... phases ofthe audit process. Decisions and actions taken by the SAI or its components and by the audit staff during each ofthe phases ofthe audit largely determine the ultimate quality ofthe ... exceed the audit resources that are available, in terms ofthe number and mix of skills ofthe audit staff. These constraints limit both the number and the type of audits that an SAI can undertake. ... the policy consistent with the set objectives? ã Evaluation ofthe impact ofthe policy: What is the economic and social impact of a particular policy? ã Evaluation ofthe effectiveness of...
... by the Office oftheSecretaryof DefenseApproved for public release, distribution unlimitedRecent LargeService Acquisitionsin the Department of DefenseLessons for the Office of the Secretary ... Dept. of Defense. Office oftheSecretaryof Defense. IV. Title.UC263.C3624 2004355.6'212'0973—dc222003027682 The research described in this report was sponsored by the Office of the ... determine how well they work in practice. The case studiesoffer the best insight into the execution ofthe two oldest acquisitions, the Army BSC and R2CSR programs. For the other four acquisitions,...
... to the boisterous. Expert slavehunters, they mostly clothe themselves by the sale of their victims on the coast, though they do business by the sale of goats and grain as well. Nowhere in the ... that the Victoria N'yanza was the source ofthe Nile, seized the enlightened view, that such a discovery should not be lost to the glory of England and the Society of which he was President; ... by the magician (Mganga), who rules the minds ofthe kings as did the old popes of Europe. They, indeed, are a curse to the traveller; for if it suits their inclinations to keep him out of the...
... We've got the best of two bloomin' Yankees, an' the other is sneakin' in some corner!"There came the sound of hurried footsteps, and then the light ofthe lantern so ... concerningthis officer, who had been the most successful ofthe privateers sailing out of Baltimore.We were on our way to Annapolis with half a load of oysters when the news was given us by the captain of the ... twelve ofthe enemy's vesselswere bound up the bay, bound most likely for Baltimore or Washington, when he sailed for Nottingham,further up the river.Darius was more concerned than either of...
... half the tusks of which, as well as some portion ofthe flesh, they gave to Magomba for the privilege of residing there. There were many antelopes there, some of which both Grant and I shot for the Chapter ... called all the head men ofthe village together, and demanded the beads to be restored tome; for, as I was living with them, they were responsible, according to the laws ofthe country. Theyacknowledged ... Kafirland, where the laws ofthe country are the same as here, the whole would have been taken, and, as it was, they thought I was depriving them of their rights to beef.By a double march, the sheikh...
... notrequired with respect to the role of HSP70 in the inhi-bition ofthe release of Smac and apoptosis. The role ofthe ATP-binding domain of HSP70in the prevention ofthe release of Smac andapoptosis ... HSP70,rather than the peptide-binding domain, was essential for these observedHSP functions. Taken together, our results provide evidence supporting the role of HSP70 in the protection of C2C12 ... mgặmL)1)at54C for 30 min. The genomicDNA was isolated by two with two rounds of phenol–chlo-roform extraction followed by an additional chloroformextraction. DNA pellet was then washed in 70% ethanoland...
... respectively, ofthe receptor [19,22]. The b sheet of EGF may bind to domain I of ErbB-1, and the other surface of the ligand binds to domain III ofthe receptor. Recently,Gly441 ofthe ErbB-1 ... ofthe receptors was confirmed byimmunoblotting ofthe cell lysates (Fig. 1B). As oftenobserved for membrane proteins, the bands were ratherbroad in the blots, due to the heterogeneity ofthe ... the relative contributions ofthe fourextracellular domains of ErbB-1 to the specific binding of the cognate ligand, EGF, we verified the assays using the chimeras, because the contributions of...
... response, the institutions often claim that the issue of democracy is outside of their purview. But the very least that should be expected of institutions that receive the support of U.S. taxpayers ... in the countries to these measures. The Fund has supported tariff or excise tax reductions in Uganda, among several other nations. Whatever the merits of privatization of other sectors ofthe ... Accounting Office, the smoking rate among teenage girls quintupled in a single year following the opening ofthe market to the multinational tobacco companies. The evidence on the impact of price...
... and so down the alphabet) offerslittle in the way of a convincing account ofthe nature ofthe “premodern,”at least in the case of South Asia. The actual modernity of a number of phe-nomena ... for the production of praéasti until the ninth, when the elaboration also began of what, by the end ofthe thirteenth, would bea complete array ofthe elements of a literary culture. When the ... of textual production or its spatial spread—neither was everused for the production of literary texts outside the subcontinent. Sanskrit was the transregional code that filled the domain of the...
... from the students. 3.4.1. Test The purpose ofthe test used in the study was to get information about the students’ English reading proficiency. 22 there were differences in the use ofthe ... on a group of 10 learners at the intermediate levels of English proficiency at the MPA. The purpose ofthe pilot test was to find out if the question items and the instructions were understandable ... presented in the previous chapter. The table 3.1 below summaries the analysis ofthe SILL.Table 3.1. Summary ofthe Analysis ofthe SILLLearning Strategies (LSs)Groups of LSsParts in the LSsMemory...
... instance, the conquest of hookworm was important to the economic development of the South and the attraction of Northern capital to that region.52 The completion ofthe Panama Canal was less ... some ofthe early travel.Much ofthe research, particularly for the most recent decades, was conducted in the offices of medical school deans and hospital presidents,where I was typically the first ... Wisconsin; George Vincent of Minnesota; Robert Brookings of Washington University; Samuel McCormick of Pittsburgh; and ArthurHadley of Yale—took command of building their medical schools as theydid their...