... broader stock market and concluded that unexpected monetary policy actions prompted relatively strong and consistent responses by the stock market but only accounted for a small proportion of the ... Macro-economic information was often seen as a better longer-term indicator, so that any RBA announcements were considered in the context of other pre-existing economic information Additionally, ... examining the stock returns of selected listed Australian banks, studied as a group, representing in excess of 80 percent of the market We contrasted the response of these stocks to those of non-financial...
... the Sarbanes- OxleyActof 2002 ( Sarbanes- OxleyAct ).1 The Report is designed to address each of the topics identified for Commission study in the Sarbanes- Oxley Act, including the role of credit ... training and qualifications of credit rating analysts I INTRODUCTION Section 702 of the Sarbanes- OxleyAct requires the Commission to conduct a study of the role and function of credit rating agencies ... Recognition’ [T]he fundamental determinants of ‘national recognition’ [are] (i) an impact of [a rating agency’s ratings] on bond prices that is independent of the impact thereon of regulation,...
... one looks at stock returns only, this result contradicts the contention that insider sale filings have greater information content under Section 403 of SOX versus Section 16 of the Exchange Act ... reproduction prohibited without permission Timing and information content of insider trades Before and after the Sarbanes- OxleyAct Abstract: This paper examines the information content of Form ... permission CONTENTS Acknowledgements ii Abstract iv List of Figures viii List of Tables ix Timing and Information Content of Insider Trades: Before and After the Sarbanes- OxleyAct Introduction Hypothesis...
... Chemical Properties on Biodiesel Fuels on Injection, Combustion and Exhaust Emission Characteristics in a Direct Injection Compression Ignition Engine, International Journal of Engine Research, ... the discussions it may be concluded that the overall percentage of unsaturation or saturation may not be sole authority to decide cetane number of a biodiesel The contribution of long straight ... unsaturation Figure Variation of cetane number with percentage of unsaturation Conclusions From the present work, it can be concluded that the cetane number of biodiesel fuels is strongly influenced by...
... early as 1934 that the application of ultrasonic energy could increase the rate of electrolytic water cleavage The effects of ultrasonic radiation on chemical reactions are due to the very high ... The duration ton of the current pulse was 0.5 – 0.8 s then the current was turned off for a fixed duration toff of 0.5 s During ton, FePt nanoparticles were deposited on the surface of the electrode ... degassing of the electrode surface, and an increased reaction rate [15] In this paper, we report the use of the sonoelectrochemical method for the preparation of FePt nanoparticles Experimental The sonoelectrochemical...
... uncharacterized function of TRBP in RNAi Here, we have characterized the interactions of siRNAs that contain terminal mismatches with TRBP and Dicer, and determined the impact of these interactions ... in the presence of TRBP, actually becoming the most active of all the siRNAs under these conditions (Fig 2A) In contrast, after knockdown of Dicer, only the silencing efficacy of 396-AG was significantly ... the dose-responsive concentration range (Fig S1) Effectof TRBP or Dicer knockdown on the silencing efficacy of mismatched siRNAs We hypothesized that the reduction in the function of the mismatched...
... stability strongly depends on anion concentration; this highlights the primary role played by the anion–protein interactions in A-state stabilization Competition among anions To better define the effect ... methionine coordination to the heme iron [25] Electronic absorption monovalent anions (the effectof perchlorate is illustrated in Fig for comparative purposes) The changes in the Cotton effect ... compilation ª 2006 FEBS F Sinibaldi et al Anion-modulated structure of cyt c A-state A B Fig Effectof sulfate (s) and selenate (.) concentration on the heme pocket environment [and on the strength of...
... were used to measure the effectof industrial water pollution Mean value of each item were generated and use to get the level of impact of the effectof industrial pollution on the rural dwellers ... area of Sango Ota A total of 11.6% of respondents have no formal education, while the remaining has one form of education or the other while only 4.6% has tertiary education 3.1.1 Perceived Effect ... Distribution of Respondents by their level of agreement on their perceived effectof industrial pollution on Livelihood of rural dwellers in Ado Odo Ota L.G.A N=82 SD Freq (%) Perceptional Statements...
... personal views, depending on conditions, characteristics and development levels of their operations Keith Davis (1973) gave broad concept: “CSR is the interest of the business and reaction to ... social activities held by the company 4.1.2 Evaluation Regarding treatment personnel is one of the basic content of most CSR standards Accordingly, there is recognition that "one and only one social ... associations are usually retired 16 officials who want to extend their working time Actually, there was no association in the presence of consumers in cases of food contamination, environmental...
... causal effectof pollution on health This paper focuses on developing an empirical strategy for measuring the effectof pollution on health Specifically, I look at the effectof air pollution on ... pollution and health, making it difficult to identify the effectof pollution on health.11 To understand the empirical implications of such actions for estimating the effectof pollution on hospitalizations ... ozone has been a pollutant of major focus because its concentration often exceeds the National information may be lost Additionally, using seasonal variation will not provide evidence on long-term...
... to secondary school education, only 55% of the control group had the same level of education, followed by a primary level of education in 29.2% of the experimental group and 25% of the control ... awareness of management of malaria and the free distribution of these antimalarial drugs by the National Malaria Control Programme It also demonstrated the effectof health education on the proportions ... frontline of care at home The study strongly demonstrated the effectof health education in the home management of malaria There was a statistically significant relationship between the proportions of...
... Whilst the concentration of Ni used in the nutrient solution was twenty times higher than that of Cd, calculation of the concentration factor (i.e the ratio of the concentration of metal accumulated ... Nickel concentrations on the other hand were highest in the axis, intermediate in the testa and lowest in the cotyledons The effectof seed growth stage on metal accumulation The concentration of ... control treatments not determined (s Cd treatment, Ì Cd control, vertical stripes ϭ Ni treatment, horizontal stripes ϭ Ni control) n ϭ Figure Effectof Cd and Ni on lipid content (mg/seed) of...
... assessed in connection with alterations in photochemical activity during strong light illumination of the PSI submembrane fractions It is concluded from the specificity of the various active oxygen ... scavengers used that only the generation of 1O2 is responsible for the photooxidation effects The role of active oxygen scavengers in the protection of the structure and function of the photosystems ... occurrence of and properties of two different types of photoinactivation Plant Cell Physiol 11, 29–38 Satoh K & Fork DC (1982) Photoinhibition of reaction centers of photosystem I and II in intact Bryopsis...
... (2008) Effectof surface concentration on secondary and tertiary conformational changes of lysozyme adsorbed on silica nanoparticles Biochim Biophys Acta 1784, 1694–1701 Karlsson M, Martensson LG, ... recognition, the ionic strength of the medium would be expected to have an effecton the binding [43] To study the effectof ionic strength on the conformation of ToxRp in the presence of ZnO NP, CD ... [30] of the protein, along with the distribution of the charged groups on various loops ⁄ nonregular regions of the molecule, seem to be ideal for triggering conformational changes upon adsorption...
... were carried out in conventional culture conditions In these studies, we could not draw any significant conclusions about the effectof ST2 expression on cell proliferation of T98G (data not shown) ... the possibility of an autocrine mechanism for the suppression of colony formation (Fig 5) Finally, we confirmed the inhibitory effectof the ST2 protein on colony formation in soft agar by adding ... intensity of inhibition correlated well with the concentration of ST2 protein in the culture supernatant of each cell line, thus corresponding to the efficiencies of the production of the ST2...
... indicative of a drug-dependent conformational transition(s) that does not affect the inner coordination sphere of the haem iron atom Fig Effectof ibuprofen and warfarin on the electronic absorption ... coordination state of haem iron (see Fig 2), His242 does not appear to be a likely candidate for the axial haem bonding CONCLUSIONS The effectof ibuprofen and warfarin on the electronic absorption spectroscopic, ... anaerobic conditions: (a) by sequential addition of a 10-M excess of sodium dithionite or sodium ascorbate and a 4-M excess of Fig Chemical structures of ibuprofen and warfarin 6216 S Baroni et...
... realize that it is a problem that has to be addressed through action and not ignorance.Table of ContentsI.) Introduction 1II.) Review of Literature A) Source B) Source ... cases of adolescent drug abuse that he has worked with He describes the different patterns of drug abuse and the causes of such abuse He describes causes like alienation, low self- esteem and confidence, ... section of the library I found some of the articles in the school library as well as using my local library I also used the OPAC computer to find my book source.IV.) Result of Information Gathered:...
... Guidelines, Section 1.1 NXB MoDot, 2001 [9] AASHTO LRFD Bridge Desgin Specifications, SI Units, Third Edition.2004 [10] Jacques Mathivatb The cantilever constructions of prestressed Concrete Bridges ... GTVT, Hà nội, năm 2003 [5] Richard M.Baker J A Puckett Design of Highway Bridges NXM MC Graw Hill, 1997 [6] Narenda Taly Design of Highway Bridges NXM MC Graw Hill, 1998 [7] Wai Fan Chen, Lien ... văng, lực căng dây 2.1 - : 2,5m 2.1: Việc phân tích kết cấu tiến hành phần mềm MIDAS/Civil – Version 7.0.1 2.2 Ảnh hưởng chiều cao cột tháp đến ứng xử kết cấu nghiên cứu cách thay đổi chiều cao...