... Officials in International Business Transactions; Southeast Asian Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Treaty; Inter-American Convention against Corruption; Council of Europe Convention on ... property Another variation onthis type of confiscation, called “abandonment” by some jurisdictions, employs a similar procedure Another non-judicial means to recover assets is through taxation ofthe ... international or bilateral conventions and treaties Box 1.1 outlines the various laws relevant to practitioners pursuing these avenues In addition, there are other legal, practical, or operational realities...
... information systems and data warehouses been able to manage a great deal of data The challenge is to capture and measure soft and qualitative information For example, in the book The Experience Economy ... evaluation settings Their major drawback of evaluation is that they focus onthe estimation of cash flows and accounting criteria (Kim, Suh and Hwang, 2003) Nevertheless, traditional performance ... Skandia Navigator (Edvinsson and Malone, 1997) Value Chain Scoreboard (Lev, 2002) Description of measure Sets of human capital indicators are collected and bench-marked against a database Similar...
... them They are onthis train in the next carriage The Padre told me he was the only one at St Nazaire for all the hospitals and all the troops in camp (15,000 in one camp alone) He had commandeered ... the men and N.C.O.'s are just the same, and always awfully grateful if you can help them out with the language in any way This was a conversation I heard in my ward to-day Brother of Captain ... doing all the train half the night, and another all the train the other half The other two go to bed all night I am one of these, as I have got a bit ofa throat and have been sent to bed early We've...
... GAPDH_rev TGAAAGACCTTTCAAACCCCTC GTTTTGCAGTAGGCCACCAC GCCAGGGAAGTCAGAACTTC GTTTTGCAGTAGGCCACCAC CCACAGAAGGAGCAAATACTTC GTTTTGCAGTAGGCCACCAC AGGAGGAGGAGTGGTGCTG GTCCCCAGCAGCAGCAGTA GAGGTGAGCCGATGGAGATTTA ... GAGGTGAGCCGATGGAGATTTA CCTCTCAGGCGCTCAGCTTC TCTCCGGCGAGATGTCCGA GCTCCAGTGAATCCAGGTTG TCTCCGGCGAGATGTCCGA GGCAGCGATCACCAGTAAAC GAAGGGCTCATGACCACAGTCCAT TCATTGTCGTACCAGGAAATGAGCTT Immunoglobulin domain (type ... at a ¨ concentration of lm GM6001 (Calbiochem, San Diego, CA, USA) was used at a final concentration of 10 lm and phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (Sigma, Deisenhofen, Germany) was used at a concentration...
... software application to reach the destination An access attack can come in the form of unauthorized data retrieval and manipulation, system access, or privileged escalation Access attacks can ... unleash may reach worldwide proportions and cause millions of dollars of damage In some cases, a virus may be unleashed that containsinformation that actually points back to the author ofthe ... paralyzing damage can be caused Because many DoS attacks are relatively easy to initiate and can be performed anonymously, it is the most feared attack onthe Internet A Distributed Denial of...
... perpendicular to the helical axis in panels A and B, and is parallel to the helical axis in panels C and D rapid exchange ofthe Hz amino protons This observation indicates that the lysine side-chains are ... Scans were taken with a 5-nm excitation and emission bandwidth, a 0.5-s response time, and a scan speed of 40 nmÆs)1 All samples contained lM peptide or the same concentration of NATA for control ... This location would be advantageous to facilitate the amphipathic interaction between the peptide and the membrane surface, as the tryptophan side chain is amphiphilic in nature The tryptophan...
... equation and a Jensen-quadratic equation Abstr Appl Anal 2007 (2007) Article ID 45179 Găvruta, P: A generalization ofthe Hyers-Ulam-Rassias stability of approximately additive mappings J Math Anal ... : = ax2 + bxy + cy2 is a solution ofthe Equation 1.1 The authors [12] acquired the general solution and proved the stability ofthe functional Equation 1.1 for the case that X and Y are real ... Bae and Park Journal of Inequalities and Applications 2011, 2011:82 http://www.journalofinequalitiesandapplications.com/content/2011/1/82 Page of for all x, y, z, w Î X Thus, the mapping F satisfies...
... have found that the higher energy states ofthe QDs don’t act as intermediate stages in the carrier relaxation, while the carriers can cool down to any lower energy states followinga relaxation ... measurements as a function ofthe detection energy state In fact the sum ofthe rise time (*2 ps) and the decay time (*4 ps) for the GaAs emission confirms the carriers dynamics just described Therefore ... observation indicates that the intra-dot relaxation is slower than the direct carrier capture for high power density excitation Such a fast relaxation probably occurs through a finite continuum of...
... that the inclusion of Hong Kong with the PRC implies that the renminbi devaluation is also accompanied by a devaluation ofthe Hong Kong dollar by the same amount Now the likelihood of Hong Kong ... significant market share in textiles and apparel and other manufactures TABLE Market Share of ASEAN and China in Selected Markets (Asian Crisis Simulation Result) SECTORS USA EU JAPAN ASEAN China ASEAN ... Korea have been much lower In the case of ASEAN the computed average rate of real devaluation is only about 14.3% while it is only 8.8% for Korea TABLE Nominal Devaluation and Rates of Inflation...
... mineralisation microbial NH4 immobilisation - gross nitrification leaching of NH4 inside the cylinders1 Missing data were calculated using the mean of available monthly data for the same period of ... discussed later) 2.5 Statistical analysis Each year, the annual fluxes were calculated by adding up the 13 4-week incubation period fluxes As in 1993 only summer month data are available, we calculated ... was high but was lower than mineralisation Mineralisation and root uptake were generally lower during the winter season, but the dormant season is probably shorter than months, and a part of the...
... interviews, and a thematic analysis was carried out Data collection and analysis was led by an experienced qualitative researcher The main author ofthe randomised trial was also involved in the qualitative ... of qualitative data collection was referred to briefly in the paper or in emails from authors, but was unavailable At least half ofthis research appeared to have been done before the trial in ... report as the randomised trial, and authors discussed the apparently contradictory results, including a discussion ofthe qualitative data and the choice of quantitative outcome measures Figure Example...
... [http://www.diabetes.ca/cpg2003/chapters.aspx?agrowing healthcareproblem.htm] Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA): Clinical practice guidelines for themanagementof diabetes in Canada Canadian Medical Association ... Limitations An inherent limitation of collecting data through chart audit is the documented data obtained may potentially underestimate actual care [112] Other methods of data collection, such as ... with diabetes Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Registered Nurses Association of Ontario; 2004 McIntosh A, Peters J, Young R, Hutchinson A, Chiverton R, Clarkson S, et al.: Prevention and managementof foot...
... [http://www.diabetes.ca/cpg2003/chapters.aspx?agrowing healthcareproblem.htm] Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA): Clinical practice guidelines for themanagementof diabetes in Canada Canadian Medical Association ... Limitations An inherent limitation of collecting data through chart audit is the documented data obtained may potentially underestimate actual care [112] Other methods of data collection, such as ... with diabetes Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Registered Nurses Association of Ontario; 2004 McIntosh A, Peters J, Young R, Hutchinson A, Chiverton R, Clarkson S, et al.: Prevention and managementof foot...
... selection, training, evaluation and promotion, and remuneration This part will focus the impact of one of cultural dimensions (Short and long – term orientation) dimension on human recourses management ... cultural and national contexts This is one ofthe essential tools to help multinational companies can understand how and why these cultural factors influence organizational behavior From this, they ... work toward a target of mutual understanding and agreement and 'shake-hands' when that agreement is reached – a cultural signal ofthe end of negotiations and the start of 'working together' In...
... training and validation bulls was nearly the same for all amax values and thus x2i is always The equation used here was a max LD x a max d e a max , (2) where a max is the accuracy of GEBVs ... 0.064 Mb and 0.22, respectively Training and validation data Tablesummarizesthe number of bulls used for training in each sampled pair of training and validation data sets as well as the total number ... number of validation bulls over all samples for the specified amax values Fifteen pairs of training and validation data sets were generated for each scenario with an average validation size of 33...
... recorded in the functional currency at the rate of exchange at the date ofthe transaction, or at rates that approximate the actual exchange rates, e.g an average exchange rate for a speciic period ... currency at the rate of exchange at the date ofthe transaction, or at rates that approximate the actual exchange rates, e.g an average exchange rate for a speciic period when exchange rates not ... for an available-for-sale inancial asset, a fund may use a new EIR computed based onthe fair value at the date of impairment Foreign exchange gains and losses Proit or loss Calculated as the...
... downward, away from the DNA-coated side (the probe DNA is coated onthe gold film onthe top ofthe cantilever) To confirm that the deflection signals are caused by DNA hybridization, the buffer containing ... deflection signal, as shown in Fig The final deflection ofthe cantilever is 122 nm for the DNA concentration of 0.5 M According to the calibration, the increased deflection indicates that the cantilever ... binding to the goldcoated surface The complementary DNA used as the target DNA is an ss-DNA with the sequence of 5ЈAGG TCT AGT GCA-3Ј A noncomplementary ss-DNA with the sequence of 5Ј-TGC ACT AGA CCT-3Ј...
... whether this type of data collection will occur ona routine basis as part ofthe TIMS programme Data analysis The responses for several variables – training focus, qualification and reason for ... location by grouping regions into established regions (Addis Ababa; Amhara; Dire Dawa; Harari; Oromia; Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples States (SNNPR)); Tigray; and emerging regions ... gather feedback onthe usefulness ofthe data, the ease or difficulty of collecting the data, and the perceived use of these data during regular programme monitoring Thisinformation will be used...
... demographic, tablethe clinical and treatment characteristics ofthe participants Participants with malignancies had a broad range of tumour localisations (table 3) At the time of being surveyed, at least ... Leiomyosarcoma Melanoma Ovarian carcinoma Ovarian sarcoma Pancreatic cancer Pharyngeal cancer Plasmocytoma Pleural mesotelioma Prostatic cancer Rectum carcinoma Thymic carcinoma Thyroid carcinoma Tonsillar ... Twenty-two patients had no metastases, 35 had a metastatic or generalized disease The median KPI at the time of recruitment was 90% The duration ofthe disease was on average 2.9 years The mean haemoglobin...
... eight leaves was cut under water, and after stabilisation of stomatal conductance, the shoot was transferred to a tube containing an aqueous solution of ABA (10 M) Stomatal conductance was fol-3 ... Likewise, the steady-state valueofA in Ca-deficient plants was reduced to half ofthe control A unique linear relationship found between A and the stomatal conductance to water vapour (g at steady ... water vapour ) 2c ) i ), w (g and the substomatal CO concentration (c were calculated followingthe equation of von Caemmerer and Farquhar (1981) After suitable calibration, fluorescence signals...