... a variety ofspeech act-types, involving an elaboration of the role of inference cnahling functions and other constraints on the interpretation of uRerances~ is given in L:vans (in progress). ... basis of a definition ofspeechacts by requin.ng that speechacts be the result ofthe application ofan inference enabling function to an utterance in a discourse situation such that the ... in thc "semantic" parsing of the utterance: thc initial creation ofthe situation-type (the first clause), the interpretation of but. and the modification ofthe initial situation-type...
... number of domestic banks). The banking literature underlines two possible impacts of concentration on the pricing behaviour of banks. Following the Monti-Klein model, and in general the class of ... equality of interest rates, using two different econometric methods. In the other steps, we continue to use only one of two methods allowing for the effect ofthe main determinants of bank interest ... ECB. Between January 2003 and March 2005, the interest rate on the main refinancing operations was reduced by 75 basis points in all. The (minimum) interest rate on main refinancing operations...
... utilized inthe next year. Based on these findings, a management method adequate to obtain the biomass ofthe giant reed and maintain the wetland potential is proposed as shown in Fig. 10. In this ... outside ofthe plant body, R is the transporter ofthe inorganic phosphorus, PiR is the phosphorus – transporter complex, and Pi in is the inorganic phosphorus ion concentration inside the cell ... plants including the roots and rhizomes are cropped except for the roots and rhizomes remaining for the next year. Thereafter, the giant reeds grow with the rhizome extension, and the giant...
... choice of kinetic functions and/orparameters, or, whether the system was incapable of sustaining flux under any circumstances inthe absence of light. This observation was made, inthe first instance, ... capable of performing theanalysis described here.ResultsElementary modes inthe light The main purpose of our structural analysisofthe system in the light (i.e. inthe absence of oxidative pentose ... toolcomplementary to kinetic modelling, and to analyse systems in the absence of any kinetic data.Applying the technique to the reactions ofthe Calvin cycleand oxidative pentose phosphate pathway inthe chloroplastshows...
... and limited the amount of time the restaurant and wholesale participant had to spend on the survey. Restaurant Survey The intent ofthe restaurant survey was to determine if the restaurants ... meet the requirement ofthe NOP regulations. In addition, there are the penalties for the misuse ofthe term “organic”. That is, the adoption ofthe term organic does not provide benefits for the ... cleaned, and trimmed. For the most part, wholesalers were not interested in contracting with a local producer. Conclusion The results ofthe restaurant survey demonstrate the quantity of...
... prevent injuries. Deter-rence of medical injury at the level ofthe organization will hinge critically onthis marginal analysis: How do the costs of injury prevention compare to the organizational ... tip the scale inthe marginal analysis by augmenting the absolute costs of medicalinjuries to the organization. Legal reforms alone cannot establish the busi-ness case for safety, but they can ... pragmaticview of investments in safety than do physicians. Moreover, analyzing where the costs of medical injuries fall is important for showing that health insurershave “skin inthe game.” Demonstrations...
... and (2) the programmming language C. Another shortcoming of this approach is inherent inthe database management system INGRES: it only allows fields of up to 250 bytes.’ Therefore we can only ... returns the ith component ofthe list vector. Another built -in function on lists is INDL, which returns the index range of a list. In our example INDL(V) returns 1 4. . . . These user-defined ... functions define their properties. In many cases properties of one object can be derived from those of another and can be modeled in DAPLEX by the notion of derived functions. Furthermore, DAPLEX...
... the top ofthe distribution that there have been the fastest increases in earnings inthe last 30 years. The figure shows Atkinson and Voitchovsky’s (2004) analysisof earnings at the top of ... from the top than the earnings of people a tenth ofthe way from the bottom? Similarly, how much greater is the wealth of someone a tenth ofthe way from the top ofthe distribution than that of ... people and all the main political parties in Britain subscribe to the ideal of ‘equality of opportunity’. The systematic nature of many ofthe differentials we present, and the ways in which advantages...
... one of the important contributors to the growth in earnings inequality over the 1980s. 13 An anatomy of economic inequality inthe UKA crucial factor in all of this – and also inthe earnings ... shows the range between the 10th and the 90th percentiles. The thicker bar shows the range between the 30th and the 70th percentiles. The three vertical lines running from the top ofthe ... shows the range between the 10th and the 90th percentiles. The thicker bar shows the range between the 30th and the 70th percentiles. The three vertical lines running from the top of the...
... Many indices have been devised for different types of drought, including the Rainfall Anomaly index, the Palmer Drought index (PDI), the Bhalme-Mooley index, the Standardized Anomaly index, ... appear in any place causing significant damage both in natural environment and in human lives. It may start at any time, last indefinitely and may attain many degrees of severity [3]. Therefore, ... 1961-1970 and 1981-1990 in South Central and during the first sub-period in Highland Central Vietnam. The decreasing trends of dry conditions occur inthe whole Central Vietnam during the two...
... sequences contained in any of their strain members. For the 216-probe set, the minimum number of probes differentiating aDENV-1 strain from the all other strains belonging toone ofthe three other serotypes ... generate the set of all probes ⁄ primers thatare present inthe dengue virus genome(s) and absent in (and distant from) the human genome, analysis of the human genome was first necessary. An analyticalmodel ... not contained in any ofthe other dengue genomesconsidered).Fig. 4. Distribution ofthe percentage of human-blind 22-mers pergenome that are unique (i.e. not contained in any ofthe other den-gue...
... straight line, indicating that p-amindinobenzamidineis a c ompetitive inhibitor for the t rypsinogen autoactivationreaction. From the slope and intercept ofthe straight line, the kinetic parameters ... All other chemicals were local products of analytical grade. In kinetic studies ofthe autocatalytic conversion of trypsinogen into trypsin, aliquots ofthe incubation mixture of trypsinogen and ... straight line. Therefore, from the change inthe s econd-order rate constant of autoactivation in the presence of inhib itor, the KIcan be calculated.However, many ofthe zymogen-activating enzymesoperate...