a cross country comparison

... data; average 1999-2003 LT assets/total assets vs LT liabilities/total liabilities; annual data; average 1999- 2003 annual data; average 1999-2003 annual data; average 1999-2003 annual data; average ... 2004 annual growth rate; average Jan 1999-Jun 2004 annual data; average 1999-2003 annual data; average 1999-2003 annual data; average 1999-2003 cash and securities holdings to total assets; annual ... Bloomberg average of 1999-2001 annual growth rate; average Jan 1999-Jun 2004 annual growth rate; average Jan 1999-Jun 2004 annual growth rate; average Jan 1999-Jun 2004 annual growth rate; average Jan...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 23:20

... conventional antipsychotics Stimulants included methylphenidate and amphetamine products Anticonvulsant-mood stabilizers (ATC-MS) included carbamazepine, divalproex/valproic acid, lamotrigine, gabapentin ... information on reimbursement patterns 5) Access to medical specialists differs 6) The US data were based on the s-CHIP Medicaid data from one state and have limitations as a representative US dataset, ... stimulant, antipsychotic and antidepressant medication and any psychotropic use in youth aged 0–19 years from major European countries and the US Drug class data from each country were compared...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:06

... a0   a1  a2      a3  a4  r D   a5  a6 C L  C D   a7 log A   A A A  A A   15 (3) Acharya, Schnabl, and Suarez (2009) explain how off-balance sheet items of large bank ... “Bank Regulation Capital and Credit Supply: Measuring the Impact of Prudential Standards,” UK Financial Services Authority, Occasional Paper Kashyap, A. , J C Stein, and S Hanson, 2010, “An Analysis ... calculations: Zew Zealand, Japan, Denmark, Canada, Czech Republic, Ireland, France, Finland, Korea, and Portugal Defined as the inverse of the equity-asset ratio Calculated as a residual from...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 21:20

... Project Areas Jogjakarta: University of Gadjah Mada; 2005 Gani A: Studi Desentralisasi Kesehatan Jakarta, Mimeograf; 2005 Aukerman D: Promising Retention Practices of the Christian Health Association ... cooperation has started to develop a strategy for longer term gap-filling of national and international medical staff Migration and reintegration An area where international partners and industrialized ... management Approaches in Rwanda have taken a partly broader approach, including promotion of training at national teaching institutions and health management training at hospital and district...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20

... for Afghanistan due to factors that may result in a concentrated epidemic among injecting drug users (IDU) Iran, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and western China are all experiencing rapid ... syringes with each injection In Afghanistan and Iran, disposable syringes may be purchased from pharmacies legally and at low cost [20] However, in Pakistan, repackaging, sale, and use of previously-used ... manuscript 10 11 Authors' contributions CT participated in protocol design and study implementation and performed data analysis and manuscript preparation; AA supervised study conduct and data entry;...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 13:21

... non-U.S companies’ database as of May 2002 The database has information on a firm’s country of incorporation and global market capitalization in U.S dollars The intraday transactions data are from ... country, and across all sample firms Panel A: Descriptive Statistics, by country Country Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Canada Chile China Colombia Denmark Dominican Republic Finland France ... Greece Korea Chile Hungary Taiwan France HongKong Italy Spain United States Portugal Japan Belgium Germany Australia Austria Canada Norway Singapore United Kingdom Denmark New Zealand Ireland Sweden...

Ngày tải lên: 31/10/2014, 12:03

... “Singapore’s Insatiable Hunger for Sand”, Chris Coles, New Mandala, April 25, 2012 Available at http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2012/04/25/singapores-insatiable-hunger-for-sand/ Accessed ... Chapter III is the Comparative evaluation and analyses of the International, Regional and National Frameworks Part I evaluates the international environmental legal frameworks while Part II evaluates ... Dalat, Tam Dao, Chi Linh and Halong Bay) and Thailand (Bangkok, Chacheongsao, Khet Kannayao, Samutprakarn)) for a total of seven weeks to interview government officials, golf managers, chemical suppliers...

Ngày tải lên: 10/09/2015, 08:33

... 2009, at Navatanee Golf Club, 22 Navatanee Rd., Kwaeng Kannayao, Khet Kannayao, Bangkok, 10230 “35” An email was received on September 10, 2009 from Sayang Sawanduan (tcpa@tcpa.or.th) of TCPA “36” ... re-arranged and grammatical organization has been improved The comparative arrangement enhanced the evaluation and critical analysis of the issues, laws and regulations Referencing has been-re-arranged ... Multi-lateral Environmental Agreements MEAs, as well as international and regional hard and soft law instruments, actually guide, inform, enhance and promote national environmental protection and management...

Ngày tải lên: 10/09/2015, 08:33

... GUATEMALA GUINEA BISSAU HAITI HONDURAS HUNGARY INDIA INDONESIA IRAN JAMAICA JORDAN KENYA KOREA MADAGASCAR MALAWI MALAYSIA MEXICO MOROCCO MOZAMBIQUE NICARAGUA NIGER NIGERIA PAKISTAN PANAMA PARAGUAY ... ALGERIA ARGENTINA BANGLADESH BOLIVIA BOTSWANA BRAZIL BULGARIA BURKINA FASO CAMEROON CHILE CHINA COLOMBIA CONGO COSTA RICA COTE DIVOIRE ECUADOR EGYPT EL SALVADOR ETHIOPIA GABON GAMBIA GHANA GUATEMALA ... World Bank’s classification 47 Developed Countries AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA BELGIUM CANADA DENMARK FINLAND FRANCE GERMANY GREECE ICELAND IRELAND ISRAEL ITALY JAPAN NETHERLANDS NEW ZEALAND NORWAY PORTUGAL...

Ngày tải lên: 04/10/2015, 08:00

... 2005 are found in Sub-Saharan Africa This indicates that the debt problem is high in Sub-Saharan Africa The total external debt to GDP ratio for Sub-Saharan Africa is greater than that of Latin America, ... investment Data is compiled from Afiica Development Indicators, Easterly's Macro Time Series, Afiica Research Program at Harvard, and World Bank Afiica Database (2004) 18 Land area in square kilometers ... Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South...

Ngày tải lên: 15/07/2016, 09:25

... sources of data Dependent variable Independent variables Data collection Data coding Population Data analysis Analytical and statistical techniques Treatments Analysis Assumptions and limitations ... technological advances, electronic banking and financial infrastructure may fundamentally change the financial services industry at a global and national level This research investigated the factors that ... account balances Retail points of service (PoS, also called points of sale) are small card readers that enable transactions by credit, debit and prepaid cards PoS devices are typically available...

Ngày tải lên: 03/06/2014, 00:59

... motor cortex and pyramidal tract to the ventral brain stem The involuntary path is comprised of amygdala, thalamic, hypothalamic, and subthalamic areas, in addition to the dorsal brain stem Moreover, ... was considered to cause exercise associated bronchial asthma which is prevalent at a later age (18,19, 20) According to Gayrard P, 52.4% of 143 asthmatics stated their attacks of bronchial asthma ... Mahatma Gandhi Mission’s Medical College) • Dr Swati Mahajan (Associate Professor, Community Medicine, Mahatma Gandhi Mission’s Medical College) • Dr Ashfaque Ansari (Lecturer, Ear Nose Throat,...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:57

... myocardial ischemia Salt intake was assessed from the amount of salt used in cooking and extra salt used during meal Statistical Analysis We used EPI-INFO-2002 software for data entry and analysis ... longitudinal studies Acknowledgement We gratefully acknowledge the active help rendered by Apurba Chakraborty, Sumit Sarkar, Sujit Sarkar, Tridib Sanyal, Alok Bhaduri, Malda English Bazar Municipality ... India National Medical Journal of India 2000; 13: 9-15 Shanthirani CS, Pradeepa R, Deepa R, Premalatha G, Saroja R, Mohan V Prevalence and risk factors of hypertension in a selected South Indian...

Ngày tải lên: 02/11/2012, 11:12

... journal publications in international journals, 15 announcements in international conferences and articles published in magazines and books E-mail address: chkara@epu.ntua.gr Charalampos Pappas ... The main characteristics of the Chilean energy system can be summarised as follows [21]: Chile’s 13 administrative regions are from north to south: I: Tarapaca, II: Antofagasta, III: Atacama, IV: ... electricity based on about 50 % hydropower and 50 % conventional thermal power (mainly natural gas) and that the conventional thermal capacity in the SING grid (100 % thermal) has a large coal base,...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 14:58

... multicultural approach - include a considerable element of comparison and may be characterized as a comparative approach The intercultural approach pays a considerable attention to the relations ... illustrations) are also employed for analysis when and if appropriate The study just makes an initial attempt to conduct a small-scale cross- cultural analysis of the textbook and is not aimed at evaluating ... language knowledge The teaching of Language Focus consists of two parts: Pronunciation and Grammar-Vocabulary Material used in teaching Pronunciation, Grammar -Vocabulary is based on passages...

Ngày tải lên: 07/09/2013, 12:58

... that it is so in practice Accordingly developing countries may require a more complex approach to an LIS than the relatively simple use of the LIS in many developed countries SUMMARY (Vietnamese) ... From Pharaohs to Geoinformatics FIG Working Week 2005 and GSDI-8 Cairo, Egypt April 16-21, 2005 ộ TS – Applied SIM and SDI Trung Tran and Don Grant TS9.6 Why Copying LIS from a Developed Country ... and social implications The LIS suitable for developing countries must be capable of providing a sound base for economic and environmental planning This is certainly the theory...

Ngày tải lên: 18/10/2013, 14:15

... Sri Lanka b, c Lesotho Morocco b, c Madagascar Mexico b, c Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Malawi Malaysia b, c Niger Nigeria b, c Nicaragua c Netherlands a, c Norway a, c Nepal New Zealand a, ... a, c Oman Pakistan b, c Panama c Peru c Philippines b, c Papua New Guinea Portugal a, b, c Paraguay c Rwanda Saudi Arabia Senegal Singapore c Sierra Leone El Salvador c Sweden a, c Swaziland Seychelles ... ITA JAM JOR JPN KEN KOR KWT Argentina b, c Australia a, c Austria a, c Burundi Belgium a, c Benin Burkina Faso Bangladesh b Bahrain Bahamas, The Belize Bolivia c Brazil b, c Barbados Botswana...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2013, 10:15

... the American’s space The American, naturally, takes a step backward The Vietnamese wants to show his friendliness, so steps forward again, the American steps backward…again and again, create ... within families, and also across age and gender lines Sometimes, hugs are a romantic exchange Hugs may also be exchanged as a sign of support and comfort A hug demonstration emotional of can be affection ... body language acts and they are used by just about everyone For instance, someone who brushes their hand against another’s forearm may be seen as communicating an act of attraction Touch as an act...

Ngày tải lên: 11/12/2013, 23:48

... called “cultural traits” A trait may be a custom, such as burial of the dead; a gesture, such as a handshake or an idea, such as democracy Following this understanding, cultural trait may be an ... to address to a young woman who is about the same age as you, or a woman only a fraction older than you Anh is used to address to a young man who is about the same age as you, or a man only a ... males All Vietnamese informants are my acquaintances and my family’s acquaintances who live in both Ha Tinh and Nghe An provinces Some British and American informants are my friends’ acquaintances...

Ngày tải lên: 14/12/2013, 00:40