... and qualitative indicators and benchmarks against the best in the world and tailored tothe needs of different Member States and sectors as a means of comparing best practice, – Translating these ... stand still All have tobe open to new ideas, new ways of working, new tools and equipment, andbe able to absorb and benefit from them A policy to enhance innovation must be present in a modern ... SMEs to band together to have the strength to become a customer of public R&D technology providers Policy-makers are increasingly rejecting the dichotomy between upstream “stimulation of R&D” and...
... 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 ... microfinance, since they finance the local economy in the communities where they operate They are thus intrinsically linked tothe social objectives of the 2020 strategy In addition, theEuropean Commission...
... 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...
... 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...
... harvest time, therefore, there should be a long term support tothe households. It is also necessary to restrict the transfer of the LOCs from one household to another (because there are tendencies to sell the LOCs by land owners) when people get the LOCs. More ... impossible to allocate land and issue the LOCs for some area of land transferred from Protection Forest into Production Forest. The DNRED andthe Land Registration Offices in the upland districts are lack of staff. In ... participants at the meeting to finalise the explanation of the commune forest land use planning and land allocation plans, maps and other relevant documents. The DWG assisted the CPCs to finalise the plans to submit tothe District People’s Committees ...
... unfamiliar faces andthe life is very different from what he was used to at home, and he feels lost and homesick, and badly wants his mother But he soon settles down; and when he gets used tothe new ... the best use of time, diligence, and prompt obedience Boys may not like these; but they are thankful for thelessons afterwards, when they become men Then a boy cannot live in a community of boys ... home a boy is too often coddled and allowed too much of his own way; but at school he has to obey And there he learns the good old useful virtues of punctuality, regular method, the best use of...
... to learn by doing Thus, we had the freedom to learn as we worked, the chance to turn to faculty mentors when we needed them, andthe opportunity to see first-hand the complexity, confusion, and ... the KTSI We received a sound understanding of the theory and practice of KT and had a healthy discussion about the benefits of qualitative and quantitative methods We believe, however, that the ... of the Institute was due tothe adult-centered education techniques and opportunities to actively apply our knowledge in the small group project Opportunities like the KTSI, andthelessons they...