...Team 2 Founded in 1916, by Gustav Otto, to manufacture aircraft engines After 1923 Treaty of Versailles turned to produce motorcycles 1936 launches its BMW 328 sports car BMW first entered Formula One as a full-fledged team in 2006. Niche player: “manufacturer of unique automobiles for a clearly defined, exclusive and demanding clientele all over the world” 13th rank in manufacturers’ top today Design Concept - manual renderings on paper Clay models – the “excitement” of its designs Computer-aided Design models -> Computer-aided Styling Handcraftsmanship EMOTIONS: ◦ Precision of the surface ◦ The surface stress ◦ The lines of reflection “artful of deformation of sheet metal” Functional & manufacturable exterior design “front-loading” -> functionality (crashworthiness, dynamics) State of the art design - meticulous handcraftsmanship to assure silky precision and offer the customer “emotions” Consistent design -> familiar resemblance between all its models These increased a lot the engineering lead time making almost impossible to come up with “fresh” models at the same speed as the competition. A sequential approach of phases Many operations executed manually for personal touch and artistic excellence High-quality physical prototyping Low frequency of launching new platforms (only incremental model changes from year to year) Low use of computer-aided software “Developing a...
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...HANDALAN 21, "r.u*n,"o.oN. BHD. (r FOUNDATION/SOIL ENCINEERINC CONTRACTOR Jale 2/128, Ilappy carden 73100) Telr 03-783696:1, 7836709 Email: n8@rd.ilrine.mv PROPOSED PETRONAS SERVICE STATION AT LOT 821, 822 AND PART OF LOT 317, MUKIM CHENG, MELAKA TENGAH, LEBUH AMJ REPORT OF SOIL INVESTIGATION AND LABORATORY TESTING NOVEMBER 2011 HMIJO48I11 1020, Bulatan Sulian Mansor, Jalan Ketanran, 20050 Kuata Tcr€ngganu. Tel: A9-6232099 Fax: 09-6229905 Nlrprlr&o AUTHENTICATION OF TIIE FACTUAL REPORT PROJECT : PETRONAS SERVICE STATION AT LOT 821,822 AND PART OF LOT 317, MUKIM CHENG, MELAKA TENGAH, LEBUH AMJ I, do hereby cer1ifu that all items repofted in this report are factual and all works reported herein were carried out in accordance with these specification and BS 5930 : 1981, BS i377 : 1990, other code specified and good engineering practice. #a;'Q I,EAK {rj rr tt) CO NTENT A. REPORT B. BOREHOLE LOG C. S.P.T GRAPHS WITH SOIL LEGEND D. MACKINTOSH PROBE TEST E- SUMMARY OF LABORATORY TESTS RESULTS F- PHOTOGRAPHS OF BOREHOLES G. SITE PLAN REPORT E{ANffiA{,AI{ ENTERPRIStr SDN. BIID. oloo r) F O UNDATION / S OIL ENGINEERING'OFTNACTON Tet:01-79816963 21, Jllan 2/128, Happy carden, OffJatan 03 '1983 67A9 Kuctui Lana,58200 Kudr Luhpur Fd:01-7981 4558 PROPOSED PE'fRONAS SERI/ICE STATION AT I,OT 82],822 AND PART OF LO'|.J17, CHENG, MELAKA TENGAH, LEBUH AMJ I. INTRODUCTION l l rbis repod describes 821. 822 And part l-2 MI/K]M soil Investication...
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...Introduction: Insulin resistance is associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), cardiovascular disease (CVD), both independently and in association with the metabolic syndrome. Impaired insulin sensitivity has been documented in those known to be at risk for diabetes, such as normoglycemic first-degree relatives of people of T2DM, and women with history of gestational diabetes. Although present in most people who developed T2DM, insulin resistance is generally present for many years before changes in blood glucose concentrations are evident. Despite possible influences from genetic and perinatal factors, diet and physical activity are likely to have greater and overriding influence in generation of the metabolic syndrome and T2DM. Dietary intakes of vegetable fat, polyunsaturated fatty acid, dietary fiber (particularly cereal fiber), magnesium, and caffeine are significantly inversely correlated and intakes of trans fatty acid and heme-iron, glycemic index, and glycemic load are significantly positively correlated with the incidence of type 2 diabetes (Murakami K et al J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo) 2005; 51:292-310). Studies have shown a significantly decreased risk for T2DM with the higher consumption of grain (particularly whole grain), and significantly increased risk with processed meat consumption (J Nutr Sci Vitaminol (Tokyo) 2005; 51:292-310). Increased obesity is associated with insulin resistance. Other important factors contributing to insulin resistance include...
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...Contents Title Page 1.0 Introduction 2 2.1 Management 2 2.2 Competing Values Framework 2-3 2.0 The Organisation 3 3.3 The Rational Goal Model 3-4 3.4 Primark and the Rational Goal Model. 4 3.0 The Challenge: Ethics 4-5 4.5 Primark and Ethics 5-6 4.0 Recommendations 6 5.0 Conclusion 6 6.0 References 7 1.0 Introduction: Primark is one of the UK’s leading clothing retailers with stores located in various regions throughout Europe. The brand is best known for its low-cost, budget clothing. Its success is based on producing high quality clothes with super-competitive prices as a result of technology, efficient distribution, high volume supply and demand and low labour costs. The management theory underpinning Primark is the Rational Goal Model which focuses on maximisation of output...
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...List of FTSE 350 companies FTSE 350 companies include two parts: (1) FTSE 100 companies which are the 100 largest UK companies measured by market capitalization; and (2) FTSE 250 companies which the 101st to the 350th largest companies within the UK. This follows on from the FTSE 100. No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 LSE Code RDSA+RDSB HSBA VOD BP. GSK BATS LLOY DGE SAB RIO BLT BG. AZN GLEN STAN BARC ULVR RB. PRU TSCO NG. BT.A AAL RR. IMT CNA RBS CPG ABF SSE Name Royal Dutch Shell HSBC Holdings Vodafone Group BP GlaxoSmithKline British American Tobacco Lloyds Banking Group Diageo SABMiller Rio Tinto BHP Billiton BG Group AstraZeneca Glencore Xstrata Standard Chartered Barclays Unilever Reckitt Benckiser Group Prudential Tesco National Grid BT Group Anglo American Rolls-Royce Group Imperial Tobacco Group Centrica Royal Bank of Scotland Group Compass Group Associated British Foods SSE 1 Index FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 FTSE 100 No. 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 LSE Code WPP BA. BSY SHP EXPN ARM AV. LGEN PSON CRH OML REL TLW ANTO KGF WOS SL. FRES NXT MKS SBRY LAND SN. BRBY MRW CPI SDR+SDRC ITV IAG...
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...An Estimate of Public Expenditure on Health in India Mita Choudhury H.K. Amar Nath National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP) 18/2 Satsang Vihar Marg New Delhi May 2012 An Estimate of Public Expenditure on Health in India The level of public spending on health has been a widely discussed issue in India in recent times. Various research studies as well as policy documents have repeatedly highlighted the low level of public spending on health in India.1 In particular, public spending on health as a per cent of GDP has been the focus of discussions, as it is an indicator of the priority accorded to health in the planning process of the country. Policy documents like the Approach Paper to the Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012 to 2017), the High Level Expert Group for Universal Health Coverage (HLEG), the Programme Implementation Framework of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) and the Report of the National Commission on Macroeconomics and Health (NCMH) have all endorsed the need to raise the level of public spending on health in India from around one per cent to 2 to 3 per cent of GDP. Monitoring the progress towards achieving the target level of public spending on health has been difficult, due to ambiguity in the definition of health expenditure used, and the corresponding figures reported by different government agencies. The latest Economic Survey, 2011-12 of the Government of India suggests that public spending on health was around 1...
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...Chapter 12 Human Resource Management True/False Questions WHY HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IS IMPORTANT 1. High-performance work practices are those that lead to high individual and high organizational performance. (True; moderate; p. 323) 2. High-performance work practices involve a commitment by management to improve the knowledge skills and abilities of the organization’s employees, increasing employee motivation, and enhancing the retention of quality employees. (True; easy; p. 323) THE HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PROCESS 3. The human resource management (HRM) process consists of 10 activities necessary for staffing the organization and sustaining high employee performance. (False; moderate; p. 323) 4. A labor union is an organization that represents workers and seeks to protect their interests. (True; easy; p. 323) 5. In the United States, nearly 25 percent of all workers are unionized. (False; moderate; pp. 323-324) 6. Affirmative action programs assure that minorities are given equal opportunities in the workplace. (False; difficult; p. 324) 7. A community fire department can categorically deny employment to a firefighter applicant who is confined to a wheelchair. (True; moderate; p. 324) 8. The United States will experience a shortage of 20 million workers over the next 10 years according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (False; moderate; p. 325) HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING 9. Human resource planning can be condensed into two...
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...2011-2012 Executive summary This merger and acquisition transaction is about two large steel companies- one’s headquarter in Luxembourg and the other in the Netherlands. The target is Arcelor S.A, a big European company. And the acquirer is Mittal Steel Company, which was founded by Lakshmi Niwas Mittal. The negotiations began in January 27th 2006 when Mittal officially announced an offer to Arcelor’s shareholders. This was a hostile acquisition which faced many difficulties in respect to politics, and other economic aspects. The deal was reached on June 26th 2006 when Arcelor accepted the offer. Meanwhile the value of the acquisition was €26.5 billion; and the joining of the two big steel companies created the largest steel company in the world and created a lot of synergies after the its completion. Introduction & Background ArcelorMittal S.A. is the successor of Mittal Steel Company which was created through acquiring Arcelor S.A., the second largest steel producer after Mittal Steel, by Mittal Steel in 2006. It is the largest steel producing company in the world and one of the prominent multinational enterprises. The mighty steel empire was founded by Lakshmi Niwas Mittal in 1976 after purchasing the small plant in Indonesia. Lakshmi Niwas Mittal or 'King of Steel' built his empire without building a single steel plant. He expanded his steel business through various merger and acquisition activities. The detailed historical information for Mittal Steel can be seen...
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...Buffett worked from 1951 to 1954 at Buffett-Falk & Co. as an investment salesman; from 1954 to 1956 at Graham-Newman Corp., as a securities analyst; from 1956 to 1969 at Buffett Partnership, Ltd. as a general partner and beginning in 1970 as Berkshire Hathaway Inc Chairman and CEO. By 1950, at 20, Buffett had made and saved $9,800 (over $96,000 inflation adjusted for the 2014 USD[22]).[23] In April 1952, Buffett discovered that Graham was on the board of GEICO insurance. Taking a train to Washington, D.C. on a Saturday, he knocked on the door of GEICO's headquarters until a janitor admitted him. There he met Lorimer Davidson, Geico's Vice President, and the two discussed the insurance business for hours. Davidson would eventually become Buffett's lifelong friend and a lasting influence,[24] and would later recall that he found Buffett to be an "extraordinary man" after only fifteen minutes. Buffett wanted to work on Wall Street, however, both his father and Ben Graham urged him not to. He offered to work for Graham for free, but Graham refused.[25] Buffett returned to Omaha and worked as a stockbroker while taking a Dale Carnegie public speaking course.[26] Using what he learned, he felt confident enough to teach an "Investment Principles" night class at University of Nebraska-Omaha. The average age of his students was more than twice his own. During this time he also purchased a Sinclair Texaco gas station as a side investment. However, this was not successful.[citation...
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...See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/26742176 Caffeine levels in beverages from Argentina's market: Application to caffeine dietary intake assessment ARTICLE in FOOD ADDITIVES AND CONTAMINANTS - PART A CHEMISTRY, ANALYSIS, CONTROL, EXPOSURE AND RISK ASSESSMENT · APRIL 2009 Impact Factor: 1.8 · DOI: 10.1080/02652030802430649 · Source: PubMed CITATIONS READS 12 53 4 AUTHORS, INCLUDING: Valentina Olmos Edda Villaamil Lepori University of Buenos Aires University of Buenos Aires 15 PUBLICATIONS 84 CITATIONS 20 PUBLICATIONS 119 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE All in-text references underlined in blue are linked to publications on ResearchGate, letting you access and read them immediately. SEE PROFILE Available from: Valentina Olmos Retrieved on: 09 April 2016 This article was downloaded by: [Universidad de Buenos Aires], [V. Olmos] On: 10 December 2013, At: 03:58 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Informa Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: Mortimer House, 37-41 Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JH, UK Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tfac20 Caffeine levels in beverages from Argentina's market: application to caffeine dietary intake assessment a a a V. Olmos , N. Bardoni , A.S...
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...Systemic Risk and Regulation∗ Franklin Allen Department of Finance Wharton School University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104 allenf@wharton.upenn.edu Douglas Gale Department of Economics New York University 269 Mercer Street New York, NY 10003 douglas.gale@nyu.edu January 4, 2006 Abstract Historically, much of the banking regulation that was put in place was designed to reduce systemic risk. In many countries capital regulation in the form of the Basel agreements is currently one of the most important measures to reduce systemic risk. In recent years there has been considerable growth in the transfer of credit risk across and between sectors of the financial system. In particular there is evidence that risk has been transfered from the banking sector to the insurance sector. One argument is that this is desirable and simply reflects diversification opportunities. Another is that it represents regulatory arbitrage and the concentration of risk that may result from this could ∗ We are grateful to our discussant Charles Calomiris and other participants at the NBER Conference on "The Risks of Financial Institutions" held in Woodstock, Vermont, October 22-23, 2004, our discussant Martin Hellwig and other participants at the CFS Conference on "Risk Transfer between (Re-)Insurers, Banks, and Markets" held in Frankfurt, June 10-11, 2005, and our discussant Charles Kahn and other participants at the Bank of Portugal Conference on "Financial Fragility...
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...Diploma Programme Chemistry data booklet First examinations 2009 Diploma Programme Chemistry data booklet First published March 2007 Revised edition published September 2008 International Baccalaureate Peterson House, Malthouse Avenue, Cardiff Gate Cardiff, Wales GB CF23 8GL United Kingdom Phone: +44 29 2054 7777 Fax: +44 29 2054 7778 Website: http://www.ibo.org © International Baccalaureate Organization 2008 The International Baccalaureate (IB) offers three high quality and challenging educational programmes for a worldwide community of schools, aiming to create a better, more peaceful world. The IB is grateful for permission to reproduce and/or translate any copyright material used in this publication. Acknowledgments are included, where appropriate, and, if notified, the IB will be pleased to rectify any errors or omissions at the earliest opportunity. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the IB, or as expressly permitted by law or by the IB’s own rules and policy. See http://www.ibo.org/copyright. IB merchandise and publications can be purchased through the IB store at http://store.ibo.org. General ordering queries should be directed to the sales and marketing department in Cardiff. Phone: +44 29 2054 7746 Fax: +44 29 2054 7779 Email: sales@ibo.org Printed in the United Kingdom by Antony Rowe...
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...STUDIES IN TAMIL LITERATURE AND HISTORY WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR; 1. 2. 3. Hindu Administrative The Mauryan Polity. Institutions. 4. 5. Some Aspects of the Vayu Purana. The Matsya Purana: A Study. Silappadikaram (in the Press). First Published .. .. J930 MUHTED AT TE ICADIAS LAW JOUNAL MESS, icYLAfOUi MAOA PREFACE. 'Studies in Tamil Literature and History* was first published in 1930 by Messrs. Luzac & Co., London. The book went out of print in the beginning of In view of this and also of the fact that it is prescribed for study by candidates taking Tamil at the Intermediate Arts examination at the University of London, the Secretary, External Department, University of London, wrote to me asking whether I am reprinting this year. the book. made me approach JMis and the increasing demand for the book the University of Madras with the to help me in the request publication of a second of the book. And the University has been kind edition enough to undertake to reprint it, for which I express my grateful thanks. In this edition I have added in an Appendix some notes which are the results of further studies on the subjects discussed in the book. V. R. RAMACHANDRA DIKSHITAR, UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS, 14th December, 1936 PREFATORY NOTE TO THE FIRST EDITION. To the earnest student of Indian History and particularly of South Indian History, a deep and critical study of ancient Tamil literature...
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...Construction MALAYSIA August 14, 2012 IJM Corp Bhd IJM MK / IJMS.KL Current RM5.12 RM6.50 RM6.40 27.0% Conviction FLASH NOTE SHORT TERM (3 MTH) LONG TERM Market Cap Avg Daily Turnover Free Float Target Previous Target Up/downside US$2,266m RM7,074m US$4.25m RM13.41m 71.8% 1,353 m shares CIMB Analyst Property takes the limelight Key takeaways from IJM Land’s property briefing reassured us of its long-term prospects, locally and overseas. Parent IJM is a cheaper proxy for exposure to this segment. A reprieve to IJM Corp’s share price hinges on the imminent signing of the WCE concession. We continue to peg our target price at a 10% discount to IJM’s RNAV, but raise it as we update for IJM Land’s higher market capitalisation and apply a higher sector P/E of 13.3x (13x before) in line with our revised target market P/E. IJM Corp remains a Trading Buy and not Outperform due to election risks with the WCE concession as key catalyst. 3M -9.6 -5.7 12M -22.9 -11.9 % held 14.2 6.1 7.9 in Penang. Sharizan Rosely T (06) 3 20849864 E sharizan.rosely@cimb.com What We Think We are positive about IJM Land’s local and overseas property prospects overall, which will provide longer-term visibility of property earnings. This is in turn positive for IJM Corp. As at FY12, IJM Land’s revenue makes up 27% of IJM Corp’s total revenue and 35% of total pretax profit. Rimbayu’s RM330m GDV for Phase 1 (3% of total GDV) will be launched in 4Q12, and will...
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...Cryobiology of Rat Embryos I: Determination of Zygote Membrane Permeability Coefficients for Water and Cryoprotectants, Their Activation Energies, and the Development of Improved Cryopreservation Methods During the 1nd Semester 2012-2013 A Research Paper Presented to Mr. Luis Gallardo Mago In partial fulfillment Of the requirements in Nat. Sci. Subject By: Table of contents Abstract Materials and methods Results Discussion References Figures Tables Abstract Cryobiology of Rat Embryos I: Determination of Zygote Membrane Permeability Coefficients for Water and Cryoprotectants, Their Activation Energies, and the Development of Improved Cryopreservation Methods. Reinhold T. Pfaffa,b, Yuksel Agcaa,b, Jun Liua, Erik J. Woodsa, Augustine T. Peterb and John K. Critser2,,a,b a Cryobiology Research Institute, Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202 Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, b School of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907 New rat models are being developed at an exponential rate, making improved methods to cryopreserve rat embryos extremely important. However, cryopreservation of rat embryos has proven to be difficult and expensive. In this study, a series of experiments was performed to characterize the fundamental cryobiology of rat fertilized 1-cell embryos (zygotes)...
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