... engendered by the financial friction This is because ofthe rate of growth ofthe price of tradable goods, which enters in the definition ofthe gross interest rate which governs the size ofthe wedge ... market We calculate the cost of credit forthe median firm as the ratio ofthe real value of interest payments to the real value ofthe stock of bank debt As observed in the figure, this real implict ... depreciation The sudden stop episodes studied include the Latin American debt crises ofthe 1980s, the Mexican crisis ofthe first half ofthe 1990s and the East Asian and Russian crises ofthe late...
... is the number of cells strictly left of c in the diagram of λ (3) The leg of c, denoted l(c), is the number of cells strictly below c in the diagram of λ (4) The coleg of c, denoted l (c), is the ... invalid in the other.) This lemma, together with the discussion preceding it, completes the proof of formula (18) We leave to the reader the task of showing that this formula reduces to formula ... journal of combinatorics 11 (2004), #R68 c Figure 1: Diagram of a partition (1) The arm of c, denoted a(c), is the number of cells strictly right of c in the diagram of λ (2) The coarm of c, denoted...
... accuracy of prognostic modelsforthe early care of trauma patients Conclusions This systematic review located and appraised the quality of five prognostic modelsforthe early care of trauma ... care of trauma patients The majority ofmodels were developed in cohorts of trauma patients from the 80’s All except one ofthemodels were developed in populations from high-income countries The ... the clinical credibility ofthe model remained unevaluated, and none ofthemodels were tested in a randomised clinical trial Discussion This systematic review located prognostic modelsfor the...
... densities or products thereof may be specified forthe prior density p(ϕ) on ϕ, depending, again, on the number of sets of random effects and whether there are any covariances thereof [21] Finally, ... al The generation of individual elements θj , j = 1, 2, , p + q or blocks thereof of θ from their respective FCD is straightforward using the strategy presented by Wang et al [48] The FCD of ... hierarchical modelsThe DIC is based on the posterior distribution ofthe deviance statistic, which is −2 times the sampling distribution ofthe data as specified in the first stage of a hierarchical...
... Assemblage ofthe clones yield the full-length cDNA sequences of at least two distinct LDH-A isoforms, which differ substantially in the coding sequence and length ofthe 3¢-UTR Therefore, isoform-specific ... All the observed dynamic changes in enzyme properties under acclimation should be considered in the context ofthe relevance forthe performance of metabolic networks, because the theory of metabolic ... in their 3¢-UTR sequence binding sites for specific proteins that increase ⁄ decrease the rate of poly(A) shortening, i.e affect the lifetime ofthe mRNA [32], therefore it is likely that the...
... and Zn2+ (results not shown) These effects suggest the involvement of sulfhydryl group(s) in the catalytic activity ofthe mycobacterial enzyme, as observed forthe plant l-galactono-1,4-lactone ... l-gulono-1,4-lactone dehydrogenase of M tuberculosis is a specific enzyme forthe biosynthesis of L-AA As far as we know, this is the first report of a specific biosynthetic enzyme for vitamin C in bacteria ... mutants ofthe gene could be obtained [40] The gene is well conserved within the M tuberculosis complex, except forthe M bovis BCG Pasteur (1173P2) strain, which lost the gene due to the deletion of...
... clarify the binding properties of each of these domains we generated synthetic mRNA encoding only the C1 or C2 domains Expression of only the C1 domain resulted in the dorsalization of embryos ... and XI ofthe receptor serine ⁄ threonine kinase domain [22] Another striking point is the phase conservation ofthe intron– exon boundaries that lie either side ofthe exon encoding the extracellular ... end and C2 defines the domain closest to the cell membrane A comparison ofthe inferred amino acid sequence ofthe C1 and C2 domains reveals that only the approximate spacing ofthe 10 cysteine...
... collect information about wider effectsof oral health on daily living The main advantage of generic measures is that they allow comparison of various domains of quality of life forthe condition ... needs Therefore, the objective of this study was to assess thediscriminative ability of one generic and one condition-specific OHRQoL measure, namely, respectively, the short form ofthe Oral ... treatment For that, the prevalence of oral impacts was calculated as the percentage of adolescents reporting one or more items 'fairly often' or 'very often' for OHIP-14 [23] and as the percentage of...
... page) thedrug sensitive virus (solid lines in black), thedrug resistant one (dashed lines) and the sum of Prevalence of infection with thedrug sensitive virus (solid lines in black), thedrug resistant ... in dependence of a given time delay between the importation ofthedrug sensitive and thedrug resistant infection (0–30 days) Current mathematical models focus more on de novo drug resistance ... ure 1b) If the time point forthe importation ofthe resistant strain is shifted towards the initial phase ofthe epidemic, the resistant strain increasingly replaces the sensitive strain (Figure...
... Proceedings ofthe National Academy of Sciences ofthe United States of America, vol 27, no 4, pp 222–224, 1941 T Aoki, “On the stability ofthe linear transformation in Banach spaces,” Journal ofthe ... well as on the equation Df x, y We refer the reader to the expository papers 11, 12 or to the books 13–15 see also the recent articles of Forti 16, 17 , for supplementary details On the other hand, ... application of our result for 1.8 , the stability forthe following generalized functional equation ofthe square root spiral f p−1 p x k f x hx 1.9 is obtained Thereafter, we present the generalized Ulam-Hyers...
... (i.e the inverse of hydraulic resistance) is defined as the ratio that measures water movement through the roots relative to an external driving force controlling the water flow The adequacy ofthe ... topology Forthe morphological characterisation of shoots and roots and the topological characterisation of roots, 22 seedlings were taken randomly per type of container at the end ofthe vegetative ... information according to their partially overlapping position in the biplot, with overall higher values for all these variables characterising the shorter (ST) tube type On the other hand, the...
... the simulation The analytical modelsof Verrier et al [14] and Chevalet [3] will then be described, each corresponding to a different choice of hypotheses forthe algebraic formalization ofthe ... the ’semi-finite’ model or SFM The joint distribution ofthe gene effects is then assumed to be multivariate normal Derivations ofthe variances of gene effects and covariances between gene effects ... predictions provided by the three modelsforthe joint effectsof population intensity on the evolution of genetic variance were compared illustrates the case of intermediate value of selection intensity...
... development over the past 30 years The bottom half ofthe timeline denotes the emergence of key humanized mouse modelsThe top half ofthe timeline denotes the application ofthemodels to HIV-1 ... model Here, we focus on the development of each of these modelsforthe study of human retroviral infection, i.e., with HIV-1 and HTLV-1 The comparison of all of these models in historical context, ... Comparison of animal modelsforthe study of retroviral infection The identification of HIV-1 as the causative agent of AIDS was followed only a year later by the recruitment of chimpanzees for the...
... represent a single pathological entity and therefore there is no single strategy for their prevention Conflict of interest The author has declared that no conflict of interest exists References Czeizel ... corrected by drugs immediately after birth In Hungary 25.2% of congenital abnormalities were prevented by these methods Previously the selective abortion, i.e termination of pregnancy after the prenatal ... diagnosis of severe fetal defects was also named as secondary prevention Recently the WHO and other international bodies have excluded this approach from the term “prevention” In Hungary about 20% of...
... the scope ofthe study, the aims ofthe study, the methods ofthe study and finally the design ofthe study *Part II includes three chapters: + Chapter one is the literature review in which the ... in the previous chapter 3.1 The content area ofthe test The following topic checklist ofthe course book will help to point out the content area ofthe reading test The Topic checklist ofthe ... The mean is the sum of all the values in a distribution divided by the total number of values (50) The formula forthe mean is: M = ∑f N x M= mean where: ∑= sum of (or add up) N= the number of...
... reward Forthe first hypothesis, we could not make predictions based on the name ofthe pay form; however, when considering theeffects associate with the type of reward, the name ofthe pay form ... controlling for prior performance to examine theeffectsof payfor-performance plans on future performance Second, the study considered the different effectsofthe characteristics of multiple pay -for- performance ... performance levels THREE FORMS OF PAY -FOR- PERFORMANCE PLANS There are many forms of pay -for- performance (Milkovich & Newman, 2005), and while there has been research performed on many of these...
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... Interpretation ofthe Convention D Interpretation ofthe contract; usages E Form ofthe contract Part Two Formation ofthe contract Part Three Sale of goods A Obligations ofthe seller B Obligations ofthe ... paragraph for any lack of conformity ofthe goods if at the time ofthe conclusion ofthe contract the buyer knew or could not have been unaware of such lack of conformity Article 36 (1) The seller ... delivered at the address ofthe offeror on the last day ofthe period because that day falls on an official holiday or a non-business day at the place of business ofthe offeror, the period is...
... records The information may be all ofthe information about the record, or it may be selected information The way in which the information is extracted will depend on its input into the cable ... Standard forthe Telecom Infra of Com Bldgs Other Information Other Linkages Equipment Records PC120 the equipment the cable terminates at (desk top) Other Linked Records Linkages • are the connections ... contain the linkages to other elements ofthe telecommunications system The record will be contained in a database which may be searched and sorted according to the requirements ofthe users There...
... Preparing the Western Cape forthe Knowledge Economy ofthe 21st Century 3.1 The economy ofthe Western Cape is woven tightly into the global economy Almost two-thirds ofthe output ofthe private ... Cape, is therefore how to channel the forces of globalisation forthe elimination of poverty and the empowerment of people to lead fulfilling lives A related challenge is posed by the rise ofthe ... prepare the people ofthe province forthe knowledge economy ofthe 21st century; To contain the spread of HIV/AIDS and TB; To empower the poor people of our province through the provision of basic...