... speculate that the most likely explanation—if, indeed, the data are to be believed is that the real depreciation that accompanied liberalization (which will have raised the prices of traded relative ... pan-territorial pricing For them, functioning markets have largely disappeared The status quo ante was one of a sole parastatal buyer; the status quo is that often there is no buyer at all or, if there is, ... internal producer and consumer prices and analysis is straightforward The alternative view is that goods are differentiated, so that each variety faces its own separate downward-sloping demand...
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... of a situation in which they are aware of the risk that ‘harm’ may arise, but they argue that the disorder is a late-onset disorder, as a consequence not manifesting itself for many years Again, ... relation to fathers too Questions as to what constitutes reasonable parental conduct, what good suing a parent does the disabled child, may apply with equal force to both parent Alternatively a ... Court of Appeal was unhappy regarding the evaluation of damages How could a court attempt to evaluate non-existence – to compare non-existence and the value of existence in a disabled state? The...
Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 08:20
TOWARDS A CARIBBEAN CINEMA - CAN THERE BE OR IS THERE A CARIBBEAN CINEMA? ppt
... Rico and Cuba The Caribbean has been traditionally defined as primarily English-speaking nations in the Caribbean Sea namely: i the CARICOM (Caribbean Community)states of AntiguaBarbuda, Bahamas, ... European languages with the Native American languages and African languages brought by the slaves The result of this mixture is the local patois and Creole languages that are unique to the Caribbean ... Caribbean filmmaking and the recent film festival efforts in Barbados, indicate that there is a Caribbean cinema However, this cinema is in a state of infancy What then is needed to bring this Caribbean...
Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 15:20
LOOKING for a FIGHT IS THERE A Republican War on Science? potx
... on an apparatus of democratic adjudication—anonymous peer review, open debate, the fact that a graduate student can criticize a tenured professor The pages that follow clearly indicate that Mooney ... zealotry, and—in foreign policy matters—hubris That last ingredient may presently be evaporating upon contact with reality At any rate, let’s consider Machiavellianism and zealotry We know what this is ... public debate, then used as the basis of policy formulation Particularly in the United States, journalists are inculcated with notions of ‘balance’ associated with the adage that there are two...
Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 23:20
Loans, Interest Rates and Guarantees: Is There a Link? pdf
... guarantees are guarantees granted by third parties in favor of borrowers Data are drawn from Statistical Return Loans and Bad Loans Data are drawn from Statistical Return Average Loan Life This ... 4.6 Table REGRESSION ANALYSIS [1] DATA AT BANK LEVEL Random Effects Estimates Dependent Variable: Spread (Interest Rate – Overnight Rate) EXPLANATORY VARIABLES Bad loans/loans Collateral/loans ... that lenders ask for guarantees when borrowers are more risky and, thus, interest rates are higher Data and summary statistics This paper uses aggregated and individual Italian bank and firm data...
Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 01:20
Is there a silver lining? The Indian mutual fund industry pot
... of this report Team Members: Anuradha Sanghavi Arun Swaminathan Avinash Kalia H.Sadhak Gautam Mehra Harsh Bisht Jesal Lakdawala Malvika Singh Nehal D Sampat Nidhi Jain Sneha Bhagat Trisha Chatterji ... This growth serves to demonstrate that, at a fundamental level, there are many significant global and local players that consider the Indian mutual fund industry to be attractive It is necessary ... out as an investment advisor Role of SRO International updates • Regulatory updates in the European Union (EU) • Persons desirous of registration as investment advisors shall obtain registration...
Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 15:20
is there a new vision for maghreb economic integration
... Maghreb countries’ revealed comparative advantage and export specialization also reveals that Tunisia’s exports of beverages have a strong comparative advantage in the Maghreb market whereas Algeria ... (iv) What Maghreb’s comparative advantages reveal about the prospects for regional trade integration? (v) What is the Maghreb’s trade and FDI potential after controlling for relevant factors that ... countries are only moderately ‘natural trading partners’ A variety of statistical measures evaluating historical and recent trade patterns among the Maghreb countries point to daunting challenges...
Ngày tải lên: 22/05/2014, 12:51
is there a future for quantum chemistry
... usually within physics and mathematics ˙ i hψ=Hψ Quantum Mechanics S = k log W Statistical Mechanics Computational Chemistry Computational chemistry is a branch of chemistry that uses principles ... had 1751 atoms • Insight in various process of DSSC has been gained • Ion distribution at interface • Regeneration mechanism • Electron transfer dynamics Summary • Computational Quantum Chemistry ... to assist in solving chemical problems Quantum Mechanics Molelcular Orbital Theory Density Functional Theory Ab Initio Calculations Statistical Mechanics Molecular Dynamics Monte Carlo Transition...
Ngày tải lên: 02/06/2014, 09:45
báo cáo hóa học:" Is there a relationship between factor V Leiden and type 2 diabetes?" doc
... expressed as mean ± standard deviation (SD) or as number and percentage where appropriated Statistical analysis was performed with STATA http:// www.stata.com with Student t test for unpaired data or ... population are needed and should be evaluated not only as retrospective analysis This aspect, in fact, may be another relevant topic of research based on recent data from the Literature that are ... study on a retrospective analysis we may speculate that our results are of great interest from a clinical point of view, although at this moment did not raise a statistical significance Furthermore,...
Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 15:20
Báo cáo hóa học: " Supplement use in sport: is there a potentially dangerous incongruence between rationale and practice?" docx
... between rationale and supplements used by athletes can be investigated by analyzing quantitative or qualitative data Although qualitative approaches have the advantage of producing deep understanding ... of athletes' motivations, data from these studies are not suitable for hypothesis testing Results from quantitative analyses, assuming adequate sampling and appropriate statistical analyses are ... or centrally held statistical information on populations Contrary to data mining that requires raw data, meta analysis combines the results of published studies that address the same research question...
Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 00:20
Báo cáo y học: "Is there a dysfunction in the visual system of depressed patients" pptx
... Right Arden ratio Flash-ERG Photopic Conditions Lr a wave, ampl Lr a wave, lat Lr b wave, ampl Lr b wave, lat Rr a wave, ampl Rr a wave, lat Rr b wave, ampl Rr b wave, lat mean s.d Melancholic features ... Right A- Criterio F-ERG Photopic Conditions Lr a wave, ampl Lr a wave, lat Lr b wave, ampl Lr b wave, lat Rr a wave, ampl Rr a wave, lat Rr b wave, ampl Rr b wave, lat S.D Mean S.D P (ANCOVA) 41.0 ... melancholic and atypical patients and controls (ANCOVA with age as covariate; significant are p-values below 0.005) mean s.d Atypical features N = 14 Age Age of Onset Number of previous episodes...
Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20
Báo cáo y học: "Epstein–Barr virus and rheumatoid arthritis: is there a link''''" docx
... Jaswal S, Mehta HC, Sood AK, Kaur J: Antioxidant status in rheumatoid arthritis and role of antioxidant therapy Clin Chim Acta 2003, 338:123-129 Kamanli A, Naziroglu M, Aydilek N, Hacievliyagil ... latent membrane protein induces B cell lymphoma in transgenic mice Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1998, 95:11963-11968 110 Yamazaki M, Kitamura R, Kusano S, Eda H, Sato S, Okawa-Takatsuji M, Aotsuka ... normally persist at a stable level for life [45,67] Thus, in a normal adult, latent EBV infection is associated with moderate, stable and highly correlated levels of IgG antibodies against VCA,...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:20
Báo cáo khoa học: "Postmastectomy irradiation in breast in breast cancer patients with T1-2 and 1-3 positive axillary lymph nodes: Is there a role for radiation therapy" ppsx
... DMe Alive DM Death DM Death DM Death DM Death DM Alive Out-come a Lateral, bMedial, cInvasive ductal carcinoma, dInvasive Paget’s disease, eDistance metastasis patients had lung metastasis and ... surgical margins (>1 mm) Axillary lymph node staging was performed in all patients Pathological staging was reviewed based on AJCC 2002 The date of evaluation was January 2009 Patient-related characteristics ... supraclavicular fossa or in the internal mammary chain was considered as a regional recurrence Any recurrence outside these areas was defined as DM Statistical Analysis LRR and DM rates were calculated...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20
Báo cáo y học: " Is there a feudal hierarchy amongst regulatory immune cells? More than just Tregs" docx
... factors, and tissue cells), and the balance of activated Teffs and Tregs affects their maturation [85] In addition, macrophages differentiating upon stimulation with macrophage colony-stimulating ... rheumatoid arthritis Curr Opin Rheumatol 2007, 19:289-295 Martinez FO, Sica A, Mantovani A, Locati M: Macrophage activation and polarization Front Biosci 2008, 13:453-461 Tiemessen MM, Jagger AL, ... patients who failed all the conventional Available online http://arthritis-research.com/content/11/4/237 treatments and, hence, had more active RA were assessed, RA patients with a broader range...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22
Báo cáo y học: " The L76V mutation in HIV-1 protease is potentially associated with hypersusceptibility to protease inhibitors Atazanavir and Saquinavir: is there a clinical advantage" potx
... genotypic resistance interpretation and manuscript revision HW realized the phenotypic resistance analysis PB and AT assissted in concept and design aspects and directed sample- and data acquisition ... Results Patients with protease gene mutation L76V show increased susceptibility for Atazanavir and Saquinavir At first, the impact of L76V on ATV- and SQVresistance characteristics was assessed ... associated with an additional establishment of the protease mutation L90 M Methods Genotypic resistance testing Clinical material Plasma samples of all 47 patients were collected and stored at...
Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 05:22
Báo cáo y học: "Poland’s syndrome and recurrent pneumothorax: is there a connection" pps
... GT was a member of the surgical team and key author; DK coauthored the paper; AT was a member of the surgical team and performed literature research; FT performed as an ophthalmologist ocular ... both cases and performed the related literature research; MD performed literature research and controlled linguistically the paper; AH was a member of the surgical team and controlled the paper; ... the patients after the operation attending physicians is justified Whether this clinical suspicion also justifies the routine performance of thorax CT to all patients with Poland’s syndrome is...
Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:23
Báo cáo y học: "Looking through the ''''window of opportunity'''': is there a new paradigm of podiatry care on the horizon in early rheumatoid arthritis" pot
... the management of rheumatoid arthritis [73] Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance Standards of care for people with inflammatory arthritis [74] Podiatry Rheumatic Care Association Standards National ... forefoot pain Such patients can reach podiatrists through a number of referral routes with an initial diagnosis of mechanicallyrelated metatarsalgia The algorithm is easy to understand and apply and ... but the area has been identified as a research priority A new paradigm for podiatrists focuses on combination therapy targeted at inflammatory lesions and associated mechanically-based impairments...
Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 21:24
Báo cáo y học: " Is there a linear relationship between the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale and the Clinical Global Impression-Schizophrenia scale? " doc
... Cite this article as: Sawamura et al.: Is there a linear relationship between the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale and the Clinical Global Impression-Schizophrenia scale? A retrospective analysis BMC ... CGI-SCH as a scale that substituted for the evaluation made by the patients’ psychiatrists There is no evidence that the CGI-SCH has perfect linearity and this was merely an assumption to allow ... R-squared was 0.7524 (p value of analysis of variance was less than 0.001), unstandardized b, standardized b, and the p value are shown Data for schizophrenic patients (n = 150) Sawamura et al...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:22
Báo cáo khoa học: " Is there a special mechanism behind the changes in somatic cell and polymorphonuclear leukocyte counts, and composition of milk after a single prolonged milking interval in cows" pptx
... purposes) Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2009, 51:4 lactation and in lactation number or The herd is comparable to an average Swedish dairy herd regarding lactation stage and age distribution among ... were performed within h Statistical analysis Data of milk SCC, PMN, fat, protein and lactose were used in the statistical calculations Additionally, to get a measure where a possible effect of the ... for analysis of casein and FFA were collected in the afternoon milkings, at days -1 and from all cows At days and casein and FFA was analysed in milk only from cows which during day had a pronounced...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:22