... power concentration inone person. In contrast, decentralized organizations disperse responsibilities and decisions for lowerlevel managers. At all, each organization will decide what combination ... allocation of responsibilities, the grouping of functions, decision - making, co –ordination, control and reward – all these are fundamental requirement for the continued operationof an organization. ... judgment and consensus building skills…etc.2. The relationship between an organization’s structure and culture and the effectson businessperformance:As we noted, in one organization, structure...
... professionals and technicians lived abroad in 19801.4 The effects of Globalization on Education1.4.1 The effects of Trade on Education While education helps the economy adjust to new conditions ... international relationso Interdependence amongst national economies has increasedo In international relations, there have always existed two dimensions: cooperation and competition.1.2Education1.2.1 ... educational basis (at least secondary education) on which MNEs (Multinational Enterprises) and their training systems can build as well as provision of tertiary technical education. Competition on...
... panel).TABLE 4 Effects of Trade Integration on Consumption Co-movementsB. IV Regression for Trade Integration(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)Sample I Sample II Random Effects Fixed Effects Cross-SectionRandom Effects ... singlecurrency area, namely a monetary union. Since members of monetary union This paper was prepared for the Joint YNU/KIEP International Conference on ‘Economic Integrationand Structural Changes ... Integration(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)Sample I Sample II Random Effects Fixed Effects Cross-Section Random Effects Fixed Effects Cross-Section A. OLS Regression for Trade IntegrationPanel...
... earlyTSA (E). Hormone induction of half of these pools wasperformed 18 h later by addition of the synthetic glucocor-ticoid hormone, triamcinolone acetonide (TA) at a concen-tration of 10)6M. ... DMSmethylation assay in the MMTV promoter in thenoninduced state. Addition of hormone resulted in a drasticreduction in DMS methylation (protection) over theglucocorticoid response elements. ... that occurs upon hormone activa-tion. We also note a reduced hormone response in thepresence of TSA. TSA effects have for a long time beenassociated with transcriptional activation and chromatinopening...
... that contribute to the suppression ofglycolytic flux are important for hibernation for severalreasons. Glycolytic rate suppression (a) contributes tothe overall metabolic rate depression by ... effect of phosphate andactivation was seen only at low concentrations with amaximal 1.7-fold activation at 2 mm phosphate. AtTable 1. Effects of temperature on the kinetic properties of skel-etal ... Secondary plot of PFK maximal velocity vs. phosphate concentration at 5 °C. Data are means ±SEM, n ¼ 4 separatedeterminations.Temperature effectson hibernator PFK allostery J. A. MacDonald...
... including infection, chronic pain, sexualdysfunction, and obstetric complications. Less isknown about the psychological and emotional conse-quences of FGM, but stress, anxiety, and depressionmay be ... organs for cultural, traditional,or other non-therapeutic reasons.18 More than130 million girls and women have undergone theprocedure, and an estimated two million girls are atrisk of FGM ... organizations also canwork to change national and local policies that restrictwomen’s rights, such as eliminating spousal consent rulesfor contraception. Involving men in this effort is key.ConclusionThe...
... 1980-1999 at some stations in Ca River Basin Stations Scenarios Periods Con Cuong Do Luong Ha Tinh Huong Khe Quy Chau Quynh Luu Tay Hieu Tuong Duong Vinh 2030 -2039 0.9 ... Average low flow on overall basin has a decreasing trend, with greater reducing on right side of Ca basin. Average flow in last month of dry season and transition month to flood season reduces ... Yen Thuong and 3.01% at Hoa Duyet. Scenario B1 augments the lowest rate, only 4.98% and 2.07%. In general, flow in months of flood season has an increasing trend. At Yen Thuong station, flow...
... cooperation on climate change study, integrated water resources management in the region and the world create the opportunities to develop cooperation on the basis of equitable and reasonable ... socio-economic development on downstream area of Ta Giang river basin. Thus, protection and maintenance of water resources aimed to exploit and utilise resources effectively, preserve environment ... operation of hydropower plants at upstream results in large daily water level fluctuation which is contrast to natural law: daily water fluctuation is around 1.5-2.0m on Da river at Muong Te,...
... expenditure for construction and protection of infrastructure in low-lying areas; and (5) Increased pollution of the aquatic environment in the coastal zone and salinity intrusion of the Huong River ... climate change on water resources in the Huong River basin. Climate change will result in an increase in precipitation in rainy seasons but a decline in dry season. As a consequence, river ... ICZM strategy has not yet considered the changes in climate as well as their impacts on natural conditions of the study area. Hence the study, in close consultation with relevant provincial...
... generation Son La 2005 2012 2400 10246 Electricity generation Hoa Binh 1979 1994 1920 8160 Flood control Irrigation Electricity generation Tuyen Quang 2002 2008 342 1329 Flood control Electricity ... Choosing option for water balance calculation In order to calculate water balance on Hong-Thai Binh river basin, the options were chosen based on (i) the planning of socio-economic development ... Energy production The calculation result shows that the average monthly energy production of hydropower plants during the dry season has a decreasing tendency and in flood season has increasing...
... resorption) characterizes bone growth. In pathological conditions (e.g., chronic heavy alcohol consumption), the normal relationship between bone forma-tion and resorption is altered, leading ... maturation that marks puberty. Also, estrogen’s role in bone maturation raises the question of whether alcohol use during adolescence has long-term effectson bone health. Alcohol consumption ... circulation and attach to receptors on the ovary, where they trigger ovulation and stimulate ovarian production of the hormones estrogen and progesterone. These female hormones cause monthly...
... –80.Von Economo, C., 1929. The Cytoarchitectonics of the Human CerebralCortex. Oxford Medical Publications, London.Wen, W., Sachdev, P., 2004. The topography of white matter hyper-intensities on ... hormone concentrationsdue to menopause in women around age 50 years could be one causeof such phenomenon (Lamberts, 2002; Raz et al., 2004c), but thisassertion requires further investigations ... both in cross-sectional and longitudinal studies, but that longitudinal findingswere more pronounced than cross-sectional ones. Amazingly, thesame authors performed a longitudinal study of...
... consumption: An assessment of the impact of worldwide consumption of cotton products on the water resources in the cotton producing countries, Ecological Economics 60(1): 186-203. CEO Water Mandate (2007) ... terms of the long-term continuity value of business to communities. In the ongoing debate on globalization, concerns have been expressed about the sustainability impacts of business on society, ... society, especially of multinational corporations (OECD, 2001). The sustainability concept is determined by three components: a social, economic, and environmental one (WCED, 1987). Public pressure...