... throughout the world bears little resemblance to teosinte, the original ancestor of corn The newer techniques involving genetic engineering, on the other hand, allow for the transfer of a few genes ... than its conventional counterpart; therefore, the Þnal assessment of safety is always comparative The scientiÞc basis ofthe evaluation process is the concept of “substantial equivalence.” Regulatory ... presence of GM ingredients Unfortunately, standardized methods not currently exist for most ofthe GM ingredients on the market today Two types of tests are used for the detection of GM material The...
... the sensitivity analysis ofthe parameter show that the size ofthe GM innovation does not change the qualitative ) insights obtained in the baseline For a lower value ofthe parameter, the ... choke price level The price of organic food decreases at the demand level (despite the need for segregation) because the production-cost impactofthe decline in the rental price of land is more ... point of view it is the superior (i.e., non-GM) product that should carry the label Thus, in our model we distinguish between the effects of IP (of the superior products) and theimpactof labelling...
... variety of reasons, these technologies have not yet reached the parts ofthe world where they could be most beneficial On the other hand, the Gene Revolution is unlike the Green Revolution in the ... Mexico and the rest of Latin America, India, and much of Southeast Asia On the other hand, the Green Revolution has had little significant impact in most areas of Africa Two prominent hypotheses ... amount of land that could be usefully farmed with the same amount of labor Then, shortly after the turn ofthe 19th century, the Haber-Bosch process made possible the economical production of nitrogen...
... areas) bk is the estimated effect ofthe kth covariate on the outcome Onseti is whether a person has late onset of CFS (i.e after the age of 24), and Page of 12 bK+1 is the estimated effect of late ... conceiving ofthe idea to measure direct and indirect costs related to CFS and for his role as CDC’s principal investigator ofthe study, Dr Martin Meltzer of CDC for his review ofthe manuscript, ... women These characteristics were also significant predictors of healthcare expenditures and earnings The accuracy ofthe regression-adjusted effects we reported depends on the correctness of the...
... CLAUDIN-1 IS THEDIRECT TARGET OF RUNX3 IN GASTRIC EPITHELIAL CELLS CHANG TI LING (M.Sc., National University of Malaysia) A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE ... 1999, the Nomenclature Committee ofthe Human Genome Organization (HUGO) adopted the use ofthe term ‘RUNX’ to refer to the genes encoding the runt-related proteins, also an abbreviation for the ... protein’ The mammalian RUNX proteins and their synonyms as well as their locus are as listed in Table 2.1 The order ofthe numbers was given according to the order in which the knock-outs for each of...
... trials were approved in the USA until the end of 2004 (854 until the end of 2009) The main blocks to market fungi-resistant GM plants are the lack of deeper understanding ofthe molecular plant-fungi ... follow the SEA approaches in the field of biofuels Many countries have started assessments of their biofuel policies and sustainability standards [90,91] These standards will influence the trade ... added to the existing uncertainty on how to measure “indirect effects”, e.g the effects ofthe herbicides used together with herbicide tolerant crops, as demanded by the legal Page of 11 framework,...
... quality or the safety ofthe food? • (Similar to above) In general, are people in China concerned about such matters as the nutritional value ofthe food or the contents ofthe food they buy (for ... to the food)? FQ (This question might include: the packaging and the origin ofthe food) • What are the possible results if all (or the majority of) the people were not very concerned about the ... about the contents ofthe food they eat? (假设的问题) • (Similar to above) What could happen if all (or the majority of) the people were not very concerned about the contents ofthe food they eat? Food...
... non-profit that advocates for affordable housing, retained Civic Economics to analyze the economic impactofthe 2006 commitment and to consider the prospective impactof another round of bonds ... For each ofthe categories listed above a direct effect, indirect effect, and induced effect has been calculated Direct effects capture the initial impact created by the initial outlay of funds ... purchase of a variety of goods and services from a number of suppliers Induced effects are the result of increased household spending due to thedirect and indirect effects o Example: Employees of...
... senior management, the Office ofthe Chairman and Chief Executive (OCCE) as well as the Environmental and Public Policy Committee ofthe Board of Directors What you will read in the following pages ... program to offset the CO2 emitted from the production of our hybrid vehicles in the U.S The purchase price ofthe offset is applied to a project that reduces or sequesters the emission of CO2 elsewhere ... recovered in the sales price Third, the GHG footprint ofthe in-use phase of light duty vehicles must be measured on a well-to-wheels basis, that is, the total emissions from the production ofthe original...
... is the relevance ofthe education to the professional future of a person Universities need to strengthen the causality between an education and a professional future, and given the nature ofthe ... are “working in the trenches” of building the web Most ofthe people in this latter segment of responders came to the survey by invitation because they are on the email list ofthe Pew Internet ... other tech and science publications, said, The key challenge ofthe next five years—I say the because ofthe importance of education for the entire global labor force and the importance of...
... native ofthe same age and gender The overall fiscal effect of immigration is found positive, under the assumption that the age and fiscal characteristics of future immigrants resemble those ofthe ... over time due to the aging of populations In the following, we will apply the method of generational accounting in order to evaluate the fiscal impactof immigrants in Austria The method has been ... that is, the present value of their taxes paid less their benefits received over their lifetime For previous applications of generational accounting on the estimation of immigrants’ fiscal impacts...
... sense, since in either case the economic impact on the state and, thus, the size ofthe state's economy, is the same After all, the source oftheimpact is the new job (an expansion ofthe economic ... 1) The Economic Impactofthe University of Northern Iowa on the State of Iowa Cedar Falls, IA: Department of Economics, The University of Northern Iowa Butler, T E (1980) An Estimate ofthe ... for the position: one is a graduate of a local university and the other is a lifetime resident of another state According to the skill-base approach, if the firm hired the local graduate, then the...
... incurred as a result of its use The designations employed and the presentation ofthe material in this overview not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part ofthe World Health ... society and the private sector with key economic insights needed to help reduce the growing burden of NCDs: • A global analysis ofthe economic impactof NCDs by the World Economic Forum and the Harvard ... The content of this report stems from the work published in two separate reports, one led by the World Economic Forum and the Harvard School of Public Health, and the other developed by the...
... relating to the classification of costs include the following • Direct and indirect costs: Although literature often distinguishes between direct and indirect costs, the usefulness of this distinction ... estimates ofthe number of cases in the category (‘n’) and the average cost for that category The product is the total cost (eg the wage rate for lost earnings multiplied by the average number of days ... (effects) of two or more courses of action Deadweight loss: is the loss of consumer and producer surplus, as a result ofthe imposition of a distortion to the equilibrium (society preferred) level of...
... mainly on the theoretical impactof this innovation on the creation of new firms and products, on the empirical evidence about theimpactof its introduction for the European economy and on the implications ... and in the creation of new firms through the stock market The number of firms follows the equation of motion: where N E , t is the number of new firms and is the exogenous rate of exit The real ... decreasing in the number of firms The latter follows the equation of motion: Nt (1 ) Nt N E,t where N E , t is the number of new firms and is the rate of business destruction The real value of a firm...
... description ofthe purpose ofthe modification; • A description of identities ofthe host plant and donor DNA and information on how thegeneticallymodified plant was engineered; 15 To date, the only genetically ... description ofthe regulatory status ofthe food in other agencies in the United States and elsewhere in the world • A certification from a responsible official in the company that thegeneticallymodified ... mechanisms involved in the production ofthe regulated article; • a description ofthe activity ofthemodified genetic material in the regulated article and a comparison to an unmodified organism;...
... published on the responsibility ofthe Secretary-General ofthe OECD The opinions expressed and arguments employed herein not necessarily reflect the official views ofthe Organisation or ofthe governments ... and magnitude They are of concern to governments because of (i) the negative impact that they can have on innovation, (ii) the threat they pose to the welfare of consumers and (iii) the substantial ... apparent to the consumer The size ofthe secondary market depends in large part on the difference in the price ofthe counterfeit or pirated article from the genuine item There is likely to be virtually...
... quantified thedirectimpactof ConnectKentucky as the intervening factor in Kentucky Additionally, the paper extrapolates this impact to other states to quantify the potential national impactof pending ... estimate thedirect availability economic impact for Kentuckians ofthe increased growth in broadband adoption It then extrapolates from these results to estimate the potential economic impact to the ... l l S 1190/H.R 3627 – the Connect the Nation Act of 2007 S 1492 – the Broadband Data Improvement Act H.R 3919 – the Broadband Census of America Act of 2007 Each of these bills in various ways...
... structure ofthe Global Insights model, it likely understates the negative impactof military spending relative to other models The next section of this paper describes the key projections ofthe Global ... model Other models will show somewhat different projections, but it is unlikely that the direction ofthe long-term impact on any ofthe key variables will be different In fact, because ofthe structure ... Budget Office produce its own projections ofthe economic impactof a sustained increase in defense spending The Economic Impactofthe Iraq War and Higher Military Spending Introduction The Iraq...