Arctic-reindeer, polar bear, Arctic fox, narwhal, walrus, seal, ox, moose, orca, and snowy owl Antarctica- blue whale, emperor penguin, weddell seal, octopus, sea star 7. Why is tundra so wet? The warmer weather in summers causes a layer of permafrost, ice that never goes away in the ground, to melt, creating bogs and shallow lakes that don't drain. 8. What is snowline? A snow line is the point above which snow and ice cover the ground throughout the year. The actual snow line may seasonally be significantly lower. 9. What is treeline (timberline)? The treeline is the zone where conditions become too harsh to support growth as large as trees. When viewing a mountain from the side, this line is visible as the place where forests stop and snow, ice and rock begin. Sometimes there is a transition called the krumholtz line, where trees become stunted and warped before disappearing entirely as the altitude increases. 10. Name traditional human activities in tundra and polar desert areas.
relatively warm summers and cool winters, moderated by surrounding water bodies. These conditions are suitable to the development of mixed wood and broadleaf forests. Mineral Resources Mining and fuel extraction and production accounted for 4.5 percent of Canada's GDP or some US$36.1 billion. Fuel exploration and production dominate this sector, but the processing of other types of mineral resources has grown significantly. In 1996, the top non-fuel minerals were gold with production of US$2.05 billion, copper US$1.47 billion, nickel US$1.45 billion, and zinc US$1.25 billion. There was also significant production of lead and iron. There are about 50 major gold mines in Canada and the country leads the world in technologies which extract gold from rock and soil. The nation is the world's largest producer of zinc and the fifth largest producer of lead
land. In most cases, all mined land is also converted lakes and natural preserves. Waste is reduced by converting rubble into usable materials. Burnt brick waste is also recycled into a sub-base, which is used in civil development and infrastructure, such as roads. Apart from protecting the environment with some of the lowest levels of carbon emissions, the natural insulation properties of clay brick also contribute significantly to the life cycle of a building. Clay brick has the ability to absorb heat during the day and release it at night, thus reducing the need for artificial heating in winter and cooling in summer. So much so, that clay brick has become the preferred choice for many residential and commercial projects. Slide 15 Thank you for listening!
endemic species - plants and animals found nowhere else in the world have had ample time to evolve and thrive. The difference in the wildlife make-up between New Guinea and the neighbouring islands is striking. /2/ Wildlife use and trade in New Guinea concerns several species that are in high demand either for local subsistence. As forests are opened up by logging and forest conversion for plantations, there is a risk that the scale of wildlife exploitation will increase significantly, with dramatic consequences for target species. /4/ The problem with trading wildlife Wildlife trade represents the second-biggest direct threat to species survival after habitat destruction. The most obvious problem associated with wildlife trade is that it can cause overexploitation to the point where the survival of a species hangs in balance. Historically, such
Accessible- easy for anyone to obtain and use Admittedly- used for saying that you admit something is true, especially when this makes your main idea weaker Affordable- cheap enough for ordinary people to afford Agricultural- relating to farming Alcoves- a small area in a room that is created by building part of one wall further back than the rest of the wall Ample- enough, and often more than you need Attic- the room in a house under the roof Bedsit- a room that you rent that is used for both living and sleeping in Brick pillars- Bungalow- a house that is all on one level Caravan- BRITISH a vehicle that people can live and travel in on holiday. Caravans are usually towed (=pulled) by a car. The American word is trailer Carpenter- someone whose job is to make things from wood, or to repair things that are made of wood Cellar- a room under a building, below the level of the ground, usually used for storing things Compatible-...
vowelbecomes closer to /i/ (raising) when the following syllable contains /i/, /i/, or /j/. It took place separately in various Germanic languages starting around 450 or 500 Ad and affected all of the early languages[1] except Gothic.[2] An example of the resulting vowel alternation is the English plural foot ~ feet (from Germanic */fts/, pl. */ftiz/). ABLAUT In linguistics, the Indo-European ablaut is a system of apophony (regular vowel variations) in the Proto-Indo-European language. It has significantly influenced modern Indo-European languages. An example of ablaut in English is the strong verb sing, sang, sung and its related noun song. The term ablaut (German for "off-sound") was coined in the early nineteenth century by linguist Jacob Grimm. However, the phenomenon itself was first recorded more than 2000 years earlier by the Sanskrit grammarians and was codified by Pn ini in his Ashtadhyayi, where the
almost entirely meat. Inuit fished and hunted to get their food. Whales, walruses, seals, fish were staples of their diet. Clothing for Staying Warm Traditional Inuit clothing was made from animal skins and fur. Boots were also made from animal skins. Large, thick coats with big hoods called "parkas" were worn as an outer layer. Today the parka style of coat is worn in other places in the world and it is made of many other materials. Traditions Although Inuit life has changed significantly over the past century, many traditions continue. Traditional storytelling, mythology, and dancing remain important parts of the culture. Family and community are very important. The Inuktitut language is still spoken in many areas of the Arctic and is common on radio and in television programming. Changes to Inuit Life during the 20th Century Inuit a century ago lived very differently than Inuit today. Before the 1940s, Inuit had minimal contact with Europeans
It is used primarily in enthusiast and specialist circles. In recent American English usage, a car's fascia is its front-end "look" - grille, headlamps, front bumper, and other details. This area is possibly the most critical in defining a car's identifiable look, and is also the easiest to restyle when a car's styling needs to be refreshed (due to the fact that front end panels, grille, lights, etc. can be updated with different styling and fitted to the same chassis to significantly change the appearance rather than redesigning the entire body/chassis of the car). Again, this word is mostly used by the auto trade and automotive journalists. Furthermore, the fascia is used to describe the single panel that conceals the bumper, front or rear, and ties the bumper element visually with the sides of the vehicle--often including an inlet for cooling. 93% [citation needed] of fascias are made of TPO (thermoplastic olefin elastomer). This material is
Furthermore, the methods often limit the verification-question answers. Also use two or more reduction methods. On-the-fly verification means that the verification question stated before state-space exploration. Sweep-Line Method exploit a certain kind of progress exhibited by many systems and makes possible to store small fragment of state space in memory. This means that the peak memory usage is significantly reduced. Symmetry Method represents symmetric markings and symmetric binding elements using equivalence classes. State spaces can be condensed by factoring out this symmetry, and the symmetry- condensed state space is typically orders of magnitude smaller than the full state space. The equivalence method is a generalisation of the symmetry method, where the constraint that the equivalence relations are induced by symmetries is removed
SOUTH PARK American animated sitcom, notorious for its crude, surreal, and often very dark humor, which satirizes a wide range of topics including religion (712-All about the mormons 914-Bloody Mary 912-Trapped in the closet) politics(1212 About Last Night... ) violence(Too much to count-Kenny dies in every episode) sexuality( 409 Do the handikapped go to hell? and The movie : South park bigger longer, uncut) Trey Parker and Matt Stone created the show and continue to do most of the writing, directing, and voice acting. The narrative revolves around four children -- Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormick -- and their bizarre experiences in the titular mountain town. Has won 3 daytime Emmys Total of 188 episodes since the show's debut in 1997. Two feature-length movies have also been released; the musical film South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut in 1999, and the three-episode Imaginationland story arc was rei...
different age groups. The differences in recall were among the schooled and non- schooled children, not the age. Children who had attended school in Liberia learned the lists of words just as rapidly as children in the US. The researchers took in consideration the cultural differences, thus developing lists of world relevant in that culture. When they analyzed the data, they found that illiterate children did not use strategies like chunking and that non-schooled children did not improve significantly in memorizing when they were older, but they did recall better if the words were presented in a narrative way, as a progressing story. It has also been found that Mayan children could easily recall objects if they were related in a meaningful way to the local scenery. Memory studies like these show that even though the ability to remember is universal, strategies for remembering are not. People learn to remember in ways that are relevant for their everyday lives.
Haptics is the study of touching as nonverbal communication. Touches that can be defined as communication include handshakes, holding hands, kissing (cheek, lips, hand), back slapping, high fives, a pat on the shoulder, and brushing an arm. Proxemics is the study of how people use and perceive the physical space around them. The space between the sender and the receiver of a message influences the way the message is interpreted. The perception and use of space varies significantly across cultures and different settings within cultures Paralanguage (sometimes called vocalics) is the study of nonverbal cues of the voice. Various acoustic properties of speech such as tone, pitch and accent, collectively known as prosody, can all give off nonverbal cues. Paralanguage may change the meaning of words The voice set is the context in which the speaker is speaking. This can include: the situation, gender, mood, age and a person's culture.
GDP is predicted to grow by 4.4% in 2007, while 2008 is likely to show a slower rate of growth, estimated at 3.3%. Despite the current favorable outlook, there is a degree of uncertainty in the Finnish economy caused by the large fluctuations in electronics industry production, together with resource constraints. Cost and price pressures have increased, and there is a threat of industry's price competitiveness starting to weaken. Unemployment decreased significantly from 1994 to 7.7% in 2006 and is expected to drop to 6.7% in 2007. A relatively inflexible labor market and high employer-paid social security taxes hamper growth in employment. Labor bottlenecks are becoming more common in certain sectors, and this will increasingly restrict growth in output in the future. The main constraint to medium-term economic growth will be the drop in the population of working age once the post-war baby boomers reach retirement age.
including the highest peak , Ben Nevis. Lowland areas, in the southern part of Scotland, are flatter and home to most of the population, especially the narrow waist of land between the Firth of Clyde and the Firth of Forth known as the Central Belt. Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland, although Edinburgh is the capital and political centre of the country. An abundance of natural resources such as coal, iron and zinc contributed significantly to the industrial growth of Scotland during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Today, energy is a major component of Scotland's economy. Whilst Scotland is the largest producer of petroleum in the European Union, the production potential of renewable energy has emerged as an important economic and environmental issue in recent years. Geology and geomorphology ! The geology of Scotland is unusually varied for a country of its size, with a large number of differing geological features
The Bush Administration faced heavy criticism from popular and official sources both inside and outside of the United States, many U.S. citizens found parallels with the Vietnam War. According to the Center for Public Integrity, the Bush administration made a total of 935 false statements between 2001 and 2003 about Iraq's possible threat to the United States. Both proponents and opponents of the invasion criticized the prosecution of the war effort along a number of other lines. Most significantly, critics have assaulted the U.S. and its allies for not devoting enough troops to the mission, not planning for post-invasion Iraq, and for allowing widespread human rights abuses. As the war progressed, critics also railed against the high human and financial costs. The financial cost of the war was more than £4.55 billion ($9 billion) to the U.K., and over $845 billion to the U.S., the total cost to the U.S. economy estimated at $3 trillion.
The United Kingdom The United Kingdom consists of England, Scotland, Wales and North Ireland and it is situated in the Atlantic Ocean near the mainland of Europe. The population of the UK is 58.6 million and area is 244,110 sq km. Britain has a temperate humid climate. Its characteristic features are mild winters, warm summer, no temperature extremes, abundant rain all year round and frequent changes of weather. The mild climate is partly due to the warm Gulf Stream and partly to the south westerly winds. Occasional winds from the east in winter may bring cold and dry weather. The distribution of rainfall is influenced by the Atlantic Stream. The mountainous areas of the north and west have more rain than the lowlands of the south and east. Wales is located on a peninsula in central-west Britain. The entire area of Wales is about 20,779 km². Wales borders by England to the e...
(e.g. geothermal and hydropower), others need additional development to become competitive without subsidies. This can be helped by improvements to sub-components, such as electric generators. The table shows an overview of costs of various renewable energy technologies. For comparison with the prices in the table, electricity production from a conventional coal-fired plant costs about 4¢/kWh. Though in some G8 nations the cost can be significantly higher at 7.88p (~15¢/kWh).Achieving further cost reductions as indicated in the table below requires further technology development, market deployment, an increase in production capacities to mass production levels,and of the establishment of an emissions trading scheme and/or carbon tax which would attribute a cost to each unit of carbon emitted; thus reflecting the true cost of energy production by fossil fuels which then could be used to lower the cost/kWh of these renewable energies.
set at 200,000. Parties also had the opportunity to pay a deposit of 60 million rubles. Although party, which already had deputies in the Duma , was relieved from these demands. Following amendments to the law were made in 2009, when the number of required signatures was brought down to 150,000 (Article 8). Following these reforms, Russia's party system now definitely looks more similar to those in established democracies. New laws have significantly reduced the number of competing parties, and those that have remained, have considerable representation in national scale. Yet, there are several reasons to believe that the vision of more stable party system rests on the idea of creating a single ,,party of power" . The features of dominant party strategy Studies of dominant party regimes identify a number of common strategies which help to maintain the dominant party's power. In this work, three main approaches presented by David
successful would never have to move. So a town that could exert enough pull over the right people could resist and perhaps even surpass Silicon Valley. For all its power, Silicon Valley has a great weakness: the paradise Shockley found in 1956 is now one giant parking lot. San Francisco and Berkeley are great, but they're forty miles away. Silicon Valley proper is soul-crushing suburban sprawl. It has fabulous weather, which makes it significantly better than the soul-crushing sprawl of most other American cities. But a competitor that managed to avoid sprawl would have real leverage. All a city needs is to be the kind of place the next traitorous eight look at and say "I want to stay here," and that would be enough to get the chain reaction started.
In the 2014 article, ,,Understanding the Internet of Things (IoT)" GSMA shares its vision of the evolution of The Internet of Things that will lead to the so-called Connected Life. The future of mobile connectivity goes beyond tablets and cars, allowing to connect virtually everything. It is assumed that there will be a significant rise of connected devices throughout the world, allowing the growth of new services, transforming the way people work and live. The lack of human interaction will probably cause the emergence of new business models and promote the delivery of services across diverse socio-economic sectors. A research by Machina Research predicts that the Internet of Things is likely to boost the economy by an enormous amount up to US$ 4.5 trillion yearly. The needs of variable industries are already met by the use of Machine to Machine (M2M) solutions using wireless networks. Being a relatively new sector, the M2M connecti...
How do global supply chains achieve agility? In a sense the very process of globalisation has retarded agility. For example, many companies in 23 their search for lower production costs have moved much of their manufacturing and assembly offshore. The main driver for such moves often being low labour costs. However, in so doing they run the risk of extending their lead-times significantly thus generating the need for more inventory in the pipeline. As a result their agility is reduced. Some organisations have actually sought to reverse this trend by bringing manufacturing back closer to their main markets - Dell Computer being a case in point. Other companies are using low cost sources of supply to manufacture products where there is a predictable demand and using more local, flexible facilities for producing less predictable, more volatile products
Newtoni eelne füüsika areng Descartes 31. märts 1596 11. veebruar 1650) oli prantsuse matemaatik, filosoof ja loodusteadlane. Võttis kasutusele tähtsümbolid.Tundmatud muutujad xyz. Töötas välja analüüsi meetodid. 1631-32: Lahendades Pappuse probleemi, leiutab Descartes algebralise geomeetria. Formuleeris inertsiseaduse. Avastas, et atmosfääri rõhk kahaneb kõrguse kasvades. Tuletas valguse murdumisseaduse.Mis võimaldas täiustada optikariistu. Pani aluse optikale kui eraldi teadusharule. Tõi ausse uuesti füüsika ja matemaatika. Avastas refleksid. Huygens (14. aprill 1629, Haag 8. juuli 1695, Haag) oli madalmaade füüsik, astronoom ja matemaatik. Huygens huvitus eriti loodusteaduste rakenduslikest külgedest ning sai hakkama mitmesuguste leiutistega. Õnnestus saada teleskoobile 98x suurendus. Avastas Orioni udukogu. Määras Marsi pöörlemisperioodi ja seda üsna täpselt. Leiutas pendelkella. Leiutas projektori, mida nimetati algselt imel...
Nuclear power plants produce no controlled air pollutants, such as sulphur and particulates, or greenhouse gases. The use of nuclear power in place of other energy sources helps to keep the air clean, preserve the Earth's climate, avoid ground-level ozone formation and prevent acid rain. Nuclear power has important implications for our national security. Inexpensive nuclear power, in combination with fuel cell technology, could significantly reduce our dependency on foreign oil. Nuclear power plants have experienced an admirable safety record. About 20% of electricity generated in the U.S. comes from nuclear power, and in the last forty years of this production, not one single fatality has occurred as a result of the operation of a civilian nuclear power plant in the United States. In comparison, many people die in coal mining accidents every year and
all new products, thus ensuring that the number of products containing these substances will decrease until these substances are eliminated from our range. In addition, for those products with a longer life-cycle, we will continue to seek alternatives and reformulate products to decrease the amount of phthalates and artificial musks we use. We believe that this strategy has been effective. While customers have not noted a difference in the range and quality of our products, we have managed to significantly reduce the number of products containing phthalates and artificial musks. We have now set fixed timescales for elimination of these ingredients. By the end of 2006, phthalates will have been removed from all of our formulations. Likewise, artificial musks will be out of 95% of our formulations by this date. However, due to the complexity of replacing them in some of our most popular products, our deadline for phasing our artificial musks from all formulations is therefore 2010.
Also many details Á positive and negative, trivial and important Á remind me of Ireland forty years ago. The way women dress [. . .]; children's acceptance of parental discipline; the eager unsophistication of adolescents . . . And, most significantly, the brand-mark of centuries of oppression Á a half apologetic, half-defiant national inferiority complex. (Murphy, 1992, pp. 89Á90; italics mine) Other times, through foreignizing strategies, places and events trigger associa-
5. Different applications 5.1 Launch of spacecrafts into space from Earth Railguns can potentially launch satellites or space shuttles into the upper atmosphere, where auxiliary rockets would kick in. On bodies without an atmosphere, such as the moon, railguns could deliver projectiles to space without chemical propellant, which requires air to function. In 2003, Ian McNab outlined a plan to turn this idea into a realized technology. The accelerations involved are significantly stronger than human beings can handle. This system would only be used to launch sturdy materials, such as food, water, and fuel. Note that escape velocity under ideal circumstances (equator, mountain, heading east) is 10.735 km/s. The system would cost $528 a kg, compared with $20,000 a kg on the space shuttle. The railgun system McNab suggested would launch 500 tons per year, spread over approximately 2000 launches per year. 12
Limited Liability Company continues to exist even if some of the participants decided to withdraw from it or died. This does not affect the state of society as a whole. Another advantage is that your children can participate in a given society is inherited. But this form has some shortcomings: any deal for the transition of ownership of the share capital (sale, donation, etc.) must be notarized; 11 significantly increases the time for the issue of a large number of accounting documents; every time you have to disclose the details of their business, presenting to the authorities the necessary financial documentation all founders of agreement to make a total of half of the share capital at the time of registration. How to register a Limited Liability Company? This can be done in three ways: 1. You can register a Limited Liability Company on their own,
“Your Fitness” Business Plan Prepared May 2012 Contact Information name email phone Your Fitness Business Plan Executive Summary “Your Fitness” it is envisaged, will be the third extension of “The Muscle Shop” company’s development strategy. Extensive research over the last two years has gleaned information to suggest this project would be successful project. The new gym will create a personalized environment for both females and males, for all fitness levels, to pursue their sporting, competition and personal fitness goals. A special focus will be paid by creating heavy weight lifting capabilities and equipment for professional body builders. This new gym facility will serve people in Dublin ……. area which include …………., …………… and …………... The area has a some sports and fitness clubs, however ,”Your Fitness” has the unique ability to cater to all the fitness level form, amateur to professional body bu...
voices. Among the most discussed authors of this period were Victor Pelevin, who gained popularity with short stories and novels, novelist and playwright Vladimir Sorokin, and the poet Dmitri Prigov. In the 21st century, a new generation of Russian authors appeared, differing greatly from the postmodernist Russian prose of the late 20th century, which lead critics to speak about "new realism". Russian authors have significantly contributed to numerous literary genres. Russia has five Nobel Prize in literature laureates. As of 2011, Russia was the fourth largest book producer in the world in terms of published titles. A popular folk saying claims Russians are "the world's most reading nation". Old Russian literature Old Russian literature consists of several masterpieces written in the Old Russian language (i.e. the language of Rus', not to be confused with the contemporaneous Church Slavonic nor with modern Russian)
returning to her family's house in Amherst. Thought of as an eccentric by the locals, she became known for her penchant for white clothing and her reluctance to greet guests or, later in life, even leave her room. Dickinson was a prolific private poet, though fewer than a dozen of her nearly eighteen hundred poems were published during her lifetime. The work that was published during her lifetime was usually altered significantly by the publishers to fit the conventional poetic rules of the time. Dickinson's poems are unique for the era in which she wrote; they contain short lines, typically lack titles, and often utilize slant rhyme as well as unconventional capitalization and punctuation. Many of her poems deal with themes of death and immortality, two subjects which infused her letters to friends. Walter Whitman Walter Whitman (May 31, 1819 March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, journalist, and humanist
The biasing is arranged with the help of R1 and R2.Because of the output capacitor C, this voltage is coupled to the load.Since the emitter is no longer at ac ground, the ac voltage across the emitter is approximately equal to the input voltage at the base.The reason the circuit is called an emitter follower is because the output voltage follows the input voltage. 3) 4)current,ac,feedback.5)analog, class A 6) 7)ADVANTAGES:The output impedance is significantly lower than the inpud impedance.That is, the circuit is especially useful to decrease the output resistance of the electronic device.Another benefit is, that almost no distortion of the signal occurs.That is why the emitter follower is often used as an intermediate stage of a power amplifier for current amplification.DISADVANTAGES:high noise and limited frequency range, over which the stabilization is effective.Phase delay.DC stops.Additional area, volume, size, weight of amplifiers. 8)
Corporation's PDP-7 with help from Dennis Ritchie. This experience, combined with his work on the Multics project, led Thompson to start a new operating system for the PDP-7. Advanced Micro Devices Incorporated is founded. Intel's Marcian (Ted) Hoff designs an integrated circuit chip that could receive instructions, and perform simple functions on data. The design becomes the 4004 microprocessor. Intel announces a 1 KB RAM chip, which has a significantly larger capacity than any previously produced memory chip. Bill Gates and Paul Allen, calling themselves the "Lakeside Programming Group" sign an agreement with Computer Center Corporation to report bugs in PDP-10 software, in exchange for computer time. Gary Starkweather, at Xerox's research facility in Webster, New York, demonstrates using a laser beam with the xerography process to create a laser printer.
pared to offering the same monetary amount as an after-the-fact reward (Singer, Van Holwyk 8{ Maher, 2000; Warriner, Goyder, Gjertsen, Horner, 8{ McSpurren, 1996). Indeed, one study showed that mailing a $5 "gift" check along with an insur- ance survey was twice as effective as offering a $50 payment for sending back a completed survey (James 8{ Bolstein, 1992). Similarly, food servers have learned that simply giving customers a candy or mint along with their bill significantly in- creases tips (Strohmetz, Rind, Fisher, 8{ Lynn, 2002). In general, business operators have found that, after accepting a gift, customers are willing to purchase products and services they would have otherwise declined (Gruner, 1996). It appears that the give-and-take of social interaction is recognized well before adulthood. One fifth-grade language teacher wrote to me about a test she gives her students on the proper use of the past, present, and future tenses
inner ring, called bundle sheath cells, contain starch-rich chloroplasts lacking grana, which differ from those in mesophyll cells present as the outer ring. Hence, the chloroplasts are called dimorphic. This peculiar anatomy is called kranz anatomy, from the German word for wreath. The primary function of kranz anatomy is to provide a site in which CO2 can be concentrated around RuBisCO, thereby avoiding photorespiration. In order to maintain a significantly higher CO2 concentration in the bundle sheath compared to the mesophyll, the boundary layer of the kranz has a low conductance to CO2, a property that may be enhanced by the presence of suberin. Kranz-anatoomia. C4 taimede mesofüllirakkude ja pärjarakkude vahel on pidev tihe rakukest, millest läbi pääseb vaid plasmodesmide kaudu. Orgaanilise happed siiski difundeeruvad, sest nende kontsentratsio on 10 -20 mM
could make a witch cake and feed it to a dog. If the dog then behaved like the afflicted person it was proof that witchcraft was the cause. In this case a dog was given the cake and its behaviour afterwards was said to be like that of the afflicted girls. This was taken as evidence that witchcraft was indeed responsible. The girls then `identified' those responsible. They blamed three women, Tituba, the slave, Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne. Significantly all three women had low status. If the girls had accused respected members of the community they might not have been believed. Tituba was looked down 5 upon because she was only a slave. Sarah Good was poor and sometimes begged for food. Sarah Osborne had not been to church for a year. That earned her disapproval from many of her neighbours. On 29 February 1692 the three were arrested. On 1 March Judge John Hathorne and Judge
The Rise and Demise of the New Public Management Wolfgang Drechsler (University of Tartu and Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia) © Copyright: Wolfgang Drechsler 2005 Within the public sphere, the most important reform movement of the last quarter of a century has been the New Public Management (NPM). It is of particular interest in the post-autistic economics (pae) context because NPM largely rests on the same ideology and epistemology as standard textbook economics (STE) is based (for my take on this, see Drechsler 2000), and it has had, and still has, similar results. Already more on the defensive within public administration (PA) than STE is within economics, NPM also shows that such major paradigm shifts in theory and policy may actually happen. In addition, it occasionally appears that pae-oriented scholars have overlooked the fact that some features in public management refo...
1994, and slow decline continued throughout the decade. Economic growth would not resume again until 2000. The budget deficit was, at 14.4 percent of GDP, exceptionally large. Barter and the use of surrogate moneys and foreign currencies prevailed. Ukraine had introduced a sovereign currency, the Hryvnia, but it was little used. A shadow economy swelled and compensated for an unknown share of the economic collapse. 2001-2008 Between 2001 and 2008, the Ukrainian economy picked up significantly. Many of Ukraine's large-scale capitalists--the oligarchs--are former Soviet-era industrial managers who succeeded on a grand scale when industries were privatized. Their wealth was originally based on a traditional, simple formula: convert cheap energy and raw materials into metals and manufactured goods. The six richest Ukrainians are all metallurgy magnates. In Ukraine--like in Russia--incumbent managers (there is a special term in Russian for such
layer. Puurindes domineerib peamiselt mänd ja viljakamates piirkondades ka kuusk. Cowberry and bilberry abound in the the ground vegetation. Alustaimestikus on rohkesti pohla ja mustikat. The cowberry (Rhodococcum) site type occurs mostly in southeastern and northern Estonia and on the islands. Pohla (Rhodococcum) kasvukohatüüp esineb peamiselt Kagu- ja Põhja-Eestis ning saartel. As the caracteristics (including productivity) of both the soil and the forest growing on it differ significantly depending on the texture of soil and especially on the thickness of moraine in the course of forest surveys the site type shall be dealt with 4 as two separate subtypes. Et nii metsa kui ka mulla omadused (kaasaarvatud tootlikkus) kasvavad oluliselt erinedes, sõltudes mulla lõimisest ja eriti moreenikihi tüsedusest, siis
ización» por ahora abarca tan sólo elementos lingüísticos y culturales, pero no los que aquí nos ocupan, que están directamente relacionados con el tipo de destinatario (MAYORAL 2001: 14) The author refers to the lack of audiovisual translation norms in different countries, since reading speeds "as done by Ivarsson (1992) and Screen Subtitling Systems Ltd. (1998), are usually established in WPM, while the word length can vary significantly for different languages, and the concept of `localization' only copes with linguistic and cultural elements for the time being, and is thus not dir- ectly related with the type of viewer". These comments are considered especially appropriate in order to answer some of the research questions in mind, like the re- lationship between CPS and WPM and their more than likely variation depending on the language the reading speed calculations are made for.
English literature is one of the oldest literatures in Europe; dates back to the 6th century AD. Oral literature, i.e. not written down, spread from person to person. In 449 AD Anglo-‐Saxon tribes invaded England – beginning of the Anglo-‐Saxon period in English literature. The first form of literature was folklore, carried by scops and gleemen, who sang in alliterative verse (a kind of simple poetry). Prose developed much later. The first form of recorded English literature was the epic Beowulf, which was produced sometime near the end of the 7th and beginning of the 8th century. It has no ...
measure of stress however, many studies have failed to find changes in cortisol (Manuck et al, 1991), and there has been inconsistency in the effects of psychological stressors on cortisol activity (Biondi & Picardi, 1999). Despite these reports, Dikerson and Kemery (2004) in a meta-analysis of acute psychological stressors and various laboratory tests, did show variations in the cortisol response. The public speaking/cognitive task combination was associated with significantly greater cortisol responses than other types of psychological stressors. The combination of social- evaluative threat (being judged negatively by others when performing arithmetic or speaking task) and uncontrollability (time constriction and possible outcome) was the strongest predictor for the cortisol response. Detecting an association between repeated measures combining several time points, for cortisol the most widely used formulas are the area under the curve (AUCg
BRITISH NATIONAL SYMBOLS Research work CONTENTS CONTENTS.....................................................................................................................................2 INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................3 1. BRITISH NATIONAL SYMBOLS..............................................................................................5 1.1 Great Britain and British story................................................................................................5 1.2 National Symbols and Nation Building..................................................................................5 1.3 The Use of Flags throughout History.....................................................................................6 1.4 The Early Modern Flags. United Kindom: Union Jack.........................................
individual. The first sub-goal is to describe the temporal relationship between the diagnosis of VTE and malignant tumors in the patients of East-Tallinn Central Hospital. The second sub-goal is to describe various tumor localizations in patients with venous thromboembolism. The paper largely draws its statistics from the database of the hospital. For a coherent analysis several statistical methods were used. The results of the survey seem to confirm that patients with cancer are at significantly higher risk of developing, and dying from venous thromboembolism (VTE). This requires careful consideration of the interplay between the patient's cancer and treatment course, with their underlying comorbidities. Recognizing the increased risk for VTE in cancer patients is the first step in preventing the occurrence of VTE and promptly identifying VTE in these patients. Introducing the results of this study to the Estonian physician will help to raise awareness
2005); developing structures and processes to enable teams and/or organisations to work collaboratively towards common goals (Rosen and Ham, 2008); and/ or building leadership and management capacity to facilitate partnership(s) (Feachem and Sekhri, 2005). ·The interplay between different types of integration can influence the value that can be secured. For instance, integrating administrative processes can significantly aid integration of clinical services into a single process (Shortell, 2000). Similarly, simply focusing on organisational integration in an attempt to integrate providers is unlikely to create improvements in care for patients (Ramsey and Fulop, 2008) and can fail to alter the way in which doctors practise medicine and collaborate with other health care professionals (Burns and Pauly, 2002), which also requires
efficiently than competitors. (Collis) Relational capabilities - Relational capability has capacity to purposefully create, extend, or modify the firm's recourses base, augmented to include the resources of its alliance partner. Kale (1999) found that several key elements of knowledge management influenced capabilities and performance. Firms that had well developed process (and greater technical fitness) in each of these areas had significantly higher performance than others. Dünaamilised võimekused - Dynamic capabilities is the firm's ability to integrate, build, and reconfigure internal and external competences to address rapidly changing environments. Some dynamic capabilities integrate resources (product development; strategic decision making), others focus on reconfiguration of recourses (knowledge brokering) within firm and other dynamic capabilities are related to the gain and release
The doctors were unable to isolate the cause of the epidemic. overtly adv. in a way clearly seen; not done secretly adj. overt Syn. openly He overtly disregarded the regulations. Her overt attempt to take control of the discussion failed. profoundly adv. in a deep way; showing deep knowledge adj. profound of a subject n. profundity Syn. significantly Everyone was profoundly impressed by the news reports. The Nobel Prize is a profound recognition of outstanding achievement. sharply adv. showing sensitivity or quick thinking; adj. sharp showing a quick change in direction v. sharpen Syn. quickly n. sharpness Car prices rose sharply over the past year. There was a sharp change in the humidity after the storm. situated adj
project breaks ground and problems start to rise (Powell, 2008). The geometric logics of fabrication and construction may introduce uncoordinated changes to the design intent of a 3D model created by the architect if not facilitated by an appropriate communication platform and protocol (Leicht & Messner, 2008). Virtual design essentially closes the gap between design and construction and significantly facilitates collaboration among design and construction teams (Mitchell, 2009). 1.11. Summary The main theme that emerged from the literature review of academic and industry publications is the importance of collaboration that is needed to facilitate the design and construction of a complex structure. Adopting BIM necessitates a closer form of collaboration (Eastman et al., 2008). The architectural firm has a two-way link in the collaboration
Figure 5. Scene Graph for HelloUniverse Locale acts as the location in the virtual world where the scene subgraph is situated. In many programs there is only need for a single Locale, but it is possible to have many. Below the Locale node there are always two subgraphs the left branch is the content branch graph, holding program-specific content such as geometry, lighting, textures, and the background. The content-branch graph differs significantly from one application to another. 13 Games Programming with Java and Java 3D The right hand branch below Locale is the view branch graph and specifies the user's position, orientation, and perspective as they look into the virtual world from the physical world (e.g. from in front of a monitor). The ViewPlatorm node specifies the viewer's position in the virtual world; the View node states how to turn what the
Mustvee Gümnaasium METSATULEKAHJUDE ÜLEVAADE EESTIS Uurimistöö Evelin Kütt 12. klass Juhendaja: Maili Vaher Mustvee, 2010/2011Sisukord Sissejuhatus Metsatulekahjud on oma õhusaastavuse tõttu ülemaailmne probleem. Alad, mis põlevad Ameerikas või Austraalias ei ole võrreldavad Eesti metsatulekahjudega, kuid siinses mastaabis võib ka paarisaja hektari suurust põlengut nimetada hiigeltulekahjuks. Veel mõned aastakümned tagasi ei suhtutud metsatulekahjudesse sellise tõsidusega nagu seda tehakse nüüd. Metsatulekahjud ei olnud küll haruldased nähtused, kuid nende mõju keskkonnale ei hinnatud nii tõsiseks. Praegu on teada, et metsatulekahjud paiskavad aastas atmosfääri rohkem CO2-te, kui suudab toota kogu maailma transport. Sellega seonduvalt on hakatud rohkem investeerima metsatulekahjude enne...
the same IR wavelength. Although most IR phototransistors and LEDs will work together, these parts do operate at different peak wavelengths in the IR range. When using discrete parts, it is best to select an LED and phototran- sistor that are designed for the same IR range. If the parts have different ranges, then an LED at one end of its range and a phototransistor at the other end of its range may result in a system with significantly lower CTR. Figure 3.14 summarizes the three basic methods of interfacing an optical sensor to a microprocessor. All of these show the LED always on with a current Sensors 69 Figure 3.14 Interfacing optical sensors to a microprocessor. limiting resistor, and the phototransistor using a grounded emitter and a pullup on the collector. All three methods will also work with other LED drive
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