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the foundations of our faith

Our customer is in the focus of our attention.

Our customer is in the focus of our attention.

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... originating from the cultural background of the day before yesterday, who built the background of the 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 of our 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...
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Minding the heavens   the story of our discovery of the milky way

Minding the heavens the story of our discovery of the milky way

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... 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 ... of the sky is, of course, due to the rotation of the 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 ... Alkaid, the last star of the handle away from the dipper cup, lies about twice as far awayas Dubhe, the uppermost of the two stars in the outer edge of the cup. In the mind’s eye, we see the stars...
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Tài liệu The Health of Our Educators doc

Tài liệu The Health of Our Educators doc

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... The health of our educatorsxviExecutive฀summaryxvii The DoE฀in the various฀provinces฀assigned฀co-ordinators฀who฀ensured฀that฀schools฀were฀informed฀about the study. The district฀officers of the DoE฀and฀labour฀unions฀assisted฀ the HSRC฀co-ordinators,฀who฀consisted of MA฀and฀Phd฀research฀interns,฀in฀making฀appointments฀at฀schools฀and/or฀accompanying฀co-ordinators฀to฀schools฀to฀address฀educators.฀Officials฀from฀labour฀unions฀helped฀with฀advocacy฀for the study฀and the nature฀ of the study,฀which฀increased฀participation. The field฀teams฀were฀supported฀by฀a฀national฀field฀manager,฀and฀a฀separate฀project฀manager฀who฀tracked฀progress of the study.฀Visiting฀times฀to฀schools฀were฀adapted฀to฀minimise฀possible฀disruption of teaching฀time.FindingsDemographic฀and฀socio-economic฀characteristics of the ELRC฀study฀sample The demographic฀and฀socio-economic฀profile฀analysis of educators฀in the sample฀revealed฀that฀68% of the sample of educators฀consisted of females. The majority of the educators฀were฀married.฀Over฀three-quarters of the sample฀were฀Africans฀(77%)฀while฀less฀than฀5%฀ of the sample฀were฀Asians,฀which฀is฀a฀reflection of the demographic฀characteristics of South฀Africa.฀Self-reported฀socio-economic฀status฀and฀income฀distribution฀suggest฀that฀educators฀were฀generally฀well฀qualified,฀with฀a฀first฀degree฀or฀higher,฀and฀had฀many฀years฀ of teaching฀experience,฀with฀70% of educators฀teaching฀for฀at฀least฀ten฀years฀or฀longer.฀About฀94% of educators฀reported฀that the DoE฀employed฀them฀with the rest฀(6%)฀being฀School฀Governing฀Body฀(SGB)฀appointments.Only฀27% of educators฀in the sample฀said฀they฀had฀a฀housing฀subsidy฀and฀67.8% of the educators฀reported฀they฀were฀members of a฀medical฀aid฀fund. The majority of educators฀(89%)฀were฀members of a฀trade฀union.฀There฀were฀disparities฀in฀some of the demographic฀and฀socio-economic฀profiles of educators฀by฀race฀and฀province. The findings฀showed฀that฀there฀were฀proportionately฀more฀female฀and฀male฀African฀educators฀in the low-income฀category฀compared฀with฀educators฀in฀other฀race฀groups.฀On the other฀hand฀there฀were฀proportionately฀less฀male฀white฀educators฀in the medium-income฀category฀than฀male฀educators฀in฀other฀race฀groups.Prevalence of HIV The results฀showed฀that฀12.7% of educators฀who฀gave฀a฀specimen฀for฀HIV฀testing฀were฀HIV฀positive.฀This฀percentage฀includes฀educators฀in฀all฀provinces,฀and฀educators of all฀ages,฀sex฀and฀racial฀groups.฀In฀this฀study,฀without฀considering฀age฀and฀race฀differences, the HIV฀prevalence฀was฀ the same฀for the male฀and฀female฀educators. The results฀in฀this฀study฀showed฀that฀HIV฀prevalence฀among฀educators฀was฀highest฀for฀those฀aged฀25–34฀years฀(21.4%)฀followed฀by฀those฀aged฀35–44฀(12.8%).฀Older฀educators฀(55฀years฀and฀older)฀had the lowest฀HIV฀prevalence฀(3.1%).฀However,฀differences฀were฀observed฀when the analysis฀was฀restricted฀to฀women฀and฀men฀aged฀25–34฀years,฀with฀women฀having฀higher฀HIV฀prevalence.฀Women฀were฀generally฀more฀vulnerable฀to฀HIV฀infection฀because of their฀biological฀makeup฀as฀well฀as฀their฀low฀socio-economic฀status.฀ ... the purpose of the project and the project itself, the ethics of sensitivities to asking questions on human sexuality as well as the threats to the validity of the study and how to manage them, ... The health of our educatorsxviExecutive฀summaryxvii The DoE฀in the various฀provinces฀assigned฀co-ordinators฀who฀ensured฀that฀schools฀were฀informed฀about the study. The district฀officers of the DoE฀and฀labour฀unions฀assisted฀ the HSRC฀co-ordinators,฀who฀consisted of MA฀and฀Phd฀research฀interns,฀in฀making฀appointments฀at฀schools฀and/or฀accompanying฀co-ordinators฀to฀schools฀to฀address฀educators.฀Officials฀from฀labour฀unions฀helped฀with฀advocacy฀for the study฀and the nature฀ of the study,฀which฀increased฀participation. The field฀teams฀were฀supported฀by฀a฀national฀field฀manager,฀and฀a฀separate฀project฀manager฀who฀tracked฀progress of the study.฀Visiting฀times฀to฀schools฀were฀adapted฀to฀minimise฀possible฀disruption of teaching฀time.FindingsDemographic฀and฀socio-economic฀characteristics of the ELRC฀study฀sample The demographic฀and฀socio-economic฀profile฀analysis of educators฀in the sample฀revealed฀that฀68% of the sample of educators฀consisted of females. The majority of the educators฀were฀married.฀Over฀three-quarters of the sample฀were฀Africans฀(77%)฀while฀less฀than฀5%฀ of the sample฀were฀Asians,฀which฀is฀a฀reflection of the demographic฀characteristics of South฀Africa.฀Self-reported฀socio-economic฀status฀and฀income฀distribution฀suggest฀that฀educators฀were฀generally฀well฀qualified,฀with฀a฀first฀degree฀or฀higher,฀and฀had฀many฀years฀ of teaching฀experience,฀with฀70% of educators฀teaching฀for฀at฀least฀ten฀years฀or฀longer.฀About฀94% of educators฀reported฀that the DoE฀employed฀them฀with the rest฀(6%)฀being฀School฀Governing฀Body฀(SGB)฀appointments.Only฀27% of educators฀in the sample฀said฀they฀had฀a฀housing฀subsidy฀and฀67.8% of the educators฀reported฀they฀were฀members of a฀medical฀aid฀fund. The majority of educators฀(89%)฀were฀members of a฀trade฀union.฀There฀were฀disparities฀in฀some of the demographic฀and฀socio-economic฀profiles of educators฀by฀race฀and฀province. The findings฀showed฀that฀there฀were฀proportionately฀more฀female฀and฀male฀African฀educators฀in the low-income฀category฀compared฀with฀educators฀in฀other฀race฀groups.฀On the other฀hand฀there฀were฀proportionately฀less฀male฀white฀educators฀in the medium-income฀category฀than฀male฀educators฀in฀other฀race฀groups.Prevalence of HIV The results฀showed฀that฀12.7% of educators฀who฀gave฀a฀specimen฀for฀HIV฀testing฀were฀HIV฀positive.฀This฀percentage฀includes฀educators฀in฀all฀provinces,฀and฀educators of all฀ages,฀sex฀and฀racial฀groups.฀In฀this฀study,฀without฀considering฀age฀and฀race฀differences, the HIV฀prevalence฀was฀ the same฀for the male฀and฀female฀educators. The results฀in฀this฀study฀showed฀that฀HIV฀prevalence฀among฀educators฀was฀highest฀for฀those฀aged฀25–34฀years฀(21.4%)฀followed฀by฀those฀aged฀35–44฀(12.8%).฀Older฀educators฀(55฀years฀and฀older)฀had the lowest฀HIV฀prevalence฀(3.1%).฀However,฀differences฀were฀observed฀when the analysis฀was฀restricted฀to฀women฀and฀men฀aged฀25–34฀years,฀with฀women฀having฀higher฀HIV฀prevalence.฀Women฀were฀generally฀more฀vulnerable฀to฀HIV฀infection฀because of their฀biological฀makeup฀as฀well฀as฀their฀low฀socio-economic฀status.฀...
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The foundations of celestial mechanics   g  w  collins

The foundations of celestial mechanics g w collins

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... called it a measure of the "swirliness" of the 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 of the difference between the dynamical time of theory and the observed time dictated by the rotation of the earth ... minor axis, which then forms the axis of the coordinate system. The plane swept out by the major axis of the ellipse is then its equator. This approximation to the actual shape of the earth is...
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Quantum information theory and the foundations of quantum mechanics  c  timpson

Quantum information theory and the foundations of quantum mechanics c timpson

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... introduces the concept of the bit as a measure of informa tion, the quantum noiseless coding theorem introduces the concept of the 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, of the amount by which the output of our source may ... measure of the 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...
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A Philosophical Inquiry Into The Origin Of Our Ideas Of The Sublime And Beautiful

A Philosophical Inquiry Into The Origin Of Our Ideas Of The Sublime And Beautiful

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... scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the voice of the driver. The range of the mountains is his pasture. The magnificent description of the unicorn and of leviathan, in the ... in the names they give them, and in their reasonings about them. Many are of the 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 of the language, framed for the purposes of business rather than those of philosophy, and the...
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International MBA “Constantly evolving to meet the needs of our changing world...” pdf

International MBA “Constantly evolving to meet the needs of our changing world...” pdf

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... dedicated faculty of professionals. Students start the International MBA program in April and complete the core of the Master in Business Administration. They then proceed directly to the Master ... prioritize the options based on your preferences. The IMBA in Practice option will have a dierent timing for each intake - around the end of May for the November intake and January for the April ... the basis of focus and language in periods 4 and 5 of the program. Language classes in both English and Spanish are provided to encourage students to broaden their skills sets, challenge themselves...
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The design of mat foundations

The design of mat foundations

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... pcfExample 4.Design the steel lying in the East-West direction of the 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 of the clay layer, z/B = 18 ft...
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Tài liệu Reading Our Lips: The History of Lipstick Regulation in Western Seats ... doc

Tài liệu Reading Our Lips: The History of Lipstick Regulation in Western Seats ... doc

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... part of the 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 of the use of the 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 of the dressing of the hair and applying of make-up to a woman w hohad already been through the expert hands of her maids...
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Tài liệu Health Education in Schools – The Importance of Establishing Healthy Behaviors in our Nation’s Youth pptx

Tài liệu Health Education in Schools – The Importance of Establishing Healthy Behaviors in our Nation’s Youth pptx

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... behaviors into our young people to prevent or delay the onset of the 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 of the nation. The good news is that research has revealed that health risk behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of ... Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary, National Health Statistics Group; U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis; and U.S. Bureau of the Census. 11 Soni A. Personal...
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Tài liệu Closing the gap between research and practice: Foundations for the acquisition of literacy pptx

Tài liệu Closing the gap between research and practice: Foundations for the acquisition of literacy pptx

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... into the nextstage of ‘reading to learn’.For the purposes of the evaluation, the children in Year 1 in the year preceding the introduction of the 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 of the 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...
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