... flowingto the for-profitschoolsoutpacing the overallrevenue growth of thoseschools, the military revenue growth of the companiesisalsooutpacing the spending growth in the VA and DoDeducation programs Between2009 and 2010, the total ... veterans, and their spouses, these legislative changes create worst excesses ofthe for-profit a large new pool of potential students that are critical industry: manipulative and for the type ofgrowth ... receive from the Department of Defense andthe Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) The information provided reveals enormous growth in the amounts of money flowing from both the DoD and VA educational...
... Gerard Braunthal ofthe University of Massachusetts, and Peter Euben ofthe University of California at Santa Cruz all read parts ofthe work and offered advice John Fairleigh ofthe Queen's University ... appreciation ofthe limits of constitutionalism as a basis for political community Hence questions of whether and when the constitution governs are also questions ofthe limits (and perhaps ofthe different ... life ofthe nation; the President must define and explain to Congress andthe people the nature of this threat; the perception ofthe emergency, the judgment that the life ofthe nation is truly...
... cannot reject the null hypotheses ofthe appropriateness ofthe instruments andthe assumption of no serial correlation ofthe differenced error terms The results seem to indicate that there is a ... is the nominal interest rate and p the inflation rate The inflation rate is the average ofthe current and year-ahead inflation Terms of Trade Old and young dependency ratios are the shares of ... relationship between economic growthandthe assortment of economic indicators, we use natural logarithms ofthe regressors in the regressions of GROWTH, CAPGROWTH, PROD1, PROD2 and PROD3 17 development...
... a candidate target of miR-23a miR-23a expression level 20 growth activities at the same time points (Fig 2A) To detect the effect of miR-23a on the long-term and independent growth activity of ... and colony formation assays confirmed the active role of miR-23a in thegrowth promotion of malignant cells The fundamental function of miRNAs is to regulate their targets by direct cleavage of ... ofthe tumor types were confirmed by pathologic analysis The experiments were undertaken with the understanding and written consent of each subject The study methodologies conformed to the standards...
... environmental change because ofthe resistance of pollens and spores to decay, and their ubiquity and abundance (Traverse 2008) Wetlands are excellent sources of pollen and spores and like macrofossils, ... archive ofthe species that grew in and near the wetland If the rate of organic matter accumulation exceeds the rate of decomposition in such a wetland environment, then a temporal component to the ... history of these regions demonstrates the inter-connectedness ofthe low and high latitudes, andthe global nature ofthe Earth’s hydrologic cycle Our case studies provide glimpses of wetland ecosystems,...
... discussion ofthe thermotropic phase behavior of Myr2Gro-PGro and other members ofthe homologous series of linear saturated PGs, see Zhang et al [24] The addition of mol percent of one ofthe three ... decreases in the order GS14 > GS10 > GS12, as does the temperature andthe relative magnitude ofthe new endotherm or endotherms induced by the addition ofthe peptide However, the magnitude ofthe effects ... conformation There is good evidence from studies ofthe interaction of GS and its analogs with bacterial cells that the destruction ofthe integrity ofthe lipid bilayer ofthe inner membrane is the primary...
... or the other, this was an issue of relevance only to specialists The lack of education restricted the number of producers and consumers of cultural objects and hence the size and influence ofthe ... Cultures andthe Nature ofNetworks 27 and over the means of distribution with the Internet, the last area they still control is the content that they own Within a framework of cheap and efficient ... version ofthe space of flows, the maritime world of long distance trading, is still very present 72 The Status of Objects in the Space of Flows The space of flows - now and then - consists of three...
... Colombia, and Peru 24 The cumulative dummy captures changes in the rates ofthe RRs and therefore, facilitates the comparison of changes to the RR regime across countries However, the variable ... the motives and use of RRs across the world 4 partly reflects the sectoral and targeted nature of many of these other macroprudential instruments and also their less active use over the cycle ... against the wind”: (i) raising RRs during the upswing phase ofthe cycle to contain excessive credit growthandthe associated build up of vulnerabilities and (ii) lowering them during the downswing...
... to the borrower, the purpose and use ofthe loans, their sectoral composition and concentration, the currency denomination, andthe maturity and other conditions ofthe loans In terms ofthe ... guided by the nature ofthe risks associated with the nature ofthe credit growth (see Table for a mapping from various features ofthe credit growth to different types of risks, and Table for the ... affected by a number of factors, including the openness ofthe capital account, the degree of euroization ofthe economies, the adequacy of monetary instruments andthe effectiveness of monetary policy...
... Denmark, Australia andthe Netherlands The predicted full cost ofthe various latrine options (and the size ofthe loans) was between 40 and 160 euros, though households complained that the costs were ... context of neoliberal restructuring andthe rise ofthe vision of fragmented entrepreneurial development Section discusses the characteristics ofthe water and sanitation sector and examines the ... is the synthesis of water marketisation and microfinance expansion Mader: Making the Poor Pay for Public Goods via Microfinance Underlying the idea of using microfinance for water (and other...
... following the effects of different diffusion coefficients of gold and indium on silicon, the solubility of substrate atoms in the two metals, the surface tension of gold and indium andthe surface ... insertion ofthe sample into the UHV chamber in spite ofthe preceding HF-dip There are hints in the literature [11] that deposition of gold onto a thin layer of SiO2 on Si(1 1) favors the decomposition ... diagrams; top: In–Si and bottom: Au–Si Since the state ofthe substrate surface after desorption andthe vacuum conditions are the same during evaporation of gold and indium, the different liquid–solid–vapor...
... coalition of mother and son within the family of father, mother, and son One would suppose, however, that the larger the group, the more likely its inclusion of smaller groups within it.35 Finally, and ... State of a certain kind) ought to obey the laws and directives oftheof cials of that State? This, in broad terms, is the problem ofpolitical obligation, which concerns whether and when there ... that they are tied in a special way to their government While they complain loudly and often, and not without justification, ofthe shortcomings of government, they feel that they are nonetheless...
... ZAG impacts the mobilization of fat stores and breakdown of body fat supporting another indication for the inclusion of RU486 in therapy Thus, the use of RU486 in prostate cancer therapy could ... immunity and protecting against the spread of tumor cells into the draining TSLN While most ofthe anti-tumor effect is clearly the result ofthe proinflammatory response induced by the Ad5IL-12 ... RU486 systemically and influence the local effects of IL-12 could limit some ofthe toxic effects of IL-12 and offer a general strategy to aid in the activity of other localized proinflammatory...
... participants in the project of more than to The majority ofthe staff producing biofertiliser in the project were women andthe Vietnam Women’s Union played a strong role in providing acceptance ofthe technology ... commercial products and for their effectiveness in the field The main beneficiaries ofthe improved technology are rice farmers, who obtain improved yields of rice and more income andthe workers in ... methods of biofertiliser production andthe use of simple field tests To carry out research on carrier materials for biofertilisers and methods of ensuring high numbers of inoculant microbes The...
... generation of real-time, insight driven, shopping and financial tools End ofthe days of consumers being “dumb” at point of sale Consumer empowerment to the max 19 There are a variety of hurdles ... phones Financial inclusion 24 Mobile Payments andthe Digitization of Money will Change Everything…Or will it? 25 From Theory to Action: The work of SapientNitro 26 Q&A 27 Thanks Donald Chesnut, ... enable the “check-out” process to occur in-aisle, at home, anywhere As a result, mPayment will challenge and redefine– long-standing assumptions of how stores are designed 18 The arrival of mobile...
... targets [6] In the analysis and visual representation of drug-therapy and drug-target networks, the weight ofthe links (such as the number of drugs binding to both of two linked targets in the drug-target ... increase the number of novel drug targets and improve the approval rate of new drugs When thinking about the possible network representations of diseases, drugs and drug targets, the elements ofthe ... hydrophobicity andthe ability to form hydrogen bonds, reduce further the number of drug candidates that can be given orally, which is the method normally desired [7] The analysis ofthe drug-target...
... mind, the present study was undertaken to determine the effect of double and triple inoculation (co-inoculation) of AM fungi with other rhizospheric microflora on thegrowth performance of A catechu ... seedlings They found that arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi helped withstand the water stress and also improved thegrowthofthe seedlings In the present study, a soil-based inoculum was used for all the ... from the results that all the inoculations had a higher P content of shoots and roots than the control P content of roots was higher than P content of shoots in all the inoculated seedlings of...
... increased the concentration of exchangeable K; probably as a consequence of silicate weathering In the 0–10 cm horizon ofthe limestone variant, the increased content of exchangeable Ca and Mg is ... layers (0–10 and 10–20 cm), liming reduced the quantity of exchangeable P while the application of basalt increased it substantially The liming reduced the content of exchangeable K in the 0–10 cm ... though, the Ca contents were lower The application of both the basic amendments augmented the proportion of exchangeable Mg in the 0–10 cm zone Slight increases in the Mg content as a result of the...
... enhancing the photosynthetic capacity [11] and by increasing the uptake of water and nutrients, and their accumulation in the seedling tissues [3, 8] Environmental conditions marked by the Mediterranean ... prevented the formation of mycorrhizas The relatively high pH value (7.7) ofthe substrate could have reduced the efficacy of all fungi tested Since most of them are acidophilous, both the germination ... required by the fungus [11, 35] The lack of stimulation of seedlings growth by the fungi could also be influenced by nursery practices like the fertilisation levels, the type of substrate, or the container...