... grow quickly and others not That is, the variation in the dependent variables comes from both the time series andthe cross-sections, and some pooling of data is necessary to address the questions ... and liberalization, on the one hand, and growth and growth volatility, on the other, were tradeoffs in democracies We explore briefly both lines of inquiry as a guide to further research 13 The ... account the effect of other variables, and tell is little about the direction of relationships But, they help us make the point that political economic variables are correlated in line with the repression...
... influence marketing theory and practice? How have researchers used these perspectives to advance marketing theory and practice? A Look at the Future • • How current trends reflect the importance of ... communities and virtual customer communities – Focus on fostering consumer relationships and achieve relationship marketing outcomes (Balasubramanian and Mahajan 2001; Devaraj, Porter and Sun 2006; ... Attribution Theory Relationship Marketing Framework Findings • Marketers can form trust-based relationships in virtual consumer communities that they sponsor (Porter and Donthu 2006; Devaraj, Porter and...
... 25 i Material Usage andCondition of Existing Bridges in the U.S MATERIAL USAGE ANDCONDITION OF EXISTING BRIDGES IN THE U.S ABSTRACT Data on the market share of the four major bridge construction ... maintaining the NBI is to monitor thecondition of bridges carrying public highways Therefore, for funding and reporting purposes, the FHWA considers only structures meeting the following criteria: • The ... used as the basis for a biennial report on thecondition of the nation’s bridges The Secretary of Transportation is required by law to submit this report to Congress2 The format for the NBI data...
... acid and a base on each side of the hydrolyzed bond [16] E96 and H137 in a-sarcin and E58 and H92 in RNase T1 act as the base and acid groups, respectively Comparing the 3D structures, E66 and ... shifts (dobserved–drandom coil) in ppm for HtA at pH 4.1 and 298 K The amino acid sequence andthe elements of secondary structure are shown; b-strands are represented by arrows andthe a-helix by ... from the idealized covalent geometry, and most of the backbone torsion angles for amino acid residues lie within the allowed regions in the Ramachandran plot The statistics characterizing the...
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... quarter of the century in the United States and in the Netherlands, Sweden and Germany This coincides with an increase in both access to andthe generosity of publicly provided social insurance and ... health In Bound (1991) and Stern (1990) reporting errors are SG modelled as a relationship between H andthe wage rate rather than the labour market status S In the Netherlands the unemployment benefits, ... fi• (S) and Xi• as extra regressors in (4) and (5) The random effects of the resulting equation (4) (and (5)) includes the term ηµi The first part of table 1a includes the results for the control...
... computers and off-site monitoring History of the EightiesLessons for the Future 177 An Examination of the Banking Crises of the 1980s and Early 1990s Volume I Reagan administration, the FHLBB andthe ... S&Ls in the program 182 History of the EightiesLessons for the Future Chapter The Savings and Loan Crisis and Its Relationship to Banking dition of the S&L industry became common knowledge, these ... deposits nonetheless exposed U.S taxpayers to the risk of losswhile the profits made possible by deregulation and forbearance would accrue to the owners and managers of the savings and loans The S&L...
... lost in about 45 The substitution of either Na+ for K+ or acetate for Cl– ions, as well as the inclusion of 0.1 mgÆmL)1 BSA did not increase the stability of the protein and slowed the reaction rate ... slow release of the cleavage products from the protein The amplitudes of the initial burst (2.78 and 2.83 nM) gave a ratio of DNA/protein of 0.94 : As will be discussed further, these data indicate ... RNA The assay of 5A was repeated with and without nM AnCOBDP9 pre-RNA and with KCl at 50, 100 and 150 mM Note that increasing KCl concentration slows the cleavage of the DNA substrate in the...
... between the board and staff, andthe more confidence and respect the board will have in the executive’s work The key to a successful relationship between the board andthe executive director is the ... executive director andthe board chair work on and invest in therelationship They both adapt to and cultivate the working relationship • The board chair and executive director make themselves available ... Director and Board Chair Relationship Of all the board members, the chair has the most frequent contact with the executive director The literature andthe interview results support the notion that the...
... banks to their customers, therefore they have effects on the behaviour of borrowers and consequently on the real economy On the other hand, prices set by banks influence their profitability and soundness ... parentheses Daggers ‡ and † denote significance at the 5% and 10% levels, respectively For the LR tests we report the degrees of freedom of the chi-square statistics in parentheses andthe corresponding ... regimes and lag in the first-differences of the variables12, with regime shifts in the intercept, the autoregressive parameters andthe error variance (MSIAH(2)-VECM(1)) The estimates of the MS-VECM,...
... between the mutated andthe wild-type strains relied solely on the disruption of the Rv2951c gene Together, these results established that Rv2951c is involved in the biosynthesis of DIM A and that ... i.e DIMs and PGL-tb; and (b) to address the question of the function of the two related molecules DIM A and DIM B According to the accepted model of DIM and PGL biosynthesis [17], DIM A and PGL-tb ... a position of the fatty acyl residues The signals that correspond to the resonance of the methine proton of the a carbon (d) and that of the carbon bearing the methyl group near the keto group...
... B and identifies a brand with an indefinite life Management intends to maintain both the brand andthe business acquired and has no plans to either discontinue or sell the brand Innovation, brand, ... the leases The leases require that Entity X restore the stores to the original condition at the end of the lease terms, even if the lease is terminated early The restoration to the original condition ... linked to the popularity of the star; therefore it is difficult to assess whether the brand would survive beyond the life or even the media life of the star It is also a new product, and its longevity...
... inform people about different products and services and their utilities, cost and other requirements It helps consumers know what is the best option for them INFORMATIVE ENTERTAINING Advertising ... the trust for customers The customers usually receive the leaflets after that they throw away or if they read it but they can’t remember information of the suppliers NEWSPAPER STRENGTHS The ... products such as singer, model when their fans saw their stars advertised in the television they will be interested in the purchase of that products because she/he is their idol For example, My Tam...
... gcd -condition is Golod The following result ties together the notions of sequentially Cohen-Macaulay rings and Golod rings, via the Alexander dual Recall that the Alexander dual of ∆ is the simplicial ... 4.2.5] There are several equivalent but differently flavored characterizations of Golod rings, see Sections 5.2 and 10.3 in [1] andthe references therein One is that R is Golod if the ranks of the ... ∆} Here and henceforth F c denotes the complement of F in V The facets of ∆∨ are the complements in V of the minimal non-faces of ∆ Proposition (Herzog, Reiner, Welker [9]) If the Alexander dual...
... properties The different treatments had an influence on the Kappa number, the pulpability factor andthe active alkali content The Kappa number was higher andthe pulpability factor lower for the manually ... content and fibre length (Fig and Tabs IV and V) The second eigenvector, which accommodates the remaining 36% of the variation, is a contrast between the active alkali and fibre coarseness versus the ... Bay) for their advice with respect to the sampling procedures and interpretation of the results obtained from the pulp and paper tests J Male, A Havenga, J Retief and D Gama of the Forestry and Forest...
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