... management and business journals but focuses on economics It is based on SSCI and SCI impact factors, the ranking by Kalaitzidakis et al (2003) and a more recent ’within economics’ ranking by Kodrzycki ... Susanne Warning and Christian Wiermann (2008): What and how long does it take to get tenure? The Case of Economics and Business Administration in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, German Economic ... Giles, Michael and James C Garand (2007): Ranking Political Science Journals: Reputational and Citational Approaches, Political Science and Politics, 40: 741-751 4.2 Statistics and Econometrics...
... needs and trends include technology development and transfer, manufacturing and deployment, implementation and testing, modeling and characterization, design and optimization, simulation and analysis ... technology and computers, medicine and health, manufacturing and transportation, power and energy systems, and avionics and national security NEMS and MEMS have important impacts in medicine and bioengineering ... technological developments and manufacturing (fabrication), the ability to synthesize and optimize NEMS and MEMS depends on the analytical and numerical methods, and the current concepts and conventional...
... factors for salaries and raw materials, increased union demands, pressure from stockholders, and the possibility of long-term, high inflation accompanied by a mild recession and a lack of borrowing ... to understand project management Chapters through deal with the support functions of time management, conflicts, and other special topics Chapters and 10 describe executive involvement and the ... representative or by visiting the Wiley web site at www.wiley.com/kerzner One-day, two-day, and three-day seminars on project management and PMI certification training using the text are offered by contacting...
... dozen international standards by ISO/MPEG and ITU-T laid the common groundwork for different vendors and content providers At the same time, the explosive growth in wireless and networking technology ... introduces the H.261, H.263, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and MPEG-4 standards for video coding, comparing their intended applications and relative performance These standards integrate many of the coding techniques ... (Chapters and 4), video modeling (Chapter 5), motion estimation (Chapters and 7), and basic video coding techniques (Chapters and 9), plus selected topics from Chapters 1013 (content-dependent coding,...
... Craswell and Taylor 1992; Mckinnon and Dalimunthe 1993; Hossain, Tan and Adams 1994; Raffournier 1995), the proportion or existence of independent directors (e.g., Forker, 1992; Malone, Fries and ... requirements in Hong Kong is much narrower and less specific than that in the U.S and U.K (Eccles and Mavrinac 1995) For instance, only interim (midyear) and year -end reports are provided Disclosure ... difference in all continuous-scale independent variables and the dependent variable between early and late respondents Furthermore, the returned reply slips from 58 CFOs and 45 analysts who declined to...
... published widely on ocean and environmental law and policy, including Canada and Marine Environmental Protection (1995) and Oceans Law and Policy in the Post-UNCED Era: Australian and Canadian Perspectives ... cold and diluted water meets warmer and saltier water from the south.40 The Arctic Ocean is, in addition, almost completely encircled by the landmasses of North America, Eurasia and Greenland ... Convention and Agenda 21: Marine Environmental Implications’, in A E Boyle and D Freestone (eds.), International Law and Sustainable Development: Past Achievements and Future Challenges (Oxford: Clarendon...
... Whites and Hispanics are even larger (15 percentage points and 30 Appendix table A3 shows the characteristics of usersand non -users, indicating the number and percentage of all usersand non -users ... child and family/household characteristics and computer and Internet use: 2001………………………………………………………… Table Percentage of children and adolescents age 5–17 using computers at home and at school, by ... and publish reports and specialized analyses of the meaning and significance of such statistics; assist state and local education agencies in improving their statistical systems; and review and...
... library field, this is numbers of items checked out byusers classic merchandise The merchandise that is not influenced by style changes for which a demand virtually always exists For the library this ... collection of data, techniques and supporting software and hardware by which an organization gathers and interprets relevant information from business and the environment and turns it into a basis ... their activities, opinions, and interests (AIO) This is more difficult to obtain and more expensive For libraries it is important to understand the lifestyle of users, and how the library may better...
... Defence and Related Goods by Destination Table - Exports of Defence and Related Goods by Major Country Group Table - Exports of Defence and Related Goods to ASEAN Table - Exports of Defence and Related ... Argentina Finland Australia France Austria Germany Belgium Greece Canada Hungary Cyprus Iceland Czech Republic Ireland Denmark Italy Japan Luxembourg Netherlands New Zealand Norway Poland Portugal ... contribute to regional and international security and stability, by promoting transparency and greater responsibility in transfers of conventional arms and dual-use goods and technologies, thus...
... objectives, and to promote a greater understanding of the role of fire and its effects The Fire Use Working Team recognizes that the ignition of wildland fuels by land managers, or the use of wildland ... health and welfare Both the land management benefits from using wildland fire and the public health and welfare effects from wildland fire smoke are well documented The challenge in using wildland ... for knowledgeable air, land, and wildland fire managers, and is not intended for novice readers Guide Goals and Considerations The Smoke Management Guide steering committee and the NWCG Fire Use...
... the specification and evaluation of variations or extensions of the language and the virtual machine, and for the mathematical and the experimental study and comparison of present and future Java ... and of the security components of Java and of the JVM, one obtains a precise yet graspable statement, and an understandable (and therefore checkable) proof of the following property of Java and ... verification, and experimental validation of Java and the JVM, fulfill three different concerns and can be dealt with separately The definition has to provide a natural understanding of Java programs and...
... Low- and Moderate-Income Families, Calendar Year 2010 Provision Child tax credit provisions Child and dependent care credit provisions Increase standard deduction for married couples Expand 15% ... tax credit provisions Child and dependent care credit provisions Increase standard deduction for married couples Expand 15% bracket for married couples Simplify EITC and increase for some couples ... (TPC) aims to clarify and analyze the nation’s tax policy choices by providing timely and accessible facts, analyses, and commentary to policymakers, journalists, citizens and researchers TPC’s...
... (year -end) (percent) Dividend payout ratio (percent) Shares outstanding (in thousands): Average Year -end Stockholders of record (year -end) Customers (year -end) (in thousands): Residential Commercial ... (year -end) Market price per share (dollars): High Low Close Market-to-book ratio (year -end) (percent) Price-earnings ratio (year -end) (times) Dividends paid (in millions) Dividend yield (year -end) ... and sulfur dioxide and reductions in mercury and other HAPS emissions from fossil-fired generating facilities and other industries in these states Additional compliance costs and capital expenditures...
... standard, it is strongly recommended that such modifications, deletions, and amplifications be made by supplementing this standard rather than by rewriting or incorporating sections of this standard ... standard into another complete standard API standards are published as an aid to procurement of standardized equipment and materials These standards are not intended to inhibit purchasers or producers ... Foundations and Supports for LPG Storage Vessels and Related Piping APPLICABLE CODES AND SPECIFICATIONS The materials, principles, methods, and details of design and construction of foundations and supports...