... ideology was further developed into several types after King Asoka These types include the Gandhara tradition, the Devaraja tradition andthe Buddharaja tradition This thesis is a study of Sui Yangdi’s ... University Pr ess,1991,reprint), 581−604”, 收 在 andThe John Formation K.Fairbank, of Political Sui Ideology, Progapanda and Ideology in China at the End of the Seventh Century (Napoli: Instituto Universitario ... 隋炀帝佛教意识形态研究 A STUDY OF THE BUDDHIST POLITICAL IDEOLOGY OF EMPEROR YANG OF THESUIDYNASTY 周雁飞 ZHOU YAN FEI 新加坡国 立大学 中文系 博士学 位论 文 A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY...
... Further, the means of the parent and samples will tend to be the same, while the standard deviation of the samples will be approximately that of the population divided by the square root of the ... better, and better, and better They are the true investors in people, not the ones who go for a plastic shield on their office walls They it because it makes them feel better They it because they ... of the spread of the data The range is the easiest If a quantity of data comes from a perfect normal distribution, then we can just state how many values there are, the average andthe range, and...
... contributions KJ and AH conceived the idea, did the literature search and prepared the manuscript KJ, AH, JM, HB, TM and HT performed treatment and follow-up and acquisition of data TK and HT provided ... parotidectomy +/- postoperative radiotherapy was planned CT revealed that the clinical stage was T3N1M0 (stage III) The diameter of the primary tumor was 54 mm andthe diameter of the right upper cervical ... tumor in the right ethmoid sinus was detected by endoscopy and CT in the previous hospital Biopsy was performed in the previous hospital, andthe diagnosis was BCAC (MIB-1 index, 50-80%) in the right...
... contradiction in the system through the application of the 39 parameters or the establishment of a bi-polarity (A and anti-A) The user may then apply the 40 inventive principles to assist the creation ... process begins with the goal A clear and simple goal is the most important part of the innovation process It guides the direction of the ideas, and acts as a siever of ideas – whether they are focused ... COMPETITIVENESS The understanding of competitiveness requires understanding of the definition of competitiveness, the types of competitiveness, the models of competitiveness andthe factors affecting...
... reasons The phenomenon was caused partly by local shaman (wu) who devoted efforts to promote their cults, and partly by the state regulation and local policy At the same time, literati in theSixDynasties ... contributed to the spread of the stories Furthermore, this thesis focuses on studying the interactions between ligui and common people, how the living be called upon in dreams, love affairs between the ... disasters Their behavior and image contradict the traditional concept of a god, who must be both righteous and merciful This thesis seeks to explain the process of how ligui ghosts attained godhood and...
... united by their location to the Holocaust, by their parents‘ past andthe deep impact it had on them (28-29) They are equally united by the obligations they feel towards the past andthe conclusions ... representing their ancestors‘ stories to preserve them, but also with their personal involvement, the way in which the stories were transmitted to them andthe way they represent the stories towards the ... relationship between the first andthe third generation On the one hand, the third generation is deeply influenced by the first Because the parents and grandparents (especially the emigrants) have...
... advising the Landgrave what they had seen, and on his orders, either expediting or delaying delivery of the letters to the benefit of the Landgrave and Mayer Amschel — and to the detriment of their ... was the genius of the five brothers Third in line he was the one the others turned to for guidance When The Rothschild Dynasty 15 the brothers decided to establish themselves in England, they ... that they were Instead of the lump sum and payments being sent to Kassel, the home of the Prince, the money was retained in England where it was invested The interest thereon The Rothschild Dynasty...
... Great Britain and Northern Ireland Authors’ contributions NG conceptualised the study design and contributed in the development of the survey instruments MA conducted database management and statistical ... the value if the worker reported receiving the benefit, or otherwise Six variables were used for each of thesix aforementioned benefits, plus two more variables for, respectively, whether at least ... Results from the multiple regression analysis The results from the regression analyses for nursing and midwifery personnel are reported in Table and paint a complex picture Across thesix countries,...
... throughout the DMAIC process and are explained in the next section Six Sigma Statistical Tools TheSix Sigma toolkit has a number of tools and techniques that help teams work through theSix Sigma ... Preparation Process (3P) and Design for Lean Six Sigma The challenge, and opportunity, is to harness the collection of Lean andSix Sigma methods to drive environmental improvement and sustainability ... quality), while the foundation is standardization The individual tools and terms listed in the TPS house are defined below and in Appendix C Toyota’s success has led thousands of other companies...
... management theorists Usually the wants and needs of the individual are compared to the wants and needs of the organization That takes you nowhere Too often the wants and needs of the organization andthe ... functional and get the most from thesix drivers you must select one as the principal focus and relegate the other five to secondary drivers Put the single focus in your strategic plan and save the other ... on the bottom The results could have been predicted The consulting team andthe plant manager suspected the outcome and here was the data as a matter of public record There was no room for the...
... organizations, their programs make a greater contribution to business success and they gain the recognition and reward they deserve In the following chapters, we explore each of thesix disciplines ... existence and its authority by the economic results it produces There may be great non-economic results: the happiness of the members of the enterprise, the contribution to the welfare or culture of the ... asked to estimate the annual value created as a result of the program We tally these and we show the results of what they have done as a group and for the program as a whole They are self-reported...
... performed on the second day of the study (one in the morning andthe other in the afternoon) have been used to assess the test daily reliability The fifth 6-MWT, conducted on the same day as the maximal ... variation (CV) and standard deviations (SD) between the first and second 6-MWT (T1–T2), the second and third 6-MWT (T2–T3), the third and fourth 6-MWT (T3–T4), andthe fourth and fifth 6-MWT ... 4.0% and 5.0 beats·minϪ1 (Table 3) On the other hand, no HR difference was noted between tests and performed in the morning and tests 2, 4, and performed in the afternoon (Table 2) Concerning the...
... other—then, as politely as they could, they thanked Gus for his interesting product and ushered him out of the room Another inventor’s dreams dashed In a handful of cases Billy and Sully took on the ... bank account? If you want the statue then by all means become a pioneer You can tell the pioneers because they’re the ones lying face-down in the mud with all the arrows in their backs Forget that ... said, “There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home.”1 Demand had to be built for all these inventions On the other hand, when you offer a new -and- improved dog collar to the...
... during the first six months of the financial year and their impact on the condensed set of financial statements; and a description of the principal risks and uncertainties for the remaining six ... Malawi and Swaziland (the other African countries), in the current and comparative periods The other African countries were also excluded from Adjusted MCEV per share in the comparative period The ... performance in the first six months of the year reflected the benefit of our substantial exposure to emerging markets andthe resilience of the Group’s operations in the face of the continued...
... in the 1920s and ’30s, it had expanded in the 1940s to engulf the region and then, in the ’50s, the world The context of inter-Arab and Great Power rivalry, of Israeli fears and bravado, and ... perpetuated the conflict and prepared the ground for war The Context The Israelis had been duped Thinking that they could retain the territories they had conquered beyond the Partition borders and keep ... attack, and under the dual threat of American sanctions and Soviet missiles, the French andthe British buckled Their troops ignominiously withdrew and their flags lowered forever over the Middle...
... Number Page The Primary Groove of “Living for the City” 29 The Melody and Lyrics of the First Verse of “Living for the City” 33 The Refrain of “Living for the City” 34 The Chorus ... touch to the synthesizer, introduced the synthesizer to the dance floor, and helped introduce the dance floor to the cold reality of politics He not only demonstrated that one man could use the recording ... See the discussions of the concepts of the collective andthe individual on pages 33-34 of Chapter and 127-29 of Chapter 4 provide a clear window into the often murky world of the groove and...
... with the QOLRAD; (b) correlating the GSRS andthe QOLRAD with the SF-36 dimensions; and (c) correlating the GSRS andthe QOLRAD with the HAD (except in South Africa) and with clinician-rated severity ... support the validity of the Scandinavian language versions of the GSRS andthe QOLRAD in patients with GERD [41] Future studies could use this approach to further assess the validity of the additional ... Spanish versions of the GSRS in the Indigestion domain, for the Hungarian version in the Diarrhoea domain, and for the Afrikaans, Hungarian, Polish and Spanish versions in the Constipation domain...
... logical six- step approach that researchers and local NGOs themselves can use to document and describe the annual costs of implementing their programmes The paper is organized as follows The six- step ... programmes is the willingness of the NGO and its staff, especially the financial and/ or accounting staff andthe programme manager, to support the activity This is easiest when the NGO itself ... completed and if high-performing types of programmes are to be replicated and expanded elsewhere The demand for more and better information on the costs of interventions is directly included in the...
... from grand mean Germany still rated their health significantly worse, while those from Belgium andthe Netherlands reported significantly higher EQ-VAS scores than the grand mean None of the socio-demographic ... little of the observed variance, i.e R2 = 0.08 for the PCS model and R2 = 0.06 for the MCS model, these findings nonetheless underscore and augment in the findings from Table Discussion The purpose ... considerably increased the model fit (R2 = 0.31) on the one hand, while independent variables age and income became insignificant on the other Thus, worse EQ-VAS scores for the older of these elderly...