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... institutions in Iceland receive most of its fundingthrough the State Budget. Inthe autumn of 1999 the Minister of Educationand research and the rector ofthe University of Iceland signed an ... countries. In Sweden, Denmark and Finland the processstarted inthe beginning the 20th century, in Norway after the Second WorldWar, and in Iceland inthe 1980s. In several cases, the process was initiativedby ... starting in 1889. Finally there is the Icelandic Academia ofthe Arts.University education is mainly on offer inthe capital of Iceland where the University of Iceland occupies a dominating position...
... Literature and LinBuistics, M.I.T. Rieger, Charles J. [1974] Conceptual Memory: A Theory and Compufer Program for Processing Ihe Meaning Content of Natural Language Utterances. Stanford Artificial Intelligence ... Anaphora. Technical Report 3761, Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Cambridge MA. Winograd, Terry [1971] Procedures as a Repraentatian for Data in a Computer Program for Understanding Natural Language. ... AIM-233. Sidner, Candace L. [1979] To,'ards a Computational Thmr 7 of Definite Anaphora Comprehension in £nglish Discour~. unpublished Ph.D. disseration, Electrical Engineering and Computer...
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... forinstitutions to develop enduring franchise value. Policy has an important rolein influencing the degree and nature of competition both within the banking system and between banks andinvestment ... 1996 (Washington, DC: The World Bank).Chernow, Ron, 1997, The Death ofthe Banker. The Decline and the Fall ofthe Great FinancialDynasties. The Triumph ofthe Small Investor (New York: Vintage ... the informational comparative advantage of informal financialinstitutions and strengthen the complementarity between the formal and the informal sectors. The poorest people of rural and urban...
... (medium of instruction) reflects the interests of those elite. In countries in which one ofthe languages dominate, there is usually an issue about where to place other languages inthe education ... their education and economy. This involves the teaching of local languages, Setswana and English. By involving the local languages the program would not only reach the poor and marginalized communities ... Botswana, is that Setswana is the national language ofthe country (Republic of Botswana 1985:8). So, despite the existence of other local languages, Setswana is the only indigenous language...
... more Inthe absence of the massive and artful persuasion that accompanies the management of demand,increasing abundance might well have reduced the interest of people in acquiring more goods Being ... has, the more profits it gains and the more it breaks into market.Advertising is instrumental in sales promotion, which is one of the most vital tools in Marketing. The appearance and theroleof ... III : Theroleof Vietnam s advertising industry’ in the economy1. Present situation and the contributions of Vietnam’s advertisingindustrySince the opening policy and law of foreign investment,...
... settings. The complexity of choices of technologies and the complexity of needs and demands of health systems suggests that the gradual introduction, testing and refining of new technologies, in ... understanding and the evidence base about the use of ICTs inthe health sector are: ã How to evaluate the impact ofthe use of ICTs on health? ã What can be done to strengthen theroleof and ... research and information and can enhance sharing of experience and professional development. ITU (2005) notes that telemedicine is more than the delivery of hardware and software. Incorporating...
... discussions of major and controversial changes such as raising the age of eligibility,instituting some kind of means testing, directing more beneficiaries intocapitated managed care plans, and establishing ... are the costs and pos-sible offsets for the provision of such services? The Lewin Group, a quan-titative analysis consulting firm inthe Washington, D.C. area, assisted in the analysis of estimated ... BeneficiariesFood and Nutrition BoardINSTITUTE OF MEDICINE The Role of Nutrition in Maintaining Health in the Nation’s ElderlyEvaluating Coverage of Nutrition Services for the Medicare Population...
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