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... comprehensively the political discourses Scope ofthe study The linguistic features ofthe inaugural address made by President G.W Bush inthe U. S election 2004 will be the focus of this study Ofthe ... answer the research questions Part 3: Conclusion summarizes the findings ofthe study, giving concluding remarks, implications, limitations ofthe study and suggestions for further studies This part ... 3.2.3 Pronoun choice This speech shows various evidences expressing the speakers authority by means of pronoun we inclusively We is used instead of I throughout the text This extensive use of we may...
... all structures inthe report database are retained, even when the structure has invalid or missing data in some data fields The number of structures with invalid or missing data in any given ... applicable, the “Year Reconstructed” is also given If the superstructure of a bridge is replaced, but the substructure is reused, “Year Built” remains the year of original substructure construction ... timber based on the superstructure material for the main span Values shown inthe “Total” columns include bridges constructed using other materials such as masonry, aluminum, cast iron and wrought...
... banking services These services are consumed mainly by smaller customers such as small businesses, family farmers, and depositors of low to moderate wealth Small business lending Community banks’ ... bifurcated banking system has served the needs of a diverse U. S economy composed of businesses of all shapes and sizes and consumers with diverse needs and preferences While community banks have ... as small business lenders is important because small businesses account for a significant share of total output and employment growth While there is no single definition of a small business, the...
... members, limited assets Leaders, bank accounts, linkages Variation ofthe usual Usual Usual Usual Usual Usual Usual Societal/ Organizational Vulnerabilities R aThe nature ofthe nuclear threats and ... associatedwith risks of accidental use of nuclear weapons, incidents, false alarms, mistakes, miscalculations, and unauthorized use of nuclear weapons have long been the subject of discussion and scrutiny ... could choose, including at least • abolition of U. S nuclear weapons • aggressive reductions and “dealerting” • “business as usual, only smaller” Summary • more aggressive nuclear posture • xvii...
... percent of males in these films were shown in sexy attire; 23.6 percent of females versus 7.4 percent of males were shown partially nude; 10. 9 percent of females versus 2.5 percent of males were ... news, such as the recent success of “Kung Fu Panda 2” and women representing the majority in several television news occupations, over the last decade, women have consistently been underrepresented ... the status quo Current data suggest this will include: z etermining why women s representation in news media occupations is inverse to the D proportion of women with journalism and mass communication...
... economic costs the value ofthe coefficients decreased with successive size categories indicating economies of size associatedwith these costs Costs declined as size increased as fixed amounts capital ... those inthe Northeast Among dairy production practices the use of regularly scheduled veterinary services and of a nutritionist wereassociatedwiththe greatest reduction in production costs In ... pasture as a dairy feed source These areas also have a long history of small dairy operations and thus have the infrastructure available to provide inputs and manage the output from several small...
... remediation of contaminated sites, the use of research results inthe decision-making process, and methods to assess the success ofthe various programs in reaching some ofthe goals within the critical ... Estimates ofthe number of contaminated sites inthe United States range inthe hundreds of thousands, with a variety of contaminants present inthe soils and ground waters Some ofthe issues ... in aquifers through periods of environmental stress caused by insufficient substrates, nutrients, moisture, or other undesirable conditions Associatedwith these questions are the issues of microbial...
... Middle’ The purpose of this study is to offer a first attempt at a description and analysis ofthe businesses of ‘Poultry ofthe Middle’ inthe U. S We believe that the group of businesses that ... business structure and the niche marketing characteristics of products from poultry businesses ofthe Middle The study seeks to better understand these aspects of this sector ofthe industry in order ... controlled atmosphere stunning Controlled atmospheric stunning (CAS) involves the use of gases that stun the birds into unconsciousness Multiple companies sell equipment and necessary supplies for electrical...
... practices The final section ofthe report includes an extensive discussion of this issue inthe context of these two supply chains The report is organized with opening sections giving an overview of ... the U. S (NewPage) and Chinese supply chains Thus, the carbon dioxide emissions from biomass fuels were not included in this study Combustion of biomass fuels also emits small amounts of GHG s other ... Many of these plants inthe Chinese industry s pulp supply chain sell some electricity back to the grid As part ofthe study, a sensitivity analysis was conducted to assess the importance of these...
... USA, 2Infectious Disease Service, San Antonio Military Medical Center, San Antonio TX, USA, 3Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 4Infectious Disease Service, ... optimizing HIV treatment outcomes Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests Authors' contributions The following authors were involved in study conception and design: ... after VS (virologic rebound) or never achieving VS (never suppressed) Always suppressed was defined as having all measured VL undetectable for the entire period beginning months after HAART initiation...
... chain of causation and explains the origin ofthe boom; the structural view, with its emphasis upon the changes inthe structure of production and the disequilibrium between saving and investment, ... helps make possible, the investment boom: the purchase of investments by banks creates new deposits inthe banking system in much the same fashion as does the granting of loans The banks thus place ... place inthe hands of entrepreneurs a volume of purchasing power in excess ofthe volume of real savings being effected voluntarily by the public, producing a disequilibrium between saving and investment...
... inthe analysis of abortion, birth and pregnancy rates We then discuss our empirical results, starting withthe estimates ofthe bias resulting from misclassification of exposure to the law Authors’ ... Chair of Examining Committee Professor Thom Thurston Date Executive Officer Professor Theodore Joyce Professor Michael Grossman Professor Sanders Korenman Supervisory Committee CITY UNIVERSITY OF ... non-Hispanics, since by stratifying the analysis by age in months we substantially reduce the sample size for this group and thereby introduce a considerable noise inthe data The rest ofthe paper is...
... Gravity s Rainbow These novels express not only disappointment in presidential leadership, but substantive misgivings about, and questioning of, the very nature ofthe presidency and the individuals ... the surviving historical evidence ofthe time His use ofthe present tense renders it into the equivalent of a historical account, whilst his use of elements such as Mason s journal (excerpts from ... branch ofthe government, and the requirements of a community across the nation comprised similarly of individuals Individual citizens may serve as avatars ofthe executive force in these texts, but...
... and useful Suggestions for further studies For the limitation ofthe topic, the author of this thesis does not have a chance to discuss further Some ofthe following studies may be suggested ... many For instances: Homes have been lost; jobs shed; businesses shuttered Lost, shed and shuttered are synonymous in some sense inthe above example By using synonyms, the expression becomes more ... devices The last part concludes the main points ofthe thesis and gives some implications on teaching and learning writing and suggestions for further studies as well The rest ofthe paper is some...
... function of not only time, but of covariates that vary across, but not within, individuals This amounts to equations for the random intercepts and slopes: Because measures of smoking around the ... power of instrumental support and social integration is not surprising, given the small nativity differences inthe distributions shown in Table and discussed above DISCUSSION The large and growing ... characteristics for the total sample, as well as across nativity groups The size ofthe foreign-born sample is comparable inthe two surveys: 17% inthe FFS and 14% inthe MCS Inthe U. S. , about 6% of...
... business saving) ϵ private saving, i.e., that total private saving should at least cover total gross investment, or (1) private gross investment – business saving ≤ personal saving Given the presumption ... successfully withstand serious empirical scrutiny.22 Figure 11 shows the recent movement of household and business savings as a percentage of output As previously stressed, gross private savings became ... and business savings was largely an artifact of measurement problems Parker (2000, p 322) stresses that NIPA accounts a very ambiguous job at separating household savings from business savings This...
... Official Use Only (FOUO) Official Use Only (OUO) Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) Limited Official Use (LOU) Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) DEA Sensitive Confidential ... 12/20/1999 SASI / Select Agent Sensitive Information HHS* CDC* SBU / Sensitive But Unclassified [CDC] SBU / Sensitive But Unclassified [State] SBU / Sensitive But Unclassified Building Info [GSA] SGI ... potentially undermine the security ofthe classification system Accordingly, agencies should be required to take steps to assess the cost of their sensitive unclassified information systems and ensure...
... reserved Building the U. S Battery Industry for Electric Drive Vehicles: Summary of a Symposium Kathryn L Shaw Ernest C Arbuckle Professor of Economics Graduate School of Business Stanford University ... Building the U. S Battery Industry for Electric Drive Vehicles: Summary of a Symposium 22 U. S BATTERY INDUSTRY FOR ELECTRIC DRIVE VEHICLES systems for utilities It has plants inthe United States, ... presentations and discussions that took place at this symposium Needless to say, the battery industry has evolved very substantially since the conference was held, and indeed some ofthe caveats...