... Management Instruments 575 Marta Ciraj Chapter 42 ImplementationoftheRotterdamConventionin ThirdWorld Countries: TheTanzaniaExperience 591 Ernest Mashimba Section VII Regional ... one ofthe founding fathers of UNEP Chemicals He has been chair ofthe Codex Committee on Pesticides Residues, under the Codex Alimentarius Commission and ofthe Working Group on Pesticides ofthe ... 1992) The beauty of these professions is that they span the globe, demonstrating the multiple ways in which the chemical sciences developed in different corners ofthe world, and that they are all...
... opportunities to explore the benefits of increasing returns to scale The size ofthe three countries combined amounts to 19 % oftheworld GDP, 24 % oftheworld s population, and 12 % ofworld exports ... progressed throughout theworldThe accession of China to the WTO is a symbolic event as the most populous nation in theworld has joined the global institution, with the objective of promoting trade ... these companies are not all that inclined to develop a local market for the goods they manufacture in China on the occasion ofthe reduction of that country’s tariffs and the improvement of the...
... dean ofthe College of Policy Science of Ritsumeikan University, Japan Prior to his current position, he was a professor in the faculty of law of Kyoto University and then vice president ofthe ... Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Publius, and other journals Heungsuk Choi is a professor in the Department of Public Administration and the director ofthe Office of International ... MPA Education and ofthe Public Management Education Committee ofthe Ministry of Education He is the vice chair ofthe Political Science Association of Hubei Province and ofthe Public Administration...
... consider the reach of globalisation and the response of those on the receiving end of it In principle we agree with the need for clarification enforced by the overuse ofthe concept of globalisation ... the representation ofthe state under sometimes very awkward conditions The role ofthe state in safeguarding the production of football is the largest in Japan and the smallest in China Whether ... before Asia was for the first time conceded the right to host the Football World Cup Finals As another novelty in the history ofthe worlds greatest sporting event, all three ofthe major (football)...
... rather than assisting their suppliers at the time in improving the quality of their products In the rare cases of assembler-supplier collaboration, they tended to face difficulties due to the ... rents is the root ofthe Vietnamese government’s failures ofthe past decade; it is the focal point where the government of Vietnam should place particular attention in the future 32 LIST OF TABLES ... representing the views ofthe VEPR The views expressed in this report are those ofthe author(s) and not necessarily represent those ofthe VEPR VEPR’s research associate, PhD Candidate, Department of...
... that upon the occasion ofthe visit ofthe Japanese consul general to the new president (no other foreign official has made an official visit), the former offered from his government the official ... province of Kwangsei, which was practically alone ofthe southern provinces allied with the northern government, then under the control ofthe Anfu party It was matter of common knowledge that the ... represented the people ofthe province than the military government of Germany represented the people of Belgium during the war As to the terms ofthe contract, the statement that it gave the British company...
... about the aftercare services provided in Page ofthe CHS In 2006, we therefore conducted an interview study ofthe CHS in a sample of randomly selected municipalities in Norway The purposes ofthe ... urbanisation ofthe municipality (rural, rural/urban or urban) were gathered from Statistics Norway Information on the position ofthe informant in the CHS (leader/non-leader) was gathered through the ... degree of urbanisation or the position ofthe informant (leader/non-leader) Page of Table 2: The relationship between quality indicators at emergency departments (EDs) and the presence of chain of...
... Based on the theoretical and empirical literature, the following hypotheses are proposed 4.1 Hypotheses The greater the degree of product differentiation in an industry, the higher the degree of IIT ... in the presence of a trade imbalance, both indices are downward biased measures of IIT and are likely to underestimate the intensity of IIT The greater the imbalances, the smaller the share of ... transfer, the location of production gradually moves to developing countries, where they can enjoy a lower cost These developing countries then export the relative older versions of product to the...
... Another finding ofthe survey is the opinions of asked accountants and managers about the practice of four initiative methods ofthe application of managerial accounting in Techcombank The consequences ... developing their own corporate culture 1.6 Structure ofthe research The preferable structure ofthe thesis consists of six chapters The first chapter identifies an overview and background of research ... an easier manner to reach the matter ofthe organizational culture 18 2.1.2 Definition of corporate culture In the earlier seventies ofthe twenties century, the term of “corporate/organizational...
... of Vinhphuc, Professional Training officials of Department of Education and Training of Vinhphuc; rectors of Colleges in Vinhphuc province, Head of Training Departments of Colleges, 42 Head of ... Management officials of Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs of Vinhphuc; Deputy Director Department of Education and Training of Vinhphuc, Professional Training officials of Department of ... order to schedule the visits to their offices Here, the researcher would inform the object ofthe study and request for their partnership by distributing the questionnaire to the respondents Those...
... levels of consumption either side ofthe poverty line This approach avoids reliance on a single line and thus the some ofthe dangers of estimating incidence of poverty at the margins ofthe line ... However, such static profiles miss much ofthe dynamic position ofthe elderly and the flows of income and reciprocity in which they participate Further analysis of how the panel of elderly people ... assistance of many in Viet Nam in the preparation of this report, including Nguyen Phong, General Statistics Office ofthe Government of Viet Nam, Professor Do Hoai Nam, President ofthe Viet Nam...
... Region is comprised of 46 countries, 12 of which were given PEPFAR focus country designation by the Office ofthe United States Global AIDS Coordinator The remaining 34 are non-focus countries One ... comparison of PEPFAR focus countries with the nonfocus countries is found in Table Eleven ofthe 14 health indicators have negative median values among the PEPFAR focus country group, and eight ofthe ... among the nonfocus group Yet, when we compare the PEPFAR focus countries and the non-focus countries, a non-significant p value is noted among all ofthe health indicators, with the exception of...
... below); (2) they select one ofthe prime numbers, each of them on the basis of their position in the list of addresses {C, D, E, F } specified in the previously mentioned IM; (3) they send the components ... case, the ≤ BO ≤ 14 (4) while the length ofthe active period is TON = 2SO · 15.36 ms, ≤ SO ≤ BO (5) The duty-cycle is derived as the ratio between the length of an active period, and the length of ... Networks) The main idea investigated in this paper, is the introduction of redundancy in data to increase the probability of data delivery The redundancy adopted is in the form of multiple copies of the...
... In contrast, PGE2 reduced the amount of total MMP-1 and decreased the conversion ofthe 52 kDa form to the lower molecular weight forms in the presence of elastase Neither indomethacin nor PGE2 ... cleavage ofthe latent forms can result in generation of active proteases [24,25] The MMPs differ both in their substrate specificity and in their mechanisms of activation Since some members ofthe ... to the development of emphysema [19–21] The current study suggests the possibility that NE can collaborate with MMPs, leading to the degradation of extracellular matrix The MMPs are a family of...
... of a function requires minimal variation in the function (panel a) while the discovery of new functions requires the testing of a large number of functional variants (panel b) The existence of ... genotype and the phenotype On the other hand, if the phenotype is robustly maintained in the presence of genetic mutations, then a number of cryptic genetic changes may be possible and their accumulation ... addition of new components/processes that are integrated with the rest ofthe system and add to the complexity ofthe organizational form All complex life forms have evolved through a succession of...
... together with the proportion of independent directors we control for other governance variables: the size ofthe board of directors, the doubling up of executive and Chair responsibilities, the ... Separating the position of CEO and chairman ofthe board avoids a conflict of interests and helps to improve the monitoring function ofthe board (Jensen, 1983) Therefore, when the chairman and the CEO ... controls an average of 30% of company shares The characteristics ofthe ownership structure are consistent with the higher presence of gray directors on the board of directors 40.3% ofthe companies...
... is seen to remedy failures ofthe former 18 Second, the lack of consideration ofthe state could arise from the lack of grounded research that examines how theories of transnational NGOs actually ... states, NGOs and other actors by focusing on the commonalities of their interests whilst considering their differences (see Chapter Eight) The role ofthe state points to the importance of processes ... reinforce the power ofthe dominant group, thinking relationally about the relationship between the ‘sacred’ and the ‘secular’ begins the process of deconstructing binaries, leading to the creation of...
... ofthe variation ofthe variables during the previous pass To avoid the collapse ofthe region size, the region collapse parameter = 10−6 was used As was shown by Luus (2003), the choice ofthe ... passes the region size was restored to 0.80 of its value at the beginning ofthe previous pass (η = 0.80), and for the rest ofthe passes the region size was determined by the extent ofthe variation ... fashion, where at the beginning of each pass consisting of a number of iterations, the region sizes are restored to a fraction ofthe sizes used at the beginning ofthe previous pass The shifting...
... recall The severity of neurocognitive impairment from brain lesions generally is related to the size ofthe tumor rather than the number of metastases Meyers et al [58] found that the volume ofthe ... Chemotherapy for brain metastases The role of conventional chemotherapy has traditionally been limited by the presence ofthe blood brain barrier and by the potential resistance to chemotherapeutic ... and KC participated in the conception ofthe work, compiled the information, reviewed and wrote the manuscript PW participated in the conception ofthe work, development ofthe test battery, and...