Some distinctive competencies are obvious, for example, a patent is a distinctive competency because it is unique and provides value; and it cannot be replicated or copied by a competitor (during the term of the patent).
For example, mitochondrial iron overload is a distinctive feature of the heart and some neurons of FRDA patients (Koeppen, 2011), of the skeletal muscle cells of individuals with ISCU myopathy (Mochel et al., 2008), and of the immature red blood cells of a patient with sideroblastic anemia attributable to deficiency of GLRX5 (Ye et al., 2010).
Although surviving examples are rare, there is a distinctive group of brass objects, mainly candlesticks and andirons, which have green, blue, or white opaque enamelling.
-- Designed by Machado & Silvetti Associates, this new graduate student residence for Harvard is a distinctive example of progressive contextualism: familiar elements like brickwork, courtyards and river views are embraced by contemporary design.
The Passio Sanctarum Perpetuae et Felicitatis (The Passion of SS. Perpetua and Felicity), written in a style that owes little to classical precedent, is a distinctive early example of the genre.
For example, the spa hotel in Polanica is a distinctive five-star Art Deco property.
This Doppler signature is a good example of the EW asymmetry, which is a distinctive property of ESF patches (e.g., Röttger 1973; Maruyama and Kawamura 2006) and EPB clusters.
For example, the cellular distribution of MAFB was similar in isolated human islets and pancreatic sections (Fig. 6), suggesting that this is a distinctive property of human islets.
