... Board of Directors and the manager is represented by the CEO and other managers of the firm The theoretical case for the incentives of the manager to engage in suboptimal and/ ... (Jensen and Meckling 1976; Watts and Zimmerman 1978,... type of financial issue being resolved, corporate financial factors, the position of the external auditor and the level of ... 2008 iii AN EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF THE FACTORS IMPACTING AUDIT COMMITTEE MEMBERS’ JUDGMENTS AND DECISIONS Julie Sara Persellin, Ph.D. The University of Texas at San Antonio, 2008...
Ngày tải lên: 01/06/2014, 13:57
... and interpretation of data and revising the manuscript critically; LB and EB contributed to acquisition, analysis and interpretation of CMS model and behavioural data; JAM and ... acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data; BGB contributed to acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data, drafting the manuscript and revising it critically; JLMM contributed to analysis ... Activation of the transcription factor nuclear factor kappa B(NF-B) controls the transcription of many acute-phase proteins a nd inflammatory genes both in humans and rodents, and is one of the...
Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 22:20
Báo cáo y học: "An experimental model of rhinovirus induced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations: a pilot study" pps
... evidence of causation and would greatly facilitate understanding mechanisms, but no such model exists. Methods: We aimed to evaluate the feasibility of developing an experimental model of rhinovirus ... Levels of IL-6 and IL-8 in nasal lavageFigure 4 Levels of IL-6 and IL-8 in nasal lavage. (A) Time course of IL-6. (B) Time course of IL-8. (C) Mean levels of IL-6 in nasal lavage when stable and ... obstruction and less reversibility and are smokers or ex-smokers. To investigate the feasibility and safety of developing a model of COPD exacerbation and to investigate a causa- tive role of virus...
Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 16:20
Báo cáo y học: " Effects of inhaled iloprost on right ventricular contractility, right ventriculo-vascular coupling and ventricular interdependence: a randomized placebo-controlled trial in an experimental model of acute pulmonary hypertension" ppt
... effects of inhaled iloprost on RV afterload and contractility in animals with and without blockade of the ANSThe effects of inhaled iloprost on RV afterload and contractility in animals with and ... were analyzed using Friedman's analysis of variance, the Mann-Whitney U-test and the Wilcoxon signed rank test. In all conditions, a P value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. ... restored mean PA pressure and PVR to baseline values (Figure 2 and Table 2). Animals treated with iloprost had a significantly higher cardiac output and mean arterial pressure than did animals in...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22
Báo cáo y học: " Intravenous glutamine decreases lung and distal organ injury in an experimental model of abdominal sepsis" ppsx
... the manuscript. LDL: Animal preparation, performance of experimental work, analysis of the mechanical and morphometrical data. CMD: Animal prepara- tion, performance of experimental work, analysis ... GPO: Animal preparation, performance of experimental work, analysis of the mechanical and histological data, statistical analysis, writing of the manuscript. MBGO: Animal prepara- tion, performance ... performance of experimental work, preliminary analysis of the data, helped to draft the manuscript. RSS: Animal prepa- ration, performance of experimental work, analysis of the mechanical data,...
Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 16:20
Silencing of miR-182 is associated with modulation of tumorigenesis through apoptosis induction in an experimental model of colorectal cancer
... development and cancer Thorac Cancer 2015;6:2–9 Zhang Y, Wang X, Wang Z, Tang H, Fan H, Guo Q miR-182 promotes cell growth and invasion by targeting forkhead box F2 transcription factor in colorectal cancer ... conception and design: LP and PZ; Selection of patients: LA and MF; Histopathological re-evaluation of tissues: LA, MF and MR; Laboratory experiments and acquisition of data: LP, ST, EB, MC and AP; Analysis ... Analysis and interpretation of data: LP, SI, SB and PZ; Drafting of the manuscript: LP; Revision of the manuscript: LP, SI, SB, AA and PZ; Study supervision: PZ and SB All authors have read and approved...
Ngày tải lên: 17/06/2020, 17:12
mesenchymal stem cells and serelaxin synergistically abrogate established airway fibrosis in an experimental model of chronic allergic airways disease
... establishing an effective outcome of the combined effects of MSCs and RLN in reversing the development of fibrosis associated with AWR, and to a lesser extent AI, in an experimental murine model of chronic ... S., Tani, A., Silvertown, J., Orlandini, G., Porciani, C., Zecchi-Orlandini, S., Medin, J., Bani, D., 2007 Paracrine effects of transplanted myoblasts and relaxin on post-infarction heart remodelling ... features of human asthma As indicated by the morphometric analysis of subepithelial collagen and hydroxyproline analysis of total lung collagen concentration, the OVA-induced aberrant accumulation of...
Ngày tải lên: 02/11/2022, 14:36
saturation of long term potentiation in the dorsal cochlear nucleus and its pharmacological reversal in an experimental model of tinnitus
... Manuscript Saturation of long-term potentiation in the dorsal cochlear nucleus and its pharmacological reversal in an experimental model of tinnitus Thomas Tagoe, Daniel Deeping, Martine Hamann ... ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT Saturation of long-term potentiation in the dorsal cochlear nucleus PT and its pharmacological reversal in an experimental model of tinnitus SC RI Thomas Tagoe, Daniel Deeping, and ... strychnine and 10 μM gabazine to block inhibitory synaptic transmission and 25 μM D-(-)-2-amino-5-phosphonopentanoic acid (D-AP5) to block NMDA receptors The variance-mean method of quantal analysis...
Ngày tải lên: 04/12/2022, 16:11
Cardiorespiratory effects of recruitment maneuvers and positive end expiratory pressure in an experimental context of acute lung injury and pulmonary hypertension (download tai tailieutuoi com)
... effects of recruitment maneuvers and positive end expiratory pressure in an experimental context of acute lung injury and pulmonary hypertension Camille Doras1, Morgan Le Guen2, Ferenc Peták3 and ... characterizing the effects of RM and PEEP on the cardiorespiratory function during lung injury induced by surfactant depletion in an experimental model of PHT The pressure transmission across the ... volume of to ml/kg, by using a The experimental protocol (Fig 1) consisted of collection of data sets before and after RM under baseline (BASAL) and acute lung injury (ALI) with maintenance of low...
Ngày tải lên: 23/10/2022, 16:52
Development of cell sheet constructs for layer by layer tissue engineering using the blood vessel as an experimental model 1
... I would like to thank A/Prof Mahesh Choolani and Dr Jerry Chan for supporting the completion of my work, and the writing of this thesis Most importantly, I would like to thank my family: My parents, ... would like to thank the students and staff of BIOMAT Centre, past and present, for their help and the pleasure of their company: Chee Kong, Fenghao, Kay Siang, Dinah, Puay Siang, Erin, Wen Feng, ... J Chan, B Shuter, LG Tan, MS Chong, DL Ramachandra, GS Dawe, J Ding, SH Teoh, O Beuf, A Briguet, KC Tam, M Choolani and S-C Wang (2009) "Microgel Iron Oxide Nanoparticles For Tracking Human Fetal...
Ngày tải lên: 14/09/2015, 08:49
Development of cell sheet constructs for layer by layer tissue engineering using the blood vessel as an experimental model 3
... 4. Isolation and Characterisation Of Vascular Progenitors Analysis of the microarray data shows 27,530 out of 55,000 genes to be appreciably expressed in either line. The profiles of both groups ... Characterisation Of Vascular Progenitors An alternative explanation lies in the primitive nature of the FB EPC. Tissues in the developing foetus are regions of intense vasculogenic activity and remodelling. ... sparc/osteonectin, cwcv and kazal-like domains proteoglycan (testican) sprouty homolog 1, antagonist of FGF signaling (Drosophila) ST6 beta-galactosamide alpha-2,6-sialyltranferase T-cell acute...
Ngày tải lên: 14/09/2015, 08:49
Development of cell sheet constructs for layer by layer tissue engineering using the blood vessel as an experimental model 4
... selection of CD 34 antibodies as a suitable conjugand, and I detail here my studies on cell adhesion, as well as blood compatibility Finally, I studied the assembly of cells and film ... specific context of vascular tissue, two other important classes of tissue responses remain First, possible issues of thrombogenesis must be addressed Acute failures of vascular graft ... three months of implantation are caused by technical complications,... CD 34 antibody reduced contact activation, and thus suggesting that blood compatibility had been enhanced This result...
Ngày tải lên: 14/09/2015, 08:49
Expanding the Start of the College Pipeline: Ninth-Grade Findings From an Experimental Study of the Impact of the Early College High School Model
... aspirations This paper reports experimental estimates of the average effect of lottery assignment to an early college (an ITT analysis) and an instrumental variables extension of these estimates to represent ... students who identify themselves as African American/Black, Hispanic/Latino, and Native American/American Indian Students who identify themselves as White, Asian, or Multiracial are considered to ... impact of a model like the early college An experimental study, such as the one reported in this paper, can help eliminate any bias introduced by students self-selecting into the school and can help...
Ngày tải lên: 04/11/2022, 07:32
USING AN EXPERIMENTAL MODEL TO STUDY THE PROPERTIES OF FINE-GRAINED HIGH-PERFORMANCE CONCRETE
... Journal of Mining and Earth Sciences Vol 62, Issue 1 (2020) 73 - 84 73 Using an experimental model to study the properties of fine-grained high-performance concrete Lam Tang Van 1,*, Dien ... significant influence on the values of the experimental models Particularly, using Matlab software is showed the expression surface, the contour line of the experimental models, and ... Materials Ngo Xuan Hung, Tang Van Lam, Bulgakov B.I., Science and Engineering, 365, 032007, 8 Alexandrova O V., Larsen O A., Ha Hoa Ki, Tang Van Lam, Bulgakov B.I., Alexandrova O.V., Melnikov...
Ngày tải lên: 11/03/2024, 00:59
An experimental investigation of heat transfer and fluid flow in a rectangular duct with inclined discrete ribs
... mechanism of heat transfer Experimental setup Two experimental set-ups, one for heat transfer analysis and other for fluid flow analysis has been designed and fabricated to study the effect of ... performance of solar air heater They reported that the geometry of the rib namely shapes, height, angle of attack and pitch affects significantly the heat transfer and friction characteristics of ... roughness pitch of to Kiml et al [5] reported that the rib roughness arrangement with an angle of attack of 60° shows better heat transfer performance compared to that of the 45° rib arrangement Lau...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 16:10
An experimental investigation of performance and exhaust emission of a diesel engine fuelled with Jatropha biodiesel and its blends
... economic yield can be considered to range between 0.75 and 2.00 kg/plant and 4.00 and 6.00 MT per hectare per year depending on agro-climatic zone and agriculture practices One hectare of plantation ... good guarantees as an ecofriendly substitute fuel Biodiesel is an alternative, renewable, clean diesel fuel made by conversion of the vegetable oils, waste animal fats to esters via transesterification ... Jatropha plant in Energy park of Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (R.G.P.V.) Jatropha plant bears fruits from second year of its plantation and the economic yield stabilizes from fourth and...
Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 16:11
An Equilibrium Model of Rare-Event Premia and Its Implication for Option Smirks potx
... An Equilibrium Model of Rare-Event Premia and Its Implication for Option Smirks Jun Liu Anderson School at UCLA Jun Pan MIT Sloan School of Management, CCFR and NBER Tan Wang Sauder School of ... include Gilboa and Schmeidler (1989), Epstein and Wang (1994), Anderson, Hansen, and Sargent (2000), Chen and Epstein (2002), Hansen and Sargent (2001), Epstein and Miao (2003), Routledge and Zin (2002), ... detailed and insightful comments from Ken Singleton (the editor). Tan Wang acknowledges financial support from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Jun Pan thanks the...
Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 10:20
Báo cáo khoa học: Intermonomer cross-linking of F-actin alters the dynamics of its interaction with H-meromyosin in the weak-binding state ppt
... the change in the angular distribution of the attached labels In the case of a random distribution of probe molecules this ratio is equal to one The intrastrand cross-links produce a significantly ... the dynamics of F-actin Fund (OTKA), and GVOP-3.1.1-2004-0235 grant of National Development Plan References Geeves MA & Holmes KC (1999) Structural mechanism of muscle contraction Annu Rev Biochem ... distribution of spin labels, where the z-axis of the molecular reference system fits a Gaussian distribution [8] Our analysis on experimental spectra showed that the angle between the principal z-axis of...
Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 13:20
Báo cáo Y học: The inhibitory region of troponin-I alters the ability of F-actin to interact with different segments of myosin pot
... binding of a peptide ligand to F-actin or tropomyosin is the observation of significant broadening of the ligand resonances detected in the NMR spectrum The flexibility in a peptide ligand is manifest ... change is propagated along the actin filament The studies described here provide direct of evidence of sites of interaction and of conformational changes occurring in actin that are an important ... (5–30 lLÆmin)1) and over a range of concentrations (1–50 lM) Sensorgrams were analysed using BIAEVALUA TION software taking account of the small amount of nonspecific binding of the TnI peptide...
Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 10:20
descartes and the puzzle of sensory representation feb 2010
... the teleology of Cartesian sensations, with Alison Simmons and Daniel Garber on the panel, and one on the discussion of causal accounts of Cartesian sensations) were organized and gave me a great ... discussions of the topics of the book and for being an important influence on my work in Descartes’ philosophy of mind; and Thomas Vinci, whom I first met at a Meeting of the Atlantic Canada Seminar ... object of an idea is determined by an identifying description expressed by the mode of presentation of the idea For an idea to be an idea of x, then, it cannot represent x as other than x is,...
Ngày tải lên: 10/06/2014, 21:37