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Ramaswami, Hemant, Sudhon Kanagaraj, and Sam Anand. "An inspection advisor for form error in cylindrical features." International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 40, no. 1-2 (2008): 128–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00170-007-1321-4.
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Ramaswami, Hemant, Atul Modi, and Sam Anand. "A design advisor for the optimal inspection of circularity tolerance." International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 31, no. 9-10 (2006): 857–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00170-005-0273-9.
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Kurosaki, Atsushi. "Enhanced Use of Advanced Web Inspection System and Winder Advisor System." JAPAN TAPPI JOURNAL 61, no. 11 (2007): 1343–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.2524/jtappij.61.1343.
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Van Grover, Robert. "OCIE issues risk alert on the most frequently identified advisory fee and expense compliance issues." Journal of Investment Compliance 19, no. 4 (2018): 1–3. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/joic-06-2018-0046.
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Purpose To summarize and interpret a Risk Alert issued on April 12, 2018 by the US SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) on the most frequent advisory fee and expense compliance issues identified in recent examinations of investment advisers. Design/methodology/approach Summarizes deficiencies identified by the OCIE staff pertaining to advisory fees and expenses in the following categories: fee billing based on incorrect account valuations, billing fees in advance or with improper frequency, applying incorrect fee rates, omitting rebates and applying discounts incorrectly, disclosure issues involving advisory fees, and adviser expense misallocations. Findings In the Risk Alert, OCIE staff emphasized the importance of disclosures regarding advisory fees and expenses to the ability of clients to make informed decisions, including whether or not to engage or retain an adviser. Practical implications In light of the issues identified in the Risk Alert, advisers should assess the accuracy of disclosures and adequacy of policies and procedures regarding advisory fee billing and expenses. As a matter of best practice, advisers should implement periodic forensic reviews of billing practices to identify and correct issues relating to fee billing and expenses. Originality/value Expert guidance from experienced investment management lawyer.
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Galloway, Jackson, and Nicole Griffin. "SEC settles with adviser over failure to consider account aggregation requests in applying fee breakpoint discounts." Journal of Investment Compliance 15, no. 3 (2014): 32–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/joic-07-2014-0028.
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Purpose – To review SEC enforcement action taken against an adviser over: failure to grant advisory fee breakpoint discounts based on the aggregation of related accounts requested by clients and related deficiencies in the adviser’s administration of the account aggregation feature. Design/methodology/approach – Review and summarize the SEC’s finding’s regarding the adviser’s advisory fee breakpoint discount program, deficiencies in the program identified in SEC examinations, resulting violations of the Investment Advisers Act and its rules, the adviser’s remedial efforts and undertakings, and the sanctions imposed. Findings – This settlement provides an important reminder for registered investment advisers of the need to fully address deficiencies identified in SEC examinations and of the attention paid by SEC inspection staff to client fees as a core examination area. Originality/value – Practical explanation from experienced financial services lawyers.
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H. Walsh, John. "SEC’s examination program issues a risk alert on investment adviser due diligence processes." Journal of Investment Compliance 15, no. 2 (2014): 26–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/joic-05-2014-0019.
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Purpose – To summarize and interpret a Risk Alert titled “Investment Adviser Due Diligence Processes for Selecting Alternative Investments and their Respective Managers,” issued by the USA Securities and Exchange Commission Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations on January 28, 2014. Design/methodology/approach – Focuses on investment advisers selecting underlying alternative investment managers. Discusses the scope of the Staff’s observations. Describes several due diligence practices observed by the staff, including seeking greater transparency; utilizing third-party information aggregators, administrators, custodians, and auditors; using more quantitative analysis; and extending due diligence process to include operational and liquidity reviews. Lists several observed warning indicators that could lead an advisor to conduct additional due diligence, request the underlying manager to make appropriate changes, or reject or veto an investment. Identifies both positive and negative compliance practices. Findings – The Risk Alert noted several observed risk indicators that could lead an adviser to conduct additional due diligence, request the underlying manager to make appropriate changes, or reject or veto the investment. Advisers can assume that SEC Staff will ask about these risks in future adviser examinations. Originality/value – Practical guidance from an experienced financial services and securities lawyer.
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Monaco, Stephanie M., Amy Ward Pershkow, Leslie S. Cruz, Peter M. McCamman, Andrew D. Getsinger, and Adam Kanter. "US securities and exchange commission’s division of investment management issues guidance regarding robo-advisers." Journal of Investment Compliance 18, no. 3 (2017): 26–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/joic-06-2017-0035.
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Purpose To explain a guidance update issued in February 2017 by the staff of the Division of Investment Management (Staff) at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on how robo-advisers may meet their disclosure, suitability and compliance obligations under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (Advisers Act). Design/methodology/approach Examines the update’s guidance on three areas – the substance and presentation of disclosures, the provision of suitable investment advice, and the adoption and implementation of effective compliance programs – and then raises practical considerations for robo-advisers. Findings The update reflects the Staff’s increasing concern about the potential risks of the robo-adviser platform and provides a listing of key issues that the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) – which recently added “electronic investment advice” as a new focus for its 2017 examinations – may zero in on when examining robo-advisory firms. Practical implications Robo-advisers should carefully review the Staff’s update to evaluate whether their firms’ operations address the guidance. Originality/value Practical advice from experienced securities regulatory lawyers.
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P. Bramnik, Robert, and Mauro M. Wolfe. "SEC targets investment adviser community." Journal of Investment Compliance 15, no. 1 (2014): 45–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/joic-01-2014-0004.
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Purpose – To draw attention to the US Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) disciplinary focus on the investment adviser community Design/methodology/approach – Describes six recent enforcement cases for disclosure, custody, supervisory, procedural, and other rule violations and compliance failures; explains changes in registered investment adviser (RIA) exemptions following enactment of the Dodd-Frank Act; discusses recent SEC announcements concerning inspections and examinations of RIAs. Findings – The SEC's recent announcements and enforcement actions signal that all advisers (both registered investment advisers and exempt reporting advisers) may want to pay particular attention to their compliance programs and supervisory procedures. Originality/value – Practical advice from experienced financial services lawyers.
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SADA Head Office. "SADA communique to members - Licence and quality control tests for dental diagnostic X-ray imaging systems." South African Dental Journal 75, no. 10 (2020): 531. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2519-0105/2020/v75no10a10515.
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Members have been receiving notification from Inspection Bodies about their X-ray equipment being due for inspection.
 On enquiry, it has been discovered that, in some instances, this notice was based on erroneous data that Inspection bodies may have received from the Radiation Control, who had not correctly updated their records, due to "a lack of manpower".
 SADA strongly advises members who receive this notification to check their documentation before booking said inspections and, if the notification is incorrect, to request their usual inspection body to correct their records.
 SADA has serious concerns about the current legal framework and enforcement of the Act governing X-ray equipment. It questions the Code of Practice and more particularly, the legal standing of inspection bodies, licensing delays and the entire legislative framework. To this end, SADA has made an extensive written submission to the Minister of Health raising our concerns. In the meantime, as the legislative framework applies to practitioner, in its flawed framework, we provide members useful information for the benefit of members around the whole issue of licensing and testing of X-ray equipment so that members are properly informed when receiving notices of inspections or having to licence their new or used X-ray equipment.
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Dedering, Kathrin. "Consultancy in ‘failing schools’: Emerging issues." Improving Schools 21, no. 2 (2018): 141–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1365480217753515.
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External consultancy in schools by those who do not belong to the teaching staff has always been an important factor in school development. Such consulting goes hand in hand with the idea that internal school development processes and their results can be influenced positively by external experts. This is even more so for failing schools – that is, those that are revealed to have serious quality deficiencies by the school inspection. (The term failing schools is used in this article as shorthand; the actual terminology, and the underlying thinking, varies between education systems.) This article considers how school development consultancy is exercised by external experts in schools that have been classified as failing. It draws on empirical findings in part from a research project with schools found to have serious deficiencies in the first round of school inspections in the German federal state of Lower Saxony. Our research reveals that the framework conditions under which the outcomes of the inspections are processed at failing schools (in particular, the follow-up inspection) influence the activities in the school in such a way that a specific type of consultancy and/or a specific procedure by the advisers becomes attractive for the schools. This sometimes works against a closer examination of contents, strategies and instruments in school development – although the consultancy contracts advise this. This article, therefore, deals with how external consultancy for school development would have to be designed conceptually in order to effectively support the development activities at failing schools.
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SANTOSO, Budi. "The Obstacles of Labor Inspection in Protecting Workers’ Rights in Indonesia." Journal of Advanced Research in Law and Economics 9, no. 5 (2019): 1765. http://dx.doi.org/10.14505//jarle.v9.5(35).31.
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Labor inspection system is the fundamental function of labor law enforcement and effective compliance. Nevertheless, the lack of the system contributes to difficulties in promoting labor law compliance. This article aims to analyze the obstacles of labor inspection in Indonesia during the function be conducted by the district/regency government. By using descriptive and analytical methods, it can be concluded that there are some obstacles faced by the labor inspectors in the district/regency level in order to protect the workers’ rights. Those are the labor inspection planning is not going well, the stages of labor inspection process are not enforced, the number of labor inspector is not comparable with the number of companies that must be inspected, some the district/regency employment offices does not have civil servant investigators, intervention by local officials, no rotation of work area of the labor inspectors, most companies are small enterprises, and overlapping duties between labor Inspectors and mediators on advisory duty. These obstacles have caused the rights of workers to be less protected.
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Carcello, Joseph V. "Suggested Priorities for the PCAOB: A Statement at the Inaugural Meeting of the PCAOB’s Investor Advisory Group." Current Issues in Auditing 4, no. 2 (2010): A1—A6. http://dx.doi.org/10.2308/ciia.2010.4.2.a1.
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SUMMARY: In advance of the May 4 2010, inaugural meeting of the PCAOB’s Investor Advisory Group (IAG), I was asked (as were the other members of the IAG) to list the five items that I believe should be the PCAOB’s top priorities. My five items included (1) prioritizing inspections of foreign registered firms, particularly for those firms performing substantial portions of the audits of U.S. multinationals or, where legal obstacles remain, implement and rely on firm-based inspections of such foreign affiliates which are subject to detailed PCAOB inspection; (2) requiring registered firms (at least the six largest) to have independent members on firm governing boards and/or implement more rigorous PCAOB examination of the audit firm’s culture; (3) creating a national fraud center under the auspices of the PCAOB; (4) developing, measuring, and reporting on a listing of audit quality indicators; and (5) requiring the audit engagement partner to sign the audit report. In this commentary, I provide my insights and reasoning for each of these items.
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Cheng, Andrew Y., Regina Y. Liu, and James T. Luxhøj. "Thresholds for Safety Inspection Measurements Based on Control Charts." International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering 04, no. 02 (1997): 205–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s021853939700014x.
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The rapid growth of air traffic density has long demanded the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to design an effective safety inspection system. Well defined thresholds are essential to such an inspection system since they provide standards for both monitoring and regulating purposes. In this paper, we use control chart techniques to derive thresholds and standards for inspection measures, and to provide charts for monitoring them continuously. These thresholds charts play the same role as control charts do in statistical quality control for the monitoring of manufacturing processes. In quality control, the centerline of the chart indicates the target value and the control limits determine whether the process is out of control. In safety inspections, we view the centerline as the safety standard, and justify some properly chosen levels of control limits as meaningful thresholds. For FAA safety inspection surveillance results concerning air carriers, these thresholds are termed alert, advisory, expected, and informational. They provide a concrete measure of the inspection results in terms of the severity of potential flaws, and serve as a guideline for the general rating of the safety performance of each carrier. Furthermore, we can now use the so-called average run length to measure the effectiveness of the inspection system with the proposed thresholds. This approach is implemented on a dataset of an operational performance measure collected from ten air carriers over a period of 6 months. The results are very supportive.
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Afrino, Afrino. "PEMENUHAN HAK ANAK SEBAGAI TERSANGKA DALAM PENYIDIKAN TINDAK PIDANA KECELAKAAN LALU LINTAS." UNES Law Review 2, no. 1 (2019): 14–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.31933/ulr.v2i1.58.
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Lately, there have been frequent traffic accidents which have caused many losses. The Sijunjung Regional Police Laka Satlantas Unit has handled 35 cases of traffic accident committed by children, so far it has always prioritized child protection in examining children who are dealing with the field of law. This research is a descriptive analytical study. Adapaun the results of the implementation of the implementation of the fulfillment of children's rights as suspects in the investigation process, can be seen from careful actions carried out by investigators, meaning that if the cases carried out by children are still classified as minor acts, there should be no detention measures, whereas if the case is a criminal offense detention can be carried out, in the investigation process the suspect must be accompanied by his parents even though his legal advisor does not come to accompany the suspect. BAPAS in the inspection phase is obliged to assist the suspect. Examination of child suspects, it should be noted that there is a special room that is comfortable and friendly for child offenders, and the Diversion process is prioritized to achieve the best interests for children. Constraints encountered by the police in fulfilling children's rights as suspects in the process of investigating traffic accident crimes, namely in the process of investigating and detaining suspected children, where there are internal factors, namely members of Unit Laka personnel who are few in number, BAPAS sometimes unable to attend, legal counsel sometimes unable to attend. Efforts to overcome the obstacles that arise in the provision of children's rights as suspects in the investigation process of traffic accident crimes, where the Sijunjung Regional Police have dealt with these obstacles in accordance with what is needed, among others asking for funds to add detention rooms, writing BAPAS and legal counsel, and providing socialization to schools or to the community regarding enforcement of traffic laws in general and the protection of children in particular.
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Clark, Timothy M., and Alicja Biskupska-Haas. "SEC publishes alert describing most common advertising rule violations." Journal of Investment Compliance 19, no. 1 (2018): 28–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/joic-02-2018-0011.
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Purpose This paper aims to summarize a new alert issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”), highlighting the most common compliance issues relating to Rule 206(4)-1 (the “Advertising Rule”) under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Advisers Act”). Design/methodology/approach This study describes the compliance issues highlighted in the risk alert. OCIE identified these compliance issues as part of its “Touting Initiative,” an examination initiative launched in 2016 to examine the adequacy of disclosures that advisers provided to their clients when touting awards, promoting ranking lists and/or identifying professional designations (collectively, “accolades”) in their marketing materials. The OCIE based its findings on deficiency letters resulting from over 1,000 adviser examinations. Findings The risk alert provides guidance to advisers who are reviewing the adequacy and effectiveness of their compliance programs in light of the Advertising Rule. Originality/value This study provides practical guidance from experienced investment-fund lawyers. Although most experienced people in the industry will not be shocked by anything in the alert, the alert is a helpful reminder about the SEC’s continuing focus on these issues.
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Stimson, K. R. "Activated Sludge Control Adviser." Water Science and Technology 28, no. 11-12 (1993): 295–302. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.1993.0669.
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This paper concerns the development and use of a computer-based expert system (ASCA) to advise operators of activated sludge wastewater treatment plants in the event of an actual or potential effluent problem. The system provides a diagnosis of problems and gives advice on remedial actions. An incident database facility permits the recording and later inspection of problematic events. The system contains a general knowledge base applicable to all such treatment works. This is supplemented by site-specific knowledge when customised to particular plant. Development required close collaboration with users. On-site trials are being performed at two sites. Early results indicate both usability and usefulness, and demonstrate that the system can be readily customised for further sites. Further possible enhancements are discussed.
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O’Hara, Joe, Patrick Shevlin, Martin Brown, and Gerry McNamara. "Operating educational networks in Northern Ireland: the EQI shaped professional learning network." SHS Web of Conferences 98 (2021): 01003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20219801003.
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This paper reports on the operation of the DCU Shaped Professional Learning Network (DCU SPLN), an initiative of the Centre for Evaluation Quality and Inspection (EQI) at Dublin City University. The DCU SPLN was initially established in Belfast, Northern Ireland as part of the Erasmus+ Project, 'Polycentric inspections of networks of schools', the focus of which was to provide an assessment of the potential of polycentric inspection as a tool for improving school effectiveness and outcomes. The cluster has now grown to 140 schools organised in regional clusters throughout Northern Ireland. The paper provides examples of the impact of the network on policy and practice in Northern Ireland. Firstly, it has a Hearts and Minds driving force that is centered on the ethical use of first-hand evidence to drive school improvement and associated action research. Secondly, it is underpinned by the existence and support from external agencies, in this case, researchers at EQI. Thirdly, the professional development provided to schools by EQI and subsequent adjustments by participants and advisors had a direct ongoing positive impact on improving the actual quality of learning in individual schools. Finally, one of the key learning points was the gradual transfer of responsibility for professional learning provision from the EQI researchers to the leaders and teachers involved in the cluster. The paper concludes with drawing some general conclusions about the role of networks in educational practice.
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Чайковская, Любовь, L. Chaykovskaya, М. Михеев, and M. Mikheev. "VAT and Its Compensation in an Advisory Order." Auditor 3, no. 12 (2017): 42–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/article_5a323c379d8cf2.85518817.
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Th e article considers topical issues of VAT taxation, the current procedure for reimbursement of overpaid tax amount, as well as specifi cs of tax inspections by the tax authorities on the basis of the amounts of tax claimed for reimbursement.
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Rivera-Gomis, Jorge, Ales Gregorc, Andrea Maroni Ponti, Francesco Artese, Gertruida Zowitsky, and Giovanni Formato. "Monitoring of Small Hive Beetle (Aethina Tumida Murray) in Calabria (Italy) from 2014 to 2016: Practical Identification Methods." Journal of Apicultural Science 61, no. 2 (2017): 257–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/jas-2017-0022.
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Abstract The Small Hive Beetle (SHB), Aethina tumida, is an invasive pest of honey bee colonies that causes significant damage to the beekeeping sector. SHB was detected in southern Italy (EU) in 2014 and despite adopted eradication measures, is still present there. After three years of observations of SHB in Calabria (2014-2016), we provide here some practical tips for improving control measures. A new time-saving colony examination method, including the use of an internal divider reduced the time needed for hive inspections by 31.86 % on average. Prioritizating the inspection of pollen and honey combs rather than brood combs is advised. Sentinel apiaries with no more than five colonies without supers are suggested for each beekeeping location in order to attract and to monitor the early appearance of SHB. The use of these methods will enable early detection and prompt control measures application before this destructive pest can spread in the region.
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Kuhlman, Richard, and Jason Kempf. "SEC issues cybersecurity exam observations." Journal of Investment Compliance 16, no. 2 (2015): 44–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/joic-04-2015-0024.
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Purpose – To summarize and comment on a Risk Alert issued on February 3, 2015 by the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) to summarize its findings following examination of the preparedness of 57 broker-dealers and 49 investment advisory firms to address legal, regulatory and compliance challenges related to cybersecurity. Design/methodology/approach – Comments on the meaning of the Risk Alert and summarizes OCIE’s exam observations. Findings – These examinations grew out of the SEC’s Cybersecurity Examination Initiative which began last year. Cybersecurity is an Exam Priority for the SEC in 2015. Perhaps most reflective of the magnitude of this particular issue, 88 per cent of the broker-dealers and 74 per cent of the examined advisers reported that they have been the subject of a cyber-related incident. Originality/value – Expert guidance from experienced securities lawyers.
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Adelfio, Marco, Paul J. Delligatti, and Jason F. Monfort. "SEC publishes guidance on mutual fund distribution and sub-accounting fees." Journal of Investment Compliance 17, no. 2 (2016): 39–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/joic-04-2016-0012.
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Purpose To explain the guidance published on January 6, 2016 by the SEC’s Division of Investment Management containing its views and recommendations relating to mutual fund distribution and sub-accounting fees. Design/methodology/approach Explains the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations focus on “distribution in guise” payments, its 2013 “sweep exam,” an enforcement action against a fund’s adviser and affiliated distributor related to payments for distribution-related activities outside of a 12b-1 plan, lists SEC staff recommendations with respect to mutual fund distribution and sub-accounting fees, summarizes the SEC’s guidance on board oversight of sub-accounting fees, provides indicia that a payment may be for distribution-related activities, and points to the need for mutual funds to have policies and procedures designed to prevent violations of Section 12(b) and Rule 12b-1. Findings The guidance is an outgrowth of the staff’s observations from a three-year “distribution in guise” sweep exam of mutual fund complexes, investment advisers, broker-dealers and transfer agents conducted by the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations and other offices and divisions of the SEC to identify whether firms were using fund assets to directly or indirectly finance any activities primarily intended to result in the sale of fund shares outside of an approved Rule 12b-1 distribution plan. Originality/value Practical guidance from experienced financial services lawyers.
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Rosenne, Shabtai. "All’s Well That Ends Well. Or Is It? More on the Publications of the International Court of Justice." American Journal of International Law 84, no. 2 (1990): 586–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2203478.
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In 1987 I drew attention to a report published in 1986 by a member of the Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) of the United Nations, recommending a number of changes, some of them fundamental, in the presentation by the International Court of Justice of its judgments and advisory opinions. I indicated the principal objections that the Court had expressed on those recommendations, and pointed out that the implementation of some of them could constitute violations of the Charter, of which the Statute of the Court is an integral part. The matter was also the subject of a resolution adopted on April 9, 1987, by the American Society of International Law, reproduced in part in note 30 on page 695 of my Note. It is now possible to bring the story up-to-date and close an unfortunate chapter in the history of the Joint Inspection Unit.
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Kuehn, Bridget M. "Office of Inspector General: CDC Lax in Policing Advisors’ Conflicts of Interest." JAMA 303, no. 5 (2010): 412. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2010.40.
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Mansoor, Yousif A., and Zhi Qiang Zhang. "Development of Inspection System for Crack in R.C. Tunnel Lining by Using Knowledge-Based System (KBS)." Advanced Materials Research 622-623 (December 2012): 1415–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.622-623.1415.
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Over the last several years, many concrete tunnels have been constructed for roads, highways, and railways. For safety in concrete tunnel, periodic inspection has been conducted using many testing technologies and techniques. However, these technologies cannot replace visual inspection because of their slow and complicated procedures. For this reason, the Knowledge-Based Systems (KBS) are used to diagnose R.C tunnel lining crack damage (DICRCTL). In this paper, we attempt to propose an alternative to the human expert, to give technical decisions in diagnosing crack damages in second segment of R.C. tunnel lining. To overcome this requirement, an expert system is developed to achieve the research aim. This proposed system was constructed on a knowledge base that incorporates with the gathered information in the form of rules which is suitable to implement in an expert system environment to diagnostic advisory nature. The proposed application results show an easy, fast and satisfactory answer to engineering needs.
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Larson, Joyce E., Kara J. Brown, and Ivet A. Bell. "SEC publishes important guidance on the Custody Rule, participating affiliate arrangements, robo-advisers, Form PF and certain compliance topics." Journal of Investment Compliance 18, no. 3 (2017): 34–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/joic-06-2017-0036.
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Purpose To highlight guidance issued by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the benefit of investment advisers regarding certain obligations under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (Advisers Act) and the rules thereunder. Design/methodology/approach Summarizes recent guidance regarding issues related to several challenging Advisers Act requirements, including inadvertent custody and client account transfers under Advisers Act Rule 206(4)-2, the use of participating affiliate arrangements pursuant to the “Unibanco” no-action letters, unique considerations affecting automated advisers (i.e., “robo-advisers”), the top five most frequently identified compliance topics identified in examinations conducted by the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE), and recent guidance regarding the private fund regulatory filing Form PF. Findings This guidance may assist advisers in preparing for regulatory examinations and questions from institutional investors. While the recent guidance addresses important topics, the guidance also raises some practical questions. Originality/value Practical guidance from experienced securities and financial services lawyers.
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Gabriel, Kathleen. "Fraud and Abuse: OIG Advisory Opinion No. 00-3." Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 28, no. 2 (2000): 193–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-720x.2000.tb00014.x.
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The Office of the Inspector General issued an advisory opinion in April announcing that an arrangement to provide various services free of charge to patients with terminal illnesses who have a prognosis of one year or less to live (the “Program”) does not constitute grounds for sanctions under either the anti-kickback statute, section 1128(b) of the Social Security Act, or under section 1128A(a)(5) of the Act, which prohibits offering of inducements to beneficiaries to influence their selection of a provider for Medicare or Medicaid covered services.The Hospice Foundation of Martin & St. Lucie, Inc., is a Florida nonprofit organization that acts as the supporting foundation for the Hospice of Martin & St. Lucie, Inc., a nonprofit organization that provides various end-of-life services.
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Rydahl, P., N. P. Jensen, M. Dyrmann, P. H. Nielsen, and R. N. Jørgensen. "RoboWeedSupport - Presentation of a cloud based system bridging the gap between in-field weed inspections and decision support systems." Advances in Animal Biosciences 8, no. 2 (2017): 860–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s2040470017001054.
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In order to exploit potentials of 20–40% reduction of herbicide use, as documented by use of Decision Support Systems (DSS), where requirements for manual field inspection constitute a major obstacle, large numbers of digital pictures of weed infestations have been collected and analysed manually by crop advisors. Results were transferred to: 1) DSS, which determined needs for control and connected, optimized options for control returned options for control and 2) convolutional, neural networks, which in this way were trained to enable automatic analysis of future pictures, which support both field- and site-specific integrated weed management.
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Zakirova, Alsou, Guzaliya Klychova, Svetlana Doronina, Olga V. Abasheva, and Nuriya Nigmatullina. "Improvement of methodological support of internal control in the cash management system of the enterprise." E3S Web of Conferences 284 (2021): 07011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202128407011.
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Currently, most business operations conducted by an economic entity, including the implementation of settlements with counterparties, associated with the movement of cash flows. Consequently, of particular relevance acquired questions implementation of internal control, which contributes to information and advisory support and optimization of financial and economic activities of the enterprise. The purpose of the article is to develop the system of methodological support of internal control of funds at the enterprise. In article theoretical bases of realization of control procedures are studied. The basic principles, the purpose and methods of internal control of funds are defined. For the development of methodological tools it is suggested to use the developed forms of working documents of internal control. These documents allow to systematize control measures, to evaluate the efficiency of accounting system organization, to generalize the results of cash and bank account transactions inspection, their appropriateness and validity; to record the revealed violations by the results of cash and bank account transactions inspection. Based on the results of internal control, the company’s management makes a decision to improve the efficiency of cash usage based on the creation of a liquidity management system.
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Pan, Qingtian, Miao Chen, Baoqi Zuo, and Yucai Hu. "The Inspection of Raw- Silk Defects Using Image Vision." Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics 13, no. 3 (2018): 155892501801300. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/155892501801300309.
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The inspection of defects is one of the most important aspects in the quality inspection of raw silk. We introduce a raw-silk defect detection system based on image vision and image analysis that is accurate and objective. In the experimental phase, we develop an image-acquisition section—which includes a charge-coupled device (CCD) image sensor, a telecentric lens, a light source, and a raw-silk winding device to capture the raw silk images steadily. After the image capture stage, an image-processing section tasked with threshold segmentation and morphology operations is carried out to obtain the defects of raw silk. To classify the raw-silk defects accurately and quickly, we propose an area method for the classification of raw-silk defects into five categories: larger defects, large defects, common defects, small defects, and smaller defects. Meanwhile, in order to recognize the common raw-silk defects—e.g., Bavella silk, nodes, and loose ends—that cannot be detected by the Uster evenness tester, the moment invariants of each segmented region of the images are extracted and used as the input of support vector machine(SVM).A SVM is designed as a classifier to recognize the samples. The experimental results show that the proposed method can recognize these common raw-silk defects effectively. According to the new classification and accurate recognition of raw-silk defects using the proposed method, we can improve the inspection standards for raw silk and advise raw-silk reeling enterprises seeking to optimize the technological parameters.
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Zhao, Kun, and Sheng Nan Wang. "Analysis of Airworthiness Requirements on Fatigue Management Program in FAA." Applied Mechanics and Materials 444-445 (October 2013): 1761–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.444-445.1761.
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As we know, the fatigue in metallic structures is getting more and more attention in many different countries. However, the current regulations are not systematic enough to determine how to manage a demonstrated risk due to fatigue. In 2011,FAA proposed the Advisory Circular (AC) 91-82A to develop the Fatigue Management Program (FMP) in order to establish a integrated fatigue management system. In this article, the author introduces the background and the concept of the demonstrated risk, also states the requirements in the process of developing and implementing the FMP. Nowadays, the cost of the new airplanes has meant that more fatigue management and more inspection actions should be taken in the process of assuring the safety of the continued airworthiness.
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Zorochkina, Tetiana. "Innovative approaches to improving qualifications of the primary school teachers in the Great Britain." Scientific visnyk V.O. Sukhomlynskyi Mykolaiv National University. Pedagogical Sciences 65, no. 2 (2019): 95–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.33310/2518-7813-2019-65-2-95-100.
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The article examines the approaches to improving the skills of primary school teachers in the UK. Criteria for upgrading and retraining UK teaching staff are highlighted. Teacher training courses are held at different educational institutions: at institutes of pedagogy of higher educational institutions, with independent advisory groups, with the Department of Education and Science, at teacher centers, with local educational authorities, at school. Short-term advanced training courses are divided into: one-day; three days; five to six day courses; vacation courses. Long-term courses include three-year advanced training courses. During the courses of advanced training teachers are engaged in research activities under the direction of university tutors. The main advisory and analytical body for teacher qualifications is the Royal Inspection Service. It has a widespread network across the country, comprised of local education departments. The inspectorate service is intended, based on the analysis of the quality of educational programs, to identify trends in the development of the system of advanced training, to predict the effects of planned projects, and to prepare recommendations for the Ministry of Education and Science to determine the most relevant and forward looking directions for improving the system of professional standards for teachers. The teacher education system serves a prominent system of public education. Understanding the need for organizing mass retraining of teachers in Britain has been growing in pedagogical circles since the last century, when intensive primary education was developing. Since then and to this day, discussions about the most rational ways of updating the teacher education system are not dying. The main advisory and analytical body for teacher qualifications is the Royal Inspection Service. It has a widespread network across the country, comprised of local education departments. Both local and national authorities of this service are actively involved in the analysis and evaluation of the effectiveness of all work aimed at supporting and developing the professional skills of school teachers. The inspectorate service is intended, based on the analysis of the quality of educational programs, to identify trends in the development of the system of advanced training, to predict the effects of planned projects, and to prepare recommendations for the Ministry of Education and Science to determine the most relevant and forward looking directions for improving the system of professional standards for teachers.
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Peltz, Brynn D., Ilan S. Nissan, and Evyn W. Rabinowitz. "OCIE to investment advisers: focus on these five problem areas." Journal of Investment Compliance 18, no. 2 (2017): 16–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/joic-04-2017-0025.
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Purpose To explain a Risk Alert published on February 7, 2017 published by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) describing the five compliance topics most frequently identified in deficiency letters sent to investment advisers after the completion of an OCIE examination. Design/methodology/approach Discusses deficiencies noted by the OCIE relating to the Compliance Rule, required regulatory filings, the Custody Rule, the Code of Ethics Rule, and the Books and Records Rule. Findings The OCIE published the Risk Alert with its noted deficiencies only one month after releasing its exam priorities for the year. Practical implications All investment advisers should consider reviewing their compliance practices, policies and procedures in light of the deficiencies and weaknesses identified in the SEC Risk Alert. Originality/value Practical guidance from experienced lawyers specializing in asset and funds management.
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Merkle, D., A. Schmitt, and A. Reiterer. "SENSOR EVALUATION FOR CRACK DETECTION IN CONCRETE BRIDGES." ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences XLIII-B2-2020 (August 14, 2020): 1107–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-xliii-b2-2020-1107-2020.
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Abstract. Bridges are one of the most critical traffic infrastructure objects, therefore it is necessary to monitor them at regular intervals. Nowadays, this monitoring is made manually by visual inspection. In recent projects, the authors are developing automated crack detection systems to support the inspector. In this pre-study, different sensors, like different camera systems for photogrammetry, a laser scanner, and a laser triangulation system are evaluated for crack detection based on a defined required minimum crack width of 0.2 mm. The used test object is a blasted concrete plate, sized 70 cm × 70 cm × 5 cm and placed in an outdoor environment. The results of the data acquisition with the different sensors are point clouds, which make the results comparable. The point cloud from the chosen laser scanner is not sufficient for the required crack width even at a low speed of 1 m/s. The RGB or intensity information of the photogrammetric point clouds, even based on a low-cost smartphone camera, contain the targeted cracks. The authors advise against using only the 3D information of the photogrammetric point clouds for crack detection due to noise. The laser triangulation system delivers the best results in both intensity and 3D information. The low weight of camera systems makes photogrammetry to the preferred method for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). In the future, the authors aim for crack detection based on the 2D images, automated by using machine learning, and crack localisation by using structure from motion (SfM) or a positioning system.
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Trucksess, Mary W., Frederick Thomas, Kathryn Young, Michael E. Stack, Wendy J. Fulgueras, and Samuel W. Page. "Survey of Deoxynivalenol in U.S. 1993 Wheat and Barley Crops by Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay." Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL 78, no. 3 (1995): 631–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jaoac/78.3.631.
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Abstract Wheat and barley from the 1993 crop year were analyzed for deoxynivalenol (DON). A total of 630 samples were collected by the Federal Grain Inspection Service in 25 states and analyzed using a commercially available, direct competitive, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The limit of determination was about 0.5 μg/g. DON contamination in the 483 wheat samples averaged 2.0 μg/g and ranged from <0.5 to 18 μg/g. DON contamination in the 147 barley samples averaged 4.2 μg/g and ranged from <0.5 to 26 μg/g. About 40% of the wheat samples and 57% of the barley samples contained DON levels that were greater than the U.S. Food and Drug Administration 1982 advisory level of 2 μg/g for DON in wheat designated for milling (human consumption).
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Allotta, B., R. Costanzi, F. Mugnai, M. Reggiannini, A. Ridolfi, and D. Scaradozzi. "SEARCH & INSPECTION ARCHAEOLOGICAL UNDERWATER CAMPAIGNS IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE EUROPEAN ARROWS PROJECT." ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences XLII-2/W15 (August 19, 2019): 63–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-xlii-2-w15-63-2019.
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<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), benefiting from significant investments in the past years, are commonly used for military security and offshore Oil&amp;Gas applications. The ARROWS project, aimed at exporting the AUV technology to the field of underwater archaeology, a low-budget research field compared to the previous ones. The paper focuses on the strategy for vehicle coordination adopted within the project, a Search and Inspection (S&amp;I) approach borrowed from the defense field (e.g., mine countermeasure &amp;ndash; MCM) that proved to be an efficient solution also for the main phases of an underwater archaeological mission. The other main novelty aspect is represented by MARTA (MArine Robotic Tool for Archaeology) AUV: it is a modular vehicle easily and quickly reconfigurable developed in the framework of ARROWS according to the project Archaeological Advisory Group (AAG) guidelines. Results from the final demonstration of the project, held in Estonia during Summer 2015, are proposed in the paper as an experimental proof of the validity of the proposed S&amp;I strategy, and MARTA functioning and its adaptability to the mission requirements. Even in its first prototype version, MARTA successfully played the Inspection role within the AUV team, collaborating with a commercial Search AUV. Acoustic and optical data collected during the mission and processed to increase their intelligibility for the human operator are proposed and discussed.</p>
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Breen, Kenneth, and Phara Guberman. "2020 SEC risk alert provides guidance for private fund advisers." Journal of Investment Compliance 21, no. 1 (2020): 49–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/joic-08-2020-0014.
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Purpose To analyze the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (“OCIE”) June 2020 Risk Alert, which identified three categories of deficiencies that the SEC regularly finds in its reviews of advisers to private funds, in order to understand its guidance and recommend best practices. Design/methodology/approach The study discusses the categories of deficiencies that the SEC regularly finds in its reviews of private fund advisers, current SEC enforcement trends, and recommendations for disclosures, internal controls, policies and procedures. Findings The SEC will expect private funds to identify and remedy regular deficiencies in three primary categories: gaps in client and investor disclosures regarding conflicts of interest; deficiencies in disclosures related to fees and expenses; and issues with policies and procedures regarding the treatment of material nonpublic information. Practical implications Private fund advisers should expect increased scrutiny during examinations on the identified deficiencies and use this opportunity to be proactive in addressing these issues. Originality/value Expert analysis and guidance from experienced securities enforcement attorneys.
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Tal, David. "From the Open Skies Proposal of 1955 to the Norstad Plan of 1960: A Plan Too Far." Journal of Cold War Studies 10, no. 4 (2008): 66–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/jcws.2008.10.4.66.
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A proposal drafted by General Lauris Norstad for the creation of a limited inspection zone in Central Europe and in the Arctic Circle—a proposal that came to be known as the Norstad Plan—evolved out of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Open Skies proposal. The proposal, based on ideas promoted by Eisenhower's disarmament adviser, Harold Stassen, departed from traditional U.S. disarmament policy. The plan was eventually aborted by West Germany and France, but the document heralded a shift in Eisenhower's disarmament policy. The president was ready to give up the all-or-nothing approach and adopt an incremental approach. To this end, the United States would make concessions that would render U.S. proposals more acceptable to the Soviet Union. The plan adumbrated the conceptual change that paved the way for the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
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Angstadt, Janet M., David Dickstein, Mark Goldstein, and Richard Marshall. "SEC 2018 examination priorities." Journal of Investment Compliance 19, no. 2 (2018): 1–4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/joic-04-2018-0028.
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Purpose To analyze SEC Staff’s announced 2018 OCIE Examination priorities to provide insight to investment advisers and other regulated entities regarding areas of focus during SEC examinations. Design/methodology/approach This article discusses the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) published its examination priorities for 2018 (the “2018 Priorities Report”). Findings Given that OCIE’s examination priorities for 2017 were published before the beginning of the Trump administration, differences between the 2017 and the 2018 priorities provide important insights into the focus of examinations under SEC Chair Clayton. Investment advisers and other regulated entities should allocate resources towards their preparedness for the areas of focus identified in the 2018 Priorities Report. Originality/value This article contains valuable insight regarding the SEC’s 2018 OCIE examination priorities and practical guidance from industry experts.
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Bradlow, Daniel D., and Andria Naudé Fourie. "The Operational Policies of the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation." International Organizations Law Review 10, no. 1 (2013): 3–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15723747-01001002.
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International financial institutions (‘IFIs’), such as the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation (‘IFC’), have progressively refined their own operational policies and established institutional accountability mechanisms, such as the Inspection Panel and Compliance Advisory Ombudsman, in response to external and internal demands for their enhanced accountability. This article argues that these two developments are instrumental in transforming IFIs such as the World Bank and the IFC into law-making and law-governed institutions. We argue that the operational policies, as well as the institutional processes surrounding these policies (that is, rule-making, rule-application and rule-enforcement processes), should be assessed in legal terms – even though the legal nature of the operational policies are contested, and the policies are only applicable to IFI staff and their borrowers. The main objective of this article is to provide an analysis in support of this contention.
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Blizniuk-Biskup, Jekaterina. "“Russian Muzhiks – Who Else if not Russians…”: Why Gogol is so Difficult to Translate." Przegląd Wschodnioeuropejski 10, no. 2 (2019): 315–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.31648/pw.5483.
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The author addresses the issue of how peculiarities of Gogol’s narrative style can be retained in the translations of “Petersburg Stories” and “Dead Souls”, with special focus on the attitude of the narrator towards what is reported. The main attention is paid to constructions with the qualificator russkij ‘Russian’ referring to phenomena deeply rooted in Russian culture and, on the face of it, serving to highlight the national “local color”. Still, on a closer inspection one finds that, contrary to expectations, relevant constructions reflect alienation of the narrator with respect to reported events, being a kind of exoticisms and thus additionally complicating translation. It is well-advised for Gogol’s translators to be mindful of this special variety of exoticization characteristic of his prose.
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Rowes, Jeffey. "EMTALA: OIG/HCFA Special Advisory Bulletin Clarifies EMTALA, American College of Emergency Physicians Criticizes it." Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 28, no. 1 (2000): 90–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-720x.2000.tb00324.x.
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In December 1998, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) and the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) solicited comments from health care providers regarding the federal anti-patient dumping statute, the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) (42 USCA §1395dd). EMTALA is a federal health care law of unprecedented breadth—the first universal benefit guaranteed by the federal government. It requires Medicare-participating hospitals with public emergency rooms, emergency physicians, and ancillary surgical and medical specialists to render adequate stabilizing treatment to whoever requests it. The 1998 Special Advisory Bulletin (63 FR 67486-01) sought input on four principal dimensions of EMTALA: (1) the statutory obligation to furnish adequate medical screening to anyone who visits an emergency room; (2) the responsibilities of health care providers towards enrollees of managed care organizations (MCOs); (3) the prior authorization and payment rules for Medicare and Medicaid; and (4) what practices would promote hospital compliance with EMTALA.
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Salisbury, I. P. "Music Education in European Music Year – and Beyond." British Journal of Music Education 2, no. 3 (1985): 279–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0265051700000644.
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From the viewpoint of European Music Year (EMY) the author, currently HM Staff Inspector for Music and Chairman of the EMY Advisory Committee for Education, makes some general observations about the present condition of and future prospects for music education in the United Kingdom. Reviewing educational initiatives which have been taken during EMY, he relates these to the wider issues which inevitably preoccupy many of us at the present time. Despite the gloomy prognostications being made by some concerning the future of music education, he prefers at this stage to point to positive achievements and to suggest possible lines of development for the future.
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Harshini, V., Amritha Bhandary, and Suchithra Thunga. "Comparison Between Pap Smear and Via As Screening For Cervical Lesions." Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biological Research 1, no. 03 (2013): 55–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.30750/ijpbr.1.3.10.
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Introduction: An important reason for higher cervical cancer incidence in developing countries is lack of effective screening programs like pap smear, aimed at detecting precancerous conditions before they progress to invasive cancer. The potential difficulties in implementing cervical cytology based screening in low-resource settings have prompted the investigation of accuracy of alternative low technology tests such as Visual inspection with acetic acid application [VIA], Visual inspection with acetic acid application with magnification [VIAM], visual inspection on Lugol’s Iodine application [VILI] in early detection of cervical neoplasia .In our study we compared pap smear with VIA to study the accurarcy of VIA as it is simpler and easier technique to be used as screening in low resource settings. Aim: This is a hospital based descriptive, prospective study to evaluate validity of pap smear and VIA techniques as screening tests in identifying cervical lesions. Materials And Methods: After general and systemic examination as a routine,visual local pelvic examination including visualisation of cervix and vagina per speculum and the findings are documented in the proforma .Then VIA and pap smear are done in that order, if any of these tests are positive then cervical biopsy will be taken and further advise to the subject is given. Results: A total of 313 women were involved in the study. The sensitivity of pap smear is 54.5% specificity is 98.9% while that of VIA 95.4% and 97.9%respectively. We found that VIA accuracy was comparatively more than that of pap smear. Conclusion: In low resource settings, usefulness of VIA is more than that of pap smear. We suggest to perform VIA in all the women inspite of having pap smear facility to improve detection rate of cervical lesions and provide better patient councelling and treatment.
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Yang, Lu Ming, Du Cang Hai Li, and Xu Zhao Yang. "A Survey Study of Factors Influencing the Customer Satisfaction of Group Buying Sites." Applied Mechanics and Materials 373-375 (August 2013): 2241–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.373-375.2241.
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Group buying--a new way of shopping online is emerging, customers can shopping by forming groups by themselves to persuade the sellers to reduce the price. Group buying sites greatly enhance the bargaining power between the customers and the merchants. This paper contributes to the using the factor analysis, nine factors including commodity information, trading levels, commodity inspection, the after-sales service, corporate image, website design Personality services, the quality of service and logistics distribution that will affect the customer satisfaction comes down to two factors, these two factors are defined based on Herzberg's two-factor theory, obtains the group buying customer satisfaction of the hygiene factors and motivation factors. Then based on the results give merchants more advise to improving customer satisfaction.
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Smirnova, Tatiana. "Children's Welfare in Soviet Russia: Society and the State, 1917-1930s." Soviet and Post-Soviet Review 36, no. 2 (2009): 169–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/107512609x12460110596905.
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AbstractThe Bolsheviks did not alienate citizens from helping find solutions to the problems afflicting children. Many social actions deemed as "useful" by the Soviet authorities were met with support by the regime. These included the "Week of the Homeless Child", school self-taxation, local societies of the "Friend of the Children", and others. Establishing its control over "useful" public ventures, the Government eventually absorbed them. On the surface, the proliferation of public ventures in the area of children's welfare, such as patronage by industrial enterprises, labor unions and other groups and the growth of various advisory boards and children's inspections, appeared to be a result of growing social initiative. In reality the government's support of public work led to de facto state and party control. In order to carry out successful public initiatives, the population had to adapt to the particulars of Bolshevik rule.
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van Staaveren, Nienke, Bernadette Doyle, Alison Hanlon, and Laura Boyle. "Multi-Stakeholder Focus Groups on Potential for Meat Inspection Data to Inform Management of Pig Health and Welfare on Farm." Agriculture 9, no. 2 (2019): 40. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agriculture9020040.
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Meat inspection (MI) findings can act as a valuable source of information on pig health and welfare. The PIG WELFare INDicators (PIGWELFIND) project (Research Stimulus Fund 11/S/107) was developed to progress the development of ante and post mortem MI as a pig health and welfare diagnostic tool in Ireland. Three multi-stakeholder focus groups were organized to explore areas of conflict and agreement between stakeholders’ vision for including pig health and welfare indicators in MI and on how to achieve this vision. Each focus group consisted of eight stakeholders: pig producers, Teagasc pig advisors, pig processors, veterinarians involved in MI, private veterinary practitioners, and personnel with backgrounds in general animal health and welfare and food safety policy. In general, stakeholders expressed positive attitudes towards the use of MI data to inform pig health and welfare when standardization of recording and feedback is improved, and the MI system provides real-time benchmarking possibilities. Most emphasis was placed on health indicators as a first priority, while it was felt that welfare-related indicators could be included after practical barriers had been addressed (i.e., line speed/feasibility, standardization and training of meat inspectors, data ownership). Recommendations are made to further progress the development of MI as a pig health and welfare diagnostic tool and address some of these barriers.
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Ayling, James, Adam Bowler, Gregory Brick, and Mladen Ignjatovic. "Practical Application of Structural Repair Fatigue Life Determination on the AP-3C Orion Platform." Advanced Materials Research 891-892 (March 2014): 1065–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.891-892.1065.
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The AP-3C Orion aircraft is the oldest aircraft in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) inventory. The planned fleet withdrawal has been extended far beyond the original design service objective. Continued safe and effective operation has required the development of a robust ageing aircraft management approach. A fundamental aspect was supplementing the structural certification basis with appropriate standards in the form of fatigue management requirements from Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) 25.571 and Federal Aviation Administration Advisory Circular (FAA AC) 120-93. To develop and underpin the ageing aircraft management plan and transition to the supplementary fatigue management standards, the RAAF collaborated with the Original Equipment Manufacturer, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, the United States Navy (USN) and other operators to form the P-3C Service Life Assessment Program (SLAP). This program provided Full Scale Fatigue Test (FSFT) data, associated analyses and analysis tools to support management in accordance with FAR 25.571. An important element of the ageing aircraft management plan included the introduction of a rigorous Safety By Inspection (SBI) maintenance regime to assure structural airworthiness. FAA AC 120-93 requires assessment of structural repairs to determine revised fatigue management and inspection requirements. Often, this information is derived using tailored analysis tools and detailed models on a case-by-case basis. This approach is specialized, expensive and usually occurs after the repair has been designed and installed. To avoid these limitations, the AP-3C Repair Assessment Manual (RAM) was developed to provide the repair designer with a design handbook approach to fatigue analysis. In conjunction with some simple Finite Element (FE) models, the RAM supports complete repair analysis prior to an aircraft leaving the maintenance venue. This paper will present the history of the SBI program, the genesis of the RAM and actual examples of assessing structural repairs on the P-3 platform using the RAM.
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Williams, Michelle, Marta Hernandez-Jover, and Shokoofeh Shamsi. "A Critical Appraisal of Global Testing Protocols for Zoonotic Parasites in Imported Seafood Applied to Seafood Safety in Australia." Foods 9, no. 4 (2020): 448. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods9040448.
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It is not suggested that any country is intentionally exporting seafood which does not comply with Codex seafood-safety guidelines/codes/standards. However, with an open access resource such as fisheries, there is vast potential for errors to occur along convoluted supply chains, spanning multiple countries, which may negatively impact the safety of edible seafood products imported into Australia. Australian importation policy and inspection procedures are founded upon a bedrock of trust in the integrity, reliability and safety of the global seafood supply chain. In order for seafood imported to Australia to be considered safe the non-mandatory international health standards, governed by Codex Alimentarius, for seafood must be predicated upon the most efficacious methods and stringently governed by each exporting provenance. Currently, tests for zoonotic parasites are not applied to imported edible seafood products on arrival into Australia. Therefore, this critical analysis is aimed at discussing the effectiveness of current testing protocols for zoonotic parasites in edible seafood advised by Codex Alimentarius which may impact the safety of the product imported into Australia.
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Herring, Peter J. "Malcolm Roy Clarke. 24 October 1930 — 10 May 2013." Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 60 (January 2014): 107–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbm.2014.0011.
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Malcolm Clarke was a leading authority on cephalopods and their significance in the world oceans. Much of his knowledge of their abundance was gained through a study of their beaks from the stomachs of predators, particularly sperm whales. He had a lifelong enthusiasm for sperm whales (and for other cetaceans), leading him to reappraise their buoyancy control. Postgraduate experience as a whaling inspector in the Antarctic led to his joining the National Institute of oceanography in 1958 to work on oceanic squids. In 1972 he moved to the Marine Biological association’s Plymouth laboratory, where he was elected FRS in 1981 and was awarded a Special Merit promotion. He remained there until retirement in 1987, during which time he set up the Cephalopod International Advisory Council (CIAC). After retirement he travelled widely and continued his research on whales and squids, based first at home in Plymouth and later at his house in Pico, in the Azores.
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Rybalkin, M. V., N. I. Filimonova, O. P. Strilets, and L. S. Strelnikov. "Evaluation of factions antigens disintegration fungal cells Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis if advised candidiasis." Farmatsevtychnyi zhurnal, no. 2 (February 12, 2019): 100–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.32352/0367-3057.2.15.03.
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Candidiasis – one of the most common fungal diseases humanity has ever faced. Etiological factors of the disease are most often Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis. To fight Candida infection has been actively conducting research on vaccine development, as in the CIS countries and in the countries of Europe and America. In the context of this research have shown trends of development of combined subunit vaccines based on the fungi Candida. Authors at the National University of Pharmacy at the Department of Biotechnology and Microbiology, Virology and Immunology developed a method of disintegration of cells of fungi C. albicans and C. tropicalis using ultrasound.
 The objective of our work was the experimental evaluation of fungal cell antigen fractions C. albicans and C. tropicalis in the prevention and treatment of candidiasis.
 Fungal cells from C. albicans and C. tropicalis were isolated proteins and polysaccharides using an ultrasonic disintegrator when extending wave of 22 kHz and 15 min exposure. Filtered through a membrane «Vladipor» IPA-MA № 3, which provides shutoff of the biological material with a size of 10 kDa.Obektom study were fractions dezintegrata fungal cell C. albicans and C. tropicalis molecular size and greater than 10 kDa. Mice were intramuscularly twice at an interval of 14 days were injected into the upper portion of the right hind paw of 0.2 ml of separately investigated fractions at a protein concentration for C. albicans 3 mg/ml for C. tropicalis 5 mg/ml. After 1 month, for one group, and after 3 months for a second group of test animals after the second injection, the animals carried abdominal infection. After 14 days the animals were carried out inspection and measured results
 The studies found that the fraction of cells dezintegrata fungi C. albicans and C. tropicalis with a molecular size of 10 kDa at double intramuscular injection of 0.2 ml provides 100% efficacy in the prevention of Candida infections.