 Nomination and voting for this election is governed by conference standing order 74.  With the exception of those standing for the ‘seventh seat’, candidates do not have to be a representative of a local medical committee at conference.  Nominations may be made only by representatives of a local medical committee at conference.  A representative may make ONLY ONE nomination.  Elections, i...

The paper analyses the means of lexical enrichment from viewpoint a theory motivation (TLM). After introductory notes, methodological background (basic principles TLM) is explained (section 2). Consequently, in section 3, hierarchy related concepts introduced, namely, three-tiered set oppositions: (1) imitation nomination - nomination, (2) intralinguistic cross- -linguistic (3) intralexemic int...

Prior research found that people's assessments of relative competence predicted the outcome of Senate and Congressional races. We hypothesized that snap judgments of "facial competence" would provide useful forecasts of the popular vote in presidential primaries before the candidates become well known to the voters. We obtained facial competence ratings of 11 potential candidates for the Democr...

This article provides an analysis of the Republican Party nomination for the presidential election of 2008 and discusses the result of the general election. It examines the campaigns of Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, and John McCain as they battled their way through the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Florida primaries. Candidates’ views on the issues, their fina...

Improved corporate governance practices of banks are viewed as a key mechanism for better performance banks. Despite the numerous diversification efforts Nigerian bank regulators, remains poor. The study determines moderating effects female boards directors on relationship between board characteristics and in Nigeria. quantitative explanatory design utilised cross-sectional survey sample 121 re...

Many studies that gather social network data use survey methods that lead to censored, missing, or otherwise incomplete information. For example, the popular fixed rank nomination (FRN) scheme, often used in studies of schools and businesses, asks study participants to nominate and rank at most a small number of contacts or friends, leaving the existence of other relations uncertain. However, m...

In this article, the author will argue that development of theUlur ̄ u-Kata Tjut ̄ a nomination dossier involved collaborations between multiple actors, involved the recognition of indigenous knowledge systems, and resulted in the co-creation of hybrid mapping representations. This empirical research examines data sources like World Heritage dossiers and state/UNESCO correspondence letters held a...