... data-screened the items by examining the number of missing items and each item’s mean and standard deviation To verify the factor structure ofthe questionnaire and to test whether the relationship ... older people self- regulate and maintain their well-being [13] The self- management of well-being (SMW) theory [13], based on the theory of social production functions (SPF) [14,15], offers guidelines ... approval ofthe version to be published MS: Preparation ofthe paper; analyses and interpretation of data; final approval ofthe version to be published PV: Preparation ofthe paper; acquisition of...
... form reflect the rule -of- law value ofthe accessibility of law The norms that handle cases of failed law reflect both the rule -of- law value of accessibility andthe more substantive value of consistent ... as to ban the cute and gentle panda?”) A and B did not clarify whether pandas were within the rule before voting The results of this disagreement are these The rule “no bears” admits of two relevant ... the rule they enact In other words, over the range of real or hypothetical applications ofthe rule, felicitous and infelicitous, if asked how the rule was intended to apply, each member of the...
... discussion ofthe rise ofthe concept of fetal rights and fetal protectionism can be found in Daniels, 1993.) After a brief discussion ofthe social construction of maternity and paternity, I analyse the ... Studies of male reproductive health and toxicity have Between fathers and fetuses concentrated primarily on the eVects of occupational and environmental exposures of men and less on the eVects of ... fathers and fetuses ‘Crack babies’ and ‘pregnant addicts’ By now, the images ofthe crack baby and addicted mother are familiar to anyone who has read news reports of pregnancy and addiction In the...
... case of let’s sit back and hope for the best Then there are others who deliberately not want to know anything about the activities ofthe company They want to study the “pure” movement ofthe ... features ofthe growth in sales and earnings: the rate of growth andthe stability ofthe growth Conscious Investor provides proprietary tools to measure both of these for thousands of companies ... put the two charts together, we see how they track each other Sometimes the price moves ahead ofthe earnings per share and sometimes it is the other way around But over time they move together...
... be increasing, and there is evidence that the rate of infection is proportional to both the amount of time swimmers are exposed andthe levels of pollution in the waters where they swim.60 According ... percent over land areas ofthe Northern Hemisphere during the 20th century,155 and global warming is predicted to further increase the intensity of rainfall events for parts ofthe United States.156 ... nearly twice the rate at Fall’s Creek (an average of 23 percent) On the basis of these findings, IKE urges the State of Indiana and/ or the City of Indianapolis to conduct a rigorous and comprehensive...
... affinity of Fpg for the THF:C ligand was 1.6-fold higher than for the THF:A ligand The presence of Mg2+ had little effect on the binding of Fpg to the THF:C ligand and slightly improved binding to the ... evaluate the effects of ionic strength and Mg2+ on the activity and specificity of OGG1, we measured the apparent values of k2 and k3 under conditions of low salt (KPi only) and no Mg2+, low salt and ... strength, the concentration of divalent cations such as Mg2+, the nature ofthe buffering agents, the presence of competing polyamines and other small molecules, and crowding by other macromolecules Their...
... that the oxidant-promoted alteration ofthe Ki of elafin and trappin is caused by the oxidation of their P1¢ methionine residue Fig Mass spectra of native and oxidized elafin (A) and trappin (B) The ... correspond to a half-life of dissociation of 36–105 [15] The oxidation of elafin and trappin down-shifts the half-life of there complexes with NE to % 1.3– 1.8 On the other hand, the oxidized inhibitor–Pr3 ... binding ofthe methionine sulfoxide residue at the S1¢ subsite ofthe active centers of NE and Pr3 The fact that the S1¢ subsite of Pr3 is significantly smaller than that of NE [21] might then explain...
... makes them either supervised or unsupervised algorithms The purpose of this paper is an analysis ofthe underlying probabilistic models andthe types of errors committed by each one Furthermore, ... describe the process of word generation from the left to the right by alternately using two dice, the first for deciding whether to place a morpheme boundary in the current word position andthe second ... nonboundaries in 0.9472 ofthe times correctly as TN and in 0.0528 ofthe times falsely as boundaries (FP) The algorithm correctly labels 0.3045 ofthe positions as boundaries (TP) and 0.6955 falsely...
... aware ofthe great field of lamps of a nocturnal city; then ofthe figure of a man walking swiftly; then of a child running from the doctor’s; and then these met, and that human Juggernaut trod the ... nausea and distaste of life; and in the gloom of his spirits, he seemed to read a menace in the flickering ofthe firelight on the polished cabinets andthe uneasy starting ofthe shadow on the roof ... away these random visitors or to repair their ravages Mr Enfield andthe lawyer were on the other side ofthe by-street; but when they came abreast ofthe entry, the former lifted up his cane and...
... Professions andthe public interest Do professions subordinate their own self- interests to the public interest? In Professions andthe Public Interest Mike Saks develops a theoretical and methodological ... Sociology, professions andthe public interest: a research framework The sociology of professions andthe professional altruism ideal: a critical review 11 The development of a viable conception ofthe ... this stage, in the face ofthe decline ofthe landed gentry andthe diversification of demand for services amongst the ascendant commercial and industrial classes, that the professions were forced...
... 17 ofthe Act concerning the conditions of Accession ofthe Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of ... equal to the sum of: — 50% ofthe share of its respective Member State in the population ofthe Community in the penultimate year preceding the establishment ofthe ESCB; — 50% ofthe share of its ... annual report on the activities ofthe ESCB and on the monetary policy of both the previous andthe current year to the European Parliament, the Council andthe Commission, and also to the European...
... Terrorists and insurgents share important features (e.g., their status as nonstate actors, their use of violence, andthe clandestine nature of many of their activities), but these are outweighed by their ... definition has the advantage of parsimony, but fails to capture essential aspects ofthe phenomenon, such as the fundamentally political nature ofthe insurgency movement, andthe centrality ofthe local ... activities, and propaganda/psychological warfare All of these instruments are designed to weaken and/ or destroy the power and legitimacy of a ruling government, while at the same time increasing the...
... Thus the rigid dichotomy often presumed between forest and plantation is irrelevant to the understanding and management of such land-use systems The recent changes of status ofthe Ministry of ... sell the land to migrants or share it with them against labour for the upkeep ofthe plantations15; The independent migrants lack the skills to clear the forest16 and they are well aware ofthe ... those ofthe project and not represent any official view ofthe Commission This is one of a series of reports prepared during 1999 by the Forest Fire Prevention and Control Project Together they...
... about the privacy of birth, on the one hand, andtheof cial sanctions against traditional midwifery, on the other, one begins to glimpse the dimensions ofthe struggle over the “said” andthe ... universe of ideas about race and gender, the relationship of medicine to society, andthe status ofthe South in the nation’s political and social economies These ideas reflected the world as these ... than other women in the use of herbal and patent remedies for other matters ofthe body They cared for the sick and in some communities tended to the final washing and dressing ofthe dead (Bell 1993;...
... Control ofthe Crime I II III IV V VI The Notion of Joint Control ofthe Crime The Treatment ofthe Notions of Joint Control ofthe Crime and Joint Criminal Enterprise in the Rome Statute Elements of ... 265 I The Notion of Joint Control ofthe Crime II The Treatment ofthe Notions of Joint Control ofthe Crime and Joint Criminal Enterprise in the Rome Statute III Elements ofthe Notion of Joint ... Notion of Joint Criminal Enterprise as Elaborated by the Case Law ofthe Ad hoc Tribunals and to the Notion of Control ofthe Crime Are the Notions of Joint Criminal Enterprise and Control of the...
... to take advantage of these government handouts of your money, and wineries represent just a handful ofthe thousands of industries and mostly wealthy households that have done the same Fifth, photovoltaic ... within the communities of scientists, engineers, and other experts who work on solar energy But because of specialization and occupational silo effects, few of these professionals capture the entire ... owners are often shocked by the underwhelming performance of their solar arrays in the real world For example, roof jobs may require that they disconnect, remove, and reinstall their rooftop arrays...
... Ph.D., is Co-Director ofthe Center on Aging & Work/Workplace Flexibility He is also the Dean ofthe Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Boston ... (45.7%) ofthe employees were women � One-third (30.2%) ofthe employees were members of a racial/ethnic minority group � 18.1% ofthe workforces were under the age of 24; � 37.7% were between the ... could affect their organizations? “In the United States and most other developed nations, the supply of 35-44 year-olds is shrinking And many ofthe best-trained people entering the workforce...
... mortality ofthe patient Moreover, the presence ofthe blood-brain barrier (BBB) limits the passage of a wide variety of anticancer agents The high incidence of recur‐ rence and poor prognosis of malignant ... it repress the transcription of other genes, such as IL-6, c-fos, c-jun and other oncogenes The levels of p53 increase in G1 and S phases ofthe cell cycle Cells transfected with the nor‐ mal ... Overexpression of dystroglycan decreased Evolution ofthe Molecular Biology of Brain Tumors andthe Therapeutic Implications the growth rate of glioma cell lines so it was found to be involved in the progression...
... based on analysis of spectral, texture, and other characteristics • Total classification accuracy was 82.5%, the accuracy of mature rubber forest and young rubber forest were 92.50% and 76.42% Rubber ... in the gradients of 600~1000m; rarely occurred in elevations beyond 1200 m •1980-2010: the proportion of rubber plantations area in the elevation of 600-800m decreased, while increased in the ... slopes beyond 15° increased The expansion of rubber plantations mainly occurred between 15° and 35° and gradually extended in steep and abrupt slopes The planted intensity of rubber plantations gradually...