... importance of customer satisfaction, customer retention and other parameters related tothe customer, whereas the role ofthe employees, their satisfaction, loyalty and the link between these variables ... throughout the time and depending on the analysed company, and the sector to which it belongs So, most ofthe traditional measures does not provide the expected results since they view the business ... project objectives clearly and having metrics that indicate the degree of attainment of such objectives in a dynamic way, increases the likelihood of success of such projects In fact, one of the...
... Italy refer tothe 1980s and early 1990s, before the enactment ofthe 1993 Consolidated Law on Banking which has fostered competition in the banking sector One ofthe aims of this paper is to examine ... greater number of degrees of freedom The exclusion ofthe interbank rate from the model can be adopted because ofthe high velocity of adjustment ofthe interbank rate tothe policy rate in the 1990s ... September, the market was not attracted by medium-term securities “With the aim of redirecting demand towards the longer end ofthe market, the Bank of Italy supplied only a very small quantity of these...
... environment so as to favor the assembly of a signaling complex which can then activate the cellular response [15] To elucidate the role of LPCAT in the priming and activation of monocytes by IFN-c, ... IFN-c receptors tothe nucleus, thereby initiating gene activation [25] Effect of priming on TNF-a production IFN-c is well-known to up-regulate monocyte responses to LPS [11,24] although the mechanism ... (2002) Tissue expression of human toll-like receptors and differential regulation of toll-like receptor mRNAs in leukocytes in responseto microbes, their products and cytokines J Immunol 168, 554–561...
... and RCT) The postal survey sample had better score distributions that met the psychometric criteria The score distributions ofthe RCT sample were more skewed towards the better end ofthe scale, ... management to be evaluated from their perspective In addition, patients themselves determined the domains ofthe MSRMS, therefore allowing them to define how services are evaluated The MSRMS satisfied ... similar proportion of information concerning the construct being measured, except for one item in the 11-item Coordination of Care scale These findings support the summing of items to generate subscale...
... to complete the stand characteristics of selected geobiocoenoses with more zoocoenological data and to review the influence of AZ on the occurrence of weevils, therefore to add knowledge ofthe ... segment of geobiocoenoses – it is impossible to define the outline ofthe occurrence ofthe found species Many faunal researches suggest the possibility ofthe occurrence of most ofthe species, ... individual AZ, it is incompetent to judge only the presence or absence ofthe species It is important to confront the structure of entomocoenoses with the overall character of geobiocoenosis, herbal...
... treatment and theresponse compared to a sample ofthe unhydrated pollen All assay responses were based on the dry weight of pollen used The dry weight of pollen was then calculated from the known ... PEG The addition of 10% Brewbaker’s solution tothe PEG concentrations completely eliminated the Class grains (fig 3B) Also, the addition of 10B tothe concentrations of PEG further lowered the ... The effect of pollen viability To determine the effect of viability and the non-linear responseof FSPC, 40 pollen lots, representing 10 from each of viability classes were all tested under the...
... issue as the degradation ofthe tissue architecture and disease state depend on the biological activity ofthe enzymes; that is, on the ratio of free active enzymes to inactive (inhibitor-bound) ... directly measurethe net proteolytic activity resulting from the balance between the active forms of proteases and the naturally occurring protease inhibitors, tomeasure for the first time the ... Effect of hydroxamate-based inhibitors on arthritic synovial fluids (a) fluids Detection ofthe inhibitory effect ofthe matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) inhibitors (inhibitor II and inhibitor...
... epidemic peak The applicability of our theoretical arguments is not restricted tothe switch of control policy In many Northern hemisphere countries, the start ofthe major epidemic of H1N1-2009 ... Nevertheless, it should be remembered that the presence of infection-age dependency in the infectiousness profile is likely to complicate the computation of epidemic peak [53] The incorporation of ... in 2010 The estimate follows an extrapolation ofthe notified number of cases from a total of 4800 randomly sampled sentinel hospitals tothe total number of medical facilities in Japan The case...
... Tumor necrosis factor-α/nuclear factor-κB response Figure Tumor necrosis factor-α/nuclear factor-κB responseThe set of genes representing the tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α/nuclear factor-κB (NFκB) ... Both VP35 and VP24 act in a cell autonomous manner; VP35 blocks activation ofthe IFN regulatory factor and the transcriptional responses ofthe IFN regulatory factor responsive promoters [44], and ... transcripts related tothe process of fibrin dissolution, including those for urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA) and uPA receptor, as well as the plasminogen activator inhibitor type ofthe plasminogen-cleaving...
... host-pathogen interactions in higher species Results Exploratory analyses of host responseto infection To determine the degree of specificity in theresponseof C elegans to bacterial infection, we carried ... induced by S marcescens infection These results underline the fact that C elegans mounts distinct responses to bacterial and fungal infection Theresponseof C elegans to infection by S marcescens ... host -response to different infections Many of these genes have been functionally characterized as participating in theresponseof C elegans to various forms of stress as well as to infection...
... growth factors We also dissect the contribution of specific signaling pathways to these global responses using an inhibitor ofthe PI3kinase (PI3K) pathway Finally, we have begun to analyze the potential ... several of these categories (Additional data file 2) Moreover, theresponseof lung fibroblasts with regard tothe expression of these genes could not be distinguished from theresponseofthe skin ... compared tothe GFs, but theinductionof EGFR protein is only modest in responseto serum Its negative regulator, CBL, is more strongly induced at the RNA level in responseto EGF, concordant with the...
... in the Venn diagram is divided into subsets by the direction oftheresponse in the different comparisons The formation of dots in the squares shows the general tendency ofthe response, with the ... transcriptome analysis To separate the effects and to identify genes for which the expression indices follow the level of pH, the regulated genes were sorted into subsets according tothe direction of ... this may be applied to induce the production of a given gene product at the pH ofthe process Another analysis was on the production of organic acids as well as identification of secondary metabolite...
... RPit is the natural logarithm ofthe real price of a kilogram of ordinary rice, and RPit * H jt is the interaction ofthe natural logarithm ofthe rice price with one ofthe various measures of sibling ... child's need to work On average, these two effects offset so that there does not appear to be an impact ofthe number of siblings on whether the child is active or how many hours the child works ... looking at the composition of siblings rather than just their number Hence, the remainder of this section focuses on the approach in the bottom panel of table that allows effect of rice prices to vary...
... ACN) and 0,7 µl of peptide solution spotted on the MALDI-target directly Prior tothe measurement in the MALDI-TOF/TOF instrument the samples were allowed to dry on the target 10 to 15 23 Materials ... [31] One ofthe most important effects of IFN-γ on macrophages is the activation of microbicidal effector functions Macrophages activated by IFN-γ display increased pinocytosis and receptor mediated ... image ofthe IFN-γ effects on proteome of BMM-BALB/c 40 Figure 8: Representative gel image ofthe IFN-γ effects on proteome of BMM-C57BL/6 41 Figure 9: Inductionof cathepsin B and cathepsin...
... algorithm tothe context vectors, we should obtain the two expected clusters Each ofthe two clusters corresponds to one ofthe senses of palm, and the words closest tothe geometric centers ofthe ... clustering of global co-occurrence vectors To see this, let us bring our attention tothe various species of animals that are among the top 30 associations to poach Some of them seem more often affected ... dissimilarities among the top 30 associations to palm are all in the upper half ofthe scale and not very distinct The two expected clusters for palm, one relating to its hand and the other to its tree...
... conjunction with examining the practical aspects of this particular medical interaction, the theoretical aim of this book is to contextualise the effects ofthe medical interaction in relation tothe ... ofthe Publishers The statements and opinions contained within this publication are solely those ofthe author and not ofThe University of Bristol or The Policy Press The University of Bristol ... relating tothe impact of medicalisation on the lives of women, and the role of professional and gender ideology on the medical interaction It raises questions about the way in which healthcare professionals...
... according to our chronology, fell upon the entrance ofthe night preceding the twentythird day of October in the year ofthe Julian calendar 710.” Sometimes “entrance ofthe night” is taken to mean ... geological time Together they have managed to find ways to use almost every radioactive isotope that exists in nature tomeasurethe age of things—from the universe itself to archaeological artifacts only ... tried to piece together a history of mankind based on the Bible (Ussher’s date for the creation ofthe Earth is usually given as October 23, and it is often said, erroneously, that he stipulated the...
... interact with parasites and mucosal surface The major effect of serum immunoglobulin A is to prevent the attachment of bacteria and viruses tothe mucosal surface [11] The major biologic function of ... compare to that of control Over-dosage of CLA may affect the depression of immune production However, the addition of vitamin ADE and/or selenium to CLA increased the level of immunoglobulin production, ... collection, the end ofthe duodenum and the cranial part ofthe cecum were tied and both ends were cut One end ofthe small intestine was at the stand and a conical tube was placed at the other end Then...
... chemotherapy, additional therapies include transarterial chemotherapy, ethanol injection, cryotherapy, radiofrequency ablation, and microwave ablation The role of hepatic transarterial therapy ... to be safe in the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer[14] The goals of this analysis was to: 1) gain a better understanding ofthe value of drug eluting bead therapy when administered to ... controlled manner These functions combine to enhance the toxic effect ofthe drug on the tumor while minimizing systemic side effects lesion and tumor response rates were measured according to RECIST[16],...
... vector technology since the advent of replication defective vector systems in the 1980s SIN vectors take advantage ofthe reverse transcription reaction in which the U3 region ofthe 3' LTR acts ... infected, or what factors influence theinductionof CNS pathology Most individuals infected with HIV have virus within the CNS and the route of infection is thought to be transmigration of infected ... oncogene activation has resulted from the administration of a replication defective retroviral vector suggest that, the design ofthe vector aside, there are additional risk factors that influence the...