... tissues of females, as well as males The presence of this receptor in organs such as the ovary indicates significant activity of androgens in both sexes Furthermore, the androgen receptor is ... present, there is no evidence for possible health risks to the consumer due to the use of natural sex hormones for growth promotion, since: Residue levels of these substances measured in meat of ... also especially in wild animal species Use of sexed semen for AI Another aspect of artificial insemination in animals is the use of sex sorted spermatozoa Separation ofthe X and Y bearing sperm...
... regulators said they used these reports during thecrisis For example, one state said that the report on the effects ofthe European debt crisis on U .S insurers was useful and another state said the ... its insurance subsidiaries GAO was asked to examine any effects ofthefinancialcrisis on the insurance industry This report addresses (1) what is known about how thefinancialcrisisof 2007- 2009 ... underwriting losses were a result ofthecrisis as opposed to the existing soft market or the weather events of 2008 Source: GAO analysis of statutory financial statement data in SNL Financial Figure...
... satellites and asteroids cannot share names ềOh, yes, names get rejected,ể says Brian G Marsden ofthe Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, who oversees much ofthe naming ofthe solar system s minor ... interlopers, their eggs placed in the oviraptorid nest in much the same way that cuckoo birds place their eggs in the nests of other bird species Although the mystery cannot be resolved, these fossils ... tiny skulls and skeletons of mammals These fossils represent important precursors ofthe great mammalian radiation that followed the extinction ofthe dinosaurs at the end ofthe Mesozoic The...
... than that ofthe S& L crisis This assessment affects the lessons for regulatory reform that we should draw from thecrisis Public discussion so far has focussed on greed and recklessness ofthe participants ... Crisis Martin Hellwig Abstract The paper analyses the causes ofthe current crisisofthe global financial system, with particular emphasis on the systemic elements that turned thecrisisof subprime ... also smaller than the 600 to 800 billion dollars of losses that, at the peak ofthe S& L crisis around 1990, were guesstimated as losses ofthe US savings and loans industry Yet, the effects of the...
... definitions of other variables Table reports the results of this analysis Panel A shows the values ofthe country-level governance variables Panel B presents the results from the regression analysis ... analyses and Section reports sensitivity tests Section concludes our study Institutional background and motivation The 2007- 2008 financialcrisis is commonly viewed as the worst financialcrisis since ... Analyses using alternative definitions ofcrisis periods or alternative measures of stock returns Alternative definition ofcrisis periods Alternative measure of stock returns Stock returns Stock...
... our instruments is the same as the time between crests as they leave the source On the other hand, if the source is moving away from us, the time between arrivals of successive wave crests is increased ... also gives us a clue to the distances of nearby stars; if we guess something about a star 's direction of motion, then the Doppler shift gives us its speed across as well as along our line of sight, ... was used in the following decades to discover the velocities of solar prominences, of double stars, and ofthe rings of Saturn The measurement of velocities by the observation of Doppler shifts...
... import, supporting policies ofthe state The research focuses on the elements of Vietnam 's automobile industry On the basis, appropriate and feasible solutions to develop are proposed Scope of research: ... for their kind support to help me accomplish this thesis The officials of this ministry has shown their great assistance in providing me with the effective data I am profoundly grateful to Prof ... drivers are the competence ofthe Ministry of Transport, the control of drivers’ licenses and grant of cars plates belong to the Ministry of Public Security Both the traffic police (under the Ministry...
... advertising messages Infomediary: collecting and disseminating information 17 Assessing a business model Can be assessed by looking at the marketing strategy Can also be assessed by ... assets Financial measures Competitor benchmarking Market analysis 18 Traditional vs New Business Models Traditional New Business Distribution Mass Manufactures push Middleman Personalized Customer ... Messaging Service (MMS) Using short-range wireless technology, such as RFID Kinds of business models Brokerage: market makers bring together buyer and sellers Advertising: web advertising...
... United States, there are co-produced about 400 million tons of lignocellulosics such as cornstalks and wheat straws, often referred to as crop residues Most of these residues are left in the field ... researchers worldwide are searching for a new bioprocess to produce 1,3-propanediol, a monomer needed in the synthesis of new classes of polyesters The list of such chemicals is growing and the ... St Petersburg of Russia) was under siege for two years by the advancing German army during World War II, hydrolysis of lignocellulosics was used as a source of some digestible carbohydrates There...
... whether they raise other Mens Bills to make up these losses, I affirm not Seventhly, Another cause of raising their prices is a necessity of keeping in their Shops such Medicines as are seldom used, ... it comes to pass, that most ofthe preparations found in the Shops are sophisticated, to the great abuse of City and Country These abuses daily increase since the Censors, discouraged by the multitude ... the publick good only (there being the same reason of all) they might have the same power of Surveying them also, as they have ofthe Apothecaries, which most ofthe Judicious, and sober of the...
... as of midyear 2011 Households held about 85 percent, or $11.4 trillion, of all these fund assets; registered fund assets represented almost one-quarter of households’ financial assets.1 In 2011, ... A11 in the appendix for the risk tolerance of all U .S households from 2008 to 2011 16 For discussion of reasons mutual fund investors use professional financial advisers, see Leonard-Chambers and ... groups U .S households became less tolerant of investment risk in the past three years since thefinancialcrisis in 2008, reflecting the reduced risk tolerance of households owning mutual funds...
... particular construal of its content" Langacker identifies six important dimensions of imagery; in our semantic analysis of spatial expressions we are interested in just three of these: ZThe issue of which ... < The interpretation of some spatial expressions is dependent on assumptions as to the speaker 's orientation with respect to the objects in the scene (eg whether A is "to the left of" B in a scene, ... interpretation (see section ) of a predication such as "the stool is in front ofthe desk", the "stool" is located in some region ofthe space defined by the half-plane that is the intrinsic front of the...
... ofthe processes by which it is obtained, is often involved by a confused apprehension ofthe import ofthe different classes of Words and Assertions, will not regard these discussions as either ... of such of them as are passive, to their causes, would rightly be so placed; but the things themselves, the feelings or states of mind, wrongly Feelings, or states of consciousness, are assuredly ... and of B that he is the son of A, is to assert one and the same fact in different words The two propositions are exactly equivalent: neither of them asserts more or asserts less than the other The...
... Examination of credentials (Doc 11124) Election ofthe President ofthe Assembly Election ofthe Vice-Presidents ofthe Assembly Appointment of members of committees (Commissions (2007) 1) Requests for ... Nations for the future status process for Kosovo Debate 12 noon Address by Mr Kostas KARAMANLIS, Prime Minister of Greece Questions p.m End ofthe sitting p.m Committees p.m Communication from the ... Committee of Ministers to the Parliamentary Assembly presented by Mr Fiorenzo STOLFI, Minister for Foreign Affairs of San Marino, Chairperson ofthe Committee of Ministers Questions (Doc 11134) (Questions...
... operative decisions 4.3 Proposed Models for the Current CrisisThe gray boxes designate proposed models for the current crisis As the Table shows, the proposals under discussion are often of a “mixed” ... of assets nor the amounts of hidden losses of some large banks were disclosed The comeback of trust into the business models ofthe banking sector would most likely be undermined Finally, the ... Liabilities 900 990 Table 1d: Bad bank balance sheet prior to expiration (selling) date of toxic assets Assets Liabilities Toxic Assets Debt Total Assets Assets Selling price of Toxic Assets Total Assets...
... example she distinguishes resources from services, arguing that it is never resources themselves that are inputs into the production process but rather it is the services that these resources can ... investment patterns lack consistency, the stock depreciates Some models ofthe resource-based view propose a re-investment ofthe firm s profits as an essential element of developing the resource ... Cool (1989) Asset Erosion, Asset Mass Efficiencies, Causal Ambiguity, Interconnectedness of Asset Stocks, Time Compression Diseconomies *Note that some of Rumelt 's isolating mechanisms have been...
... science progressed as well as innovation, and with this came the dawn of new instruments such as drums, pianos, flutes, and guitars (Romeu 1) Both eras of rock used these types of musical instruments ... instruments in one way or the other They are the essentials of music Although there are modified forms of instruments and there are even new types of instruments, music still manages to convey a message ... always use music to find answers and the musicians will use their popularity to spread message to the public This took place in the seventies, the nineties still has power of music and the future...
... response 1146 ECs respond to shear stress A single sheet of ECs lines the walls ofthe arteries and is responsible for transmitting shear stress due to blood flow to the underlying layers of tissue ... development of disease It is evident that the process involves a transmission of physical forces as the leukocytes pass through the endothelium The propagation of these forces through ECs is probably ... BAECs on 9000 Pa substrates [73] These results are consistent with the discovery that fibroblasts mimic the stiffness of their substrate, up to a threshold value, and that this response is dependent...
... extensive discussion of decision-making, see Section 2.5 of this dissertation For a more extensive discussion of assumptions in prior studies and assumptions made in this study, see Section of ... Active Resistance to Change .226 Regression Results of Passive Resistance to Change 227 Regression Results of Passive Resistance to Change 228 Regression Results of Passive Resistance ... various forms of active resistance to change such as strikes or protests Other forms of resistance such as passive resistance, although less observable, have not gone unnoticed and thus have also...