Just as the detective story genre offers readers the consolations of an orderly narrative in which reason and logic will triumph, so detective work offers Christopher the illusion that he is using his acumen to restore order to the world around him.
The EJ model captures this as entrepreneurial ability and measures it using business acumen.
Transduction efficiency was analysed after 48 h by fluorescence read-out using an Acumen eX3 microplate cytometer (TTP LabTech Ltd ,Melbourn, UK).
Subsequently, 10 μl of 0.25% saponin in TBS/5mM EDTA was added to each well, incubated at room temperature for 16 h and re-read using the Acumen as previously for the dead cells read.
In parallel, and to evaluate the impact of MAPK7 gene silencing on cell proliferation, identical transfection groups were assayed using an Acumen-based 'live/dead' cell enumeration assay over a 6 day period.
That organization has used strategic acumen to assemble a vast and lucrative string of media properties, but there is also a long history of rounded-off corners.
Indeed, for the past few decades, ambitious doctors have strived to be at once baseball players and physicists: they've tried to use diagnostic acumen to understand the pathophysiology of disease.
As the face of many a world brand, from aftershave to hair gel to perfume, and the body of fashion brands down to his underwear, Beckham has used commercial acumen to earn, it is estimated, at least $190 million.
The Supreme Court generally behaves toward the S.G. and his or her staff of twenty lawyers as if they are counselors to the Court, expected to use their acumen to help the Court take a long view of what's in the best interest of American law.
Then there is "Kizu," or "Scar," her book about an international bond saleswoman who avenges the suicide of her lover by bringing down a century-old Japanese bank, using her market acumen and -- these books are, after all, thrillers -- sex.
