New Basel director changes direction

New Basel Capital Accord

New NIH Director

In a previously reported investigation of 616 women with breast cancer included in a case-control study, we found an association between tumour stage at presentation and breast self examination (BSE) (Mant et al., 1987). Women who had both practised and been taught BSE had more favourably staged tumours than other women. A number of other studies, summarised in the meta-analysis by Hill et al. ...

NEW DIRECTION IN FUZZY TREE AUTOMATA

In this paper, our focus of attention is the proper propagationof fuzzy degrees in determinization of $Nondeterministic$ $Fuzzy$$Finite$ $Tree$ $Automata$ (NFFTA). Initially, two determinizationmethods are introduced which have some limitations (one inbehavior preserving and other in type of fuzzy operations). Inorder to eliminate these limitations and increasing theefficiency of FFTA, we defin...

The new direction of nuclear medicine

The role of the nuclear medicine has changed, from the early days when it was the only alternative to x-rays, to the present, when nuclear images are interpreted in light of specific metabolic processes, not anatomy. The development of specific receptor targeting radiopharmaceuticals, markers of viability using PETor SPECT, analogues of neurotransmitters etc., have placed the nuclear medi...

The New Basel Capital Accord Comments of Finnish Authorities on the Second Consultative Document to the New Basel Capital Accord

On 16 January 2001, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision released its consultative document on The New Basel Capital Accord. This paper presents the views of Finnish Authorities (Bank of Finland, Financial Supervision Authority and Ministry of Finance) on the document. Our comments on the Consultation Document concentrate on a number of key issues and are summarised as follows. The detail...