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choice of which language or dialect to use to teach (medium of instruction) reflects the
interests of those elite. In countries in which one ofthe languages ... out. In an education system where English dominates the
majority of learners get little benefit from schooling, either in terms of acquiring the
necessary language proficiency or in terms of ...
program in which second and even third languages are added to the learners’ repertoire of
language systems whilst sustaining the primary language through the schooling process
instead of subtractive...
... graduate business schools, which now routinely require business writing and
business presentations courses as part of their MBA programs. With the globalization ofthe
workforce and the use of multiskilled ... 6—
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E-mail is playing an increasingly important role inbusiness communication, with tens of millions of pieces of mail being transmitted daily. In 1998,
the ... The grant is intended to help graduate students
in mathematics make the transition to jobs inbusiness and industry, and part of that transition
involves being able to explain their often complex...
... prevalence of gout in the
USA ranges between 0.5–2.8% in men and 0.1–0.6% in
women [2]. The prevalence rises to 4.4% of men and 1.8%
of women over the age of 65 [4]. A two-fold increase in
incidence of ... in
any joint including the ankle, knee, hand, wrist, elbow,
sacroiliac joint and other joints ofthe spine, however
most commonly occurs inthe lower extremity. In this
case, although the patient ... attrib-
uted in part to the continuous aging ofthe population as
well as the widespread use of diuretics for treatment of
hypertension [4].
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distribution, business- to -business marketing, and global marketing channels. He has publications in Journal of
Business- to -Business Marketing,
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Business and Industrial Marketing, Journal of Business- to -Business Marketing, and Journal of Marketing Channels, ... factors influencing multiple channels.
4. For students to understand theimportanceof social mechanisms in managing the marketing channel upon
the occurrence of declining and growing channels,...
... largely inthe context of providing clues to the nature ofthe learner rather than
in terms of a teaching tool. We have recently had the pleasure of observing English
language classes at the Izmir ... TheImportanceof Eye Contact inthe
Classroom
Teachers often complain about discipline, about lack of attention, about the use of L2 inthe
classroom and many other problems, many of which ...
underestimate theimportanceof non-verbal communicationin their own and their students'
performance. One aspect of non-verbal communication is the use ofthe eyes to convey
messages. The eyes...
... vòng chất dinh dưỡng, sự ngưng
kết chất nitơ, quản lý sâu bệnh thống
nhất v.v.), và đặc biệt nó sử dụng tốt
hơn tri thức và kỹ năng của người nông
dân vì vậy tăng cường sự tự tin và khả
năng ... công việc kinh tế và việc nhà tạo
ra gánh nặng cho họ, và (c) luật lệ và phong
tục không cho phép người phụ nữ tiếp cận
tới đất đai, tín dụng, đầu vào, việc làm, giáo
dục, thông tin hay y tế. ... tập cá
nhân và xã hội. Thay đổi kĩ thuật luôn là một
quá trình phức tạp với các yếu tố sinh-lý và
kinh tế - xã hội. Đó không chỉ là việc giới
thiệu những khía cạnh mới của kĩ thuật mà
còn...
... Advantages ofthe use of games in vocabulary
teaching and learning
teaching and learning
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1.5. Advantages ofthe use games in
vocabulary teaching and learning
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... Services. Reducing the health consequences of smoking: 25 years of
progress; a report ofthe Surgeon General. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, CDC,
Office of Smoking and ... schools can
improve the well-being and health of our children and youth. Inthe United States, chronic
diseases are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality; however, engaging in healthy
behaviors, ... sustained health education inthe nation’s schools is compelling.
Improved health status is of economic value to U.S. citizens. In 2006, the U.S. spent far more
than any other nation in the...
... variable is constructed using
the number of all branches of each savings bank and the number of inhabitants ofthe particular
region the bank is operating in. The underlying intuition is that a customer ... are again similar, but slightly smaller than
those in Table 4, implying that there is indeed valuable information captured inthe external
ratings. Finally, the existence of a credit line (Model ...
banks. The higher the HHI in a given savings bank region, i.e. the fewer competitors operate in
that region, the lower is the acceptance of consumer loans within these savings banks.
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... are
all the result ofthe largely unconscious evolution of
institutions of collective action. Ostrom has taken
the lead in making the management principles for
these institutions explicit, combining ... Literacy of Cooperation
in Business: Managing Dilemmas inthe 21st
Century, we take the first steps in exploring this
emerging field of knowledge and practice, looking
for ways to think about ... col-
lective intelligence to build, often devolving
into battles for control of public opinion rather
than the pursuit of policies that truly resolve
the dilemmas at the core of policy issues. The
intersection...
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the increase-area sample (Table 2).
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generation
Frequency and timing of breeding inthe lab
In the laboratory as inthe field, the overwintered
animals ... important determinant of onset of spring reproduc-
tion. On the other hand, since some ofthe voles had
already started to reproduce inthe increase area when
they were sampled inthe field, it may ... probability
of becoming a breeder than those born late in the
season (Fig. 8a).
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In the F2 generation, four ofthe 21 (19%) increase-area
females versus seven of the...
... form analysis ofthe de-
terminants of labour force participation ofthe elderly in Europe. Nevertheless, knowing
2
In the future, there will be a link e stablished between SHA RE and the social ... living in a couple and the
number of children in many ofthe men’s equations, this could indicate that there is some
coordination going on within couples: on average men seem to specialize in ... take into account incentive measures.
(Compare to the link between the HRS and the US Social Security Adminstration) .
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Labour Force Participation
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... levels for the public firm indicator in some ofthe analyses but without changing the tenor
of the results.
The Importanceof Reporting Incentives:
Earnings Management in European Private and Public ... but they may also abuse discretion when it is in their
interest. For this reason, reporting incentives are likely to play an integral role in
determining the informativeness of reported accounting ... on the role of institutional factors and market forces in shaping
firms’ incentives to report informative earnings.
To empirically illustrate theimportanceof reporting incentives, we examine...