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... consulting, and the management of important U.S corporations The perspectives and conclusions offered are the result of scores of interviews with the most important and knowledgeable people in each of these ... roles in the economy However, the descriptions of the businesses described here provide a broad understanding of the key players in the financial industry and many of the routes to power and monetary ... increase their leverages and, in turn, their profitability By expanding the amount of money they could trade and lend, banks could boost their profits, as long as the additional uses of money...

Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2014, 17:00

... whom the mass was located in the portion of body or tail of the pancreas For tumors of SPT located in the neck and body of the pancreas, resection of the midportion of the pancreas and the mass ... in the other reported series.7 Literatures showed the head and tail of the pancreas were the preferential sites of the occurrence of SPT.3,7,10,14,15,16 In our series, the presenting clinical and ... preserving the rim of the head and tail portion can be achieved However, for the patient in whom the mass was located within the head of the pancreas, given the low malignancy, well-defined margin and...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 11:40

... major role in the pathogenesis of both types of diabetes mellitus High levels of free radicals and the decline of antioxidant defense mechanisms lead to damage of cellular organelles and enzymes, ... current (maximum of milliAmperes) of one polarity for 11.5 minutes, which then switched to the opposite polarity for another 11.5 minutes The device was designed to switch the direction of current ... bilaterally with poor capillary refill The left foot was red and inflamed up to and including the medial malleolus The lateral aspect of the great toe and second toe turned black Laboratory investigation...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:39

... when there is no equity in the distribution of income generated § The value of assets and the cost of living increased rapidly within the local impact of community life § Reduced productivity of ... landscape, regulatory climate, the ecology of the central city of Da Lat On the other hand, this is water under the stream Cam Ly - Da Dang River watershed and the monitoring of national water quality ... particular and in general position is one of the major tourist centers of the Central Highlands travel and tourism in particular and Vietnam in general § Assessing the current state of environmental...

Ngày tải lên: 25/04/2013, 08:21

... probe at the level of L1– L4 The thickness and width of the muscle are then determined The block is made in the medial part of the muscle near the vertebral body avoiding the lumbar and femoral ... injection, the treatment effect is often enhanced by the additional infiltration of the proximal third of the muscle The superficial placement of the injection may result in the denervation of the gracilis ... head of the fibula Each of these divisions gives off three to five terminal branches in the proximal fifth of the muscle The middle and distal branches enter deep into the muscle and supply the main...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 10:20

... observations of the Councillor sounded to him too daring and phantastical They looked at one another from the crown of the head to the soles of the feet; and when matters grew to too high a pitch, then the ... the table, and then creep unobserved out of the door He did so; but just as he was going, the others remarked what he was about; they laid hold of him by the legs; and now, happily for him, off ... heard the sound of drums and fifes; the bright blaze of a fire shot up from time to time, and its ruddy gleams seemed to contend with the bluish light of the torches The Councillor stood still, and...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2013, 07:15

... his wish, the charm of the shoes, which he had put on, began to work; the watchman entered into the being and nature of the lieutenant He stood in the handsomely furnished apartment, and held ... itself therein Lieutenant, love, and lack of money—that is a symbolic triangle, or much the same as the half of the shattered die of Fortune This the lieutenant felt most poignantly, and this was the ... by beating the white of an egg in a glass Of water The matter of which it was built was just as soft, and formed similar towers, and domes, and pillars, transparent and rocking in the thin air;...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2013, 07:15

... of wit, that they may fall in the powder-magazine of the expectant audience.’ The humorous poem was admirably recited, and the speaker much applauded Among the audience was the young man of the ... present!’ And behold! to the Shoes of Fortune this was the cue; the whole man shrunk together and a most uncommon journey through the hearts of the front row of spectators, now began The first ... dovecot The husband’s portrait was used as a weather-cock, which was connected in some way or other with the doors, and so they opened and shut of their own accord, whenever the stern old husband...

Ngày tải lên: 14/12/2013, 09:15

... related the mythus of its birth, told of the power of the sun-light that spread out its delicate leaves, and forced 65 of 260 them to impregnate the air with their incense— and then he thought of the ... below; and thus must the sudden change with the clerk strike the reader The sweet air!’ continued he of the police-office, in his dreamy imaginings; ‘how it reminds me of the violets in the garden ... And up he flew into the green roof and sang; but in the song there was no poetry, for the spirit of the poet was gone The Shoes, as is the case with anybody who does what he 67 of 260 has to properly,...

Ngày tải lên: 14/12/2013, 09:15

... his end,’ were the words of Solon; and here was a new and brilliant proof of the wisdom of the old apothegm Every corpse is a sphynx of immortality; here too on the black coffin the sphynx gave ... expression of Marryat’s, ‘Hunger’s eldest son when he had come of age"; the others were either blind, had withered legs and crept about on their hands, or withered arms and fingerless hands It was the ... home; the long white curtains down from the windows, and in the middle of the floor stood the black coffin; in it he lay in the sleep of death His wish was fulfilled the body rested, while the...

Ngày tải lên: 14/12/2013, 09:15

... the higher the bank capital, the lower the return on equity • Choice depends on the state of the economy and levels of confidence • Bank capital requirement Strategies for Managing Bank Capital ... ip between ROA and ROE is expressed by the ROA = Equity Multiplier : the amount of assets per dollar of equity capital Assets EM = Equity Capital net profit after taxes net profit after taxes ... $90M Bank Capital $1M • The cost of selling securities is the brokerage and other transaction costs $90M $10M Liquidity Management: Bank of Canada Advances Borrow $9 million from the Bank of Canada...

Ngày tải lên: 05/01/2014, 16:57

... differentiation between CD and UC [1] 1.1 Development of guidelines [2-4] These guidelines are the work of the IBD working group of the British Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition ... intestinal failure and these should be discussed with the patient and parents ≥ The impact of IBD in children is disproportionately high on the patient, their family or other carers and society, as ... includes work on luminal bacteria, biofilms, the epithelial glycocalyx and mucus, epithelial barrier function, epithelial remodelling and immune/epithelial interactions The inflammatory process has been...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 11:20

... A therapy favourable for the mother can be associated with an impairment of the child, and in extreme cases treatment measures which protect the survival of the mother can cause the death of the ... College of Cardiology (AHA/ACC),2 the ESC in 2003,3 the Working Group Valvular Heart Disease of the ESC,4 the guidelines of the German Society of Cardiology (German Society of Cardiology),5,6 and the ... pregnancy and breastfeeding should not be withheld from the mother The potential risk of a drug and the possible benefit of the therapy must be weighed against each other Different sources of evidence...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 12:20

... histologic layers: 1) the urothelium; 2) the suburothelial layer of loose connective tissue called the lamina propria; and 3) the detrusor muscle (muscularis propria) The urothelium in the normal bladder ... timing of instillations or the influence of long-term maintenance therapy Randomized studies supporting the use of maintenance BCG therapy have been conducted, but the panel excluded them because their ... categorizes the articles by source The majority came from the Journal of Urology, Urology and The British Journal of Urology Evidence combination The data resulting from the article-selection and data-extraction...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 21:20

... centre of the probable causes of MDR TB, the outcome of treatment and the costs involved A report should be forwarded for the personal attention of the Provincial Head of Health, outlining the problems ... on the probable causes of MDR TB, the outcome of treatment and the costs involved Each centre should conduct an annual review on the probable causes of MDR TB, the outcome of treatment and the ... infectiousness of the MDR TB source case; • The closeness and intensity of the exposure; and • The likelihood of exposure to persons with drug-susceptible tuberculosis 14.1 INFECTIOUSNESS OF THE SOURCE...

Ngày tải lên: 15/02/2014, 12:20

... (2) the target's MOA; and (3) the use of the tools of education, marketing, and law Figure I shows the eight segments of any market that result from the combinations of the presence or absence of ... and accommodate the target's MOAs and the trade-off of free choice and externalities The potential for success of the three sets of tools is derived from the target's assessment of the "risk premium" ... protect others from these externalities, and the level of free choice it wishes to maintain What Are Some of the Rights and Responsibilities of the Individual? The individual's rights and responsibilities...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 02:20

... represents the efforts of those who have dedicated their professional careers to the care of individuals with sickle cell disease The names of the authors, their affiliations, and their e-mail addresses ... certified by the American Board of Medical Genetics or the American Board of Genetic Counselors However, the number to be counseled far exceeds the supply and the availability of these professionals ... about the specific type of SCD that affects their child (4-6) The initial counseling session sets the tone for how the parents regard their child’s condition and the new health care team Parents often...

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 12:20

... allowing other parties to make decisions as to the validity and authenticity of the use of an address The efforts to improve the security of the routing system and offer capabilities to support the ... pace of adoption was influenced by several drivers First among these were the 2003 mandate of the US Department of Defense (DoD) and 2005 mandate by the United States Office of Management and ... address space The repercussions of other qualification mechanisms, and of the absence of such forms of qualification, are also under investigation Whether the RIRs have the means and resources...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 21:20

... the circumstances surrounding the Manhattan project were extreme and the purpose of the project can be discussed Nevertheless, regardless of what one may think of the purpose of the project there ... navigate between the conflicting demands of time, cost and performance The project manager constantly has to weigh these demands against each other and trade off one against the other If there are time ... society9 and in military projects There is thus a good deal of “command and control” thinking to be found in the foundations of the basic technical tools of project management theory In the post-industrial,...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 02:20

... by the basal metabolic rate, the thermic effect of food, and the energy cost of physical activity.8 The basal metabolic rate and the thermic effect of food account for about 60 to 70 per cent and ... Behavioural therapy can increase the effectiveness of other weight-loss treatments, and the duration of the therapy influences the ability to maintain the weight loss No single behavioural therapy ... plan for the prevention of overweight and obesity The primary outcomes of that plan were the goals to ‘prevent further weight gain in adults and eventually reduce the proportion of the adult...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 14:20