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Evaluation of the screening efficiency of the Johnston group pure tone test as compared with the individual Sweepcheck test with 1500 pupils in the public schools of Taunton, Massachusetts.
Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston Universit
An Examination of Localization Success Factors of Chinese Big Four Accounting Firms
In May 2012, the Chinese government mandated that once the Big Four accounting (KPMG, PwC, Ernst & Young, and Deloitte) joint venture agreements expire, the firms must begin to localize most of the senior management. Although most of the Big Four firms employ many locals, there are more expatriate partners than Chinese counterparts. Because of this, the Big Four firms must quickly find qualified local senior management personnel. Amongst compliance and global regulatory issues, the Big Four firms must develop a strategy for localizing. Through a survey, this study aims to examine how expatriates and local Chinese managers perceive the effectiveness of the firm’s current localization plan. By analyzing external and internal forces that affect localization, I will make recommendations for the joint-venture accounting firms to plan, create, and execute a successful localization strategy
Research into advanced concepts of microwave power amplification and generation utilizing linear beam devices
A theoretical study of some aspects of the interaction between a drifting stream of electrons with transverse cyclotron motions and an electromagnetic field is presented. Particular emphasis was given to the possible generation and amplification of millimeter waves. The major effort was devoted to a theoretical study of the cyclotron resonance oscillator. The appendices include published papers on the cyclotron resonance oscillator which resulted from this investigation
Defending Your DNA: Combating Threats both Foreign and Domestic
We are under constant assault from forces capable of damaging our DNA. The genetic code of DNA is made up of four nucleotides: adenine (A) which bonds with thymine (T) and guanine (G) which bonds with cytosine (C). If something happens to upset this normal pairing or the nucleotides themselves, our body must spring to action and respond to the damage. When damage to nucleotides prevents the normal replication machinery from doing its job, enzymes like the Y-family polymerases are called in. A special mechanism allows them to identify damage and insert the correct nucleotide or bypass the lesion to continue replicating a new strand of DNA. If not bypassed correctly, the result is a mutation in our genetic code that could lead to cancer. Understanding how our body reacts to genetic damage on a molecular level, will aid the development of future anti-cancer therapies
Studies in calium metabolism in the rabbit
(1) Prior to pregnancy the calcium content in
the blood of full-grown rabbits was found to vary "between
13 and 15 m.gm. per 100 c.c. serum, with
suggestions of a significantly regular rise and fall.
During the early period of pregnancy no difference
between the serum-calciurn content of the pregnant and
the non-pregnant does was found.
(2) 7 to 10 days before parturition the serum-calcium,
then high, commences to fall and one, two
or three days before parturition there is a further
and more sudden fall to a minimum.
(3) After parturition the calcium content is
restored to normal by a rise as sudden as was the
previous fall, but about the 19th day of the lactation
period, or thereabout, there is a second sudden
fall to often a still lower minimum than was noted
before parturition. Following this fall there is a
sudden return to normal, but in some cases the return
ends in a remarkable maximum of calcium in the serum,
higher than any previously exhibited. Soon afterwards
there is a return to normal, the calcium level
then remaining steady till the end of the lactation
period.
(4) Data collected from several rabbits of both
sexes, excluding those relating to the periods of
pregnancy and lactation, show little indication of
any sex-dimorphism in calcium-metabolism. If, however,
these data are computed and the true mean with
probable error found for each sex it is seen that indeed
there is a significant sex difference. 'The
difference between the sexes was found to be more
than five times its probable error, and if five
times is taken as the limit of significance there is
sex-dimorphism, the males having a higher serum-calcium
content than the females.
(5) During the period of gestation foetal
blood contains less serum-calcium than maternal until
the last week of pregnancy when the foetal serum-calcium
equals the maternal and in some cases surpasses
it. This is to be explained by the sudden
decrease in serum-calcium in the maternal blood.
After parturition when the maternal value is again
constant the maternal serum-calcium level is higher
than the foetal. This relation persists till the
young rabbit is about a month old when its serum-calcium
level approaches that of its mother
Alien Registration- Mcisaac, Annie (Portland, Cumberland County)
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Domestic Evolution: Amending The United States Refugee Definition of the INA to Include Environmentally Displaced Refugees
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