... opportunities and their meritsand limitation Moreover, the nature of gearing and potential effected of high gearing on perceived risk and cost of capital I-Analysis ofthe reasons behind takeovers andthe ... corporate gearing Twoof these, the advantage of debt being ‘cheaper’ than equity andthe disadvantage ofthe cost of equity rising because of increase financial risk, exactly offset each other This ... one net advantages: the tax relief on debt interest Behind the use of WACC (the average ofthe costs of these sources of financing) as the NPV discount rate is the assumption of an unchanging capital...
... independent ofthe choice ofthe lift q (and thus actually also independent ofthe choice ofthe universal covering) Definition 4.3 Elements ofthe set NH (p, q) above are called the H-Nielsen classes of ... theories mentioned in the first part ofthe previous section For the particular choice ofthe Mawhin degree, one obtains then results in the spirit of [18, 19, 20]; the other degree theories have not ... additional assumptions of Theorem 3.4, the following holds: for each Wecken class C of (P,Q) andeach t0 ∈ [0,1], there is a neighborhood of t0 such that for each t in this neighborhood, the set Ct is...
... concerning therelative volume andthe maximum relative width of a subset of an open bounded convex set Finally, we will maximize and minimize the ratio between therelative volume andthe nth-power of ... is the minimum between the inradius of E andthe inradius of its complement ρm (E,G) = ρ(E), ρ(G \ E) (1.2) (iii) The maximum relative inradius is the maximum between the inradius of E andthe ... bounded convex set The aim of this section is maximizing and minimizing the ratio between therelative volume andthe nth-power ofthe minimum relative inradius of a subset of an open bounded...
... the same base as the segment and an equal height.3 Later, theorems worthy of mention suggested themselves to us, and we took the trouble of preparing their proofs They are these: first, that the ... results ofthe second part are mainly independent ofeach other Archimedes stresses then the nature ofthe discoveries, not their order The main theme for those discoveries is that ofthe “common ... sector.” /6/ And when two cones having the same base have the vertices on eachofthe sides ofthe plane ofthe base, so that their axes lie on a line, I call the solid figure composed of both cones...
... in fragments F and I The number at the right ofeach RT-PCR product represents the length ofthe product The scheme also shows the location ofthe reverse primer DN+89 used in another starting ... and quantitative real-time RT-PCR, the locations ofthe primers DN)105 and DN)9 used in ChIP assays, the locations ofthe primers DN+232 and DN+254 utilized in 5¢-RACE, andthe locations ofthe ... numbers over the diagrams indicate the position ofthe corresponding nucleotides relative to the translation start site, andthe numbers in parentheses below the diagram show the position ofthe corresponding...
... of self-restraint made them little higher than the beasts – and unworthy ofthe designation of honor, and, the title of man From the founding ofthe From the founding ofthe country, American ... impromptu, and hand-to-hand, battles were infrequent and short-lived, andthe reason for fighting was the protection ofthe tribe andthe defense of kin Soldiers in the Union Army not only f ought the ... Conclusion At the end ofthe War Between the States, the North had bested the South, while in the battle between twocompeting codes of honor and manliness, the gentlemen had triumphed over the roughs...
... observed Therelative intensity ofthetwo HvTrxh1 spots from the different tissues varies (Fig 1), suggesting that the degree of modication giving rise to thetwo spots differs among these tissues ... resulting Vmax and Km values for HvTrxh1 were 2.5 nmolặs)1ặnmol)1 and 13 lM Again, HvTrxh2 and TrxTa resembled each other with Vmax of 2.0 and 1.5 nmolặs)1ặnmol)1 and Km of 44 lM and 37 lM, respectively ... 2641 these spots This led to the identication oftwo new thioredoxin h isoforms, designated HvTrxh1 and HvTrxh2 From MALDI-TOF peptide mass mapping data, it is probable that thetwo spots of higher...
... for M3, and 88% for M2 The growth rate ofthe parent strain cultured in 1% and 3% NaCl, was 67% and 33% of that ofthe three Ó FEBS 2002 mutants, respectively The maximum cell density ofthe parent ... emitting light Therefore, we measured the amount of light and total amount of flavins produced in the cells Five growth curves ofthe parent strain cultured in 3% and 1% NaCl, and M1, M2 and M3 in ... ribBA and ribE ) were organized in a complete operon in the same arrangement as the complete rib operons in other species The tail of ribD overlapped with the head of ribC (Fig 3) andthe number of...
... participants said they would eliminate "a good bit ofthe time" and a "little bit ofthe time," stating that they were too similar to "most ofthe time" and "some ofthe time," Page of (page number ... important and similar to the type of information they provided to their physicians about the consequences of their nocturnal FM pain These findings, along with the brevity, ease of use, and daily ... about their sleep, an additional indication ofthe overall relevance ofthe measure from the participants' perspectives Ease of administration and response scales Improvements to the format of the...
... interpretation of data and drafted the manuscript GAB participated the coordination and acquisition ofthe study and helped draft the manuscript ES participated in the acquisition ofthe study and helped ... consistency The internal consistency for thetwo HRQL composite scores was for the PCS 0.88 and 0.85 (pre PI-ART and follow-up, respectively) and for the ECS 0.91 and 0.89 (pre PI-ART and follow-up, ... Quality of Life Questionnaire (SWED-QUAL) results before and after years of protease inhibitor based antiretroviral therapy (pre PI-ART and follow-up respectively) The higher the score the better the...
... participants said they would eliminate "a good bit ofthe time" and a "little bit ofthe time," stating that they were too similar to "most ofthe time" and "some ofthe time," Page of (page number ... important and similar to the type of information they provided to their physicians about the consequences of their nocturnal FM pain These findings, along with the brevity, ease of use, and daily ... about their sleep, an additional indication ofthe overall relevance ofthe measure from the participants' perspectives Ease of administration and response scales Improvements to the format of the...
... pattern on the weight lattice ofthe affine Weyl group E(1) or one of its degenerations This proliferation of discrete Painlev´ equations raises the question ofthe indepene dence ofthe various ... have pointed out in [11], the geometry ofthe transformations of this equation is related to the affine Weyl group D(1) , just as in the case of (2.1) On the identity oftwo q-discrete Painlev´ equations ... [6] the derivation of (2.1) was based on the analysis of discrete dynamical systems associated to extended affine Weyl groups of type A(1) × A(1) The derivation of (2.7), on m n the other hand,...
... in the central, mantle andthe peripheral regions by their cellular composition The regional distribution andrelative frequency of endocrine cells in the principal islets oftwo species of teleostean ... Insulin is synthesized in the B cells ofthe pancreatic islets and regulates the serum glucose levels (Hsu and Crump, 1989) The regional distribution andrelative frequency ofthe insulin-immunoreactive ... the pancreas ofthe channel catfish andthe lungfish (McNeill et al., 1984; Hansen et al., 1987) In the present study, the regional distribution andrelative frequency of endocrine cells in the...
... Comparison of daily versus thermodynamic constants diurnal and N is the number of diurnal observations The number of points, n, for each daytime period in which I was recorded to assess i the effect of ... indicate the most general differences between thetwo methods over all conditions of E and D C vapor pressure deficit In order to assess the influence of extremely low D values and their possible ... unit ground area in the stand, corrected for a reduced flux rate found in inner xylem [29] Air temperature andrelative humidity were measured at the bottom ofthe upper third ofthe forest canopy...
... compare these different classes of inhibitors against one another In Table 1, they are ranked as high, moderate, and poor inhibitors andthe reported activities of these molecules against variety of ... This IKK complex then phosphorylates p100 at C-terminal domain and promotes the ubiquitination of p100 andthe proteasomal processing ofthe complex to p52/RelB [2729] A number of reports have ... Currently there is no accepted curative therapy for ATL or HAM/TSP andthe conditions, at least in the ATL, often progresses to death with a median survival time of 13 months [63] The prognosis of this...
... and five orders, finds acceptance as food by the locals Out ofthe 81 species, are representatives ofthe Odonata, 17 ofthe Orthoptera, 16 ofthe Hemiptera, 15 ofthe Hymenoptera and 24 ofthe ... stages of insects taken are quite similar between thetwo tribes However, the total number of species consumed by the Nyishi Bangni ofthe East Kameng district is higher than that ofthe Galo ofthe ... rainfall of 3000 mm and temperatures ranging from 5°C in the month of December to 38°C in the month of July The total population ofthe district, which is inhabited by not only members ofthe Galo,...
... dysfunction in the development of diabetic foot ulceration andthe differences between the left and right, andthe lower and upper extremities In another study, Joseph [16] describes the decline of tactile ... rather than two points, the TPD is reached and this was recorded in the datasheet If the subject had callosity in any ofthe foot area, the TPD measurement was taken in the adjacent area to the ... paper presents the first systematic study ofthe law of mobility to assess the sensibility of diabetic subjects, comparing the law of mobility of TPD in the upper and lower extremities of DM patients...
... with the hands above the plane ofthe shoulder Percussion ofthe area ofthe palpable cervical rib on the left side elicited symptoms in the three ulnar fingers and "hands up tests" exaggerated the ... shoulder and other activities elicited paraesthesia and numbness particularly in the ulnar part ofthe hand Objectively, the impaired function in the arm andthe hand was clearly demonstrated with the ... distorted at and adhered to the ventral edge ofthe cervical rib andthe bony process from the first rib (Fig 5) The main part ofthe cervical rib including the bone process from the first rib...
... by the founding members ZmSUN3, ZmSUN4, and ZmSUN5 A summary ofthe five maize SUN-domain protein genes is provided in Table andthe properties and motifs ofthe CCSD and PM3 subfamilies of these ... within the maize SUN genes showed that the gene structures are conserved within each class The CCSD genes had two or three exons, andthe SUN domain was split between the exons On the other hand, the ... ancient divergence of these two classes These data also suggest that the PM3 proteins originated early in the life ofthe plant kingdom, predating the origin of flowering plants The second, four orthologous...