... explain to them the study face to face Out of these 22 hotels, 11 of them had given me a reply, expressing their great interest in participating in this study The rest ofthe hotels either declined ... few of them (Singh, 1998) has included task autonomy and task variety in their studies but they have not examined the interaction effect Therefore, grouping the individual personality variable and ... model that links the antecedents andconsequencesof role stress and then derive several hypotheses These hypotheses were tested inthe Singapore context In chapter 3, the research design and methodology...
... re-adjust their self-perception and express their devotion and dependency by continuing inthe sex work demanded of them It is only later that women often begin to understand the incongruity ofthe ... coordination, and drafting ofthe findings Aims Methods This report represents the findings of a two-year study on women’s health and trafficking inthe European Union The study is an initial inquiry ... safety concerns for the victim, others close to her, and for the interviewer Inthe process of gathering information there is the danger that the safety and individual needs of victims may not...
... aesthetics of popular cinema Over the last two decades ofthe 20th centuryand on into the 21st century, there has been a complex deepening and widening ofthe trends first recognized in terms ofthe ... average; inthe latter, it rose from 21·5 to 51·6 It is tempting to interpret these data in terms of continued vertical disintegration in production and increasing internal economies of scale in associated ... 1985) They then go on to claim that the restructuring of this system was induced by two main factors; the Paramount antitrust decision of 1948; andthe advent of television inthe 1950s The Paramount...
... increased lending by the IMF and other institutions arose inthe fall of 1982 because ofthe huge debts of Mexico, Argentina and other Latin American countries Inthe twelve months following, commercial ... franc, and pound sterling (13 per cent each) The SDR serves as the official unit of account in keeping the books ofthe IMF It is designed, inthe words ofthe Fund, to "eventually become the prin ... been discussing the stabilization ofthe pound andthe dollar, or the even tual return of both to a fixed gold standard, will probably remain for the present inthe realm of jecture The knowledge...
... conducted in hospital settings [12] The aim ofthe present study was to determine the prevalence and types of patient safety incidents occurring in general practice inthe Netherlands Page of Table ... reported in other studies The large gap between the present data andthe numbers published by Sandars in 2003 can be explained in several ways Sandars’ review ofthe literature mostly included ... which reflects the normal practice situation inthe Netherlands The practices had a total of 72,455 patients and employed a total of 143 healthcare professionals at the time ofthe study (e.g.,...
... tion in living standards, and a growing belief—both in America and abroad—that the great-power status ofthe United States was ending The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath traces the origins and ... and President Nixon's resignation; the sexual revolution; the invention ofthe computer chip; R o n a l d Reagan's election in 1980; the end ofthe Cold War; the creation ofthe Inter net; the ... GREAT INFLATION AND ITS AFTERMATH a major economic power inthe 1970s and 1980s; the emergence of China inthe 1980s from its self-imposed isolation; andthe spread of nuclear weapons (to China, India,...
... less on the level of IT spending or on the technical skills ofthe IT staff and more on the degree of shared business-IT understanding the level common understanding between the IT andthe line manager ... are them developed regarding the impact of various cognitive and institutional factors on both operational and strategic shared understanding These hypotheses are tested inthe context ofthe ... however, the concept of adherence to norms or culture andthe influence of incentives are predominant within the literature Opportunities to interact and transfer knowledge and gain appreciation of...
... improve the efficiency of State management in terms of increasing the effectiveness of shielding resources, contributing to better production and to the protection of public health and environment In ... shown in Table 5, there was a significant decrease inthe use of restricted insecticides in rice production inthe 1996/97 dry season For instance, the proportion of farmers andthe amount of Methyl ... estimates indicated that the incidence of skin problems was positively and significantly related to the dose of herbicides and fungicides In contrast to theoretical expectation, the coefficient of total...
... contribution of other factors involved in speaking 1.3 Cultural factors inthe teaching and learning of speaking skills in classrooms 1.3.1 What cultural factors influence on the teaching andthe learning ... part of learned behavior shared with others The concept include a group’s way of thinking, feeling, and acting, and fixed patterns for doing certain things According to Thompson (1990:132), the ... effectively However, inthe thesis, the researcher wants to find out the attitudes, as well as the cultural awareness in teaching and learning spoken English ofthe teachers andthe students of 10 th grade...
... parallels that of Reference The main purpose for creating and maintaining the NBI is to monitor the condition of bridges carrying public highways Therefore, for funding and reporting purposes, the FHWA ... Bridge Inventory (NBI) as of December 2003 The NBI is maintained by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Tables and figures present information on both the number and deck area of existing ... 20011 The National Bridge Inventory Following the tragic collapse ofthe Sliver Bridge in December 1967, Congress passed legislation that required each state to inspect and maintain an inventory of...
... are marked increases inthe future demand of all organic products This augurs well for the growth ofthe organic industry inthe Eastern Cape andin South Africa in general The findings of this ... maintain its identity inthe face of others, and therefore creates a feeling of "belonging" (Buruiana 2003) 17 10 Factors affecting the consumer awareness of organic products The results ofthe ... a long way in influencing the target market and marketing approach to drive the demand of organics The second LDF identified the person responsible for shopping andthe location ofthe consumer...
... from other Neisseria species and closely related bacteria The development of a pool of resistance genes andthe ability ofthe gonococci to maintain these determinants of resistance within their ... prevention and care (9), which outlines the policies and principles for the prevention and care of STIs, to offer guidance to ministry of health officials who have the responsibility of developing and ... engaging with international and national media to highlight the issue of STIs in general and AMR in particular Some ofthe actions to be pursued include the following: • building the capacity of...
... study ofthe prevalence of latent and active TB in pastoralists and their livestock However, prior to the implementation of a survey on the prevalence ofthe disease, we attempted to assessthe ... and Kenya [24], the participants had little or no information regarding the causative agent of PTB The majority ofthe interviewees and discussants associated the cause of PTB mainly with either ... hindered an in- depth analysis ofthe results Hence, the findings from the qualitative portion ofthe study might be considered preliminary Page 10 of 11 Conclusion Our findings indicate that the majority...
... meeting the WHO drinking water standard (Yusuf, 2007) Lagos like any other coastal region in Nigeria stands the danger of salt-water intrusion The coastal region of Nigeria consists of Benin and ... from the pipes To a large extent, poor maintenance of oil pipelines and poor monitoring of pressure regimes ofthe fluids with respect to the strength ofthe pipe are the main causes Production of ... receivers The level of pollution was linearly correlated with guinea worm infections inthe community The contaminated ponds were found to be the main chain for the transmission of Dracunculus medinensis,...
... Role of electrostatic interactions in SH2 domain recognition: salt dependence of tyrosyl-phosphorylated peptide binding to the tandem SH2 domain ofthe Syk kinase andthe single SH2 domain ofthe ... ofthe six ITAM tyrosines in TCRf and simulated trypsin digest of His-cTCRf The ITAM tyrosines have been named according to the ITAM they are inand their position within each ITAM (towards the ... groups of peaks at 6.85 and 7.15 p.p.m correspond to the aromatic resonances ofthe seven tyrosines inthe protein, andthe inset 2D expansion ofthe 1H-1H COSY shows that the seven are indistinguishable...
... The Impacts of Introductions and Stocking of Exotic Species inthe Mekong Basin and Policies for Their Control The Impacts of Introductions and Stocking of Exotic Species inthe Mekong Basin ... Impacts of Introductions and Stocking of Exotic Species inthe Mekong Basin and Policies for Their Control xi The Impacts of Introductions and Stocking of Exotic Species inthe Mekong Basin and Policies ... 37 FISOFT/DIAS/INDEX.HTM SHOWING SPECIES INTRODUCED INTO COUNTRIES OFTHE MEKONG BASIN vi The Impacts of Introductions and Stocking of Exotic Species inthe Mekong Basin and Policies for Their...
... Satur and several others inthe Philippines, andthe public hanging of Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other members ofthe Movement for the Survival ofthe Ogoni People (MOSOP) in November 1995 in Nigeria ... justice andthe need for international codification of norms pertaining to the rights of all people to clean air, water, and a safe and sound environment capable of sustaining life are offered inthe ... waste dumping, natural resource exploitation, andthe consequent degradation ofthe means of subsistence of indigenous people The roles ofthe state and MNCs in suppressing the rights of communal...