... collected the data and contributed to thestudy design, interpretation and revisions ofthe manuscript SKK helped to conceive thestudyand revise the initial and subsequent drafts and supervised the ... 31% among thestudy population Table gives the percentages and Table gives the means ofthe background characteristics ofthe women stratified into the categories of normal hair (grade and I on ... low number of women in class III (n = 4) The strengths of our study include the large and representative population sample of one female age group, giving thestudythe relevance of an epidemiologic...
... Feeling of distance because of different language use I have felt a sense of distance from local friends when they speak in their mother tongue Get attention because of my ethnicity Sometimes it bothers ... united I have felt lonely and isolated because my family does not stick together Not accepted because of my ethnicity I have felt that others not accept me because of my ethnic group Help parents ... because of my parents’ culture Belong to gang for ethnicity I feel that belonging to a gang is part of representing my ethnic group Don’t understand different culture Sometimes I not understand why...
... exploring the stress they experience and how they identify themselves during their settlement as well as the moderation effect of ethnic identity on the relationship between bicultural stress and psychological ... following sections, the context of this study is explained, including the new trend of migration within Asia, the immigration policies and practices of Singapore, andthe background of Korean immigrant ... there is a great deal of variability in the value of ethnicity; the more important ethnicity is as a component of their identity, the higher the level of psychological well- being, particularly...
... women and girls In support ofthe Council on Women and Girls, the Office of Management and Budget andthe Economics and Statistics Administration within the Department of Commerce worked together ... Indicators of Social and Economic Well- Being March 2011 Prepared by U S Department of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration and Executive Office ofthe President Office of Management and ... have come andthe areas where there is still work to be done Each page of this report is full ofthe most up-to-date facts on the status of women Of particular note are the following: I As the report...
... women and girls In support ofthe Council on Women and Girls, the Office of Management and Budget andthe Economics and Statistics Administration within the Department of Commerce worked together ... Indicators of Social and Economic Well- Being March 2011 Prepared by U S Department of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration and Executive Office ofthe President Office of Management and ... have come andthe areas where there is still work to be done Each page of this report is full ofthe most up-to-date facts on the status of women Of particular note are the following: I As the report...
... as the leading factor, then other kinds of commitment The results ofthestudy reflected the mean scores were consistent with the abovementioned by showing that the affective commitment had the ... 1.2 STATEMENT OFTHE PROBLEM 10 1.3 OBJECTIVES OFTHESTUDY 11 1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS .12 1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OFTHESTUDY 12 1.6 SCOPE OFTHESTUDY .13 ... 1.6 SCOPE OFTHESTUDYThe focus of this study is to examine the relationship between transformational leadership behaviors and affective employee engagement in the industry of retail and financial...
... between these three models in terms of time and confidence The second part of this experimental study addresses another interesting question of both theoretical and practical impacts: how much ofthe ... whether they can specify with the query language syntax Thus we evaluated the relative impact ofthe data model andthe query language on query performance 1.3 Organization ofthe Thesis This thesis ... separating the effect ofthe data model from the effect ofthe query language The second andthe third sections review the existing researches that compare data models and query languages for the query...
... before the implementation ofthe bidding The X-axis of Figure 2-2 denotes the cumulative percentage of auction, andthe Y-axis presents the cumulative percentage of winner The figure reveals the ... is the share of surplus of bidder j, and m denotes the size ofthe subset ofthe bidders whose accumulated surplus is zero in the order of (3) FGT Metrics (for Model 1) As a supplement ofthe ... there is The general specification of FGT metrics is where z is the poverty line, N is the number of individuals in the system, H is the number of poor, yi is the income of individual i, and α is...
... balance in the facilities using water quality data (COD, N, P and SS) The calculated results were then compared with actual Land measured data ofthe change of pollutants in the soil This study Total ... initial content at the start ofthe survey In other words, the results ofthe soil content survey showed that most ofthe nitrogen was stored in the upper cm depth ofthe soil during 26 months (804 ... × Ro 0.3785 (8) The amount of pollutant load in overflow was calculated by the regression analysis of Overflow runoff ratio of flow (ro) and Overflow runoff ratio of load (Lro) The following relationship...
... decrease ofthe current density Moreover, there are also cases where the current increases in a first part ofthe channel, reaches a maximum, and then decreases further along the channel In these ... distribution in the cell (Figure 6) Figure Influence ofthe inlet cathode relative humidity on the water content in the membrane and on water vapor profile in the electrodes at the center ofthe cell ... the previous Tables and 2) The profile is the one at the coordinate z corresponding to the center ofthe cell along the channel direction Figure 12 Water content profile in the membrane for different...
... for the pyrolysis and combustion of these fuels, for which there is lack of information in the literature The obtained data should be useful for the design of furnaces, which will utilize these ... cj is the fraction of combustibles in component j, aj(t) is the reacted fraction of component j in time t and m∞ is the normalized amount ofthe solid residues (minerals) at the end ofthe experiment ... Ej is the activation energy of component j, g expresses the effect of ambient gas composition and f describes the change of surface reactivity as a function ofthe fractional burn off: As the function...
... choice of capital structure The ones reviewed in this section will be the trade-off theory, the agency cost theory andthe pecking-order theory 2.2.1 THE TRADE-OFF THEORY The trade-off theory ... between years and reflects more clearly the impact ofthe economy the capital structure ofthe business Although the value ofthe book or market value ofthe overall capital structure of Vietnam ... state had the average rate of 40.5%, higher than the 24.46% ofthe other company * By the net profit to total assets (prof), the average rate ofthe companies is 11%, state companies has the average...
... presents the concepts and theoretical perspectives adopted for thestudy It includes the definitions of Banking, Board, Women in the boardroom and firm performance, andthe descriptions ofthe theories ... 1.1 Background oftheStudy 11 1.2 Objective oftheStudy 12 1.3 Important oftheStudy 12 THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES, LITERATURE REVIEW AND STUDIES, RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND HYPOTHESES 14 2.1 Introduction ... should ensure the strategic guidance ofthe firm, the effective monitoring of management by the board, andthe board’s accountability to the firm andthe shareholders Since one ofthe board’s obligations...
... “Introduction” states the rationale ofthe study, Semantics can be simply defined as thestudyof meaning It defines the aims, objectives andthe significance, presents the is central to thestudyof communication ... element ofthe meaning of a word; a description ofthe characteristic feature of what the word refers to E.g the sense of “grasshopper” is “an insect which can jump high the study, which describes and ... general andofthe adjective Warm in particular for better and flexible communication Moreover, it should be noted that the meaning ofthe word is The main goal ofthestudy is to investigate the...
... or the economic well- beingofthe country, for the prevention of disorder or crime, for the protection of health of morals, or for the protection ofthe rights and freedoms of others Finally, the ... contradictory to the conclusions ofthe Final Document ofthe Moscow Meeting ofthe Conference on the Human Dimension ofthe CSCE and in breach of Article 19 ofthe International Covenant on Civil and Political ... freedom ofthe media across the OSCE region Second, thestudy assesses the impact these regulations and practices have on the free flow of information andthe freedom of expression on the Internet The...
... petitioned the court to rehear the case andthe final outcome of these and had yet to be determined at the time of this report’s publication In 2007, EPA’s Office of Water (OW) initiated the aforementioned ... Montana andthe Dakotas are part of Region as well, these states have some distinct features Most of Montana has characteristics ofthe Rockies, but the eastern areas of both Montana and North ... indication ofthe broad scope of production activities within the state From coal to oil and gas production and other forms of energy development, Wyoming is one ofthe nation’s leading providers of...
... houses in the Hot List3 is randomly assigned to one ofthe three conditions Then, the subject interacts with the evaluation framework and at the end ofthe interaction measures ofthe argument ... value tree and a set of component value functions, one for each primitive attribute ofthe entity A value tree is a decomposition ofthe value of an entity into a hierarchy of aspects ofthe entity2, ... autonomous exploration ofthe set of alternatives andthe selection ofthe preferred alternatives Let’s examine now how an argument generator can be evaluated in the context ofthe selection task,...
... advances understanding ofthe processes of poverty reduction and pro-poor growth in the contemporary global context, andofthe design and implementation of policies that promote these objectives ... effects of ageing Ageing is expected to affect both the supply side andthe demand side ofthe economy The impact of ageing on the supply side can be evaluated in terms of its impact on the determinants ... justice, and health care and long-term care) andthe composition of public finances The standard production function illustrates the principal determinants of growth on the supply side: Y=ALαKβ (i) The...
... introduction ofthe student to the life of America andofthe modern world, the completion ofthe task undertaken by the grammar and high schools of equipping [that student] for the full duties of citizenship ... INTRODUCTION There is an ideal at the heart of everything American, andthe ideal at heart ofthe American university is intellectual training, the awakening ofthe whole [person], the thorough ... Not that the real-life findings would not support the claim of education as the all-important factor in the success of a nation andthe individual, but rather, there is very little empirical...