... smoking, drinking, ex-ercising and the body mass index - contribute to explaining the gradient. The size of this contribution is larger when we consider the entire history of behaviors ratherthan only ... individual characteristics(whether the individual is foreign-born, whether there was a proxy respondent for the interview or proxy informationis missing and indicators for interview-year). Wecapture ... samples, one includingindividuals who were born up to 10 years before and after the reforms and anotherwhere the relevant window is +7,-7. The two samples consist of 15,960 and 12,294individuals...
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... evidence ofthe impacts of microfinance, and a review of the impact of formal banking initiatives. Lastly, in all we are aware of three overlapping systematic reviews ofthe impacts of microfinance: ... Section 2 of this report.2. Synthesise what these studies tell us about: a. The impact of microfinance on the incomes of the poor b. The impact of microfinance on wider poverty/wealth ofthe poor ... Whatis microfinance? The term ‘micro-credit’ was first coined inthe 1970s to indicate the provision of loans to the poor to establish income-generating projects, while the term ‘microfinance’...
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... observed.SPR analysis of antigen-binding affinityFor the quantitative evaluation ofthe H39 mutation,kinetic analysis for antigen–Fv interaction of the wild-type and H39KQ mutant of purified Fv and scFvproteins ... or not H39 is dominantly tuning the VH⁄ VLinteraction of other Fvs, including HyHEL-10. In addition, the effect ofthe H39 mutation on antigenbinding has not yet been analyzed. The reason ... to compare the antigen-bind-ing afnity at this titer, and to use the ratio of specificabsorbance minus background absorbance at this titeragainst that of wild-type as an index ofthe relativeaffinity...
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