... granted in the midst of a crisis, in which case the effects of the guarantees on the portfolio riskof banks are confounded by the effects of the crisis itself on portfolio riskof banks To disentangle ... subsidy to the banks and through their future value decrease bank risk taking Ultimately, as argued by Cordella and Yeyati (2003) and by Hakenes and Schnabel (2010), the net effect of government bail-out ... downgraded by two and a half rating notches after the removal of state guarantees, which gives a first glimpse of the impactof the removal of public guarantees on the assessment of rating agencies...
... infant and child mortality rates and the causes of infant and child mortality were determined In addition, some of the factors influencing infant deaths, namely, birth weight, birth order, sex of ... cause of death ARI, acute diarrheal diseases (ADD) and septi788 MCH STRATEGY & CHILD SURVIVAL cemia were responsible for 50%, 20% and 10% of the deaths, respectively The remaining 20% of the ... Infant Mortality and Age of Mother Age of mother (yrs) Number of births Number of deaths Death rate* 34 112 222 12 71.4* 54.8 285.7* Total 341 22 64 *Per 1000 live births of mothers in...
... 2.4, and 1.7 mm and random errors were 2.4, 2.9 and 2.2 mm in the LR, SI and AP directions, respectively [20], which made the total setup margins of 8.4 mm, 8.0 mm and 5.8 mm in the LR, SI and ... method of calculating the result by assuming the mmCAL The calculated systematic and random setup errors were 0.9 and 1.2 mm in the LR direction, 0.7 and 1.4 mm in the SI direction and 0.7 and 1.1 ... surgical cavity between planning CT and CBCTs, and we combined the information of chest wall, clips and skin as the parameters of registration One limitation of the current study is that we did...
... the path of aggregate demand and inflation (Borio and Lowe 2002, Cecchetti et al 2000) Proponents of this policy emphasise that episodes of financial instability could depress inflation and economic ... precision of the estimates, we thus follow Goodhart and Bean (2004) and Kohn (2006) discuss the implications of lags for the use of monetary policy in the face of asset price bubbles Sutton (2002) and ... for Denmark, Switzerland, Spain, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and the UK, a threemonth Treasury bill rate for Belgium, Sweden and the US, and a three-month commercial...
... University School of Medicine PB is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicines and Co-Field Director of Research for AMPATH SEW is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics ... referral clinic and at 17 rural and outlying outpatient clinics.[20,23] A computerized medical record system supports clinical care and research,[24] and the outcomes and adherence of adult and pediatric ... an understanding of the importance of ART adherence This may highlight the strength of adherence education and support efforts within the AMPATH pediatric clinics Much of the violence and forcible...
... Materials and Methods Results Hospital setting and antibiotic policy: NARP was initiated in Turkey in February 2003 by a central regulation of Ministry of Health and was announced nation-wide via official ... E.coli and Klebsiella spp (rho:-0.395, p=0.332 and rho:-0.627, p=0.037, respectively) Inspite of increased consumption of piperacillin-tazobactam after the NARP, the resistance rates of E.coli and ... policies the utilisation of many of the restricted antibiotics was decreased and the trend of resistance rates became downwards after implementation of NARP The amount of money saved increased...
... Journal of Water and Environment Technology, Vol 7, No 4, 2009 Since the predomination of GAOs instead of PAOs leads to the deterioration of EBPR, it is essential to understand the mechanisms of the ... between and or The effect of pH on the anaerobic uptake of radio-labeled acetate by Candidatus ‘Accumulibacter phosphatis’ and Candidatus ‘Competibacter phosphatis’ was examined by MAR-FISH, and ... reduction and the area of silver granules per cell Dotted lines are for 95% limits for the mean (Left: E coli Right: R eutropha ) Effect of pH on acetate uptake by PAOs and GAOs The profiles of pH,...
... other party’s estimate of your cost of delay or impasse, the stronger the other party’s resistance point will be The higher the other party’s estimate of his or her own cost of delay or impasse, ... the cost of obtaining goals appear higher • Make demands and positions appear more or less attractive to the other party – whichever suits your needs 2-16 Manipulate the Actual Costs of Delay ... Summary Negotiators need to: • Set a clear target and resistance points • Understand and work to improve their BATNA • Start with good opening offer • Make appropriate concessions • Manage the...
... meet the goals and objectives of both sides 3-4 Key Steps in the Integrative Negotiation Process • Identify and define the problem • Understand the problem fully – identify interests and needs on ... Commit to meeting the needs of all involved parties • Exchange information and ideas • Invent options for mutual gain • Use objective criteria to set standards 3-3 Overview of the Integrative Negotiation ... Process • Create a free flow of information • Attempt to understand the other negotiator’s real needs and objectives • Emphasize the commonalties between the parties and minimize the differences...
... advantages and disadvantages of, on the one hand, using mobile phones and the internet to communicate and, on the other hand, of face-to-face communication? • In the future, you think the use of high-tech ... traditions & culture) and Topic #118 (on handicrafts) and see HERE for internet links to the topic of art Part Art What you understand by the term, "the arts"? • Can you give some examples of art? Tastes ... these works of art What you think of this? • Sometimes works of art are sold for extremely high prices What you think of that? • How are decisions made about the (financial) value of works of art?...
... 6,999 5,301 Source: Composed of Bank of Thailand and Board of Investment cited in Indian Oceans Rim Network, 2000 and Asian Development Bank 1999 Figure 3: Composition of FDI Inflows in percent, ... Others Source: Composed of Bank of Thailand and Board of Investment cited in Indian Oceans Rim Network, 2000 and Asian Development Bank, 1999 377 While FDI from Japan and the United States declined, ... of Thailand, this is relevant in the electronics and automobile sectors, two of the most important recipients of FDI The influx of new foreign investments has benefited the country in terms of...
... Stability Goal and the Nominal Anchor • Over the past few decades, policy makers throughout the world have become increasingly aware of the social and economic costs of inflation and more concerned ... Price Stability Be the Primary Goal of Monetary Policy? • Hierarchical Versus Dual Mandates: – hierarchical mandates put the goal of price stability first, and then say that as long as it is achieved ... problem • Disadvantages of the Fed’s “Just Do It” Approach: – lack of transparency; strong dependence on the preferences, skills, and trustworthiness of the individuals in charge of the central bank...
... the treatment of foreign firms, lay specific standards of investment protection and contain provisions for the settlement 34 of disputes, have an important impactof FDI inflows BITs and regional ... the impactof bilateral investment agreements with developed and developing countries on FDI inflows from developed and developing countries It estimates the impactof government policies and ... empirical evidence on the impactof selective government policies on FDI inflows is mixed Some of the studies that find positive effect of investment incentives and negative impactof performance requirements...
... predictor of cash flow and profitability (e.g Buzzel and Gale, 1987) During the 90s, customers are viewed as assets (Rust, Zeithaml and Lemon, 2000) or equity of the firm (Blattberg and Deighton, ... (e.g Anderson, Fornell and Lehmann, 1994; Ittner and Larcker, 1998b; Szymaski and Henard, 2001), customer loyalty (Dick and Basu, 1994), brand equity (Keller, 1998), employee equity (Amir and ... customer and employee satisfaction, customer and employee retention and quality measures and financial indicators such as profitability (Banker and Mashruwala, 2000, Banker, Potter and Srinivasan,...
... regulation, capital and credit supply: Measuring the impactof prudential standards We find that the bank’s level of portfolio risk, captured by a regulatory measure (RISK) and a measure of the bank’s ... capital and credit supply: Measuring the impactof prudential standards Table 4: Simulated impactof capital requirements on the balance sheet of the UK banking sector Panel A: Impactof a 1-point ... problem of a lack of heterogeneity of capital requirements and assesses the impact on bank lending is Gambacorta and Mistrulli (2004) The authors explicitly examine the effects of the introduction of...
... firm reference for any future study and/ or development Number, emission profile (i.e the chemical composition of the pollutants emitted by a specific source) andimpactof the major pollution ... At the conclusion of the monitoring period hundreds of samples have been collected and analyzed in each study area, thus producing an extremely large and complete data base which ... technical and scientific meeting of the APICE project will be held in Venice on 24th 26th January 2012 During the meeting a full day will be devoted to the discussion of the results of the intercomparison...
... of the destiny of higher education,” he wrote “Traditional face-to-face higher education will become a privilege of a few, and there will be demand for global standardization of some fields of ... and efficiency as well as student and parent demands Several respondents echoed the core argument offered by Alex Halavais, associate professor at Quinnipiac University and vice president of ... technology author and consultant, and writer for Wired, Discover, and other tech and science publications, said, “The key challenge of the next five years—I say ‘the’ because of the importance of education...
... burdens and contributions of immigrants and natives of all age-groups - given current fiscal policy, current macroeconomic conditions, and current demographic characteristics of natives and immigrants.3 ... rest of their lifetime When comparing rest -of- life taxes and 45 Adding up single rest -of- life tax payments and transfer receipts of new-borns in Tables and 20 transfers between natives and foreigners, ... 5) 36 Garvey, D and T Espenshade (1996), Fiscal impacts of New Jersey’s immigrant and native households on state and local governments: a new approach and new estimates Office of Population Research,...
... reinfection, and counselling on the risks of infection, ways of Test -of- cure is the reculturing or isolation andidentificationof the pathogen, e.g N. gonorrhoeae, from a site of initial infection ... diseases: policies and principles for prevention and care (9), which outlines the policies and principles for the prevention and care of STIs, to offer guidance to ministry of health officials who ... promotion of national standard treatment guidelines requires proper training and supervision of health-care providers The lack of appropriate legislation and poor enforcement of the proper use of antimicrobials,...