role of corporate sector in nation building

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... ethanol-induced mucosal injury in the upper gastrointestinal tract leading to increase in the permeability of the gut mucosa to endotoxins [43, 44]. These factors are involved in ethanol-induced ... . Interestingly, HMGN3 has been found to be associated with resistance against anticancer drugs including vinblastine, topotecan, paclitaxel and doxorubincin in human hepatocellular carcinoma ... signaling. This finding corroborates the interaction observed between various intracellular signaling pathways and apoptosis induced by 1mM concentration of ethanol in HepG2 cells [19]. Int....

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... shown that interactions between KCs and endotoxin comprise the initiating event lead- ing to hepatotoxicity in liver injury, including endotox- emia and ischemia ⁄ reperfusion injury [14]. In our studies, ... signaling is independent of Toll-interleukin 1 receptor domain-containing adaptor protein. Drug Metab Dispos 36, 95–101. 10 Ghose R, Guo T & Haque N (2009) Regulation of gene expression of hepatic ... USA). Binding of all of the anti- bodies was detected using an ECL detection system (iNtRON Biotechnology, Seoul, Korea) in accordance with the manu- facturer’s instructions. The intensity of the...

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... renewed interest in examining the indications for BCG vaccination in the United States included consideration of the wide range of vaccine efficacies deter- mined by clinical trials and estimated in ... should continue to be included in ongoing testing programs if their skin-test results are <5 mm induration. Those vaccinees who have positive tuberculin skin-test reactions (≥5 mm of induration) ... preventing pulmonary TB in adoles- cents and adults. These studies also were not useful in determining a) the efficacy of BCG vaccine in HCWs or b) the effects on efficacy of the vaccine strain administered 6...

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... would involve the following determinations: in terms of producing information about possible invest- ments and allocating capital, the financial (a) developing and analyzing measures of the ... REPORT 2013 1 GLOBAL FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2013 Rethinking the Role of the State in Finance Washington, D.C. GLOBAL FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2013 BENCHMARKING FINANCIAL SYSTEMS AROUND ... allocate capital; monitoring investments and exerting corporate governance; managing risks; pooling savings; and easing the exchange of goods and services Financial sector policies (examples) –...

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... them to maintain higher net interest margins. Indeed, during most of the 1990s, the net interest margin of small banks held steady at over 4.5 percent, while the net interest margin of large banks ... “Small Business Lending and the Changing Structure of the Banking Industry,” Journal of Banking and Finance, August. Sullivan, Richard J. 2000. “How Has the Adoption of Internet Banking Affected Performance ... important role in the financial system of the U.S. economy. They complement the role of large banks by special- izing in relationship banking and providing credit to small businesses—a sector that...

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... sustainability of the desalination process. The process results in the discharge of a concentrated brine into the receiving waters. Temperature and salinity are two factors that determine the ... from mining operations can contain silt and rock particles and sur- factants. Depending on the type of ore deposit being mined, tailings can also contain heavy metals like copper, lead, zinc, ... examples of persistent environmental damage caused by the discharge of toxic mine waste. In Papua New Guinea for ex- ample, companies discharge millions of tons of contaminated mine waste into...

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... or without hematoxylin staining. In hypoxia experiments, 3T3-L1 cells were maintained in a hypoxia chamber (Invivo 400; Ruskinn Inc., Cincinnati, OH, USA) constantly maintained at 1% O 2 . Culture medium ... cultured in DMEM containing 10% fetal bovine serum. OP9 cells were grown in aMEM containing 20% fetal bovine serum. C2C12 cells were maintained in DMEM containing 10% fetal bovine serum. Adipogenic ... serum and IDM (10 lgặmL )1 insulin, 1 lm dexamethasone, and 0.5 mm IDM). Cells were then maintained in DMEM con- taining 10% fetal bovine serum and 1 lgặmL )1 insulin. The medium was replaced...

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... calcium-independent phospholipase A 2 participates in ER stress-induced INS-1 insulinoma cell apoptosis by promoting cera- mide generation via hydrolysis of sphingomyelins by neutral sphingomyelinase. Biochemistry 46, ... leading to the accumulation of sphingomyelin [27]. Because one of the pathways for ceramide recycling is the sphingomyelin pathway, it is conceivable that in addition to the accumulation of Fig. ... protein contain- ing motifs consistent with a role in the intracellular transport of cholesterol to post-lysosomal destinations. Cells from NPC subjects show a decrease in acid sphingomyelinase activity,...

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... role in skin wound healing. After a skin injury, PPARb expression is rap- idly elevated in the epidermis at the wound edges; dele- tion of a single PPARb allele results in delayed wound healing ... cultured human keratinocytes [14]. In this study, we examined the interaction between CerK and PPARb, and its role in regulating keratino- cyte survival. We report that in a mouse keratinocyte cell line upregulation ... Cer is incorporated, hydrolyzed to sphingosine and then recycled into intracellular Cer itself, and that accumu- lation of Cer contributes to the induction of apoptosis [20]. However, the signaling...

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... of EIE were recorded at 30° inter- vals of r from 0 to 360°; (d) the inclination of the dimer major axis with respect to the z axis, hence to the membrane plane, was changed (by inclination of ... detected at the dimer interface of the models or in the surroundings of the hinge loop residues. Likewise, the models of nonex- changing and exchanging HHP-RNase were prepared start- ing from 1Z7X. ... ‘r’) and variation of the inclination (inclination angle ‘i’) with respect to the plane of the membrane (parallel to the xy plane). Cter and Nter are the C-terminal and N-terminal structural regions, respectively,...

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... substrate binding process. This provides strong evidence that N-glycans, in particular their terminal structures, are involved in regulating the GABA translocation of GAT1, but not in binding of GAT1 ... that N-linked oligosaccharide side-chains are important for the GABA transport activity. 1-Deoxymannojirimycin inhibits the GABA-uptake of GAT1 In order to gain further insight into the role of the terminal ... folding of newly synthesized proteins in the ER. If N-glycosylation is inhibited, some glycoproteins fail to fold or assemble efficiently, resulting in a prolonged retention in the ER and an increased...

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... questions in pointing out the value of applying a CN methodology to cross- linguistic study. In explaining the representation issues for French, we will first, briefly provide background in current ... hension of French, will form the basis of the discussion. 4.1 Word Boundaries in On-Line Comprehension of French Because of the parallel activation of all meanings of each recognized word in ... determination of the phonetic representation of a recognized word determines the breadth of active competition amon 9 meanings for subsequent time intervals of the process. Depending on how...

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... Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Political Science University of Oklahoma Norman, OK Stanton A. Glantz, Ph.D. Professor of Medicine Department of Medicine Division of Cardiology University of California, ... consequences of smoking are rarely depicted in movies. 4. Cross-sectional studies show that, among adolescents, exposure to smoking in movies is associated with initiation of smoking, independent of ... needed on the role exposure to smoking in movies plays in adolescents’ smoking beyond the initiation phase. 6. Experimental studies show that images of cigarette smoking in film can in uence adolescent...

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... decreasing for 53% of the sample, it has been increasing for 36%, and has been stable for the remaining 11%. An increase in indebtedness (of 80% in average) is associated with a 14% decrease in production, ... to soft finance have regularly played a strong role in sustaining firms with low actual level of demand. Here inventory reflects changes over the past six months; - exp-prod is an indication of ... a higher probability of posting profits. However, a regime of soft budget constraints may also allow loss-making firms to build up inventories, thus supporting their level of output. Hence we...

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