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X-ray spectroscopic study of zirconium and molybdenum diselenides
No full textThe k absorption spectra of zirconium, molybdenum and selenium in ZrSe2 and MoSe2 have been recorded photographically using a Cauchois type bent crystal (mica) spectrograph. The absorption edge shifts are used along with the data for NbSe2 (Bhide and Bahl 1971J. Phys. Chem. Solids 32 1001) to propose bond schemes for these compounds
Analýza perspektivy vedoucích prodeje na řízení pojišťovacích agentů v etnicky různorodých zastoupeních v Organizaci G, Malajsie.
No full textCílem této práce je odhalit klíčové faktory a výzvy spojené s řízením etnicky různorodého pojišťovacího zastoupení v oboru životního pojištění v Malajsii. Autor si klade za cíl zkoumat pohled vedoucích prodeje v Organizaci G v Malajsii na jejich způsob řízení agentů. Kombinované kvantitativní a kvalitativní metody budou použity prostřednictvím průzkumu a rozhovorů se 79 agenty a 12 vedoucími prodeje. Odpovědi budou analyzovány za účelem porozumění výzvám, kterým čelí vedoucí prodeje při řízení etnicky různorodého zastoupení, a zkoumat potenciální řešení. Autor navrhuje iniciativy a metody k posílení stylů vedení a zlepšení procesů pro udržení úspěšného zastoupení v kontextu etnické rozmanitosti.The goal of this thesis is to uncover the key factors and challenges in managing an ethnically diverse insurance agency in Malaysia's life insurance industry. The author aims to examine the sales managers' perspective in Organisation G, Malaysia, regarding their expression of managing their agents. Quantitative and qualitative methods will be employed through surveys and interviews among 79 agents and 12 sales managers. The responses will be analysed to understand the challenges sales managers face in managing a multi-ethnic agency and explore potential solutions. The author proposes initiatives and methods to enhance leadership styles and improve the processes for maintaining a successful agency in the context of multi-ethnicity
Botulinum neurotoxin type A injection of the pelvic floor muscle in pain due to spasticity: a review of the current literature.
No full textThe role of muscle spasm is not a new concept in the genesis of pain. Botulinum neurotoxin type A (BoNTA) has been successfully employed in a variety of muscular and inflammatory conditions. The aim of our study was to review the published literature on the role of BoNTA injection of the pelvic floor muscle in the management of women with chronic pelvic pain (CPP). A systematic search of the literature published up to June 2012 on the use of BoNTA in the treatment of female pelvic floor muscle spasm was carried out using relevant search terms in MEDLINE and EMBASE databases. The results were limited to full-text English language articles. Relevant trials as well as relevant reviews were selected and analyzed by two independent reviewers. Five studies (2 case reports, 1 prospective pilot study, 1 retrospective study and 1 randomised double-blind placebo controlled study) were included in this systematic review. Overall, BoNTA has shown to be beneficial in relieving CPP related to pelvic floor spasm. The role of BoNTA as a treatment of CPP has been recognized for more than 10 years. Although data are still scarce preliminary results are encouraging. BoNTA is an attractive option for refractory CPP related to pelvic floor muscle spasm, but further studies using validated and reproducible outcome measures are needed, to establish its effectiveness, safeness, technique, optimal dosage, and duration of symptom relief
Innovation in traditional porcelain company G. Benedikt
No full textThis thesis recognizes the importance of innovation in an everchanging world, even for traditional companies. The aim of this thesis is to gain a comprehensive understanding of the factors that influence product innovation at G. Benedikt and identify trends and factors within the HoReCa sector that can help the company to remain competitive and profitable in the future. To achieve this author elaborated on the s the company’s approach towards innovation, evaluated the impact of being a family business on its innovativeness, explored the external factors, assessed how is G. Benedikt compared to its competitors in terms of innovation and market trends that may affect the development of new products. Additionally, the research seeks to uncover potential areas of focus and opportunities for further innovation to drive growth and maintain a competitive edge within the industry.Tato práce se věnuje důležitosti inovací v neustále se měnícím světě, a to i v tradiční společnosti. Cílem této práce je získat komplexní představu o faktorech, které ovlivňují inovaci výrobků ve společnosti G. Benedikt, a identifikovat trendy a faktory v odvětví HoReCa, které mohou společnosti pomoci udržet si konkurenceschopnost a ziskovost i v budoucnu. Za tímto účelem autorka zpracovala přístup společnosti k inovacím, zhodnotila vliv toho, že je rodinným podnikem, na její inovativnost, prozkoumala vnější faktory, posoudila, jak je společnost G. Benedikt srovnávána se svými konkurenty z hlediska inovací a tržních trendů, které mohou ovlivnit vývoj nových výrobků. Kromě toho se výzkum snažil odhalit potenciální oblasti, na které je třeba se zaměřit, a příležitosti pro další inovace, aby se podpořil růst a udržel konkurenční náskok v rámci odvětví
On the equation V * G = ΕV
No full textThis note uses some recent powerful tools related with semidirect products V W of pseudovarieties of semigroups, particularly when the second factor is the pseudovariety G of all finite groups, to give syntactic proofs of equalities of the form V G = EV, where EV denotes the pseudovariety consisting of the finite semigroups whose idempotents generate subsemigroups from V. Subpseudovarieties V of DS are considered, including all subpseudovarieties of LI, DA, DS itself, and J, the latter providing a new proof of a result of Henckell and Rhodes. 1. Introduction Since the publication of Eilenberg's treatise [13], motivated by earlier developments stemming from applications in computer science, the theory of finite semigroups has evolved mainly in the form of their classification in pseudovarieties. For later developments, see the introductory book by Pin [23] and the first author's book [1]. From the early beginnings, several operators on pseudovarieties associated with natural operator..
Snubbed Landmark: Why United States v. Cruikshank (1876) Belongs at the Heart of the American Constitutional Canon
No full textUnited States v. Cruikshank (1876) is an unacknowledged landmark of American constitutional jurisprudence. Cruikshank, not the far more famous Civil Rights Cases, limited the Fourteenth Amendment to protect only against state action; Cruikshank, not the notorious Slaughter-House Cases, narrowed the Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to exclude rights enumerated in the Bill of Rights; Cruikshank, not the canonical Washington v. Davis, announced that the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause protected only against provably intentional race discrimination; and Cruikshank, not the Civil Rights Cases or City of Boerne v. Flores, first excepted the Fourteenth Amendment from the general principle that Congress enjoys discretion to select the means of implementing its constitutional powers. Historically, if the argument of this Article holds true, Cruikshank played a crucial role in terminating Reconstruction and launching the one-party, segregationist regime of “Jim Crow” that prevailed in the South until the 1960s. The circuit court opinion of Justice Joseph Bradley unleashed the second and decisive phase of Reconstruction-era terrorism, while the ruling of the full Court ensured its successful culmination in the “redemption” of the black-majority states.
Despite its enormous jurisprudential and historical importance, however, Cruikshank has been omitted from the mainstream narrative and pedagogical canon of constitutional law. The results have been obfuscation and distortion. Unlike the Civil Rights Cases, Slaughter-House, Davis, and City of Boerne — from which students learn the principles actually announced in Cruikshank — Cruikshank lays bare the true origin of those principles in affirmative judicial intervention immunizing overtly racist terrorism against effective law enforcement. By contrast, Plessy v. Ferguson, the legal profession’s chosen focus for confession and atonement, merely let stand the legal product of a white supremacist state government that owed its existence to Cruikshank. With Cruikshank safely off stage, American law students are treated to a happy tale of progress from Plessy to Brown starring the Supreme Court as the primary protector of civil rights — a role that, ironically, the Court carved out for itself by truncating Congress’s civil rights powers in Cruikshank. Add Cruikshank, and the entire narrative shifts in ways that upset time-honored notions in the dimensions of federalism, separation of powers, popular constitutionalism, and class.Peer reviewe
An epistle to the author of The four farthing candles: By the author of The Rosciad of C-v-nt-G-rd-n.
No full text12p. ; 4⁰.The author of The Rosciad of C-v-nt-G-rd-n = Charles Churchill.With a half-title.Reproduction of original from the Huntington Library.English Short Title Catalog, ESTCN1512.Electronic data. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Page image (PNG). Digitized image of the microfilm version produced in Woodbridge, CT by Research Publications, 1982-2002 (later known as Primary Source Microfilm, an imprint of the Gale Group)
Constructing Tychonoff G-spaces which are not G-Tychonoff
No full textAbstractJan de Vries' compactification problem is whether every Tychonoff G-space can be equivariantly embedded in a compact G-space. In such a case, we say that G is a V-group. De Vries showed that every locally compact group G is a V-group. The first example of a non-V-group was constructed in 1988 by the first author. Until now, this was the only known counterexample. In this paper, we give a systematic method of constructing noncompactifiable G-spaces. We show that the class of non-V-groups is large and contains all second countable (even ℵ0-bounded) nonlocally precompact groups. This establishes the existence of monothetic (even cyclic) non-V-groups, answering a question of the first author. As a related result, we obtain a characterization of locally compact groups in terms of “G-normality”
Mirabegron – a selective ß3-adrenoreceptor agonist for the treatment of overactive bladder
No full textAlka A Bhide, G Alessandro Digesu, Ruwan Fernando, Vik KhullarDepartment of Urogynaecology, St Mary's Hospital, London, United KingdomAbstract: Overactive bladder is a common condition that significantly impacts overall quality of life. Antimuscarinics are the current main pharmacological option for treatment; however, many patients fail to adhere to therapy due to troublesome side effects. Mirabegron is a new beta-3 adrenoreceptor agonist which causes detrusor smooth muscle relaxation and has been proposed to be effective for treating overactive bladder symptoms. Mirabegron has been shown to be superior to placebo for reducing the mean number of incontinence episodes per 24 hours and the mean number of micturitions per 24 hours. Side effects such as dry mouth were observed at similar or lower rates than those seen for placebo and antimuscarinics. Higher doses of mirabegron were associated with minor increases in pulse rate and mean blood pressure. Mirabegron offers a new alternative for treating overactive bladder in patients for which antimuscarinics are either not tolerated or not appropriate.Keywords: beta-3 adrenoreceptor agonist, mirabegron, overactive bladde
The Thirteenth Amendment at the Intersection of Class and Gender: Robertson v. Baldwin’s Exclusion of Infants, Lunatics, Women, and Seamen
No full textSlavery was but one of many hierarchical relations, including parent-child, husband-wife, master-apprentice, and master-servant, that arose within the legally constructed household. The Thirteenth Amendment’s prohibition on slavery and involuntary servitude, which contained no explicit domestic exception, inevitably raised the question whether domestic relations other than chattel slavery would be affected. The Supreme Court’s ruling in Robertson v. Baldwin (1897) carved out a domestic exception to the Amendment for children, wards, adult seamen and – in practice – women in intimate relationships. This article, written for a symposium on the Thirteenth Amendment and class, examines the origins, justifications, scholarship, and case law of Robertson’s domestic exception, including its application to seamen, abused children and battered women.Peer reviewe
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