“…At the beginning, the main changes were presented (Thomas Meyer, Heike Wunderlich) before the basic concept of guardianship responsibility in the area of personal care was examined from the perspective of science (Dieter Schwab), child and youth welfare (Helga Oberloskamp) and family jurisdiction (Werner Dürbeck). …”

“…In this book, the contributing authors (engineers, researchers, and professionals) introduce their recent scientific findings to develop suitable, applicable, and innovative tools for forecasting, mitigation, and water management as well as society development under seven main research themes as follows: Part 1. Wadi Flash Flood Challenges and Strategies Part 2. …”

“…En premier lieu, la prise en main par les pays doit être soutenue par la communauté internationale. …”

“…Still others target certain types of fuels eligible for public support, with varying eligibility criteria. Private schemes mainly use environmental sustainability claims to secure consumer preference. …”

“…These results reveal a strong link between nation-wide policies and the productivity of regions, which carries important policy implications, mainly that these effects should be taken into account in the policy design…”

“…ÉVOLUTION DANS LES PAYS MEMBRES DE L'OCDE -Etats-Unis -Japon -Allemagne -France -Royaume-Uni -Italie -Canada -Australie -Autriche -Belgique -Danemark -Espagne -Finlande -Grèce -Irlande -Islande -Luxembourg -Norvège -Nouvelle-Zélande -Pays-Bas -Portugal -Suède -Suisse -Turquie ÉVOLUTION DANS CERTAINS PAYS EN DEHORS DE LA ZONE DE L'OCDE -Pays d'Europe centrale et orientale et nouveaux États indépendants de l'ex-Union soviétique -Autres régions PRÉVISIONS DÉTAILLÉES ET AUTRES DONNÉES DE BASE -Demande et production -Politiques budgétaires et monétaires -Population active, emploi et chômage -Inflation -Salaires, coûts de main-d' et revenu du capital -Taux de change -Commerce extérieur ANNEXE TECHNIQUE -Sources et méthodes -Classification des pays STATISTIQUES DE BASE…”

“…It is also evident that most audit quality-related problems are mainly the result of poor management of the audit process or of the SAI itself. …”

“…For example, given China's dominance in coal markets, the main problem for the coal industry is adjusting to how Chinese demand and imports will evolve in the future. …”

“…Restoring competitiveness will require steps to strengthen the country’s growth potential and to address the main long-term determinants of that potential, such as fostering research and development, promoting innovation, reducing the tax burden, boosting competition and creating favourable conditions for businesses to grow rapidly. …”

“…Sweden introduced a new pricing and reimbursement scheme in 2002. Its main features are the use of cost-effectiveness analysis for determining the reimbursement status of new pharmaceuticals and mandatory substitution of the lowest-cost generic alternative. …”

“…Lack of institutional capacity and less relevant results due to a non-representative sample of 15 year-olds and clustering of students at low proficiency levels are discussed as main challenges for the effective use of PISA. The paper concludes with some considerations on how to improve the effective use of PISA results in these countries that may be particularly relevant in the context of the OECD’s recently launched initiative called PISA for Development…”

“…It provides qualitative information on short-term economic movements rather than quantitative measures. Therefore, the main message of CLI movements over time is the direction up or down rather than levels. …”

“…Using individual-level data from repeated cross-sectional national surveys, some of the main determinants and pathways underlying the current obesity epidemic are explored, and possible policy levers for tackling the negative health effect of these trends are identified. …”

“…Results indicate that the probability of a debt ratio going beyond 90% of GDP in the next five years – a level beyond which debt is likely to hurt growth – is non-negligible (at least 25% in the most favourable scenario), especially if volatility turns out to be higher than observed in the past. The main risks to debt sustainability lie in growth shocks, whose volatility is high in Hungary. …”

“…Political commitments on aid allocations undertaken by the Minister of Finance mean that increases in the Department of Foreign Affairs’ part of the programme are now expected in 2000 and 2001. Two main issues confront the Irish Aid programme: how best to grow and how best to manage that growth. …”

“…The work is presented here in three main parts beginning with the theory, technical road-map and analytical approach used. …”

“…He is a member and former president of the International Photographers Local 644, IATSE, and teaches the Camera Assistant Workshops at the International Film and Television Workshops in Rockport, Maine…”

“…This edition features a new foreword by Ken Blanchard, a new introduction, and a new chapter checking back in with Mike, the main character, to see what he has learned in the twelve years since he embraced Serving Leadership On one level this is the most practical guide available to implementing Serving Leadership; on a deeper level, it is a book about the personal journey of growth that real leadership requires. …”

“…Readers learn as they follow the main character through initial attempts to correct late responses to a primary customer and the evolution to an approach based on Operational Excellence. …”

“…Your guide to the functional programming paradigm Functional programming mainly sees use in math computations, including those used in Artificial Intelligence and gaming. …”