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... estimations The specific needs and demands of elderly people will be discussed in chapter Chapter presents the architecture and structure of the data base underpinning the study at hand and introduces the ... are living in the midst of an unprecedented transition: the rapid ageing of the inhabitants of the industrialised world, accompanied by a diminishing number of young people Figures in the Green ... soon as they are available ICT enabled independent living for elderly Institute for Innovation and Technology (iit) The Ageing Society in Europe Ageing is one of the greatest social and economic

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... perceptions and behaviors of Chinese women both individually and in relation to the world Through these stories, a rich tapestry of information about Chinese women and Chinese American women emerges The ... CULTURES 63 Of Survival and Striving: An Intergenerational Saga 65 In the Beginning: The Floods An Intergenerational Saga: In My Mother’s Voice Memories of China: The Journey Preparing for America 66 ... Women and Culture 89 America the Melting Pot: The Immigration Legend Defining Moments: Of Families and Culture Chinatown: Family and Community Bonds Traveling to the Future: Connecting with the

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... faster than the extrinsic signal, however, the timing of the combined signal is between the intrinsic and the extrinsic signal, which results in S i <1. S K < 1 means that the intrinsic output ... S i > 1 follows that the extrinsic signal inhibits the intrinsic signal. This can also be seen in the FREPs time curves in Fig. 4. However, the intrinsic signal dominates the extrinsic signal when ... signals together produce a smaller activation than the extrinsic sig- nal alone. This indicates that the intrinsic signal inhibits the extrinsic signal, i.e., there is a crossinhibition. The larger the

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... important role in the initiation and propagation of hypoxia/ischemia-induced inflammation by secreting inflammatory chemokines that attract neutrophils and monocytes into the brain However, triggers ... HIF-1 binds to HIF-1-binding sites in the target genes and activates their transcription We have recently shown that hypoxia-induced expression of IL-1β in astrocytes is mediated by HIF-1α In this ... demonstrate the role of HIF-1α in hypoxia-induced up-regulation of inflammatory chemokines, human monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1/CCL2) and mouse MCP-5 (Ccl12), in human and mouse astrocytes,

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... al.[9]. They found that vertebral wedging was more prominent in the frontal plane, and there was minimal wedging in the sagittal plane. Whether the vertebral wedging in the frontal plane in AIS is the ... dissected and retrieved from the apex and the upper and lower end vertebrae of the curve, and then were further separated into two groups: samples obtained from the concave side and the samples from the ... index and apoptosis index in the resting zone between the convex side and the concave side in each location (P > 0.05). Because of the indistinct separation between the proliferative and the

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... Partnership” in The World and Vietnam magazine and the study by Do Hai Nam, Ngo Xuan Binh and Sung Yeul Koo in “Economic Cooperation between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea in the East Asian Integration” ... globalization After the Second World War in 1945, the United States and the U.S.S.R maintained high profiles in world politics However, another overlapping basic framework for maintaining international ... aggressive war-making capacity Nevertheless, the leadership in regulating world order is gradually shifting to the emerging countries The article in the Financial Times entitled ? ?The End of US hegemony:

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... non-self-intersecting curve connecting the embedding of its end vertices The interiors of the embedding of the edges are pairwise disjoint and the interiors of the curves embedding edges not contain ... against the natural order, else according to the natural order ¯ All the remaining arcs orient in D in the same way as in D ¯ Note that relevant edges are oriented in the same way in both D and ... the edges of Hx intersect the curves representing the edges of Hx−1 and Hx+1 We keep the following rule: the interiors of the curves representing hxyz and h(x+1)yz intersect if and only if z is

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... up Finally, at the beginning of October 1996, the quantity of resin in each cylinder was doubled by adding a second bag containing the corresponding resin type, in order to assess the efficiency ... were greater in the incubated soils than in the undisturbed soils, before and after the harvest Before the harvest, nitrate was the dominant form of mineral N in the incubated (75%) and undisturbed ... the cyl4 inders at the end of the incubation period – + T1 = final NO 3-N (or N H -N) content of the soil inside the cylinders at the end of the incubation period – For N O 3-N: T0fNO3 = T0fiNO3

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... one in the valley of the Drac river, the other in a mountain stand in the Alps. The experiments were conducted on leaf petioles (full symbols) and branches (empty symbols). These data are obtained ... different sites were selected, one in the valley of the Drac river, the other in a mountain stand in the Alps .The K s (mol s –1 MPa –1 m –1 ) data are means ± SD withn being thenumber of replicates from ... the water status in Acer pseudoplatanus and Fraxinus excelsior trees growing in well-watered floodplains (site 1) The experiments were carried out in June 1999 and 2000, for expanded leaves in

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... effects in RA has not been elucidated and conflicting data exist in experimental arthritis models. The objective is to investigate the role of TNFR1 in the synovial lining cells (SLC) and the ... signaling in both synovial lining cells and the reticuloendothelial system independently played a major pro-inflammatory and immunoregulatory role in the development of experimental arthritis. Introduction ... subsets in spleen. Local treat- ment inhibited the proinflammatory cytokine cascade in the joint. Gene therapeutic targeting of TNFR1 may be a promising and safer approach for TNFα blockade in RA

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... pain from baseline to the 12-month follow up point. Pain decreased by 3 points in the Activator group, 4 points in the manipulation group, and 3 points in the mobilisation group. A reduction in ... they felt added credibility to the validity of the PGIC. They went on to use the PGIC as the "gold standard" to determine change in the numer- ical rating scale for pain that is clinically ... envelope. During the baseline visit, a clinician assessed the volun- teer on the inclusion and exclusion criteria and informed the person about the study. A complete history of neck pain, associated

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... of inbreeding on R and rs The results of our analyses suggest a positive correlation between R and rs on the one hand and the inbreeding coefficient on the other hand (Tab IV) With data obtained ... model (indicated by the determination coefficient, r2 ) depends on the inbreeding: r2 decreases when the inbreeding coefficient increases (Tab III) In the less inbred populations (pop100 and pop25 ... rs can provide more insight in our understanding of sources of LD by comparing for example populations or chromosomes Since there is an increasing interest in the use of single nucleotide polymorphisms

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... of the Netherlands (n.d.) how did the Netherlands hand the credit crisis, Ministry of finance, government of the Netherlands http://www.government.nl/issues/financial-policy/ how-did -the- netherlands-hande -the- credit-crisis ... Y.-Y Lin et al., National Intellectual Capital and the Financial Crisis in Austria, Belgium, The Netherlands, and Switzerland, SpringerBriefs in Economics, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-8021-1, Ó The ... Y.-Y Lin et al., National Intellectual Capital and the Financial Crisis in Austria, Belgium, The Netherlands, and Switzerland, SpringerBriefs in Economics, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-8021-1, Ó The

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... countries and regions worldwide need a deep and broad understanding of the critical success factors affecting the NIC With all the facts and frames for thinking this booklet gives a valuable insight in ... related to the innovation capability of the region The correlation between these factors and the GDP growth is undisputable In knowledge intense industries talent is attracting talent, and the connectivity ... functioning innovation ecosystems The only predictable in true innovation is the unpredictability and the surprises The role of the public sector is to drive strategy and measures enabling the unpredictable,

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... SPRINGER BRIEFS IN ECONOMICS Carol Yeh-Yun Lin · Leif Edvinsson Jeffrey Chen · Tord Beding National Intellectual Capital and the Financial Crisis in France, Germany, Ireland, and the United Kingdom ... http://www.gfmag.com/gdp-datacountry-reports/251-ireland-gdp-country-report.html#axzz2QJ7HgFDl Government of the Netherlands (n.d.) How did the Netherlands hand the credit crisis, Ministry of Finance, Government of the Netherlands http://www.government.nl/issues/financialpolicy/how-did -the- netherlands-hande -the- credit-crisis ... trajectory, 41 NIC turning point, 44 C Y.-Y Lin et al., National Intellectual Capital and the Financial Crisis in France, Germany, Ireland, and the United Kingdom, SpringerBriefs in Economics, DOI:

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... among others, to the unraveling of the main bank system that in the past served effectively in evaluating and monitoring risk But there was no widely available financial... developing ... another in the years preceding the crisis, it was natural to ask whether there was any linkage between the manner in which financial systems were reformed in those countries and ... close linkages among politicians, financial 16 Chung H Lee institutions, and regulatory authorities; and the postal savings system and the Fiscal Loan and Investment Program The incomplete

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... find and remove the friction points of innovation, and to achieve sustainable innovation ecosystems for knowledge intense products and services I wish you interesting reading with this mind opening ... Open innovation beyond cross-licensing includes the societal capital as an important intangible engine for productivity growth Innovation happens only when the offering is meeting the demand Otherwise ... countries and regions worldwide need a deep and broad understanding of the critical success factors affecting the NIC With all the facts and frames for thinking this booklet gives a valuable insight in

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... http://www0.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/indepth/docs/china091900.htm. Internet in China: Big Mama is Watching You 15 3. The Internet in China This chapter will provide information about the origin and history of the internet in China. First, ... changed since the Open Door Policy in 1977. With the introduction of the internet, a lot of changes were made in the structure of the Chinese government, and therefore the different ministries and ... the Chinese government insisted in introducing and developing the internet, since it is supposed to be so troublesome to control. Then, the function of the media in China will be explained,...

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... authoritative in the Middle Ages called their authority into question. When combined with the propaganda poten- tial of the printing press to disseminate such findings, printing became a major force behind ... of books, including one on the concept of Fatherland in the Netherlands from early modern times till World War II and one on Dutch lieux- de-m´emoire. Introduction  (as developed by Gutenberg in the ... flood of supportive information and suppressing contrary stories and externally by feeding information to their vassal papers in Avignon and London.  Furthermore, in the s, they launched a...

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... Eng- land and France throughout the century. The British ‘defined themselves as Protestants struggling for survival against . . . the THE CRISIS OF LITERATURE IN THE 1790s Print Culture and the ... of their mix of promise and threat, anticipation and dread, resound in the writings of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries in Britain – a time and a place when the newly disturbing ... in the print industry. 22 In Letters on Education (1790), Catherine Macaulay argued that the ‘advantages of printing, by rendering easy the communication of ideas, giving an universality to their...

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