... stakeholders, these variables are far easier to control than socio-political factors 1.3 Objectives The objectives of this study are: • To understand the general distribution of bid prices in the Sri Lankan ... brief background to the Sri Lankan construction industry to facilitate understanding of the research methodology A regression model is selected to study the relationships between the dependent and ... contrast to only the lowest and the second lowest bids) The term “spread” has also been used to represent the difference between the lowest and highest bid, the lowest and mean bid, and the lowest...
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Survivability Options for Maneuver and Transport Aircraft - Analytic Support to the Army Science Board pptx
... be deployable into theater much more rapidly—providing many more options to the national command authority (NCA) and the respective theater combatant commanders to respond to the wide range of ... defended airspace Acknowledgments The authors would like to express their gratitude to the members of the Army Science Board (ASB) Aviation Panel who contributed directly to this research: Dr Peter ... greater improvement to the survivability of the manned aircraft platforms (at the expense of the unmanned escorts) For the low-altitude ingress case, the survivability improved to 97 percent, resulting...
Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 16:20
a companion to the roman army
... were able to extend their territory and their power Nonetheless, despite its unreliability in detail, the historical tradition is probably right to portray them as often at war then with their Latin ... of the factors which attracted the Latins and Hernici to the Roman alliance The Volsci who came into conflict with the Romans and their allies dwelt in the coastal Pomptine plain from Antium to ... defeated a Roman army at the River Allia, near Crustumerium, and the survivors were obliged to abandon the city except for the Capitoline Hill The Gauls sacked the city and then departed Further Gallic...
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The state of sexuality and intimacy sri lankan women migrants in the middle east
... responsibilities towards a family This thesis attempts to just that Using female Sri Lankan migrant workers in Lebanon as reference, it attempts to bring to the fore the agency of the Sri Lankan female ... Chapter I assess the role of both the Sri Lankan and Lebanese state in creating a highly idealized identity of Sri Lankan female migrant workers The Sri Lankan state promotes a Sri Lankan female ... of Sri Lankan migrant women While the Sri Lankan state acknowledges the particularly sexualized space in which the women work and live, they place the burden negotiate the complexities on the...
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Hình ảnh Protocols in relation to the OSI model.doc
... flow H.323 RAS signaling yes you can! IP WAN zone zone Admission Control Via Zone BandWidth in the Cisco IOS MCM Gatepeer H×nh4: Admission - Cisco A B Setup Alerting Connect TermCapSet TermCapAck...
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Cambridge.University.Press.An.Introduction.to.the.Philosophy.of.Mind.Jan.2000.pdf
... if they mean to abandon reasoned argument altogether, even in defence of their own position, then I have Introduction nothing more to say to them because they have excluded themselves from further ... The order in which these topics are covered has been deliberately chosen so as to enable the reader to build upon the understanding gained from earlier chapters in getting to grips with the topics ... reality Sense-datum theories and the argument from illusion Other arguments for sense-data Objections to sense-datum theories The adverbial theory of sensation The adverbial theory and sense-data...
Ngày tải lên: 21/09/2012, 10:39
Consultative document Revisions to the Basel II market risk framework
... as the CAPM model) by regressing the return on the individual stock or sector index on the risk-free rate of return and the return on the market index 10 [163] The convenience yield reflects the ... on the basis of their assessment of the quality of the bank’s risk management system, subject to an absolute minimum of Banks will be required to add to this factor a “plus” directly related to ... related to the ex-post performance of the model, thereby introducing a built-in positive incentive to maintain the predictive quality of the model The plus will range from to based on the outcome...
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Báo cáo y học: "Does switching from oral extended-release methylphenidate to the methylphenidate transdermal system affect health-related quality-of-life and medication satisfaction for children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder&
... if in the investigator's opinion there was potential for further symptom reduction, try the next higher dose No further titration was permitted after the final dose-adjustment visit at the end ... increasing the subject's MTS dose to the next available strength if side effects permitted "Acceptable" responses permitted the subject to be maintained on the current dose for the remainder of the ... who failed to respond to psychostimulants in the past, and those with conduct disorder, were excluded from the study Therefore, the results of this study should not be extrapolated to these patient...
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Báo cáo y học: "Users' guides to the medical literature: how to use an article about mortality in a humanitarian emergency"
... usually use the 95% CI, the range that includes the true mortality rate 95% of the time The narrower the CI, the closer the lower and upper boundaries of the CI are to the point estimate, the greater ... did the study assessing nation-wide mortality in the DRC achieve the goal of representing the underlying population? The investigators tell us that they divided DR Congo into two strata along the ... sampling, the investigator chooses the interval between each household (the sampling interval) according to the desired sample size and by the total number of households [24] A further option...
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Báo cáo y học: "ntravenous transplantation of allogeneic bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells and its directional migration to the necrotic femoral head"
... modulate Treg cells to reduce the incidence of graft-versus-host disease In 80 addition, inhibition or restriction of these inflammatory mediators also alleviates further damage to the bone, cartilage ... Med Sci 2011, Then, the illuminator was turned off, and the image of light emitted from the nude mice, namely bioluminescence image, was taken Then, two images were merged and the location of ... dynamically monitored in a Kodak DXS small animal imaging system [10] When, the anesthetized nude mice were placed on the platform, the background image was taken under the lights of an illuminator http://www.medsci.org...
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Facts of Vietnam Freight forwarding industry and the role of Vietnam Freight Forwarders Association (VIFFAS) to the industry in international economic integration processhelpful to Oristar.doc
... colleagues on the world The Association has the role of coordinating the activities of the members in order to protect the interests of the members and improve the position of Vietnam in the international ... ready to dumping to struggle for customers.” a/ Outside pressure The development of material-distribution modal is the main outside pressure on the industry It can be divided into kinds: + The ... enterprises, especially in today’s violent competition The separation should be replaced by the co-ordination, because it is the key to gather all sources of the industry to compete against foreign...
Ngày tải lên: 27/10/2012, 16:42
Vietnam’s exports to the eu Situation and recommendations.doc
... services in their operations to exploit information and put their information into the websites and publicize their products on the market In the other hand, they can find out almost the information ... expected to grown cotton But it can sell paper and other products made from lumber (which it has abundance) to the US It can then use the proceeds from sales to buy Pima cotton from the US Thus, ... trading, make them suitable to be the international trading customs and normal practice as followings: To extend the regulation scopes of these laws to conform with requirements of WTO; To regulate...
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Báo cáo y học: "An Avian Connection as a Catalyst to the 1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic"
... host it infects to fight the virus The first two factors are influenced by the genetics of the virus The last factor is dependent on the health of the host to regulate a response to the virus Garrett ... contagious, and was 88 able to take pieces of their host’s cellular membranes to allow them to evade the immunological responses of their host The 1918-1919 Pandemic The onset of the 1918-1919 influenza ... due to the factor of the multiple host/reservoirs for type A However the likelihood of the avian influenza being the direct cause of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic is not very plausible Prior to the...
Ngày tải lên: 02/11/2012, 11:12
Acro GRE CAT answer to the real essay questions
... screens.) During the tutorial, you'll learn: How to use the mouse How to scroll the screen display up and down How to use the toolbar buttons (at the bottom of the screen) How to use the built-in ... ATIME button (to display time remaining to the nearest second) A HELP button (to display directions for using the word processor and the toolbar buttons and for responding to the writing topics) ... section,number (either or 2) At the bottom of the screen you'll see: A QUITTEST button (to stop and cancel your test) An EXIT SECTION button (to move ahead to the second writing task or to the next section...
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Báo cáo y học: "Gene Therapy: The Potential Applicability of Gene Transfer Technology to the Human Germline"
... potential use, due to the high levels of mosaicism associated with these vectors However, the new generation of lentiviral vectors would avoid such problems [21, 22, 23] These vectors have the additional ... attributed to the fortuitous removal or inhibition of IF(s) [43] Seminal fluid reportedly contains an inhibitory factor (IF-1) that appears to actively block the binding of exogenous DNA to sperm and to ... contributed to the embryo, the resultant offspring will be chimeric (up to ca 50% of animals) The ESC contribution to a mouse can high (up to ca 80% of the cells), and will often include the germline...
Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 10:01
Báo cáo y học: "Incidence of Ocular Zoonoses referred to the Inflammatory and Autoimmune Ocular Diseases Service of the University of Parma - Italy"
... 119 this case the patient had a panuveitis, which recovered only after a combination of medical treatment and surgery, with a final visual acuity of 40% in the affected eye [1] The only case ... manifestations are described in the specific section Figure 1: Geographical location of the province of Parma (Italy) References Mora P, Vecchi M, Barbera L, Toscani M, Orsoni JG Use of systemic ... P, Vecchi M, Barbera L, Toscani M, Orsoni JG Use of systemic cyclosporin A in a case of severe Toxocara uveitis J Infect 2006; 52:159-161 http://www.medsci.org ...
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