... real-estate finance also played a role in the various banking crises of the late eighties and early nineties, in particular the crises in the Scandinavian countries and in Switzerland.18 The experience ... the performance of the “gate keepers” to the stock market, accounting firms and financial analysts, in the late nineties Like the accounting firms then, the rating agencies had consulting branches, ... return on the mortgage portfolio lies between the claim of the senior tranche and the sum of the claims of the senior and mezzanine tranches, the holders of the mezzanine tranche get the entire...
Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 21:20
... category together with the Netherlands and Portugal Similarly, in segment D Spain shifts from the moderately cheap to the cheap category, close to Greece and Finland A further change in the ranking appeared ... categories, but are rather in line with the EU9 average Another change in the ranking is found in the D segment, where Ireland no longer belongs to the average category, but rather to the moderately ... Germany and the Netherlands and insignificant in France and Belgium Using the information from the suppliers, the price differences relative to the UK decrease by about to percent points In its overall...
Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 04:20
OccasiOnal Pa Per series nO 133 / aPril 2012: sHaDOW BanKinG in THe eUrO area an OVerVieW pptx
... carefully monitor the growing interlinkages between the regulated banking sector and the shadow banking system However, an in- depth assessment of the activities of shadow banking and of the interconnection ... shadow banking in other EU countries, in the US and in other relevant jurisdictions The importance of shadow banking institutions and activities also varies significantly across countries in the euro ... ASSESSING “SHADOW BANKING” IN THE EURO AREA: A SNAPSHOT Intra-financial institutions’ deposits and loans increased from around 12% of the total deposits and loans of MFIs (including banks and MMFs)...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 09:22
Báo cáo khoa học: Assessment of porcine and human 16-ene-synthase, a third activity of P450c17, in the formation of an androstenol precursor doc
... described in Experimental procedures The results are the mean ± SEM of three independent experiments androstadienol from preg in the pig and the human As illustrated in Fig 4, both human and porcine ... In order to determine whether the transformation of preg into androstadienol requires prior synthesis of 17a-OHpreg or DHEA, we performed enzymatic assays using human and porcine P450c17 in the ... precursors, but also in the production of androstadienol which is considered to be an intermediate in the 16-androstene pathway leading to the biosynthesis of androstenol and of 5a(16)androsten-3-one,...
Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 08:20
Báo cáo khoa học: H2O2, but not menadione, provokes a decrease in the ATP and an increase in the inosine levels in Saccharomyces cerevisiae An experimental and theoretical approach pot
... main if not unique source of inosine is the intracellular pool of adenine nucleotides, (b) the decrease in ATP and the increase in inosine, promoted by H2O2, cannot be explained solely by a change ... situation in which V8d ẳ V8r ẳ Together, the graphs depicted in Fig 6BF show that the inhibition in the rate of synthesis of ATP from ADP is accompanied by an increase in the rate of synthesis of Ino, ... signicantly the levels of these nucleotides, H2O2 promoted a drastic decrease in the level of adenine nucleotides and a concomitant increase in the level of inosine A plausible explanation of the...
Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 10:20
The Gospels in the Second Century An Examination of the Critical Part of a Work Entitled ''''Supernatural Religion'''' pptx
... alone The breaking up of the order too would not surprise us when we compare the way in which the same discourse appears in St Luke and in St Matthew But then comes in the strange coincidence in the ... 52, in the account of the answer to the rich young man, of the institution of the Lord's Supper, of the Agony in the Garden, and of the Resurrection and Ascension CHAPTER IV 39 These coincidences ... inserted in one instance and not in the other Justin's reading is found also exactly in Clement of Alexandria, and a similar reading (though with the [Greek: aeto] of James) in Epiphanius These...
Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 15:20
science in the ancient world an encyclopedia
... explored the entire extent of the Mediterranean and beyond to the European and African coasts of the Atlantic Ocean They also came to know the Red Sea and the east African coast of the Indian Ocean ... autumn, and winter; those of the masculine (yang) were symbolized by the sun, fire, heat, spring, and summer.Yinyang was initially introduced in the I Ching, the Book of Changes The I Ching presents ... of learning in the eastern Mediterranean During the age of Constantine, for example, the mathematician Hypatia lived and taught at Alexandria, as did her father, Theon, also a mathematician as...
Ngày tải lên: 03/07/2014, 21:10
Foreign Direct Investment in the United States: An Economic Analysis pdf
... finance sector Canada’s $86 billion investment in the U.S banking and finance sectors surpasses the more than $53 billion invested in the finance sector alone by British firms (data for banking ... in the United States: An Economic Analysis foreign investments in the banking sector, while Dutch, Canadian, British, and French investments account for over half of the investments in the finance ... majority share of the total Another 17% is in the banking and finance sectors, and 16% is in the retail and wholesale trade sectors, reflecting purchases of department stores and other investments...
Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 19:20
Báo cáo lâm nghiệp: "Habitat distribution of dipterocarp species in the Leyte Cordillera: an indicator for species – site suitability in local reforestation programs" ppt
... similar for the lowlands and the mountain range, it is likely that the precipitation in the vicinity of Mt Pangasugan’s summit and its slopes is higher than the values measured at the PAGASA station ... of the mountain range are actually typical species of the coastal plains which found their refuge in the rugged western foothills of Mt Pangasugan The dominant role of Shorea polysperma in the ... species in the two data sets from the Leyte Cordillera at Mt Pangasugan, Leyte, Philippines The second data set consists of 21 plots of 100 m2 each in the southeastern outliers of Mt Pangasugan The...
Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 00:22
Báo cáo y học: "Unusual presentation of cactus spines in the flank of an elderly man: a case report" pdf
... splinters are the most common retained foreign bodies, and, if left in the body, can cause inflammation, infection, toxin mediated contact urticaria (stinging nettles) or mechanical irritant ... SF, LP, and RD analyzed and interpreted the patient data regarding the foreign body of the skin The manuscript was written by AS and critically evaluated by SF, LP, and RD All authors read and approved ... leads to the splinter, facilitating detection and removal Older injuries, however, may present in the context of infection, inflammation, induration, scarring, or granuloma formation, making foreign...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 12:20
báo cáo khoa học:" Neither MRI, CT nor US is superior to diagnose tumors in the salivary glands – an extended case study" ppt
... investigations had to fulfil the guidelines and technical standards of the ACR Interestingly, about 64,3% (n = 114) of these scans met the inclusion criteria of the study according to the ACR whereas 35,7% ... for the further study Annual distribution of benign and malignant tumors and the operations In order to detect differences in the distribution of benign and malignant tumors over the years, we analyzed ... between January 2000 and November 2004 for further diagnosing and treatment The total number of scans – MRI or CT – performed in 582 patients during the years 2000–2004, prior to the visit in the...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 23:22
Báo cáo y học: " The role of leptin in the respiratory system: an overview" pdf
... acquisition and interpretation of data and prepared the manuscript ZD and KG were involved in revising the manuscript for important intellectual content All authors read and approved the final manuscript ... fasting induced changes in response to O3 Exogenous leptin administration in wild-type mice results in increased O3 -induced cytokine and protein release into BALF [117] Similarly to the ob murine ... to the event [108] The natural logarithm (LN) of leptin is inversely correlated with the dietary intake/resting energy expenditure index (indicating the role of leptin in energy balance) and...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 11:23
Báo cáo khoa học: " Procalcitonin as a marker of bacterial infection in the emergency department: an observational study" pptx
... Ms Yu-Mei Chang, Shu-Chin Tsai, Mei-Chuang Chang, and Li-Ling Lin for their help, and thank Mr Jackson Lin and Level Biotech Co for technical assistance and support Dr Chan, Dr Chang and Dr Tseng ... on clinical findings, on laboratory findings, and on bacteriologic findings throughout the admission course The WBC count and the serum CRP and the serum PCT levels were compared between infected ... response It is the manifestations of the host response that cause us to presume a patient has an infection and to proceed to search for the infection focus and administer antimicrobial agents In some...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 20:20
Báo cáo y học: " HIV-1 Rev oligomerization is not obligatory in the presence of an extra basic domain" doc
... shown instate panels to the left (panels a-e) The intracellular steady state localization of the wild type Rev and mutants is shown in the panels to the left (panels a-e) The panels to the rights ... pDM138-RRE and pDM138-6xIIB Testing Rev activity using a cell line expressing HIV-1 gag mRNA including a CRS element Wild type Rev and the mutants were also tested by transfecting pcrev and the mutant ... of Rev and the M4 mutants There was no significant difference in activity of wild type Rev or the NOS-M4 and M4-M4 mutants whether the reporter contained RRE or six IIB high affinity binding sites...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 09:21
Báo cáo y học: " Critical Care in the Emergency Department: An assessment of the length of stay and invasive procedures performed on critically ill ED patients" doc
... the invasive procedures performed in the ED phase of care The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics Mean and median values and frequencies were calculated The study was approved by the ... other facilities (26/178, 14.6%) The median LOS in the ED for critically ill patients requiring ICU admission was 4.9 h (mean 6.5 h, range 1.4-28.2 h) and the median hospital LOS was days (mean ... catheters were inserted in 99/178 patients (55.6%) with 14.1% (14/99) inserted in the ED and 71.7% (71/99) inserted in the first hours of ICU admission Chest tubes insertion was completed in...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 23:20
COLLEGE STUDENTS PERCEPTIONS OF QUARANTINE AND SOCIAL DISTANCING METHODS IN THE EVENT OF AN INFLUENZA PANDEMIC
... survey their classes iv Abstract Kylene Joy Baker COLLEGE STUDENTS PERCEPTIONS OF QUARANTINE AND SOCIAL DISTANCING METHODS IN THE EVENT OF AN INFLUENZA PANDEMIC In the event of another pandemic influenza, ... broke quarantine to get them for themselves Another issue in which support is needed for those in quarantine is the transportation of the quarantined individuals’ dependents DiGiovanni et al ... African-American, Asian, and Other, however, because the number of respondents in the categories Asian and Other were low, they were combined and placed in the category Other, leaving three total...
Ngày tải lên: 24/08/2014, 11:39
the effects of information sharing, organizational capability and relationship characteristics on outsourcing performance in the supply chain- an empirical study
... research examines the relationship between information sharing and outsourcing performance in a buyer-supplier relationship in the logistics industry Information sharing is defined as the exchange of ... chain partnerships Increasing customer demands Increasing environmental awareness To determine the products’ competitive advantage in the marketplace Change in management Existing facilities and/or ... to, the transfer of information in shipment 35 tracing, billing transactions, and complaint resolutions (Rhea and Shrock 2000) Information systems play an integral role in information sharing...
Ngày tải lên: 02/11/2014, 00:46
Inventory systems in the presence of an electronic market place
... companies should understand the advantages of their current supply chains and new channels so that they can manage the material and information flows in both channels properly Supply chain management ... per week, and there are almost infinite participants in EMs, a company can always find supply and demand information in an EM to carry out spot shop - 29 - Chapter An inventory system in the presence ... manufacturing inputs and those trading operating inputs Manufacturing inputs include raw materials, components and semi or final products while examples of operating inputs include maintenance, repair and...
Ngày tải lên: 16/09/2015, 15:53
Chinas rise in the diamond market an international explanation for the resurgence of conflict diamonds
... including India and China, began cutting and polishing diamonds in Botswana since 2007.63 The company has invested heavily in training and transferring skills ... between these institutions, on the one hand, and between them and African institutions, on the other, are shaping and reshaping the Sino-‐African relationship and ... the annual Investing in African Mining Indaba for nearly 20 years It attracts mining analysts, fund managers, investment specialists and financiers from around the...
Ngày tải lên: 03/10/2015, 20:33
THE ACOUSTOMAGNETOELECTRIC CURRENT OF a RECT ANGULAR QUANTUM WIRE WITH AN INFINITE POTENTIAL IN THE PRESENCE OF AN EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELD
... have analytically investigated the possibility of the AME effect in the RQW with an infinite potential We have obtained analytically expressions for the AME effect in the RQW with an infinite ... understand the properties of quantum wire material We have obtained the AME current I in the RQW with an infinite potential in the presence of an external magnetic field The dependence of the expression ... current in the RQW with an infinite potential in the case nondegenerate electron gas, the expression only obtained if the condition in Eq.(9) is satisfied III NUMERICAL RESULTS AND DISCUSSION In the...
Ngày tải lên: 30/10/2015, 20:58