... subject to further publication Central Bank Interventions, Communication and Interest Rate Policy in Emerging EuropeanEconomies Balázs Égert, Oesterreichische Nationalbank; EconomiX at the University ... Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences KTI/IE Discussion Papers are circulated to promote discussion and provoke comments Any references to discussion papers should clearly state that the paper is ... X Nanterre; the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan balazs.egert@oenb.at and begert@u-paris10.fr ISBN-10: 963-9588-89-X ISBN-13: 978-963-9588-89-9 ISSN 1785-377X Publisher:...
... national and regional standards The British Standards Institution has BS 7750, the Canadian Standards Association has environmental management, auditing, eco-labeling and other standards, the European ... 14000 series currently compose of five types of standards, a guide, and a set of terms and definitions that tie the verbiage of the standards together, including 15 sub-standards and a guide formerly ... Britain (BS 7750) and the European Union (the Eco-Management and Auditing Scheme, or EMAS) (Andrews et al., 1999) Table 2.2 presents a comparison between ISO 14001 and other EMS standards 15 Table...
... product, brand, and to some extent where and how the products are raised Although many respondents may understand and value the health, safety, and environmental benefits that pasture-raised beef and ... number of consumers are demanding pasture-raised beef and dairy products The reasons cited for consumer interest in these products included perceived health benefits, a concern about where and how ... Ag and Biosystems Engineering, for the data analysis and preparation of charts Patricia Ann Jaranilla-Sanchez Consumer Perceptions of Pasture-raised Beef and Dairy Products/February 2004 Consumer...
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... System Table Distribution of outstanding balances on consumer credit accounts, by type of accountand purpose of debt, selected years, 1970–2004 Percent Type of accountand purpose of debt 1970 1977 ... of Consumer Finances Much of the demand for consumer credit arose with the growth of urbanization and the mass production of consumer goods These developments began in the nineteenth century and ... MasterCard, and Visa brands; travel and entertainment cards with the American Express brand; and cards issued in the name of retail outlets For the years 1999–2001, included MasterCard and Visa...
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... pinnacles of the previous andcurrent objects are projected as (x1A , t1A ) and (x1D , t1D ) in camera 1, and as (z2A , t2A ) and (z2D , t2D ) in camera The heights, t1D and t2D , are unknown since ... I.-C Chang and C.-L Huang, “The model-based human body motion analysis system,” Image and Vision Computing, vol 18, no 14, pp 1067–1083, 2000 [23] M Brand and V Kettnaker, “Discovery and segmentation ... y-, and z-axis with lx , l y , and lz Using these operators, we can derive the transformation between two different coordinate systems as follows A Real- Time Model-Based Human Motion Tracking and...
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... Relationships Between Oil Price Changes and Stock Prices Sadorsky (1999) shows that oil pricesand oil price volatility both play important roles in affecting real shock returns The evidence reveals ... sample periods and the cyclical properties of the exante and ex-post real rates are not identical Seppala (2004) studies the behavior of the default-risk-free real term structure and term premia ... other findings are that oil prices affect the interest rate and its volatilities, the Treasury bill rate and its volatilities, and bond returns affect the interest rate and its volatilities as well...
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... easy, but rather, involves time and developed skill to access, understand, critique, and reflect on research results in light of one's practice and experience Accountability for the knowledge ... Pediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Alberta, and a clinician scientist supported by the Women and Children's Health Research Institute and Stollery ... cannot be solely regarded and rewarded via traditional knowledge translation activity, but should extend to a more utilitarian standpoint where knowledge discovery is 'hand-in-hand' with potential...
... pandemic to control efforts and overall influenza pandemic preFigure paredness Applying lessons learned from the ongoing influenza A (H1N1) pandemic to control efforts and overall influenza pandemic ... winter months of this pandemic, so far this pandemic is relatively mild in comparison to the 1918, 1957, and the 1968 pandemics However, in facing the current influenza A(H1N1)v pandemic, there are ... first and foremost important lesson from the current pandemic is that we need to focus our planning and response efforts on those interventions that are critical during the early phases of a pandemic,...