the british and u s perspective

... Innovation and Competitiveness table Six industry groups dominate U. S business R&D spending U. S business R&D spending and net sales by industry groups, 2007 ($ millions) NAICS Codes Businessfunded ... revenue causes businesses to invest at least an additional dollar in R&D In other words, the credit stimulates at least as much R&D activity as a direct subsidy And unlike a subsidy, which is usually ... right-hand column in Table shows that U. S businesses are clearly the largest R&D spenders in absolute (purchasing-power parity) terms, spending more than twice as much as Japanese businesses, the second-largest...

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 03:20

... South Africa Time of testing Anteparutm/Intrapartum Maternal Postpartum % with resistant virus (standard assay) % with resistant virus (sensitive assay) 6-8 weeks sdNVP - 69% subtype C 36% subtype ... is essential to reduce the stigma of accessing the test, enabling women to know their infection status and access treatment and care and PEPFAR should support country efforts to make this standard ... prophylaxis studies and six infant antiretroviral prophylaxis studies to reduce postnatal transmission that have been published or presented at meetings as of August 2009, and includes data on the...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 05:20

... risk becomes acute, and banks become less willing to lend to each other unsecured Because the LIBOR market is unsecured, one very rough measure of counterparty risk from the U. S housing crash ... medium-sized enterprises, which seem the most stressed in the current downturn Thus, figure could reflect a huge build up of excess reserves concentrated in large banks while, simultaneously, ... banks did slightly increase their net assets as the counterpart of the modest increase in M2, it was to buy securities such as government bonds or mortgages fully insured by the government But...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 17:20

... millwrights, machinists, merchants, painters, peddlers, plasterers, printers, professors, sailors, school masters, ship carpenters, shoemakers, stevedores, storekeepers, turners, wood sellers, and upholsterers ... directors, officers, major stockholders and their friends, families, and business associates, because it could be used to expropriate resources from outsiders, including minority stockholders, depositors, ... depositors, in other words, did not have to trade assets as frequently as a thousand individual investors would have to have done Mutual savings banks passed most of those savings on to depositors, thereby...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 08:20

... City); and other reviewers who wish to remain anonymous This book is now in the hands of the final reviewer, you Please take the time to give me your comments and suggestions This will allow future ... engineering style of detailed and rigorous mathematics DSP is incredibly powerful, but if you can't understand it, you can't use it! This book was written for scientists and engineers in a wide ... Complex Number System 551 Polar Notation 555 Using Complex Numbers by Substitution 557 Complex Representation of Sinusoids 559 Complex Representation of Systems 561 Electrical Circuit Analysis 563...

Ngày tải lên: 13/09/2012, 10:21

... discussion of this topic is almost impossible in the United States because of the vituperative responses elicited by any discourse that questions the wisdom of unflinching U. S support for Israel, ... bits of intelligence output being scored as successes or failures not because they matter for U. S interests, but instead because they happen to be easy to score As chapter shows, some of the most ... Iraq s oil and, in the crudest versions, that this control was sought in the financial interests of the U. S oil and oil services industries Closely related WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AND THE...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 12:20

... liquidity as measured by Cash & Due to assets, Investment Securities to assets, and Brokered Deposits to assets These results closely follow the univariate results presented in Panel A of Table The ... Reserves): Since loan loss reserves represent a reduction in assets against anticipated losses on specific assets (e.g., a loan), they provide a source of strength against subsequent losses Consequently, ... as measured by equity to assets was associated with a higher probability of failure, as was worse asset quality as measured by NPAs to assets, lower earnings as measured by ROA, and worse liquidity...

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 03:20

... elements the government wants on a ship, regulations it imposes for standards and requirements in shipbuilding practices, and methods it uses to purchase ships These customer-driven factors increase ... exists Nevertheless, given that the pressures on shipbuilding funds will continue in the foreseeable future, the Navy may need to continue seeking ways to reduce the costs of its ships and this ... and educated workforce Production requires such diverse skills and trades as electricians, welders, and pipe fitters Testing complex systems on ships requires commissioning and test specialists to...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 22:20

... (such as radar), other mission systems (such as electronic countermeasures, communications, targeting systems, guns, and missiles), and propulsion systems To understand how price changes in these ... reducing signatures (i.e., reducing the possibility of detection by sensors such as radar) Equipment comprises all systems such as avionics (electronics to control the aircraft), sensors (such ... WPU1017 aluminum sheet, plate, and foil manufacture—BLS Series ID PCU331315331315 titanium mill shapes—BLS Series ID WPU102505 thermosetting resins and plastics materials—BLS Series ID PCU3252113252114...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 23:20

... Ensuring Bank Secrecy UBS has not only opened undeclared Swiss accounts for U. S clients, UBS has assured its U. S clients with undeclared accounts that U. S authorities would not learn about them, ... of U. S law and UBS policy U. S securities law prohibits persons from advertising securities products or services or executing securities transactions within the United States, unless registered ... Forms must be filed for U. S persons,” defined as U. S citizens and U. S resident aliens; corporations, partnerships, and associations organized under U. S law; domestic estates; and domestic trusts...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 08:21

... operation, use, and protection of society s essential physical assets and natural resources and to enhance the related social assets of safety and security of individuals in transit and in their workplaces ... operating speed will consequently be reduced and safety will be compromised To understand trends in infrastructure, it is necessary to understand all four of these issues Table 2.1 Class I Railroads ... Infrastructure Rail infrastructure consists of track and structures, yards, locomotives, cars, and signals Together, with the people who operate them, these components provide rail services The...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 21:20

... discussion of this topic is almost impossible in the United States because of the vituperative responses elicited by any discourse that questions the wisdom of unflinching U. S support for Israel, ... bits of intelligence output being scored as successes or failures not because they matter for U. S interests, but instead because they happen to be easy to score As chapter shows, some of the most ... Iraq s oil and, in the crudest versions, that this control was sought in the financial interests of the U. S oil and oil services industries Closely related WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AND THE...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 21:20

... Issues and U. S Interests measures were designed mostly to support the banking system, increase social expenditures, and assist large state enterprises The stimulus also included monetary measures ... militarily, and would unite the structures and functions of the CIS, the Union State between Belarus and Russia, and the CSTO, as well as the Common Economic Space between Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan ... Congressional Research Service 30 Russian Political, Economic, and Security Issues and U. S Interests Foreign Policy Russia and the West After the collapse of the Soviet Union and the turmoil associated...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 21:20

Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 14:20

... total number of samples; sum, the sum of these samples; and sum of squares, the sum of the squares of the samples The mean and standard deviation are then calculated from these three accumulated ... of samples already processed, (2) the sum of these samples, and (3) the sum of the squares of the samples (that is, square the value of each sample and add the result to the accumulated value) ... for each boundary layer the pulse passes through Unfortunately, the situation is not usually this simple Each echo returning to the surface must pass through all the other boundary layers above...

Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 22:20

... Measurement of Variables and Descriptive Statistics 159 4.5 Results and Discussions 161 4.5.1 Preliminary Specification Tests 161 4.5.2 Regression Results and Robustness ... across outlets as well as phases Finally, we close the study with an empirical analysis on strategic interactions among franchise chains Although such an issue, sometimes also referred to as “reaction ... NPLs in the Big Four were caused by the government intervention, the support of the SOEs, the low standard of legal system and the close or merge of some industries including military industries7...

Ngày tải lên: 03/06/2014, 02:02

... the PRIMUS and U- FIS scales and those on the EQ-5D, EDSS and the MSFC subscales and composite score Known groups validity was assessed by examining the PRIMUS and U- FIS scores of respondents who ... Activities 1.2-2.3 and U- FIS 2.4-7.0 Discussion The results of this study support the use of the PRIMUS and U- FIS with Relapse Remitting MS samples Questionnaire descriptive statistics confirmed the ... groups validity results showed that the PRIMUS scales and the U- FIS were able to distinguish between participants based on their EDSS level and duration of illness The PRIMUS and U- FIS scales...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... atomizes the fuel, which is ignited by the high temperature, and combustion starts Combustion causes the temperature and pressure to rise further (2) Power: As the piston reaches and passes TDC, the ... and passed through a filter to the suction side of the high-pressure pump The high-pressure pump raises the fuel to the engine manufacturer s specified operating pressure Constant pressure is maintained ... high-pressure gases are directed through nozzles toward the turbine blades and produce work by turning the turbine shaft This is a continuous process in the continuous-combustion or constantpressure...

Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 05:20

... total number of samples; sum, the sum of these samples; and sum of squares, the sum of the squares of the samples The mean and standard deviation are then calculated from these three accumulated ... of samples already processed, (2) the sum of these samples, and (3) the sum of the squares of the samples (that is, square the value of each sample and add the result to the accumulated value) ... for each boundary layer the pulse passes through Unfortunately, the situation is not usually this simple Each echo returning to the surface must pass through all the other boundary layers above...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 06:20