... originating from the cultural background ofthe day before yesterday, who built the background ofthe day before yesterday, who built the structures of yesterday and who will not be there in the structures ... customers and our business. Our customer is in the focus ofour attention. We are aware, that our customers (internal and external) expect and pay for solutions - and not the explanation of their ... the future there will be two types of companies:In the future there will be two types of companies: The flexible ones and the dead. The flexible ones and the dead. (John Naisbitt)(John Naisbitt)We...
... sense the slow rotation of the sphere, carrying the stars across your field of view from east towest, and slinging them underneath you on the other side of the Earth. The apparent daily movement of ... ofthe sky is, of course, due to the rotation ofthe Earth, not the sky, and we know that the starsare not all at the same distance, as they would be if they werefixed to the inner surface of ... methods of estimating distances that allowthem to gauge the extent ofthe starry congregations withoutleaving the surface ofthe Earth. The most important clue to the distribution of stars is the phenomenon...
... The health ofour educatorsxviExecutivesummaryxvii The DoEin the variousprovincesassignedco-ordinatorswhoensuredthatschoolswereinformedabout the study. The districtofficers ofthe DoEandlabourunionsassisted the HSRCco-ordinators,whoconsisted of MAandPhdresearchinterns,inmakingappointmentsatschoolsand/oraccompanyingco-ordinatorstoschoolstoaddresseducators.Officialsfromlabourunionshelpedwithadvocacyfor the studyand the nature of the study,whichincreasedparticipation. The fieldteamsweresupportedbyanationalfieldmanager,andaseparateprojectmanagerwhotrackedprogress ofthe study.Visitingtimestoschoolswereadaptedtominimisepossibledisruption of teachingtime.FindingsDemographicandsocio-economiccharacteristics ofthe ELRCstudysample The demographicandsocio-economicprofileanalysis of educatorsin the samplerevealedthat68% ofthe sample of educatorsconsisted of females. The majority ofthe educatorsweremarried.Overthree-quarters ofthe samplewereAfricans(77%)whilelessthan5% of the samplewereAsians,whichisareflection ofthe demographiccharacteristics of SouthAfrica.Self-reportedsocio-economicstatusandincomedistributionsuggestthateducatorsweregenerallywellqualified,withafirstdegreeorhigher,andhadmanyyears of teachingexperience,with70% of educatorsteachingforatleasttenyearsorlonger.About94% of educatorsreportedthat the DoEemployedthemwith the rest(6%)beingSchoolGoverningBody(SGB)appointments.Only27% of educatorsin the samplesaidtheyhadahousingsubsidyand67.8% of the educatorsreportedtheyweremembers of amedicalaidfund. The majority of educators(89%)weremembers of atradeunion.Thereweredisparitiesinsome of the demographicandsocio-economicprofiles of educatorsbyraceandprovince. The findingsshowedthattherewereproportionatelymorefemaleandmaleAfricaneducatorsin the low-incomecategorycomparedwitheducatorsinotherracegroups.On the otherhandtherewereproportionatelylessmalewhiteeducatorsin the medium-incomecategorythanmaleeducatorsinotherracegroups.Prevalence of HIV The resultsshowedthat12.7% of educatorswhogaveaspecimenforHIVtestingwereHIVpositive.Thispercentageincludeseducatorsinallprovinces,andeducators of allages,sexandracialgroups.Inthisstudy,withoutconsideringageandracedifferences, the HIVprevalencewas the samefor the maleandfemaleeducators. The resultsinthisstudyshowedthatHIVprevalenceamongeducatorswashighestforthoseaged25–34years(21.4%)followedbythoseaged35–44(12.8%).Oldereducators(55yearsandolder)had the lowestHIVprevalence(3.1%).However,differenceswereobservedwhen the analysiswasrestrictedtowomenandmenaged25–34years,withwomenhavinghigherHIVprevalence.WomenweregenerallymorevulnerabletoHIVinfectionbecause of theirbiologicalmakeupaswellastheirlowsocio-economicstatus. ... the purpose ofthe project and the project itself, the ethics of sensitivities to asking questions on human sexuality as well as the threats to the validity ofthe study and how to manage them, ... The health ofour educatorsxviExecutivesummaryxvii The DoEin the variousprovincesassignedco-ordinatorswhoensuredthatschoolswereinformedabout the study. The districtofficers ofthe DoEandlabourunionsassisted the HSRCco-ordinators,whoconsisted of MAandPhdresearchinterns,inmakingappointmentsatschoolsand/oraccompanyingco-ordinatorstoschoolstoaddresseducators.Officialsfromlabourunionshelpedwithadvocacyfor the studyand the nature of the study,whichincreasedparticipation. The fieldteamsweresupportedbyanationalfieldmanager,andaseparateprojectmanagerwhotrackedprogress ofthe study.Visitingtimestoschoolswereadaptedtominimisepossibledisruption of teachingtime.FindingsDemographicandsocio-economiccharacteristics ofthe ELRCstudysample The demographicandsocio-economicprofileanalysis of educatorsin the samplerevealedthat68% ofthe sample of educatorsconsisted of females. The majority ofthe educatorsweremarried.Overthree-quarters ofthe samplewereAfricans(77%)whilelessthan5% of the samplewereAsians,whichisareflection ofthe demographiccharacteristics of SouthAfrica.Self-reportedsocio-economicstatusandincomedistributionsuggestthateducatorsweregenerallywellqualified,withafirstdegreeorhigher,andhadmanyyears of teachingexperience,with70% of educatorsteachingforatleasttenyearsorlonger.About94% of educatorsreportedthat the DoEemployedthemwith the rest(6%)beingSchoolGoverningBody(SGB)appointments.Only27% of educatorsin the samplesaidtheyhadahousingsubsidyand67.8% of the educatorsreportedtheyweremembers of amedicalaidfund. The majority of educators(89%)weremembers of atradeunion.Thereweredisparitiesinsome of the demographicandsocio-economicprofiles of educatorsbyraceandprovince. The findingsshowedthattherewereproportionatelymorefemaleandmaleAfricaneducatorsin the low-incomecategorycomparedwitheducatorsinotherracegroups.On the otherhandtherewereproportionatelylessmalewhiteeducatorsin the medium-incomecategorythanmaleeducatorsinotherracegroups.Prevalence of HIV The resultsshowedthat12.7% of educatorswhogaveaspecimenforHIVtestingwereHIVpositive.Thispercentageincludeseducatorsinallprovinces,andeducators of allages,sexandracialgroups.Inthisstudy,withoutconsideringageandracedifferences, the HIVprevalencewas the samefor the maleandfemaleeducators. The resultsinthisstudyshowedthatHIVprevalenceamongeducatorswashighestforthoseaged25–34years(21.4%)followedbythoseaged35–44(12.8%).Oldereducators(55yearsandolder)had the lowestHIVprevalence(3.1%).However,differenceswereobservedwhen the analysiswasrestrictedtowomenandmenaged25–34years,withwomenhavinghigherHIVprevalence.WomenweregenerallymorevulnerabletoHIVinfectionbecause of theirbiologicalmakeupaswellastheirlowsocio-economicstatus....
... called it a measure of the "swirliness" ofthe field. If in the vicinity of some point in the field, the vectors tend to veer to the left rather than to the right, then the curl will be ... minute as the earth is "running slow". Of course determination ofthe difference between the dynamical time of theory and the observed time dictated by the rotation ofthe earth ... minor axis, which then forms the axis ofthe coordinate system. The plane swept out by the major axis of the ellipse is then its equator. This approximation to the actual shape ofthe earth is...
... introduces the concept of the bit as a measure of informa tion, the quantum noiseless coding theorem introduces the concept ofthe qubit as a measure of quantum information, characterising the quantumsource.By ... quantum resources, mind) required to transmit whatis produced by our quantum source. The von Neumann entropy provides a measure,in q ubits, ofthe amount by which the output ofour source may ... measure ofthe amount of quantum information the source produces18. The use of entanglement as a communication resource is a centrally impor-tant feature o f q uantum information theor y. The...
... scorneth the multitude ofthe city, neither regardeth he the voice ofthe driver. The range ofthe mountains is his pasture. The magnificent description ofthe unicorn and of leviathan, in the ... in the names they give them, and in their reasonings about them. Many are ofthe opinion, that pain arises necessarily from the removal of some pleasure; as they think pleasure does from the ... with the language. I should never have presumed the least alteration in our words, if the nature ofthe language, framed for the purposes of business rather than those of philosophy, and the...
... pcf Example 4.Design the steel lying in the East-West direction ofthe mat shown below with external dimensions of 42 feet by 74 feet. The columns are all 15”by 15”, the LF = 1.6, fc’ = 3 ... in the x and y values, which these values are found by using the x-y coordinate system off the mat foundation. Determine the average soil reaction. (92.34(78.8)69.8)796avgqpsf++∆==Therefore, ... contaminated soils below. The average pressure increase in the clay layer is,Using Boussinesq’s modified curves for L/B ≠ 1 (on the next slide),1) At the top ofthe clay layer, z/B = 18 ft...
... part ofthe war effort; theyturned lipstick into a symbol of resilient femininity in the face of danger, a symbol that would boost the morale of both the women wearing the lipstick and the male ... or devices, or cosmetics because ofthe use ofthe additive, (ii) the cumulativeeffect. . .of such additive in the diet of man or animals, taking into account the same or anychemically or pharmacologically ... (explaining that:“often the public toilette was a carefully staged replay ofthe dressing ofthe hair and applying of make-up to a woman w hohad already been through the expert hands of her maids...
... behaviors into our young people to prevent or delay the onset ofthe leading causes of death in our country.30 New evaluation of health education research shows promise of having a positive ... year.29 These statistics are alarming and disturbing for the health ofthe nation. The good news is that research has revealed that health risk behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of ... Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office ofthe Actuary, National Health Statistics Group; U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis; and U.S. Bureau ofthe Census. 11 Soni A. Personal...
... into the nextstage of ‘reading to learn’.For the purposes ofthe evaluation, the children in Year 1 in the year preceding the introduction ofthe SWELL programformed the control group. Thesechildren, ... the acquisition of reading and the effectiveness of different approaches to the teaching of reading, and the implications of this research for teachingpractice. The most recent of these reports is the Report ... review ofthe researchevidence relating to the teaching of reading was required. This led to the constitution by the US Congress of the National Reading Panel, charged with the task of assessing the...
... nature in the centre of aesthetic reflection. The Anglo-Saxon discourse on the aesthetic value of nature often neglects that aesthetically experienced nature has concurrently become a focus of contemporary ... does not create the material aspect ofthe perceptual world, but as fantasy it intervenes into the structures ofthe symbolic forms which define our visions ofthe world4. In other words, imagination ... part ofthe world. Being part of human life, the art of nature gives us an imagined encounter with an imaginary life. Our imagination brings in coexistence the world of our every day life and the...