... ofthe population are highlighted Region East Asia and Pacific China Eastern Europe and Central Asia Latin America and the Caribbean Middle East and North Africa South Asia Sub-Saharan Africa Total ... substantially revised and updated version ofthe Bank s website PovcalNet will be released, which will allow public access tothe primary data, to replicate these estimates and to make estimates ... across the Bank s regions, but (for the first time) progress in all regions Dramatic progress in East Asia Looking back tothe early 198 0s, East Asia was the region with the highest incidence of...
... they are not likely to prove useful in patients presenting tothe hospital The traditional approach to assessing the probability of Candida as a cause of nosocomial BSI has relied upon assessing ... included acute clinical presentation on admission as candidate variables, which is likely to be a strength of our paper because many large-scale databases tend to only have the results of administrative ... variables retained in the model that were significant (P < 0.05) Statistical analyses were performed using Statistical Analysis Software (SAS, version 9.01; SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, USA) Two-sided...
... World sunflowers, tepary beans (Phaseolus acutifolius A Gray) and wild rice (Zizania aquatica) appear to be of North American origin Maize, papaya, cassava, cacao, avocado, beans (Phaseolus spp.), ... Rafael Lira Saade Laboratorio de Recursos Naturales, UBIPRO Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, UNAM Av de los Barrios I, Los Reyes Iztacal Tl anepantla, CP 54090 México Roger Malapa VARTC ... chayote, squash, cotton, and chili peppers have their origins in Mesoamerica The Andes and rainforests of South America are centers for the domestication of potato, beans (Phaseolus spp.), sweet...
... chapters of Ascalon and Caesarea are structured so as to present the research aims as well as the historical and archaeological backgrounds that are specifically tailored to each site These sections ... Early American Life, he argues that ‘small things’ such as gravestones, teacups and house façades all “carry messages from their makers and users,” and “it is the archaeologist s task to decode ... its walls experienced many similar events to that of Caesarea, but it was not as accessible This left the sites of Acre, ‘Atlit, CHAPTER METHODOLOGY 42 Caesarea, Ascalon, and Jerusalem These sites...
... capabilities are staffed and operable Insure disaster recovery capabilities are staffed and operable State/Federal Assistance: State/Federal Assistance: * *Full mobilization of National Guard and Reserve ... patched and maintained In this scenario, the systems are Unix workstations, not DNS servers or mail servers Also note that there is stimulus and response The system is responding tothe attacker s ... because ofthe direct hit tothe sunrpc port On the other hand, these are not servers, so let us assign a neutral value ofto criticality As for lethality ofthe attack, there is some data exchange,...
... century Capitalize the names of religions and religious terms God, Christ, A llah, B uddha, Christianity, Christians, Judaism, Jews, I slam, Muslims A CAPITAL IDEA! The Uses and Rules of Capital Letters ... capitalize directions They moved up north, tothe southern shore of Lake Erie A CAPITAL IDEA! The Uses and Rules of Capital Letters Capitalize names of days ofthe week, months, and holidays ... debris (some geologists call this material “garbage”) is often deposited in formations called morains Capitalize the personal pronoun I A CAPITAL IDEA! The Uses and Rules of Capital Letters Capitalize...
... are almost always able to demand higher salaries after receiving an Academy Award The awards ceremonies—as well as the awards themselves—have changed over the years In the early days, an actor ... films during a period of 17 years It was one ofthe most successful pairings in show business history Although Ginger Rogers wasn’t as talented a dancer as Astaire, their assistant director This ... Lucille Vasconcellos Langhanke, she was the daughter of two schoolteachers Contrary tothe usual stereotype ofthe stage mother who pushes her daughter into show business, Astor had a stage father...
... cash assets (RMBS or CDOs), synthetic assets (credit default swaps), or combinations of cash and synthetic assets in the underlying pool As a result, ratings for managed CDOs are based not on the ... available to each tranche Page provides the necessary amount of credit enhancement to sustain a particular rating The process is the same as for an RMBS rating, the analyst makes a recommendation ... it asserted that such surveillance was conducted Internal communications by the surveillance staff indicate awareness of this issue.31 At this firm, the Staff was unable to assess the information...
... Multiple State Parks to One Park Manager The state park systems in Arizona, Colorado and Idaho have begun to assign the oversight of multiple state parks toa single park manager As part ofa cost-cutting ... Only Other states, such as Idaho and Oregon, use limited status officers at their state parks These limited-status officers can issue tickets in parks for failure to pay fees, similar tothe way ... public-private partnerships at state parks The Division of Parks and Recreation has already taken some action to reduce costs and increase revenues The division s administrative staff are preparing to make...
... primer names and sequences Primer name Sequence 21 33 40 41 44 66 67 75 GGGTCTAGAATGGAAAAAGATCTACAGTTAAGA CCGGAATTCTTATTTCCCTTCTCTCATCTC GCGCGCCATGGAAAAAGATCTACAGTTAAGA GGGGGATCCCCATAATCCACTCCACCTGCTAAA ... GGGGGATCCCCATAATCCACTCCACCTGCTAAA GGGGGGGATCCT CATTATTTCCCTTCT AATACCGCCATGTATAATATCTATTACTTC GTAATAGATATTATACATGGCGGTATTGAA GGGGGGGCCATGGAAAGAGCAGACGATTT Large-scale protein expression and purification Cultures were ... between OraS and OraE was first reported by Barker & Stadtman [3] OraS shows no significant homology to other proteins in the SWISSPROT database The sequence alignment results indicate that the coenzyme-binding...
... One of these results is the so-called strong law of large numbers See Chapter As an example, consider the following game Toss a fair coin infinitely many times, and assume that after each tossing ... Euclidean space I.2 Vector spaces I.3 Matrices I.4 The inverse and transpose ofa matrix I.5 Elementary matrices and permutation matrices I.6 Gaussian elimination ofa square matrix, and the Gauss-Jordan ... algebra of subsets ofa finite set Ω is a σ& algebra However, an algebra of subsets of an infinite set Ω is not necessarily a σ& algebra A counter example is the collection ö( of all subsets of...
... this reason, a guide based upon practical design and usage offers the means to bring together a summary ofthe current state ofthe art, to aid the non-specialist in the selection and specification ... ‘plug seals’, and a host of design variants offer scope for innovative and specialized functions There are also a number of limitations and disadvantages of helical screws that can inhibit the application ... risk assessment, to establish what degree of investigation costs is justified Such an evaluation also allows the significance of any differences in the capital cost of alternative equipment to...
... formal legal tests such as the ‘compelling interest test’ used in the United States to assess religious claims, or the ‘distinctive culture test’ used in Canada to assess some ofthe claims made ... makers who have access to fair and transparent criteria by which to assess identity claims and to reassess the existing apparatus of public decision making to ensure that it reXects a fair-minded ... institutions assess identity claims Such assessments have been an aspect of public decision making for a long time and many approaches taken by institutions to assessing identity claims have been shaped...
... belongs calculated without the missing item All the variables tested, except the last which was selected to address the “MNAR hypothesis” (see above), addressed the “MAR hypothesis” Variables associated ... many other predictors) The PROC LOGISTIC package of SAS software (v9.1, Cary, NC, USA) was used Results Table summarizes the demographic and health characteristics ofthe survey participants The ... to force gender and age into the models (because these variables have been already shown to be associated with the risk of missingness and could confound the association between missingness and...
... Senate and the Speaker ofthe House of Representatives This report presents the results of our efforts to audit the Principal Financial Statements ofthe U .S Customs Service for fiscal year 1992 As ... that Customs had material weaknesses in internal controls over many significant areas which could lead to (1) material loss of assets, (2) noncompliance with laws and regulations, and/or (3) material ... incurred such charges in the past Customs materially misstated the amount of revenues reported as allocated tothe Department of Agriculture in its Consolidated Statement of Operations and Changes in...
... inadequate systems and control weaknesses s discussed above increase Customs’ vulnerability to lost federal funds Although Customs had plans to revise the drawback and revenue systems, the drawback ... (1) adequately assess the validity ofa drawback claim and track the amount of drawback paid against an import entry, (2) establish sufficient review procedures to ensure that a claim was accurate, ... fiscal year based on an estimate ofthe total value of agreements in which Customs will participate Upon signing an agreement (as the servicing agency) Customs has budgetary resources available...
... statements, professional guidance was obtained from a variety of sources Further clarification on financial statement presentation is expected as the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB) ... Customs in the last several years I have instituted an integrated process at the Customs Service to measure and chart our future The preparation of planning our successes the current This is trial ... schemes that are the financial underpinning ofthe illegal drug business Customs works closely with other federal, state, and local narcotics agencies to reduce the availability ofthe supply of narcotics...
... APIS The charts illustrate the increase in passengers cleared through APIS and the results of Customs inspections of commercial air passengers CLEARED THROUGH APIS AIR PASSENGERS Fiscal Year 1992 ... Program Customs Aviation Program disrupts and disables the air transportation system used to deliver contraband, especially cocaine, tothe U .S In 1992, Customs increased the number of seizures and ... has also been successfully pursuing the development of methods for the electronic transfer of information and funds, as well as a goal of achieving the paperless processing of as many of Customs...
... 1992 Financial Statements Financial Plans for Financial Management Statements Systems Improvements Customs financial systems plans are in two major areas These are: (1) financial systems and (2) ... www.adultpdf.com Page 44 GAOhUMD-93-3 Customs’ 1992 Financial Statements Financial FINANCIAL Current Statements MANAGEMENT Status of Financial Management SYSTEMS INITIATIVES Systems Customs has begun a broad ... Statements The financial statementspresented as part of this total package present the financial position, results of operations and cash flows ofthe U S Customs Service for the year ended September...