determinants and consequences of fails

... summaries of primary health risks and consequences related to migration and trafficking; definitions and descriptions of symptoms of common and severe illnesses among migrant and trafficked women, and ... Stages of the trafficking process Spheres of marginalisation and vulnerability Health risks abuse and consequences Legal and human rights analysis of trafficking and health A review and analysis of ... risks and consequences to women and adolescents (hereafter referred to as “women”) of being trafficked Describe the range of health risks and consequences to women of being trafficked Identify and...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 13:20

... average of Moody’s and Standard and Poor’s ratings against our set of eight variables explains more than 90 percent of the sample variation that a regression of the average of Moody’s and Standard and ... difference between A1 and A2 for Moody’s or between A+ and A for Standard and Poor’s.) DETERMINANTS OF SOVEREIGN RATINGS In their statements on rating criteria, Moody’s and Standard and Poor’s list ... of the history and uses of sovereign ratings and the frequency of disagreement between Moody’s and Standard and Poor’s These variables also correspond closely to the determinants of default cited...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 18:20

... of rats exposed to an animal model of depression This activation occurs with increased levels of the pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-1b and of one of the main enzymatic sources of inflammatory and ... production of proinflammatory cytokines, expression of COX-2 and, as a co-factor, activity of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), which reduces levels of 5-HT, a hallmark of depression On the other hand, ... and interpretation of data and revising the manuscript critically; LB and EB contributed to acquisition, analysis and interpretation of CMS model and behavioural data; JAM and JRC revised the...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 22:20

... The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence and types of patient safety incidents occurring in general practice in the Netherlands Page of Table Practices included Number of residents ... normal practice situation in the Netherlands The practices had a total of 72,455 patients and employed a total of 143 healthcare professionals at the time of the study (e.g., GPs or practice nurses) ... data and the numbers published by Sandars in 2003 can be explained in several ways Sandars’ review of the literature mostly included studies that were based upon the reporting of health professionals...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:23

... of airway samples consisted of rapid Gram-staining and semi-quantitative culturing of tracheal aspirate On clinical request (in cases of discrepancy between likely clinical diagnosis of VAP and ... Assessment (SOFA) score was calculated on the day of diagnosis of VAP, as well as at day -2 and two days after (day +2) diagnosis of VAP The SOFA score is a scoring system quantifying the extent of a ... hours), and with at least one sign of local inflammation such as purulent sputum and a decrease of partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood (PaO2)/fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO2) of at least...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:23

... Professor Waleed Muhanna for his encouragement, friendship and direction in the development of this dissertation I would also like to thank Professor Jay Anand, Professor Peter Ward and Professor ... resources and capabilities that foster the development of shared understanding The objective of this research is to identify and test the differential effects of various antecedents of shared understanding ... some of the difficulties with the delineation of the concepts Reich and Benbasat (1996) focused on the social dimensions of alignment which they defined as “the level of mutual understanding of and...

Ngày tải lên: 02/11/2014, 00:46

... infection and mortality Thirdly we have analysed S aureus toxin genes and assessed the epidemiology of S aureus colonisation and infection to improve our understanding of the virulence of S aureus ... preventive bundles of care and alternatives to antimicrobial therapy such as the use of probiotics The findings of this thesis contribute to the goal of prevention of antibiotic resistance and multiresistant ... ESTIMATES OF GENETIC DIVERSITY EXPRESSED AS SIMPSON'S INDEX OF DIVERSITY OF SPA TYPES (AS A PERCENTAGE) FOR MSSA OF COLONISED PATIENTS (GROUPS AND 2) AND INFECTED PATIENTS (GROUPS AND 4) ...

Ngày tải lên: 22/12/2014, 21:13

... Literature Review and Hypotheses Chapter 3: Methodology Chapter 4: Research Results Chapter 5: Conclusions, Implications and Limitations Status consumption Collectivism and individualism Materialism...

Ngày tải lên: 06/08/2015, 14:13

... Hwang, Professor Kwanghui Lim, Professor Wong Poh Kam and Professor Andrew Delios for their help, support and guidance at the different stages of my Ph D program I thank my colleagues and friends ... from a low of 7, and for consumer products, electronic equipment, and electronic component sector, respectively, to a high of 11 and 17 for vehicles and vehicle part, and apparel and leather ... antecedents and consequences of competition This study moves beyond the Resource Based View’s focus on competitive advantage to analyze the antecedents and consequences of competition and comprehensively...

Ngày tải lên: 12/09/2015, 08:18

... Interaction of Predictor Variables 13 Task Autonomy and Task Uncertainty 13 Task Autonomy and Self-efficacy 14 Task Uncertainty and Self-efficacy 16 Consequences of Role ... Antecedents and Consequences .20 Self-efficacy and Job Satisfaction 21 Self-efficacy and Intention to Quit 22 Task Autonomy and Job Satisfaction 23 Task Autonomy and ... 4: DATA ANALYSIS AND RESULTS 46 Antecedents of Role Stress .51 Consequences of Role Stress 57 Summary of Results 63 CHAPTER 5: DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATION...

Ngày tải lên: 30/09/2015, 13:41

... the type of brand loyalty an individual develops towards a specific brand Consequences of loyalty Scholars studying the notion of brand loyalty have discussed a number of behavioural consequences ... derive from a brand The following two brand characteristics are examined in this study: brand reputation and availability of substitute brands Brand reputation Although not part of the physical ... GOUNARIS AND STATHAKOPOULOS more accurate definition and thus operationalisation of brand loyalty Hence the first objective of this paper is to conceive a better definition of brand loyalty and validate...

Ngày tải lên: 24/09/2016, 18:03

... difficulties of managing hepatitis B infection Hence, further research and understanding in this sector may bring exciting new information and better understanding of the natural history of HBV and supplement ... incidence of hepatic decompensation was 16%, the incidence per 100 person years was 3.3 and the mean interval between the time of diagnosis of cirrhosis and the onset of first episode of decompensation ... primary infections are self-limited with clearance of virus and development of immunity However, an estimated 3% to 5% of adults and up to 95% of children develop chronic HBV infection Persistent...

Ngày tải lên: 02/11/2012, 11:17

... measures of non-performing assets, problem loans, and so on We have identified and dated episodes of banking sector distress following the criteria of Caprio and Klingebiel (1997) and DemirghH-Kunt and ... episodes of banking sector distress and the characteristics of economies in the lead-up to and aftermath of episodes of banking sector distress This section also presents estimates of the probit ... representatives of the Bank of Japan had a public row with the Ministry of Finance over measures of bank capital and the extent of the non-performing loan problem The general features of banking sector...

Ngày tải lên: 10/12/2013, 10:15

... eriedl@hbs.edu Consequences of Voluntary and Mandatory Fair Value Accounting: Evidence Surrounding IFRS Adoption in the EU Real Estate Industry ABSTRACT: We examine the causes and consequences of European ... negative We include LogVOLUMEPRE, the log of firm i's trading volume (expressed in thousands of Euros) and LogSTD_RETPRE, the log of firm i's standard deviation of stock returns, to control for market-makers’ ... versus recognition of investment property fair values under this standard VI CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS This paper examines the causes and consequences of different forms of fair value disclosures...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 01:20

... role of the PCI domain of CSN2 for complex formation and consequences of permanently overexpressed CSN2 for the stability of p53 and c-Jun The CSN interacts directly with the 26S proteasome and ... of the PCI domain of CSN2 by the PCI domain of Rpn6 has consequences for the complex integration of the chimerical CSN2-Rpn6 protein The cDNA encoding the first 343 amino acids of human CSN2 and ... Permanent expression of Flag-CSN2 causes de novo assembly of the CSN complex in B8 cells connected with degradation of endogenous p53 and stabilization of c-Jun (A) Lysates of B8 cells (controls),...

Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2014, 01:20

... Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Sources: UNDCP country profiles United States Department of Health and Human Services (Substance Abuse and Mental Health ... specific dates and magnitudes), cases of SARM increased by a factor of in Germany and Spain, and a factor of approximately in Austria, Belgium, Italy and Switzerland In France and the United ... abuse, creating something of a vicious circle D Trade and balance of payments The effects of the illicit drug industry on both the balance of trade and the balance of payments of a producer country,...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 06:20

... our understanding of the causes and consequences of disasters There is a long and robust history of the study of disasters in the academic literature that varies by discipline and offers complementary ... images of residents of New Orleans being stranded on their roofs, of creaking and overburdened shelters themselves threatened by the storm, and of national leaders floundering on the best course of ... The Causes and Behavioral Consequences of Disasters The Causes and Behavioral Consequences of Disasters Experience 1950–2005 Sasha Rudenstine Department of Epidemiology Mailman School of Public...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 21:20

... Comparative structures of CMP and UMP, and interactions between the cytosine moiety of nucleotide and various side chains of wild-type CMP kinase (Upper) Chemical differences between CMP and UMP are indicated ... from the distal point of the rest of the protein Such a dipole will have weak interactions with the rest of the protein Thus, if turned off (by removal of Arg and protonation of Asp185), the protein ... states of native and R188M-modied structures revealed a major difference In the absence of R188, D185 is calculated to be neutral (protonated) Thus, by turning off both charges (of R188 and D185),...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 10:20

... extended side chains of Arg16 and Glu20, as well as those of His13 and Glu17, are oriented towards the same direction and are relatively close The Oe1 and Oe2 atoms of Glu20 are 3.726 ˚ and 1.983 A, ... proton and ˚ 3.644 and 5.121 A from the proximal guanidyl Hg11 and Hg12 protons of Arg16 (Fig 3B) On the other hand, the ˚ Oe2 atom of Glu17 is found at 5.485 A, far from the Hd2 proton of the ... in disallowed regions of Ramachandran plot (Table and Fig S2) According to the PROCHECK-NMR [37] program, the average of the 40 models and the mean minimized structure of the synthetic analogue...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 10:20

... 1 THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF AGEING POPULATIONS A COMPARISON OF THE EU, US AND JAPAN TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW CHAPTER 1: DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS AND FORECASTS 1960-2050 ... Study of Global Consequences of Ageing 5.2 IMF Study of G7 countries using the Multimod Model SUMMARY AND CONCLUDING COMMENTS INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW Life expectancy, fertility rates and migration ... view fails in the minds of a growing number of researchers, including Deaton (1992) and Carroll (1997), to adequately address the issue of income uncertainty and the “buffer-stock” view of savings...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 21:20