... study called the Stern Review commissioned by the Chancellor ofthe Exchequer in the UK, presented an assessment ofthe anticipated impacts of climate change As a foreboding sign ofthe content ... all ofthe 192 nations that have ratified the Kyoto Protocol (as of December 1, 2009) have introduced initiatives to support the development of renewable energy Many ofthe top economies ofthe ... better understandingof these peripheral influences on the policy process, and ii) begin the process of ―bringing order‖ to the study of these forces by developing cognitive taxonomies to map these...
... will be the top ofthe paper As the colour washes down towards the edge ofthe paper it gathers more ofthe pigment so that when you have finished, the strongest part ofthe colour is nearer the ... direction ofthe light Coming from the top left, the first schematic head is lit on the top, down one side ofthe face, one side ofthe nose, the upper edge ofthe upper lip, the lower lip and the ... begin on the other colours I put in the blue edge to the bowl and then the basic yellow ofthe bananas and the yellow and green ofthe apples Next, I drew the pattern on the plate and also the very...
... formulate the coolest interaction ever conceived, but if the platform can’t handle it, it is of little use to the end user Understandingthe limitations ofthe browser environment and grasping the ... explore another option The Touch Interface Touch interfaces are awesome, right? They are the wave ofthe future But the way we interact with a touch-enabled device is a lot different from the way ... support was poor; there were no real tools to help test code other than the browser, and there was a growing mountain of security holes with the browser implementations ofthe language, but people...
... provided a poor approximation ofthe ‘horizons ofunderstandingof domain experts whose knowledge they purportedly captured and transferred Accordingly, the use of these applications was restricted ... use ofthe decision tree in consultation mode at the distributed regional interfaces is therefore excluded, in the [initial version ofthe application] If, in the longer term, it emerges that there ... ultimately, themselves redundant In reaction to the probability of industrial unrest, Coillte dispensed with the services of IMS—Sean Breen, IMS’s CEO described the situation thus: The first phase of the...
... with an understandingof each ofthe seven layers, including their functions and their relationships to each other This will provide you with an overview ofthe network process, which can then act ... Protocols, or rules, can their work in either hardware or software or, as with most protocol stacks, in a combination ofthe two The nature of these stacks is that the lower layers their work in hardware ... as a framework for understandingthe details of computer networking Since the discussion of networking often includes talk of “extra layers”, this paper will address these unofficial layers as...
... of FGM takes place at the ages of 15 – 19 years, 14 percent at the age of 20-24 years, 15 percent at the age of 25 – 29 years and about 16 percent at the age of 30 - 39 years, 19 percent at the ... individuals The main goal ofthe policy is to direct development of other policies, strategies and programmes that ensure sustainable development ofthe people The specific goals of this policy ... employer compared to other sectors There were 2.3 million unemployed persons at the time ofthe Survey About half of them were living in urban areas Unemployment for the city of Dar-es-Salaam alone...
... is, they have essentially assumed the expectations hypothesis Assessing the variability as well as the level ofthe term premium, and the relationship between the term premium and the macroeconomy, ... expectations hypothesis ofthe term structure, but the regression evidence also provides a useful summary statistic ofthe changing behavior ofthe term structure lighting the importance of a shift ... identification ofthe general role of each factor, even though the factors themselves remain unobserved and the precise factor loadings depend on the estimated λ, that ensures the estimation ofthe AFNS...
... Titration of CyaY with Fe2+ and Fe3+ Addition of Fe2+ induced the displacement of several resonances in the [1H,15N]-HSQC NMR spectrum of CyaY, but the most striking consequence ofthe addition was the ... disappearance of specific resonances without the concomitant appearance of other signals in other parts ofthe spectrum This result could be a consequence ofthe paramagnetic properties of Fe(II), ... induce a line ˚ broadening of 1–100 Hz in nuclei located within A ofthe binding site, depending on the molecular mass ofthe protein and the strength ofthe magnetic field The only exceptions are...
... in the case ofthe last Nevertheless very few of them are seriously concerned with the question ofthe rise and progress of political economy in the Scottish Enlightenment It is likely that the ... introduced the following form of government into all the nations they subdued The general ofthe army became king ofthe conquered country, and he divided the lands among the great officers of his ... discussion ofthe militia issue The Freedom of government and the militia system Since the union of crowns of 1603 the Parliament of Scotland had always been subordinated to the interests of England...
... goal of this work is to identify the semantic labels of IMs, i.e., the attribute names they implicitly refer to We use Ac to denote the set of IM semantic labels for the intent class c Other ... models for semantic understandingof noun phrase queries Assuming that the intent class c ∈ C of a query is known, we cast the problem of extracting the semantic structure ofthe query into a joint ... name of an intent class For example, the IH ofthe query “alice in wonderland 2010 cast” is “cast”, which is an attribute name of Movie By issuing the query, the user intends to find out the values...
... trend in the income (before taxes) share ofthe top 0.1% (the top solid line in the figure) and the top 0.01% (the lower dashed line) since 1945.32 Under both definitions ofthe top ofthe income ... However, the top tax rate reductions appear to be associated with the increasing concentration of income at the top ofthe income distribution The share of income accruing to the top 0.1% of U.S ... Share of Income of Top 0.1% Share of Income of Top 0.01% Source: Piketty and Saez Note: The vertical axis is the share of total income The observed relationship between the top tax rates and the...
... gone to the store or washed dishes at all Yet they must have the same truth-value If either ofthe assertions is true, then they both are; if either ofthe assertions is false, then they both ... proof 4B Hypotheses and theorems in two-column proofs A two-column proof must start by listing all ofthe hypotheses ofthe deduction, and each hypothesis is justified by writing the word hypothesis ... the proof (And the lines where the hypotheses appear are written in parentheses after the name ofthe theorem.) For example, the theorems “⇒-elim” and “∨-elim were used in our first examples of...
... the use ofthe SSEL for these types of analyses First, the quality ofthe analyses depends critically on the quality ofthe industry and location codes in the SSEL While the quality of such codes ... measurement ofthe digital economy In “GDP and the Digital Economy: Keeping up with the Changes,” Brent Moulton argues that inadequate measurement ofthe true output ofthe digital economy has ... the U.S statistical system in order to track the growth and impact ofthe digital economyThe 1997 Department of Commerce report on The Emerging Digital Economy provides examples of aspects of...
... workshop was held at the offices of McAfee Security (a division of Network Associates, Inc.) in Rockville, MD The topic was Understandingthe Insider Threat.” The format ofthe workshop combined ... objectives of this workshop were: The agencies normally considered to constitute the IC are the office ofthe Director of Central Intelligence, the Community Management Staff, the National ... restrictions The remainder of this document consists ofthe results ofthe deliberations ofthe four breakout groups (Those results were originally presented to the workshop on PowerPoint charts; they...
... at the closure ofthe event by the participants; • questions regarding the presentation and the content ofthe workshop, completed anonymously by the participants ofthe workshop (listed on the ... noting the amount advanced • the recipient ofthe cash signs in acknowledgement of receipt ofthe cash advance • after the purchase has been made, the proof of payment (invoice or till slip) and the ... Receiver of 20 Fundamentalsof NGO Management Revenue PAYE deducted is paid to the Receiver of Revenue within twenty days after the end ofthe month for which the salary was paid After the end of the...
... the location of amyloidogenic mutations and position of b-strands (A) The structure ofthe polypeptide backbone ofthe two chains (purple and blue) is shown along with the location ofthe N-terminus ... tissue and that the distribution of TTR deposition reflects the presence of these endogenous factors In the case ofthe Ab protein of Alzheimer’s disease, a number of proteins and factors (pathological ... strategy if the concentration ofthe oligomeric species were also decreased Mechanism of neurotoxicity in FAP: the lesson from other amyloidoses A number of studies have examined the mechanism of neurotoxicity...
... quickly the investment is recouped, the higher the rating ofthe overall value ofthe MBA The overall value ofthe MBA is also related to the job satisfaction of alumni In MBA Alumni Perspectives ... ofthe multiple regression analysis show that both the MBA Degree and School/Program variables contribute significantly to prediction ofthe overall value ofthe MBA, regardless ofthe type of ... Understandingthe Value ofthe MBA, Bruce Figure shows the distribution of values for the MBA Degree scale and Figure 3, the distribution of values for the School/Program scale Figure Distribution of MBA...
... other profile in the data set The profiles of G can be summarized by a vector s whose dimensionality is that ofthe data, and each of whose elements contains the mean ofthe frequencies for the ... where j is the index to the jth element of s, i indexes the rows ofthe data matrix F, and n is the total number of rows in cluster G If s is interpreted in terms ofthe semantics ofthe matrix ... interpretation ofthe cluster tree, therefore, is to work through the levels ofthe tree from the top, constructing and comparing thematic profiles for the subclusters at each level as far down the tree...
... to the Wisconsin economy and are of growing importance to the citizens ofthe state The total economic contribution of Wisconsin public libraries to the Wisconsin economy is $753,699,545 The ... bodies and other sectors oftheeconomy This chapter extends the analysis ofthe economic value of public libraries to the market value of services provided to the citizens of Wisconsin by Wisconsin’s ... function ofthe time spent per transaction and the intrinsic value ofthe time ofthe librarian answering the reference request In most other statewide library impact studies, the value of a reference...
... guide the efforts of literacy coaches and the administrators who oversee their work These experiences, the excitement and satisfaction we have found in xxi THEFUNDAMENTALSOF LITERACY COACHING them, ... xiii THEFUNDAMENTALSOF LITERACY COACHING someday live a life with half the integrity you demonstrate, then I know I have truly succeeded xiv Foreword W hen I first read the draft ofTheFundamentals ... difference in the long run (Fullan, 1985) The vehicle needs to keep moving regardless of staff turnover and the introduction of new goals 17 THEFUNDAMENTALSOF LITERACY COACHING Train the New Teachers...