role of corporate sector in sustainable development

... dis- charge can contain a wide range of contaminants and originate from a myriad of sources. Some of the biggest generators of toxic industrial waste include mining, pulp mills, tanneries, sugar ... 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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... China Statistics Yearbook, China Financial Yearbook and People’s Bank of China Statistics Quarterly bulletin. B. Development of direct financing and indirect financing markets providing financing ... in exploring on-line banking business as well as in promoting non-bank financial institutions. Efforts should be made in upgrading financial operations and financial services, and in conducting ... using traditional monetary policy instruments. C. Sequencing of institution building in the financial sector The sequencing of institution building in the financial sector may differ from country...

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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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... 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 ... 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 ... process of reducing the costs development of acquiring information, enforcing contracts, and making transac- tions. Empirically, measuring financial development directly is chal- lenging. Instead,...

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... 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 ... “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 ... larger banks in making small business loans. Loan officers at small banks can take into account a wide variety of factors in reviewing applications for small business loans, including the character of...

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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. ... should have a key role in our under- standing of the mechanisms of the disease. We propose that pathology data will, in most cases, be more insightful than clinical data in defining the disease. This...

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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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... 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. ... strong, neutralizing action of the cytosolic RNase inhibitor (cRI), a 50-kDa protein containing 16 leu- cine-rich repeat motifs [7,8]. In fact, onconase from Rana pipiens eggs [9], and seminal RNase ... detected at the dimer interface of the models or in the surroundings of the mutated residues. The models of RNase A covalent dimers in the exchanging conformation were prepared using the 7RSA structure...

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