... legislation. In the British model,
the Ministry of Finance is presumed to have an active role as owner of the post office savings bank. The
ministry is supposed to appoint the director of POSB, ...
The Roleof Post Offices in International Remittances
Migration from, to, and within the Asian region is growing. In view of the large communities of Asians
migrating to work abroad (to the ... offices,
attracting the interest of small entrepreneurs and providing limited financial services.
PakPost is the agent of the Ministry of Finance for a range of financial services
including...
... be
linked
to
incentives
and
monitoring
systems.
The
European
Environmental Agency
is
seeking
to
move
in
this direction
by
linking monitoring
and
reporting systems directly
to
... sprawl into rural areas,
the
distinction between rural
and
urban
is
increasingly blurred. Indeed rural
and
urban economies
are
becoming
so
intertwined
that
it is
misleading
to
think
... al.
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Introduction
particularly
in
Eastern Europe, drained hundreds
of
thousands
of
hectares
of
wetlands
for
production. Fortunately
for
wildlife, since
the
beginning
of the
...
... volatility of interbank shocks
and increasing transaction costs – interact with each other. Interestingly, the effect of increasing volatility
of interbank shocks – which boosts turnover – seems to dominate ... the costs of transacting in the interbank
market are also likely to rise, relating to increased credit risk and hence monitoring needs. Figure 4 already
provided an idea of the effect of a crisis ... 6
October 2008, therefore effectively implementing a corridor of 25 basis points. The Bank of England (2008)
considersthattheissueofstigmaofrecoursetostandingfacilitiesprovedtobeanimportantoneduring
the...
... . Interestingly, HMGN3 has been
found to be associated with resistance against
anticancer drugs including vinblastine, topotecan,
paclitaxel and doxorubincin in human hepatocellular
carcinoma ... chemokines in monocytes and
macrophages (including Kupffer cells) [41, 42], and
ethanol-induced mucosal injury in the upper
gastrointestinal tract leading to increase in the
permeability of ... mucosa to endotoxins [43, 44].
These factors are involved in ethanol-induced liver
damage. Thus, the direct injection of low
concentration of ethanol for the treatment of
hepatocellular carcinoma...
... 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 to country. However, ... between financial opening and financial security
China’s decision to join the WTO signifies a step forward in the opening of
financial sector to the outside world. In the mean time, the era of rigid ... 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...
... purpose of services and entertainments, both in Chinese universities and
academic institutions, e.g. the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese ... CURRENT R&D OF ADVANCED ROBOTS IN CHINA REPORT TO JCF’2002 OF IARP
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micromanipulations or micro-machining are finished by coming into some
particulates’ bodies. But no spoiling occurs on ... the main use of wall-climbing robotics techniques is the construction
cleaning. In this kind of practical use, the wall-cleaning robots made by the Robotics
Research Institute of HIT and the Institute...
... 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, ... stimulation of these receptors activates in amma-
tory responses characterized by the release of a wide
range of proinflammatory cytokines, including IL-6
Sham GdCl
3
CLP GdCl
3
+ CLP
HMGB1
iNOS
β-actin
Fig. ... Toll-like receptor 4 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...
... 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) ... indicated, administering preventive therapy to those
persons who have positive tuberculin skin-test results. The preferred method of skin
testing is the Mantoux tuberculin skin test using 0.1 mL of 5...
... approach to measurement would involve
the following determinations: in terms of
producing information about possible invest-
ments and allocating capital, the financial
(a) developing and analyzing ... 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 ... Professor of Economics, New York University Stern School
of Business; Program Director for Financial Economics, Centre for
Economic Policy Research
Franklin Allen Nippon Life Professor of Finance...
... 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 ... allowed 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 ... important rolein the financial system of
the U.S. economy. They complement the roleof large banks by special-
izing in relationship banking and providing credit to small
businesses—a sector that...