globalize date December 2010 In law and in cultural anthropology , affinity , as distinguished from consanguinity , is kinship by marriage . It is the relation which each party to a marriage bears to the kindred of the other. In English, affinity is usually signified by adding In law in law to the degree of kinship. See also Affinity canon law Consanguinity References See http www.newadvent.org cathen 01177c.htm Affinity In the Bible an article from the Catholic Encyclopedia 1911 Family DEFAULTSORT AffinityLaw Category Kinship and descent Law term stub br Lezvab de Schw gerschaft et Sugulussuhted H imlus es Afinidad Derecho eo Boparenco fr Alliance famille it Affinit diritto lt Svainyst pl Powinowactwo prawo ru sr sv Sv gerlag tl Manugang zh ... more details
Refimprove date June 2007 In Canon law Catholic Church Canon law of the Catholic Church , affinity is a relationship ... is living. Roman law The Roman law considered the intercourse of marriage to be a bar to marriage only with the kindred in the direct line. Early Christian law The Christian emperors extended it to the first degree of collateral affinity. The ecclesiastical law extended the juridical effect also to illicit ... to Robert. Affinity no longer begets affinityAffinity also, in the ancient law, arose between the children ... derived from the ecclesiastical law, except from the order of the priesthood, and affinity, in the direct ... in accord with the law of their country. This supposes that this affinity in the first degree of the direct ... persons of varying degrees of affinity. By the Roman law, the affinity ceased at the death of the one ... of his former wife. By canon law a marriage not consummated does not beget affinity. By a marriage ... Russia . See also Affinitylaw Consanguinity Catholic References Ibid date March 2011 Reflist DEFAULTSORT Affinity Canon Law Category Canon law Catholic Church Category Marriage in Christianity fr ... 1983 Codex Juris Canonici Can. 109, paragraph 1 New English Translation Canon Law Society of America, Washington DC 1999 . ref Affinity is so computed that those who are blood relatives of the man are related in the same line and degree by affinity to the woman and vice versa. ref ibid. paragraph 2. ref Today affinity does not beget affinity . Therefore the relatives of the man do not become relatives .... Earlier law Mosaic law The regulations of the 613 Commandments Mosaic law , based on considerations ..., in 1059, the eleventh canon of the Council of Rome recognizes the impediment of affinity as well ... III in the Fourth Council of the Lateran 1215 limited both affinity and consanguinity to the fourth ... intercourse to the second degree of affinity. Reasoning The motive for the impediment of affinity ... of affinity are determined by the same rule as the degree of blood relationship. Before the Fourth ... more details
Wiktionary affinityAffinity , in etymology affinity is the opposite of infinity . These two words have the same root coming from the Latin finis end . Affinity meaning is near to the finis e.g. close to the zero point in a before assumed space. On the other hand, from the Latin, affinis connected with , having ... attraction of feeling or kinship. A relationship by marriage or common bond. More precisely, affinity may refer to Science and technology Affinity mathematics an affine transformation which preserves collinearity Affinity pharmacology in biochemistry, protein ligand binding Affinity sociology Affinity chromatography Affinity electrophoresis Affinity laws , in hydraulics, used to express the relationship between variables involved in fan or pump performance Chemical affinity the force of attraction between chemical species Electron affinity Processor affinity Ideas and thinking Theory of Forms ... Other meanings Affinity fraud , a type of scam targeting a specific demographic See BMJ Group for Affinity ... 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 Affinitylaw , kinship by marriage 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 Affinity Fire Emblem , the numerous bonuses units in the videogame Fire Emblem have from sharing support conversations with one another Affinity Stargate SG 1 Affinity Stargate SG 1 , a season 8 episode of Stargate SG 1 Affinity group small protest or activist groups of 10 30 people Affinity novel Affinity novel , 1999 novel by Sarah Waters Affinity , a 2008 feature film based on Sarah Waters novel Affinity , an independent jazz record label formed in California in 1991 See also ... it Affinit pl Powinowactwo fi 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 affinity group s . It differs from affinity in Affinitylawlaw 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 http www.affinityproject.org The Affinity Project Category Community Category Interpersonal relationships socio stub ca Afinitat sociologia ... 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 and nurses . 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 ArtBistro, TheApple, FireLink, NursingLink, InsideTech, GovCentral, IndiaOn, Excelle, AllHealthCare, HMForces.co.uk, ProNurse, WerPflegtWen, and SalesHQ. 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 phx.corporate ir.net phoenix.zhtml?c 131001&p irol newsArticle&ID ... 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 . Thermodynamics In 1923, the Belgian mathematician and physicist Th ophile de Donder derived a relation between affinity A and the Gibbs free ..., Ilya Prigogine and Defay in Chemical Thermodynamics 1954 defined chemical affinity denoted by A as a function ... of state of non equilibrium systems where nowrap 1 A 0 . The present IUPAC definition is that affinity ... ref That is, math A left frac partial G partial xi right P,T . math It follows that affinity is positive for spontaneous reactions. History Chemical affinity , historically, refers to the electromagnetic ... of Chemistry , vol. 1. p.31 chemical affinity is described as an unknown force . 7th ed., 2 vols. ref A broad definition, used generally throughout history, is that chemical affinity is that whereby ..., H. title Affinity and Matter Elements of Chemical Philosophy 1800 1865 publisher Gordon and Breach ... the concept of affinity, saying, All chemical reactions drive the system to a state of chemical equilibrium equilibrium in which the affinities of the reactions vanish. The term affinity has been used ...., and reference to natural attraction is from 1616. The idea of affinity is extremely old. Many attempts ... a theory of affinity . The name affinitas was first used in the sense of chemical relation ... , Johann Glauber , Isaac Newton , and Georg Stahl put forward ideas on elective affinity in attempts ... more details
for constant diameter variable speed case Law 1 but are less accurate for constant speed variable impeller diameter case Law 2 . References reflist DEFAULTSORT Affinity Laws Category Hydraulics Category ...Unreferenced date December 2009 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 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 Law 2a. Flow is proportional to the impeller diameter math Q 1 over Q 2 left D 1 over D 2 right 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 rotational speed e.g. rpm , math H math is the pressure or head developed by the fan pump e.g. ft or m , and math P math is the shaft power e.g. W . These laws assume that the pump fan ... more details
Affinity Group may refer to affinity group , a small group of political activists Affinity Group Inc. , a provider of products and services to the recreational vehicle RV market disambig ... more details
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 Affinity marketing traces its recent roots to the 1990s affinity boom, when credit card companies partnered with charities to provide consumers with a charity branded credit card. The charity benefits from increased brand loyalty and brand awareness and a boost to revenues typically through a fixed Commission remuneration commission for each new card. The credit card company meanwhile benefits from increased revenue, generated by more customer relationships. ref Marketing Services Talk http www.marketingservicestalk.com 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 of data and customer contact lists. Within this context for example, a famous car repair chain recently partnered with a well known insurance company and was able to mail the insurance company s database to offer a unique benefit, in this instance 25 off a car service. This gave the insurance company s customers access to a competitive deal unavailable to the mass market , whilst the car repair ... been able to mail. Parties within an Affinity Partnership Affinity Partnerships consist of two parties. The first party known as the affinity group seeks to add value to its existing customers, members ... affinity partner. Example of a typical Affinity Partnership The supermarket adds value to its existing ... 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 Marketing strategies and paradigms ... more details
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, onedimentional 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 biochemistry stub Category Electrophoresis Category Molecular biology Category Protein methods Category Laboratory techniques Category Protein protein interaction assays ... more details
refimprove date April 2010 Infobox film name Affinity 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 released 2008 runtime 120 min. country United Kingdom language English language English Affinity is a 2008 UK film adaptation of Sarah Waters 1999 novel Affinity novel Affinity , the screenplay being written by 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 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 External links 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 Films based on novels Category Lesbian related films 2000s UK film stub ru , 2008 ... more details
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, the fraudster almost always steals investor money for personal use. Both types of schemes depend on an unending ... Affinity frauds can target any group of people who take pride in their shared characteristics, whether ... have investigated and taken action against affinity frauds targeting a wide spectrum of groups ... 19 Million The SEC s complaint alleges that this affinity fraud targeted Armenian Americans with little ... Affinity Fraud Category Finance fraud ... more details
Processor affinity is a modification of the native central queue scheduling algorithm in a symmetric ... kin processor in preference to others. Processor affinity takes advantage of the fact that some .... Scheduling algorithm implementations vary in adherence to processor affinity. Under certain circumstances ... efficient. This may be the case if two processor intensive tasks A & B have affinity to one processor ... in order 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 ... 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. If a process has recently run on one ... is not, cache affinity would suggest that the process should be dispatched to the idle partner. However .... On Linux the CPU affinity of a process might be altered with the taskset 1 program. ref http www.linuxcommand.org ... http netbsd.gw.com cgi bin man cgi?affinity NetBSD current affinity 3 NetBSD manpage ref In NetBSD ... ref to set a thread s affinity to a certain CPU set. In FreeBSD , cpuset ref http man.freebsd.org ... .aspx SetProcessAffinityMask MSDN Library ref API calls or can set each process s affinity via ... 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 reflist External links http cpubalancer.brels.net ... over logical processors using the affinity mask DEFAULTSORT Processor Affinity Category Scheduling ... 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 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 ja KJ ... 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
About the activist organization the company Affinity Group Inc. Image Affinity group collateral damage.jpg thumb 250px right The anti war affinity group Collateral Damage . All seven were convicted on December ... 29, 2003 ref An affinity group 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 ... 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 The origin of affinity groups dates back to 19th century Spain . It was the favourite ... of Affinity Groups ref Affinity groups appeared again in the U.S. anti war movement of the 1960s and 1970s ... station in Germany in 1969 was organized on the affinity group model. ref http www.starhawk.org activism 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 different activists animal rights ... Conference of 1999 included coordinated organization by many clusters of affinity groups ... External By definition, affinity groups are Autonomy autonomous . Co ordinated effort and co operation amongst several affinity groups, however, is often achieved by using a loose form of confederation . Cluster The cluster is the basic unit of organization amongst affinity groups. A cluster consists of several affinity groups and is organized in a non hierarchical manner. A cluster can be permanent ... Austinspokes.org ref Spokescouncil The spokescouncil is an aggregate of clusters and affinity groups. Each affinity group or cluster nominates one representative often called a spoke to participate ...? ref Internal Affinity groups tend to be loosely organized, however there are some formal roles or positions that commonly occur. A given affinity group may have all, some or none of these positions ... more details
Infobox company company name Certain Affinity company logo caption company type Video game developer foundation 2006 location Austin, Texas , United States USA key people Max Hoberman President br Paul Isaac Engineering Lead industry Video game industry Computer and video games products Video game maps, video game s revenue operating income net income num employees 40 homepage http www.certainaffinity.com Certain Affinity is an United States American video game developer video game development studio ... number of other ex Bungie employees and other industry veterans. History Certain Affinity s creation ... url http www.certainaffinity.com about.htm title Certain Affinity about page ref The studio s first ...?type topnews&link certainaffinitymaps title Certain affinity Maps revealed ref They were released ... , but were replaced with two new maps exclusive to Halo 2 vista District and Uplift . Certain Affinity ... of these two maps. Certain Affinity has also been working on another project since November 2006 .... However, Certain Affinity has said in a recent interview that it has spoken with most of the major ... Affinity s first original game was Age of Booty , a downloadable real time strategy game released on Steam ... 15, 2008. ref cite web title Certain Affinity Making Pimps at Sea, Sorta work Shacknews author ... ref http www.certainaffinity.com news.htm Age of Booty Release Date ref Certain Affinity also created ..., Certain Affinity collaborated on maps and game modes with Treyarch and Activision for Call ... Affinity Website http www.certainaffinity.com Official homepage http www.certainaffinity.com about.htm About Certain Affinity http www.certainaffinity.com jobs.htm Certain Affinity Jobs page http www.myspace.com certainaffinity Certain Affinity MySpace page Fansites http www.certainaffinity.net ... Affinity http www.bungie.net News content.aspx?type topnews&link certainaffinitymaps Halo 2 Maps ... Companies established in 2006 Category Companies based in Texas pl Certain Affinity ... more details
In mathematics, self affinity refers to a fractal whose pieces are scaled by different amounts in the x and y directions. This means that in order to appreciate the self similarity of these fractal objects, they have to be rescaled using an anisotropic transformation. math stub Category Fractals fr Self affinit zh ... more details
receptor receptor and ligand biochemistry ligand . Affinity chromatography combines the size ... Affinity chromatography can be used to Purify and concentrate a substance from a mixture into a buffering ... be exploited during the affinity purification process. The process itself can be thought of as an entrapment ... in a process known as elution. 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 ... ensure that the solid phase does not exit the column with the liquid phase. Specific uses Affinity ... is the affinity purification of antibodies from blood serum. If serum is known to contain ... against the antigen concerned then it can be used for the affinity purification of that antigen. This is also ... and used as an affinity ligand in purifications of antibody from immune serum. For thoroughness ... allowed to bind to the GST affinity matrix. This will remove antibodies against the GST part of the fusion ... as affinity purification is used to purify the initial GST fusion protein, to remove the undesirable ... the antibody. Immobilized metal ion affinity chromatography Immobilized metal ion affinity chromatography ..., to metals. This technique works by allowing proteins with an affinity for metal ions to be retained ... proteins or peptides. Many naturally occurring proteins do not have an affinity for metal ... common use of affinity chromatography is for the purification of recombinant proteins. Proteins with a known affinity are protein tag ged in order to aid their purification. The protein may have been genetically modified so as to allow it to be selected for affinity binding, this is known as a fusion ... MBP . His tags have an affinity for nickel or cobalt ions which are coordinate covalent bond with a chelator ... able to act as a metal ion ligand, such as imidazole, is used. GST has an affinity for glutathione ... is used to displace the tagged protein. Lectins Lectin affinity chromatography is a form of affinity ... more details
refimprove date March 2011 Infobox Radio Station name Affinity Radio Cambridge image File Affinity Radio logo.jpg 200px owner Cambridge City Radio Limited area Cambridge , Cambridgeshire , and surrounding area slogan Live, Local and Listening to You airdate 15 March, 2011 FM 8 April, 2011 DAB format Mixture frequency DAB 11C Cambridge website http www.affinityradiocambridge.co.uk www.affinityradiocambridge.co.uk Affinity Radio is a community radio station for Cambridge , Cambridgeshire and the surrounding areas. It is to start broadcasting on DAB Digital radio on 8th April 2011, offering music and a range of local information. The station originally launched as an online radio station called Cambridge CITY Radio and later rebranded as Affinity Radio after gaining permission to launch on DAB Digital Radio . Community Radio stations in the UK are required to provide a social gain to the community they serve. Affinity Radio plans to offer over 70 hours a week of live programming. History The station started out as an internet based radio station broadcasting originally from Citylife House in Cambridge from February 2010 February 2011 . Cambridge City Radio as it was then known showcased specialist music in the evening and magazine style programmes during the daytime. In March 2011 , the station staged a Restricted Service Licence on 87.7 FM in Cambridge. The name of the station was adjusted due to their imminent launch on DAB Digital Radio. References reflist External links Official website http www.affinityradiocambridge.co.uk http radiotoday.co.uk news.php?extend.6826.5 Affinity Radio Press Release 2011 http www.localdigitalradio.co.uk CambridgeTX.jpg Coverage Map of the Cambridge DAB Multiplex from Arqiva Use dmy dates date March 2011 Category Community radio stations in the United Kingdom Category Radio stations established in 2011 Category Radio stations in Cambridgeshire UK radio station stub ... more details
Infobox musical artist See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians Name Affinity Img Affinity promo.jpg Img capt 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 1968 1971 Label Vertigo Records , Angel Air Associated acts Ice br Russell s Clump br Sailor band ... 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 of the University ... web url http www.getreadytorock.com reviews affinity3.htm title AFFINITY Origins 65 67 Angel Air SJPCD167 ... thing they needed to do though was invent a name for themselves, eventually they settled on Affinity ... sjpcd111.htm title AffinityAffinity publisher Angel Air accessdate 2009 11 02 ref Performances Affinity played their first London show at the Revolution Club in Bruton Place in London on 5 October ... pure url yes Affinity Biography , Allmusic , Macrovision Corporation ref including British DJ ... 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 in Cardiff ... & 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 only ... in four Affinity related albums. Affinity 1970, Vertigo , 2002, Angel Air Live Instrumentals ... 1965 2007, Angel Air In 2006 a 5 CD limited issue, collectors edition of the Affinity collection ... of the original LP cover, with an expansive write up on the history of Affinity including ... 473 cite web url http www.sailor marinero.com related affinity.htm title Affinity publisher www.sailor ... review pure url yes Affinity Review , Allmusic , Macrovision Corporation DEFAULTSORT Affinity Category ... 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 http arjournals.annualreviews.org doi abs 10.1146 annurev.genet.41.110306.130340 Immunoglobulin Somatic Hypermutation journal Annu. Rev. Genet. volume 41 pages 107 120 pmid 17576170 ref ref name isbn3 527 31453 9 cite book author Roskos L., Klakamp S., Liang ... to survive. B cell progeny that have undergone SHM, but bind antigen with lower affinity will be out ... 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 used to optimize ... more details
An affinity space is a place where informal learning takes place. According to James Paul Gee , affinity spaces where locations physical or virtual where groups of people are drawn together because they share a particular common, strong interest or are engaged in a common activity. ref Gee, 2004 Gee, 2005 Gee & Hayes, 2009 ref Often but not always occurring online, affinity spaces encourage the sharing knowledge or participating in a specific area, but informal learning is another outcome. Educational uses Because the members of the community are interested in similar things, they have common ground and motivation together. Gee says that because of this common interest, affinity spaces are able to bridge barriers of age, Race classification of human beings race , socio economic status, and educational level, and allow each user to participate as he she 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 would be an expert, they are not places where the blind are leading the blind. Many spaces have unwritten rules that while sharing information, you must share only what you know, provide sources to back up what you say, and in general, leave feedback and comments only in areas you know. These allow a lot of learning to take place outside of school and can be substantial learning in some situations. Examples Online fan fiction sites are examples of affinity spaces. While the goal of the sites are usually to share and read other people s fan fiction creations, there is a lot of informal learning that takes place as people have their work read and commented on. It is up to the author then to decide what to do with this informal feedback , but often it is used ... Gee Gee, James Paul Semiotic Social Spaces and Affinity Spaces From The Age of Mythology to Today ... & Elisabeth Hayes. Public Pedagogy through Video Games Design, Resources & Affinity Spaces. Game Based ... 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 irreversible Enzyme inhibitor inhibitor s. 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
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 ... estimates of aqueous acidity Proton affinity HHe sup sup g &rarr H sup sup g He g align right 178 kJ ... affinity and pK sub a sub are measures of the acidity of a molecule, and so both reflect the thermodynamic ... property of the molecule in isolation. In contrast, proton affinity i is i 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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