... emphasis placed on MNCH by the GHI It also identifies some possible opportunities and issues on MNCH for the U. S going forward (For a more general discussion of key issues on the GHI, see the Kaiser ... programs and urged the U. Sgovernment to develop a MNCH strategy In other hearings, Members have raised questions about the progress of U. S MNCH efforts and examined the contributions of disease-specific ... due to so-called direct causes such as severe bleeding, primarily during the postpartum period; sepsis; unsafe abortion; eclampsia; and obstructed labor (see Figure B-1).2 Sometimes diseases,...
... Use Only (FOUO) For Official Use Only (FOUO) Official Use Only (OUO) Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) Limited Official Use (LOU) Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) ... (SBU) Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) [DHS] Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) [DHS] For Official Use Only (FOUO) [DOD] Computer Security Act Sensitive Info [DOD] Sensitive Security Information (SSI) ... as “For Official Use Only” (FOUO/OUO); • as “Sensitive But Unclassified” (SBU); • as “Sensitive Homeland Security Information” (SHSI); • as “Sensitive Security Information” (SSI); and • as “Unclassified...
... marshal the full resources of the Federal Government behind America s businesses, especially smalland medium-sized enterprises, to best help them sell their goods, services, and ideas to the rest ... recognizes the enormous value of the U. S Postal Service (USPS) to the Nation s commerce and communications, as well as the urgent need for reform to ensure its future viability USPS faces long-term, structural ... FISCAL YEAR 2013 great personal sacrifice; they deserve our respect and gratitude But just as families and businesses across the country are tightening their belts, so too must the Federal Government...
... the two supply chains Throughout the study, comparisons are drawn using the same data sources to characterize energy use as well as emission factors for both supply chains This ensures that the ... dioxide emissions from biomass fuels were not included in this study Combustion of biomass fuels also emits small amounts of GHG s other than CO As these gases not fit the same role in the global ... 2006; NCASI, 2005) Thus, this study focuses on carbon dioxide emitted from the fossil fuels and grid electricity consumed in the manufacturing process For purposes of assessing energy use and related...
... does not excuse, some of the querulousness and studied discourtesies with which the Japanese press for some months treated President Wilson, the United States in general and its relation to the ... course? In short, it would be to view our existing European interests and issues (due to the war) and our Far Eastern interests and issues as parts of one andthe same problem If we are actuated ... belonged the Minister of Justice, who manipulated the police andthe courts, persecuted the students, suppressed liberal journals and imprisoned inconvenient critics Andthe Club owned the ministers...
... amount (“breaks the buck”) the fund must dissolve and sell its assets, which may include AAA assets In turn the sale of AAA assets affects other institutions Conservative investors may have thought ... that was based upon the housing/mortgage sector This focus is upon the crisis of the 198 0s, in particular the agriculture crisis The policy issues are: How should creditors, banks and bank regulators ... Goldman-Sachs and hedge funds These purchasers finance the purchases by short term bank borrowing Securities firms and hedge funds may buy Credit Default Swaps (CDS) from companies such as AIG as insurance...
... journals, dissertations, thesis from the library andthe internet After that, making comparison and giving conclusions Results and discussion a) Wetland classification systems The table and figure ... below describe wetland classification systems in Vietnam andthe US Table Vietnamese Wetland Classification System (VWCS) Marine/ coastal wetland (salty/ brackish wetlands) Subsystems Classes Vietnamese ... wetlands have been the focus of several countries’ attempts to increase tourist flow into their countries (Mitsch and Gosselink, 2007) Thus, wetland scientists and managers have found it necessary...
... Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) oversees proposed foreign mergers with and acquisitions of U. S businesses The National Industrial Security Program (NISP) governs U. S classified information ... other foreign firms are insisting with increasing aggressiveness on more equal business relationships with U. S firms as well as on less restrictive U. S policies regarding access to the U. S market, ... problems that may result from structural changes to the industrial base RAND s first step was to conduct an exhaustive survey of OSD, Air Force, and other U. Sgovernment published analyses and evaluations,...
... normally ensure that U. Smarket demand for vehicles will continually increase in the foreseeable future Households and Vehicles per Household The number of households in the United States has been ... much by 2025 Figure 2: Public Transportation Usage Rate City Households: 29% Suburban and Rural Households: 71% Use Public Transportation Regularly: 9% Source: U. S Department of Housing and Urban ... vehicles could significantly alter the baseline for growth, as well as the age of the U. S motor vehicle fleet and annual sales of new products This could result in the loss of hundreds of thousands...
... be Treasury securities, federal agency securities, and other highly rated debt securities Congress andthe White House Take Steps to Contain the Damage Congress andthe White House made their ... of all the nations, there is a consolidated supervisor for banking, securities, and insurance; the United States has a single supervisor for each of these industries and an umbrella regulator, ... exposures of eligible ABS initially must be auto loans, student loans, credit card loans, or small business loans guaranteed by the U. S Small Business Administration All U. S persons that own eligible...
... Diversity of U. S Asset-Backed Securities Outstanding U. S Asset-Backed Securities Outstanding Shares of Consumer Credit: Banks Compared to Pools of Securitized Consumer Assets Five Big Banks Dominate ... depositors that their cash was safe in the banking system Furthermore, thegovernment announced it was insuring individual investors against losses in money market mutual funds, instruments that had ... Monoline Insurers (Selected Years, US$ Millions) Real Returns on Stocks, Bonds, and Homes Subprime Loans, Known to Be Risky, Accounted for Many Foreclosures (September 2008) The Fallout from the Subprime...
... Effects of Federal Deposit Insurance Deposit insurance prevents bank runs Prevents losses by small depositors Reduces “systemic risk” in the banking system Deposit insurance gives banks incentives to: ... incentives to: hold riskier assets hold less capital manage the bank s assets less carefully Incentive Effects of Deposit Insurance: A Closer Look Deposit insurance increases the supply of ... Fundamentally sound, but with modest weaknesses that can be corrected Moderately severe to unsatisfactory weaknesses; vulnerable if there s a business downturn Many serious weaknesses that have...
... bridges constructed using other materials such as masonry, aluminum, cast iron and wrought iron Therefore, the sum of the values for the four materials listed will generally be slightly less than the ... NBI lists the “Year Built” for each structure Where applicable, the “Year Reconstructed” is also given If the superstructure of a bridge is replaced, but the substructure is reused, “Year Built” ... remains the year of original substructure construction “Year Reconstructed” would then indicate the year the superstructure was replaced Such a situation can lead to apparent inaccuracies in the...
... host country In this study we use data from two national birth cohort surveys, the American Fragile Families Study (FFS) andthe U. K Millennium Cohort Study (MCS), to address several questions ... immigrants These findings suggest that, although there is great disparity in the quality of mothers’ health-related behaviors and parenting inputs across nativity groups, these disparities are, for the ... father We also include a measure of whether one or more grandparents live in the household (grandmother only in FFS) Three measures of instrumental support in the FFS indicate Results from the...
... and Rogoff Section compares the U. S credit -liquidity crisis andthe subsequent Irish banking crisis highlighting the substantial, somewhat surprising, differences between them Section discusses ... financing markets including the repo market Many of the mortgage securities were purchased by conduits, Structured Investment Vehicles (SIV) and other types of funds These funds financed their purchases ... behaviour by economic agents in the two countries, and discusses how this contributed to each crisis Section summarizes and concludes the paper Differences between the US and Irish Crises We begin...
... BOG These accounts also provide estimates of holding gains and losses for assets such as real estate and corporate equities, including assets held indirectly through mutual funds, pension funds, ... personal and business saving—is famous in economics (it is often called Denison s law, from Denison, 1958) Unfortunately, it does not successfully withstand serious empirical scrutiny.22 Figure ... Board, author s calculations of consumer durable goods by households as personal consumption expenditures has been a cause of dissatisfaction: At least a portion of household purchases of durable...
... limited assets Leaders, bank accounts, linkages Variation of the usual Usual Usual Usual Usual Usual Usual Societal/ Organizational Vulnerabilities R aThe nature of the nuclear threats andthe likely ... choices and addresses a number of specific issues that affect those choices Chapter Six summarizes our conclusions Chapter Two NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND U. S SECURITY— BACK TO BASICS In addressing the ... risks of accidental use of nuclear weapons, incidents, false alarms, mistakes, miscalculations, and unauthorized use of nuclear weapons have long been the subject of discussion and scrutiny The...