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... pre-dismissal wages after five years. Rama andMacIsaac (1999) find that employees displaced from theEcuadorian Central Bank in 1994 had regained onaverage only 55% of their pre-dismissed salaries ... historical basis, but itwould be mistaken to assume that the association is immutable. It is clear, however, that governments mustdisplay care and maintain a clear focus if they are to ensure that ... far larger shocksthan a trade reform. A further question under this heading is whether tradeliberalization restricts a government's ability to managespending and taxation in a way that...
... constitute Caribbean filmmaking and the recent film festival efforts in Barbados, indicate that thereisa Caribbean cinema. However, this cinema is in a state of infancy. What then is needed to bring ... while thereis no formal definition or singular style of Caribbean cinema, thereisa cultural sensibility that one can look at and begin to say that this is something typically Caribbean. New ... This brief overview isa clear testimony that thereis or has been such a thing as films made by Caribbean people about Caribbean people. However, thereis still some debate about whether there...
... appealed to me and I think it has decent explanatory power over this phenom-enon. There isa particular kind of irrationalism Adorno iden-tified, which is characteristic of authoritarian politics ... pro-moted research commissioned by the (now-dissolved) Tobac-co Institute of Australia.The teaching of creationism is much less of a hot button issue in Australia than in America, partly because belief ... this causal story fits the facts at least as well as the more obvious one and perhaps even a bit better. After all, there isa clear economic interest in trying to ensure that rare species are...
... Data are drawn from Statistical Return. Loans and Bad Loans. Data are drawn from Statistical Return. Average Loan Life. This information is the average length (in years) of customer relationship ... risky and, thus, interest rates are higher. 3. Data and summary statistics This paper uses aggregated and individual Italian bank and firm data drawn from several sources. Aggregated ... of our sample. Average Loan Size. This variable is the ratio between total loans and the number of customers, i.e., the average loan size granted by each bank to customers. It is calculated by...
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... President: Daniela Gressani Country Director: Theodore Ahlers Sector Director: Mustapha K. Nabli Sector Manager: Miria Pigato Task Team Leader: Paloma Anós Casero ISTHEREA NEW VISION FOR MAGHREB ... (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia): SEE= Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania and Serbia & Montenegro: CEE = Central and European countries (Poland, Hungary, Czech and ... Recent analysis on Maghreb countries’ revealed comparative advantage and export specialization also reveals that Tunisia’s exports of beverages have a strong comparative advantage in the Maghreb...
... Calculations+Molecular Dynamics Computational ChemistryComputational chemistry isa branch of chemistry that usesprinciples of computer science to assist in solving chemicalproblems.Quantum ... chemistry is the study of chemistry via fundamentaltheoretical reasoning, usually within physics and mathematics.i h˙ψ = H ψ Quantum MechanicsS = k log W Statistical Mechanics I−Distribution at ... Mechanics Molelcular Orbital TheoryDensity Functional TheoryAb Initio CalculationsStatistical Mechanics Molecular DynamicsMonte CarloTransition State Theory I/I2AssociationãBarrierless...
... 4(page number not for citation purposes)Statistical analysisData are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (SD) oras number and percentage where appropriated. Statisticalanalysis was performed ... luca.libre@humanitas.it; Stefano Genovese - stefano.genovese@humanitas.it; Ilaria Quaglia - ilaria.quaglia@humanitas.it; Lidia Luciana Rota - lidia.rota@humanitas.it* Corresponding author AbstractBackground: ... Luca Librè1, Stefano Genovese4, Ilaria Quaglia1 and Lidia Luciana Rota1Address: 1Thrombosis Center, Istituto Clinico Humanitas IRCCS, Rozzano (MI), Italy, 2Unit of Laboratory and...
... (ROM) isa pri-mary measure in hand rehabilitation, and is traditionallyassessed using manual goniometry. Manual methods,however, are limited to static measurements. In addition,they can be adversely ... design analysis phase.The glove provides a novel method to evaluate actualfunctional capacity, starting with the dynamic evaluationof ROM as individuals participate in their normal dailyactivities.The ... one participant for the flat hand test (Test C). Means and standard deviations are shown. Mean values are similar because all fingers are straight when data collection occurs. Journal of...
... hypothesis testing. Results from quantitative analyses,assuming adequate sampling and appropriate statisticalanalyses are objective and comparable. Data from thistype of research are normally ... Slim Fast, SportsFlex, VitabalanceAloe Vera, Alpha-lipoic Acid, Amino Acids, Arnica, Black strap molasses, Calcium, Calendula, Carbohydrate & recovery drinks, C-Glutamine, Chinese Tea, Chromium, ... excess intake ofvitamin C [48] can be harmful as well as in combinationwith iron, which may cause damage to the gastrointestinaltract (GI) and initiate or aggravate symptoms associatedwith...
... Laval Questionnaire isa 44-item questionnaire that is meant to be used as an evaluative instrument - that is, as a clinical outcome in clinical trials. The Laval Questionnairewas developed in ... that the Laval Questionnaire isa valid mea-sure of health-related quality of life in patients with mor-bid obesity and is sensiti ve to treatment-inducedchanges. The questionnaire is available ... estimate o fthe MCID v aried across domains and was in the rangeof 0.6 to 2.0 (always on a 7-point scale).DiscussionThis validation study indicated that the Laval Question-naire represents a...
... Fountoulakis KN, Karamouzis M, Iacovides A, Nimatoudis J, Diako-giannis J, Kaprinis G, Demitriadou A, Bech P: Morning and EveningPlasma Melatonin and Dexamethasone Suppression Test inNon-Seasonal ... imped-ance was <4 kohms. All patients came from North Greece(Latitude 40–40.1° North).Statistical analysisIt included Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) with age as a covariate and Pearson's ... Research. Geneva.1993:83-87.2. APA: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.4th edition. Washington DC, American Psychiatric Press;1994:317-345. 3. Fountoulakis KN, Iacovides A, ...
... Linos A, Kaklamani VG, Kaklamani E, Koumantaki Y, Giziaki E,Papazoglou S, Mantzoros CS: Dietary factors in relation to rheumatoid arthritis: a role for olive oil and cooked vegeta-bles? Am J ... of this autoimmune disease. The evidencelinking Epstein–Barr virus and rheumatoid arthritis is reviewed.IntroductionRheumatoid arthritis (RA) isa chronic inflammatorypolyarthritis that progressively ... ofmononucleosis, antibodies against EBV viral capsid antigen(VCA) and early antigen complex – diffuse (EA-D) appear[45,66]. Later, weeks to months after disease onset,antibodies against EBV nuclear antigen...