... is thedifferencebetween total PSA and free PSA?What is the normal range? In addition, how can it be that if there is ANY prostate specific antigen in the blood that there is no prostate cancer?Doesn’t ... cells ofthe prostate gland. The most frequently used PSA - prostate-specific antigen test - is the total PSA, which measures the sum ofthe free PSA andthe cPSA (complex or bound) in the blood. ... and impotence. For these reasons, it is important that the benefits and risks of diagnostic procedures and treatment be taken into account when considering whether to undertake prostate cancer...
... achieving a deeper und er-standing ofthe link between interest rates and exchange rates. For instance, the theoretical analysis of Lahiri and Vegh (2001) explores the asymmetric re-34ECBWorking ... with the properties of the economy being rather diÔerent depending on the volatility ofthe sunspotvariable and thus that ofthe real exchange rate via (15).Use of (11) and (15), following the ... centralbank, p roducers and foreign exchange market participants all observe currentoutput, prices and nominal exchange rates. With this information, and knowl-edge ofthe structure ofthe model, they...
... definitive and comprehensive guidance on the assessment of single-obligor default risk and for the bottom-up analysis of risk and return of credit portfolios. To get a better understanding of these ... (2004), Dwyer and Korablev (2007), and Dwyer and Qu (2007). 12 between credit spreads and interest rates (level and slope) differ based on the maturity, credit ratings, andthe sign ofthe relation ... positive correlations between instantaneous default rate and interest rate. Lin and Curtillet (2007) take another look at the relationship between credit spreads and interest rates, and try to reconcile...
... and textural attributes. The overall order of consumer preference (P Ͻ 0.05) for the three cheeses was9, 7 and 12 months of aging time, respectively. The trained panel characterized the 7- and ... Cheddar cheese (Murray and Delahunty 2000; Drakeet al. 2001), andthe majority of them had greater than 100 h of trainingregarding the evaluation of dairy products. Food and chemical references ... manufacturing process startingwith the quality ofthe milk, andthe aging and maturation conditions.At 6–8 months of age, Cheddar cheese develops most of its flavor, and a full Cheddar cheese flavor...
... important thaninnovations in the Treasury slope in explaining the variance of future Baayield spreads. When the ordering ofthe bill yield andthe slope are reversed, the explanatory power ofthe ... rating and maturity band. The x2~4! test of equality of bs,i,m,1 and bs,i,m,2across the three sectors is reported in the final column of Table II. The x2test does not reject the hypothesis of ... assistance. All errorsare my own. The analysis and conclusions of this paper are those ofthe author and do notindicate concurrence by other members ofthe research staff, by the Board of Governors,...
... winning companies from the rest ofthe pack. They are in a position to view their marketing mix in the form of 4+1P and 1R, and thereby customize their offerings to the rural market. Further, to ... the budget available to him and then warranty and after sales service before settling on the brand name and model. Thus, the concept ofthe product fitting into one’s budget is most important ... identify the brand as the ‘Ladkewala Paint’ andthe brand had a high brand recall because ofthe mascot on its packaging. 6.) Small priced packs: In India there has been a proliferation of small...
... Because of this reason, the research focuses on understanding the value ofthe corporate culture, in particular, understanding the relationship betweenthe corporate culture andthe innovation of ... percentage of asked managers and accountants for different choices and opinions. This is also the primary data. The finding of this survey is the primary source of data providing the significant answers ... objective ofthe survey is to understand the concepts of corporate culture and management accounting innovations in Vietnamese companies as well as the awareness of companies’ managers or accountants...
... for binding GST-IjBa in the presence and absence of ATP, andthe value of a indicates whether the binding of one substrate (ATP) affects the affinity ofthe enzymefor the other substrate (GST-IjB ... kinase-2(IKK2) and IkappaBalpha(IjBa), and that the phosphorylation of IjBa byIKK influences the amplitude of NF-jB oscillations. We have performedfurther analyses ofthe behavior of NF-jB and its ... phosphory-lation and degradation, andthe subsequent transloca-tion of NF-jB into the nucleus may be mediated byanother mechanism. Such a mechanism could bederived from the theory underlying...
... integration, and, on the other hand, they may contribute to that market integration if theycan be employed as a legal means of technology transfer and market penetration. See the rea-soning ofthe ECJ ... the very design of the method of evaluating these arrangements under Article 81(1) and (3) EC.Thus, a first and fundamental orientation ofthe analysis is brought about by the way the point of ... one ofan exemption based on the merits ofthe agreement.872.3. The guidance given by the Commissiona. The horizontal-vertical dichotomy and licensing dynamicsMore generally, the role of and...
... T, and IN and IUare the intercepts and mN and mUare the slopes ofthe pre- and post-transitional base lines of the raw data, respectively.Quantitative analysis ofthe experimental dataThermal ... to these permanent bonds, there are further,changeable H bonds. Thenumberand exact location of these bonds vary upon ligation with the substrates and with the conformational states ofthe ... is the gas constant and T is the absolute tempera-ture. The terms A and E can be expressed in termodynamicquantities:A ẳkBTh and E ẳ DGz5ị and 6ịwhere kBis the Boltzmann constant,...
... sTF and FX. Kirchhofer and coworkers [13] reported mutagenesis of surface-exposedresidues of sTF andthe effect ofthe modified sTF–FVIIacomplex on FX activation. In another study [17], theseauthors ... (Table 1). Three ofthe labeled sTFvariants (Y156C, S163C and K201C) showed a change inemission spectra and in the rest ofthe mutants the probewas not significantly affected by the sTF–FVIIa ... to the Gla domain of FVIIa, and positions200 and 201 are situated near EGF1 andthe so-calledhydrophobic stack, which is a linker betweenthe Gladomain and EGF1 of FVIIa (Fig. 1). All five of...
... suggestions we thank Vernon Henderson, Matthew Kahn and Andrew Plantinga. Funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (Puga and Turner), the Center for Urban Health Initiatives(Eid), ... Sprawl and urban growth. In Vernon Henderson and Jacques-Franỗois Thisse (eds.) Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics, volume 4. Amster-dam: North-Holland, 2481–2527.Heckman, James J. and Richard ... American Journal of Preventive Medicine 27(2):87–96.20 in the sample of movers. The key is that Plantinga and Bernell study nlsy79 respondents between 1996 and 2000, rather than between 1988 and...
... BRIDGE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN BUSINESS STRATEGY AND DESIGN FINALLYA brand is not a product. A VISUAL PRESENTATION BY MARTY NEUMEIER The three most important words in differentiating your brand: ... for whichpeople believe there’s no substitute. SOLUTION:BE DIFFERENT. IT’S NOT WHAT YOU SAY IT IS. AND HOW. A modern definition of brand The five disciplines of brand-buildingWHAT YOU’LL ... INTERBRAND’S TOP 100 LISTSHOWS WHY BRANDS ARE WORTH PROTECTING:2001BRAND VALUE($MM)68,94565,06852,75230,09221,72814,63813,85810,8018,7467,5896,2146,0195,4641,757% CHANGEBRAND...