... understanding ofthe past, is to help seismologists better understand the past pattern of earthquakes around the world, and thereby estimate seismic risks in the future An accurate assessment of seismic ... Mycenae, and at the time of my visit she was the director ofthe British School of Archaeology at Athens As we passed through the Lion Gate, she andthe other archaeologists focused on the huge, ... cups of coffee outside as they absorbed the ambiance ofthe Acropolis When they presented their results, many ofthe earth scientists did the same This inattentiveness, I think, reflected not disrespect...
... occultists ofthe past the land of Isis the home ofthe builders ofthe Pyramids the people ofthe Sphinx Whether these people were the direct descendants ofthe people of destroyed Atlantis, the ... Consequently, the Spirit within the soul of Man, and which is "the soul of his soul," is Divine The Vedantists admit the existence of a "Logos," or Ishwara, the Lord ofthe Universe, who is, however, ... Reincarnation, and to the ideas ofthe complex soul As the survivors of Atlantis are believed to have been the ancestors ofthe Egyptians on the one hand, andofthe Ancient Peruvians on the other the two...
... The Love of Nature andthe End oftheWorld This page intentionally left blank The Love of Nature andthe End oftheWorldThe Unspoken Dimensions of Environmental Concern ... life, andthe voice ofGod Wolfsohn’s way to his discovery was through the voices ofthe dying, voices of agony and unbearable suffering “In the cries ofthe dying, he had heard a range ofthe ... It is both In essence, this merging takes us into the direct presence of self and other and we experience the other from the inside of life as such In this profound experience of self and other,...
... brand This might not be true The issue of why doctors and pharmacists choose one company’s products over another lay behind the responses of many of them to accusations that they did so for their ... that in the market place, and with increasing numbers of brands coming and going, this was the best way to be sure ofthe quality ofthe drugs In one hospital a pharmacist in charge ofthe hospital ... public opinion, the fragmentation of community, the widespread dissemination of information on political and other violations of public trust, the restructuring ofthe economy, andthe increase...
... Based on his close study ofthe history ofthe Arab states of Spain and North Africa, he told a story ofthe rise and fall of regimes, in which rulers play the role ofthe predator and there is something ... characteristic ofthe global political economy was the reversal ofthe flow of trade and capital surpluses between the United States andthe rest oftheworldThe hegemon, for the first time in world ... be both accurate and misleading This is not to deny the objective reality either ofthe stick (i.e that it is not bent at all) or ofthe Crash and its aftermath, the Crisis It is simply to note...
... risk is that the market mispriced and misjudged risk The “market” badly misjudged the risk of defaults of subprime mortgages, and made an even worse mistake trusting the rating agencies andthe ... against them To the Ken Lays (the CEO of Enron) and Bernie Ebbers (the CEO of WorldCom) ofthe early years ofthe decade, we now add Bernie Madoff and a host of others (such as Allen Stanford and ... governor ofthe Central Bank of Ireland) I am indebted to Michael Greenberger, now professor of law at the University of Maryland and director ofthe Division of Trading and Markets ofthe Commodity...
... This branding role of this discourse of globalization also further contributes to the understanding ofthe mounting role of language as a valuable resource and commodity in this globalizing world ... globalists), the skeptics, andthe transformationalists Their discussion of globalization in terms of these schools of thought allows for a clearer understanding of how globalization is defined and ... mpact of gl obalization o n HEIs, how globalization has impacted the discourses of HEIs is necessarily essential in understanding the greater role of discourse in this age of globalization This...
... 1990s, the executive editor of Wired magazine, Kevin Kelly, celebrated a new order in which "the worldofthe soft -the worldof intangibles, of media, of software, andof services-will soon command ... The ride skips forward to the invention ofthe printing press andthe subsequent flourishing of culture during the Renaissance, then to the Age of Invention and with it the telegraph, telephone, ... shared vision of a grand scheme of inter-networks andthe recognition ofthe practical need to ensure the global success ofthe Internet These groups assembled as part of a broader struggle to standardize...
... cluster A and B average For equation (1), the log ofthe number of cumulative loans isthe variable of interest For equation (2), the log ofthe number of cumulative conditions isthe variable of interest ... represent the views ofthe International Bank for Reconstruction and Development /World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those ofthe Executive Directors oftheWorld Bank or the governments they ... payments distortions At the beginning ofthe 1990s more emphasis was put on protecting the poor from the adverse effects ofthe adjustment programs The contracts that were offered implied a policy of...
... To our knowledge there are no other reports of a direct link between poultry consumption and risk of diabetes or of interactions between poultry consumption and BMI andthe risk of type DM Red ... for the presence ofthe following chronic diseases at baseline: coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke, and cancer and repeated the analyses after exclusion of subjects with these chronic diseases ... the amount consumed in lians (50g/lian) per unit of time A lian isthe unit of weight in China equivalent to 50 g The reproducibility and validity ofthe FFQ was assessed in a random sample of...
... ratio statistic The asymptotic distribution of likelihood ratio statistic under the null hypothesis is not known a priori Therefore, one has to simulate this distribution for each hypothesis that ... literature The lighthearted use disregards reverence for the land which is a critical, invisible element ofthe term The true concept is not easily grasped but includes nphysical elements ofthe vinehard ... to get an official appellation from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms On the other hand, old -world producers, by the mean of their interprofessional organizations (Bordeaux and Burgundy...
... central nervous system, andthe lack of induction of inflammatory responses [22] Despite a long-standing interest in the field of muramyl peptides, the impact of these molecules at the mitochondrial ... as MB, is capable of inducing mitochondrial proton leak in the spleen and liver of injected mice Moreover, it isof importance to note that the maximum in vivo effect of MDP and some of its derivatives ... approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee ofthe University of Balamand and complied with the principles of laboratory animal care Chemicals and reagents Muramyl peptides (MDP and MB)...
... and electrons are orbiting around these nuclei The size ofthe atoms (the size ofthe outer orbit ofthe electrons) isofthe order of 1/100 000 000 cm, the nucleus is 100 000 times smaller The ... importance One ofthe most striking examples isthe difference in mass of two types of quarks, namely ofthe up andthe down quark These two are the constituents ofthe proton andthe neutron: the proton ... could exist only in such packets His hypothesis was on the nature ofthe process of emission, not on the nature ofthe radiated light It seems a small step, but it is precisely this type of step...
... analysis, and drafted the manuscript PK participated in the study design and conducted the statistical analyses RC participated in the design and coordination ofthe study and facilitated the collection ... collection of clinical samples NL processed clinical samples and conducted PCR and viral load analyses AA participated in the coordination ofthe study, directed sample and data analysis, and assisted ... staff and patients ofthe New Orleans HIV Outpatient Program This study was supported by grants from the Louisiana Board of Regents Health Excellence Fund, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
... The major gene existence was tested comparing the polygenic heredity model (null hypothesis H0) to the mixed heredity model (general hypothesis M0 where M1 and M0 H1) The test statistics isthe ... µ isthe vector of genotypic means (µ − a, µ + d, µ + a) associated respectively to the major gene genotypes AA, AB and BB, U isthe vector of polygenic genetic values and E isthe vector of ... ratios combined with the analyses taking into account the discrete nature ofthe trait makes the existence of this gene highly probable This major gene influencing the number of false or good teats...
... What are the implications of these issues for education provision in the province of Balochistan? 1.9 Structure ofthe Thesis This research study is divided into chapters Chapter ofthe thesis has ... time and space, the thesis has focused on the debate that came out ofthe publication of NEP, the important issues within the debate andthe impact ofthe policy on Balochistan province 1.2 The ... well as the strategy of data analysis Chapter and Chapter analyse the data in two parts The purpose of these two chapters is to find themes in the views ofthe participants ofthe debate and to...
... contemporary journalism, propaganda, and other forms of public discourse Her feminist analysis of such matters as the sexual honor ofthe British soldier at war, the deaths of thousands of women and children ... approached the particulars ofthe Boer War with the eye of a journalist, concerned with the specifics on the spot, such as the role ofthe Boer police in the Witwatersrand or the analysis ofthe parts ... powerful beginning ofthe New Journalism at the same time as it marks the beginning ofthe end ofthe New Imperialism The coincidence of these occasions arises from the nature ofthe South African...
... stamina of authors, the patience of readers andthe economics ofthe publishing industry conspire to keep this account at the level of grand theme or contour rather than of exacting detail It is therefore ... WAR ANDTHE LAW OF NATIONS This book is a history of war, from the standpoint of international law, from the beginning of history to the present day Its primary focus is on legal conceptions of ... repeated, and a second mission sent This time, the Aztec ambassadors anointed the right arm and head ofthe other ruler, set a tuft of feathers on his head and gave a further gift of weapons Another...
... DC: TheWorld Bank) Chernow, Ron, 1997, The Death ofthe Banker The Decline andthe Fall ofthe Great Financial Dynasties The Triumph ofthe Small Investor (New York: Vintage Books, a Division of ... further exploring the implications ofthe time dimension in the economic process This will be one ofthe undertakings of this paper The paper analyzes the role of finance for economic growth and ... structure ofthe economy, thus eliminating discontinuities in the transmission of information and money flows, and enhancing the provision of trust to support larger and more articulated sets of financial...