... members ofthe LVTS and the Bank of Canada. For the purp oses of this study we exclude the Bank of Canadasince it does not send any significant payments in Tranche 2.676We discuss implications of ... the matrixWt, we obtain the sum of bilateral credit limits granted to bank i. However,a bank’s initial payments cannot exceed this amount times the system wideBank of Canada grants to other ... that each bank j = i has granted to bank i, this is the conventional measure ofthe status (a l´a Katz (1953)) of bank i. The BCLbank j grants to i defines i’s ability to send payments to j. Hence,...
... askance. Then we put in another. Then we put them in the boiler-room, and then we got them in the open hearth and in the forge, and gradually we got them everywhere.They are intelligent and ... week. These form indeed a corps of friendly visitors, the work of collecting the savings furnishing them an opportunity of getting into the homes and so winning the confidence ofthe peoplethat they ... isaccepted, but many Negroes save much more. As soon as they get into the habit of saving they usuallytransfer their accounts tothe savings bank and once with a bank book, they are on the road to genuineimprovement.Another...
... return on the mortgage portfolio lies be-tween the claim ofthe senior tranche and the sum ofthe claims ofthe senior and mezzanine tranches, the holders ofthe mezzanine tranche get the entire ... the sum ofthe claims ofthe senior and mezzanine tranches, the claim ofthe mezzanine tranche is also paid off. The holders ofthe final tranche, usually referred to as the equity tranche, receive ... excess ofthe return over the claim of the senior tranche and share it according tothe shares ofthe mezzanine tranche that they holds. If the return on the mortgage portfolio exceeds the sum of...
... available to all businesses today, IT alone cannot make a difference in the performance ofthe firm. The nature ofthe business, the ability to implement strategies and processes and manage relationships ... productivity of digital and physical dot coms, it is important to compare and contrast the activities ofthe two types of businesses, and to assess the extent to which they are affected by the Internet. ... and digital content provided by other companies. The cost of sales of most physical dot coms consists ofthe cost of merchandise sold and inbound/outbound shipping. There are other important...
... x. 19), in the verse Luke xi. 52, in the account ofthe answer tothe rich young man, ofthe institution ofthe Lord's Supper, ofthe Agony in the Garden, and ofthe Resurrection and Ascension.CHAPTER ... These conclusions need to be supplemented from the phenomena ofthe documentsthemselves. In the relation ofthe Gospels tothe growth ofthe Christian society and the development of Christian ... bush, the brazen serpent, the curse ofthe cross), but in none of these does the variation appear to bedue to this. Ofthethree free quotations from the Psalms two are Messianic, and one of these...
... fromOrkney and Shetland. In 1850 a storm took the top off a highsand dune called Skara Brae on the shore ofthe Bay of Skaill onMainland Orkney. It exposed an immense midden and the ruins of ten stone ... untouched right through the neolithic in North Yorkshire, East Durham, the claylands of EastAnglia and the Midlands, the New Forest and probably the Vales of Kent and Sussex. The abundance of ... size, the stones do not dwarf the landscape ofthe open chalk plain. Ratherthey mark off and make special a particular place within it. The stone rings and the earth circle round them seem to turn...
... applied to horizontal layers or 3D cells describ-ing both the canopy space and the space above the canopy. For the horizontal direction x, the equation of instantaneous momentum balance of a small ... fluid(22)where X(t) is the position ofthe particle at time t andS(x,t) describes the scalar source distribution. Due to the random nature of turbulence, the solution of the Lagrangian conservation ... Y., The distri-bution of leaf area, radiation, photosynthesis and transpirationin a shamouti orange hedgerow orchard. Part II:Photosynthesis, transpiration, and the effect of row shape anddirection,...
... difficult to prove the role of chito-san and PIIF as natural elicitors. Moreover,it favors the hypothesis that the elicitororiginates from the tree. Nevertheless, Raf-fa and ... non-specificity of the response for the aggression favors the hypothesis that an elicitor originates from the tree itself. Because of this non-specificity, and the fact that the three ... monoterpenes than the chemical treatments. In P ponderosa how-ever, the quantitative response to chitosanwas often close to the response to the fun-gus. The terpene accumulations...
... provides an opportu-nity to calculate the SDD (i.e. the minimal amount of changethat can be considered a change superior tothe measurementerror). The SDD allows determination of a cutoff value ... shorterduration ofthe trial (e.g. two years instead of three) . The present study shows that the precision ofthe measure ismore dependent on the precision ofthe readers than on the radiographic ... radiographic measurements of joint space width (JSW) at baseline (M0) and 36 months (M36), and the joint space change for thethree views and two observers (and their mean and SD). AP, anteroposterior;...
... evidence of polar environment around ArgB263.It consists of O atoms ofthe main chain CO groups of LeuB387 and TrpB240, Od1atom of AsnB241 and Oc atom of SerB386 and is expected to stabilize the ... The interactionenergyofArgB263withtherestofthecomplex,however, remains large and practically constant irrespective of the orientation ofthe polar group. While a significantpart ofthe latter relatively ... arranged close tothe position found in the complex with PG [19]. The bond lengths and valence angles of the nitroaniline moiety were taken from the X-ray datafor the system cyclophilin A and the...
... was used to plot the total cost of travelling and roading costs per m3 for the range of road spacings (Fig. 6).e minimum total cost of travelling and roading is 6.04 €/m3 and its corresponding ... important factor in logging planning to help minimizing the total cost of harvesting and roading. e comparisons of different available methods to get optimum road spacing can be useful for planners ... 45 Number of trails 15 5 Length of trails (m) 40–200 190–235 Time of harvesting spring springTable 2. Table ofthe analysis of variance Sum of squares df Mean square F SignificanceRegression...
... trees to cover an area four times greater than the seedling canopy drip line. The plas-tic sheeting was furrowed into the top 10 cm of soil and laid out in the case of a precipitation event. The ... absorption, reflectance, and transmit-tance [6]. The SPAD value is related to chlorophyll content and leafgreenness, where a silicon photodiode measures the ratio of transmit-tance through the leaf ... Given the economic importance ofthe species prior tothe blight, the undocumented ecophysiological responses of pure Americanchestnut to water stress, and the approaching reintroduction of resistant...