query: the accepted practices exchange ( apex ) is an initiative of the

pos: Events Industry Council (IACVB). In 2000, the organization changed its name to the Convention Industry Council. In the years since its inception, CIC has grown to include more than 30 member organizations. The Events Industry Council is currently headquartered in Alexandria, VA. In 2017, the organization underwent a further name change to the Events Industry Council. Events Industry Council The Events Industry Council (formerly known as the Convention Industry Council (CIC)) is a non-profit federation of more than 30 U.S. and international organizations involved in the meetings, conventions and exhibitions industry. The Events Industry Council’s member organizations represent more than 103,500 individuals and

neg: Nigerian Stock Exchange CAPNET (an intranet facility), newspapers, and on the stock market page of the Reuters Electronic Contributor System. The NSE is regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, which has the mandate of Surveillance over the exchange to forestall breaches of market rules and to deter and detect unfair manipulations and trading practices.[3] The exchange has an automated trading System. Data on listed companies' performances are published daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annually. Transactions on The Exchange are regulated by The Nigerian Stock Exchange, as a self-regulatory organization (SRO), and the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) – apex regulator, which administers

neg: Nigerian Stock Exchange NSE Industrial Index and NSE Oil/Gas Index. The Nigerian Exchange is a member of the World Federation of Exchanges (FIBV). It is also an observer at meetings of International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), and a foundation member of the African Stock Exchanges Association (ASEA). On 31 October 2013, it joined the United Nation's Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative. The NSE is regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, which has the mandate of Surveillance over the exchange to forestall breaches of market rules and to deter and detect unfair manipulations and trading practices.[3] The exchange has an automated trading

neg: Best practice recommendations and standard measures. This is the first national federally funded effort to develop a Best Practices guide for providers who serve the HIV positive transgender community. The nonprofit/voluntary sector is generally lacking tools for sharing and accessing best practices. Steps are being taken in some parts of the world, for example in the European Union, where the Europe 2020 Strategy has as a top priority the exchange of good practices and networking (including the nonprofit sector). An initiative of sharing good practices in terms of human resources (HR) and leadership among European nonprofit organizations was financed by the EU

neg: Development Gateway UNDP, the World Bank, and governments. Countries use AMP to monitor the implementation and execution of development aid projects, coordinate development strategies with donors, and produce ODA and budget reports. The system offers an optional interactive mapping module provided by Esri. Development Gateway hosts an annual conference, known as the AMP Best Practices Workshop, to enable governments in the program to exchange experiences and best practices. AidData is a collaborative initiative to make information on development finance and activities more transparent and accessible. AidData is a joint project of the College of William and Mary, Brigham Young University, and Development

neg: E9 (countries) E9 (countries) The E9 is a forum of nine countries, which was formed to achieve the goals of UNESCO's Education For All (EFA) initiative. The “E” stands for education and the “9” represents the following nine countries: Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria and Pakistan, representing over half of the world's population and 70% of the world's illiterate adults. E-9 Initiative was launched in 1993 at the EFA Summit in New Delhi, India. E-9 Initiative has become a forum for the countries to discuss their experiences related to education, exchange best practices, and monitor EFA-related progress. E-9 countries

neg: National Association of City Transportation Officials of streets within urban environments in cities around the world. The initiative facilitates the exchange of transportation ideas, insights and best practices among large international cities, while committing to working with a variety of stakeholders to help them shape streets in a manner that promotes public health and safety, economic development, environmental sustainability, and social and cultural value. The Initiative paired with Bloomberg Philanthropies' Initiative for Global Road Safety, which seeks to reduce traffic deaths, particularly in developing countries where traffic death rates are very high . The Initiative was announced at NACTO's 2014 Designing Cities Conference in San Francisco.

neg: National Association of City Transportation Officials The initiative will work especially close with the 10 cities chosen to be a focus of the Bloomberg Initiative for Global Road Safety: Accra, Addis Ababa, Bandung, Bangkok, Bogota, Fortaleza, Ho Chi Minh City, Mumbai, Sao Paulo, and Shanghai. The NACTO Bike Share initiative aims to strengthen bike sharing programs in its member cities, with a focus on improving social equity impact and reaching underrepresented groups. The Bike Share initiative provides bike share program managers and cities with best-practices research as well as a forum to exchange knowledge. NACTO guidebooks provide innovative street design guidelines, made specifically for urban settings.

neg: Sergio Palleroni "Green for All", to his work with the world's poor. In 2004 Palleroni was invited by Professor Steven Moore and the Center for Sustainable Practices at the University of Texas to establish a fieldwork program to support a University wide initiative to engage students in sustainability through community engagement. His work at UT, supported by a Luce Foundation grant, led in the next four years to the creation of the Alley Flat Initiative (http://thealleyflatinitiative.org), an infill housing program that addresses issues of sustainability and social equity in Austin communities to the date. In Fall 2008 Palleroni accepted a position as

neg: Nihon Ōdai Ichiran little more than a quarter-century before the book was eventually published. The original multi-volume text was compiled in the early 1650s by Hayashi Gahō. His father, Hayashi Razan, had developed a compelling, practical blending of Shinto and Confucian beliefs and practices. Razan's ideas lent themselves to a well-accepted program of samurai and bureaucrat educational, training and testing protocols. In 1607, Razan was accepted as a political advisor to the second shōgun, Tokugawa Hidetada. Sometime thereafter, he became the rector of Edo's Confucian Academy, the Shōhei-kō. This institution stood at the apex of the country-wide educational and training system which was

neg: Brave New Workshop The Brave New Workshop has implemented a social and environmental program called the Brave New Citizens Initiative. The mission statement of the initiative is "Think Globally. Act Locally." Through this program the theater has replaced all theater and house lights with LED lights, started composting as well as recycling, and encouraged the use of public transportation by patrons. The Brave New Workshop helped to form the Twin Cities Sustainable Theaters, a forum for local theaters to explore and exchange sustainable practices. Brave New Workshop The Brave New Workshop Comedy Theater (BNW), is a sketch and improvisational comedy theater based in

neg: Murder of Jerry McCabe to why his organisation was calling for the release of the men convicted of the killing. In 2000, she accepted the Gold Scott Medal on her husband's behalf. The Scott Medal is the highest honour bestowed by the Republic of Ireland on a Garda who has shown exceptional courage and heroism risking their lives in their work as police officers. An academic exchange programme in honour of the slain detective was established in 1996 at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. The purpose of the exchange is to promote the sharing of practices and technologies

neg: Global Centre for Pluralism Global Centre for Pluralism The Global Centre for Pluralism () is an international centre for research, education and exchange about the values, practices and policies that underpin pluralist societies. Based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, the Centre seeks to assist the creation of successful societies and was founded on the premise that tolerance, openness and understanding towards the cultures, social structures, values and faiths of other peoples are now essential to the survival of an interdependent world. The Global Centre for Pluralism is an international initiative of Aga Khan IV, 49th hereditary Imam of Ismaili Muslims, and was established jointly with

neg: Tax treaty establish effective exchange of information. The agreement represents the standard of effective exchange of information for the purposes of the OECD’s initiative on harmful tax practices. This agreement, which was released in April 2002, is not a binding instrument but contains two models for bilateral agreements. A number of bilateral agreements have been based on this agreement. Nearly all tax treaties provide some mechanism under which taxpayers and the countries can resolve disputes arising under the treaty. Generally, the government agency responsible for conducting dispute resolution procedures under the treaty is referred to as the “competent authority” of the country.

neg: Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism compatible in both theory and practice so that one program will recognize the validation findings of the other program. The following programs have mutual recognition with C-TPAT: Through this initiative, CBP is asking businesses to ensure the integrity of their security practices and communicate and verify the security guidelines of their business partners within the supply chain. When customs administrations offer tangible to businesses that meet minimum security standards and follow best practices, those businesses are known as “trusted traders.” This concept is internationally accepted and is entrenched in protocols such as the World Customs Organization SAFE Framework of Standards.

neg: World Economic Forum (PACI) was launched by CEOs from the Engineering and Construction, Energy and Metals, and Mining industries at the annual meeting in Davos during January 2004. PACI is a platform for peer exchange on practical experience and dilemma situations. Approximately 140 companies have joined the initiative. The Environment and Natural Resource Security Initiative was emphasized for the 2017 meeting to achieve inclusive economic growth and sustainable practices for global industries. With increasing limitations on world trade through national interests and trade barriers, the WEF has moved towards a more sensitive and socially minded approach for global businesses with a focus on

neg: ELTIS ELTIS The European Local Transport Information Service (ELTIS) is a non-profit European portal for local transport news and events, transport measures, policies and practices implemented in cities and regions in Europe. ELTIS enables information exchange in the field of urban transport and mobility. It is an initiative of the European Commission's Directorate General for Energy and Transport (now split into Energy and Mobility and Transport). It is designed to improve mobility, transport efficiency and safety and reduce the environmental impacts of transport. The website contains news on urban transport and mobility; policies and initiatives of the European Commission; open project

neg: ELTIS studies. ELTIS allows its users to submit their own good practice case studies. The case studies are classified into 13 local transport concepts: The search function provides the option to search by keyword. ELTIS The European Local Transport Information Service (ELTIS) is a non-profit European portal for local transport news and events, transport measures, policies and practices implemented in cities and regions in Europe. ELTIS enables information exchange in the field of urban transport and mobility. It is an initiative of the European Commission's Directorate General for Energy and Transport (now split into Energy and Mobility and Transport). It is

neg: Regional policy dialogue region are able to identify common solutions to the most pressing development issues and increase their intellectual and institutional capital. To support an effective exchange of expertise and innovative practices, the RPD promotes the presentation of high-quality analytical reports, research, and studies, to be discussed at the networks’ hemispheric and sub-regional meetings. Regional policy dialogue The Regional Policy Dialogue (RPD) is an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) initiative constituted by the bank's board of directors in December 1999. The RPD's objective is to promote knowledge sharing between high-level government officials from Latin America and the Caribbean and experts in key development

neg: Criminal Assets Bureau up or designate national Asset Recovery Offices (AROs) as national central contact points which facilitate, through enhanced cooperation, the fastest possible EU-wide tracing of assets derived from crime. This Decision was designed to complete the CARIN by providing a legal basis for the exchange of information between Asset Recovery Offices of all the Member States. The Decision allows the AROs to exchange information and best practices, both upon request and spontaneously, regardless of their status (administrative, law enforcement or judicial authority). It requests AROs to exchange information under the conditions laid down in Framework Decision 2006/960/JHA2 ("the Swedish Initiative") and

neg: Trial master file exchange over legacy manual information exchange approaches. Development of eTMF Content Exchange Standards and Protocols In an effort to assure interoperability of eTMF data among clinical trial stakeholders, in September 2013 non-profit CareLex initiated an eTMF standards initiative under the OASIS Open standards development organization for the development of a global eTMF ISO standard supporting seamless eTMF content exchange and portability. CareLex and SureClinical Inc are the founding sponsors of the eTMF standards initiative, with participation on the curation of a controlled vocabulary by the National Cancer Institute. The stated objective of the eTMF standards initiative is to "define an

neg: Pearl Initiative practices that businesses employ, and the corresponding impact they can have on business success. The aim is to encourage students across the region to adopt these practices at an early stage in their careers. As a non-profit, private sector-led initiative, the Pearl Initiative is supported by annual contributions from its partner companies and programme supporters. The Pearl Initiative develops programmes that aims to provide insight and appreciation of business cases, issues and trends in key topic areas. The key focus is to provide a regional context to data when such data is absent. As part of the programme, data-collection and

neg: Sustainable gardening by Australians Bill Mollison and David Holmgren as both a design system and a loosely defined philosophy or lifestyle ethic. Permaculture shares many principles and practices of the above but not the broad philosophical base as indicated by the title of the 2002 publication "Permaculture, principles and pathways beyond sustainability". The application of sustainability principles to the horticultural sphere has now become broadly accepted in commerce and academia. The American Sustainable Sites Initiative is an interdisciplinary approach used by the American Society of Landscape Architects, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and the United States Botanic Garden to create voluntary

neg: GISAID Health, announced the Indonesian government supports the formation of the Global Initiative on Sharing Avian Influenza Database (GISAID) following a high-level WHO meeting in Jakarta on Responsible Practices for Sharing Avian Influenza Viruses. On 2007-04-16, the Indonesian Academy of Sciences reaffirmed its endorsement of GISAID stating it shares the same ideals regarding free exchange and responsible sharing of information of avian influenza and emerging infectious diseases. On 2007-04-17, the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina welcomes the creation of the Global Initiative on Sharing Avian Influenza Data for “it promotes one of the key values in scientific research: collaboration and integration

neg: Human rights in Argentina government participates in the MERCOSUR "Nino Sur" ("Southern Child") initiative to defend the rights of children and adolescents in the region. The initiative includes unified public campaigns against commercial sexual exploitation, trafficking and child labor, mutual technical assistance, and the exchange of best practices related to victims protection and assistance. The Ministry of Education also provides scholarships to reintegrate school dropouts and supported children who work and attend school. The program also provides parents with job search assistance and job training. The government increased the monthly minimum wage in October, bringing the total monthly minimum wage to 1,440 pesos ($387).

neg: Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission foreign corrupt practices in the mid-1970s, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the U.S. Congress enacted campaign finance law reforms and the 1977 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) which criminalized transnational bribery and required companies to implement internal control programs. In response, the Treadway Commission, a private-sector initiative, was formed in 1985 to inspect, analyze, and make recommendations on fraudulent corporate financial reporting. The Treadway Commission studied the financial information reporting system over the period from October 1985 to September 1987 and issued a report of findings and recommendations in October 1987, "Report of the National Commission on

neg: Philippe Dauman accepted an offer to join Viacom as senior vice president and general counsel, in exchange for $553,000 in salary with a $900,000 bonus. In 1994 he earned $2.3 million, plus options worth millions more. From 1993 to 1998, he also was Viacom's general counsel. In 2009, Dauman and Viacom launched the Get Schooled education initiative with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, an effort to have American public school students not drop out of school. He also hosted the Get Schooled education conference on September 8, 2009. Dauman is a director of Lafarge, and on the Board of Directors of

neg: Diego Bossio 42 companies on the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange in which it holds a significant stake. Directors from the 15 companies affected (27 already had an ANSES board member) varied in their reaction to the initiative, from Banco Macro (which accepted the move), to Siderar (which entered into litigation with ANSES). Diego Bossio Diego Bossio (born September 9, 1979) is an Argentine economist appointed executive director of ANSES, the national social insurance agency. Bossio was born in Tandil, Buenos Aires Province. He enrolled at the University of Buenos Aires, and earned a degree in Economics in 2002. He married the former

neg: Solar apex 10° away from today's accepted position. The solar antapex, the direction opposite of the solar apex, is located near the star Zeta Canis Majoris. Solar apex The solar apex, or the Apex of the Sun's Way, refers to the direction that the Sun travels with respect to the Local Standard of Rest. This is not to be confused with the Sun's apparent motion through the constellations of the zodiac, which is illusory – this supposed motion is actually caused by the Earth revolving around the Sun. The solar apex is in the constellation of Hercules, southwest of the star Vega.

neg: ConRuhr and linking contacts in the US, CIS, Brasil and Germany, as well as promoting the Ruhr area as a center of academic excellence. ConRuhr is one of several German liaison offices established through an initiative by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), which accepted combined applications from institutions of higher educations and now supports the selected offices with already established contacts and office space. The Moscow ConRuhr branch has its office in the German-Russian Institute of the Moscow State University of Railway Engineering. ConRuhr ConRuhr (Consortium of the Ruhr-Universities) is the German academic liaison office that was established in 2004

neg: International Business Leaders Forum International Business Leaders Forum The International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF) was an independent, nonprofit global members' organisation of multinational companies that worked with business, government and civil society, focusing on sustainability, growth, and leadership issues. John Brock, Chairman and CEO of Coca-Cola Enterprises, described IBLF as “an outstanding organization—somewhere you can discuss critical issues, exchange industry best practices, and identify ways to solve tomorrow’s problems”. The International Business Leaders Forum ceased to operate in October 2013. Several programmes initiated by the organisation continue its work. These include The Partnering Initiative now an independent, not-for-profit global organisation dedicated to unleashing the

neg: Music Encoding Initiative Music Encoding Initiative The Music Encoding Initiative (MEI) is an open-source effort to create a system for representation musical documents in a machine-readable structure. MEI closely mirrors work done by text scholars in the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) and while the two encoding initiatives are not formally related, they share many common characteristics and development practices. The term "MEI", like "TEI", describes the governing organization and the markup language. The MEI community solicits input and development directions from specialists in various music research communities, including technologists, librarians, historians, and theorists in a common effort to discuss and define best practices

neg: Global Commerce Initiative Global Commerce Initiative Global Commerce Initiative (GCI) is a group of manufacturers and retailers that works to simplify and enhance global commerce and improve consumer value in the overall retail supply chain. It is an international user group that works for the implementation of GS1 standards and best practices. In October 1999, GCI was created by manufacturers, retailers and sponsors (trade and industry associations, regional ECR initiatives, VICs and standards bodies) to improve the performance of the international supply chain for consumer goods through the collaborative development and endorsement of recommended voluntary standards and best practices. The group operates through

neg: Foresight Design Initiative Foresight Design Initiative Foresight Design Initiative is a Chicago-based non-profit that actively promotes sustainable practices in the Chicago area. Founded in 2002, Foresight is recognized as the Chicago chapter of the o2 Global Network, and hosts the monthly Chicago Green Drinks . Hosted monthly by Executive Director Peter Nicholson, Green Drinks is an informal community event where individuals in the Chicago area can learn and network over drinks. The FSBA (formerly the Chicago Sustainable Business Alliance) is a network of businesses in the Chicago area that are interested in incorporating sustainability principles into their products, services, and practices. FDI offers

neg: Economy organization, political structure and legal systems, as well as its geography, natural resource endowment, and ecology, as main factors. These factors give context, content, and set the conditions and parameters in which an economy functions. In other words, the economic domain is a social domain of human practices and transactions. It does not stand alone. A market-based economy is one where goods and services are produced and exchanged according to demand and supply between participants (economic agents) by barter or a medium of exchange with a credit or debit value accepted within the network, such as a unit of currency.

neg: Economy of Curaçao eventually becoming full-fledged financial institutions. The Dutch Caribbean Securities Exchange is located in the capital of Willemstad, as is the Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten; the latter of which dates to 1828 making it the oldest central bank in the Western Hemisphere. The island's legal system supports a wide variety of corporate structures and is a popular corporate haven. Curaçao is considered a tax haven yet it adheres to the EU Code of Conduct against harmful tax practices. It holds a qualified intermediary status from the United States I.R.S. and is an accepted jurisdiction of the OECD and

neg: Science Communication Observatory challenges. • ESCITY - Europe, Science and the City: promoting scientific culture at local level, an initiative to create the core of a network for the exchange of information and best practices in the area of promoting scientific culture, with two particular characteristics; focusing on local and regional action and emplacing strategies that situate the promotion of scientific culture under the umbrella of cultural policies. • ESConet - European Science Communication Network, which brings together experienced science communication lecturers, researchers and practitioners from across Europe to train natural scientists and technologists to communicate effectively with the media, policy-makers and the

neg: Jo Swinson for the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark, an initiative led by corporations including Aviva Investors and Calvert which measures and ranks performance of global companies in regard to human rights. Swinson was keen to promote employee ownership, such as employee ownership of shares, through the establishment of a FTSE-compliant UK Employee Ownership Index, supporting measures to reduce regulations for companies choosing to adopt employee ownership practices, and a scheme allowing companies to contractually offer employees £2,000 to £50,000 worth of shares (which would be exempted from capital gains tax) in exchange for waivering certain employee rights. Swinson traced employee ownership back

neg: Open Neural Network Exchange Open Neural Network Exchange The Open Neural Network Exchange (ONNX) is an open-source artificial intelligence ecosystem. ONNX is available on GitHub. In September 2017 Facebook and Microsoft introduced a system for switching between machine learning frameworks such as PyTorch and Caffe2. Later, IBM, Huawei, Intel, AMD, ARM and Qualcomm announced support for the initiative. In October 2017, Microsoft announced that it would add its Cognitive Toolkit and Project Brainwave platform to the initiative. The initiative targets: Allow developers to more easily move between frameworks, some of which may be more desirable for specific phases of the development process, such as

neg: Compounding evaluation. This may take time, and without the initiative of the drug manufacturer whose product is involved, and physicians who are persuaded that a given usage is valid before there is broad scientific consensus, it may never otherwise occur. For that reason, accepted medical practice often includes so-called "off label" uses. Poor practices on the part of drug compounders can result in contamination or in products that don't possess the strength, quality, and purity required. Unless a complaint is filed or a patient is harmed, drugs made by compounders are seldom tested, In Texas, one of only two states that

neg: Virion Screen Project into the broader community, through a network of linked screens in Kelvin Grove and QUT. Screens are located at AXIOM Estate Agents, The Exchange, Blue Lotus, Urban Dental,Health Stream Fitness Club, QUT Health Clinics – Podiatry and Optometry, Queensland Academy for Creative Industries and the Creative Industries Precinct. The Edge is The State Library of Queensland's newest initiative. It is a place for young Queenslanders; a place for experimentation and creativity, giving contemporary tools to young people to allow them to explore critical ideas, green initiatives, new design practices and media making. The Edge's physical component is at Brisbane's Cultural

neg: Open Neural Network Exchange Partnership on AI along with Apple, Amazon, Google and IBM that works to increase public awareness and boost research. Open Neural Network Exchange The Open Neural Network Exchange (ONNX) is an open-source artificial intelligence ecosystem. ONNX is available on GitHub. In September 2017 Facebook and Microsoft introduced a system for switching between machine learning frameworks such as PyTorch and Caffe2. Later, IBM, Huawei, Intel, AMD, ARM and Qualcomm announced support for the initiative. In October 2017, Microsoft announced that it would add its Cognitive Toolkit and Project Brainwave platform to the initiative. The initiative targets: Allow developers to more easily

neg: Eritrean nakfa dollar. Between 18 November and 31 December 2015, the Bank of Eritrea began replacement of all nakfa banknotes. The banknote replacement initiative was designed to combat counterfeiting, the informal economy but primarily Sudanese human traffickers who had accepted payments in nakfa banknotes in exchange for transporting would-be migrants primarily to Europe. A consequence of this was substantial amounts of the country's currency existed in vast hoardings outside Eritrea. The plan to replace the country's currency was top secret and designed to prevent human traffickers bringing their funds back in time to exchange for the new banknotes. On 1 January 2016

neg: Inclusive Mosque Initiative at St Johns Church in Waterloo London, hosting notable scholar and activist Dr. Wadud. In addition to such religious services and practices, IMI organizes regular social events and discussions, which take up contemporary themes and facilitates discussion. In addition to its ongoing interest and commitment to eco-Islam, IMI’s working themes seem to be threefold; (1) gender and sexuality, (2) disability and mental health, and (3) interfaith, intrafaith and commonalities amongst humans. IMI events usually feature a respected speaker, religious scholar, or specialist on the topic, and allows for informal exchange of ideas and experiences in an intentionally safe space. They

neg: Eugene M. Zuckert Surplus Property Administration, under W. Stuart Symington. When Symington became assistant secretary of war for air in February 1946, Zuckert became his special assistant. With the passage of the National Security Act in 1947 and Symington's subsequent appointment as the first secretary of the Air Force, Zuckert took the oath as assistant secretary of the Air Force. His principal duties were in the field of management. He helped institute Symington's program of "Management Control Through Cost Control," an initiative to place the U.S. Air Force on a business-like basis, using accepted industrial practices as a yardstick for establishing Air Force

neg: Chepstow Community Hospital Chepstow Community Hospital Chepstow Community Hospital in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales accepted its first patients on 26 February 2000 having been developed under the United Kingdom Government's Private Finance Initiative. It was officially opened on 27 October by Rt Hon Rhodri Morgan AM MP, the First Minister for Wales. The 84-bed hospital provides primary, community and secondary care delivered from one location. As well as hospital services the building also houses two GP practices. It was built and will be operated for 25 years by Kintra Ltd for a capital cost of approx £10m, and an annual charge of £1.2m to

neg: Cheall v APEX Cheall v APEX Cheall v APEX [1983] 2 AC 180 is a UK labour law case, concerning the governance of trade unions in the United Kingdom. Mr Cheall was expelled by Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical and Computer Staff (APEX) after he accepted membership, because he was a member of another union. He knew he was a member of Association of Clerical, Technical and Supervisory Staffs. ACTSS complained to the TUC that APEX acted in breach of the Bridlington Principles. Mr Cheall challenged his expulsion, which followed the union’s rules. In the High Court, Bingham J held that the union

neg: Solving the E-waste Problem each addressing specific aspects of e-waste, while covering the entire life-cycle of electric and electronic equipment. In all its activities, the initiative places emphasis on working with policy-making bodies to allow results from its research to impact current practices. StEP is being coordinated by the science and research body of the UN System, the United Nations University (UNU). The long-term goal of StEP “is to develop – based on scientific analysis – a globally accepted standard for the refurbishment, recycling of e-waste. Herewith, StEP’s aim is to reduce dangers to humans and the environment, which result from inadequate and irresponsible

neg: Alex Waters will rival that of the Internet. Alex Waters Alex Waters is an American technology entrepreneur and the CEO and co-founder of Coin Apex, a New York City-based incubator that helps facilitate the creation and growth of technology startups. He has also been active in the creation of bitcoin-related companies Coin.co and Coin Validation. Waters studied software engineering at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Waters co-founded Coin Apex, a bitcoin incubator and investment company, and serves as CEO. Prior to Coin Apex, Waters was a computer programmer, before working on bitcoin with the core development team, and joining now-defunct bitcoin exchange

neg: Congress of the Council of Europe are participating in the Alliance. The Alliance aims to achieve these objectives: The Alliance organises national and international seminars for its participating cities and regions in order to facilitate the exchange of know-how and good practices. One of the key priorities of the Alliance is the promotion of the Roma culture and raising awareness and knowledge about the Roma Genocide during World War II and the international commemoration day on the 2nd of August. Another important initiative of the Council of Europe, aimed at fighting antigypsyism, is the Dosta! Campaign, run on a national level in the member states. As

neg: Alex Waters Alex Waters Alex Waters is an American technology entrepreneur and the CEO and co-founder of Coin Apex, a New York City-based incubator that helps facilitate the creation and growth of technology startups. He has also been active in the creation of bitcoin-related companies Coin.co and Coin Validation. Waters studied software engineering at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Waters co-founded Coin Apex, a bitcoin incubator and investment company, and serves as CEO. Prior to Coin Apex, Waters was a computer programmer, before working on bitcoin with the core development team, and joining now-defunct bitcoin exchange site BitInstant as COO and CIO.

neg: Aviators Code Initiative Aviators Code Initiative The Aviators Code Initiative (ACI), formerly the Aviators Model Code of Conduct, is a set of model recommended practices designed to improve general aviation safety and airmanship. Developed by a group of aviation professionals, the voluntary Aviators Code Initiative has produced a family of voluntary aviation codes. For example, the Aviators Model Code of Conduct (AMCC) "recommends operating practices to enhance the quality and safety" of general aviation flight operations. The AMCC described behaviors that pilots and mechanics should exercise as good aviation citizens, including: The ACI family of codes is designed to be adapted by its

neg: United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation fields as well as to high school students intending higher education in geospatial-related fields and hosts the USGIF James and Susan Clapper Education Initiative Fund to fund earth-science material for primary and secondary students. United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) is a non-profit organization in Virginia dedicated to supporting the geospatial intelligence tradecraft. The organization's mission is to provide a forum to exchange ideas, share best practices, and promote the education and importance of a national intelligence agenda. USGIF provides a number of programs and events such as its GEOINT Symposium, USGIF Academy that

neg: Together for Sustainability Together for Sustainability Together for Sustainability AISBL (TfS) is a joint initiative of chemical companies, founded in 2011. It focuses on the promotion of sustainability practices in the chemical industry's supply chain, currently gathering 22 companies around a single standard of auditing and assessment. Over the past few years sustainability aspects in the chemical industry have become more important and holistic. Nowadays, chemical companies’ measures focusing sustainability include apart from ecological aspects also social concerns and collaborative issues. Today, it has been well accepted that the creation of sustainable chemical supply chains requires a joint effort beyond individual businesses. These

neg: South African Institute of Chartered Accountants Act and with it the requirement of companies to present financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice. The profession, together with chambers of commerce and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, formed the Accounting Practices Board to issue statements of Generally Accepted Accounting Practice. With the beginnings of globalization, the profession internationally felt the need to work more closely together. This led to the creation of IFAC in 1977 and South Africa was one of the founder members. Although the first woman CA(SA), Miss Elizabeth Kruger, qualified in 1917, it was not until 1977 that Wiseman Nkuhlu was admitted as

neg: Mondialogo Mondialogo Mondialogo is an initiative launched by Daimler AG and UNESCO that seeks to promote intercultural dialogue and exchange among young people. The global initiative is based on three pillars: the Mondialogo School Contest, the Mondialogo Engineering Award and the Mondialogo Internet Portal, which serves as a platform for dialogue and communication. Mondialogo was initiated by Daimler AG and UNESCO in October 2003. The global initiative aims to bring together young people with different cultural backgrounds from all over the world to promote mutual understanding and inspire in them a long-term enthusiasm for intercultural exchange. Mondialogo is primarily addressing pupils,

neg: Global Forum on Migration and Development that will host the following meeting of the Forum. Since the creation of the GFMD in 2007, there have been continued calls during the annual GFMD meetings for online sharing of good practices using the GFMD website. At the initiative of the Mexican Chair and with the support of the current Swiss Chair the PfP has been created towards the end of 2010 to address this need and to foster new partnerships. The GFMD Platform for Partnerships (PfP - www.gfmd.org/pfp) is a tool to facilitate exchange and showcase projects, programs and policies that are undertaken by governments in the field

neg: Binance provide a cryptocurrency without the notorious volatility of Bitcoin and other popular digital assets. In a September 2018 report by from the New York Attorney General office, Binance was one of four out of thirteen virtual currency exchanges that refused to respond to the request for information aimed at creating greater transparency regarding security, anti-hacking measures and business practices. Four exchanges declined. In the 42-page "Virtual Markets Integrity Initiative Report", Binance is called out for possibly receiving fees in exchange for listing currencies as well as possible non-disclosure of unequal trading offers that could negatively impact traders. In addition, the

neg: London Centre for Arts and Cultural Exchange London Centre for Arts and Cultural Exchange The London Centre for Arts and Cultural Exchange (LCACE) is a university initiative promoting the exchange of knowledge and expertise with the capital's arts and cultural sectors. The initiative was formed in 2004 to encourage collaboration between its partner universities and London's arts and cultural sectors. LCACE was initially funded from the Higher Education Funding Council of England's HEIF 2 Fund (Higher Education Innovation Fund). The initiative is based at Somerset House and aims to produce networking and information-based events to highlight formal Knowledge transfer initiatives such as those supported by the Arts

neg: Shad Saleem Faruqi committee to review the Universities and University Colleges Act [Act 30]. He is also a member of the Apex University Initiative; a Distinguished Fellow of the Institute of Strategic Studies; and one-time member of the Malaysian Human Rights Commission's Education Sub-Committee. In 2008, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia's first "apex university", appointed him as a Visiting Professor. Later he was appointed an Honorary Legal Advisor and the first holder of the Tun Sambanthan Chair. In 2009 UiTM honoured him with the University's first Emeritus Professorship award. In 2009, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) of Malaysia honoured him with the federal title

neg: Spin polarized scanning tunneling microscopy bringing the Chromium (Cr) coated Tungsten tip close to the Dy layer. This causes the transfer of Dy particles from magnetic material on to the apex of the tip. The width of the domain wall is calculated asformula_31 where formula_32 is exchange stiffness. The magnetic contrast is enhanced due to the presence of electronic states that are not occupied in the cluster of Dy atoms present on the apex of the tip.The formation of 360° domain walls in ferromagnetic films plays an important role in making magnetic random access memory devices. These domain walls are formed when an external magnetic

neg: Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences The Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences, abbreviated BITSS, is an academic initiative dedicated to advancing transparency and openness in social science research. It was established in 2012 by the University of California, Berkeley's Center for Effective Global Action. It is led by an interdisciplinary group of academics from ten different universities. It has worked with the Center for Open Science to define and promote a set of best practices for social scientists to maximize transparency in their research. In 2015, the BITSS began awarding the annual Leamer-Rosenthal Prizes for

neg: Santiago Stock Exchange Santiago Stock Exchange The Santiago Stock Exchange (SSE) (), founded on November 27, 1893, is Chile's dominant stock exchange, and the third largest stock exchange in Latin America, behind Brazil's BM&F Bovespa, and the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores in Mexico. On December 5, 2014, the Santiago Stock Exchange announced it was joining the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative, becoming the 17th Partner Exchange of the initiative. The exchange trades in stocks, bonds, investment funds, stock options, futures, gold and silver coins minted by the Banco Central de Chile, and US dollars on Telepregón, its electronic platform. The only

neg: Reserve Bank of India and indigenous banks. The central bank was an independent apex monetary authority which regulates banks and provides important financial services like storing of foreign exchange reserves, control of inflation, monetary policy report till August 2016. A central bank is known by different names in different countries. The functions of a central bank vary from country to country and are autonomous or quasi-autonomous body and perform or through another agency vital monetary functions in the country. A central bank is a vital financial apex institution of an economy and the key objects of central banks may differ from country to country

neg: Music Encoding Initiative Community License, Version 2.0, (related to the Apache license, 2.0). Verovio is a portable, lightweight library for rendering Music Encoding Initiative (MEI) files by transformation into Scalable Vector Graphics format, released under the LGPLv3 license. Music Encoding Initiative The Music Encoding Initiative (MEI) is an open-source effort to create a system for representation musical documents in a machine-readable structure. MEI closely mirrors work done by text scholars in the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) and while the two encoding initiatives are not formally related, they share many common characteristics and development practices. The term "MEI", like "TEI", describes the governing organization

neg: European Photonics Industry Consortium purchases prototype photonics components and systems from SMEs and awards them to university R&D groups based on competitive proposals. NEXPRESSO follows ACCORD, (Advanced Components Cooperation for Optoelectronic Research and Development), an exchange initiative also developed by EPIC. EPIC organised and led a consortium of 20 companies, SMEs, and research labs in a proposal to the European Commission for a €17 million project to develop new technologies for higher brilliance fiber lasers. The project has been accepted and started in 2009. EPIC also initiated and manages the Linked-In site for Fiber Lasers. EPIC organises workshops and symposia on key topics and

neg: Epidendrum ruizianum wide. The paniculate inflorescence grows as long as 50 cm, with the alternate, dense racemes emerging from falcate spathes 5 cm long. The yellow-green flowers have reflexed rigid striate acute sepals and reflexed filiform petals 10 mm long. The trilobate lip is adnate to the column to its apex, and is heart shaped and convex where it diverges from the column. The lateral lobes of the lip are fringed, and the medial lobe divides in two at its apex. The synonym "E. nutans" is an illegitimate name because it is a homonym of "E. nutans" , which is the accepted

neg: Corruption in Argentina to be linked to the Croatia/Ecuador arms sale scandal, was likewise closed in 2006 with no indictments. A 2008 settlement between Siemens and the U.S. government revealed that Menem administration officials had accepted about US$106 million in bribes from Siemens in exchange for being awarded a 1.2 billion-dollar National ID card and passport production contract in 1998, a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. In 2012, Menem was ordered to stand trial for obstruction of justice in an investigation of a 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in which 85 people died; he was accused of covering up

neg: Rollins Pass accepted by the BGN—the other being "Rogers Pass". In Grand County, Rollins Pass is given the sobriquet of "Corona Pass", named for the apex station at the summit, Corona. However, it is inconsistent, as well as atypical, to refer to mountain passes by the names of their apex stations. Fremont Pass, for example, is not named "Climax Pass"; nor is La Veta Pass referred to as "Fir Pass". The elevation of '11,660 feet' commonly attributed to Rollins Pass (note the McClure sketch later in this article) "reflects what might have been an original survey value obtained during either the late

neg: Holy well religious practices, certainly outside Romano-British times, was next to nil. As far as wells themselves were concerned, the controversy emerged in the pages of "Source", the holy wells journal edited by Roy Fry and former Benedictine monk Tristan Gray-Hulse. A number of articles in the journal challenged long-standing myths about holy well history, and the editors published an exchange between the authors and Cheryl Straffon, editor of Cornish earth mysteries magazine "Meyn Mamvro", about the evidence for a particular Cornish well's supposed association with the Irish goddess Brigid. The eco-pagan movement has largely accepted the new historiographical approach, but occasionally

neg: Unequal exchange is the price at which a commodity sells or is purchased, and this becomes the foundation for modern economic science. So in modern economics, value is essentially a question of style, moral behaviour and the spirituality of individuals, not an economic issue. If unfair trading practices occur, it must be that there is an impediment to freely competitive markets; and if those markets or market access could be open, all would be fair. Fair competition is said to be guaranteed through: In that case, the concept of "unequal exchange" can only refer to unfair trading practices, such as: By implication,

neg: Marriage Practice of Galo Tribe If the girl's parent accepted the proposal and as per the traditional and customary practices, the bridegroom's parents would bring cow and mithun meat, local wine and beads as first gifts and visit the bride's parents. Then the family members and elders of the community would sit together for discussion regarding the gifts (bride prices) and how much they will exchange. The uniqueness of Galo the Community is that the parents of the bridegroom give gifts to the bride's parent as a Bride Price. The bride price is differ according to the status of the person and it is in

neg: Istituto Superiore Mario Boella members of several international forums for the exchange of best practices in the Smart City domain, such as the Smart Cities and Communities Market Place, the World Smart Capital Initiative, the European Energy Research Alliance, the Renewable Heating & Cooling platform and many others, and we work with several cities to help them define their roadmap towards the triple sustainability target. Shortly after its creation, the Program launched a research effort with the aim to develop methods and tools for “Scientific Urban Management”. In short, we are developing open source Decision Support Systems integrating different Modeling & Simulation (M&S) techniques,

neg: Nuclear Threat Initiative Nuclear Threat Initiative The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization founded in 2001 by former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn and philanthropist Ted Turner in the United States, which works to prevent catastrophic attacks and accidents with weapons of mass destruction and disruption – nuclear, biological, radiological, chemical, and cyber. UN Security Council Resolution 1887 supported the WINS mission, calling for states to “share best practices with a view to improved safety standards and nuclear security practices and raise standards of nuclear security to reduce the risk of nuclear terrorism.” NTI has been engaged in developing, shaping, and

neg: Odour Special Interest Group are to help develop methods and approaches for assessing potential odour impacts that are transparent and can be cited as officially accepted by air quality professionals within Australia and New Zealand. Odour Special Interest Group The Odour Special Interest Group (OSIG) is a sub-committee of the Clean Air Society of Australia and New Zealand and provides forums for the exchange of information, encouraging improved practices in odour measurement, dispersion modelling, assessment, control, management and monitoring of odour effects. The current OSIG Chair is Geordie Galvin of Astute Environmental Consulting Pty Ltd. When required, the OSIG reforms one or all of

neg: Korea Exchange $1.2 trillion. The exchange has normal trading sessions from 09:00 am to 03:30 pm on all days of the week except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays declared by the Exchange in advance. On 22 May 2015, The Korea Exchange joined the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative in an event with the UN-SG Ban Ki-moon in attendance, as well as senior officials from UN Global Compact and UNCTAD. Korea Exchange Korea Exchange (KRX) is the sole securities exchange operator in South Korea. It is headquartered in Busan, and has an office for cash markets and market oversight in Seoul. The Korea

neg: African Society of Hypertension (AfSoH) Initiative African Society of Hypertension (AfSoH) Initiative The African Society of Hypertension (AfSoH) Initiative is an international organization initiative with the objective to create the African Society of Hypertension with a main goal of providing a stable and organized African platform for scientific exchange in arterial hypertension. The AfSoH Initiative was created in 2010 by the consortium of health professionals and researchers active in field of arterial hypertension on African continent led by Marc Twagirumukiza. The official membership is obtained after registration. The society organizes bi-annual meetings in different African cities as well as summer schools. The AfSoH Initiative areas of

neg: Inventory collaboration across fulfillment processes, real-time data automation among different companies, and integration among multiple systems. Each country has its own rules about accounting for inventory that fit with their financial-reporting rules. For example, organizations in the U.S. define inventory to suit their needs within US Generally Accepted Accounting Practices (GAAP), the rules defined by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) (and others) and enforced by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and other federal and state agencies. Other countries often have similar arrangements but with their own accounting standards and national agencies instead. It is intentional that financial accounting

neg: Segmentation Rules eXchange that were used when a TM was created increases the usefulness of the TM data. SRX make use of the ICU Regular Expression syntax, but not all programming languages support all ICU expressions, making implementing SRX in some languages difficult or impossible. Java is an example of this. SRX version 1.0 was officially accepted as an OSCAR standard in April 2004. SRX version 2.0 was officially accepted as an OSCAR standard in April 2008. SRX forms part of the Open Architecture for XML Authoring and Localization (OAXAL) reference architecture. Segmentation Rules eXchange Segmentation Rules eXchange or SRX is an XML-based

neg: Global Commerce Initiative various global working groups. It is led by an executive board which comprises approximately 40 of the largest manufacturers and retailers. A small group of members of the board form the global steering group, which develops policy recommendations and oversees day-to-day operation. Global Commerce Initiative Global Commerce Initiative (GCI) is a group of manufacturers and retailers that works to simplify and enhance global commerce and improve consumer value in the overall retail supply chain. It is an international user group that works for the implementation of GS1 standards and best practices. In October 1999, GCI was created by manufacturers, retailers

neg: Pearl Initiative from organisations across the GCC. The organisation is currently running a three-year collective action programme on Implementing Integrity Practices in GCC Private and Public Businesses with the support of the Siemens Integrity Initiative to raise awareness and encourage the adoption of integrity practices in businesses across the Gulf Region. Following the launch of the programme, the Pearl Initiative published its report "At a Glance: Anti-Corruption Good Practice" in December 2015. The report offers a practical guide for regional companies to incorporate anti-corruption measures into their operations, and demonstrates that tackling corruption can boost job creation and profits and promote international

neg: Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principles be at differing levels of maturity for the eight principles. It is also important to note that the maturity model represents an initial evaluation. In order to be most effective, a more in-depth analysis of organizational policies and practices may be necessary. The maturity model will be most useful to leaders who wish to achieve the maximum benefit from their information governance practices. Effective information governance requires a continuous focus. But in order to get started, organizations can look to the steps below: ARMA International Records management Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principles The Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principles (The Principles), were created

neg: Hurt Building fronts, a flat roof, level skyline, subordination of ornament, a regular pattern of fenestration, and cornices of moderate projection. The lower four floors were designed to fill the building's footprint with the exception of the apex of the building, which faces Five Points, and was cut back 30 feet to allow a greater window area and a more majestic view of the building. The upper 13 floors above lower base is arranged in a V-shape, with the two wings extend from the western apex of the property along both Exchange Place and Edgewood Avenue leaving an open light court between

neg: Lucas Welch Lucas Welch Lucas Welch (born 1974 in North Carolina) is a New York-based social entrepreneur. Welch founded Soliya, an international nonprofit organization that works on virtual exchange programs among university students in Western and Muslim-majority countries. He is known for his role in the establishment of the J. Christopher Stevens Virtual Exchange Initiative, to connect one million young people in the United States and the Middle East. Welch currently serves as the executive director of the Pluribus Project, an initiative with the Aspen Institute, to build the political power of the many in the United States. Born in Chapel Hill,

neg: Australia Indonesia Youth Exchange Program village-stay and an urban environment. The program was established in 1981 and is an initiative of the Australia-Indonesia Institute (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade). Australia Indonesia Youth Exchange Program The Australia-Indonesia Youth Exchange Program (AIYEP) is an exchange program which aims to provide opportunities for young Australians and Indonesians through social, professional and cultural exchange. The program sees 18 Indonesian participants (9 male, 9 female) aged between 21-25 undertake professional development activities in an Australian state or territory to experience through a rural and urban phase. Then after two months, they meet their Australian counterparts - and together they

neg: European Distance and E-learning Network viability of products and services. Research Workshops take place usually in the autumn. In 2012, the 'Seventh Research Workshop takes place in Leuven, Belgium. Best Research Paper Award is announced during the event. Authors of accepted papers who present their papers/workshops/posters receive a discount upon registration. The Open Classroom Conferences support the Open Classroom initiative in school level education and training, mapping and exchange of information about initiatives, and the transfer of ideas from the more traditional areas of ODL to the school sector. OC Conferences are smaller in number of participants, welcome teachers, school stakeholders, researchers, experts equally. EDEN’s

neg: ASEAN Wildlife Enforcement Network ASEAN Wildlife Enforcement Network The ASEAN Wildlife Enforcement Network (ASEAN-WEN) was officially launched on 1 December 2005, as a regional inter-agency and inter-governmental initiative to counter the illegal cross-border trade in endangered flora and fauna. It helps countries share information on and tackle cross-border wildlife crime and facilitates the exchange of regional best practices in combating those crimes. As the world’s largest wildlife law enforcement network, it comprises the law enforcement agencies of the 10 ASEAN countries (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam and Thailand) forming a regional intergovernmental law-enforcement network. The establishment of ASEAN-WEN was

neg: Pearl Initiative expansion of companies across the region. In collaboration with Siemens Integrity Initiative and SABIC, the Pearl Initiative held two events in Riyadh and Jubail. The forums highlighted the necessity for due diligence and building capacity in the supply chain. The events also introduced various practical compliance practices around anti-corruption and ethics. The Pearl Initiative has developed the Gulf Corporate Integrity Indicator, a comprehensive framework for companies to measure their performance relative to international benchmarks and regional best practices, and use this benchmark to consider measures to further improve their organisation's integrity framework. The indicator consists of six pillars of integrity

neg: Institutional Learning and Change Initiative management. The main output of the Initiative was a study on CGIAR activities and partnerships, through analyzing interactions of researchers and non-researchers of the CGIAR with their partners. Knowledge management for development Institutional Learning and Change Initiative Institutional Learning and Change (ILAC) was an Initiative of the CGIAR created in 2003 and discontinued in 2015. The Initiative was hosted by the CGIAR Center Bioversity International, in Rome, Italy. The Initiative was funded by a series of Funders, such as Rockefeller Foundation, Germany (GIZ), Netherlands (DGIS), and later by IFAD. Initially the Initiative focused on impact evaluation theories and practices, supporting

neg: Apatani language Apatanis on which script should be used to transcribe it. In view of this, Tanw Supuñ Dukuñ, the apex Tanw organization, recommended the constitution of the Apatani Language Development Committee (ALDC). The Apatani Cultural and Literary Society (ACLS) constituted the ALDC to recommend a writing system of the language. A year-long discussion and study by ALDC resulted in the recommendation of an alphabet based on Roman script. The recommendation was accepted by the ACLS and the administrative approval for its use was given by the Tanw Supuñ Dukuñ, or the Apatani Apex Council. Language development is gradual process and in

neg: Institutional Learning and Change Initiative Institutional Learning and Change Initiative Institutional Learning and Change (ILAC) was an Initiative of the CGIAR created in 2003 and discontinued in 2015. The Initiative was hosted by the CGIAR Center Bioversity International, in Rome, Italy. The Initiative was funded by a series of Funders, such as Rockefeller Foundation, Germany (GIZ), Netherlands (DGIS), and later by IFAD. Initially the Initiative focused on impact evaluation theories and practices, supporting CGIAR practitioners on experimenting with alternative methodologies, besides advocating for changes in impact studies methodologies. Later in 2010 the Initiative shifted its focus to work more towards monitoring for learning and adaptive

neg: Amar Gamal Amar Gamal Amar Gamal (born c. 1975) is a well known Cuban dancer who practices the art of bellydancing. She lived in Florida as a teenager. At the age of thirteen, Gamal began performing as a bellydancer with the Mid-Eastern Dance Exchange company, based in Miami Beach. One of her directors at the time was the well-known dancer, Tamalyn Dallal. Gamal went on to become the first dancer to audition with bellydancing techniques and be accepted at the New World School of the Arts' Performing Arts School. She trained in other types of dancing, such as ballet, jazz, tap, flamenco

neg: Bombay Stock Exchange the world to trade on the BSE platform. Now BSE has raised capital by issuing shares and as on 3 May 2017 the BSE share which is traded in NSE only closed with Rs.999 . The BSE is also a Partner Exchange of the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchange initiative, joining in September 2012. BSE established India INX on 30 December 2016. India INX is the first international exchange of India. BSE launches commodity derivatives contract in gold, silver. SECURITY ANALYSIS AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT "M.RANGABATHAN, R.MADHUMATI" Bombay Stock Exchange The Bombay Stock Exchange (, ) (BSE) is an Indian stock

neg: Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development the grantee level, as Renski (2009) notes, “there are really no new ideas in WIRED. Clusters, partnerships, regional competitiveness, asset mapping—the buzzwords of WIRED—have been a part of the vernacular of the economic development profession for quite some time." In this respect, the WIRED initiative as a whole incorporates a number of well-accepted economic development practices, while leaving specific application to each grantee region. Blakeley and Leigh (2010), Porter (2000), and Renski note that cities and regions have long practiced economic development techniques like fostering cluster development to stimulate innovation and technology spillover to remain competitive in a global market.

neg: Better Cotton Initiative consumer label to clothing firms that does not provide any information or guarantee in terms of social and environmental responsibility. The Better Cotton Initiative responded to these allegations as an unjustified representation of its activity. Better Cotton Initiative The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) is a non-profit that promotes better standards in cotton farming and practices across 21 countries. As of 2017, Better Cotton accounts for 14% of global cotton production. In the 2016-2017 cotton season, 1.3 million licensed BCI Farmers produced 3.3 million metric tonnes of Better Cotton lint, enabling a record-level of more sustainably produced cotton to enter the

neg: New Sudan Education Initiative NESEI has evolved into an organization that has as its priority the incorporation of sustainable economic and environmental practices at its school campus. To achieve this goal, they have instituted social business practices that include agriculturally based income generating projects that provide food to the campus and broader community. Additionally, the school plans to replace the generators which currently power the school with solar panels, increasing environmental and economic sustainability. In 2010, NESEI was renamed Africa Education and Leadership Initiative. NESEI's school plans to expand to over 100 students in 2009. NESEI also plans to open an agriculture program within

neg: Chepstow Community Hospital demolished and the site used for housing. Chepstow Community Hospital Chepstow Community Hospital in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales accepted its first patients on 26 February 2000 having been developed under the United Kingdom Government's Private Finance Initiative. It was officially opened on 27 October by Rt Hon Rhodri Morgan AM MP, the First Minister for Wales. The 84-bed hospital provides primary, community and secondary care delivered from one location. As well as hospital services the building also houses two GP practices. It was built and will be operated for 25 years by Kintra Ltd for a capital cost of approx £10m,

neg: Flett Exchange U.S Commodity Futures Trading Commission to become an Exempt Commercial Markets with a plan to trade in energy products and uranium. It maintained the status of Exempt Commercial Markets between 2007 and 2009 but did not continue after 2009. In 2008, the company launched a platform to get into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative cap and trade market. However, RGGI trading activities on Flett Exchange had lasted only less than two years. The last trading was in January 2010. Flett Exchange Flett Exchange is an environmental commodity exchange and brokerage firm based in Hoboken, New Jersey. The company is specialized

neg: Open educational practices practices can also provide the experience and tools to help bridge the gap between formal and informal learning, and potentially an open source curriculum or emergent curriculum. The trajectory to Open Education Practices lies between the use of open pedagogical models and, resource use and creation.: The "Open Educational Quality (OPAL) Initiative" define Open Educational Practices (OEP) as "the use of Open Educational Resources (OER) to raise the quality of education and training and innovate educational practices on institutional, professional and individual level". For the mainstreaming of Open Educational Practices OPAL recommends: The International Council for Open and Distance Education

neg: African Society of Hypertension (AfSoH) Initiative research activities are illustrated by the different task forces: African Society of Hypertension (AfSoH) Initiative The African Society of Hypertension (AfSoH) Initiative is an international organization initiative with the objective to create the African Society of Hypertension with a main goal of providing a stable and organized African platform for scientific exchange in arterial hypertension. The AfSoH Initiative was created in 2010 by the consortium of health professionals and researchers active in field of arterial hypertension on African continent led by Marc Twagirumukiza. The official membership is obtained after registration. The society organizes bi-annual meetings in different African cities as

neg: Exchange interaction rare-earth systems), the Ruderman–Kittel–Kasuya–Yosida (RKKY) model is the currently accepted mechanism. Exchange interaction In physics, the exchange interaction (with an exchange energy and exchange term) is a quantum mechanical effect that only occurs between identical particles. Despite sometimes being called an exchange force in an analogy to classical force, it is not a true force as it lacks a force carrier. The effect is due to the wave function of indistinguishable particles being subject to exchange symmetry, that is, either remaining unchanged (symmetric) or changing sign (antisymmetric) when two particles are exchanged. Both bosons and fermions can experience the exchange