... planning and analysis conducted by a local government as part of the decision to grant expanded benefits, the government’s plan for funding any unfunded pension liability, and its abilityand willingness ... insurance is not currently available and cost and availability are likely to continue to foreclose or severely limit this option pension obligation bonds and other post-employment benefits 33 ... LLP and has been bond counsel on several dozen POBs in various states pension obligation bonds and other post-employment benefits He has also been in the forefront of establishing OPEB trust and...
... the child’s concentration and perseverance and his/her ability to understand and complete complex tasks Clumsiness: 12 items, includes items on bumping into things, and the use of small objects ... Intergenerational Income Persistence: Noncognitive Skills, Abilityand Education Jo Blanden University of Surrey, LSE and IZA Paul Gregg University of Bristol and LSE Lindsey Macmillan CMPO, University of ... References Blanden, J (2005) Essays on Intergenerational Mobility and its Variation over Time, Place and Family Structure, PhD Thesis, London: University College Blanden, J, Goodman, A., Gregg, P and...
... (functional limitation, physical pain, psychological discomfort, physical disability, psychological disability, social disability, and handicap) of the original OHIP [18] through the use of two items for ... associated with chewing ability [30] and OHRQoL [31,32] in previous studies On the other hand, we observed that the correlation between both constructs was different in men and women and in two categories ... perceived chewing abilityand OHRQoL are correlated to a similar degree in patient populations has been less investigated It can be expected that both the level of perceived chewing abilityand the level...
... forked, 1.1% cankerous and 0.7% wounded by ungulates Damage proportions for each subplot varied between 18.9% and 39.3% for the total damage and between 18.2 and 36.1%, and 3.6% andand 2.2% respectively ... [21] Supposing that the specific site and growth situation of each stool could influence the water and nutrient availability and consequently also its sprouting ability, we characterised the form ... beech, but not for oak and chestnut, Piussi [32] remarks that the age and consequently the thickness of the bark reduces the possibility of a stool to emit new shoots Aymard and Fredon [2] used...
... glycine, L-serine and D-serine) would be observed in individuals with AN and those with recovered AN and, secondly, that such alterations would be related to deficits in set-shifting ability in individuals ... BMI), and also with results from the neuropsychiatric dimensional tests (EDEQ subscale, MOCI and HADS anxiety and depression scores) The values of Cohen's d were calculated to be 0.20, 0.50 and ... medium and large effect size, respectively), and P values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant Results Demographic and clinical characteristics Table shows the demographic and clinical...
... Fertility and developmental time were measured only in the cages containing wild populations, and larval viability in all cages 1) Fertility Fertility at 20 °C was measured in cage S’1, and fertility ... cages Sl and S’l and a difference of 22 days for D simulans elimination between cages M1 and M’I In contrast, comparison of elimination rates for each species in homologous cages 20 °C and 25 °C ... males and 500 females) Five cages were maintained at 20 °C and five at 25 °C At 20 °C, the initial frequency of each species was 0.5 At 25 °C the initial frequencies were 0.2 for D melanogaster and...
... Summary of modal verbs of necessity, certainty andability ………… 40 Figure 1: Probability andobligation with positive and negative propositions and 20 proposals ………………………………………………………… Figure ... English and Vietnamese and Modal verbs in English and Vietnamese Chapter is concerned with descriptions and analyses of the three meanings - necessity, certainty andability in English and Vietnamese ... probability and usuality while those of the latter are obligationand inclination These types are summarized in the following table: commodity exchange speech function type of intermediacy probability...
... English and Vietnamese and Modal verbs in English and Vietnamese Chapter is concerned with descriptions and analyses of the three meanings - necessity, certainty andability in English and Vietnamese ... light of Systemic Functional Grammar and their Vietnamese equivalents? How is modality of necessity, certainty andability expressed by perfective modal verbs and their equivalents in Vietnamese? ... orientations, English Perfective modals of necessity, certainty andability from systemic functional perspective and their Vietnamese equivalents, and Conclusion The first chapter introduces, gives reasons,...
... I/ you/ e-mails/ Can/ ? ……………………………………………………… Ability or request? -She can dance tango Grand mom …………… see, she is blind My friend Tom ………………hear, and ……………… speak, he is deaf My brother …………… ... Reorder the following sentences and make (surf)………………………………………… requests 1- Help/ me/ Can/ solve/this/ ?/ (climb)………………………………………… ... languages at the university Sorry, I …………………….help you, I’m busy -I can’t help you, I’m too tired ability request ...
... defined as “a form of backand-forth interactions, give -and- take dialogues in which participants enrich, refine and exchange their understandings, facts, opinions, experiences and the like” (Dillon, ... interactions (modifications and adjustments that happen in communicative interactions between native and non-native speakers (NS/ NNS) and also 17 between NNS/NNS) of Spanish and found that negotiated ... made between “syntactic and lexical modes of communication” on one hand, while maintaining that balance between “conservative and ambitious syntactic use” on the other hand (p 23) Willis (1996)...
... Investigation into the Effects of Brainstorming and Giving a Text as a model on high school Vietnamese Students Attitudes and Writing Ability 1.2 Aims and Objectives of the Study The study was designed ... questions, setting, instrumentation, and data collection techniques This chapter also presents and discusses the results and findings of the study, Chapter is Results and Discussions In this chapter, ... discovered several interesting things about the use of brainstorming and giving a text as a model and the students attitude and writing ability This analysis had led to several significant findings...
... Census Bureau Table Language Use and English-Speaking Ability for the Population Years and Over for the United States, Regions, and States and for Puerto Rico: 1990 and 2000 (Data based on sample ... languages, Asian and Pacific Island languages, and All other languages between 1990 and 2000 The largest percentage increase of Spanish speakers was in the Midwest Asian and Pacific Island-language ... tenure, and social, economic, and housing characteristics, such as ancestry, income, and housing costs For additional information on language use and English-speaking ability, including reports and...
... performed better and more accurately than those in NP group in terms of EFVF and EFNF (in terms of tense, subject verb agreement and pronouncing morpheme-s in plurality ) Conclusions and Suggestions ... students in pre-planning groups perform more accurately and better than those in unplanning groups in terms of tenses, subject-verb agreement and pronouncing morpheme-s in plurality? Methods of the ... Nature of group work - Relationship between group work and individual presentation Objectives of the study contribute more theory to the understandings of group discussion find out the essentials...
... lower extremities were carried out, using standard procedures These included: semi tandem stand, full tandem stand, rising from chair without using arms and shoulder external rotation (full) A younger ... injury or an illness Best performance was in "standing from chair without using arms" (84%), semi tandem stand was completed by 78% and full tandem stand by 72% The poorest performance was in shoulder ... (IADL)" and included ability to travel outside, go shopping, prepare own meals and handle money A limited number of tests of physical performance for assessing the functioning of upper and lower...
... jobs and found no differences between job families Ree and Earles (1992) later corrected the g load- SELECTION AND COGNITIVE ABILITY 11 ings for unreliability and found a correlation of 98 Ree and ... maps, menus, order forms, and bank deposit slips; understanding news articles and insurance options; and the like) and health literacy (understanding doctors’ instructions and medicine labels, taking ... available for the pilots and navigators For pilots, the criteria were academic grades, hands-on flying work samples (e.g., landings, loops, and rolls), passing and failing training, and an overall performance...
... anti-HA and anti-BiP Ig, and processed for fluorescence microscopy Co-localization masks were created as described in Materials and methods, and represent areas with overlapping green and red ... protein expression and function is highly variable Roles have been described in the secretion, stability and oligomerization of proteins [38,39], the bioactivities of enzymes [40] and the binding ... to major histocompatability complex (MHC) class I molecules and the protein is organized into a1, a2 and a3 structural domains that resemble those described for MHC class I and related proteins...
... In negative sentences both must not and don’t have to (also don’t need to and need not) are used Must not is used when the speaker expects or orders somebody ... form mustn’t is used especially in British English: Ex: You mustn’t leave the gate open 2.Can’t: impossibility (negative only) Ex: That can’t be true! MUST BE, CAN’T BE is used to express deduction ... studying at the library Ex2: Joe wasn’t at home last night He has a lot of exams coming up soon, and he is also working on a term paper He must have been studying at the library III Perfect Modals:...
... choreography, and the brain,” in Art and the Senses, eds D Melcher and F Bacci (Oxford: Oxford University Press), 499–514 Hayes, A E., Paul, M A., Beuger, B., and Tipper, S P (2008) Self produced and observed ... and perceived physical ability were evaluated at the whole brain level (i.e., not masked by the dance > body contrast), no additional regions emerged INTERACTION BETWEEN LIKING AND PHYSICAL ABILITY ... analysis examined the interaction between liking and perceived ability when watching dance The behavioral data indicate that liking and physical ability ratings were not entirely independent; in...