... responsible for providing oversight of the bank’s internal auditors BCBS website: http://www.bis.org/publ/bcbs176.pdf The internal audit function in banks Such a committee is established within the board ... bank, enabling internal auditors to carry out their assignments with objectivity 12 On the basis of the audit plan established by the head of the internal audit function and approved by the board ... with the bank’s internal auditors to (i) discuss the risk areas identified by both parties, (ii) understand the risk mitigation measures taken by the bank, and (iii) monitor the bank’s response to...
... not to identify legal constructs but rather to label two decision-making functions within a bank BCBS website: http://www.bis.org/publ/bcbs176.pdf In this document, the terms “board of directors” ... auditors to carry out their assignments with objectivity 13 On the basis of the audit plan established by the head of the internal audit function and approved by the board of directors, the internal ... with the bank’s internal auditors to (i) discuss the risk areas identified by both parties, (ii) understand the risk mitigation measures taken by the bank, and (iii) monitor the bank’s response to...
... Late Pleistocene ‐ Holocene aquiclude The Holocene and Pleistocene aquifers are separated by the Pleistocene Holocene aquiclude. Fig 5. Early Pleistocene pebble, cobble of fluvial facies ... separating the overlying Holocene aquifer above and the Pleistocene aquifer below. The thickness of the Pleistocene ‐ Holocene aquiclude varies from 6 m to 11.5 m. However, due tothe action of old river systems, ... and peat facies in the direction from the plain tothe modern coastline. The fourth sequence consists of swamp clay, lagoonal clay and peat. In the direction towards the center of the plain, each of these sequences appears more and more ...
... in the autopsy material, the slip tothe fifth rib on both sides always existed The slips tothe fourth and sixth ribs were presented in most of cases (Figure 2D) The number of slips forming the ... rib attachments In 4.2% of the cases on the left side a missing slip tothe third rib was observed (Figure 1h), consequently there was a cleft between the second and forth ribs Analyzing the bilaterality ... the ITA (the highest muscular attachment is tothe 5-th rib) On the left side, in 53.3% the bare area reaches below the second rib and intercostal space; in nearly half of the cases (46.7%) the...
... ‘optical biopsies’ of the airway wall are obtained by placing the tip of the miniprobe onto the airway wall surface Another advantage of FCFM and its miniprobe is the ability to reach and therefore ... elastic fibre patterns in the subepithelial layer were scored in the histological sections Pattern scores by histology and FCFM proved to be close in resemblance By analysing both the autofluorescence ... elastic fibre patterns within the airway wall and that these patterns are comparable to those observed by airway histology Therefore, the first aim of the study was to investigate the agreement between...
... Hebrew origins, and that its contents mark it off to some extent from the other books of the Hebrew Bible The object of the Pentateuch and the Book of Joshua is to describe in their origin the ... ascribed to Jubal and Tubal-cain, these too are quite in the spirit of Sumerian and Babylonian tradition, in their attempt to picture the beginnings of civilization Thus Enmeduranki, the prototype ... Other through tracks in Palestine ran then as they to- day, by Beesheba and Hebron, or along the 'Arabah and west of the Dead Sea, or through Edom and east of Jordan by the present Hajj route to...
... enumeration of the source population was 31st of December 1986 according tothe plants payroll roster There was staggered recruitment into the study, the baseline being for 148 subjects 31/12/1986 ... worker to be included in the prospective analysis had to be a "no case" at the base line The "prospective" cases were included in the retrospective analysis but for these cases date of onset was their ... and contributed tothe manuscript, designed the study, was the examining physician at the baseline and the follow ups, participated and contributed substantial in the analysis and in the interpretation...
... 3-ml tubes and subjected to rapid freezing and slow thawing which induced membrane damage The tubes were rapidly frozen by immersion directly into liquid nitrogen for Thereafter the tubes were ... ultimate goal: to disclose its potential fertility and, in the long run, to disclose the fertility of the male from whom the sample has been collected [21] The relationship between laboratory semen ... Correlations between the results of various laboratory assays therein motility tothe male fertility have been reported since 1950s [34] The possibility of computerized measurement of spermatozoa motility...
... income, than the traditional monocultural rubber farming system Especially good alternatives were found to be the subsystems rubber-pineapple, rubber-durian-mangosteen, rubber-poultry and rubber-durianfishery ... related to actual number of trees per hectare Plantation abbreviations: BB19- Buriram, BPM 24, 19 years; BR16- Buriram, RRIM 600, 16 years; BR10- Buriram, RRIM 600, 10 years; NB16- Nong Khai, BPM24, ... model, including bark and branches Plantation abbreviations: BB19- Buriram, BPM 24, 19 years; BR16- Buriram, RRIM 600, 16 years; BR10- Buriram, RRIM 600, 10 years; NB16Nong Khai, BPM24, 16 years;...
... either the b- galactosidase protein alone or the CK2btes b- galactosidase fusion protein, both being under the control of the CK2btes promoter (Fig 1B) Expression of the reporter genes was monitored ... might be insufficient to affect the CK2 activity, as it could be compensated by the initial molar excess of total pool of b subunits over the CK2 a subunit Taking into account the CK2btes ability to ... (AD**) CK 2b( BD*): CK2btes(AD**) CK 2b( BD*): CK 2b( AD**) CK 2b( BD*): (AD**) CK2btes(BD*): CK2btes(AD**) CK2btes(BD*): (AD**) Blue Blue White White Blue Blue White Blue White Yes Yes Weak growth No...
... deposition between them Owing tothe 183 bp distance between L1 and L2, the R3s bound to these sites can work as boundaries, restricting the translational mobility of nucleosomes between them Fixing the ... assembled over d35 shows the increased nuclease sensitivity of the top strand of the DNA in the presence of R3 The primer hybridizes tothe bottom strand 93 bp upstream of L1 GATC shows the sequencing ... However, the crystal structure of the repressor–operator complex has shown that the binding of the repressor tothe 21 bp symmetric operator distorts the DNA conformation, bending it away from the...
... as the most closely related verb in this ease It can generally be said that the more the noun's relation to human becomes closer and the more the level of abstract of the noun becomes lower the ... numbers of verbs that are closely related to them ~id therefore have to associate to them (nouns) become large And that the numbers of associated ideoms or ideom like parases become large, Therefore, ... related through case relation to each translation equivalent verb thus obtained by consulting word usage dictionary Then check all the nouns belonging to nearby categories in the given concepts structure...
... subjects of both sexes In overweight subjects the highest scores were noted on the role-emotional scale whilst the lowest were obtained on the vitality scale In obese subjects of both sexes the ... probably make it possible to ascertain the subtle differences which contribute to a change in the perceived quality of life in individuals with increased body weight, and particularly in the obese ... obese subjects [24] However, very few studies are focused on the link between the quality of life and the BMI value in the general population [25,26] Therefore, the aim of our research was to...
... with the other authors the study, analyzed the data and drafted the manuscript, JFN contributed tothe concept and design and statistical analysis of the data, IS collected the data, BL contributed ... distress) to (extremely distressed) The HSCL-25 score was calculated as the sum score of items divided by number of items answered To be counted as a valid HSCL-25 score, at least 13 items had to be ... assessed by the question, "Is there any risk that you might lose your current job in the near future?" The score ranged from (yes, absolutely) to (no, very unlikely) and responses were dichotomized...
... have to be told You have to let them grow up to a certain age They will have to be told when they have a sense of understanding and wisdom giving such information to a child can be fatal to him ... should be told at the beginning of the research Their reasons focused on reducing the children being taken aback upon learning their status during the course of the research and for enhancing the ... is better for them to know it in advance, before their participation in the research study They must also know the reasons of their participation in the research study – what they will talk about...
... d'Azur The different relationships between age and the prevalence rates of low vision and blindness may be explained by the different reasons given by subjects for the impairments A considerable ... vision, but this was not so for blindness Higher education enables people to become better informed about potential diseases related to ageing, and gives them more effective access to healthcare Table ... shown that the non-medical costs of visual impairment were comparable tothe nationally reimbursed drug budget [7] It is therefore crucial to obtain nationwide estimates of low vision and blindness...
... participated in the preparation and conduct of the study and the editing of the article BR contributed to shaping of the article and the editing of the article GEE contributed tothe statistical ... estimated to study the association between variables and to check that the correlation between the independent variables (avoidance, attention, and fear) was not too high to include them as independent ... coefficient (B) , standard error (SE) to investigate the relationship of the independent variables tothe dependent variables, standardized regression coefficients (beta) to compare the contribution...
... subjects of both sexes In overweight subjects the highest scores were noted on the role-emotional scale whilst the lowest were obtained on the vitality scale In obese subjects of both sexes the ... probably make it possible to ascertain the subtle differences which contribute to a change in the perceived quality of life in individuals with increased body weight, and particularly in the obese ... obese subjects [24] However, very few studies are focused on the link between the quality of life and the BMI value in the general population [25,26] Therefore, the aim of our research was to...
... al 2006; Weber et al 2007) On the other hand, pine seemed to be more drought-tolerant than other common species (e.g Vitas, Bitvinskas 1998; Cienciala et al 1999) Consequently, the historical growth ... stand But silvicultural measures performed in the stands can strongly influence observed growth responses (Sabaté et al 2002) Therefore, the objective of the present study was to find out answers to ... selection from above and variant 3b represents low thinning The intensity of thinning was set to account for 15–10% of the basal area during the first half of the rotation period (up tothe age of...