against the gods-the remarkable story of risk - peter bernstein
against the gods-the remarkable story of risk - peter bernstein
... came along. Even the famous theorem of Pythagoras -the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the square of the other two sides-was in use in the Tigris-Euphrates valley ... triangle formed the basis of concepts developed by the seventeenth- century French mathematician Blaise Pascal, one of the fathers of the theory of choic...
Ngày tải lên: 11/07/2014, 22:17
“Marketing is the whole business, taken from the customer’s point of view.” - Peter Drucker docx
... of this core group so- lidifies their commitment to your market and helps to ensure they keep coming back week after week. Word -of- mouth Word -of- mouth is far more effec- tive than paid advertising. ... a great method of reminding your shoppers of why they love the market. The trend in this type of communication is the e-newsletter delivered via email. Many companies offe...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 21:20
The Graysons A Story of Illinois ppt
... an old-fashioned single-barrel, flint-lock pistol, of the kind in use in the early part of the century. It had belonged to Tom's father, and the officer had found it in one of the drawers in the ... one end of the high smoke-blackened mantel-shelf, which extended across the chimney above the cavernous kitchen fire-place. The joists of the loft were of he...
Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 14:20
Public risk for private gain? The public audit implications of risk transfer and private finance pptx
... passengers. 96 And the workforce bore risks in the form of support staff and management cuts of 20%. The general public assumed risk through the cancellation of half of the investment plan. These risk transfers ... impact of all risks. It is calculated by multiplying the likelihood of the risk occurring by the size of the outcome (as monetised), and sum...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 04:20
Before the Dawn A Story of the Fall of Richmond pptx
... deepened the scarlet in her cheeks. The Harley house was only on the other side of the garden and there was a path between the two. The city was now silent. Nothing came to their ears save the ringing ... down the street, looking about at the dim and silent city. He gazed up at the dark shaft of the tower whence the bell had rung its warning, at the dusky mass o...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 17:20
Báo cáo y học: "The evolving story of medical emergency teams in quality improvement"
... on retrospective chart reviews, this study introduced the novel element of real-time characterization of events by the team at the moment of consultation. This methodology captures important opportunities ... forms of surveillance have yielded higher rates of adverse events [4,5]. All of these detection methods require substantial investments of time and money. Moreover, e...
Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:06
Báo cáo y học: " Polysaccharides from the root of Angelica sinensis protect bone marrow and gastrointestinal tissues against the cytotoxicity of cyclophosphamide in mice
... treatments, the expression level of angiogenesis- and proliferation-related proteins were studied. CY significantly down-regulated the protein levels of VEGF, c- Myc and ODC in the gastric ... the protective effect of AP on CY-induced cytotoxicities in both the hemopoietic and gastrointestinal tissues was undefined. Any of these actions would extend the therapeutic a...
Ngày tải lên: 02/11/2012, 10:19
Henrietta: The story of love, tennis, and thaking chances
... with the tops off both of them and the top of the cans were rusty. There was a box of Q- tips. There were used safety razors. There were stacks and stacks of old pari-mutuel tickets that I ... and the other leg is bent at the knee, and the calf is horizontal to the ground. His sink is a miracle of detritus. There were a couple of cans of Edge Gel shaving cream...
Ngày tải lên: 06/11/2012, 17:33