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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