Report on Special Investigation of the City of Bussey Library, For the period July 1, 2003 through March 15, 2004

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Report on Special Investigation of the City of Liscomb, For the Period June 1, 2002 through November 30, 2004

City Audit Report - Special Investigation

Report on the Special Investigation of the City of Mt. Vernon Fire Department, For the Period January 1, 2003 through March 31, 2005

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Leaving the labour market: event-history analysis of the female workers' transition to housework in Denmark, Germany, Great Britain and Spain

This paper is aimed at exploring the determinants of female activity from a dynamic perspective. An event-history analysis of the transition form employment to housework has been made resorting to data from the European Household Panel Survey. Four countries representing different welfare regimes and, more specifically, different family policies, have been selected for the analysis: Britain, Denmark, Germany and Spain. The results confirm the importance of individual-level factors, which is consistent with an economic approach to female labour supply. Nonetheless, there are significant cross-national differences in how these factors act over the risk of abandoning the labour market. First, the number of trnasitions is much lower among Danish working women than among British, German or Spanish ones, revealing the relative importance of universal provision of childcare services, vis-à-vis other elements of the family policy, as time or money.

Membership and internal democracy. Immigrant organisations in the city of Oslo

Immigrant organisations in the City of Oslo receive support from the government for their daily operation. In order to receive such support, each organisation must be membership-based and have internal democratic procedures. This paper raises the question of how we can understand this combination of support for ethnic based organisations and requirements of membership and internal democracy. It explores the usefulness of two partly overlapping ways of understanding this policy and discusses their interrelationship. Firstly, within the context of the crisis of multiculturalism, the paper discusses whether this combination is based on the aim of strengthening the organisations’ procedural commitment to liberal-democratic principles. Secondly, the paper analyses whether requirements of membership and internal democracy can mainly be understood within the framework of the Nordic model of voluntary organisation. By comparing the policy at three empirical levels, the paper concludes that this combination can mainly be understood within the framework of the traditional historical Nordic model, but that there is an ambiguity in this policy related to minority rights.

Report on Special Investigation of the City of Valeria, For the Period January 1, 2004 through August 31, 2005

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Geographic variation in the frequency of isolation and fluconazole and voriconazole susceptibilities of Candida glabrata: an assessment from the ARTEMIS DISK Global Antifungal Surveillance Program.

Geographic differences in frequency and azole resistance among Candida glabrata may impact empiric antifungal therapy choice. We examined geographic variation in isolation and azole susceptibility of C. glabrata. We examined 23 305 clinical isolates of C. glabrata during ARTEMIS DISK global surveillance. Susceptibility testing to fluconazole and voriconazole was assessed by disk diffusion, and the results were grouped by geographic location: North America (NA) (2470 isolates), Latin America (LA) (2039), Europe (EU) (12 439), Africa and the Middle East (AME) (728), and Asia-Pacific (AP) (5629). Overall, C. glabrata accounted for 11.6% of 201 653 isolates of Candida and varied as a proportion of all Candida isolated from 7.4% in LA to 21.1% in NA. Decreased susceptibility (S) to fluconazole was observed in all geographic regions and ranged from 62.8% in AME to 76.7% in LA. Variation in fluconazole susceptibility was observed within each region: AP (range, 50-100% S), AME (48-86.9%), EU (44.8-88%), LA (43-92%), and NA (74.5-91.6%). Voriconazole was more active than fluconazole (range, 82.3-84.2% S) with similar regional variation. Among 22 sentinel sites participating in ARTEMIS from 2001 through 2007 (84 140 total isolates, 8163 C. glabrata), the frequency of C. glabrata isolation increased in 14 sites and the frequency of fluconazole resistance (R) increased in 11 sites over the 7-year period of study. The sites with the highest cumulative rates of fluconazole R were in Poland (22% R), the Czech Republic (27% R), Venezuela (27% R), and Greece (33% R). C. glabrata was most often isolated from blood, normally sterile body fluids and urine. There is substantial geographic and institutional variation in both frequency of isolation and azole resistance among C. glabrata. Prompt species identification and fluconazole susceptibility testing are necessary to optimize therapy for invasive candidiasis.

Report on Special Investigation of the City of Reasnor, For the Period of May 1, 2005 through December 31, 2005

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Report on Special Investigation of the City of Ocheyedan, For the Period January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2005

City Audit Report - Special Investigation

Report on the Special Investigation of the City of Hamburg, For the period January 1, 2004 through October 6, 2005

City Audit Report - Special Investigation

Report on Special Investigation of the City of Pleasant Plain, For the period January 1, 2004 through May 3, 2006

City Audit Report - Special Investigation

Report on Special Investigation of the City of Sandyville, For the Period July 1, 1999 through April 28, 2006

City Audit Report - Special Investigation

Audit report on the City of LeClaire, Iowa for the year ending June 30, 2006

Audit report on the City of LeClaire, Iowa for the year ending June 30, 2006.

Audit report on the City of Gilbertville, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2006.

Audit report on the City of Gilbertville, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2006.

Audit report on the City of Nevada, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2006.

Audit report on the City of Nevada, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2006.