... because the latter depends on (a) the structural integrity of the vascular bed of the penis; (b) the endothelium lining the cavernosal arteries andthe helicine arterioles, as well as the endothelium ... production Because androgen deficiency is linked to the development of IR and T2DM, andthe latter contributes profoundly to endothelium dysfunction and ED [130,131], the concept of androgen deficiency ... contribute to endothelial dysfunction and microvascular disease and reduced androgen levels; (b) the insult on the endothelium resulting in endothelial injury and reduced NO synthase activity and NO production,...
... market power and negatively correlated with debt ratio and R&D intensity The correlation between ROA and market power andthe Correlation between ROA and R&D intensity are expected, as the activity ... with the regulator’s recommendations and are likely to disclose more on their governance status There is not necessarily a strong linkbetween governance level and performance On the other hand, ... divide by the number of elements, and multiply this ratio by 20 Thus, each subindex has a value betweenand 20 We define the overall standardized score as the sum of all the five subindices As the...
... The LIBOR Scandal: The Fix Is In the Bank of England Did It! No 125, 2012 2012/9 The Mediterranean Conundrum TheLinkbetweenthe State andthe Macroeconomy, andthe Disastrous ... the reversal of the sequester andthe other spending cuts and tax hikes that made up the “fiscal cliff ” until the economy had time to recover We adopt the actual Fed target for the unemployment ... in the coming years, confounding the pessimism expressed by Hendrik Houthakker and Stephen Magee (1969) and others over the decades about the prospects for US export-led growth A solution to the...
... double-strand breaks (DSBs) A single-strand overhang is formed by exonuclease activity and invades the homologous doublestranded region of the other allele These steps of homology search and recombination ... CcCac1L and CcLim15 in the crude extracts of meiotic tissues (Fig 2E) Taken together, these results suggest that the interaction between CcLim15 and CcCac1L is related to specific events during the ... (Fig 3A) The FEBS Journal 275 (2008) 2032–2041 ª 2008 The Authors Journal compilation ª 2008 FEBS 2035 Linkbetween Lim15/Dmc1 andthe CAF-1–PCNA complex S Ishii et al phase together with the meiosis-specific...
... years, there has been a special interest in thelinkbetween exchange rates and interest rates in both advanced and developing countries This is understandable, given the important role these ... weighted average of the real interest rate andthe real exchange rate, where the weight on the exchange rate, !, depends solely on the elasticities of aggregate demand to the exchange and interest rate ... appreciation The interest rate hike puts a limit to the increase in aggregate demand, while also being instrumental to the strengthening of the exchange rate via the UIP schedule The latter strengthening...
... 2:1 Therefore the extended family is the main network of support and information and there are few social networks in the community In Sweden, almost half of the informants lived alone (47%) and ... Results The results highlighted a number of similarities but also significant differences betweenthe Romanian andthe Swedish groups Concerning the importance of health in their lives, the Swedish ... know the difference between high and low blood pressure and are not consistent in taking prescribed medication (they either not take it at all or discontinue the course) A point that reinforces these...
... framework,” and “Baldrige model” are used to embody the causal relationships andthe skeleton of all frameworks. Because the relationships andthe skeleton of the frameworks are the same, the business and non‐profit framework is used hereon as a representation of the ... 2008, p. 49). Figure 2 portrays the general idea behind the 2008 MBNQA framework. This diagram shows the relationship between (1) the criteria’s core values and concepts andthe criteria items and (2) the criteria process categories andthe criteria results. NIST (2008) posits ... is the potential for the confusion in academic literature of these question items with the criteria items. Therefore, I intend to make a distinction at the onset betweenthe criteria items andthe ...
... to the beam at the edge of this sector and its neighbour at the edge of the adjacent sector When estimating the AoA, the estimates p1 , p2 , and p3 of the mean signal power at the output of the ... compared with each other If p1 > p3 , then ˆ the ratio b21 is calculated andthe AoA is estimated using the ˆ bearing curve b21 (θ) If p1 < p3 , then the value b32 is calculated andthe AoA is estimated ... error lies within the range 2◦ to 6◦ (depending on the true source bearing) and is solely due to the random wandering of the CofG of the angle-spread source For the lower SNRs, the bearing estimation...
... studies of breast cancer andthe relationship betweenthe expression of ERa and response to the nonsteroidal antioestrogen, tamoxifen Oestrogens and ERs also play a vital role in the development or ... contributions FR and RNK have reviewed the literature FR has performed the laboratory based work RNK and SYI provided the supervision FR wrote the manuscript RNK and SYI edited the manuscript All ... ER and other sex hormone receptors in oesophageal cancer Conflicting data exist on the expression of sex steroid receptors in oesophageal cancer and hence their role in the progression of the...
... in the design of the study, acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data and drafting the manuscript BB and BL performed the histological and morphometrical analyses, and contributed to the ... analysis and contributed to the interpretation of data GL conceived and coordinated the study, participated in the design of the study, analysis and interpretation of data and drafting the manuscript ... emphysema and fibrosis may result from two distinct and apparent opposite processes, they may coexist either in different areas, or in a same area of the lung of humans and animals The development and...
... without which the thesis will fall Dr Chai gives life to the thesis, is always full of ideas, and at the same time extremely caring and understanding But most importantly, their trust and patience ... of the transfer process: the characteristics of the knowledge source, the characteristics of the knowledge recipients, the characteristics of the communication channel, the characteristics of the ... Nickerson and Zenger’s (2004) propositions cover as much about the boundaries of the firms as they are about thelinkbetween knowledge sharing behavior and governance mechanisms In short, the knowledge-based...
... 48106-1346 The undersigned, appointed by the Dean of the Graduate School, have examined the thesis A FURTHER ANALYSIS OF THE CAUSAL LINKBETWEEN ABORTION AND CRIME Presented by Spencer Martin, a candidate ... state fixed effects andthe differences in the five early-legalizing states, and across time, since the theory implies there is a time lag betweenthe abortion decision andthe crime impact For ... argument to the debate around this subject The original article and argument simply assumed thelinkbetweenthe typical aborting mother andthe typical mother of a potentially criminal child; no...
... Oracle The Economist Intelligence Unit conducted the survey and analysis, and wrote the report The findings and views expressed in the report not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsor The report ... and defence; mining and metals; pulp and paper; and utilities, oil and gas The author was Sarah Fister Gale andthe editor was Katherine Dorr Abreu Mike Kenny was responsible for the design The ... Closing the gap Thelinkbetween project management excellence and long-term success Preface Closing the gap: Thelinkbetween project management excellence and long-term success...
... grow quickly and others not That is, the variation in the dependent variables comes from both the time series andthe cross-sections, and some pooling of data is necessary to address the questions ... data, and note significant deviations betweenthe PWT 6.0 and PWT 5.6 results The PWT 6.0 data contain more observations than the PWT 5.6 data, but when matched with the data for other variables the ... and liberalization, on the one hand, and growth and growth volatility, on the other, were tradeoffs in democracies We explore briefly both lines of inquiry as a guide to further research 13 The...
... family Very often, the person who takes such a stand will command the respect of their peers—many of whom may wish that they too could make a similar commitment Nonetheless, such a stand can also generate ... primarily from the narrow focus on organizational goals and objectives to the exclusion of personal goals and objectives In other words, if all that matters is the organization's goals, there is simply ... organizations compete for a limited resource The success of one means that it tends to get more of the resource, which then reduces the success of the others The resource could be limited dollars to...
... questions covering consumer attitudesand expectations andthe respondents’ socioeconomic and demographic characteristics.34 In the November and December 2001 surveys, the Federal Reserve Board ... ‘‘Saving and Financial Planning: Some ´ Household Financial Management: The Connection between Knowledge and Behavior and more research on budgeting and cash-flow management is needed Data from the ... 1–32 The definitions of household in the SCF and in the Surveys of Consumers are consistent enough to allow for comparisons In this article, we use the terms family and household interchangeably The...
... their investigation As well, they adequately reported on the content of the interventions, the statistical analytic decisions, andthe dates of recruitment and follow-up, and they addressed their ... information regarding the intervention itself, the statistical analyses performed, andthe methodology and adequate discussion of the generalizability of the results and how they fit in the context of ... the statistical methods used, detailing of the flow of participants through the study and their baseline characteristics, and an interpretation of the results as they fit in the context of other...
... has termed the Matthew effect, with the better readers reading more and therefore increasing their exposure to print, and consequently their word recognition skills and their fluency and speed ... whom had received their research funding from the ARC, to discuss and review their work in the reading area As noted by Pratt and Coltheart7, the issues covered andthe emphases of the different ... administrators andthe public These concerns include the social factors related to the development of literacy, including the early development of literacy in the home and preschool environment, and the...
... receipts and payments (the credit terms on sales and purchases are the same so that a =~) andthe firm buys just in time so inventory is zero and YI =O operating cash cycle (0) is cet Then theand ... because the sales contract determines both the timing and amount of the cash inflows (and often related cash outflows) andthe recognition of earnings The sales contract specifies when and under ... process for sales, the signs of the predicted relations and correlations (other than earnings changes) andthe results are essentially unchanged The relation between sales and cash flow from...
... cyanobacteria at the time of chloroplast origin had poorly defined interactions between Cyt f and plastocyanin and/ or plastocyanin and photosystem I, and subsequently the nature of the interactions in the ... site are relevant, and these can be represented by a disc of fixed radius and uniform charge The same analysis has been used for the interaction between Cyt f and plastocyanin [1], and for an in-depth ... in [1] and in this paper) Although the curves are shallow, making extrapolation more difficult, andthe number of datapoints is smaller than in the case of the interaction between Cyt f and plastocyanin...