... not as remarkable as the revelation ofthe techniques used to manipulate the process and the data These two design parameters, the number of sources of data, and the number of cases studied, provide ... empiricist/subjective theory of being, the views of actors, as communicated through case studies, is the empirical point of departure Of course, there are very few who occupy either of these polar positions, ... the epistemological basis ofthe case study Many ofthe criticisms ofthe case study method relate to the highly labour intensive nature of this research strategy Miles (1979) suggests that the...
... Aragon to Portugal Furthermore the conquest ofthe Canaries at the end ofthe fourteenth century and of Teneriffe and other islands in the fifteenth led to the bringing of many of their natives as ... leg ofthe voyage, and for leakage of ten per cent ofthe rum and five per cent ofthe molasses, and after charging off the whole cost ofthe ship's outfit and one-third of her original value, there ... Between the benevolence ofthe distant monarchs and the rapacity ofthe present conquerors, however, the fate ofthe natives was in little doubt The crown's officials in the Indies were the very...
... Understanding theValueofthe MBA, Bruce Figure shows the distribution of values for the MBA Degree scale and Figure 3, the distribution of values for the School/Program scale Figure Distribution of MBA ... quickly the investment is recouped, the higher the rating ofthe overall valueofthe MBA The overall valueofthe MBA is also related to the job satisfaction of alumni In MBA Alumni Perspectives ... ofthe multiple regression analysis show that both the MBA Degree and School/Program variables contribute significantly to prediction ofthe overall valueofthe MBA, regardless ofthe type of...
... between M (the supplyof standard cash) and M1 , the total of demand deposits.3 Why then did Mises, the developer ofthe Austrian theory of money, argue for including demand deposits as part ofthe ... yet, while each of these forms of money is generated quite differently, so long as they exist each forms part ofthe total supplyof money in the country The same should then be true of savings deposits, ... part of "the money supplyThe operative difference, then, is not whether an asset is liquid or not (since stocks are Mises, Theory of Money and Credit, p 268 Austrian Definitions oftheSupply of...
... about 5% ofthe catch and the other seven main types of gears each caught less than 5% ofthe total catch 3.5 Valueofthe catch Over the period ofthe study fishers caught about 26,730 kg of fish ... Proportion of total fish catch Figure Proportion ofthe total valueof fish Proportions ofthe total weight and total valueof fish of different trophic guilds in the catches Appendix shows the composition ... Proportions ofthe total weight and total valueof fish of different trophic guilds in the catches 21 Figure Composition ofthe total catch of fish each month, showing the six species comprising most of the...
... low Because the number of positive nodes is inevitably limited in the N1 category, however, the distribution ofthe NR is strongly affected by the number of nodes sampled While other studies ... for the appropriate criteria to discriminate between low- and high-risk groups of NR for breast cancer with 1-3 positive nodes In the current study, we evaluated the prognostic valueofthe NR ... chemotherapy showed a tendency of increased distant metastasis -8- Discussion The prognostic valueof NR is supported by several studies [4-13] Vinh-Hung et al reported the superiority of NR...
... Arthritis Research & Therapy Vol 11 No Mahler and Fritzler Comments on the report of Hanke and colleagues Hanke and colleagues are the first to report the use of a novel LIA for the simultaneous ... incremental clinical value to the diagnosis and management of SSc patients Comparison with other methods: quality of PM/Scl-100 For reasons described above and in the closing below, the authors’ conclusion ... multiple clinical associations (especially the presence or absence of myositis) are needed for a consensus ofthe clinical valueof PM/Scl, and especially of PM/Scl-75c, aabs Competing interests...
... for supply chain design and planning to enhance the efficiencies ofthe activities in supply chains It thus forms the focus of this thesis First of all, this thesis reviews the state of art on the ... review ofthe researches in this thesis is presented The review is classified into two sections: the review of domestic supply chain and the review of global supply chain The review of domestic supply ... Change ofthe fitness function values ofthe small example solved by the hybrid GA-LQP P-C method 70 Figure 4.5 Change ofthe fitness function values ofthe large example solved by the hybrid...
... antimicrobial therapy in case of unexpected infiltrates on the CXR; repositioning of tubes in case of malposition of orotracheal tubes (ignoring planned extubations); ultrasound ofthe thorax in case of ... as removal of intravenous lines) The observers were not involved in the daily care ofthe patients, and ICU physicians were not aware of this part ofthe observation As a consequence, the clinical ... look for other infections, and the absence of radiological signs of pulmonary congestion might have resulted in another fluid therapy regimen We did not score for the clinical relevance ofthe unexpected...
... since none of them alone is useful for the majority ofthe BC and none of them is specific for cancer or breast tissues No biomarker has been suggested to date for the early diagnosis of BC (24) ... Med Sci 2011, The results ofthe present study and the other three studies did not fully confirm each other Several hypotheses may be suggested to explain these differences First of all, Li’s ... subjects, the comparison ofthe benign and control groups did not yield a statistically significant difference None ofthe proteomics reach 154 reasonable AUC values for the discrimination ofthe BC...
... analysis method This thematic report contains the main following sections: I The definition ofthesupply chaiṇ II Thesupply chain of marine fishing products 2.1 The chart ofthesupply chain for ... changes, thesupply chain is divided into three phases: (1) The values of products in the fishing production phase (2) The values of products in the middle phase: the product values of middle ... fishing in the near shore areas The prices of products at the end consumption phase depend on the distance of product transportation, the number of immediate trading stages and the values ofthe products...
... runoff, the tides and the depth of bars in the sea in front ofthe estuaries Otherwise, in early rainy season, nearly 1,6 million hectares ofthe delta are infected by the acidity water due to the ... The low discharge of river water also leads to the salinity intrusion and it becomes the major water use problem in the coastal lands ofthe delta Saline encroachment effects almost half ofthe ... cultivation but they are one ofthe drinking water treatment problems also The sediment load ofthe river isnot so high if compared with Red river in the North of Vietnam It is highest during the rise...
... of perceiving, of thinking, of understanding and of interacting spring out ofthe boundaries of ”humanity,” spring out ofthe boundaries of ”nationhood,” and spring out ofthe boundaries ofthe ... strength) ofthe wave length According to survivors of near-death experiences, the higher the level ofthe spirit the brighter the light shines, and the lower the level the darker the light seems ... were of Old Norse, the language ofthe Vikings and the precursor of modern Icelandic, and these words were actually used by the Vikings The other twelve words were all related to seafaring, and of...
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... estimate We have Main result Main Theorem Let µ be the 5−fold convolution ofthe standard Cantor measure, then the lower extreme valueofthe local dimension of µ is α5 = | log 3.25 √ arccos 145 ... Thanh et al / VNU Journal of Science, Mathematics - Physics 25 (2009) 57-68 65 From (13), (14) and (15), the assertion ofthe corollary follows 2.2 The proof ofthe main theorem Lemma Let x = (x1 ... are the values in Corollary From Lemma 2, Corollary and Proposition 2, we have Theorem Let µ is the 5−fold convolution ofthe standard Cantor measure, then the lower extreme valueofthe local...
... identifying the applicant from the population, then (2) identifying the selected from the applicants, and then (3) for the observed clients Because ofthe selection process, the conditional mean ofthe ... on the total loan to the members ofthe group, not on the individual share in the group loan, meaning that the recorded level of indebtedness is the total amount taken out by the group, and the ... bureau The randomized experiment allows to measure how knowledge ofthe rules of operation ofthe credit bureau affects the behavior of members of credit groups both with the initial microfinance...
... Most ofthe reduction in thevalueof exports was due to the collapse in international prices of Peruvian goods The total drop in the annual growth rate ofthevalueof exports between the P ... consider the intensive margin elasticity for the volume of exports in Table 5, 0.23 In the case ofthe continuation margin, on the other hand, the elasticities change significantly with the size ofthe ... to the period July 2007-June 2008, prior to the beginning ofthe 2008 crisis The average debt outstanding ofthe universe of exporters as of December 2007 is $734,000 and the average level of...
... after the end ofthe sample period While both banks recorded profits for the first half of 2008 and gave a positive outlook for the remainder ofthe year, they publicly acknowledged losses after the ... interpreted as the effect ofthe financial crisis on thesupplyof loans We observe the same level of magnitude for the DD estimates of consumer and mortgage loans In Panel D of Table 4, we present ... section of Panel A of Table 5, which reports the DD estimate as well as the p -value from the Wald test under the null hypothesis that the DD estimate is equal to zero The coefficients on the control...