... modulate the inflammatory profile after a viral infection by blocking the poly(I: C) induced chemokine and cytokine production while maintaining the antiviral activity [28,59] As epithelial cells ... elevated in induced sputum ofCOPD patients and a causative role has been suggested inthe development ofCOPD [90] VitD also to attenuates TNFalpha induced upregulation of MMP-9 in keratinocytes ... the review, all authors contributed in writing and reviewing the paper All authors read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests...
... raising the profile of women in management However, during this period of research, there was an emerging recognition ofthe importance of a concern for people inthe behavioural theories as being ... anything towards raising the profile of women in management, as the theory was constructed as a male model at a time when women were not visible in paid employment One ofthe off shoots ofthe ... enabling of others to help achieve the goals ofthe organisation Furthermore, the ability to control others is given no prominence in this recent definition of leadership A brief review of early...
... relies on the securities booking system ofthe CGSDTC and the bond trading system ofthe inter-bank lending centre The trading system ofthe national inter-bank lending centre provides pricing information, ... source of financing for enterprises, if their own capital is excluded In summary, the deepening process ofthe financial markets has rendered the dominance ofthe banking sector inthe financial ... in turn contributed to the financial stability not only in Asia but also inthe whole world Roleofthe international financial institutions ( IFIs ) The IFIs have played an active rolein financial...
... adults (39 ) The renewed interest in examining the indications for BCG vaccination inthe United States included consideration ofthe wide range of vaccine efficacies determined by clinical trials ... explore the sources ofthe heterogeneity inthe efficacy ofthe BCG vaccine reported inthe individual studies Using a model that included the geographic latitude ofthe study site and the data ... efficacy of BCG vaccine in HCWs or b) the effects on efficacy ofthe vaccine strain administered Vol 45 / No RR-4 MMWR and the vaccinee’s age at the time of vaccination The protective efficacy of BCG...
... understanding issues facing community banks I THE CURRENT ROLEOF COMMUNITY BANKS The banking system inthe United States has always been unique inthe sense of containing large numbers of small ... were not there, other financial services providers might readily step in to take their place This article examines theroleof community banks inthe U.S economy The first section ofthe article ... While community banks still comprise the vast majority of banks, the question arises whether their roleinthe banking system has declined to the point of insignificance This section shows that...
... through the exchange between subunits of either their N-terminal, or their C-terminal ends [33–35] We found that the behavior with the model membrane ofthe dimer in which the C-terminal ends ... geometry ofthe hinge loop after ligation Also in this case no clashes were detected at Electrostatic interactions and antitumor RNases the dimer interface ofthe models or inthe surroundings ofthe ... Nter are the C-terminal and N-terminal structural regions, respectively, ofthe two A and B monomers ofthe dimeric RNase The black circle between the monomers indicates the mass center ofthe dimer...
... N-linked oligosaccharide side-chains are important for the GABA transport activity 1-Deoxymannojirimycin inhibits the GABA-uptake of GAT1 In order to gain further insight into theroleofthe ... misfolding of this protein, resulting in its partial retention inthe ER and its rapid digestion thereafter [16,19] Accordingly, our results indicate that the intracellular trafficking of N-glycosylation ... Aliquots were used for measurement ofthe remaining [3H]GABA and [14C]sucrose The protein concentration inthe supernatant was determined using the bicinchoninic acid protein assay reagent (Pierce, USA)...
... t is thein interaction ofthe results of these asynchronous processes that the process of comprehension is defined 4.1 The processes are independent ofthe knowledge representations defined ... activation of a l l meanings of each recognized word in HOPE, the determination ofthe phonetic representation of a recognized word determines the breadth of active competition amon meanings for ... defined than through other methods, because i t enables one to develop a broader perspective ofthe questions within an analysis ofthe hypothesis inthe cont e x t of a characterization of the...
... evolution ofthe same type of variables; their judgement on their actual and future behavior, including the type of constraints they face Some sets of answers are strongly cardinal, as for the current ... access-to-input for the worst in this sub-pool Conversely, the overbearing influence ofthe financial constraints inthe lower half is statistically associated with a rather low occurrence of real ... Adjustment and theRoleof Bank Credit in Russia: Evidence from a 420 Firm's Qualitative Survey The main underlying question inthe above-mentioned conclusions rather brings back to the issue ofthe adjustment...
... many of them have been pioneers inthe Latin American microfinance industry As of today, out of 15 Latin American members are active in microfinance These members are involved in different ways in ... unrivalled in scale, and outreach continues to grow in terms ofthe number of microborrowers Institutions providing microfinance in Asia play a critical rolein increasing the access to finance for ... very helpful in bringing microfinance into the spotlight not only in developing countries but also inthe developed world The awareness by policy makers about theroleof microfinance as a major...
... ambiguous the meaning ofthe visual image, the more influence is exerted by the musical score inthe process of interpreting the scene Music can convey the scope of a film, effectively communicating ... meaning through sound (including music), taking into account the director’s – and, therefore, the composer’s – intentions, the narrative content ofthe film, and the overall strategy ofthe director ... the relationship is invertible without changing the perceived meaning (i.e., it is equally valid to say that the music projects the meaning ofthe image or the image projects the meaning of the...
... However, the mechanistic roles of several of these residues are not described well and there is no example of mutational analysis of all of these residues inthe same enzyme To obtain an insight into ... 1), thereby confirming the crucial roleof Asp142 Catalysis in family 18 chitinases (Eur J Biochem 271) 259 In most ChiB structures, Asp142 is clearly defined, being either inthe ÔdownÕ or inthe ... positioned inthe ÔupÕ position rows and shows that inthe presence ofthe substrate, rotation of Asp142 towards Glu144 lowers the pKa ofthe latter by 0.8 pH units The calculated effects ofthe D140N...
... properties ofthe document containing the sentence and properties ofthe sentence itself Regarding the former type, two features come into play: the relevance score ofthe document (from the IR engine) ... evaluating answers to definition questions In HLT/EMNLP 2005 J Lin and D Demner-Fushman 2006a Theroleof knowledge in conceptual retrieval: A study inthe domain of clinical medicine In SIGIR ... the findings of Monz (2003), who made the same observation inthe factoid QA task There are a few caveats to consider when interpreting these results First, the test set of 25 questions is rather...
... additional schooling, the estimated schooling effect could include both the impacts of schooling and the fact that those continuing in school could earn more inthe absence of schooling.2 For the most ... income levels mainly though speeding up technological progress, rather than shifting the level ofthe production function or increasing the impact of an additional year of schooling In sum, the ... student in a school in Ghana or Peru would gain the same amount of knowledge in any year of schooling as the average student in a school in Finland or Korea? Still, using the quantitative measure of...
... trees The largest plant height was obtained using linings of stone and marble During the first year ofthe study, when the lining served only as mulch due to lack of rainfall, an increase of 33.3 ... crop yields in rainfed areas, even inthe more marginal rainfed environments The continued application of conventional breeding and the recent developments in non-conventional breeding offer considerable ... Considerations of risk may be very important inthe initial decision of whether to adopt rainwater harvesting at an individual farm level Especially due to the low economic status of many ofthe farmers in...
... as Points of Access into the Financial System TheRoleof African Post Offices in Payments TheRoleof Post Offices in International Remittances TheRoleof Post Offices in Savings TheRoleof ... agreed between the ministries of finance, the IMF, and World Bank Inthe recent past in Africa, no distinction was made ofthe roles ofthe post as the mail provider, as owner ofthe post office network, ... Services TheRoleof Post Offices in International Remittances TheRoleof Post Offices in Savings TheRoleof Post Offices in Credit 5—Conclusion 16 17 17 17 18 19 20 21 21 21 Worldwide Landscape of...
... rates only increase by 50 basis points, and the increase in inflation is 50 basis points less than inthe baseline case A banking sector that remains well-capitalized can thus reduce the length ... capital increases the Additional evidence suggests that decreases inthe capitalization of Japanese banks inthe late 1980s had adverse effects on their lending and on economic activity in areas inthe ... lending Figure illustrates the sequence of events that unfold in each period 2.2 Final good production Final Good Assembly Competitive firms produce the final good by combining a continuum of intermediate...
... number of amino acid residues contribute to the binding ofthe substrate by hydrogen bonding and ⁄ or hydrophobic interactions Using the ligplot program [31], we investigated the specific interactions ... important rolein ‘cycling’ the pKa of catalytic Glu during catalysis [24,38] The mutation ofthe D1 residue to Asn (D140N) in SmChiB caused a 500-fold decrease in activity [39] On the other hand, in ... almost identical, but the D524A mutation resulted in a remarkable change inthe conformation ofthe Glu526 side-chain The 2Fobs ) Fcalc electron density ofthe Glu526 side-chain inthe D524A–substrate...
... presented from the US including the Tar-Pamlico Basin in North Carolina (case of point-point source trading also allowing for point-non-point trade), the case of Lake Dillon and the case ofthe Cherry ... Murray-Darling Basin (Australia) Interstate salinity trading came into force in 1992 as part ofthe Murray-Darling Basin Salinity and Drainage Strategy, administered by the Murray-Darling Basin Commission, ... managing economic and environmental aspects ofthe river The most prominent examples of salinity trading come from Australia, with the inter-state trading case inthe Murray-Darling Basin, and the...
... mutual interest in finding ways of maintaining and restoring biodiversity as part ofthe designing and deciding upon new economic and security structures The western countries must find ways of reducing ... 1] There are other examples of concentration in agriculture among the input suppliers in particular [10, 16] The seed industry is increasingly inthe hands of a few companies capable of carrying ... provided the integrating framework within which to discuss the ideas, tools and infrastructure ofthe papers presented by those participating inthe NATO ARW in Krakow, Poland Ideas gained in planning...