... Bush, and Barack Obama and on those they chose to serve in their cabinets and in the Executive Office in the White House and to run regulatory agencies, including the Federal Reserve andthe Securities ... leveraged (the ratio ofthe loan to the true value ofthe asset is very high) But the belief that the price ofthe bubble asset will rise even further leads to even laxer lending standards, magnifying ... branch to the supervision of c the Office ofthe Comptroller ofthe Currency (OCC).7 The Three I’s—deology, interests, and institutions— re imi a pediments to successful policy making and government...
... limit on the supply ofthe tranches that were most in demand the AAA tranches—because the starting points ofthe rating models were predictions ofthe rate of default on the entire pool Had the rating ... concerned about the default risk ofthe banks as they were about the default risk of Fannie and Freddie As we discuss toward the end ofthe chapter (when we consider the ‘‘too big to fail’’ theory as ... with the analyses then on offer At the time, there were (understandably) only hypotheses that lacked evidence, and many of them, while equally plausible, contradicted each other Additionally, there...
... below the CEO—both to expand their knowledge ofthe company and CEO succession candidates, and to increase other top-level executives’ exposure to the thinking ofthe board andthe board process The ... final responsibility for the functioning ofthe firm Most important, it sets the rules ofthe game for the CEO The job ofthe board is to hire, fire, and compensate the CEO, and to provide high-level ... Chairman ofthe Board It is common in U.S corporations for the CEO also to hold the position of Chairman ofthe Board The function ofthe Chairman is to run board meetings and oversee the process of...
... by changing the types and thresholds of these variables in order to find the best regression model to predict the early femoral failures The final regression model determined whether these five ... collected the data, and drafted the manuscript FL designed this study, analyzed the data, performed statistical analyses and drafted the manuscript All ofthe authors read and approved the final ... 3) The correlation between the predicted failure based on our multivariable logistic regression model andthe explanatory variables of Tscore and body mass index demonstrated that the femoral failure...
... report was prepared for the Office ofthe Secretary of Defense (OSD) This research was conducted under the auspices ofthe Forces and Resources Policy Center ofthe RAND National Defense Research ... funded research and development center sponsored by the OSD, the Joint Staff, the Unified Combatant Commands, the Department ofthe Navy, the Marine Corps, the defense agencies, andthe defense Intelligence ... of how the racial and ethnic distribution of officers Officer Classificationandthe Future of Diversity Among Senior Military Leaders Figure 1.1 Racial/Ethnic Distribution in the Enlisted, Officer,...
... interfering with the reaction between the endotoxins andthe LAL As a consequence, the suitability ofthe regents and materials used andthe product itself has to be established The endotoxin limit ... of micro-organisms is obtained after incubation in presence of blood andthe ATMP, the product possesses no antimicrobial activity under the conditions ofthe test, andthe sterility may be then ... and coordination All the authors read and approved the final manuscript References Regulation (EC) No 1394/2007 ofthe European Parliament andofthe Council of 13 November 2007 on advanced therapy...
... in the literature pertaining to the use ofbone cements in the context of osteolytic cysts in knee arthroplasty, however these analogues have been successfully used in the treatment of benign bone ... operated the patient and is the senior author HA managed the patient and wrote the manuscript VR assisted with the literature review and manuscript preparation All authors have read and approved the ... image ofthe left knee showing the introducing cannula and simultaneous venting ofthe medial tibial condylar cyst Discussion When dealing with massive periprosthetic osteolysis the aims of surgery...
... principally on the significance of these findings in the context of our current understanding of BMP receptor biology, and relate the data to our knowledge of inheritance patterns and disease pathophysiology ... includes the three mammalian TGF-β isoforms, the activins and inhibins, and over 30 members ofthe BMP subfamily [7,8] Unlike the mammalian TGF-β isoforms, BMPs are secreted in an active form and, ... conditions Other structural studies indicate that the plexiform lesions of PPH are composed of monoclonal foci of proliferating endothelial cells [31], and microdissection of endothelial cells from these...
... used to compare the effect of ET on the duration of weaning and on the total duration of MV Variables were included in the final models if they were associated with the duration of weaning or MV ... between ET and duration of weaning andthe total duration of MV The 21 patients in the ET group were demographically similar to the 53 patients in the ST group, except for the greater number of patients ... performed by the open surgical technique in the operating room and there were no deaths attributable to the procedure It is not clear whether the safety ofthe percutaneous approach should alter the decision...
... disorder Like the pervasive effects of culture, distortion of consciousness lies at the heart of both the individual experience of mental disorder andthe effect of it on the embedding ofthe individual ... or the other ofthe teams, or separate counts ofthe number of bounce and areal passes During the game, a figure in a full gorilla suit appears, faces the camera, beats its breast, and walks off ... [11] Invoking the spirit ofthe Shannon-McMillan Theorem, essentially the zero-error limit ofthe Rate Distortion Theorem discussed in the Mathematical Appendix, allows definition of an adiabatically,...
... ofthe body andthe smooth flow ofthe meridians It pointed out by the balance ofthe bioelectric properties, according to the rule Yin- Yang balance ofthe Yin-Yang theory 4.2 THE CHANGING OF ... cure This shows the awareness ofthe ancients about the appearance ofthe disease and acupuncture have effects to harmonize Qi and Xue, reset balance of Yin and Yang is correct and there is a scientific ... suitable for the treatment of LBP kidney failure type - The effect of EA in the treatment of LBP kidney failure type on clinical: To confirm the effect of electro acupuncture in the treatment of LBP...
... element in the Enron andthe other recent accounting scandals was not a major flaw in the standards themselves, but primarily a failure either ofthe company to comply with the standards or ofthe regulator ... short years ago, the American system of corporate disclosure the combination of accounting and auditing standards, the professionalism of auditors, andthe rules and practices of corporate governance ... enacting most of them, and others, in the Corporate Responsibility Act of 2002 Policymakers were not the only ones to take quick action in the wake ofthe scandals The major stock exchanges the New...
... understanding this transformation, and mapping the contours of these emerging practices of governing in the context of failure? In other words, how we study the how of global governance? One ofthe ... ofthe 1990s, including the Mexican and Asian financial crises andthe recognition of a failed decade of aid to sub-Saharan Africa, were viewed as signs of profound failure in the governance of ... and concerns – such as the political sources of policy failure, andthe problem of risk and contingency – became the subject of intense intellectual and practical preoccupation The products of...
... supervisors Prof Teoh Swee-Hin and A/Prof Jerry Chan I would like to thank them for their constant sharing of knowledge and ideas, their patience and understanding, andthe many hours they have each ... surrounds the outside ofbone except at areas covered by the articulating cartilage, andthe endosteum lines the inner bone surface within the marrow 17 Examination ofthe anatomy ofbone also ... bulk ofthe tensile yield strength and plays an important in the storage of various ions The mineral salts ofbone comprises of largely of calcium and phosphorus (Downey and Siegel 2006) The organic...
... (cancellous) bone Cortical bone forms the dense outer shell of most bones and it accounts for 80% ofthe total bone mass Cortical bone is mostly found in the shaft portion of long bones andthe outer ... to the long axis ofthe collagen fibres In the body, woven and lamellar bones are structurally organized into trabecular and cortical boneBone comprises of several components They are thebone ... tissue in the human body for the treatment of critical size bone defects Despite the use of autografts, allografts and synthetic grafts, there is still a great demand for bone grafts Bone tissue...
... tissue engineering, the hypotheses of this study, andthe scope/ structure of this thesis The literature review (Chapter II) of this thesis covers the tendon anatomy, physiology, biomechanics, injury ... muscle, the grouping of gastrocnemius, the soleus, andthe plantaris muscle to the calcaneus bone As organs, tendons consist of three parts: the muscle attachment region, the substance ofthe tendon ... measure ofthe energy that is lost during the loading-unloading test ofthe tendon; it therefore is an indication ofthe viscous properties ofthe tissue (Butler 1978) The mechanical properties of...
... the food stocks, andthe mood ofthe garrison The tactics ofthe Daily Mail captured the attention ofthe nation; the newspaper dramatized the situation ofthe town by emphasizing the danger that ... examine both the role ofthe press in the formation of public opinion about imperialism andthe role ofthe press in the formation ofthe concept of public opinion itself Mafeking Night marks the powerful ... powerful beginning ofthe New Journalism at the same time as it marks the beginning ofthe end ofthe New Imperialism The coincidence of these occasions arises from the nature ofthe South African...
... of individual, hand-to-hand combat Grand strategy, on the other hand, remained the preserve of Tiw.11 In India, too, much the same phenomenon was apparent in the role of Indra, the chief ofthe ... the mainstream of legal analysis, largely as a result ofthe crumbling of older conceptions of legitimacy andthe rise of new aspirations for democracy andthe self-determination of peoples The ... testimony both to the warlike character ofthe Greeks and to their feeling of cultural unity, the cities ofthe Amphictyonic League of Delphi agreed that, in the event of war, the combatant states...
... creating and advancing liquidity to producers; along the circuit, the financial system governs the supply and demand of funds and, at the end ofthe process, it determines the condition for the closure ... institutions and strengthen the complementarity between the formal andthe informal sectors The poorest people of rural and urban societies live beyond the frontier of formal finance, or outside the formal ... affected by the creation and use of fiat-money Crucial to this purpose is the functional separation that the theory operates between banks and firms The macroeconomic focus ofthe theory, however,...
... zero even at the 95% level in Canada, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK andthe US Moreover, while in some countries, (including Finland, the UK andthe US) residential ... also for these countries the existence of cointegration could not be rejected We therefore specify the VAR models in the level ofthe variables Nevertheless, we neither impose the number of cointegrating ... to offset the macro economic effects ofthe collapse ofthe bubble).2 Of course, it is by no means clear that central banks are better able to judge the appropriate level of asset prices and the...