... governance ofthe bank including the functioning oftheauditcommittee 90 Theauditcommittee and board of directors should not conclude that theinternalauditfunction is functioning well ... experience of each internal auditor and ofinternal auditors collectively, is essential tothe effectiveness ofthe bank’s internalauditfunction Principle 4: Internal auditors should act with integrity ... out in section A of this guidance This includes: The basic features oftheinternalaudit function; The existence and content oftheinternalaudit charter; The scope oftheinternal audit...
... bank including the functioning oftheauditcommittee 91 Theauditcommittee and board of directors should not conclude that theinternalauditfunction is functioning well solely because the supervisory ... Professional competence, including the knowledge and experience of each internal auditor and ofinternal auditors collectively, is essential tothe effectiveness ofthe bank’s internalauditfunction ... within theinternalauditfunctionIn addition, a bank may rotate staff from other functional areas ofthe bank totheinternalauditfunction or from theinternalauditfunctionto other functional...
... silty clay of lagoonal facies inthe central part passing into silty clay of flood plain, oxbow, coastal swamp and peat facies inthe direction from the plain tothe modern coastline. ... alluvial and proluvial facies (formed inthe first stage of each cycle), while the aquicludes are fine sediments of deltaic, coastal swamp and marine facies (formed inthe final stage of each cycle). ... coastline. The fourth sequence consists of swamp clay, lagoonal clay and peat. Inthe direction towards the center ofthe plain, each of these sequences appears more and more particular facies ...
... was gathered inthe course of fresh cadaver autopsies carried out inthe Department of Forensic Medicine at the Medical University of Sofia, Bulgaria The medico-legal office and local Ethic Committee ... D.Sc (Department of Anatomy, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic) for locating the work of Loth (1931) The kind help of Dr Tsvetomir Badov in proofreading ofthe ... reaches the level of third rib and intercostal space Conclusions The data from the present study adds some basic information concerning the surgical anatomy ofthe anterior thoracic wall It describes...
... Next, the Alveoflex miniprobe ofthe FCFM system (Cellvizio, Mauna Kea Technologies, France [20]) was inserted through the working channel ofthe bronchoscope and placed on the main carina ofthe ... recording of FCFM images and collection of endobronchial biopsy specimens Asthmatic subjects had controlled disease according to GINA guidelines [1] Furthermore, they met all ofthe following criteria: ... histology and FCFM Second, FCFM images during bronchoscopy were captured by placing the miniprobe perpendicularly tothe surface ofthe airway main carina followed by a biopsy from the same location...
... played in moulding the civilization ofthe smaller nations with whom they came in contact To such influence the races of Syria were, by geographical position, peculiarly subject The country has often ... that an account ofthe origin of divination is included in his description ofthe descendents of Noah by the writer ofthe Biblical Antiquities of Philo, a product ofthe same school as the Fourth ... this correspondence may be seen inthe fact that the new Sumerian Version ofthe Deluge Story, which I propose to discuss inthe second lecture, gives us a connected account ofthe world's history...
... machinery The date of enumeration ofthe source population was 31st of December 1986 according tothe plants payroll roster There was staggered recruitment into the study, the baseline being ... analysis of exposureresponse inthe same cohort The objective ofthe present study was to assess the incidence of Raynaud's phenomenon inrelationto hand-arm vibration exposure in a cohort consisting ... designs [6-8] The longitudinal studies have mostly been retrospective asking the worker whether finger blanching occurs and the date ofthe first occurrence [7,8] The repeated cross-sectional studies...
... samples Percentage of viable spermatozoa was calculated based on the ratio of fluorescence output of intact and of killed subsamples, corrected inrelationto background fluorescence (blank) ... the fluorescence intensity ofthe sperm nuclei in artificially membrane-ruptured spermatozoa In contrast, membrane-permeant H342 was used to measure fluorescence intensities of intact spermatozoa ... fluorescent cytological analyses of DNA [9,10] Many techniques employing above-mentioned and plethora of other fluorescent dyes are to be combined with microscopic or flow cytometric assessment techniques...
... ha, of which 45 420 (2.3 %) were inthe Northeast and North of Thailand The eastern provinces including Chachoengsao accounted for 12.3 % ofthe plantation area (RRIT 1996 cited in RFD 2000) According ... America The commercial and large-scale exploitation ofthe tree did not begin until inthe last quarter ofthe 19th century With the arrival of cars, discovery ofthe pneumatic tyre and following ... importantly the branching pattern, is a critical characteristic Breeding of more suitable clones could lead to better rubber wood productivity and increased income inthe long term, but meanwhile clonal...
... 5¢-ATAAGCTTGCTTT AAAATCCACCCCACG-3¢ and 5¢-TCGGATCCC AGTGCCCACTTATTCGAAAAG-3¢ HindIII–BamHI digested PCR product was cloned into the pBlueScript SKvector and then recloned by KpnI–BamHI into the pTZ19R ... PCRamplified from the DNA ofthe cosmid clone #9 [18] using the following pair of primers: 5¢-GACTGCAGTGAAGG GCATCGAGTCCTCGGG-3¢ and 5¢-GAGGATCCGG GACATTCCTTAGCCAGGAGGG-3¢ To make the b-galactosidase ... 5¢-CAGGATCCCTATGAGCAGC TCCGAGGAAGTCTCCT-3¢ and 5¢-CTGTCGACTTA GTTTTTCGCTCGTAGTGGCATTTTAAAATTGGCT GC-3¢ BamHI–SalI digested PCR fragment was cloned into BamHI–SalI digested pAS2-1 vector, or into...
... salt concentrations, denoting an increase inthe linking number ofthe DNA As chloroquin introduces positive supercoils into the DNA, this shift confirms that with increasing salt concentration, there ... Pusarla et al chromatin-modifying mechanisms Thus, cells use nucleosome positioning as a mechanism to include or exclude the binding sites of trans-acting factors from accessible chromatin regions ... in uenced by the ionic strength ofthe medium in vitro [16,17] Folding ofthe chromatin into higher-order structures involves interparticle interactions ofthe nucleosome cores Several charge-neutralizing...
... through case relationto each translation equivalent verb thus obtained by consulting word usage dictionary Then check all the nouns belonging to nearby categories inthe given concepts structure ... can generally be said that the more the noun's relationto human becomes closer and the more the level of abstract ofthe noun becomes lower the numbers of verbs that are closely related to them ... ofthe structure ofthe categories as in Fig.l, and then find appropriate translation equivalents in detail at the lower level categories (2) To each verb found inthe process ofthe association,...
... adequate intervention [15,16] Accordingly, evaluation ofthe quality of life has become a focus of interest not only in population studies, but also in clinical medicine [17], particularly in patients ... subjective perception of physical and mental health [21] Subjects We carried out a cross-sectional analysis ofthe quality of life inthe urban population of central Belgrade which, according to ... significant difference in smoking habits Table presents values ofthe odds ratio ofthe quality of life scores inrelationto nourishment status in men Physical functioning was considerably lower in...
... statistical analysis ofthe data, IS collected the data, BL contributed tothe concept and interpretation ofthe data, DB contributed tothe concept, design, statistical analysis and interpretation of ... status was dichotomized according to whether the woman was married/cohabitating or not Place of residence variable was categorized according to urban (Oslo), rural (Lofoten), or other (moved elsewhere) ... (WA) were missing for 12 cases (2,01%) problems However, all data collection was conducted inthe presence of a trained investigator, which may have assisted in overcoming shortcomings The question...
... treatment in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic ofthe Congo (DRC), the first of its kind inthe country The aim of this operational research was to develop a context-appropriate model of comprehensive ... will stop participating In contrast, three health professionals felt that children should be told at the beginning ofthe research Their reasons focused on reducing the children being taken aback ... included as a part ofthe assent process prior to research participation, a component of research participation, or not incorporated in any aspect ofthe child's involvement inthe research We also explored...
... France and the United Kingdom Some econometric surveys confirm the existence of 'physician-induced demand' inthe French system of ambulatory care, which causes healthcare expenditure to increase ... allocated appropriately (medical and non-medical), especially when increasing life expectancy is predicted to continue [8] The use of registers to estimate the prevalence of blindness is controversial, ... eye-care activities, such as number of visits/inhabitant, glaucoma diagnosis campaign, etc Inequality of quality of care could also be a factor explaining the prevalence rate differences across the...
... and the editing ofthe article BR contributed to shaping ofthe article and the editing ofthe article GEE contributed tothe statistical analyses and the editing ofthe manuscripts KN participated ... from each other in some characteristics; however inthe genetic counseling setting it is interesting to analyze them together since they are very similar with regard tothe risk they are living ... predictor, and an outcome inthe units of measurement ofthe predictor It is the change inthe outcome associated with a unit change inthe predictor, whereas the standardized regression coefficient...
... adequate intervention [15,16] Accordingly, evaluation ofthe quality of life has become a focus of interest not only in population studies, but also in clinical medicine [17], particularly in patients ... subjective perception of physical and mental health [21] Subjects We carried out a cross-sectional analysis ofthe quality of life inthe urban population of central Belgrade which, according to ... significant difference in smoking habits Table presents values ofthe odds ratio ofthe quality of life scores inrelationto nourishment status in men Physical functioning was considerably lower in...
... thinning The intensity of thinning was set to account for 15–10% ofthe basal area during the first half ofthe rotation period (up tothe age of 50 years) and for 10–6% ofthe basal area inthe ... relationto thinning Variability of growth response was determined by the variance of correlation coefficients for variables detected using PCA during the previous steps The effect of thinning on the ... response of diameter increment, carried out in six long-term experimental series with thinning located inthe Czech Republic, we conclude: The investigation confirmed the significant negative effect of...