the board is negatively related to the extent of voluntary disclosure. The study provides empirical evidence to policy makers and regulators in East Asia for implementing the two new board governance requirements on audit committee and family control. © 2001 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved. Keywords: Corporate disclosure; Corporate governance; Voluntary disclosure; Hong Kong 1. Introduction It is commonly agreed that the recent Asian financial crisis was not only the result of a
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the objective of this study is to determine how elevated dopaminergic tone affects how mice respond to cocaine. Results We examined the cocaine induced behavior of DAT knockdown mice that have DAT expression reduced by 90% when compared to the wild type mice. Despite a dramatic reduction of DAT expression and marked elevation in basal dopamine tone, cocaine produced reward, as measured by conditioned place preference, and stimulated locomotor activity in these mice. Conclusion A reduction in DAT
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 INTRODUCTION A parallel mechanism is a closed-loop mechanism of which the end-effector is connected to the base by a multitude of independent kinematic chains. Generally it comprises two platforms which are connected by joints or legs acting in parallel. In recent years, parallel kinematic mechanisms have attracted a lot of attention from the academic and industrial communities due to their potential applications not only as robot manipulators but also as
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1: The Human Body: An Orientation I. An Overview of Anatomy and Physiology (pp. 1–3) A. Anatomy is the study of the structure of body parts and their relationships to each other, and physiology is the study of the function of body parts (p. 2). B. Topics of Anatomy (p. 2) 1. Gross (macroscopic) anatomy is the study of structures large enough to be seen with the naked eye. a. Regional anatomy is the study of all body structures in a given body region. b. Systemic
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running quickly when there is no available wired Ethernet infrastructure. They are reported to reduce setting up costs by 15%. But, with these benefits come the security concerns. WLANs have very little security. An attacker can listen to you, take control of your laptops/desktops and forge him to be you. He can cancel your orders, make changes into your databases, or empty your credit cards. a. The 802.11 Wireless LAN Standard: In 1997, the IEEE ratified the 802.11 Wireless LAN standards
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Expansion into foreign markets can be achieved via the following mechanisms: Exporting is the process of selling of goods and services produced in one country to other countries. There are two types of exporting: direct and indirect. Direct exports Direct exports represent the most basic mode of exporting made by a (holding) company, capitalizing on economies of scale in production concentrated in the home country and affording better control over distribution. Direct export works the best if the volumes
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Discussion 1: Access Control Models 1. Select an access control model that best prevents unauthorized access for each of the five scenarios given in the worksheet 2. Which types of logical access controls should be used in each scenario? Justify your recommendations. Scenario 1. - Discretionary access controls I s a small company consisting of 12 computers only DAC allows each user to control access to their own data and is typically the default access control mechanism for most desktop operating
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has a strong affinity for nervous system. TgCtwh3, a representative ChineseⅠToxoplasma strain prevalent in China, has both characters of Type I and Type II Toxoplasma. The interaction of this atypical strain with host cells still remains elusive by far. Using a transwell system, neural stem cells C17.2 were co-cultured with the tachyzoites of TgCtwh3 or standard Type I RHstrain, the apoptosis levels of C17.2 cells and the expression levels of related proteins in the ERS-mediated pathway were detected
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Zipcar is a car sharing program based on Cambridge Massachusetts. It imposes an annual fee for its members depending upon the level of service and a fee per hour. These fees cover insurance and initial driving license checking fee. Consumers do not have to worry about insurance, down payment for car and monthly fee. Zipcar targets cities where it is difficult to find parking and people depend upon local transportation system. One of the main attractions of Zip car is customers can own car when they
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the organizations can use and customize the application as though, they each has its own instance running. Service-Oriented Architecture(SOA) Service-Oriented Architecture helps to use applications as a service for other applications regardless type of vendor, product or technology. Therefore it is possible to exchange of data between applications of different vendors without additional programming or
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