... high-order SMC systems [12], where certain commonalities are observed Euler sDiscretizationof Single-Input ECB-SMC Systems 2.1 The Single-Input ECB-SMC Systems Without loss of generality, consider the ... (41b) is equivalent to thesystem (9), being the Euler sdiscretizationofthe single input ECB-SMC system, which was analysed in the previous section It follows that all symbolic sequences are ... It is always possible to shift the samples in such a way that this assumption is valid With this assumption thesystem behavior is described by: x(k+1) = (I + hAc )x(k) + (−1)k αhb (12) The second...
... number of processors available to carry out these processes, provided the processors available can switch from process to process System Hierarchy The total system admits a strict hierarchical structure ... cooperation of a set of such sequential processes can be established by discrete reasoning; as a further consequence the whole harmonious society of cooperating sequential processes is independent ofthe ... occurrences, for we shall have proved the eon'eetness ofthesystem with a rigor and explicitness that is unusual for the great majority of mathematical proofs A Survey oftheSystem gtructure Storage...
... banks Last achievements in the sphere of Microloans In 2000-2002: banks increased the intensiveness and volumes ofthe small business financing; reduced a minimal loan sum; began to use ... creation MFIs Development Perspectives SMEs meet depositors directly attracting resources from financial institutions reinvestments the National Business Incubator Association of Russia Founded ... financial system for SMEs for an additional stimulation of goods and services production and distribution, and also for a mutuality of start-up enterprises in the acquisition of getting profits and...
... lotteries are held, everyone is subject to further lotteries associated with the class system, the race system, and the gender system (systems, we might add, whose practical effects, taken together ... to assess the conclusions of all of our practical deliberations (including those stemming from our desires and projects) by means ofthe concepts of universality and necessity Those desires and ... Necessity The third philosophical mistake ofthe morality system concerns the issue of whether or not conclusions of practical necessity, even when they are grounded in ethical reasons, necessarily...
... Overview ofthe Financial System • Primary function ofthe Financial System is financial Intermediation • The channeling of funds from households, firms and governments who have surplus funds (savers) ... and sell assets with low risk characteristics and then use the funds to buy assets with more risk (also called asset transformation) • Lower risk by helping people to diversify portfolios 2- Asymmetric ... corporations to disclose information Ensuring the soundness of intermediaries - Prevents financial panics Restrictions on entry/assets/activities, disclosure, deposit insurance, limits on competition...
... receptors for visceromotor neurotransmitters The plasmalemma also harbors the sites of action of cardiac glycosides (the Na/K-ATPases, p 130), of Ca2+ antagonists (Ca2+ channels, p 122), and of agents ... rights reserved Usage subject to terms and conditions of license Drugs Acting on Smooth Muscle Bronchial asthma Biliary / renal colic O2 Spasm of smooth muscle Bronchodilation Spasmolysis Inhibition ... H3C Venous supply N H N AT1-receptor antagonists Cardiac output Arterial blood pressure Peripheral resistance venous capacitance vessels Resistance vessels Vasoconstriction Aldosterone secretion...
... for the methodology 30 Table China: Stress Tests for Banks Solvency Stress Tests Sensitivity Stress Tests Who performed the stress tests Institutions covered/market share Severity of shocks Data ... Standards and Codes—Assessments of Observance of CPSS Core Principles for Systemically Important Payment Systems: A Summary 108 V Observance of Financial Sector Standards and Codes—Assessment ... APPENDIX I: STRESS TESTING 80 The stress testing exercise was a collaborative effort between the FSAP stress testing team and a PBC/CBRC stress testing team This was to ensure that the stress test work...
... COMPASS, COMPASS English as a Second Language (ESL), ASSET, and “Combined English Language Skills Assessment” (CELSA).4 The COMPASS ESL and CELSA tests were used only for ESL students The CELSA ... under this subpart of (1) The test taken by the student; (2) The date ofthe test; and (3) The student 's scores as reported by the test publisher, assessment center, or State Students Ineligible ... 16 students, the assessment center manually scored the tests For five of those eight students, the assessment center did not ensure that the tests were administered by certified test administrators...
... October 2011, thesystem is 24 Systems Acceptance Testing is often the final step before rolling out a systemThe focus is on testing the functionality and usability ofthesystem in the operational ... required the USMS to ask permission each day the USMS needed to use thesystem Ultimately, the FBI disabled five USMS radios because it said there was too much traffic The USMS Chief Inspector for the ... that they can be received by the other systems This allows the agencies to continue using their existing systems but requires twice as much spectrum because each system occupies separate channels...
... serpins Table Second order rates of association (kass) values for the reaction of serpins with proteases in the presence and absence of a range of GAGs (values are representative of those reported ... to become susceptible to insertion ofthe serpin s own RCL This results in either a so-called latent state, or in polymers of serpins, where the insertion of another molecule s RCL takes place ... Both of these result in the irreversible inactivation (generally) ofthe serpins, and, in the case ofthe anticoagulant serpins, a lowering ofthe effective concentration ofthe serpins and therefore...
... and most ofthe remainder consists of phrasal fragments marked as independent text sentences in passages of dialogue The coverage of our WSJ test data is 84% In cases where there is no parse rooted ... from the feature-based grammar The parser builds a packed parse forest using this table to guide the actions it performs Probabilities are associated with subanalyses in the forest via those associated ... takes account both ofthe probability of derivations yielding a specific relation and ofthe proportion of such derivations in the forest produced by the parser A weighted set of GRs from the parse...
... instant the canoe glided into the obscurity ofthe shadows cast by the overhanging trees With the disappearance of Darius there came upon me the full sense of my responsibility, for I was the ... Yankees, an' the other is sneakin' in some corner!" There came the sound of hurried footsteps, and then the light ofthe lantern so far illumined the head ofthe stairway that I could see Darius, ... it as tough as is deserved These others are prisoners of war; but you two are traitors and spies, therefore must expect to fare according to your deserts." "That 's about the size of it, Amos,"...
... representative of all the samples analyzed, as in only three preparations out ofthe six analyzed was a decrease of mRNA transcripts observed spleen used as a positive control This band, whose staining ... hydrolase (FAAH), we used two independent methods RT-PCR was used to determine the presence ofthe messenger RNAs, and Western immunoblot analysis was used to determine the presence ofthe corresponding ... dendritic cells RT-PCR amplification of cDNA of these cells shows a single band ofthe expected molecular size (Fig 2A) We also determined the presence ofthe FAAH protein by Western blot analysis (Fig...
... Conversely, there is a progressive decrease in vital capacity to approximately 75% of best values Because ofthe increased stiffness ofthe chest wall, the age-related diminished elastic recoil of ... leftwards and upwards (ie, loss of elastic recoil ofthe lung) (see Fig 1) These changes are similar to those described in senile hyperinflation ofthe lung in humans [9,44] As noted in SAM during the ... available for subjects over age 70 Lung volumes The major determinants of static lung volumes are the elastic recoil ofthe chest wall and that ofthe lung parenchyma Loss of elastic recoil ofthe lung...
... unless the Governing Council finds, by a majority of two thirds ofthe votes cast, that these interfere with the objectives and tasks ofthe ESCB Such functions shall be performed on the responsibility ... banks shall be the only such notes to have the status of legal tender within the Community The ECB shall respect as far as possible existing practices regarding the issue and design of banknotes ... accord ofthe governments ofthe Member States at the level of Heads of State or Government Article 38 Professional secrecy 38.1 Members ofthe governing bodies and the staff ofthe ECB and the...
... mawsoni) However, the lack of a clear relationship with the Hb sequences of other nototheniid species suggests that in this case the evolution ofthe oxygen-transport system has occurred in response ... those ofthe major peaks ofthe hemolysate; Hb showed two peaks having elution times corresponding to those ofthe minor peaks The molecular mass values (Da), obtained by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, ... b-chains and of peptides of less than 10 kDa was measured by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry on a PerSeptive Biosystems Voyager-DE Biospectrometry Workstation Analyses were performed on premixed solutions...
... DMBA/TPA spontaneous spontaneous liver spontaneous systemic skin bacteria antibiotic therapy MCA Stat1 Trp53–/–/IfnγR–/– Pfp–/– skin systemic systemic MCA spontaneous spontaneous Ifnγ–/– systemic spontaneous ... Therefore, the immune system is integrally involved in maintaining tissue homeostasis as well as being implicated in the pathogenesis of many chronic diseases, such as arthritis, heart disease, Alzheimer ... normalizing tissue homeostasis Nevertheless, once risk assessments have been carried out, a prediction for these new host-targeted approaches is that immunomodulating therapies will be used to the patient’s...
... Blatty s adaptation of his novel THE EXORCIST (1973) is the scariest movie made on the subject of demonic possession It has had the most psychological impact on its a udience since its release ... think of ourselves as masters of our universe: we’ve landed on the Moon, split the atom, and tamed the beasts of nature Seeing ourselves as anything less than perfect or at the bottom ofthe food ... imprison us and frustrate our curiosity about the infinite osmic spaces beyond the radius of c our sight and analysis These stories frequently emphasise the element of horror because fear is our...
... of other stars have revealed the existence of planetary-mass companions for some of them This suggests that theories must address the origin of planetary systems in general and not just the solar ... is a preliminary discussion ofthe structure of extra-solar planetary systems The salient features ofthe Solar System are split here into ve sections, starting with its orbital structure This ... furthest reaches ofthe Solar Systemthe population of comets is, perhaps, the least well understood feature ofthe Solar SystemThe conventional classication of solar -system objects is now challenged...