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An analysis of the inaugural address by g w bush in the u s president election 2004 from a perspective of discoure analysis

An analysis of the inaugural address by g w bush in the u s president election 2004 from a perspective of discoure analysis

Ngày tải lên : 18/12/2013, 10:08
... findings answer the research questions Part 3: Conclusion summarizes the findings of the study, giving concluding remarks, implications, limitations of the study and suggestions for further studies ... the discourse will help them understand more comprehensively the political discourses Scope of the study The linguistic features of the inaugural address made by President G.W Bush in the U. S election ... we may summarize as: (1) The addressor is a person who produces a piece of discourse (2) The addressee is a person who is the recipient of the discourse, thus possibly including the audience...
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Tài liệu Material Usage and Condition of Existing Bridges in the U.S pptx

Tài liệu Material Usage and Condition of Existing Bridges in the U.S pptx

Ngày tải lên : 20/12/2013, 20:15
... timber based on the superstructure material for the main span Values shown in the “Total” columns include bridges constructed using other materials such as masonry, aluminum, cast iron and wrought ... 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 ... for all structures in the 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...
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Tài liệu Mothers’ Investments in Child Health in the U.S. and U.K.: A Comparative Lens on the Immigrant ''Paradox'' docx

Tài liệu Mothers’ Investments in Child Health in the U.S. and U.K.: A Comparative Lens on the Immigrant ''Paradox'' docx

Ngày tải lên : 12/02/2014, 12:20
... of instrumental support and social integration is not surprising, given the small nativity differences in the distributions shown in Table and discussed above DISCUSSION The large and growing ... adults within the household to assist with caring for the child and making decisions is expected to provide a support buffer against stressful circumstances that might otherwise lead to mothers' ... Again, although we recognize that this measure is not ideal, very small to nonexistent sample sizes prevent us from using a more stringent drinking measure in the MCS 13 MCS, we distinguish among...
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Tài liệu The Role of Community Banks in the U.S. Economy pdf

Tài liệu The Role of Community Banks in the U.S. Economy pdf

Ngày tải lên : 16/02/2014, 11:20
... 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’ ... 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 ... concludes that the Federal Reserve therefore has a strong interest in understanding issues facing community banks I THE CURRENT ROLE OF COMMUNITY BANKS The banking system in the United States has...
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Tài liệu The Decline in the U.S. Personal Saving Rate: Is It Real and Is It a Puzzle? pptx

Tài liệu The Decline in the U.S. Personal Saving Rate: Is It Real and Is It a Puzzle? pptx

Ngày tải lên : 16/02/2014, 11:20
... NIPA saving rate measures, a number of statistical and measurement issues have been debated in the literature on the U. S saving rate evolution The literature on the subject is rather voluminous ... because (3) tells us that the two measures should in principle give identical results In practice, this is an interesting question because it should be obvious that, when calculating the quantities ... is little doubt that such households would/could finance their standards of living by selling assets in their net wealth, thus “cashing out” from their cumulated capital gains (see, e.g., Lusardi,...
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Tài liệu K–12 Education in The U.S. Economy pdf

Tài liệu K–12 Education in The U.S. Economy pdf

Ngày tải lên : 20/02/2014, 19:20
... well-defined inputs and measurable outputs Inputs include the characteristics of the students and their parents, the type and amount of purchased inputs provided by the schools themselves, and the social ... complexities of dealing with education funding during a state budget crisis The study also offers some conclusions T K–12 Education in the U. S Economy number of small business starts, and the residential ... 15.7 Source: Authors’ analysis of data from the General Social Surveys responses to the question: “I am going to name some institutions in this country As far as the people running these institutions...
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Tài liệu THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN THE U.S. MEDIA 2012 doc

Tài liệu THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN THE U.S. MEDIA 2012 doc

Ngày tải lên : 21/02/2014, 21:20
... 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 degrees z  ssessing ... editors, and supervisors in 2011 Figure shows gender representation in newsrooms since 2011, according to the ASNE Newsroom Census Figure1 Gender Representation in Newspaper Newsrooms, 1999-2011 ... approaches to improving 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...
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Tài liệu A Comparison of Conventional and Organic Milk Production Systems in the U.S. potx

Tài liệu A Comparison of Conventional and Organic Milk Production Systems in the U.S. potx

Ngày tải lên : 22/02/2014, 05:20
... economic costs the value of the coefficients decreased with successive size categories indicating economies of size associated with these costs Costs declined as size increased as fixed amounts capital ... replacements used up in the annual production process, plus interest that the remaining capital could have earned in an alternative use These costs were computed based on 2005 replacement cost estimates ... compute the inverse Mills ratio, which is included as an additional term in a least-squares estimation of equation (2) The second stage model is specified using the levels of production costs as the...
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Trends in Childhood Cancer Incidence in the U.S. (1992–2004) pdf

Trends in Childhood Cancer Incidence in the U.S. (1992–2004) pdf

Ngày tải lên : 06/03/2014, 02:21
... performed in the joinpoint regression analyses and the results therefore may include spurious associations Trends involving
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Consumer Credit Law & Practice in the U.S. doc

Consumer Credit Law & Practice in the U.S. doc

Ngày tải lên : 06/03/2014, 04:21
... consumer does not report the loss within two business days, they could lose up to $500 because of an unauthorized transfer The consumer also risks unlimited loss, including all of the money in ... after the death of a spouse, the remaining spouse may be asked to reapply if the account was based on the deceased spouse s income and the creditor has reason to believe that the surviving spouse ... credit bureau must report the results of the investigation back to the consumer within 30 days after receiving notice of the consumer s dispute If the investigation does not result in any changes to...
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Evaluating Research Efficiency in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency pot

Evaluating Research Efficiency in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency pot

Ngày tải lên : 06/03/2014, 15:20
... Metrics considered or used by EPA included the use of its research results to support regulations, surveys to gauge client satisfaction with its products, average time spent in producing assessments, ... efficiency per se Operationally, though, OMB seeks to address these process efficiency questions using measures of outcomes QUESTION In exploring the question, “What is a ‘sufficient’ measure of efficiency?”, ... assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards of objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study...
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Emerging Infectious Diseases and the Threat to Occupational Health in the U.S. and Canada doc

Emerging Infectious Diseases and the Threat to Occupational Health in the U.S. and Canada doc

Ngày tải lên : 15/03/2014, 05:20
... Emerging Infectious Diseases asbestos, irritants, and other respirable dusts were at best unpatriotic, and possibly traitorous As the dust has settled and the trauma receded into our memories, it is ... those requirements in respect to the appointment of competent supervisors The Ministry of Labour s role is to enforce regulations under the Act In the case of respirators, the Ministry uses as ... patients Studies of cross-infection for contagious airborne diseases (in uenza, measles, TB, for example) have found that placing patients in single rooms is safer than housing them in multibed spaces,...
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Vertical Integration and Contracting in the U.S. Poultry Sector pdf

Vertical Integration and Contracting in the U.S. Poultry Sector pdf

Ngày tải lên : 17/03/2014, 10:20
... dominate the entire industry From 1950 to 1980 the broiler industry was the only industry using production contracts Contract production in the pork industry did not start until the late 197 0s, ... large specific investments in chicken houses integrators can increase grower incentives without increasing grower compensation since the risk of los- Journalof Food DistributionResearch ing the investment ... products The poultry industry is the leading prepackaged consumer-ready meat-products industry According to its 1996 listings one major supermarket chain offered consumers 70 prepackaged consumer-ready...
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Poultry of the Middle in the U.S.: ‘Implications for Sustainable Producers & Scaling Up’ pdf

Poultry of the Middle in the U.S.: ‘Implications for Sustainable Producers & Scaling Up’ pdf

Ngày tải lên : 23/03/2014, 21:20
... law in Europe and used in slaughterhouses for other livestock in the U. S stunning is not a requirement in poultry processing in the U. S Stunning renders the birds insensible to pain It is also ... poultry, we have taken on this study This study examines the characteristics that distinguish this group of poultry producers and processors It seeks to better understand their business structures, ... characteristics of products from poultry businesses of the Middle The study seeks to better understand these aspects of this sector of the industry in order to better assist farmers of Wisconsin and...
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Ele ctricity Use d by Office Equipment and Netw ork Equipment in the U.S.: Detailed Report and A ppendices ppt

Ele ctricity Use d by Office Equipment and Netw ork Equipment in the U.S.: Detailed Report and A ppendices ppt

Ngày tải lên : 23/03/2014, 23:20
... requirements for CPUs and the varying number of CPUs used in minicomputers The various kinds of peripherals associated with minicomputers such as external discs and tapes Based on sales data, we assumed ... Central Processing Units1 (CPUs) and the varying the number of CPUs used in mainframe computers The various kinds of peripherals associated with mainframes such as external discs and tapes The recent ... other studies (Meyer and Schaltegger 1999) and some assumptions Although some businesses are run out of homes and some computers are provided by businesses for use at home, we folded those situations...
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Perceptions About Network Security: Survey of IT & IT security practitioners in the U.S. pptx

Perceptions About Network Security: Survey of IT & IT security practitioners in the U.S. pptx

Ngày tải lên : 28/03/2014, 22:20
... of information assets and business disruption are considered the most serious consequences of these attacks (see Bar Chart 16) The least serious consequences concern customer turnover, reputation ... network security increasing in frequency and sophistication?  Is their organization s IT infrastructure secure enough to prevent successful attacks?  What is the nature of the attacks and are the ... Non-response bias: The current findings are based on a sample of survey returns We sent surveys to a representative sample of IT and IT security practitioners, resulting in a large number of usable...
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Production and Cost in the U.S. Paper and Paperboard Industry pdf

Production and Cost in the U.S. Paper and Paperboard Industry pdf

Ngày tải lên : 01/04/2014, 00:20
... significantly, this paper 19 presents new estimates for the industry s short run operating costs The results indicate that the industry operates at constant or slightly increasing returns to capacity utilization, ... increase in the labor-energy (energy-labor) input ratio, that is, raising the input price increases the relative use of the other input consistent with a substitution relationship Because the Morishima ... Products industry, i.e a more aggregated two-digit SIC industry (SIC 26) Also, the BEA paper industry mix changes twice, once in 1987 and again in 1997 when the NAICS system replaces the SIC industry...
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stagflation in the u.s

stagflation in the u.s

Ngày tải lên : 02/05/2014, 14:39
... U. S manufacturing industries began to decline as a result, with the US running its last trade surplus (as of 2009) in 1975 In this paper, Economic growth is measured by Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ... of purchase, causing, for example, queues of consumers at fueling stations and increased production costs for industry c Government s policies In July 1969, the Federal Reserve Board raised interest ... markets, but its true origin is in Washington There is a second, purely domestic avenue by which near-zero interest rates in U. S interbank markets are constricting the economy Since July 2008, the stock...
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Báo cáo y học: "Utilization and spending trends for antiretroviral medications in the U.S. Medicaid program from 1991 to 2005" docx

Báo cáo y học: "Utilization and spending trends for antiretroviral medications in the U.S. Medicaid program from 1991 to 2005" docx

Ngày tải lên : 10/08/2014, 05:20
... Program These results provide useful information to policy makers and health professionals interested in cost-effectiveness and cost-containment strategies along with their usual concerns of safety ... Norvir® (Figure 5), while Sustiva® was the market leader in the NNRTI class The spending on Sustiva® increased from US$ 3,431 in the third quarter of 1998 to US$ 27.0 million in the fourth quarter ... 926 (Aptivus®, the latest entry to the PI class in 2005 quarter 3) (Neither of these drugs is featured individually but contributes to the category "Other PIs.") Similarly to the NRTIS, the later...
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