... expansion: from the product at the workshop during the workday ofthe craftsman, towards the portfolio of products and services, the resource base, andthe business processes ofthe globally operating ... members ofthe Organizing Committee Further thanks go to the authors, the members ofthe International Program Committee andthe conference participants for their contribution to the success ofthe ... in Osaka carried the theme: “Enhancing Engineering and Manufacturing Knowledge and Skill Chains in the era ofGlobal Communications” The theme expresses both the wide scope andthe technical depth...
... understanding ofthe dimensions of this disease, both in terms of costs and prevalence Motivated by this concern, this analysis will examine the geographic distribution of COPD in California for the ... ZCTAs for the 1999 data and joined them with the U.S Census Bureau summary files (SF-3) for ZCTAs One ofthe benefits of using ZCTAs is that the SF-3 Census 2000 data contain detailed information ... addresses the "specification bias" that can violate the properties of statistical inference and underpins the basis of probability theory [18, 19] Gotway and Young [17] outline a combination of spatial...
... andthe Challenge ofGlobal Warming Economics andthe Challenge ofGlobal Warming is a balanced, rigorous, and comprehensive analysis ofthe role of economics in confronting global warming, the ... Aspects of Taxes and Cap -and- Trade 124 124 125 126 128 129 131 133 137 Contents Subsidies: The Other Market-Incentive Tool Summary ix 138 140 TradeandGlobal Warming The Impact ofTrade on Global ... horizon, the high degree of scientific and economic uncertainty (not unrelated to the centuries-long timescale), the scale ofthe damages that may arise, andtheglobal character ofthe challenge and...
... and agree on information needs and sources In the case of CBD and Ramsar on the issue of inland water biodiversity, the two conventions agreed on the use ofthe following: • Define theinformation ... as the value of including the World Heritage Convention (WHC) in the template due to the bio- diversity focus ofthe template, andthe length and complexity ofthe template For many PICs, there ... determined by the Conference ofthe Parties, present to the Conference ofthe Parties, reports on measures which it has taken for the implementation ofthe provision of this Convention and their effectiveness...
... include making thetechnology profitable and demonstrating to customers that they need the technology; • The use of expanded mechanisms of open and free communication—especially involving the ability ... deliberations on the themes emerging from the workshop The committee acknowledges the outstanding support ofthe National Research Council staff and, in particular, the leadership and professional ... by the Governing Board ofthe National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils ofthe National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, andthe Institute of...
... South and North To the south ofthe bay of Hangzhou, the coast is rocky and indented with many harbours and offshore islands To the north, except along the Shandong and Liaodong peninsulas, the ... °F (10 °C) in North China andthe southern part of Xinjiang, and to 41 °F (5 °C) in the southern area ofthe Northeast, the northern part of Xinjiang, and places near the Great Wall It drops below ... level, is the loftiest highland area in the world The western part of this region, the Qiangtang, has an average height of 16,500 feet (5,000 m) and is known as the “roof ofthe world.” The second...
... about thegeographyofthe Cold War andthe arms race, covered thegeographyof conflict since 1945, the geopolitics of deterrence between the United States andthe Soviet Union, thegeographyof ... geographies of peace, specifically, nuclear-weapon-free zones, thegeographyofthe peace movement, peace education andthegeography curriculum, and a Soviet view ofthegeographyof peace and war The ... Geographyof History: Geographyof Peace and War on Land and on Sea in 1921 Thegeographyof history was for them a synonym for political geography. 28 The first part, titled The Relations between Geography...
... spacing ofthe transmitter and receiver (in units of wavelengths), respectively Let the weighted matrix M = I and g = in the case ofthe weighted norm constraint, and T = I and g = 0.5 in the other ... indicates the clutter data collected by the receiver, r (θi) is the reflect coefficient ofthe clutter patch at θi, and NC (NC ≫ MtMr the number of spatial samples ofthe clutter The term W denotes the ... relative error ofthe clutter estimate is defined as the ratio ofthe estimation error ofthe initial total clutter power to the exact one Figure shows the CRB versus the estimation error ofthe initial...
... parting-off operation The land width – often termed a ‘T-land’ , is relative to the breadth ofthe parting-off tool This width ofthe insert’s land has a direct correlation to the feedrate and its ... the workpiece and tool, as well as the contact conditions between the chip andthe rake face ofthe cutting edge The magnitude ofthe tangential cutting force is the greatest of these three component ... cutting edge) The chip width and thickness are the dimensions that define the theoretical cut ofthe edge into the workpiece material Hence, the chip thickness will vary with the size ofthe plan...
... for the maintenance of seedbanks and provenance tests past the tenure ofthe scientists who initiated them Howard Kriebel provided cases in point With the exception of his provenance test of red ... grow at the southern limit of their range Therefore,I expect widespread forest decline throughout the worse range It is likely that some trees will survive The great genic diversity of most of our ... (Quercus rubra L), there were only other old, oak provenance tests in the United States; Scott Pauley established a test of northern red oak and Roland Schoenike established a test of southern red oak...
... Algorithm n can be estimated by treating the position is fixed Using a grid search, we can obtain the MLE ofthe QTL position from the peak ofthe profile ofthe log-likelihood ratio test statistics ... effects (a1 and a2 from parent P1 and b3 and b4 from parent P2 and four dominant effects (g13, g14, g23 and g34) But these additive and dominant effects are not independent and, therefore, are ... at the first and second QTLs; (12) J ag is the additive × dominant epistatic effect due to the interaction between the substitutions from allele to at the first QTL andthe dominant effect at the...
... analysis ofthe transcriptome and metabolome during ripening of Trincadeira grapes The combined analysis of transcripts and metabolites contributed to the elucidation of many aspects of carbohydrate, ... American Journal of Enology and Viticulture 1992, 129-133 37 Dartiguenave C, Jeandet P, Maujean A: Study ofthe Contribution ofthe Major Organic Acids of Wine to the Buffering Capacity of Wine in ... Regulation of tradeoffs between plant defenses against pathogens with different lifestyles Proceedings ofthe National Academy of Sciences ofthe United States of America 2007, 18842-18847 Page 33 of...
... introduce yet another large-scale purchaser that will further consolidate the number of buyers Whereas the original design ofthe GFATM placed medicine procurement in the hands of national principal ... LS and SM contributed to data analysis and writing ofthe manuscript MK and TB contributed to the writing ofthe manuscript and edited it for important content JH conducted data analysis and ... typical measures of competition First, there has been a large increase in the number of manufacturers In addition, the number of purchasers and total volume Waning et al Globalization and Health 2010,...
... Interactive nature ofthe clinical scenarios Worst feature Several ofthe vignettes contain unnecessary text that becomes a nuisance to skim through Wish list More scenarios in the format ofthe ‘trauma ... scenarios’ Other links MDchoice.com — http://www.MDchoice.com This website contains two interactive scenarios for each ofthe topic areas of advanced cardiac life support, of acute leg swelling andof ... Overall, I found the trauma scenarios to be well presented and educational More importantly, they were actually fun to work through, and seemed to be appreciated by a diverse group of medical users...
... treatment of allergic and immunological disease andthe molecular biology of inflammatory cells, cytokines, and other factors Mini reviews, commentaries and editorials will be systematically and periodically ... solicited In the age ofinformation technology, online journals provide novel ways of disseminating medical information We are grateful to our publisher BioMed Central for providing us with the opportunity ... create, develop and build Clinical and Molecular Allergy The submission, peer review, and publication of manuscripts will be done by an efficient, online process This method will shorten the time for...
... order The contributors are drawn from the ranks of critical theorists from both theglobal North andtheglobal South The several disciplines that they reflect constitute some ofthe key fields of ... wrote their initial papers in the winter of 2009/10 and shared their ideas with each other and with members ofthe Collegium at the Helsinki Symposium The volume is therefore global in its forms of ... s : The future, Mr Gittes! The future Stephen Gill Introduction: global crises andthe crisis ofglobal leadership Stephen Gill The subject of this book is global crises andthe crisis of global...
... understanding this transformation, and mapping the contours of these emerging practices of governing in the context of failure? In other words, how we study the how ofglobal governance? One ofthe ... culmination of seven years of research into the changes taking place in the policies ofthe IMF, the World Bank and several key donors Most ofthe book’s empirical material is drawn from the IMF andthe ... ofthe 1990s, including the Mexican and Asian financial crises andthe recognition of a failed decade of aid to sub-Saharan Africa, were viewed as signs of profound failure in the governance of...
... Otherwise the traders will assume the worst about the firm and discount the value ofthe firm In contrast to the predictions o f these early models, there is wide variation in the amount and types of ... empirical tests ofthe roles of eamings and other information in firm valuation Section describes the research design and reports the results of empirical tests ofthe impact of voluntary disclosure ... whether the magnitude ofthe valuation coefficients on eamings and other information differs for R&D intensive firms To determine if the magnitudes o f the coefficients on eamings and other information...
... It then explores the role of government, the models that are likely to emerge, andthe potential impact of integration on healthcare providers /| The futureofof global healthcare delivery and ... basic healthcare needs In The aging ofthe population has changed the nature ofthe services required and increased the incidence of expensive-totreat chronic diseases The World Health Organization ... that now account for nearly 60 percent of all deaths and 43 percent oftheglobal disease burden will rise to 73 percent of all deaths and 60 percent oftheglobal disease burden by 2020.2 (Terms...
... another example, theglobal brand manager at Smirnoff has signoff authority on the selection of advertising agencies and themes While companies are spelling out the authority oftheglobal brand ... role through the title they give the manager At IBM, global brand managers are called brand stewards, a title that reflects the goal of building and protecting brand The Lure ofGlobal Branding 103 ... my market,” and creates a group of people around the world who believe in and understand brands and brand strategy During the week, country managers present case The Lure ofGlobal Branding 93...