... intrinsic time τi and standard calendar time t I will define and discuss these relationships more carefully in the following sections Trading frequencies vary with time in both systematic and random ... tick of intrinsic time, i denotes the volatility of these intrinsic -time returns, and πij is their correlation What is the relationship between the intrinsic -time and calendar -time measures? I ... or, equivalently, where the explicit time- dependence is again suppressed By equating the right-hand sides of equations (2.9) and (2.11), and separating the S- and P-dependent variables, one can...
... Dissemination Standard (SDDS), and Indonesia and Thailand have established hyperlinks from the IMF Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board (DSBB) to their respective national economic and financial ... securities in East Asia and began to pull money out, creating a snowball effect At the time Thailand, Indonesia and South Korea had large private current account deficits and the maintenance of ... and liabilities in particular) and fiscal data, and in the financial and corporate sectors The reform efforts have been invaluably aided by the World Bank, with its focus on the structural and...
... Basics Understanding of Brands – Definitions - Branding Concepts – Functions of Brand Significance of Brands – Different Types of Brands – Co branding – Store brands UNIT II BRAND STRATEGIES ... Brand Management process – Building a strong brand – Brand positioning – Establishing Brand values – Brand vision – Brand Elements – Branding for Global Markets – Competing with foreign brands ... BRAND COMMUNICATIONS Brand image Building – Brand Loyalty programmes – Brand Promotion Methods – Role of Brand ambassadors, celebraties – On line Brand Promotions UNIT IV BRAND EXTENSION Brand...
... abuse and consequences Legal and human rights analysis of trafficking and health A review and analysis of health-related provisions of international and regional human rights instruments and standards ... primary health risks and consequences related to migration and trafficking; definitions and descriptions of symptoms of common and severe illnesses among migrant and trafficked women, and related treatment ... in safe and appropriate ways; overcoming language and cultural barriers; gaining trust and offering support; and Immigration and police authorities interviewed in Italy, United Kingdom, and Ukraine...
... go backward in time Unlike the m a c h i n e portrayed in H G Wells's The Time Machine, however, which could hurl the protagonist h u n d r e d s of thousands of years into England's distant future ... star So, although it is possible that Worlds Beyond Space andTime 27 Einstein's laws and the laws of q u a n t u m theory might allow for time travel, this is n o t within the capabilities of earthlings ... u r own distinctive space a n d time, which have m e a n i n g only on its surface; outside these bubbles, space a n d time have no m e a n i n g Although many consequences of this discussion...
... events and circumstances Gershuny and Halpin (1996) and Robinson and Godbey (1997), who analyzed a single well- being measure (extent of enjoyment) andtime use collected together in a time diary, ... different “meanings of time, ” such as social time, time for personal gratification, and meaningless time Instead, we focus on the emotional experiences that occur over time National Time Accounting: ... Steinberg, and Grev 1980), blood (O’Malley and Andrews 1983), andtime (Berkowitz 1987) to worthy causes Receiving a cookie or finding a dime is sufficient to elicit increased prosocial behavior (Isen and...
... Nigeria Causes and Consequences 593 Introduction The significance of water to human and other biological systems cannot be over emphasised, and there are numerous scientific and economic facts ... degreasing agents, metals and other toxins from farm equipment harm and kill aquatic life and animals and cause health problems when they get into drinking water Bacteria and parasites from animal ... accessible to all communities They comprise of water from lakes, hand dug wells, taps, boreholes, streams, rivers and their plains, wetlands and those available in underground reservoirs Fresh waters...
... Source: Wallander (1994) correlation between credit losses and expansion in previous years, and a positive correlation between credit losses and the fraction of lending going into real estate Handelsbanken, ... Ingves, S., and Lind, G (1997), ‘Loan Loss Recoveries and Debt Resolution Agencies: The Swedish Experience’, in C Enoch and J H Green (eds), Banking Soundness and Monetary Policy Issues and Experiences ... that were still performing 19 See Wallander (1994, Tables and 5) The concept was defined by the Finance Supervision Board and includes loans to the real estate and construction industries, but also...
... As in contaminated soils and sediments are +5 and +3 (Harper and Haswell, 1988) but sometimes the oxidation states of )3 and are expected to be found in highly reducing conditions (McBride, 1994) ... in aqueous and subsurface systems, namely )2, 0, +4, and +6 The fate and transport of Se in contaminated sites are very much influenced by its chemical form and speciation Selenite and Se(VI) ... 1994; Carbonell Barrachina et al., 1996; Lo and Chen, 1997; Su and Suarez, 2000; O’Reilly et al., 2001), and oxidation states of As and Se Competitive ions and soil properties are also being emphasized...
... 3.8 ms and 3.2 ms per frame when running in stand-alone mode In combination with the PatchTracker, the tracking time goes down to ms Comparing the per frame times of the mobile phone and the ... Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2005 A.J Davison, W.W Mayol, and D.W Murray, “Real -Time Localisation and Mapping with Wearable Active Vision” Proc Int’l Symp Mixed and Augmented ... Klein and D Murray, “Parallel Tracking and Mapping for Small AR Workspaces,” Proc Int’l Symp Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR ’07), pp 225-234, 2007 V Lepetit, P Lagger, and P Fua, “Randomized...
... Dennis and Joyce Free, you have been like a second set of parents and I have felt less like your nephew and more like your son for all the timeand love you have shown me Thanks for all the meals and ... firms and audited companies Section discusses auditor independence and capital market visibility as motivations, and audit quality as a motivation and a consequence of the separation of the tax and ... experimental group for 2001 and 2003 are calculated and examined, and differences across the control group for 2001 and 2003 are calculated and examined 31 T-tests and Wilcoxon signed-rank tests...
... “real -time, ” namely real -time in the perceptual sense, real -time in the software engineering sense, and real -time in the signal processing sense 1.4.1 Real -time in Perceptual Sense Real -time in ... “real -time is further classified based on the strictness attached to the maximum bounded response time into what is known as hard realtime, firm real -time, and soft real -time Hard real -time refers ... Algorithmic simplifications for real -time image and video processing, Hardware platforms for real -time image and video processing, Software methods for real -time image and video processing P1: IML/FFX...
... of Timeand Space 1.1 Absolute and relational time 1.2 Absolute and relational space 1.3 Metrical and non-metrical concepts Time, Order, and Direction 2.1 Temporal precedence 2.2 Causation and ... of true time (Newton 1999: 408) Absolute time equates to duration, and relative time is a measure of duration, and hence of absolute time It is right to distinguish time as a measure andtime as ... Instants and the passage of time Equality of Time Intervals 8.1 Verifiability 8.2 Simultaneity 8.3 Equality and convention Temporal Asymmetries 9.1 Timeand infinity 9.2 Causes, causal conditions, and...
... practitioner and the environment ‘‘Grasses and trees, fences and walls demonstrate and exalt it for the sake of living beings; and in turn, living beings, both ordinary and sage, express and unfold ... derstanding primary Mahayana practices and outlook and their shift that occurred in East Asia 12 visions of awakening space andtime Before directly considering references to chapters 15 and ... spatialization of time help further reveal how Dogen’s view of the spiritual potential of space and earth influenced his more celebrated teachings of being -time and his exhortations to fully inhabit time Finally,...
... employing microtiter and transwell plates Semiquantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and quantitative real -time PCR have been recently developed and employed for the detection and quantitation ... 350714 and Y = × 106X + × 107 and the r2 were 1.0 and 0.95 for JCV(Mad1) virus stocks I and II, respectively Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Virology Journal 2006, 3:3 and inter-run ... sec and 60°C for 15 sec and the amplification fluorescence was read at 60°C at the end of the cycle Real -time PCR amplification data were analyzed using the Bio-Rad iCycler iQ™ Multicolor Real-Time...
... housed under standard conditions of temperature and humidity in a 12-hourlight/dark cycle (lights on at 08:00 h), with free access to food and water, and were maintained under constant conditions ... data and revising the manuscript critically; LB and EB contributed to acquisition, analysis and interpretation of CMS model and behavioural data; JAM and JRC revised the manuscript critically; and ... group values) for pro-inflammatory and oxidative/nitrosative parameters previously analyzed, including LPS and LBP plasma concentrations and TLR4 and MD-2 expression and mRNA levels In this vein,...
... employing microtiter and transwell plates Semiquantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and quantitative real -time PCR have been recently developed and employed for the detection and quantitation ... 350714 and Y = × 106X + × 107 and the r2 were 1.0 and 0.95 for JCV(Mad1) virus stocks I and II, respectively Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Virology Journal 2006, 3:3 and inter-run ... sec and 60°C for 15 sec and the amplification fluorescence was read at 60°C at the end of the cycle Real -time PCR amplification data were analyzed using the Bio-Rad iCycler iQ™ Multicolor Real-Time...