gustave courbet a study of style and society

Báo cáo khoa học: "Age Prediction in Blogs: A Study of Style, Content, and Online Behavior in Pre- and Post-Social Media Generations" ppt

... they are not always available.770age and gender. In International AAAI Confer-ence on Weblogs and Social Media.Mark Hall, Eibe Frank, Geoﬀrey Holmes, BernhardPfahringer, Peter Reutemann, and ... Jasmine Novak, Prabhakar Raghavan, and Andrew Tomkins. 2004. Structure and evolu-tion of blogspace. Commun. ACM, 47:35–39, De-cember.Amanda Lenhart, Kristen Purcell, Aaron Smith, and Kathryn Zickuhr. ... Social media and youngadults.Ian Mackinnon. 2006. Age and geographic inferences of the livejournal social network. In In StatisticalNetwork Analysis Workshop.Andrew Y Ng and Michael I Jordan....

A study of semantic and syntactic features of english famous love sayings and their vietnamese translation

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A study of semantic and syntactic features of idioms relating to fruits in english and vietnamese

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A study of semantic and pragmatic features of the adjective warm and its vietnamese equivalents

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A study of syntactic and pragmatic features of indirect interrogative directives in english and in vietnamese

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A study of syntactic and semantic features of sport headings in english and vietnamese

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A study of english and vietnamese idioms describing people's outward appearance

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A study of english and vietnamese idioms of anger

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from bretton woods to world inflation a study of causes and consequences

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... a temporaryworldinflationwith a subsequentcollapse.Onthepositiveside,whatcould and shouldbedoneattheBrettonWoodsconference?Muchwouldbegainedbyanagreementoncertainfundamentalprinciples.Thefirstessentialis a determinationtomakecurrenciessoundwithineachcountry.TheUnitedStatesisin a positiontotaketheleadership.Themostimportantcontributionthatthiscountrycouldmaketoworldcurrencystabilitywouldbetodeclareunequivocallyitsdeterminationtostabilizeitsowncurrency.Itcoulddothisbyannouncingitsdeterminationtobalanceitsbudgetattheearliestpracticablemomentafterthewar, and byannounc-48TheMonetaryConferenceJuly1,1944Todaytherepresentatives of morethanfortynationswillgatheratBrettonWoodstoopen a monetaryconference.Inseveralrespectstheconferencewillgetofftoanunfortunatestart.Importantastheproblem of stableexchanges and worldmonetarysoundnessis,itwouldbeimpossibletoimagine a moredifficulttimeforindividualnationstodecideatwhatleveltheycanfix and stabilizetheirnationalcurrencyunit.Howcouldtherepresentatives of France, of Holland, of Greece, of China,makeanybutthewildestguessatthismoment of thepointatwhichtheycouldhopetostabilize?Thisproblemexistson a world-widescaleto a greaterextentthaneverbeforeinhistory.Itisperhapsanevenmoreseriousobstacletosuccessthatthemainproposalforstabilizationtheconferenceisscheduledtoconsiderquitemisconceivesthenature of theproblemtobesolved and thereforeattemptstosolveitfromthewrongend.Itproposesthateachnationshalladopt a parvalueforitscurrencythattheothernationsshallaccept;thatthenationsshallputgoldortheirownpapercurrenciesinto a commonpool, and thattheresources of thatpool47withwhichtheywereplaced,atthesametimeasthedominantprivateinterestwouldtaketheloansout of thedangerouspoliticalfield and assurethattheyweremadeonbusinessprinciples and withadequateguarantees.Butanymachinerythatissetupwillbe of secondaryimportanceforworldrecoverycomparedwithideologicalreforms.Eachnationshouldabandonthefallaciousideathatitistoitsownadvantagetoinflateordevaluate,orthatitgainswheniterectshugetariffbarriersorsubsidizesexportsorblocksitscurrency,orwhenitforbidsitsowncitizenstoexportgold,capital,orcredit.Eachnationshouldabandonthefallaciousidea,inshort,thatitgainswhenitmakeseconomicwaronitsneighbor.50Itshouldbeobviousonitsfacethatthiswholeprocedureisunsound.Itispossible, of course,that a nationcouldgetintobalance -of- paymentsdifficultiesthroughnorealfault of itsown—because of anearthquake, a longdrought,orbeingforcedintoanessentiallydefensivewar.Butmost of thetime,balance -of- paymentsdifficultiesarebroughtaboutbyunsoundpoliciesonthepart of thenationthatsuffersfromthem.Thesemayconsist of peggingitscurrencytoohigh,encouragingitscitizensoritsowngovernmenttobuyexcessiveimports;encouragingitsunionstofixdomesticwageratestoohigh;enactingminimumwagerates;imposingexcessivecorporationorindividualincometaxes(destroyingincentivestoproduction and preventingthecreation of sufficientcapitalforinvestment);imposingpriceceilings;underminingpropertyrights;attemptingtoredistributeincome;followingotheranti-capitalisticpolicies;orevenimposingoutrightsocialism.Sincenearlyeverygovernmenttoday—particularly of "developing"countries—ispracticingatleast a few of thesepolicies,itisnotsurprisingthatsome of thesecountrieswillgetinto"balance -of- paymentdifficulties"withothers. A "balance -of- paymentsdifficulty",in ... formorbyanyelectronicormechanicalmeans,includinginformationstorage and retrievalsystems,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher,exceptby a reviewerwhomayquotebriefpassagesin a review.PublishedbyRegneryGateway,Inc.360WestSuperiorStreetChicago,Illinois60610-0890Library of CongressCataloginginPublicationDataHazlitt,Henry,1894-FromBrettonWoodstoworldinflation.1.Internationalfinance—Addresses,essays,lectures.2.UnitedNationsMonetary and FinancialConference(1944:BrettonWoods,N.H.)—Addresses,essays,lectures.3.InternationalMonetaryFund—Addresses,essays,lectures.4.Inflation(Finance)—Addresses,essays,lectures.I.Title.HG3881.H361983332.4'56683-43042ISBN0-89526-617-2ManufacturedintheUnitedStates of America.netdamagethan a policy of gradualism.AstheNobellaureateF. A. Hayeksaidrecently*inrecommending a similarcourse:"Thechoicesare20percentunemploymentforsixmonthsor10percentunemploymentforthreeyears."Icannotvouchfor ... thenoticeisnotspecified:apparentlythemembercountry'swithdrawalcouldtakeplaceimmediatelyafterthenoticewasreceived.Inotherwords,whileundertheplanthenetcreditornationspledgethemselvesthroughtheircontributionstothefundtobuyeachnetdebtormembernation'scurrencytokeepitatparity,theyhavenoassurancethatthevalue of thesecurrencyholdingswillnotsuddenlyshrinkthrough a suddenact of devaluationonthepart of thenationswhosecurrenciestheyhold.44createdoncompletelymistakenassumptionsregardingwhatwaswrong and whatwasneeded,itsloanswentwrongfromtheverybeginning.ItbeganoperationsonMarch1,1947.In a bookpublishedthatyear,WillDollarsSavetheWorld,Iwasalreadypointingout(pp.81-82)that:The[InternationalMonetary]Fundinitspresentformoughtnottoexistatall.Itsmanagersarevirtuallywithoutpowertoinsistoninternalfiscal and economicreformsbeforetheygranttheircredits. A $25millioncreditgrantedbythefundtoFrance,forexample,isbeingusedtokeepthefrancfaraboveitsrealpurchasingpower and at a levelthatencouragesimports and discouragesexports.Thismerelyprolongstheunbalance of Frenchtrade and creates a needforstillmoreloans.Such a use of theresources of theFundnotonlyfailstodoanygood,butdoespositiveharm.Thisloan and itsconsequencesweretypical.YetonDec.18,1946,theIMFcontendedthatthetradedeficits of Europeancountries"wouldnotbeappreciablynarrowedbychangesintheircurrencyparities."Thecountriesthemselvesfinallydecidedotherwise.OnSept.18,1949,preciselytorestoreitstradebalance and "toearnthedollarsweneed,"thegovernment of GreatBritainslashedtheparvalue of thepoundovernightfrom$4.03to$2.80.Within a singleweektwenty-fivenationsfolloweditsexamplewith a similardevaluation.AsIwroteinNewsweek of Oct.3,1949:"Nothingquitecomparablewiththishashappenedbeforeinthehistory of theworld."It17Englishspeakingcountrieswould.have.Thelatterwouldnotonlyrestorestabilitytothetwomajorunits of value,butwouldsymbolize a returntointernationalcollaborationin a worldthathasbeendriftingsteadilytoward a more and moreintensenationalism.Onecauseforhope of anearlyagreementisthatmany of theillusionsconcerningtheadvantage of driftingcurrencies and competitivedepreciationhavebeendissolvingunderthetest of experience.Greatincreasesinexporttradehavenotfolloweddepreciation;theusualresult of anchorlesscurrencieshasbeen a shrinkage of bothexport and importtrade.Again,thefallacyisbeginningtobeapparent of theideathat a currencyallowedtodriftwouldfinally"seekitsownnaturallevel/*Itisbecomingclearthatthe"natural"level of a currencyispreciselywhatgovernmentalpoliciesinthelongruntendtomakeit.Thereisnomore a "naturalvalue"foranirredeemablecurrencythanthereisfor a promissorynote of a personof...

What makes Total Quality Management work A study of obstacles and outcomes

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... Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA). This award is administered by ASQ and is presented annually to organizations that demonstrate quality and performance excellence. Three awards ... already thoroughly and conceptually understood before the study is undertaken. Quantitative data includes all values and measurements of variables and provides validity based on the accuracy of ... changing quality data into the language of business and finance (Phillips-Donaldson, 2004). He advanced that 9 includes initiatives such as ISO 9000 and the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award...

báo cáo hóa học: " Turkish version of impact on family scale: a study of reliability and validity" doc

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... All authors read and approved the final manuscript.AcknowledgementsThe authors wish to thank Bernadette Akyuz and Susan Kaplan for their invaluable help with the translation and Ayse Karaduman ... Engin Simsek, Suat Erel, Yavuz Yakut and Fatma Uygur*Address: Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hacettepe University, Ankara, TurkeyEmail: Nilgun Bek ... of the FamilyImpact Scale and were unaware of the purpose of theproject. The two backward translations were thenreviewed by two of the authors of this paper. The aim of this phase was to ascertain...

Báo cáo hóa học: " Research Article A Study of Gas and Rain Propagation Effects at 48 GHz for HAP Scenarios" doc

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... parameters, a gas attenuation measure-ment and a rainfall radar database are utilized.The paper is organized along the following pattern. Inthe first part of the paper, the gas attenuation aspects ... [14].3. RAINFALL RADAR DATARain events can a ect the propagation of electromagneticwaves in the millimeter wave band much more significantlythan gas attenuation. For a proper assessment of the rain’sinfluence, ... phenomena. A simulation tool from our previous analyses of terrestrial point-to-multipoint systems has beenmodified for HAP systems. Based on a rainfall radar database and gas attenuation characteristics...

Báo cáo y học: "A pilot study of rizatriptan and visually-induced motion sickness in migraineu"

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... Num-ber Age Gender Aura/No Aura Diagnosis Actual Visual Prior headache response to triptan 1 32 Female Aura Vertigo x Sumatriptan – benefit 2 39 Female No Aura Vertigo x x Sumatriptan – benefit ... visu-ally-induced motion sickness. Acknowledgements The authors wish to acknowledge the technical assistance of Anita Lieb, Diana Ross, and Susan Stre-linski, and statistical assistance from ... study, using a small number of subjects, we addressed the hypotheses that rizatriptan acts as a protective agent against visually-induced motion sickness in migraineurs and that rizatriptan...

A Study of Channel Estimation for OFDM Systems and System Capacity for MIMO-OFDM Systems

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... increasing demands of high data transmission rate and reliable communication quality, channel estimation has become a necessary part in the OFDM system. For example, the digital video broadcasting ... The NMSE of channel estimation based on equi-spaced and grouped pilot pattern, 2has seen rapid advancements and MIMO-OFDM has gradually been adopted in its standards. The following table shows ... transmitting data spread over a large bandwidth (usually larger than 500 MHz) that shares among users. UWB was traditionally applied in non-cooperative radar imaging. Most recent applications include...