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... dividends); and/ or reducing its purchases of inputs In turn, the amount is subtracted directly from funds used to pay the company s suppliers, the suppliers’ workers, suppliers’ capital owners, etc., ... instance, the annual results ofthe World Bank s “Doing Business” report as well as wider studies of national competitiveness, such as those by the OECD andthe World Economic Forum and related ... can turn to lessons from other countries that have successfully managed their way to higher growth and lower deficits 25 The World Bank s Doing Business Report is spawning thousands of studies on...
... responsibility ofthe authors andnotnecessarily represent theofficial views of AOSpine The authors gratefully acknowledge Andreas Plewnia for technical assistance, Dr Andre Fedier (Center for ... inhibitor trichostatin A Future studies Authors’ contributions MK and LQ participated in carrying out the cell culture studies, performing the statistical analysis and drafting the manuscript AB and ... carrying out the analysis of disc biopsies, performing the statistical analysis and corrected the manuscript JS participated in carrying out the analysis of disc biopsies, performing the statistical...
... lung fibrosis [16] CCL2 and/ or CCR2 are implicated in the genesis and progression of diseases such as coronary artery disease [17], autoimmune disease [18], and pulmonary fibrosis [5,16] Thus, ... with Tukey 's post-hoc analysis on Minitab software (State College, PA) Data is presented as the mean ± SEM Results and discussion Alveolar macrophages not express CCR2 Previous studies found CCR2 ... dose of CCL2 (Figure 3, open bars) In all migration assays used in this study, µm membrane pores were utilized for monocyte assays, and µm pores for AM assays, to account for the larger size of...
... previous studies, it is not possible to say how much ofthe apparent failure of these tools is due to the failure ofthe tool per se, or to failures ofthe patient monitoring processes within the study ... financial considerations in the immediate future, but it has elements of self-deceit Individual hospital units should subject their monitoring policies to audit and continuous evaluation None ... No Cusack and Coutts employing continuous monitoring to direct this therapy is unlikely to be helpful unless there is a high chance of detection of significant dysrhythmias Evidence supporting...
... Chair of Examining Committee Professor Thom Thurston Date Executive Officer Professor Theodore Joyce Professor Michael Grossman Professor Sanders Korenman Supervisory Committee CITY UNIVERSITY OF ... complications orthe monetary price ofthe abortion In light ofthe above arguments, we use the outcomes of teens ages 17 years and 10-11 months as the counterfactual, since this is the youngest group of ... over these two years In section we discuss the possibility of bias as it relates to the specific methods we employ andthe measures we take to limit this source of bias 3.2 Pre- and post-law sample...
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... ownership and other control variables .95 Table 22: Determinants of firm value: OLS regressions of FUTUREQ or ΔQ on ΔSCORE, SCORE, EXCESSCASH, ΔSCORE *EXCESSCASH and SCORE*EXCESSCASH, ownership and/ or ... ratings for one or two years only, and assume they remained constant for a number of years This assumption may not hold Firms can choose and modify the structure of their governance systems to suit ... both sources simultaneously This thesis examines both dimensions simultaneously Hence, it adds to the literature on the relative magnitude ofthe cash flow and cost of capital effects of corporate...
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... relationship between aesthetics and sense of self By consciously choosing these kinds of experiential purchases, consumers can influence their sense of self and boost self-esteem But even when the ... attributes such as price, functionality, or even other hedonic or enriched attributes andthe results of these studies suggest just how different aesthetics may be from other attributes Building ... concerned the product categories used Consumers use products to express themselves to others (Belk 1988; Kleine, Kleine, and Kernan 1993) This is easiest with publicly consumed badge products And aesthetics...
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... 150 Seven Steps to a Successful Business Plan Typically planning teams spend time discussing the current state of their business situation Equal time is spent discussing the future Almost no ... Assume the corporation has a customer-intimate focus What happens between the corporate staff andthe operational staff ofthe business unit that is products-focused? What functional or dysfunctional ... care and feeding ofthe physical plant Disney understands the value of image and strives minute-by-minute to protect the public s mental 166 Seven Steps to a Successful Business Plan picture of...
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... bridges constructed using other materials such as masonry, aluminum, cast iron and wrought iron Therefore, the sum ofthe values for the four materials listed will generally be slightly less than the ... bridges, and 120,373 as culverts Culverts have been excluded from data considered for this report because they are typically buried structures Therefore, the database of structures used for this ... number of bridges built The NBI lists the “Year Built” for each structure Where applicable, the “Year Reconstructed” is also given If the superstructure of a bridge is replaced, but the substructure...