We used a social learning explanation to explain the diffusion of an enterprise application (EA) within an organization. We viewed the implementation of EA as a pattern of key users’ behaviors to examine the effect of self-generated and external sources of influence. Such behavior is progressively developed over time. Our study was based on investigating two business areas in a single company. ...

Pmel17 is the major component of functional amyloid fibrils that have an important role during pigment deposition. Pmel17 polymerization is promoted within the mildly acidic conditions of melanosomes, organelles located in pigment-specific cells. A repeat domain (RPT domain) of Pmel17, rich in glutamic acid residues has been extensively associated with the formation of the fibrous matrix. Here,...

BLIND SEPARATION OF DELAYED SOURCES BASED ON INFORMATION MAXIMIZATION Kari Torkkola Motorola, Inc., Phoenix Corporate Research Laboratories, 2100 E. Elliot Rd, MD EL508, Tempe, AZ 85284, USA tel: (602)413-4129, fax: (602)413-5934, email: [email protected] ABSTRACT Recently, Bell and Sejnowski have presented an approach to blind source separation based on the information maximization principl...

Evidence supporting the positive effects of capital account liberalization on growth is mixed at best. Even after conditioning on the quality of domestic financial institutions, a significant number of studies still find no effect. One possible explanation is reverse causation. If low growth countries liberalize in order to spur growth, the observed correlation between growth and liberalization...

BLIND SEPARATION OF DELAYED SOURCES BASED ON INFORMATION MAXIMIZATION Kari Torkkola Motorola, Inc., Phoenix Corporate Research Laboratories, 2100 E. Elliot Rd, MD EL508, Tempe, AZ 85284, USA tel: (602)413-4129, fax: (602)413-5934, email: [email protected] ABSTRACT Recently, Bell and Sejnowski have presented an approach to blind source separation based on the information maximization principl...