... Short- and Long- RunImpactsofFoodPriceChangesonPoverty In the recent period of high and volatile food prices, there has been considerable concern about impactsof high food prices on global poverty ... their consumption; andon the quality, as well as the quantity, offood consumed (Gibson and Kim 2011) and by comparing impactson quantities offood consumed with impactson calorie consumption ... Van Campenhout, Pauw and Minot (2013)— appear to have examined the impactsoffoodpricechangesonfood output, and hence the longer-term impactsofchanges in food prices on the incomes that...
... accuracy (a longer returns horizon might provide more insights on the extent of the long- run underperformance) and better sample representation (a shorter return horizon, on the other hand, would ... strands of explanations for the long- run underperformance of IPOs The first strand of reasoning is the ‘divergence of opinion hypothesis’ (Miller, 1977) Based on the assumption that investors hold ... differences among issue managers of different reputation standings In this paper, we examine the impact of issue manager reputation profile on the short -run underpricing and long- run underperformance phenomena...
... support our observation on the accumulation of pre-germinal center B cells long after rituximab treatment Table Absolute numbers of B cells in bone marrow (per 106 mononuclear cells) Long- term CD27-IgD(Immature) ... representative plot of short-term and treatment changesof the B cell expression of CD27 and IgD on B cells in bone marrow from patients with rheumatoid arthritis receiving rituximab long- term rheumatoid ... complete depletion of B cells in BM [33] One of the possible explanations is a lack of or low intensity of CD20 expression on the surface of B cells Indeed, many B cell precursors and late-stage...
... inflation level As Peersman and Robays (2009) mention correctly: ‘the existence of second-round effects will depend on supply and demand conditions in the wage-negotiation process and the reaction of ... closely related types of models: SVAR and VECM Decision criterion is order of integration of the series at hand and the presence of long- run equilibria, which are supposed to be stationary6 To decide ... measure of uncertainty is a conditional standard deviation of oil, i.e ‘a standard deviation of the one-month ahead forecast for oil price, obtained from the multivariate variance function, in...
... the responsiveness of trade balance to REER fluctuation in the long- run - To test the existence of negative short -run impact of REER depreciation on trade balance and measure the duration of negative ... exchange rate on trade balance Secondly, error-correction models (ECM) based on the long- run estimating of the cointegration trade balance equations in the longrun are used to explore short -run impact ... in priceof consumption goods to domestic consumers Therefore, it is heavily affected by most of non-traded goods and thus able to stand for a measure of non-traded price In contrast, based on...
... short run only In the longrun all costs are variable, andchanges in the priceof any resource will affect a firm’s production decisions Longrun changes in the output levels of firms, of course, ... relative efficiency of 20 Chapter 10 Production Costs in the Short RunandLongRun competitive and monopolistic markets, and the role of profits in directing the production decisions of private firms ... Production Costs in the Short RunandLongRun 24 PERSPECTIVES: Dealing with the Very LongRun Economic analysis tends to be restricted to either the short or the long run, for one major reason For...
... , and so offers contracts to the right half of the distribution of expected profits Once α is observable, there will be a new distribution of expected profits, and there may be fixed costs L of ... of effect of the sessions on 12 When clients belonged to two groups, they were considered treated if at least one of their groups was treated About 3% of the control SG clients (20% of the control ... Section V analyzes the impact of improved information on the supply side through the staggered rollout of Crediref, and Section VI gives the corresponding changes when demand-side information improves...
... genotyping and the formation of embryoid bodies One ESC clone (T26) out of 48 G418-resistant clones was further examined for the presence of the tsA58T cDNA expression unit and for widespread expression ... cloning sites including a SwaI site, polyadenylation signal sequence of the Pgk gene, and a portion of the multiple cloning site of pMCS5 XhoI–EcoRI-digested tsA58T Ag cDNA was blunted and cloned ... electroporation ESCs expressing the transgene were selected by incubation for days in medium containing a concentration of G418 (Invitrogen) of 400 lgỈmL)1 G418-resistant colonies were picked and expanded...
... Play: Advergaming and the Online Marketing ofFood to Children “Ad Break” Reminders SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS One of the long standing concerns about children’s processing of television advertising ... examples of some key topics Thirty-five percent of the sites contained one or more types of educational information To illustrate, on one of the McDonald’s sites (ronald.com), information about ... depiction of the state of one key aspect offood marketing communications that are targeting children online: child-oriented content on corporate websites To so, an in-depth analysis of content on...
... Control Control Control Control Control Control Control Control Control Control Control Control Control Control Control Mean (building) Standard Deviation (building) Mean (unit) Standard Deviation ... one of which involves examining the potential options andimpactsof car share programs on parking standards The City of Toronto recognizes the value of car sharing as part of a transportation ... Report – Parking Standards Review: Ex amination of Potential Options andImpactsof Car Share Programs on Parking Standards Project Scope and Overview The City of Toronto’s Zoning By-law Project...
... supply of safe and stable foods Increasing demand for convenience foods and reasonably long shelf life of processed foods make the use of chemical food preservatives imperative Some of the commonly ... chemical and physical properties of both foodand preservative, the conditions of storage and handling, and the assurance of a high initial quality of the food to be preserved (Davidson and Juneja ... inhibition of sprouting in potatoes and onions and delaying of the ripening of tropical fruits Nutrition Supplements There are two fundamental reasons for the addition of nutrients to foods consumed...
... island of Gotland, which has low precipitation and a soil rich in calcium Johnson and Nayfield (1970) reported a case of true selective concentration of 137Cs They found that high levels of 137Cs ... are normal constituents offoodand cause disease only in humans consuming abnormal amounts of that food In addition, normal food components may cause harm in abnormal individuals (Coon 1973) The ... Detection, estimation and evaluation of antioxidants in food systems In Food antioxidants, ed B.J.F Hudson London: Elsevier Applied Science Krog, N 1981 Theoretical aspects of surfactants in relation...
... mechanism Histological examination of sections at d revealed loss of the ependyma and the presence of RHO+ SVMs (Fig 2d, left panels) Control injection of PBS vehicle alone resulted in no ependymal ... on the other hand, may be due to a direct effect of tat on microglia or possibly an indirect effect due to upregulation of chemokines by neurons and glia [27,28] Further, that ICV injection of ... Journal of Neuroinflammation 2005, 2:5 http://www.jneuroinflammation.com/content/2/1/5 Figure Dynamics of infiltrative microgliosis Dynamics of infiltrative microgliosis (A) 2D projections of confocal...
... temperature of 600–625°C for 15 [10, 11] Formation of metal contacts (metallisation) is done by: (1) thermal evaporation of aluminium, (2) photo-lithography to define mesa areas, (3) CF4:O2 reactive ion ... Fabrication of Single-Junction Silicon Quantum Dot Solar Cell on Quartz Substrate Alternating layers of a 2-nm silicon dioxide (SiO2) followed by a 4-nm silicon-rich oxide (SRO) are deposited on Fig ... annealing Other possible solutions include reduction of the barrier height and thickness of the quantum mechanical tunnelling barrier, modification of the composition of the cell’s absorber material,...
... abandon farms, the agronomic and social impactsof the evacuation, the rationale and execution of livestock evacuation, and the factors that encouraged farmers to return to evacuated or abandoned ... phases on 8-9 August and 1215 August 1991 It was the second phase of the eruption, on 12-15 August, 1991, that dispersed ash on a narrow, elongated ESE sector of Patagonia, covering a land area of ... importance of environmental (e.g drought and windy conditions) and human systems context (e.g low commodity prices) preceding and following the disaster event However, one of the greatest limitations of...
... abandon farms, the agronomic and social impactsof the evacuation, the rationale and execution of livestock evacuation, and the factors that encouraged farmers to return to evacuated or abandoned ... phases on 8-9 August and 1215 August 1991 It was the second phase of the eruption, on 12-15 August, 1991, that dispersed ash on a narrow, elongated ESE sector of Patagonia, covering a land area of ... importance of environmental (e.g drought and windy conditions) and human systems context (e.g low commodity prices) preceding and following the disaster event However, one of the greatest limitations of...
... Shopping on a Food Stamp Budget If you receive food stamps and you constantly run out offood at the end of the month, there are two things you need to know First, you are not alone, and second, ... once and end up not having enough to last until the end of the month The problem is that people not equate food stamps with real money The solution to running out offood by the end of the month ... coupons with food stamps This might be another reason why people run out offood stamps before the end of the month If you are not already using coupons with your food stamps, you are throwing money...
... -Undertook all of the statistical analysis and contributed to several drafts of the paper RID Helped in data collection and tabulation and provision of data for survival analysis RW - Collection of data, ... 7.9 months and median months compared with older patients - weeks to years; mean 6.6 months and median months, Student’s t-test, p > 0.05) The longest duration for a particular symptom was considered ... survival in the first twenty months after operation and predictable survival in the medium and long- term: Analysis of survival and prognostic markers World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2010 8:82 Submit...
... evaluate attrition of infliximab therapy in patients with longstanding refractory RA over a 4-year period, (b) document the reasons for discontinuation, (c) describe the long- term course of disease ... analysis and predictors of continuation of infliximab therapy were analysed by means of Kaplan-Meier analysis and Cox regression Cox regression analysis was performed with the default options of SPSS ... infliximab continuation To predict long- term continuation of infliximab therapy early in the treatment course, we assessed the relationship between infliximab discontinuation and the following single...