... findings for the fast-food industry by comparing changes in teenage employment rates in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York inthe year following the increase inthe minimum wage Again, these ... to the increase inthe minimum wage by reducing on -the- job training and flattening the tenure-wage profile (see Jacob Mincer and Linda Leighton, 1981) Indeed, one manager told our interviewer in ... increase inthe minimum wage will lead to an increase in product prices If we assume constant returns to scale inthe industry, the increase in price should be proportional to the share of minimum-wage...
... pressures These interaction effects corroborate our main proposition about theimportanceof reporting incentives In either case, the two main incentive variables remain significant and explain a ... role of institutional factors and market forces in determining the properties of earnings and accounting quality In attempting to hold standards constant and to isolate the influence of reporting ... all earnings management scores into a single index, the remainder ofthe analysis inthe paper focuses on the aggregate earnings management index, EMaggr.18 Panel C of Table compares the aggregate...
... analysis ofthe marine component ofthe forest industry, where the forest industry is defined as logging plus manufacturing of wood products and pulp & paper Information for other industrial sectors ... differences among subsectors not only inthe size of each sector but inthe labour intensity and theimportanceof spinoff effects (see Table 18) We note the following: hh the public sector, in total, has ... and the Fraser Valley hh other - the remainder ofthe Province i.e., the Interior The estimation ofthe economic contribution ofthe oceans sector, at a fine regional level, on par with provincial...
... by far the most influential mineral inthe brewing process Calcium reacts with phosphates, forming precipitates that involve the release of hydrogen ions and in turn lowering the pH ofthe mash ... and magnesium salts of sulfates and chlorides remaining inthe water Brewhouse Chemistry Alkalinity inthe Brewhouse: Alkalinity is a measure ofthe buffering capacity ofthe bicarbonate ions ... buffers in brewing and useful for reducing the pH in mashing and during the hop-boil Chlorides Calcium and magnesium chlorides give body, palate fullness, and soft-sweet flavor to beer The certain...
... Because ofthe poor resolution of L6 inthe FhaC structure, no information is available regarding putative interactions between the side chains of these residues and the rest ofthe protein We ... differ by the sequences ofthe TPS domains ofthe TpsA proteins and by those of their TpsB transporters [16,18] Nevertheless, the structure ofthe TPS domain is highly conserved between the two ... inthe crystal structure The extracellular loop L6 that joins b-strands 11 and 12 ofthe barrel is folded as a hairpin inthe barrel interior, with its tip reaching the periplasm The barrel of...
... nursing handover (red, up-pointing arrows), the beginning and end ofthe daily medical shift (green, down-pointing arrows), and periods of routine nursing observations (pink, shorter, up-pointing ... activation ofthe MET service during these hours inthe years following the introduction ofthe MET system When directly compared with the study conducted by Lee and coworkers [5], 46.2% ofthe 2568 ... during the nightshift (20:00–8:00) Although the rate of MET calls did not vary during periods of reduced staffing, the investigators emphasized theimportanceof providing appropriately trained...
... primarily due to the influence ofthe +T294C SNP The C allele frequency of 0.24 in our high risk patient group was similar as the frequency of 0.21 reported by Chen et al in their study for chd ... humans Of note both animal studies used obese models to investigate the effect of an activated PPARδ In an obese state the activities of numerous interacting genes are altered which may influence the ... effect of PPARδ on metabolism In our data and inthe study by Skogsberg et al., the effect ofthe C allele on lipid levels increased if over-weight individuals were excluded from the study Since...
... and the mean values ofthe two sites were used inthe analysis There is an apparent increase inthe degree of carotid intimal thickness inthe examined patient (0.9mm) compared with 0.6 mm inthe ... increase in tHcy inthe TT genotype individuals inthe different groups This finding supports more the lack of association between the presence ofthe T allele and the high tHcy levels in our patients ... groups Showing the frequency and the results ofthe cross tabulation ofthe T allele and the different genotypes inthe studied groups The total number of cases was 50 in each group There was...
... achieve the best results inthe study Chapter is called MAIN FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS, in which the author summarizes her findings inthe characteristics ofthe English language used in airlines’ ... characteristic of their service by reminding customers ofthe magical feelings ofThe Language of Airlines’ Advertising Slogans Page 28 flying This is done not only by the word “fly” but also by other ... and magazines, clamoring on the radio, or dazzling on the TV On the other hand, they still need the information to guide their purchasing Therefore, to attract the consumers’ attention is the most...
... This thematic report contains the main following sections: I The definition ofthe supply chaiṇ II The supply chain of marine fishing products 2.1 The chart ofthe supply chain for marine fishing ... scope of this thematic research is limited within the analysis of supply chain of marine fishing products and only analyse and assess the supply chain for the marine fishing products at the final ... parties involved in will conduct two functions of buying and selling and their activities are very diverse According to the chart ofthe supply chain of marine fishing products, the involved...