... longitudinal reinforcement, in s1 = spacing of vertical reinforcement in wall, in s2 = spacing of shear or torsion reinforcement in direction perpendicular to longitudinal reinforcement or spacing of ... Tolerance on minimum concrete cover d ≤ in ± 3/8 in – 3/8 in d ≤ 24 in ± 1/2 in – 1/2 in d > 24 in ± in – 1/2 in Table 7.2—Minimum diameters of bend Bar size Minimum diameter No through No 6db No 9, ... provided by concrete in accordance with 11.3 or 11.4, and Vs is nominal shear strength provided by shear reinforcement in accordance with 11.5 .6 11.1.1.1 In determining shear strength Vn, effect of any...
Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2014, 15:45
... 92 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 Number of women 15–44 years of age who have ever had sexual intercourse and percentage who ... 5,570 21, 568 6, 0 96 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 12.1 14.0 4.0 28.0 72.2 8 .6 16. 9 17.9 12.4 20.8 12.1 17.8 26. 5 28.0 19.9 16. 3 6. 6 24 .6 21 .6 20.3 27 .6 14.1 4.1 19.9 23.0 20.0 36. 1 20.8 5.0 ... 3.213–4. 368 3. 860 0.98 12 .64 6 2.925 11. 369 –13.923 2.524–3.327 11.8 96 2.953 1. 06 0.99 2. 162 5.285 5.453 7.494 1.843–2.480 4 .68 6–5.883 4.909–5.998 6. 524–8. 465 2.359 4.929 5.377 7.1 36 0.92 1.07...
Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 10:20
Tài liệu Déjà Vu All Over Again: The Causes of U.S. Commercial Bank Failures This Time Around* docx
... 0.05 0.12 0.04 0.02 -0.02 0.1 86 1 26 7,3 96 7,522 0.52 -1.18 -2.13 1.57 -2.04 3 .62 0. 76 -0. 06 -1. 76 -0.20 1.15 7.51 2. 56 0.99 -0 .66 ** ** *** * *** ** Table 9: Summary of Significant Results from ... clear negative influence The remaining three are realestate loan portfolio variables that neatly summarize the underpinnings of not only this banking crisis but also the underpinnings of the previous ... -1. 26 2007 Marginal Effect t-stat *** *** *** *** *** ** *** *** *** ** -0.25 -0 .65 -0. 36 0.50 0.02 0.07 0.00 -0.02 0.21 -0.02 0. 16 0.23 0.08 0.01 -0. 16 -3. 86 -1.34 -2 .66 7.17 0.54 4.53 0 .61 -0.21...
Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 03:20
Tài liệu China’s Holdings of U.S. Securities: Implications for the U.S. Economy pptx
... low return on Chinese investment of its FX reserves Many analysts (including some in China) have questioned the wisdom of China’s policy of investing a large level of FX reserves in U.S government ... Growing Bilateral Tensions over the U.S Public Debt Since the beginning of the global financial crisis in 2008, U.S government officials have increasingly sought to offer assurances to Chinese officials ... Percent of GDP, 20012011 and Estimates for 2012 Year Billions of U.S Dollars As a % of Chinese GDP 2001 215 .6 16. 3 2002 291.1 20.0 2003 403.3 24 .6 2004 60 9.9 31 .6 2005 818.9 36. 5 20 06 1, 068 .5 40.2...
Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2014, 20:20
The Geographic Distribution and Characteristics of U.S. Bank Failures, 2007-2010: Do Bank Failures Still Reflect Local Economic Conditions? pptx
... banks (excluding Washington Mutual) 197 197 Min N 11,073 5, 161 Max 22, 962 ,845 16, 242 ,68 9 301 267 52 1,233,748 824,373 10.1 9.0 3.2 1.2 Mean Q1 100,4 86 80 ,66 2 1 1 Median 262 ,721 204,070 Q3 69 0,828 ... by participating in loans made in other markets, investing in securities, and using other means, the large number of banks that operate predominantly in a single market and serve mainly a local ... in terms of total assets on June 30, 20 06 Of the 20 largest failures, 11, including Washington Mutual Bank, were savings institutions Of the 36 thrifts that failed during 2007-10, 16 (44 percent)...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 10:20
Publicly Funded Agricultural Research and the Changing Structure of U.S. Agriculture doc
... president of the National Academy of Engineering The Institute of Medicine was established in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences to secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions ... the changing role of knowledge and information Market forces, including changes in the availability of financial capital, changes in international capital flows, and the increasing price of labor ... of the National Academy of Sciences The National Academy of Engineering was established in 1 964 , under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences, as a parallel organization of outstanding...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 15:20
The State of U.S. Railroads docx
... 32,894 1980 68 .3 2,222 67 .1 61 6 41,352 1985 71.8 2,574 67 .7 66 5 44,971 1990 68 .9 2,755 66 .6 7 26 48,313 1995 66 .3 2,870 65 .3 843 55,032 2000 68 .6 2,923 62 .6 843 52,803 2005 68 .9 3,115 61 .0 894 54,473 ... 2,754,829 6, 2 06, 782 1991 3,201, 560 3,044,574 6, 2 46, 134 1992 3, 264 ,597 3, 363 ,244 6, 627,841 1993 3, 464 ,1 26 3 ,69 2,502 7,1 56, 628 1994 3,752,502 4,375,7 26 8,128,228 1995 3,492, 463 4,443,709 7,9 36, 172 19 96 ... 168 ,979 35 .66 2000 5,7 96, 969 168 ,535 34.40 2001 5,741,215 167 ,275 34.32 2002 6, 065 ,400 170,048 35 .67 2003 6, 264 ,220 169 , 069 37.05 2004 6, 707,378 167 ,312 40.09 2005 6, 598,171 164 ,291 40. 16 SOURCE:...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 21:20
A Description Of U.s. Enlisted Personnel Promotion Systems ppt
Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 08:20
Taxation of U.S. Investment Partnerships and Hedge Funds ppt
... Foreign Investors in a U.S Hedge Fund Offshore Funds U.S Investors in Offshore Funds U.S Investors in Swiss Bank Accounts U.S Investors in Madoff-Like Managed U.S Trading Accounts Size of the ... Swiss bank holdings into hedge funds Some of the Swiss banks invest in offshore hedge funds in the bank’s beneficial name, while maintaining a record of 16 This was widely reported in the global ... again) in the hands of the shareholders when remitted The Bush administration softened the blow of double taxation by taxing dividends on holdings of more than 60 days at a reduced tax rate of...
Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 14:20
Who Regulates Whom? An Overview of U.S. Financial Supervision pdf
... National Credit Union Administration OCC Office of the Comptroller of the Currency OFHEO Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight OFR Office of Financial Research OTS Office of Thrift Supervision ... those of other financial instruments) Hedge funds are limited to qualified investors with high net worth Hedging—Investing with the intention of reducing the impact of adverse movements in interest ... of Consumer Financial Protection, and a member appointed by the President with insurance expertise Nonvoting members, serving in an advisory capacity, include the director of the Office of Financial...
Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 21:20
Air and Noise Pollution Abatement Services: An Examination of U.S. and Foreign Markets ppt
... Trade and investment 6- 1 6- 2 6- 5 6- 6 6- 6 6- 7 Chapter Summary of findings 7-1 iv Table of Contents–Continued ... monitoring includes both inspections and testing Nadeau examines 277 instances of noncompliance involving 175 plants He finds that a 10percent increase in monitoring activity reduces the duration of ... effectiveness of these services in reducing air pollution.1 Researchers have studied monitoring and testing, permit trading (a type of financial service), and design and engineering of abatement...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 00:20
FUTURE ROLES OF U.S. NUCLEAR FORCES docx
... Downwind Range 4.13 Fallout Dose Versus Downwind Range (Vertical Axis Expanded to Show Fallout from Higher-Yield Weapons) ix 34 40 52 53 53 54 64 65 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 x Future Roles of ... “withering away” of its nuclear capability over time may be inevitable That would certainly be the most likely effect of continuing its current nuclear policies In sum, nuclear weapons remain the final ... the creation of the Strategic Integrated Operational Plan (SIOP) in 1 960 The SIOP was intended to bring some order to the targeting process and integrate the burgeoning nuclear forces of the different...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 01:20
Governance and the Success of U.S. Community Banks, 1790-2010: Mutual Savings Banks, Local Commercial Banks, and the Merchants (National) Bank of New Bedford, Massachusetts doc
... billion in 1884 and grew every year until 1933, the pit of the Depression, having reached almost $10 billion in 1932 The number of savings banks in operation swelled from 320 in 1 865 to 66 6 a decade ... entertainments served as a sort of bribe offered in the form of fine wine, music, and women.88) The potentially most pernicious form of favoritism was insider lending, the practice of lending primarily ... Americans Savings banks were eager to obtain the poor’s deposits but few were interested in helping the poor to Minutes of the Board of Directors of the Farmers Bank of Virginia, 1820-1827, Virginia...
Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 08:20
Derivative Exposure and the Interest Rate and Exchange Rate Risks of U.S. Banks ppt
... examine the nature of these covariances in more detail To this end, suppose beginning of the period The bank’s net asset at the end of the period in dollar terms is (6) where q and q* are interest ... Journal of Finance 49, December, 1755-17 86 Brewer, E and G.D Koppenhaver, 1992 The impact of standby letters of credit on bank risk: A Note, Journal of Banking and Finance 16, December, 1037-10 46 Chamberlain, ... Tests of the Multi-Period Two-Parameter Model, Journal of Financial Economics 1(1), 43 -66 Flannery, M.J and C.M James, 1984 The Effects of Interest Rate Changes in the Common Stock Returns of Financial...
Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 13:20
The Exchange Rate Exposure of U.S. and Japanese Banking Institutions potx
... research examining these differences will offer insight into the riskiness of firms in both countries Using cross-sectional analysis, we find that reported accounting indicators of foreign exchange ... 2.3 56 27 0.142 1.1 76 2.435 29 0.102 1.081 2.215 30 0.107 0. 961 1.728 29 1. 566 3.488 4.094 27 0.784 3.138 3 .65 4 26 0.725 3.074 3.473 25 0.404 2.890 3.483 26 0.2 76 2.777 3.492 27 0.5 16 2 .63 7 3 .60 4 ... Management in Banking, October 13-15, 19 96 The Exchange Rate Exposure of U S and Japanese Banking Institutions’ Introduction This paper studies the exchange rate exposure of firms in the banking industry...
Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 13:20
Outcome Evaluation of U.S. Department of State Support for the Global Methane Initiative doc
... 41.02 EPA funding 1.57 1.93 8 .67 4.11 3.82 20.10 DoS funding 1.51 3.04 6. 73 5.44 4.20 20.93 49 61 44 57 52 51 100 40 65 66 74 66 — 48 33 33 14 31 DoS share of total (%) Contracts share of total (%) ... 4 .60 19.90 DoS 5.80 6. 00 5 .66 5.00 5.30 27. 76 USAID 3.07 0.85 0 3.92 USTDA 1.79 0.48 0 2. 26 12 .66 11.73 9.50 9.90 Total DoS percentage of total U.S funding 10. 06 53.84 52 Introduction But the ... secretariat, the main organizing and coordinating body for GMI It is responsible for managing GMI meetings and events, producing outreach materials, processing new members, maintaining the GMI website,...
Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 19:20
the role of u s engineering schools in development assistance doc
Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 14:20
menshikov millionaires and managers; structure of u.s. financial oligarchy (1969)
... 1 964 up to 1 964 1 965 16- 18 20-34 37.5-47.5 50.5 -61 63 .5-75 76. 5 77 14-17 19-32 36- 45 48-58 60 -69 70 70 1 964 1 965 20 20- 26 30-34 38- 56 59-72 75-87 89-91 16- 16. 5 17.5-23.5 27-30.5 34-50.5 53.5 -63 .5 ... 1 966 , p 60 6 Lenin wrote: "The figures we have quoted on the growth of bank capital, on the increase in the number of the branches and offices of the bigger banks, the increase in the number of ... 19 56 to 1 965 , we get a figure of $7,500 million Since the wealth of the Mellons is invested mainly in aluminium and oil, there is nothing extraordinary in such a growth of their wealth in 40 years...
Ngày tải lên: 31/10/2014, 00:12
the reputation of underwriters, the bonding hypothesis, and the impact on the information environment of u.s cross-listed firms
... extent of investor protection accorded in the home country of the firm cross-listing in the U.S Therefore, in line with the bonding hypothesis, crosslisted firms facing more skepticism from U.S investors ... 13 2.2.2 Benefits of hiring a reputable underwriter In the context of the Bonding Hypothesis of Stulz (1999) and Coffee (1999; 2002) explained above, the main benefit of hiring a reputable underwriter ... first-day return of 18.7% and a median of only 6. 3%; they also report high levels of underpricing (65 %) in 1999-2000 Figure shows in more detail the evolution of the underpricing of Foreign IPOs...
Ngày tải lên: 02/11/2014, 00:47