independent coding and triangulation of data. Results: The reasons for delay in implementation differed amongst the policy makers and faculty and included thematic issues at the institutional‚ programmatic and curricular level. Majority (92% of the faculty) felt that COME curriculum couldn’t be implemented without adequate infrastructure. The administrators were willing to provide financial assistance‚ political support and better coordination and felt that COME could improve the overall health system
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The Finite Element Method This page intentionally left blank The Finite Element Method An Introduction with Partial Differential Equations Second Edition A. J. DAVIES Professor of Mathematics University of Hertfordshire 1 Great Clarendon Street‚ Oxford ox2 6dp Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research‚ scholarship‚ and education by publishing worldwide in Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam
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The Basic Economic Problem: Scarcity and Choice Tuesday‚ September 13‚ 2011 by Geoff Riley It is often said that the central purpose of economic activity is the production of goods and services to satisfy our changing needs and wants. The basic economic problem is about scarcity and choice. Every society has to decide: What goods and services to produce: Does the economy uses its resources to operate more hospitals or hotels? Do we make more iPhones and iPads or double-espressos? Does the
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Horace Walpole‚ whose The Castle of Otranto (1764) contains essentially all the elements that constitute the genre. Walpole’s novel was imitated not only in the eighteenth century and not only in the novel form‚ but it has influenced writing‚ poetry‚ and even film making up to the present day. It introduced the term "gothic romance" to the literary world. Due to its inherently supernatural‚ surreal and sublime elements‚ it has maintained a dark and mysterious appeal. However‚ the roots of the Gothic‛
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(BSA) prepares students for entry into a variety of fields in accountancy‚ including corporate accounting‚ accounting information systems‚ and governmental accounting‚ as well as entry into graduate programs such as law. It also equips students with basic and advanced accounting concepts‚ principles and procedures. In addition to doing accounting functions for business enterprises‚ the students are prepared for public accounting after passing the CPA licensure examination. Accounting is an information
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Stability of dividend policy. There may be three types of dividend policy (1) Strict or Conservative dividend Policy which envisages the retention of profits on the cost of dividend pay-out. It helps in strengthening the financial position of the company; (2) Lenient Dividend Policy which views the payment of dividend at the maximum rate possible taking in view the current earing of the company. Under such policy company retains the minimum possible earnings; (3) Stable Dividend Policy suggests a mid-way
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The financial controller’s function (the chief accountant) typically handles the accounting activities such as corporate accounting‚ tax management‚ financial accounting and cost accounting. The duties of a financial controller vary depending on the size of the entity‚ number of accountants in the company and the difficulty of the accounting and financial operations. Their basic role of a financial controller is to be accountable for the accounting operations of the company. In this light they have
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Basic HDD Components Many types of HDDs are on the market‚ but nearly all share the same basic physical components. Some differences might exist in the implementation of these components (and in the quality of the materials used to make them)‚ but the operational characteristics of most drives are similar. The basic components of a typical HDD are as follows (see Figure 9.9): ■ Disk platters ■ Read/write heads ■ Head actuator mechanism ■ Spindle motor (inside platter hub) Chapter 9 ■ Logic
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Classification: D53‚ G10‚ G14 I. INTRODUCTION Dividend is the result of a discretionary decision made by the board of directors of a firm. Generally‚ a firm announces dividend on the profit. Corporate dividend policy is one of the most enduring issues in modern corporate finance. Dividend policy determines the division of earnings between payments to stockholders and reinvestment in the firm (Weston‚ Copeland & Shatri: 2004). Miller and Modigliani (1961) have given a theory * Faculty Member‚ Tribhuvan
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Interpretation and Inference. Deductive reasoning is one of the two basic forms of valid reasoning. It starts with an assumed hypothesis or theory‚ which is why it has been called ’hypothetical-deduction; this assumption may be well-accepted or it may be rather precarious - nevertheless‚ for the argument it is not questioned. This is the opposite of inductive reasoning‚ which involves creating broad generalizations from specific observations. The basic idea of deductive reasoning is that if something is true
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