... the end ofthe war came the spreading of its spoils; in this case, the patents that had made thechemical industry in Germany the dominant figure globally The budding chemical industry inthe United ... well As the scale of mining and metal working increased in scope and scale, so too did the hazards ofthe job Mine tailings and contact with heavy metals extracted during ore processing increased ... uncovered of contaminated sites in developing countries These were due to dumping ofchemicaland pesticide waste and/ or the uncontrolled import ofchemical waste MANAGEMENT, INSTRUMENTS, AND CHALLENGES...
... depending on the country of domicile of a company investing in China, there are differing circumstances in terms ofthe rules and guidelines that businesses have faced (Figure 1-2-2) Of course, the ... increased incomes caused by an enhanced efficiency ofthe economy lead to increased savings, andthe increased savings induce an increase in investment, and such an increase continues until the ... modest and on the declining trend inthe 1990s The share of Korean outward FDI was about % inthe mid-1990s, and sharply declined thereafter, to around 0.3 % in 1999 and 2000 China, including Hong...
... incessant warfare against each other In Mainland China, the end ofthe Qing dynasty andthe ensuing republic (1912–1949) constituted a period of great instability and warring factions and inability to ... phrases Taiwan and Mainland China used in this book refer to the geographic areas in which these administrative systems are found At the time of this writing, the sovereignty ofthe island known as ... Studies ofthe Korean Association for Policy Studies and has been advising various governmental departments and agencies, including the Office ofthe Prime Minister, Ministry of Government Administration...
... joined the league: the Chonbuk Hyundai Motors, based in Chonju inthe centre ofthe country; the Suwon Samsung Bluewings, installed inthe industrial town of Suwon, the cradle of Samsung; andthe ... growth inthe economic effects and impacts of sport, the ongoing increase inthe value of genuinely global sport properties, including athletes and players themselves, andthe convergence of economic ... the state in safeguarding the production of football is the largest in Japan andthe smallest in China Whether this is a correlation with the length of time since the states entered the capitalist...
... remains mainly inthe second stage while transitioning into the third stage Inthe fourth stage, virtually all kinds of suppliers, including those of electrical parts, set up business inthe ... mainly based on the knowledge of local assemblers about the Vietnamese market andthe Chinese suppliers’ capabilities in industrial design and manufacturing The period ofthe China shock from the ... suppliers who invested in more technological upgrading in their production chains Secondly, the accidental rents during the early developing period ofthe industry had resulted in important learning capacities...
... is gaining headway all over China, a protest against the appointment of officials from Peking andthemanagementof local affairs inthe interests of factions and pocketbooks whose chief interest ... little Hsu had intimidated the president and proclaimed themselves the saviors ofthe Republic, they were in hiding, their enemies ofthe Chili party were in complete control of Peking, and rewards ... selling the country to a foreign nation Inthe manner ofthe defeat ofthe Anfu clique at the height of its supremacy, rather than inthe mere fact of its defeat, lies the credit side ofthe Chinese...
... ensure that the guidelines are followed and training of staff with respect to clinical managementand care of patients These and other previous studies have been limited to the standards and services ... Predictors of a chain of care structure inthe CHS To examine whether quality of care indicators at EDs in 1999 could predict whether or not the CHS had a chain of care structure in 2006, a series of ... CHS with and without a chain of care structure Including the variable 'chain of care programme during the late 1990s' inthe analysis increased the correct classification in 1999 (79%) and 2006...
... average of trade overlap for each industry and E measures the degree of a country‟s inter-industry specialization Accordingly, the lower the value of this index, the larger the share of intra-industry ... Such trading trends together with the rapid growth of China‟s national income have prepared the ground for the development of intra-industry trade in manufacturing between China and Japan, and between ... changing nature of China‟s trading patterns andthe determinants of intra-industry trade The paper is comprised of both descriptive and empirical analysis The descriptive analysis will investigate...
... assessment relying on the information involved inthe statistics 2.2.3 The role the innovation ofmanagement accounting Nowadays, modern corporations manage and maintain their prosperity inthe intensive ... progress in risk management Ongoing operating network expansion to meet the demands of everincreasing customer numbers In 2010, Techcombank continued reinforcing and investing in non-financial innovations, ... Overview ofthe innovation ofmanagement accounting 23 2.2.1 Definition ofmanagement accounting 23 2.2.2 Definition ofmanagement accounting innovation .24 2.2.3 The role the innovation...
... of Vinhphuc, Professional Training officials of Department of Education and Training of Vinhphuc; rectors of Colleges in Vinhphuc province, Head of Training Departments of Colleges, 42 Head of ... Vinhphuc, Professional Training officials of Department of Education and Training of Vinhphuc; rectors of Colleges in Vinhphuc province, Head of Training Departments of Colleges, over 50 Heads of Faculty ... development and people’s educational demand Now, there are universities and Colleges inthe Vinhphuc province Vinhphuc’s VT has developed recently both inthe number of training places andthe number of...
... differing levels of consumption either side ofthe poverty line This approach avoids reliance on a single line and thus the some ofthe dangers of estimating incidence of poverty at the margins of ... favourable in cities However, such static profiles miss much ofthe dynamic position ofthe elderly andthe flows of income and reciprocity in which they participate Further analysis of how the panel of ... co-residence, giving them money and receiving back both nominal andin kind resources from the elderly inthe process 33 The Relationship Between Old Age and Poverty in Viet Nam The importance of co-residence...
... display of fractional changes in each ofthe 14 health indicators considered, with each plotted point representing a single country As in Figure 1, countries to the left ofthe vertical line in each ... assessed by the Wilcoxon signed rank test whole, by boosting infrastructure, training and supplies, and increasing public confidence inthe health care system of many developing countries [4,24] The ... critical gap in our understanding ofthe effects of this programme The IOM report states that the "benefits and unintended consequences [of PEPFAR] will not be fully appreciated if the initiative...
... techniques, the active and sleep states ofthe network nodes should be carefully designed in order to maintain the network connected and guarantee the delivery ofthe packets Inthe literature, ... Forwarding using Multiple Paths in Sensor Networks) The main idea investigated in this paper, is the introduction of redundancy in data to increase the probability of data delivery The redundancy ... node is in a power saving state with the effect of increasing the packet loss and reducing the network reliability For instance, let us consider Figure 3, where the first time-line represents the clock...
... kDa and 20 kDa forms Indomethacin augmented the induction of MMP-1 in co-culture (Fig 4) In contrast, PGE2 reduced the amount of total MMP-1 and decreased the conversion ofthe 52 kDa form to the ... cleavage ofthe latent forms can result in generation of active proteases [24,25] The MMPs differ both in their substrate specificity andin their mechanisms of activation Since some members ofthe ... JL: Protein tyrosine phosphorylation in signalling pathways leading to the activation of gelatinase A: activation of gelatinase A by treatment with the protein tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor...
... robustness is conferred in both the genotype andthe phenotype On the other hand, if the phenotype is robustly maintained inthe presence of genetic mutations, then a number of cryptic genetic changes ... deeper understanding of CAS thus requires a deeper understanding ofthe conditions that facilitate the coexistence of high robustness, growing complexity, andthe continued propensity for innovation ... one another as randomly sampled GRNs The authors also find that the number of distinct phenotypes that are inthe local vicinity of NN nodes is extremely large, indicating a wide variety of accessible...
... areas of information18: The checklist has been created based on the following: the framework ofthe Steering Committee Report ofthe Business Reporting Research Project ofthe Financial Accounting ... context of Chairman/CEO duality the Code proposes the appointment of a “lead independent director to request the calling of board meetings or the inclusion of new business on the agenda; to coordinate ... report disclosure and alternative ways of presenting corporate information The annual report is one ofthe main sources of corporate information andthe main source of data17 inthe voluntary disclosure...
... processes at the ‘destination’ influence the embedding process In particular, the presence of other FBOs andthe role ofthe state greatly influence the territorial embedding process In Chapter ... relations, albeit within the context ofthe nation-state (Clarke and Jennings, 2008), whilst excluding other important scales such as the transnational With these definitions in mind, inthe next two ... with binary thinking that is structured around difference, serving only to reinforce the power ofthe dominant group, thinking relationally about the relationship between the ‘sacred’ andthe ‘secular’...
... algorithms (GAs) and their applications inChemical Engineering After reviewing theChemical Engineering applications of GAs, Younes et al., explain the main components of GAs and discuss implementation ... occurs at the middle ofthe column to provide the largest moment of inertia for resisting buckling The problem is to determine the optimum linear tapering ofthe column so that the volume of material ... minimum inthe case of minimizing the objective function or maximum inthe case of maximizing the objective function) or multiple optima (Fig 1), one of which is the global optimum andthe others...
... quality of life andactivitiesof daily living also should be included in clinical trials to assess everyday functioning [72] Examples of two such measures are the Barthel index andthe Functional ... beginning radiotherapy Many potential therapies being investigated also carry a risk of neurocognitive decline andthe current focus of brain metastases research is to find ways to optimize the ... competing interests 15 Authors' contributions AB and KC participated inthe conception ofthe work, compiled the information, reviewed and wrote the manuscript PW participated inthe conception of...