customers including trade bills or balances transferred as part of factoring operations in which the company substantially retains the risks and rewards of the collection rights where circumstances reasonably indicate doubtful collection
... drop in Cedrus is nucellar in origin In contrast, a gametophytic origin has been postulated for the drops in Pinus [54] and Pseudotsuga [64] In all of these cases, the source of drops has been inferred ... pellicle on the stigma andthe pollen were coated with concanavalin A binding sites These binding sites as well asthe presence of lectins on the stigma could be involved inthe inhibition of incompatible ... that the origin ofthe liquid was inthe tissue below the nucellus, noting that the liquid merely passed through the nucellus on its way inand out ofthe micropyle In Picea glauca, ovules within...
... whether the running ofthecompany will be more efficient or not Offshoring: In many case, offshoring is refered to one common form of outsourcing Offshoring can be defined as relocation of ... business processes (including production/manufacturing) to a lower cost location, usually overseas Offshoring can be seen inthe context of either production offshoring or services offshoring ... to indispensable functions ofthecompanywhich makes it different with other companies In other words, core function of a company will bring the main sources of revenue and profit to the company...
... 160,000) inthe high inundated areas are not attending their schools The beginning andthe end ofthe rainy season are the best time for mosquito reproduction resulting in mosquito-based diseases ... deaths inthe total the losses of life inthe flood seasons inthe MD Save the Children (2003) reported that the vast majority ofthe drowning deaths in recent years inthe region was mainly children, ... to the lack of swimming trainers, financial support, training facilities and tools as swimming pools, buoyant items It is suggested that in preparation for the coming flood seasons, mass organizations...
... NirF andthe d1 heme-binding domain of cytochrome cd1 Therefore, we tested for the binding of d1 heme to purified NirF The addition of d1 heme to the NirF resulted inthe appearance of a distinctive ... periplasm On the other hand, in Ps aeruginosa (PAO1), NirF has no apparent signal sequence and therefore this protein should be located inthe cytoplasm In order to determine whether export of NirF ... of Met8P The idea of NirF being a dehydrogenase is appealing because ofthe presence of a putative nucleotide-binding motif inthe N-terminal ofthe protein sequence and also because there is...
... diversity and junction, encoded by the D segment, andthe VH-D, D-JH, and VL-JL junctions [17] They are located at the center ofthe antibody combining site [18,19] and provide the major partofthe ... constants, kon and koff, for the wild-type and mutant derivatives of Fab4E11-H6 MalE-E3-H6 was attached to the sensorchip surface and Fab4E11-H6 was inthe soluble phase for these experiments, which were ... with the antigen and that the effects of their mutations into Ala on the energy of interaction were indirect and conformational In VH, the same comparison suggested that the side chains of residues...
... Preface The large majority of poor people in Eastern and Southern Africa live inthe countryside, and most ofthe poor people inthe rural areas generate a major element of their income and food ... rural finance sub-sector? Are they likely to lose their importance asthe outreach ofthe financial institutions increases? Orthe suppliers of such credit see the practice as a core partof their ... significantly according to the physical, social and market environment and therefore, the benefits for both thecompanyandthe farmer should be assessed case by case and sector by sector The financial...
... systems inthe sugar industry for the production of heat inthe mill for sugar refining processes and for the production of electricity for either direct use by the plant or to sell to the national ... to the homogeneity of starch or sugar crops ECOREFINE (Biorefinery) TECNIA, 2007 The concept ofthe biorefinery is seen as a very promising venture for the future The diagram above shows the ... grid which can increase their overall profit About 35% ofthe weight of sugar cane becomes bagasse Brazil, India, China and Thailand are the largest producers and utilisers of bagasse EUBIA Lignin...
... often correlated or combined as an index in order to evaluate the significance of microbial populations and microbial activity inthe cycling of elements in soils of different ecosystems in situ ... availability to the soil microflora or, in reverse, the fraction of recalcitrant organic matter inthe soil; in fact this ratio declines asthe concentration of available organic matter decreases (Brookes, ... combine microbial parameters in order to have an ‘‘internal control’’ such as biomass C asthe percentage of soil organic matter The same author also reports that combining microbial activity and...
... indicating the greater importance of local farming practices The use of periphyton as a bioindicator provides an integrated measurement of water quality as experienced by the aquatic biota, and therefore ... munities The need for a better comprehension of interactions between environmental quality and ecosystem integrity has increased the interest in finding biolog- ical indicators that provide a more ... responsible for chemical and physical alterations such as increased contaminant and nutrient runoff, an increase in suspended solids due to erosion, and changes in discharge and channel morphology (Skinner...
... psychomotor restlessness, logorrhea and decreased need for sleep A thorough clinical and laboratory workup (including EEG and CT brain scan) was normal Alerted by the patient's markedly and abruptly ... conception and design ofthe present study, andinthe acquisition, analysis and interpretation ofthe data He was also involved in drafting the manuscript and revising it critically for intellectual ... history of type-1 DM since the age of 11 For her diabetes, she was initially treated with insulin (Novolente) once and then twice daily for 35 years Subsequently, she was administered an intensified...
... drafting the manuscript AJF participated inthe performance andthe coordination ofthe study, and helped to draft the manuscript PL participated inthe performance andthe coordination ofthe ... developed the anti-Sa assays and performed a large portion ofthe assays for the study CD participated inthe design ofthe protocol and performed the immunogenetic tests HAM designed the research ... most determinant for the rate of progression of radiological damage In patients in whom erosion SvH scores were abnormal at inclusion, the rate of yearly increase ofthe total SvH score was about...
... development in EIDM; and facilitation ofand support for organizational change Individual and organizational assessment Baseline Assessment At the start ofthe intervention, the KB conducted an assessment ... makers [35] and formed the content ofthe tailored messages sent to participants in both the tailored messages and KB intervention groups ofthe RCT The KB was responsible for disseminating these summaries ... in this report are those ofthe investigators and not necessarily reflect the opinions or policies ofthe Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care The authors report no funding-related or...
... be as a result ofthe inhibition of CYP3A4 causing an increased and prolonged exposure of normal tissues to docetaxel in its active form We initially thought this diagnosis was unlikely asthe ... obtained from the patient for publication of this case report and any accompanying images A copy ofthe written consent is available for review by the Editor -in- Chief of this journal Competing interests ... mice increased the plasma levels of oral docetaxel by up to 50 times The authors thus suggested that the co-administration of ritonavir may be a novel way to increase the bioavailability of oral...
... probability ofthe event of interest The significance ofthe covariates is reported, as well as their coefficients (B) andthe predicted change inthe hazard for a unit increase ofthe predictor, Exp ... displayed in Figure The incidence of drug related death increased somewhat more steeply inthe beginning ofthe period, but inthe later partofthe evaluation period the incidence of non drug ... of drug related death (B = -.50; OR = 61; p = 021), as Information of date and place of death was available for 204 dead persons inthe cohort Information ofthe causes of death was missing in...
... development in EIDM; and facilitation ofand support for organizational change Individual and organizational assessment Baseline Assessment At the start ofthe intervention, the KB conducted an assessment ... makers [35] and formed the content ofthe tailored messages sent to participants in both the tailored messages and KB intervention groups ofthe RCT The KB was responsible for disseminating these summaries ... in this report are those ofthe investigators and not necessarily reflect the opinions or policies ofthe Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care The authors report no funding-related or...
... all ofthe data inthe study and takes responsibility for the integrity ofthe data andthe accuracy ofthe data analysis SK, SN and NYF contributed to study design and assisted in drafting the ... calculate the ABI, the brachial pressure was measured inthe left arm, andthe ankle pressure was measured for both the left and right sides with subjects inthe supine position andthe lowest value of ... an association between increased PWV and risk of cognitive impairment due to a number of factors includingthe measurement site of PWV, use ofthe MMSE, having a relatively small sample size and...
... overall decrease ofthe feed volume produced by ca 15% during the last 10 years The largest company (A) was operating feed mills, while Company B which was running two factories and was joined to ... in an increased in house contamination of salmonella ofthe mills ofCompany A, also when includingCompany B The contamination was detected before the heat treatment (Table 1) but more severe ... introduced inthe mill The importance of a continuous monitoring for salmonella contamination ofthe feed production within a HACCP designed control, andthe implementation of associated corrective...
... CMT and graded from to The scores are ranked according to an increase in viscosity, wherethe highest viscosity (CMT 5) is more or less correlated to the highest SCC An aseptic milk sample was then ... to Nordiska ministerrådet andthe National Food Administration of Sweden for financial support, to deLaval and Olle Selander for support with the DCC, to Eva Werner for help with sampling and ... was responsible for its coordination, participated in its design and drafted the manuscript IO carried out some ofthe analysis ofthe study, participated in its design and helped to draft the...