... occur and keep the data consistent and comparable over time The specification of the profit finction and estimation of profit efficiency closely follow the procedures of Berger, Hancock, and Humphrey ... mergers In contrast, there have been no academic studies of the profit efficiency effectsof mergers and very little research on the market power effectsof bank mergers Studies of the effectsof mergers ... the effectsof market concentration and market share on prices and profits It should be borne in mind that there may be many differences between the dynamic effectsof mergers on performance and...
... group of Thr1 Interestingly, the inhibition showed concentrationdependent behavior only up to 20 lm, when the maximum detectable rates of inhibition were 30% and 40% for the ChT-L and T-L components, ... monitors the formation of quinone adducts, shows the existence of additional TQ-binding sites on the proteasome Figure indicates that the formation of b-subunit–TQ adducts increases at TQ concentrations ... concentrations ofand 20 lm, whereas it decreases at a concentration of 100 lm (corresponding to the recovery of proteasome activity) At the same time, increases in TQ concentration resulted...
... of pH of acclimation described 36% of the variation in zinc uptake Considering only the results of the zinc uptake experiments performed at the pH of acclimation describes 64% of the variation ... effect on uptake of both metals The marked effect of acclimation on cadmium and zinc uptake by the midge larvae is a strong indication that pH has not only an effect on the speciation of the ... base for zinc and cadmium was built based on the data of Smith and Martell (1976), Martell and Smith (1982) and Smith and Martell (1989) The thermodynamic and conditional stability constants for...
... of access, the arrangement of contracts and timely intervention to secure favorable disposition of regulatory decisions and government contract The use of these kinds of connections for personal ... examines the effectsof corruption on economic and political development According some scholars some levels of corruption may encourage the economic growth But in case of high level of corruption most ... monopolistic condition on one side of the market, the monopolist will try to get the maximum profit from the other side So the income of public official, who as an economic agent regards his office...
... Maillard et al Table II Effectsof lifting and time on changes in content and partitioning of total, old and new elements (C and N) in the various components of intact or lifted one-year-old Corsican ... increase strongly risks of degradation of water potential and C and N acquisition on the site of installation, and compromise successful plantation establishment in the field REFERENCES [1] Andersen ... beginning of root regeneration (day 13), andon days 27 and 41 The significance of the effectsof lifting and time and their interaction are indicated for the different variables; ns, non significant;...
... impact of deer on woodlands: the effectsof browsing and seed dispersal on vegetation structure and composition, Forestry 74 (2001) 209–218 [21] Harmer R., The effect of plant competition and simulated ... A-horizon with a depth of 4–23 cm, a Ag-horizon with a depth of 23–41 cm, a compact Btg-Horizon with a depth of 41–74 cm, a BCg-horizon with a depth of 74–98 cm, and a C-horizon with a depth of 98–153 ... eccentricity on the estimation of basal area and basal area increment of coniferous trees, For Sci 34 (1988) 621–633 [4] Braithwaite T.W., Mayhead G.J., The effectsof simulated browsing on the growth of...
... version of the manuscript GC made substantial contributions to the conception and design of the study and approved the final version of the manuscript FB participated in the design of the study and ... inclusion criteria, duration of intubation, dosage, timing of treatment and risk levels of developing stridor Only the last two criteria (risk levels of develop- ing stridor and timing of administration ... ICU population and inclusion criteria Duration of ventilation (days) (steroid vs placebo) Steroid dose and regimen administration Overall equivalent dose of hydrocortisone (mg) Cheng and colleagues...
... agitation impedes patient cooperation during weaning from mechanical ventilation and very often leads to delayed extubation Undue prolongation of mechanical ventilation favors the occurrence of complications ... indication for and duration of mechanical ventilation, SAPS II [15], and the amounts of sedative agents given in the previous 24 hours were registered The RASS and two other agitation scales were monitored: ... analysis No agitation was observed when sedation was eventually discontinued, and both were successfully extubated after and additional days of ventilation, respectively One of the 17 patients...
... strength for sustenance and determination THANKS! i Acknowledgments i Table of contents ii List of Abbreviations viii List of Figures xi List of Tables xiii List of publications and conference papers ... intravesical instillations of LC9018 (a heat-killed preparation of LcS) augmented the local expression of IFNγ and TNFα mRNA and induced the infiltration of neutrophils and macrophages in the ... processing and presentation of BCG-derived epitopes ( ) on MHC II, and the eventual activation of CD4+ T-cells Once activated, CD4+ T-cells releases a milieu of Th1 cytokines - IL2 and IFNγ, which...
... Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) In XPS, photo-ionization and energy-dispersive analysis of the emitted photoelectrons are used to study the composition and electronic state of the surface region of ... by the signal-tonoise ratio and/ or another absorption edge Note that this division of an x-ray absorption spectrum into two regions is conventional and the intervals of these regions can vary for ... ionization and the emission of a core (inner shell) electron The kinetic energy distribution of the emitted photoelectrons (i.e the number of emitted photoelectrons as a function of their kinetic...
... a double-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled protocol to compare the effectsof p-synephrine alone and in combination with different amounts of hesperidin and naringin on: (1) resting metabolism, ... trial J Nutr 2006; 136: 404-408 Bredsdorff L, Nielson IL, Rasmussen SE, et al Absorption, conjugation and excretion of the flavonones, naringenin and hesperetin from alpha-rhamnosidase-treated orange ... to a masking of the thermogenic effects found with lesser amounts Conclusions This randomized double-blinded placebo control pilot study supports the safety and thermogenic effectsof p-synephrine,...
... occurred in one patient in the flurbiprofen group Atelectasis occurred in one patient belonging to the control group and it was recovered by respiratory rehabilitation and bronchoscopic aspiration Gastrointestinal ... Nausea/vomiting Constipation Figure Changes in serum concentration of TNF-α before and after thoracotomy in the study groups Figure Changes in serum concentration of IL-6 before and after thoracotomy ... scores and additional analgesic consumption These findings may be related to the antiinflammatory effectsof flurbiprofen VAS scoring is a simple and often used method for evaluating variations...
... of 739 US employees in a service-related organization, this study demonstrates different effects for merit pay, bonuses, and long-term incentives THE RELATIVE EFFECTSOF MERIT PAY, BONUSES, AND ... merit percent and bonus percent) as a function of performance, control variables, and the interaction of performance with those control variables They then used the first derivative of the results ... for both the bonus plan (p < 001) and long-term incentives (p < 0001) Because of the restrictions on long-term incentives, Hypothesis predicted that the effect of bonuses would be stronger than...
... between parents and other adults, the microcontext of interactions between parents and children, the macrocontext of the neighborhood one lives in and the availability of basic educational and health ... educational levels of parents Once a convergence is reached on the net and correlation effectsof poverty on a variety of indicators, the task ahead is to decompose this effect further and to ... literature on the effectsof child poverty on health and development, there has been no consensus on how to operationalize poverty This is an important issue because how we characterize the effects of...
... ii Abstract The Effectsof Land Use on the Mobility of Elderly and Disabled and Their Homecare Workers, and the Effectsof Care on Client Mobility: Findings from Contra Costa, California ... information removed All calculations by author 40 In terms of language, about 5% of consumer and provider respondents used the Spanish version of the survey, while 7.4% of Contra Costa IHSS consumers ... needs of consumers and providers, and the extent of care consumers received The six interrelated hypotheses predicted that, given the income constraints of both populations and the disability constraints...
... the effect of NaCl concentration on the kinetic constants and thermodynamic stability of VsEndA and VcEndA was investigated In addition, the effectsof reciprocal mutations of two non-conserved ... compilation ª 2008 FEBS 1595 Effectsof salt on Vibrio endonucleases L Niiranen et al Table Thermodynamic parameters of the thermal unfolding of VsEndA and VcEndA as a function of NaCl concentration ... stoichiometries of participation of water, cations and anions in specific and non-specific binding of lac repressor to DNA Possible thermodynamic origins of the ‘‘glutamate effect’’ on protein–DNA interactions...
... effect of the second-order rate constants and concentrations of TM and PAI-1 on the rate of thrombin/ PAI-1 complex formation For various combinations of kon and koff for the thrombin/TM interaction, ... constructed and analyzed as described [6] The effect of increasing concentrations of solulin on the inhibition of thrombin and thrombin-VR1tPA by PAI-1 was determined To that end, a solution of ... reaction, is dependent on the starting concentration of free thrombin molecules (which itself is dependent on the total TM concentration) (Fig 5B) Consequently, the maximal concentration of this...
... initiation and monitoring as per standard care Exclusion criteria included exposure to intravenous inotropic support within month and inability to give written informed consent After conclusion of ... ejection fraction of 16%, pulmonary capillary wedge pressure of 30 mmHg and cardiac index of 1.81 L/min/m2 TnI and B-type Natri- Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Journal of Translational ... findings and confound the milrinone effects In terms of TnI levels, there is no reason to believe that standard therapy would obscure detection of increased myocardial necrosis While standard care...