... aggregating the average WTP over the population ofthe municipality and comparing this figure to the operating and upgrading costs ofthe STP The result of this revealed that the annual taxes the ... whether and how much the Indian public values any efforts to reduce pollution levels inthe Ganga via reduction oftheamountof untreated raw sewage deposited therein through the improvement of ... water The remaining untreated wastewater is discharged to the Ganga, creating environmental pollution and negatively affecting the sustainability ofthe ecosystem functions ofthe river There is therefore...
... exercise some in uence over the content and use of these standards––either by the participation of officials inthe elaboration and approval ofthe standard, or because ofthe threat ofpublic intervention ... much codifications of ways of doing, but the prescription ofthe best way to something, finding its roots not in society but inthe nature of things The corollary of this theory is, then, that divergent ... Globalisation INTRODUCTION T HE WIDESPREAD SCHOLARLY neglect ofthe phenomenon ofthe use of standards in modern market regulation seems all the more striking inthe light ofthe preoccupation of modern theorising...
... sensitivity: The probability of detection of EM in sample s of animals tested of species Sp with test t in year y PIntro The annual probability of introduction and establishment ofthe infection inthe ... SasSeSp,t,y is the probability of not detecting EM inthe sample s of animals of species Sp tested with test t in year y Page of 13 Calculation ofthe probability of freedom from EM inthe country The probability ... Sweden Inthe present study the scenario analysis showed that lowering the prior probability of infection, reflecting absence of human cases of AE, increased the probability of freedom during the...
... concerning the right such as the concept ofthe right, the benefits ofthe right to the State and individuals, and the principles of access to public information law The principles of legislating ... part ofthe right of freedom of information, the right of access to public information uses the term ‘information’ as the object ofthe access In fact, however, there are two main ideas on the ... activities of a public authority; The interest of preventing or prosecuting crime; The economic interest ofthepublic institutions; The protection ofthe personal or economic circumstances of private...
... reporting incentives are likely to play a crucial role in determining accounting quality and the informativeness of reported earnings.3 In particular, we hypothesize that both raising capital inpublic ... reduction inpublic firm observations weakens the statistical power, resulting in lower significance levels for thepublic firm indicator in some ofthe analyses but without changing the tenor ofthe ... all earnings management scores into a single index, the remainder ofthe analysis inthe paper focuses on the aggregate earnings management index, EMaggr.18 Panel C of Table compares the aggregate...
... teachers, in which teachers of French, teachers of Chinese and the rest are the teachers of English As for the teachers of English, four of them have been teaching to the English major students ofthe ... This rather equivalent rate in my opinion does not cause many troubles inthe results ofthe study 2.4.1.2 The teachers As mentioned inthe Scope ofthe study, because of not being an official ... and may affect the study That is, when the teacher ofthe control group in some periods ofthe last two weeks combined the methods that she had been using from the beginning ofthe experiment...
... illustrate the comprehensiveness ofland registration The increase inland parcels inthe 1990s highlights the phenomenon of ongoing subdivision ofland into smaller and smaller parcels In 1962 the ... from the district lodged with the Ministry of Lands and Settlement in Nairobi reveal the following level of official land transactions inthe district in 2001, in order of frequency over the year: ... landThe Crown Lands Ordinance of 1915 became the Government Lands Act (Cap.280) Like the Ordinance, which gave the Governor all the powers regarding control ofthe Crown Lands, the Act vested in...
... blocks, trigger point injections, botulinum toxin, radiofrequency facet denervation, intradiscal radiofrequency lesioning, intradiscal electrothermal therapy, radiofrequency lesioning ofthe dorsal ... recommend the use of intradiscal injections for the treatment of chronic low back pain C11 (B4) Intramuscular injections of botulinum toxin Summary of evidence There is limited evidence that Botulinum ... members ofthe working groups All members ofthe Working Group have read and accepted the statements in these guidelines References Oxman AD, Guyatt GH (1991) Validation of an index ofthe quality of...
... terms on some ofthe individual loans issued by a sample of banks, including the largest banks inthe nation Beginning in 1997, the STBL includes the banks’ risk ratings on their individual loans, ... by the one or more ofthe inside owners, giving the financial institution recourse against their personal wealth inthe event the loan is not repaid In many cases, the personal assets ofthe insiders ... information ofthe intermediary with the business, the business owner, or other involved then uses this information contract terms at origination garnered about the initial quality ofthe small business...
... repulsion at the physical presence of others We judge people on the basis of their attractiveness within seconds of meeting them Inthe literature we find that the lookist response, insofar as we ... measuring desert, the prospects of unwarranted coercive interventions inthe lives of citizens, the impossibility of comparing the relative deserts of people, and the difficulty of ascribing credit ... predominated inthe ancient world, most often in a metaphysical or theological form, based on the assumption that there is a reality behind appearances Other kinds of essentialists, such as the...
... according to the system in which theland was originally recorded 61 Since then the PA has taken a number of actions to improve land administration inthe West Bank Initially, re-establishing the ... conducted in twelve municipalities inthe West Bank and five in Gaza by the Ministry of Planning as part oftheLand Administration Project funded by the World Bank and the Government of Finland It ... with the accuracy oftheland registry The IPA gives the holder powers of act on behalf oftheland owner inthe use and transaction ofthe property and the facility to legalize the transaction The...
... from the results that the bioproduct Lipomycin M can improve the ability of holding water in soil, thus reducing the percentage of gravity water inthe soil samples fertilized by the bioproduct The ... 18.44 17.59 18.97 19.75 Comparison ofthe percentages of water stored inthe soil samples in various forms indicates the role ofthe bioproduct Lipomycin M in holding water and ability to provide ... that the amounts of water poured under the pressure pF ≤ 4.2 inthe soil samples manured by the bioproducts are higher than those ofthe soil samples DC Theamountof water poured from the soil...
... according to the system in which theland was originally recorded 61 Since then the PA has taken a number of actions to improve land administration inthe West Bank Initially, re-establishing the ... conducted in twelve municipalities inthe West Bank and five in Gaza by the Ministry of Planning as part oftheLand Administration Project funded by the World Bank and the Government of Finland It ... with the accuracy oftheland registry The IPA gives the holder powers of act on behalf oftheland owner inthe use and transaction ofthe property and the facility to legalize the transaction The...
... illnesses Linking Housing and Supportive Services The concept of linking housing and supportive services is not new In establishing the Congregate Housing Services Program (CHSP) in 1978, the US ... living inpublic housing facilities In fiscal year 2007, over $16 million in grants were awarded (US Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2008b) Inthe city of Seattle, three non- profit ... disabilities in Seattle public housing? This study examines the impact ofthe services funded by the grant program on the health outcomes of elderly and persons with disabilities inthe Seattle Housing...
... islands, the interior Amazon River basin and certain parts ofthe Caribbean (Haiti and the Dominican Republic) [2] In Italy, the prevalence of HBV infection is set under 2% from the beginning ofthe ... changes in slope with an overall significance level of 0.05 divided by the number of join-points inthe final model The joinpoint analysis showed a statistically significant decrease of HBV infection ... is the main way of acquiring infection thus determining the highest HBV incidence rates among adults [21] Improved sanitation, obtained with the use of universal precautions in medical settings...