... obtained on entry into the study and after 12 and 24 months, in the morning after an overnight fast, and were stored at –70°C until the time of analysis Quantitative sandwich ELISA kits were used ... prednisolone was accepted and intra-articular and intramuscular glucocorticosteroid injections were allowed during the study period All patients gave their informed consent, and the Ethics Committee ... The serum levels of the cytokines, OPG, IGF-1, ESR, and E2 at baseline and after 12 and 24 months treatment from patients with both baseline and 24-month data available with corresponding 12-month...
... 3% and 0% discounting rates for both costs and health effects Results Lifetime costs and health effects Table presents the average (half) yearly costs and the EuroQoL-5 D score at discharge and ... Reimer W: Costs of stroke and stroke services: Determinants of patient costs and a comparison of costs of regular care and care organised in stroke services Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation ... costs of € 35.361 and 3.12 QALYs and for the usual care setting €41,352 and 2.61 QALYs So, in all three cases stroke services are associated with lower costs andhigher life time QALYs, i.e stroke...
... effect (Makino and Berz, 2000), and high-dimensional veried quadrature (Makino and Berz, 1996; Berz, 2000) e" " hXxg" 4A Ê " dĂ 44" ăfe Ă be a box with Let be a ) and be an open ... (and including) and by a bound of the range of over the domain box Then, the antiderivation of Taylor models is given by the following denition (Berz and Makino, 1998; Makino et al., 2000) and ... YWXV r Ơ X ) g e ỵƠ g 77 W ýƠ â 4X PYXV and g r Ơ e â Obviously, and are both consistent initial conditions and lead to the two distinct solutions and Finally, it should be noted, that...
... Hypersurface complements, Milnor fibers andhigher homotopy groups of arrangments By Alexandru Dimca and Stefan Papadima Introduction The interplay between geometry and topology on complex algebraic ... = if and only if d = n + and up to a linear coordinate change we have i (x) = xi−1 for all i = 1, , n + 1; (b2) bn (D(Q)) = if and only if d = n + and up to a linear coordinate change and re-ordering ... Hattori’s general position class, and also the (aspherical) fiber-type arrangements of Falk and Randell [FR]; see [JP1] It follows from [JP1, Def 1.8 and Prop 1.10] and [JP2, Cor 3.1] that the (essential)...
... charges and indirect costs By applying service charges and taxes, each ounce of coffee and tea purchased cost $1.03 At this price, a single 8-ounce cup of coffee or tea would have cost $8.24 and ... PLANNING AND FOOD AND BEVERAGE COSTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Department of Justice (DOJ) components host and participate in conferences to work with officials from other DOJ and federal entities, state and ... d’oeuvres that cost $7.32 per serving Coffee and tea at the events cost between $0.62 and $1.03 an ounce At the $1.03 per-ounce price, an 8-ounce cup of coffee would have cost $8.24.5 Training and technical...
... on tissue Gb3 GSLs were extracted from kidney and liver of control and CsA-treated Fabry mice after weeks recovery post ERT, and from CsA-treated and untreated wildtype mice The Gb3 content was ... lanes and 3, GSL standards: from the top GlcCer, LacCer, Gb3,Gb4,Gb5 (Forssman), GM3, GM2,GM1; lanes and 4, lipid extract of wild-type liver; (F, G) lane 1, GSL standards; lanes and 4, lipid extracts ... wild-type and Fabry mouse tissues GSLs were separated by TLC (C ⁄ M ⁄ W 65 : 25 : v ⁄ v ⁄ v) and visualized using orcinol spray for carbohydrate (A) or VT1 overlay (B) to detect Gb3 Lane 1, GSL standards,...
... significantly lower rates of inflation; • higher budget and current account surpluses; • a higher total labour participation rate, and a higher female labour participation rate; • much higher rates ... the index and tax level is modest Canada scored lower than the U.S., but Finland scored higher than the U.S the social benefits and economic costs of ta x ation 31 table 0 Research and Development ... rates of household saving and net national saving; • a higher ranking on indexes measuring innovation; • a higher percentage of GDP spent on research and development and a higher percentage of their...
... economies.” See Brown (1979), Barry and Brown (1984 and 1985), Coles and Loewenstein (1988), and Coles et al (1995) Next, we discuss the effects of disclosure regulation on the cost of capital of firms ... information quality and the cost of capital, without reference to market liquidity Prior work suggests an indirect link between disclosure and firms’ cost of capital based on market liquidity and adverse ... determinants of the cost of capital Sections and analyze the direct and indirect effects of accounting information on firms’ cost of capital, respectively Section summarizes our findings and concludes...
... organisation o cost classifications - - Manufacturing and non-manufacturing costs Direct and indirect costs Product costs and period costs Fixed and variable costs Mixed, step-fixed and step-variable costs ... they arise and the need to make provision for them o understand depreciation and the basic principles of the appropriate standard o understand wear and tear and obsolescence o understand t w o ... of profit and consequently the balance sheet o understand VAT and the basic principles of the appropriate standard o understand what accruals, prepayments and provisions are o understand what...
... Administration and Net Cost of Private Health Insurance 38 2.46 SWAZILAND Program administration and net cost of private health insurance (US $ mln): Swaziland 1995 - 2005 Year Swaziland % of Region ... and Net Cost of Private Health Insurance 14 AFRICA: PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION AND NET COST OF PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE 2.1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Market Potential for Program administration and net cost ... Administration and Net Cost of Private Health Insurance 42 ASIA: PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION AND NET COST OF PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE 3.1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Market Potential for Program administration and net cost...
... projected to be $72.5 billion higher after ten years and $112.8 billion higher (both in 2000 dollars) after twenty years The cumulative effect of higher imports and weaker exports over twenty ... firms and individuals to produce weapons, ammunition, and supplies for the military This global warming policy would be paying firms and individuals to produce and install cars, appliances, and ... policies generate more demand for goods and services However, in both cases, the policy would likely lead to a rise in interest rates and inflation, as higher levels of demand begin to push against...
... than costs Benefits are between and 10 times greater than costs Benefits are between and times greater than costs Benefits are between and times greater than costs Benefits are equal to costs Costs ... Behavior and Furnisher Costs and Benefits b Overall Costs, Benefits, and Satisfaction Of course, the above responses speak to the relative benefits accrued compared to costs, not the magnitudes of costs, ... Impact on Customer Payment Behavior and Furnisher Costs and Benefits Executive Summary and Key Findings This report examines the perceived and actual costs and benefits of full-file credit reporting...
... name(s) or brand(s) of the co-branding entity or entities on its marketing materials to signify a business arrangement Co-branding arrangements allow a plan sponsor and its co-branding partner(s) ... Drug Program’s (NCPDP’s) “Pharmacy and/ or Combination ID Card” standard This standard is based on the American National Standards Institute ANSI INCITS 284-1997 standard titled Identification Card ... covers both brand name drugs and generic drugs A generic drug is approved by the FDA as having the same active ingredient as the brand name drug Generally, generic drugs cost less than brand name...
... airline, banking, advertising, and gasoline and grocery retailers and cement (Weiss 1989, Schmalensee 1989, and Werden 1991, and Koller and Weiss 1989) and notwithstanding that there has been an ... fixed costs.” Finally, consolidation may improve efficiency by lowering costs, and thus increase price -cost margin Price -cost margin will increase when price is higher or when the variable costs ... price -cost margin and low actual profit rates is chronic excess capacity (Hall 1986; CPBIS 2003).31 In the pulp and paper industry, since capital recovery and fixed costs are a large part of the costs,...
... subject to larger financing costs measured by higher costs of debt and equity Although prior research examines the role of auditor choice on the cost of capital and the cost of debt for public firms, ... between cost of capital and auditor size, the cost of capital measures, separated into cost of debt andcost of equity, are regressed on an indicator variable scheme representing the auditor size and ... component is the cost of debt, and the second component is the cost of equity The results show that clients of Second-Tier audit firms incur cost of debt that is higher than the cost of debt incurred...
... management of the City, federal and state awarding agencies and pass-through entities and the Auditor General of the State of Florida, and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone ... OMB Circular A-133 and which are described in the accompanying schedule of findings and questioned costs as item 2010-3 McGladrey is the brand under which RSM McGladrey, Inc and McGladrey & Pullen, ... management of the City, federal and state awarding agencies and pass-through entities and the Auditor General of the State of Florida, and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone...