The WHO defines conflict of interest to mean "the expert or his/her partner, or the administrative unit with which the expert has an employment relationship, has a financial or other interest that could unduly influence the expert's position with respect to the subject-matter being considered".
Each potential participant is asked to declare, in confidence, any interests that could constitute a real, potential or apparent conflict of interest, with respect to his/her involvement in the meeting or work, between a) commercial entities and the participant personally, and b) commercial entities and the administrative unit with which the participant has an employment relationship.
Dennis Leibowitz, who leads Act II Partners, a media hedge fund, said that Mr. Karmazin's star had dimmed a bit because investors were worried that the radio unit, with which he is most closely identified, had not done well recently.
With the second world war, his critical spirit and abhorrence of violence led him into the Friends Ambulance Unit, with which he served in the Middle East, and, in 1944, in Greece, along with a stim ulating group of pacifists, including Donald Swann (obituary, March 25 1994).
After the Al Faw speech, Biden was taken to the DFAC — dining facility — in Baghdad's International Zone (informally known as the Green Zone), where he met with the Delaware National Guard unit with which his son Beau served.
This integrates the clinical data from the T-Scan III with the electromyographic data of the BioResearch's EMG unit with which it is compatible.
Our room wasn't large but couldn't have been more comfortable, and we gave thanks that our children weren't with us to abuse the sleek remote-control unit with which we could operate the window blinds without having to leave the (sumptuous) bed.
Like other videophones, the Vizufon requires a compatible unit with which it can exchange images.
In 1921, the decision was made to perpetuate the battle honours and traditions of the AIF by re-organising the units of the Citizens Forces to adopt the numerical designations of the AIF units with which they were affiliated.
5) Individualized family support and education will be provided by the team and will be reinforced on admission to the unit with a brochure which includes the goals of the rehabilitation program.
