AffinityGroup may refer to affinitygroup , a small group of political activists AffinityGroup Inc. , a provider of products and services to the recreational vehicle RV market disambig ... more details
About the activist organization the company AffinityGroup Inc. Image Affinitygroup collateral damage.jpg thumb 250px right The anti war Affinitygroup Collateral Damage . All seven were convicted on December ... 29, 2003 ref An Affinitygroup is usually a small group of activists usually from 3 20 who work together on direct action . Affinity groups are organized in a non Hierarchy hierarchical manner, usually ... nuclear power station in Germany in 1969 was organized on the Affinitygroup model. ref http www.starhawk.org activism trainer resources affinitygroups.html Starhawk.org Affinity groups ref ref http www.uproot.info affinity.html Uproot Affinity groups ref Today, the structure is used by many ... of clusters and Affinity groups. Each Affinitygroup or cluster nominates one representative ..., however there are some formal roles or positions that commonly occur. A given Affinitygroup may ... the Affinitygroup at a spokescouncil or cluster meeting roughly the same as a spokesman ... ial role by the Affinitygroup. Facilitator A person or people who perform Facilitation business facilitation ... Generic Organizational Structure Outline for Affinity groups DEFAULTSORT Affinitygroup Category ... de Affinitygroup es Grupo de afinidad fr Groupe d affinit he ja pt Grupo de ... a method of organization that is flexible and decentralized. Affinity groups can be based on a common ... bloc s . Affinity groups may have either open or closed membership, although the latter is far more common. History Anarchism sidebar The origin of Affinity groups dates back to 19th century Spain . It was the favourite ... Collective History of Affinity groups ref Affinity groups appeared again in the U.S. anti war movement of the 1960s and 1970s. The term was used by Ben Morea and the group Black Mask NYC Black Mask . Later ... religion religious , gender , ethnic group , etc. They became popular in the 1970s in the anti ... by many clusters of Affinity groups. ref http www.aidc.org.za ?q book view 136 Seattle prepares for battle ... more details
in California in 1991 See BMJ Group for Affinity BMJ , a publishing partnership programme of the BMJ ...Wiktionary affinityAffinity is a word used in a variety of fields, usually to indicate some kind of preference .... Articles dealing with various usages of the word affinity include Commerce and law Affinity fraud , a type of scam targeting a specific demographic Affinity analysis , a market research and Management ... of demand for a product to other external factors such as weather . Affinity marketing , a method of extending market reach by forming partnerships and cross selling relationships. Affinity law , kinship by marriage Religion and conviction Affinity canon law , a kinship arising from the sexual intercourse of a man and a woman Affinity Christian organisation , formerly known as the British Evangelical Council Affinitygroup small protest or activist groups of 10 30 people Science and technology Affinity chromatography Affinity electrophoresis Affinity laws , in hydraulics, used to express the relationship between variables involved in fan or pump performance Affinity mathematics an affine transformation which preserves collinearity Affinity pharmacology in biochemistry, protein ligand binding Affinity sociology shared interests and commitments between persons in groups, willingness to associate see also interpersonal compatibility and friendship friendliness . Affinity taxonomy mainly in natural history resemblance suggesting a common descent or type Electron affinity Processor affinity , a computing term for the assignment of a task to a given core processor core of a multicore CPU . In chemistry , chemical affinity is the willingness of two or more elements or compounds ... that they are of a common origin, type or stock. Various other meanings, media, and games Affinity band , A Jazz Rock band active in the late 60s and early 70s Affinity Philippines band , a collective of Manila s premier jazz musicians The Leper Affinity , a song from Blackwater Park by Opeth Affinity ... more details
Close Relationships Refimprove date July 2006 Affinity in terms of sociology , refers to kinship of spirit , Attention interest and other Interpersonal relationship interpersonal commonalities . Affinity is characterized by high levels of intimacy and sharing, usually in close group sociology groups , also known as affinitygroup s . It differs from affinity in Affinity law law and Affinity canon law canon law which generally refer to the marriage relationship. Social affinity is generally thought of as marriage to idea s , Ideal ethics ideals and Activism causes shared by a tight community of people. Theories In Social affinity in a modern world , Boston College professor, James Allan Vela McConnell explores the emergence of the concept of social affinity bridging Sociology classical sociology and social psychology , identifying the notion of social cohesion based upon the sentiment of moral obligation. ref http wwwlib.umi.com dissertations fullcit 9735284 Different genetic components in the Norwegian population revealed by the analysis of mtDNA and Y chromosome polymorphisms ref Genetic Seealso Genetic distance individuals Genetic affinity is a Genetics genetic relationship. For instance, both mtDNA and Y chromosome Polymorphism biology polymorphisms show a noticeable genetic affinity between Swedish people Swedes and central Europeans, especially Germans. These conclusions are also valid for Norwegians. ref http hpgl.stanford.edu publications EJHG 2002 v10 521 529.pdf ref References Reflist External links http wwwlib.umi.com dissertations fullcit 9735284 Who is my neighbor? Social affinity in a modern world 1997 James Allan Vela McConnell ISBN 0 591 45078 X http www.santafe.edu jpepper thesis 08 Groups.pdf Using Group Composition Data to Measure Social Affinity A New Method http www.santafe.edu jpepper John Pepper , Santa Fe Institute Category Community Category Interpersonal relationships socio stub ca Afinitat sociologia es Afinidad sociolog a hr Afinitet sociologija ... more details
producer Nik Kershaw and upcoming group, The Reason 4. On 10 November 2011, Affinity Radio s DAB Service label changed from Affinity Cambs to Affinity Radio with a new programme type PTY of Pop Music . On 17 December 2011 the station relaunched as The All New Affinity with new presenters and imaging. On 31 December 2011 DAB broadcasts ceased and Affinity s primary delivery platform reverted to online. Music change From 29 September 2011 until 31 December 2011 Affinity Radio temporarily flipped ... text, using UBC Media s Unique Interactive, ManDLS system. On 16 July 2011 Affinity celebrated ... more details
able to mail. Parties within an Affinity Partnership Affinity Partnerships consist of two parties. The first party known as the affinitygroup seeks to add value to its existing customers, members or donors ...COI date January 2009 Refimprove date January 2009 Affinity Marketing or Partnership Marketing is a targeted way of marketing products and services. By linking complementary brands , it can develop them into lasting partnerships and strategic alliance s. Development of Affinity Marketing Modern affinity marketing traces its roots to the late 1970s when credit card interest rates were skyrocketing. America s largest consumer association at the time, the not for profit American Automobile Association AAA , partnered with MasterCard to offer AAA members a branded credit card with lower rates and special privileges. AAA boosted its members loyalty affinity and received revenue shares from MasterCard. The AAA program expanded to include other card issuers and remains one of the associations membership offerings today. The concept boomed in the 1990s when credit card companies partnered with charities and sports teams to provide consumer consumers with a branded credit cards. The organizations benefit from increased brand loyalty and brand awareness and a boost to revenues typically through ... news hos hos100.html ref Affinity marketing has since been evolving far beyond its original remit most commonly in direct marketing , in what is termed as a second affinity boom through the use ... new customer relationships through the existing distribution channel s of a third party affinity partner. Example of a typical Affinity Partnership The supermarket adds value to its existing customers ... with previously unknown customers. References 1. What is affinity marketing? http www.affinitysolutions.co.uk what is affinity marketing.php 2. Affinity Marketing Case Studies, http www.affinitysolutions.co.uk blog ?cat 3 Reflist DEFAULTSORT Affinity Marketing Category Types of marketing ... more details
Infobox musical artist See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians name Affinity image Affinity promo.jpg caption Affinity br L R Grant Serpell, Mike Jopp, Linda Hoyle br Lynton Naiff, Mo Foster landscape yes background group or band origin University of Sussex , Brighton , England genre Jazz Rock years active ... br Mike Jopp br Linda Hoyle Affinity were an England English jazz rock fusion band, active from mid 1968 to January 1971. History Origins The origin of Affinity was, circa 1965 in the science department ... name .getreadytorock cite web url http www.getreadytorock.com reviews affinity3.htm title AFFINITY ... gathered from other university bands, formed the pop group Ice. Although Ice was moderately successful ... they settled on Affinity which came from the name of Oscar Peterson s 1961 LP Affinity Oscar Peterson album Affinity . ref name SJPCD111 cite web url http www.angelair.co.uk sjpcd111.htm title AffinityAffinity publisher Angel Air accessdate 2009 11 02 ref Performances Affinity played their first ..., ref name Mills Mills, Jon Allmusic class artist id p381019 biography pure url yes Affinity Biography ... Naiff is already a virtuso, soul style, and the whole group is probably the best new thing heard ...?id dygEAAAAMBAJ&pg PA20&dq affinity naiff v onepage&q affinity 20naiff&f false title Les McCann Trio ... to quit both the band and the music business. Her last concert with Affinity was due to have been ... & The Ram Jam Band . In June 1971, it was announced that Affinity were reforming, with original ... him on his upcoming US tour, alongside sax flautist Jack Lancaster. Discography Although Affinity ... and released in four Affinity related albums. Studio album AffinityAffinity album Affinity 1970, Vertigo ... In 2006 a 5 CD limited issue, collectors edition of the Affinity collection was released on the Japanese ... LP cover, with an expansive write up on the history of Affinity including a Pete Frame type family tree ... marinero.com related affinity.htm title Affinity publisher www.sailor marinero.com accessdate ... more details
Affinity chromatography is a method of separating biochemistry biochemical mixtures and based on a highly ... substrate , or biochemistry receptor receptor and ligand biochemistry ligand . Uses Affinity chromatography ... John Wiley and Sons 1995 ref Usually the starting point is an undefined heterogeneous group of molecules ... of interest will have a well known and defined property which can be exploited during the affinity .... Possibly the most common use of affinity chromotography is for the purification of recombinant proteins . Batch and column setup Image Affinity column.png right thumb Column chromatography 170px Image ... not exit the column with the liquid phase. Affinity columns can be eluted by changing the ionic strength ... or form the gradient to separate. Specific uses Affinity chromatography can be used in a number ..., and purification from blood. Immunoaffinity Another use for the procedure is the affinity purification ... be used for the affinity purification of that antigen. This is also known as Immunoaffinity ... can then be covalently coupled to a solid support such as agarose and used as an affinity ligand ... protein can each be coupled separately. The serum is initially allowed to bind to the GST affinity ... degradation of the antibody s activity. This is a nice example as affinity purification is used to purify ... a sulfhydryl functional group which allows the peptide to be easily conjugated to a carrier protein ... metal ion affinity chromatography Immobilized metal ion affinity chromatography IMAC is based on the specific ... works by allowing proteins with an affinity for metal ions to be retained in a column containing immobilized .... Many naturally occurring proteins do not have an affinity for metal ions, therefore recombinant DNA ... . See also Polyhistidine tag Recombinant proteins Possibly the most common use of affinity chromatography is for the purification of recombinant proteins. Proteins with a known affinity are protein ... it to be selected for affinity binding, this is known as a fusion protein. Tags include glutathione ... more details
Affinity frauds can target any group of people who take pride in their shared characteristics, whether ...Citations missing date September 2007 Globalize date December 2010 Affinity fraud includes investment fraud s that prey upon members of identifiable groups, such as religious or ethnic communities, language minorities, the elderly, or professional groups. The fraudsters who promote affinity scams frequently are or pretend to be members of the group. They often enlist respected community or religious leaders from within the group to spread the word about the scheme, by convincing those people that a fraudulent investment is legitimate and worthwhile. Many times, those leaders become unwitting victims of the fraudster s ruse. These scams exploit the trust and friendship that exist in groups of people who have something in common. Because of the tight knit structure of many groups, it can be difficult for regulators or law enforcement officials to detect an affinity scam. Victims often fail to notify authorities or pursue their legal remedies, and instead try to work things out within the group. This is particularly true where the fraudsters have used respected community or religious leaders to convince others to join the investment. Many affinity scams involve Ponzi scheme s or pyramid scheme s, where new investor money is used to make payments to earlier investors to give the illusion that the investment is successful. This ploy is used to trick new investors to invest in the scheme and to lull existing investors into believing their investments are safe and secure. In reality ... have investigated and taken action against affinity frauds targeting a wide spectrum of groups ... investor pubs affinity.htm Affinity Fraud How To Avoid Investment Scams That Target Groups ... 19 Million The SEC s complaint alleges that this affinity fraud targeted Armenian Americans with little ... Affinity Fraud Category Finance fraud ... more details
be found in group 2A, and this trend only applies to group 1A atoms. Electron affinity follows the trend of electronegativity. Fluorine F has a higher electron affinity than oxygen and so on. The following ...File Electron Affinity in Band Diagram.png thumb Electron affinity E sub EA sub in a band diagram for solids .... The electron affinity of an atom or molecule is defined as the amount of energy released ... GoldBookRef title Electron affinity file E01977 ref X e sup sup X sup sup This property is measured ... of the electron affinity and ionization potential . ref Robert S.Mulliken, Journal of Chemical Physics ... electron affinity include electronic chemical potential and chemical hardness . Another example, a molecule or atom that has a more positive value of electron affinity than another is often called ... reactions. In solids, the electron affinity is the energy difference between the vacuum energy ..., electron affinity can also be defined as the amount of energy required to detach an electron ... Electron affinities of the elements Main Electron affinity data page Although E sub ea sub varies greatly ... row in the periodic table. This is caused by the filling of the valence shell of the atom a group 7A atom releases more energy than a group 1A atom on gaining an electron because it obtains a filled ... 2 style width 80 width 1.0 small Periodic table groupGroup small width 5.5 Alkali metal 1 width 5.5 Alkaline earth metal 2 width 5.5 Group 3 element 3 width 5.5 Group 7 element 4 width 5.5 Group 5 element 5 width 5.5 Group 6 element 6 width 5.5 Group 7 element 7 width 5.5 Group 8 element 8 width 5.5 Group 9 element 9 width 5.5 Group 10 element 10 width 5.5 Group 11 element 11 also Coinage metal 11 width 5.5 Group 12 element 12 width 5.5 Boron group 13 width 5.5 Carbon group 14 width 5.5 Nitrogen group 15 also Pnictogen 15 width 5.5 Chalcogen 16 width 5.5 Halogen 17 width 5.5 ... Actinides Synthetic center PeriodicTablesKey Molecular electron affinities The electron affinity of molecules ... more details
Context date October 2009 An affinity mask is a mask computing bit mask indicating what Central processing unit processor s a thread computer science thread or process computing process should be run on by the Scheduling computing scheduler of an operating system . Setting the affinity mask for certain processes running under Windows can be useful as there are several system processes especially on domain controllers that are restricted to the first CPU Core. So, excluding the first CPU might lead to better application performance. Windows API Thread affinity in Microsoft Windows can be specified with the SetThreadAffinityMask function. Forcing of each OpenMP thread to distinctive cores in Windows can be accomplished by means of the following C programming language C code source lang c include windows.h include omp.h Set OpenMP thread affinity void set thread affinity pragma omp parallel default shared DWORD PTR mask 1 omp get thread num SetThreadAffinityMask GetCurrentThread , mask source See also Processor affinity External links http msdn.microsoft.com en us library ms686247 VS.85 .aspx MSDN article on SetThreadAffinityMask function http www.linuxcommand.org man pages taskset1.html Taskset, a tool to set the affinity mask on Linux http cpubalancer.brels.net CPU Balancer, a free, open source utility that distributes Windows XP processes uniformly over logical processors using the affinity mask Category Scheduling computing operating system stub ... more details
unreferenced date September 2011 Affinity electrophoresis is a general name for many analytical methods used in biochemistry and biotechnology . Both qualitative and quantitative information may be obtained through affinity electrophoresis. The methods include the so called mobility shift electrophoresis, charge shift electrophoresis and affinity capillary electrophoresis . The methods are based on changes in the electrophoresis electrophoretic pattern of molecules mainly macromolecules through biospecific interaction or complex formation . The interaction or binding of a molecule, charged or uncharged, will normally change the electrophoretic properties of a molecule. Membrane proteins may be identified by a shift in mobility induced by a charged detergent . Nucleic acid s or nucleic acid fragments may be characterized by their affinity to other molecules. The methods has been used for estimation of binding constant s, as for instance in lectin affinity electrophoresis or characterization of molecules with specific features like glycan content or ligand binding. For enzymes and other ligand binding proteins, onedimensional electrophoresis similar to counter electrophoresis or to immunoelectrophoresis rocket immunoelectrophoresis , affinity electrophoresis may be used as an alternative quantification of the protein. Some of the methods are similar to affinity chromatography by use of immobilized ligands . See also Immunoelectrophoresis Category Electrophoresis Category Molecular biology Category Protein methods Category Laboratory techniques Category Protein protein interaction assays biochemistry stub ... more details
In chemical physics and physical chemistry , chemical affinity is the electronic property by which dissimilar ... Chemical affinity Chemical Affinity Britannica 1911 ref Chemical affinity can also refer to the tendency ... of the term affinity by the term thermodynamic free energy free energy in much of the English speaking world. Modern conceptions In modern terms, we relate affinity to the phenomenon whereby ... affinity for oxygen and carry it to all parts of the organism. In this antiquated context, chemical affinity is sometimes found synonymous with the term magnetic attraction . Many writings, up until about 1925, also refer to a law of chemical affinity . Ilya Prigogine summarized the concept of affinity ... is that affinity A is the negative partial derivative of Gibbs free energy G with respect to extent ... that affinity is positive for Spontaneous process spontaneous reactions . In 1923, the Belgian mathematician and physicist Th ophile de Donder derived a relation between affinity and the Gibbs free energy ..., Ilya Prigogine and Defay in Chemical Thermodynamics 1954 defined chemical affinity in terms of the uncompensated ... 1 A 0 , and for changes of state of non equilibrium systems where A 0 . History Chemical affinity , historically ... Thomson chemist Thomas Thomson . 1831 . A System of Chemistry , vol. 1. p.31 chemical affinity is described ..., is that chemical affinity is that whereby substances enter into or resist decomposition. ref name Levere cite book last Levere first Trevor, H. title Affinity and Matter Elements of Chemical Philosophy ... affinity has been used figuratively since c. 1600 in discussions of structural relationships in chemistry, philology , etc., and reference to natural attraction is from 1616. The idea of affinity ... of science to study and formulate a theory of affinity . The name affinitas was first used in the sense ... affinity in attempts to explain how heat is evolved during combustion reactions . ref Partington ... 1 ref The modern term chemical affinity is a somewhat modified variation of its eighteenth century precursor ... more details
The affinity diagram is a business tool used to organize ideas and data. It is one of the Seven Management and Planning Tools . The tool is commonly used within project management and allows large numbers of ideas stemming from brainstorming ref http www.pmhut.com affinity diagram kawakita jiro or kj method Affinity Diagram Kawakita Jiro or KJ Method , Retrieved June 6, 2010 ref to be sorted into groups, based on their natural relationships, for review and analysis. ref http www.leanyourcompany.com methods Using Affinity Diagrams.asp Using Affinity Diagrams to make sense from brainstorming ref The affinity diagram was devised by Jiro Kawakita in the 1960s ref Improving Performance Through Statistical Thinking By Galen C. Britz ref and is sometimes referred to as the KJ Method. Process Record each idea on cards or notes Look for ideas that seem to be related Sort cards into groups until all cards have been used. Once the cards have been sorted into groups the team may sort large clusters into subgroups for easier management and analysis. ref Value Its Measurement, Design and Management By M. Larry Shillito ref Once completed, the affinity diagram may be used to create a Ishikawa diagram cause and effect diagram. ref http www.tin.nhs.uk index.asp?pgid 1129 NHS Improvement network ref References references External links http www.discover6sigma.org d6slab affinity Online AFFINITY tool at Discover 6 Sigma Lab http www.officelabs.com projects stickysorter Pages default.aspx StickySorter Free Affinity Diagramming Tool Category Business terms Category Usability de Affinit tsdiagramm ja KJ ... more details
Processor affinity or CPU Pinning . CPU pinning enables mapping and unmapping entire virtual machines ... processor in preference to others. Processor affinity takes advantage of the fact that some remnants ... algorithm implementations vary in adherence to processor affinity. Under certain circumstances .... This may be the case if two processor intensive tasks A and B have affinity to one processor ... to maximize processor use. Task B would then acquire affinity with the second processor while task A would continue to have affinity with the original processor. Processor affinity can effectively ... problem. ref http www.tmurgent.com WhitePapers ProcessorAffinity.pdf White Paper Processor Affinity From http www.tmurgent.com tmurgent.com . Accessed 2007 07 06. ref Further, processor affinity becomes ... to a scheduling algorithm. There is complete affinity between two virtual CPUs implemented on the same core via hyper threading, partial affinity between two cores on the same physical chip as the cores share some, but not all, cache , and no affinity between separate physical chips. As other resources are also shared, processor affinity alone cannot be used as the basis for CPU dispatching ... CPU is currently busy but its partner is not, cache affinity would suggest that the process should ... to compete for resources within the CPU. On Linux the CPU affinity of a process might be altered ... np and pthread getaffinity np. ref http netbsd.gw.com cgi bin man cgi?affinity NetBSD current affinity 3 NetBSD manpage ref In NetBSD , the psrset utility ref http netbsd.gw.com cgi bin man cgi?psrset NetBSD current psrset 8 NetBSD manpage ref to set a thread s affinity to a certain CPU set. In FreeBSD ... or via the Task Manager interface for process affinity only . Mac OS X exposes an http developer.apple.com library mac releasenotes Performance RN AffinityAPI index.html affinity API that provides hints to the kernel how to schedule threads according to affinity sets. See also Affinity mask References ... more details
Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Affinity Type Album Artist Affinity band Affinity Cover AffinityAffinity album .jpeg Released 1970 Recorded 1968 70 Genre Jazz Rock Length 36 96 Label Vertigo Records Vertigo Producer Reviews Last album This album Anffinity br 1970 Next album Affinity is the eponymous d but album by Affinity band Affinity . Track listing tracklist headline Side one from original L.P. writing credits yes title1 I Am and So Are You writer1 A. Hull Brass arranged by John Paul Jones length1 3 31 title2 Night Flight writer2 M. Jopp Linda Hoyle length2 7 15 title3 I Wonder If I Care as Much writer3 D. Everly P. Everly Strings arranged by John Paul Jones length3 3 20 title4 Mr. Joy writer4 A. Peacock length4 5 02 tracklist headline Side two from original L.P. writing credits yes title5 Three Sisters writer5 L. Naiff Linda Hoyle Brass arranged by Chris Hughes length5 4 57 title6 Coconut Grove writer6 John Sebastian Zal Yanovsky length6 2 35 title7 All Along the Watchtower writer7 Bob Dylan length7 11 36 tracklist headline Bonus Tracks on CD writing credits yes title8 Eli s Coming writer8 Laura Nyro length8 3 29 title9 United States of Mind writer9 A. Hull length9 2 47 title10 Yes Man writer10 M. Foster L. Naiff Linda Hoyle length10 7 23 title11 If You Live writer11 M. Allison length11 3 13 title12 I Am The Walrus writer12 Lennon McCartney length12 4 06 title13 Yes Man writer13 M. Foster L. Naiff Linda Hoyle length13 7 23 title14 Long Voyage writer14 Carol King length14 4 16 title15 Little Lonely Man writer15 M. Foster Linda Hoyle length15 3 57 Personnel Linda Hoyle Vocals Lynton Naiff Hammond B3 Organ, Piano, Wurlitzer Electric Piano, Harpsichord, Vibraphone, Percussion Mo Foster Bass guitar, Double Bass, Percussion Mike Jopp Electric, Acoustic, and 12 String Guitar , Percussion Grant Serpell Drums , Percussion Category 1970 debut albums Category Vertigo Records albums Category English language albums ... more details
Infobox Dotcom company company name Affinity Labs Inc. company slogan owner Monster.com company logo company type Public company Public foundation 2006 location city San Francisco, California location country U.S. key people homepage http www.affinitylabs.com AffinityLabs.com revenue screenshot caption url http www.affinitylabs.com affinitylabs.com registration launch date current status active language Internationalization multilingual alexa website type Affinity Labs is a company that builds social networking sites for niche groups such as firefighters , police officers , nurses and the Armed Forces . ref name venturebeat.com http venturebeat.com 2008 01 04 just in monster buys community site affinity labs for 61m Monster buys community site, Affinity Labs, for significant 61M ref In January 2008, Affinity Labs was acquired by Monster Worldwide for US 61 million. ref http www.mercurynews.com ci 7889340 Monster buys S.F. Web operator Affinity for 61 million ref Affinity Labs sites have over a million registered members, as of January, 2008. ref name venturebeat.com PoliceLink, aimed at law enforcement personnel, is one of Affinity Labs most active sites with over 717,000 unique visitors per month. ref http www.quantcast.com policelink.com Web Site Audience Profiles from Quantcast ref Other sites include SalesHQ, ArtBistro, TheApple, FireLink, NursingLink, InsideTech, GovCentral, IndiaOn, Excelle, AllHealthCare, and the Europe European communities, HMForces.co.uk, ProNurse, and WerPflegtWen. History Affinity Labs was founded by Christopher Michel ref http investing.businessweek.com businessweek research stocks private snapshot.asp?privcapId 30486396 Affinity Labs, Inc. Private Company Information BusinessWeek ref in 2006 after he sold Military.com to Monster in 2004 for 40 million. The Mayfield Fund ref http www.mayfield.com newsarticles 2006 12 04 mayfield announces.htm ref and Trinity Ventures invested in Affinity Labs prior to its Monster Worldwide buyout. ref http ... more details
Infobox company company name Certain Affinity company logo File Certain Affinity Logo.png 200px Certain Affinity Logo caption company type Video game developer foundation 2006 location Austin, Texas , United States U.S. key people Max Hoberman president br Paul Isaac engineering lead br Phil Wattenbarger production lead industry Video game industry Computer and video games br Interactive entertainment products Video game s revenue operating income net income num employees 60 homepage http www.certainaffinity.com Certain Affinity is an United States American video game developer video game development studio based in Austin, Texas . It was founded in 2006 by Max Hoberman and a small number of other ex Bungie employees and other industry veterans. History Certain Affinity s creation was announced ... www.certainaffinity.com about.htm title Certain Affinity about page ref The studio s first work was in creating ... title Certain affinity Maps revealed ref They were released for Halo 2 on the Xbox ... replaced with two new maps exclusive to Halo 2 vista District and Uplift . Certain Affinity worked .... Certain Affinity has also been working on another project since November 2006, which is an unannounced ... Affinity has said in a recent interview that it has spoken with most of the major publishers ... to sign a publishing deal and move everyone full time onto this project. Certain Affinity s first original .... ref cite web title Certain Affinity Making Pimps at Sea, Sorta work Shacknews author Chris Faylor ... news.htm Age of Booty Release Date ref Certain Affinity created Call of Duty ... . In 2010, Certain Affinity collaborated on maps and game modes with Treyarch and Activision for Call ... www.crimsonalliance.com Current website for Crimson Alliance ref Certain Affinity has also announced ... 9318 Meet Certain Affinity http www.bungie.net News content.aspx?type topnews&link certainaffinitymaps ... Affinity sv Certain Affinity ... more details
In immunology , affinity maturation is the process by which B cell s produce antibodies with increased affinity for antigen during the course of an immune response. With repeated exposures to the same antigen, a host will produce antibodies of successively greater affinities. A secondary response can elicit antibodies with several logfold greater affinity than in a primary response. The main principles of the in vivo affinity maturation, namely mutation and selection , are utilised for the biotechnology biotechnological approach of the in vitro affinity maturation. In vivo affinity maturation The process is thought to involve two interrelated processes, occurring in the germinal centers of the secondary lymphoid organs Somatic hypermutation SHM Mutations in the variable, antigen binding coding sequences known as complementarity determining regions CDR of the immunoglobulin genes. The mutation rate is up to 1,000,000 times higher than in cell lines outside the lymphoid system. Although the exact mechanism of the somatic hypermutation is still not known, a major role for the Activation Induced Cytidine Deaminase has been discussed. The increased mutation rate result in 1 2 mutations per CDR and cell generation. The mutations alter the binding specificity and binding affinities of the resultant antibodies. ref name Teng2007 cite journal doi 10.1146 annurev.genet.41.110306.130340 author Teng, G. and Papavasiliou, F.N. year 2007 title Immunoglobulin Somatic Hypermutation journal Annu. Rev. Genet. volume 41 pages 107 120 pmid 17576170 url http arjournals.annualreviews.org doi abs 10.1146 annurev.genet.41.110306.130340 ref ref name isbn3 527 31453 9 cite book author Roskos L., Klakamp ... to survive. B cell progeny that have undergone SHM, but bind antigen with lower affinity ... 9 In vitro affinity maturation Like the natural prototype, the in vitro affinity maturation is based on the principles of mutation and selection. The in vitro affinity maturation has successfully been ... more details
refimprove date April 2010 Infobox film name Affinity image Affinity2008Cover.jpg alt see WP ALT caption DVD cover director Tim Fywell producer Adrian Bate writer Andrew Davies writer Andrew Davies screenwriter br Sarah Waters novel starring Zoe Tapper Zo Tapper br Anna Madeley br Domini Blythe br Amanda Plummer br Mary Jo Randle music Fr d ric Weber cinematography editing Mary Finlay studio distributor released Film date 2008 Film date Year Month Day Location runtime 120 minutes country Film UK language English budget gross Affinity is a 2008 UK film adaptation of Sarah Waters 1999 novel Affinity novel Affinity directed by Tim Fywell and screenplay by Andrew Davies writer Andrew Davies . ref cite web title Affinity by Sarah Waters publisher Chasing Bawa date 17 April 2010 url http chasingbawa.wordpress.com 2010 04 17 affinity by sarah waters accessdate 2010 04 26 archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20100424074858 http chasingbawa.wordpress.com 2010 04 17 affinity by sarah waters archivedate 24 April 2010 DASHBot deadurl no ref ref cite web title Affinity DVD publisher Dooyoo.co.uk date 12 January 2009 url http www.dooyoo.co.uk movie dvd affinity dvd 1180271 accessdate 2010 04 26 ref Plot Affinity is set in Victorian England the story of an upper class woman, Margaret Anna Madeley , who becomes an official Visitor to a woman s prison however, she becomes emotionally attached to one of the inmates, Selina Zoe Tapper . Cast Zoe Tapper Zo Tapper as Selina Dawes Anna Madeley as Margaret Prior Domini Blythe as Mother Prior Amanda Plummer as Miss Ridley Mary Jo Randle as Mrs. Jelf Caroline Loncq as Ruth Vigers Anne Reid as Mrs. Brink Vincent Leclerc as Theophilus Anna Massey as Miss Haxby Ferelith Young as Helen Sara Lloyd Gregory as Madeleine Brett Watson as Stephen Prior Candis ... imdb title 1116182 http www.ovguide.com movies tv affinity.htm Affinity 2008 , review at the Online Video Guide References reflist Sarah Waters DEFAULTSORT Affinity Film Category 2008 films Category ... more details
Unreferenced date October 2008 Affinity label is a molecule that is similar in structure to a particular substrate biochemistry substrate for a specific enzyme . It is considered to be a class of enzyme inactivators. These molecules covalently modify active site residues in order to elucidate the structure of the active site. These types of compounds are highly reactive and usually alkylate nucleophilic amino acids present in the enzyme. They are often indiscriminant in their action, therefore their usefulness is limited as they are non selective and therefore inherently toxic. Category Enzymes biochem stub ... more details
In mathematics , self affinity refers to a fractal whose pieces are scaled by different amounts in the x and y directions. We refer to these as being the 2 dimensional axes, like that of a grid. This means that in order to appreciate the self similarity of these fractal objects, they have to be rescaled using an anisotropic transformation. From http www.dictionary.com www.dictionary.com In physics and botany, the word anisotropy means of unequal physical properties along different axes . geometry stub Category Fractals fr Self affinit zh ... more details
Refimprove date June 2011 The affinity laws are used in hydraulics and HVAC to express the relationship between variables involved in pump or fan performance such as head hydraulic head , volumetric flow rate , shaft speed and Power physics power . They apply to pump s, fan mechanical fans , and hydraulic turbine s. In these rotary implements, the affinity laws apply both to centrifugal and axial flows. The affinity laws are useful as they allow prediction of the head discharge characteristic of a pump or fan from a known characteristic measured at a different speed or impeller diameter. The only requirement is that the two pumps or fans are dynamically similar, that is the ratios of the fluid forced are the same. Law 1. With impeller diameter D held constant Law 1a. Flow is proportional to shaft speed ref name pumpfun cite web url http www.pumpfundamentals.com yahoo affinity laws.pdf title Affinity Laws work www.pumpfundamentals.com ref , ref cite web url http www.airturbine.com tools fanlaws.html title Basic Fan Laws Axial Fan Blades work airturbine propeller company ref math Q 1 over Q 2 left N 1 over N 2 right math Law 1b. Pressure or Head is proportional to the square of shaft speed math H 1 over H 2 left N 1 over N 2 right 2 math Law 1c. Power is proportional to the cube of shaft speed math P 1 over P 2 left N 1 over N 2 right 3 math Law 2. With shaft speed N held constant ref name pumpfun Law 2a. Flow is proportional to impeller diameter math Q 1 over Q 2 left D 1 over D 2 right 1 math Law 2b. Pressure or Head is proportional to the square of impeller diameter math H 1 over H 2 left D 1 over D 2 right 2 math Law 2c. Power is proportional to the cube of impeller diameter math P 1 over P 2 left D 1 over D 2 right 3 math where math Q math is the volumetric flow rate e.g. CFM , GPM or L s , math D math is the impeller diameter e.g. in or mm , math N math is the shaft ... case Law 2 . References references DEFAULTSORT Affinity Laws Category Hydraulics Category Pumps Category ... more details
distinguish affine space An affinity space is a place virtual or physical where informal learning takes place. According to James Paul Gee , affinity spaces are locations where groups of people are drawn together because of a shared, strong interest or engagement in a common activity. ref Gee, 2004 Gee, 2005 Gee & Hayes, 2009 ref Often but not always occurring online, affinity spaces encourage the sharing of knowledge or participation in a specific area, and informal learning is a common outcome. In his coining of the term, Gee takes the notion of participatory cultures and reframes it to the idea of space. To Gee, what is happening in these online cultures is not merely a culture and far different from a community. In Gee s view, the word community conjures up images of belongingness and membership ... 2 ref Gee has further found eleven hallmarks of what he terms affinity spaces. These very distinct participatory cultures share the following characteristics 1 The affinity in these spaces is to the endeavor ... create together often anonymously or using alter identities. Their participation is due to an affinity ... from more than simply site designers, but from users, is a hallmark of these spaces. In affinity spaces ... of third spaces, affinity spaces see neither One nor the Other Rather, participants are something ... 2. ref Educational uses Because members of an affinity space are interested in a common practice belief ... interest, affinity spaces are able to bridge barriers of age, Race classification of human beings race ... chooses, and both experts and novices are equally legitimate participants in the affinity space ref Gee, 2005 Clarify date April 2010 ref While not everyone in affinity spaces is an expert, they are not places ... of affinity spaces. While the goal of the sites is usually to share and read other people s fan ..., James Paul Semiotic Social Spaces and Affinity Spaces From The Age of Mythology to Today s Schools ... Hayes. Public Pedagogy through Video Games Design, Resources & Affinity Spaces. Game Based Learning ... more details
Acids and bases The proton affinity , E sub pa sub , of an anion or of a neutral atom or molecule is a measure of its gas phase basicity . It is the energy released in the following reactions ref http goldbook.iupac.org P04907.html Proton affinity. Compendium of Chemical Terminology . ref A sup &minus sup H sup sup &rarr HA B H sup sup &rarr BH sup sup These reactions are always exergonic in the gas phase, i.e. energy is released when the reaction advances in the direction shown. However, proton affinities are conventionally quoted with the opposite sign convention from most other thermodynamic properties, a positive E sub pa sub indicating an intake of energy by the system. This is the same sign convention as is used for electron affinity . Acid base chemistry The higher the proton affinity, the stronger the base and the weaker the conjugate acid in the gas phase . The strongest known base is the methanide anion E sub pa sub 1743 kJ mol , slightly stronger than the hydride ion E sub pa sub 1675 kJ mol , ref name Bartmess Bartmess, J. E. Scott, J. A. McIver, R. T. 1979 . Journal of the American Chemical Society J. Am. Chem. Soc. 101 6046. ref making methane the weakest proton acid ref The term proton acid is used to distinguish these acids from Lewis acid s. It is the gas phase equivalent of the term Br nsted acid . ref in the gas phase, followed by dihydrogen . The weakest known base is the helium atom E sub pa sub 177.8 kJ mol , ref name Lias ... Inorg. Synth. 11 113. ref br clear all To a first approximation, the proton affinity of a base in the gas ... of aqueous acidity Proton affinity HHe sup sup g H sup sup g He g align right 178 kJ mol ref name ... proton affinity and pK sub a sub are measures of the acidity of a molecule, and so both reflect the thermodynamic ... an intrinsic property of the molecule in isolation. In contrast, proton affinity is an intrinsic ... species. Proton affinity, on the other hand, is not a measure of free energy. See also Proton affinity ... more details
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