... guarantees and interest subsidies The study focused on three assistance clusters in Northern Ireland (training, marketing and upgrading machinery and equipment), and two inthe Republic of Ireland (marketing ... whether they were currently participating inthe program; (iii) whether they had participated in it inthe past and, if so, in what year; (iv) the monetary value of the incentive; and (v) how they ... through the coordinated use of a range of CORFO programs It combines training activities, innovation, infrastructure, technical assistance, and business and finance networking In 2001, the PTI financed...
... “lean against the wind”: (i) raising RRs during the upswing phase of thecycle to contain excessive credit growth andthe associated build up of vulnerabilities and (ii) lowering them during the downswing ... contain credit growth and manage liquidity conditions inthe economy, while managing in tandem policy interest rates These dynamics are evident prior, during, and following the 2008–2009 financial ... Literature on theLatinAmerica Experience In general, there are only a handful of studies examining the recent experience effectiveness of RRs inthe region.20 The analysis is hindered by the heterogeneity...
... prevention and preparedness are Multisector and Other; banking and financial services, and business and other services are Financing and Business; and government and civil society - general and conflict, ... flows inthe wake of financial crises the debt crisis inthe mid1980s, the United States rescue after the Mexican Tesobonos crisis in 1995, the Asian and dot.com crises, andthe beginning of the ... system inthe LAC region We have gathered several indicators about their interactions with other MDBs and other financial and development institutions, their relative position inthe development financing...
... Katz Broadband demand and economic impact inLatinAmerica AN ESTIMATION OF THE BROADBAND DEMAND How much additional broadband capacity is needed inLatinAmerica to close the broadband gap that ... impact inLatinAmerica Based on the estimates of the Argentine model, we have estimated the impact on job creation if theLatin American nations were to increase the installation of broadband lines ... broadband gap inLatinAmerica is alarming If we consider the development of Latin American economies, the region now has a shortfall of 11 million lines (thereby resulting inthe need to increase...
... bc-crystallin fold The residues shown in grey indicate the side chains and backbone sites that are involved in calcium binding [24] The residues inthe conserved tyrosine corners are in bold [24] ... spherulin 3a and NKA48 contain only a single domain fold The stability of these two proteins is highly dependent on calcium binding [25] The typical domain motives contain a ‘tyrosine corner’ inthe ... measurements in triplicates 1050 lin 3a is the most abundant mRNA During differentiation, synthesis of PMLA discontinues, andthe remaining polymer is exported into the extracellular fluid and degraded...
... STRENGTHENING HEALTH AND FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION INTHE REGION Teaching Methods The Common Curriculum emphasized the use of interactive teaching methods, and these were reinforced in training held by the ... additional information on what was being implemented and to help sustain administrator and teacher interest inthe project Finally, baseline and follow up teacher surveys were conducted in both intervention ... STRENGTHENING HEALTH AND FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION INTHE REGION Curriculum Development Beginning in Year 1, EDC worked with the Regional Coordinator, Country Coordinators and teachers to transform the...
... Policy inLatin America: An Introduction Stephan Klasen and Felicitas Nowak-Lehmann The causes and consequences of high inequality in incomes, assets, and many aspects of well-being inLatinAmerica ... issue inLatin America, as well as the new emphasis on its development impacts First, inequality was and is extremely high inLatinAmerica As shown in table I.1, LatinAmerica continues to have the ... set in Palatino on 3B2 by Asco Typesetters, Hong Kong Printed and bound inthe United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Poverty, inequality, and policy in Latin...
... young and old adults Aging affects the interaction of the somatosensory and visual systems on the ability of the CNS to resolve sensory conflicts and to maintain upright stance equilibrium Therefore, ... diminished vestibular and somatosensory inputs in older adults increases their sensory thresholds to complex multimodal stimuli, thereby inducing a greater reliance on visual inputs and making ... the decline inthe integrity of many postural regulating systems [14-16], but its effect on the sensory inputs recalibration process remains to be determined One question of interest is whether...
... 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 ... outside 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 ... combined with the organic N decrease, led to a small increase in C:N ratio of organic matter inthe A1 layer and (ii) increase inthe base cations that could be explained by the intense mineralisation...
... admissions In only three cases were the suicide attempts reported to have occurred inthe past, andin these cases there could possibly be recall bias The remaining cases were recent at the time ... reduced andinthe male group the severe attempt rates are reduced Second, we compared the reduced risk for repeated and severe suicide attempts during thelifecycle between suicide victims and ... suicide and are therefore worth studying We used a rather broad definition of self-harm, as intent is difficult to decide based on case records The study started in 1984 andthe same definitions...
... which is involved inthe life- cycle of HIV-1based vectors Our finding also supports the hypothesis that cellular DSB repair proteins are involved in PIR At the same time, these proteins clearly ... expressing the HDAC4-1061 mutant and infected with the vector, 1084 - cells expressing the HDAC4-1084 protein and infected with the vector KU - the ATM inhibitor N - normal PARP protein, A - the ... DSB proteins are involved in completing the integration process In addition, others suggested that they are involved inthe formation of 2-LTR circles, and it has been proposed that they might...
... information-sharing and Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2000, 78 (5) Health sector reform and reproductive health inLatinAmerica coordination among the different levels of the health system in ... Growth inthe size and influence of civil society in Brazil since the 1980s has facilitated the positive change Increasingly democratic processes have lengthened the policy decision-making process, ... assessment of existing capacity for these functions and to help in strengthening such capacity when necessary (7) Continue building on the important role of NGOs Changes in financing and decentralization...
... 2008; inthe V Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago in April of 2009; inthe VI CONCASIDA Conference in San Jose, Costa Rica in October, 2009; andintheLatin American and ... communities, including children, adolescents, youth, teachers, and parents Review, update and reinforce the training of educational personnel, from teaching colleges to inservice training for existing ... in adolescents and young people by the year 2015 Recommend the inclusion in these agreements for discussion inthe XVIII Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State in San Salvador, El Salvador in...
... inthe cytoplasm during the M phase Phosphorylation at site 32 increased gradually inthe nucleus during phases S and G2, and was detected maximally inthe cytoplasm inthe M phase The timing ... cell cyclein a site-specific manner Cyclin-dependent protein kinase is involved inthe phosphorylation of MCM4 To determine which kinase is involved inthe phosphorylation of MCM4 in phases G2 and ... during interphase, and occurs in phases G2 and M even inthe absence of CDK1 activity, suggesting that kinase(s) other than CDK may be involved in phosphorylation at site 54 during the cell cycle...
... (such as mothers and children) They are administered by theThe State of Social Protection inLatinAmericaandthe Caribbean Figure 1.6 21 The Share of the Formal and Informal Sectors in LAC Labor ... operate in parallel, duplicating service delivery infrastructure The absence of links between financing and productivity or quality andtheThe State of Social Protection inLatinAmericaandthe ... Economist LatinAmericaandthe Caribbean Region The World Bank Acknowledgments This book highlights the main findings of a regional study by the World Bank, From Right to Reality: How LatinAmerica and...
... cost accounting for thelifecycle of coal Epstein et al Table Thelifecycle impact of the U.S coal industry Economic Underground coal mining MTR mining Coal mining Human health Federal and state ... occur In January 2006, 17 miners died in Appalachian coal mines, including 12 at the Sago mine in West Virginia, and 29 miners died at the Upper Big Branch Mine in West VA on April 5, 2010 Since ... processing, transporting and burning coal, and transmitting the electricity, only about 3% of the energy inthe coal is used in incandescent light bulbs.14 Thus, inthe United States in 2005,...
... (2003) and Nemry et al (2002), which consider, for example, ‘packaging’ separately Inthe other studies, packaging is not visible as such, but included inthe product groupings where the packaging ... groupings, depending on the study) There are certain product groupings that show up inthe top rankings, although in varying order, across all the studies that cover them systematically They ... further The model could be further refined by including government expenditure more accurately, and by making the business-to-business market visible There are still considerable gaps in data and...
... if directly linked to the increment in value of the land – Might be directly linked to the cost of providing the infrastructure (impact fee) – Require good development controls Land speculation, ... Distributional purposes – the right combination of low price elasticity and high income elasticity, promising income redistributor in developing world Advantages Exists – political, administrative ease ... fragmentation (service/infrastructure, public/private) 13 Public Transport Pricing and Financing Two Basic Needs “doing the right thing” – provide best range of services with the resources available...
... capacity building; institutional improvement; strengthened role of local governments (Municipalities); improvement in regional planning instruments and processes; improvements in urban information ... Ring Road andthe Pan American Highway Two Segregated Busways – km segment and ~10 km stretch Differentiated and (in city center) segregated bus stops Metro Lines: 40 kms, 51 stations, 68 trains, ... expansion, frequency increase 1978-1985: Bus and Minibus fleet grew 50% and 75% (respectively) – Negatives: Decline in occupancy rates (50%), cartel control of fares and entry (self-regulating “mafia”),...