... and energy sectors, which together make up 85% ofthe total Beyond the climatethemed bonds, there are baskets of other bonds that represent future expansion if the proceeds were clearly dedicated ... Across the regions UK institutions have issued the largest amount of climate-themed bonds, with 23% ofthe global total France comes in second with 17% Together, Europe accounts for 67% ofthe global ... Bonds and Climate Change www.climatebonds.net June 2012 this is the year the Kyoto Protocol came into force and the climate change agenda gained prominence The use of proceeds for the bonds identified...
... distribution of surrounding words of target terms For example, the distribution of co-occurrence words ofthe terms, the distribution of predicates which have the terms as arguments, and the distribution ... A set of journal abstracts was extracted from MEDLINE database usingthe disease names as quires Therefore, all the abstracts are related to some ofthe disease names The set consists of about ... If we consider the terms in a corpus as messages of a channel output, the information quantity ofthe terms can be measured using various statistics acquired from the corpus A set of terms is defined...
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... furnish the pure oxime in 60-98% yield 90 Page of run might be due to the loss of active sites ofthe catalyst Conclusions To the best of our knowledge, Bi O has never been used in the synthesis of ... in a mortar with a pestle for the required period of time On completion ofthe reaction as Table Reusability of Bi2O3 in the preparation of 2b using 60 mol% ofthe catalyst Entry Run number Time ... change in reaction time was observed However, a decrease in Bi2O3 loading appreciably decreased the rate and yield ofthe reaction We have also checked the reusability ofthe catalyst using the...
... Lehmer’s modification ofthe Lucas sequences shown in (2.2) and (2.3) was motivated by the fact that the discriminant P − 4Q ofthe characteristic equation of (2.1) cannot be ofthe form 4k + or 4k ... Jaroma 147 two theorems pertain to the rank of apparition of a prime ofthe form 2n p ± in the Lehmer sequences Because of Lemma 3.5, we impose the restriction q RQ∆ Theorem 4.1 Let q = 2n p − be ... results for the rank of apparition of a prime ofthe form 2n p ± in the sequences of Fibonacci and Lucas numbers In both sequences, R = −Q = and ∆ = R − 4Q = First, in the following category of primes,...
... ask for the opinions and reactions of their subordinates to the proposals, to make the changes beneficial to all ofthe members of a particular corporation or organization The Use ofthe ADKAR ... be given the chance to offer input in the technical aspects ofthe project They can focus on the technical side ofthe process, know what the competition is up to, the technology that the business ... It was the strength ofthe assets I had The strength ofthe honesty of my degrees I worked for, the asset of knowing people I had been working as a purchase manger & had the knowledge of procurements,...
... aneurysms ofthe sinus of Valsalva is 1-2 years Congestive heart failure is known to be the main cause of death [20] Hence, the presence of left-to-right shunt caused by ruptured aneurysms ofthe sinus ... ruptured aneurysms ofthe sinus of Valsalva: via the terminal chamber, via the aortic root, and via a combined approach Transaortic repair of ruptured aneurysms ofthe sinus of Valsalva may cause ... decreased the incidence of late aortic insufficiency [4,26,27] However, with on-pump beating-heart surgery, the advantages offered by the combined approach were achieved using TEE The condition of the...
... reliability ofthe index in a paediatric population have been identified, one of which evaluated the reliability ofthe older version ofthe index (FPI-8) [5] This study looked at a number of measures of ... Supinated (-1 - -4) It is likely that the sample size ofthe present study and the experience ofthe raters usingthe index accounts for the high level of inter-rater agreement Cornwall et al ... ofthe nature ofthe data generated by the FPI-6 would suggest that analysis using ICCs would be incorrect for the present study unless logit transformed scores are used This is the process of...
... Amsterdam, The Netherlands 7Department of Clinical Psychology ofthe Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Mental Health Care Center Arkin/PuntP, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Department of Psychiatry, ... participating, then the participant will contact the researcher Subsequently, the researcher checks that the participant understands all aspects ofthe trial If the participant agrees to enter the trial, ... in it If the participant is still interested in participating then the researcher checks that the participant understands all aspects ofthe trial If they agree to enter the trial, they complete...
... Page of 12 B Clinical assessment and AD management B.1 Clinical assessment At the time ofthe first observation, the diagnosis of AD was made by the physicians on the basis ofthe criteria of Hanifin ... persistence of AD is the severity ofthe disease estimated through the SCORAD index [7] at the moment ofthe first observation (Pearson χ2 = 4.846; P < 0.05) (Fig.3) In our study, the mean age of disappearance ... 57.6% of patients developed RC and 34.1% asthma Furthermore, in our two studies the onset of these pathologies in the majority of cases occurred before puberty (Fig.2) The curve ofappearance of...
... recent interest due to the work of Sick et al., [32] confirming the validity of RD equations in a model oftheappearanceofthe hair follicle From this point of view, the work developed in this ... where U was either ofthe two studied species (U1 or U2), W was the weighting, J was the Jacobian (and equaled the determinant for strained gradient F) and C-1 was the inverse ofthe Cauchy-Green ... fingerprint formation The model explained in [11] was used for fold growth where the formation ofthe folds depends on the concentration of a biochemical substance present on the surface ofthe skin Methods...
... for theappearanceofthe third strain (rare mutant) In the absence of treatment, the wildtype strain is dominant and the mutant subpopulation is present in trace quantities, ofthe order ofthe ... infected by the new strain is ofthe order of weeks (see figure 1) On the other hand, the explicitly modelled mean waiting time (Όw) to the occurrence ofthe new mutation according to the constant ... PMTCT or reduction of NVP resistance in the mother, or both However they appear suboptimal in that they select for NNRTI-resistant strains and therefore increase the mothers' risk of virologic failure...
... manifestation ofthe timing ofthe switch Further, the lack of other significant differences within the follow and non-follow groups indicates the Table results are not attributable to the timing ofthe ... costs, including the length of time AA had been the auditor and size ofthe company, are not associated with the decision to follow the AA team On the other side ofthe trade-off, we find that ... including the percentage of independent directors, total number of directors, and whether the Chairman ofthe Board is also an employee ofthe company When added to the models in Tables and 4, none of...
... included in the analyses (not shown), the significance, or lack thereof, of each variable remains the same Table 1, Panel A, presents a demographic profile ofthe 125 participants included in the results ... participants understood the impact ofthe audit difference on the company’s ability to meet the forecast Participants’ mean rating of task realism was 5.00, above the mid-point ofthe seven-point scale ... For research, the study provides direct evidence on perceptions about theappearanceof independence from non-professional investors The task of forming a judgment about how much of an audit difference...
... log-likelihood with the weight given by the inverse ofthe probability of inclusion in either study We also express the contribution of prior controls to the new study in terms of “effective number of controls” ... The author constructed the pseudo-likelihoods and derived the covariance matrices ofthe pseudo-scores and the expectations ofthe pseudoinformation matrices The asymptotic distributions ofthe ... of studying the re -using method We want to look into the details ofthe impact ofthe number of controls per case in the prior and current studies on the relative efficiency when re -using prior...
... and the position ofthe laser spot on aperture should not change upon movement ofthe pinhole along the detector arm Otherwise the height of pinhole 2, the orientation ofthe photodiode and the ... characterize the formation ofthe supporting matrix and the DNA hybridization The excitation of fluorescence in the evanescent field ofthe plasmons is strongest close to the metal surface On the other ... the one hand, that a changeofthe dielectric, i.e ε d in equation (2.19), leads to either a drop or an increase ofthe wavevector ofthe surface plasmon resonance, depending on the sign of the...
... activities 32 7.1 The study ofthe textbook .32 The selection, adaptation, and designing ofthe activities 33 The Trial ofthe activities 33 The modification ofthe activities ... activity, the preparation of teaching aids needed, the class arrangement and the procedure of each activity The Trial ofthe activities With an aim to examine the effectiveness ofthe Information ... Obviously, all the teachers are fully aware ofthe advantages ofthe Information Transfer technique in the study of reading texts It is revealed from the graph that 100 % ofthe teachers agree the benefits...