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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 ... station in Germany in 1969 was organized on the affinitygroup 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 ... groups. Each affinitygroup or cluster nominates one representative often called a spoke to participate ... or positions that commonly occur. A given affinitygroup may have all, some or none of these positions ... one role to one person. Spoke The individual charged with representing the affinitygroup at a spokescouncil ..., the spoke will be granted a more general ambassador ial role by the affinitygroup. Facilitator ... of the group. The reference is to vibrations in the colloquial emotional sense. In some affinity ... AffinityGroup Category Activism by method Category Anarchist theory Category Civil disobedience ca Grup d afinitat de AffinityGroup es Grupo de afinidad 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 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. The term was used by Ben Morea and the group Black Mask NYC Black Mask . Later, Peace movement ... religious , gender , ethnic group , etc. They became popular in the 1970s in the anti nuclear movement ... more details
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Infobox company company name AffinityGroup, Inc. company logo Image AffinityGroup logo.png 200px AffinityGroup logo company type Private Company Private foundation 1935 founder Stephen Adams business ... www.affinitygroup.com num employees 20 2008 AffinityGroup AGI is a provider of membership clubs ... edgar data 910560 0000912057 97 011304.txt AffinityGroup Inc. Form 10 K 1998 US Securities and Exchange ... 0000912057 97 027151.txt AffinityGroup Inc. Form 424B1 August 12, 1997 US Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR filing system ref Image AffinityGroup logo historical.png thumbnail right 200px Historical AffinityGroup logo Image GoodSamClubLogo.jpg thumbnail right 200px The Good Sam Club logo ... 85 AffinityGroup Holding Inc.html AffinityGroup Holding Inc. Business Information, Profile, and History ... feature.htm Just About Everything in the World You Would Ever Want to Know About AffinityGroup ...?res 9907E6D81730F937A35750C0A961958260&scp 1&sq 22affinity group 22&st nyt AffinityGroup to Acquire ... demographics demographic groups 7264790 1.html AffinityGroup to Buy Ehlert Publishing . September ... business Stephen Adams References http www.fundinguniverse.com company histories AffinityGroup Holding Inc Company History.html AffinityGroup Holding Inc. Company History . Funding Universe http articles.latimes.com ... Times, January 22, 2001 Reflist External links http www.affinitygroup.com AffinityGroup, Inc ... history history1.cfm History of Affinity ref , followed by the publication of the first ... relocated to Ventura, California. In 1997 the bank was renamed Affinity Bank and in 1999, AGI transferred ownership to Affinity Bank Holdings, Inc. a separate entity controlled by Adams ref http www.affinitybank.com ab aboutUs.asp Affinity Bank About Us ref U.S. bank regulators closed Affinity Bank of Ventura, California on August 28, 2009. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp said Affinity had 1 billion ... all the deposits of Affinity. Affinity Bank had 10 branches. The FDIC estimates Affinity s failure ... more details
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Other meanings Affinity fraud , a type of scam targeting a specific demographic See BMJ Group for Affinity BMJ , a publishing partnership programme of the BMJ Publishing Group Ltd for independent journals 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 law , 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 Affinitygroup 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 ...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 ... 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 ... 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 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 http www.affinityproject.org The Affinity Project Category Community Category Interpersonal relationships socio stub ca Afinitat sociologia ... more details
been 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 ...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 ... 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
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 ... heterogeneous group of molecules in solution, such as a cell lysate, growth medium or blood ... 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 .... This cysteine residue contains a sulfhydryl functional group which allows the peptide to be easily ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... bands, formed the pop group Ice. Although Ice was moderately successful commercially it only ... 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 ... Naiff is already a virtuso, soul style, and the whole group is probably the best new thing heard ... 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 ... more details
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 Affinity Law 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
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
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
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, the fraudster almost always steals investor money for personal use. Both types of schemes depend on an unending ... 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
can 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 ...The Electron affinity of a molecule or atom is the energy change when an electron is added to the neutral ... e sup sup X sup sup The electron affinity, E sub ea sub , is defined as positive when the resulting ... sub ea sub E sub initial sub E sub final sub Alternatively, electron affinity is often described ... ion negative ion , ref GoldBookRef title Electron affinity file E01977 ref i.e. the energy change for the process X sup sup X e sup sup A molecule or atom that has a positive electron affinity is often ... Main Electron affinity data page Although E sub ea sub varies greatly across the periodic .... 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 valence shell and therefore ... border 0 cellpadding 0 cellspacing 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 ... white background, use Element color X Molecular electron affinities The electron affinity of molecules is a complicated function of their electronic structure. For instance the electron affinity for benzene ... are positive. In silico experiments show that the electron affinity of hexacyanobenzene surpasses that of fullerene ... ref Electron affinity of Surfaces The electron affinity measured from a material s surface is a function ... 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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