... for environmental, social and governance performance The company is based in Zurich, Switzerland and considers economic, 11 relevant data and constructs the Dow Jones Sustainability Index Once a ... relations and communications reasons Finally, by identifying sustainable firms based on policy adoption decisions that were made a sufficiently long time ago - and as a result introducing a long ... mission of the organization We view culture consistent with Hills and Jones (2001), as ―the specific collection of values and norms that are shared by people and groups in an organization and...
... necessary project performance information and what impact this information has on decision making and project completion success or failure Dedication This dissertation is dedicated to my grandmother, ... Project Performance Information 43 v Project Performance Methods and Information Generation 47 Communications Management: Role in Project Management 66 Project Performance Information and Decision ... necessary project performance information and what impact this information has on decision making and project completion success or failure In addition, the survey information will be stratified...
... Thessaloniki, an observation confirming this conclusion, since Athens is located southern and evidently the temperatures observed are higher This conclusion is further confirmed by the comparison ... cooling demands is 28.5% and for Thessaloniki 13.2% Obviously, directly proportional to the energy demand for heating and cooling is the fuel (diesel oil) and electricity consumption and hence ... climate and consequently the estimation of energy demands and CO2 emissions In the case the above mentioned trends are confirmed, the climate input data used in energy behavior calculations and for...
... the impact of one such policy, the purchases of longer-term assets, by the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England on long-term interest rate, exchange rates, and commodity prices We find that on ... distinguishing between responses to cyclical changes in economic activity and more exogenous changes related to concerns about long-term growth Both Ramey and Shapiro (1998) and Romer and Romer (2010) ... policy rate to 0.5 percent and announced its intention to buy up to £75 billion in private and public assets, with the purchases likely to be concentrated in conventional bonds Over the following...
... DICK IMMIGRATION: ECONOMIC IMPACTON AMERICAN WORKERS AND THEIR WAGES Monday, August 14, 2006 U.S House of Representatives Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Committee on Education and the Workforce ... Subcommittee on Workforce Protections will now come to order We are meeting today to hear testimony on Immigration: Economic Impacton American Workers and their Wages Without objection, the record ... my opening statement on the issue at hand, which is the issue of illegal immigration and its economic impacton American workers and their wages The economy of every nation is greatly affected...
... Institute National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences National Institute on Aging National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases National Institute on Deafness and Other ... Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies The responsibility for implementing sequestration would rest with the Office of Management and Budget, ... Communication Disorders National Institute of Mental Health National Institute on Drug Abuse National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism National Institute of Nursing Research National Human...
... mature stands Two main types of zoochory are maximal in woodlands: ingestion and adhesion on animals Autochory is also Forest colonization and heathland vegetation 717 Figure Species turnover along ... nature conservation (i.e maintaining the specific diversity and openness of heathlands) and spontaneous forest dynamics (i.e colonization/invasion) following the cessation of traditional agricultural ... Forest colonization and heathland vegetation 715 Figure Demographic analysis of Pinus sylvestris (grey bars) and Fagus sylvatica (black bars) saplings and adults along the forest colonization gradient...
... INTRODUCTION Rough handling or root and/ or shoot expoto ambient conditions before planting are very important for seedling performance, because these treatments directly affect water relations and ... was conducted between 11:30 and 14:30 in favorable conditions, under partially cloudy skies with no wind Air temperature and relative humidity on the ground were measured during exposure, and ... holes Plant performance parameters = At the end of the first growing season after planting, the rates of survival and terminal shoots were first defined, and major parameters of plant performance...
... chronic creatine supplementation on muscle creatine phosphate levels andperformance There is only one published study demonstrating that ingestion of substantially less creatine over a longer ... creatine supplementation include enhanced muscle creatine phosphate and muscle glycogen content, increased plasma volume, and alterations in substrate selection and oxygen consumption Although there ... oxygen consumption data, and found no effect of creatine supplementation on oxygen consumption during cycling at mmol/l blood lactate In the present study, submaximal oxygen consumption was 8-9%...
... the conceptualization and planning of the data analysis and with manuscript preparation and review All authors reviewed the manuscript critically for content and approved it for submission Competing ... treatment: periodontists’ knowledge and professional behavior Journal of Periodontology 2007, 78(1):64-71 32 Economou GC, Honours B: Dental anxiety and personality: investigating the relationship between ... impacton oral conditions and treatments Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010 8:34 Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take full advantage of: • Convenient online submission •...
... infection alone Our observations extended to demonstrate the immunosuppressive effect of HHV6 and its associated clinical manifestations among cases who had CMV infection (reactivation or reinfection), ... depends on the degree of immunosuppression and underlying disease [35] Previous studies have reported that HHV6 infection is one of the major contributions for induction of an immunosuppression state ... relationship In conclusion the presence of HHV6 could be considered as a predicting indicator of cellular immunosuppression preceding the onset of CMV infection (reactivation or reinfection) which...
... by age and breed; b) impact of BRL on total (lifelong) milk production; c) impact of BRL on milk yield in last full lactation; d) impacton weight at slaughter and e) familial segregation of BRL ... sire and maternal grand sire Only combinations with more than one affected offspring were considered and only progeny above years of age were included Segregation patterns between affected and ... the analyses on milk production were 54.9 and 48.7 months, respectively Production data Descriptive statistics on slaughter weight and milk yield (305 day kg ECM and total lifelong kg ECM) are...
... http://www.retrovirology.com/content/4/1/84 Figure Impact of the Vpr-L23F and -K27M substitutions on the three-dimensional structure of Vpr Impact of the Vpr-L23F and -K27M substitutions on the three-dimensional structure of ... may potentially constitute a site for post-translation modifications, such as methylation, acetylation, hydroxylation, sumoylation or ubiquitination [39] None of these modifications have been described ... the mutation at position 27 (K27M) was not yet identified and is particularly interesting since the K27 is well-conserved among HIV-1 isolates and constitutes the only lysine residue along the...
... allergy patients, and any drug comparisons should be made with great caution Conclusions A mandatory switch to the generic second-generation antihistamines cetirizine or loratadine to continue Page ... Nordstrand Legesenter, Oslo, Norway 2MSD Norge AS, Drammen, Norway Dr Hexeberg’s Clinic, Sandvika, Norway Authors’ contributions HC, TO and EH conceived the survey and participated in its design and ... Assessment of efficacy andimpacton work productivity and attendance after a mandatory switch to generic second-generation antihistamines: results of a patient survey in Norway Clinical and Molecular...
... ambulance diversions, lower physician and staff productivity and higher levels of frustration among medical staff, are higher hospital costs and longer LOS [2,1113,21] In addition many patients ... missions, 1046 other regional (e.g.traffic accidents, sport events), national (e.g.storm, flooding), and international (e.g.terrorist actions, evacuation of Swedish citizens from war zones), incidents ... intervenes to coordinate and redistribute regional resources by contacting hospitals, emergency departments, and prehospital organizations Consequently, unaffected patients and healthy individuals...
... and process 3.1.1 Data collection and analysis • Secondary data collection and analysis Collecting, analyzing, comparing and evaluating some studies on the impact of satisfaction on loyalty and ... 5: CONCLUSION, RECOMMENDATION AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY 5.1 Conclusion Based on the result of the study, we have the main findings: (1) Satisfaction have the positive impacton the expressions ... INTRODUCTION many impact evaluation models of satisfaction on loyalty and repurchase 1.1 Introduction of thesis Satisfaction, loyalty and repurchase behavior are among the most basic concepts,...
... chairman), Nak Won Sung, Hong Sun Ryou, and Kyu Hoon Choi for their advice and participation on the dissertation committee I would like also to thank Dr Ki Chol Noh, Joon Kyoung Kang, and Kwang Ju ... their unconditional and unwavering support and encouragement during the course of this work Huynh Thanh Cong Sungkyunkwan University Huynh Thanh Cong 0 A Study on Backfire Control andPerformance ... researches on backfire control and enhancement of performance 1.2.1 Previous researches on backfire control in H2 engines 1.2.2 VVT studies for performance improvement and NOx reduction 1.3...
... Boundary condition, initial condition and temperature loading of FEA models Simulation Damp Heat Outdoor Boundary condition Concentration: 85% Ambient humidity Initial condition Concentration: 0% Concentration: ... silicon, micromorph silicon, amorphous silicon tandem, CdTe, and CIGS) and silicon-wafer based PV modules (Monocrystalline silicon, multicrystalline silicon, monocrystalline silicon BIPV, Back-contact ... equation (5) C1 is boundary condition – moisture concentrations at the surfaces of the film and Co is initial condition – moisture concentration in the film just before moisture diffusion starts...
... Holtz-Eakin et al (1988) and Arellano and Bond (1991) to test the dynamic and bidirectional relationship between technological diversification and product diversification, I have found that technological ... diversification exhibits an inverted U-shaped relationship on product diversification and vice versa However, the impact of technology on business diversification has a time lag of two years while the impact ... the relationship between technological diversification and product diversification (Cantwell and Fai, 1999; Fai and Cantwell, 1999; Fai and von Tunzelmann, 2001; Cantwell, 2004; Suzuki and Kodama,...