... Governments are increasingly analysing and exchanging information on their citizens Individuals are shopping online and using social networking sites to share information about themselves and their family, ... videos, movies, andthe like Shopping online is most common inthe northern and western countries, and least inthe southern and central EU Member States These countries instead show the highest ... distinction within the latter group will be made between users of social networking sites and file-sharing sites on the one hand and activities that involve purchasing or shopping on the other Internet...
... the Rwandan genocide in 1994 which resulted in millions of refugees fleeing into the region Its close proximity to Uganda and Rwanda also make it vulnerable to incursions by armed groups in these ... There are various government and rebel factions, but the main conflict is between the DRC military and two militia groups, the Hutu-based Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda and (the ... work inthe area Further studies into the surgical needs of the population are warranted, including population-based surveys, to improve program planning and resource allocation and ultimately the...
... was removed within days in every run Assuming the zero-order kinetics, the average cadmium removal rates within the days calculated from the linear approximations of the plots in Fig were estimated ... concentration in giant reed as a result of Run 6, indicating that the cadmium was highly concentrated inthe rhizome The transportation index, Ti, indicates the ability of the plant to translocate the ... circulating hydroponic culture system shown in Fig was employed in this study These apparatuses were installed in an experimental room in which the temperature was kept at about 25°C The composition...
... existence The inherent optimism of this theory is grounded on the one hand inthe principle of self-determination of each monad (and therefore of each individual human being) and on the other inthe ... Wieland, the Sturm und Drang andthe classical era of the late eighteenth century At the centre of his Ideen stands the calling of humankind to fulfil its destiny This requires the joining of the individual ... should act as a beacon, lighting the path from start to finish The goal of human development is the attainment of happiness and inner tranquillity Inthe following, then, theGerman philosophers Thomasius,...
... for investigating problem institutions in these two pillars These groups of institutions together account for more than 48 percent of total assets intheGerman banking industry.2 Moreover, the ... surface inthe public domain (IMF, 2003) Ailing savings banks often receive indemnities to remain in business rather than exit the market In addition, they may be merged with a stronger savings ... banking problems in Germany as identified by the IMF (2003) andthe current absence of studies focusing on financial difficulties in co-operative credit institutions and savings banks provide the...
... for investigating problem institutions in these two pillars These groups of institutions together account for more than 48 percent of total assets intheGerman banking industry.2 Moreover, the ... surface inthe public domain (IMF, 2003) Ailing savings banks often receive indemnities to remain in business rather than exit the market In addition, they may be merged with a stronger savings ... banking problems in Germany as identified by the IMF (2003) andthe current absence of studies focusing on financial difficulties in co-operative credit institutions and savings banks provide the...
... away in their homes Under the radar, the lending andthe financial services industry had mutated Inthe past, lenders had avoided making unsound loans because they would be stuck with them in their ... realities on the ground Witness again the failure of the Federal Reserve and other regulators to rein in irresponsible lending Homeownership peaked inthe spring of and then began to decline From ... banks the practice of denying credit to individuals and businesses in certain neighborhoods without regard to their creditworthiness The CRA requires banks and savings and loans to lend, invest, and...
... transparency inthe real estate market TAXATION (LAND TAX) The finance ministry of the lands Bavaria and Rheinland-Pfalz have worked out a new concept for land taxation in Germany The target is ... of the land andthe value of the building The valuation of the land is easy if you take the standard land value To determine the tax value from the building is more difficult The intention is to ... map in Berlin (reporting date 01.01.2005) 2.3 Internet presentation from the Berlin Land Valuation Board The land valuation board of Berlin started its presentation inthe World Wide Web in September...
... purifying interventions of the humanists, the gap between the standard andthe spoken varieties inthe Arabic-speaking countries was, if anything, slowly shrinking inthe nationalist era (in the nineteenth ... of defining the nation In spite of the above difficulties in specifying the technical meaning of nation, nationality and nationalism, two principal modes of defining the nation exist inthe literature ... consciousness, and then the nation”, for the latter national consciousness came first, “then the nation andthe nationalist consciousness, and last the state” The —23 — the arabic language andnational identity...
... banal nationalism: the daily routines and practices that deWne thenational citizens being -in- the- world but which, however, are inscribed within the domain of the national: from eating, to reading ... views, ways of imagining, dreaming, and organizing their individual and social lives The process of unmasking the naturalization of thenational imagining is important and ethically and politically ... personal and place names are maintained, either in their anglicized form (e.g Athens, rather than Athina), or in their standard and commonly used transliterated one In authors names, the spelling...
... of their dependences A project was realized inthe Krunộ hory Mts involving a part aimed at the assessment of game damage from the data of theNational Forest Inventory of the Czech Republicand ... etc., and their combination, which means that the category of game damage is the sum of damage types investigated during National Forests Inventory according to its methodology Inthe investigated ... out inthe Flỏje preserve during the second measurement in order to compare damage in this territory (higher load and game presence) with the rest of the territory The determined original points...
... studies and analysis of mRNA DT and AM selected the donors, obtained the samples of fat and aided inthe interpretation of the data All authors read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests ... 48 h was examined inthe studies shown in figure There were significant additional increases inthe mRNAs for IL-8, HIF1a, and 11b HSD1 inthe nonfat cells over the 48 h incubation There was also ... nonfat cells Interestingly over the 48 h incubation there was a marked increase in 11b HSD-1 gene expression in nonfat but not in fat cells [Figure 4] The increases in IL-8 release and mRNA in non-fat...
... (SNPs) inthe ADAM33 gene in respect to the 22 exons (blue) and untranslated Figure of regions thethe gene Position of the genotyped polymorphisms (SNPs) inthe ADAM33 gene in respect to the 22 ... genotyping (table 1) These SNPs, located inthe 3' half of the gene, spanned the known ADAM33 linkage structure as indicated in figure Call rates for SNPs in ADAM33 ranged from 90.9% to 93.7% inthe ... 92.1% to 94.3% inthe case control population and from 91.9% to 94.0% inthe pooled sample as indicated in table All SNPs were in Hardy Weinberg equilibrium in both populations Inthe population...
... Law and Governance It is vitally important to discuss the aspects of law and governance in general, andin particular, the rule of law, including the institutional and internal governance inthe ... courses in Southeast Asia particularly inthe Philippines, Thailand, Viet Nam and Singapore The rationales for selecting these countries are explained inthe methodology section Using the framework ... of the cross -national comparison and evaluation of law and governance inthe subject countries And finally, Chapter V contains the conclusion and recommendation of the thesis, which includes the...
... Sustainability Practices inthe Philippines, Thailand, Viet Nam and Singapore Summary The last twenty years saw the considerable proliferation of golf courses in Southeast Asia owing to sustained ... following: Hypothesis 1: The existing national laws and governance tend to be incoherent, ineffective, unresponsive and inadequate Hypothesis 2: Self-regulation by golf courses, in terms of adopting ... (Item 1.7), including an evaluation of the practices inthe golf industry andthe golf rules by United States Golf Association andthe Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, Scotland xiii Chapter...
... crushing the First Philippine Republic during the Philippine-American War, the US justified their continued control by claiming that the Filipinos are still unfit for independence The Americans then, ... formation of a national sporting cultureinthe Philippines In particular, the historical-sociological inquiry looks into the origins of basketball’s introduction and popularity, the patterns of ... inability to propagate the seeds of modernity that were planted during the American regime Hence, the Philippines’ shortcomings in maintaining a lofty international standing in a game that has been...
... erns of cultures — the poli tical and intellectual culture s of the 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 Warri ... 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 ... 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 that like Mo hists and Legalists ,...
... http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/utilitarianism-history/。 47 Jeremy Bentham, An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation, in John Stuart Mill and Jeremy Bentham, Utilitarianism and Other Essays (Landon: Penguin Books, 2004), p.65 16 ... 然 主 义 ” , 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 ... 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 of the 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...
... CULTUREAND ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTENTION OF THE YOUTH IN VIETNAM In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of the Degree of MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION In International Business by ... the necessary time and effort, assuming the accompanying financial, psychic, and social risks, and receiving the resulting rewards of monetary and personal satisfaction and independence (Hisrich ... years under the Chinese ruling andthe rest under strong economic and cultural dominance As a result, the country has naturally been steeped inthe Chinese-originated Confucianism until the French...
... time to introduce the neighbor many things, many places (going shopping, doing everything together) Then they less contact because they think you need independence Sometime the friend send the email ... visits the tomb again, or worship the opening the grave After 49 days, the family stops bringing rice for the dead to the altar And finally, after 100 days, the family celebrates, or the end of the ... presents from the wedding or anniversaries like cake or fruit as the thanks of yours - Acquaintances When acquaintances meet together inthe street, they often smile together if they are at the same...