... illustrating theimportanceof collecting contextual data Box 14: Example oftheImportanceof Monitoring Risk Factors A recent example of a grain storage project in Myanmar demonstrates theimportanceof ... PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT CO- OPERATION AGENCIES The Project Level Many ofthe development co- operation agencies are now either designing, installing or reforming their performance ... from the partner country government, etc The range of measures needs to be sufficiently broad to serve the demands of all these key groups of stakeholders and management levels Many of these...
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... [27] score of less than one as a guide, ten ofthe MP differences could be considered to be non-conservative, of which eight appear within the C-terminal quarter ofthe sequence Using the same ... that the remainder ofthe MSV genome reflected the same degree of modularity http://www.virologyj.com/content/5/1/61 lar quantities ofthe purified fragments from pKNco and pSNco, using the following ... the MSV-Set genome showed the highest AUDPC of all the chimaeric constructs, achieving 80% and 85% ofthe AUDPC figures of KNco and SNco respectively The remaining recombinant viruses all showed...
... night’s stay in one of Tokyo’s hotel That is an example of how high the cost of living has become I suppose the cost of living will continue to rise When I have children of my own in the future, I ... need The cost of living seems to be always risingThe first car my father bought cost less than six thousand ringgit brand new Nowadays a second hand car costs more than that Apples used to cost ... Things have certainly become more and more expensive and there is no indication that they will cost less in the future Compared to my grandfather, my father earned a princely sum of a thousand ringgit...
... approaches are complicated by the slow growth of Q suber, its large heterogeneity (size, form, age) and the recurrent cork harvesting Here we present a first study ofthe effects of cork harvesting ... 129-Mitutoyo, MGF Co Ltd., Tokyo, Japan), measuring the distance between a frame attached to the cork and a lag screw embedded in the wood [7] Data refer to thesouth side ofthe trunk at breast ... growth of Quercus suber L 441 Table I Characteristics ofthe selected cork-oaks in each stand Values at the beginning ofthe study (1989 at CJM; 1992 at HP) Stand Last cork harvesting Cork age...
... relative to the other attributes Therefore, an attribute with a relative importance score of 20 is twice as important as one with a relative importance score of 10 The relative importance scores reported ... include the Audit Quality in Australia – A Strategic Review (2010) by the Treasury in Australia, the final report ofthe Advisory Committee on the Auditing Profession in the US and the release in the ... attribute second in terms of relative importance This ranking emphasises the perception by respondents oftheimportanceofthe audit partner/manager in providing a high level of audit quality The attribute...
... is my thesis that the magnification ofthe MHI, and the popularity ofthe career of hosts, were triggered by the economic recession ofthe 1990s, which resulted in the deconstruction ofthe Japanese ... triggered by the economic recession ofthe 1990s and the consequent deconstruction ofthe old and emergence ofthe new hegemonic masculinity of Japan With the Japanese Management System (JMS), the postwar ... nature ofthe labour system employed by the MHI, woven together with the overall societal changes The thesis thus examines the popularity ofthe job of hosts in a multitiered context: 1) the micro...
... about the firm then a manager is forced to follow a policy o f full disclosure Otherwise the traders will assume the worst about the firm and discount the value ofthe firm In contrast to the predictions ... establishes theimportance o f other information, not contained in the basic financial statements, for the valuation o f R&D intensive firms The second research question I consider is whether the voluntary ... reports the results of empirical tests ofthe impact of voluntary disclosure on eamings forecast accuracy Section concludes the paper Reproduced with permission ofthe copyright owner Further reproduction...
... Final Report ofthe Advisory Committee on the Auditing Profession to the U.S Department of Treasury (2008), the first major study ofthe U.S auditing profession, it was reported that the four largest ... USERS The quality of this reproduction is dependent on the quality ofthe copy submitted In the unlikely event that the author did not send a complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these ... provisions covered and in the definitions of some ofthe covered provisions For example, only 18 ofthe 24 provisions in the G-Index are covered by the 2008 volume ofthe RiskMetrics governance data 28...
... the informants to explain these phrases in a language which the interviewer understood Upon the completion ofthe first stage of qualitative interviews, most ofthe informants have revealed their ... niches which seldom allow the immigrants to be incorporated into the “core economy” of their host nation, thus possibly generating a common identity ofthe migrants as “second-class citizens” (Reimers, ... Singapore The conscious experiences of Malaysian Chinese in Singapore and their concept of identity could be solicited from their attitude and reaction towards their perceived concept of “Singaporean...
... glucocorticoid precursors than does the ACS+ isoform [20] In order to investigate the distribution ofthe two CYP17 isoforms in theSouth African Angora population, goats were genotyped on the ... stress stimulates the release of glucocorticoids from the adrenal cortex via the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis, which favours glucose production at the expense of glycolysis [23] Previous ... and Merino sheep Taken together, these studies indicate that the increased lyase activity of CYP17 ACS) is the primary cause ofthe observed hypocortisolism in theSouth African Angora goat, as...
... assistance from the Commission ofthe European Communities The views expressed herein are those ofthe project and not represent any official view ofthe Commission This is one of a series of reports ... governance: the weakening of local communities Sharecroppers receive 50 – 66 percent ofthe harvest depending on the price of rubber, the yield ofthe trees, and the prevailing opportunity cost of labour ... Prevention seems the only solution The cost ofthe fires The damage has been underestimated in official sources but it is now obvious that the environmental, economic and social costs ofthe fires are...
... for the Improvement ofthe Colony LIST OF PLATES Plan ofthe Settlements in New South Wales View of Sydney from the East Side ofthe Cove View of Sydney from the East Side ofthe Cove View of ... each other that the restless and dishonest dispositions ofthe convicts confined themselves, even the poor and miserable natives ofthe country were made the dupes of a system of knavery which they ... termination ofthe facts which I shall elicit in the succeeding pages At the close ofthe year 1795, the public and private stock ofthe colony consisted of 57 horses and mares, 101 cows and cow-calves,...
... in SouthAfrica in SouthAfrica 2010 2010 FINAL REPORT Medical Research Council, SouthAfrica School of Public Health, University ofthe Western Cape, National Department of Health ,South Africa ... Evaluation ofthe Effectiveness ofthe National Evaluation ofthe Effectiveness ofTransmission Prevention of Mother-to-Child the National Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission ... study, bring the child for routine health services The Consortium Health Systems Research Unit (HSRU) ofthe Medical Research Council (MRC) and School of Public Health ofthe University ofthe Western...
... the Progressive Control of FMD in South Asia –February 2012- New Delhi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The EuFMD ofthe Indian and the FAO meeting The support Commission and the FAO gratefully acknowledge the ... epidemiology, with the application of performance reviews of control programmes and the optimization of scarce resources to have the greatest impact The conference brings together the leading FMD ... Quality is the consistency of safety and efficacy in the product on the market guaranteed during the entire shelf life ofthe vaccine For an efficacious vaccine the biological integrity ofthe virus...
... characters or 500 words) South Carolina Small Business & Advocacy Awards 2013 Veteran Entrepreneurship Advocate ofthe Year BUSINESS/ORGANIZATION PROFILE Profile must fit within the space given (approx ... ofthe following advocacy categories most relevant to your efforts and follow the instructions for the corresponding questions You may cite relevant supporting documents as applicable Note: The ... outside of your job) on behalf of minority entrepreneurs and/or the minority-owned business community You may cite relevant supporting documents as applicable (These can overlap with your other...
... supporting others’ efforts to encourage young women or girls to consider business ownership Leadership Encouragement Examples: A Encouragement of or support for women in leadership positions (e.g community ... Awards 2013 Women in Business Advocate ofthe Year BUSINESS/ORGANIZATION PROFILE Profile must fit within the space given (approx 3200 characters or 500 words) South Carolina Small Business & Advocacy ... outside of your job) on behalf of women entrepreneurs and/or the women-owned business community You may cite relevant supporting documents as applicable (These can overlap with your other responses.)...
... consensus workshops on the conceptualisation ofthe research component ofthe study, as well as development ofthe methodology and research tools Special mention must be made ofthe Nelson Mandela ... thought there was public recognition oftheimportanceofthe disease or that the government was doing more this year in treating PLWHA, compared to 84.8% of Africans The results showed that many ... www.hsrcpress.ac.za One strategy ofthe national approach to HIV/AIDS prevention in SouthAfrica is the use of condoms during sexual intercourse The findings of this study showed that while condom usage seems...