What is integration? What is integration? Thomas Gulledge George Mason University‚ Fairfax‚ Virginia‚ USA Abstract 5 Purpose – This paper aims to provide a clarification of the meaning of the term integration. Design/methodology/approach – A taxonomy of integration definitions derived from the academic and trade literature is developed‚ analyzed‚ and documented. Findings – Integration is a word that is commonly used when discussing enterprise applications. The term integration is inserted
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Journal of Macroeconomics 25 (2003) 109–122 www.elsevier.com/locate/econbase Forward premiums and market efficiency: Panel unit-root evidence from the term structure of forward premiums John Barkoulas a‚b‚ Christopher F. Baum Atreya Chakraborty d a c c‚* ‚ Department of Economics‚ The University of Tennessee‚ Knoxville‚ TN 37996‚ USA b Athens Laboratory of Business Administration‚ Vouliagmeni‚ Greece Department of Economics‚ Boston College‚ 140 Commonwealth Avenue‚ Chestnut Hill‚ MA 02467-3806
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Is Sensory Integration Therapy Beneficial? Is Sensory Integration Therapy Beneficial? "Imagine driving a car that isn ’t working well. When you step on the gas‚ the car sometimes lurches forward and sometimes does not respond. When you blow the horn‚ it sounds blaring. The brakes sometimes slow the car‚ but not always. The blinkers work occasionally‚ the steering is erratic‚ and the speedometer is inaccurate. You are engaged in a constant struggle to keep the car on the
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Spot Rate and Forward Rate Spot Rate: It is nothing more than the YTM on bond. It is the rate of interest on bond maturing at any time in the future. It is also known as geometric average of 1 year forward rates in the future. Hence‚ YTM on bonds can be calculated as: When forward rates are given then; oS1 = oF1 oS2 = [(1+of1)(1+1F2)](1/2) -1 oS3 = [(1+of1)(1+1F2)(1+2F3)](1/3) -1 and so on. Forward Rates: It is the interest rate established today ‚ that will be paid on money to
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DATA INTEGRATION Data integration involves combining data residing in different sources and providing users with a unified view of these data. This process becomes significant in a variety of situations‚ which include both commercial (when two similar companies need to merge their databases and scientific (combining research results from different bioinformatics repositories‚ for example) domains. Data integration appears with increasing frequency as the volume and the need to share existing data explodes
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CHAPTER 15 REGIONAL INTEGRATION 1. OVERVIEW OF RULES (1) | Regional Integration In addition to the global economic regime based on the GATT and IMF systems‚ which has sustained the world economy since World War II‚ regionalism‚ through which neighbouring countries seek to strengthen their economies by entering into some form of "regional integration" has become a major trend. This trend was triggered by the EU market integration. In both developed and developing countries‚ customs
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NATIONAL COHESION AND INTEGRATION POLICY January 2012 Table of Contents Abbreviations and Acronyms 1 1 Preamble 2 1.1 Background 2 1.2 Rationale for National Cohesion and Integration Policy 3 1.3 Defining National Cohesion and Integration 4 1.4 Dimensions of National Cohesion and Integration 5 1.5 Formulating the National Cohesion and Integration Policy 8 2 Situational Analysis and Diagnosis of Cohesion and Integration Challenges in Kenya 9
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Programme Management Office Project Charter & Scope Statement Project Title: Project ID: Project Sponsor: Project Manager: Charter approval date: Project and Module Data Project Brian Norton‚ President Liam Duffy‚ IS Services Document Control Date 30-01-12 02-02-12 10-02-12 16-03-12 Version V 1.0 V 2.0 V 3.0 V 4.0 Changed by Liam Duffy Liam Duffy Liam Duffy Liam Duffy Reasons for Change Original Document Consultation with Sponsor Consultation with Project
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The Great Leap Forward was a creative yet disastrous interruption in Chinese economic development. It is one of those "moments" in Chinese history that is the epitome of Mao Zedong’s willingness to experiment‚ as well as his political genius in seizing control of the forms of government out of the hands of his intellectual and political adversaries within the Communist Party of China. Given that more conservative leaders‚ such as Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping‚ were not in agreement with Mao on the
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In finance‚ a non-deliverable forward (NDF) is an outright forward or futures contract in which counterparties settle the difference between the contracted NDF price or rate and the prevailing spot price or rate on an agreed notional amount. It is used in various markets such as foreign exchange and commodities. NDFs are prevalent in some countries where forward FX trading has been banned by the government (usually as a means to prevent exchange rate volatility Market The NDF market is an over-the-counter
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