A version of the secretary problem called the duration problem, in which the objective is to maximize the time of possession of relatively best objects or the second best, is treated. It is shown that in this duration problem there are threshold numbers (k 1 , k ? 2) such that the optimal strategy immediately selects a relatively best object if it appears after time k 1 and a relatively second ...

II. EVOLUTION AND CONTENT OF THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT ............................................... 472 A. The Report of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty (2001) .............................................................................................................................. 472 B. The Report of the High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and...

The Ecumenical ReviewVolume 74, Issue 3 p. 497-500 Chronicle Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay Elected as New WCC General Secretary First published: 26 September 2022 https://doi.org/10.1111/erev.12720Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare text full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use check box be...

591 July 2012, Vol. 102, No. 7 SAMJ Progressive disempowerment and provincial healthcare under-budgeting in the Eastern Cape almost forced the resignation of its corruption-buster chief, Dr Siva Pillay and his most trusted administrators last month. The political moves were directly responsible for thousands of healthcare workers going without pay or being underpaid, for five months. National h...

" Q. Camp " for boys, described in this pamphlet is the second enterprise to be embarked upon by the " Q. Camps" Committee. It was started i? July, 1944, on the site of the former camp, " with a small staff and a few boys needing emergency care on account of the war, "and it is hoped to lay the foundations of a permanent Camp-Hostel School for maladjusted boys. Particulars can be obtained from ...

Last year, the UN Population Fund initiated a 5-year review of progress in attaining the goals of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). The review included a series of meetings, including a forum in The Hague involving 2000 people, and will culminate in a special session of the UN General Assembly that will endorse the Secretary-General's progress report. The...

war. The custom was resumed on June 11, when Colonel Sir P. J. Freyer. kc.h., i.M.S. (retd.), was in the chair. The guests were the Right Hon. E S. Montagu, m.p., Principal Secretary of State for India ; Sir Norman Moore, Bt., President of the Royal College of Physicians? Lieut.-General Sir H. V. Cox, K.C.B., Military Secretary, India Office; Dr. James Neal, Deputy Medical Secretary, British Me...

oad crashes kill nearly 1.3 million people every year, and leave millions moreinjured or permanently disabled. Impaired driving, unsafe roads and other dangersshatter lives in a matter of seconds. The Decade can help thwart this needless loss of life. “I call on Member States, international agencies, civil society organizations, businesses and community leaders and people everywhere to ensure t...