The complete cost-keeper; some original systems of shop cost-keeping or factory accounting, together with an exposition of the advantages of account keeping by means of cards instead of books.

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Report of a committee of the Board of Trade, Chicago, on the question of the advantages of that city as a location for a branch mint, for the refining and coinage of silver and gold. November, 1875.

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Arizona utility shares SCADA advantages for system efficiency, management strategies.

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Will the new CB1 cannabinoid receptor antagonist SR-147778 have advantages over rimonabant?

Obesity and alcoholism are two common modern-day diseases. The cannabinoid CB, receptor antagonist rimonabant is in Phase III clinical trial for the treatment of obesity with preliminary results showing that it decreases appetite and body weight. Animal studies have shown that rimonabant is effective in the treatment of alcoholism. SR-147778 is a new potent and selective CB1 receptor antagonist. In animals, SR-147778 has been shown to inhibit CB1 receptor-mediated hypothermia, analgesia and slowing of gastrointestinal transit. In rats trained to drink sucrose, the oral administration of SR-147778 3 mg/kg, before the presentation of sucrose, decreased the consumption of sucrose. SR-147778 3 mg/kg also reduced spontaneous feeding in rats deprived of food and also in non-deprived rats. In Sardinian alcohol-preferring (sP) rats, in the alcohol-naive state, SR-147778 slowed the development of a preference for alcohol. in alcohol-experienced sP rats SR-147778 (2.5, 5 and 10 mg/kg p.o.) reduced the alcohol intake. When alcohol-experienced sP rats are deprived of alcohol for 15 days, there is a large intake of alcohol on reintroduction of alcohol, and this response was almost abolished by treatment with SR-147778. From the preclinical studies published to date, there is no obvious major point of difference between rimonabant and SR-147778, and both are promising agents for the treatment of obesity and alcoholism.

Demonstrating the effects of multi-path propagation and advantages of diversity antenna techniques

In this paper, experimental investigations are performed into assessing the quality of communication link between Bluetooth devices in an indoor environment, as an initial step of demonstrating benefits of diversity and smart antenna techniques in mobile computing.

Scaling the Advantages of Intra-channel Nonlinearity Compensation in Future Flexible Optical Networks

We report that, contrary to common perception, intra-channel nonlinearity compensation offers significant improvements of up to 4dB, in nonlinear tolerance (Q-factor), in a flexible traffic scenario, and further improvements with increasing local link dispersion, for an optical transport network employing flexible 28Gbaud PM-mQAM transponders.

Digital Creativity: Advantages, Problems, Responsibilities

The paper focuses on the rapid development of the digital culture and the challenges it imposes to human creativity. It analyses e-learning, digital entertainment, digital art and the issues of creativity and improvisation. It also presents a classification of the levels in the creative structure including hardware and software tools; product developers; creators and end users. Special attention is paid to the advantages of the new digital culture and the responsibilities of all people who create it or use it. We conclude that more attention should be paid to the threats and to ways of boosting positive creativity in the various fields of application of information and communication technologies.

Scaling the Advantages of Intra-channel Nonlinearity Compensation in Future Flexible Optical Networks

We report that, contrary to common perception, intra-channel nonlinearity compensation offers significant improvements of up to 4dB, in nonlinear tolerance (Q-factor), in a flexible traffic scenario, and further improvements with increasing local link dispersion, for an optical transport network employing flexible 28Gbaud PM-mQAM transponders.

Advantages of strong mode coupling for suppression of nonlinear distortion in few-mode fibers

Nonlinear distortion in few-mode fibers for intermediate coupling is studied for the first time. Coupling strengths beyond -20 dB/100m give suppression of nonlinear distortion below the isolated mode without mode coupling.

The Selective Advantages of Anthocyanins in Developing Leaves of Mango and Cacao

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Contracted School Food Service: Advantages, Disadvantages, and Political Concerns

Schools have evolved to be providers of education as well as suppliers of ancillary services to the population that they serve. This article examines one of these ancillary services, food service, in order to provide some awareness of the political aspects of the decision-making process in choosing whether or not to contract this service, as well as the pros and cons of the situation.

The Advantages of L2 Translation in The Cat in the Hat: A closer Look at Translation Directionality

Es un estudio que plantea un aspecto traductológico específico: la traducción a la segunda lengua de quien traduce. A partir del análisis de una traducción al español de The Cat in Ihe Hat, de Dr. Seuss, obra de literatura infantil, se señalan ciertas ventaj as metodológicas que tienen que ver con la competencia cultural, la comprensión apropiada del texto original y un acercamiento lingüístico más consciente de la lengua terminal.This study focuses on translation directionality; in particular, translating to one's second language. Based on a Spanish translation of the children's book The Cat in in the Hat, by Dr. Seuss, this article discusses certain methodological advantages of translating to one's second language: cultural competency, an appropriate understanding of the source text, and an enhanced linguistic awareness of the target language.