... paper as the discussion turns to the implications ofthe ability-education-income inter- relationships for the assessment ofthe contribution of education to growth, the possible sources ofthe differential ... ability ofthe educated I know of no evidence which points in this direction There is no evidence that the growth in educational attainment has been restricted by the drawing down ofthe "pool of There ... is the nez product ofthe education system per se VI • 4; THE PUZZLE OFTHE CONSTANCY OF DIFFERENTIALS THE main evidenceonthe relative constancy of educational and skill differentials in the...
... Arabinotriose inthe binding cleft is represented using sticks (B) Detailed view ofthe binding cleft with arabinotriose (C) Details ofthe residues defining the binding cleft Hydrogen bond interactions ... activity of BsArb43B Furthermore, to determine whether theroleofthe calcium is structural, thermal shift assays were performed to determine the Tm ofthe protein inthe presence and absence ofthe ... the catalytic domain, and is located between blades II and III on one side and blades V and I onthe other Structural comparison ofthe BsArb43B binding cleft with the binding cleft ofthe other...
... predictions that are counter-intuitive Though extant literature, particularly within the domain of economics and industrial organization, has examined strategic interaction inthe context of entry ... descriptive in nature, 12 examines the predictions generated from theoretical models using traditional econometric methods One stream of literature, primarily grounded within the domain of economics ... to one of them [TA (I, E)] The fundamental difference between the empirical model and the conceptual model stems from the specification ofthe payoffs We replace the numerical payoffs inthe conceptual...
... Emotions in a service context 2.5.1 Emotional content of service During the 1980’s, the concept of hedonic consumption arose, acknowledging the importance of emotions within the service consumption ... review ofthe main definitions proposed inthe literature They tried to analyse inthe literature the common elements that appeared inthe miscellaneous definitions of satisfaction and inthe consumers’ ... and ofthe elaboration ofthe survey instrument Chapter consists inthe presentation ofthe results ofthe statistical analysis ofthe data we collected A discussion of these results, how they...
... play in mediating the impact of FDI on growth, using data from 91 countries over the period 1975–2005 One major contribution ofthe paper is the adoption ofthe regression model based onthe concept ... ratio In this model, financial market indicators (FIN) act as sample-splitting (or threshold) variables and will be explained inthe following section The above specification allows the effects of ... Until then, the benefits of FDI are non-existent Model specification We argue that a model particularly well suited to capture the presence of contingency effects and to offer a rich way of modelling...
... is, the coefficients ofthe marginal effects ofthe Poisson model can be interpreted as the proportionate change inthe conditional mean if the jth regressor changes by one unit Finally, the ... culled No information is available onthe costs of culling, diagnostic testing of samples, cleaning and disinfection, and other administrative costs (Obi, Oparinde, and Maina 2008) Regarding the impacts ... et al 2008; Aning, Turkson, and Asuming-Brempong 2008; Obi, Oparinde, and Maina 2008; Omiti and Okuthe 2008) Therefore, information regarding theroleof poultry inthe livelihoods of small-scale...
... processing approach to comprehension of French, w i l l form the basis ofthe discussion I t is thein interaction ofthe results of these asynchronous processes that the process of comprehension ... by intonation or pauses However, for French this is not the case Depending onthe context, the ending of one word may be phonet i c a l l y affixed to the following one called liason In addition, ... account for the variation at the surface level Finally, to further i l l u s t r a t e the problems encountered in determining the phonetic representation, examples ofthe implications of deciding to...
... interpretation ofthe data suggests that the indicated basic region of ic3 ofthe D2 receptor and acidic region ofthe C-tail ofthe D1 receptor might be involved inthe interactions between the two dopamine ... direct indication oftheroleofthe Arg-rich epitope inthe formation of heterodimers, as had been done in case of adenosine A2A–dopamine D2 heterodimerization [43] However, based on these data, ... efficiency inthe trafficking ofthe wild-type D2 receptor [61] The construction of genetic variants ofthe studied dopamine receptors, which were supposed to prove the contribution ofthe indicated...
... alone However, words are still important in explaining the implications ofthe pictures and in explaining what is happening inthe pictures This hypothesis includes the same qualification as the ... with a video tape of animated cartoons explaining the need for a polio vaccine The information contained inthe videotape was the same as inthe leaflet Both versions were available in English and ... without cartoons (N = 50) They found no difference in recall between the two versions ofthe booklet In discussing their findings, they pointed to the high interest level ofthe readers, all of whom...
... using surface plasmon resonance analysis to determine theroleof residue 71 in collagen binding The elucidation ofthe mechanism of structural protein substrate recognition in serine proteases should ... host strain The chimeric gene was digested using NdeI and HindIII and ligated into the NdeI–HindIII gap of pTONA5a to obtain the expression vector Construction of expression vectors of chimera ... placed inthe same direction, and a cassette containing the Gmr and E coli rpsL+ genes was inserted between them rpsL+ encodes the ribosomal protein S12 [23], the target of Sm The transformation of...
... hydration interactions, D2O may alter the dynamics of protein function in subtle and non-intuitive ways.[32–35] Interestingly, in contrast to the wealth of thermodynamic data onthe influence of ... unfolding of one ofthe I27 modules inthe chain Unfolding then extends the overall length ofthe protein, relaxing the pulling force to a low value As the slack inthe length is removed by further ... well-defined series of step increases in length, marking the unfolding and extension ofthe individual modules inthe chain.[37] The size ofthe observed steps corresponds to the number of amino acids...
... experiment we examined the readers’ rating ofthe polarity of reviews in their entirety, while inthe second experiment we examined the readers’ rating ofthe same reviews based on reading single sentences ... is, therefore, of evaluative nature To best communicate this affect, the DT should appear at the end ofthe review (instead ofthe beginning ofthe review) as a means of recapitulating the point ... dominant proposition of a text The DT best represents the redundancy structure ofthe text As such, this proposition functions as a reference point for processing the rest ofthe propositions The...
... components [18-21] Land plant expansins consist of two domains and a secretion signal The N-terminal expansin domain and the C-terminal expansin domain are homologous to the catalytic domain of ... enzymes and maintaining their folded structure [16] were conserved inthe expansin domain of some ofthe plant expansin groups [22] and also inthe MdEXPs (Figure 5) In M denticulata, the GGACGY ... absence of short stretches of amino acids at conserved positions at either side ofthe HFDL motif inthe GH45 active site (a- and b-insertions) [16,43] According to the phylogeny, the MdEXPs contained...
... (the only exception being AtOFP6 which contains asparagine) In subf the corresponding amino-acid in position 23 is mainly asparagine while in subf is arginine The amino-acid in this position in ... are: the proline at position 4, the phenylalanine at position 8, the serine at position 11, the methionine at position 15, the leucine at position 46, the asparagine at position 53, the isoleucine ... region ofthe first exon, position 419 resulting in a cytosine in cv “Round” to guanine substitution in cv “Long” This replacement changes the ORF ofthe sequence resulting in a ThreonineLong...
... on Credit Institutions, 2010; (iv) The Law on Insurance Business in 2000; (v) The Competition Law in 2004; (vi) The Law on Securities in 2006 Data Our data was obtained from the 2009 Survey of ... examining and monitoring the actions of senior management In addition, there are also other stakeholders that can influence a company, including employees and unions, suppliers, clients, and the ... regulations for this sector in order to reduce the risks to the banking system among other benefits Second, in joining the World Trade Organization, Vietnam has been accepting increased competition,...
... on Credit Institutions, 2010; (iv) The Law on Insurance Business in 2000; (v) The Competition Law in 2004; (vi) The Law on Securities in 2006 Data Our data was obtained from the 2009 Survey of ... examining and monitoring the actions of senior management In addition, there are also other stakeholders that can influence a company, including employees and unions, suppliers, clients, and the ... regulations for this sector in order to reduce the risks to the banking system among other benefits Second, in joining the World Trade Organization, Vietnam has been accepting increased competition,...
... on Credit Institutions, 2010; (iv) The Law on Insurance Business in 2000; (v) The Competition Law in 2004; (vi) The Law on Securities in 2006 Data Our data was obtained from the 2009 Survey of ... (iii) The Law onthe State Bank in 1997 and the Law on Credit Institutions of 1997, amendments to both laws in 2003 and 2004 respectively; the new Law onthe State Bank of Vietnam 2010; and the ... reduce the risks to the banking system among other benefits Second, in joining the World Trade Organization, Vietnam has been accepting increased competition, foreign banks have entered the Vietnamese...
... explanations ofthe intricacies of grammar are given Grammar provides the rules for putting the words together and instruction often focuses onthe form and inflections of words Reading of difficult ... acknowledges the positive roleofthe mother tongue inthe classroom, but also identifies the following uses of it: eliciting language, checking comprehension, giving instructions, enhancing co-operation ... presented in isolation, but inthe context of a complete sentence, and in a meaningful situation This way, the words acquired meaning when they appeared in a particular definition in a determined context...
... consists of N-terminal domain for protein oligomerization, C-terminal domain for DNA binding, and flexible linker connecting the two domains [48, 51] The central region of H-NS, which includes the ... force-extension curves of naked DNA as our control experiment By changing the bu↵er to those containing DNA-binding protein of our interest, we can study the DNA binding properties ofthe protein by ... as the reference point from the centroid ofthe magnetic bead to determine the extension ofthe stretched DNA Note that when the extension ofthe DNA is ⇠ µm, the image ofthe bead is near the...