... between the rates paid on postal versus ordinary-bank deposits, since separate
data are not available for the two classes of private bank) andthe confidence variable (the
number of bank failures as ... to areas not served by private banks was always a
prime justification of postal savings – intheUnitedStates as well as in Japan and Europe
– it has not proved to be the major source of demand ... 12 times as many post
offices as bank savings facilities in 1909, compared to a ratio of 6 in Pacific states and
less than 5 in all other regions oftheUnited States.
11
However, the statistics...
... plain-vanilla instruments (forwards, swaps, and options). Plain-vanilla
instruments are those traded in generally liquid markets using
standardized contracts and market conventions. If a transaction ... anda floating
interest rate.
Interest rate collar
Combination of cap and floor.
Interest rate corridor
1) A combination of two caps, one purchased by a borrower at a set strike
and the ...
description of survey terms and methods.)
In 2010, a total of twenty-four dealers intheUnitedStates participated inthe
foreign exchange part ofthe survey and nineteen inthe interest rate
derivatives...
... been
vaccinated as adolescents or adults (
39
).
The renewed interest in examining the indications for BCG vaccination in the
UnitedStates included consideration ofthe wide range of vaccine ... because ofthe potential ad-
verse reactions associated with the use ofthe vaccine in these persons.
In theUnited States, the use of BCG vaccination is rarely indicated. BCG
vaccination is ... approximately 5 mm in diameter. Draining lesions result-
ing from vaccination should be kept clean and bandaged. Scabs form and heal usually
within 3 months after vaccination. BCG vaccination generally results...
... [Direct Action]
AFP Australian Federal Police
AG Attorney-General
AIC Australian intelligence community
ANAO Australian National Audit Office
AQMI Al-Qaida pour le Maghreb Islamique [al Qaeda for
the ... Islamic Maghreb]
ASALA Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of
Armenia
ASIO Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
ASIS Australian Secret Intelligence Service
AUSTRAC Australian Transaction ... and Canada,
ASIO derives much of this information from human sources. A certain
amount of data emanates from well-placed informants and individuals
who submit plea bargains during trials for...
... all mothers report
information about the fathers of their
babies, and if they do, their reports of
the father’s age and other characteristics
may not be accurate. Father’s age as
shown in ... father
dates, very few women inthe married or because ofthe extent of missing data in
cohabiting categories had other partners the vital statistics. Father’s marital status
in the timeframe ... was an increase inthe
percentage of men and women who had
a nonmarital birth and also inthe
percentage of nonmarital births that
occurred within a cohabiting union (39).
Among women in...
... UnitedStates again liberalized its
immigration laws during the late s and immigration increased gradually at irst and then dramatically
By the 1980s, broad swaths of Latin America and ... s
The age at which immigrants arrive intheUnitedStates is a critical determinant of how they fare inthe
labor market By the median age at arrival for immigrants to theUnitedStates ...
and Randy Capps, Margie McHugh, Monica Arciga, Michael Fix, and Laureen Laglagaron, The Economic Crisis and Funding
for Immigrant Integration intheUnited States, ” in Prioritizing Integration,...
... children.
NATIONAL ACADEMY ON AN AGING SOCIETY
Arthritis
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ACADEMY ON AN
AGING SOCIETY
Number 5
March 2000
A leading cause of disability
in theUnited States
Arthritis is among the most common ... Daily Living
SOURCE: National Academy on an Aging Society analysis of data
from the 1992 Health and Retirement Studyandthe 1993
study of Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old.
51 TO 61 ... with arthritis also need help
with instrumental activities of daily living,
or IADLs. These include preparing meals,
shopping, using the telephone, managing
money, taking medications, and doing...
... charter
of the National Academy of Sciences, as a parallel organization of outstanding
engineers. It is autonomous in its administration andinthe selection of its members,
sharing with the National ... options,
and that promotes choices in care that can include CAM therapies, when
appropriate. Our challenge was to eliminate parochial bias and to apply the
best-available means of assessment of safety ... determined by the Academy, the
Council has become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy
of Sciences andthe National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the
government,...
... be-
tween China andtheUnited States. China has learned a great
deal about emissions trading from theUnited States. Some
of the specialists from theUnitedStates have offered their
opinions about ... (parenthetical comments in
original).
107. The annual EPA allowance “auction is intended to stimulate trading
in the initial phases ofthe program and to signal price information to
the allowance ... establishing
the market participants, central control can determine an ap-
proach to phasing ina program that suits China’s particular
circumstances. China has already begun a phasing -in of
sorts...
... Nearly all the individual works in the
collection are inthe public domain intheUnited States. If an individual work is inthe public domain in the
UnitedStatesand you are located intheUnited ... Now,
Toussaint came into power, being General -in- chief ofthe armies of St. Domingo, near the end ofthe year
1796, and remained in power till the year 1802, or till the invasion ofthe island by the ... said that " ;the power of slavery lies inthe ignorance, the degradation, the servility of the
slaves, andofthe non-slaveholding whites ofthe South, andofthe corresponding classes in the...
... test reaction of 5 mm or greater of
induration, and refer the applicant to the health department if the chest radiograph
suggests active or inactive TB disease.
5. Can a TST be administered ... radiograph?
A chest radiograph is required for all applicants who:
ã Have a TST reaction of 5 mm or greater of induration.
ã Are immunosuppressed, regardless ofthe size of induration ofthe ... exception inthe “Remarks” portion of Section 2A.
3. Should a TST be administered if a Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG)
vaccination has been given inthe past?
Yes. Because many BCG-vaccinated applicants...
... Medicaid and welfare programs, the
increasing number of uninsured, andthe growing presence of managed care in
both the public andthe private sectors, are having a significant impact on the
health ... for
appropriate balance.
The Institute ofMedicine was chartered in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences to enlist
distinguished members ofthe appropriate professions inthe examination of policy matters ... rate of HIV prevalence in
childbearing women between 1989 and 1994, the last year for which data are
available.
Perinatal transmission accounted for at least 432 AIDS cases inthe United
States in...
... performance can provide an
estimate ofthe relationship between obesity andthe quality of
education, potentially affecting human capital accumulation
independently of educational attainment. Sabia
46
... obesity that is paid for by public insurance.
35
However, in addition to the extra medical costs, Bhattacharya
and Sood
35
argue that pooled insurance may actually cause
a moral hazard that incentivizes ... identified in
the medical literature. Medical costs appear to have increased
dramatically over the last decade
16
and may continue to grow
with future increases in rates of overweight and obesity in...