... trend Given the strength of the Swiss financial sector, it is not surprising that most household wealth is held in financial assets, whose share of total assets is 59% Debts average USD 131,000 per ... composition of wealth is now also a little less skewed toward real assets than in India, with real assets making up 81% of total assets versus 88% in India Personal debts are very low on average, ... 35,000 Successful transition USD 30,000 USD 25,000 USD 20,000 USD 15,000 USD 10,000 The Czech Republic is among the most successful of the former socialist nations in Eastern Europe, but has many...
... coreference systems generally yield superior results? Second, why is the same set of candidate partitions scored so differently by the two scoring programs? To address the first question, we take ... Cardie s C4.5 Soon et al. s RIPPER Ng and Cardie s C4.5 Ng and Cardie s MaxEnt Clustering Algorithm aggressive-merge aggressive-merge aggressive-merge closest-first aggressive-merge closest-first Table ... Specifically, Soon et al. s system employs a decision tree learner to train a coreference classifier on instances created by Soon s method and represented by Soon s feature set, coordinating the classification...
... 54 As an illustration, let us consider the combination of a spring and a dashpot in series In this case, the stresses are equal for both structural parts while the strains add This leads to the ... characteristics which combine the behaviors of the ideal solids and liquids and are named viscoelastic materials The basic models of such materials are based on combinations of springs and dashpots 2, ... x, t also satisfies the diffusion equation above Such solutions can be interpreted as probability distributions with internal structure associated to internal degrees of freedom of the system We...
... implications for every market from insurance rates to corn futures to stocks The great paradox of markets is that past performance is no guarantee of future results, but history tends to repeat itself ... fantastic From selling the cloth for shrouds, to making special clothes for mourning, to selling spices and candles for funerals, merchants who engaged in these businesses made handsome profits Home ... fleas Domestic cats (and sometimes dogs) are readily infected by fleas or from eating infected wild rodents Cats may serve as a source of infection to persons exposed to them Pets may also bring...
... (www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/factsheet.htm), severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus called SARS-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) SARS was first reported in Asia in February ... that causes SARS is thought to be transmitted most readily by respiratory droplets (droplet spread) produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes The CDC s assessment states: Droplet spread ... issues a rare travel advisory as evidence mounts that SARS is spreading by air travel along international routes WHO names the mysterious illness after its symptoms: severe acute respiratory syndrome...
... highest frequency of the costliest storms The southern states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Maryland round out the next group The top six costliest storms—Andrew, ... the storms “evil spirit” or hurakan As Paul Douglas mentions in his book, Restless Skies, these storms inspired so much fear and fascination that living sacrifices were offered centuries ago to ... line shows a progression of the disease as avian flu spreads in fowl first and then in humans across the globe In three years, it has worked its way up from Vietnam into China, across to Russia,...
... Mississippi Storm surge along the Mississippi coast caused total destruction of many structures, with the surge damage extending several miles inland Similar damage occurred in portions of southeastern ... Hurricanes Char Count= 101 FIGURE 6.17 Natural Gas Source: Used with permission from Bloomberg L.P was saying that it was essentially powerless to stop the rise in the price of crude Oil subsequently ... near Virginia Beach This was a compact storm by most standards, as the maximum winds and storm surge extended only seven miles from the eye However, the winds crushed two cities, Punta Gorda and...
... the most sensitive time (tight supplies), history shows a consistent theme With soybean inventories at record lows and demand for synfuels (synthetic or nonpetroleum fuels such as biodiesel and ... Projects have been started to answer these questions by requesting companies to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions The Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisers initiated the Carbon Disclosure Project ... It s estimated that venture capitalists spent more than $1.6 billion in low-emission business products in 2005, a 34 percent increase from 2004 These are the leading-edge investors into this sector,...
... defense policy How does this loss of control happen? This has as many permutations as there are prejudices on what voters consider their hot-button topics The usual list of suspects contains the ... hasn’t had the will or the mandate from the voters to change the system to address these long-term issues No one wants to have their taxes raised, nor does anyone want to limit the social safety ... entire subway system.” Reuters is now reporting seven bomb blasts The casualties and death initially appear to be substantial, but it s still too early to tell Prime Minister Tony Blair is leaving...
... required Saddam Hussein to destroy his ballistic missiles, stockpiles of biological and chemical weapons, and components for nuclear weapons From the moment that resolution passed until the invasion ... nations, they will be held accountable And as for Mr Saddam Hussein, he needs to let inspectors back into his country, to show us that he is not developing weapons of mass destruction Here s what ... Manmohan, 129 Small-cap stocks, 174, 225 Social disruption/upheaval, 68, 72 Socialists, 161, 180, 184 South Africa, SARS cases, 59 South Korea, SARS cases, 51 South Korean won, 55, 64 Soviet Republic...
... earliest roots of classical plant biotechnology emanate from studies by agronomists, horticulturists, plant breeders, plant physiologists, biochemists, entomologists, plant pathologists, botanists, ... contribute to a better understanding of resistance of plants to diseases and various herbivores In addition, cell suspension cultures are used for biotransformation of added substrates, in order to search ... relatively slow growth rates of plant cells in shaker or bioreactor cultures, low rates of synthesis of desired products, and synthesis of compounds not present in intact plants In fact, it was discovered...
... “Just as surely as speed flows from simplicity, simplicity is grounded in self-confidence.” 32 Set modest goals Set stretch goals Welch s single greatest contribution to the field of leadership ... turned to sports to describe his passion for leadership He often urged his managers to “involve everyone in the game,” knowing that businesses need every brain in the company to succeed Since business ... faster, Welch feels that history will show the GE of today to be slow when measured by tomorrow s ever faster pace Make speed a habit, and challenge your bosses and colleagues to the same “Speed...
... purpose, and assumes no responsibility for er ors or omissions You assume the risk and full r responsibility for all your actions, and the publishers will not be held responsible for any loss or damage ... monitor 72 77 how to use this book In the pages that follow, virtually every piece of essential infor ation m is presented graphically In most cases the pictures do, indeed, tell the whole story ... gelatin dissolves t Cut and r move shapes e Eat and enjoy hr Add animal cr cker a s ZOOMS These little circles zoom in on a step s important details, or depict the step s crucial “don’ts.” 142...
... Publication Recent AsiaPacific Issues About the Author The AsiaPacific Issues series reports on No 48 “The Internet s Effect on Business Sheridan T Prasso has spent more than a topics of regional concern ... Cambodians initially embraced collectivism, the mass starvation and sickness that followed drove them to trade clandestinely to stay alive Gold was still desired in these transactions U .S dollars also ... Deforesting Mainland Southeast bureau chief of the Agence France-Presse Asia” by Jefferson M Fox December 2000 news agency from 1991 to 1994, and she Series Editor: Elisa W Johnston Issues Editor:...
... disclosure, in which the market s assessment of a jurisdiction s compliance with international regulatory standards translates into its risk assessment and effects the costs for institutions ... convened to study the issues related to the involvement of professionals such as lawyers and accountants (“gatekeepers” to the international financial system) in money laundering We express our support ... distortions, misallocation of resources and capital around the world, and greater prudential risks to bank soundness Thus, we call on the IFIs to help countries adopt international standards to...
... His son on earth to announce this holy word and good news, by which He promises remission of sins, satisfaction for all duties by the gifts He makes us of His love, passion and merits This consideration ... is inseparable from self-love This false delicacy causes those who must needs reprove others to choose so many windings and modifications in order to avoid shocking them They must needs lessen ... whom she commands us to open the very depths of our hearts, and to show ourselves to him as we are There is but this one man in the world whom she orders us to undeceive; she binds him to an...
... pleasure spin on the Sea of Marmora, with S. 's adjutant, and his motorboat We passed the Sultan 's palace and went to Skutari, where I made a short stop Then we went to the Princes' Islands, where ... tried to increase the distance between us; without success, for I was always close on him It was glorious I always stuck to him so that my observer could fire at close range We could plainly see ... he was a very graceful dancer His favorite studies were History, Mathematics and Physics Treitschke 's Works and the reports of the General Staff were the books he said he liked best to read So...
... headquarters HIV/AIDS, TB and Neglected Tropical P Diseases Cluster (HTM), RHR] • Assessment of service delivery readiness including HIV services in 20 countries [HSS] • ools for data quality assessment ... improvements in strategic health information systems and access to quality-assured medicines, diagnostics and other health commodities WHO is shaping the research agenda and is translating and disseminating ... progress on all fronts is possible, but the most recent global progress report also points to gaps and inefficiencies in the response that need attention.1 Breakthroughs in scientific research – such...
... distance, etc 2) This mode displays essential information at intersections (the HUD intersection list display) When the vehicle stops (such as at a traffic light), the display automatically switches ... This mode shows information such as the distances and estimated transit times to exits, and information about Service Area and Parking Area facilities, while also displaying the road status, using ... up to three years from the month when use of the data services starts (from the day the user starts using the services until the end of that month, plus another 35 months) There are plans to...