... Public Service The Executive as Initiator of Strategic Reform: The Case of Louisiana 36 The Courts as an Initiator of Reform: The Unique Case ofthe Personnel Board of Jefferson County, ... spawned a variety of significant ramifications and implications ofreform Therefore, Part 4, “Future Reform Issues,” identifies a variety of key issues No image ofthe supposed shortcomings of civil service ... addition, studies of certain facets of this reform, such as GeorgiaGain, found that employees were highly critical of much ofthereform package, questioning the effectiveness ofthereformand generally...
... expand the funding base, on the model ofthe Burgerversicherung, are being blocked by the CDU, reflecting the traditionally close relations between the party andthe pharmaceutical industry andthe ... the reforms as ‘one-sided’ and ‘unfair’.43 Its position is reflected in the DGB, whose chairman, Michael Sommer, labelled the reforms as ‘dismantling the welfare state’.44 On the other hand, the ... calculated on the basis ofthe length of 180 GERMAN POLITICS their insurance record andthe amount of contributions paid (calculated as a percentage of income, up to a cut-off point) In addition, the 1957...
... as the Division of Wildlife Services, the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, andthe Bureau of Land Management ofthe United States Department ofthe Interior, the Corps of Engineers ofthe ... parts ofthe Parliament are the King’s Majesty, the Lord’s Spiritual, the Lord’s Temporal, andthe Commons The King and these three Estates together form the great corporation of body politic ofthe ... achievement ofthe highest and best use of land and resources is more profitable to mankind than unplanned development 6) The police power ofthe state, the ultimate sovereignty ofthe people, and the...
... dogs Thecat sprang nimbly up a tree, and sat down at the top of it, where the branches and foliage quite concealed her ‘Open your sack, Mr Fox, open your sack,’ cried thecat to him, but the ... up he sprang, and moved off, dragging the lion behind him The beast began to roar and bellow, till all the birds ofthe wood flew away for fright; but the horse let him sing on, and made his way ... together and bound all so hard and fast that with all his strength he could not set himself free When the work was done, the fox clapped the horse on the shoulder, and said, ‘Jip! Dobbin! Jip!’ Then...
... switch and alters the expression ofthe two nuclear genome coded isoforms of CytOX V [10,32] The regulation of genes CytOX5a and CytOX5b, coding for the two isofoms Va and Vb, parallels that of genes ... shows the effects of hypoxia on the steady state levels of nuclear genome encoded CytOX IV and Vb mRNAs There was no change in the levels of these mRNAs in macrophages at h of hypoxia, the time ... succinylacetone and CoCl2 are known inhibitors of heme biosynthesis, these agents also elicit nonspecific and toxic effects in animals To ascertain that the effects of these agents, on the catalytic...
... change inducing the release ofthe product and Mg2+, thereby leaving an Mg2+ ion and a molecule ofthe substrate bound to the subunit capable of catalyzing hydrolysis Therefore, binding of Mg2+ in ... subunits and If the ligand concentration is higher than that ofthe substrate, the conformational change occurs more often, enhancing the overall reaction velocity The catalytic path A, active in the ... enhances catalysis of both subunits Model representation ofthe catalytic cycle for APase from E coli A model describing the catalytic mechanism of APase from E coli, based on the results ofthe kinetic...
... on the SH groups ofthe substrate andthe catalytic Cys89, which is conserved throughout the thiolase superfamily The results obtained indicate that the sulfur atoms of both the enzyme andthe ... Fig The active site of thiolase (A) The overall shape ofthe biosynthetic thiolase tetramer The four individual active sites ofthe tetramer are indicated by the bound CoA molecules The catalytic ... the oxidation state ofthe catalytic cysteine Binding mode of CoA to the C89A thiolase variant To better understand the importance ofthe sulfur– sulfur interactions in the catalytic cavity of...
... perceptual qualities of cattle as they are apprehended by their owners These concern the colour configuration and sheen ofthe hide, the shape ofthe horns, andthe bigness and fatness ofthe body including ... style andthe well-documented centrality of cattle in their lives The particularities ofthe Nilotic aesthetic relate to their deep appreciation ofthe physical qualities of their cattle and their ... contingent product of these cattle-keepers’ experience ofthe world which they inhabit, and to have little to with any social facts In his account ofthe aesthetics ofthe Fang of Gabon, Fernandez (1971:...
... sequences andthe Catalan family tree Theorem The full names ofthe members ofthe Catalan family are precisely the selfdescribing sequences In other words, they are the fixed points ofthe endomorphism ... direct proof of Theorem andthe reason is that there is an important difference in the distribution of labels in the Catalan family tree andthe tree ofthe sequences with unit increase Theorem ... the theorem are implied by Theorem andthe following lemma Lemma If a is a member ofthe Catalan family then a = δa Otherwise, a < δa Proof The proof is by induction on the generation number n The...
... security, and operations ofthe state apparatus, and on aids and other spending as stipulated by law About the revenue of budget, the state budget comprises the central budget andthe local budgets The ... budget allocations are made in the form of a decision ofthe competent state The Model and Characteristics of Public Financial Management Until the present time in the world, there is no official ... notably in the period of pushing administrative reform in the country today On the other hand, administrative reform is a process of modifications and improvements that are basic, nature with the operation...
... alliance with his former backers, and Rwanda and Uganda invaded the east ofthe country The war became one ofthe deadliest in the world resulting in the deaths of an estimated 5.4 million people.11 ... is often reflected in the terms of treaties, and in the writing oflegal scholars and experts The principle of command responsibility is incorporated into many legal systems worldwide 23 The ... Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), a Rwandan militia Ringo Heshima was promoted to the rank of colonel and took over as commander ofthe brigade.60 Colonel Rugayi was promoted to become the commander of the...
... rate of 7.5% Notably, in none ofthe East Asian economies was there anything resembling the sustained and deep output contractions that have been carried out in the Former Soviet Union Ofthe ... inwardoriented at the inception of economic reform In the second phase, their trade policy has shifted fundamentally in favor of export production This corresponds to their de facto adoption ofthe coastal ... separate aspects of liberalization) and growth in transition economies He thinks that the level of trade liberalization raises the growth rate especially in transition countries in the case of CEECs...
... calculation ofthe cost allocation may not reflect the commercial reality and thus the outcome ofthe assessment can be arbitrary An example ofthe limitation ofthe standardized method of calculation of ... examine the welfare effects of dumping, it is necessary to consider the matter first of all from the point of view ofthe importing country and subsequently from the point of view ofthe exporting ... re-sell them in the other In either case, the firms could not succeed in maintaining a higher price in one ofthe two markets The other presupposition of price discrimination is that one ofthe two...
... law andthe rise ofthe state 6.1 The birth ofthe state 6.2 Legal diversity and universality in the emerging European states 6.3 The decline ofthe Christian commonwealth 6.4 The arrival ofthe ... humanity, with the spread ofthe Gregorian calendar andthe heliocentric idea ofthe world The ‘incipient phase’ began in the mid-eighteenth century and ended in the 1870s The concept ofthe unitary ... reinforces the paradoxical, chaos theory nature ofthe phenomenon, in less abstract terms than another pithy definition – the compression ofthe world andthe intensification of consciousness of the...
... DC: The World Bank) Chernow, Ron, 1997, The Death ofthe Banker The Decline andthe Fall ofthe Great Financial Dynasties The Triumph ofthe Small Investor (New York: Vintage Books, a Division of ... 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,...
... of commitments to gender equality andtheempowermentof women, both nationally and globally There is a broad consensus that the full and effective implementation ofthe Beijing Declaration and ... impacted progress on the MDGs and other IADGs Further progress by 2015 and beyond depends largely on theempowermentof women and equal access by women to education, work, health care and decision-making, ... development landscape The question of how to best ensure gender equality andtheempowermentof women given the multiplicity of actors and new approaches is one question which could be discussed The implications...
... approach in the context of health sector reformand must be further analysed and reversed Of concern is the dearth of critical information on the impact of health reform efforts on the reproductive ... improving the quality of life for individuals, primarily through the promotion of human rights andthe provision of a comprehensive range of reproductive health information and services Tenets ofthe ... for NGOs andthe government to work together There has been government resistance concerning the amount of donor support the NGO has received independent ofthe Ministry of Health Further tensions...
... many of them the treasury is amply remunerated, and more, by the increased sale ofthe public lands, the increase of population, andthe consequent increase ofthe revenue from the custom-house And ... defray the expense of sending mails to the new and distant parts ofthe country There is no justice in it The extension of these mails is a duty ofthe government; and let the government, by the ... applied In the division of labor andthe multiplication of competitions, there are many lines of business of which the whole profits are made up of extremely minute savings In these the cost of postage...
... EXPANDING BIOFUEL PRODUCTION ANDTHETRANSITION TO ADVANCED BIOFUELS will establish annual payments to offset risks for biomass growers and will cover most ofthe costs of preparing the land and ... purchase biofuels, they receive the RIN associated with that purchase If they not choose to purchase biofuels, then they can purchase the RIN instead and meet the RFS mandated level If the demand for ... use The price of agricultural land rose sharply over the last few years, in part because ofthe increasing demand for corn andthe promise of ever-increasing farm revenues In Iowa, the price of...
... The naturalness of Greek clothing for the well-being ofthe body is equated with the naturalness of motherhood andthe wholesome health of future generations The dress andthe flowing forms of ... representative ofthe depiction of women andthe female body in the late nineteenth century On the one hand it illustrates an interest in the revival of Greek theatre and on the other it fetishizes the ... negotiate these new questions of citizenship andthe Condition of England, ofthe fit individual and problematic masses The development of this discourse identified the healthy body and healthy...