... utilization of ICTs is examined, looking at NGO evolution, and NGOs and information, the Internet and Web 2.0 applications Finally, Internet use in Nepal andthe ideology of development inthe country and ... ICT use in Nepal is presented The research questions are then put forth andthe thesis‟ structure is outlined Discussions of ICTs and inequality, and development andthe Internet inthe global ... communication and information sharing as central principles (Edwards, 1994) Meyer (1997) saw many NGOs involved in a combination of information sharing activities including: education and training, research,...
... get more income when they work, but the gains for many are marginal and incentives are undermined by the need to navigate through the maze of in- work and out -of- work benefits and their interactions ... consider the role of conditionality andthe contributory principle in reinforcing work incentives and providing support There are also wider questions over the role of localism inthe delivery of system ... also be looking at individual measures for increasing work incentives and reducing the extent and costs of welfare dependency alongside consideration of reform ofthe structure ofthe system ...
... 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, the ... engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use forthe general welfare Upon the authority ofthe charter granted to it by the ... of Engineering was established in 1964, under the charter ofthe National Academy of Sciences, as a parallel organization of outstanding engineers It is autonomous in its administration and in...
... measured on the below-ground andthe aboveground compartments ofthe plant -soil system The diurnal course of net CO assimilation rates At the end ofthe experiment, the plants inthe well-watered ... applied late inthe growing season However, an original result of this study is that 40 h after the end ofthe labelling period, the proportion of new carbon in both leaves and roots ofthe droughted ... discrimination by the plants (Farquhar et al, 1989), plants were left inthe chamber after the cessation of CO injection until the CO com2 pensation point was reached The incorporation of 13 into individual...
... surface of host seeds The eggs hatch, andthe first instar larvae bore into the seed where they feed The final instar larvae excavate a chamber just below the seed testa, andthe presence of a larva ... variants, increasing the late reproduction, which are present in offspring ofthe old parents Similarly, the high late reproduction in offspring ofthe old parents would not be causally related to their ... fecundity indices ofthe young parent offspring inthe high density population are most frequently statistically different from the using Tukey’s other treatment It is worth considering the effect of...
... process of buying and selling or exchanging of products, services, and information via computer networks including the Internet It is the use ofthe Internet andthe Web to transact business 1his ... consists of selling and purchasing of goods and services over the Internet, it also consists of marketing, distributing and servicing products and services over the Internet Doing business online, ... processing environment, including the types of services offered andthe complexity ofthe processes and supporting technology In most instances, e-banking activities will increase the complexity of...
... Trading: Provides information on the offering‟s secondary market performance Maintains a liquid two-way market forthe offering inthe aftermarket andforthe life ofthe offering - Sales: In ... divided into two three chapters The study would like to introduce purpose of choosing the thesis topic, the outline forthe entire thesis andthe scope of work inthe opening part before the first ... negotiated offering as “book building.” Under book building, the underwriter seeks indications of interest, primarily from institutional investors The underwriter andthe issuer determine the offering...
... because the production-cost impact ofthe decline inthe rental price of land is more important for this (land-extensive) sector The price of conventional food, on the other hand, increases at the ... available) and because ofthe increase inthe returns to land (which causes production costs to increase forthe organic industry proportionally more than inthe other industries) To ascertain the potential ... would need to account for less than 1% ofthe supply price Finally, forthe break-even point ofthe parameter indexing the size ofthe population of indifferent consumers we find 0.73 This is...
... the projection and formation of new streets; inthe villas which were seen arising inthe vicinity ofthe town; andinthe introduction of some ofthe refinements and elegancies of social life ... manufacturing industries inthe industrial towns ofthe north of England Moreover, we remain largely ignorant ofthe ways in which society in these places operated more generally: about, for example, the ... rooted in their localities and subject—at least in theory—to the sobering in uences of hard work and religion As this chapter will demonstrate, the behaviour and outlook ofthe inhabitants of industrial...
... related to independent living and justify inclusion inthe SMI group Needs inthe domain of alcohol and drugs indicate comorbidity inthe area of substance use, which suggests a shared underlying liability ... drafts ofthe paper JvO and PhD are scientific coordinators ofthe CNCM JaC implements the CNCM in his region/institution and edited the final draft ofthe paper The final version has been read and ... this type of data collection is not in their remit as long as patients are aware ofthe purpose (including the use of their data for scientific publications) During the interviews, the patients...
... reflect the opinions or views ofthe ARIC study or the NHLBI The coauthors had full access to all ofthe data inthe study and take responsibility forthe integrity ofthe data andthe accuracy ofthe ... independent variable inthe analysis and could not explain the results even though the infection rate andthe duration of mechanical ventilation were not increased inthe obese group Studies of critically ... competing interests 16 Authors' contributions 17 KS and RSM designed the study, interpreted the data analysis, and drafted the manuscript DMM and GSM designed the study, performed and interpreted the...
... decreased inthe brains of older SAMP8, indicating aging-induced dysfunction ofthe VEGF-VEGFR2 signaling system Therefore, the impaired VEGF-VEGFR2 signaling systems likely induce a decrease in angiogenesis ... [2,3,31] Together, the present findings raise the possibility that CTSinduced reversal of impaired neurosignaling system inthe brain ofthe SAMP8 groups is one ofthe outcomes resulting from enhancement ... angiogenesis and neuronal signaling inthe brain and are implicated in aging-induced cognitive deficits in SAMP8 Considering a role ofthe VEGFVEGFR2 signaling systems in cognitive function, we, in this...
... the same miRNA, for which there are no other binding sites responsive to that miRNA in between them The distance between the pair of binding sites was calculated based on the 5' end ofthe binding ... environment in which other binding sites reside, so that the repression ofthe transcript by the original miRNA may be mediated by other factors; second, the probability of finding a conserved binding ... UTR, the increased repression of multiple pairs of binding sites can be explained by having more binding sites available to bind to, which in turn means a greater probability of binding and thus...
... concentrate their information sharing on only the hardware and software, ignoring the decision-making inthe information sharing process4 Schroeder and Flynn (2001) found that investment in information ... measures the quality of information shared between suppliers and manufacturers In sum, the three aspects of information sharing measure the technologies used to support information sharing, the information ... effective information sharing on business performance Executives must balance the investment in information sharing and supply chain process iii Dedicated to My Grandfather, My Father, My Mother, and...
... in particular The quality of lending is one ofthe decisive factors ofthe development of banking inthe context of integration andthe fierce competition for market now That is why I chose the ... and collect information forthe executive board and credit officers inthe process of project appraisal It will help them make the right decisions The office will collect and combine with information ... and 03 non – profit units: VietinBank Information Technology center, VietinBank Card Center and VietinBank Training Center - VietinBank is also the founder ofthe following financial credit institution:...
... to link AB (in all the three topologies in Figure 3.1) as the victim link andthe link CD (in Figure 3.1(a)), link CB (in Figure 3.1(b)) and link DC (in Figure 3.1(c)) as the offending links The ... would involve (i) detecting the existence of unfairness in a timely manner, (ii) identifying the offending link(s) accurately; and (iii) reducing the transmission rate ofthe offending link(s) ... change improves the situation If so, it informs the offender to further double the CWmin; otherwise, it informs the offender to roll back the earlier instruction As we will explain in Section 3.2.3,...
... everyone and everything appeared in my past three years Firstly, I need to thank all my families in China for everything they did inthe past 27 years They built my world with their hands, their ... that of C2-symmetric; the other innovation was the great flexibility ofthe catalyst Bifunctional character ofthe catalyst was the key to ee induction (Scheme 1.13) 22 Chapter The Syntheses of ... amount of fluoride anions were just the initiators to the reaction andthe intermediate formed by nucleophilic addition ofthe enolate to benzaldehyde could further deprotect another molecule of...
... inhibit MMP reversibly by binding to them in a 1:1 stoichiometric fashion, with each TIMP having varying affinity for different MMPs The amino terminus ofthe TIMPs binds to the active site of ... inthe leakage of inflammatory exudates, edema fluid and plasma proteins into the lung interstitium and alveolar spaces andthe collapse ofthe alveoli leads to impaired gaseous exchange inthe ... (Unpublished data) In view ofthe fact that gelatinases MMP-2 and MMP-9 from inflammatory cells may aid the destruction ofthe integrity of basement membrane ofthe epithelium and endothelium, which...
... laws and organizing, building the team of professional staff that is in charge of performing the management of resources and environment Strengthening the government’s roles inthe management of ... Government officials Then, there will be a team of skilled staff, ensuring the continuing hierarchy in terms of human resources and meeting the practical demand forthe incorporation ofthe economic ... basis forthe sustainability ofthe society This includes: maintaining the social equality, eradicating the poverty and using the development indicators of people as the first objective ofthe development...
... forests for improved management of both waterandforest resources 2.2 RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS In this study, forestsoil moisture of 40 forest plots of four forest types (moderate forest; poor forest; ... rainfall is the lowest in August, andthe highest in February for all forest types The values of each forest type are in decreasing ranking, moderate forest, poor forest, regeneration forest, and grass ... understand the linkages between forests andwater (Phuong et al., 2006) Some watersheds can sustain some forest cover loss, while in other sites there is limited forest cover In other situations, the...