... organization (1999 dollars) Source: Reports of Condition and Income, National Information Center Database deposit share has come at the expense of regional and super-regional banking organizations, ... Index Source: Summary of Deposits, National Information Center Database II IMPACT OF THE CHANGES ON CONSUMERS Consumers have traditionally relied on nearby banks and branches for many of their ... there were few synergies on either the production or the consumption side (Ferguson) Another reason for doubting that financial integration will have a big impacton consumers is that, thanks...
... Trade-Concentration in Latin America Trade-Concentration in Mexico Trade-Concentration in Citlalicalli V TRADE-CONCENTRATION IN CITLALICALLI 84 86 90 CAUSES OF RETAIL CONCENTRATION ... emerging economies Then, the status of trade-concentration in Citlalicalli is evaluated Once the presence of retail trade-concentration is established, causes of its occurrence andits effects on the ... causes and impediments for tradeconcentration I will now turn to how the term trade-concentration is used in this study What is trade-concentration? In this dissertation, retail trade-concentration...
... Authentication Authorization Web Services Components Components Replica Location Service XIO Credential Management Security Data Management Non-WS Execution Management Information Services Common Runtime ... factor 34 ON- DEMAND COMPUTING a a a ON- DEMAND COMPUTING IS ONE OF THE GREATEST BENEFITS OF GRIDS IN ON- DEMAND COMPUTING, A FIRM DOES NOT BUILD ITS OWN GRID THAT INCLUDES IN-HOUSE COMPUTERS AND DATA ... Scheduler Framework [contribution] Delegation Service Python WS Core [contribution] C WS Core Community Authorization Service OGSA-DAI [Tech Preview] WS Authentication Authorization Reliable File...
... post-transfection and VCM (Virion Containing Medium) was harvested/ concentrated 24 hrs later by centrifugation and filtration through 0.2 μm filters Lentiviral transduction, colony expansion and harvesting ... combinations with repeated units of comparable size and spacing to ours [45], and 7%, 20% and 87% for double combinations with adjacent non-shRNA repeated units 117, 284 and 971 bp long [37] ... single cell populations per combination which we expanded under G418 selection We were able to recover 100 expanded populations for 2.2, 5.3 and 6.3, but only 83 populations for 3.2, and 48 for 4.3...
... composition, and distribution Asset ownership, composition, and distribution by credit program membership Loan transactions and their characteristics Distribution of formal and informal credit limits ... on consumption and nutrition through its potential effect on income The rural financial institutions in Malawi covered in this study not offer financial products, such as consumption credit and ... cultivated land andits allocation among crops in the 1994/95 season, by credit program membership 10 Fertilizer acquisition and relative importance of different methods of acquisition and source...
... fluctuation in temperature At present time, using our current understandingon the atmosphere that based on hypothesises and models, we cannot yet make accurate predictions on the future climate.Conclusion:Although ... level of CO2 concentration obtained in various stations in the earth, it is calculated that 52% of the 14 billion tones of carbon dioxide is being retained in the atmosphere per year; and 37% sinks ... climate.Conclusion:Although there are still many problems regarding the relationship of carbon dioxide and global climatic changes and even global warming itself, there is little question that climate...
... and security, and participation in leisure activities were included under the environmental domain The spirituality domain did contain questions about death and dying; forgiveness and blame and ... environmental domain and spiritual health (Table 4) We found strong correlation between the QOL domains and the Kessler Scale Strong correlation was observed between the Psychological domain and ... and without active TB Methods Study Settings and Population From February to April, 2009, we conducted a cross sectional study in three hospitals in Oromiya regional state of Ethiopia Based on...
... International migration and health A paper prepared for the Policy Analysis and Research Programme of the Global Commission on International Migration, International Centre for Migration and Health, ... literature review, contributed to design, conducted and supervised data collection and drafted the manuscript EE contributed to design, conducted and supervised statistical analysis and contributed to ... living alone (single), non homeownership, low socioeconomic status were significantly related to social relationships dimension; poor educational and socioeconomic status, non homeownership and poor...
... t) ∈ I and Ex,k [·] stands for the expectation over the set of iterations (we can consider an arbitrary subset of all iterations) and the observation vector Once the autocorrelation function is ... implementation (5) We demonstrate the procedure on number of example applications EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking KLT Message Representation 3.1 Core Principle This section ... based on Fourier and Tikhonov parameterization were proposed in [14] The parameterizations are suited for the channels affected with strong phase noise The Fourier and Tikhonov parameterizations...
... C., and Yassir, N A.Estimation of horizontal stress at the depth in faulted regions and their relationship to pore pressure variation SPE Formation Evaluation (1996) [2] Ambastha, A K., and Meng, ... W., and Teufel, L W Effect of Reservoir Stress Path on Compressibility and Permeability of Sandstones SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Washington, D.C.(1992) [20] Ta, Q D., and ... The selections of fault models, fault friction, friction internal angle and Poisson’s ratio are very important to assess the influence of discontinuity on the reservoir compaction and subsidence...
... self-selection bias and exercise effects due to the exercisers among the community controls, we also created groups of Ever-Runners and NeverRunners based on responses to the question at baseline: ... female community controls and 116 male community controls who completed all questionnaires In addition to time, group, and gender, presence of arthritis (p < 0.001) and education years (p = 0.036) ... served as the reference standard In addition to providing adjustment for differences on covariates between Runners' Association and community controls groups, use of a standard taken at baseline...
... Spinsterhood anditsimpacton disease features in women with rheumatoid arthritis Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9:58 Authors’ contributions BA and NHH conceived the study, participated in its ... [1,13] Limitations in basic function in RA patients can undermine well-being and contribute to poor QoL, perpetuating limitations in important social roles and functions of daily life and increasing ... collected: age, educational level (subdivided into three groups: no formal education, primary education; and secondary education or more), socioeconomic status (determined by the monthly household...
... differentiation and transformation [22,29] Its expression is controlled by DNA methylation [30,31], known to restrict the access of transcription factors to binding sites [32] The +1/+30 region of the ... binding Conclusion In summary, our study demonstrates a bidirectional interaction between HTLV-I and galectin-1 The data demonstrated that expression of galectin-1 was increased in chronically ... quantification of both transcripts was initiated with a denaturation step of 95°C for 10 seconds, followed by 50 cycles (denaturation at 94°C for seconds, 57°C for annealing during 15 seconds, and elongation...
... CA-MRSA and may play an important role in cavitary pneumonia and necrotizing skin and soft tissue infections, as discussed in the following section Expression of virulence factors is largely controlled ... distribution, producing high concentrations in tissues outside of the bloodstream, including bile, colon, and the lung [56] As a result of serum concentrations that rapidly decline after infusion, ... susceptibility during prolonged treatment of MRSA infections has been reported [16]; these observations should be considered while assessing response to treatment of MRSA infections As a result of daptomycin’s...
... diagnoses, poor outcomes, prolonged pain and suffering for some patients, long waiting times, patient dissatisfaction, more ambulance diversions, lower physician and staff productivity and higher ... nearest ED Fewer EDs and increasing number of patient visits over time, may also cause ED-overcrowding and consequent ambulance diversions [9,22] Ambulance diversion has a huge impacton public health, ... second line senior consultants (RBL) also with special training in major incident management are available on a 24/7 basis Every time a contact is taken between SOS Alarm and the RTiB, data concerning...
... (i) The Law on Foreign Investment in 1987, its amendments in 2000 andits later unification with the Law on Domestic Investment in 2005; (ii) The Law on Enterprises in 1999, andits replacement ... Law on the State Bank in 1997 and the Law on Credit Institutions of 1997, amendments to both laws in 2003 and 2004 respectively; the new Law on the State Bank of Vietnam 2010; and the new Law on ... phenomenon in more detail Next, to provide a more thorough understanding of the crucial dimensions and the effectiveness of corporate governance practices, a comparison of return on equity (ROE) and...
... (i) The Law on Foreign Investment in 1987, its amendments in 2000 andits later unification with the Law on Domestic Investment in 2005; (ii) The Law on Enterprises in 1999, andits replacement ... Law on the State Bank in 1997 and the Law on Credit Institutions of 1997, amendments to both laws in 2003 and 2004 respectively; the new Law on the State Bank of Vietnam 2010; and the new Law on ... phenomenon in more detail Next, to provide a more thorough understanding of the crucial dimensions and the effectiveness of corporate governance practices, a comparison of return on equity (ROE) and...
... provinces and two case studies were selected - one on special education and one on inclusive education in Danang and Vinh Long respectively Data collection The survey was conducted with qualitative and ... implementation of the National Law on Disability [4] Law on Protection, Care and Education for Children (revised 2004) [5] Ordinance on Disabled Persons [6] Resolution 30a/2008/NQ-CP on 27/12/2008 ... ideas and suggestions for writing the paper References [1] The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities [2] National Law on Disability [3] Decree Nr.28/NĐ-CP on 10...
... (i) The Law on Foreign Investment in 1987, its amendments in 2000 andits later unification with the Law on Domestic Investment in 2005; (ii) The Law on Enterprises in 1999, andits replacement ... Law on the State Bank in 1997 and the Law on Credit Institutions of 1997, amendments to both laws in 2003 and 2004 respectively; the new Law on the State Bank of Vietnam 2010; and the new Law on ... phenomenon in more detail Next, to provide a more thorough understanding of the crucial dimensions and the effectiveness of corporate governance practices, a comparison of return on equity (ROE) and...