examining the jokes stereotypes and negative influences

... aspects of the audition They can be divided into two subtypes: Without either of these moves, the cognitive structure of the judgements is not complete and the judgements may fail to fulfil their ... / the seniors (with more knowledge and experience in the field) have both the power and responsibility to “provide protection and consideration” for the contestants / the juniors [10] In other ... critique of the act and decide whether the contestants can go through to the next round or should be sent home The data for analysis included all the judges’ comments in 40 auditions (20 from The X...

Ngày tải lên: 24/06/2015, 08:18

... sample, and a longitudinal sample—to test these hypotheses Together, the three studies provide complementary evidence supporting the hypotheses The set of results has implications for theory, ... majority of their sample Avolio et al (1990) did find, however, that the non-linear terms in all of their equations were significant and negative The negative non-linear terms means that the positive ... not always the case, and in two studies the mean experience of the sample was greater than the mean organizational tenure of the sample As the intent of this study was to examine the relationships...

Ngày tải lên: 11/09/2013, 11:44

... classification Second, the higher-order n-grams and the dependency-based features capture essentially the same information and so using either of them would be sufficient To test the first hypothesis, we ... different situations, one in which the author himself likes the movie, and in the other, the author’s cousin likes the movie The overgeneralization resulting from these “stemmed” relations renders ... augment the baseline feature set (consisting of 10000 unigrams) with 5000 bigrams and 5000 trigrams The bigrams and trigrams are selected based on their WLLR computed over the positive reviews and negative...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 04:20

... structures), their nature and their proximity to the slide; elements at risk (e.g persons), their proximity to the slide, the nature of the building/roads they are in [43] Research in the field of landslide ... (equal to the ratio between the area pertaining to the category that is affected by the landslide and the total area pertaining to the category); rK and IK are kinetic factors and rM and IM are ... they must be managed in ways that lesson the need for disaster management and improve the freedoms of both people and nature to live their lives unencumbered by the needs or torment of the other...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 12:20

... ability to interview others well They also need a deep understanding of their company and of the industry or industries that company serves, and a thorough grounding in the analytics they will use to ... Anticipate the needs of the audit committee and senior management • Identify emerging trends and bring them to the attention of key stakeholders • Strengthen risk coverage of technology, fraud, and ... technology, talent and organizational issues, and changing internal audit roles—will have the greatest impact on internal audit in the coming years By understanding these trends and their implications,...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 04:20

... that they have no competing interests Authors' contributions PAL conceived the idea for the study and gathered the data MTJ and DRS performed the statistical design and analysis DRS, PAL, RS and ... Australian veterinarians, to establish whether certain psychosocial factors were influencing the development and severity of their symptoms, and to assess the statistical validity of our survey ... with the Veterinary Surgeons Board of Queensland and included on the veterinary roll for 2006 [21] This method was chosen to ensure maximum cost-effectiveness and minimum disruption to their...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 00:20

... the ®gure: the expanders UP-393 and In ‡ Vs ‡ UP-393 ensure the longest cycle life at 40 8C The expander UP-414 can also be added to this group When the battery is cycled at 60 8C and is of the ... showing the phase composition of the negative paste All pastes comprise 3BS and tetragonal and orthorhombic lead oxides, irrespective of the type of expander used The X-ray diffractograms for all negative ... role in the processes that take place in the negative plate and, thus, in¯uences its cycle life performance 3.5 Cycle life tests of negative plates with the new expanders UP-393 and UP-414 The new...

Ngày tải lên: 05/07/2014, 21:20

... causes invasive bone and joint infections, and H parainfluenzae has been isolated from other infections such as meningitis; brain, dental, and liver abscess; pneumonia; and septicemia Actinobacillus ... positive, and the microbiology laboratory should be alerted when a HACEK organism is being considered However, most cultures that ultimately yield a HACEK organism become positive within the first ... chain reaction techniques are facilitating the diagnosis of HACEK infections Because of the organisms' slow growth, antimicrobial testing may be difficult, and β-lactamase production may not be detected...

Ngày tải lên: 08/07/2014, 02:20

... prosthetic-valve endocarditis requires weeks of therapy The cure rates for HACEK prosthetic-valve endocarditis appear to be high Unlike prosthetic-valve endocarditis caused by other gram -negative ... has not been proven The organism is usually pansensitive, but high-level penicillin resistance has been reported Eikenella corrodens Ampicilli n (2 g q4h) Ceftriaxone (2 The g/d) or fluoroquinolonesb ... organism is typically resistant to clindamycin, metronidazole, and aminoglycoside s Kingella kingae Ceftriaxo Fluoroquinolonesb The ne (2 g/d) or prevalence ampicillin (3 g β-lactamase- q6h)...

Ngày tải lên: 08/07/2014, 02:20

... are caused by A hydrophila, A caviae, and A veronii biovar sobria Aeromonas proliferates in potable and fresh water and in soil It remains controversial whether Aeromonas is a cause of bacterial ... by a rim of erythema with central necrosis and ulceration) resembling the lesions seen in Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection Aeromonas causes nosocomial infections related to catheters, surgical ... with hematologic malignancy, and probably play a role in localized juvenile periodontitis in the immunocompetent host These species have been isolated from many other sites as well, usually as...

Ngày tải lên: 08/07/2014, 02:20

... infection in the presence of medical devices, including intravascular catheter– related infections, prosthetic-joint and prosthetic-valve infections, and peritonitis caused by dialysis catheters Most ... species; Oligella urethralis; and Shewanella putrefaciens The reader is advised to consult subspecialty texts and references for further guidance on these organisms Further Readings Brouqui P, Raoult ... al: Guidelines for the antibiotic treatment of endocarditis in adults: Report of the Working Party of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy J Antimicrob Chemother 54:971, 2004 [PMID:...

Ngày tải lên: 08/07/2014, 02:20

... substitute or the environment changes in ways that nullify the value of the resources) Exploitable? For each step of the preceding steps Resources and capabilities that of the VRINE test, can the firm ... resources to create goods and services The combination of procedures and expertise that the firm relies on to engage in distinct activities in the process of producing goods and services TRUST AS ... OBJECTIVES Explain the internal context of strategy Identify a firm’s resources and capabilities and explain their role in its performance Define dynamic capabilities and explain their role in both...

Ngày tải lên: 12/07/2014, 14:20

... between the interpolation scores of the Mini-PANSS to the 30-item PANSS, the differences between the interpolated value from the Mini-PANSS and the actual score on the 30item PANSS using the Validation ... comparing total and subscale scores on the full scale to the total and subscale scores of the abbreviated scale The comparisons between the 30-item PANSS and the Mini-PANSS revealed that the shorter ... greater than 0.14 and less than 0.29 on the theta scale is observed for scores on the Negative Symptom subscale The probability density function for the Negative Symptom subscale shows the highest...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:20

... Validity of the BFNE was examined using the convergent analysis Convergent validity was assessed using the correlation between the BFNE score and the Iranian versions of the SPIN and the SIAS As ... and the SPIN and the SIAS, supporting the convergent validity of the BFNE Scale This finding is consistent with previous research demonstrating a positive relationship between the BFNE and other ... draft of the manuscript AT and MM conceptualized and designed the study, coordinated the translation process, collected and analyzed the data MB contributed to the study design GHG supervised the...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 17:20

... opposed way The sensitivity of the scale assessed through the floor and ceiling effect is adequate Less than 7.2% of the patients reported the minimum score and 3.5% the maximum score The correlation ... Using the percentile rank function of one variable and the inverse percentile rank function of the other, we find for every score of one variable a score on the other variable that has the same ... tests in the sense that both scores share the same percentile rank in their corresponding distributions In the current study we linked the PANSS-EC total score and the CGI-S score as well the PANSS-EC...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 01:22

... experiments and contributed to the design and analysis of the study , EK, TH, RT and AS participated in the design and analysis of the study and helped to draft the manuscript All authors read and approved ... [10,12,13,14] Furthermore, the antigen specificity of these Th17 cells in synovium is unknown, therefore, these cells can also be innocent bystanders that not contribute to inflammation in the joint ... study.[9] However, the other study identified them as being mainly neutrophils and neutrophil precursors in synovium of the facet joints.[17] Because we found the mast cells to be the main cell subset...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:20

... elaboration and the inflammatory response The influence of perinatal factors on the development and response to sepsis is unique to newborns Challenges to the maternal immune system before and during ... been shown to be a negative predictor of outcome [22] These perinatal and developmental influences on innate immunity and the inflammatory response may significantly alter the neonate’s response ... about the cardiovascular effects of sepsis in the neonate, but the developing cardiomyocyte differs from that of the adult and may lead to differences in the cardiac response to sepsis and inflammation...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 08:20

... on demand and without any price concessions in identical volume at the bid after the year end as they did at the ask price prior to the year end The Knez and Ready (1996) study examines the CAPM ... although the turn-of -the- year and the small-firm effect (SFE) are not the same phenomenon, they are also not completely independent Many researchers investigating the SFE and TOYE have documented the ... in the sample period, the return to the small-capitalization portfolio is negative and is dominated by the return to the large-capitalization portfolio In fact, over the entire sample period, the...

Ngày tải lên: 31/10/2014, 12:51

... of the new Rct expression and the new method for the determination of rate constants of initiator, promoter and inhibitor in water ozonation The new Rct expression and the new method for the ... model compound system for the validation of the new method 23 Table 3.1 The compilation of the determined k1, kP and kS values based on the newly developed method and their respective values obtained ... measured, the constant Rct value allows the calculation of the ∙OH concentration in the second Rct stage of the ozonation process The Rct concept is useful and paves a way to model the degradation...

Ngày tải lên: 09/09/2015, 10:08

... a sense of distance from local friends when they speak in their mother tongue Get attention because of my ethnicity Sometimes it bothers me to get the attention of local friends because of my ... English and Other language like Chinese) Comments Factor 194 Appendix F Content Validity Index (CVI) Immoderate interesting in Korean culture Sometimes it bothers me that local friends show their ... respect elders My parents feel I not respect older people the way I should Uncomfortable with ethnic joke I feel uncomfortable when others make jokes about or put down people of my ethnic back ground...

Ngày tải lên: 09/09/2015, 11:11