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... of shares of stock at specified prices and times 43 1) Terminology a) Grant date - The date at which an employer and an employee reach a mutual understanding of the key terms and conditions of ... alternative A, you cannot choose B, C, or D. What is the cost or loss of profit of not choosing  B, C, or D? This cost or loss of profit is the opportunity cost of alternative A. In personal life  you may buy a car instead of taking a European vacation. The opportunity cost of buying the  ... reporting of executive compensation in proxy statements and annual reports ii) Potential violation of securities and Law for executive oficiers and directors with Section 16 (a) of the Securities and...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 22:20

... sands, gilsonite, and oil shale Imports Receipts of crude oil and petroleum products into the 50 States and the District of Columbia from foreign countries, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and ... applications and the production of consumer goods Exports Shipments of crude oil and petroleum products from the 50 States and the District of Columbia to foreign countries, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, ... degrees Fahrenheit and meeting ASTM Specification D 1655 and Military Specifications MIL-T-5624P and MIL-T-83133D (Grades JP-5 and JP-8) It is used for commercial and military turbojet and turboprop...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 10:20

... type of crystal lattice composed of C2S2M2 PSII–LHCII supercomplexes; and the a-periodic approach (analysis of 4000 projections of single PSII particles) indicated the presence of large numbers of ... site of the tentative CP24 subunit, the Fig Comparison of positions of M-type trimers in various types of Arabidopis and spinach PSII–LHCII supercomplexes (A) Contoured version of the image of ... site of strongest difference (D) Image form (A) with contours; positions of S-type and M-type LHCII trimers indicated in yellow and positions of CP29, CP26 and CP24 indicated in green (E) Image of...

Ngày tải lên: 24/03/2014, 04:21

... property of nucleosome positions in vivo This seems due to the unexpected feature of CGIs, which is a conflict between the actions of cis -and transelements in the context of chromatin organization ... difference between the set of spliced exons and that of highly expressed exons Calculating the strength of exon splice sites The sum of the scores of the splice sites of each internal exon was ... for each exon and its flanking intron regions (< 200 bp upstream and downstream of the exon) for the absolute and relative exonic enrichment of CpG methylation CpG islands, exons, and CpG density...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 20:22

... DICTIONARY OF e-BUSINESS A Definitive Guide to Technology and Business Terms Second Edition DICTIONARY OF e-BUSINESS A Definitive Guide to Technology and Business Terms Second Edition ... satellites) and TRW-Matra’s Odyssey (with 10 satellites orbiting at high altitude) UMTSes offer broadband user data rates and operate in the K-band (10.9– 36 GHz) and L-band (1.6–2.1 GHz) Aeronautical and ... because of the lack of capacity in the 900 MHz band The 1800 MHz band accommodates a larger number of mobile users particularly in densely populated areas The coverage area of 1800 MHz networks is often...

Ngày tải lên: 29/05/2014, 15:31

... inhibitory effects on the hypothalamus and pituitary gland, which leads to decreased secretion of CRH and ACTH and, in turn, reduced production and secretion of cortisol This negative-feedback loop allows ... the families of patients at risk are made aware of the possibility of this side effect The symptoms of adrenal crisis include: hypotension and unexplained, acute hypoglycemia that often leads ... healthcare professionals of this serious drug interaction, and advised that the concomitant use of fluticasone and ritonavir be avoided, unless the benefit to the patient outweighs the risk of systemic...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20

... The beta of a fund is determined as follows: [(n) (sum of (xy)) ]-[ (sum of x) (sum of y)] [(n) (sum of (xx)) ]-[ (sum of x) (sum of x)] where: n = # of observations (36 months) x = rate of return ... [(n) (sum of (xy)) ]-[(sum of x) (sum of y)] [(n) (sum of (xx)) ]-[(sum of x) (sum of x)] where: n = # of observations (24-60 months) x = rate of return for the S&P 500 Index y = rate of return ... makeup of the liabilities and stockholders' equity side of the balance sheet, especially the ratio of debt to equity and the mixture of short and long maturities Capital surplus Amounts of directly...

Ngày tải lên: 05/10/2012, 08:22

... The beta of a fund is determined as follows: [(n) (sum of (xy)) ]-[ (sum of x) (sum of y)] [(n) (sum of (xx)) ]-[ (sum of x) (sum of x)] where: n = # of observations (36 months) x = rate of return ... [(n) (sum of (xy)) ]-[(sum of x) (sum of y)] [(n) (sum of (xx)) ]-[(sum of x) (sum of x)] where: n = # of observations (24-60 months) x = rate of return for the S&P 500 Index y = rate of return ... makeup of the liabilities and stockholders' equity side of the balance sheet, especially the ratio of debt to equity and the mixture of short and long maturities Capital surplus Amounts of directly...

Ngày tải lên: 05/10/2012, 08:22

... The beta of a fund is determined as follows: [(n) (sum of (xy)) ]-[ (sum of x) (sum of y)] [(n) (sum of (xx)) ]-[ (sum of x) (sum of x)] where: n = # of observations (36 months) x = rate of return ... [(n) (sum of (xy)) ]-[(sum of x) (sum of y)] [(n) (sum of (xx)) ]-[(sum of x) (sum of x)] where: n = # of observations (24-60 months) x = rate of return for the S&P 500 Index y = rate of return ... makeup of the liabilities and stockholders' equity side of the balance sheet, especially the ratio of debt to equity and the mixture of short and long maturities Capital surplus Amounts of directly...

Ngày tải lên: 18/12/2013, 09:12

... The beta of a fund is determined as follows: [(n) (sum of (xy)) ]-[ (sum of x) (sum of y)] [(n) (sum of (xx)) ]-[ (sum of x) (sum of x)] where: n = # of observations (36 months) x = rate of return ... [(n) (sum of (xy)) ]-[(sum of x) (sum of y)] [(n) (sum of (xx)) ]-[(sum of x) (sum of x)] where: n = # of observations (24-60 months) x = rate of return for the S&P 500 Index y = rate of return ... makeup of the liabilities and stockholders' equity side of the balance sheet, especially the ratio of debt to equity and the mixture of short and long maturities Capital surplus Amounts of directly...

Ngày tải lên: 19/01/2014, 19:20

... QuickTime™ and a are needed to see this picture decompressor are needed to see this picture QuickTime™ and a decompressor QuickTime™ picture are needed to see thisand a decompressor are needed to see this ... side of the mouse (called a left click) For more advanced functions, you click on the right side of the mouse (called a right click) Glossary of Computer and Internet Terms for Older Adults This ... for Older Adults Computer and Internet Terms Browse To explore a website or a number of websites by scanning and reading information Browser Software, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer, used...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 00:20

... PChlide, and NADPH Dephosphorylation of the photoconverted form of this complex by an endogenous phosphatase, it was further suggested, leads to a disaggregation of POR and a dissociation of Chlide ... fluorescence spectra of PChlide and Chlide of PLB to POR organization is well documented Griffiths and his coworkers [4,5] successfully used this sensitivity to establish the basic framework of relationships ... and structural changes in PLB The existence of a correlation between the presence of the cubic membrane structure of the PLB and the presence of POR-PChlide650 has long been recognized [20] This...

Ngày tải lên: 22/02/2014, 04:20

... referred to as mandatory ethics aspirational professional standards Standards of professional practice that exceed the minimum standards mandated by a code of professional ethics Standards that ... compliance with laws and standards of a professional code of ethics, and that is not optional for the practice of that profession Also referred to as mandatory ethics The opposite of aspirational ... DICTIONARY OF ETHICAL AND LEGAL TERMS AND ISSUES RT53227.indb 10/9/06 9:54:36 AM RT53227.indb 10/9/06 9:54:36 AM DICTIONARY OF ETHICAL AND LEGAL TERMS AND ISSUES The Essential Guide for Mental...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 04:20

... risk of the underlying pool of instruments This condition would be met in respect of a tranche if, for example, in the event of the underlying pool of instruments losing 50% as a result of credit ... on this pool of assets The securities issued to investors commonly have different seniority and so bear different levels of credit risk A tranche meets the SPPI test if: the contractual terms of ... management of a portfolio to realise fair value changes; management and evaluation of performance of a portfolio on a fair value basis; and trading intention (IFRS retains the IAS 39 concept of ‘held-for-trading’)...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 16:20

... the U.S., gram standards and guides are published under the combined authority of ANSI (American National Standards Institute), IS0 (International Organization for Standards), and the ASQ (American ... Handbookfor Visual Inspection and Weld Discontinuities AWS B1.lO -Guide for the Nondestructive Inspection of Welds AWS B1.11 -Guide for the Visual Inspection of Welds AWS A3.û-Standard Welding Terms ... just keeping track of the welders and their qualifications can be difficult, and as mentioned above, one of several computer programs can often aid this effort When hundreds of welds are to be...

Ngày tải lên: 12/03/2014, 17:18

... support of the Governments of Australia, Finland, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and Norway, as well as the Eli Lilly and Company Foundation and the Johnson and Johnson Corporate Social ... the global context of mental health and summarizes the content of all the modules This module should give readers an understanding of the global context of mental health, and should enable them ... employed and the presentation of the material in this publication not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the World Health Organization concerning the legal status of any...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 01:20

... was completed, the intensities of the bands corresponding to single strands of DNA and interstrand cross-linked duplex were quantified Rearrangement of intrastrand cross-links The platinated oligodeoxyribonucleotide ... character of DNA adducts of trans-PtHMP, we further examined the DNA binding properties of this new transplatin analogue and compared these binding properties with those of parent transplatin and its ... intrastrand CL of transplatin with their complementary DNA sequences results in a rearrangement of these intrastrand adducts into interstrand CLs [35] The stability of 1,3-GTG intrastrand CLs...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 14:20

... ammodytins I1 and I2 and ammodytin L genes of V am ammodytes, the VP7 and VP8 genes of V palaestinae, and the PLA2 genes of Crotalinae snakes (Trimeresurus flavoviridis) were also of similar length ... C gene of the neurotoxic V a aspis (Table 2) This feature was also specific to this population of neurotoxic snakes Table Sequences of primers used for PCR amplification and sequencing of PLA2 ... similar, in terms of nucleotide sequences, to cDNAs encoding chains A and B of vaspin (DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank accession no.s AJ459806 and AJ459807, respectively) [13], chains A and B of vipoxin (Gi...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 03:20