affects folding speed. We estimated folding times for the present-day catalog of protein domains directly from their size-modified contact order. These values were mapped onto an evolutionary timeline of domain appearance derived from a phylogenomic analysis of protein domains in 989 fully-sequenced genomes. Our results show a clear overall increase of folding speed during evolution‚ with known ultra-fast downhill folders appearing rather late in the timeline. Remarkably‚ folding optimization depends
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Interco Case Analysis Group 6 2010-10-15 SAIF Interco Case Analysis 1) Company Background Interco was founded as International Shoe Company in 1911 as a footwear manufacturing company. By 1966‚ Interco was a major manufacturer and retailer of consumer products and services. Most of Interco’s growth during this period was through the acquisition of related businesses. In 1988 Interco was made up of 4 main business segments: * Apparel Manufacturing * General Retail Merchandising
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Renaissance Exhibit Essay Timeline The Maesta Masaccio Simone Marti (1315) Tribute Money (1420’s) 1300 C.E. Fra Angelico Raphael 1600 C.E. The Deposition (1434) The School of Athens (1509) Theme: These paintings
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Interco Summary of the Case Even before we go into the specifics of the case‚ we can point out a few important pieces of information from the case: 1) Interco management and Wall Street analysts believed that the apparel group’s performance would continue to weaken Interco’s overall operations and cause the equity markets to undervalue its common stock. Case Page 4. 2) To deter any unwanted third- party acquisition‚ the board voted on July 11‚ 1988‚ to amend Interco’s shareholder rights plan‚ making
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Interco Case Study Interco’s Business Interco was comprised of four major divisions: Apparel‚ General Retail‚ Footwear‚ and Furniture and Home Furnishings. Each operating division had multiple independent companies that designed‚ manufactured‚ and distributed their products. The apparel group included eleven different companies whose products included private-label sportswear‚ casual apparel‚ and a number of other apparel items. The general retail operation had 201 locations in fifteen states.
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Art 1030 October 1‚ 2012 Virtual Exhibit Critique Johannes Vermeer’s “Woman Holding a Balance” The nationalgalleryofart.gov website features an artist by the name of Johannes Vermeer. Johannes Vermeer’s “Woman Holding a Balance” exhibit consists of that single art piece‚ which was created in 1664 with oil on canvas. This realistic piece of art shows a woman holding a balance‚ seemingly lost in her thoughts. In the background is a painting of “The Last Judgment”. Vermeer made it hard to perceive
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1. Assess Interco’s financial performance. Why is the company a target of a hostile takeover attempt? Interco’s overall financial health is relatively healthy. It is highly-liquid as the current ratios are consistently over 3.5‚ showing that it has plenty of cash to cover any of its current liabilities. Its accounts receivable days indicate that in 1987 it took longer to collect on outstanding accounts while this figure would drop in 1988. The same trend follows with its inventory days‚ increasing
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A Systematically Written Presentation Paper on the Archaeological Exhibit “National Museum: Museum of the Filipino People” The National Museum: Museum of the Filipino People displayed an immense collection of artifacts‚ relics and historical objects of the Philippines. It also housed fascinating and intriguing porcelain plates‚ coins‚ pots and jars‚ archaeological artifacts‚ jewelries‚ armaments and a whole lot more. The museum was divided into sections and galleries wherein one would get to
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Cultural Event Report: The current event I decided to write my report on was the Avedon Fashion Photography Exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. This exhibit is a temporary one and will be held in the museum until January 17‚ 2011. Photographer Richard Avedon between the years 1944-2000 shot the photos used. He is considered to be one of the behind the lense the twentieth century. He was the modern push that made fashion photography what it is today. Avedon used women as his subjects
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Interco Case Study Interco’s financial performance was moderately successful for the 1988 fiscal year. Interco’s current ratio (3.6 to 1) and debt-to-capitalization rate (19.3%) indicate that the company is financially flexible. Furthermore‚ both overall sales and net income increased from the previous year (1987) due largely to the strong performance of Interco’s furniture and footwear divisions. Sales in 1988 increased by 14.7% in the furniture division and 34.2% in the footwear division.
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