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... or CED) using analysisof covariance (ANCOVA) Because none ofthe conclusions derived from our findings were affected by the ANCOVA analysis, only results from repeated-measures ANOVAs are reported ... disturbances of glutamatergic modulation of these neurons could further compromise their normal functioning In fact, we have recently found that, in both the PFC and anterior cingulate cortex, the ... for the diagnosis of schizophrenia and DSM III-R criteria for the diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder Seventeen ofthe 20 schizophrenia subjects were on antipsychotic medications at the time of...
... background ofthe paper, analyzed and interpreted the data and drafted the manuscript FA is grant-holder, conceived and directed the study, and was actively involved in writing up the manu- 19 Deater-Deckard ... than girls, and also showed a larger increase in victimization over time The lower the level of other-oriented social skills, the higher the level of peer victimization, and also the greater the ... skills is the mean ofthe z-standardized subscales cooperative behavior, prosocial behavior and overt aggression (reversed) The scale self-oriented social skills is the mean ofthe z-standardized...
... indicate the intra-quartile range (IQR), i.e., the range of values between the 25th and 75th percentiles The marker inside the box indicates the mean value The line inside the box indicates the median ... time deficits ofthe individuals in the household, thus ruling out automatic redress ofthe time deficit ofan individual in the household by the time surplus of another individual ofthe same household: ... combinations ofthe number of adults, one to three or more, and number of children, zero to three or more, in the household) The dependent variable is an indicator of membership in the poverty band and the...
... physician, and to Neelima Afroz Molla for her help in the Dhaka Lab This work was supported by the 21st century COE and GCOE programs ofthe University of Yamanashi, Japan, and by a Grant-in-Aid ... consistent with the mothers’ performance levels in defining the symptoms and counting the days of illness We developed a series of household-level questionnaires based on the World Bank (World Bank 1999), ... project offices ofthe Slum Development Department ofthe Dhaka City Corporation (Table and Figure 1) Thus, for the ‘code name’, we used the initials of inundation duration, inundation type and the...
... trade and investments in one way or another Reading Comprehension Q2 Are the merchandise trade balance and the trade balance the same? If no, what does each of them deal with? If yes, what they ... measure of trade of a business/enterprise, it shows whether the business’ trade is profitable or unprofitable/not Whether the business makes profit or loss …whether the business is a profitable trader ... Why does the author say that the balance of payments is the widest measure of a country’s trade? Because it includes not only payments abroad, but the goods, services and all transfers of funds...
... deficits and rotarod performance AGF and MGC performed the calculation ofthe infarct volumes and participated in the statistical analysisofthe data OSL, EM and BLF participated in the design and ... out the surgical procedures to induce stroke, participated in the design ofthe study and in the statistical analysis, reviewed the data and drafted the manuscript NHM performed the evaluation of ... ± 19 Values show the median and range (neurological score) and means ± S.D (rotarod performance) For theanalysisof neurological score data, the Kruskal-Wallis nonparametric ANOVA followed by...
... Association, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, The Kidney Foundation of Canada, theCIHR – Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes and the CIHR – Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory ... Quality of Life Outcomes 2006, 4:17 Authors' contributions SLB carried out theanalysis and interpretation of data, drafted and revised the manuscript SLP interpreted the data and revised the manuscript ... important to note that the CCHS PUF has suppressed the single-attribute utility scores, thus precluding evaluation ofthe impact of diabetes and cancer on any single attributes in this analysis The...
... relevant and tangible information we often have about a company? Financial performance, of course Whether the company is profitable Whether sales are growing Whether the price of its stock is on the ... bring the rigor of experimentation to questions like these Want to know the best way to manage an acquisition? We can’t buy 100 companies, manage half of them in one way and half in another way, and ... more mistakes in their thinking about company performance, including The Delusion of Absolute Performance, The Delusion ofthe Wrong End ofthe Stick, and The Delusion of Organizational Physics...
... is for the exchange rate While the exchange-rate coefficient ofthe pooled trade balance equation has the wrong sign and is not significant, the exchange-rate coefficient ofthe balance of payments ... trade balance and growth and between increases in the money supply and the balance of' payments As a further attempt to test the importance ofthe variables the coefficients ofthe variables ... hettveen the overall mean and country mean and between the country mean and individual observations T h e results of these regressions are used to obtain estimates ofthe variance ofthe countrvspecific...
... THE T R A D E BALANCE: A N O T E elasticities of supply of E- or of G-bales are not infinite so that prices rise in the devaluing country and/or fall in the rest ofthe world, the change in the ... foreign exchange, another for the balance expressed in domestic currency I n the case ofan import (export) surplus: the sum ofthe two elasticities can be considerably below (above) unity and a favorable ... than if it represents one-tenth of total imports While the postwar predominance of balanceof-payments problems requires watching ofthe balance expressed in foreign exchange and, secondarily, of...
... his desires and thoughts; on the other one hand he felt guilt over them and condemned them This guilt led to anxiety and anger, resulting in deliberate self-harm and suicidality One ofthe authors ... one of these days in order to "change things" and "to feel the pain in the body and not in the mind." It was also during these moments that he wanted to commit suicide The therapeutic alliance ... the patients not regret the action; they often quoted biblical passages; and they were psychotic at the time ofthe act MacLean and Robertson [16] reviewed the literature and noted that castration...
... damages has therefore been compared in our species and related to the level of drought tolerance The aims of these experiments were to give an insight into the mechanisms of stress reactions, and to ... photoinhibition An electric fan was used to prevent thermal injury to the leaves Apparent quantum yield of photosynthesis (a) MATERIAL AND METHODS Plant material and growth conditions The oak species ... Response of photosynthesis and respiration of resurrection plants to dessication and rehydration Planta 177, 217-227 TD (1985) Photosynthesis in intact leaves of C3 plants : physics, physiology and...
... down-regulated in the SAMP8 animals and that the amelioration of cognitive deficits of SAMP8 implies the improvement ofthe system [13] These features of SAMP8 provide a useful animal model for the investigation ... identical copy (object F) and the other by a novel object (object N) Performance ofthe animals in this test was video-recorded for later analysis In these trials, the exploration ofan object was defined ... familiar to the animals, but one had changed location The mice were exposed to the objects for five minutes Performance ofthe animals was video-recorded and the total time spent Quantitative...
... on the Bank is an integrated analysisofthe Bank’s approach that includes an understanding of how the Bank delivers its mix of promarket reform together with ananalysisofthe reforms themselves ... in the existing literature on the Bank is an integrated analysisofthe Bank’s approach that includes an understanding of how the Bank delivers its mix of pro-market reform together with ananalysis ... and partnership in the hands ofthe World Bank necessarily entail circumscribing representation and there is little evidence of compromise on the part ofthe organisation over the substance of...
... 2002, p and Figure 13) By the end ofthe second quarter of 2003, the government deficit stood at 4.7 percent and the annualized growth rate Figure Components ofthe Private Financial Balance in ... the U.S balance of trade deficit are Japan, China, and Germany (Shaikh, et al 2003), and an appreciation of their currencies would help move the U.S exchange rate in the direction of Scenario ... greater than that of new debt, and a deficit the opposite As a matter of accounting the private sector balance and the government balance must add up to the current account balance Hence, when the...
... effective: the before and after gap between official and LIMTIP poverty would remain unchanged in Argentina and Chile and would even increase in the case of Mexico The corollary, on the other hand, ... matching using propensity scores: Theory and application to theanalysisofthe distribution of income and wealth Journal of Economic and Social Measurement 35, no (January 1): 177-196 doi:10.3233/JEM-2010-0332 ... 4.1 The time and income poverty of households The first finding relates to the incidence of household poverty The size ofthe hidden poor—namely, those households with incomes above the official...
... with ASD were affected by manipulations ofthe object (and therefore manipulations ofthe required action plan) in the same way as TD children This means that the plan was perhaps less efficient ... 175 6.1 Distribution of DCDQ-07 and SRS total scores The red line shows the mean score, and the blue line shows the median score The average score is within the typical range for both measures ... familiar with these terms than others, with each group of professionals tending to give definitions focusing on the concerns most relevant to their profession (e.g speech and language therapists...
... development Linux has the following advantages because of open source Ⅲ There are thousands of developers around the world who are contributing to and enhancing the Linux kernel and other applications ... property, any wrong understanding ofthe licensing issues can prove detrimental to the company itself Ⅲ Managers: They are normally concerned about choosing the distribution, version, toolset, and ... roaming here and there, like any mother telling her kid to study I also express thanks to my father who kept on asking me about the status ofthe manuscript, like a project manager I thank my wife,...
... ethanol plants can range from 127 to 621º C The amount of time DDGS spends in the dryer also influences the color In general, the higher the dryer temperature and the longer DDGS remains in the ... blended together and transported or handled Pellet quality – is often defined as the hardness ofthe pellet and percentage of fines in the complete feed after pelleting For corn-soybean meal based ... (lightness of color) and b* (yellowness of color), with an increase in a* (redness of color) Similar results were also reported by Ganesan et al (2005) Table The Effect ofthe Rate of Solubles...