...Eggplant (Solanum melongena) or aubergine is a species of nightshade grown for its edible fruit. It is known in South Asia, Southeast Asia and South Africa as brinjal.[1][2][3][4] While "eggplant" is the common name in American, Canadian, and Australian English, "aubergine" is much more common in British English. Other common names are melongene,[5] garden egg,[6] or guinea squash.[7] The fruit is widely used in cooking, most notably as an important ingredient in dishes such as moussaka and ratatouille. As a member of the genus Solanum, it is related to both the tomato and the potato. It was originally domesticated from the wild nightshade species, the thorn or bitter apple, S. incanum,[8][9][10] probably with two independent domestications, one in the region of South Asia, and one in East Asia.[11] ------------------------------------------------- Description[edit] The eggplant is a delicate, tropical perennial often cultivated as a tender or half-hardy annual in temperate climates. It grows 40 to 150 cm (16 to 57 in) tall, with large, coarsely lobed leaves that are 10 to 20 cm (4–8 in) long and 5 to 10 cm (2–4 in) broad. Semiwild types can grow much larger, to 225 cm (7 ft) with large leaves over 30 cm (12 in) long and 15 cm (6 in) broad. The stem is often spiny. The flower is white to purple, with a five-lobed corolla and yellow stamens. The egg-shaped glossy purple fruit has white flesh with a meaty texture. The cut surface of the flesh rapidly turns brown when the fruit...
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...DEVELOPING THE INTERNET: ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND PUBLIC POLICY IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE* Sandra L. Suárez Department of Political Science Temple University Gladfelter Hall Philadelphia, PA 19122 (215) 204-1468 ssuarez@nimbus.temple.edu and Mauro F. Guillén The Wharton School and Department of Sociology University of Pennsylvania 2016 Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall Philadelphia, PA 19104-6370 215-573-6267 guillen@wharton.upenn.edu November 2000 Version * This research has been funded by Temple University (Suárez) and the Wharton eBusiness Initiative, WeBI (Guillén). 2 DEVELOPING THE INTERNET: ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND PUBLIC POLICY IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE Abstract The internet has not diffused uniformly throughout the world. Data on 142 countries indicate that, aside from the levels of economic and infrastructural development, cross-national differences have to do with whether the legal system fosters entrepreneurship, and with whether institutional and political conditions are stable, and democracy is the form of government. Competition and privatization policies in the area of telecommunications do not have consistent effects. After examining international patterns of diffusion for the world as a whole, differences between two matched pairs of countries are systematically compared: Ireland and Singapore, and Argentina and Spain. Patterns of entrepreneurship and public policy in each country are shown to have differed systematically, with distinctive consequences...
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...Football has always been my subculture any time, any day. Football which is popularly known worldwide by many football fans based on the entertainment and excitement it brings to its supporters. The game of football unites countries, clubs and fans together because of the pleasure they gained from it. It is a game (football) that is played with eleven players each on both sides, ie home and away team. According to classic football, “the history of football started about 100years ago in England in 1863, when the association was formed after the rugby football and association football branched off on their different courses.” Since the establishment of football, there have been rules governing the game. The body controlling the game of football for national teams is called FIFA. FIFA acronym means Federation International Football Association. Also, another body controlling clubs football is called UEFA. UEFA means Union European Football Association. Football as my subculture attracts viewers in the world through buying and selling of footballers and managers, European Leagues and quality of football pitches which also includes TV right. Footballers have the access to move from one European club to the other; under the UEFA rule. Footballers around the world are appreciated by their fans worldwide due to their performances in their various clubs. The buying and selling of European footballers enables football supporters to have good feelings of where their favorite players are...
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...date • 019 Dictionary catalogs • 020 Library & information sciences • 021 Library relationships • 022 Administration of the physical plant • 023 Personnel administration • 024 Not assigned or no longer used • 025 Library operations • 026 Libraries for specific subjects • 027 General libraries • 028 Reading, use of other information media • 029 Not assigned or no longer used • 030 General encyclopedic works • 031 General encyclopedic works -- American • 032 General encyclopedic works in English • 033 General encyclopedic works in other Germanic languages • 034 General encyclopedic works in French, Provencal, Catalan • 035 General encyclopedic works in Italian, Romanian, Rhaeto-Romanic • 036 General encyclopedic works in Spanish & Portuguese (Latin American) • 037 General encyclopedic works in Slavic languages • 038 General encyclopedic works in Scandinavian languages • 039 General encyclopedic works in other languages • 040 Not assigned or no longer used • 041 Not...
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...BARCLAYS BANK | Final report | Management | Antoine Carricano ; Guillaume D’Armaillé ; Camille Richez ; Ethan Perl; Luyue Fan; Ting Fang;01/12/2015 | Table des matières Introduction: 2 Interview (Part 1) BARCLAYS PREMIUM BANK 2 Interview (Part 2) BARCLAYS PREMIUM BANK 4 Conclusion: 5 Introduction: * Brief introduction of Barclays Bank * Barclays Bank,one of the largest scale bank and financial institution in the world, with headquarter in the UK,was founded in 1690. As the oldest bank in the UK, it has more than 300 years' history and is the first bank which possess ATM in the world. Barclays Bank is global seventh largest bank with total assets around 1.49 billion pound. * Scale of Barclays Bank * Centering on the UK,Barclays Bank provides financial service,which mainly focus on the investment and banking industry.Also, the bank has branches in other countries with its strong influence.The scope of Barclays Bank has covered more than 60 countries,containing all financial centers.It has more than 139,200 employees worldwide,with 55,300 employees work in the UK. * Main business * Global retailing * The business of GRCB contains the business of the UK retailing bank, commercial bank of Barclays Bank, credit card and international retailing of Barclays Bank.The business of credit card of Barclays Bank provides credit cards and the business of consuming loans,which could help retailers deal with the payment service and...
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...How to write a CV? A curriculum vitae (U.K.) or a résumé (U.S.) is a formal and professional document. It should therefore have a professional appearance. And above all, it must be free of errors. • no misspelled words • no grammatical errors • no incorrect references to names, dates, and places In order to get hired, you have to get an interview. In order to get an interview, your cv has to be read. The chances of your cv being read in its entirety diminish drastically if your cv has errors. Spell Check A spell check will not find all your mistakes and the grammar check is not totally reliable because a CV has no conventional sentence-paragraph structure. You need to proof read, again and again. Formats There is not one format or layout for résumés. You may choose a style that you like. Order Since CVs are now sent via email, remember important information should appear in the first half pageAlways list both your education and work experience in REVERSE chronological order, within categories.And within each item and in each section, always present information in the same order in the same format. Seek elegance through simplicity. Placement is a matter of choice. |Traditional left-justified placement. |Right-justified. | | |Adam Smith ...
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...GSM BSS Network KPI (MOS) Optimization Manual INTERNAL Product Name GSM BSS Product Version V00R01 Confidentiality Level INTERNAL Total 36 pages GSM BSS Network KPI (MOS) Optimization Manual For internal use only Prepared by Reviewed by Reviewed by Granted by GSM&UMTS Network Performance Research Department Dong Xuan Date Date Date Date 2008-2-21 yyyy-mm-dd yyyy-mm-dd yyyy-mm-dd Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. All rights reserved 2011-08-04 Huawei Technologies Proprietary Page 1 of 36 GSM BSS Network KPI (MOS) Optimization Manual INTERNAL Revision Record Date 2008-1-21 2008-3-20 Revision Version 0.9 1.0 Change Description Draft completed. The document is modified according to review comments. Author Dong Xuan Wang Fei 2011-08-04 Huawei Technologies Proprietary Page 2 of 36 GSM BSS Network KPI (MOS) Optimization Manual INTERNAL GSM BSS Network KPI (MOS) Optimization Manual Key words: MOS, interference, BER, C/I, power control, DTX, frequency hopping, PESQ, PSQM /PSQM+, PAMS Abstract: With the development of the radio network, mobile operators become more focused on end users’ experience instead of key performance indicators (KPIs). The improvement of the end users’ experience and the improvement of the network capacity are regarded as KPIs. Therefore, Huawei must pay close attention to the improvement of the soft capability of the network quality as well as the fulfillment of KPIs. At present, there are three...
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...to 3.4 billion dollars in 2010, which was 17% higher than that of 2009. The high-tech product, such as mobile 3G has made its way into France, Germany, Span, Italy and Norway etc. It holds over 30% of the newly increased market share.4G products has also been developed and introduced to many international operators. Huawei (HW for short) has been intruding into the so-called impenetrable European telecommunication market with unthinkable power. There are lots of top international operators in Europe: German Telecommunication DT (TOP3), Spanish telecommunication Telefonica (TOP5), Vodafone OP6, French Telecommunication (TOP8, Italian Telecommunication TI (TOP9) etc. The European market is one of the best world high-techmarket. It is a highly- competitive market. Meanwhile, he world best telecommunication equipment suppliers are also in Europe: German Siemens, the inventor of the first telegraph; French Alcatel, which had held 90% share of the Chinese fixed-line telecom market. Swedish Ericson, the No.1 in telecommunication,...
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...INTRODUCTION Biotechnology is one of the innovative branches of science. Biotechnology has created new revolutions in this era by contributing industries, medical sciences, food technologies and genetics. "Biotechnology is basically defined as the use of living organisms, their parts and their biochemical processes for the creation of beneficial products." Bio-technology has its roots in the distant past and has a large, highly profitable, modern industrial outlets of great value to society for e.g. the fermentation, bio-pharmaceutical and food industries. The main reasons must be associated with the rapid advances in molecular biology, in particular, recombinant DNA technology, which is now giving bio-scientists a remarkable understanding and control over biological processes. Some Technologies used in Biotechnology: 1. Bioprocessing technology * The use of bacteria, yeast, mammalian cells and/or enzymes to manufacture products * Large scale fermentation and cell cultures, carried out in huge bioreactors, manufacture useful products * Products: Insulin, vaccines, vitamins, antibiotics, amino acids, etc. 2. Monoclonal antibodies (MCAb) * Definition: Producing antibodies for medicine by cloning a single cell * MCAb are used for Home Pregnancy tests * Used to detect cancer (they bind to tumor cells) * Used to detect diseases in plants and animals and environmental pollutants 3. CELL...
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...Bias in European Anaiysts' Earnings Forecasts Stan Beckers, Michael Steliarcs, and Alexander Thcmson Forecasting company cnrniu^s /s ( difficult and hazardous task. In nn 7 efficient market where annly^^ts learn from ptist mistakes, there should be no persistent and systematic biases in consensus earnings accuracy. J^rcvious research has already established how some (single) individualcompany characteristics si/stematically influence forecast accuracy. So far, however, the effect on consensus eariiings biases of a comptmy's sector and country affiliatioti combined with a range of other fundameutal chanieteristics has remained largely unexplored, ilsiiig data for 19932002, this article diseiitangles and quantifies for a broad universe of European stocks how the number of analysts following a stock, the dispersion of their forecasts, the volatility of earnings, the sector and country classification of the covered conipamj, ami its nuirket capitalization influence the accuracy of the consensus earnings forecast. 5 ecurity analysts are considered to be the premier experts in the assessment of a company's prospects. Their research efforts are largely directed at producing accurate earnings forecasts, which are a key input into equity valuation models. Although the importance of financial analysis is beyond dispute, its quality has become the subject of much scrutiny and debate. Academic research has a long history of documenting systematic earnings forecast errors, but analysts'...
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...Europe’s journal on infectious disease epidemiolog y, prevention and control Special edition: Chikungunya and Zika virus October 2014 Featuring • Spread of chikungunya from the Caribbean to mainland Central and South America: a greater risk of spillover in Europe? • Aspects of Zika virus transmission • Cases of chikungunya virus infection in travellers returning to Spain from Haiti or Dominican Republic, April-June 2014 www.eurosurveillance.org Editorial team Editorial advisors Based at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), 171 83 Stockholm, Sweden Albania: Alban Ylli, Tirana Telephone number Belgium: Sophie Quoilin, Brussels +46 (0)8 58 60 11 38 E-mail eurosurveillance@ecdc.europa.eu Editor-in-chief Ines Steffens Austria: Reinhild Strauss, Vienna Belgium: Koen De Schrijver, Antwerp Bosnia and Herzogovina: Nina Rodić Vukmir, Banja Luka Bulgaria: Mira Kojouharova, Sofia Croatia: Sanja Musić Milanović, Zagreb Cyprus: to be nominated Czech Republic: Bohumir Križ, Prague Denmark: Peter Henrik Andersen, Copenhagen Senior editor Estonia: Kuulo Kutsar, Tallinn Kathrin Hagmaier Finland: Outi Lyytikäinen, Helsinki Scientific editors Karen Wilson Williamina Wilson France: Judith Benrekassa, Paris Germany: Jamela Seedat, Berlin Greece: Rengina Vorou, Athens Hungary: Ágnes Csohán, Budapest Assistant editors Iceland: Haraldur Briem, Reykjavik Alina Buzdugan Ireland: Lelia Thornton...
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...Product Analysis ii RMIT International University Vietnam Bachelor of Commerce Program Assignment Cover Page Your assessment will not be accepted unless all fields below are completed Subject Code: Subject Name: MKTG1253 Buyer Behaviour Location & Campus (SGS or HN) RMIT Vietnam SGS Title of Assignment: Product Analysis Student name: Nguyen Thi Thuy Huong Ta Trung Kien Huynh Bich Tram Truong Bao Tram Le Nguyen Hong Van Student Number: S3311318 S3259028 S3298222 S3298834 s3210260 Learning Facilitator in charge: Mr Mattia Miani Assignment due date: 22nd August 2011 Date of Submission: 22nd August 2011 Page numbers including this one: 32 Word Count: 3,048 (Main Content) iii Marked by Mr Mattia Semester 2, 2011 iv v Executive Summary As being aimed to demonstrate better understanding of buyer behaviour concepts and improve critical thinking by examining a real case of business, this report is written regarding a new brand in food and beverage market in Vietnam: BreadTalk bakery from Singapore. Through a brief overview of the company and Vietnamese market’s dimensions, the variety of used stimulus is presented with captured screenshots and pictures from both the origin country and Vietnam’s BreadTalk bakeries. The report afterward discusses the internal influences and culture values that are imperative affections of consumer behaviour, before gives some recommendations at the end. In the introduction, BreadTalk’s company overview, main competitors...
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...Unclassified DSTI/ICCP/TISP(2005)12/FINAL Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Economiques Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 07-Apr-2006 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ English - Or. English DIRECTORATE FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRY COMMITTEE FOR INFORMATION, COMPUTER AND COMMUNICATIONS POLICY DSTI/ICCP/TISP(2005)12/FINAL Unclassified Working Party on Telecommunication and Information Services Policies MULTIPLE PLAY: PRICING AND POLICY TRENDS English - Or. English JT03207142 Document complet disponible sur OLIS dans son format d'origine Complete document available on OLIS in its original format DSTI/ICCP/TISP(2005)12/FINAL FOREWORD This report was presented to the Working Party on Telecommunication and Information Services Policies in December 2005 and was declassified by the Committee for Information, Computer and Communications Policy in March 2006. The report was prepared by Mr. Yoshikazu Okamoto and Mr. Taylor Reynolds of the OECD’s Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry. It is published under the responsibility of the SecretaryGeneral of the OECD. © OECD/OCDE 2006 2 DSTI/ICCP/TISP(2005)12/FINAL TABLE OF CONTENTS MAIN POINTS.............................................................................................................................................. 6 Regulatory issues.....................
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...English Français DVD VIDEO PLAYER LECTEUR DVD VIDEO XV-N50BK/XV-N55SL Before operation Avant le fonctionnement 2 Preparations Préparatifs 3 Basic operations Opérations de base 8 Advanced operations Opérations avancées MP3/WMA disc playback Lecture d’un disque MP3/ WMA JPEG disc playback Lecture de disques JPEG Changing the initial settings Modification des réglages initiaux Additional information Informations complémentaires 13 21 23 VIDEO 26 INSTRUCTIONS MANUEL D’INSTREUCTIONS 31 For Customer Use: Enter below the Model No. and Serial No. which are located on the rear, bottom or side of the cabinet. Retain this information for future reference. Model No. Serial No LET0230-002A [C] Warnings, Cautions and Others Mises en garde, précautions et indications diverses CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION To reduce the risk of electrical shocks, fire, etc.: 1. Do not remove screws, covers or cabinet. 2. Do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture. ATTENTION Afin d’éviter tout risque d’électrocution, d’incendie, etc.: 1. Ne pas enlever les vis ni les panneaux et ne pas ouvrir le coffret de l’appareil. 2. Ne pas exposer l’appareil à la pluie ni à l’humidité. Caution –– STANDBY/ON button! Disconnect the mains plug to shut the power off completely (the STANDBY/ON lamp goes off). The STANDBY/ON button in any position does not disconnect the mains line. • When the player is on standby, the STANDBY/ON lamp lights red. • When the player is turned on, the...
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...Collapse- book is about a history topic about how societies choose to fail or survive. The main characters are historical people and unknown kings of Mayan cities or Easter Island villages. Jared Diamond tells the story of the Viking explorer Erik the Red, who discovered Greeland and Vinland (Terranova, in Canada). Another character is captain Olafsson, a norse sailor who wrote the last news about Greenland in 1410. Another main character is Christopher Columbus, who arrived at Hispaniola in 1492, but now this island is two countries, the Dominican Republic and the Haiti. Diamond studied the politics of two presidents. the dominican Rafael Trujillo, who protected the enviroment and the dictator François, Papa Doc, Duvalier, who decided on politics of deforestatation of his country, Haiti. The author considered the bad politics of another main character, king George II, who was interested in sending merinosheeps from Spain to Australia, an idea which was succesful from 1820 to 1950 but then the farmers understood their lands lost fertility. Another main character is Tokuwaga Jeayasu, a shogun of Japan in 1600, who prohibited Christianity in 1600 and protected his country againt deforestation. The book takes us to a lot of places around the globe: Mayan cities, Rwanda, Viking colonies of Vinland or Greenland, Haiti and Dominican Republic, Easter Island and Polynesian colonies in Pacific, and the Chaco villages in New Mexico (United States). The time period was from 800 AC, when...
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