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The Impact Of Financial Market And Resale Market On Firm Strategies, Zhiling Guo, Andrew B. Whinston

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

The ever-increasing use of information technology (IT) in business transactions greatly expands firms? exposure to different electronic markets. This paper provides a framework to understand how firms can leverage different strategies across external financial markets and an internal resale market to improve overall profitability. We develop a model in which a group of risk-averse retailers sell a homogeneous product to their respective uncertain consumer markets. We study a scenario where an internal resale market can be constructed among the retailers and outside financial markets can be used to improve their ability to manage uncertainty. We identify strategies for retailers operating …

Efficient Mining Of Group Patterns From User Movement Data, Yida Wang, Ee Peng Lim, San-Yih Hwang

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

In this paper, we present a new approach to derive groupings of mobile users based on their movement data. We assume that the user movement data are collected by logging location data emitted from mobile devices tracking users. We formally define group pattern as a group of users that are within a distance threshold from one another for at least a minimum duration. To mine group patterns, we first propose two algorithms, namely AGP and VG-growth. In our first set of experiments, it is shown when both the number of users and logging duration are large, AGP and VG-growth are …

What Independent Directors Should Expect From Inside Directors: Smith V. Van Gorkom As A Guide To Intra-Firm Governance, Cheryl L. Wade

Faculty Publications

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Smith v. Van Gorkom is the watershed case in which the board of a public company was held liable for breach of its fiduciary duty of care. The board of Trans Union Corporation (Trans Union) approved the company's sale to Jay Pritzker after a twenty-minute oral presentation by Chief Executive Officer Jerome Van Gorkom. The board spent only two hours considering Pritzker's offer before approving it. The directors received no notice or information before the meeting that its purpose was to approve the company's sale to Pritzker, nor did they receive anything in writing describing the proposed deal. No …

Introduction: Contains Cover, Table Of Contents, Letter From The Editor, And Masthead, Neal H. Lewis

Richmond Journal of Law & Technology

Welcome to the third issue of the Richmond Journal of Law & Technology for the 2005-2006 academic year. Volume 12, Issue 3 deals with contemporary issues of law and technology involving privacy, academics, and healthcare.

E-Commerce: Legal Issues Of The Online Retailer In Virginia, Jonathan D. Frieden, Sean Patrick Roche

Richmond Journal of Law & Technology

The popularity and growth of online retailing, now in its tenth year, has shattered experts’ expectations. “Online sales in the United States grew twenty-four percent last year, to about $90 billion, and online retailing now accounts for nearly five percent of all retail sales.”

An Examination Of Seasonal Growth And Survivorship Of Sigmodon Hispidus In Southeastern Virginia, Heather Alyssa Green

Biological Sciences Theses & Dissertations

A reexamination of specific population dynamic aspects of Sigmodon hispidus, the hispid cotton rat, is necessary in order to gain additional knowledge and perspective on this species in its northernmost distribution on the east coast of the United States. Previous studies of Virginia cotton rats were based on data from necropsies, which do not allow for the determination of certain population characteristics, such as density, growth, and survival. General population trends and rates of growth and survival in males and females throughout the seasons in Virginia will also provide a basis for comparison with populations of cotton rats in …

Isolation And Functional Mapping Of Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 Tax Oncoprotein Dna-Damage Complexes, Sarah Saionz Durkin

Theses and Dissertations in Biomedical Sciences

Human T-cell Leukemia Virus Type 1 (HTLV-1) is a transforming retrovirus which causes Adult T-cell Leukemia (ATL) and HTLV-1 Associated Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis (HAM/TSP). Cellular transformation can be caused by a single viral trans-activating protein, Tax. Tax may contribute to transformation through interaction with components of the DNA damage response pathway, promoting cellular genomic instability. We examined cellular Tax complexes in an effort to elucidate potential protein-protein interactions that can model the Tax-induced molecular events.

We also investigated the role of post-translational modification in regulating Tax function. We employed a direct physical analysis of Tax complexes isolated from mammalian …

Structure-Function Studies Of The Camp-Dependent Protein Kinase In Vitro And In Intact Cells, Gary Z. Morris

Theses and Dissertations in Biomedical Sciences

There are 518 protein kinase genes in the human genome; this constitutes about 1.7% of all human genes. The cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) serves as the prototypic model for the study of kinases because it contains a conserved catalytic core shared with all eukaryotic kinases, it is the simplest kinase, and it is one of the best-characterized serine/threonine kinases. PKA is ubiquitous in mammals and regulates multiple physiological mechanisms such as the cell cycle, apoptosis, cell motility, energy metabolism, and gene transcription through a well-defined intracellular signaling pathway. While PKA clearly has a central physiological role it is still unclear …

The Use Of Proteomic Technologies To Identify Serum Glycoproteins For The Early Detection Of Liver And Prostate Cancers, Elizabeth Ellen Schwegler

Theses and Dissertations in Biomedical Sciences

The application of proteomic technologies to identify serum glycoproteins is an emerging technique to identify new biomarkers indicative of disease severity. Many of these newly evolving protein-profiling methodologies have evolved from previous global protein expression profiling studies such as those involving SELDI-TOF-MS technologies. Though the SELDI approach could distinguish disease from normal by utilizing protein patterns as shown herein with the HCC study of chapter II, it was unable to offer sequence information on the selected peaks, and did not have the ability to analyze the entire dynamic range of the serum/plasma proteome. To address these deficiencies, new strategies that …

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An Environmental Pool For The Rio Grande, Kara Gillon

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The Bureau of Reclamation and Corps of Engineers operate a series of dams, reservoirs, and levees along the Middle Rio Grande of New Mexico. The plight of the Rio Grande silvery minnow, an endangered species, and of the river itself demonstrates the need for a change from the emphasis on water development to sustainable river management. Conservation groups invoked the protections of the Endangered Species Act to catalyze this change. Recognizing that flexibility is necessary to meeting competing water needs, the groups also promoted the need for and several approaches to a sustainable and long-term approach to river management and …

William Gordon - Biography, William E. Davis

Biographies of UNM Presidents

William Gordon served as the sixteenth University President from 1998-2002.

Gift Authorship Practices - History, Trends And Remedies, Saba Sohail

Department of Radiology

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Introduction, Natural Resources Journal

Natural Resources Journal

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Sight The Gun High, Laura Pritchett

Natural Resources Journal

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Lobo Returns From Limbo: New Mexico Cattle Growers Ass'n V. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Edward A. Fitzgerald

Natural Resources Journal

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The Dog That Didn't Bark: Assessing Damages For Valid Regulatory Takings, Kenneth Salzberg

Natural Resources Journal

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The Role Of Customary Rules And Principles Of International Environmental Law In The Protection Of Shared International Freshwater Resources, Owen Mcintryre

Natural Resources Journal

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The Senegal River Basin: A Retrospective And Prospective Look At The Legal Regime, Margaret J. Vick

Natural Resources Journal

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Trout Unlimited, Grieta Gilchrist

Natural Resources Journal

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Catastrophe: Risk And Response, By Richard A. Posner, John Walton

Natural Resources Journal

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Searching For Sustainability: Interdisciplinary Essays In The Philosophy Of Conservation Biology, By Bryan G. Norton, Joseph F. St. Cyr

Natural Resources Journal

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The Future Of Student Grouping Systems In Science 14-16., Stephen Rowcliffe

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ability grouping is a contentious issue in high school science education, and one that divides teachers,parents, and policymakers alike. However, it may be that current grouping systems are founded on ideasthat are failing to provide for the best interests of students at any ability level. This article aims to reviewcurrent practice and its effects on student and teacher outcomes, and suggest a new direction for studentgrouping polices based on the ideal of “science for all” through curriculum reform and choice-basedmodular course systems. The article is based largely on the British education system.

Looking Beyond The Boundaries: Incorporating International Norms Into The Supreme Court's Constitutional Jurisprudence, Josh Hsu

New Mexico Law Review

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Role Of Ict Malaria Immunochromatographic Test For Rapid Diagnosis Of Malaria, Mahadev S. Harani, M.Asim Beg, Lubna Khaleeq,, Salman Adil, Ghulam Nabi Kakepoto, Mohammad Khurshid

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Objective: To evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of immunochromatographic test (ICT) malaria p.f/p.v using microscopy as the gold standard diagnosis. Methods: Five hundred and sixty patients of both sexes and all age groups with clinical suspicion of malaria were studied. Venous blood was collected for microscopy and ICT. Thick and thin films prepared and stained with Leishman's stain were examined. ICT malaria test was performed and interpreted according to manufacturer's instructions. Data was analyzed using Epi-6.
Results: A total of 560 cases were studied, 339 males and 221 females with age ranges between 2 to 73 years. …