... remuneration oftheinternalauditfunction as a whole, including the head oftheinternalaudit function; (n) reviewing theassessment by senior management ofthe head oftheinternalauditfunction ... content oftheinternalaudit charter; The scope oftheinternalauditfunction' s work; The corporate governance arrangements that apply to theinternalaudit function; The organisation ofthe ... activity The head ofinternalaudit should also ensure that theinternalaudit staff are persons of integrity (e) Reporting lines oftheinternalauditfunction Principle 12: Theinternalaudit function...
... internalauditfunction should develop and maintain their own tools to assess the quality oftheinternalauditfunction 88 The appointment and replacement ofthe head oftheinternalauditfunction ... rotate internalaudit staff within theinternalauditfunction In addition, a bank may rotate staff from other functional areas ofthe bank to theinternalauditfunction or from theinternalaudit ... promotes the effectiveness ofthefunction as described in Principle of this guidance; • The purpose and scope oftheinternalaudit function; • The key features oftheinternalaudit function...
... that banks, depending on the degree of sophistication of their internal risk management function can qualify, subject to supervisory approval, for the adoption oftheinternal rating based approach ... (v) that the bond did not possess a sinking fund The composition ofthe total portfolio is shown in Table 46.4% ofthe obligors are domiciled in the United States A further 27.5% ofthe companies ... conclusions In fact, the finding seems to be the result ofthe PD floor of 0.03% in the IRB As the credit quality improves and the probability of default keeps falling below the 0.03% limit, CreditMetrics...
... roles of everyday life The functional assessment is one ofthe trademarks ofthe geriatric assessment, distinguishing it from the evaluation of a younger person Achieving a complete cure is often ... performed in the office and can help older patients add quality to their lives Office Assessmentofthe Frail Elderly Patient I Source of Referrals The patient’s family or caregivers are often the source ... affect the health ofthe caregiver(s) as well and can lead to health declines of both the caregiver and the older person A brief, private interview with the caregiver at the close ofthe functional...
... all are there Another type of decision is one in which people are unsure ofthe importance of their criteria In this case to sharpen their knowledge ofthe criteria a wide selection of alternatives ... dependence ofthe priority of elements on the priority and number of other elements The principle of comparative judgments is applied to construct pair-wise comparisons ofthe relative importance of ... preparation of questionnaire, pre-testing of questionnaire for the confirmation and interpretation ofthe factors and then processing ofthe completed questionnaire and reporting The second part of the...
... column to keep the moisture content inside the column uniform while water was sprinkled over the top ofthe medium until the outflow from the bottom ofthe column equaled the volume ofthe water input ... To compare the change of BTCs in the same flow condition of Reynolds number, the variation of first and second temporal moments as a functionofthe mixture ratio of - 358 - Journal of Water and ... differences in the values ofthe distribution coefficient of two soils Given the fact that the distribution coefficient depends on the specific surface ofthe medium, Andisols provide the diversity of transport...
... arrays the factors into several levels in decreasing order in terms of their subordinate relationship, establishes the relationship ofthe factors of different levels, compares the importance ofthe ... increase the temperature ofthe biogas digester due to the presence of abundant solar energy in these two areas But the construction of a solar greenhouse enlarges the capital input Therefore, ... Table We applied the index system, index weight and the evaluation formula proposed above to evaluate the household biogas resources of each ofthe six areas The evaluation value ofthe indices was...
... high density of terminology Therefore, the focus ofthe comparison will be on (1) the translation ofthe topic and (2) how the translators handle the translation of different groups of terminology ... consists of transferring the meaning ofthe source language into the receptor language This is done by going from the form ofthe first language to the form of a second language by way of semantic ... II analyzes the source language text with focus on the pragmatic accuracy, or in other word the accuracy of meaning in context, ofthe US F& A application software The emphasis ofthe analysis...
... placed on the capacity, reliability and the routing ofthe HVDC transmission facilities The effect ofthe grid on out of Northern Manitoba the system reliabilities for the other years and the sensitivity ... the possible Southern assistance from the Northern system to the South to 3668 MW which is the maximum capacity ofthe tie The load carrying capability ofthe Manitoba system obtained using the ... tie the Saskatchewan and Manitoba systems The between the Northern and Southern Manitoba HVDC systems constrains the LCC ofthe Manitoba system the whereas the grid tap at Saskatoon limits the...
... secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions in the examination of policy matters pertaining to the health ofthe public The Institute acts under the responsibility given to the ... rather than on innovation to enable future advances As in several other thrusts that the committee reviewed, there is a risk that the Navy will lose the 13 14 2001 ASSESSMENTOFTHE OFFICE OF ... NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board ofthe National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils ofthe National Academy of Sciences,...
... list of critical shortfalls identified at the front part ofthe process Then, with the current state ofthe art and the capabilities ofthe organization in mind, they will propose a series of specific ... secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions in the examination of policy matters pertaining to the health ofthe public The Institute acts under the responsibility given to the ... by the Governing Board ofthe National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils ofthe National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of...
... secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions in the examination of policy matters pertaining to the health ofthe public The Institute acts under the responsibility given to the ... on the methodologies developed for the review ofthe previous NRC assessmentofthe SBIR at the Department of Defense, SBIR: An Assessmentofthe Department of Defense Fast Track Initiative While ... improvements to the program will be considered The Objectives ofthe Study The objectives ofthe study are to: Satisfy the Congressional mandate for an objective, external assessmentofthe program;...
... adopted a national perspective, the goal of which was to assess the progress ofthe AHRQ initiative and the activities of other federal agencies in the context ofthe larger U.S patient safety ... Assessmentof other mechanisms used by AHRQ to strengthen patient safety practices Assessmentof dissemination of new knowledge to stakeholders in the field Assessmentof progress in adoption of effective ... standards of practice Recent Events Two major events during 2003–2004 either have altered the scope ofthe patient safety initiative or were expected to so One of these was the shift in focus of patient...
... intermediate [11] The sum of these ndings points at the involvement of more than one active oxidant in the diverse types of P450-catalyzed substrate processing [1215] The goal ofthe present perspective ... ring opening of an epoxide intermediate at either of its two C-O bonds [219,220] The sum of these ndings strongly invokes the notion of oxygen activation during redox cycling ofthe diverse dioxygenases ... seen, the question ofthe nature ofthe alternative oxygenating intermediate remains inherently elusive The functional importance of hydroperoxo-iron or ironcoordinated hydrogen peroxide as the...
... of for IFP–wt) and the shape of Ix/x vs x plot Specifically, the initial slow rise ofthe latter plot (from x ¼ 1) reflects that the self-association ofthe peptide is not tight (on the scale of ... between the N-terminal and internal FPs, in the hope of improving our understanding ofthe role of fusion peptides in the fusion event Structure and membrane interaction of IFP–wt Binding of IFP–wt ... Fig supports the view that the IFP of ASLV is either responsible for or contributes to the binding ofthe virus to liposomes after exposure ofthe fusion peptide in response to the conformational...
... go from one end ofthe country to the other, taking real advantage ofthe high speed (they tend to use the air services instead) A study commissioned by the Mountain Community ofthe Susa Valley ... analysis One ofthe main ecological justifications ofthe HSR projects would be the energy savings and the expected decrease of pollutant emissions, associated to the shift of a fraction of freight ... construction ofthe HSR Turin-Lyon and other ones on the French side [report for instance] Beyond the technical problems related to the HSR, the Susa Valley has become in the recent years the most...
... History ofthe People ofthe United States, vol iii, p 465 F J Turner, Rise ofthe New West, p 297 End ofthe Project Gutenberg EBook of Outline ofthe development oftheinternal commerce ofthe ... Steel The development ofthe movement of iron ore from the mines around Lake Superior to the furnaces ofthe Eastern States was one ofthe most interesting features oftheinternal trade ofthe ... To crush the military strength ofthe South the federal authorities adopted the expedient ofthe abolition of slavery, and to the surprise of both the North and the South "the cause ofthe conflict...
... Compute RMSE of DEM Fig The workflow for assessing the influence of interpolation technique on the accuracy of DEM by using ArcGIS software 2.2 The workflow Theassessmentof influence of interpolation ... point of interest to the sample point i ; and the power p controls the significance of sample points to the interpolated values, based on their distance to the output point The higher the power, the ... constrained by the sample data range The main parameters ofthe spline interpolation are the number of sampled points used for interpolation, and the weight For the regularized spline, the higher the weight,...
... independent assessmentof its stewardship ofthe advanced thermionics research and development program and ofthe technical progress ofthe program The NRC accepted the charge of performing this assessment ... secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions in the examination of policy matters pertaining to the health ofthe public The Institute acts under the responsibility given to the ... NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board ofthe National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils ofthe National Academy of Sciences,...
... petitioned the court to rehear the case and the final outcome of these and had yet to be determined at the time of this report’s publication In 2007, EPA’s Office of Water (OW) initiated the aforementioned ... documents due to the difficulty in understanding the complexities of these impacts, a lack of available information on their consequences, and the desire to limit the scope of environmental analysis.” ... and ultimately ensure the commercial viability of these unconventional resources In terms ofthe potential size ofthe oil shale resource residing in Region 8, the Department of Interior (DOI) estimates...