... markets? Contrary to the estimations ofthe spreads presented above, the ECM long-run equation does not assume full pass-through of market rates within one month Table 6.4 shows that the effect ofthe ... number of overidentification restrictions A rejection would cast doubt onthe validity ofthe instruments Furthermore, the Anderson canonical correlation likelihood ratio is used to test for the ... provide evidence that the level of banking competition has a positiveimpactonthe degree of bank interest rate pass-through The Boone indicator as measure of competition Boone’s indicator assumes...
... examination ofthe human capital foundations of arguments about the contributions of higher education to economic growth, Ashworth (1998) chose an empirical route He tests the presumption of economic ... people Contemporary discussions in this vein center onthe relationship between education and the workforce and onthe development of a knowledge economy in the United States The Knowledge Economy ... asking what the education system—secondary and postsecondary—can to keep us on top ofthe economic pile.7 Although there is little evidence ofthepositiveimpactof increasing the number of college...
... by the respiratory chain is completely different from their effect onthe oxidation of exogenous NADH Fig Effect of magnesium ionson both the content of endogenous cyto-c (A) and the binding of ... added after the mitochondria It also provides direct evidence that, in these latter conditions, the addition of magnesium mimics the results obtained with the addition of cyto-c, the only difference ... hypotonic mitochondria, the activation ofthe NADH/cyto-c electron transport system generates a membrane potential According to the sequence of additions, it can be seen that the generation of...
... well as a general economic impactOnthe other point of view, a positive social impact itself can induce a positive economic impact Successful events change the image ofthe region that held that ... (1999) The government of France suggested favorable conditions to Disneyland such as 50% tax reduction of construction, a construction of TGV station and highway interchange in front of Disneyland, ... is one method of measuring the economic impactof PIFF on Busan The research was launched on January, 2002 by phone Questions were developed to determine: (1) the importance of room occupation...
... centered onthe analysis oftheimpactof water pollution & the creek environment onthe health and income of stakeholders of Ennore Creek Hypotheses ofthe study There is an influence of environmental ... creek is the most important reason for the deteriorating living conditions ofthe stakeholders In order to study the socioeconomic impactof water pollution ofthe Ennore Creek onthe socio-economic ... variables Limitations The poor socio-economic conditions ofthe sample households are not only due to the water pollution and the poor environment ofthe households in the study area but also there are...
... approximation for the PDF of a sum L ´ l=1 ζl (t) of Nakagami-m processes and applying the concept of transformation of random variables [[40], Equations 7-8], the PDF p Ψ (z) ofthe squared sum of Nakagami-m ... illustrate the analytical findings ofthe previous sections The correctness ofthe analytical results will be confirmed with the help of exact simulations For comparison purposes, we have shown the ... capacity, while the ADF ofthe channel capacity decreases Onthe other hand, for the case of EGC, an increase in the spatial correlation decreases the mean channel capacity, whereas the ADF ofthe channel...
... in the case of prior-chosen features, the main concern here is the deviation distribution between the crossvalidation error estimates and the true errors ofthe designed classifiers Owing to the ... none ofthe latter When positive, κ will be in the range of (0, 1], which indicates a deterioration in the deviation variance, due to the difference of with and without feature selection, and the ... In each ofthe 10 diagonal blocks, the elements onthe main diagonal are 1.0, while all others are equal to ρ In all ofthe simulated data experiments, we choose ρ = 0.1 Therefore, among the 200...
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... Specific Objectives ofthe disertation are: To determine the profile ofthe respondents in terms ofthe following 1.1 The form of business organization affiliated with 1.2 Position in the company 1.3 ... financial decisions including the investment decisions, financing decisions and dividend decisions Sudhindra Bhat (2008) suggested another way of identifying the major decisions of financial management ... study has the following objectives: 1) To determine the profile ofthe respondents in terms ofthe following 1.1) The form of business organization affiliated with 1.2) Position in the company...
... time ofthe day Conclusion In conclusion, the negative impactof melatonin on cone response may serve to promote night vision Theimpactof melatonin on retinal function must be taken into consideration ... to the effect of melatonin on cone functioning The way melatonin impacts the cone response is unclear It has been suggested from the avian model that the presence of melatonin in the circulation ... SGR contributed to the interpretation ofthe results and the final revision ofthe manuscript MH contributed to the design ofthe study, the interpretation ofthe results and performed the final...
... synergistically onthe expression of FXR, because thepositive rate increased to 67.09% The results also revealed that GDCA reduced the expression of FXR to 8.80%, but GW4064 reversed the effect (the positive ... expressed strongly in 60% and moderately in 40% ofthe normal tissues (Figure 4B) There was strong staining of FXR in the nucleus ofthe normal bile duct, which reflected the high expression of FXR ... 5’acccactcctccacctttga-3’ The conditions consisted of 40 cycles of denaturation at 90°C for 30 s, annealing at 55° C for 30 s and extension at 72°C for 60 s in a PTC0200 thermal cycle system (Bio-Rad, CA, USA) The...
... 0% (0/1) At the time of suspicion of pneumonia 33 ofthe 82 patients (40%) were on antibiotics The duration of prior antibiotic therapy (within 10 days before the diagnosis of pneumonia) was 12.1 ... APACHE II On admission On diagnosis of NP SAPS On admission On diagnosis of NP PO2/FiO2 On admission On diagnosis of NP McCabe score (%) Non-fatal Ultimately fatal Fatal COPD Corticosteroids therapy ... after hospitalization) The mortality of late-onset pneumonia was 30% The most commonly prescribed antibiotics for patients with pneumonia were the association of third generation cephalosporines...
... replication of major satellite sequences in the absence of Dicer, consistent with the pro- refereed research To assess whether histone acetylation levels are indicative of early replicating regions ... replication ofthe cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance (CFTR) gene in cell lines [20] The failure of TSA treatment to impacton replication of these genes in ES cells suggests that either temporal ... of replication timing of candidate genes (b) and loci surrounding the Rex1 gene (c) In (c), positions of genes are indicated by black boxes and the two regions changing replication timing upon...
... efficiency of financial management practice (AIS, WCM, FAM) on SME profitability (PRO) Chapter PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA THE PROFILE OFTHE RESPONDENTS - The form of ownership ... from recognition ofthe increasingly important role and contribution of SMEs as well as the recent promotion and supporting policy on developing SMEs, this research study theImpactof Financial ... know the relationship of financial management practices and financial aspects to the company’s profitability 5) To develop a model for the SME’s profitability 6) To propose solutions to improve the...
... of pH on TCE degradation in the presence of chloride ions + The effect of chloride concentrations on TCE degradation The study is based onthe hypothesis that chloride ions can enhance the degradation ... solution pH 4.2.2 The effects of chloride concentrations on TCE degradation The amount of chloride ions in the solution has great influence on TCE degradation From the range of to 40 mM NaCl, the ... degradation and iron corrosion In addition, pH also involves the precipitation of iron hydroxides onthe iron surface due to the reduction of water Long term observation showed that the higher pH, the...
... of monetary policy onthe economy and on residential property prices (CGFS 2006) Onthe other hand, Tsatsaronis and Zhu (2004) conjecture that the prevalence of securitisation should reduce the ... large literature onthe estimation of panel regressions and the inconsistency that can arise in that context Much of that literature deals with the bias ofthe fixed effects 19 The price puzzle ... triggered by the adoption of tight monetary policy in Germany to offset the aggregate demand effects of German Reunification The figure indicates that following the collapse ofthe “bubble economy”...
... the questionnaire The results ofthe questionnaire are presented in the following sections IV.5.1 Result ofthe first part ofthe questionnaire Table indicates the results ofthe first part of ... section provides readers some discussion ofthe major implications The limitations ofthe study and some recommendations suggested for further research will be discussed in the second section The ... be taken at the end ofthe program for evaluation of its effect and suggestions for the future one V.2 Limitations ofthe study and recommendations for further research In spite ofthe significant...
... Tbb the paths are not completely resolved and the contribution ofthe second term of (2.47) depends on relative difference in the multipath phases and the value ofthe autocorrelation function ... demodulate the strongest multipath components In general, the first correlator is synchronized to the strongest multipath component, followed by the second strongest component synchronized to the second ... in Section 2.2.2.3 2.2.2.2 Refraction Refraction is defined as the bending ofthe normal to the wavefront of a propagating wave upon passing from one medium to another where the propagation velocity...
... stages of change is critical A final implication for HR is the need to recognize the communication culture ofthe organization If the organization is one that relies on face-to-face and one -on- one ... Effective Communication Health professionals expressed concern about the effects of new technology on communication For example, an allied health professional was ofthe opinion that the new PACS technology ... organizations change, then logically, so too must employee perceptions of their role in the organization In a consideration ofthe objectives of this chapter, we therefore invoke social identity theory (SIT)...