... established by The National Academies of Sciences and Engineering andthe Institute of Medicine in 1991 The mandate ofthe STEP Board is to integrate understanding of scientific, technological, and economic ... study on the financial services industry in Chapter of Report ofthe Panel on the Financial Services Industry National Academy of Engineering 2003 The Impact of Academic Research on Industrial ... become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences andthe National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, andthe scientific and...
... resulting embarrassment and loss of marketing momentum, andthe finding of infringement would likely result in an injunction prohibiting use ofthe mark Third, obtaining a favorable opinion is ... presence inthe food technology industry Trademarks are perhaps the most common means of IP protection inthe food industry Companies often invest millions in advertising and marketing their brands in ... Granted xvi Introduction As shown, there is a steady increase in trademark filing inthe food industry over the period from 1999 to 2006 Companies are increasingly investing in their brand and reputation...
... offense andthe abuse of dominance, the state action doctrine andthe immunity for government petitioning, all of which are crucial to the understanding ofthelimitsofantitrust intervention inthe ... restrictive antitrust rules may undermine xii Intellectualpropertyandthelimitsofantitrustthe coherence ofthe IP system Inthe pursuit of equilibrium between IP andantitrust law, European ... positions.9 These differences andthe discussion of how they affect the treatment ofthe refusals to deal and essential facilities intheUSandinthe EU are the subject ofthe next two sections of this...
... following a version of “narrow banking” Total lending and corporate lending by savings banks in Germany kept increasing even after the beginning ofthe financial crisis in 2007, however Accordingly, ... is whether the growing trend in globalization in banking results in events such as the U.S financial crisis affecting the real economy in other countries through the bank lending channel In particular, ... provide financial access to the community in which they operate andin particular to customers without access to financial services with other financial institutions The business model of savings...
... ranging from the purpose to protect intellectualproperty rights or to maintain the identity and reputation ofthe network or even to maximize the profits ofthe network Since the variants of ... vertical restraints Inthe one hand, a combination of vertical restraints aggravates their negative effects, but inthe other hand, certain combinations of vertical restraints are better for competition ... franchise agreements involve the use of a single business name, the application of uniform business methods or the payment of royalties in return for the benefits granted’8 as well as the franchisee’s...
... erns of cultures — the poli tical andintellectual culture s ofthe Zhou d ynast y and t he Warri ng St ates peri od Speci fi call y, uti litari anism was the mainst ream thinking duri ng the ... ABSTRACT Xun Zi was one of t he great est C onfuci an thinkers inthe pre-Qin peri od The purpose of thi s t hesis is to i nterpret the basi c charact er of his philosoph y First of all, it argues ... in which Xun Zi lived, yet his broader sense of utilit ari anism inherited and absorbed the el ement s V of rites and musi c from the Zhou politi cal culture Xun Zi ’s empiricism reflect ed the...
... , 见 A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy ( Princeton, N.J : Princeton University Press, 1963), p.115 10 11 廖名春《荀子新探》(台北:文津出版社,1994),页 200-201。 Paul R Goldin, The philosophy of Xunzi, Ann Arbor, ... 288-292。不同的是,郭沫若专注在宋钘与荀子的比较,而杜国庠使用了“宋 尹学派”的提法,白奚使用了“稷下学派”的提法。 16 Masayuki Sato, The Confucian Quest for Order: The Origin and Formation ofthe Political Thought of Xun Zi (Leiden: Brill, 2003), p.162 17 在荀学研究中,人们常用名学、辩学等概念指代荀子的逻辑学,其涵义虽未 ... Graham, Disputers ofthe Tao : Philosophical Argument in Ancient China, p.107 “Crisis”一词见该书第二章标题,但该章中实际使用 的概念是“形而上学的疑惑”。 51 关于本体论的概念和历史的详细综述,有兴趣的读者请浏览 Raul Corazzon, “Theory and History of Ontology”...
... strengthening links inthe supply chains of industries; promoting role of Associations; developing supporting industries and services, etc 23 24 CONCLUSION criteria to conduct an analysis and ... visions and guiding thinking It requires connecting the institutions and policies with the global market and environment, with the international commitments; respect business freedomand autonomy, and ... and correlation, having negative impacts on the society and customers So, “improving thecompetitionand business monopoly control policy in Vietnam inthe context of international economic integration”...
... dozens of machines outside the Department, including systems at BBN, the IBM Hawthorne Laboratory, the CMU Software Engineering Institute andthe Los Alamos Research Laboratory As of this writing, ... object to the kernel by using the pager_data_provided call This call specifies the location ofthe data within the memory object, and includes the memory object data It is usually made in response ... write permission, the shared memory server must invalidate all ofthe other uses of this page; it does so using the pager_flush_request call Once all readers have been invalidated, the server grants...
... 2004, of portacaval shunting, thereby decreasing first pass metabolism; decrease in quantities and affinity of plasma proteins, thereby increasing free-drug levels; increase in volume of distribution ... syndrome), including carbamazepine, phenytoin, phenobarbital, and lamotrigine The triad of hypersensitivity includes fever, rash and internal organ involvement with onset of symptoms within to weeks of ... pre-dialysis and 2–3 hrs following the post-dialysis dose There is a case report in which lithium levels were maintained inthe therapeutic range by intraperitoneal administration of lithium during continuous...
... role inthe pathogenesis of both types of diabetes mellitus High levels of free radicals andthe decline of antioxidant defense mechanisms lead to damage of cellular organelles and enzymes, increased ... that causes diabetic complications (11-13) The combination ofthe low levels of antioxidants and raised levels of free radical play a major role in delaying wound healing in aged rate and diabetic ... improve insulin sensitivity and help in wound healing (16,17) Along with others, the investigators have used microcurrent for treatment of chronic wounds and ulcers (18-20) In an earlier work, The...
... capsule contains 375 mg of glucosamine HCl (USP Grade) and 300 mg of chondroitin sulfate (USP Grade) The subjects were instructed to take two G+C capsules inthe morning and two inthe evening for ... provide written informed consent Use of other natural health products, including glucosamine and chondroitin, one month prior to study and during the study, other than multivitamin and mineral supplements ... containing vitamins and minerals as the sole medicinal ingredients Use of concomitant prohibited medication (narcotics, oral NSAIDs, topical NSAIDs) within four weeks of randomization Use of acetaminophen...
... found the work ofthe students in group of three was ineffective Inthe time of five minutes they only discuss some information about that place.They must collect information from the other groups ... use their mother tongue inthe first few lessons and then try to stop them overusing it One method is to explain briefly in English, then if necessary supply written instructions in their mother ... the benefits of these activities in making class more interesting and 50% consider pairwork and groupwork helping in motivating students and learning process The teachers seemed not to find the...
... style They give the main points and state the criticism at the top inthe headline andthe lead paragraph(s) The body ofthe articles then adds details, statements, and comments from people involved ... language in common and American articles in particular, one must be able to find out the subject andthe main verb In this case, subject and main verb are together at the beginning ofthe sentence, ... well as the language used 4.2 4.2.1 Data analysis and findings Structure ofthe articles Each ofthe three main part of an article (the headline, the lead andthe body) has its own distinctive...
... to the profile of fecal coliforms, the number of fecal coliforms clearly increased after the rain due to the influence of CSO The influence of CSO occurred predominantly after the rain rather ... to the inflow of sea water to the purification zone caused by the tides and also due to the inflow during the high tide at the end of silt fences located at the water’s edges Concerning to the ... (44% of total days) outside against the 67days (64% ofthe total days) inside the purification zone The ranked days were 20 point higher inside rather than outside On the other hand, the number of...
... influence on the behavior of borrowers If the income and savings ofthe individual is high then he/she is least attracted to debt financing On the other hand, the individual with low income and ... perceptions and expectations of their customers Such a study would evaluate the level of knowledge and interest about micro financing prevailing inthe lower income groups The awareness of micro financing ... ignoring the idea of business sharing within their respective communities, thus discouraging the notion of group lending, which is termed as the baseline of micro finance model However, the MFIs...
... contribution of other factors involved in speaking 1.3 Cultural factors inthe teaching and learning of speaking skills in classrooms 1.3.1 What cultural factors influence on the teaching andthe learning ... concept include a group’s way of thinking, feeling, and acting, and fixed patterns for doing certain things According to Thompson (1990:132), the pattern meaning embodied in symbolic forms, including ... effectively However, inthe thesis, the researcher wants to find out the attitudes, as well as the cultural awareness in teaching and learning spoken English ofthe teachers andthe students of 10 th grade...
... was the scene ofthe infamous Boer defeat ofthe British inthe first Boer War of ).⁵ This kind of slap inthe face was pushing the British public a little too far, and sales of Stead’s mainstream ... Honor and masculinity went hand -in- hand in Kipling But masculine honor is not Gender, race, andthe writing of empire sexual restraint in Kipling, as any of ‘ The Ladies’’ ofthe poem of that ... place inthe chivalric world of war marked either the uncontrollable lust ofthe British soldier in wartime or the self-controlled lust ofthe British soldier in wartime In one ofthe last of the...
... definition of a marine region It does, however introduce the idea of integrating the protection ofthe marine and coastal environment, requiring states to manage the marine environment and adjacent land ... protection ofthe marine environment in either the Arctic or the Antarctic Secondly, there is nothing inthe 1982 LOS Convention or in general international law to inhibit the making of such regional ... linkages between this part ofthe Convention and other, sectoral, treaties dealing with the marine environment, including the 1972 Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of...
... gather themselves into things’ In a dense passage in which Celan’s poetry is seen to bring to the fore the proximity ofthe other as though the other were encountered inthe tactility of a handshake, ... relations of possession, the realm of economy understood in terms of money, ownership and exchange The calling in question ofthe I, coextensive with the manifestation ofthe Other inthe face, ... letting itself be shown that is the mark of everything that is present’.27 The ‘moving force’ ofthe showing of saying that brings beings into their own is owning or appropriation that yields the...