... furthermore, the fact ofthe appearance ofthe traditional texts fromthe third/ninth century onwards is interpreted as indicative ofthe growing stabilization ofthe tradition and as one ofthe ... ofthe sayings ofthe Prophet (hadths), and other ã sorts of texts Faced in the Sra or another traditional work with, for example, the story related above about the practice ofthe tribe of ... about the idols, rituals, holy places and other aspects ofthe opponents polytheism The nature and validity ofthe identication ofthe koranic opponents with idolatrous Meccans and other Arabs, the...
... exposure remains constant andthe own funds decrease or increase With the help ofthe two other specifications, it is possible to disentangle the contributions ofthe systematic factor andofthe ... can expect some correlation between the regulatory variables outi (t) and out2i (t) on the one hand, andthe variables ei (t) on the other: In the event that the bank’s exposure is above the supervisory ... instance, Sierra and Yeager (2004)) The main problem of these approaches is that they yield a rather imprecise estimate of a bank’s actual exposure, because the data fromthe balance sheet is often not...
... was started from a mixture of venom from different animals belonging to the same species To solve the question whether the presence ofthe two peptides was related to coexpression of both peptides ... membrane and facilitating the interaction ofthe toxin with the inner membrane In the presence of high Mg2+ ions, the MIC of compounds that are taken up via the self-promoted uptake is expected ... for the growth inhibiting effect ofthe peptides Experiments with melittin and mastoparan gave the same results The role of LPS in the interaction was also demonstrated by the lack of effect of...
... on the value of B as well as the values ofthe other parameters in the game, the optimal mechanism must yield one ofthe following equilibria in the corresponding game: Player exerts effort and ... exerts effort if and only if the first task succeeded Player exerts effort and player exerts effort if and only if the first task failed Player exerts effort and player exerts effort regardless ofthe ... robust to the inclusion or exclusion ofthe team’s batting performance Regarding the other control variables, they all have the expected signs and are generally significant for the batting and pitching...
... judgement; on the other hand, they give indications on their expectations as regard the evolution ofthe economic environment as well as their intended behaviour over the next six or twelve months ... confirms one ofthe most standard hypothesis on the microeconomy of transition: the adjustment and growth of enterprises require that they meet a growing demand for their goods and adjust to ... supply of credit Finally, the higher the co-ordinate on the f2 axis, e.g the more the enterprise is faced with financial limit, the higher the level of barter transactions andthe higher supply of...
... in the education variables, only the direct effects ofthe years of schooling ofthe head ofthe household, the years of schooling ofthe money manager andthe average schooling ofthe heads of ... Sixty-eight percent ofthe banks in the Northeast and 81% ofthe banks in the Central region make loans, while only 35% ofthe banks in the Northeast and 53% ofthe banks in the Central region offer savings ... savings and lending services In the Northeast, only 17% ofthe banks offer savings and lending In the Central region, 40% ofthe banks offer both savings and lending services In the Northeast, the...
... ii Abstract The Effects of Land Use on the Mobility of Elderly and Disabled and Their Homecare Workers, andthe Effects of Care on Client Mobility: Findings from Contra Costa, California ... who have low incomes and are female andof color They have examined the relationship between land use and transportation They have begun to take seriously the contributions ofand problems faced ... identify the relationship between residential location, the transportation habits and needs of consumers and providers, andthe extent of care consumers received The six interrelated hypotheses...
... shorten the lag period Formation ofthe MBTH-adduct of o-quinone was followed at the isosbestic point wavelength of each MBTH-adduct at 25 °C, andthe steady-state rate of oxidation of substrate ... using the molar extinction coefficient of MBTH-adduct at the isosbestic point wavelength taken fromthe literature [43] The Km and Vmax values for different substrates were obtained fromthe Hanes–Woolf ... the dialyzed solution of AS60 (300 mL) obtained from 100 g of defatted ink powder contained 2.9 g of protein, 0.29 g of hexose, 0.25 g of uronic acid, 0.12 g of methylpentose and 5400 units of...
... die fromthe disease Cancer remains people’s greatest health fear It is difficult to overstate the scale ofthe cancer problem andthe impact it has on the lives of hundreds of thousands of people ... survival and in preventing thousands of new cases ofthe disease, both in the UK and across the world Cancer Research UK has been at the heart of this progress thanks to the sustained support and ... progress and has saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the UK and many millions more around the world • We were the first to discover the breast cancer susceptibility gene BRCA2 and...
... detract nothing fromthe excitement ofthe challenges Genetic diversity The recent awareness ofthe extent of human individuality is seen in the diversity ofthe genomics ofthe human race that ... there is an issue ofthe healthcare and health insurance systems of today, the often entrenched and bureaucratic Towers of Babel beset by mountains of paper, high rate of medical error, andthe ... molecules, and these in turn pass on the information about the interaction to other proteins, and other molecules, ofthe body How would we therefore simulate the whole body at the level of every...
... the concentration ofthe enzyme, and kp and kn 640 Y Suzuki et al represent the first-order rate constants for the release of p-nitroaniline fromthe substrate in the presence and absence ofthe ... a1 and a2 helices and an N-terminal region of a3 helix The C-domain consists of six b-strands (b1–b6), a4 helix, and a C-terminal region of a3 helix The N-domain is unique to the MIP-like FKBP ... proteolysis of L pneumophila MIP allows the separation of their N- and C-domains such that the C-domain contains the C-terminal half ofthe a3 helix [23,24] In addition, the C-domain of E coli...
... frequencies fromthe British survey (see webappendix).8 We estimated the distribution of CT examinations by age and sex in the same way, using age (0–9, , 70–79 years) and sex frequencies from a ... For the USA, only the frequencies of CT scans andof all types of X- ray examinations combined were available.1 Therefore, we estimated USA age-specific and sex-specific frequencies for each X- ray ... Doll and Valerie Beral fromthe University of Oxford, UK, and Barry Wall and Colin Muirhead fromthe National Radiological Protection Board, UK, for their helpful comments on the calculations and...
... the land ofthe living Who was the father ofthe child or who the mother, is neither mentioned by Hennepin nor Charlevoix, andthe office of Prothonotary, or Registrar of Births, Marriages, and ... towards the close—I expand with the expansion ofthe country In the first chapter of this first volume, the history ofthe province while under French rule is rapidly traced, andthe history ofthe ... Hurons, the Algonquins, the Iroquois, the Outagomies, the Mohawks, the Senecas, the Sioux, the Blackfeet, andthe Crowfeet red-faces, were the undisputed possessors ofthe soil They held the mine, the...
... decline ofthe shares’ price during the first part ofthe year, there had not been any sign of depositors’ massive withdrawals before September This is a further proof that despite the existence of ... formed, the length ofthe queue being aggravated by the break down ofthe bank website and its call center The reason for the initial panic has to be found in the type of deposit insurance scheme existing ... remaining £33,000 The severity ofthe run has been further aggravated by the radio announcement exaggerating the difficulties ofthe bank and by the uncoordinated actions ofthe tripartite banking authorities...
... contract law and tax systems may create difficulties and generate costs to the extent that they discourage entrepreneurs from expanding their business to other Member States Therefore, the Commission ... FROMTHE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE ANDTHE COMMITTEE OFTHE REGIONS Review ofthe "Small Business Act" for Europe EN EN COMMUNICATION FROM ... ensuring that the SBA is implemented close to entrepreneurs The SME Envoy will be mandated with the task of monitoring the progress ofthe Member States in the implementation ofthe SBA and will regularly...
... Japan andthe United States in a number of key indicators, such as the number of patents registered, the number of medium-high and high-tech product exports andthe percentage of GDP expenditure ... and other body, as part ofthe next MFF Together with other efficiencies, this will keep the share of administrative costs in the next MFF to a minimum Without waiting until 2014 when the next ... propose the extensive use of delegated acts to allow for more flexibility in the management ofthe policies during the financing period, while respecting the prerogatives ofthe two branches of the...
... the trust for customers The customers usually receive the leaflets after that they throw away or if they read it but they can’t remember information ofthe suppliers NEWSPAPER STRENGTHS The ... as singer, model when their fans saw their stars advertised in the television they will be interested in the purchase of that products because she/he is their idol For example, My Tam Singer ... STRENGTHS They can supply a wide range of products to their customers because customers watch television many times a day so they can easily recognize brand name ofthe suppliers The customers...
... Cordova, P Boets, and L Van Biesen, “Analysis and applications of Wi-MAX standard: forecasting the trends” J Crouse, M D’alessandro, and F Lengerich, “WiMAX andthe future of wireless technology,” ... encode and decode of video and audio signals The live video images and sounds sent fromthe portable video-transmission system are received at the base station in the main drill site, and are then ... each other via a fixed attenuator and a variable attenuator To measure the maximum transmission rate, software called “Iperf ” was used This software can measure the maximum transmission of a network...