... Although the presence of credit card logos in the study did increase donation size, the absolute amounts were small (average donations were 11¢ and 33 ¢ for the cash and credit card conditions) Second, ... Wilcoxson Rank Sum: z 1.42, ns) Third, values in the two congruent conditions are signi®cantly greater than the values in the non-congruent conditions (diagonal cells versus non-diagonal cells; ... cash that they typically carry in their wallets In thecredit card condition they may anchor on their credit limit or the size of their monthly bill If this is true we would expect the effect...
... them alone Concentrate You nearly gave the game away in the other room They think there are only four dolls If everyone picks the wrong chair for the dolls, then we are going to need these others ... take a risk then.' He reached inside one of the cupboards and pulled a ballerina doll out, then pulled the second one out He dumped them both onthe floor Next, he moved down to the second cupboard ... feeling for the next steppingstone Once more Joey, pretending to be nonchalant, kicked another of the stepping-stones out of the way Steven, having memorised the position of the stepping-stones, commenced...
... implementation, monitoring and reporting onthe convention The importance of raising awareness onthe potential of the CRPD for advancing the rights of PWD and PLHIV was also highlighted Discussions onthe ... http://www.jiasociety.org/content/12/1/27 References United Nations General Assembly: Final report of the Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention onthe Protection and Promotion of the ... various ways to use the Convention onthe Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) as a tool for change Although HIV/AIDS is not explicitly mentioned within the convention, Article 25 (a) may...
... regions (figure 1) corresponding to the natural geomorphological division of the country and defined onthe basis of environmental conditions, which, together with altitudinal vegetation zones, ... together for only approximately 29 % of the total variation; a considerable portion of the variation is thus not displayed there It also must be noted that the division of the territory into the ... allozymes for the definition of the spatial structure of genetic variation Unless there is a special project aimed the delineation of seed zones onthe basis of allozyme gene markers, one of the problems...
... citing theeconomic recovery and a renewed confidence In contrast, several contacts reported somewhat weaker demand for workers However, these contacts expected stronger demand over the next few months ... contacts noted a modest decline in production and orders in September Most contacts in the banking sector reported that creditconditions remained tight The pace of layoffs in the District continued ... restrictive creditconditions Commercial construction was particularly weak Commercial real estate conditions deteriorated again, as prices fell further and vacancy rates increased Contacts reported...
... she laid them out to dry At night, when everyone had gone to sleep, Cathy started stringing the shells She wanted the shell necklace to be as beautiful as the pearl one she had seen at the shop ... younger boy said "Don't play with me Give me the money now or you will regret it." Sounds of fighting followed The blind man was shocked after listening to their conversation He told himself ... repeatedly When the younger boys saw him, they tried to run away Another two policemen who came to help Rahman managed to catch the boys The extortionist was charged in court The younger boys...
... definitions and skeptical An investigation into the role of metaphor in description of emotion in poetic discourse 18 statements about the concept of emotion concluding that there is little consistency ... refers to the consideration of meaning in an incongruent way at the level of the organization of the discourse The most congruent form of joining two ideas is An investigation into the role of ... information) Halliday brings together these various expressions under the heading of the notion of interpersonal metaphor of mood The reason why these examples are regarded as metaphorical, lies in the...
... 8/ 3 Tổng thống Nga Vladimir Putin chụp ảnh với công nhân nhà máy dệt Vologda vào Ngày Quốc tế Phụ nữ Vologda Nữ cảnh sát giao thông Zhou Jinyan đồng nghiệp nhận hoa từ người dân trước ngày 8/ 3 ... Phụ nữ Ngày 7 /3, Tổng thống Mỹ Barack Obama ký ban hành thành luật dự luật bổ sung đạo luật chống bạo hành phụ nữ Các nữ công nhân thời vụ Hàn Quốc tổ chức buổi mít-tinh vào ngày 8/ 3 nhằm kêu gọi ... Phụ nữ Vologda Nữ cảnh sát giao thông Zhou Jinyan đồng nghiệp nhận hoa từ người dân trước ngày 8/ 3 thành phố Fuyang, tỉnh An Huy, Trung Quốc Những phụ nữ có chồng làm việc xa nhà làng Zhengzi,...
... Geotechnique, 37 (3) : 35 5 -3 68 Secondary Sridharan, A and Rao, A.S 1 981 Rectangular Hyperbola Consolidation Effects in the Application of the Velocity Method for One-Dimensional Consolidation, ASTM ... coefficient of consolidation was constant conforming to the Terzaghi theory Onthe other hand, when these methods predicted different values for the EOP δ p , the c v values estimated from these methods ... are onthe initial linear portion of the methods are similarly affected by the factors that d t − t curve This is the same basis utilized by the influence the initial portion of the consolidation...
... away from the pond) was utilized for calculating the daylight fraction The latitude of the observation site (34 ˚47') was used to calculate the daily irradiance These calculations were done according ... Daphnia The observation results of the winter experiment are depicted #1; #3; in Fig The difference of the phytoplankton succession among each pond was more #2; #4; obvious than that in the summer ... Almost only rotifers were grew in Pond #2, in which the domination of Phormidium was observed These results consistent with the correlation observed in the summer experiment Furthermore, the temporary...
... still contained in the oil cakes, so improper disposal of the oil cakes would have negative effects onthe environmental quality (Bruno et al., 2009) Onthe other hand, the protein, hydrocarbon and ... suitable for the coupled system In the novel process being proposed, the proper selection of microalgal species is the foundation and key point of the microalgal cultivation unit Considering the inorganic ... subsequently replaces the conventional aerobic tank Compared to the conventional treatment process, the organic pollutants in this novel process are no longer degraded to CO2 by the microorganisms...
... CHARACTERIZATION PROBLEM • Unconstrained problems − Zero 1st order variation along all directions • Constrained problems − Nonnegative 1st order variation along all feasible directions • Equality constraints ... Minimum Unconstrained local and global minima in one dimension NECESSARY CONDITIONS FOR A LOCAL MIN • 1st order condition: Zero slope at a local minimum x∗ ∇f (x∗ ) = • 2nd order condition: Nonnegative ... and second order necessary optimality conditions for functions of one variable PROOFS OF NECESSARY CONDITIONS • 1st order condition ∇f (x∗ ) = Fix d ∈ n Then (since x∗ is a local min), from...
... of 36 0 entries were submitted for the Audiovisual Division and 49 for the TV Proposal Division, of which 78 from the first division and from the second division passed the Preliminary Selection ... materials.” At the same time, the title was also changed to the JAPAN PRIZE International Contest for Educational Media 1 The divisions and categories of the contest have undergone changes since ... Over the years, the contest has reflected the characteristics of educational broadcasting around the world amid the evolving media and educational environment of each era In the early days of the...
... figures 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13, they a Figures 8, 10 and 12 provide the SR values after watermark re basedon applying the same attacks onthe Goldhill t extraction from the LL sub-band They show ... enhanced with the proposed scheme IV CONCLUSION In this paper, we have made a contribution to a multiple non-blind watermarking scheme basedonthe DWT The proposed scheme consists in applying the DWT ... thus, the additive contains the most significant information of the approach, they embed four copies of the binary wa image To termark into obtain the next level decomposition, the two dimen the...