... into furthering the interests of another country at the expense of Australia’s interests.9e end ofthe Cold War, the rise of al Qaeda, preparations for the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, the ... Considering theCreationof a Domestic Intelligence Agency in the United States the Audit and Evaluation Committee, which sets the parameters tfor determining the utility and accuracy of ASIO threat ... of unconventional agents for the purpose of mass destruction (ASIO, 2006, pp. 25–26).In pursuing these various functional tasks, ASIO employs a staff of 1,400 (as of October 2007) and, at the...
... language technologies, to the detriment ofthe performance of systems that could exploit it. This paper describes the creation ofthe first tagged and delineated corpus of English metalanguage, ... known as duck, and the brothers began making work pants and shirts out ofthe strong material. NN Digeri is the name of a Thracian tribe mentioned by Pliny the Elder, in The Natural History. ... language4. The researcher also identified four categories of mentioned language based on the nature ofthe substitution phrase X’ specified by the rubric. These categories will be discussed in the...
... simplifies the mathematical analysis. The vector in the direction of travel of the wave is called the Poynting vector. The EM wave is shown as sinusoidal in Figure 2.1, although the wave can consist of ... (wavelength) of a wave can all be modified to represent the information. On the other end ofthe link, the receiving antenna and receiver detect these amplitude, phase, or frequency variations of the wave ... antenna. The design and orientation ofthe receiving antenna compared to the characteristics ofthe transmitted field in which it is immersed, determine the amount of power that is present at the receiving...
... modifying the values in the data row, and thus the dataset. In short, the data row holds the original state ofthe Customers row, whereas the class-level variables hold the current state. At the ... from the database. If not, an exception is thrown that notifies the developer ofthe problem. Of course, a developer could ignore your exception and attempt to access the properties of the ... constructor, other developers must provide a CustomerID when they attempt to create an instance ofthe CCustomer class. If a corresponding row is in the Customers table, the properties ofthe class...
... and the Health ofthe Public: A Summaryofthe February 2009 Summithttp://www.nap.edu/catalog/12668.html20 INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE AND THE HEALTH OFTHE PUBLIC In addressing the issue of involving ... publication, Integrative Medicine and the Health ofthe Public: A Summaryofthe 2009 Summit, provides an account ofthe discussion and presentations ofthe two-and-a-half day summit in Washington, ... NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board ofthe National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of...
... rocksto give the best estimate ofthe age of Earth. In comparison, the WMAP satellite today has measured the echo ofthe big bang itself togive us the most authoritative age ofthe universe. The WMAP ... superstition. The first revolution in cosmology was ushered in by the intro-duction ofthe telescope in the 1600s. With the aid ofthe telescope,Galileo Galilei, building on the work ofthe great ... percent ofthe totalmatter and energy content ofthe universe. (Of that 4 percent, most of it is in the form of hydrogen and helium, and probably only 0.03percent takes the form ofthe heavy...
... encoding the residues L and Nat the N-terminal end ofthe truncated bB2, and the residuesQ and W at the C-terminal end of truncated bB2, becausethese four residues are present in the structure of ... residues occur upon the surfaces of bB2 and cB. Furthermore, the bottom part of Fig. 1shows a schematic representation ofthe transplanta-tion. This part ofthe figure emphasizes the conceptualpoint ... MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry in the linear mode. The identity ofthe protein was furtherconfirmed by MALDI-TOF-based peptide mass finger-printing, with 1–2 Da accuracy, involving detection of the...
... togetherwithanexamination of keyuncertaintiesandlimitations;andaseries of conclusionsandinsightsgainedfrom the analysis.ItisimportanttorecallthatthisRIArestson the analysisdonein2008;nonewairqualitymodelingorotherassessmentswerecompletedexceptthoseoutlinedabove. The supplementincludesapresentation ofthe benefitsandcosts of attainingvariousalternativeozoneNationalAmbientAirQualityStandardsin the year2020.Theseestimatesonlyincludeareasassumedtomeet the currentstandardby2020.Theydonotinclude the costsorbenefits of attaining the alternatestandardsin the SanJoaquinValleyandSouthCoastairbasinsinCalifornia,becauseweexpectthatnonattainmentdesignationsunder the CleanAirActfortheseareaswouldplacethemincategoriesaffordedextratimebeyond2020toattain the ozoneNAAQS.InTableS1.1below, the individualrowestimatesreflect the differentstudiesavailabletodescribe the relationship of ozoneexposuretoprematuremortality.Thesemonetizedbenefitsincludereducedhealtheffectsfromreducedexposuretoozone,reducedhealtheffectsfromreducedexposuretoPM2.5,andimprovementsinvisibility. The rangeswithineachrowreflecttwoPMmortalitystudies(i.e.PopeandLaden).Rangesin the totalcostscolumnreflectdifferentassumptionsabout the extrapolation of costsasdiscussedinChapter5 ofthe 2008OzoneNAAQSRIA. The lowend ofthe range of netbenefitsisconstructedbysubtracting the highestcostfrom the lowestbenefit,while the highend ofthe rangeisconstructedbysubtracting the lowestcostfrom the highestbenefit. The presentation ofthe netbenefitestimatesrepresents the widestpossiblerangefromthisanalysis.TableS1.2presents the estimate of totalozoneandPM2.5‐relatedprematuremortalitiesandmorbiditiesavoidednationwidein2020asaresult of thisregulation. ... $47,000aEstimatesareroundedtotwosignificantfigures.Assuch,totalswillnotsumdowncolumns.S.2.4.4 Summaryof TotalCosts TableS2.9presentsa summaryofthe totalnationalcosts of attaining the 0.055ppmand the 0.060ppmalternativestandardsin2020.This summary includes the engineeringcosts of the modeledcontrolstrategy(presentedin the 2008OzoneNAAQSRIAChapter54), the additionalsupplementalcontrols,aswellas the extrapolatedcosts.ConsistentwithOMBCircularA‐4,costsarepresentedata7%discountrate.7 The midrangeestimateconsists of usinganMvalue of 0.24for the estimation ofthe averagecostperton of controlbygeographicarea.Foracompletelisting of averagecostpertonbygeographicareaseeAppendixS2a. ... The costs of identifiedcontrolmeasuresaccountsforanincreasinglysmallerquantity of the totalcosts of attainment.Thisisamajorlimitation ofthe costanalysis.Weassumeamajority ofthe costs of attaining the tighteralternativestandardswillbeincurredthroughtechnologieswedonotyetknowabout.Thereforecostingfutureattainmentbaseduponunspecifiedemissionreductionsisinherentlydifficultandspeculative. The uncertaintiesandlimitationssummarizedabovearegenerallymoreextensivethanthosefor the 0.075ppm,0.070ppm,and0.065ppmanalyses. The tablebelowcontrastsourlevel of confidenceineach ofthe keyresults.TableS2.1:Keyuncertaintiesandlimitationsin the analysisfor0.060ppmand0.055ppmAnalyticalquestion...
... either the likelihood a loan isrepaid (and thus, the cost of a loan) or the availability of credit. These results highlight the distincttradeoff between 1) limiting the collection and use of ... models explain the evolution of credit bureaus and the lending markets they support?Japelli and Pagano (1999) provide one ofthe very few attempts to test the predictions of the theoretical models ... retail experience but not the experience of other financial institutions.Tables 5 and 6 display the results ofthe retail-only simulations. As in the previous discussion of the negative-only simulation,...
... OFTHE BRAIN: CREATIONOFTHE SELF 25 the motoneurons innervating muscles (as indicated inFigure 3.15). Because ofthe decussation ofthe pyramidal tract, the motoneurons ofthe thumb area of ... information frommoment to moment ofthe contractions ofthe muscles and the movements that they are bringing about.44 EVOLUTION OFTHE BRAIN: CREATIONOFTHE SELF 6.10 The visuo-constructive cerebral ... lower portion ofthe trunk ofthe ‘tree’ may be occupiedby the Hadar and Laetoli fossil hominids (A. afarensis). (Tobias, 1983.)EVOLUTION OFTHE BRAIN: CREATIONOFTHE SELF 21 that the transition...
... however, the nation becomes inimical to human liberty. The history ofnationalism is therefore the history of competing defi nitions ofthe nation, with purveyors of nationalist ideologies offering ... assume (rather than demonstrate) that nationalism was a necessary outcome ofthe presence of those traits them-selves. From the outset, then, primordialists violate two ofthe basic tenets of social-scientifi ... Newsnet: The Newsletter ofthe American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (May 2008). A roundtable that I organized at the 2006 annual meeting oftheTHE NATIONAL ORIGINS OF NATIONALISM...
... conclusion, the 2010 Primer on Tumor Immunol-ogy and Biological Therap y of Cancer™ provided acomprehensive overview ofthe principles of immunol-ogy, with the aim of advancing the understanding ... IL-13.In summary, DC sub sets elicit distinct immuneresponses. DCs have functional plasticity at the level of the receptor–thenatureoftheresponseofagivenDCBalwit et al. Journal of Translational ... HenotedthattherearetwomaintypesofTregcells .The natural Tregs represent about 2% to 5% of cells in the peripheral blood; they differentiate in the thymus andexpress TCRs and CD4, as well as the a-chain...
... who attended the session with you, with the caveat that the honesty of their opinions (and the useful-ness of those opinions) will depend on the relationshipyou have with them and the power differential ... involvedin the speech — the members of your audience.Spread the WordMuch ofthe mileage you’ll get from your speech isword -of- mouth — from your own mouth to the listenersin the room, and from their ... receiving the information. The common approach looks only at the firsttwo elements, with a focus on the point of view of the sender (the person speaking) and the material beingpitched. Whether anyone...