But a lot of programming later he and his colleagues managed to build a model they hoped would be able to compare information on the structures of drugs with information on the structures of human proteins, in order to find the best fits between the two.
In addition, in order to deal with the ever increasing volume of information, society has created rigid structures to compress and channel the information.
Buycott is still working on adding new data to its back end and fine-tuning its information on corporate ownership structures.
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The aim was to initiate a new programme to increase and better coordinate the collecting of ocean and atmospheric information from ships and offshore structures, using existing ocean traffic.
That may be distasteful to many outsiders but if pay structures better reflect information about the risks such star bankers are taking and if their pay levels do not inflate the compensation of everyone around them, it ought to be defended.
Mattos has engineered a piece of software, called DB2 Information Integrator, that races through different databases, recognizing data structures on the fly, mapping the entire system and figuring what information needs to move where.
Gossip exists in all human social structures as a way for conveying information to navigate the complexities of relationships.
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It would also handover confidential corporate information to competitors, including data on salary structures, revenues, and the number and types of employees.
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Also highlighted was the relevance of setting up structures to protect those who disseminate information, and of information being made public in a language understandable to all sectors of a country's population.
As information is withheld, hierarchies and command-control structures are reinforced.
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The Vatileaks episode offered a glimpse into some of the disfunctionality, normally due to petty squabbles among internal factions within middle management, but also drew attention to the traditional feudal structure of governance within and among the offices, and how the current structures and attitudes impede the distribution of information to facilitate efficient governance, thereby hampering the Church's mission to evangelise.
It has appointed the lawyers Olswang to review whether News International has introduced the appropriate governance procedures and structures to prevent its staff using unacceptable practices to obtain information.
Computers power the virtually instantaneous communication and information capabilities that are transforming purchasing, sales, innovation, marketing, and organizational structures.
These striking statistics point to the fact that traditional business structures, classified by hierarchies and strict protocols, are not consistent with the way information and ideas are accessed in the digital, and increasingly, everyday world.
International companies in all business spheres are scored by TI from 0-10 based on their disclosure of information important for investors and the general public, where they pay their taxes, their corporate structures and what they are doing to prevent corruption.
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