... and the other does not, the pay-off is plus 10 for the competitor and minus 10 for the other If both compete, they each get minus If neither competes, they both get plus The best thing for them ... advanced sectors ofthe U.S economy A second concern is off-shoring of R&D facilities to China and other emerging economies Off-shoring of R& D is worrying because it stands to reduce the flow of future ... and paved the way for creation ofthe World Trade Organization (WTO) These innovations created a new map for the global economy The 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was the second...
... clusters: the appointment, dismissal, and legal term of office ofthe governor ofthe central bank; the institutional location ofthe final authority for monetary policy and the procedures for the ... and Tabellini is the sum of their indicators for political and economic independence (see below for further details) and ranges from to 13 The value for their index ofpoliticalindependence ranges ... by the board, on recommendation ofthe governor In Germany, the Zentralbankrat is the governing board ofthe Bundesbank Apart from the so-called Direktorium (Directorate), the presidents of the...
... for three SPT patients in whom the mass was located in the portion of body or tail ofthe pancreas For tumors of SPT located in the neck and body ofthe pancreas, resection ofthe midportion of ... ofthe pancreas and the mass with preserving the rim ofthe head and tail portion can be achieved However, for the patient in whom the mass was located within the head ofthe pancreas, given the ... median age of 39 years, which is significantly older than in the other reported series.7 Literatures showed the head and tail ofthe pancreas were the preferential sites ofthe occurrence of SPT.3,7,10,14,15,16...
... due to the activation of p53 and therefore leading to the suppression ofthe c-Myc/ODC pathway All these findings could explain the mechanism of CY on repression of cell proliferation in the gastroduodenal ... conducted with the consent ofthe Committee on the Use of Live Animals in Teaching and Research ofthe University of Hong Kong Male ICR mice (weighing 25–30 g) were reared on a standard laboratory diet ... support the growth and differentiation of tumor However, it would also adversely affect the repairing capacity and the defensive mechanism ofthe GI mucosae that have been damaged during chemotherapy...
... large inventory of normalized mathematical indexes of abnormality It is the pattern of these mathematical indexes of abnormality, obtained from analysis of multiple cardiac cycles ofthe resting ... coronary stenosis according to whether the patients had prior revascularization The boundaries ofthe box are Tukey’s hinges The median is identified by the line inside the box The length ofthe ... PCI or prior CABG (Table 4) Despite the fact that in 188 patients with a prior PCI history there was a low a priori pre-test risk of coronary stenosis of 28%, MCG correctly identified 89% of these...
... the subject of intense debate, with proponents of a sudden shift of views of (foreign) investors as the main cause on one side and proponents of weak fundamentals as the major cause on the other ... comprehensive survey ofthe early wave ofthe literature): on the basis of a set of financial ratios, reflecting the different dimensions of a CAMEL rating system, the statistically best subset of variables ... prediction horizon As their goal is early warning, these models aim to predict the economic insolvency of a bank rather than the narrow notion of de jure failure In other words, these studies...
... explanation for the delay 100 poets againstthe war 3.0 The twelfth year ofthe sanctions The Iraqis found nothing to wait for They said: Now is the time For the earth’s worms to devour us They might ... explanation for the delay The tenth year ofthe sanctions They said: We will emigrate To the wide world of Allah We will entertain ourselves with hope Until the coming ofthe gods’ orders The Iraqis ... around the globe; the gendarme-in-chief ofthe New World Order promises revenge: scapegoats will be found; the lesson learnt: the importance of history is not about the circumstances of an ordinary...
... all the more odd because he had not a particle of hair on his face, or his head either, for the matter of that, barring a sort of tonsure of sandy-coloured hair round the skull from one ear to the ... is used; and the smallest sound in the one theatre is heard in the other as distinctly as in the first, even to the furthest off part ofthe gallery This, which is a private one of my own—I have ... mirror is suspended horizontally at the height of four hundred and fifty feet, covering the whole length ofthe green Of course it does not require to be the breadth ofthe course; a strip down the...
... The muscles ofthe face, more than those ofany other part ofthe body, are lazy and torpid As the troubles of life descend, the wear and tear of bothersome existence begins to show The circulation ... at the beginning of this work 1.E.4 Do not unlink or detach or remove the full Project Gutenberg-tm License terms from this work, orany files containing a part of this work orany other work ... usually composed either of sulphite of arsenic or caustic lime, and merely burn the hair off to the surface ofthe skin It seems quite impossible for any such powder to kill or dissolve the hair roots...
... with the number ofthe leaves ofthe Calyx, those ofthe latter are four; the base of this Nectary originates deeper than the claws ofthe Petals, springing in fact from the same part as the Filament, ... nature of their œconomy; in the last class we must place the present plant, the flowers of which we recommend to the examination of such of our readers as may have an opportunity of seeing them; ... opposite to the base of) the Nectary the lower part of it broader, somewhat fleshy, cartilaginous, and ofthe same nature as the inferior part ofthe Nectary, with a groove as that has on the inside,...
... by the injection of soluble repeats or 10 of both FnBPA and FnBPB across the sensor chip surface Table reports the kinetic constants ofthe binding and the calculated KD values The affinities of ... proteins in the presence or absence of Fn (or the NTD), all ofthe mAbs showed strong anti-LIBS activity However, these results not rule out the possibility that the immune system ofthe host might ... epitopes [21] or by CD analysis [39] Thus, the flexibility ofthe FnBPA-9 repeat fits well with the hypothesis ofthe mAb-promoted conformational change mechanism Furthermore, it is noteworthy that...
... analyzes the historic monitoring samples collected for each ofthe 25 query operators The monitoring samples for an operator are labeled as satisfactory or unsatisfactory based on past problem reports ... the anomaly scores ofthe operators identified as the correlated operators; these operators have anomaly scores ≥ 0.8 (the significance ofthe anomaly scores is covered in Section 4.1) The following ... performance ofthe correlated operators • Module Correlated Record-counts (CR): Next, D IADS checks whether the change in P ’s performance is correlated with the record-counts of P ’s operators If...
... variation on a coordinated theme where the role ofthestate is central in all major aspects ofthe innovation process There are however striking differences between the structure ofthe Nordic bio-industries ... sectors such as biotechnology (Asheim and Gertler 2004) Another Lofgren & Benner ThePolitical Economy ofthe ‘New Biology’ – preliminary draft only core theme in the understanding ofthe role of ... liberal and managed forms of capitalism In other words, the Schumpeterian competition state takes different forms, analogously with the historical variants ofthe Keynesian welfare state (Jessop 2002,...
... pluripolar b) Proof of Theorem The result about the divergence ofthe normalization mapping follows the same lines as the case ofthe Birkhoff normal form The convergence or divergence ofthe normalizing ... ||t|| c) Proof of Theorem The proof of Theorem follows exactly the same lines as the proof of Theorem once the polynomial dependence of universal formal first integrals has been proved (Corollary ... known).” These are the only citations in the literature that the author is aware of (despite the title of [It] what is really proved there is the convergence ofthe normalization) On the other hand,...
... analysis for the Office ofthe Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the Unified Commands, the defense agencies, the Department ofthe Navy, the U.S intelligence community, allied foreign governments, ... between the two offshore islands and the mainland As part of that expansion ofthe mini-three links, the Taiwanese government also expanded the list of products that the offshore islands can import ... capital, and labor ofthe two sides could prove to be a potent force, pushing China into the top ranks ofthe world’s IT powers OBJECTIVE OF THIS REPORT The goals of this report are threefold:...
... libraries allows the selection of antibody fragments directed against a variety of antigens, the screened antibody fragments often show low or intermediate affinity for the antigen Therefore, large-scale ... region The association of WASP and the Arp2 ⁄ complex activates the actin nucleation activity ofthe Arp2 ⁄ complex [23] To investigate further the function ofthe WASPEVH1 domain in the TCR ... Therefore, the EVH1 domain of WASP is not functional, at least in the Ag receptor-induced proliferative response of B cells T cells from the other three 21SHL transgenic lines and the other four...
... rich to poor, while under authoritarian regimes the level of redistributive spending should be minimal The third tenet ofthe formal voting theory emphasizes the importance ofthe form ofthe voting ... and the implementation of tax reforms are at the core of economic policy They are also among the more debated issues in thepolitical arena In modern democracies tax reforms need the support of ... variables, such as the level of GDP per worker, the openness ofthe economy, the level of debt and the share of agriculture, and with other socio-economic factors, such as the age ofthe population,...
... Kinetoplastida and the cytosolic isoform of E gracilis, showing that cPGK of E gracilis is orthologous to both isoforms in the Kinetoplastida The second subgroup comprises the cytosolic PGKs of protozoa, ... chloroplast proteins, three different origins of genes have to be considered: the chloroplast genome ofthe endosymbiotic green alga, the now lost nucleus of that green alga, and the nucleus of ... replacement in the wake of secondary endosymbiosis went againstthe tide In contrast to plants and algae, the cytosolic PGK ofthe kinetoplastid host cell been retained as the glycolytic isoform The strong...
... “whether or no by the motion of my lord of Clare from theof ce of custos, Harcourt ceased to be clerk ofthe peace; for then, the law was for the defendant; otherwise, it was for the plaintiff.” Lord ... France, had done there.† Now, from the exorbitant powers and authority of these justiciaries arises a proof, from the frame ofthe government and the balance ofthe estates, that theof ce in those ... with the advice and consent of council, from the judges’ commissions, or from the law ofthe province; from one or more, or all these together, they must be derived, if from any thing For, as the...