... times to produce a sub-index or sub-indices After calculation of each ofthe sub-index values, the highest of these is taken as the Air Quality Index One ofthe AQI sub-index values may be the ... human sickness and mortality Air Pollution Alert System: A system which warns of deteriorating air quality 3.0 Purpose ofthe API and AQI 3.1 Purpose ofthe API The API is the basis of an Air Pollution ... Table of Contents 1.0 INTRODUCTION 2.0 DEFINITIONS 3.0 PURPOSE OFTHE AQI AND API 3.1 3.2 4.0 AQI AND API LEVELS AND CONTROL ACTIONS 4.1 4.2 4.3 5.0 Purpose ofthe API Purpose ofthe AQI API...
... spread and other offering expense, respectively Underpricing is the IPO underpricing Instp and instn is the natural log ofthe percentage ofthe offer allocated to institutional investors andthe ... the difference between the closing price at the end ofthe first day andthe offer price expressed as the percentage ofthe offer price for each security Finally, the institutional holdings and ... ofthe offer price in the top andthe bottom TRF score quintiles is 0.079 within five percent significance level Finally, the difference between institutional holdings in the top andthe bottom...
... The thesis articulates the relevance of discourse theorytothe interface of law and accounting Consequently, the thesis investigates the formation and discursive enunciation of standpoints of ... requiring the costing ofthe TSO and recoupment of cost of compliance from competitors; and c) Mandatory review into local loop unbundling The re-regulated framework attempts to resolve the perceived ... Cost and Regulation 103 (a) The Challenge of Creative Accounting 103 (b) The Failure of Regulatory Communication 104 (c) The Dichotomy ofthe Constructed Nature of Cost and Fact: Uncertainty and...
... hand, andthe owners ofthe audit rms (partners) and their employees (auditors) on the other hand In the rst agency relationship, nancial statement users (principals) rely on the opinion ofthe ... of motivation for auditing and commitment tothe rm; · to gossip about the rm or its hierarchy, which can harm the cohesion ofthe rm; · to cast doubt on the rm’s methods in the presence ofthe ... challenge thequalityof audit work or damage the image ofthe profession In characterizing the relationship between the individual auditor andthe audit rm as a ‘psychological contract’, the paper...
... development ofthe general theory from the principle of equivalence andthe man-in -the- elevator gedanken experiment is also a matter of historical fact In each of these cases the consistency of readily ... century since the year 1905, in which the principle of relativity andthe hypothesis ofthe quantum of radiation were introduced It has taken most of that time to synthesize the two into the modern ... field theory It is therefore worth exploring the differences between string theoryand field theory in the context of black hole paradoxes Quite apart from the question ofthe ultimate correctness and...
... development ofthe general theory from the principle of equivalence andthe man-in -the- elevator gedanken experiment is also a matter of historical fact In each of these cases the consistency of readily ... century since the year 1905, in which the principle of relativity andthe hypothesis ofthe quantum of radiation were introduced It has taken most of that time to synthesize the two into the modern ... field theory It is therefore worth exploring the differences between string theoryand field theory in the context of black hole paradoxes Quite apart from the question ofthe ultimate correctness and...
... applied to intact skin [22] The dose of drug delivered depends on the surface area ofthe patch andthe length of time that the patch is worn, which allows for tailoring the duration of medication ... in the investigator's opinion there was potential for further symptom reduction, try the next higher dose No further titration was permitted after the final dose-adjustment visit at the end of ... medication, and 91.9% were satisfied with the efficacy ofthe study medication on their child's attention The majority of caregivers (93.1%) indicated a high level of satisfaction with the duration of...
... data only The first factor ofthe 12-factor solution mainly consists of items from the subdomains IRA and TA, which together form the Risk avoidance domain High loadings ofthe second factor came ... ‘‘How often does your child feel happy?’’) The items ofthe SPS sub-domain Psychometric properties ofthe CHIP-CE composed the fourth factor These items did not load onto other factors and no other ... domains, where the items from sub-domains that not belong tothe same domain often load together on one factor It is therefore advisable to use the sub-domains rather than the domains ofthe CHIPCE...
... stands in the way of realizing qualityof life Success in improving physical and social functioning andqualityof life will be determined by measures taken to improve Access andqualityof medical ... Increase burden of care for family and caregivers QUALITYOF CARE is now a critical factor that determines whether the current cohort of Singaporean seniors faces the prospect of better functional ... High level of morbidity and rising trend in physical disability Social and environmental impediments toqualityof life Qualityof medical care should be improved for the elderly to reduce physical...
... context, they exceed the percent rate of return suggested for government programs by the Office of Management and Budget; they also exceed the historic real rate of return in the stock market of approximately ... administered by the states Other sources of federal funding are the Child Care and Development Block Grant andthe Child Care Entitlement to States which together constitute the Child Care and Development ... implementation site, and also among families within a single program site.190 The intensity ofthe services provided, the skills ofthe home visitors, andthe content ofthe home visiting curriculum...
... particularly sensitive tothe beauty ofthe landscape, tothe architecture ofthe villages andto any other element that belongs tothe region of production." Thus terroir includes event the landscape, as ... applying to get an official appellation from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms On the other hand, old-world producers, by the mean of their interprofessional organizations (Bordeaux and ... represents quality, E is a vector of endowments, T a vector of technological variables, and W a vector of instruments; α, β, γ and δ are vectors of parameters, and 12 Note that some châteaux start to...
... standard of Vietnam (TCVN 5942/95/B) [4, 9] The two reasons for this situation are the discharges of cattle waste into channels then to river andthe uses of fertilizer The concentrations of DO, ... managers to consider it to make necessary decisions The simulated results of this model has shown that the waste load at point source has to be reduced at least 50% to ensure that water quality there ... standard, BOD and COD concentrations were near the allowable limit Water quality was greatly improved in the third scenario Conclusion and recommendation 4.1 Conclusion In general, the water quality...
... areas ofthe state of Sóo Paulo, southeastern Brazil: the cities of Botucatu and Campinas; an area covering the cities of Itapecerica da Serra, Embu, and Taboóo da Serra; andthe district of Butantó ... work status, place of residence and number of chronic conditions component ofqualityof life, and smokers showed poorer qualityof life than never-smokers The results ofthe present study are ... physical and mental daily life aspects They provide sensitive indicators for monitoring disease progression andthe effectiveness of therapeutic interventions on the daily performance of patients.a The...
... under-estimate the true qualityof these GP and over-estimate thequalityof low quality GPs On the other hand, if conditional on location good GPs exert extra effort to overcome the handicap of poor ... health, housing and socioeconomics status (SES) ofthe mothers ofthe ALSPAC children to construct a measure ofthe health and SES ofthe younger female population ofthe practice Most of these measures ... financial support ofthe Wellcome Trust, the Medical Research Council, the University of Bristol, the Department of Health, andthe Department ofthe Environment The ALSPAC study is part ofthe WHO-initiated...
... (sample) ofthe milk is used For the result ofthe test to give a true picture ofthe state ofthe milk, it is important to mix milk before obtaining the sample or testing You can ensure that the ... ● How the containers are washed ● Method of preservation ● Low profits ● Lack of training All these factors relate to milk spoilage Traders are aware of most ofthe causes and effects of milk ... IMPROVE THEQUALITYOF YOUR MILK AND PLEASE YOUR CUSTOMERS WHAT IS MILK QUALITY CONTROL? Milk quality control is the practice of specified hygienic methods and use of approved tests to ensure...
... on the continuum, andthe more global the concepts (ultimately including qualityof life), the more tothe right Concepts tothe right encompass all the domains lying tothe left Others see these ... strengthened by the training and monitoring of data collectors to promote uniformity, the use of both subjective and objective categories of quality- of- life measures, andthe choice of established ... clinical response ofthe tumors to treatment These results may not be generalizable to therapy at an earlier stage ofthe disease, or to other types of intermittent treatment The quality- of- life measures...
... indicator of general qualityof life and women’s qualityof life as compared tothe UK andthe US Canada does not perform well in relation tothe values on a number of indicators of Denmark and ... indicators illuminate the state of political and economic forces that influence thequalityof life of women in Canada and elsewhere A number of indicators from the HDR [26] map onto this qualityof ... perspective offers a rather less benign view ofthe forces that drive the weakening of social infrastructure along the lines seen in the UK and US andto a lesser extent in Canada 9.1 Decline of the...
... important to be sure that the correct features are abstracted from the analogy and transferred tothe new theory Unlike the teaching of science, where there is a goal to bring the learner tothe point ... attention to relevant issues, and persuaded them to allot appropriate tasks to us andto other team members in jointly serving the needs of patients, and then to require feedback reports from all of ... andthe underlying theories of behavior An important goal of consultation is to understand the consultee's initial representation ofthe problem Equally important tothe process, the answer to...
... dedicated tothe furtherance of science and technology andto their use for the general welfare Upon the authority ofthe charter granted to it by the Congress in 1863, the Academy has a mandate ... from the councils ofthe National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, andthe Institute of Medicine The members ofthe committee responsible for the report were chosen for their ... Academy of Sciences to secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions in the examination of policy matters pertaining tothe health ofthe public The Institute acts under the responsibility...