... Specifically, the more ambiguous the meaning ofthe visual image, the more influence is exerted by the musical score inthe process of interpreting the scene. Music can convey the scope of a film, effectively ... sound (including music), taking into account the director’s – and, therefore, the composer’s – intentions, the narrative content ofthe film, and the overall strategy ofthe director in constructing ... valid to say that the music projects the meaning ofthe image or the image projects the meaning ofthe music), then the multimedia example has passed the similarity test and the relationship...
... China Statistics Yearbook, China Financial Yearbook and People’s Bank of ChinaStatistics Quarterly bulletin.B. Development of direct financing and indirect financing marketsproviding financing ... commercial banks have extended 60 percent to 70percent ofthe total outstanding loans, they become the dominant providers of indirectfinancing and the most important source of financing for enterprises, ... their owncapital is excluded. In summary, the deepening process ofthe financial markets has rendered the dominance ofthe banking sector inthe financial system. At the same time, opening of markets...
... re-evaluation oftheroleof BCGvaccination inthe prevention and control of TB inthe United States. CDC, the AdvisoryCouncil for the Elimination of Tuberculosis (ACET), and the Advisory Committee ... associated with the use of particular vaccine strains.Eight studies ofthe efficacy of BCG vaccination in HCWs also were reviewed by the investigators conducting the second meta-analysis. In these eight ... reaction of ≥10 mm of induration,especially if any ofthe following circumstances are present: a) the vaccinated personis a contact of another person who has infectious TB, particularly if the infectious...
... toexist in banking.III. CONCLUSIONSCommunity banks play an important roleinthe financial system of the U.S. economy. They complement theroleof large banks by special-izing in relationship banking ... Industry,” Journal of Banking andFinance, August.Sullivan, Richard J. 2000. “How Has the Adoption of Internet Banking AffectedPerformance and Risk in Banks? A Look at Internet Banking inthe TenthFederal ... Allen N., and Gregory F. Udell. 1998. The Economics of Small BusinessFinance: The Roles of Private Equity and Debt Markets inthe FinancialGrowth Cycle,” Journal of Banking and Finance, August,...
... (rotationangle ‘r’) and variation ofthe inclination (inclination angle ‘i’) withrespect to the plane ofthe membrane (parallel to the xy plane).Cter and Nter are the C-terminal and N-terminal ... at the dimer interface ofthe models or inthe surroundings of the hinge loop residues. Likewise, the models of nonex-changing and exchanging HHP-RNase were prepared start-ing from 1Z7X. The ... the dimerinterface ofthe models or inthe surroundings of the mutated residues. The models of RNase A covalent dimers in the exchanging conformation were prepared using the 7RSA structure and...
... determine the quantity of plasma membrane pro-teins of GAT1 and mutants (see above). The relativeamounts of plasma membrane proteins of GAT1 ormutants were analyzed by imager scanning of western ... N-linked oligosaccharide side-chainsare important for the GABA transport activity.1-Deoxymannojirimycin inhibits the GABA-uptake of GAT1 In order to gain further insight into theroleof the terminal ... 2B,C),indicating an N-glycan ofthe mannosidic type. The N-glycosylation mutants DGN, DDN and DNDexhibited a reduced molecular mass in accordance with the absence of N-glycans at the two eliminated...
... disambiguated word meaning. It is thein interaction ofthe results of these asynchronous processes that the process of comprehension is defined. The processes are independent ofthe know- ledge ... but are often generic and mark masculine, feminine, or plural (Gross, 1977; Goffic and McBride, 1975). And furthermore, these same articles often are not translated into meaning preserving sentences ... affected. The study includes off-line picture naming which forces use of articles in all ofthe above contexts, as well as on-line production of these morphemes inan attempt to determine in which...
... thirdconclusion is that the determinants ofthe ex post distribution of credit by banks are veryclose to the determinants ofthe ex ante demand for credits by firms. In other words, Russianbanks show limited ... one ofthe most standard hypothesis on the microeconomy of transition: the adjustment and growth of enterprises require that they meet a growingdemand for their goods and adjust to hard financial ... real and financial performances, and are faced with shortage of financial resources. The variable inventory is significant and positive: the higher the unsold production andinventories, the higher...
... payments, and can benefit from insurance.Thus, the importance ofthe microfinance movement today is the result of an enlarged vision of banking – where financial inclusiveness plays an important role ... and with a strong social commitment, many of them have beenpioneers inthe Latin American microfinance industry. As of today, 7 out of 15 Latin American members are active in microfinance. These ... institutions. In additionto the distribution of part of their profits for increasing social and financialinclusion, WSBI member banks generally go further than other financialinstitutions in their...
... well and there is no example of mutational analysis of all of these residues inthe sameenzyme.To obtain an insight into how the many conservedresidues inthe active sites of family 18 chitinasescontribute ... affinity of ChiB for allosamidin, which is an analogue ofthe proposed oxazolinium ion intermediate [32]. The minor (or even positive) effects of Y214F on substrateand intermediate binding and the ... prepared usingPYMOLsoftware [41].Results and discussionFigure 2 shows part ofthe structure of ChiB, highlighting the residues discussed in this report. Inthe free enzyme,Asp142 is inthe ÔdownÕ...
... section examines the task of independently selecting the best sentences forinclusion inan answer; attempts to reduce redun-dancy will be discussed inthe next section.There are a number of term-based ... retrieval and ques-tion answering. The decreases in performance at-527 Qid 25: The analyst is interested inthe status of Fidel Castro’s brother. Specifically, the analyst would likeinformation ... needs formally introduced in TREC2005. Since information retrieval is of- ten an integral component of many ques-tion answering strategies, it is importantto understand the impact of different...
... in a school in Ghana or Peru would gain the same amount of knowledge in any year of schooling as the average student in a school in Finland or Korea? Still, using the quantitative measure of ... schooling, the estimated schooling effect could include both the impacts of schooling and the fact that those continuing in school could earn more inthe absence of schooling.2 For the most ... shifting the level of the production function or increasing the impact ofan additional year of schooling. In sum, the existing evidence suggests that the quality of education, measured by the...
... in implementing precision agriculture in developing countries is the availability of necessary data to determine these site-specific inputs, and the investment cost of obtaining and utilizing ... agroforestry system in India (Ojasvi et al. 1999). These linings served to harvest water and mulch jujube trees. The largest plant height was obtained using linings of stone and marble. During ... to changes inthe ecosystem. Soil erosion is also often a significant problem in areas of agricultural expansion. Many ofthe marginal areas to which agriculture expands inthe developing world...
... expanding the range of financial services, creating a fully-fledged financial institution, and setting up a regulatory and governance framework in compliance with the financial sector; ã making ... happened in India, and essentially in Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal. The other model emerged inthe 1970s featuring the consolidation ofthe postal office savings bank into a national savings bank, ... between the ministries of finance, the IMF, and World Bank. In the recent past in Africa, no distinction was made ofthe roles ofthe post as the mail provider, as owner of the post office network,...
... Opiela. Bank size, bank capital, and the bank lending channel.Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, 32:121–141, 2000.R. P. Kishan and T. Opiela. Bank capital and loan asymmetry inthe transmission ... transmission of monetary policy. Journal of Banking and Finance, 30:259–285, 2006.B. Markovic. Bank capital channels inthe monetary transmission mechanism. Bank of England Working Paper 313, ... to the banking sector The previous subsection analyzes how the banking sector, through the dynamics of bankcapital, affects the transmission of shocks. In recent years, however, episodes of increasedvolatility...