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... National Economic Council NPT Non Proliferation Treaty xix List of Abbreviations NSC National Security Council NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone OECD Organisation for Economic Co operation and ... relationship 23 Traditionalist Views and the Emergence of Revisionism The emergence of revisionist conceptions about Japan’s economy occurred against a backdrop of rising tensions between the US and ... concerns me is whether they had an important and concrete impact on policy assumptions and choices In the first section of this chapter, I discuss the assumptions of the traditionalist view and...

Ngày tải lên: 10/06/2014, 21:37

... Journal of Water and Environment Technology, Vol 7, No 4, 2009 Since the predomination of GAOs instead of PAOs leads to the deterioration of EBPR, it is essential to understand the mechanisms of the ... competition between PAOs and GAOs, even if pH condition gives an advantage to only one of them Fig Results of the first experiment performed with sludge sampled in October 2006 Fig Results of the second ... experiment (b) Second experiment (c) Third Experiment Fig Evaluation of acetate uptake by Candidatus ‘Competibacter phosphatis’ under different pH conditions CONCLUSIONS It was demonstrated that...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 09:38

... Departments of Defence, Immigration and the Prime Minister and Cabinet; the cases of the detention of Cornelia Rau and the deportation of Vivian Solon, involving the then Department of Immigration and ... is often blurred and hard to draw and because charges of politicisation are often part of adversarial political rhetoric’.16 One of the most common defences against a charge of politicisation, ... actions and interactions, pronouncements and campaigns of those involved suggest that there is considerable orchestration of the public release of contestable policy advice to government on these...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 13:20

... improved standards of living.”1 Many growth models include education and offer predictions as to the implications of education policy changes on macroeconomic performance Some empirical analyses of the ... (1993), Butcher and Case (1994), Ashenfelter and Krueger (1994), and Ashenfelter and Zimmerman (1993) Variations of the IV technique are applied, the conclusions of which support Harmon and Walker’s ... policies and institutions and the accumulation of human capital.”35 Much recent literature on growth seeks to answer the question of “why advanced economies … can continue to grow in the long run...

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Ngày tải lên: 18/03/2014, 12:20

... part of actual body status and the relationship between human physiology and environmental factors such as climate, season, nutrition, activities, economy, urbanization, and stress Most of the ... difference of the location, geography, and climate between Korea and Vietnam, we believed that these different conditions have effect on human variation in body size and shape The amount of habitual ... Study: A Population-Based Study on the Variation in Bone Formation Markers with Age, Gender, Anthropometry and Season in both Men and Women, Journal of Osteoporosis International, Volume 12,...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 09:20

... (Washington, D.C.: July 26, 2011) Page GAO-12-881 Impact of Dodd-Frank Act on Community Banks and Credit Unions rules for all, some, or none of the provisions, and often have broad discretion to ... focus on relationship-based lending Changes in Regulation and Other Factors Have Led to the Consolidation of Many Community Banks and Credit Unions The number of community banks and credit unions ... focused on “relationship banking,” basing lending decisions on personal knowledge of their customers and an understanding of their local economies The study contrasted this approach to that of large...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 20:20

... paid consultants to Pfizer in connection with the development of this manuscript Authors' contributions SM contributed to the study design, data collection, interpretation, and analysis of results ... forms of documentation (audio and written) were reviewed and analyzed to facilitate preparation of a comprehensive report The report summarized findings on the overall impact of sleep on FM, ... results and manuscript creation AC contributed to the study design, analysis of results, and manuscript review LZ contributed to the study design, data collection, interpretation, and analysis of...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 18:20

... paid consultants to Pfizer in connection with the development of this manuscript Authors' contributions SM contributed to the study design, data collection, interpretation, and analysis of results ... forms of documentation (audio and written) were reviewed and analyzed to facilitate preparation of a comprehensive report The report summarized findings on the overall impact of sleep on FM, ... results and manuscript creation AC contributed to the study design, analysis of results, and manuscript review LZ contributed to the study design, data collection, interpretation, and analysis of...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20

... right hand side of Equation (8) for a given set of variables The integral of Equation (8) can also be computed online [16] CONCLUSIONS This study shows that height growth of dominant and codominant ... k in Equation (8) is under the integral and hence is evaluated upon integration On the other hand, Equation (5) alone is interpreted without any further evaluation The positive sign of the thinning ... that the age of maximum response depends on the age of the stand at time of thinning (At ) and k Details of the characteristics of this T RF can be found in Liu et al [7] Equation (5) has all...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 00:22

... discontinued for “other” reasons (e.g., patient decision, physician decision, sponsor decision, noncompliance, lost to follow-up, and criteria not met, P = 014) Discontinuations for medication ... time to discontinuation and PANSS Total score between white, black, and Hispanic subgroups Another study looked at the impact of race on the efficacy and safety of long-acting risperidone compared ... subsidiary of Eli Lilly and Company Authors’ contributions VLS conceived the study and contributed to the design and coordination JLS and JG performed the statistical analysis KWP wrote the initial and...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:22

... effects of zoledronate, ibandronate and clodronate on cyclin D1 gene expression As shown in figure 1, treatment of human hip bone osteoblast [hOB] cells with ibandronate, zoledronate and clodronate ... cyclin D1 and collagen were quantified by Real Time RT-PCR The nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates zoledronate and ibandronate were compared to the non-nitrogen-containing bisphosphonate clodronate ... maturation stage The lower proliferation but higher bone density through differentiation could explain the missing regeneration potential of BONJs In contrast, the non-nitrogen-containing bisphosphonate...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 20:20

... been hypothesized, based on the observation that bone marrow can promptly and specifically respond to nasal challenge by increasing the rates of production and maturation of eosinophilic precursors ... adhesion molecules favour the rolling, extravasation, and migration towards the epithelium of inflammatory cells The kinetics of inflammation following allergen exposure involve the migration of ... The strength of the considerations mentioned prompted the World Health Organization to publish an extensive position paper devoted to the relationship between rhinitis and asthma and its therapeutic...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:20

... disturbance, in terms of sleep evaluation method, publication year, type of ICU, age of patients, number of patients and duration of stay The impact of sleep disturbance on patients Jones and colleagues ... behaviours and reactions with more desirable ones through biofeedback and positive or negative reinforcement [52] Two conditions are important for the selection of guidelines of behaviour modification: ... combined impact of two interventions, earplug and eye mask, on the sleep experience of patients Longer periods of sleep were successfully achieved for the patients of the intervention group at...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:23

... resolution of Confrontation Finally, this dissertation examines how Confrontation affected the reorganisation of Singapore-Indonesia relations in the years 1965 to 1973 in the form of enduring lessons ... experience of the Confrontation years ii List of Abbreviations ABRI: Angkatan Bersenjata Republik Indonesia ANRI: Arsip Nasional Republik Indonesia ASA: Association of Southeast Asia ASEAN: Association ... towards Confrontation From the Singaporean and Indonesian political leaderships’ perspective, the main issue in Confrontation was the contest over Malaysia’s “moral personality”, which centred on the...

Ngày tải lên: 09/09/2015, 18:50

... Singapore and Indonesia, took place A main component of this dissertation is the demonstration of how the Confrontation years were an expression of the contention between Singapore and Indonesia ... the development of Confrontation The analysis of Singapore‘s role in fomenting Confrontation and shaping the events of the conflict in relation to Indonesia‘s pursuit of Confrontation brings to ... considered the impact of the formation of Malaysia on the international politics of Southeast Asia Confrontation epitomised what Harrison describes as conflict is the source of the emergence of...

Ngày tải lên: 09/09/2015, 18:50

... imperatives of the political theatre of Confrontation 140 5.2 The avoidance of war on the military front of Confrontation 151 Conclusions 163 Chapter 6: The separation of Singapore from Malaysia and ... diplomacy and international politics 107 109 4.2 The moral dimension of economic confrontation 121 Conclusions 129 Chapter 5: The political and military fronts of Confrontation, 1963-1965: Creating ... Singapore’s strategic interests, and Confrontation 179 Conclusions 192 Chapter 7: Confrontation and the re-organisation of Singapore-Indonesia Relations 196 7.1 Fear of a Sukarno-style leadership...

Ngày tải lên: 09/09/2015, 18:54

... Determination of genetic contribution to atopic diseases Familial studies and twin studies can dissect genetic and environmental contribution to atopic diseases 3) Identification of chromosomal regions ... transcription, RNA process, RNA transport, mRNA degradation, translation and posttranslation by protein phosphorylation The most common and important gene regulation is at the level of transcription ... identification of polymorphisms within a gene of known function that influences atopic diseases (Anderson and Cookson, 1999) The choice of candidate gene itself requires knowledge of the biological...

Ngày tải lên: 12/09/2015, 10:58

... of pension and tax reform Japan as a multi-cultural and multi-racial nation Impact on education Later marriage, fewer children and divorce Political correctness Restructuring, salary reduction, ... salary reduction, unemployment and homeless Asian Free Trade Zone – China, Korea and ASEAN ? Impact on Language Sociolinguistic and pragmatic changes Confrontational and aggressive approach From ... children’ Japan as an agent of globalization East Asia and Southeast Asia: ‘Doraemon’ , ‘Hello Kitty’, ‘TarePanda’, ‘Pokemon’ North America and West: ‘Sailor Moon’ , ‘Pokemon’, ‘Nomo, ‘Ichiro’ References...

Ngày tải lên: 06/11/2016, 13:08

... Environment, Technology and Organizational Change An organization is often interpreted as a configuration of different characteristics Numerous dimensions of external context (such as environments, ... interaction effect of this relationship on firm performance A study by Mia and Clarke (1999) also only indicates the moderating role of the use of management accounting information on the relationship ... issue of inappropriateness of conventional management accounting techniques which offered little capacity for providing useful and timely information for better decision and control in the contemporary...

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