... (1973) examined the frequency of all gift-giving occasions in the U.S and found that the most popular occasion is birthday (35 percent) andthe second one is Christmas (29 percent). The other ... This finding is just reverse ofthe finding of Belk (1973). Ruth, Brunel, Otnes (1999) classified categories of gift-giving into public occasion (i.e., Christmas, Chinese New Year), individual ... giving in Hongkong andthe continuum of social ties”, Journal of Consumer Research , Vol. 28, 2001, p.239-255. 18. Krugman, Herbert E., The impact of television advertising: learning without involvement...
... analyses the impact of foreign direct investment in Thailand by pointing out its natureand origin in terms ofthe major sources of FDI andthe industries most affected by them. Also included in this ... two ofthe most important recipients of FDI. The influx of new foreign investments has benefited the country in terms of industrial growth, including diversification and integration ofthe ... reduction in foreign investment restrictions, andthe devaluation of asset prices. The majority of FDI into Thailand originates in Japan, the US and Singapore and is concentrated in export-oriented...
... change in bond yields in both the domestic country andthe US for bonds. Standard errors are reported in parenthesis. J-Stat denotes the p-value ofthe J-statistic to test the null hypothesis ... converting to the foreign currency, lending at the foreign interest rate, and converting the proceeds back to dollars. The stock and bond indices are total market returns from Datastream, the interest ... Nickel, P. Rother and A. Theophilopoulou, February 2008.864 “Macroeconomic rates of return of public and private investment: crowding -in and crowding-out effects” by A. Afonso and M. St. Aubyn,...
... 2001: 621). The more intensive the competition of banks in a region is, the smaller is the readiness of banks to invest inthe acquisition of information. Starting out from a banking system ... the other hand the coefficient representing the relationship be-tween regional wealth and interest margin of savings banks (last row inthe table) is meaningful, due to the fact that a definitive ... from a theoretical as an empirical point of view. What benefits the savings banks provides will be discussed, on the one hand in terms of growth agenda, and on the other hand in terms of cohesion...
... effects of these particles.119)Heavy Metal/LeadAlthough the lead concentration in indoor air islo wer in Japan than in other developed countries, the source of lead contamination in dwellings ... to inferior indoorair quality from the viewpoint of environmental hy-giene, but it is not sufficient. Continuous effortsshould be made to improve the health of both of the individuals andthe ... set by the Ministry of Health and Welfare.99)These phthalates, within the range of what is normally found in indoor environments,are associated with allergies in children.100)Diaginon is...
... acetylation of H3 and H4histones, andthe remaining DHSs inthe deleted cellswere examined to determine the roles of these DHSson the transcription of Ig-b gene and on the mainten-ance ofthe active ... dele-ted in DT40 cells. The roles ofthe DHSs on Ig-b geneexpression andthe maintenance of active chromatinstate inthe Ig-b locus were examined inthe dele-tion cells. Establishment and maintenance ... the targets inthe last exon ofthe Na channel gene(target 3) andinthe fourth exon ofthe GH gene (target8) was shown to be the same as inthe cells before and after region II deletion. In...
... doubling rules in the inflection of English verbs C. The determination of word-breaking rules as used in end -of -the- line practices in type composition D. The determination of parts -of- speech ... consonant strings examined for the present study of the two vowel string words. Finally, we have discussed only the question of de- termining the affixing strings. The more delicate prob- lem of deciding ... or later face the problem of unscrambling English affixes. The role of affixes is crucial in the study of word-breaking practice. Inthe automatic determination of the parts of speech (a central...
... UniversityRegional Learning Alliance – workforce development and training/collaborations with business and industry; meeting the training and education needs of businesses within 60 mile radius in Northern Allegheny ... Programs and InitiativesBusiness accelerators and/ or entrepreneurial initiativesLinking teachingand research to business opportunitiesCollaboration with local business and industrySmall Business ... substanceStimulate intellectual growth and individual productive capacityEnsure a stable supply of knowledge and skills in high need areasIncrease the size, diversity of skills and productivity ofthe labor...
... Second, it causes the filling of empty slots appearing in either the enabled act or Inthe enabling act, wherever one left a slot unspecified, andthe other had that slot filled. These newly filled ... regardless of whether the window is open or closed. That Is, one can see through a window, and therefore read or observe things on the other side, even when the window is closed. Inthe examples ... for known SOURCEs of wine by following the associative OUTPUTFROM link from wlne. If either of these tests succeed, then the object found is inferred to be the container poured from....
... for 5min. The amount of protein ofthe solubilizedcells was determined with a bicinchoninic acid protein assaykit (PIERCE, Rockford, IL, USA) using bovine serumalbumin as a standard. The solubilized ... [25,29–31].BecauseTSwassuggestedtoaffectmainlythesignalpathway stimulated with LPS, we examined the effects of inhibitors of PKA and PKC on TS-enhanced NO produc-tion. As shown in Fig. 5A, the PKA inhibitors KT-5720 and H8 andthe ... suggestingthat TS participates inthe LPS-stimulated signal pathwayleading to NO production. Protein kinase C (PKC)inhibitors, but not protein kinase A inhibitors, inhibited the enhancing effect of...
... the Internet have changed the way teachers and learners work in their teachingand learning of second/foreign language. Indeed, the use of the Internet andthe World Wide Web in second and ... include the investment in training. The use ofthe Internet inlanguageteachingand learning requires some technological knowledge and computer skills from both teachers and learners. Insufficient ... because of technical problems in terms ofthe speed ofthe network andthe reliability ofthe software. Another challenge to the use and implementation of computer- assisted language learning...