... Lessonsfromthe Game of Golf The Course This unique golf course consists of eighteen holes, each one devoted to a principle of management Like any other 18-hole course, there are a number of obstacles ... elements and factors that make up the swing, and even the frequency ofthe swing But then who is the customer? The answer is the ball! This particular customer is perhaps the most demanding, unpredictable, ... to improve their performance—that’s why they play Sharing the golfing experience with others while trying to improve their own game is what the game is all about Why can’t some ofthe same factors...
... point on the curves is the mean of three independent determinations (SD £ 3%) Influence of membrane thickness on the antibacterial activity ofthe peptides The possibility of modifying the A laidlawii ... the susceptibility of mollicutes to melittin and the LK peptides was independent ofthe amount of cholesterol in the membranes of these bacteria Table Antibacterial activities of LK peptides and ... similar to those of mellitin, LK15(3.6) and Dns-LK15(3.6) were the most efficient ofthe LK peptides for the four types of membranes, i.e independent ofthe membrane thickness Their inhibitory...
... knowledge, and abilities, as well as their attitudes toward the administrator It also depends on the nature ofthe activities, the lines of authority in the organization, the integrity of their ... organization They work at the process of institutional renewal They allow the institution to improve continuously They preserve and revitalize the values ofthe institution They mitigate the tendency of ... notions of teamwork and the value of each individual’s contribution to the final product The synergy an effective team produces is greater than the sum of its parts The foundation ofthe team is the...
... consumption As the plane crested the top ofthe building, I knew the images were getting good, and by the time the plane reached the top ofthe frame—and thus also the top ofthe Capitol dome—I ... marking the end ofthe Gulf War The cover of Cigar Lifestyles magazine was one of many ofthe reuses ofthe Harrier image 26 Don’t Let the Fear of Striking Out Get in Your Way T he title of this ... fromtheEdgeof Reality Waiting in the colonnade to go into the Oval A quick snap of me in the window, waiting to get into the Oval, with the Rose Garden in the background 10 Pool Spray in the...
... communities within the CLAHRCs The paper will start with a brief discussion ofthe structure and purposes ofthe CLAHRCs and the main premises ofthe CoP approach It will then explore the following ... ‘stage -of- change’ theories used in the field of implementation research [66] The main strength ofthe CoP theory is that it is able to provide a basis for the development and delivery of theoryinformed ... Finally, in their study of a multiprofessional radiotherapy unit, Tagliaventi and Mattarelli [26] emphasise the importance of flexibility of professional identities as a facilitator of knowledge transfer...
... evaluation was designed to explore the quality ofthe outputs ofthe IMP and ofthe commissioning process Our findings regarding the impact ofthe work funded and about the difficulties faced by those ... interpreted as a lack of knowledge about the IMP as a whole There was a better response to the postal survey sent to midwives A summary ofthe figures fromthe 100 out of 227 questionnaires returned ... role ofthe IMP as a whole in this Questionnaires to potential users on the dissemination and use of research findings While the projects were funded on the basis of their contribution to the...
... final daredevil dive—by leaping fromtheedgeof space “Fearless Felix,” as he has been called, broke the record for the highest skydive ever by leaping from a height of 128,100 feet! That’s 24 miles ... 100-pound spacesuit to protect his body from deadly conditions high in the air Because ofthe low pressure in this part ofthe atmosphere, his blood and other bodily fluids would begin to boil ... air pressure on the ground It also protected him fromthe extreme cold at that height At one point in the jump, Baumgartner’s visor started to fog up Then he began spinning out of control This...
... search out the massed wheeling circles ofthe stars, my feet no longer touch the earth, but, side by side with Zeus himself, I take my fill of ambrosia, the food ofthe gods Quote from Kepler ... Did he who made the Lamb, make thee? Tyger! Tyger! burning bright, In the forests ofthe night, What immortal hand or eye Dare frame thy fearful symmetry? Lesson The mother of mathematics is astronomy/astrology ... God is a Mathematician William Blake 1757-1827 William Blake: The Ancient of Days William Blake: Newton The Tyger by William Blake • Tyger! Tyger! burning bright, In the forests ofthe night,...
... estimated costs of production and then the entire value ofthe equipment There is left the net value ofthe copper ore But these proceeds are to be obtained over a series of years, and are therefore ... fromthe micro the abrogation ofthe Great Western lease, to the macro the “disastrous” shortage of shipping tonnage capacity on the Great Lakes After finding out from an interview with one of ... reports ofthe Great Northern Iron Ore properties have been full of data but very bare of information Instead ofthe familiar statement of a corporation to its stockholders they represent the accounting...
... recognition ofthe clarity of certain messages, we have reproduced the text provided in the response The variation in the length ofthe various sections is a reflection ofthe number of questions ... entrenching the position ofthe Big 4" Academics Group auditors should have access to the reports and other documentation of all auditors of components ofthe group 22 4 SUPERVISION The Profession Professional ... that there were more than 200 replies identical in their content; these were all received fromthe German audit profession The second biggest group of respondents were the preparers ofthe accounts...
... after the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers Taking into account the characteristics ofthe evolution of real credit, the variable under analysis in the rest of this paper is defined as the change in the ... the crisis while it decreased in the rest of Asia In the case of Mexico, the recovery of real credit took longer than in the rest ofthe region (ii) By the end of 2009, real credit growth and ... currency is another source of a currency mismatch In either of these two examples, a s harp depreciation ofthe local currency might severely impede the financial position ofthe debtor In the first...
... either the likelihood a loan is repaid (and thus, the cost of a loan) or the availability of credit These results highlight the distinct tradeoff between 1) limiting the collection and use of ... grouped into thee categories so that the authors could examine the impact of simple vs detailed amounts of credit file data The first category included only the number of inquiries from other creditors ... models explain the evolution of credit bureaus and the lending markets they support? Japelli and Pagano (1999) provide one ofthe very few attempts to test the predictions ofthe theoretical models...
... feed The poor condition of livestock often made evacuation uneconomic as well as reducing the resilience of livestock to cope with the eruption impacts and the stresses of transport The lack of ... likely to evacuate their farms and were less likely to return, citing they did not have the physical or emotional energy to recover fromthe eruption event The impact ofthe loss of financial equity ... crushing for displaced elderly farmers, who either expected to retire on their land or use the money fromthe sale of their farm to support retirement The death of animal populations on a large scale...
... feed The poor condition of livestock often made evacuation uneconomic as well as reducing the resilience of livestock to cope with the eruption impacts and the stresses of transport The lack of ... likely to evacuate their farms and were less likely to return, citing they did not have the physical or emotional energy to recover fromthe eruption event The impact ofthe loss of financial equity ... crushing for displaced elderly farmers, who either expected to retire on their land or use the money fromthe sale of their farm to support retirement The death of animal populations on a large scale...
... DoCoMo, however, lacked thetechnology to realize the idea, and since they didn’t have the musical software in the first place, the absence ofthetechnology meant of course that the ringtone idea ... benefit most at the end ofthe day is the original creator ofthe platform And these people will, quite naturally, be the big winners ofthe 21st century How much of a “place” can you offer to people? ... president of DoCoMo, to look at ways of making money other than telephone charges The leader then consulted the director of a friend’s company He was introduced to lady ofthe editor ofthe magazine,...
... mediator release from phagocytes It is likely that IC models mimic part ofthe RA pathology There is growing interest in the use of passive IC models, together with a range of transgenic knockouts, ... similar form of arthritis also developed in targeted mutant mice lacking the 3’ AU-rich elements, confirming the role of these elements in the maintenance of a physiological TNF response in the joint ... 10 11 12 13 14 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, published...
... fortifying the immunological control of FV [57-59] On the other hand, CD4+ Tregs down-regulate the immune responses of CD4+ Th cells [32,58] and CD8+ CTLs [39,60-62] thus, prolonging the recovery from ... differentiation of virus-specific CD4+ T cells during FV infection revealed a prominent Tfh profile [94] At the peak ofthe response, up to 40% ofthe virusspecific CD4+ T cells in the spleen were ... is determined by the nature ofthe infectious agent and the inflammatory milieu formed by the pathogen [103-105] Although T cell help may be dispensable in the priming phase ofthe CD8 + T cell...
... further, we plotted the sequence conservation as a function ofthe distance fromthe start ofthe corresponding genes (Figure 2) We found that in the first 500 bp the sequence conservation ofthe ... are found in the introns of coding genes and therefore are probably regulated by the promoters ofthe genes in which they reside [26], others are located in the intergenic parts ofthe genome Little ... For these reasons, the conservation rates ofthe promoters of 513 human genes are also analyzed in relation to the turnover ofthe 1,162 TFBSs they contain Relationships between conservation of...
... Communications,’’ was the same Even the boxy, 3-D logos at the top center ofthe invoices matched But the descriptions ofthe purchases did not In the body ofthe Squire invoice, in place of ‘‘design and ... out ofthe beautiful home that was no longer theirs Along with the house, most of their possessions had been sold, and they were returning to Ohio with the children As they placed the last of their ... buildings ofthe 30 or so local galleries and furniture stores that Fairbanks patronized I opened the photo album to the picture ofthe Squire storefront and set it at theedgeofthe conference...