... knowledge and make recommendationsforfutureresearch As a basis for our review, we draw on t he current definition of internal audit promulgated by the IIA, together with the guidelines and standards ... INDEPENDENCE AND OBJECTIVITY: A REVIEW OF CURRENT LITERATURE AND OPPORTUNITIES FORFUTURERESEARCH Jenny Stewart Griffith Business School Griffith University, Queensland, Australia and Nava Subramaniam ... infrequent informal communications and limited private meetings between the CAE and AC, and a need for clear reporting lines ACs are seen to be held in high esteem for their authority and are expected...
... arena is for greater documentation and discussion of the process of using models for such assessments, andfor published success stories and lessons learned that can serve as exemplars forfuture ... size and speed of adjustments and both methods impose costs (monetary and other types) Project targets are often set forfuture dates (e.g., cost when the project is completed), and therefore ... applications that have been published, and conclude with policy insights and directions forfutureresearch in each area Post-mortem assessments for disputes and learning Many applications of system...
... Manufacturing and the Environment: Research on Advanced Manufacturing Systems and the Environment andRecommendationsfor Leveraging Better Environmental Performance Table of Contents Executive Summary ... with Air Force officials and articles documenting the base’s lean implementation efforts and results See Appendix C for information on the specific information sources Lean Manufacturing and the ... emphasizes rapid performance feedback and leading indicators; • Supply chain investment to improve enterprise-wide performance; and • A whole systems view and thinking for optimizing performance Lean...
... childhood/adolescent and adult depression, and also between depression in childhood and adolescence This evidence comes from epidemiological studies that compare risk factors for childhood/adolescent and adult ... aggregation and continuity of childhood and adolescent depression One epidemiological study used a prospective design and showed that risk factors for depression in young people differ from those for ... to 42) for MDD [33] Thus, evidence to date suggests that genetic influences on risk for adolescent major depression are moderate, and account for around 40% of the phenotypic variation; for symptoms...
... estimate for Askes insurance was positive for public and private providers, but only significant for the former with a p-value at the 1% level The findings hold true for both unconditional and conditional ... p-values of the Sargan-test for the public and private models were 0.36 and 0.11, respectively Whilst in conditional estimates, the p-values were 0.513 and 0.363 for the public and private models, respectively ... participation R2 for the insurance equation (first-stage regression) in the unconditional estimate was 0.31 and 0.21 for Askes and Jamsostek, respectively While for conditional estimate, it was 0.26 and 0.31...
... UCP 600 Articles 20 and 21 sections (a)(ii) and (iii) "Received for carriage" or "received for shipment" documents are not acceptable under UCP 600 For Road, Rail and Inland Waterway the transport ... to G and headed in turn: General Provisions and Definitions; Form and Notification of Credits; Liabilities and Responsibilities; Documents; Miscellaneous Provisions, Transferable Credit and finally ... which the credit is issued and by other specific features of the credit Each type of credit has advantages and disadvantages for the buyer andfor the seller Charges for each type will also vary...
... Such research includes defining what we understand well, and groping toward understanding what we not yet understand but need to know Then we must organize this information and lack of information ... Brand choice brand loyalty, brand switching • Brand satisfaction which brands consumers think they would buy next? Which others might they buy? Which brands would they not consider buying and ... stands for the ideal 34 35 See Factor Analysis Results enclosed with Table 14a and 14b See Data matrix 14a and 14b enclosed with Table 14a and 14b 45 brand The three brands Vinacafe, Indocafe and...
... Australian and New Zealand guidelines for fresh and marine water quality Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council and Agriculture and Resource Management Council of Australia and ... Limon G and Escalante I C (1994) A simplified procedure for setting effluent quality standards, Water Science and Technology, 30, 65-72 Environment Agency (2006) Performance standard for laboratories ... water quality standard is kept In the future, both of technology-based and water quality-based effluent standards should be taken into account to satisfy water quality standard and industrial...
... ensure high standards forresearch quality and objectivity PLANNING FOR DIVERSITY Options andRecommendationsfor DoD Leaders Nelson Lim | Michelle Cho | Kimberly Curry Prepared for the Office ... welcome and may be addressed to Nelson_Lim@rand.org For more information on RAND’s Forces and Resources Policy Center, contact the Director, James Hosek He can be reached by email iii iv Planning for ... leadership positions in the Navy and Air Force as opposed to the Army and Marines (Harrell and Miller, 1997) 18 Planning for Diversity: Options andRecommendationsfor DoD Leaders is meant to serve...
... Materials Science and Technology forFuture Army Applications SUMMARY present state of performance and opening the possibility for radically new armor system solutions to be explored and optimized ... Science and Technology forFuture Army Applications xiii CONTENTS THE PATH FORWARD A New Paradigm, 99 Recommendationsfor Protection Materials by Design, 102 Element 1—Fundamental Understanding ... and Technology forFuture Army Applications Acronyms and Abbreviations AlON ARL ARO ATC ATH ATPD aluminum oxynitride Army Research Laboratory Army Research Office Aberdeen Test Center (Maryland)...
... strategies forfutureresearch / Sharyl J Nass and Bruce W Stillman, editors ; Committee on Large-scale Science and Cancer Research, National Cancer Policy Board and Division on Earth and Life ... needed for a single research project Since many large-scale projects in the biosciences aim to produce data and other tools forfuture research, this subject is especially salient for large-scale research ... Potential impact of large-scale research on biomedical training and career structures, 157 Summary, 160 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND ACCESS TO RESEARCH TOOLS AND DATA Nonexclusive and exclusive licensing,...
... are utilizing information technology and informatics during their study and practice Nursing informatics has been defined as combination of computer science, information science and nursing science, ... countries and recommend ambitious future trends and directions for the university health education in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the coming 25 years in view of the job market needs and development ... IT is particularly obvious wherever teaching and learning resources can be stored in digital format For many types of teaching and learning, andfor medical education in particular, there are...
... communications and understanding of differences in the legal systems of originating and requested jurisdictions Policy makers and standard setters may use the recommendationsand good practices to inform ... minimum standards for the information maintained in the registry and by providing financial institutions and law enforcement authorities with access to adequate, accurate, and timely information ... finding of guilt; allow for direct and indirect enforcement of foreign non-conviction based asset confiscation orders; and, allow for substitute- or equivalent-value restraint and confiscation of...
... source for further information Information for the case studies came from committee members, panel members, and workshop speakers, as well as resources they cited andrecommendations from HHMI and ... between these researchers and those educated as biologists Increasing the amount of mathematics and of physical and information sciences taught to new biology students, and the opportunity for physical ... 34, 37, 38, and 41) Concepts, examples, and techniques from mathematics, and the physical and information sciences should be included in biology courses, and biological concepts and examples...
... on adaptability and another on advances in team effectiveness research Marissa L Shuffler is a doctoral student and graduate research associate for the Institute for Simulation and Training at ... live in the Far East for a year and a half It grew when I was later employed as the head of personnel researchfor the IBM World Trade Corporation for four years, traveling and working all around ... have a single platform for technologies, unified HR systems, and measures of business performance One can go into any part of such an organization and find a commonality in how information is accessed...
... duplicated and wasted effort, as everyone works to re-create the wheel over and over again Understanding and leveraging organizational-level insights is also difficult For example, assessing and securing ... and so on, not to mention the time and effort required for a cascaded rollout, communications strategy and plan, and possibly training for local HR, managers, and employees Centers of excellence ... cultural differences that exist between Taiwan and New Zealand, or Japan and China, and modify their products and marketing appropriately This is similar for a North American division—one cannot assume...
... Dugan, and Trompenaars (1996), Gelfand, Ghawuk, Nishii, and Bechtold (2004), and Minkov (2007) There are some divergent opinions concerning the right interpretation of this dimension and what ... Pakistan, and Thailand It is weakest in Norway, the United States, and Canada If this relatively new dimension is replicated and confirmed in further studies, it may have serious implications for international ... Vietnam, and Jordan than in any Western country, such as Switzerland, Germany, the United States, Sweden, and Finland There is a very important practical lesson here that international managers and...