... in the assessment of menopausal status, and the measurement of Helicobacter Pylori serology (HPS) following eradication therapy Therefore, the aim ofthe study was to undertake a theory- based ... behaviour (TPB) about the use of three ofthe targeted laboratory tests – the measurement of serum ferritin in the assessment of microcytic anaemia (ferritin), the measurement of serum follicle stimulating ... group asthe predictor of behaviour, intention asthe mediator The direct effect ofthe intervention allocation on behaviour is the coefficient C in the path diagram above The indirect effect (often...
... by a further extension ofthe present theory, by the framework ofthe agency theory and thetheoryof asymmetric information The question goes into the heart ofthe present theory, into the paradigm ... seen as a form of market imperfection The mainstream theoryofthe firm evolved under the paradigm ofthe agency theory and the transaction costs theoryas a theoryof economic organization rather ... practical and a theoretical point of view Thetheory is impressive by the multitude of applications in the financial world ofthe agency theory and thetheoryof asymmetric information, of adverse...
... tool for the control of stored-product insect pests In view ofthe scheduled phaseout of methyl bromide under the Montreal protocol, the role of phosphine in grain protection has increased and ... because ofthe pesticidal properties of these chemicals (Fenwick at al., 1983) and because ofthe potential use of methyl ITC as fumigant for wheat (Ducom, 1994) In our study on the rates of sorption ... performed to evaluate the activity ofthe fumigants The first screening ofthe compounds was space fumigation in glass chambers of 3.4-L capacity (for details see Shaaya et al., 1991) The highly active...
... by the initial purchase price ofthe security R= Pt +1 − Pt + C Pt R = the rate of return on the security Pt+1 = price ofthe security at time t+1, the end ofthe holding period Pt = price ofthe ... Implications oftheTheory • If there is a change in the way a variable moves, the way in which expectations ofthe variable are formed will change as well • The forecast errors of expectations ... k e ) PO = the current price ofthe stock DIV1 = the dividend paid at the end of year ke = the required return on investment in equity P1 = the sale price ofthe stock at the end ofthe first...
... Satanism, Signs from the Chapter ofthe Cave to the Last Times, Signs ofthe Last Day, The Last Times and The Beast ofthe Earth, Truths 1-2, The Western World Turns to God, The Evolution Deceit, ... System, The Miracle of Creation in Plants, The Miracle in the Atom, The Miracle in the Honeybee, The Miracle of Seed, The Miracle of Hormone, The Miracle ofthe Termite, The Miracle ofthe Human ... Struggle ofthe Messengers, The Avowed Enemy of Man: Satan, The Greatest Slander: Idolatry, The Religion ofthe Ignorant, The Arrogance of Satan, Prayer in the Qur'an, TheTheoryof Evolution, The...
... more frequently than theoryof evolution” in the scientific literature Why does the phrase theoryof evolution” appear nearly 16 times as frequently astheoryof ecology” in the scientific literature ... covered by the ISI Web of Knowledge, while the phrases theoryof evolution” and “ecological theory appear with almost equal frequency ? The reasons appear strongly historical Evolution, as propounded ... Thus no unifying theoryof everything” lies just beyond the horizon of evolutionary theory By removing thetheoryof evolution” from our lexicon, we ultimately ensure that the lay public is...
... two others the merit of having assimilated the treatment of this theory to the general categories ofthe pure theoryof value: and his emphasis in the course of this assimilation on the relation ... perform their respective parts ofthe bargain at different times, that ofthe seller preceding that ofthe buyer (purchase on credit), then the settlement ofthe bargain, or the fulfilment ofthe ... to the advancement of economic theory 37 CHAPTER II ON THE MEASUR'EMENT OF VALUE The Immeasurability of Subjective Use- Values it is usual to speak of money as a measure of value and prices, the...
... tradespeople, of course, or as men in the other professions when they begin to make themselves names; the high state of brokers, bankers, railroad operators, and the like is, in the nature ofthe case, ... has not only none ofthe expenses of other men of business, but none ofthe expenses of other artists He has no such outlay to make for materials, or models, or studio rent asthe painter or the ... for the careful examination of manuscripts, but as most ofthe material they print has been engaged, the number of volunteer contributions that they can use is very small; one ofthe greatest of...
... researchers publish with commercial presses These books are not available from RAND but can be requested directly from the publisher, except in cases where the rights have reverted to RAND and we...
... pair of objects on the basis ofthe observed number of common properties, and then weighting it by the unlikelihood* ofthe pair having at least that number of properties in common on a random basis ... only the smaller ofthe two is actually treated as a cluster) † This definition was the first to be tried out in the C.L.R.U research on classification under the title oftheTheoryof Clumps; in ... as a clump-finding procedure As this is used asthe basis ofthe procedures we have developed, we can now go on to consider the question of programming Programming Procedures for theTheory of...
... injure them The crime they resented was the assertion ofthe principle of equality before the law, for equality before the law signified the end of privilege to operate beyond the range of law ... and has no relation to the volume ofthe currency Furthermore, among all highly centralized nations, the regulation ofthe currency is one ofthe most jealously guarded ofthe prerogatives of sovereignty, ... monopoly ofthe Eastern trade upon America The Boston Tea Party occurred on December 16, 1773 Then came the heyday of competition with the acceptance ofthe theories of Adam Smith, and the political...
... answers but has forgotten the questions Thetheoryofthe business becomes “culture.” But culture is no substitute for discipline, and thetheoryofthe business is a discipline Thetheoryofthe business ... A theoryofthe business has three parts First, there are assumptions about the environment ofthe organization: society and its structure, the market, the customer, and technology Second, there ... weaknesses These assumptions are about what a company gets paid for They are what I call a company’s theoryofthe business Every organization, whether a business or not, has a theoryofthe business...
... gas, or water company; or it may be the control ofTheTheoryof Business Enterprise 46 TheTheoryof Business Enterprise peculiar sources of material, as in the case of an oil or natural gas ... vendibility ofthe product in very many lines of production depends chiefly on the wastefulness ofthe goods (cf Theoryofthe Leisure Class, ch V), the divergence between the usefulness ofthe work ... this base line are necessarily rated as variations on the part ofthe other factors in the case, not as variations ofthe base line The business man judges of events from the standpoint of ownership,...
... to the promulgation of a theory that attributes to the minting authority the right to regulate the purchasing power ofthe coinage as it thinks fit For just as long asthe minting of coins has ... differentiating the utility ofthe two for monetary purposes The consequence was the increased employment of one ofthe metals and the disappearance ofthe other The legislative and judicial intervention of ... alteration in the legal definitions ofthe content of contracts of indebtedness and ofthe system of public expenditure; it must be based on the executive authority ofthe state as controller ofthe mint...
... west, another to the Orient; one explores the legendary seas ofthe silent North, another basks in the sunny South; but they all the fantastic and the somber, the tragic and the gay fashion their ... phrase are used again in the second phrase in a different order The result of this rearrangement ofthe figures is to change the effect THETHEORYOF MUSIC i8 and the purpose ofthe two phrases ... harmony as there is a a harmony not for the ear was twenty-four centuries ago deeper astronomy true to-day as it is as Spencer has elsewhere pointed out that the chief THETHEORYOF MUSIC function of...
... 0-470-84576-7 (Electronic) Part One THEORY A unified treatment ofthetheoryof Raman scattering by molecules The Raman Effect: A Unified Treatment oftheTheoryof Raman Scattering by Molecules ... before the interaction, is defined as Ei , and in its final state f, after the interaction, as Ef The energy ofthe ground electronic state ofthe molecule will be defined as Eg and the energy of an ... The scattered intensity is proportional (a) to the square ofthe number of scattering molecules and (b) to the square ofthe irradiance ofthe incident radiation at ω1 and to the irradiance of...
... Associate Director ofthe Center for the Study ofthe History of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania Her work in establishing the Center has been recognized by the award of many honors over the ... Council of Nurses, 1899–1999 She has been influential in the nurturing of a new generation of historians ofnursing associated with the American Association for the History ofNursing and the Center ... space of others, and has led to the creation of images ofthe nurse that enabled ʻherʼ patients to deal with the discomfort they experienced as their autonomy was threatened Seeing the nurse as...
... that the core essence ofthe discipline has been misplaced At the center of professional nursing lies the authentic presence ofthe nurse, the intent and commitment that brings the nurse to the ... hunter-gatherers, artisans, and healers shared in caring for the needs ofthe community So too, contemporary nursing is offered by practitioners with a bias for the rigors of science, the aesthetics of ... Such is the nature ofthe realm of active receptivity, the sacred essence ofnursing Chapter Nursing Unlike Western society, other cultures honor the place ofthe feminine function in their stories...