awakenings to risk in the federal research and development establishment

... in the financial sector had caused the fiasco to begin with, and were now dying of their self-inflicted wounds Instead of clearing out the rot, the politicos rushed in to prop up the blight The ... to prolong the agony suffered by the actors in the stock market and other domains due to the uncertainty stirred up by the antics of the politicians The roiling of the markets round the globe ... well to band together and set up a brand-new currency as soon as possible To pick an example, Germany could join hands with Finland and the Netherlands in order to create a common currency to be...

Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 23:20

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 08:20

... R&D activity to know where they stand relative to other institutions in their ability to obtain federal R&D funds Second, the vehicle used to convey federal R&D funds to universities and colleges ... fewer federal R&D funds The objective is to increase the ability of academic institutions in these states to compete for such funds and thereby to develop the science and technology resources in the ... advancing general knowledge, fulfilling federal missions, training future scientists and engineers, and ensuring the prosperity of universities and colleges and the economic settings in which they...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 22:20

... behavior to outline and explore its intended working in ways that can be used to construct and test meaningful hypotheses and transfer learning about the intervention to other settings Information ... of interventions to put together, for which setting, and at what point in time As highlighted in the point above, having a sound understanding and assessment of the context is crucial to the ... bring about change, and learn how to improve their actions Having a similar need to translate research findings into practice, the KTAs are researching together their experiences of facilitating...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 11:20

... covariates into equation (1) to perform the testing of the secondary hypotheses related to moderators and mediators of the intervention effect For example, these covariates may include SES, change in ... to continue receiving on-going care from their PCPs They received a folder at the conclusion of the baseline visit including handouts from the American Heart Association containing basic information ... by physician j in clinic k, Risk0 ijk is the risk score at baseline (time 0), Intijk is the intervention vs control status of the i-th participant in the same clinic and under the same physician,...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:22

... authorities In Spain, the prisons are faced with the phenomenon of smuggling drugs into the prison in two ways: by inmates after carrying out work in the home or by offenders included in the group ... (61% and 71.6%); Strengthening medical examination and treatment at the clinic (47% and 61.66%); Adding manpower (56% and 75%) During the medical examination and treatment for prisoners: The most ... at the hospital from district to provincial and specialty hospitals are defined in criminal Law Enforcement in 2010 and the Decree of the Government This is specific to the prison in Vietnam, the...

Ngày tải lên: 15/10/2014, 07:58

... opportunities Limiting what banks could pay to their depositors, in other words, would limit the amount of yield they would need to earn and hence the amount of risk they would need to bear to be competitive ... way to control bank risk Nevertheless, it does suggest that ceilings are, after all, potential tools to that And policymakers may want all the regulatory tools they can get to maintain safety in ... possibility of eliminating deposit rate ceilings The costs of these ceilings were well-documented during the hearings, and both the Cox and Benston studies were cited as evidence that the ceilings were...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 05:20

... part (and the instructions accompanying the form), and the information included in the form, in its entirety, are accurate and complete (2) The data collection form shall include the following ... reporting package to the Federal clearinghouse on behalf of the Federal awarding agency, or directly to the pass-through entity in the case of a subrecipient Instead of submitting the reporting ... audit findings The summary schedule of prior audit findings and the corrective action plan shall include the reference numbers the auditor assigns to audit findings under § _.510(c) Since the summary...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 04:20

... (28 days), the greater the risk of acquiring HIV.68 In reviewing the role of breastfeeding in HIV infection, the following major issues continue to elude definitive answer:65 The risk of vertical ... tuberculosis in the mother, the urgent problem is to establish the mother ’s and infant’s status, initiate maternal treatment, and if necessary also initiate treatment in the infant during the diagnostic ... attention.70 INH is secreted into breastmilk, providing from to 25 percent of the therapeutic dose for an infant The agent has been found in the suckling infant’s urine but not in measurable amounts in the...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 10:20

... levels (independent, some help needed and dependent) Their medical histories were checked for obtaining data on entry to institutions and the medicines being used A doctor estimated the number ... status to be the overall survival predictor, independently of age or gender (3) The present study found that the risk of dying within a year was substantial when joining the two main explanatory ... needing help for dressing or washing and needing help for tooth cleaning Thus, having only natural teeth and no dentures appears to increase one-year survival Being cognitively impaired also increased...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 21:20

... division in mirroring the Guide on OCLC web sites in the U.S and abroad and in furthering the Guide’s further development Thanks to Robert Harriman, Tom Clareson, Judy Cobb and Amy Lytle in making ... juxtapositions of the works according to themes or particular interests; • by bringing the collections to new audiences and allowing new ways of exploring and enjoying them; • by offering the ability to search ... necessary and beneficial to invest in appropriate training for the volunteers Such training should be factored into the project resource plans In large-scale initiatives, volunteer management and training...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 14:20

... away owing to inadequate coordination and funding at the international level and lack of capacity and funds in many developing countries The gap between the rich and poorer countries in the availability ... instructed and trained in its care, use and limitations before wearing or using it for the first time and at regular intervals thereafter and the worker shall participate in such instruction and ... three main areas: the directives, and the Occupational Health and Safety Act, in particular, the roles of the joint health and safety committees and the Ministry of Labour The third area, infection...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 05:20

... market, and buying the risk- free bond the investor could have obtained a positive profit without any risk If, on the contrary, ytm – s > r, the investor could obtain a certain profit by buying the risky ... years in the CDS market and the premium of such contract is s The investor has eliminated the default risk associated with the underlying bond and the investor’s net annual return is equal to ytm ... to analyse the determinants of the basis to find that the sovereign bases are significantly linked to the cost of short-selling bonds and to country-specific and global risk factors In his analysis...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 07:20

... uncertainty all rank high in the minds of business managers (figure 0.6) In many countries, businesses also point to reform gaps in the regulatory environment, in access to finance, and in access to ... role of the state and its institutions in various areas of the business environment The report goes beyond the laws and the regulatory frameworks in place, to dig into the role of the state in credit ... all investo rs Strengthening and sustaining growth in MENA will depend on whether the region’s policy makers will be able to convince existing and would-be investors that they are ready to reduce...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 10:20

... oil, and other fossil fuels and the clearing and burning of tropical forests, inspiring research, and influencing policy actions in several countries WRI has continued to publish the greenhouse index ... asked the OECD to develop environmental indicators Pioneering work by the Canadian and Dutch governments and by the OECD ensued.3'4'5 International interest in the environment and in sustainable development ... agricultural and non-agricultural uses of pesticides; only the former is included in the indicator Releases are weighted according to their toxicity and their longevity in the environment and measured in...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 16:20

... S1¢ binding subsite Substrate binding induces conformational changes involving the ArgA145PheA146 fragment of the protein chain, acting as a flap, first opening and then closing the groove [45] The ... ArgA145 and ArgB263, on the negatively charged COO– in the aminic part determines the position of the substrate within the S1¢-binding subsite O atoms of the main chain CO groups of LeuB387 and TrpB240, ... calculations The three N atoms of the side chain d-guanidino group of this residue are involved in H-bonding as follows: Ne with the O atom of the main chain CO group of the TrpB240; Ng1 shares H bonding...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 16:20

... employed and trained Training was conducted at the HSRC in Pretoria from 31 May to June 2006 Twelve trainers took part, and they represented the HSRC, the laboratory and couriers The training content ... on demand for labour and skills; and impact on production costs and consumer demand The second part, investigating the business response to HIV/AIDS, contained the following indicators: the existence ... of the two sectors Chapter 8, the final chapter, presents all the conclusions of the findings from the two studies conducted in both sectors and then makes some recommendations in line with the...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 18:20

... land in association with the overall planning of land use in other fields toward developing harmoniously agriculture and According to the original script of the model, rural development with the ... will have up to 70-80% of the land was submerged Therefore, to maintain the role of ensuring food security for the country, according to the Mekong Delta Rice Institute, from 2010 to 2030, Mekong ... Meanwhile, in the long-term, reduction of arable land in the Mekong Delta and some coastal plain is very high when facing the sea level rise According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, ...

Ngày tải lên: 24/03/2014, 01:21

... credit, interest rate risk in the banking book, operational and other risks) and computing returns on risk weighted assets, Kuritzkes and Schuermann (2007) find that interest rate risk in the banking ... with the findings in Kupiec (2007) The paper extends a single-factor credit risk model to take into account stochastic changes in the credit quality (and hence the market value) of non-defaulting ... rate risk, on the other hand, is captured by earnings at risk, the approach banks use traditionally to measure this risk type In contrast to standard models we integrate both risks using the framework...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 13:20

... methods to aid in implementing research findings in practice The Internet is another enabling tool for both practitioners and consumers in the translation of research Over half of the adults in the ... involved in investigator meetings, the Steering Committee, and the Data and Safety Monitoring Committee In addition, they assisted investigators in performing community outreach—a clinical trial ... folded into the network and shared among participating practices In making these models work, it is clear that institutions and their IRBs are only going to be willing to relinquish their own autonomy...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 13:20