... at the very last moment in front of an oncoming train It’s not that they don’t appreciate the danger – on the contrary, the danger is the whole point Rather, they don’t value the benefits ofthe ... sceptical view about the existence of normative reasons, rather than an internalist theory of them Then another large part of what Hume says is concerned with the psychological question of what gives ... universalism about thescopeof responsibility and blame, rigorism about the bases of respect The resulting diagnosis ofthe tensions in our conception of morality at least overlaps with that of Williams’...
... in the accuracy ofthe measurements impact the accuracy of geolocation, resulting in some amount of error inherent in the geolocation The errors involved and the impact on the accuracy ofthe ... fix the position ofthe target The Air Force spent millions of dollars on the development of PLSS, but the project never succeeded because of technical challenges (Pocock 2008) The advent of GPS, ... estimates the accuracy ofthe cooperative T/FDOA technique, including the impact of various sources of errors The tool improves on other tools to estimate the accuracy of T/FDOA in the literature...
... lOCUS of nttention by, say, making the border ofthe corresponding window dilferent from nil the rest Suppose in the previous example IIlat at the time the system displays the alternative Smiths the ... will never be truly natural until they include non-literal as web as literal aspects of communication Further, I claimed that in the light ofthe new technology of powerful personal computers with ... Perhaps the aspect of communication Ihal can receive the most benefit from this type of hardware is robust communication Suppose the user types a non.grammatical input to the system which the system's...
... participate because of scheduling and other conflicts The authors, the programs with which they are associated, the focus ofthe program, and the number of places using the program as of fall 2003 are ... important in determining the success or failure ofthe implementation and scale-up of educational reforms These factors are the characteristics ofthe 16 Expandingthe Reach of Education Reforms ... general understanding ofthe complexities of scaling up education reforms The targets of their efforts—particular areas ofthe curriculum, levels of education, networks of teachers, state education...
... evaluate the content validity ofthe Revised SCOPA-DC in a U.S population Page of 11 Literature review The first step in the process of refining the SCOPADC was to gain a sound understanding ofthe ... were used as measures ofthe stability of symptoms experienced by patients The CV was evaluated by dividing the SD by the mean ofthe 21 time period scale scores Similar to the original SCOPA-DC, ... 0.4) of factors loadings The final structure was recommended based upon the stability of factor loadings across the 10 runs Upon determination ofthe number of factors that best represented the...
... manual adjustment of exposure The brightness of group C is then controlled independently ofthe other two groups, allowing effective illumination ofthe background or accentuation of key areas Overall ... monitoring the results on the camera’s LCD monitor Using the master flash unit, the photographer simply adjusts the lighting ratio between the A and B groups and the light level ofthe C group ... tradition I had the pleasure of meeting them both at the Bisolotti family office, where a statue of Stradivarius is a central fixture They posed with the statue, as was fitting for the two violinmakers...
... approach Other societal types of costs were only reported in one cost -of- illness study [13] Averaged over all the cost -of- illness studies, the proportion ofthe healthcare costs was 17% ofthe total ... programs as developed, focus on one of more ofthe strategies ofthe WHO: reducing the availability of alcohol, alcohol prices and taxes, restricting the sale of alcohol, restrictions on alcohol ... One of included studies was a modeling study [17], the other four were original research Two ofthe studies used the QALY as an outcome measure [17,18], while the other studies presented the...
... ABSTRACT Xun Zi was one of t he great est C onfuci an thinkers in the pre-Qin peri od The purpose of thi s t hesis is to i nterpret the basi c charact er of his philosoph y First of all, it argues ... broader sense of utilit ari anism inherited and absorbed the el ement s V of rites and musi c from the Zhou politi cal culture Xun Zi ’s empiricism reflect ed the t rend of ret urning to the empi ... erns of cultures — the poli tical and intellectual culture s ofthe Zhou d ynast y and t he Warri ng St ates peri od Speci fi call y, uti litari anism was the mainst ream thinking duri ng the...
... 288-292。不同的是,郭沫若专注在宋钘与荀子的比较,而杜国庠使用了“宋 尹学派”的提法,白奚使用了“稷下学派”的提法。 16 Masayuki Sato, The Confucian Quest for Order: The Origin and Formation ofthe Political Thought of Xun Zi (Leiden: Brill, 2003), p.162 17 在荀学研究中,人们常用名学、辩学等概念指代荀子的逻辑学,其涵义虽未 ... 质。其实,荀子说的“礼”只是科学意义上从经验事实中归纳出来的原理,而 不 是 哲 学 意 义 上 的 形 而 上 学 。 见 The Confucian Quest for Order: The Origin and Formation ofThe Political Thought of Xun Zi , pp.230233。 106 徐复观〈荀子政治思想的解释〉,见《中国思想史论集续编》,页 ... Graham, Disputers ofthe Tao : Philosophical Argument in Ancient China, p.107 “Crisis”一词见该书第二章标题,但该章中实际使用 的概念是“形而上学的疑惑”。 51 关于本体论的概念和历史的详细综述,有兴趣的读者请浏览 Raul Corazzon, “Theory and History of Ontology”...
... inherent in them and influence on the profitability ofthe project, such as the oil price, the royalty rate, the production scheme, the expensed capital investments and the cost of acquiring ... instead ofthe ideally envisioned stabilized piston-like displacement (Figure 1) The GAGD process uses the natural tendency ofthe gas to rise to the top and the descent ofthe injected water to the ... parameters were the number of injector/producer well pairs, the location ofthe well pairs, the location ofthe horizontal producers above the oil-water contact, the CO2 injection rates, the production...
... all ofthe individuals living in the same area at the same time because it allows the ecologist to identify and study all ofthe abiotic and biotic factors that may affect the members ofthe ... disease-causing microbe temperature soil particle size 6/7 TheScopeof Ecology B The study of nutrient cycling though the environment is an example of which ofthe following? organismal ecology population ... is the host plant for the Karner blue butterfly 3/7 TheScopeof Ecology Population Ecology A population is a group of interbreeding organisms that are members ofthe same species living in the...
... degree of uncertainty in the output ofthe control activity For example, in the case ofthe deductions upon payment of invoices, if the level of deductions is certain to be 7% of revenue, then there ... measuring the dimensions of control, and monitoring them, to show whether or not there is variability in the output the result ofthe activity being measured; and whether the level of variability ... its being complete The control ofthe calculation ofthe reserve, and approval of it, depends on the accuracy ofthe calculation and on its compliance with policy and procedure; the control on timeliness...
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... change) The slope ofthe curve, the ratio ofthe change in capital goods to the change in consumer goods, is negative The value ofthe slope of a society's ppf is called the marginal rate of transformation ... On the horizontal scale, positive numbers lie to the right ofthe vertical axis (to the right ofthe origin) and negative numbers lie to the left of it The point at which the graph intersects the ... including the stock market, into a sharp decline The question at the start of 2008 was whether the sharp slowdown ofthe housing market combined with the problems ofthe credit markets would lead the...
... agreement with the post office All of these entities are state-owned, but only about half of them are regulated by the respective Central Bank In the other 50 percent ofthe countries, the financial ... agreed between the ministries of finance, the IMF, and World Bank In the recent past in Africa, no distinction was made ofthe roles ofthe post as the mail provider, as owner ofthe post office network, ... Financial System The Role of Asian Post Offices for Payments Services The Role of Post Offices in International Remittances The Role of Post Offices in Savings The Role of Post Offices in Credit...
... other words, the actions of households and business firms the buyers of banking services—determine the reach of markets, not the actions of banks as the sellers of these services Given the view that ... two-thirds ofthe total number of branches covered by the survey After all trimming is performed, the sample consists of 200 banks and retains 18 percent ofthe branches and 29 percent ofthe aggregate ... from the same era We estimate some additional sets of regressions to test the sensitivity of our results to the list of control variables and the definition ofthe concentration variable When the...
... system works, and the extent to which it is inclusive ofthe poor THE ROLE OFTHE FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR in Expanding Economic Opportunity There is enormous variation in the roles companies ... poverty.1,2 The financial services sector is the largest in the BOX THE ROLE OF LOCAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS world in terms of earnings, comprised of a wide While an in-depth discussion is outside thescope ... the top tiers ofthe economic pyramid.3 One ofthe most critical obstacles to financial inclusion is informality The poor often live and work in the informal sector, lacking legal ownership of...
... stenosis ofthe entire left V4 segment and a focal stenosis at the junction ofthe right V4 segment with the basilar artery The anterior communicating artery and the right posterior Page of A B ... this, and the off-label use of both the Coroflex (Coroflex Please, B Braun Melsungen AG, Melsungen, Germany) and Enterprise (Codman Enterprise, Raynham, MA, USA) stents The first step ofthe treatment ... function on the left side At first the proximal ICA was dissected circumferentially beyond the level ofthe carotid bifurcation after uneventful clamping The removal ofthe proximal stent from the common...
... adversely Which ofthe following elements in the marketing environment has affected the business of M&G Inc with the market entry of Beige N? A Level of technology B Structure of distribution ... without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education 53 The uncontrollable issue of _ faced by a company abroad is often amplified by the "alien status" ofthe company, which increases the ... without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education Learning Objective: 01-03 Thescopeofthe international marketing task Topic: The International Marketing Task 39 Which ofthe following...