Definition of “House”

Functional Definition of a Central Counterparty Clearing House (CCP)

The current regulatory environment is changing with regard to security settlement systems and central counterparty services. Various initiatives are addressing these changes, e.g. CESR/ESCB, Giovannini, CPSS/IOSCO, ISD, G30 and the European Commission’s Communication on Clearing and Settlement. In this paper, we do not want to resolve or comment on any of these issues, but believe it is of the ...

Definition of Architecture

This paper seeks to investigate a new definition for architecture by unifying the three Vitruvian principles of firmitas, utilities, and venustas via a phenomenological approach in the interpretation and analysis of their role in defining architecture. The paper is composed in two main sections. The first section investigates the nature of architecture based on the mentioned principles, where a...

Assessing the Definition of “Adequate Yearly Progress” in the House and Senate Education Bills

In House High Definition Multimedia: An Overview on Quality-of- Service Requirements

The increasing demand for high definition multimedia applications in indoor environment requires a novel network design, which should be devised on a clear understanding of quality-of-service (QoS) requirements of the applications. In this paper we present an overview of the current and future High Definition (HD) multimedia applications, classify them into four categories with respect to their...

Towards an Operational Definition of Critical Thinking

This paper offers a state-of-the-art working definition for the concept of Critical Thinking (CT hereafter) in an attempt to provide a framework for the development of an operational definition for this complex concept. Having studied various definitions and models, proposed for CT by major figures in the field, the key defining features of this rich concept were identified and classified. Base...