... 10 CHART 1: STOCKS OF TOTAL TRADEFINANCE IN SELECTED EAST ASIAN AND LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES ANNEX TABLE I: DATA ON STOCKS OF TOTAL TRADEFINANCE IN SELECTED EAST ASIAN AND LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES ... whether it should have a longer-term horizon III ATHE WTO AND TRADE FINANCING AREAS OF POTENTIAL ACTION OFTHE WTO At first sight, an examination ofthe WTO role in the issue oftradefinance ... worthwhile for the WTO Working Group on Trade, Debt and Finance, as well as for the ad hoc group ofthe IMF to have a look at the global state of regulation regarding tradefinance Apart from local prudential...
... Transactions, vol 92, 1983, p 3.1086 [29] Arash Nemati, Shahram Khalilarya, Samad Jafarmadar, Hassan Khatamnejhad, Vahid Fathi Numerical parametric investigation ofa gasoline fuelled partially-premixed ... temperature regions for baseline and adiabatic with EGR cases are the same Also at adiabatic case for 400°CA and 420°CA, these regions more spread out in the main chamber and the values of local ... working as a faculty in the department of Mechanical Engineering at Jubail University, Jubail, Saudi Arabia He also worked as a Professor and Head of department in the Department of Mechanical Engineering,...
... existing data management offices and databases that could support ocean acidification observational and research data The FOARAM Act also calls for an “Ocean Acidification Information Exchange” that ... surface waters has already been observed in the Canada Basin ofthe Arctic Ocean (Bates et al., 2009; Yamamoto-Kawai et al., 2009) Persistent undersaturation of surface waters with respect to aragonite ... delineates ambitious priorities and goals for the National Ocean Acidification Program The FOARAM Act calls for the development ofa detailed, 10-year strategic plan for the National Ocean Acidification...
... The IOF Allocator as Part ofa Suite of Analytical Tools xii Internetting of Fires Is the Dynamic Pooling of Resources Enabled by C4ISR The IOF Allocator as Part ofthe WMT Suite of Analytical ... brought into a variety of programs for analysis The details and full description ofthe mathematical model at the heart ofthe IOF Allocator and its implementation are included in Appendixes A and ... preventing the shooters from attacking dead targets (which also may lead to an overestimation ofthe damage to targeted systems) This too was not a limitation tothe IOF Allocator but rather of the...
... simulator and injecting traffic from the simulator into the live network after the traffic has been subject to appropriate delays and losses Due tothe header added in ns-2 emulation, the Ethernet maximum ... configurations are evaluated by comparing the ATDiffs, which are the WATs of other configurations minus the WAT of uncompressed WAP 2.0 ATDiff = ATotherconf − ATnocomp WAP = WATotherconf − WATnocomp WAP 3.3 ... Telecommunications Engineering, and Associate Head for Graduate A airs His research interests are in the areas of architectural and protocol design and performance analysis for computer and telecommunication...
... NaCl plus chitosan compared to NaCl alone The serum + + electrolyte concentrations of Na and K were identical across all groups On the other hand, the BUN levels ofthe NaCl plus chitosan-treated ... Kannel WB Blood pressure as a cardiovascular risk factor: prevention and treatment JAMA 1996, 275, 1571-1576 13 Kim D, Yokozawa T, Hattori M, Kadota S, Namba T Effects of aqueous extracts of Apocynum ... pellet diet (Purina Rodent Laboratory Chow; Ralston Purina, USA) were given ad libitum The rats were acclimatized for days prior tothe start ofthe experiments and randomly allocated to five groups...
... Thai BL, Takayasu K, Takayama T, Kosuge T, Gunvén P, Yamazaki S, Hasegawa H, Ozaki H: Preoperative portal embolization to increase safety of major hepatectomy for hilar bile duct carcinoma: a ... Muto T, Ikari T, Yanagisawa A, Kato Y: Proliferative activity of intrahepatic colorectal metastases after preoperative hemihepatic portal vein embolization Hepatology 2001, 34:267-272 Wakabayashi ... Matsuyama Y, Nakayama A, Miyagawa S, Makuuchi M, Kawasaki S: Preoperative portal vein embolization: an audit of 84 patients Hepatology 1999, 29:1099-1105 Page of (page number not for citation...
... had a plateau to nearly same level at 21 days (Figure 2c) Caspase-3 values peaked at 24–48 hours before falling to near baseline levels at 21 days after the first chemotherapy with nearly similar ... significant (p = ns) We faced problems using Caspase-3 to evaluate the apoptotic index, as this terminal enzyme ofthe apoptotic cascade is cytoplasmic in location This led toa diffuse staining of ... to travel great distances to seek medical care We chose to evaluate three biomarkers, namely Ki-67 (marker of proliferation), Bcl-2 and Caspase-3 (anti- and pro-apoptotic markers) as data exist...
... ofthe MMP family is the hallmark of several inflammatory disorders, including arthritis MMP-9, in particular, has been implicated in the degradation and damage of articular cartilage in RA and ... metalloproteinase (96-kd gelatinase B) in human rheumatoid arthritis Arthritis Rheum 1996, 39:1576-1587 Yoshihara Y, Nakamura H, Obata K, Yamada H, Hayakawa T, Fujikawa K, Okada Y: Matrix metalloproteinases ... La Fondation Armand-Frappier and the Canadian Arthritis Network 16 17 References Momohara S, Kashiwazaki S, Inoue K, Saito S, Nakagawa T: Elastase from polymorphonuclear leukocyte in articular...
... occur at nearly the same time The angular direction ofa phasor indicates the phase relationship between light and activity for an individual Greater amounts of activity near the onset of circadian ... indicate prolonged times of rest and, usually, darkness Although many analyses ofthe activity and ofthe transformed CS data are possible, the data in Figure were used to develop a quantitative ... perhaps reflecting a true continuum ofthe degree of circadian behavioral-entrainment among individuals The data from the rats in Figure 9b also show a clear and statistically significant separation,...
... cholesterol; CAD = coronary artery disease; AMI = acute myocardial infarction; ACS = acute coronary syndrome; CV = cardiovascular; Atorva = atorvastatin; Prava = Pravastatin; Simva = simvastatin the EURopean ... atherosclerosis)[81] All ofthe faxes (APPROACH HeartView diagrams and the one page statement) will be generated and sent automatically using a software program that has been developed for this trial and embedded ... not had a fasting lipid panel done in the six weeks prior to their cardiac catheterization; (2) they are already on a statin at maximal dose; (3) they are on a statin/lipid-lowering drug and the...
... models These models are dual tothe centric models [15,16], and they have the same characteristics in terms of realism and computational behavior The fourth class of models, called sub-cellular lattice ... configuration obtained after 100,000 iterations with θ = 10 (b) The decrease ofthe energy as a function ofthe iteration steps (c) The evolution ofthe accpetance rate as a function ofthe iteration steps ... and that white cells may ˆ be surrounded by black cells The estimated value θ was Experimental data Estimation ofthe adhesion strength was also performed on a real data example We used data from...
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... first, the twenty specific amino acids specifically attach tothe transfer RNA (tRNA) molecules via covalent linkage with the help of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRSs), the catalyst ofthe aminoacylation ... common to archaea and bacteria (Hartman and Smith 2010) In the translational process, the initiation factor in bacteria, IF2, and their archaeal homologs, the EF1, EF2, aeIF5b and aeIF2 bring the ... The aaRSs are multi-domain proteins, in which only one domain works as the catalytic domain, the others are capable of anticodon binding, aaRS-tRNA stabilization and tRNA deacylation Among them,...
... increase the competitive advantage ofthe fast food restaurant The basic attribute ofa fast food restaurant are also important for a fast food restaurant to excel because the strength ofa brand ... MacDonald can be said to have a larger degree of dispersion of data around the mean than Max hamburger in those attributes Max hamburger had a larger standard deviation than MacDonald in these attributes“its ... can be generalize to all customer of McDonald and Max hamburger because the sample is small to represent all the actual customer of both restaurant and also the fact that the students lived together...
... situations It was found that the frequency ofthe use ofthe speech act of refusal by the Australian NSs of English was different from that by the VLEs Although the VLEs and the Australian NSs of ... Beebe et al (1987), more advanced learners are more affected by the refusal strategies of their native language, whereas the native language ofthe learners in Yagamashira’s study had more influence ... shift their refusal strategies noticeably according tothe status ofthe interlocutors The above review ofthe related literature ofthe speech act of refusal shows that the use of refusal strategies...
... have the help of sophisticated information systems and data warehouses been able to manage a great deal of data The challenge is to capture and measure soft and qualitative information For example, ... Skandia Navigator (Edvinsson and Malone, 1997) Value Chain Scoreboard (Lev, 2002) Description of measure Sets of human capital indicators are collected and bench-marked against a database Similar to ... and other parameters related tothe customer, whereas the role ofthe employees, their satisfaction, loyalty and the link between these variables and profitability is not often included in marketing...
... component availability states This approach permits the representation of all availability states ofa system and rhe incorporation of functional aspects: loss ofa function is identified by the occurrence ... incorporated To this, the real state ofthe substation for each state in the path is evaluated taking into account the operation of protection devices In the above example, the substation’s real state ... state j of generic state i path k leading to specific state j of generic state i real availability state ofthe substation following activation ofthe protection system for state Aij and path Aijk...
... Heyer AG (2010) Mathematical modelling ofthe central carbohydrate metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana reveals a substantial regulatory influence of vacuolar invertase on whole plant carbon metabolism ... Experimental procedures, the rate of assimilate export from photosynthetically active source organs to consuming sink organs or metabolic pathways other than carbohydrate pathways was calculated as the ... reprogramming of central carbohydrate metabolism Mathematical modelling of metabolism with respect tothe dynamics of freezing tolerance revealed a significant correlation of sucrose synthesis and...
... GACANNNNNNNNNNNNNNTGRTATAATNNNNAA GTAATAAAATATTCGGAGGAATTTTGAAATGAATA AACGTGTAAAAATCG-3¢) (N ¼ A, T, G, C) and pykback (5¢-CTCTACATGCATTTCAACAATAGGGCCTG TC-3¢) for amplification of pyk The resulting PCR ... equal amounts of formate and acetyl-CoA and the resulting acetyl-CoA is then metabolized into equal amount of ethanol and acetate to maintain the redox balance Discussion In this study we quantified ... (5¢-GGAAGGA TCCTTTGTCAATTAATGATCTTAAAAC-3¢) and pyk4 (5¢-CTAGTCTAGATGAGCTCCAGAAGCTTCC-3¢) were amplified The PCR products were digested with XhoI ⁄ BamHI and BamHI ⁄ XbaI, respectively, and cloned...