... and the TOFHLA. ã The Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level and Flesch Reading Ease Score count the number of sylla- bles per word and words per sentence. The Reading Ease Score takes other readability measures ... They were also four times more likely to talk to their doctors about getting the vaccination. 7 The most helpful written materials for all users, especially poor readers: 4-6, 8 ã Emphasize the ... provided to them. 8-11 ã But none of these can document whether a particular patient understands the one form they need at the moment. This leaves it up to the person requesting the data, the provider conducting...
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... secondbymanagingabook 36 of bonds. The formermethodclearlyindicatesthatbrokersareincentivized to increaseflowin the market. Profitsaremadebymakingasmallamountofmoneyoneachtransactionbybuying and selling bondsbetweencustomers. The moretransactionstheycomplete, the moremoneytheymake hence,theyareincentivi zed to increasetheir“dealflow”withtradeideas and research. The secondprincipalwaytheymakemoneyisthrough the warehousedbondsheldbytraders. The traderconstructsaportfoliothattheybelievewillbenefitfrom the waytheyexpect the market to move.Thisissometimescalleda“backbook” or “proptrading” and ca nrequirealargeamountof “assetsatrisk”oftenincludingderivativepositions. The sizeofpositionthatatraderholdsisclearly dependenton the broker’scapitalrequirements. Brokersusuallyhavethreecoreteams: the salesteam, the tradingteam and the researchteam. The salestea mis the teamon the phone to clientstrying to drumupbusinessbysuggesting transactions and passingon the bestpricesfrom the tradingteam. The tradingteam’sroleis to make or givepricesonallbondsthattheycoverat the most commerciallycompetitiveratestakin gintoaccounttheirinventoryofbonds and theirviewon the market.Theynotonlytalk to theirsalesteambut to othertradersintheircompany(from the swaps, government,corporate and otherderivativedesks),interdealerbrokers,futuresexchanges and even tradersinotherbrokeragecompanies. The resear chteamgeneratesresearchoneconomics,companies,interestrates,yieldcurves 37 and othersubjects to generatesales.Thereareoftenquestionsregardingtheirimpartialityaheadof newbondissuanceasthereisanincentivefor the research to bepositiveabout the newbonds. Indeed,thesequestionsextend to researchproducedwhen the bondshaveentered the secondary marketsasbrokerstend to like to maintaingoodrela tionshipswith the issuer. Therearenumerousbrokersin the market.However, the brokerswith the mostinfluencein the Sterlingmarketsare the socalled“GEMMs” 38 − the GiltEdgedMarketMakers.Inparticular, the mostimportantbrokersin the UKmarketare the likesofRoyalBankofScotland,Barclays and HSBC. Theseare the keyhousesforbothissuing and tradingnotonlyUK‐denomina ... Brokersare the Glue Brokersare the gluethatbringstogether“issuers and investors”in the primary financialmarkets and “buyers and sellers”in the secondarymarkets.Ratherthananinvestorhaving to findanother investor to buy or sellbonds to, theygo to abrokerwhopurchasesbondsimmediatelyfromthem and takes the riskofon‐sel lingthem.Iftheycan’timmediately, or don’twant to, sellthem,theywill warehousethemuntiltheyhavefoundanotherend‐investor to sellthem to. Thisalsoworksin reverseinthattheywillalsosellbonds to aninvestorbeforetheyhaveactuallybought the bo nds. 30 MerrillLynchMunicipalMasterIndexon the 11 th March2010. 31 MerrillLynchUSCorporate and GovernmentMasterIndexon the 11 th March2010. 32 The UStaxationsystemisdifferentinanumberofwaysthanthatin the UK.Inrelation to munibonds though,both the federal and statecandeducttaxfromanindividual’sincome.Munibonds,aswellasbeing exemptfromfederaltaxareoftenexemptfromstatetaxif the holderresidesin the state. 33 6.7%*(1‐40%)=4% 34 http://www.whitehouse.gov/assets/documents/PACE_Principles.pdf 35 Seesection3.4.3onassetbackedsecurities 18 ... the date the investorgetstheirmoneyback.Thereareanumber ofsubtletiesaround the maturitydate,butmostbondshaveasinglefixeddate . The furtherin the future the maturitydate (the “longer” the bond), the morerisky the debtasthereismoretimefor the issuer to getintotrouble.Indeed,somebonds(including the famouswarloanfrom the UK Government)are“undated”,whichmeansthat the issuerneverhas to repayth edebt.Undated, or perpetual,bondsoftenhavefeaturesthatallow the issuer to payback the debtundercertain circumstances:thesearecalled“calloptions” and give the issuer the right,butnot the obligation, to payback the lender 4 . 2.3....
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 08:20
Creativity Thinking Or the ability to connect to what is outside the box when you are inside it
... Consultancy Lumiknows 27 In order to get to the future first, there is no need to excel competitors trying to get the same prize because the number of prizes may be the same as the number of runners. G. ... are limitations. The foundations have to be customer values and customer decisions on the distribution of their disposable income. Peter Drucker, Management Challenges for the 21 st century. â ... walls at the sides and back. Objects—pictures, documents, songs, sticky notes, program icons—can be moved freely around the desktop or stuck up on the walls. BumpTop is a natural for a touchscreen,...
Ngày tải lên: 03/06/2014, 16:38
Tài liệu TOEFL iBT Scores: Better information about the ability to communicate... pptx
... institutions may choose to use the standard-setting process for the Speaking and Writing sections only, and then use the score comparison tables to set standards for the Reading and Listening sections. ... comparable to the CBT and PBT for the total score, and for the Reading, Writing and Listening sections. Because the Speaking section is new, it cannot be compared to previous TOEFL tests. ETS ... the new TOEFL iBT scores and the scores from the computer-based (CBT) and paper-based (PBT) versions of the TOEFL test. Institutions may choose to set TOEFL iBT scores that are comparable to...
Ngày tải lên: 10/12/2013, 05:15
Letters from the Guardian to Australia and New Zealand pptx
... wishes me to bring to your Assembly’s attention the necessity of their taking the necessary steps for the incorporation of the N.S.A This step, he feels, is of a vital importance to the further ... convinced, are in store for them if they Dear and valued co-worker: I am truly gratified and delighted to receive so many evidences of the zeal, the loyalty and the devotion with which the believers ... grateful for the plans you have conceived for the reception, and organisation of the work, of Martha during her visit to your shores. The community of the believers in Australia and New Zealand is...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 12:21
From the Rapidan to Richmond and the Spottsylvania potx
... there. When the guns got to the top of the rise, they must go at a trot to their positions, the sooner to get the horses from under fire. Twenty or thirty steps brought us to the top of the sharp little ... as we got to the top (our Battery happened just then to be ahead of all the troops, and was the first of the columns to reach the spot), the road came up to the level of the land on the left, ... pleaded with the other parties to the Constitution to observe their guarantee; when they refused, and talked of force, then the men of the South got their guns and came to see about it. They were...
Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 13:20
The Path to Happiness and Wealth pptx
... on the creditor safari. They are on the hunt for the person or persons who got them into the situation they are in right now. The honest answer is that you are probably the most to blame for ... out to eat tonight.” So they all piled into Susan’s leased SUV and off to their favorite restaurant they went. They really enjoyed going to their favorite place. Jimmy, the waiter, greeted them ... income and over the last year or so they had been using even more credit cards for regular purchases. After all, they had to in order to live the lifestyle they could not afford. As they borrowed...
Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 23:20
Drupal: The Guide to Planning and Building Websites doc
... icon by the forum name in the forum listing. For more information about how to use the Wrox P2P, be sure to read the P2P FAQs for answers to questions about how the forum software works, as ... Long, for reaching out to me and for convincing Wrox to give me a chance; to project editor John Sleeva, copy editor Paula Lowell, and technical editor Doug Vann, for all your efforts editing the ... “your” error on the Book Errata page, go to www.wrox.com/contact/techsupport .shtml and complete the form there to send us the error you have found. We’ll check the informa- tion and, if appropriate,...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 07:20
ipad for kids [electronic resource] using the ipad to play and learn
... with the device. Simply pull off the power adapter from the USB end of the cord and plug it into an open USB port on your computer. Then plug the other end into the Dock Connector at the bottom ... that the cost of the iPad, either online or at another retail store, is always the same. There’s no markup when you purchase the iPad 2 somewhere other than an Apple store, and the online store ... out the one you want, and then take it home. To date, most U.S. Apple stores have caught up with the huge demand for these devices, and usually have them in stock, although it is still sporadic....
Ngày tải lên: 30/05/2014, 00:11
langford’s starting photography the guide to great images with digital or film
... editor, such as Adobe Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. After all the picture changes have been made, the image is then printed using a desktop color printer or taken to a photo-laboratory for ... contain a preview monitor on the back of the camera and do not have the ability to increase the amount of memory available for picture storage via removable memory cards. The cheapest cameras ... photographers tend to capture in color and then convert the photo to grays using editing software such as Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. With this approach, 'shoot color and then convert to gray',...
Ngày tải lên: 01/06/2014, 10:31
Báo cáo y học: " ‘Chumanzee’ evolution: the urge to diverge and merge." ppsx
Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 17:22
Báo cáo khoa học: N-Glycosylation is important for the correct intracellular localization of HFE and its ability to decrease cell surface transferrin binding pptx
... transferrin into acidic endosomes where the iron is released and transported into the cytoplasm via the Nramp2-DCT1 iron transporter. Apo-transfer- rin and TfR1 are recycled to the cell surface ... of glycosylation is highly variable, therefore, and even in cases where it is important, the effect may be either direct or indirect. In this study, we set out to explore the importance of HFE glycosylation. ... (POCI/SAU-MMO/ 61129/2004) and the Health Research Board (RP/ 2006/294) to J.V.F and Health Research Board Grant (RP/2005/107) and Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Investigator Grant (05/IN.3/13859) to MMC. The authors...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 22:21
Báo cáo khoa học: The Rab5 effector Rabaptin-5 and its isoform Rabaptin-5d differ in their ability to interact with the small GTPase Rab4 doc
... [28]. For construction of the myc- Rab4Q67L expression vector, the Rab4Q67L cDNA from pPC97-Rab4Q67L was excised and cloned between the SalI and NotI sites into a pBK-CMV vector engineered to con- tain ... Amplified sequences were cloned between SalI and SmaI sites in the pBluescript SK II(+) vector, se- quenced, and subcloned into the pPC86 vector between the SalI and NotI sites. pPC86 plasmid expressing ... subcloning of the SalI-NotI fragment into the pPC86 vector. Deletion mutants of Rabaptin-5d and Rabaptin-5c in the pPC86 vector were constructed in a similar way. To construct plasmids for expression...
Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 18:20
Báo cáo khoa học: The isopenicillin N acyltransferases of Aspergillus nidulans and Penicillium chrysogenum differ in their ability to maintain the 40-kDa ab heterodimer in an undissociated form pdf
... Although these amino acids may affect the self-cleaving ability, they were not present in the construc- tion used to transform the filamentous fungi (either P. chrysogenum or A. chrysogenum), and the ... for 48, 72 or 96 h revealed that P. chrysogenum IAT was already completely processed to the 29-kDa (a) and 11-kDa (b) subunit at 48 h and remained processed thereafter; the intensity of the bands ... pULCTab,pULCTa, pULCTb and pULCTa+b containing, respectively, the complete penDE gene of A. nidulans, the DNA fragments encoding the a or b subunits, or the DNA regions corresponding to the a and b subunits...
Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 01:20