... of Microfinance to stimulate efficiency access to the financial resources; to create work places; to grow of tax proceeds; to create a credit history for the further developmentof SMEs ... adopted Under these rules incidence of taxation was reduced either on non-bank MFIs or on clients using given them loans Nowadays: Microfinance activity has become more mature The models of successful ... business development in Russia SMEs have been existing for 12 years; >5.6 millions (including 4.5 millions of individual entrepreneurs); 90 % ofthe total number of establishments; 44 % of...
... elastic recoil ofthe lung (Fig 2) [9] The kyphotic curvature ofthe spine and the anteroposterior diameter ofthe chest increase with aging, thereby decreasing the curvature ofthe diaphragm ... around the airways further increases the tendency for the small airways (
... S1 (table)) These studies, together with the identification of tumour-associated antigens, have in part fuelled thedevelopmentof antitumour immunotherapy approaches 68 Although these approaches ... On the basis of classical theories of immune surveillance and more recent awareness ofthe tumour-promoting properties of innate immune cells, researchers are now investigating the efficacy of ... these powerful approaches is how therapeutically manipulating one arm ofthe immune system affects the anticancer or cancer-promoting properties ofthe other For example, Hamerman, J A., Ogasawara,...
... functions ofthe cervical spine by the examining physician (additional file 1) One hand ofthe physician fixes the axis of rotation on top ofthe head, the other hand pulls the chin in the direction of ... Screening ofthe cervical spine For the examination ofthe cervical spine, the patient sits on the examination couch with the back of his (or her) knees at the edge ofthe couch During screening the ... pressure ofthe examiner's hand on the side ofthe head in the direction of movement with the other hand positioned on the trapezius muscle on the other side to register evasive movements • The maximum...
... Further evaluation ofthe developmental toxicity of tributyltin chloride in rats Toxicology 1995, 96, 195-201 Ema, M., Harazono, A and Ogaw a, Y Effect ofthe day of administration on the developmental ... days of age The dose volume was 1.5 ml/kg B.W The animals were sacrificed on the next day of final treatment Pathological evaluations: On the sacrifice day, rats were anesthetized using ethyl ether ... chloride suggested by other experiments [17, 26] In this study, administration of TBT chloride and flutamide in the rats amplified adverse effects of TBT chloride The weights of accessory sex organs...
... segments, and these were measured In addition, the number of tiers per unit, the number of branches per tier, the number of sympodial units per branch, the mean basal diameter of branches and the circumference ... units of extension The vaguely segmented structure ofthe trunk was confirmed at the wood level The spacing of parenchyma bands, the radial enlargment of wood fibres and parenchyma cells, the wall ... less dense The changes were generally gradual and apparently bore no relation to thedevelopmentofthe units of extension Thus, there were no rhythmic growth rings in the juvenile wood of T superba,...
... prerequisite for both the reiteration ofthe main stem and the appearance of another branch tier, and also because the initiation ofthe lastformed tier preceded the reiteration ofthe leading apex, ... support the view ofthe regulatory role played by particular branches on the shoot systemdevelopment Without any other data on this subject, but in view ofthe number of branches the growth of which ... regulators for the rest ofthe shoot system Once surplus metabolites were produced by the new tier of branches, the main apex would become the recipient sink and the "threshold value ofthe vigour"...
... 1) As the highest frequency ofthe second OVW was higher than the overall frequency response of our system, we limited the second waveform to the first components During the application ofthe ... variability of baseline values, there are very slight differences in Zrs at the end ofthe experiment between control and treated group Figure shows the time courses of Raw and ofthe estimates ofthe ... and/or thedevelopmentof severe pulmonary congestion For this reason, the approach developed in this study could have a potential impact for the study ofthe early phase ofthedevelopmentof lung...
... sides ofthe rod £1,000 was represented by a notch as broad as the palm ofthe hand; £100 by the breadth ofthe thumb £20 by the thickness ofthe little finger; £1 by that of a barley-corn; use of ... engage in the necessary labor The interests ofthe possessing class must be ignored and the interests ofthe workers only considered THE EVOLUTION OF BANKING 37 THE BANK OF VENICE The Bank of Venice ... for the agio seems to be offered by anyone One reason advanced is the difference between the value ofthe ducat and the coins then current in Venice The money of account ofthe bank was the ducat...
... in their homing position Each process blocked in the course of task execution relies on the other processes for removal ofthe barrier Essentially, the proof in question is a demonstration ofthe ... they are called the P-operation and the V-operation A process, "Q" say, that performs the operation " P (sem)" decreases the value ofthe semaphore called "sem" by If the resulting value ofthe ... the value ofthe semaphore called "sem" by If the resulting value ofthe semaphore concerned is positive, the V-operation in question has no further effect; if, however, the resulting value of...
... with the historical facets of his position, some with the philosophical, and some with both.4 What are the defining features ofthe morality system? At the end of Chapter 10 of Ethics and the Limits ... and others are not After the initial space and time lotteries are held, everyone is subject to further lotteries associated with the class system, the race system, and the gender system (systems, ... 66216 The Critique ofthe Morality System July 11, 2007 113 KANT AND THE MORALITY SYSTEM Now that we have a better idea of what Williams means by the morality system, ” what are we to make of his...
... An Overview ofthe Financial System • Primary functionofthe Financial System is financial Intermediation • The channeling of funds from households, firms and governments ... shortage of funds (borrowers) • Direct finance vs Indirect finance 2-2 An Overview ofthe Financial System II 2-3 Structure of Financial Markets I Debt Markets • Short-term (maturity < year) – the ... expertise and taking advantage of economies of scale 2- Functionof Financial Intermediaries III Risk Sharing • Create and sell assets with low risk characteristics and then use the funds to buy assets...
... impair the pumping action ofthe heart, or when there is a threat of other complications The choice of drug is empirical If the desired effect is not achieved, another drug is tried Combinations of ... membranous sacs ofthe sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR); c) Ca2+ bound to the inside ofthe plasmalemma The plasmalemma of cardiomyocytes extends into the cell interior in the form of tubular invaginations ... Overview of Modes of Action (A) The pumping capacity ofthe heart is regulated by sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves (pp 84, 105) Drugs capable of interfering with autonomic nervous function therefore...
... [9] The KIND domain in these proteins is localized to the N-terminal region, and their specific functional domains are located in the C-terminal region The C-lobe of protein kinases mediates the ... proteins of these subregions (Fig S1C) and 1654 Fig Of all members ofthe KIND family of proteins, only KIND2 binds to MAP2 Pull-down assay (PD) ofthe endogenous MAP2 from cerebellar lysates of P21 ... mean length of dendrites These findings demonstrate the structural and functional importance ofthe Leu474 residue in the v-KIND–MAP2 interaction-mediated regulation of dendrite growth The interaction...
... conflict with the global interpretation ofthe data With the exclusion ofthe N-terminal octapeptidyl and C-terminal nonapeptidyl fragments of Glu17, Leu34 and Lys46, the average ofthe {1H}–15N ... point between the upper and lower intercepts ofthe theoretical curve with the fitting line, the spectral density function can be expressed as a linear combination ofthe two Lorentzian functions ... respectively The proximity to one ofthe intercepts between the theoretical and fitting curves reflects the relative contribution of each component Lorentzian function to the specific spectral density of...
... depended on another component, you’d see the hierarchical relationship between the two with the hierarchical outline style The bulk ofthe Editor pane is taken up by the Detail editor The Detail ... From thefunction menu in the editor pane, select insertNewObject, which is the method that is called when the + button is pressed in the sample application It’s a nice, simple example of how ... like the template app The major differences lie in the entity at the heart ofthe application and in the addition of a tab bar at the bottom ofthe screen Let’s get to work 39 www.it-ebooks.info...
... the RCL ofthe serpin inserts into the major A b-sheet causing the protease to be rapidly translocated from the top to the bottom ofthe inhibitor [6] In the process, the structure ofthe protease ... polymers of serpins, where the insertion of another molecule’s RCL takes place [8] Both of these result in the irreversible inactivation (generally) ofthe serpins, and, in the case ofthe anticoagulant ... ‘crushed’ against the bottom ofthe inhibitor [7] In particular, this deformation ofthe protease affects the geometry ofthe catalytic triad, preventing the completion of catalysis beyond the acyl intermediate...
... account both ofthe probability of derivations yielding a specific relation and ofthe proportion of such derivations in the forest produced by the parser A weighted set of GRs from the parse forest ... tune the parser to different genres without the need for retraining The current version ofthe grammar finds at least one parse rooted in S for about 85% ofthe Susanne corpus (used for grammar development) , ... general) level in the hierarchy The micro-averaged precision, recall and F1 score are calculated from the counts for all relations in the hierarchy The macroaveraged scores are the mean ofthe individual...
... marrow stem cells, are the most potent antigen-presenting cells ofthe immune system They play a central role in the initiation of primary immune response and in the enhancement of secondary immune ... the RNA content and cDNA synthesis in the different preparations Furthermore, the PCR primers for glyceraldehyde3-phosphate dehydrogenase and FAAH were selected on the basis ofthe sequence of ... one ofthe enzymes mostly involved in endocannabinoid inactivation The heterogeneous distribution of CB2 receptors among cells ofthe immune system suggests that these receptors might exert their...
... prominent feature ofthe innate immune systems of insects is the activation of serine proteinase cascade pathways in hemolymph, which function to activate plasma proteins that perform immune functions ... [31] Injection of either of these M sexta proteinases into larvae stimulated the expression of antimicrobial peptide genes, suggesting that they might function in activation of a Toll pathway [31] ... proSpatzle-1A is an ortho¨ log ofthe product of this gene In the clade including Spatzle-1, the branch lengths are noticeably longer and ¨ the bootstrap values are lower than in the other clades containing...