... governments and private sources ofinformation adopt policies of open access to geographic information, a range of geographic data becomes accessible at reasonable costs And, as standards for metadata ... and increase the effectiveness of HUD programmes The software package designed and implemented by ESRI will improve access to a range ofinformationand expand the dialogue between citizens and ... library of distributed GIS information, available to everyone designed to adhere to open standards for the dissemination and sharing of data and services Content may be provided in the form of raw...
... connectivity: The distribution of material, energy, andinformation within and among spatial units of an ecosystem The structure and function of ecosystems is the result of connectivity and local environmental ... Bureau of Land Managementand eliminated from many landscape positions, and opportunities for migration upward in mountains or coastward represent the best survival prospect for elements of the ... across landscapes, and altered biodiversityand productivity within the ecosystem To understand current and future ecosystem responses to variable climate forcing, it is critical to understand both...
... presents the means and standard deviations of the dependent variables For both the ITT and ToT estimates, andfor each type of individuals in our 24 In a previous version of this paper, we used ... previous studies have found similar results: about 10% of respondents in Bauer, Chytilová, and Morduch (2010) and 15% of respondents in Ashraf, Karlan and Yin (2006) had preferences of this type in studies ... (i.e., both savings and credit) on income (Burgess and Pande, 2005, in India; Bruhn and Love, 2009, and Aportela, 1999, in Mexico; and Kaboski and Townsend, 2005, in Thailand) Our paper adds...
... spread was bp for both France and The Netherlands, and the highest average was 25 bp for Greece For the period 2009-2011, the lowest annual average CDS spread was 31 bp for Finland in 2010 and the ... Schaefer, S and Zhang, Y (2007) Liquidity risk and correlation risk: A clinical study of the General Motors and Ford Downgrade of May 2005 SSRN Working Paper Alexopoulou, I., Andersson, M and Georgescu, ... latter case Finally, the effect of the lagged basis suggests a high degree of persistence and, hence, a relatively low speed of adjustment of the basis Third, we address the question of which...
... 60°C for CCL4, CCL19, CCL21, CXCL1, CXCL5, CXCL6, CXCL7, CXCL9, and CXCL11; 56°C for CXCL12, 55°C for CCL2, CCL3, CCL5, CCL25, CXCL8 and CXCL10; 52°C FOR CCL7 and CCL15; 48°C for CCL8, CCL11 and ... reconstruct studiesand all the data analyses; PR carried out histological staining, RT-PcR of chemokines; TZ performed ELISA assays for chemokines; LG cultured and expanded CTLs for the assay, and characterized ... distribution of CCR2 and CCL2 in T cells and tumor cell lines, respectively, established from specimens of additional CRC patients Expression of CCR2 receptor and its ligand by the cells of additional...
... 60°C for CCL4, CCL19, CCL21, CXCL1, CXCL5, CXCL6, CXCL7, CXCL9, and CXCL11; 56°C for CXCL12, 55°C for CCL2, CCL3, CCL5, CCL25, CXCL8 and CXCL10; 52°C FOR CCL7 and CCL15; 48°C for CCL8, CCL11 and ... reconstruct studiesand all the data analyses; PR carried out histological staining, RT-PcR of chemokines; TZ performed ELISA assays for chemokines; LG cultured and expanded CTLs for the assay, and characterized ... distribution of CCR2 and CCL2 in T cells and tumor cell lines, respectively, established from specimens of additional CRC patients Expression of CCR2 receptor and its ligand by the cells of additional...
... injure women, and acts of extreme cruelty often incur familial andcommunity wrath [34], the use of moderate violence by men (and in other circumstances, by women) is Page of 11 tolerated and generally ... the risk of displaying signs of non-conformity and resistance andof bucking the patriarchal trend of passively subordinating themselves to men What are the implications for prevention and care? ... 43% of men and 57% of women had ever tested for HIV, and 20% of men and 29% of women said they had done so in the previous year [2] There is evidence from services in multiple settings, and even...
... understanding of FM by severity level is very important for the evaluation of FM treatments and priority setting in health care, for example by providing input data for the evaluation of medical ... current and previous medications for FM, and frequency of the following: FM-related office visits, diagnostic tests, emergency room visits, and hospitalizations The subject questionnaire and CRF ... and severe FM subjects unpaid help for ADLs a mean of 3.6, 22.8, and 35.4 hours over the past weeks, respectively (p = 0.003) This corresponds to an average of 47, 296, and 460 hours a year of...
... shape and colour of needles, number of needles per shoot and number of needle ages and defoliation, changes in tree vitality, height increment and canopy shape The administrative divisions and J FOR ... values of the mean concentrations of elements in four groups of spruce stands, i.e RS-1, RS-2, RTH and STH and between plots, the following tools were used: Student’s t-test and in the caseof the ... disturbance becomes more profound with an increase in the degree of the threat of disintegration to stands Disturbances of the relations of N and K to Ca and Mg also occur in the stands which are highly...
... to be one of the reasons for vitamin B12 deficiency Infection with H pylori is one of the risk factors for vitamin B12 deficiency Almost 82% of people of Turkish descent in The Netherlands are ... IL, USA) Results Demographic and clinical data As is clear from Table 1, the average age of patients of Turkish descent was 40.57 years (SD 8.1) andfor patients of Dutch descent 44.71 years ... 0.74) In all, 30 (63.8%) of the patients of Turkish descent were female, as were 19 (67.8%) of the patients of Dutch descent (P value 0.723) The average BDI score for patients of Turkish descent was...
... Diversity of Toll-like receptor ligands and their role in the pathogenesis of lupus TLR9 is a receptor for microbial CpG-DNA [5,69] It recognizes a single-stranded ‘CpG motif’, consisting of unmethylated ... any of the above ligands [108] (Brummel and coworkers, unpublished data) Enhanced responsiveness of MZ-B cells was due to the combination of increased numbers of MZ-B cells in lupus mice and ... includes myeloid and pDCs, macrophages and MZ-B cells in mice, and pDCs, MZ-B cells and memory B cells in humans, which can respond directly and without priming to both single-stranded and more complex...
... empirical study and policy attention to the quality and availability of care for these patients may have a large societal payoff, by identifying effective interventions and strategies for containing ... analyses, and presentation of findings NSha contributed to study conception, interpretation of results, and critical revisions of the manuscript MW was involved in designing the study and drafting and ... in its prevalence and costs For instance, whereas the 12-month prevalence of major depression is approximately 6.7% [1], it is between only 2% and 2.6% for bipolar disorder I and II [1,11] Also,...
... selection and data resources Before 1999, cases of auditor switch were quite rare2 We therefore chose all Geng and Yang(2001) found that only cases of auditor switch in 1995, 10 in 1996, 23 in 1997, and ... with the p values of the T-test of means andof median signed rank test (null hypothesis μ=0) Numbers in the last column of the table are results of T test of paired samples andof Wilcoxon signed ... (contributing to 0.3% of profit gain) and by increasing non-recurring profits (contributing to 0.3% of profit gain) The reasons are as follows: first, there are no rigid regulations of provision for assets...
... account of all the meanings designated by in and all of its Vietnamese equivalents Actually, due to the limitation of time and scope of the thesis, only in-occurrences in form of (NP)+ in + NP and ... to our understanding of experience and to the way we act on that understanding; it plays a major role in both the grammar and lexicon of a language; part of it is universal, part of it culture-specific ... translation course books for third and fourth-year English majors at the MSA The purpose has been to provide a sufficient amount ofinformationfor the task of disambiguation in those cases where more...
... Image Schemas andSpatial Prepositions…… 1.4.2 Metaphor andSpatial Prepositions ………………………………… 11 1.4.3 Prototype, Radial Category andSpatial Prepositions ……………… 12 1.4.5 Polysemy andSpatial Prepositions ... image-schema transformations and metaphorical conceptual mappings will be taken into account This investigation is based on my manual corpus of 681 in-examples in form of (NP) + in + NP and NP + V + ... and grouped in terms of frequency and percentage to explore differences and similarities between English and Vietnamese spatial conceptualization and cognition Significance of the study This thesis,...
... information on dates of death Danish Registry of Causes of Death (DRCD) DRCD contains information from all Danish death certificates issued since 1943 Computerized and validated Registry information is ... visits, and hospital admissions Civil Registration System (CRS) CRS, established in 1968, stores information on vital status and migration for all Danish residents [12] This data source provided information ... outpatient and emergency department visits have been included since 1995 For each contact, DNPR records dates of admission and discharge and up to 20 discharge diagnoses, assigned by physicians and...
... more for the better brand Now all brands are pretty good Even the store’s brand is good In fact, it probably is made by the national brand to the same standards So why pay more (except for show-off ... to customers and save on the high costs of transportation, hotels, dining out, and entertaining Another force that might reduce the role of the sales force is the growth of Web -based market exchanges ... material, price • Forced relationships Try out new combinations For example, in trying to build a new type of office furniture, consider combining a desk and a bookcase, or a bookcase and a filing system...
... more for the better brand Now all brands are pretty good Even the store’s brand is good In fact, it probably is made by the national brand to the same standards So why pay more (except for show-off ... it takes genius, faith and perseverance to create a brand.” The sign of a great brand is how much loyalty or preference it Brands commands Harley Davidson is a great brand because Harley Davidson ... lives.” The brand amounts to a contract with the customer regarding how the brand will perform The brand contract must be honest Motel 6, for example, offers clean rooms, low prices, and good service...
... companies, 131 Industry par, 137 Information exchange systems, global expansion, 89 Information gathering, see Data collection strategies Information management, 80–82 Information technology (IT) department, ... Corporate branding, 26–27 See also Brands Corporate Culture and Performance (Kotter/Heskett), 59 Corporate growth: examples of, 72 goal-setting, 69 opportunities for, 73 strategies for, 70–72 ... Second: and Other Secrets of Exceptional Service (New York: Morrow, 1992) 32 John P Kotter and James L Heskett, Corporate Culture and Performance (New York: Free Press, 1992) 33 B Joseph Pine II and...
... material, price • Forced relationships Try out new combinations For example, in trying to build a new type of office furniture, consider combining a desk and a bookcase, or a bookcase and a filing system ... within 20 years Of the companies listed as best in the Forbes 100 of 1917, only 18 survived to 1987 And only two of them, General Electric and Eastman Kodak, were making good money And not all existing ... broadcast, and electronic information We confront billion Web pages, 18,000 magazines, and 60,000 new books each year In response, we have developed routines to protect ourselves from information...