... as the circular structure in the lower half of the dewar. The rest ofthe internal components are structures for cooling the bar to 4.2 K,for bringing out the signal from the transducer on the ... properties ofthe geometry of space in the vicinity of black holes that are predicted by general relativity.• The measurement ofthe dragging of inertial frames due to the rotation of Earth at the ... this point:• The confirmation ofthe existence of gravitational waves by the observedshortening ofthe orbital period of a binary pulsar.• The detection ofthe fluctuations in the cosmic background...
... 1Chapter 15 The Structureof Central Banking and the Bank of Canada Copyright 2011 Pearson Canada Inc.15 - 4Formal Structureofthe Bank of Canada I•Responsibility for the operation ofthe ... operated by the CPA •acts as the holder of deposit accounts ofthe federal government, the directly clearing members ofthe CPA, international organizations such as the IMF, and other central ... with a Board of Directors, which consists of fifteen members:• the governor (currently Mark Carney, who is the chief executive officer and chairman ofthe Board of Directors) • the senior deputy...
... widths, number of comb arrays, diameter ofthe mirror, number of holes in perforated beams, etc. Conversely, other CAD packages may require hours to modify such designs. An SEM ofthe micromirror ... algorithm [10]. As the micromirror example illustrates, modeling of complex designs can be accomplished with the current use of various types of beams in Sugar. However, there are limitations ... take advantage ofsoftware upgrades and fixes as soon as they become available, without having to reinstall thesoftware or download a patch. She is able to take advantage of faster and more...
... questions, the most profound of which are the determination ofthe average neutrino mass and the source ofthe mass ofthe neutrinos and the determination of whether neutrinos are their own ... advance the frontiers ofthe science. Of course it is the importance ofthe physics and ofthe potential discoveries enabled by the new capability that must justify the new investment. There ... Sciences to secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions in the examination of policy matters pertaining to the health ofthe public. The Institute acts under the responsibility...
... especiallythosewhoholdgeneralbachelor’sdegrees,theirqualificationsserveonlyasasignal of theirpotentialtoemployers.Inmanycases,theytakelongertorealiseemploymentandwhentheydotheirentryleveljobsdonotnecessarilyrequire the years of schoolingtheypossess.Theystartat the bottom ofthe jobladderandhavetoprovethemselvesin the labourmarkettoreachhigherincomelevels.Acombination of theirpotentialandtrainingwilldeterminetheirprogressionup the ladder.Aswillbeseenin the nextsection, the field of study,whichsignals the type of skillsacquiredthrougheducation,playsasignificantroleinemployability of universitygraduatesinthiscase.PercyMolekeFree ... www.hsrcpress.ac.za4PercyMoleke5InequalitiesinHigherEducationand theStructureofthe LabourMarketDespite the observedsignificantincreasesin the number of seniorcertificateholdersin the pastdecade, the proportion of learnerswhoactuallysitfor the examremainslow. The quality ofthe seniorcertificateexamalsocontinuestobe of concern. The largemajority of learnersstillopttowrite the seniorcertificateexamon the standardgraderatherthanon the highergrade.Consequently, the proportion of thosepassingwith ... www.hsrcpress.ac.za14PercyMoleke15InequalitiesinHigherEducationand theStructureofthe LabourMarketineducationorin the labourmarket,havedonelittletoaddress the inequalities of the past. The lack of labour marketinformation...
... to the intensification ofthe sovereign debt crisis in the euro area. The pricing of risk in the repo market has become more dependent on the geographic origin of both the counterparty and the ... maintaining the integrity ofthe single market. Finally, Chapter 5 draws together the analysis ofthe previous chapters. It reiterates the importance of banks in the EU economy, summarises the key ... mandate, the Group also expects the on-going fundamental review of the trading book by the Basel Committee to improve the control of market risk within the banking system. The Group sees the Commission's...
... disparity in the magnitude ofthe epidemic, and probably reflects the requirement for different responses to the epidemic, thus giving evidence to the complexity ofthe epidemic. These complexities ... the top of the list, while heterosexual women were always at the bottom ofthe list. This led to an underestimation ofthe HIV epidemic in the heterosexual population. Gollub argues that the ... cooperation vital for halting further negative impact ofthe epidemic.ObjectivesThere were four specific objectives ofthe satellite meetings:To communicate the progress ofthe multi-country HIV prevention...
... cowpea[19], and poppy [20,21].In the present study, the first insights into the secon-dary and tertiary structureof PLD a2 from cabbageare given. The surface structureofthe enzyme wasinvestigated ... constants in the range of 0.5 mmwere estimated from isothermal titration calorimetry[36]. The C2 domains of other proteins showed cal-cium-binding affinities in the range of 1–50 lm [37,38].As the ... preparation of the PpNp. The financial support ofthe Kultus-ministerium des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt and the Graduiertenkolleg 1026 ofthe Deutsche Forschungsge-meinschaft, Bonn (Germany), and the support...
... direction. Each frame, then, has a minimum width (along the spatial axis) representing the amount of space captured in the frame, due to the field of view ofthe lens and the width ofthe frame itself,and ... On the far left side of the frame, which is the narrowest, the exposure time is the shortest and the bar is sharpest and has the leastamount of motion blur. As we move across the frame to the ... seenhow the slanting ofthe frame (the intraframe offset) along the spatial axis can be used to indicate the speed of camera movement. What, then, happens if the slanting occurs on the temporal...
... 269) 427[26,27]. Then, the biosynthesis ofthe core region of LPSfrom A. baumannii strain ATCC 19606 should proceed with the introduction of a third Kdo residue to O-5 ofthe secondKdo. This ... [19]. The mechanism of the transfer ofthe third Kdo residue has not yet beenidenti®ed.In addition to the work on the determination of the chemical and antigenic structures of O-speci®c polysaccha-rides ... genus whichobviously allows novel insights in structure, genetics andbiosynthesis of LPS. Here, the structures ofthe carbohy-drate backbones ofthe LPS from A. baumannii strainATCC 19606 are...
... to some extent the task structure (but see the next section). The first structureof the dialogue, thestructureofthe sequence of utterances, will actually be examined with the pronominal ... questions about the nature of dialogue structures, about the validity and usefulness ofthe concept of a dialogue structure, about the role ofthe task structure in determining dialogue structure, ... mainly the second structure and will attempt to find evidence linking the dialogue structure to the task structure. The main point is that thestructureofthe intentions conveyed in the discourse...
... the other way around. Composition of feature vectors: Another lesson of Tab. 3 is that the effect ofthe com- position ofthe feature vectors can vary depend- ing both on the task and on the ... for the LPE experiments because ofthe ceiling effect and the small size ofthe complete data set, therefore, we did not rerun the corresponding experiments. Furthermore, the number of codebook ... algorithms used. We then report on the results ofthe two suites of experiments. 5.1 Feature Selection The set of all potential features is large - there are more than 29000 lemmata in the LPE corpus,...
... G261A/Y269A designed on the basis of side-chain packing criteriafrom a modelled structureofthe enzyme resulted in restor-ation ofthe energy of activation to the levels ofthe nativeenzyme and ... considerably lowered. On the basis of the model, the behavior ofthe G261A variant can beinterpreted in terms of constraints introduced by the Alaside chain. The presence ofthe additional Gly at ... catalytic efficiency of the enzyme, the cold adaptation ofthe enzyme could not beattributed to the presence ofthe Gly cluster in this element. The present study supports the idea that the Gly cluster,in...
... definition of probability to the 20 2 The system of theoriesfrom the standpoint ofthe general laws. Mathematically these are the specifi-cations necessary to determine the solution ofthe equation, ... physics. At this point the second pillar of the ur theoretic structure comes in: the quantum theory of alternatives,ur theory, is the theory of three-dimensional space.Mathematically, Weizs¨acker ... about the structureof time, for experience entails applying lessons learned from the facts of the past to the open questions ofthe future. The use of time as parameter-time—i.e., within the...