... reflects the willingness and commitment ofthe parties concerned by the development ofthe corridor and endorsed by them, including a memorandum of understanding, a convention, a treaty, or other ... July 1996, the Council of heads of states ofthe members ofthe Economic Community of Central African States (UDEAC) agreed on thelegal framework of road transport of general cargo in the subregion ... March 2007 by Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda, this agreement extends the mandate and scope ofthe 1985 agreement, renews the protocols, and develops new ones...
... legislators, and academics The multiyear process to amend the federal rules, the ongoing activities ofthe Sedona Conference, the ABA, the Conference of Chief Judges, and other organizations, andthe ... response, the judge shifted the burden of proof by ruling that Morgan Stanley “shall bear the burden of proving to the jury, by the greater weight ofthe evidence, that it lacked knowledge ofthe ... parties to learn their perceptions ofthe effects of e-discovery on thelegal system Second, we reviewed the current state of e-discovery law and practices, including the main features ofthe new Federal...
... between the two offshore islands andthe mainland As part of that expansion ofthe mini-three links, the Taiwanese government also expanded the list of products that the offshore islands can ... total of 152,438 passenger trips between the offshore islands and Fujian Province, including 144,234 from the offshore islands to the mainland, and 8,200 from the mainland to the offshore islands ... NSRD conducts research and analysis for the Office ofthe Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the Unified Commands, the defense agencies, the Department ofthe Navy, the U.S intelligence community,...
... affect the daily lives of all Californians – from the quality of our public schools to the roads we drive on andthe air we breathe Many ofthe decisions made as part of budget deliberations ... spending, and a structural imbalance between the cost of programs and services andthe revenues raised by the state’s tax system The budget agreement included $41.6 billion in “solutions” to close the ... of corporate profits If corporations had paid the same share of their profits in taxes in 2006 as they did in 1981, corporate tax collections would have been $8.4 billion higher – The yield of...
... Federal Debt Managed by the Bureau ofthePublicDebt Gross Federal Debt Outstanding1 Federal debt managed by the Bureau ofthePublicDebt (BPD) comprises debt held by thepublicanddebt held ... the financial statements ofthe U.S government, we have audited the Schedules of Federal Debt Managed by the Bureau ofthePublicDebt (BPD) because ofthe significance ofthe federal debt to the ... of this report to interested congressional committees, the Commissioner ofthe Bureau ofthePublic Debt, the Inspector General ofthe Department ofthe Treasury, the Acting Director oftheOf ce...
... for the influence of firm characteristics on trading cost measures and isolates the impact oflegalandpolitical risk The regressions include the inverse of stock price, standard deviation of ... However, the effectiveness of law enforcement is, arguably, affected by the level of corruption and general adherence to the rule of law in the country And, these factors in turn are shaped by thepolitical ... attenuated, the differential risk that we study is essentially systemic – resulting from thelegalandpolitical institutions in the country of origin, and obviously beyond the control ofthe firms and...
... changed since the end of 1970s The failure ofthe planned economy andthe goal of facilitating the economic development ofthe country made China shift to the market economy and adopt the “Open-up” ... to the building of democracy, improvement of human rights, rule of law and facilitation ofpoliticaland social change in China This thesis approached these questions from the perspective ofthe ... depending on their nature andthe perception of whether they posed a political threat to the government authority or help to promote public governance andthe delivery of social services Since the 2000s,...
... Defines PublicDebt Transfer Clause At the beginning of an audit of a publicdebt program, SAIs need to have a clear understanding ofthe meaning ofpublicdebt As noted in thePublicDebt Committee’s ... of Evolution ofPublicDebt Argentina’s SAI monitors the National PublicDebt Stock as of June 30 and December 31 each year The SAI obtains debt information from the Ministry of Economy andPublic ... INTOSAI’s PublicDebt Committee Guidance for Planning and Conducting an Audit of Internal Controls ofPublicDebt SAI Role Figure 2: Scope ofPublicDebt Audits by SAIs: The Case of Mexico The SAI of...
... assignment of WT* for comparison with P37A, P38A andthe A37A38 double mutant and have examined chemical shift perturbations andthe pattern of NOEs in the vicinity ofthe mutation sites Deviations of ... kfold° and kunfold° are the rate constants for folding and unfolding of WT*, kfold and kunfold are the folding and unfolding rates ofthe mutants derived from the chevron plot analysis, and bf ... shows that the reduction in stability of these mutants is largely manifested in perturbations to the unfolding rates with the degree of compactness ofthe TSE (aD) and linearity ofthe chevron...
... demanded Estimates ofthe marginal cost ofpublic funds: In Australia and other OECD countries most estimates ofthe marginal cost ofpublic funds are in the 1.2 - 1.3 range In other words, there ... return of $50r* The present value of this return (at the market rate of interest) is $50(r*/r) = $50*1.5 = $75 The cost to the economy of raising $100 ofpublic funds by borrowing from thepublic ... result ofthe increase in tax rate; • the quantity of labour supplied falls from L0 to L1 because ofthe upward sloping supply curve The cost to households ofthe tax increase is the loss of producer...
... the other end ofthe scale is petty theft of items such as office equipment and stationary, vehicles and fuel The perpetrators of petty theft are usually middle and lower-level officials, compensating, ... forms of corruption Shared experience "there the patron and client have usually worked together in the past and are on good terms andthe patron promotes or has promoted the client on the basis of ... preserve and build on One ofthe major tasks of any regime is the building of its own legitimacy a resource which will enable it to gain more easily the support andthe assistance ofthe public...
... respectively (the formal sector legal retirement age) — a change in the highest grade completed by the most educated member ofthe household, the change in the age and gender ofthe household head and ... most common These were active at the time ofthe survey in communes covering 80% ofthe population and 84% ofthe poor However, they were slightly more common in small towns where 83% ofthe entire ... lists of eligible candidates for the different social protection programs to reflect their needs These are gathered, altered and eventually approved and passed on by the districts andthe provinces...
... 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 ... 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 ... 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...
... over the life ofthe long-term bond • Buyers of bonds not prefer bonds of one maturity over another; they will not hold any quantity of a bond if its expected return is less than that of another ... n The n-period interest rate equals the average ofthe one-period interest rates expected to occur over the n-period life ofthe bond Expectations Theory • Explains why the term structure of ... Risk and Term Structure of Interest Rates • The risk structure of interest rates looks at bonds with the same term to maturity and different interest rates • The term structure of interest...
... 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 ... whorls of Tollia pnyeri Bitween 360 and 370 m, on the same flank ofthe moontain, the writer found similar doggers and platy-weathering sandstones, which contained occasional exarnples of Surifes and ... but further than this I am not prepared to go The dip ofthe rocks exposed in the 17all~gsides is often vcry nearly 1v Stratigraphy and Anr~noniteFauna of East Greenland 13 the same as the gradient...
... properties of trappin-2 involve the cationic nature ofthe molecule, as assessed from the salt and heparin dependence ofthe antimicrobial and antifungal effects Results Antimicrobial effects of recombinant ... We then examined the effect of heparin on the antimicrobial 2012 Fig Western blot analysis of elafin and trappin-2 fractionated on heparin-Sepharose The heparin-binding capacities of elafin and ... (+7) or elafin (+3) and also binds heparin, is blocked in the presence of 0.15 m NaCl [10] The differences in the distribution of positive charges on the surfaces of elafin and SLPI molecules [1]...
... lesser of 10% ofthe value ofthe gift and $75, then the value ofthe advantage is considered to be zero For example, if the price to attend the benefit dinner is $200 andthe value ofthe dinner ... the value ofthe dinner is $40 andthe value of a gift bag received is $45, then the total advantage is $85 or 85% ofthe ticket price and therefore cannot be receipted However if the value of ... that the Foundation is the charity of choice/recipient of support for the promotion and not a co-producer/partner ofthe offer When describing the product/service offer benefiting HSFM – ensure the...
... Fragments of HSQC and HMBC spectra of compound Labels illustrate assignment ofthe amide linkage between the amino group of Asp andthe carboxyl group of GalA residue E Scheme The structures of oligosaccharides ... monosaccharides present in the products and were identified, andthe ratio of structures and was close to : All chemical shifts remained mostly unchanged with the exception of H/C-2 and H/C-3 ofthe glycerol ... because ofthe existence of branches in the molecule Similarly, the tandem MS was conducted for the doubly charged ion at m/z 1180.25 (data not shown) andthe mass spectral data fully agree with the...