... of incentives to create ideas against the benefit to society of disseminating those ideas This analysis suggests that policy needs to address not only the general (and somewhat amorphous) dissemination ... tablatures as well as guitar lessons and other aids to guitarists The site, formerly hosted by the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, was highly popular, with users downloading some 200,000 files per ... important source of innovation in the software industry in the past But this is not what happened An analysis by James Bessen and Robert Hunt (2004) paints a detailed picture of software patenting Software...
Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 01:20
... probably with others I am sure because, as humans, we possess a reflective and social curiosity And that curiosity is not just a way of passing the time Indeed, as has been said, time would have passed ... finished The puzzles may persist; perhaps some are inescapable Of course, philosophy is no mere matter of fun; philosophy grapples with basic understandings and misunderstandings Philosophy knows ... thousands of times each day, yet quite what is the self, or the selves, of which we speak? What makes my self a different self from yours? - puzzles found in Chapters 18 and 6, Thebrain and 'Hi,...
Ngày tải lên: 11/03/2014, 18:31
What’s wrong with outsourcing? potx
... The results from this survey are surprising Most current reports into outsourcing suggests that not realising the cost savings is the biggest problem with outsourcing What this finding shows ... IT professional believe that more than half of the value of outsourcing does not materialise This makes sense given that half of them were not satisfied with their outsourcing experience (s) What ... percentage of value is eroded in outsourcing over the lifetime of the deal? The results from the second survey question, What percentage of value is lost in outsourcing over the life of the deal?’...
Ngày tải lên: 18/03/2014, 03:20
Rugby’s Great Split Class, culture and the origins of rugby league football pdf
... where its analysis and conclusions differ from others, this work speaks for itself Certainly, the rise of professionalism, the reasons for the 1895 split and the class composition of the Northern ... role of players in the game and the NU s reluctant steps to open professionalism, the chapter details the helplessness of the sport in the face of the tidal wave of soccer in the early 190 0s The ... on the terraces The best work on the social history of sport has drawn on these themes Tony Mason s work on soccer and Wray Vamplew s analysis of the development of professional sport have established...
Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 20:20
báo cáo hóa học:" Combined life satisfaction of persons with stroke and their caregivers: associations with caregiver burden and the impact of stroke" potx
... also interesting to note the differences in the SIS scores of the persons with stroke in the discordant dyads compared with either the satisfied or the dissatisfied dyads (see Table 4) The persons ... aphasia Caregiver Burden scale (CBs) The Caregiver Burden scale [33] assesses the subjective burden of the persons assisting the person with stroke The scale comprises 22 items, dealing with the ... dissatisfying” The results of each individuals response to the first question was dichotomized, with the scores of 5-6 meaning “satisfied”, and the scores 1-4 meaning “dissatisfied” This is considered...
Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20
summary of dissertation delimitation of the jurisdiction to deal with administrative complaints and the jurisdiction of courts to deal with administrative cases in vietnam
... analysis, comparison, synthesis, statistics, specific historical study and results of social surveys carried out in previous studies Research s implication in science and practice aspects Dissertation ... assessment of previous studies related directly to the scope of this research, the viewpoints of delimitation of the jurisdiction to deal with administrative complaints and the jurisdiction of ... jurisdiction of courts to deal with administrative cases - The dissertation evaluates the status quo of the delimitation of the jurisdiction to deal with administrative complaints and the jurisdiction...
Ngày tải lên: 17/07/2014, 11:06
Báo cáo y học: "Abnormalities of B cell phenotype, immunoglobulin gene expression and the emergence of autoimmunity in Sjögren’s syndrome" pdf
... found to be expressed in these cells On the basis of the available data on the distribution of B cell subsets in SLE versus pSS, there is increasing evidence that diseases associated with immunologic ... patients with pSS compared with normals These data are consistent with the conclusion that there is clonal expansion within the salivary gland B cells as well as the selection of cells expressing particular ... express CD5, further supporting the hypothesis of homing and activation of specific B cells in the glands B cell malignancies and Sjögren s syndrome In contrast to the focal sialadenitis of the...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:21
Báo cáo y học: "Elevated autoantibody content in rheumatoid arthritis synovia with lymphoid aggregates and the effect of rituximab" ppt
... In some cases, a paired serum or plasma sample was obtained at the time of surgery or biopsy All samples were stored at -80°C until analysis The presence or absence of lymphoid aggregates was scored ... in sets of six or were embedded in cryosectioning medium For ARISE patients, synovial tissue biopsies were obtained under conscious sedation anesthesia from knees or wrists using arthroscopically ... the number or size of these aggregates [7] Because such aggregates are associated with elevated synovial immunoglobulin synthesis, as determined by mRNA levels for IgG constant regions [8], and...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 13:21
Báo cáo y học: "a comparison with reference values and the effect of positive end-expiratory pressure in intensive care unit patients with different lung condition" ppsx
... 1.00 [11] Statistical analysis Statistical analysis was performed with SPSS version 14.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation Comparisons between the three ... application of higher PEEP in this setting would lead to overdistention Surprisingly, patients with secondary lung disorders due to abdominal sepsis had the lowest EELV values at the PEEP levels we used ... contributions IB carried out the data acquisition, analysis, statistical analysis, and participated in drafting the manuscript DRM participated in the statistical analysis and drafting the manuscript...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:23
Báo cáo y học: "Correction: End-expiratory lung volume during mechanical ventilation: a comparison with reference values and the effect of positive end-expiratory pressure in intensive care unit patients with different lung conditions" pdf
... types of lung conditions at three PEEP levels Patients in group N had normal lungs, those in group P had a primary lung disorder, and those in group S had a secondary lung disorder Values are ... normal lungs, those in group P had a primary lung disorder, and those in group S had a secondary lung disorder EELV, end-expiratory lung volume; PEEP, positive end-expiratory pressure Page of (page ... pressure Figure Correlation between change in EELV and change in dynamic compliance Data are presented as the difference between the lowest PEEP level (5 cmH2O) and 10 or 15 cmH2O PEEP Patients...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:21
Corporate environmental risk management and the cost of debt
... statistical analysis of both panels should be similar As a result, the test of Hypothesis will be done using the same statistical methodology as for Hypothesis 27 CORPORATE ERM AND THE COST OF ... descriptive analysis The following sections of Research Design and Results exclusively address Hypothesis and the preliminary analysis Elements on Hypothesis are added in section 5.7 4.3 Cost of ... first hypothesis is based on the study of indirect environmental risks and agency CORPORATE ERM AND THE COST OF DEBT FLORENT ROSTAING 2009 problems The second hypothesis is based on the study of...
Ngày tải lên: 03/10/2015, 21:58
Executive wisdom: Coaching and the emergence of virtuous leaders potx
... essay discussed the work of St Thomas Aquinas and Descartes on wisdom in the context of Plato and Aristotle He quoted St Thomas 's summary of Aristotle 's definition of the wise man as follows: ... lives Synthesizing a rich array of concepts and processes, such as wisdom mapping, Kilburg deepens the reader 's understanding of leadership performance and explains the causes and consequences of ... finished the work of that session with an exploration of what he could to change the pattern of his exchanges with his boss and a discussion of the possibility of his pursuing some psychotherapy to...
Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 16:20
The Evolution of Entertainment Consumption and the Emergence of Cinema, 1890-1940 docx
... cinema The notion of the persistence of vision is old, and was used in several of the visual gadgets of the 19th century, such as the Thaumatrope and the projection of a cartoon The idea to dissect ... Johnson, Jaime Reis, Ulrich Witt and the anonymous referees for comments and suggestions The paper also strongly benefited from the comments and suggestions of the participants of the workshop ... process, some of these goods, such as cinema and radio, formed the basis of dominant consumption habits, while others remained relatively small The emergence of cinema, then, was led to a considerable...
Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 17:20
the idea of idolatry and the emergence of islam from polemic to history
... non-specialists, aims to elucidate these issues and to indicate some of the starting-points of the discussion A reconsideration of the nature and target of the koranic polemic, together with a discussion of ... version of the truth This book questions how far Islam arose in arguments with real polytheists and idolaters, and suggests that it was concerned rather with other monotheists whose monotheism ... evolutionary process, the ã sources of his own monotheism claried, and reasons provided for his success The version of this theory set out by Julius Wellhausen in his Reste arabischen Heidentums (rst edition...
Ngày tải lên: 01/06/2014, 10:54
fed up with the legal system, what's wrong and how to fix it 2nd (1994)
... Uncontested matters—adoptions, conservatorships, divorces, probates, guardianships and others—should be removed from court entirely A few of these court procedures, such as the processes necessary ... access from outside the system is an uphill struggle To make these reforms happen before the end of this century, there s something else we need do: appeal to a long-lost sense of duty and responsibility ... courts is so tedious, and the expense so high, that the remedy, Justice, is worse than injustice, the disease —BENJAMIN FRANKLIN But even assuming there is some value to conducting some types of official...
Ngày tải lên: 18/04/2014, 14:05
Tài liệu Egypt''''s Water Warriors : Water Pollution in Egypt and the Role of NGOs in Reaching Integrated Management ppt
... participatory assessment exercises among stakeholders to identify and harness the wealth of knowledge, skills, resources and institutions of importance for integrated management of water resources that ... facilities The use of fertilizers and pesticides has significantly increased after the construction of High Dam and causes weed flourishing, which increases evapotrans piration, blocks the waterways, ... pollution2 sources in Egypt today are various and Industrial wastes are considered3 the major source On the other hand, about 90% of the rural populations have no access to sewer systems or wastewater...
Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 04:20
Báo cáo khoa học: What’s in a covalent bond? On the role and formation of covalently bound flavin cofactors doc
... Fig Surface representations of several covalent flavoenzyme structures and the corresponding substrates, illustrating the open active sites of bicovalent flavoproteins The protein structure images ... flavoproteins, flavin analogs have been used to explore mechanisms and effects of flavin binding, and some examples are presented and discussed below A study of covalent flavinylation of the flavoprotein subunit ... activity and other biochemical properties is fundamentally different from assigning the role of covalent flavinylation on the basis of these effects Investigations aimed at assigning the importance of...
Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 01:20
strategy implementation the relationship between integrated project management, knowledge management and strategic project portfolio performance
... Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner Further reproduction prohibited without permission Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner Further reproduction prohibited without permission ... Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner Further reproduction prohibited without permission Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner Further reproduction prohibited without permission ... Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner Further reproduction prohibited without permission Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner Further reproduction prohibited without permission...
Ngày tải lên: 03/06/2014, 02:12
beyond outrage. what has gone wrong with our economy and our democracy and how to fix it - robert reich
... positively What these patrons want most are lower taxes for themselves and their businesses They also want subsidies, bailouts, government contracts, loan guarantees, and other forms of corporate ... immigrants These regressives also want to resurrect the classical economics of the 192 0s the view that economic downturns are best addressed by doing nothing until the “rot” is purged out of the system ... out of the pay of the middle class and the working poor than out of the rich Sales taxes at the state and local levels are soaring, along with property taxes and tolls on highways, bridges, and...
Ngày tải lên: 08/06/2014, 08:50
Management and Financial Audit of the Hawaii Tourism Authority’s Major Contracts A Report _part1 ppt
... The Office of the Auditor The missions of the Office of the Auditor are assigned by the Hawaii State Constitution (Article VII, Section 10) The primary mission is to conduct post audits of the ... Legislature Under its assigned missions, the office conducts the following types of examinations: Financial audits attest to the fairness of the financial statements of agencies They examine the ... benefits Such bills cannot be enacted unless they are referred to the Office of the Auditor for an assessment of the social and financial impact of the proposed measure Analyses of proposed special...
Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 20:20