... Organizational Chart Hawai `i Tourism Authority Revenues and Appropriations, FY1999-2000 to FY2001-02 Hawai `i Visitors & Convention Bureau Organizational Chart Hawai `i Visitors ... Auditor to conduct a management and financial audit of all contracts or agreements awarded by the Hawai `i Tourism Authority toa major contractor every five years Each audit is to determine if ... the State of Hawaii Conducted by The Auditor State of Hawaii and Nishihama & Kishida, CPA's, Inc Submitted by THE AUDITOR STATE OF HAWAII Report No 03-10 June 2003 This is trial version www.adultpdf.com...
... the major neighbor islands and around the world In the United States, the bureau maintains offices in Salinas, California; San Diego, California; Chicago, Illinois; and Arlington, Virginia The ... Receptionist Tourism Specialist III Product Development Coordinator Budget Fiscal Officer Project Manager Tourism Specialist Administrative Assistant II Secretary II Administrative Assistant I Source: Hawai `i ... promotes leisure and business travel to Hawai `i, including meetings and conventions HVCB also acts as a catalyst and advocate for improving and expanding Hawai `i s wide-ranging product offerings and...
... Maui in anticipation of an imminent relocation to that island Source: Office of the Auditor This is trial version www.adultpdf.com 19 Chapter 2: The Hawai `i Tourism Authority Enabled the Hawai `i ... their expenses Expenditures by HVCB’s Kaua i Visitors Bureau and its China and Japan offices indicate varying degrees of improper management of state funds The Kaua i Visitor’s Bureau has a staff ... arrivals to Hawai `i However, unfavorable market conditions and increased competition required HVCB to intensify its marketing efforts to maintain and strengthen Hawai `i s relationship with Japanese...
... requested analysis of campaign finance/public ethics law issues as they relate to dues for a particular political candidate, research regarding gifts of travel to public officials, state ethics law issues, ... plan to increase revenues by attracting delegates and attendees; enhance Hawai `i s image as a leading business meeting, convention and incentive destination internationally; and create high profile ... maintaining the image of Hawai `i in Taiwan as a primary visitor and convention/incentive destination The contract was originally effective from May 1, 2002 through December 31, 2005 and committed a...
... and organizational management The audit specifically recommended the revision of its organizational chart and staff positions, implementation ofa training program, and regular staff evaluations ... management and fair treatment, opportunities for training and self-improvement, a safe and healthy work environment, and working conditions that balance work responsibilities and family time and ... evaluating all integrated marketing contracts, and developing and implementing evaluation criteria of all marketing programs, including any program utilizing public funds Written contracting policies and...
... Auditor, State of Hawai `i and the board of directors and management of the Hawai `i Tourism Authority and HVCB and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified ... preparation of the financial statements requires HVCB management to make a number of estimates and assumptions relating to the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of ... this chapter Explanatory notes that are pertinent to an understanding of the financial statements and financial condition of HVCB are discussed in this section This is trial version www.adultpdf.com...
... of accuracy and clarity In addition, we added a recommendation that the State and Legislature take appropriate steps to further assess HVCB’s violation of generally accepted accounting principles ... the authority has undertaken to address identified contract management deficiencies These actions include a new one-year extension contract with the Hawai i Visitors & Convention Bureau that incorporated ... respond to legislative questions and concerns, ensure contractor compliance, minimize the State’s liability, and optimize the State’s expenditures for tourism promotion The board chair and executive...
... essential for the initiation of DNA replication in plasmids, bacteria, eukaryotic viruses and mammalian cells [24] The inverted repeats in introns are able to affect the alternative splicing of ... repeats are different in their efficiency with respect to the induction of instability Evidence is available suggesting that arm size, arm similarity and internal spacer size are all important factors ... initiation of genes, initiation of DNA replication and alternative splicing of exons The small interference (si)RNA genes active in RNA interference comprise inverted repeats capable of forming a...
... Ca chemical shifts are sensitive to solvent variation, causing an underestimation of calculated CSDs These CSDHa and CSDCa variations demonstrate the formation of more stable and abundant helical ... have increased stability compared to the corresponding a- amino-acid-containing peptides Therefore it is possible to increase peptide stability at the expense ofa minimal decrease in its activity ... receptor and biological activity, this achiral amino acid can be favourably replaced by sarcosine or proline, whereas a b-II¢ turn constraint around residues and 10 confers antagonist properties...
... prepared in pure water and in alcohol/water media is also investigated, as shown in Fig The value of saturation magnetization of samples a, b, and c is 75.4 emu/g (Fig 3a) , 39.2 emu/g (Fig 3b), and ... yellow was observed, starting from the interface between solution and air This could be attributed to the oxidation of Fe(II)Fe(III) intermediate to a- FeOOH The whole chemical reaction route was shown ... [15] as pH of the solution rose to 11 The Fe(II)Fe(III) intermediate was a black precipitate suspended steadily in solution When the solution was aged in air, a color change from black to yellow...
... expectation operator conditional on information available at the beginning of period The life of individuals consists of two parts.1 During initial J1 years they participate in the labor market ... herein are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the National Bank of Poland Michal Rubaszek at National Bank of Poland, 00-919 Warszawa, ul Świętokrzyska 11/21, Poland and Warsaw School ... aggregate variables in the stationary equilibrium The value of ρ determines the transition matrix π, and given the value of variance σε , it also defines set E In order to maintain a sensible comparison,...
... reducible Biochemical analysis of viridis zb63 thylakoids In order to characterize the composition of this minimal PSII identified in viridis zb63, thylakoids isolated from the mutant were analysed ... cryomicroscopy and image analysis of the two-dimensional arrays B Fig Analysis of polypeptide composition of grana preparation Comparison of (A) SDS ⁄ PAGE and (B) immunoblotting analyses of the ... Structural characterization of minimal PSII antenna unit Our results suggest that the PSII antenna of viridis zb63 is reduced to the minimal possible level We char4624 acterized this minimal PSII unit...
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... the interviewers had standardized the form of assessment by practicing in joint interviews to achieve a high interrater reliability All instruments were translated wordby-word into Kiswahili and ... Methods Participants The examined children live in a non-governmental orphanage in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania, situated near a small village in a rural area The orphanage consists of four ... perspective, which holds the risk ofa social desirability effect Although additional information by teachers and caretakers was preferred, caretakers showed big difficulties to provide specific and...
... much faster than in the case of GnRH A similar result can be acheived by introducing desensitization of both the outer membrane and ER calcium channels instead of changing the internalization and ... min-1 when the hormone is applied and has a minimum value of In the absence of hormone, the fraction of open channels increases at a linear rate of v2 = 0.002 min-1 and has a maximum value of ... the data and possibly new insights 1.5 0.5 To investigate which of the two desensitization mechanisms, receptor interalization or outer membrane calcium channel desensitization, plays the major...
... contribution of stearic acid which is relatively higher in mahua biodiesel than that of biodiesel of palm In addition to unsaturation, ignition delay increases with fuel density and iodine value ... percentage of unsaturation, maximum heat release rate and peak pressure for karanjia biodiesel Biodiesel of karanjia has a lower percentage of unsaturation and has a higher value of maximum heat release ... understandable It can be stated that BSFC increases with increase in percentage of unsaturation, since an increase in percentage of unsaturation will result in an increase in density and in a decrease...
... Since India has a large waste land area suitable for Jatropha cultivation, it can supply large volume of biodiesel, in fact, nearly half a dozen states of India have reserve a total of 1.72 million ... Prati M V., Rocco V., Seggiani M., Senatore A. , Vitoloi S Brassica Carinata as an alternative oil crop for the production of biodiesel in Italy: engine performance and regulated and unregulated ... shows articulated growth, with a morphological discontinuity at each increment [20] Figure shows Jatropha plant in Energy park of Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (R.G.P.V.) Jatropha plant...
... Rice bran oil Rice is the main cultivation in subtropical southern Asia, and it is a staple food for a large part of the world’s human population especially in east, south and south-east Asia, ... Performance and emission parameters at varied injection timing and injection pressure using preheated rice bran oil The variation BSFC with injection pressure at various injection timings is exemplified ... hydroxide), acids (Sulphuric acid Hydro chloric acid) catalyze reaction [15, 16, 17] Alkali catalyzed transesterification is faster than acid catalyzed transesterification and is most used commercially...
... switches anda small dc-capacitor The configuration is similar to that ofa single phase full bridge, but the control is different and the size of the capacitor is several times smaller Authorized licensed ... Ryuichi Shimada, Jan A Wiik, Takanori Isobe, Taku Takaku, Noriyuki Iwamuro, Yoshiyuki Uchida, Marta Molinas, and Tore M Undeland A new ac current switch called mers with low on-state voltage igbts (1.54 ... a trade-off between switching losses and on-state voltage With most applications requiring high switching frequencies and hard switching capability, the switching losses are normally prioritized...