucose-6-phosphate isomerase [52], but inflammation is restricted tothe joints, and the disease exhibits many of the...
... (ypCR), was collected from the patients’ specimen pathology report Statistical analysis Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS software (PASW Statistics 17.0.2) Comparison ofthe post-CRT ... Subsequently, the regression index (RI), indicating the percent reduction relativetothe pre-treatment measured value, were calculated (RI = [(SUV1-SUV2)/SUV1] × 100) and correlated tothe pathological ... considered to be significant when the p -value was less than 0.05 The optimal cut-off value for therapy-related decrease in SUVmax was calculated by receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) analysis Sensitivity,...
... of founders is higher than the effective number of ancestors, because ofthe bottleneck in generation The effective number of founder genomes is rather close tothe effective number of ancestors, ... replicate did not allow us to properly estimate the realized effective size (Ne) ofthe population Therefore Ne was only estimated on the basis of results averaged over replicates, using the following ... contributions ofthe founders, the higher the effective number of founders Estimation ofthe effective number of ancestors An important limitation ofthe previous approach is that it ignores the potential...
... see their way clear Not all ofthe economic malaise ofthe years 2000 to 2002 is due to these two developments, or factors; some of it is certainly due tothe uncertainty elevated by the attacks ... about the needs and wants the relationship is trying to satisfy and how the relationship should go about satisfying them Then, in the actual process of conducting the relationship, the assumptions ... build the alliance of business partners that provide the additional competencies required to profitably satisfy the customer This member isthe choreographer, as noted before in the example of the...
... market valueis quantified based on the perceived valueof that whichis given up And that’s thepointValueis determined in the eyes ofthe beholder Only the recipient can assess therelativevalue ... when this was a desolate area The store, as a cornerstone ofthe community, has really brought the whole area to life So what is his interest in having us there? Before our machine was there, there ... dancer to work together to accomplish the same goal, the choreographer ofthe Collaborative Community assembles all ofthe businesses required to satisfy a set of needs and wants, arranges that these...
... than others but none ofwhichis exactly what they want Unfortunately, the internal divisions ofthe company that turn out the multiple-product lines are not integrated sufficiently to provide the ... that they converted into needed value with other parties But relationships don’t always have to take this path Joe offers us another example of using non-cash currencies to gain access to customers, ... recognize the need for technological innovation and integration (and we will talk about it in Chapter 8), but the key to collaboration is not the integration of data systems It isthe integration of...
... his associate was losing Knowing that was not a viable state for the relationship, Dave asked why his associate continued to offer currencies when Dave was offering nothing in return Sur- ❘ Not ... business relationships and assigning them to one of four quadrants based on the nature and the rhythm ofthe relationship The benefit of this approach is that it enables you to categorize all of your ... business relationship with respect to (1) the nature ofthe relationship and (2) the rhythm ofthe relationship We use these two perspectives because the nature ofthe relationship indicates how...
... unless the objective ofthe relationship was understood; and thus the relationship would not iterate tothe desired collaborative relationship category However, Dave knows what he is trying to accomplish ... increase in the intensity of that relationship ❚ The purpose ofthe Relationship Matrix isto momentarily take the human element out of relationships and allow you to analyze the business valueof ... put these two scales together the utility ofthe currency and the level ofthe currency—you have the ability tovalue what you receive in relation tothe goals you are trying to achieve To this,...
... traversing the path of a transactionalresource opportunity-collaborative relationship That path is a less risky proposition, as you not run the danger of her relationship ❘ Measuring theValueof Every ... Relationship Values and then subtract the Current Relationship Value from the Future Relationship Value This Relationship Value Delta gives you the numerical equivalent ofthevalue in the relationship ... Essentially, what the diagram reflects is that asthe level of collaboration increases, more resources and richer information are required to realize increasing benefit from the collaboration And as the...
... Collaboration in the currencies the farm had to offer; and because ofthe trust built through the history ofthe relationship, the not-for-profit has agreed to iterate the relationship In the first ... promote this cause throughout the not-for-profit’s customer base The owners ofthe farm have therefore approached the notfor-profit to see if thevalue proposition between them could iterate and the ... or the desired collaboration won’t work THE RISKS OF COLLABORATION Clearly, increasing the level of collaboration does have risks In addition tothe issue of information risk that is present at...
... was 4.4 We then prioritized that valuerelativetothe FRVs we had calculated for other opportunities and made the decision to accept the invitation to speak atthe summit This decision led to ... as shown in Figure 9.3, one ofthe other panelists, a senior vice president at a major research firm, has asked us to present our work on measuring thevalueof relationships to a group of his ... goals is really a process of recognizing thevalueof non-cash currencies and the categories they fall into, such as access to intellectual property, information about customers, and so forth Then,...