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political development of Armenia ... (1997) the president of Armenia is the central person
for the judiciary system. According to article 55 ofthe Constitution of Republic of Armenia the
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effectsof calorie labels, health consciousness, and demographics on
caloric intake in restaurants. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition
and Physical ... designing the research. BE and JLL
conducted the research and DD oversaw management ofthe restaurant. BE
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devaluations are included. The conclusions ofthe ...
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portion of high-powered money, the portion of high-powered money
directly under the control ofthe monetary authorities. The effect ...
(1)
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higher the rate of domestic credit expansion following devaluation,
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with the inhibition of bone formation (confirmed by bone
histomorphometry) and lower concentrations of bone for-
mation markers (especially OC) [60, 61]. By contrast, data
on bone resorption markers ... Organization ofthe Skeleton, CRC
Press, Boca Raton, 1986.
5. R. Baron, Importance ofthe intermediate phases between
resorption and formation in the measurement and under-
standing ofthe bone ... the prediction ofthe accelerated bone loss
in men similarly to the data found in women. Weakness
of the association between the BTM levels andthe rate
of bone loss can depend onthe methodological...
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translation task would evaluate theeffectsof
pictures on students’ understanding ofthe texts
and the questionnaire was used to assess student
viewpoints ontheeffectsof pictures ... speed on to the main road directly in
front ofthe other car. The third picture showed
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motorcycle, andthe other car hit the corner of
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English passage that contained pictures to
Chinese and then completed a questionnaire to
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levels of internationalization ofthe German and Japanese economies were
much lower than that ofthe United States in the 1970s. Since then, the interna-
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production locations, although the latter is also a motivation.
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the total production ofthe multinational, the higher the...
... that, in both men and women, the cross-sectional dimensions
of the long bones in the appendicular skeleton continue to grow throughout
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the axial and appendicular skeletons and between men and women.
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second ... fractures and 100 matched community controls. Second is the
use ofthe SF-36 as the QOL instrument. Comparing SF-36 scores ofthe hip-
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... theories of
International Relations (IR), which focus onthe distribution of power in
the international system, would point first to major changes in the external
context ofthe US–Japan relationship. ... Regardless of whether
one agrees with revisionist assumptions or not, the issue that concerns me
is whether they had an important and concrete impact on policy assump-
tions and choices.
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eventually becoming adopted as core policy assumptions ofthe US
government, and then exerting a concrete impact on a key international
relationship.
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tigated theeffectsof indomethacin on cell proliferation
and therefore no firm conclusions can be made regarding
the effectsof indomethacin on other metabolic processes.
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of mesenchymal tissues we have investigated the direct effectsof indomethacin onthe proliferation
of tendon-derived cells.
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healing and repair as tenocyte is the major cell type in ten-
dons and is responsible for the production and mainte-
nance of extracellular matrix.
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properties ofthe bilayer, such as its thickness and fluidity,
and in the related properties of spontaneous curvature and
pressure profile across the membrane [6]; it is therefore
conceivable ... attributed to the different spontaneous curvatures
of PE and PC. How ever, studies oftheeffectsof lipids with
headgroups inter mediate between those of PE and PC, with
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