... given the complexity ofthe interaction, the study was able to provide an initial level of evidence forthe effect of trade policy on basic indicators of change in the food environment, and also to ... method is the inability to infer causality due tothe descriptive nature ofthe analysis, or to estimate the relative importance of trade liberalization policies in driving change relative to other ... will continue to grow An analysis oftheimplicationsof full implementation of CAFTA-DR in Central America has shown that the trade agreement is likely to further the nutrition transition by...
... The purpose ofthe phantom taxes is to give effect to both the government’s policy of land designation, and the economic cost of this policy expressed in terms ofthe land rent foregone by the ... suitability ofthe plot for other crops, and a number of other reasons The values reported for in Table for each ofthe first five regions are the proportions of rice land area for which farmers ... report the percentage deviations in the policy simulation values for these indexes away from their baseline values To aid in the interpretation of these deviations, we also report the levels of the...
... hundreds of thousands of hectares of wetlands for production Fortunately for wildlife, since the beginning ofthetransition in June 1989 these unsustainable policies have stopped Due to loss of Soviet ... arose for ways to farm the productive forest and grasslands ofthe Midwest The U S Congress developed policies such as the Homestead Act to increase settlement ofthe lands in the middle ofthe ... programs, then the question of whether large farms once again will get the bulk ofthe money must be addressed While it may appear to be good forthe environment, it gets in the way ofthe family...
... expand on these efforts by taking up the theory in thecontextof ethnographic or archaeological case studies from eleven sites around the globe T he volume before you THE SIGNIFICANCE OFTHETRANSITION ... certainly the most notable, archaeologists to explicitly hypothesize that changes in climate at the hbe and thetransitionto agriculture end ofthe Pleistocene stimulated thetransitionto agriculture ... things like the size ofthe forager, the hunting and gathering technology used, and the distribution and caloric value ofthe targeted resources Constraints are all ofthe elements ofthe situa-...
... switching on these habits On the other hand, the wide variety of low-risk products offer many options, and people often find it much easier to become used to a new ritual or habit than they think ... switching While the number who might actually make the effort to switch upon learning the truth would likely not be as high as those who were willing to effortlessly say "yes" tothe hypothetical product, ... portion of that would represent millions of smokers If efforts to actively convince smokers that there is no opportunity for harm reduction were to end, we would expect to see the change begin If the...
... consists of nine rules that aggregate the values returned for these key factors These factors relate tothe firm’s use of hardware and software 12 technologies, with additional consideration ofthe ... the ability to organize and represent the domain knowledge in its most natural and accepted form Figure illustrates each ofthe top two levels of factors in AM-CHECK The top node in the hierarchy ... The section describes the initial prototype version of AM-CHECK, a working prototype system constructed at the University of Northern Iowa’s Intelligent Systems Laboratory during the spring of...
... research, dedicated tothe furtherance of science and technology and to their use forthe general welfare Upon the authority ofthe charter granted to it by the Congress in 1863, the Academy has ... of Sciences to secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions in the examination of policy matters pertaining tothe health ofthe public The Institute acts under the responsibility ... biofuels, then they can purchase the RIN instead and meet the RFS mandated level If the demand for biofuel is low, they will start purchasing the RIN, but when they enter the RIN market, the price of...
... ‘welfare ofthe child’ assessment, as in any other couple57 The treating HIV physician should be asked to sign the Welfare ofthe Child form in preference tothe GP as he/she is likely to be best informed ... testing prior to randomisation in the trial, the provision of antiretroviral therapy to those who develop HIV during the course ofthe study and the provision of adequate counselling advice to reduce ... compared tothe use of ejaculated sperm The protocol described is similar to that used in the majority of European centres offering sperm washing and aims to minimise the high costs and risks of multiple...
... change the objective forthe use ofthe forest and forest land to serve the economic development ofthe country with the permission ofthe Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry The acquisition of ... followed their own customs and traditions in using the forest and land as they had done since the time of their ancestors The National Forest Meeting in 1989 raised the importance ofthe forest forthe ... not informed ofthe project in advance They learned ofthe project, when the company brought their tractors into clear their fields No compensation was paid forthe land or the harvest tothe villagers,...
... responsible for cleavage ofthe leader peptide after the double glycine motif [16,17] This cleavage occurs on the cytoplasmic side ofthe membrane during export ofthe bioactive peptide [18] The leader ... basis ofthe inhibition ofthe antimicrobial activity of CbnB2 by the leader and to assist future analysis ofthe interaction of preCbnB2 with its ABC transporter protease, it is essential to establish ... hindering the ability ofthe prebacteriocin to fully interact with the target receptor These observations are consistent with the maintenance of significant antibacterial activity forthe prebacteriocin,...
... enabling it to retain zinc Indeed, 33% ofthe total zinc in the ovary at stage and 13% ofthe total zinc in the testis at stage is still bound to MYP On the basis ofthe results ofthe present ... measured the protein content ofthe CFMYP and EGMYP bands by densitometry ofthe SDS ⁄ PAGE gel ofthe purified MYP, and the ratio of CFMYP to total MYP (CFMYP + EGMYP) was calculated (Fig 3B) In the ... Fl-lactofferin D Ovary (no injection) Ovary E F Fig Incorporation of CFMYP into the gonad of P depressus Fl-CFMYP or Fl-lactoferrin was injected into the coelomic cavity of P depressus, and the...
... commissioning the deal The main function ofthe SPV is to bring the various private sector actors together forthe purpose ofthe PFI deal (See diagram 1) It does this through a system of contracts, the ... performance failures by the contractor Described by the NAO as a refund tothe contractor, the £500,000 was used to off-set the £1 million the contractor had agreed to pay as part ofthe refinancing ... drawn up The NAO inquiry into the project shows a pattern of risk avoidance by the private sector partner tothe PFI For example, when in 1997 the purchasers told Pathway they were in breach of contract...
... open conformation This spatial rearrangement appears to be chiefly mediated by the displacement of Leu63 On the other hand, the side chain conformation of Arg67 remains similar to that ofthe nonliganded ... is given in the bottom panels of Fig forthe two hydrophobic pockets Binding of Trp183 (dark blue) in hp1 induces a slight shift of helix a2 (blue), similar tothe effect of Trp11 in the K1 peptide ... of exogenous calreticulin tothe surfaces of viable as well as apoptotic cells [35] indicates the presence of specific receptors On the basis of our results, we speculate that GABARAP (or another...
... equivalent tothe R302Q substitution in c2, the dominant isoform ofthe c-subunit in the heart The R302Q mutation, together with several other substitutions identified in CBS domains ofthe c2 gene, ... suggested to refer tothe structure formed by two tandem repeats [21] In mammalian AMPK, the CBS domains have been shown to bind the allosteric activator ofthe kinase, AMP, whereas the two pairs of ... order to study the effect ofthe mutations within AMPK c3 on the activity ofthe enzyme, we introduced several missense mutations into the c3 gene (Fig 2), and investigated the effect of these...
... specific reference to translation: the optimum grain-size for lexical entries, the division of information about separate languages, and the level of abstraction appropriate tothe task of translation ... dictionary information available both in a form perspicuous tothe human user and, independently, in a form optimally adapted tothe design ofthe parser CREATION The dictionaries a n d the s y s ... should try to bring together all and only that information which is most likely to be used together A grouping based on lexical stems of specified category appears to be optimal Change of verb voice...
... identification of NVG as the etiology of an outbreak may contribute tothe understanding ofthe burden and epidemiology of these infections, pinpoint the outbreak source, and rule out other AGE etiologies ... extremely important implicationsfor laboratory practice, particularly in a climate of constrained laboratory resources For our laboratory, the finding that the sensitivity of either RT2-PCR or EIA ... in thecontextof gastrointestinal disease outbreaks, rather than in thecontextof testing of stool specimens from individuals with sporadic gastroenteritis Nonetheless, we believe that the...
... epitope forthe production of rabbit polyclonal antisera to be used to study PM3 proteins in maize We selected the sequence (zms3gsp1a, LDKDKDKYLRNPC) to allow forthe detection of either ofthe ... reside in the nucleoplasm and therefore allow forces produced within the cytoplasm to be transmitted tothe nuclear periphery Evidence forthe expression and NE localization of Page of 22 plant ... proteins reside in the inner nuclear membrane and function with other proteins to form a physical link between the nucleoskeleton and the cytoskeleton These bridges transfer forces across the nuclear...
... standards of care are maintained during thetransition period These protocols should be developed with service users’ involvement to ensure they meet the needs ofthe young people who will use them These ... GPs write the prescriptions Indeed the Summary of Product Characteristics forthe licensed ADHD medications all indicate the need for specialists to oversee and monitor the use of these medications ... continued to attend but have chosen to stop treatment The third category consists of adults who are presenting forthe first time for assessment Their presentation to services frequently appears to...
... the beginning ofthe final maturation, the germinal vesicle (nucleus), which in the early stages is centrally located, moves tothe periphery next tothe micropyle [4] Thus, the position ofthe ... of their fate in the oocyte Whereas Vtg needs to be broken down to fulfill its role as nutrient forthe embryo, the Zrp needs to be incorporated into the eggshell intact In the eggshell, the ... nature and extent of modifications ofthe Vtg molecule, rather limited information is available for fish with respect tothe mechanisms, sequential events or location of these transformations Several...
... required to use the contextual guess work to determine their option The aim ofthe post-tests was to reveal the efficacy ofthe treatments provided tothe group during the research The post-tests ... the poor level of proficiency ofthe students In the present study, although the students had been trained to use the guessing strategy and the text was of their familiar topics, the number of ... customers empty the bottles, they return them tothe store The manufacturers ofthe drinks collect the bottles, wash them, and then fill them again The energy that is necessary to make new bottles...