... Specifically, I investigate whether there is geographic segmentation in the CEO labor market, which leads to a local bias in hiring CEO candidates I begin the analysis by examining the joint distribution ... each theory is present in the market for CEOs In order to make the 13 differences in the various theories of the CEO labor market perfectly clear, I outline a general version of the baseline model ... firms In relation to the baseline model, the shirking theory introduces an agency cost, so previously labor demand was derived by value maximizing firms, but under the shirking theory it is determined...
Ngày tải lên: 02/11/2014, 00:42
... a time-varying probability of default that is linked to the dynamics of debt and income The dynamics of the spread curve in our model reflect the time-varying default probability, in the same way ... with Russia’s default in 1998, Argentina’s default in 2001, and Brazil’s financial crisis in 2002.8 The expectation that the countries would default in these episodes is reflected in the high spreads ... role in accounting for the large business cycle fluctuations in emerging markets The lesson that our paper provides in this context is that the volatility of the maturity composition of debt in these...
Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 02:20
Tài liệu Investigating the Role of Poultry in Livelihoods and the Impact of Avian Flu on Livelihoods Outcomes in Africa docx
... culled No information is available on the costs of culling, diagnostic testing of samples, cleaning and disinfection, and other administrative costs (Obi, Oparinde, and Maina 2008) Regarding the impacts ... keep Finally, in this study we calculate Theil's inequality coefficient, which is also known as Theil's U, in order to determine how well the estimated results of the ZINB model explain the actual ... located in the northern zones (45 percent in the North West, 36 percent in the North East, and 28 percent in the North Central zones) are predicted to rear poultry Among the southern zones, the South...
Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 01:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Investigating the role of the invariant carboxylate residues E552 and E1197 in the catalytic activity of Abcb1a (mouse Mdr3) docx
... in the glutamine (length of the side chain maintained) and asparagine (shorter side chain) mutants, then trapping in the absence of Vi now occurs [39] (Fig 3); this is also the case when the ... Another notable feature of the single-site IC mutants (including the glutamine substitutions) [39] is the fact that, in the absence of Vi (± drugs) labeling of the enzymes with the mutation in ... ATPase-inactivating mutation of the Walker A lysine (K1072R) (Q ⁄ R) Finally, the third doublemutant contains the E fi Q mutation in NBD2 and the ATPase inactivating mutation of the Walker A lysine...
Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 06:20
Investigating the Role of Metacognitive Knowledge in English Writing ppt
... pre-writing planning, on-writing monitoring of errors, post-writing checking and reflection 27 Zhang: Investigating the Role of Metacognitive Knowledge in English Writing of their writing processes ... language writing by investigating cognitive models in 10 second language and 10 first language beginning writers and assessing the effects of these models on their writing performance The results ... students and the English one for writing this paper 31 Zhang: Investigating the Role of Metacognitive Knowledge in English Writing (2) English Writing To gather data on their English writing, the participants...
Ngày tải lên: 19/03/2014, 08:20
INVESTIGATING DIVERSITY IN THE BANKING SECTOR IN EUROPE: THE PERFORMANCE AND ROLE OF SAVINGS BANKS pdf
... Office, and in 2007, following the inquiry of the Spanish Competition Commission, fined several savings banks for market-sharing agreements 44 INVESTIGATING DIVERSITY IN THE BANKING SECTOR IN EUROPE ... and instead focuses on the role of information, incentives and institutions, providing a more favourable view of the possible role of the state in financial markets 35 INVESTIGATING DIVERSITY IN ... privatising or abolishing INVESTIGATING DIVERSITY IN THE BANKING SECTOR IN EUROPE | this form of banking The overall assessment is not straightforward and it remains to be seen whether the disappearance...
Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 07:20
báo cáo hóa học: "Investigating the missing data mechanism in quality of life outcomes: a comparison of approaches" pdf
... surrounding missing data in QoL are the same irrespective of the QoL measure being used If the data are missing because reduced QoL leads to informative censoring, then this should be taken into ... whether the mechanism behind current dropout (Fairclough) or dropout after the assessment in question (Ridout) is of most interest; the choice remains with the researcher The methods outlined in ... the vector of indicators of the missing data pattern for the ith individual Let P be the number of distinct missing data patterns where J{p} is the number of observed variables in pattern p The...
Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 18:20
Báo cáo hóa học: "Investigating the synchronization of hippocampal neural network in response to acute nicotine exposure" pdf
... substantial loss in nicotinic receptors in cortex and striatum According to the growing amount of findings, accumulation of amyloid plaques which are the baseline indicator in the brain for AD is interfered ... needed in these cases [24] In the current study, we have investigated the effect of nicotine on the complexity of the neurons and the activity of the gamma oscillations in the Schaffer CA1 cell line ... [23] There are some studies indicating nicotine's positive effects in improving cognitive functioning in individuals with Tourette's and Down's syndromes In spite of promising results, these...
Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 08:20
Báo cáo nghiên cứu khoa học: "INVESTIGATING THE ECTOMYCORRHIZAL APPEARANCE OF SEEDLINGS IN TAN PHU FOREST ENTERPRISE’S NURSERY, DONG NAI PROVINCE" pdf
... having ectomycorrhiza in this study show that soil around mother trees has got many ectomycorrhizal germs suitable with them Moreover, the ectomycorrhizal seedlings may have the high adaptation ... macro-character from the root system of every seedling and sectioned (M.Brundrett et al, 1996) Roots are sectioned, stained by trypan blue (M.Brundrett et al, 1996) and observed the micro-morphology in light ... xylocarpa, D alatus, D dyeri, D turbinatus, H odorata, S roxburghii, S thorelii in this study are corresponding with previous researches The ectomycorrhizal appearrance in S siamensis is still recorded...
Ngày tải lên: 22/07/2014, 02:20
Báo cáo y học: "An in vitro study investigating the survival and phenotype of mesenchymal stem cells following injection into nucleus pulposus tissue" pot
... time post injection (Figures and 5b) Aggrecan matrix staining within the vicinity of the injected cells was also observed week following injection, and the intensity of the matrix staining increased ... all time points Alizarin red staining was performed to assess mineralisation, and no positive staining was observed either in the MSCs or in native tissue during the culture period investigated ... matrix staining in the vicinity of the injected MSCs was also observed week post injection (Figure 4b) Both MSC cell and matrix staining for type II collagen increased with time in the explant...
Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:22
Báo cáo y học: "Investigating the complementary value of discrete choice experiments for the evaluation of barriers and facilitators in implementation research: a questionnaire survey" pptx
... 13 In my opinion working according the guideline requires the availability of written information that supports the oral counselling at discharge 14 In my opinion working according the guideline ... written information that supports the oral counselling after the diagnosis 12 In my opinion working according the guideline requires that the content of the preoperative counselling is put in writing ... cooperate in applying the guideline I expect that colleagues cooperate in applying the guideline I expect that management cooperates in applying the guideline I expect that ward nursing staff...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:21
báo cáo khoa học: " Investigating the complementary value of discrete choice experiments for the evaluation of barriers and facilitators in implementation research: a questionnaire survey" pot
... 13 In my opinion working according the guideline requires the availability of written information that supports the oral counselling at discharge 14 In my opinion working according the guideline ... written information that supports the oral counselling after the diagnosis 12 In my opinion working according the guideline requires that the content of the preoperative counselling is put in writing ... cooperate in applying the guideline I expect that colleagues cooperate in applying the guideline I expect that management cooperates in applying the guideline I expect that ward nursing staff...
Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:21
Báo cáo y học: "Salmeterol plus fluticasone propionate versus fluticasone propionate plus montelukast: a randomised controlled trial investigating the effects on airway inflammation in asthma" pot
... was involved in the conduct of the study, the interpretation of the results and the reviewing of the manuscript DP was involved in eth analysis of the laboratory samples and the reviewing of the ... 20% reduction in FEV1 (PC20) was determined by linear interpolation between log concentrations enclosing a 20% reduction in FEV1 The change in methacholine PC20 was expressed in doubling concentrations ... summaries The change from baseline in levels of the primary inflammatory markers and IL8 was analysed within each treatment group using the Wilcoxon signed rank test, owing to the non-normality of the...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 15:21
Investigating the Biosynthetic Pathway of Polyacetylenic Natural Products in Fistulina hepatica and Echinacea purpurea
... is involved in the biosynthesis of these molecules This thesis investigates the dehydrogenation pathways involved in the formation of polyacetylenes found in the ... biosynthesis largely occurs either in the chloroplasts or the stroma of plastids, whereas in most other eukaryotes biosynthesis occurs in the cytosol [3] The ... Research Integrity and Copyright Disclaimer Title of Thesis/Dissertation: Investigating the Biosynthetic Pathway of Polyacetylenic Natural Products in Fistulina hepatica and Echinacea purpurea For the...
Ngày tải lên: 24/08/2014, 11:28
investigating the role of the escrt proteins in cytokinesis
... assembly of the actomyosin contractile ring The actomyosin ring then constricts to rapidly ingress the plasma membrane and divide the cytoplasm in two; membrane fusion events then resolve the membrane ... Investigating the role of the ESCRT proteins in cytokinesis Musab Saeed Bhutta B.Sc (Hons) Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of ... this thesis, the key regulators of cytokinesis, polo kinase and Cdc14 phosphatase, will be described Focus will then turn to the multi-protein complex, the ESCRT proteins Finally, the predominant...
Ngày tải lên: 22/12/2014, 17:54
Investigating the superoxide mediated survival pathway in the prostate cancer cell line LNCaP
... causing the modification of the regulatory domains present on the C-terminal cytoplasmic domain The modifications result in the changes in affinity of the internal H+ transport site that determines ... anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 proteins, the pro-apoptotic BH123 proteins and the BH3-only proteins The α helices of the proteins are designated and the bold lines define the BH domains ‘TM’ marks the hydrophobic ... acknowledging the binding of pro-survival Bcl-2 proteins on Bax/Bak in the displacement model It also preserves the activating role of BH3-only proteins in the direct activation model, thus reconciling...
Ngày tải lên: 09/09/2015, 17:52
INVESTIGATING THE COMPATIBILITY OF a PROTOTYPE SCAFFOLD IN a NOVEL NEAR CELLSHEET APPROACH
... primary hepatocyte during stacking 107 Figure 26 Investigating the presence and importance of physical contacts in stacking model of primary hepatocytes 108 Figure 27 Investigating the reason for stacked ... tissue engineered product: the Integra dermal regeneration template (Shastri VP, 2006) They further inspired many other similar projects involving mostly the use of naturally occurring and therefore ... liberated in the presence of locally expressed proteases Insulin-like growth factor-1 tethered to the peptide scaffold via a biotin / streptavidin sandwich approach remained capable of inducing in vivo...
Ngày tải lên: 11/09/2015, 16:04