... the strategic plans and policies established by the board of directors As the leader ofthe firm, the CEO has an astounding impact on theperformanceofthe firm and many believe this to be the ... industry propels the economic takeoff of our nation It is the great enabler, knitting together all corners ofthe country, facilitating the movement of people and goods that is the backbone of economic ... managers andthe governance of corporations in the United States and legislators and regulators have been quick to respond to the latest corporate scandals Despite the debate among the academic and...
... commercial banks andofthe value of focusing regulation on the nature ofthe activities being undertaken The Rules have clarified the prudential expectations ofthe BOG Better understanding ofthe requirements ... based on their repayment track record andthe quality ofthe systems used to manage them The promise of repeat loans andthe pressures of group or personal guarantees, and sometimes pledges of movable ... accounts as they repay the loan The group handles the collection of savings and repayments, acts as the interface with the loan officer, and bears group responsibility for recovery (though the loans...
... associations; the training of trainers andthe delivery of training at village level; the improvement of farm livelihood for mango farmers; andthe enhancement of research and extension capabilities for the ... ventures The direct involvement of farmers’ group has been one ofthe strengths ofthe project At the community level there has been an increase in understanding of market arrnagements andthe potential ... into the extension curriculum The project benefited from the mix of experience and inputs on the part ofthe Australian team although there were few opportunities to bring the team together aside...
... between and 10 cm, 10 and 20 cm, and 20 and 30 cm at four locations positioned along the diagonal ofthe plots and m from the center The samples were dried, weighed and sieved to mm Then bulk ... RCD of secondary stems, contrasts I and II were significant only in the first growing season The differences between the 0.5 m spacing andthe 1.0 m and 1.5 m spacings and between the 1.0 m and ... season, and then RGR ofthe 1.0 m and 1.5 m spacings became relatively close for the two other periods This also explains why contrast II was significant for the period from the first to the second...
... its expression in ovary, andthe development ofthe growing oocytes and yolk lipoprotein deposition The association analysis also confirmed the crucial role of VLDLR on the development of yolk ... contributed to the study design and helped in revising the manuscript SJL and WHY participated in the collection of duck blood andthe measurement of egg traits QWX and CL collected data of recorded ... varies slightly among species and tissues, the roles of each isoform may differ In addition, the fact that the transcript lacking the O-linked sugar region (VLDLR-b) and expressed in ovary emphasizes...
... and thereby to improve the functional performanceofthe scaffolds The hypothesis, objectives and significance of this research will be elaborated in the following sections 1.3 Research hypothesis ... comprehensively as they have the potential to harness the advantageous properties of both polymer and ceramics (mainly Ca-P), and thereby improve the biochemical and mechanical properties ofthe bone tissue ... is the mechanical properties ofthe scaffold must be sufficient to withstand in vivo stress and loading [13] andthe choice of material should have a degradation and resorption rate so that the...
... speed of 7200 RPM, the velocity ofthe 28 disk is reduced from nominal 7200 RPM andthe rate of change ofthe signal produced by the MR transducer is monitored As shown in Figure 2.8, the slope of ... thickness and pole tip recession ofthe read/write transducers from slider surface Here, flying height refers to the spacing between the mean plate ofthe disk surface profile andthe mean plate ofthe ... wide range of channel density The testing process will be based on the amplitude ratio ofthe any ofthe harmonics, the preferred combination is the first andthe third harmonics 30 The harmonic...
... denoting the objects covered by the scope ofthe notion expressed in the word, andthe significative function is the function of expressing the content ofthe respective notion The function of rendering ... mentioned The men, especially the husband andthe grandfather, sip alcohol and tell their family members what they see and hear or remind them of right or wrong things in life The others also ... difficult The oldest or the husband ofthe family sits at the head ofthe table and others sit in descending order according to age or wherever they like The meal starts when everyone has their own...
... startup Open the individual windowsofthe kernel debugger by using the View menu, under Debug Windows Check the Debugger Status Check the status ofthe debugger using the status monitor by clicking ... Module 4: Overview oftheWindows CE NET Debugging Process Remote PerformanceMonitor Measures theperformanceof remote Windows CE–based platforms Helps you view the behavior ofperformance objects, ... downcasting andthe display format specifier To access the Variables windows, from the View menu, point to Debug Windowsand then, click Variables 17 18 Module 4: Overview oftheWindows CE NET...
... various features of that in expression - Finding out the features of pragmatics ofthe adjective Warm so that individuals have the best understanding andthe most effective use of such adjective ... “Introduction” states the rationale ofthe study, Semantics can be simply defined as the study of meaning It defines the aims, objectives andthe significance, presents the is central to the study of communication ... review ofthe research Chapter 3: “Methodology and Procedures” mentions the method and procedures ofthe research Chapter 4: “Findings and Discussions” is the main frame of need to understand semantics...
... understand their cases of Secondly, English considers the WDB “owl” as the symbol meaning, it is important to consider them in their collocations From of “wisdom” on the basis of their experience and ... recognition ofthe field Andthe findings of semantic aspects often borrow the WDBs for not only conveying the denotative as well as analysis of pragmatic aspects of these kinds of words will ... pragmatic features ofthe WDBs The finding ofthe pragmatic features ofthe WDBs leads both teachers and learners of study may be in one way or another beneficial to the language English and Vietnamese...
... whereas the side chain of Lys173 interacts with both O6 and N7 (Fig 1C) The 2¢OH ofthe ribose is hydrogen bonded to the main chain andthe side chain of Asp142 (Fig 1C) Both hydroxyl groups ofthe ... compared to the spectrophotometric methods Because the enzymatic activity of PRTFDC1 towards hypoxanthine and guanine is only 0.26% and 0.09%, respectively, ofthe activity of HPRT, the role ofthe PRTFDC1 ... Asp142, 2¢ and 3¢OH ofthe ribose and three water molecules with ˚ coordination distances of approximately 2.4 A The phosphate ofthe GMP is hydrogen bonded to main chain and side chain atoms of amino...
... position at the present day The present theories ofthe transmission of light and sound; ofthe production of winds, and sun-spots, andofthe method of development and dissemination of heat, are ... except in the direction of other spheres These theories throw new light upon the character and extent ofthe atmosphere ofthe moon and planets, andthe consequent availability of those and other ... movements On the 20th of June the flood of summer heat overspreads the northern portions ofthe earth; the sun thence apparently turns southward, and with its departure the relations ofthe line of heat...
... regards as the equivalent of thc npper part of t h e Portland Beds of southern England If, with ARKELL (1946, pp 24-28), we place the Portland Beds in the upper part ofthe Lower Volgian, they, the ... south-west ofthe Nicsen) where a thick series of conglon~cratcsand sandstones outcrops A careful examination by the present writer ol the conntry between the Niesen andthe Kigi, both on the ground and ... rei:orrlerl as 020 and 322 m The 11iffel.enrein altibllrle is douhtlcss duc either to the dip ofthe rocks or to inaccnracy ofthe altimeters nsed The fauna here comprised species of Snrifes and small...
... cause of offence In these habits we resemble the Aborigines of our country They load their huge pipes with the dried leaves of this plant, and when lighted, they breathe the dark cloud of smoke ... men void of understanding; capable of soothing the sorrows ofthe afflicted, of healing the wounds ofthe spirit, and assuaging the anguish of a broken heart But how it fulfils these desirable indications, ... kitchen, in the dining-room, and in the parlor; in every gathering of men of business; in every party of pleasure; in our halls of legislation; in our courts of justice; and even the sanctuary of God...
... using the maximum ofthe expected value ofthe two coin flips—$0.50— rather than the expected value ofthe maximum—$0.75.) This approximation resulted in a model that the computer hardware and software ... Comparing the Dynamic Retention Model andthe Annualized Cost of Leaving Family of Models 15 The key difference from the DRM is that the ACOL is computing the maximum ofthe expected values rather ... probability of staying multiplied by the value of staying, the second term is the probability of leaving multiplied by the value of leaving, andthe third term shows the expected value to the individual...
... characteristics ofthe Internet; , Ko and DIKo are defined as the average diameter, K, and DIK ofthe original networks and df , Kf and DIKf denote the diameter, K, and DIK after 10% ofthe nodes are ... snapshots ofthe real Internet topology.1 On the other hand, [42], [43] have shown that the clustering coefficient ofthe Internet has been growing and that the average diameter ofthe Internet ... (c) DIK Fig Robustness ofthe Internet, andthe BA and GE models under mixed failures after 10% of total nodes are destroyed (a): The average diameter ofthe Internet andthe BA model increases...
... understanding ofthe structure of both the Ab monomer and its various assemblies could help in the design of new therapeutic strategies targeted at preventing the formation or ameliorating the activity ... coli proteins, andthe majority of Ab(M1–40) and Ab(M1–42) was present in the urea extract (Fig 2) On agarose gels, the major band migrated as expected according to the net charge ofthe Ab peptides ... prevent Expression and purification ofthe amyloid b-peptide degradation A common drawback of such approaches is the cost ofthe affinity resins used to isolate the fusion protein andthe proteases...
... Fig The localization ofthe experimental points in Fig along the correlation line is directly related to the distribution ofthe energy between the overall tumbling andthe internal mobility, and ... density of each experimental point Therefore, according to the RSDM analysis [21], most ofthe 15N–1H vectors ofthe TTF-1 HD core move at the rate ofthe overall rotational correlation frequency, and ... analysis of J(0) A plot ofthe correlation J(0.87xH)–J(0) is given in supplementary Fig S2 experimental points accumulate rather close to the upper intercept ofthe theoretical curve andthe fitting...