... occurred in the SRS between the 1730s andthe 1760s, but the dates and extent are not known (Brown 1894; Meriwether 1940; Brooks 1988) TheThe Savannah River Site, Past and Present predominant land use ... management in the major land-use areas andthe rationale for partitioning the site The Savannah River Site, Past and Present 17 The various programs and entities with land-use areas include the redcockaded ... hydrological cycles in the lowlands and regular burning in the uplands, controlling non-native invasive species, and carefully regulating hunting and fishing, the native flora and fauna of the Savannah River...
... Kanbayashi and Toyoshi Hosokawa Preface Understanding the rapid changes in the evaluation and management of peripheral neuropa‐ thies, as well as the complexity of their mechanism, is a mandatory ... rodents and humans [16] Whatever the cause, the translational gap necessitates a bridge between clinicians and basic researchers in order to move from the clinic to the laboratory and back into the ... have the right to republish it, in whole or part, in any publication of which they are the author, and to make other personal use of the work Any republication, referencing or personal use of the...
... of the study and made substantial contributions to the study design andthe development of the intervention andthe study protocols All authors have been involved in drafting the manuscript and ... again and both the participant and PSW will sign a prepared document to indicate that they fully understand the terms of the intervention Intervention Those participants randomised to the treatment ... staffed by the PSW supervisor and members of the research and clinical team All PSWs will be required to ensure that the on-call supervisor knows of the time and location of their visit The PSW...
... data-screened the items by examining the number of missing and not applicable responses, andthe mean and standard deviation of each item To verify the factor structure of the questionnaire and test for the ... chronic care in the Netherlands Our objectives are to validate the original 34-ACIC and to reduce the number of items of the original 34-item ACIC while maintaining validity, reliability, and sensitivity ... and stimulate implementation of successful programs [22] The primary aim of our evaluation is to get information about the quality of the DMPs and their alignment with the CCM as well as on the...
... the use of, and threats to, the Malaysian coastal and marine resources off the Straits of Malacca andthe adjacent waters of the Andaman Sea andthe Indian Ocean In the process, an attempt is ... Rubber) Impact The above regulations stipulate the standards and procedures for handling the various types of domestic and industrial wastes Stakeholders and Water Resource Management The conservation, ... TAI The Straits of Singapore The Straits of Singapore The Straits of Malacca The Straits of Singapore The Straits of Singapore The Straits of Malacca The South China Sea The South China Sea The...
... upfront and clear about the purpose of the study to all participants and expanding the pool of interviewees minimized respondent bias (Miles & Huberman) Understanding the political dynamics within the ... Keeping these potential limitations in 12 mind and accounting for their presence minimized their harmful effects on the study and its participants Theoretical and Conceptual Framework The study ... examines the impact of the study on the researcher and how the findings at GSOC compared and contrasted with the situation at the researcher’s home cooperative 14 CHAPTER LITERATURE REVIEW The electricity...
... presented by the software as different tabs Each tab contains the corresponding job tasks The linkage between tasks and tabs is held up in the database preserving the flexibility of the system The acquired ... occurs, the implemented logic in the software operates the changes and saves the event Sophisticated software filters protect the software from false inputs (e.g simultaneous main tasks) The developed ... 08:25:00 graphic information (e.g., sex and shift) The date and time when the observations started are automatically recorded and saved by the programme At this time, the recording of tasks can be started...
... information coding and writing of the manuscript They were also responsible for the clinical care of the first and second patients VP, SW and HF were responsible for the clinical care of the third patient ... ventilation for eight days in the intensive care unit and was subsequently transferred to the ward and observed for further complications The patient made a gradual convalescence and was discharged after ... such patients assess the serum amylase level during the acute illness We further recommend that restricting the availability of the pulverized powdered form of the compound in the open market might...
... needs to accommodate the other For the TB world, HIV should no longer be seen as an intruder and must be accepted as part of the current and future reality For the HIV world, the accumulated experience ... collaboration and integration and their relevance to the specific setting These models may range from maintenance of separate programs and services with enhanced communication and referral mechanisms ... study,[13] the Consortium to Respond Effectively to the AIDS/TB Epidemic (CREATE),[14] andthe Zambia and South Africa Tuberculosis and AIDS reduction study (ZAMSTAR) may help answer some of these...
... items and each item’s mean and standard deviation To verify the factor structure of the questionnaire and to test whether the relationship between observed variables and their underlying latent ... Ethical approval The study protocol was approved by the medical ethics committee of the Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, under protocol number MEC2011-041 Measures The 30-item SMAS ... p ≤ 0.001) and Cantril’s ladder (for the cognitive well-being subscale p ≤ 0.01; all other subscales at p ≤ 0.001) The findings indicated validity Analyses of the SMAS and SMAS-S in the sample...
... preserve their labor collectives because these were factors enabling them to maintain their own social status in their city and region On the other hand, in an attempt to take complete control over their ... resources On the one hand, this enabled the state to postpone the necessary reforms and enlarged its opportunities to influence economic activities On the other hand, the struggle for getting these ... receive subsidies and benefits, and to evade taxes and customs duties For the transitional firm, all of these lowered the incentives for the restructuring and development of business These features...
... (Stiglitz 1999) On the one hand, the free-rider problem copes with principal shareholders with incentives to develop and provide control of the business On the other hand, there are various opportunities, ... with the model of the development firm as defined by Berglöf & von Thadden (2000); they have informal relations with the state and investors, which are typical of this model On the other hand, ... about 60,000 items On the other hand, in China, in 1957, the plan of the central government included 532 items, and, by 1973, their number increased to only 617 This had been the result of several...
... distributed to the general public free of charge andthe shares of state-owned and municipal enterprises On the other hand, in consideration of the fact that managers are still the dominant shareholders ... summarized in the following hypothesis: the influence of nonmanagerial shareholders increases the possibility of firms becoming open JSCs as their organizational choices, while, on the other hand, the ... securities reports, and other materials required by statute or requested by the Federal Financial Markets Service (FFMS) and other government authorities.9 On the other hand, closed JSCs are...
... later, the bargaining hypothesis andthe agency theory assume different positions regarding the manner in which the bargaining power of corporate managers and their countervailing parties affects their ... & Demsetz 1972) and other management theories, such as the resource-dependent theory (Pfeffer & Salancik 1978) andthe stewardship theory (Muth & Donaldson 1998) In addition, the development ... enterprises or from other privatized companies In addition, as the size of a company grows, the likelihood of the company operating as a closed JSC significantly decreases On the other hand, the result...
... increase the statistical powers to reject the null hypothesis The second reason is the importance of the distinction between the turnover of CEOs and other high-ranking managers As we discussed in the ... events Another possibility is that top managers in Russia not play the same role in other countries, such as the United States In the US, the CEO is the bridge between the board of directors and management ... are as follows: y: The CEO-turnover dummy takes unity if the CEO left the company between 2001 and 2004 on the initiative of shareholders; otherwise, the dummy takes zero The turnover dummy of...
... of how the composition of the management team depends on the arrival of new company owners The third section contains the main hypothesis regarding the influence of the composition of the management ... owners, and business environment on the intensity of enterprise restructuring and a discussion of the results of their empirical testing The fourth section includes a summary of the results andthe ... to another contributes to the rapid transfer of management knowledge and skills and, therefore, is a prerequisite for the dissemination of common management standards within the group and of...
... output grew more than 50%, and if the output more than doubled The higher the INCOUT variable is, the more successful and competitive the enterprise is The second indicator is the self-assessments ... of shares at the respondent enterprise The value of the OWNSTA variable is if the stake of the state on the federal or local level in the company equity capital exceeds 10% and in other cases Retaining ... which party initiated the affiliation with the group, andthe second is what advantages the enterprise obtained from operating as a member of the group The key role in initiating the merger of an...
... been observed in the financial sector One is the increase in consumer loans, andthe other is the buoyancy of the corporate bond market The former is attested by entry into the consumer loan ... that the decisions on credit extension were mainly made on the basis of the sheer size of the enterprises concerned and/ or their connections with the government The asset structure of the bank ... collapse of the Soviet regime and had been maintained thereafter, and 17% said they had no main banks The former shows that the relationship established during the Soviet era between state firms and...
... March 2005 by the international business-magazine, The Banker, as the Finance Minister of The Year On the other hand, strengthening of the Russian state was expressed in the direct and indirect ... (2006), the Russian government conducted a sort of corporate takeover in the cases of the Russneft Oil Company in 2006–2007 andthe conflict surrounding the TNK-BP in the spring of 2008 The years ... of the main findings andthe conclusion Literature review and testable hypothesis Government intervention in the economy by the establishment of SOEs has been generally met with criticism in the...
... LBW and MM conceived of the study and participated in its design and coordination and drafted the manuscript TK and DB designed and Page of implemented the analytic plan for the study ML and ... to the number on the study drug vial as part of the randomization process, andthe number becomes that subject’s unique treatment number Blinding of the study drug is preserved throughout the ... by the CTDN The IRBs at the coordinating center (Vanderbilt) and at the BOLD Lung Physiology Laboratory site at UCSF both confirmed that the study does not involve human subjects However, in the...