... did many of the deceased die of metastatic cancers, sepsis or blood-borne infections (as was the case in almost half of the 48 corpses that the authorities were able to match to their medical ... brands bearing tax [5] As noted above, smuggled cigarettes often travel along the same routes as other contraband, such as narcotics, and there is now substantial evidence that the international tobacco ... kind not in cash as much as they can: the recipient can realise the street value of the merchandise he receives, but it costs the payer only the purchase price plus the costs already invested...
... comments on the reasoning behind the invasion, see M Jacobsson, The Use of Force andthe Case of Iraq’, in particular The run-up’, andThe decision to engage in military operations andthe differences ... force was made dependent on the five victors in the Second World War: China, France, the Soviet Union, the UK andthe US These states – the P5 – were given permanent seats in the Council andthe ... historical and political overview of neutrality and collective security The emphasis is placed on the period from the 17th cen- O Engdahl and P Wrange (eds.), Law at War – The Law as it was and the...
... particular the victim, with regard to crimeCrime was the infraction of a public norm and it was the state, asthe representative of the general will, which was effectively the injured party Punishment ... ‘weakness’ The liberal state, to the contrary, has always been as strong asthe political and social situation andthe interests of society demanded It has conducted warfare and crushed strikes; with the ... conceptions of the reasonable person in provocation of ‘real rape’ assume the quality of a chimera and that this in turn casts doubt on the soundness of the ‘core’ crime concept within criminal law theory...
... robbery and theft were -0.025, -0.487 and -10.884, respectively The deterrent effect of imprisonment on theft was considerably higher than on the other two crimes As expected, theft was more ... violent and property crimes by instrumental variables and GMM Again, the elasticity estimated for violent crime was not significant, but the elasticity estimated for property crime was significant and ... the rate at which crimes are cleared by the police and measured asthe ratio of cleared crime to reported crimes 13 Conviction rate is the rate of conviction conditional on arrest and measured...
... an increase in marginal damages, it must also reduce the optimal number of offenses and increase the optimal values of p andf On the other hand, an increase in the other component of the cost ... at least broadly alysis e from changing the increases the optimal increases the optiII indicates that b is in prison and nplies, therefore, that andthe optimal rather than one of the 25 of the ... arrests, and convictions andthe public expenditures on police and courts, (4) the number of convictions andthe costs of imprisonments or other kinds of punishments, and (5) the number of offenses and...
... to the jury on how to proceed The (12) ……………………………… then retires from the courtroom to consider the case in secret When they reach a decision, the jury returns to the courtroom and announces the ... to the jury on how to proceed The (12) ……………………………… then retires from the courtroom to consider the case in secret When they reach a decision, the jury returns to the courtroom and announces the ... jury then retires from the courtroom to consider the case in secret When they reach a decision, the jury returns to the courtroom and announces the (13) verdict If the verdict is not guilty, the...
... building The young man was very glad to meet none of them, and at once slipped unnoticed through the door on the right, and up the staircase It was a back staircase, dark and narrow, but he was familiar ... rouble and a half, and interest in advance, if you like!" "A rouble and a half!" cried the young man "Please yourself" andthe old woman handed him back the watch The young man took it, and was so ... scowl and feel ashamed He was hopelessly in debt to his landlady, and was afraid of meeting her This was not because he was cowardly and abject, quite the contrary; but for some time past he...
... to other investment banks The Deepening Crisis andthe Response of the Fed and Treasury Some economists and policymakers criticized the decision by the Fed andthe Treasury to help arrange the ... pattern: They increased by nearly 90% between the beginning of 2000 andthe beginning of 2006 and then declined more than 30% between the beginning of 2006 andthe beginning of 2009 Was the housing bubble ... Systemic Risk andthe Shadow Banking System 335 Systemic Risk andthe Shadow Banking System Regulation andthe Shadow Banking System The Fragility of the Shadow Banking System...
... into the correct places The list of suspects was endless The fact was, despite the subsequent excuses, Sam Carr had just handed them the name of the killer and they sat on it They had come from a ... Calmly and candidly, David told him about each of the shootings When the interview was over there was no doubt that Berkowitz was the Son of Sam The details that he supplied about each assault ... interrupting d) as well Activity Crimes against the person Crimes against the person are serious offences However the law protects the defendant by defining the various levels of these crimes and by considering...
... Assets • • • • • • Cash reserves Deposits at Other Banks Cash Items in Process of Collection Securities Loans Fixed and Other Assets Liabilities I • Demand and Notice Deposits ... reserves • Loans • Other Assets The Bank Balance Sheet Basic Banking I First bank makes a loan of $100 to a business and credits the business's chequable deposit First Bank Assets Loans +$100 ... Benefits the owners of a bank by making their investment safe • Costly to owners of a bank because the higher the bank capital, the lower the return on equity • Choice depends on the state of the...
... Monetary Policy Report andthe Update to the Monetary Policy Report Has increased the number of press conferences/releases and speeches, and reorganized its regional offices, with the objective of ... monetary policy being carried out by the Bank, it has the right and responsibility to direct the bank as to the policy which the Bank is to carry out.” (Louis Rasminsky, July 24, 1961) Copyright ... liquidity crisis, thereby preventing bank runs and panics • has explicit responsibility for the regulatory oversight of the national payments system, operated by the CPA • acts asthe holder of deposit...
... aims However, there has never been one indisputable task for the child care as there has been for the school The kindergarten was established for pedagogical reasons and for the child The child-cribs ... prevent them from begging on the streets and disturbing the peace (Sandin, 1986) At this time the population was growing, poverty was huge, and criminality was widespread In the beginning the elementary ... between the pre-school class andthe school The repercussion of this is that the child care andthe school now have the same responsible authority, i.e., the Ministry of Education andthe Board...
... referring to the actor andthe historian asthe historian of the future” andthe historian of the past,” respectively.20 Regardless of the purpose for which it is used, therefore, understanding aims ... representation of the past in conceptual terms The historian does not simply let the events speak for themselves He arranges them from the aspect of the ideas underlying the formation of the general ... economic interests The ideology is the smoke screen for their loot, the fictitious clothes spun by the intellectuals to hide the naked plunder of the Emperor The task of the historian, then, is to penetrate...
... doctors tell us, to affect the intellect There was no great variety of wines, nor was there Madeira; but wine there was There was vodka, rum and Lisbon wine, all of the poorest quality but in ... immediately observing that she was ‘nervous and silly, that she was too much upset, that it was time to finish, andasthe dinner was over, it was time to hand round the tea.’ At that moment, Amalia ... while to the memorial dinner the poorest and most insignificant of them had turned up, the wretched creatures, many of them not quite sober The older and more respectable of them all, as if by...
... García-Cestona and Surroca (2002) between the 15 and 45% of the members come from the Public Administration, between 20 and 45% from depositors, between o and 35% from the founding body and between theand ... Commercial banks was taken from the Spanish Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), andthe Bulletin of Statistics published by the Spanish Private Banking Association The final years of the sample ... by the small and then the large ones The whole period is characterised by a process of growth leading to a marked increase in the number of medium sized institutions in 1997 and 1998 The last...
... constants kon and koff were measured at 25 °C with the Biacore instrument, with MalE–E3-H6 in the immobile phase and Fab4E11H6 in the mobile phase The mean and associated SE values of koff in measurements ... for the class of a CDR loop (Table 4) The predicted structure of the L-CDR3 loop was similar to the canonical structure ⁄ 9A when the residue in position L-90 of Fab4E11 was either Arg as in Class ... during the formation of the VH-D and D-JH junctions, likely by the terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase, and they translate into the amino-acid residues H-Gly95 and H-Gly98, respectively These...
... between the cumulus cell matrix andthe tips of the cilia is necessary to move the complex over the surface of the infundibulum [45,72] The cumulus matrix attaches the complex to the infundibulum, and ... (CAM) assay that measures growth of the CAM and chick embryo [188,189] In the CAM assay, many pyridines and pyrazines inhibited CAM growth dramatically, even at very low doses, and in some cases they ... the infundibulum, andasthe cilia beat in the direction of the ostium, the oocyte cumulus complex glides over the surface of the infundibulum until it reaches and enters the ostium Figure (Additional...
... [41] A B C the loss of the typical funnel shape of the pores and in an increase in their cross-section (Fig 2B) Furthermore, the nature and spatial arrangement of the residues lining the pore change ... that identify the two metals at the A-site andthe B-site disappear when the map is contoured at 10r and 7r, respectively The bound metal ions were assigned to Zn(II) on the basis of the presence ... DpsA-Te, the external perimeter of the pore is lined by Asn171 and Val176 placed on the flexible C-terminal tail, the bottleneck by Glu58, Pro61, Asp75, andthe internal perimeter by Gln64 The DpsA-Te...
... and their focus, and to the public andthe victims it may lead to a sense that the court has lost sight of the true nature of what happened To meet at least the legal aspect of these dilemmas and ... such asthe establishment of ad hoc international criminal tribunals andthe International Criminal Court, as well as to developments within the EU, the UN and other international organisations There ... Approach to the Notion of Joint Criminal Enterprise as Elaborated by the Case Law of the Ad hoc Tribunals and to the Notion of Control of theCrime Are the Notions of Joint Criminal Enterprise and Control...
... asleep Landing the fish did not matter to the old man only to get it as far asthe side of the boat The Old Man AndThe Sea portrays Hemingway Code Heros to their fullest potential As Heros they ... each other the best of company While out at sea Santiago is constantlywishing the boy was there to talk to or to help with the mighty fish Santiago does not have relationships with any of the other ... It was to fish and try to catch a fish of any size He did not pride himself on catching the fish He did not go running to tell the other fishermen of the town about it, he just went home and...