Báo cáo y học: "Association between regulated upon activation, normal T cells expressed and secreted (RANTES) -28C/G polymorphism and asthma risk – A Meta-Analysis"

Báo cáo y học: "Association between regulated upon activation, normal T cells expressed and secreted (RANTES) -28C/G polymorphism and asthma risk – A Meta-Analysis"

Ngày tải lên : 26/10/2012, 09:39
... Table and Figure 1) We further performed stratified analysis according to asthma type (atopic asthma and non-atopic asthma), age (children and adult) and ethnicity (Asian and Caucasian and African ... risk factor, OR was selected 1.5 and 2.0 as the relative risk and а=0.05 as the significance http://www.medsci.org Int J Med Sci 2010, 58 Table Summary ORs of the RANTES -28C/G polymorphism and ... significant for P < 0.01 We used the fixed-effects model and the random-effects model based on the Mantel-Haenszel method and the DerSimonian and Laird method, respectively, to combine values from...
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 Báo cáo y học: "The association of meat intake and the risk of type 2 diabetes may be modified by body weight"

Báo cáo y học: "The association of meat intake and the risk of type 2 diabetes may be modified by body weight"

Ngày tải lên : 31/10/2012, 16:49
... and BMI categories on the risk of type DM Total unprocessed meat, red meat and poultry were categorized into groups (lower quartile, second and third quartiles combined, and upper quartile) and ... nitrites and nitrosamines has been associated with type diabetes [22;23] In addition, advanced glycation and lipo-oxidation end products formed in meat and high fat products through heating and processing ... higher risk of type DM [17] To our knowledge there are no other reports of a direct link between poultry consumption and risk of diabetes or of interactions between poultry consumption and BMI and...
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Factors influencing borrower’s behavior and decision making patterns in the success of a micro finance model

Factors influencing borrower’s behavior and decision making patterns in the success of a micro finance model

Ngày tải lên : 06/09/2013, 05:48
... political, and cultural circumstances and its impact on the borrowers’ behavior A low literacy rate, depriving economic conditions, extreme political involvements and pressures, inflexible and unsupportive ... credit products but may expand their horizon of financial services to include savings and insurance services for the lower classes He further discussed that MFIs should offer flexible and customized ... tools and enhancing its awareness amongst the poor people It is however, imperative that MFI products must take into consideration the perspective of borrowers while developing a product and ensure...
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Girsanov’s theorem and the risk-neutral measure

Girsanov’s theorem and the risk-neutral measure

Ngày tải lên : 18/10/2013, 03:20
... Williams’ “standard machine” f IP and IP Z The intuition behind the formula f IP A = is that we want to have A Z T  dIP 8A F f IP ! = Z T; !IP !; f f but since IP !  = and I ! = ... T  , T e T  = T + BT : B e Under IP , B T  is normal with mean and variance T , so B T  is normal with mean T and variance T :   exp , ~ , T 2 d~: b e IP B T  d~ = p b b 2T ... exp , y2 dy (Substitute y = T + b) y = T + b = p 2T ,1 = 0: CHAPTER 17 Girsanov’s theorem and the risk- neutral measure 191 fe We can also see that I B T  = by arguing directly from the density...
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CHAPTER 2 Competitive Product Markets And Firm Decisions

CHAPTER 2 Competitive Product Markets And Firm Decisions

Ngày tải lên : 17/12/2013, 15:18
... for Calculators With supply and demand for calculators at D1 and S 1, the short-run equilibrium price and quantity will be P2 and Q1 As existing firms expand production and new firms enter the industry, ... quantity demanded The Effect of Changes in Demand and Supply Chapter Competitive Product Markets 14 Figure 2.7 shows the effects of shifts in demand and supply on the equilibrium price and quantity ... concepts of supply and demand Indeed, we suspect that most MBA students will find supply and demand the most useful concepts developed in this book However, to understand supply and demand, you must...
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Reporting and managing risk

Reporting and managing risk

Ngày tải lên : 08/02/2014, 17:45
... country and political risks); funding and liquidity; market risk; insurance risk; operational risks (fraud, human error, and external events); regulatory risks; and ‘other’ (primarily reputation and ... sets a risk appetite, informed in part by line management who identify key risks to the business using a risk and materiality matrix Risk controls are then built into processes and systems and monitored ... model and easily identifiable risks, aims to keep bureaucracy to a minimum Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) faces far more complex risks, is much more heavily regulated – and has a distinct ‘risk...
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Tài liệu TRADITIONAL AND NOVEL RISK FACTORS IN ATHEROTHROMBOSIS pptx

Tài liệu TRADITIONAL AND NOVEL RISK FACTORS IN ATHEROTHROMBOSIS pptx

Ngày tải lên : 12/02/2014, 16:20
... diabetics The complex and intimate relationship between atherothrombosis and traditional and novel risk factors is discussed in the following chapters of Traditional and Novel Risk Factors in Atherothrombosis ... coagulation factors and the risk of myocardial infarction among men: Opposite and synergistic effects of factors XI and XII Blood, Vol.108, No.13, pp.4045-4051 16 Traditional and Novel Risk Factors ... differentiation of EPCs and their homing to sites of vascular injury are complex and involve several mediators and receptors, such as P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1, CXC chemokine, and integrins (Chavakis...
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Tài liệu The Early Detection Research Network: Investing in Translational Research on Biomarkers of Early Cancer and Cancer Risk docx

Tài liệu The Early Detection Research Network: Investing in Translational Research on Biomarkers of Early Cancer and Cancer Risk docx

Ngày tải lên : 14/02/2014, 21:20
... validation studies; advanced informatics and information flow; standardization of reagents and assays and data reporting; and creation of standard statistical and computational tools (see Part II) ... Initiative (WHI) for a colon cancer project; the Carotene and Retinol Efficacy Trial (CARET) for a lung cancer and mesothelioma project; and the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer Screening ... University of Maryland (UM) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) The BRLs are important resources for technology development, standardization of biomarkers and the refinement...
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Tài liệu Pesticide Residues in Food and Cancer Risk: A Critical Analysis pdf

Tài liệu Pesticide Residues in Food and Cancer Risk: A Critical Analysis pdf

Ngày tải lên : 14/02/2014, 22:20
... bioassays and are carcinogenic (Gold et al., 1997b) Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and DHEA sulfate are the major secretion products of adrenal glands in humans and are precursors of androgenic and ... ranking and the higher NRC risk estimates is examined in Section 38.6 812 CHAPTER 38 Pesticide Residues in Food and Cancer Risk: A Critical Analysis Cooking and Preparation of Food and Drink ... Stofberg and Grundschober (1987) 800 Stofberg and Grundschober (1987), Lorenz and Maga (1972) Stofberg and Grundschober (1987), Arkima (1968) (7300) TAS (1989), Nelson and Hoff (1969), Kazeniac and...
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Tài liệu World Investment and Political Risk 2009 docx

Tài liệu World Investment and Political Risk 2009 docx

Ngày tải lên : 16/02/2014, 10:20
... Corporate guidelines and internal standards may require the purchase of PRI for certain projects and country destinations Investor/lender risk appetite The project s sector and investment horizon, ... GDP and its potential) and unemployment are World Investment and Political Risk 09 MIGA | 13 expected to remain high, and recession-like conditions will continue to prevail In addition, risks ... Investment and Political Risk 09 MIGA Evolution of Political Risks Although surveys suggest that investors are concerned about political risk when venturing abroad, the link between political risk and...
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Oral health and mortality risk in the institutionalised elderly pptx

Oral health and mortality risk in the institutionalised elderly pptx

Ngày tải lên : 05/03/2014, 21:20
... no denture and no severe cognitive impairment (n=86), (2) no denture and severe cognitive impairment (n=151), (3) denture and no severe cognitive impairment (n=31) and (4) denture and severe ... primary school, medium = high school and high = technical or university studies) -Nursing and general medical variables Independence for dressing and washing and independence for oral hygiene were ... (4):e618-23 Oral health and mortality risk participants having no denture and no severe cognitive impairment died during one year as opposed to 50% of participants wearing dentures and suffering severe...
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The Breast Cancer Epidemic: Modeling and Forecasts Based on Abortion and Other Risk Factors potx

The Breast Cancer Epidemic: Modeling and Forecasts Based on Abortion and Other Risk Factors potx

Ngày tải lên : 06/03/2014, 02:21
... TARs in England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Sweden, Czech Republic, Finland, and Denmark; 1968-2006 Table Model Fitting by Country: Regression Intercept and Coefficients, ... incidence is available (2005 for Republic of Ireland; 2004 for England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Sweden; 2003 for Czech Republic and Finland; 2001 for Denmark) Linear Regression Response ... within Ages 45-49 in England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Sweden, Czech Republic, Finland, and Denmark; 1943-2005 Cancer registrations in Scotland started in 1960 Rates...
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CAT BONDS AND OTHER RISK-LINKED SECURITIES: STATE OF THE MARKET AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS pdf

CAT BONDS AND OTHER RISK-LINKED SECURITIES: STATE OF THE MARKET AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS pdf

Ngày tải lên : 06/03/2014, 04:20
... in Cowley and Cummins (2005) THE STRUCTURE OF RISK- LINKED SECURITIES This section considers the structure of CAT bonds and other risk- linked securities that have been used to raise risk capital ... for the swap is to immunize the insurer and the investors from interest rate (mark-tomarket) risk and also default risk The investors receive LIBOR plus the risk premium in return for providing ... equity and that the bond poses less risk in terms of potential future degradations of insurer financial ratings and capital structure than financing through subordinated debt 28 RISK MANAGEMENT AND...
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Florian Kajuth und Sebastian Watzka: Inflation expectations from index-linked bonds: Correcting for liquidity and inflation risk premia docx

Florian Kajuth und Sebastian Watzka: Inflation expectations from index-linked bonds: Correcting for liquidity and inflation risk premia docx

Ngày tải lên : 06/03/2014, 04:20
... processes for the inflation risk and liquidity risk premia, and by assuming inverse functional relationships between the observable measures of risk/ volatility and the corresponding risk premia In other ... liquidity and inflation risk premia current 10-year U.S inflation expectations are lower than estimated by the Cleveland Fed Keywords: Inflation expectations, liquidity risk premium, inflation risk premium, ... the method the Cleveland Fed uses to adjust for liquidity and inflation risk premia We show how their method can be adapted to account for time-varying inflation risk premia and provide estimates...
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Credit ratings and credit risk pdf

Credit ratings and credit risk pdf

Ngày tải lên : 06/03/2014, 08:20
... bankruptcy and default risk represent systematic risk Dichev (1998) …nds that high bankruptcy and distress risk is not associated with high equity returns and concludes that high bankruptcy risk is ... systematic risk: in theory, a diversi…ed risk- averse investor should care about both default probability and systematic risk, and we show empirically that systematic default risk is priced in CDS risk ... assume a linear relationship19 and include rating …xed e¤ects (columns (1) and (2)), rating and year …xed e¤ects (columns (3) and (4)), and …rm …xed e¤ects (columns (5) and (6)) For each set of …xed...
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Liquidity and Credit Risk potx

Liquidity and Credit Risk potx

Ngày tải lên : 06/03/2014, 08:20
... period, the firm’s bonds still trade and market See Anderson and Sundaresan (1996), Mella-Barral and Perraudin (1997), Fan and Sundaresan (2000), and Francois and Morellec (2004) for a more detailed ... 22 23 See also, for example, Leland (1994), Fan and Sundaresan (2000) See also Fan and Sundaresan (2000) and Francois and Morellec (2004) ¸ Liquidity and Credit Risk 2231 In summary, variables ... Jarrow, and Yildiray Yildirim, 2002, Estimating expected losses and liquidity discounts implicit in debt prices, Journal of Risk 5, 1–38 Jarrow, Robert, David Lando, and Fan Yu, 2005, Default risk and...
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Investor Alert: Self-Directed IRAs and the Risk of Fraud pptx

Investor Alert: Self-Directed IRAs and the Risk of Fraud pptx

Ngày tải lên : 07/03/2014, 16:20
... degree of risk, and the level of risk typically correlates with the return an investor can expect to receive Low risk generally means low yields, and high yields typically involve higher risk Fraud ... 8% annual return and t�at t�e real estate investments �ere a safe and lucrative alternative to more traditional investments suc� as certificates of deposit and stocks Mr Warr and �is entities ... tax liens, precious metals, and private placement securities Unlike publicly-traded securities, financial and other information necessary to make a prudent investment decision may not be as readily...
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Traditional and Novel Risk Factors in Atherothrombosis Edited by Efraín Gaxiola pot

Traditional and Novel Risk Factors in Atherothrombosis Edited by Efraín Gaxiola pot

Ngày tải lên : 07/03/2014, 20:20
... diabetics The complex and intimate relationship between atherothrombosis and traditional and novel risk factors is discussed in the following chapters of Traditional and Novel Risk Factors in Atherothrombosis ... coagulation factors and the risk of myocardial infarction among men: Opposite and synergistic effects of factors XI and XII Blood, Vol.108, No.13, pp.4045-4051 16 Traditional and Novel Risk Factors ... differentiation of EPCs and their homing to sites of vascular injury are complex and involve several mediators and receptors, such as P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1, CXC chemokine, and integrins (Chavakis...
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