... contract, the forward price is linked to the current price by the interest cost of holding the asset until the forward contract matures. In the case of forward foreign exchange contracts, the relationship ... option. As the price ofthe assetrises, the call-option-equivalent portfolio contains an increasing proportion of forward contractson the asset. As the price ofthe asset falls, the replicating ... regarding the legal right to the promised cash flows and the enforceability of such rights in the event of default, a potential investor will need to form anestimate ofthe probability of default...
... piece of evidence forthe control of the classification bias of this article (with regard to the selection ofthe controls) has been shown in the work Varol et al [27], where the normality of ... interest in the re-cords gathered by the different collaborators. The fruit of that qualitative examination was therejectionof a total of 9 controls and 3 cases at the defining moment of the construction ... the construction ofthe data package. The funda-mental cause was the lack of fulfilment ofthe inclu-sion criteria. The assembly ofthe previous data package with a total of 93 records (53...
... discriminabilityHc: the number of correct response in the high groupLc: the number of correct response in the low group The optimal size of each group is 28% ofthe total sample. For very large samples of examinees, ... each part ofthe test, the type of materials with which the candidates will have to engage, the source of materials, the extent to which authentic materials may be altered, the response format ... They are usually written before the tests and then the test is written on the basis ofthe specifications. After the test is written, the specification should be consulted again to see whether...
... diffusion of Western, or American, beauty ideals at the expense of local discourses, the the meaning of this diffusion is complex. In the cities of Asia, Latin America and elsewhere, the spread of ... cosmetics company whose sales reached £360 million by the end ofthe decade The combination ofthe toiletry and cosmetics interests ofthe two firms had the apparent potential to create a significant ... It was the only country to have Cleanliness Institute. American firms were foremost in asserting the transformational claims ofthe industry. They and their advertising agencies led the world...
... located in the areas where flood water reaches the depth of 2-4 meters. The flood of 2000 caused losses of 2150 ha of rice, decrease of rice yield from 60 to 70 percentages. In the year of 2002, ... upstream, others think that is by sedimentation. The losses of clam stocks were one ofthe biggest problems in the coastal area. The reason for the losses was unknown and this creates a lot of frustration ... because ofthe destruction of mangrove forest. Many farmers lost their land by erosion. Recent 15 years, the erosion becomes serious. For example, Mr. Thuong in Tan Thanh commune lost 3000m2 of...
... alone in their discomfort in dealing with questions of scale. Economists are far worse: the vast majority of economists never evenbother to ask the question ofthe proper scale ofthe economy ... old-growth forest in the eastern United States. The Cathedral Pines preservein Connecticut contained about twenty-five acres of old-growth pine, one of the last examples of that type of forest in the ... appreciate the full meaning of thatinsight for years.In 1967, MacArthur and Wilson oƒered the most complete version of their ideas in a book, TheTheoryof Island Biogeography. In it, they too,...
... b-strandsb2, b3, b4 and b8 ofthe (b ⁄ a)8barrel domain, and for rBAT also with the short stretch near the C-terminus of domain B [9,19]. From the sequence–structure point of view, the basic difference ... isFig. 2. The CSRs ofthe hcHAT proteins and the GH13 a-amylase family members. A list ofthe abbreviations of proteins and enzymes canbe found in Fig. 1. The segments covering the strands ... the lack of domain B protruding out ofthe TIM barrel in the place of loop 3 connecting the b3-strand to the a3-helix [9,21]. Sharing domain B by rBATs andGH13 enzymes, and especially the sequence of...
... e mean ofthe distribution = e standard deviation ofthe distributionSAVE THE CHILDREN · STATE OFTHE WORLD’S MOTHERS 2011 33Some ofthe messages may surprise you. For example, the President ... represented in these numbers demand mothers everywhere be given the basic tools they need to break the cycle of poverty and improve the quality of life for themselves, their children, and for generations ... everywhere have the basic tools they need to break the cycle of pov-erty and improve the quality of life for themselves, their children, and for generations to come. Sierra Leone 28 Save the Children’s...
... protection ofthe interests of members and others, are required by Member States of companies within the meaning ofthe second paragraph of Article 58 ofthe Treaty, in respect ofthe formation of ... receive the following information before they invest in the AIF, as well as any changes thereof: (a) a description ofthe investment strategy and objectives ofthe AIF, all the assets which the ... detailed information on the planned activity ofthe AIFM, the identity and characteristics ofthe AIF managed, the governance ofthe AIFM (including arrangements forthe delegation of management...
... consequences forthe comparison ofthe results of this study with the others. Jacobsen et al. (2006) acknowledged this in the first paragraph of theirpaper when referring to the other set of studies: ... is whether any of theseresults can be extrapolated to judging the beauty of stimuli in the auditory modality.390 M. Nadal et al.in the representation ofthe reward value of a stimulus, the motor ... processesinvolved in aesthetic preference. The orbitofrontal cortex has often been related with the representation ofthe reward value of stimuli and with the integration of affectiveinformation relayed...
... shift ofthe s ignal was observedsignifying a reduction ofthe uptake ofthe Tat peptide atlow temperature. Likewise, a threefold r eduction of the uptake at 4 °C has been reported forthe Antennapediapeptide ... described [10]. The Cys residue was added to the C-terminal end of the 13-amino-acid peptide corresponding to the primarysequence ofthe Tat protein to provide a sulfhydryl group for further ligation ... in3.7% (v/v) formaldehyde in NaCl/Pi for 5 min at roomtemperature. For experiments at 4 °C, the protocol was the same except that all incubations were performed at4 °C until the end ofthe ®xation...
... bout one tenth of the specific activity ofthe oligomeric complex [15]. For the recombinant human enzyme the nonassociated form alsoappeared to be dimers ofthe 138 kDa subunit, since theirMrwas ... between the N -terminal part of the human and mouse enzyme, new chimeras wereconstructed by use o f the EcoRV and SacI sites in the cDNAandwerethenusedtotransform293-cells .The region responsible for ... Even though inactive dimer s areformed when over-expressing the Arg252-variant, thesedimers may contribute to the formation of active oligomersin the p resence ofthe endogenously expressed G...
... each ofthe 40 chapters of Agenda 21 and each ofthe negotiated Conventions arising from the Earth Summit. As well, every one ofthe nine major United Nations Conferences ofthe 1990s that further ... largely affect the success of national responses to the DESD. The most crucial element to the Decade’s success is the scope ofthe human resources brought together, including these enthusiastic ... where the MDGs overlap with the EFA agenda – other aspects of basic education, such as literacy, quality and non-formal education, are implied as conditions for the realization ofthe MDGs. • The...
... 'all the present of earth vanished into the future of Heaven, and the Kingdom ofthe Infinite arose upon the ruins ofthe finite.' The beauty of earth was looked upon as an enchantment ofthe ... attitude ofthe Fathers ofthe Church, Basil and Gregory, or for Augustine's deep faithand devout admiration ofthe works of creation: even the tone of Ausonius and Fortunatus, in their charmingdescriptions ... you ofthe sweet exhalations from the earth or the breezes from the river? Other persons mightadmire the multitude ofthe flowers, or ofthe lyric birds, but I have no time to attend to them....