... around the Sustainable Development Goals Drawing upon the MDG experience, this session offers an opportunity to reflect on how to put the empowerment of women and girls and the protection of their ... targeted manner and thereby maximize results for developmentThe concept refers to the diverse ways in which providers and recipients ofdevelopment cooperation hold each other to account for ... equality and women’s rights in terms of either the inclusion of indicators tracking the focus ofdevelopment cooperation on gender equality or the participation of women’s organisations in initiatives...
... Purpose of Higher Education TheRoleof Public Higher Education Dimensions of Social and Economic Value Higher Education’s Contribution to Economic Development PASSHE Economic Development Best Practice ... skills and productivity ofthe labor force Dimensions of Social and Economic Value Regional public institutions also: Enhance the quality of life in communities (stewards of place) Represent long-term ... anchor within the regional community – by their existence, ensuring a greater retention of graduates and jobs within their service regions For every job on a public university campus, another 1.6...
... directly by the firm—would certainly suggest this to be the case In reality, however, it is often the effects on other firms in the area the indirect effects—that carry the greatest weight in the net ... terms of gross new jobs at the new firm The dollars of incentives are divided by the number of jobs During the recruitment stage, these costs are often substantially underestimated For example, the ... many ofthe largest firms operate in industries in which only a few firms operate or dominate the market For the most part, these firms not compete with one another on the basis of price, but rather...
... increase the value placed on education within the region TheRoleof Higher Education in Economic Development Page of 12 Examples of P-20 initiatives ofthe Alliance institutions include the following: ... discussion oftheroleof higher education in economic development and specific actions taken by the institutions ofthe Higher Education Alliance for the Rock River Region (HEARRR): Northern Illinois ... goals (Sampson, 2003; 2004) The focus of this report is theroleof higher education in the economic developmentof Illinois’ Rock River Region A brief summary of economic development issues in this...
... between, on the one hand, the actual state and status ofthe academic sector and, on theother hand, the cultural representation of academia and the social strategies related to the social representation ... Expansion The history ofthedevelopmentof formal education, both in terms of participation rates and the lengthening of study-time has gone hand in hand with a critical questioning of its real ... effect The wage increment represents the net effect ofthe social spillovers and the wage-dampening supply shock induced by the greater number of college graduates If the additional supply of graduates...
... differently Indeed, for 20 ofthe competencies and skills featured in the survey, the “best” responses ofthe officers differed significantly from those ofthe enlisted personnel For the remaining 26 competencies ... the majority ofthe competencies and skills included in the survey, and in many cases viewed it as the “best” place to learn them These results suggest that if the Air Force elects to track officers’ ... response rate of 39 percent We had no way of knowing how many ofthe eligible 637 personnel were actually on base on the days we conducted the surveys In addition, perhaps the timing ofthe RAND/DAL...
... opposition in the countries to these measures The Fund has supported tariff or excise tax reductions in Uganda, among several other nations Whatever the merits of privatization ofother sectors ofthe ... process The U.S government should also make adoption ofthe above recommendations a priority Roleofthe United States in Achieving Reform As the largest voting member ofthe World Bank and the largest ... In response, the institutions often claim that the issue of democracy is outside of their purview But the very least that should be expected of institutions that receive the support of U.S taxpayers...
... during the nineteenth century; and thedevelopmentof developing countries during the Golden era of economic development between the end of World War II and the first oil crisis II TheRoleof Governments ... implications for the future roleofthe State and the future potential for foreign assistance In view ofthe critical importance of governments to economic development, the current loss of autonomy ... Furthermore, neither the precise form ofthe political system nor the extent ofthe leadership's commitment to economic development played an important The variables representing the degree of improvement...
... surrounding developmentassistance and the environment The compilation and analysis ofthe PLAID database that forms the backbone of this book has put us in the debt of many people, most of all our ... generating hypotheses, and establishing the scope conditions of more general theories However, no matter how compelling the case studies, they cannot alone bear the weight ofthe broad theoretical ... the effect of reducing dirty aid and increasing environmental aid on the social developmentofthe poorest states There are many ‘lost’ countries that receive little aid of either type, and often...
... Pakistan during the war, who, out of necessity, had expanded their roles beyond their training Others had no formal training but nevertheless provided health care during the war years Still others may ... that the "people were so generous and respectful." Today, there are more than 3800 health professionals working in the community service program The success ofthe program has impressed others ... 484 million to the trust funds ofthe two governments In the south, these funds are being used to expand basic health services for the 75% ofthe people of Southern Sudan who lack access to services...
... and IL-1, the contribution of these two proinflammatory cytokines on the production of each other, on other proinflammatory mediators, on the expression and production of various MMPs and TIMPs, ... production, but by then, large quantities of these MMPs have already been produced, thus blurring the results In contrast, the PCR findings reflect the state ofthe cells days after addition ofthe Enbrel ... and other OA-related pathology [15] The effects of macrophage depletion observed in the present study may well provide an explanation of these effects, either directly due to the inhibition of...
... between the pharygeal roof and the bottom ofthe brain [2] These mesenchymal cells later differentiate into the primordia ofthe cranial base The cells ofthe adenohypophysis proliferate toward the ... 13.5 of embryonic development, the primordial adenohypophysis ofthe rat embryo presents as a cup-like indentation ofthe pharyngeal roof and, hence, originates from the ectoderm Regarding thedevelopment ... number of apoptotic events only at the basic fusion sides ofthe adenohypophysis as well as in the opening region of this organ Apoptotic destruction of epithelial cells at the basal cones of the...
... accelerates thedevelopmentofthe alveolar tree and promotes the expression of sur- Page of 10 factant proteins and enzymes for the synthesis of surfactant lipids [25] On theother hand, pulmonary epithelial ... the rates of reendothelialization This effect is mainly due to the stimulation of endothelial cell angiogenesis, and the promotion Page of 10 of smooth muscle cell proliferation [52] All of these ... the differentiation of ciliated epithelial cells Other transcription factors, such as GATA-5, GATA-6, and Fox, are also important for the differentiation of epithelial cells in the lung [1] The...
... with investigators ofthe ARIC study and does not necessarily reflect the opinions or views ofthe ARIC study or the NHLBI The coauthors had full access to all ofthe data in the study and take ... in our analytic cohort Outcome variables The primary outcomes of interest were the risk ofthedevelopmentof acute organ failure within three years ofthe baseline examination, in-hospital mortality ... understanding of this relationship may help to improve interventions and therefore outcomes in this commonly seen group of patients The goals of this analysis were to examine the effect of BMI in the development...
... within it The purpose ofthe coding was to describe the phenomena discovered in the course ofthe case studies, and more importantly, to develop an understanding of it from the perspective ofthe informants ... support for the elements of bricolage in the cases The analysis then details theroleof bricolage in achieving organizational agility Chapter summarizes the findings, providing the implications ... with the formation of a structured theory and a set of hypotheses to test that theory As observations are made, specific data is collected to confirm or reject the hypotheses and thus the theory...
... with the apex ofthe conidiophore swelling to produce the first conidium, followed by the formation of a septum to delimit the conidium The active apical tip moves to the side to produce the next ... suitable inoculum for the pathogen and determines the severity ofthe disease However, the genetic and biochemical control ofthe onset of conidiation, and the regulation of proper morphogenesis ... within the ATG8 locus) to remove the fragment spanning approximately last 500 bp ofthe promoter and first 72 bp ofthe coding sequence of ATG8 The resultant vector was then ligated with the PCR-amplified...
... including Magnaporthe Further studies are needed to dissect the mechanistic regulation of conidiation, and to elucidate the exact physiological roleof autophagy in the process of asexual development ... within the ATG8 locus) to remove the fragment spanning approximately last 500 bp ofthe promoter and first 72 bp ofthe coding sequence of ATG8 The resultant vector was then ligated with the PCR-amplified ... loss of aerial growth in the atg8Δ was highly pronounced on media containing lactose as the sole source of carbon Therefore, we tested the conidiation capability of atg8Δ in the presence of a...
... and cellular roles of endosomes .11 1.2.2 Physiological function of endosomes .13 1.3 Magnaporthe oryzae, the rice blast pathogen 15 1.3.1 Life cycle of Magnaporthe oryzae ... out the course of this work The member of my graduate committee: Dr Gregory Jedd, Dr Mohan Balasubramanian and Dr Markus Wenk, for their useful suggestions and constructive criticisms All the ... Magnaporthe 90 4.2.2 Subcellular localization of Atg20 .90 4.2.3 Investigation of non-selective autophagy and the Cvt pathway in the atg20∆ mutant 98 4.2.4 Investigation of pexophagy...