... dollars and pounds remained inthe country of origin and were loaned out again, thus “beating” inflation in spite ofthe fact that they were recorded as assets (gold) in another central bank as ... opposition.” In fact, the Fed was instituted at the behest ofthe American Bankers Association and the nation’s biggest bankers, such as J P Morgan and Paul Warburg, to protect their industry against bank ... age ofthe managed fiat currency was born The M anaged Fiat Currency Standard As could be expected, this new standard (actually as old as the French Assignat or the American Continental) inspired...
... political affairs and holds that craft and deceit are justified in pursuing and maintaining political power Even today the word is still inthe English language meaning of or relating to Machiavelli ... individual differences as antecedents of these behaviors A major gap in past research is the general dearth of empirical work that invokes an interactionist approach to studying extra-role behaviors ... Srivastava, 2003; Smith, 2001) the real challenge, success and a fundamental premise of knowledge management today is in its ability to facilitate information sharing Investing substantial capital...
... developed as a tailor-made system for NHS staff as it was agreed there was no pre-existing system capable of evaluating all ofthe jobs covered Thenew pay spines are divided into nine pay bands, and ... for Change represents anew approach to pay determination for NHS staff One critical factor that impacted during the latter stages of implementation was that the financial situation facing the ... consistent approach to costing, provides one example ofthe relative lack of detailed evaluation of impact of Agenda for Change Many managers also reported that the additional funding provided had not...
... Theory and Applications References Q H Ansari and J.-C Yao, A fixed point theorem and its applications to a system of variational inequalities,” Bulletin ofthe Australian Mathematical Society, ... H.-Y Lan and R U Verma, “Iterative algorithms for nonlinear fuzzy variational inclusion systems with A, η -accretive mappings in Banach spaces,” Advances in Nonlinear Variational Inequalities, ... 2007 13 H.-Y Lan, “Nonlinear random multi-valued variational inclusion systems involving A, η -accretive mappings in Banach spaces,” Journal of Computational Analysis and Applications, vol 10,...
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... (range - 16) at t1 and M = 9.16 years (range - 16) at t2 The Tanzanian and German board ofthe organization managing the orphanage gave their consent and ethical approval Materials The interview ... before in other Sub-Saharan African settings The translators were extensively trained and the translation was discussed in detail Nevertheless, cultural bias might have influenced the findings, as ... reorganization Procedure Based on the findings ofthe first assessment and in cooperation with the administration ofthe orphanage, anew instructional system was introduced in March 2010 that included non-violent,...
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... to changes inthe size and operation ofthe arts market At the same time, visual artists’ career patterns have also been changing, as academic training has taken on greater importance as a credential ... dramatic changes to the arts in America as public involvement, the number of arts organizations, and funding for the arts have all soared These changes have been particularly dramatic during the ... Melissa K Rowe, Laura Werber Castaneda, Tessa Kaganoff, and Abby Robyn Gifts ofthe Muse: Reframing the Debate About the Benefits ofthe Arts (2004) Kevin F McCarthy, Elizabeth H Ondaatje, Laura Zakaras,...
... Smoking in car: monitoring pollution of particulate matter as mass and as particle number, of organic volatile compounds and of carbon monoxide Evaluating the most suitable ETS marker, and the ... Each average background concentration will then be subtracted from the concentration ofthe following ETS measurement to avoid bias from daily variation of PM concentration The obtained data ofthe ... PM-fraction the arithmetic mean (Cmean-PM), the maximum concentration (Cmax-PM), and the area under the curve (AUC-PM) will be calculated Following data processing, an exploratory data analysis will...
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... used as an auxiliary tool for evaluating the accuracy of bag-valve mask ventilation The main conclusion is that when patients are well under anaesthesia, are hemodynamically stable and adequately ... were fully anaesthetized and hemodynamically stable The patients chosen were all ASA I and II and therefore easily maintained A weakness could be the difficulty of keeping an adequate airway by BVM ... without evacuation ofthe axilla as well as other breast reconstruction work The patient median age was 56 years (range 40-77) and they were all classified as ASA I or II according to the American Society...
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... 2003 The study included the data obtained from all ofthe four university hospitals, and one referral tertiary-care educational state hospital in Ankara These hospitals have a total of 6668 beds ... calculated by two-tailed Spearmans coefficient (r) for non-parametric correlations A P value of less than 0.05 was regarded as significant Software package STATA 9.0 (USA) was used for the analysis ... on the antibiotic use, financial cost and resistance patterns of leading nosocomial pathogens (gram) and number of boxes were calculated from two databases, 1) Hospital pharmacy computer databases,...