... What the rating agencies to earn their keep? The traditional answer to this question is that the agencies gather and analyze all sorts of pertinent financial and other information, andthe n ... owners of financia l assets, the institutions (both public and private) that guarantee the assets, andthe asset managers that act as agents for the principals or owners An asset manager, for example, ... established agencies that are so designated? Do they increase the likelihood of conflicts of interest and other potential abuses? Agency Theory andthe Ratings Agencies Another explanation of the...
... response to the changes, and about the process for municipal decisionmaking; discover what provincial and local actions are taking place in response to the changes; have a chance to say what ... Ontario Works (OW) andthe Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP): $20 million as a result ofthe new overall cap on discretionary health and nonhealth related benefits, to take effect July ... costs like basic dental services, eyeglasses, and hearing aids for adults, as well as funerals and burials Non-health related benefits are for items like transit subsidies and recreational subsidies...
... neither was at hand After the discovery of reverse transcriptase from animal oncogenic RNA viruses (then called oncorna viruses and now called retroviruses) a large number of publications on ... to the infection of this virus The isolation of what is now called HIV-1 (will also be referred to as HIV, LAV, IDAV-1, IDAV-2, LAV-1, HTLV-III and ARV) andthe demonstration of this virus as the ... for Disease Control, Atlanta, in collaboration with Montagnier's group at Pasteur The assay they used was based on immuno-precipitation The positive scores were: 51 of 125 (41%) of AIDS patients;...
... addition, in one control (see Additional data file 5), we extracted the subset of single-domain enzymes and repeated the analyses of retention of duplicates In a second control (see Additional data ... ancestral pathway would be dependent onthe acyl carriers and fatty acids available To get a first approximation ofthe generality of this observation, we carried out an all-against-all comparison ... Collectively, these controls indicate that the increased retention of duplicates at smaller distances apart is independent ofthe way in which metabolic databases are constructed, their size, andthe hub...
... strand A (Y9) andthe last amino acid of strand G (K87) The elongation ofthe x(Y9)Àx(87) distance up to the transition state is defined as the distance DxA’ÀG The crossing ofthe transition state ... originates from the same set of hydrogen bonds between theAand G bstrands (Figure A) In the constant-velocity simulations, the breaking ofthe hydrogen bonds between theAand G bstrands is the ... the first amino acid of strand A (Y9) andthe last amino acid of strand G (K87) This distance, x(Y9)ÀxACHTUNGRE(K87), increases as the two b-strands separate under a constant force filling the...
... 5.8% ofthe total area of Guangdong Province and 13.4% ofthe provincial population The Chaoshan region provides an appropriate case to illustrate the relations between transnational/transregional ... regional and extra-regional actors, conditioned by the organization of production and marketing, transnational/trans-regional communities, and state institutions Adding the domestic dimension ... approaches (see Table 2-1) Proponents of organizational approaches consider firms as the main analytical focus andthe organizational form of production as a key factor to explain regional economic growth...
... 200× and 400× magnification, using an I3 filter with blue excitation and band pass filter (BP) 450 – 490 nm With each batch of stained slides a known positive sample was stained and used as acontrol ... with a calibrated eyepiece graticule to ensure that they were within the size range given for Cryptosporidium and Giardia A portion ofthe original faecal sample was also examined by a standard ... grams of faecal material are examined Statistical analyses Statistical tests included χ2 and Fishers' Exact test for analyzing × contingency tables, odds ratio calculations, ttest for comparisons...
... Mayer et al Table III Means and empirical standard deviations of additive QTL effect estimates over 100 replicates of simulation models andand means and standard deviations ofthe estimated asymptotic ... (in cM) of simulation models andand means and standard deviations ofthe estimated asymptotic standard deviation (R2 : relative QTL variance; a: all replicates (N = 100); s: based onthe most ... the evaluation ofthe accuracy ofthe estimation is an important issue, their program does not provide any information onthe accuracy ofthe estimates The MImapqtl program ofthe QTL Cartographer...
... all the trailers analysed are orientation and complication Other parts such as abstract, coda and evaluation are optional parts The typical position is Abstract – Orientation – Complication accompanied ... such as the language of mathematics, computer science, law, politics, art and advertising and so on As far as language of advertising is concerned, it is used as a means of communication and providing ... accompanied by Climax – Coda Evaluation can appear in any position except before and after the abstract The appearances of these parts are as follows: 24 out of 25 (96%) American movie trailers analysed...
... ‘Intervention /Control on one hand andthe outcomes: ‘Provider discussed advantages and disadvantages for expressed and heat treated breast milk’ and ‘Provider asked how the mother will manage to feed the ... population, the mother’s understanding ofthe infant feeding counselling session, and how she assessed the provider in terms of counselling skills Data management and analysis Data was entered and ... (36) health facilities in Kafue and Lusaka districts were randomized into intervention and non-intervention sites The grouping and randomisation of health facilities was done in WHO headquarters,...
... membrane hydration and avoidance of water flooding in the cathode catalyst layer and/ or gas diffusion layer [2] Water management is related with air supply to the cathode and is one ofthe crucial ... mechanical, thermal, and electrical contact between the central parts ofthe gas diffusion backing and Membrane-Electrode-Assembly (MEA) 2.2 Model equations 2.2.1 Air and fuel gas flow In natural ... solving the steady-state Navier-Stokes equations, i.e the continuity equation, the mass conservation equation for each phase yields the volume fraction (r ) and along with the momentum equations the...
... knowledge and information: that is, an interaction between actions and behaviors The action of CASE STUDY creation does not consist ofthe processing of information or data, since the obtaining of tacit ... interco-operation, social transformation, universal character, education The mission and corporate values summarize the corporation andthe culture of all the firms belonging to it: customer satisfaction, ... external relations, education and training, working teams and committees andthe assembly system for decisions All of these are based on participation in the process Although the new information...
... bear Other Variables Influencing the Selection of Education, Marketing, and Law There are many other variables that can influence managers in their selection of education, marketing, and/ or law ... can consider variables relevant to the selection of education, marketing, and law as sets of tools that can be brought to bear onthe management of public health and social issue behaviors The ... Social Change San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers a good understanding ofand accommodate the target's MOAs andthe trade-off of free choice and externalities The potential for success of the...
... social reflection, and social consensus, in offences of mala in se and mala prohibita, and in the formal publication ofthe criminal norm In order to understand the distinction of mala in se offenses ... structure ofthe criminal norm contains only valid conditional clauses A valid conditional clause that is part ofthe criminal norm contains the components necessary to impose criminal liability onthe ... two types of conditional clauses4: valid and invalid A valid conditional clause refers to a real occurrence; an invalid conditional clause relates to a hypothetical situation that has not, will...
... thus one candidate for an acceptable translation Because the prepositional phrase is a modifier ofthe main process (indicated by the role feature andthe fact that the main process andthe modifier ... conceptual information and speech act information Penman has a rich variety of inquiries dealing with such information and so makes available a large set of resources and capabilities for any system ... relate particular instances of what is to be expressed to the categories of semantic organisation that the grammar's semantics requires These categories, andthe relationships among them, constitute...
... makes a dollar a - Couplet 4: His mother goes… gets a penny B - Refrain: Living just enough… for the city B Chorus a Dadada, Da dada da da, Dada dada da dada, Da da da da, Dada da dada Figure 3: The ... terms and labels In this example, the bridge andthe ending are variations ofthe music from the verse but only appear once, hence they are labeled A'andA' ', respectively.) Song Stanza a Term Label ... could also be some other similar vocalized syllable The lyrics printed onthe original album had a combination of “la,” “da,” and “ba.” However, these combinations are not accurately transcribed and...
... sectors Unfortunately, beyond data on nationality and year of arrival as derived from immigration and registration data, no further information was available onthe overall Page of 12 (page number ... Return and Onward Migration among Working Age Men In Family and Labour Studies Ottawa: Statistics Canada; 2006 Takenaka A: Secondary Migration: Who Re-Migrates and Why These Migrants Matter Washington ... educational needs and perhaps the long-term care needs of elderly parents, in addition to any personal or financial motivations for migration As Papastergiadis explains: "The constraints of the...
... World Health Organization has advocated the creation of national TB/HIV working groups, which would have the authority to oversee increased collaboration and integration of TB and HIV programs and ... models of collaboration and integration and their relevance to the specific setting These models may range from maintenance of separate programs and services with enhanced communication and referral ... in urban and rural areas have been carried out or are ongoing In Rwanda, integration of TB and HIV services at a district hospital increased HIV counselling and testing of TB patients and improved...