Contrary to current practices, instead of evaluating expression profiles by means of a common yardstick (a single list of highly discriminating RNA species), our method first seeks to summarize the characteristics of each sample employing a specific signature, and then it performs a systematic, all-to-all signature comparison.
Shim writes, "Placed's goal continues to be the adoption of a common yardstick that can measure the offline effectiveness of advertising across multiple platforms and publishers".
True, today we accept a more or less identifiable politico-cultural entity we call the West for convenience to cover Europe and America as well as a set of global yardsticks of modern civilization.
And most common yardsticks for measuring performance are all in some way distorted by leverage, not least return on equity (ROE .The peculiarity of the banks is not some arcane matter.
In February 2001, Equity Office said it expected the Spieker acquisition to add 10 cents a share to its annual funds from operations, a common yardstick of REIT earnings.
Mr Weill's strike will put further pressure on all but the biggest independent securities firms to find partners.At first glance, the tab for Salomon looks modest at twice the book value of its assets, a common yardstick.
Mr. Ackermann rejected that, pointing out that Deutsche Bank's Tier 1 capital ratio — a common yardstick of a bank's strength — is 9.3percentt, up slightly from the previous quarter.
One common yardstick of volatility is standard deviation, which uses annualized monthly returns over time as a baseline.
(H2) The rate of adaptation continues at the initial rapid pace, and the apparent deceleration is an artifact of using the ancestor as the common yardstick to measure adaptation.
Such loans blend funds provided by several banks; a common yardstick for the cost of cash was needed.
