... Risk and Term Structureof Interest Rates • The risk structureof interest rates looks at bonds with the same term to maturity and different interest rates • The term structureof interest ... over the life of the long-term bond • Buyers of bonds not prefer bonds of one maturity over another; they will not hold any quantity of a bond if its expected return is less than that of another ... determined by the demand for and supply of that bond • Investors have preferences for bonds of one maturity over another • If investors have short desired holding periods and generally prefer...
... a ratio of : : 0.01 (v/v/v) and sprayed at a flow rate of lLÆmin)1 MALDI-TOF MS of LPS and free lipid A were performed on a Reflex III (Bruker-Daltonik, Bremen, Germany) in the linear TOF configuration ... C18:0, C20:0 and 3-OH-C20:0 MALDI-MS and ESI-MS analysis As a first step in the structural analysis, LPS and de-Oacylated LPS of C trachomatis serotype E was analyzed by MALDI-TOF and ESI-FT-ICR ... spectra of LPS samples obtained from C trachomatis serotype L2 and Chl psittaci strain 6BC, the chemical structures of which are already known [12,13] The negative ion MALDI-TOF mass spectrum of the...
... Overall structureof charybdin b-Strands are shown in blue and a-helices in red The structural elements are labeled as follows: b-strands 1–10 and helices A–J The N-termini and C-termini of the ... the RIPs, and a two-stranded b-sheet and 10 (Figs and 5) In charybdin there exists an additional 310 helix (J, Figs and close to the C-terminus of the protein) This is a unique feature of charybdin ... deduced sequence Quality of the model The high quality of the collected diffraction data and the resulting refinement of the structure are shown in Table A thin section of the structure with its electron-density...
... span? For T RIE and L IST, an active state cor- n Figure 12: Grammar sizes: active state counts responds to a prefix of a rule and is a mix of POS tags and phrasal categories, each of which must ... using the bottoms of chains increases the frequency of tags relative to categories 16 This is also false; tags occur slightly more often at the beginnings of rules and less often at the ends ... number of tags andof categories in Call this pair the signature of For a given signature , let be the number of active states in the grammar which have that signature Now, take a state of signature...
... Results and Discussion The title compound is initially isolated from the hydrothermal reaction of WO , en, NaOH and H O in polycrystalline form Replacement of NaOH with LiOH produces the same crystalline ... 2q cations occupy interstrand regions 4y of the W6 O 20 chains and exhibit strong hydrogen bond network to terminal and bridging oxo groups of the anionic 4y chains of W6 O 20 X Crystal data ... associated with Õ ŽO–W–O modes In addition, absorption bands at 1480 and 1624 cmy1 , and a broad band centred at 3400 cmy1 suggest the presence of en species By replacing en with other organodiamines...
... necessary to expand our understanding of gas sensor mechanism in nanoand polycrystalline oxides For example, it is necessary to establish the role of morphology and crystallographic structure in ... the uniformity of those structures Unfortunately, the problem of separation, sizing, and manipulations of one-dimensional structures is not resolved yet To achieve uniform sizing and orientation, ... dielectric constant of the material, and N is the concentration of charge carries The distribution of the potential along polycrystalline oxides for different d, X and L is presented in Figs and 20 It...
... reviews and surveys to improve the structureof the Organization and its responsiveness to the requirements of programmes and legislative mandates, and monitor the effectiveness of the systems of ... implementation of programmes and legislative mandates, ascertain compliance of programme managers with the financial and administrative regulations and rules, as well as with the approved recommendations of ... FUNCTION “The Office shall, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Financial Regulations and Rules of the United Nations examine, review and appraise the use of financial resources of the...
... properties and NMR structureof a lentil BBI E M Ragg et al Fig Hydrolysis of 213 lM BApNa as function of time in the presence of 0.1 lM trypsin (pH 8.2, 37 C) and the following amounts of LCTI: ... Inhibitory properties and NMR structureof a lentil BBI lysed form (LCTI*), leading to an accurate measurement of k*on and k*off At [LCTI] [trypsin] ẳ 1.1 and 2.25 the conversion of LCTI into LCTI* ... curves and 3), allowed the simultaneous computation of koff, k*on and k*off The kon value was assumed by analogy with soybean BBI [26] The two dissociation constants (Kd ẳ koff kon and K*d ẳ k*off...
... consists of the set of trees with whose root node is labelled X and whose ith child is a member of TBi 1149 The set of trees generated by the CFG is TS , where S is the start symbol, and the set of ... model of hierarchical structure often used to describe natural language syntax A Context-Free Grammar (CFG) is a quadruple (N, W, R, S) where N and W are disjoint finite sets of nonterminal and ... “plate” representation of an LDA topic model Here is the number of topics, m is the number of documents and n is the number of words per document ument in a collection of documents for information...
... time in terms of profitability, efficiency, and liquidity ratios The sign and the significance level for a majority of micro and macro level variables change between the 1990s and the 2000s The ... financial needs of foreign owned banks In terms of profitability, the entrance of foreign banks increased the amount of competition in the CEE markets, and hence caused a decline in the profit margins ... the means and standard deviations of both the micro level and the macroeconomic variables of interest over time show indications of a structural break in the dataset across the 1990s and the 2000s...
... degree of sp2 bonding and the relative strength of D and G peaks thoroughly [9-11], and recent experiments confirmed their theory [12,13] Here, we follow their arguments and evaluate the degree of ... Interpretation of Raman spectra of disordered andamorphous carbon Phys Rev B 2000, 61:14095-14107 10 Ferrari AC, Robertson J: Resonant Raman spectroscopy of disordered, amorphous, and diamondlike ... grown graphitic carbon on crystallineandamorphous oxides by using carbon MBE Notably, the graphitic carbons on amorphous SiO2 and on glass show a relatively high degree of graphitization, evidenced...
... PbTe matrix The aim of this research is to check how introducing nanostructures of different size and shape changes DOS of the carriers near the Fermi level Model nanostructures and calculation method ... NWs (A-NWs) and the matrix are of {110} and {001} type The same two types of planes and the {111} planes form the interfaces of the A-QD As shown already in Ref [12], the energies of all these ... the top of the valence band (in p-type) or the bottom of the conduction band (in n-type) To check how introducing nanostructures of different size and shape changes DOS of the carriers near the...
... was gently sloping, and the basement geology consisted of alternating beds of sedimentary sandstone and mudstone of the Palaeogene system [4] The mean annual precipitation and annual mean air ... negatively on LB1 and LB2, although the effect of LB2 was not significant and depended positively on plot stem density and BA (P < 0.05; Tab II) Effect of leaf biomass and phenological structure on ... October, and most of the remainder fell between August and September (see Results for details) We inferred a phenological canopy structure from LB1 and LB2 using a premise based on the timing of leaf...
... partitions of their vertex sets If D is digraph and τ a partition of V (D), then the vertex set of the quotient graph D/τ is given by the sets of τ , and, for vertices uτ and v τ of D/τ , (uτ ... 1− and 1+ simultaneously Furthermore, it is easy to see that D1 is of type T± while D2 ∗ is of the type T− and D2 is of the type T+ Finally, any cycle is of type NT and has properties 1− and ... regular directed tree of indegree > andof out-degree > is of type T± and has properties 5− and 5+ simultaneously Furthermore, let DG,M be the Cayley digraph defined in the proof of Theorem 4.2 It...
... ((c), (d)) of stem profile models as a function of relative height class Profile andstructureof Atlas cedar tree stem 71 Figure Mean bias ((a), (b)) and mean error ((c), (d)) of stem profile models ... one of which is predicted more accurately by the ring profile model, the other by the stem profile model Profile andstructureof Atlas cedar tree stem 75 Figure Application of the stem profile ... modelling of the form and internal structureof trunks, by proposing a series of allometric models which are compatible in terms of stem, ring, bark and sapwood profiles Some models (ring and sapwood...
... of vitality and death of shrubs and grasses due to the effect of minor disturbances allowed the establishment of new seedlings and produced nearly continuous age distributions Complex stand structures ... influences the type andstructureof soils, the composition of vegetal communities and the natural regeneration process The climate affects the quantity and quality of seed crop [31] and determines ... Dummy variable for sand content higher than 80% Sand content of the soil following a field categorical method Dummy variable for sand content between 65% and 80% Sand content of the soil following...
... increased slightly and then decreased after 11 d All seedlings recovered 18 d after the onset of the experiment The patterns of g evolution at the constant temperature of 8.7°C and at a were throughout ... the first 11 d and then declined The shape of the curve is similar to that for transpiration Conclusions Initiation and development of current yr needles affected the results of gas exchange ... (1977) Effects of cold soil on water relations and spring growth of Douglas fir seedlings For Sci 30, 628-634 Lopushinsky Nambiar E.K.S., Bowen G.D & Sands R (1979) Root regeneration and plant water...
... loss by leakage though channels, mangroves and wetlands, which accounts for 20% and 42% of the liquid contributions of the total inputs in the wet and dry season, respectively These budgets also ... significant between ebb and flood Due to their shape, large with shallow lateral shoals and a deep narrow channel, as it moves landward toward the Cam and Bach Dag stations; the rise of the tide becoming ... slack water of high tide, the low turbulence level does not influence significantly the strong stratification induced by the presence of an upper layer of freshwater and a bottom layer of marine...
... Details 1Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Biology and Soil Science of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, 690022, Russia and 2Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, ... AMOVA analysis of genetic variances within and among populations of Panax ginseng (Level of significance is based on 1000 iterations) Source of variation Degree of freedom Sum of squares Variance ... 09-04-90309-Viet-a) and by the Grant Program "Molecular and Cell Biology" of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the "Leading Schools of Thought" grant from the President of the Russian Federation...