... fulfillment ofthe requirements for the degree of doctor at Wageningen University by the authority ofthe Rector Magnificus Prof dr M.J Kropff in the presence ofthe Thesis Committee appointed by the ... Netherlands came from the budget ofthe REFINE project, which was funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ofThe Netherlands The funding for the study on shrimp farming in the Can Gio area came ... Thi Them, and to be a sister of my brothers and sisters, Than, Huong, Thai, Hoa, Chau, Phu, Dinh, Dam, Tam and their husbands, wives and children I would like to thank to all of them for their...
... meteorological stations ofthe National Observatory of Athens (NOA) [8] andofthe Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh) [9] The results for the two decades are compared andthe existing differences ... trend in the eastern and south-eastern parts ofthe Mediterranean, indicating a less frequent expansion ofthe low pressure over the area and therefore a weakening ofthe Etesian winds and a subsequent ... values of HDD were reduced in the second decade, while the monthly and yearly values of CDD were increased The reduction in the yearly values of HDD was in the range of 9.5 to 22% in Athens, and...
... on whether the pregnancy history ofthe parents qualifies them to have a (new) child, and whether the child quota laid down in the yearly plan ofthe village or workplace is full or not The rules ... [2] Parallel to the hierarchical structure of civil servants, there is the party organization, andthe leaders ofthe party at each level share the decision making with leaders ofthe civil servant ... level there is no shared "world" view on the legal control of reproduction Whether such a view exists in the context ofthe values and morals of individual women or families is not a topic of this...
... such as the higher impact of solvency ratios andthe maturity ofthe instrument in the rating of ABS andthe higher impact of size, efficiency, RoE, the market These differences between MBS and ABS ... risk-taking and rating changes A recent strand ofthe literature concentrates on the role that securitization has on risk-taking andthe determinants ofthe credit quality ofthe securities themselves ... consider three reduced-form equations of loan-growth ofthe bank that issue the instrument, the performance ofthe loan portfolio of that bank andthe rating ofthe instrument issued by that bank:...
... valuation ofthe SOEs is the most important and difficult work in the equitization implementation process Since the interest ofthe government and investors (many of them are employees ofthe enterprise ... According to the Enterprise Law, the board of directors appoints the manager of equitized firms who, on behalf ofthe Board of directors, is responsible for the management ofthe firm Therefore, the ownership ... On the other hand, the cost ofthe bailout can be spread over the taxpayers, a less organised and larger group in society, with diversified interests and preferences Therefore, the threat of...
... (G) be the set of edges consisting of representatives ofthe Θ-classes of G Then we define the derivation of a median graph G as the graph ∂G= Ue , e∈F (G) that is, as the disjoint union ofthe graphs ... transitivity of Θ implies that the graph ∂ G is well-defined.) For instance, ∂ (Pn 2Pm ) is the disjoint union of n − copies ofthe path Pm and m − copies ofthe path Pn The reason for calling the graph ... expansion property Then, f (G, x) = f (Q0 , x) c(G, x) If, in addition, f has the product property, then either f ≡ or f ≡ c Proof Let f has the expansion property The proof ofthe first assertion...
... 10% ofthe genes ofthe dataset See Materials and methods for details ofthe measurement of GC content andthe rate of crossing over, in centimorgans per megabase (cM/MB) The results are the ... showing the effect of recombination on the effectiveness of selection for codon usage under inbreeding The figure shows the relationship between the recombination parameter 4Ner andthe frequency of ... 50% and 99% for several values ofthe population recombination rate 4Ner (where Ne is effective population size and r is the per base rate of recombination) and two values ofthe strength of selection...
... by Lin Biao and Gang of Four cliques responsible for the CR As such, with the death of Mao and Lin, andthe arrest ofthe Gang of Four, the issue ofthe CR can be considered resolved There are ... both ofthe Cultural Revolution andof Party history Importantly, the passing ofthe resolution coincided with the resignation of Hua Guofeng from posts of Chairman ofthe Central Committee ofthe ... at heart ofthe debate is the manner in which the CR is remembered andthe implications thereof.1 In other words, the debate is about the collective memory ofthe Cultural Revolution The debate...
... result in terms of land values (the sum ofthe value of owned and occupied parcels) though not as the same level of magnitude as the value of non-land assets The value of land held by the top quartile ... Uganda to assess the impact of a disaggregated set of rights on investment, productivity, and land values and to test the hypothesis that individuals’ lack of knowledge ofthe new law reduces their ... certificates While the land fund andthe associated promise of compensation to mailo landlords was partly needed to secure the consent of Baganda landlords to the Land Act, it also aimed to honor the President’s...
... discusses the scope ofthe study, the method ofthe study and provides the design ofthe study I Rationale ofthe study Since the open-door policy adapted to Vietnam, the need for integrating into the ... presents the rationales, the objectives, the method andthe design ofthe study It expresses the reason why the author decided to choose this study andthe methods for the fulfillment ofthe study ... Description ofthe freshmen at Faculty of English, HOU Like the first-year students of other colleges and universities, in order to be the students of Faculty of English (HOU), the freshmen at Faculty of...
... availability/accessibility offruitand vegetables at home, parental influences and taste preferences for children’s intake offruitand vegetables The present synthesis ofthe results of qualitative studies adds to and ... as much fruitand vegetables as they like or have to ask before they eat fruitand vegetables For example Belgium-Flanders children often had to ask their parents whether they could take fruit ... attributes offruitand vegetables Several studies from a range of countries highlighted sensory and physical attributes offruitand vegetables as both promoters and barriers for fruitand vegetable...
... Rule of law: Assessment ofthe law and order tradition in the country produced by the country-risk rating agency International Country Risk (ICR) Average ofthe months of April and October ofthe ... whatsoever for any consequences of its use The term "country", as used in the context ofthe ADB, refers to a member ofthe ADB and does not imply any view on the part ofthe Institute as to sovereignty ... Overview ofthe Financial Sector and Flow of Funds Analysis 3 The Role of Financial Infrastructure and Efficient Financial Markets 14 The Role of Government as Issuer 24 Conclusion: The Example of...
... activities andthe ways to carry out these activities, the ways to group the students, the appropriate amount of time for them andthe purposes ofthe activities They have adapted or expanded the exercises ... affect the success of a pair and group work ? Please, tick one option only Teaching experience The age of teacher The proficiency ofthe teacher The hard work ofthe students The cooperation ofthe ... most ofthe teachers requested some pairs or the representatives of some groups to stand up and report their work for the others in the class to comment and correct the mistakes The teachers often...
... characteristics ofthe "Sassi of Matera" and "Trulli of Alberobello" In the South of Italy, the sites ofthe "Sassi of Matera" (Figure 1a) (classified as humanity world heritage in 1993) and "Trulli of Alberobello" ... namely, “Tufo of Matera” for the structures ofthe "Sassi of Matera," and “Stone of Fasano” for the structures ofthe "Trulli of Alberobello," they are different with regard to form and constructive ... andthe knowledge ofthe temperature coefficient ofthe material of which it is made A single measure allows for the determination of diffusivity, thermal conductivity, and specific heat of the...
... Scope ofthe study In fact, there are lots of various methods to improve listening skills in TOEIC test, thecaseof part and It requires much of time and effort However, due to the limitation of ... lot of difficulties for the student, specially, thecase of: Questions-Responses and Short conversations There are basic reasons make the students poor listening: they are objective situation and ... is one ofthe most common English language tests in the world today The aim ofthe TOEIC is to measure the ability to speak, read and understand basic business English For this reason, the TOEIC...
... significant in thecaseof Kenya and Rwanda It is negative but not significant in thecaseof Zimbabwe, positive and statistically insignificant in the cases of Morocco and Tanzania We turn now to the subject ... determinant of investment The coefficient on the supply of credit has the expected positive sign in 19 cases and it is positive and statistically significant in 16 cases For most of these countries the ... investment/GDP ratio in thecaseof Togo to a reduction of 0.12 percent in thecaseof Kenya Conclusion The empirical results of this chapter not lend support to the basic assertions ofthe financial liberalization...
... terms ofthe impact of outsourcing (IMPACTL to IMPACTO) They were asked whether it had improved: the timing of their supplier deliveries, the lead-time for the delivery of orders, the quality of ... interpret the terms ofthe contract and then negotiate new understandings of these terms with the suppliers The monitoring staff have also indicated that because of contract ambiguity, they have ... is the role of management accounting in defining the terms ‘core’ and ‘non-core’? • How, and to what extent these definitions of ‘core’ and ‘non-core’ vary over time and how does the role of...
... only the reporter gene situated on the same side, relative to the boundary, ofthe construct However, when the combination ofthe PTS andthe boundary is placed 3¢ to one ofthe reporter genes, the ... outside the region defined by the promoters ofthe two reporter genes (3¢ to one of them, Fig 4, bottom), the PTS is able to overcome the enhancer blocking effect ofthe boundary, and restricts the ... later than in thecaseofthe histone gene cluster [10] This difference in the timing of somatic pairing perhaps reflects the difference between the complexities ofthe regulation ofthe two systems:...