... strategies include the establishment of Investment Promotion Agencies (IPAs), the offering of incentives, the preparation and dissemination of investment guides, and, notably, the conclusion of international ... governments of contracting statesand investors of contracting states can initiate investment-dispute settlement proceedings, BITs limit such initiation to investors.23 There were only a handful of ... of domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions; spinoffs; restructurings and associated issues; and transactions involving private and public companies Her scholarly interests include...
... Nishiura is the second largest lake in Japan Since the agricultural activities inthe drainage basins of these lakes include the raising of livestock such as pigs, chickens and cattle, andthe ... measurements and nitrate experiments in May, June, and July Oxidation of these samples was prevented by plugging the samples immediately using rubber stoppers and storing samples in plastic containers ... affecting the spatial variation of DIP release among each sampling points Since seasonal variations in DIP release flux were verified at most sampling sites, all ofthe experiments in this study...
... effects of non-tariff barriers, University of Lausanne 15 The Australian APEC Study Centre-Monash University (2003), European Unilateralism-Environmental Trade Barriers andthe Rising Threat to Prosperity ... Trade Website 16 http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/index.html 17 http://vietnamese.vietnam.usembassy.gov/ambassador.html 18 http://www.usitc.gov/ext_relations/news_release/index.htm ... http:/www.tinkinhte.com 42 http:/thietbiphantichmoitruong.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/rao-can-moi-truongquan-trac-moi-truong-lien-tuc 43 http://environment-safety.com/courses/EnvManagement/envStandards.htm...
... Inflorescence.—Sterile flowers at the base ofthe season 's shoots, clustered; stamens numerous; anthers yellow: fertile flowers at a slight angle with and along the sides ofthe season 's shoots, single ... along the sides or about the terminal buds ofthe season 's shoots, single, in twos or in clusters; bracts ovate, roundish, purplish Fruit.—Cones often numerous, 1-2 inches long, pointing inthe ... outer side Ovuliferous scale with ovules, inner side Fruiting branch showing cones of three different seasons 8 Seeds with cone-scale 9, 10 Cross-sections of leaves Pinus sylvestris, L Scotch Pine...
... Governments in both China andtheUnitedStates should set up emissions trading systems for the sake of environmental improvements inthe long term instead of special interests inthe short term and ... about emissions trading from theUnitedStates Some ofthe specialists from theUnitedStates have offered their opinions about U .S emissions trading programs, and after studying the Chinese program, ... Markets for Emissions Trading of Ozone Precursors: The Case ofthe Northeast Ozone Transport Commission andthe Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management Emissions Trading Proposals, N.Y.U...
... lies inthe ignorance, the degradation, the servility ofthe slaves, andofthe non-slaveholding whites ofthe South, andofthe corresponding classes inthe Free States It is through this ignorance ... hang, and unwilling to pardon, passed on Jan 22, 1805, still in secret session, the following resolution:-"Resolved, That the Senators of this State inthe Congress oftheUnitedStates be instructed, ... liberty, andthe pursuit of happiness." This was an insurrection on a great scale; and as the insurgents were white men, and were successful, they were, of course, right Says Jefferson, in 1814,...
... firms may use the first and second digits as reference Based onthe following two reasons, this study focuses onthe first through third places The first reason is that previous studies show that the ... (Healy and Wahlen, 1999) The major types of earnings management include the selection ofthe timing of new accounting principles, the selection of accounting standards, the control of transaction ... weak environment The quality of a government depends on other institutional constraints such as constitution, laws, andthe political system Firms under thein uence of a low quality government tend...
... Though there was some opposition on constitutional grounds in 1816, the Bank 's main opponents were primarily businessmen and state bankers inthe Northeast The Second Bank oftheUnitedStates started ... the Supreme Court inthe Bank ofthe UnitedStates vs Deveaux in 1809 ruled in favor ofthe state onthe grounds of jurisdiction The question as to whether the Bank ofthe UnitedStates was constitutional ... the First and Second Banks 37 The Creation ofthe Second Bank oftheUnitedStates 49 The Second Bank andthe Panic of 1819 67 Nicholas Biddle andthe Second Bank 79 The Jacksonians andthe Second...
... Financial Reporting andthe Business Environment: A Comparison oftheUnitedStatesand Mexico When someone intheUnitedStates thinks of Mexico in relation to business, chances are the issue ... will also discuss taxation of businesses because of its importance related to these issues After discussing the business environment andthe accounting practices, I will use a large Mexican cement ... sections manifest themselves inthe cement industry The intent ofthe first two sections was to present what the business and accounting similarities and differences are, while the intent of this...
... Determination of perchlorate levels in indoor dust andthe assessment of human exposure doses through the ingestion of dust are imperative to the assessment of risks and for the development of strategies ... ofthe standard solutions were prepared in water, andthe spiked concentration ofthe internal standard (18O-ClO4) was 1.0 μg/L The injection of 10 μL of 0.2 μg/L standard yielded a signal-tonoise ... with the use of chemicals and reagents that contain perchlorate in laboratories (Hseu, 2004) The ubiquitous occurrence of perchlorate in indoor dust suggests the existence of sources of this compound...
... attempting to measure class consciousness through survey instruments These problems are serious ones, and potentially undermine the value of questionnaire studies of class consciousness My assumption, ... Many of these items can be interpreted as indicators of class consciousness, but for most of them the speci®c class-content ofthe items is indirect and presupposes fairly strong theoretical assumptions ... interests In terms ofthe empirical indicators of class consciousness we are using in this chapter, this argument about the link between class location and consciousness suggests that, as one moves...
... choose synthetic forms of illicit drugs This is supported by the fact that use of synthetic drugs is increasing in Mexico.9 The use of other illicit drugs has decreased intheUnited States, but ... indoor environments due to the widespread past uses of lead in gasoline, paint, plumbing and building products, and other consumer goods In Canada andtheUnited States, indoor lead sources include ... death syndrome (SIDS).9 SIDS deaths are strongly associated with socioeconomic and environmental conditions In Mexico, respiratory diseases and infectious diseases rank third and fourth — these conditions...
... States by principally emphasizing the Foreword vii insufficiency of domestic savings, rather than the excess of investment In hindsight, the investment boom and its excesses inthe late 199 0s in ... went wrong inthe 196 0s and 197 0s: stagflation intheUnited States, the drug culture intheUnitedStatesand Europe, even the sharp increase in teenage pregnancy intheUnitedStates Use ofthe ... that the gains and losses, and their corresponding beneficiaries and victims occur within both the rich and poor countries Increased access to national markets by nonnational businesses disrupts...
... IMES Discussion Paper Series is circulated in order to stimulate discussion and comments Views expressed in Discussion Paper Series are those of authors and not necessarily reflect those ofthe ... supervisory standards in 1895, the savings banks took off again, far surpassing the growth ofthe postal savings system andof ordinary banks during the next five years The overextended savings bank industry ... banks" intheUnitedStates These were not actually banks at all, but persons or establishments that offered deposit-type services in conjunction with other business (saloons, grocery stores, steamship...
... States by principally emphasizing the Foreword vii insufficiency of domestic savings, rather than the excess of investment In hindsight, the investment boom and its excesses inthe late 199 0s in ... went wrong inthe 196 0s and 197 0s: stagflation intheUnited States, the drug culture intheUnitedStatesand Europe, even the sharp increase in teenage pregnancy intheUnitedStates Use ofthe ... that the gains and losses, and their corresponding beneficiaries and victims occur within both the rich and poor countries Increased access to national markets by nonnational businesses disrupts...
... Most ofthe statements in this Introduction will be further discussed inthe ensuing chapters They will be documented there For a full presentation of my views, see my TheUnitedStatesand Western ... situation in 2003 With the Soviet Union being history, again, there was no danger oftheUnitedStates facing a great-power military response Inthe 199 0s the inhibitions against US interventions ... administration appears to wish to repair it; the imperial intoxication that was one cause ofthe strains has perhaps worn off Since the US Congressional elections of 2006, it appears that the earlier...
... cells/mm3) adjusting for sex, race and ethnicity, HIV transmission risk group and cohort Findings were similar in sensitivity analyses The interaction of age group and calendar year was statistically ... Vermund SH: Impact of small reductions in plasma HIV RNA levels onthe risk of heterosexual transmission and disease progression AIDS 2008, 22:2179-2185 23 Marks G, Crepaz N, Senterfitt JW, Janssen ... National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 6120 Executive Boulevard, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA 19Division of AIDS, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes...
... relations ofthe PRC, US and ROC inthe 195 0s? In addressing these questions, this thesis will contribute to existing scholarship in five ways First, this thesis represents the first work in which ... relations.15 In this scholarship, a major theme focuses onthe causes ofthe Taiwan Strait Crises, explained in such terms as Sino-US misperceptions and miscalculations and China s domestic imperatives In ... Southeast Asia Four developments stood out in this re-assessment: the views ofthe CIA and Nixon; US domestic conservatism; the debate on US economic sanctions against China; andthe formulation of...