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... bilaterally and within NATO, andEuropean participation in the war in Afghanistan Chapter Three analyzes the extent to which NATO andtheEuropean Union are adapting tothe challenges of the counterterrorism ... Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, and Spain all contributed C-130s and other transport aircraft, which took some of the load off of U.S theater airlift assets Although Bulgaria, the Netherlands, and ... repeated 37 The deployment of the NATO AWACS demonstrates this point The United States did not want to deploy the NATO AWACS directly to Afghanistan, because it did not want to involve the North...
... has the potential to develop entrepreneurship European governments in Europe need to develop the right environment to foster this sector Both the banking and non-banking sectors have a role to ... conduct to provide standards toEuropean MFIs in the provision of microcredit The Commission sees the role of the savings banks as a complementary to non-banking financial institutions, since they ... in the microfinance sector and involving all the actors in the development of this sector in Europe The financial crisis has had a “positive” impact on microfinance institutions, in that they...
... Information: The Law, the Practice andthe Ideal Cane: Atiyah’s Accidents, Compensation andthe Law Collins: The Law of Contract Cranston: Consumers andthe Law Cranston: Legal Foundations of the Welfare ... relating tothe taking up and pursuit of the activities of midwives, OJ 1980 L 33/8 52, 205 Directive 80/777/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating tothe exploitation and ... Annex to Council Directive 75/318/EEC on the approximation of the laws of Member States relating to analytical, pharmacotoxicological and clinical standards and protocols in respect of the testing...
... article the labels inquisitorial and adversarial are used to denote the criminal justice processes of the Netherlands, and England and Wales, respectively The appropriateness of the labels adversarial ... everything fromthe law of the Greeks andthe Romans to that of England and France Glaser in his work on the law of evidence frequently refers to Best, Greenleaf, Stephen and Bentham andtothe French ... that the judge, magistrate or jury be present during the debating of these facts and statements, in order tobe able to examine and assess the arguments of the prosecution andthe defence, and to...
... data on the atmospheric depositions of total N andthe accumulation of N in mosses allows to map the deposition of total N in a high resolution of km by km using empirical moss data The mapping ... einbezogen Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests Authors‘ contributions WS wrote the text MH and RP conducted the computations HF and HH supported the ... data The mapping relies on the strong statistical relationship between both processes that are physically and chemically related to each other The mapping approach thereby relies on available...
... the fact that the WTO andthe entire range of the Uruguay Round Agreements had tobe accepted by would -be WTO members in their totality; the “all or nothing” quality of the new WTO This was to ... relationship of the EU tothe WTO system is more subtle and complex that that of the US tothe WTO On the one hand, there are two distinct schools of thought in Europe as to whether the developing European ... the WTO, andto its precise relationship with the EU, historically andto come Popular discussion of the EU andthe WTO as systems have often centred around the problems of legitimacy and the...
... came into being or, as the case may be, before the accession of a member state tothe EU, shall be immune fromthe working of EU law However, as the Court has consistently held, this is not in ... well be understandable fromthe EC’s point of view, but is bound to an injustice to treaty partners andto natural and legal persons, on occasion The book has benefited enormously fromthe feedback ... which happen tobe in force and both of which are generally considered valid, both of them can be traced back tothe intent and consent of the parties to them The problem then becomes one of preferring...
... interventions with the armed forces seems to account from donor’s interests rather than country-specific development context andlessonslearnedfrom experience Another is the visibility of the HIV/AIDS ... rights to privacy, and freedom from socio-economic and political discrimination They also assert that mandatory testing fails to prevent HIV transmission DPKO does not require mandatory testing from ... response to a 51 request fromthe armed forces to UNFPA to improve the quality of maternal and reproductive health services available tothe military, their families and veterans In two other countries...
... competitors, the Bell companies went over his head and took their case to Capitol Hill Because the breakup had been wildly unpopular with the public—which, though it liked the lower prices and innovation ... jet for the first time on Sunday, October 19, 1997 The crew had been told that they were shuttling an important customer from Los Angeles to a meeting in New Jersey, and they pretended to believe ... with the four groups who are most critical to their success: their employees and their employees’ families, their customers, their investors, andthe leaders of the communities in which all these...
... movements and down movements of the stock price and rate tothe other two states of the world, according to Figure 4.4 If in general one decides to equally redistribute tothe other two states of the ... example of the joint PDF of the two risk factors at time t ẳ At node A the stock price is equal to S(0) andthe Libor rate is equal to L(0,1), while at nodes B and C the stock price increase to S(1)u ... j j 1:4ị where q denotes the parameters of the NN model that are tobe estimated (b and g) and d is the number of hidden units in the NN model, which is set according tothe best performing NN...
... responsibility to strengthen the committee‟s role Not only does the act advise the committee to oversee the auditor‟s work, but also requires the members of the committee tobe independent to ensure ... had strong ties to Ebbers Their closeness to Ebbers hurt their duty tobe independent fromthe company and its management 10 Due tothe Board‟s lack of active participation, there was a lack ... the events that occurred before (causes) and after (consequences) the fraud, the accounting tactics utilized to accomplish this fraud (characteristics), andthelessonslearnedfrom each of the...
... solutions, not products They believe they are customer-focused These beliefs are the biggest obstacles keeping them from making the changes they need to make in their Sales talk Selling styles run the ... you are ready to negotiate: know needs and position value before getting to price or terms If the customer makes demands, go beneath the demand to get tothe need Why? Because there is usually ... application tothe customer by customizing your product knowledge tothe needs of the customer Checking—eliciting feedback on what you have said to gauge customer understanding and agreement These...
... autonomy and even independence began to percolate in the 1950s and 1960s, the militant aspects did not fully begin to materialize until the late 1970s and early 1980s As late as the 1970s there ... Again, the summary below of the LTTE is not intended tobe exhaustive Rather, it aims to give the reader enough background knowledge to appreciate the operational and tactical discussion of the ... organizations (NGOs) to manage the perception of the conflict andto ensure that NGOs are favorable toward the arguments advanced by the militants The cases of the Sikh militant organizations andthe LTTE...
... units, and implemented a seizeand-hold strategy to flush the insurgents from certain territories However, the government does not have the numbers to secure the borders and maintain the seize -and- hold ... as the strengths and weaknesses of each side and how they contributed tothe outcome of the conflict In conclusion, the authors sought to acknowledge thelessonslearnedfrom each conflict andthe ... that could be applied tothe 21st century To this end, the authors have included theories andlessonslearnedfromthe past, as well as contemporary debates on the topic, which may not necessarily...
... shown nottobe predictive of the occurrence of RTI We then tried to determine whether these results might relate tothe fact that the women did not know what to look for in terms of symptoms and/ or ... and/ or to their behavior prior to having clinical exams We had asked them to refrain from washing prior to going tothe clinic so that if they had reported discharge the physician would be able to ... complaints related to RTIs when they are symptomatic If providers are unprepared to deal with the complaint that prompted the visit, because they are not trained to so or not have the necessary equipment...
... units, and implemented a seizeand-hold strategy to flush the insurgents from certain territories However, the government does not have the numbers to secure the borders and maintain the seize -and- hold ... as the strengths and weaknesses of each side and how they contributed tothe outcome of the conflict In conclusion, the authors sought to acknowledge thelessonslearnedfrom each conflict andthe ... that could be applied tothe 21st century To this end, the authors have included theories andlessonslearnedfromthe past, as well as contemporary debates on the topic, which may not necessarily...
... partner to accompany them, either because the partner has another family and hence is not available or willing to join her; because the partner may notbe able to get time off from work; because the ... comes from those who believe that the primary aim of PMCT should beto safeguard the baby In their view, the right of the child to protection outweighs the right of the mother to choose whether ... is a benefit to these mothers At the same time, community concern about the welfare of the children of HIV-positive mothers can be a powerful tool to promote broader access to ARV drugs for the...
... in the distal carpal row farthest tothe ulnar side It is bordered proximally by the pisiform andthe lunate in the proximal carpal row, radially by the capitate, and distally by the bases of the ... [1,2,10,11] the benefit of oblique views from 30 - 45° and these should be considered standard with anteroposterior, lateral and carpal tunnel views when hamate fracture is suspected If detected with these, ... tunnel views and computed tomography (CT) [4,5] have also been suggested to help This case highlights some of the problems encountered with traditional x-ray views, andthe need to consider oblique...
... in the distal carpal row farthest tothe ulnar side It is bordered proximally by the pisiform andthe lunate in the proximal carpal row, radially by the capitate, and distally by the bases of the ... [1,2,10,11] the benefit of oblique views from 30 - 45° and these should be considered standard with anteroposterior, lateral and carpal tunnel views when hamate fracture is suspected If detected with these, ... tunnel views and computed tomography (CT) [4,5] have also been suggested to help This case highlights some of the problems encountered with traditional x-ray views, andthe need to consider oblique...