... Copyright and Cultural Institutions Copyright and Cultural Institutions Guidelines for Digitization for U. S Libraries, Archives, and Museums Peter B Hirtle, Emily Hudson, & Andrew T Kenyon Cornell University ... maquettes, molds, relief sculptures Stained glass designs Stencils, cut-outs Technical drawings, architectural drawings or plans, blueprints, diagrams, mechanical drawings Weaving designs, lace designs, ... is found in Article I, Section of the U. S Constitution, which authorizes Congress to enact laws “To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and...
Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 21:20
... Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) oversees proposed foreign mergers with and acquisitions of U. S businesses The National Industrial Security Program (NISP) governs U. S classified information ... compete for DoD business, and (2) promote far greater use of commercial designs, subsystems, components, parts, technologies, and processes in weapon systems For a discussion and analysis of the broad ... foreign firms are insisting with increasing aggressiveness on more equal business relationships with U. S firms as well as on less restrictive U. S policies regarding access to the U. S market, technology...
Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 11:20
Integrating U.S. Climate, Energy, and Transportation Policies potx
... emissions limit will need to buy additional permits As a result, if one business can reduce its emissions at a lower cost than another business, it makes sense all around for the first business ... of society s essential physical assets and natural resources and to enhance the related social assets of safety and security of individuals in transit and in their workplaces and communities The ... human influence and association with emissions and land use Industry, the U. S Congress, and most state governments accept this, and the general public is reaching a greater awareness as well As...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 21:20
The U.S. Automotive Market and Industry in 2025 pot
... fleet and annual sales of new products This could result in the loss of hundreds of thousands of U. S manufacturing jobs and reduce the standard of living and personal mobility of millions of U. S ... modest U. S Census Bureau, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division, “American Housing Survey: 1989, 2007,” 1990, 2008 ... much by 2025 Figure 2: Public Transportation Usage Rate City Households: 29% Suburban and Rural Households: 71% Use Public Transportation Regularly: 9% Source: U. S Department of Housing and Urban...
Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 11:20
Intergrating U.S.Climate, Rnergy, and Transportation Policies pot
... emissions limit will need to buy additional permits As a result, if one business can reduce its emissions at a lower cost than another business, it makes sense all around for the first business ... of society s essential physical assets and natural resources and to enhance the related social assets of safety and security of individuals in transit and in their workplaces and communities The ... human influence and association with emissions and land use Industry, the U. S Congress, and most state governments accept this, and the general public is reaching a greater awareness as well As...
Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 22:20
Taxation of U.S. Investment Partnerships and Hedge Funds ppt
... admitting U. S investors is not a PFIC-rule triggering entity U. S Investors in Swiss Bank Accounts For comprehensiveness, we discuss the issue of U. S taxable individual investors who maintain accounts ... Partnerships and Hedge Funds Business Tax on Income (UBTI) for tax-exempt U. S investors Until then, much of the subsequent discussion on hedge funds almost exactly applies to U. S Venture Funds (or, ... siphoning assets out of legitimate U. S businesses through outright fraudulent means, and who seek a vehicle not just for hiding these assets under the shroud of offshore banking secrecy but also to...
Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 14:20
How Is Deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan Affecting U.S. Service Members and Their Families potx
... higher-than-usual work stress and higher-than-usual personal stress The sizes of these effects were quite similar at first- and second-term reenlistments; Figure 2.2 shows the results at first term ... increases in productivity, as well as from reductions in the expected number of suicides Figure 4.3 Costs per Case—Including Medical Costs, Productivity Costs, and Costs of Lives Lost to Suicide—That ... Deployment on Reservists’ Earnings and How Families Coped with Absence 37 Figure 5.7 Positive Aspects of Deployments, by Service Members and Spouses Service members Spouses Family closeness* Financial...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 08:20
Ele ctricity Use d by Office Equipment and Netw ork Equipment in the U.S.: Detailed Report and A ppendices ppt
... Feburary U. S Census Bureau 1999 “Estimates of Housing Units, Households, Households by Age of Householder, and Persons per Household.” Available at ... hours/week Nighttime Status – We assumed the same usage of commercial/industrial inkjet printers as that for desktop computers, since both are usually used individually Daytime Status – We assumed ... natural to assume that more than 15% of residential laser printers are used for business as well as private purposes We assumed that 25% of residential laser printers are for business as well as...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 23:20
acquisition management in the u s air force and its predecessors ppt
Ngày tải lên: 01/04/2014, 18:20
3 carbon isotope discrimination in roots and shoots of major weed species of southern u s rice fields and its potential use for analysis of rice–weed root interactions
... determined via instrument response to known standards One third to one half of the samples processed through the combustion/mass spectrometer procedure consisted of isotope standards to ensure proper ... thoroughly and submitted to the University of Arkansas Stable Isotope Laboratory for d13C and carbon content analysis as described in the ‘‘tissue analysis’’ section above Equations and were used ... Equation 23 was developed using a simple mixing model for d13C values It is presented as Equation 14c.12 in Supplemental Appendix 1C Results and Discussion 13 d C Levels in Roots and Shoots of...
Ngày tải lên: 04/09/2015, 07:24
Essays on real assets, corporate investment and equity financing evidence from u s capital markets and securitized real estate
... types of assets, i.e., real estate assets and other corporate assets Specifically, I examine how real estate risk impacts corporate policies If investors understand the firm s exposure to real estate ... itself, but differs across the real estate assets and other corporate assets, hence I can use the exposure or relative portion of real estate assets over total assets as a good proxy for the adjustment ... Investment Trusts (REITs) Created in United States, REITs offer institutions and individuals the opportunities to invest in real properties The tax-exempt feature of REITs requires REITs to distribute...
Ngày tải lên: 09/09/2015, 11:19
Biogas development in the u s current trends and future opportunities
... WoodIWood Waste and Municipal Solid WasteILandfill Gas Yet this "Other Biomass" category includes "agricultural byproducts/crops, sludge waste, tires, and other biomass solids, liquids, and gasses".16In ... digestion systems? In answering this question I look at the current culture and barriers in the U. S and apply successful European strategies to this end Ultimately, this thesis applies the outcome ... concerns, it is useful to assess this resource based on a number of characteristics that determine how successful any one solution will be Here I address the qualities of accessibility, cost, maintenance,...
Ngày tải lên: 21/09/2015, 21:23
Tài liệu Screening for Breast Cancer: Systematic Evidence Review Update for the U. S. Preventive Services Task Force doc
... Assumes missing values not undergo procedure Assumes missing values undergo procedure 47 22 14 48 23 15 10 Biopsy Assumes missing values not undergo procedure Assumes missing values undergo procedure ... for screening average-risk women Several study Adverse effects have been studied designs and data in various ways, most studies are sources including descriptive RCTs, observational studies, surveys, ... years was used as the definition of overdiagnosis in this analysis Key Question 2b What are the harms associated with CBE? Harms associated with CBE include false-positive results and subsequent...
Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 21:20
Tài liệu Moist-Soil Management Guidelines for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Region pptx
... Sagittaria spp Salicornia spp Salix spp Saururus cernuus Scirpus americanus Scirpus confervoides Scirpus cyperinus Scirpus pungens Scirpus robustus Scirpus spp Scirpus spp Scirpus validus Sesbania ... delta duck potato arrowhead glasswort willow1 lizard 's tail bulrush, american (olneyi-three bulrush, algal woolgrass sword-grass bulrush, saltmarsh bulrush bulrush, slender bulrush, softstem4 sesbania2 ... belliadastrum Erigeron spp Eupatorium capillifolium Eupatorium serotinum Fimbristylis spadicea Fraxinus spp Fuirena squarrosa Gerardia spp Helenium spp Heteranthera limosa Hibiscus moscheutos Hibiscus...
Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 12:20
Screening for Cervical Cancer - U.S. Preventive Services Task Force pdf
... there is documented evidence of adequate past screening; details of what constitutes “adequate” past screening vary No current screening guidelines specifically recommend using HPV testing for screening, ... methods The USPSTF found few studies testing the new technologies against an adequate reference standard (colposcopy or histology) and few that included validation of normal screening test results.2,18 ... patients The USPSTF found good evidence that [the service] improves important health outcomes and concludes that benefits substantially outweigh harms B The USPSTF recommends that clinicians routinely...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 02:21
GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION IN U.S. THYROID CANCER INCIDENCE, AND A CLUSTER NEAR NUCLEAR REACTORS IN NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, AND PENNSYLVANIA potx
... 15.4 – 19.0 Source: U. S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, http://statecancerprofiles .cancer. gov, Rates adjusted to 2000 U. S standard population Cases calculated from annual cases in 2001-2005 ... demographics, life style patterns, and use of medical services, should be studied as well Despite these challenges, careful attention should be paid to results in this report, especially as rapidly rising ... Disease Control and Prevention, http://statecancerprofiles .cancer. gov, Rates adjusted to 2000 U. S standard population Cases calculated from annual cases in 2001-2005 The 45 states plus District...
Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 01:20
Guidelines for the early detection and screening of breast cancer ppt
... breast lesions that can be acute or chronic and include acute mastitis, duct ectasia, post-traumatic lesions and granulomatous mastitis Benign fibrocystic lesions Fibrocystic changes represent ... possible metastasis of the cancer to other areas of the body Symptoms such as bone pain, shortness of breath, excessive tiredness, unexpected bleeding and the suchlike, should be pointed out as ... area Obviously, ancillary issues, such as availability and access to treatment services, resources and follow-up services, should also be considered in evaluating the overall mortality rates Additional...
Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 23:20
CO2e emissions from HVAC equipment and lifetime operation for common U.S. building types
... categories Results and discussion The following section presents selected results from the study and provides discussion and analysis with regard to overall GHG emissions for the various building ... and on-site emissions Each is discussed further below The climate influences a building s emissions due to the required HVAC equipment size, load, and runtime ASHRAE 90.1 Standard [21] has subdivided ... Deru s [23] “The Source Energy and Emission Factors for Energy Use in Buildings” were used in this study to account for the source emissions The rate of GHG emissions is different within these...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 15:28