... propositions often served as the propositional content ofthe communicative acts In addition to the domain actions, pilot data led us to include an action of "physically identifying the referent of ... most of each dialogue consisted ofthe making of requests, the first analysis examined the frequency ofthe various kinds of requests in the corpus of five transcripts for each modality Table I displays ... uttering of "the smallest ofthe red pieces?", where the hearer is expected to physically identify the piece According to the theory, the speaker 's intentions conveyed by the elliptical question include...
... (Table 2) The effect of oxalacetate concentration onthe decarboxylation reaction at a xed concentration of oxamate is shown in Fig 6B In this case, substrate inhibition at high concentration of oxalacetate ... 462 onthe basis ofthe reasoning described in the Results section The polypeptide chain was divided into two at this point by placing a stop codon or an initiation codon for the expression of ... excess of ATP; free Mg2+ concentration was approximated to be its analytical concentration minus that of ATP, as the true concentration of free Mg2+ calculated based onthe dissociation constant...
... ofthe situation The theoretical issue is often not one of economic and sociological arguments conflicting, but rather ofthe weakness of both in understanding how actors with simultaneous economic ... economic and noneconomic costs of severing a long-time tie and the available social alternatives Thus, the “economic flexibility ofthe system depends onthe social structureofthe trade relation” (p ... “structural holes” in the network 4) The Interpenetration of Economic and Non-Economic Action Much social life revolves around a non-economic focus Therefore, when economic and noneconomic activity...
... recognition, the ionic strength ofthe medium would be expected to have an effect onthe binding [43] To study the effect of ionic strength onthe conformation of ToxRp in the presence of ZnO NP, ... [30] ofthe protein, along with the distribution ofthe charged groups on various loops ⁄ nonregular regions ofthe molecule, seem to be ideal for triggering conformational changes upon adsorption ... degradation ofthe native structure Because ofthe lack of homology with any known structure, the three-dimensional structureof ToxRp could not be ascertained However, the secondarystructure...
... (Table 4) Pronounced degeneration ofthe sequences upstream ofthe pseudogenes made it impossible to predict the locations ofthe first introns and exons of Y1, Y2 and Y3 An alignment ofthe peptides ... sequence degeneration (see Results), it was assumed that they are no longer functional and they were therefore not assayed The amplification conditions were: at 94 °C; 32 cycles of 30 s at 94 °C, ... pleurocidin genes The results of RT-PCR expression assays of each pleurocidin gene in different tissues of adult fish are shown in Fig Expression of WFX appears to be confined to the Fig Locations of transcription...
... helical conformation in the C-terminal part The disordered conformation in the C-terminal region of D24)37 GGN4 is probably due to the break ofthe peptide bond at position 23 In contrast, the finally ... destabilized by truncation In line with the CD results, the solution structures clearly support the idea that the D16W substitution of D24)37 GGN4 contributed to the restoration ofthe antimicrobial ... had the key role of anchoring in the membrane-binding process ofthe peptide The present structural investigations ofthe GGN4 analogues not only contribute to a better understanding ofthestructure activity...
... greater reductions in the proportion of option compensation My paper differs in three ways First, I examine the terms of compensation contracts 10 (e.g., the number of options granted, contractual ... picture ofthe economic consequences of recognition because firms may increase other forms of compensation irrespective of changes in options, biasing the measure towards finding reductions in option ... to these benchmarks I test for changes in thestructureof compensation by analyzing time series changes in the terms of option contracts and for substitution towards other forms of compensation...
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... the focus of this chapter • The closer the link between actions of managers and the value ofthe firm, the more informationally-efficient the capital market 06/08/2011 The Importance of Market ... mechanic) has only their limited skills of observation and investigation to inform their purchase decision In the foregoing example, it is possible, in the absence of rules and regulations, for the seller ... at their own personal gain, and at the expense ofthe other 06/08/2011 10 - Asymmetric Information An Example – The Used Car! An example of Asymmetric information from everyday life might be the...
... ambient air fumigation The fumigation with higher ozone concentrations could be sterilizing The effect ofthe ozone fumigation and fungal infection onthe epicuticular wax structure seemed to be ... f of were the most infected, l9 /m while only a few infected needles could be observed in the material that was fumigated with higher ozone concentrations The surface structureof infected control ... erosion ofthe epicuticular wax could be observed that seemed to correspond to exposure to The healthy tubular wax structure, characteristic ofthe current yr needles, was less abundant in the ozone-fumigated...
... that each modification of one ofthe components leads to a variation ofthe second one in the opposite direction which could explain why the gap between the true heritability and the estimated direct ... be the use of DNA markers The conditions for successful DNA fingerprinting depend not only onthe cost ofthe method, but also onthe breeding system ofthe animals (number of males, numbers of ... despite the theoretical advantages of this model, some data and model conditions can affect the validity and precision ofthe estimation of variance components The first source of bias lies in the...
... scenarios for the use of sires, given the composition of groups of herds and sires and genetic connections between groups of herds Use of sires Groups of herds Groups of sires Genetic connection between ... from the quality ofthe data rather than from the absence of re-ranking based on TBV In the extreme situation where the variance of slope is estimated to be zero, the estimated genetic correlation ... The EBV of cows were not compared to their TBV In the simulated data, cows only had one record and therefore only one point through which their EBV was fitted Since the EBV of cows are based on...
... trillion won, a vertical line at trillion won, and horizontal lines on either side ofthe vertical line The line to the left ofthe vertical line shows mean returns to control firms (= by definition) ... trillion won; horizontal line below trillion won shows mean CMAR for control firms with assets from 0.5–1 trillion won (mean = by construction), longer (shorter) horizontal line above trillion won ... for the treatment group, including 1–2 trillion won, 1–8 trillion won, or 2–4 trillion won (using the later-chosen threshold of trillion won as the lower bound) 15 - 17 - treatment group at the...
... data ofthe Cu Kα Figure 3-2 Schematic illustration of diffraction of X-ray; θ is the angle ofthe incidence and ofthe diffraction ofthe radiation relative to the reflecting plane; d is the ... done onthe effects of layers added to the FePt magnetic layer The focus point of this thesis project is to carry out a systematic study onthe influence of additional nonmagnetic layers onthe ... is the magnetron sputtering In one ofthe most common configurations, a magnetic field is generated by a strong magnet behind the target The electrons from the plasma are confined close to the...
... model onthe relationship between capital structure and firm performance with the purpose to validate conclusions of previous authors in the context of Vietnam market Traditional capital structure ... important theories and studies that are relevant to our study onthe research topic are discussed The writer makes an effort to give a connection of these discussions to the current context of Vietnam ... about the relationship between firm value and capital structure Later on, findings of previous studies are presented and summarized After checking onthe current condition ofthe local market, the...
... respectively The Production of construction materials contains exploration and creation of materials for the basic construction industry For example, they can be the extraction of sand, rocks, erosion ... dividends on equity, however, does not The thought of another way, the actual rate of interest companies pay onthe bonds that they issue is less than the nominal rate of interest because ofthe tax ... Regarding the purpose ofthe study is quantifying the impact of capital structureonthe performance of industrial listed on HNX, the regression model for panel data has been used The primary reason...
... compared to the β-TCP Also, at four weeks, the healing of these defects was similar to that ofthe control group Onthe other hand, our ultrastructural investigation revealed that the CPCBB caused ... that the successful interaction of a bone graft substitute with the host tissue under normobaric conditions may not be indicative ofthe similar process under hyperbaric environment Conclusion ... 41,3±5,4 Electron microscopy observations In the ultrastructural evaluation ofthe periosteum in one and two week specimens in the control groups without HBOT, there were numerous chondroblasts...
... Amplification of a 491-bp fragment ofthe amoA gene was carried out using the amoA-1F and amoA-2R primer set specific for amoA gene of AOB belonging to the ß subclass of Proteobacteria The thermal profiles ... RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Effects ofthe addition of polyferric sulfate on phosphorus removal and nitrification Phosphorus concentration was immediately decreased at the beginning ofthe experiment in ... might be important for further investigation Number of ammonia oxidizers and copy number of amoA mRNA The time courses ofthe copy number of amoA mRNA and the number of ammonia oxidizer are shown...