... combination of factors: ease and documentation of the methodology, quality and user-friendliness of the software, the reputation ofthe RiskMetrics Group and familiarity with some of its other products, ... general recovery of downgraded bonds after the initial sell-off. A further argument is that, even if the bulk ofthe distribution appears normal, the returns in the tail ofthe distribution, ... Rudolph (2001), all of which compare two or more ofthe main commercially available models – find similarities among them. Note that several ofthe (earliest versions of the) models operate in...
... that soften or tentativize what they modify. Nevertheless, the author only investigates weakeners mentioned above in the scope ofthe study because ofthe suitability to the topic ofthe thesis ... strategy of “saying less than one means”, the function of strategy being to modify the writer’s responsibility for the truthfulness of an utterance, to modify the attitude ofthe author to the propositions ... hedges of these three types is illuminating in theoretical terms, it seems that the distinction between them is not always clear-cut.G.Lakoff who drew attention to the theoretical importance of the...
... SATISFACTIONOver the years, the development of different theories of management and different approached to organization has affected the way we view motivation. In the 19th century, the writer ... There is one sport at which the British are always the world champions. Nobody can beat them at the noble art of queuing. The British actually look forward to spending their weekends in a queue, ... lakes. It is an agency ofthe Department of Agriculture. The first is the threat of fire and fuel. This year, forest fires have burned more than three million hectares of land. That is almost...
... overview ofthe study in which the rationale for the research, the research problem, the purposes, the research questions, the scope ofthe study, the research method, the significance ofthe study, ... English. The voice ofthe students was recorded and then played again for the students themselves to find out the mistakes they had made. After the students realized the mistakes they had made, the ... enter the CFL, VNU in the hope that they would be accepted to another college using the marks they got at this exam. However, to their surprise, they passed it. The truth was that they passed the...
... Tư tưởng Marketing trên thế giới hiện nay đang phát triển theo ba xu hướng chính: Xu hướng Mỹ: Chú trọng phát triển Marketing theo hướng nghiên cứu quan hệ giữa định hướng thị trường và ... nhất. Hầu hết các công ty du lịch ngày nay đã rời bỏ chiến lược thị trường chung, họ bắt đầu đi theo hướng thị trường tuyển chọn. Như thế, sẽ có những phân khúc được rút lui hoặc chỉ phục vụ ... Product, Price); xem trọng vai trò của các nhà quản lý. Xu hướng châu Âu: Chú trọng phát triển theo hướng nghiên cứu định hướng thị trường bằng cách phối hợp tất cả các hoạt động của doanh...
... setInterval() action. To remove the functionality ofthe setInterval() action, usethe following syntax: clearInterval(myInterval); Using the syntax shown, you can initiate the setInterval() action ... turned on and off by assigning a variable name, as in the following example: var myInterval:Object = setInterval(rotateClip, 1500); This example assigns the name myInterval to the setInterval() ... is set up to call the rotateClip() function every 1.5 seconds (1,000 milliseconds equals 1 second). If you want to pass arguments to the called function, simply add them to the setInterval()...
... notify the FDA of their intent to marketnew products. However, they are not required to establish the safety or the effec-tiveness of their products. Once a dietary supplement is on the market, the ... interactions with concomitant useof other drugs andalcohol (Mathews et al., 2002). Because of these reports, regulatory agencies inEurope and Canada now warn consumers ofthe potential risks associated ... which often tend to be slow acting or requireadministration of prescribed doses over an extended period of time (not hours ordays, but weeks).14.3 Risks in theUseof Medicinal Herbs The use of...
... example, the flow of precursors into the disrupted pathway oftenresults in the accumulation of one or more intermediates upstream ofthe blockedstep. This is because elevated concentrations ofthe ... determination ofthe influence of environmental or genetic factors on phenotypesustainability, and (3) alteration ofthe phenotype ofthe selected host by geneticmanipulation.Chapter 2 The Useof Plant ... to perform.One ofthe major applications of genome sequencing of plants is functionalgenomics. In simple words, an understanding ofthe function of genes and otherparts ofthe genome is known...
... adenomasize in the duodenum when compared with the control diet. The ellagitannins did nothave any effect on the adenoma formation. Taken together, the results of these threegroups, the efficacy of berry ... activities, although the effect ofthe attached sugar moiety was smallerthan that ofthe aglycone structure. The potency of activity toward the superoxideradical was in the following order: ... for the treatment exposure. If neither the investigators nor the studysubjects know who was allocated into the treatment group or the control group, then the RCT was “double-blinded.” Neither...
... frequently ignored, is the eect size: the larger the eect size, the greater the power ofthe study; the smaller the eect size, the lower the statistical power.Sometimes, an eect of a treatment might ... fortheentiresampleatthebeginningofthestudy.Ifthatentiresampleisanalyzedattheend of the study, there should be no confounding bias. However, if some of that sample is notanalyzed at the end ofthe ... perspective, this is called ITT because we intendto treat all the patients for the entire duration ofthe study, whether or not they stay in the study until the very end. From the statistical analysis...
... a foreign language because they are attracted to the culture of one ofthe TLCs (see (c) above). They learn thelanguage becausethey want to know more about the people who speak it, the places ... competent users of a language are proficient in a range of language skills, though not all of them have the same range of sub-skills.It will be our responsibility to see that the students' language ... as will other members of the student's community.Another factor affecting the attitude of students is their previousexperiences as language learners. If they were successful then they may...