Park Street Capital spun out of Tucker Anthony, the early leader in private equity investing nationwide. As one of Boston's most storied investment institutions readied itself to close shop after more than a century of success, a small group of its core investment staff prepared to take on a new...
When employees leave your business, there is a potential risk that they may take your key clients, confidential information and intellectual property with them. To prevent this occurring, restraints are used to prohibit or discourage employees from removing, copying, using or disclosing confidential information and from soliciting customers, suppliers and...
This paper is concerned with the elastic flexural-torsional buckling of concentrically loaded columns with oblique eccentric restraints. Oblique flexural restraints may resist deflections as well as flexural rotations, while torsional restraints may resist twist rotations and warping. Flexural restraints may act at the shear centre or may be eccentric. This...
This white paper determines the sensitivity and specificity of physical restraint use reported by nursing staff and reviewed from medical and nursing records in nursing home settings, by comparing these methods with direct observation. The paper also concludes that the interview of nursing staff and the review of medical and...
This report is concerned with the elastic flexural buckling of doubly symmetric columns with oblique restraints under concentric loading. Oblique restraints cause coupling between the principal axis deflections and rotations, and the flexural buckling mode involves simultaneous bending about both principal axes. The report discusses the nature of oblique restraints,...
This paper is concerned with the elastic flexural buckling of doubly symmetric columns with oblique restraints under concentric loading. Oblique restraints cause coupling between the principal axis deflections and rotations, and the flexural buckling mode involves simultaneous bending about both principal axes. This paper discusses the nature of oblique end...
This article examines whether the United States' imposition of a special import restraint distorts foreign exports and thus affects world trade flows. It first develop a theoretical model of worldwide trade in which the imposition of a special import restraint by one country. It then empirically test this model by...
This paper presents an analytical model for prediction of shrinkage-induced stresses and displacements in concrete pavements due to the restraint of the supporting base. The model relies upon the interfacial friction stress transmitted between the slab and base as the fundamental mechanism of restraint provided by the base when concrete...
In keeping with the calls for wage restraint to help curb commodity price-induced inflation, the Governor of the Bank of England is forgoing a pay increase that could have seen his salary rise by more than 100,000 a year. A review by independent consultants in 2006 concluded...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, today announced new agreements for patient restraint and fall prevention products have been awarded to EM Adams Company Inc. of Fort Pierce, Fla.; DeRoyal Industries of Powell, Tenn.; DJO LLC of Vista, Calif.; Posey Company of Arcadia, Calif.; and Smart Caregiver Corporation of...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/562997/china_healthcare_s) has announced the addition of the "China Healthcare Sector Analysis" report to their offering. "China Healthcare Sector Analysis" is an exhaustive research on the expanding healthcare market of China. The report provides a detailed account of the factors that define the...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/9525c6/booming_medical_to) has announced the addition of the "Booming Medical Tourism in India" report to their offering. The report, ""Booming Medical Tourism in India", provides a complete insight into the Indian medical tourism market. It evaluates the past, present and future scenario of...
COVER: The U.S. Doesn't Need A War President All overseas editions. In this second annual "What You Need To Know Now" special report, Newsweek International Editor Fareed Zakaria opens with an essay about whether the next U.S. president should be a war president. "We are in a struggle against...
COMMENTARY Bryn Vaile remembers very clearly the emergence of the British Olympic Association's byelaw. It was initiated by competitors, not administrators, and he was one of them. As a member of the formative BOA Athletes Commission, Vaile - a gold medallist in the 1988...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/470021/sugarcane_bagasse) has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan's new report "Sugarcane Bagasse for Power Generation in Brazilian Markets" to their offering. This research study presents market research for the Sugarcane Bagasse for Power Generation in Brazilian Market for the period 2007...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/fda13a/north_american_res) has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan's new report "North American Residential Humidity Control Markets" to their offering. This report provides an in-depth analysis of the humidity control markets including competitive analysis, forecast of market revenues and unit shipment, and...
Gordon Brown said he was disappointed with 33 of his own ministers, including Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, for voting to continue with the "John Lewis List" of MPs' allowances for furnishing their second homes. But Mr Brown was criticised for a lack of leadership by David...
Heikki Kovalainen confirmed the promise he has shown through the early stages of the British Grand Prix weekend by claiming his first Formula One pole position. The Finn saved the best for last, pipping Mark Webber for top spot with the final lap of the ten-minute shoot-out session...
Alessandra Facchinetti's first haute couture show for Valentino was an ode to refined luxury. The house's new creative director, who took the reins after Valentino Gharavani retired in January, succeeded in showcasing the skills of the atelier while exercising a modern restraint. Facchinetti has said she wants...
