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Nanette Twine's translation of Tsubouchi Shoyo's Shosetsu shinzui, The Essence of the Novel, in html format with Japanese characters (kanji) added for the quotations.
Tuple selection predicates (such as CITY = "Brighton*) provide the basis for both the
Select and Join operators in the relational model (RM). Several proposed extensions to RM
can be seen as relaxing the First Normal Form constraint of simple values to allow function-valued
attributes. In order to take advantage of these complex values the class of allowable
tuple selection predicates likewise needs to be extended. We propose a class of general tuple
selection predicates based upon a general model allowing function values of any type
constructed from some basic set of primitive domain types, and we investigate how various
recent proposals fit into this general framework.
Advances in information technologies enable firms to expand electronic
commerce - the exchange of valuable information, goods and services across
electronic media. This paper looks at how businesses are adopting and using
technologies like the Internet and World Wide Web for electronic commerce.
I propose that electronic commerce will dramatically reduce transactions costs
requiring managers to re-develop their firm's strategy to focus on more
fundamental sources of competitive advantage. I identify responses required
to compete in a low transactions cost environment and provide illustrative
examples of firms executing such a strategy.
Unmounted. Sticker on sleeve of picture says: '1917 DSC, Fleet of motor
flushers for Brooklyn. Tank replaced by 10 yard bodies for refuse
collection in winter.' Photograph has the number 363 on the back. Image
was originally removed by Robin Nagle in 09/07. Damage to photograph on
left side, fingerprint marks.
Photograph was found in archives of the New York City Department of Sanitation. 379 written on back of photograph with black marker.
Systems supporting new products or services and driven by
organizationally dictated deadlines limit user input and
planning prior to design. An on-line model of implementation
is proposed calling for constant re-evaluation and
re-direction of the implementation as these shifting projects
develop. An application of the model with a 200,000
line government systems is described.
On-demand computing provides a new way for companies to manage and use their IT
infrastructure. This model of corporate computing radically changes the way companies pay for their
IT infrastructure, basing it on "pay per use" rather than on the fixed infrastructure investments such
companies are accustomed to. A clear theoretical understanding of pricing on-demand computing
is thus central to the viability and growth of this nascent industry. We contribute towards such an
understanding in this paper by modeling the optimal pricing of on-demand computing while taking
four critical factors into account: the costs of deploying IT in-house, the business value of this IT,
the scale of the providerâs on-demand computing infrastructure, and the variable costs of providing
on-demand computing. Three distinct pricing models emerge as optimal ...
The photograph is part of the "Litter Lens" series taken by the Department of Sanitation depicting various incidents of improper waste disposal. This photograph depicts a man at his home being written up for improper disposal of household wastes and being given instructions for proper disposal. There are two sanitation officers pictured, one writing a ticket, the other offering instructions.
In April 2006, the real estate listing service in Massachusetts adopted
a new policy that prohibits home sellers from resetting their property's
'days on market' to zero through relisting. We study the effect of this
new policy on single-family home sales along the Massachusetts-Rhode
Island border, using homes in Rhode Island, which did not change its
policy, as the control group. We find that the policy change leads to a
relative sale price reduction of around $11,000 for affected homes in
Massachusetts. Homes caught in the middle of the policy change are the
hardest hit; the sudden release of the cumulative days on market
information lowers the average sale price by $21,500. Sellers respond to
the new policy by reducing the listing price to shorten their property's
days on market.
